Star.
London, England, 1811-09-13 00:00:00

REFLECTIONS.

If the last sad adieu sinks deep in his heart,
Whom necessity forces reluctant to part
' Front the object he loves, for a tithe;
How much must he feel in Adversity's hour,
Who, bonding beneath sharp Aillietion's dread pow r,
Unconscious of error or crime,
The dictates ttf duty severely command .
To yisld up each claim to that dearly hued hand,
Wuich, ere the bright visions of pleasure had flown,
He once fondly hop'd to have soon cad his own ?
There erst was a time, nor yet distant the day,
When no spirits were lighter, no heart was more gay,
Than that heart which now sorrows alone
Oh! then did it love, and, unquench'd the pure flame,
Which, by merit tannin', keeps burning the same,
I.l:iimpairl by the griefs it has known ;
But fled are ticose spirits which once were so light,
And oppress'd is that heart which once throbb'd with delight,
Ere tants full heavy, adversity's blow
Had taught i: the depth of misfortune to know !

But now that the season of Pleasure has fled,
And Sorrow usurps the command is Its stead,

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WL•y intlitll,-t in fond dreams of past love ?
Why ask, when each jiiy is far batish'd front view,
My EMMA ittx once plighted vows to renew,

And the dark scenes of fortune to prove?

Oh ! banish, my breast, from thy presence, such dreams,
Till 1 lope's brilliant star shall again shew his beams;
the advent of permanent Joy shall appear,
And the smile shall be seen unimpair'd by the tear!
10143. Oxoniensla.

CORK, SEPTEMBER 4.

Yesterday our Assizes for the county closed with
the trial of a record before a special Jury, wherein
Ellen 'reap, the daughter of a respectable farmer at
Curriglass, was plaintiff, and John Boyce, of Tallow,
Esq. defendant'. This was an action for recovery of
damages against the defendant for defamation, hav-
ing published that he had criminal connection with
the plaintiff ; whereby she lost the advantage of be-
ing married to a young gentleman, who had been
paying his addresses to her. This being an action
which excited much curiosity, the Court was extreme-
ly crowded at a very early hour; but to their disap-
pointment, after the Jury was sworn, the defendant,
to escape a public discussion of the defamation, sign-
ed a consent to withdraw his plea of (tot guilty, con-
fessed the cause of action, and submitted the assess-
ment of damages to five of the Jury, who after a full
investigation of the charges, without hesitation, as-
sessed the damages at A;00, with costs.

The several persons who are confined in the minor
prisons of the metropolis were removed yesterday to
Nevegate, preparatory to their respective trials at the
Commission of Oyer and Termidr, and General Gaol
Delivery, which will commence at Justice Hall, in the
Old Bailey, on Wednesday next.
Monday morning, about five o'clock, as some la-
bourers were going to work in a brick-field near the
Hampstead-road, their attention was attracted by the
faint cries of an infant, a female apparently about
three months old. A genteel-dressed woman was
seen leaving the field about a quarter of an hour be-
fore the child was discovered, and is supposed to be
the person who left it there. The child was taken to
St. Pancras work-house.
Friday evening, a man was stopped at Colchester,
under very, suspicions circumstances, having two
hones in his possession, supposed to have been stolen :
he is a gipsey, and was offering them for sale, and
called himself a horse-dealer ; but his appearance
not corresponding, he was detained till he could give
a satisfactory account how he became possessed oldie
horses. He says he has been buying and selling
horses within these two or three weeks, at Canterbury,
Dover, Deal, and also at Egham ; but he is supposed
to belong to a gang of gipsies who have, for some
time past, been about the country, committing various
depredations, particularly in stealing horses. Two
men were in his company on the day he was t iken.
SHOCKING Mertnee.—The following is an extract
of a letter from a Gentleman in Greensborough,
Guildford, to his friends in Raleigh, North Carolina,
dated May 23, 1811 :••-.44 A cruel murder has just
been committed in the neighbourhood of this place.
—A negro fellow belonging to Mr. Wetborn, of
Bowman, knowing that a Mr. Wheeler of this coun-
try, living on Deepriver, on the Salisbury road, had
' a little money, formed the plan of killing Wheeler,
' and all the grown persons in his house. Wheeler kept
a grog-shop, and the negro being known in the home
asked and obtained permission to stay all night. At
late huur of the night be prepared for his enter-
prize by setting open the doors of the house and pla-
cing the chairs close to the wall ; and then took down
part of an iron pot-rack, and went to Wheeler's bed.
Wheeler's wife first discovered him ; she awoke her
husband, who, in attempting to rise from the bed, was
struck down. The blow, though severe, was not mor-
tal ; he leaped front the bed and seized the negro,
who continued his blows. Wheeler, by an act of des-
perate exertion, after having torn a spinning-wheel to
pieces to get a defensive weapon, succeeded in throw-
ing the negro out of the door, which he instantly
shut, and called to a Mr. Frazier, who was lying in
the same room asleep, to jump up and get his gun,
which was suspended over the door. The negro ran
round the house, and entered this door just at the
moment that Frazier was approaching it to get his
gun ; he struck Frazier down, and rushed forward
across the room to Wheeler, who opened the door
and ran ; the negro pursued him, and in about 100
yards he overtook him. Wheeler threw him down,
and had the better of the combat for some time, but