Star.
London, England, 1829-09-28 00:00:00

DOGBERRY'S CHARGE TO THE CON-
STABLES OF THE WATCH.
FOTTHMR.
visats...." Well, give them their charge, neighbour Doo
Much Ado about :Whim

My good men and true men that mu►t not be feared
When thus in officious dissembly appeared,
Being chosen for parts that's most likely to catch
As most senseless and fit for a vigilant watch.
illost desartleu by force for reserving the peace,
And behaving like ancient and quiet police ;
Having knocked down the veterinarians that long
Comprehended all vagrnm men righteous and wrong.
[That kept silence by bawling all hours of the night,]
And respected as thieves 'all who who stole out of sight;
That beat none on their beat—nor charged fellows to stand
But bid them" keep mooing' straight off out of hand ;
Nor, like a consensious and scrofulous warder,
Kept sly suppositious frail cysterns in order ;
That never coMmended the mob to disgorge,
Or gave riotous peace-makers loosely in charge ;
And worse than the worst of all heinous offences,
That argufied justice quite out of her senses.
In short, to cut short this preclusive preamble, -
You've knocked them down, just like wild beasts in a shamble,
And by their ezemplar you'll all be adjured
Such untolerant conduct can't ne'er be injured—
Net by no means at all—nor no manner of means ;
So they're put on the shelf like old crazy machines.
And now, Masters! apprehend use—l'd have clearly
Some confidence with you, decent. you more nearly :
Come hither—all such a, are blest with good names,
And are well lavour'd varlets, the more to your shames !
You may thank your good fortune for favour and feature, •
But to read and to write can come only by Nature.
Here's my book of Destructions, you'll carry about
Like .a Horn-book, and constantly. thumbing them out
By gap-light, or star-light, or no light at all,
You'll spell all the great print, and guess at the small ;
And conning them over to keep yourselves warm,
Reflect on the duties you've got to reform—
Rut yen need'nt rellect—a police of such stuff
On the people that pays it reflects quite enough.
Now, neighbours, you know this new system of ours
Has been practised of old by all dissolute powers,
Bat as it was proved upon inveteration •
That old systems, like trees, wouldn't bear transportation ;
A reverend youth, in his dolorous merriment,
Has planted a peeling by means of experiment.
—And first, muter.! mind, as we twig birds with lime,
You're annointed to check the perversion of crime
But 11l read the provincial destructions—good lack!
Which indeed is put under the true white and black.
Lawns: You'll get all these matters by rote,
What ;in can't disremember must be of no note—
Read on, if by Nature you're blest with the gift.
U not, your next neighbour will give you a lift
Attending to nothing but reading In quiet,
Is the hist of all ways for preventing a riot ;
And whilevliegant conning your lessons by heart,
In silence all well behaved rogues will depart.
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Told yogi* inferiors of higher degree" •
Be vocations and thirsty as watchmen should be,
And like chimney-sweeps, up to the top you must climb,
For well make you all supniniendents in time.
Every varlet that now bears the lantern before us .
Shall in urn be Justasara of Peace and the Chorus.
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you've tied yourselves up, for the future that's past,
And the'vesent to come—you're bound hard and fast ;
I say, you're tied up, and bound down to devote
AU ties future that was, and the present remote,
To the Ms:cm—and you ought to be proud of yourselves,
When the other old women are laid on the shelves,
To think to your duty so tight you must keep
You'll have no time at all left to eat, drink, or sleep.
And 'tis well that the service your time so engages,
For, muter., 'tis prudently fix'd that your wages
Shall all be extended in lodging and clothing,
And for diet and drink, why, you'll want less than nothing.
How you'll thrive is the service you can't have a notion,
And bit settled for life by a rapid commotion!
Be sure to lodge near to your stations as may be,
For, when tired, a true constable must be a gaby
To prefer the cold flags, the raw air, and wet rain,
To a snug little noose down in Feather-bed-lane ;
And thus, when conveniently quartered together,
You'll be ready for duty—in case of fine weather.
For fear you should stray, and by thieve? be trepann'4l.
Every man has been raddled, like sheep, with a brand :
That if you get pounded, for trespass or so,
You'll be known to the public wherever you go.

Never enter an alehouse, on•any pretence
But to execute duty ;—and watchman-like•sense
Muse tell you the first of the duties of Man

is to keep up his spirits as well as he can ;

Tis the poet's old maximum—peace to their soles!
That the fire burns the brightest for moistening the coals.
But listen to tne'"and non comps my charge,
While I put down the law, like the statues at large,

''Tis flat burglary proved from a publican's bands
To take any liquor by special commands
Without paying him for it—and so odd's my life,

'Twould be best to take liquor from none but Ids wife.

—And now thiDinembly's aspersed for the present,
And I'll charge you to-morrow with structures as pleasant.
(To Os consumed nag drill).

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PRIVATE LETTER.—Sir HARCOURT LEES has left
Dublin within the last week for the North of Ireland,
and the journey of the worthy baronet has excited a
great sensation among the Catholics and the Liberals
here. It is said that the object of his journey is to revive
the Orange Clubs in all their pristine strength and
glory.. I believe, too, Sir HARCOURT has merely
intended to watch the progress made by Mr. O'Coll NELL
in the South, and, for that purpose, had appointed a Re-
porter to meet him. In Belfast, and other towns of the
Noith, which Sir HARCOURT has visited, he has not
been received with that warmth and feeling that he ex-
pected. I have not heard what was his reception in
Derry.
WICK.—Mr. W. SMITH, M.P.—The able and inde-
fatigable Member. fin Norwich, WILLIAM SMITH, Esq. Deputy
Governor of the British Society for extending the Fisheries and
improving the sea coasts of the kingdom, accompanied by his son
&num SMITH, Esq. Secretary to the Society, paid a visit last week
to the settlement of Pulteneytown at Wick, when the 'roars of the
town, as a mark of their respect for Mr. SMITH, who in his capacity
of Deputy-Governor, has for Many years presided and anxiously in-
terested himself in the active management of the Society's affairs,
presented him with a piece of plate of the value of sixty guineas.
The plate was suitably inscribed, expressive of the deep sense
entertained of the value of Mr. Smith's eminent services in
establishing and promoting the welfare of the town. The
whit must have !Men peculiarly gratifying to Mr. Smith
himself, as on Ms first tour to Caithness, not yet thirty
years ago, be saw the site of this large and populous town a
barren waste, and where now are erected two spacious harbours
crowded with vessels—a single boat could not find shelter. We
understand that several improvements are contemplated for add-
lug to the comfort of the settlement, such as conducting
proper supply of water to the different streets—establishing an
acti►e Police—erecting an Academy, lie, &A—Awnless Owner.