Star.
London, England, 1820-03-03 00:00:00

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WRITTEN BY A GENTLZMAN.

IDOC•1110100 11 MU MATING OOMPAZED ♦ YOUNG LADY\ 2ONGUIt

TO ♦ SWOlb.

That your tongue was a sword, late I carelessly said,
And you &I'd me ungallant and rude—
l'et I boldly deny that your charge is well hid,
And shall row prove the simile good!
I implied (and I think the resemblance frotrong)
When a sword is unsheath'd and display'd,
That the flashes of wit which proceed from your tongue,
Are as bright as the beams from its blacie !
That true chivalric spirit your weapon posscss'd,
My allusion was meant to disclose,
Being drawn but to succour your friends when distress'd,
Or to vanquish your obstinate foes !
Two perfections, besides, I must beg to remark,
(The allusions I'm sure won't displease)
In rcncontres visaed, it ne'er misses its mark,
But runs through its subject ssith ease!

And tho' weapons, when form 'd by the sword-making trade,
Often break and are not worth a rap,
YIA your's of such well-tem:lced metal is made,
That is nev,T wa% yet known to snap! •

Aid, lest at these scanty perfections you carp,
I can surely add one virtue morc—
no' the point of your weapon is piorcing and sharp,
It can ne'er be cons:lced to BORE!

I have laid down a rule, should I this time escape,
Aril to tell it I cannot refrain,
Shoold I get clearly of, without stab, cut, or serape,
l'U ue'er meddle with edge tools again !
YoughaL

It. U.

ENGLISH FEMALE COSTUMESfor MARCH

War-arms Ditrass.—relisie of fine black kerseymere, made
'With a cape, and ttiotinrd with sable fur, lined with white
tarpcurr ; black bos.thatzine frock, trimmed with black craps; a
black Leghorn b tonct, trimmed with satin and crape; black
crape veil, black kid gl.rcei, and boots to correspond.
EvaNtr.6 Darass.—ld .ck crape slip, worn over black ursenet
skirt, trimmed with festoon; of black crape; the sleeves full and
short, with a trill:ming of black crape; turban of black crape,
venanlented with buglys; eat-rings and necklace of jet; gloves
and kraJts to cute spond.— ;',•oni the Lodis Magasine.

SPORTISG INTELLIGENCE.

111:,TTING A r T•:ITTE

RSA [Xs YESTERDAY.

to 1 ar,ct Arbutus
to Brother toßlucher
1.7 tLI I apt tiro. to Whisk,-t I
Iti to 1 i.zst Cuit out of Cat
OA

:0 to 1 ageing Ptndaree, the
Linke, Priseis, &L. and
22 to 1 against Dominic, Samp-
son.

ri to 1 apt the Sorcery f.
ItIDDLES

17 to 1 apt Marianne.
,WORTII.
110 to 1 at.t Mt. Wortley's
11..p12.4zard c. wilt of
Ettat!y's data.
_ _

4 to 1 azst Slims
6 to 1 aoat ru:d4rce

No alte.ratk.n tiu: St. I,eztr.

BOXINC.

A pitched battle for tsver.:ty guineas a-side, was fouzht at ten
o'clozit lesterdae incroioz, in a meadow belonging to Captain
:la al.. on the .3iorndon Fatate, near Cuntlls, Ducks. The
combatants were J hie .1140, a sawyer, of 16 stone, from
Storey, Uaon, (who le..d got a name by bearing a man who goes
about the county teaching boxing, calling himself the Otrue
(lieken), and ButLe, a navigator, of equal weight ands religth.
The men entered a ring of twenty fe.-t, formed with hurdles,
h...ylhouied, at half-past nine, and a :nauly fight of tire rounds in
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In tht• fits' r.surel the combatant' went fiercely to work, but,
for wa.,t Of many blows were thrown aiV4V.••••
Those, hoe:ever, evh.ch told, lift an inipressian, and before
bleu hod brill k the e minutes, they were so covered
doret, that :hey w. re only knovn apart by yellow breeches
hre:chcs. The hits were round and awkward, ard;
after hitting each other away several times, Apsiey w.s ctear.iv
el:omit:A by a left car. The round lasted eleven
Lit:cuts.

S. Severe ..ad &termitic-if fighting, to tbc advantage of Ars-
-I._ y,; who flattened thy bridge of his adeelitar,,•'N no-e, anal sent
the claret, as a lancet would front a vein. This did nut
a.,)-,) Rinke, who .ought away until they closed, and in a wrestle
Apsiey was thrown, and ail four perpces were dannigze.
A countryman, with a huge staff, here entered the ring to
itop the fight, by ordct of a neighbouring Justice, who could
nit attenti tit-cause h: had the gCut. The men polled a paper
out of hi; pocket, and said he should read the Riot !Ist, which
much merriment, am! that was the only notice he was
of. and he eat down sod saw the other part of the fight.
The men had got their wind again during the hustle, and
a goad romel was fought, which terminated by ice being
flared by a hit un the side.

- .
4 A slashing-touc.% rather in favour of Burke, who hail ra-
ffia:- meat day.light. Heavy round blows were exchanged, and
dipsley was thrown a heavy cross-buttock. •
a. Arsley seemed strongest, yet he was half beat from the
fall. lie had the best of the first part of this long round. After
many blows were exchangeds the ?crating system was treed in a
claw, Lot netiLer being awake to it, they separated and tinned
t-a bitting again, when Arley received a blow on the npk,
which, in a minute, left him without a glimmer of He
crafted a Lib of his antagonist in return, and he was tli.:uw•o in
a close, which gave victory to Burke.
Both men were led off the ground very ill.

.NAVAI. OItATORY. Admiral BLA IN when a Cap-
tain, was sent with a small squldron to the West la-
dies, on a secret expedition agaiipt the Spanish set-
tlements. It happened in an engagement, that one
a the scrips biese up, which damped the spirits of
Iris crew ; but ALAKs, who was not to be subdue}
by one unsuccessful occurrence, called out to his
pion--" Well, my lads, you have sees an 4nglibh
fillip blown up ; and row let's see what figure a *pa..
nil -one will make in the same situation?" This
well-timed harangue raised their spirits immediately,
and in less than an hour he set his antagonist on flue.
a There, my lads," said he, " I knew we sluaild have
oar revenge soon :'•
• Ilarrom-GanDEN.—Aatessio Mammas, an Italian
boy, was yesterday brought to theiOffice by one of
the. ConstableS of the Mendicity Society, charged
v. kb being a vagrant. The Constable stated, that
ne Society had learned that, an Italian, who had re-
• sided for some yzars in this country, had lately re-
turned, bringing with burn eight poor boys, neither of
whom can speak a word of English. These boys he
ssods about town one with a land tortoise, two or
three more with monkeys, and the rest with white
mice. On their return home to their master, who
lives in the neighbourhood of West Smithfirold, they
give him the money they have begged whilst out,
and if they have nut enough to satisfy this hutuane
master, he floisiat:em, and sooththem to bed sup-
perless. he 'Magistrate recommended the Society
to apply to the Alien Office, to have them sent but of
the country. The boy was then committed for four-
teen days to the House of Correction,.