Star.
London, England, 1821-12-24 00:00:00

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CHRISTMAS MORN.

'This is the Morn of Victory
When the high Victor came to die.
The world was dark, the guilty gaze
Saw not o'er heaven the splendour's blaze,
That told the Shepherds Hs was burn;
It heard not on that breaking morn
The Angel harps, the glorious hymn
From burning lips of Eherubirn,
That morn the Roman CASAIL sate
Unconscious that a Potentate
Was come, to whom his laureled breve
Must stoop-e-the mighty man of woe.
The Pontiff at his Altar stood,
Unconscious that a nobler blood
Than ever stream'd, that hour was given
Pure from the summit Throne of Heaven.
That ICnictr Victim came not robed
In gold, with trooping spears englobed;
Flamed on his brow no royal gem ;
Ha came—the babe of Bethlehem.
He was all power ; the tempest sky
Might have come down, his canopy;
The rushing of his chariot-wheels
• Told by the thunder's herald peals,
The flashes of the midnight lightning
The Earth thro all her chambers brightning,
Till mankind, startled from their slumber,
Saw come the numbers without number.
Rank upon rank, from Heaven's high steep,
The Seraph legion's gorgeous sweep,
Still more and mot.? the pomp revealing—
The golden trumpet louder pealing—
Till in their centre blazed the Throne
On which Its sate--the jrrt, great One !
/here was no pomp—for on this Morn
A Man of sacrifice was botz ;
Hs came to be a stranger hers,
Even in his tribe—a wanderer
He came to pray, to weep, to die;
And won for Man the Victory! ru LCL

The appearance of the Heavenly Bodies is at this
time-vety singular, and wilt be particularly so to-
morrow, when the two beautiful planets, Jupiter and
Saturn, will both pass the meridian at the same in-
stant of time, about one minute after seven o'clock
in the evening ; Jupiter being 65 minutes of a degree,l
or 2} times the diameter of the Sun above, or to the
north of Saturn. The four attendant moons of the
former, and the ring of the latter planet, afford fine
objects for telescopic observations. On the same day
the planet Venus will be at its elongation, or greatest
apparent distance from the Sun, and also at its situa-
tion of greatest brilliancy ; this planet is also an ex-
cellent object for the telescope, having, by that means,
the form and appearance of the Moon at its first
quarter; and to those who have telescopes equato-
rially mounted, this planet will be a fine object dur-
ing the whole of the day from eleven o'clock in the
morning, and as the day-light takes off its blazing ap-
pearance it has at that time, with a glass magnifying
about 60 or 70 times, the same clear, pale, well-de-
fined appearance, and the same apparent size and
form as the Moon at a quarter old, even whilst the i
Sun is at its brightest. planet Herschel will be,
at the same time, in conjunction with the Sun (of
course invisible), but it is worthy of notice, that
forty of our years must elapse before this planet will
have pertinmed one half of its annual revolution
round the Sun, so as to be on the meridian at mid-
night in this season of the year, and visible to us. or
our succe4v3rs, during the whole of a Christmas night.
The Rev. Sir It Bare DUDLEY, Bait. has returned
15 per cent, to his lessees, out of the tithes of the Rec-
