Star.
London, England, 1818-10-26 00:00:00

THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF OCTOBER.

This sow a day of Jubilee,
A day to ev'ry Briton dear ;
But now, unmeet the sound of glee,
Tir halloved with a silent tear;
That " GOD would save," no more the pryer—
We only ask—that Reser would spare !
Oh, honour'd be that aged head!
White with the venerable snows
That " four score years" have sternly shed ;
Oh, doubly honoured by the woes
That left him but a shadowy throne,
In storms, in darkness, and alone!
And yet, tho' " quench'd those orbs" in night,
Tito lost that mind in deepest shade,
Celestial visions, pure and bright,
And Angel visits, duly paid,
May break on this dark winery state,
And cheer the blind, the insulate!
011, Con! if such communion be
The solace of his loneliness—
If his high converse be with THEE,
And Angels, who his visions bless?
Then who would such illusion break!
Oh! who would bid such drzamcr wake?
Peace be will thee, afflicted Sire!
Ifoweer from Reason's path astray,
May Hewes still lend its pillar'd fire
Tel guide thee on thy ihnely way—
Pill thy soul here with thoughts sublime,
And loose thee in its own good time! .

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Saturday morning the driver of the Gosport wag-
gon had his brains crushed out, by the wheels passing
over his head. It is supposed he was asleep, and fell
off the shafts. The accident happened near Kingston.

The light Bath coach from London, was overset
on Friday night, 'at Langley Broom, by the leaders
taking flight at an ass, on which they had nearly
stepped, in the dark. The coachman and several of
the passengers were severely injuied.
• A Coronei's Inquest was on Saturday afternoon
taken at the Three Compasses, Portman-mews, Orch-
at .1-street, Portman• square, on view of the body of
Pa:rict Lynch, aged 19 months, who met his death
by drinking vitriol. Mary Lynch, mother of the de-
. eased, and wife of John Lynch, of Cannel- buildings,
laLoarer, stated, that on Wednesday night, about
seven o'clock, she sent one of her children for some
oil of vitriol to take some stains out of linen, it was
fetched in a mug, and was placed in the reach of the
deceased. Witness was in the room when the de-
ceased reached the mug froni the table without being
seen by witness, who was instantly alarmed by the
violent screams of the child. The deceased Was im-
mediately taken to a Doctor, but notwithstanding
every thing was dene to counteract the effects of the
vitriol, the poor child died about two o'clock on
Thursday afternoon. The Coroner, in summing up
the evidence, remarked on the impropriety of putting
vitriol within the reach of children, and at the same
time gave it as his opinion, that as the deceased was
a remarkably fine child, and the mother seemed very
much afflicted at his death, there seas no doubt but
the death of the child was purely accidental—a ver-
dict to which effect was returned without hesitation
by the Jury.
A very melancholy accident happened at Ballshill
Colliery, Westbromwich, on Wednesday. Three men
got into a skip, for the purpose of descending one of
the shafts into the pit, 'ay means of a whimsey, which
was under the care of a man named Ward, who, at
the time they began to descend the shaft, wa's at the
gears of the whimsey, and knew they were in the
skip, When they had got down about twelve yards,
the whimsey turned again, the skip ascended at a
very quick sate, was drawn over the pulley at the
top of the pit frame, and broken to piece;, and two'
e. the Men, Molborn and Steeley, fell to the bottom,
a depth of. 1.20 yards, and were killed. Clewley,
upon ascending the mouth of the shaft, perceived
that Ward was not at the gears to guide the engine,
and knowing the consequence to be inevitable de-
struction, saved himself by catching hold of some of
the uprights of the pit frame, to which he clung un-
til the w:i.ggon, was slided over the mouth of the
shaft.—The Jury gave a verdict of Manslaughter
against Ward, who was committed to Stafford jail.
A woman, having the appearance of a laundress,
called, about three o'cloark on Thursday afternoon,
at the house of Mr. Simmonds, Marchmont-street,
Brunswick-square, saying she came for the clothes
to be mangled ; on which the servant, without hesi-
tatiuu, gave her a large basket of clothes, containing
sheets, table-cloths, napkins, shirts, shifts, gowns,
petticoats, and other articles of wearing apparel, to
the amount of D 2,15, with which she made off, and
Vas not since been heard of. The servant had been
previously with the mangle woman, to tell her to
send for the clothes, which she promised to do in
half an hour, within which time the thief called, and
obtained them.

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Where an assemblage of talent and experience is
concentrated in one line of practise, a success must
attend their application, not to be found elsewhere.
This has been evinced in the Establishment of the
Medical Board at Charlotte-House, Blackfriars-road,
and at Woodstock-House, Woodstock-street, Oxford-
street, where cures are every day performed in cases'
which have baffled the skill of eminent professors,
and excited their ast mishment.—The Medical Board
hare particularly attended to those consequences of a
certain disease, which entails the most distressing de-
bilities, and unhinges the constitution of both sexes.
They also remove the effects of those symptoms aris-
ing from juvenile indiscretion, from irregular living,
and from a long residence in warm climates—of this
description they beg particularly to notice obstinate
eruptions in the skin, sore throat, pains in the head and
limbs, frequently mistaken for rheumatism, strictures,
Estulas, scrophula, B:c.—Messrs. Coorcn and Co.
after forty years practice in various Hospitals, are
consulted at Woodstock-street, Oxford-street, daily,
from eight till eight; and. :t the Medical Board,
Charlotte-House, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-
road, pre‘isely from twelve until eight in the evening.
—Mechanics, and persons of moderate income, have
advice, gratis, if they attend at certain hours, namely,
TuesdAy, Thursday, and Sunday mornings, until one
o'Cluck, and from six to eight every evening.
1,-4- A side door, and prikate rooms for females.