Star.
London, England, 1816-04-22 00:00:00

THE SOLDIER.

A Soldier ant I, the world over i range,
And would not my lot with a Monarch exchange;
Haw welcome a Soldier whenever be roves,
Aitended like Venus, by Mats, and the Loves;
Bow dull Is the ball, and how cheerless the fair,
What's a feast, or a frolic, if ha be not there.
Sind, and gallant, and joyous, we Come,
And the world looks alive at the sound of the drum!
eg The Soldiers are coming," di villagers cry,
. All trades are suspended to se'/us pase'by ;
Quick flies the glad sound to the mantes' up stairs,
in a moment dismised are her brooms and her tares;
Outstretched is her neck, till the soldier she sees,
From her cap the red ribbon plays tight in 11e breeze,
But lighter her heart plays, a; nearer they come,
And redder her cheek at the sound of the drum!
The veteran, half dozing, awakes at the news,
Hobbles nut, and our column with triumph reviews;
Near his knee, his young grandson with ecatacy hears
Of Majors and Generals, and fine Brigadiers;
Of the marches he took, and the hardships he knew,
Of the bottles he (might, and the toes that he slew ;
To his heart spirits new in wad revelry conic,
And snake one rally more at thisound of the drum!
Who loves not a Soldier—the generous, the brave,
The heart that can feel. and the arm thar can save;
In peace, the gay friend with the manners that charm,
The thought ever liberal, the soul ever warn,;
In his ntind'uothing selfish or pitiful known,
sTis a temple, which honour can enter alone;
No titles 1 bout, yet wherever I come,
I can always feel proud at the sound of the drum!
MIL'S.

Quest:-souane..---Saturday a Serjeant of the
Giaards exhibited a complaint against Mr. Thorough-
!rood, of Lambeth-road, who • refused to restore a
Waterloo medal which was found at his shop. A sol-
dier had lent his jacket to a comrade. who lost the
medattrom the ribbons' to which it was attached, and
on searching the pawnbrokers' Shops it was found at
Mr. Thoroughgood's. The Magistrate said, it was
the first ease of the kind that had come before him,
and ordered Mr. Thoroughgood to be again made
acquainted with the consequences, and if he still re.
fused to give it up, then the law must be enforced.
SHADWELL.—M. Limier was committed for beat-
ing and otherwise ill-treating, so as to endanger the
life of his wife.
CnRONWB • Inoussr.--Wednesday morning, the
lOth inst. an Inquisition was held at the St. Giles's
workhouse, Holborn, upon view of the Leidy of Elea.
nor Somers, wha met her death by the hands of
Richard Hogan, in the manner hereafter detailed, on
Monday rooming, the Bth instant.
The Inquest having sat the whole of the day, ad-
journed, and sat again three several times, and at
length concluded their sittings on Fs iday morning.—
On one of these occasion (Mr. Camara) a Juryman,
who had attended the first sitting, ah-ented himself
from the second, and in defiance of three noticea, one
especially from the Coroner, declared his intention
not to attend, and aciu ally t k his passage fur the
Continent. This extr.tordinary c uduct (of which
the Coroner will, no doubt, upon the return of Mr.
C. take legal notice) led to the necessity set summ n.
ing a new Jury, and of raising from the ground, the
body of the degraded, which bad Wen interred after
the first view. '
Jawes Lee, the first witness, deposed, that he resi-
ded in Cockpit-alley, Wild•street, Drury-lane. The
deceased, who was a married woman, and a man,
named Richard Hogan. had cohabited together, in
the same house, for about two years. Witness and
Lis wife lived in an adjoining room. On the 3d of
Aprsl instaet, the evening, about five o'clock, wit-
ness, his wile, the,deceased, and H.'gan, went into a
ii,luse at the comer of Princes-street, Drury-
t,liete they had some liquor. They then went
another public house, at the corner of St. Martin's-
lane, thence to another in the Haymarket. and alter.
wards to the Half Moen, in Piccadilly. The de-
ceased at this time was much intoxicated, and fell.—
Hogan raised her up, but she fell down again. Being
again raised, deceased and Hogan had some words
together respecting mney, and a mob collected.—
Witness and his wife then went home. Saw them
agaituabeut nine o'clock, when they came home in a
coach. The deceased was not 'then so mach intoxi-
cated as When he parted with her fOur hours before.
She seemed sensible, and complained that Hogan had
kicked her going into the coach, ,and hurt her much.
The deceased was put to bed in his mom, and wit-
ness cat up ail night. Hogan sat up also, but went
cost oceacionally. In the course of the night Hogan
"used violent expressions ; and, at one time, dragged
the deceased, together with the bed on which she
upon the floor, arid said he would have her life.
Re wished her to go to her own room, but she de-
clined through fear of hint. In the morning, how-
ever, sire was removed to her own bed, and witness
ItsAng gone out early and returned about ten o'clock,
saw Hogan in his own room, with a rope in his hand.
HO was in an upright posture, and he had his other
handayon a hammer on the shelf, and witness con-
ceised be was about to hang himself. Witness had
frequently heard Hogan threaten the life of thede.
et:Pied, and declare that her English husband should
Mere" enjoy her society. The deceased was taken to
the workhouse on Friday the .sth.
Elizabeth Lee is the wife of the last witness, she
coalarmed the principal parts of her liusband's depo.l
sitipn, which was also corroborated by several oiler
witnesses. '
grace Haul:ton deposed, that she was landlady of
the house where Hogan and the deceased resided.—
Kemembered their coming home in a coach on the
evening of the 3d instant. The deceased was per-
fectly sensible, and complained of the kicks she had
Weaved from Hogan. When in her room, in the
presence of Hogan, she said—a. she thought she
should die"—that Hogan had given her two violent
kicks upon the stomach, which he denied, but de-
/rased persisted in the charge. Witness said—" she
thought it a shocking . thing," when Hogan spit in-
her face, assaulted. and abused "ter. !he evening
before 'lke deceased was conveyed to the 'workhouse,
Mogan asked witness if she thought Eleanor SoMers
would die ? Witness said—s, Yes," when Hogan
replied—‘4 let her die and,be —." The deceased
was in perfect good health before the evening of the
Sd instant.
After hearing other evidence, but which did not
serve to throw additional light on this melancholy
ooturrepee, the Coroner recapitulated the evidence,
and the Jury. having consulted together for about ten
minutes, returned a verdict of—Wilful Mtirder
4g4inst Richard Hogan. The Joni also found, that
tTie said Richard Woo had abscoadod.