Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-06-13

Great talents !"
This is THE MAN-all shaver and shorn,
All cover'd with Orders-and all forlorn
THE DANDY OF SIXTY,
who bows with a grace,
And has taste in wigs, collars,
cuirasses and lace;
Who, to tricksters, and fools,
leaves the state and its treasure,
And. when Britain's in tears,
sails about at his pleasure:
Who spurn'd from his presence
the friends of his youth,
And now has not one
who viii tell him the truth;
Who took to bis counsels.
in evil hour,
The Friends to the Reasons
of lawless Power;
That back public informer,
who
Would put down the Thing, 1.-THE Press)
that, in spite of new Acts,
And attempts to restrain it
by Soldiers and Tax,
VIII poison the Vermn,
That plumber the wealth,
That Law in the House,
That Jack Built.
The next page to that occupied with his Royal
Majesty, is devoted to the people, group OF
whom, with the Manchester massacre in per-
spectye, are exhibited under appearances OF e1-
IRENE misery. They are thus described:-
THIsE ARE
THE PEOPLE
all tatter'd and torn,
Who curse the day
wherein they were born,
On account of Taxation
too great to be borne,
And pray for relief
from night to morn;
Who, in vain, Petition
in every form,
Who, peaeesbly meeting
to ask for Reform,
Were sabred by Yeomanry Cavalry,
who,
Were thank'd by THE MAN,
all shaver and shorn,
All cover'd with Orders
and all forlorn;
THE DANDY OF SIXTY,
who bows with grace, &C. &c.
Remarkable effect Of Lightning A.
bout twenty years ago, during violent
thunder storm, The lightning struck a
pane of glass in house door, so that the
mistress of the house, who was 10 the hall
behind the door, was cast several PAGES
backwards, and thrown on the floor. She
however received no injury, nor was the
pane Of glass broken. The electric fluid
had, however, left upon it beautiful
painting, (if may so express it,) resemb.
linz On the whole head, which was form
ed Of numerous smaller heads. From that
time, this pane OF glass was never we,
with dew, aud never froze, though the
other panes were affected by the weather
as usual. Great care was taken of this
remarkable pane till some days since il
was broken by carelessness; when it ap,
peared the lightning had split it, making
two panes out of one, and leaving in the
middle the traces Of the electric fluid
Before it was broken, 10 one could see
that there was division. The parts
which are not much broken, we're collect.
ed as carefully as possible. Lit. Gag.
Westminster .Assizes, April 6.
J. Commerford, and Mary his wife
were indicted for assaulting Christians
Bates, widow.
The prosecuting, an elderly womar
with al enormous red nose, detailed hel
case with astonishing volubiiity, the sub
stance Of which was, that the defendants
were robbed some time ago of some :" LITTLE
matters OF clothes and such like" and il
order to discover the offender, they hat
recourse to sort of necromantic ceremony
called 6 turning the Bible and Key
Sundry wise neighbors were called 10 L
witness the ordeal, and, after due delibe
ration, it was agreed on all hands tina
Christiaua Bates must be the thief; where
upon the defendants proceeded 10 th'
dwelling house Of Christiana, and beat he
until the blood gushed from her mouth
The male defendant absolutely knocked
her down, aud loosened her reulainin!
teeth.
Mr.. Walford, for the defendants, asket
Mrs. Bates If she did not strike his eli
ents ip return