Star. — London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

XLSCITIONS FOR COMMON-COUNCILMEN. At the final Close of the Poll, on Saturday, for the Contested Wards, the numbers stood as follow: Those marked (•) were new Candidates. lIARRINOVON WITHOUT. Been* - - 521 •Turner Williams - - .507 Blacket Vale - 485 Patten Savage - - 479 Griffith Taylor - 474 Beckwith - •Figgins - - 467 •Hansard Roberts - - 456 •Galloway - Crook - - 448 •Harper Southgate - - 441 This Ward returns 16 'Members, and four of the Represen tatives of it (Messrs, Herring (ileputy—died on Satniday), Young, ForAifex, and Smith) had retired. ITanson Brown Austin Curling •pi g King - - 438 - - 434 - - 419 - - 428 - 426 - - 410 - 404 - - 171 BILLINGSGATE. S 6 Wilson 84 Sampson - 81 Dornford 81 Ridpath SO 'Francis 80 The first 10 Greenaway Rawlins, Deputy - &omen •:ohnson • Western Nash Day Giover BISIIOI 340 336 314 310 306 299 296 - 291 The first 14 DREAD-1 73 63 64 63 Hayward, Deputy Sof►erby - Mathie - Coleman - Dibbin - •Busrow - Slakesley - 63 The first 12 N Child, sen. Deputy Cope T. fiaunders &will Ca,rtwright Lucke. G ye Harris Illi..aden - Ledger - Litzley, Deptlty Jutu:s Jettam Slidth BRIDGE 12t - 120 - 119 - 116 115 - 113 111 no I The fiat Is N. CHEAP 89 89 89 87 86 - 77 Th. first 12 1 cre rtturned. ;GATE. •Peacock Davies - •Windus - •Stirtevant - Hoare - •Duddell - Pearson - rere returned. W ITHIN. Green, sen. - Child, jun. !Dixon .%oyner eSmalpiece • , Flint Shirpe •Ilvddome - were returned. WARD. Ferrell r Brooke • Jennings James *Shmtleworth • Wotherspoen Tegg were returned. ere returned. tT R Err. Gibson Crocker Gilman Bridge *Tipper CItIePLEGA VallAnce, Deputy 120 W;xtilibuuse Ktrl - 5$ - 55 - 51 - 106 - - 104 '- - 101 - - 07 - 95 - - 87 - - 80 - 57 . 76 76 75 75 59 47 - 111 The first Light LIMB-: Price - - 57 Dister - - 5$ Adcock, Deputy - 52 The first four 'E WITHIN. Heath - 103 Eicke 93 Capel - 67 Kidder - - 42 •Afeock - - 41 yen returned. 112 114 112 Jowers MEET. Shearnun - *Prince Wiltshire - stubbing - CFter Dixon Ci&ion Wittig:ay - returned. "Niltiams - LANGBI - 117 . • 1741 1.45 - 163 - 163 - 159 ' Tbe first 10 w !ALB - 781 Gibbs T. Hale 9 Richardson - 70 The first eight )unx. Elliot - - Joyce - - Ayres, Deputy - • Milroy - *Rice - •Declome - - ere returued. Cope - Woodward T. N. Willianss - *Curtis - *Hale mere returned. A singular accident took place a few days ago, at Prince ZINZENDCRO s, at Vienna. The horse off Co lonel-of the bight Cavalry sprung with its rider over the balustrade of the terrace, into the ditch below, forty feet deep. At first neither man nor horse ar peared hurt, but the horse died almost immediately' afterwards, having broken the spinal marrow. The Colonel was not in the least injured. A letter from Vienna, dated December' 8, says— " Accounts from Rome state, that on .the 24th of , last month, in consequence cf the arrival of a corn- 1 mercial express zo the house of Torlenia and Co. a report was suddenly spread that the garrisons of Terin and Alexandria had mutinied, and proclaimed a Constitution. This news, which «as rapidly spread through the city, naturally excited a great sensation. Groups of people assembled in the streets and squares, who expressed the,most lively interest in the event. However, it was WOU i discovered 'that the whole wait itiltiO: s. .4.r• CHRISTMAS. The Season waves its icy pow'r ! Still Christmas brings the jovial hour, ;lads each gen'rous so:al ; 'Tis now for.men of wealth to smile,. AnJ ~ c orn the blast that rages, while They quaff a sparkling bowl I now for Fortune's happier child To court with dazzling aspect pii'd, The warm reviving flame ; And read, while the fresh fumes distill Of Chiaa's draught what good or ill, Our changeful times proclaim! Wealth fosters life !—The blast so bleak, That freezes pale Want's haggard cheek, And duns the fami,h'd eye, Gives 13eally's charm a roseate glow, And makes the buxom aspect show A ruddier dye! But, as ! behold the wand:ring train, Those deathlike shapes of living pain! No friendly blaze to warns ThAr aching limbs—no meal, no home, (Mr Winter's cheerless wilds they roam, And brave th' unpitying storm! It were a Christian act, so stretch So,;':::` pittance tow'rds the sinking wretch, Tile little all we can; But, 'raidbt our revels, heed we not How mis'ry mingles with tt.: lot Of sublunary man? ROOK. DEMUCtIrE -Mt AT BATH. . . • VI.TRTHZa ritirriceLAßS. lyrom fist Bath Herald of tke zikiinstant.] Thursday night, about Il o'clock, those extensive, elegant, and far-famed premises, the Kingston, or Lower Assembly Rooms, were discovered to be on fire. Clouds of smoke were seen to issue from some of the lower apartments long before the confla gration beCame manifest ; at length the Ilinies burst out with inconceivable fury, and soon presented such a scene of terrific grandeur and desolation as was never before witnessedin this city, The engines and firemen arrived on the spot with great promptitude; at first the fire-plugs afforded but a scanty supply 0: water, and gave the destructive element time to get to so tremendous a head, that it then appeared that if the whole Avon had been poured upon the roofs, floors, and