Star.
London, England, 1819-02-11 00:00:00

BURNS' ANNVERSARY.

The Anniversary of the Birth taf " Coila's Bard,"
was solemnized at Dumfries
_on the 95th ult. by a
Public Dinner, numerously attended, at which Joust
COMPARLYW, sq. presided, and Mr. Gataasou WE-
dated as Croupier. The evening. was spent in the
utmost harmony and happiness ; tt seemed as if the
spirit of tLe Bard presided in the midst of his admi-
rers.—After the usual public toasts, the CPIAIRMAN
gave 81 The Immortal Memory of Burns," which was
drank in solemn silence—" The Widow and Family
of Burns"—" The venerable mother of the Poet, and
his brother Gilbert, of whom even Burns himself
might have been proud"—" The Memory of Mrs.
Dunlop, of Dr.nlop, the tutelary Saint of Burns"—
" The Memory of the late Dr. Currie, of Liverpool,
the accomplished biographer of the Bard, the judi-
cious editor of his works, and the powerful advocate
Of the interests of his family"—" Mr. Roscoe, of Li-
verpool, who has consecrated an immortal wreath to
the memory of Burns, and is an enlightened admirer
of genius"—" The Rev. Mr. Gillespie, and the Living
Poets of Scotland," for which Mr. Gruusrta return-
ed thanks in a very animated manner—m The Living
Pais of England and Ireland."—" John Mayne, Esq.
author of the Wier Gun—a Poem which, in the opinion
of the great Northern Minstrel, is superior to any thing
that has been produced in the same style, since the
time of Fergusson and Burns."—" James Hogg, the
admired author of the Queen's Wake, and al:er Burns
the greatest self-taught Poet of Scotland."—a Mr.
Tennant, the author of Anster Fair."--4, The croupier
Mr. Grierson, to whose indefatigable exertions the ad-
mirers of Burns are under many obligations, and who
has bad an activeand important share in rescuing the
Poet's dust from noteless obscurity, and lodging it in
that Sepulchral Palace which now rears its proud
dome over his remains."

Mr. Gatensox, in returning thanks, erpre;sed I'6
satisfaction at seeing such a hippy add harmonious
meeting, and said he tntstesi from the arrangements
that had been made, the birth-day of the Poet would
be commemorated every year in tle same respectable
manner.

Mr. M,DIARMID being called on for a toast, after
some eloquent observations on the calumny to which
the character of Burns had been exposed, gave—
" Confusion to the Foes of Genius, and immortal
honour to its Friends."

An alteration is about to take place in the Dress of
the young Gentlemen on the foundation of E.tton
College, and they are in future to wear bands.
No little hustle has been caused amongst the inha-
bitants of New Windsor, in consequence of a copy of
the Charter of that Borough having recently got into
circulation, by which it appears that they are entitled
to privileges which have long lain dormant.
Several persons in the neighbourhood of Windsor
have lately been convicted in heavy penalties, for the
purchase of game. The informations were laid by a
regular poacher, who not only obtained his share of
the penalties, but previously levied contributions from
several of his' customers, in the shape of a subscription
to defend him in the event of a prosecution.

AU the Centimes of the Melton Mowbray Hunt hare been
for some elms at Berkeley Castle. The high-spirited Colonel al-
ways preserves old English hospitality in its purest style. Four
simes a week there are fox hunts; on the other days coursing
and shombig. The three packs of hounds are kept, and twenty-
eight hymn; they bunt one day, and dress two. The whippers-
In hayseeds tam horses, and the kiilltsBllllll Ave per diem. It is
now a meimienee heint, which by to boast of the largest, and
perhaps the swiftest dogs in the world. Notes ever took a
furze cover so well ; they spread themselves tareeils it in an is.
wain but, the usual fault of high•eurselng Isesmds, they will sot
lay their noses to the monad, or bust a s mat. About the
close of last week they had ens Raw dry-tat yeseedsetsd run
They started i fox at dawn, end ran bee so pawl at two o'clock ;
thou rose a bosh fox, and the them essireed sight set in.