tory of Willingham, for the present year.
The Rev. J. E. GAMBIER, Rector of Langley, at'
his late audit, benevolently reduced his tythes ten
per cent. in consequence of the distressed state of
agi iculture.
The Rev. Mr. BARLEE, Rector of Frittran, has
abated his tythes CIO. per cent.
W. BALDWIN, Esq. of Steed Hill, has also lowered
his tythes ten per cent.
When the late Dr. BEADON was Rector at Eltham,
in Kent, the text he one day undertook to preach from
was, " Who art thou r After repeating the text, he
made, as was his custom, a pause for the congrega-
tion to reflect upon the words, when a Gentleman, in
a military dress, who at that instant was marching
very sedately up the middle aisle of the church, sup-
posing it a question addressed to him, to the surprise
of all present, replied, " I am, Sir, an Officer of the
16th Regiment of Foot, on a recruiting party here;
and, having brought my wife and family with me, I
wish to be acquainted with the neighbouring Clergy
and Gentry." This so deranged the Divine, and so
tickled the fancy of the younger part of the congre-
gation, that, though they attempted to listen with de-
cor um, and the Beadle repeatedly held up hi • dreaded
authority, the discourse was not proceeded in without
considerable difficulty.
WOLVERHAMPTON, DEC. 20.—The following fatal
accidents have occurred in this neighbourhood, and
Inquisitions have been taken on the bodies of the
deceased, before H. SMITH, Esq. Coroner:
Elizabeth Anderson. of Calf.heath, in the parish of Brewood.
a gut about nine years of age, was lifting up a pot from her
father's tire, when her clothes caught the dames, and she was so
much burnt that she died on the followieg morning.
Dania Creswell and Joseph Knowle,, miners, were killed by
about ten tons weight of coal falling upon them, while at work
in a pit at the Brierley Colliery.—(Two other men were also
severely hurt by the accident, but ate expected te recover.)
11artha Bond, 14 years of age, fell into a branch of the Bit-
mingbasu Canal, at Monmore-green, as she was endeavouring to
get over the Canal by means of a gateway, when her foot slipt,
and she fell into the water and was drowned.
William Ford;a child between three and four years old, was
suffocated by falling into a privy-hole, at Willenhall, whilst at
play near it.
William Tibbets was getting over a rail at noneley, with a
basket of mortar on his head, when the rail broke under him, '
and he was thrown with gre... force upon the pound. by which
be received so muck injury that he died in four hours afterwards.
Benjamin Smith, a &Annan, was found lying asleep on a boat •
at Greet's-green, near lA'estbronrivieb, on the night of Susiday
week, with his clothes on fire, and was so badly burned that he
died on Saturday.
Nathaniel Nlaaon, a young man, was at work in r coal-pit at
Bradley, on Friday Tanning, when a quantity of rock-stese
suddenly giving way, fell upon him, and he win eet much is-
• lend that hr died the same afternoon.
'Thomas Jones, the beadle of the Handsworth Church, was
dead in a confined pt:ee, lying against the stove which
beats the Church, and it is supposed to was suffocated by the
dikipp air combining with the heat produced by the stove.
Vadat, on each7glAccidental Death