staircases, it could not have quenched, though it might have retarded, the progress of the flames. The country around was a sheet of elementary fire: the sky and the hills, with the numerous surrounding buildings, appearing "one-red." But, perhaps, the most magnificent sight, and most awfully impressive moment, was about two o'clock, when the long pent up Harries in the large Bull-room burst, as if by one mighty effort, through the six great windows, and seemed to glare defiance in volumes of liquid flame.' The conflagration of- the Card-room presented an al-' ' most equally heart-rending display of the irresistibi lity of fire. About three, the stupendous roof began to fall in, not with a sudden crash, as bad been anti cipated, but by successive fragments of tile and blaz ing beams and rafters. By six o'clock, the mighty element had completely effected its work of desola tion, and the whole fabric was reduced to a heap of burning ruins! The heat was so intense, and the smoke so over powering, that we lament to say hut a comparatively small portion of the property on the premises was saved from destruction. Some of the apartments ca the north end had - hccn handsomely fitted up in the course.of the last summer for the residence of a Gentleman, who, we understand, is at present at Swansea, and who had embarked considerable pro-1 perty in the concern, and deposited in his rooms' valuables to a large amount, in paintings, plate, &c. the whole of which, we regret to state, has been de stroyed ; but we understand that it had been recently insured with one of the London Offices. We can now almost fancy we hear the Genius of Old Bath, hovering over the once consecrated spot of his festive rites, exclaim "Sic transit Gloria' Ba 'Monier Thus is consigned to ashes the dome which, in former days, was the resort of the Sove reign Nash—where Chesterfield, Pope, Allen, War burton, Quin, Garrick, and a host of contemporary wits assembled in learned and facetious circles.— Alas! scarcely a vestige of your long-famed • resort twill that fatal night have saved from destruction."— But we trust that posterity will not suffer it to be said, 4 , Nay, the very- spot Where ye so oft have reveli'd is forgot ;" and that some edifice may be erected worthy of its traditionary honours, and still prove an ornament to Lower Bath, and the seat of its future splendid amusements. The conflagration must have been increased by a great quantity of oil (in which Mr. Mills largely dealt), which was deposited in one of the rooms near the spot where it is supposed the fire originated, being a small space used as a dressing-room to the Private Theatre, where Mr. Seward had that evening exhibited his Fantoccini ; but this is mere conjecture. It was a fortunate circumstance that Mr. Walker's magnificent Orrery bad been removed front the Rooms yesterday morning ; that Gentleman having given his final Lecture the preceding evening. It affords us much gratification in being able to state, that though the crowd assembled was im mense, and great personal danger was incurred in many instances, yet not a single accident has come to our knowledge. Two or three. wretches were de tected in the act of thieving; but in general we-be lieve the property removed from the Rooms and the contiguous houses, has been carefully preserved. Amidst these awful scenes of destruction" it was one consolation to the numerous spectators, assembled through curiosity, or a wish to render assistance to the proprietors of the Rooms, or their alarmed neigh bours, that there was but little wind stirring. It was hapt.ily a calm night, or the opposite premises be longing to M r.l.lpham and others,ontheParade-walks, and particularly the row of houses on the south side of the Grove, would have shared the same fate as the Rooms, and perhaps the venerable Abbey would have sustained rhaterial injury. Its contiguity, how ever, served as a depository to some valuable goods. removed there for safety, particularly from Mr. Up ham's Library. The followiug is the amount of the insurances that have been effected on the property thus destroyed : On the Premises - - - - - 864,000) In the West of Furniture, Ste. belonging to ditto ..4,000 England Office. Mr. Mills's private Effects - - 2,400 Property belonging to Capt. 11. 30 " In the London Atlas. The elegant chandeliers, pictures of Beau Nash, Sce. were all consumed. Some gentlemen were playing at cards at the time the fire- broke out; but such was its fury that it could not be got under. Mr. Houlton is partly insured, and Mr. Mills, the renter, also; but neither to anything near the value. The ruins this morning present a horrible appe.irance. There was not a more convenient or elegant set'of rooms in the kingdom. WALTER WOOD, Esq. the son of Mr. Alderman i.Woon, was unfortunately drowned in the harbour of Port Prays, on the Bth of Septenaher last.- James Meat, or APCout, so long well known in the Courts of Law•and Justiciary in -Edinburgh, and some time sine: • convicted of the robbery of the Pais ley Bank at Glasgow, died in Edinburgh Jail on Wed , ne.sday night. At the time he received sentence of death, which was afterwards changed to that of trans portation, he was in a weak state of health, and has gradually. declined since the period of his confinement. Mance NMI; PUN.