Star.
London, England, 1828-07-11 00:00:00

LINES ON THE DEATH OF A PRISONER

FOR DEBT.

WRITTEN DI PRISON, BY A PRISONER FOR

Death is amongst us! Death . aye, Death !
The prisoner's last release,
Yet welcome is the fatal breath,
That brings the prisoner peace.
He weeps no more—no groan, no sigh
Escapes—he's now at liberty !
The gentle form that daily came
To soothe his soul's distress,
And smil'd, as though in very shame
Of her own wretchedness;
No more with fond affection's guile,
Will force that broken-hearted smile !
The lovely child, that meekly stood
Beneath its father's eye,
And saw its mother's gushing flood,
And wept, it knew not why :
That lovely child is now alone,
Asking where" Pa" and" Ma" are gone'
Thou little one, thou precious one,
Thou wast asleep, when she
Who lov'd thee, with a feeble moan,
Leok'd lingeringly on thee;
Thou didst awake, but sought to view,
In vain, her eyes of pearly dew!
A flower of Paradise, she bloom'd
• The pride of all the bower,
Yet amid dungeon damps was dooned
To linger her last hour ;
The stem that by thy father's side
Wu water'd, wither'd when he died.
Tby father died—the prison bars
Had eaten to his heart,
And•hoUow friends had left their scars,
And poverty its snort ;
He died, in knowing she mutt perish,
While helpless he his child to cherish! N.

THE ARMY.

The Depot of the 94th Regiment marched into Plymouth Ci-
tadel on Monday, in order that the Barracks of Longroom may
undergo a repair.
The left wing of the Royal Marine Artillery, under the com-
mand of Captain PA RAT, which arrived at Plymouth on Monday,
on board the Pearl and Arrow, are gone on board the Diadem
hulk, to remain there until the Britannia is ready to receive them.
Monday last, the 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons was in-
spected by Lieutenant-General Sir Hussy VIVIAN, OR Whitley
Common. The weather was peculiarly auspicious for the occasion,
which, coupled with the general esteem in which this Regiment is
held by the inhabitants of Coventry, caused the attendance of a
numerous and respectable company of spectators. The whole of
the Regiment was present, with the exception of one troop eta-
noned at Kidderminster. The men were on the ground at eight
o'clock, and their appearance, and that of the horses, in every re-
spect reflected the highest credit on the gallant Commander, Vol.
Beim, and the respective Officers of thucorps. During the morn-
ing various military evolutions were executed with the•greatest
precision and rapidity, and called forth Sir H. VIVIAPeS highest
eulogium on the conduct and discipline of the Regiment. He also
esprrvsed the satisfaction he felt at seeing them after an absence of
fifteen years. Their movements, he said, " recalled to his memory
those days when he had the honour to lead them in the field of
glory, and be felt pleasure in saying he still entertained for them
the same high opinion he then did. It afforded bins unspeakable
satistactiisn at.beholding so many faces familiar to hint on service,
and he assured them his constant wish was—their future welfare."
The Sergeant who attended Sir H. on this day was his Orderly
during the Peninsular war ; and notwithstanding the time which
has elapsed since that period, he was recognised by Sir H. who
gave the veteran a sovereign to drink to the days of " Auld Lang
Syne," accompanying it with a hearty expression of desire for his
prosperity.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MAILS ARRIVIID THIS Mr.—Dublin I—Waterford I—Guernsey
and Jersey I—Sweden I—Hambergh I—Holland I—France 1.
DEAL, JoLv 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Henry Porcher,
from Bengal; Planter, SHISH, front Gallipoli ; and Dun-
caster, from Jamaica.
Powrsteourn, JUL: 10.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrived the
Diadem transport, front Fernando Po—sailed the 26th February,
and from Sierra Leone the lath May; also the Cambrian, Gnus-
wour, from New York.
FALSOIIIII, JULY 9.--Wind N.—Sailed the Vulture, WHITE,
for Lisbon.

Livitsroot, JOLT the Ann, Frani, from Pernam-
buco; William and Henry, from Barbadoes; Hibernia, POLLOCK,
m fro St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; and Hannibal, Fawns, hem
New Orleans.