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COURT OF COMMON P—EAS, DEC. 22.
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SIIIELLS .A%D ANCTIIZE V. RUSSELL AND CO.
Mr. Serjeant Lexs, in stating' tficeirie to The lary.
remarked that the circumstances connected. with this
transaction were of the most singular nature. It was
an action brought by Messrs. Shiells and Johns, who
were bankers at Plymouth Dock, against the de-
' fendants, who were the proprietors of the Plymouth
waggon, for the recovery of £450, which was the
lamottta insured at their office on the Ist December,
'lB2O, upon a parcel of the bank notes of their Ply-
mooth Bank, amounting -to between £1,300 and
1,1:1,400. This parcel was delitiered at the waggon
office by the pditer of Sir John Perring's bank, on
the evening of the Ist Ct. December, according to
their usual practice of remitting to their correspond-
ents of the country banks the parcels of their notes,
which they had, according to previous arrangements,
paid on demand at their bank in town. The reason
why the action was not brought for the whole
amount of the notes was, that insurance was only
paid upon £450 of the amount. - He would prove in
evidence, that the regular clerk-of Sir John Perring
had made up the parcel for remittance to the Ply-
mouth Bank, on the Ist of December, and had in
the evening delivered it to their porter, Painter, who
would prove he duly deposited it,, and paid for it at
Russells Waggon Office. By the regular course,
this parcel would reach Plymouth on the 13th De-
cember, but instead of arriving on that day, there
came to the Plymouth Bank a parcel, not the same
as that transmitted from Perring's, but one re-
sembling it in size, and having the same direction,
and also having seals resembling those used at the
London Bank, but merely containing, instead of
country notes,* parcel of waste paper. Unfortunately
'one of the partners at Plymouth being ill when this
II partial came, it lay by unopened in their iron safe
until the 18th, when the -abstraction of the property
was discovered on breaking the seals. He must in
this stage of the proceeding apprize the Jury that the
robbery could not have been perpetrated subsequent
to the arrival of the parcel at Plymouth, for many
of the stolen notes were repaid within a few days of
their delivery at the waggon office, by Sir John Per-
ring's Bank, so that there was every reason to suppose
the robbery had been committed in or sear London.
John West, was a clerk in Sir John Perring's
[lank; they were the London agents of the Plymouth
Bank. It was their usual practice, at stated periods,
to retina country bank notes to the proprietors; on
the Ist December, witness made up a parcel of the
Plymouth notes, to the amount of £1,316, and di-
,ected it to 44 Messrs. Shiells and Johns, Plymouth
Dock—per Russells waggon, Dec. 1." He delivered
the parcel to their porter, John Painter, to be con-
veyed to the waggon-office. The parcel contained
the whole of the paid notes up to the Ist of Decem-
ber; he sealed it with the seal bearing the initials of
the Bank, which he now produced; the packet
handed to him was not that which he so sent ; it had
the same initials, but bore no resemblance to the
genuine seal.
The Mock parcel was proved, by a witness named
Thompson, to be the same which arrived at the bank
at Plymouth Dock, on the 13th December, and that
it remained in the iron safe until the 18th, owing to
the illness of one of the partners.
John rainier, the porter at Sir Julsis t4cittogs,
examined—l have been there twelve years. I re-
member receiving three parcels on the Ist of Decem-
ber, from Mr. West* about half-past five o'clock, or
thereabouts. I had also letters, which I delivered at
the Postoffice before seven o'clock. I put the three
parcels into a bag; two of them were directed to
Messrs. Shiells and Johns—one to go by Russells
waggon, and the other from the Swan with Two
Necks. The latter I delivered first ; and when I did
that, I went with the other to Russells' office ; it
could not be much after seven when I had deliverd
the whole of the parcels. When I went to the wag-
gon-office, I said to the porter, " Call somebody, I
want to give a parcel." Two persons like Gentlemen ,
were there at the time ; but I said it was my turn to
be served first, and I laid my parcel on the desk, and
paid El. 2s. Bd. for the booking (having it also
vouched in my own book), and insuring for £450. I
mentioned nothing about the sum, or the contents of
the parcel. The two Gentlemen who were at the
waggon-office when I was there, might or might not
have seen the parcel I delivered.
Crass-examined by Mr. Serjeant Pea—The entry
in the book of voucners is in my hand-writing; but
the initials C.O. and the amount insured, are by the
book-keeper. I have livpd several years with Pee-
ring and Co. I cannot speak to the exact time when
I got the parcel from Mr. West. Russell's waggon-1
office was in Friday-street. The night was dark, and
I think thete was rather a faint light at that office..—
The person now in Court (Mr. Chase) was the book-
keeper whom I saw at the office. I put the parcel
down on the desk, paid the £l.2s. Bd. and left it in
his charge. The two Gentlemen did not come into
the office; I believe they staid at the door ; but I
cannot say, for I did not take particular notice. I
went there alone. I know a person named Nightin-
gale, a man with one arm and very red whiskers. I
have known him about three years, and speak to him
when we meet, and may be have somewhat to drink.
This does not occur often, but I am so far intimate
with him, if you call that being acquainted, as to
call upon him sometimes; he has never called upon
me since this has occurred.
Mr. Serjeant Part here called Nightingale, whom
the witness identified as being the man of whom he
spoke, but who was not with him on the Ist December.
Mr. Serjeant PELL, for the defendants, addressed
the Jury at considerable length. He said, that in
this case his painful duty was to e,tablish guilt upon
an individual who was a party in this most singular
transaction; for he apprehended, in the result, they
would have no other alternative than to fix guilt upon
the box-keeper at the waggon office, or upon Painter,
the porter to Sir John Perring. The Learned Ser-
jeant then commented with great severity on the tes-
timony of the porter, whose statement of the occur-
rence he altogether impugned. They had heard from
Painter that the parcel was delivered to him by
clerk about half-past five o'clock, and he should prove
that he did not deliver it at the waggon office until
about half-past seven o'clock, a space which ad-
mitted of sufficient opportunities for transforming the
parcels. The Jury had heard Painter declare that
he went unaccompanied by Nightingale to the wag-
gon office; now, on that point be should pore the

