Star.
London, England, 1803-04-19 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sta---The beautiful Smile, which the MANTUAN POUT has ir
troduad, in his defeription of the regret of Orpheus for the
loh of Euridiee, has been no lob jultly, than univerfally ad-
mired, as one of the fineft allofions in the Poems of the An-
cients. Few of OUT modern Trannators have been fuccefs-
ful in preferring its beauties. Dryden has thus turned it
:
es So, dole in poplar tholes, her children gone,
The mother Nightingale laments alone :
Whore neft tome prying churl had Rama, and thence
By health conveyed eh' unfeather'd innocence.
But lbe (applies the night with mournful ftrabss,
And melancholy muse fill, the plains."
And Ts AP P with no better &eters :-
O As when complaining in melodious groans,
Sweet Philomel, beneath a poplar Bode,
Mourns her loft young, which tome rough visage hind
Obferving, from their neft unfledged, has Role :
She weeps all night, and perch% upon a bough,
With plaintive notes repeated fills the grove."
Las has attempted it in his Theodofius:—.-
▪ As, in hose poplar Bade, the Nightingale
With piercing moans does her loft young bewail,
Which the rough Hind, °Having as they lay
Warm in their downy nett, had Rolm away ;
Bop Be in ssourniad Resins does Rill complain,
Map all the night, though all her foots are vain,
And Rill renews her :alterable Resin."
With the greateft deference to thefe immortal
Poets, I beg leave to fubjoin the following adum-
bration :
As when lore Monad in poplar bade,
Laments her 'misdeed innocents barred,
Whom fame rude Hind with more than iron balsa,
Had torn retold& from their When neft ;
On Rye's fait gale bet plaintive mak dies,
And frniptbetle groves return her baba
April a iitADlNOtTalt.

Barvisc Rona.—The favourites for the free
Handicaps, which Rand for the next Newmarket
Meeting, are Lignum Vita, Penelope, and Young
Eclipfe.—For the Derby, the brother to Stamford;
and for the O4ks, Mr. Howorth's Celia filly.
An old maiden lady, who lived in Cleveland-
row, (a Mils 11E1,111w:a ), who died lately, has
bequeathed the fum of so,oool. to Government
towards the reduCtion of the National Debt I—The
will was proved on Saturday laR.
Mils Goonsa a is the Colonel's daughter who has
carried off Philiem, the Chaffee Stage Coachman.
Lion IT Clan, !—To the difciples of Galva.
nifm we recommend the perufal of the following
curious article from a late Frankfort Gazette :
In an limped al city, lately, a criminal was condemned to
he decapitated, who bad a fingular itching to play at nine pins.
While his lenience was pronouncing, be had the temerity to
offer a respell to be permitted to play once more at his fermi-
rite genie at the place of execsidon, and then be laid he Should
fubmit without a warmer. As the Lift prayer ofa dying man,
his millet was panted. When arrived at the Wenn lent, he
found every thing prepared ; the pins being yet up. and the
howl !icing ready. 4e played with no little earneftnefs-Aot the
Sheriff at length fedng that he hewed no inclination to &SA,
privately ordered the ezonnieder to Adige the fatal blow as be
ftooped for the bowl. The executioner did In; sad the head
falling, ft* Imo the culprit's band, and as he railed hienfelf to
fee what bad opearrod, be immediately aimed at the nine, con-
ceiving it was the bowl which be raked. All nine failing, the
head loudly exclaimed. By have won the game!"

On Saturday afternoon a poll chaife and four
drove withgreat violence through the town of Ken-
fingtoo ; infide were a young lady and a man
firuggling. He grafped the lady's throat in a
moll brutal manner, apparently endeavouring to
prevent her from calling for Alliance.

Smith. the fl►am Parton, who was conviffed of
forgery. and who was ordered for tranfportation,
died lag week at Portfmonth, after being removed
from Newgate fur the purpofe of being conveyed
to Botany Bay.

The New Comic Pantomime of the Rim! Statun,'
at the ROYAL Coact's, rifts rapidly in the Public
favour. The Route was uncommonly crouded
laR night, and the whole of the Performances,
which are of the defcription, were received
with the moR unbounded applaufe.
ENGLISH LOTTIRT—FIFTH Day of DRAWING.
....Yeßerday the following Numbers were drawn
Prizes above go). :
Nu. 301. • Prise of sopoollo. 13,333, a Prised tool.
41.316, - - Lima 40434, tool.
45P,11. - - 1001. 4141111, . 1001.
The Ticket No. 308, drawn yeßerday a Prize
of 20,0001. was fold at Marrs. HAZARD, Bt as a.
and Co.'s Office, Reyal Exchange i where No.
Mot& drawn the fourth day a Prize of 20,0001.
and No. 31,413. drawn the 3d day a Prise of
10,0601. were both Said is Shares.