- Monday, a young Lady of considerable connexions
in Brighton, was found drowned in the vicinity of
Rouingdean. It was late in the evening before the
friends of the deceased knew of the melancholy event.
Last week, as Mt. William Irwin, farmer at Roan,
in Nichol Forest, was on his road to Carlisle, to pay
his rent, he was attacked by two men in Bush Loan-
ing, and robbed of 501. his life, from the bruises he
received, is despaired of.
The wife of an Englishman of distinction recently died in
Paris. The husband was inconsolable at his loss, and would net
quit the mortal remains oflit once dear partner. He directed
the preparations for the funeral, and accompanied theulchral
procession to the burial-groand of Pere-la-Cbalse. Onsep arriving
there, be requested that a spot of ground might be assigned him
demand for which is, alas . for the grave, the exorbitant but too
generally known. Ile was told the price of it would be ICO francs
per yard, and a donation of SO francs to the poor. " Yon will
require ens yards," said they," conKvently, you must pay
250 francs. At they. words the Englishman took out of his
pocket two pkees of :V francs each, and pointing to the coffin
cantairirg the body of his late wife, in a weeping voice an-
swered : —Let kir be harm/ voles."
MAsmusitADZ AT PAAls.—This is the season for
masquerades at Paris ; one of them, at the Opera,
was productive of some unpleasant consequences,
A certain Count, who hara.very beautiful wife, had
determined to leave her'at home; but the lady, by no
means disposed to forego the pleasures of the even-
ing, followed. in a domino, and was unfortunate
enough to attract the notice of a gentleman, whose
attenuons became so troublesome, that she resolved
to retire. On reaching the door for this purpose, her
haste and anxiety were so great, that she let fall her
mask, and was instantly recognized by her husband,
who was just leading a Acre untie from the assembly.
The enraged husband, without considering his own si-
tuation, immediately charged his wife with having
made an assignation with the gentleman, and *saw'
her to her carnage. On the next morning, the lady
was sent into the country, a victim to her indiscre-
tion, and, in the eyes of the world, a ruined reputa-
tion. Every attempt has been made to convince the
husband of his error, but in vain.
Cononza's leovasra.—Tuesday last, an Inquest
was held at the Jolly Butchers, Deptford, upon the
body of Elizabeth Pike, who was drowned by falling
into a ditch on are road side. It appeared in evi-
dence, that the ditch was only three feet in depth.—
As there was ne evidence to chew how she got into
the ditch, the Jury brought in a verdict or—Acci-
dental Death.

Yesterday! an Inquest was held at the Howard-
Castle, Euston-square New-road, on the body of a
child, which was found in a ditch, in a field near the
above plate. The surgeon, ia evidence, stated that
it Os full Erases, and that there were no marks of
violence about its person. The Jury leturacd a ver-
dict oft.asousid.Deoweetd.

of a

POLICE.

MANCION HO u4s.—Jahn Dorsey, a fellow
a few days ago discharged from custody at the
tice-room, where he had undergone.an -
on a charge of theft, was yesterday fully ,
upon the complaint of Mr. Taylor, Foreman
late Grand Jury of Viddleser. Mr. Taylor said,
he was passing along Fleet-market, he missed
pocket handkerchief He suddenly turned
and saw the prisoner running and endeavourink
conceal something in his breast The lastzr-
soon stopped, and the handkerchief was taken
his person. Mr. Taylor expressed his
to prosecute on hearing the character the
ner, and wished to have him committed on
tal charge of privately stealing, in order that
might get rid of such a nuisance, by -
for life, to which the sentence of death
commuted. The variant of commitment •
ever, made out in the usual way.

- GuiLDßALL.—,Theophiliss Brcrxn, :he old ,
charged withuttering and having in his polosic
forged one pound notes of the Bank of Engle ad.
win examined yesterday at great ' -
Wingfield, the publican, of 45, Strand; was ,
pal evidence adduced. He deposed, that v.hen
prisoner came on Saturday morning and char4,ed
olle
pound note in payment for two glasses c; to •
he had a man with him whose face he well k::
• whom he believed to be a printer. It was fie-
knowledge of this person that he ch:raged the •
During the time the parties were &inking, the ,
ger said he would call on the prisoner, if he ,
him where he lived. The pri.ionces reply was "
pr' reat Saffron-hill" lie said after, Lis name
rTheophilus llrown. Mr. Wineeid used fre.:ucr.:
'to see the printer, as he thbught him, bcl:e. bat
never saw him since. It turned out in the coarse
Mr. Wingfield's evidence that he unintentiona4 •
:the very note away in change which hid been pa.
to him by the prisoner, so that it ccrald not erase
Fproduced in evidence. The points urged against'
prisoner to shear the guilty knowledge were, his !
tng at the liquor-shop he resided at Saffron.: 'll ;
.Mr.. Blacken's, in Smi;lifield, that it was at Ne.
Short's-gardens, Drury-lane, and that he 11.1,1
money from his uncle : at Mr. Ottley's, in _
he had received the money from his friends in
country as a present ; while he invariably tc,ll
-officer, and still declared, that he found the n
As to his residence, inquirieshad been made,
was not known at all in the places he
The Magistrate thought the case most
one which ought to be sifted to the bottom.
was no doubt there was a directing accomplice,
whom the prisoner was in all probability agent int.
transaction. He should therefore order the priz,
to stand again remanded for some days, and :n
kept separate and free from all private commlmii
tion with visitors. In the mean time he .iii:en
further inquiries to, be made, in which he re:G.:,
mended Mr. WingfiEld to assist.

