Star.
London, England, 1819-01-09 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. .

MACKRIMMON;
OR, THE EXILES LAMENT.

BY ►ALTER SCOTT, ESQ.

Kactenn's wizzard flag front the grey castle sallies,
The rowers arc seated, unmoor'd are the gallica ;
Gleam war-ale and bread-sword, clang target and quiver,
As Mackrimmon sings " Farewell to Dunvegan for ever—
Farewell each tall cliff, on which breakers are foaming ;
Farewell each dark glen, in which red deer are roaming,
Farewell, lonely Skye ; to lake, mouatain, and river,
)lacleod may return—but Blackrimmon shall never!"
Farewell the bright clouds that on Quillen• are sleeping ;
Farewell the bright eyes on the Dun} that are weeping,
To each minstrel delusion farewell—and for ever—

Mackrimmon departs--to'return to you never !
The baushees wild voice sings the death-dirge before me,
The pall of the dead for a mantle hangs o'er me ;
But my heart shall not flag, and my nerves shall not shiver,
Though devoted I go, to return again never!
Too oft shall the notes of Mackrimmon's bewailing
Be heard when-the Gael on their exile are sailing ;
Dear land ! to the shores whence unwilling we sever—
Return—return--return—shall we never !

Illacitannson, Hereditary Piper to the Laird of Macxxon, is
said to have composed this Lament when the Clan was ahoat to
depart upon a distant and dangerous expedition. The Minstrel
was impressed with a belief, which the event verified, that he
was to be slain in the approaching feud ; and hence the Gaelic
words, " Cha till mi. ged Milks ;IL:feed, Macrine MOM"
I shall never return; although Macleod returns, yet Mack-
rimmon shall never return.'—The piece is well known, as the
strain with which the emigrants from the West Highlands and
Isles usually take leave of their native share, and is thus elegantly
alluded to in Article I. of the Quarterly Review for January 1816,
concerning the Culloden Papers:—" Hut if the hour of need
should come, and it may not, perhaps, be far distant, the pibroch
may sound through the deserted region; but the summons will
remain unanswered. The children who hwe left her will re-
echo from a distant shore the sounds with which they took I..ivc
of their own—" Clut till, cAa till, clia till ntl toiilk." ' We return,
we return, we return no more!'
• The highest mountain in Skye.
t Dunvegan Castle, igaclroal's chief residence.

