Star.
London, England, 1828-05-28 00:00:00

FEMALE BEAUTY.

Dimon bad the true touch of poesy in his soul, though It did not
often display itself in his Clarectocus, Etfrido, or Belittle Geniis.
The whole range of English poetry does net contain emote fair
cleating delineation of female loveliness, than the following steams
from his pen present :
Whene'er with soft serenity she sedi'd,
Or caught the orient blush of quick surprise,
HOW sweetly mutable, how brightly
The liquid lustre darted from her eyes i
Bath look, each motion, mark'd a new.born grace,
That o'er her form its transient glory east;
Some lovelier wonder soon usurp 'd the place,
Chas'd by a charm still lovelier than the last!
VOLTAIRE.
When Sir William Jones was at Paris, ill the Tier 1770, with
Lad Althorp, bis pupil, he made as excunion to Geneva, in hones
of seeing Voltaire, bat was disappointed. He sent him
left her
a note,
with a taw verge", implying that the Muse of Tragedy had
ardent seat in Greece and Italy, and bad hued her abode on the
borders of a lake, &c. Voltaire returned this answer :
" The worst of French poets and phllosophen is almost dying ;
age and aickness have brought bins to his last day ; he can converse
with nobody, and entreats Mr. Jones to excuse and pity him lie
pretests him with his humble respects.
PETER PINDAR.
When this eccentric genius was at Truro School, he had given
to him, by Dr. Poiwhele, well known by his various publications,
the following beautiful Latin Epigram upon Sleep, to translate lute
English, as an evening exercise ;
" Somme keit quanquam certlnima mortis imago
Consortem awe to omen esse tort;
Alma quiet, optata veal : nam, sic sine 'it&
Vivere, gusto suave est ; sic, sine more, mori!"
In a few minutes the boy produced the following version:
" Come, gentle sleep, attend thy votary's prayer,
And, tbo Death's image, to my couch repair:
How sweet, tho' lifeless, yet with life to lie,
And without dying, oh how sweet to die!"
ADDISONIANA.
The character of Aristaus, in the Tatter (No. 176) by Steele,
was designed for Addison. Addison declared that he had never
road Spenser when he gave his character in the account of English
Poets, addressed to his *id friend Sacheverell. It was the practice'
of Addison, when he found any man invincibly wrong, to flatter
his opinion by acquiescence, and sink him yet deeper in absurdity.,
The daughter of Addison passed the greater part of her time at
her paternal seat, near Rugby. To the last she continued in her
early *Mom of her father's Spectators--that she sould not ad-
mire them!

FORECASTLE.
The origin of this nautical term may probably be found in the
Maturing curious historical fact:
Y. Legrand D4Aussy. in the second volume of the lilemoirs of
the Netiosial luggage (1800), gives an account of the state of the
French Marine at the beaboatai of the fourteenth century (ex-
tracted from a History I. libras, published in 1306), in which he
observes that the ships had parapets and battlements at the sides,
siMilar to the laud fortificatiose, and that they bad small codes
balk Jere and aft, and on the mad sip.*

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. MAT 27.

IIIZIOUS DOGS.