Bow-avatar,—Yesterday William Latencies uncle--
went an examination before the Sitting Magistrate,
charged with endeavouring to impose upon Lady
Frances Calthorpe, at her house in Grosvenor.sqzare,
on Thursday last, by offering himself to be engaged
in her Ladyship s service, as a porter ; and the cha-
racter he produced, with a view to obtain tie
ap-
pointment, upon due inquiry, turned out to be fal-.e
and fabricated ; and which being satisfactorily
proved before the Magistrate, the pnsoaer was con-
victed and fined in the penalty of twenty pound!,
which he not being prepared to pay, he was cormr.i:-
ted to Totbill-fields Bridewell for two month!.

W. Brown was committed under the Pawnl,r
Act, for six weeks, for pleding some wearin;aip:.:::,
the property of his employer, H. Hunter, Lsq.

Faun neon Vanurawarraas Pcsessmsf—The Rtui
De Cocq, from Ostend to LondoN safW on the 14th diy of
December, 1016, put into Flushingßoads ;' ianedagain there:',
and on the following day mit shoot thre leagues to the West
of Ostend, and the master and crew went to that poet, but the
vessel was soon after taken possession of by some fishermen, vsi
towed on shore on the Flemish coast, when it was discovered
that she had been wilfully sunk.
Inman, having been effected at the Royal Exchange As-
straw Ogee, and at Lloyd's, on this veiled and mrgo, to 'be
amount of near £5OOO. the Agent to Lloyd's at Ostend Ins di-
rected to take measures for bringing De Cocq and his confede-
rates to *dm ; and we brie the pleasure of giving the ret.k
of she promastkm, which we hope win operate as a warping to
others, and be the means of putting a check to frauds of
nature, to which the Underwriters are too often subject.

XXTRACT TRAK 0112Ete, DAT= M. 6. -
" De Coeq's career of iniquity is closed; and by the sentence
of the Supreme Criminal Court at Brussels, he will have to re-
pent of his crimes in chains and hard labour the rest of his life.
His guilt was clearly established with regard to the sinking cf
his vessel, and the re-landing the grain and false madder. Ws
sentence is, to labour in irons for life; to be publicly exposed,
and branded on the right shoulder with the letters T. P. (tilt'.
lying trams a perpetuite), to pay 100 florins sne, and the ex-
penses of his prosecutisn'—De Bie, of Hors, as an accomplice
in the theft of grain, &c. re-landed from the Klan Jan, to eielt
ran' close confinement, and an hour's public exposure-11e
Mate, ,Lißeluse, convicted of perjury in the protest made here,
and other documents, also two of the sailors, Awnsan and Zwia-
nen, who signed with him, to five years' hard labour, r.bll:
exposure, and ti be branded with T. F. to pay SO florins
and the expenses of this prosecution."

BIRTHS.
Sunda% Ia Otoevcaor-aquare, th. Lady of Jon iftberiy,
tatM.P. of a on.
t Cork, the Lady of Capt. Wale, of the 92d HighbEde'l•

DIED.
At the hit of September last, at Fort St. George, Madras,
Major-General James limes, of the nonourable East ladle Cc,c-
pany's Service.
At Dover, on the 4th inst. Robert Waugh, Rag. formerly w-
i neon of the 45d Regbnent, and lately to the Recruiting District
at Chelmsford. _ .

Thursday seludgbt, after a long illness, aged 2!, Mrs. Tombs,
wife of Mr. D4niel Toombs, of the lady Owen's Arms, Go-
weft-street-road.

&pt. 30, at Morant Bay, Jamie% Mr. William Henry 11:'
• chewer, late of the Theatre, Kinesseh
On the Ist inst. E. Quested, leresseme ; be was sitting on 111
side of a barge on the hilikary Card, near Mlsington, in geci
health, but suddenly fell backwards and was drowned.
At Teres de la Frontera, in Andalusia, Lieut. G. IhOri,
banks, R. N.
At Libra, near Nenagh, T. Harrison, M. D. formerly of ti.":
lith Light Dragoons.

COAL MARKET, Fse. 10.
Ships at Market.. Ships Sold. Price.
591 Newcastle - 15 ZOs Oil to 46s id
4 Sunderland tk 33* id to 395. Cd
HIGH WATER at LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOREG'S.
Moaning . - 40 minutes deer 3
Afternoon - . 55 --..... v.-- 3

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