Yesterday morning a dreadful accident happened
in the Bethnal-green-road : Susan Green, a tine young
woman, servant in the employ of Trios. DERRY, Esq.
in cleaning the windows of the second floor, got out
and stood upon a narrow ledge, when, on looking
round, her foot slipped, and she was precipitated on
the pavement, after falling on the railing : her skull
wasTractured in a dreadful manner, and her body
was much injured: she was taken into her master's
house in a deplorable condition ; a surgeon was sent
for, who ordered her to be taken to the London Hos-
pital, to which place she was conveyed, and every
assistance afforded her ; she, however, expired sonic
hours after the accident in the greatest agony.
An Inquisition was taken yesterday at St. Bartho-
lomew's Hospital, on the body of Elizabeth Savage,
who was burnt to death. Mrs. Murray deposed that
the deceased was eleven years of age, and resided
with her father and mother in King-street, Lincoln's-
inn-fields, in the same house where witness lodged.
On Tuesday, about noon, witness heard a cry of
" Murder!" in the first floor, where the deceased
lived. Witness ran to her assistance, and when she
opened the door, the deceased ran towards her in one
pillar of fire ; she clung rotnid witness, and seemed
in the most dreadful torture. Witness's clothes be-
gan to take fire, and she endeavoured to disengage
herself from the deceased's grasp, but had not the
power. Witness's apron was burnt quite off with-
out setting fire to her gown, which was stint'; but her
hands, lace, and hair, were very much burnt. Fortu-
nately a neighbour brought a pail of water, and
threw it on the witness and the deceased, and it ex-
tinguished the flame. The deceased's clothes took
fire as she stood with her back towards the grate ;
she died the same evening ; her clothes were all linen.
Verdict—Accidentally burnt to Death.
Another Inquest was held at the same time on the
body ofJoserh Alesainler, aged sews years, the son
of Mr. Alexander. of No. '2B, Laystall-street, Gray's-
inn-land. Mrs. Johnson, who resided in the same
house as the deceased, stated, that on Tuesday last,
the mother of the th:ceased went front hetne, and left
the deceased in an apartment alone, in which was a
fire ; she had fastened the door. Witness heard the
deceased cry—" Mercy, Mother!" several times; she
went to the apartment to see what was the matter,
and saw the deceased enveloped in flames. Ile was
so shockingly burnt that he died in few hours ; while
he survived, he was in the most indescribable agony.
The deceased was dressed in linen clothes. The Co-
roner said, that if the above children had been dressed
in stuff or woollen apparel, the present accidents would
to have happenel—Verdict, Accidental Death.
Yesterday an Inquisition was taken at the Beau-
mont Arms, Mili?-end, on the body of Mr. THOMAS
Pommes, of Whitchorso.lane, Stepney, who, it had
been reported, was robbed and cruelly murdered, in
returning to his house, from viewing the fire at Mile-
end-road, on Tuesday night. No marks of violence
were found on the deceased, nor was his property
taken away. It was the opinion of a surgeon that he
died of apoplexy.—Verdict accordingly.
An Inquest was held on Thursday night, at the
Coach and Horses, Long-lane, Bermondsey, on the
body of John Sunderland. It appeared that the de-
ceased was a porter, and lodged in Queen's-gardens,
Crosby's-row, Bermondsey. He was very much given
to drinking spirituous liquors, and on the night of
the :31st ult. he came home very drunk, having been
drinking a large quantity of rum ; he was assisted to
his bed by the landlord and a fell3w-lodger, and was
left asleep; he was heard snoring at tour o'clock in
the morning. About eight, the lodger not finding
him up, went to his room, and found him lying in
the same position he was placed in the night before,
quite dead. Verdict—Died from excessive drinking.
No less than forty-seven lives are stated to have
been Ilst by accidents incurred already by the build-
ing of the Southwark Bridge. The last, a few days
since, was a person employed in the iron-works.
Thursday night a person named CHAPMAN, resid-
ing in Lower Shadwell, returning to his home about
eleven o'clock, was met by a gang of thieves; one of '
'whom came behind him and laid hold of his neck,
whilst his companions robbed him; they afterwards
inocked him down, and beat him in a most brutal
manner, till he lay on the ground in a state of insen-
rdbility; one of the villains gave him a kick on the
shoulder which was so desperate as to break his col-
lar-bone; he was shortly after found in the above
condition and taken to the hospital.

COURT OF !LINO'S BENCH, JANUARY Q.
•BURN AND THE ASSIGNEES or BENSON V. FARQUHAR.
This was an action on the case to recover damages
from the defendant, for alleged negligence in -his
conduct as an agent, in the purchase of wines for
Benson and Burn.
In the year 1809, when it was expected that the
French would overrun Catalonia, there was every,
prospect that in such case Spanish red wines would
become exceedingly scarce. Under this idea, Benson,
wishing to speculate in them to a large amount, fur
the supply of the Navy, employed the defendant, at
Gibraltar, to purchase for him from five to six hun-
dred pipes of Catalonia, giving no directions as to the
quality, but requesting that it might be sent in new
casks, and stating, that he should be satisfied with
whatever the defendant did. Under this order, the
defendant shipped between '2OO and 300 pipes for
England ; but, on their arrival, nearly all of them
proved to be pricked, or tender, and unmerchantable,
although it was alleged that three gallons of brandy
were put into all the pipes before they were shipped.
The casks were old and bad; and the wine, which
ought to have fetched from £32 to £37 a pipe, was.
sold for £l3 a pipe.
For the defence, it was stated, that the defendant
was ordered to get what wine he could at Gibraltar,
in order that Benson mit be first in the market: it
was further contended, that the defendant was part-
ner with Benson in the transaction, and therefore
could not be sued by him—or, at all events, he was
interested in a similar concern, and had done as well
for Benson as he had for himself; that the wines were
of a light description, apd, though perfectlygood
when shipped at Gibraltar, might have become
pricked in the course of the voyage. It appeared too
that all the casks, which it was said were as good as
any that could be had at Gibraltar, had leaked con-
siderably, so that the hullage alone might have caused
the acidity; and it was urged, that neither the wine
nor casks could have been so very bad, since the per-
son who purchased them sent them otf immediately
for South America. It was notorious, that wines
shipped from Gibraltar were never so good as those
that came direct from some port in the Spanish do-
minion; and if Benson would have wine from Gib-
raltar, for the sake of his speculation, he ought to en-
counter all risks.—Verdict for defendant.