witness's statement untrue, for out of the mouths of a
number of witnesses he would clearly demonstrate
that Nightingale was with Mtn at the very time of
his being at the office, on the night of the Ist of De-
cember. The appearance of Nightingale was most
remarkable, and could not be mistaken, for he was a
man with one arm only, and wearing peculiarly red
whiskers. If he then proved to the satisfaction of
the Jury that Painter swore falsely when he denied
being accompanied with Nightingale, then there
would be an end to the case.
It was admitted from the books of Sir John Per-
ring and Co. that of the Plymouth notes transmitted
to the Plymouth waggon office, on the Ist Decem.
ber, £llO and £l3O had been paid again, in two
sums, at Perring's, on the sth December; £l6O and
£l4O, in two sums, on the 6th; and several other
sums on the days immediately succeeding.
Mr. Chase, the book-keeper to Russell and Co. de-
posed, that on the night of the IA of December, near
eight o'clock, Painter, Nightingale, and two others,
came to the office, which was lighted with gas, and
was quite strong and clear then, as is now the light
of this Court. The persons 1 have named came to
the office nearly at one time. I spoke first to the two
Gentlemen. Painter was at the time standing near
the desk, and Nightingale near the door-post. Pain-1
ter then gave me Eh gs. 84.1. with a parcel, to insure
it for £450. The other two men who came up to
the office had left it before I took the parcel, which
I instantly deposited in the iron safe; where were'
previously five other parcels, worth £1,400 or £1,500.
I then lacked the chest, and put the key into my i
pocket. Daniel Hodder and a person named Mayes',
were within five yards of me, on duty, at the time.'
For anything I know, the five parcels, with that, in
the safe, arrived all right. I believe they did. After
locking the safe, and keei:ing the key in my pocket
until the next day, I unlocked it, took out the parcels,
and deposited them in a safe and secure box, which
we have for valuable parcels, at the bottom of the
waggon, and chained to the rails. After depositing
them there, I waited to see the waggon loaded. At
five o'clock on the following morning, the waggon
set out. When Painter brought parcels, he was in
the habit of applying for driuk, but he did not do so
on this occasion.
Cross-examincd.—lle was positive the valuable
parcels were put in after the box was fixed in the
waggon; he saw them locked in, and then the gene-
ral loading was piled on under his own observation.
He was quite positive Nightingale was present when
the parcel was delivered by Painter.
Daniel Hodder, porter at Russells' waggon office,
saw Painter and 'Nightingale at the waggon office,
together, about half-past seven o'clock on the night
in question.
William Mayes, in the service of Messrs. Russell,
deposed to the same effect.
It was clearly proved by several witnesses that the
box had not been opened until the arrival of the
waggon at Plymouth, though there were other keys
on the road.
James Stevens, from Plymouth, proved 'e was at
that place the book-keeper of the defendants, Messrs.
Russell. He remembered the arrival of the waggon
'in question at l'ly mouth. He took the parcels out
of the safe box and put them into the iron chest in
bis office, and locked them there. -It was forwarded
she mat day to Dock to Messrs. Shiells.
The following witnesses were then examined for
the plaintiffs in reply, and Nightingale was ordered
out of Court ;
James Pitt was examined as follows :.---I am an
appraiser and auctioneer, and know Nightingale, but
not very intimately. I remember being at his house
about six o'clock on the Ist December. I saw Night-
ingale serving in his shop when I entered the house,
About six o'clock. I staid there an hour, and he
(Nightingale) was in his shop as I went away, serving
as he was when I entered.
Mrs. Nightingale was called, but did not answer.
John Nightingale was then re-conducted into Court
and examined. It is false that I was at the waggon
]office (as sworn) on any part of the day or evening
I]of the Ist December; neither was I there in company
'with Painter on any period of that day or night.
] Mr. Serjeant PELL was heard in consequence of
the additional evidence last produced; and he con-
trasted the evidence of Painter and Nightingale with
that of all the persons in the waggon office, and asked
the Jury whether it was possible for them to hesitate
upon the point of credibility ?
Mr. Seijeant LENS said, the most important ques-
tion first to consider was, whether Painter and Night-
ingale were at the waggon office together ? If
fact had been so, why conceal it? It would have
been as easy to say originally that Nightingale was
present with Painter, as that he was not. There could
have been no motive upon earth for concealing such
a fact, if it really had occurred in the same manner
in which it was pretended at the other side.
At half-past four o'clock Chief Justice DALLAS
charged the Jury. lie remarked upon the great diffi-
culty of personal identity, as applicable to the evi-
dence respecting Painter and Nightingale; but could
not help adverting to the hesitation of the former to
acknowledge at .first his intimacy or acquaintance]
with the latter. The Learned Judge then summed
up the evidence in the most impartial manner, and
the Jury, without leaving the box, found a verdict
for the defendants.
The moment the verdict was given, Mr. Serjeant
Paw. applied to have Painter and Nightingale taken
Pinto custody, his clients pledging themselves to pro-
secutel them for perjury and felony.
The Learned Jenne, after a minute's considera-
tion, gave his assent, but said he would take bail for
their appearance.
On the parties being called upon for bail, Painter
appealed to Mr. Benjamin Shaw, one of the partners
in Sir John Perring's firm ; but that Gentleman de-
clared, that after what the Court had said, he did not
think that it would be proper for the Bank to give
an bail for the party.
Painter and Nightingale were immediately handed
over into the custody of Foy and Drinkwater, two
police officers.
the