Henry B. Warner stood indicted for a nuisance, in
keeping two furious dogs, which bad worried a child
in a most shocking manner.
Mrs. Peel, the mother of the child, is a married
woman, residing at Battle Bridge. On the 22d of
March she was alarmed by the screams of her child,
which was about four years of age, and on going from
her sitting room to the bottom of the stairs, there she
beheld her child lying on its back. and two dogs be-
Inning to the defendant were worrying it. The blood
was flowing from a number of wounds, caused by the
dogs having bitten it. She seized the child and dragged
it to an adjoining room, and the dogs pursued her and
pulled het down. She dropped the child on the floor,
and one of the dogs se zed him again with its teeth by
one of bis ears, and dragged him into the kitchen, where
the other dog joined in worrying the child. She was
frantii, and screamed " murder. when several Gentle-
men came into the house, and, with much difficulty and
danger, dragged the dogs from the child.
Cross.examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—..The dogs had bras
kept for several months by the defendant, and had not
bitten any one before.
The child was produced in Court, and though the
wounds had dosed up, the face was scatted in a tray
frightful manner.
Toe Chairman (F. Ccasr. E q) told the defendant
that he bad acted illegally in keeping furious dogs; and
the Jury found him Guilty.
He was sentenced to pay a fine of thirty.five pounds,
With liberty to speak to the prosecutor.
I hennas Ellis, Rich. Palmer, and IFs.. Groves, pa.
rishioners of Stepney, were Indicted tor assaulting Mr.
Thomas Moore and Mr. Sadler, the two Headboi oughe
of the said pat isli.
Mr. ADOLPHUS and. Mr. ClAncaos were Counsel for
the prosecution, and Mt. PHILLIPS for the defendants.
It appeared, from the statement of the Counsel for
the prosecution, and from evidence, that the alleged'
as,atilts were commit ed by the defendants at a Parish
Meeting, when one of the parishioners objected to
Groves voting, and gave as a reason that he had not
paid his quota of the parish rate. The parishioner
moved, that Groves should be excluded from the Meet-
ing. The motion was put and carried, and the plaintiffs
proceeded to eject Groves. His co.delendants resisting
the hostile measure, were assiulted, and turned out.
The CnalassAn said, that it appeared to him that the
plaintiffs were the aggressors.,
Mr: Premix% said that such was the fact, and an
Action was now pending in the Court. of Sines Bench
on the subject. lie adued„ that the matter would have
been settled betide this but for the interference. of an
attorney who stood near the plaintiffs.
The CHAIRMAN animadverted upon the dissentious
which for 20 years bad existed in this parish, and said
there was no evidence to support the indictment; and.
the Jut y acquitted the defendants.
John James and .Anthony Licke were indicted fbe
committing a most Initial assault on John Wright. The
defendant James was formerly the landlord of the'
Queen's Head public house, in Long•acre. The plain
tiff Wright is the present landlord of the same ht
Which is now conducted in a very creditable manner,
and is called the "Reformation." On the evening stated
in the indictment, the defendants called at the plaintiff's
house and took some liquor; *etc was some mistake
about the reckoning, and Jame. used most disgusting
language, and entered the bar. The prosecutor requested
him to ralk out, and on his refusing to do so, took
him by the-arm, when James, with a sort of bludgeon,
struck the prosecutor on the head repeatedly. He after.
vrards thtost him into the meet, with the aabisutace of
Ekke, and kicked him as he lay on the ground. The
prosecatVied profusely, and bis injuries were so serious
as to requite instant surgical aid.
Mr. Am= appeared for the defendants, and with his
usual skill endeavoure4 to give the case a complexion
favourable to bit clients.
The evidence was too strong to admit of doubt, and
the Jury boned both defendants Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN sentenced James to three months
impribooment, and Elcke to.pay a fine of fifty aniline

The• premiums Offered by•the Taunton Agricultural
4trociatioa were awarded at 111ouutway on Tuesday
14ot; after which .CS Arrociatios partook, of so Md.
ISAt diaper at. Wiliiia•HoWto and many oproptitti
toast‘ were drank on the occasion•

FIGHT wring), JEM WARD Asa JACK CARTER,
kon. FIFTY rui.a4p,
The place named for the decision of the match was
in Surrey—or in the event of interference
thChereert,
let% Commissary and his assistant were directed
to cross the Thames, and take up fresh ground on
.Sheppey Range, in the county of Middlesex. I.Sy
one of chose unfortunate speculations which are but too
often productive of mischief, namely, the slobs Job_
taining "a gate"—this arrangement had nearly been
frustrated, and a still longer spot imposed on the Ge-
noa. A field was fixed upon at Thorpe, instead of
Chertsey ; and a Chobhana beak Seing thus roused from
his lair, be came forth, and shaking. not his 46 bristling
mane," but his not less terrific authority at the assem-
bled throng, he put them to flight like so many lambs.
The scouring multitude on the full trot, were met in
their retreat by an officer from head quarters. who
commanded a halt; and on holding a council of war,
recalled to the recolkction of the Commissary the
original orders, and gave the word to the right about,
and back he went through Thorpe along Chertsey
bridge, and to the second position already mentioned,
where, to the satisfaction of all, the Ring was pitched,
and the amusements of the day were concluded without
iprruption.
. The men arrived en the ground soon afterione
o'clock, Ward in a swell drag and four, and Carter in a
snore humble carriage ait.l pair. The assemblage of
amateurs at this time was both numet'us and respect-
able. and an excellent outer circle we, Icy need.
Ward first enteral the ring. attended by Phil Samp-
son and Dick Curtis, and Carter soon followed, under
the care of Tom Oliver and young Dutch Sam.
' On shaking hands the ceremony of peeling soon took
place, and the men stood in their ordre hoote the es itic.ll
connoiseurs as.embled. Ward looked in the finest con-
dition, and C4i ter seemed in robust health, but his
corporation partook a little too much of civic conse-
quences.