JANUARY 8.
HERRING V. PLUMMER AND ANOTIIF:R.

This was an action brought by the Captain and
owner of two ships, the Leda and Suffolk, against the
defendants, who are West India merchants, to recover
a loss occasioned by breach of contract.
It appeared that Messrs. Plummer have consider-
able estates in the Island of Jamaica, aud, in 1817,
they undertook to procure the plaintiT freight for his
two ships, the Leda and Suffolk, provided they pro-
ceeded to Jamaica and brought home sugars. The
defendants were to have a premium of £5 per ton au
all freight so carried. They represented, that they
had sufficient influence at Jamaica to enable the
plaintiff to obtain freight, and furnished him with
letters of recommendation. Under these circum-
stances, the Leda and Suffolk were fitted out, at the
expense of near £'2ooo, and on their arrival at Ja-
maica, the ships could obtain no freight whateser.
Four or five ships belonging to the defendants had
engrossed the whole, and the plaintiff's two ships
came back without a cargo. It was contended, that
the defendants had not acted fairly by the plaintiff,
inasmuch as they had held out futile hopes to induce
him to undertake a fruitless voyage, knowing. at the
time that their own ships were to have the preference.
\Witnesses were examined to prove the plaintiff's case.
Mr. ScaRLETT then contended, that the defendants
could not be liable to pay any loss sustained by the
plaintiff: they had merely given letters of recom-
mendation, having reason to believe their interest
would have enabled the plaintiff to procure a freight.
The Learned Counsel attributed the disappointment
to a deficiency in the crops of sugar, in 1817, at Sa-
vannah-le-Mar and Black River, the estates in Ja-
maica to which the interest of the defendants applied.
It was not to be supposed that they intended to give
the plaintiff a_preference against the interest of their
own ships. There was no charter-pasty in the case;
and a mere contract to exert their interest to procure
freight could not make the defendants liable in this
action.—The Jury found a verdict fur defendants.

The Duchess of DORSET and Earl WHITWORTH
have kept open house since Christmas Eve, in a style
of the most munificent hospitality.
Mrs. Poi HOHSKLEY, in Harley-street, entertained
a gay pasty on the above evening.
Sir Srmox and Lady CLARKE entertained a party
at Southgate; as did Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, at the
same place.
The Earl of Birroowareft's conduct at Ashridge
Castle, near Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire, de-
-1 serves notice. The Noble Lord has lately been cho-
sen a Church-Warden, and serves personally. Tlie
,first day was Christmas Eve, when the Noble Lord,
made a speech in the Vestry, and among other nota-
ble things he said, " We will have no Poor's Rate
hereafter—send the Poor to the Castle, and I will
employ and pay them all!" The proposition was
carried unanimously. His Lordship's pay gives per-
fect satisfaction, and there will be employment for a
year to come. Old English hospitality was never
ept up in a more princely style, even during the
feudal times. The Castle is full of Noble company.
LADY CREWE.—This interesting and once beauti-
ful Lady, whose death we have lately recorded, was
the only daughter of FULKE GREVILLE, Esq, for
some time British Minister at the Court of Munich.
She was married so far back as 1766, to her discon-
solate Lord. For several years her Ladyship (then
Mrs. CREWE) was one of the most brilliant constel-
lations in the hemisphere of fashion. To her was
addressed the beantilul and affecting little Poem by
the celebrated CHARLES JABSEA Fox, commencing—
" Where the loveliest expression to features is join'd,
By Nature's most delicate pencil dedin'd ;
Where blushes unbidden, and smiles without art,
;the softness and feeling that dwell in the heart ;
Speak
in manners enchanting no blemish we trace,
But the mil keeps the promise we had from the face;
Bore philosophy, reason, and coldness must prove
Defences unequal to shield us from love ;
Then ten me, mysterious Enchanter,_oh tell!
Dy what wonderful art, by what magical spell,
My heart is so fene'd, that for once I am wise,
And gase without rapture on Amour?. eyes ;
That my wishes which never were bounded before,
Ate here bounded by friendship, and ask fur no more?'