Thursday se'nnight, Captain DAVID Ramie, of:,
Cove, was unfortunately killed by the cliff behind
the corn-stores of Messrs. B. VERLING and Co. falling
on him. He was promptly dug out, and every pos-
sible medical aid afforded, but in vain. He was one
of the oldest shipmasters in Cork, and a man of the
most undeviating integrity.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, DFCEMBr.II

!Comlay, the last day of 'Nlichaelmits Term, the followin, Gts.
tle.i.en were admitted to Degr:•es

3616T1.1t or ACT%
The Rev. Witliat-s Iliefites I.atiery, Christ Church.

RACSTELORS CI ARTS.
Thomas Henry Walpole, All SOSIrS College,
John Hobart Sepnour, EseterCollege.

John Barnwell, Pembroke College.

Henry Phillips, Queen's College.
Robert Parker, ditto.
Henry Addington f-;i:neoe' Wadham Colkge,
Charles Wood, Oriel College.
James Robert Chaplyn,.:ohn Wickes Tomtit:s.)l+,lll(l wigh.ft
henry Cartwtight, Trini,y College.
Edward Churtcn, Christ Church.
William Lyde Wiggett, University College.

The whole number of Degrees in Michael:nu T:tm waa,_
B. D. Oar ; 1.. Oat. ; 11. A. Twenty-two ;B. A. S.Thaty,
Matriculazions, 112.

.ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS.

The Rev. Henry Penr:Adocke Wyndham, R.n,w
at
New College, Oxtord, to the Rectory of Sandford rare:, c,,ex.
Saturday, the Re?. Nicholas itlarshall Harker, of
was instituted, by the Bishop of Oxford, to the Rectory of
dington, Oxfordshire.
lord Coniberrnere, C.C.B. has admitted the nee. Thema'
Lewis Hughes, Clerk, M.A. of Illasennoe rostege, o.trer4
and one of the Vicars Choral of the Cathedra( Church of
Asaph, into the number of Ids Lordship's Domestic ChariEivs.
Rev. E. Day, B.A. to the Rectory of Kirby %ex:. gt
Andrew, Norfolk.
The Rev. henry Boulton, LLB. to the Vicar.le of Silom
The Rev. Henry Kaye Bonney, of CORK, to the Arch&
cunry of Bedford.
The Rev. Robert Humphreys, B.A. and Rcstrar at Leeds
parish church, to the perpetual Cu lacy of Bra.uky.
Thursday se'unight, a Call was moderated for the Rev. Ile
Lee, Professor of Church in the University of S. An.
drew's, to be one of the :Ministers of the Caliongate, in the mg
of the late Dr. A. Stewai t.

OR1)1:4ZATION.
On the 7th instant, the Bishop of 1): amore held an ordinviot
in the Cathedral. Church of Droraore, when the Rey. !ens
Saurin, the Rev. Knox, the Rev. Bellew, aed the
Rev. Fitzsimons, were admitted to the Order of prim
hood—Dleisrs. Stuyly, Biownrigg, Michel, lies4n, thite.3,
Turner, to the Order of Deacons.

ESTABLISHMENT OF IRELAND.
The Clergy of the Established Church in Ireland consistsof
four ArchLishops, 18 Bishops, 509 Dignitaries, and about is
parochial incumbents ; and the tythe and church revsabe,,
which in 1799 amounted to about £459,000, are this tome
supposed to be of the value of £679,0e0 per annum. Mr.Wah,„
held, from the estimate of well-informed persons, has gives*
value of a few of the Bishopricks, as follows: The Primact
(Armagh), £140,000; Deny, set 20,C00 ; Kilmore, LioNoz;
Waterford, £70,000 ; Clogher, £lOO,OOO. The livins kith
gift of the Archbishop of Cashel are worth 455,000 per ruans‘
of the Bishop of. Cloyne, £50,000; of Cork, £0,000; of Fesb;
£30,000; Killaloe has 109 benefices, many worth £l,soope
annum. In the Bishoprick of Cloyne, one living is ems:kris!
one £2OOO, and three £l5OO each. The Deanery of Dost,is
1720, which was worth only £2OOO per annum, now kis h
73700. The Rectory of Middleton, in the county of WS:
the year 1785 yielding scarcely £BOO per annum, at rump
duces upwards of £3BOO.