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Another circling year has fled,
And, still to grief a prey,
A cypress garland twines my head,
And thorns obstruct my way,
My piteous plaint in vain I pour,
♦nd sigh for raptures known no more.
Fond Low, that smird on happier hours,

Ab- • •

Proves fugitive at last;
He sees where Pleasure strews her flowers
Secure from sorrow's blast,
And (bent th' alluring sweets to share)
Spreads his light wings and settles there.
Thus Frimiship, false and frail alike...
Alike resolv'd to roam—
Varks where the shafts of anguish strike,
And flies the cheerless dome.
Soth, at the first, may faithful seem,
But vanish like a morning dream.
Yet consolation still have I,
Which earth can Geier impart,
As, gazing on yon azure sky,
This truth elates my heart.,--
" There—is a balm for every eare,
" And Fate conducts me swiftly there !"

Viro understand that the fabricators of the late false
intelligence from Cadiz have been detected, and the
Cause being palpably traced to a conspiracy, for the
purpose of raising the priCe of wool, a prosecution at
the suit of the Crown has been directed. .
COURT OF EXCIIEQUEtt SCOTLAND.-0111' Readers
will remember a trial of considerable importance,
which came on before this Court in July last, in which
Robert Dundas, Esq. of Arniston, was defender. The
sum claimed by the Crown amounted to 810,000,
and was for his share of a security grantey a bond
in 170.5 for an eminent West India house in Oksgow.
on this occasion the Jury found for the defenclinton
the grounds of indulgencies having been extended .to
the mercantile house, beyond those stipulated in the
bond, and without the consent or privity of the gen-
tlemen who were joint security. The Crown having
moved for a new trial, the cause came on last week'
before a Special Jury, who reversed the former ver-
dict, and found for the Crown.-
We understand a third trial is to be moved by the
Defendant.
Wednesday, John Armstrong, who was lately con.
'rifted before the High Court of Justiciary, of robbing
the shop of Mr. Robertson in Dalkeith, of a great,
quantity of goods, was executed at the west end of
the tolbooth, Edinburgh, pursuant to his sentence.
His behaviour was firm, but resigned and penitent;
Sind he acknowledged the justice of his sentence.
At the Peterborough Quarter Sessions, Daniel Big-
ley and haat Bower: were convicted, the one of steal-
ing three, and the other five pigs ; but an arrest of
judgment was moved by the prisoners' Advocate, i
upon the ground that the property was not described
with sufficient certainty in the indictment, inasmuch
is there was no such word as pig to be found in the
law books, and therefore it might as well apply to a
pig of lead as to a pig of the species of swine. After
a long argument, the Court remanded the prisoners,
and respited their sentence until the opinion of the
twelve Judges can be taken.
CHILD•DROFFING.—At the Adjourned London Ses-
sions, Elizabeth Pugh and Thomas Pugh were indicted
for conspiring, with other persons unknown, to defraud
the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of St. Andrew,
Holbim, by exposing there a child of tender years,
and which must, of necessity, have become a burden
on the funds of that parish. Among other witnesses
a coachman proved carrying the two prisoners and
the child (on the night the latter was exposed) to
Castle-street, Holborn, and Elizabeth Feary swore,
that Mrs. Pugh had told her, that, in the event of the
death of the child, who had been entrusted to her care,
she should have A3OO. The father of the child was
an officer, who had nettled that sum on the child,
and, on her death, the money was to come to Mrs.
Pugh. This story she often repeated to the witness, ,
intimating her wish for the death of the child. This
alarmed the witness, and she, in consequence, warned
the nurse to whom the child was intrusted.
The REC• ItIER in passing sentence observed to the
prisoners—,, You have both been found guilty of a
crime of the darkest colour, and no person who has
heard your trial can doubt your guilt. You have call-
ed persons to your character, and though they have
described you to have possessed humanity, you have
acted with cruelty. You, Elizabeth Pugh, have been
described as the mother of six children, and any per-
son would have thought that you could not have left
" this illegitimate infant to perish, which neves did you
any harm, but stood in the more need of your pro-
tection, being deprived of its mother and father. The
Court considers your crime a heinous offence. The
sentence of the Court on you, Elizabeth Pugh, and
you, Thomas Pugh, is, that you both be imprisoned
for the term of six months in Giltspur-street Compter.
I trust you will turn your thoughts to ripentance ;
and you, old man, (addressing old Pith, who is
near 80 years of age,) turn your mind to meet that
Judge whom you must have offended by your cruel
and inhuman conduct."

sions, Elizabeth Pugh and Thomar Pugh
for conspiring, with other persons unknoa
the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Holbtirn, by exposing there a child of
and which must, of necessity, have becc
on the funds of that parish. Among of
a coachman proved carrying the two
the child (on the night the latter was
Castle-street, Holborn, and Elizabeth
that Mrs. Pugh had told her, that, in th
death of the child, who had been entruste
she should have £3OO. The father of
an officer, who had nettled that sum •
and, on her death, the money was to c
Pugh. This story she often repeated tc
intimating her wish for the death of the
alarmed the witness, and she, in consequ
the nurse to whom the child was intrust
The Rix WAR in passing sentence of
prisoners—" You have both been foun
crime of the darkest colour, and no pe
heard your trial can doubt your guilt. N
ed persons to your character, and thou;
described you to have possessed human'
acted with cruelty. You, Elizabeth Pui
described as the mother of six children,
son would have thought that you could
' this illegitimate infant to perish, which
any harm, but stood in the more need
tection, being deprived of its mother and
Court considers your crime a heinous c
sentence of the Court on you, Elizabet
you, Thomas Pugh, is, that you both b
for the term of six months in Giltspur-st
I trust you will turn your thoughts ti
and you, old man, (addressing old
near 80 years of age,) turn your mind
Judge whom you must have offended
and inhuman conduct."
frIS.
On she 20th inst. in Bolton-row, Piccadilly,
• lit.cgrrgor Murray, of a son.
On the 13th inst. at Herm:hill, the Lady of CI
a daughter,
At Wateringbury, the Lady of the Rev.
daughter. •
MARRIED.
Wednes lay, the 17th instant, at Erpingl:
Captain NS' colmer Cubitt, of the East Norfolk
Churchill, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. D.
same place.
Saturday, at St. Mary-la-Bonne Church, (
thr Si regiment of Life Guards, to Maria Char
trr of the late Sir George Prescott, Ban. of
"dins.
DIED.
On the 17th inst. at Stockton Lodge, near'
Bover, daughter of the late John Boyer, Est
loyal Navy.
On the 11th instant, at Fort Cumberland, nt
the SA year of his age, after a short illness,
Assistant-Surgeon of the inverness.shire Rest
He was buried with all military honours: the
tors and men of his regiment, together with
h Royal Veteran Battalion, of the garrison of
attended his corpse tot• stave, in Wows pt.;