— A few days ago, two Gentle men, on the Liverpool Etchange, were conversing' on the badness of the times (the usual topiC of con versation at present), when a flock of pigeons happen ing to fly over their heads, attracted their attention: " How happy," exclaimed one, " are these pigeons! —they hate no acceptances to provide fur." " You are wrong there," replied the other. 4 , follher have their BILLS to providefOr as wlll as we V 153 151 119 1046 96 96 70 43 63 23 LAW hiltkLi.Mr.NO, . _ . • • • • • VICS:CHANCELI.OR'StOURT, DWATI3rt THE MARLBOROUGH ESTATES. Several Petitions were this day presented to the VICE-CHANCELLOR. The first was from Mr. Black stone, praying that the personal and parliamentary estates of the Duke might he made available to the payment cf the money that had been appropriated to the payment cf the annuities, &c. by that Gentle man in the course of proceedings under this suit. In , consequence cf the order pronounced by his Honour not being generally understood, it was again men tioned, when it was stated, that the Marquis of Mand -1 ford had a much greater interest in the property than .appeared to have been underitood. Mr. WRAY, after some observations from Mr. Side botham, Sir George Hampson, and the Vice-Chan cellor; suggested the propriety of the Marquis of Blandford being made a party to the suit, and filing an affidavit as to his interest- The VICE.CHANCELLOR said, if he had authority to give an opinion, he thought, that if the personal estate was not sufficient, the deficiency must be made' up by a sale or mortgage/ In the meantime, the in terest must be paid by the tenant for life out of the rents and profits, as he was bound to keep down the interest. In the case relative to Sion•bill, a case was di rectedto be made to try the question at law, whether it could be sold without obtaining an Act of Parlia ment, and to sec echo-was entitled to the propel ty % The other Petitions were consented to. IN THE RATTER OP THE POOR OF DEPTFORD PARISI!. This case ato-e out of a bequest to the poor of this Parish, by a Mr. Ailey, in 1606, of £7OO, for the purpose of purchasing an annuity for the benefit of the poor inhabitants. When the case was last before the Court, a reference had been made to the Master, for the purpose of ixquiring whether the propositions' wished to be made by the Gentlemen entrusted w ith the distribution of the money arising from the fund in question, would be beneficial to those entitled?— The annual amount of the proceeds was 1.401, and had been given to a number of persons a few shillings at a time. The Trustees thought it would be more beneficial to erect almshouses, or buildings to be let, but this the Master did not think would be.the most proper. It was then i - ished to obtain a power to give the money in larger SUMS than forty shillings to' each person—in order to do . which, they would not be restricted to giving it to one hundred persons, but might give it in sums of forty shillings, or four or five pounds, as the individual receiving might be found most deserving. It was also wished by the Trustees, that a quarter or so of their number ('24) might be empowered to act, as it Was found very in convenient to get the whole of them together. After bearing Mr. Tass Love and Mr. BARBER, The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, the better way would be for him to order a reference to. the Mast( r, to see what would be the most beneficial course to pursue. Mr. WINGFIELD said, that the Master seemed to have thought that all he had to do was to inquire as to the funds. • • _ . The VICE-CHANCELLOR.—With respect to the Re- . port of the Master, I perfectly agree with him, for I do not think that alms-houses would be the most be neficial, either for the Charity or the Paris!). His Honour thought wore relief was afforded to poor fa milies, by giving them forty shillings a-year, parti cularly, for instance, at Christmas, than the,parting the different branches of a family, by sending one of them to ari alms-house. Mr.TRESLOVE said, the increased value a the pro perty took place by following the course of building. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, to make such an order as that asked relative to building, was, in fact, asking him to authorize the Trustees to speculate with the funds in building projecti. In conclusion, his Ho nour. said, be thought the best way would be, to di rect an inquiry to the Master, as to the best course to pursue, and ordered accordingly. - COURT OF XING'S BENCH, DEVEMBER 22. JACORS.V. HASLETT. This was an action against the proprietor of the Southampton waggon, going-from the Oxford Arms Inn, to recover. £l7 s s. 6d. the value of parcel of glass sent by the plaintiff to a person residing at Southampton. ,By the evidence it appeared, that on the direction of the package it was stated that its contents were to be. paid for on delivery, and the sum to be rec,eived, at the-office at Southampton, namely, £l7 Ss. 6d. was marked on the direction.— The plaintiff contended that there was a contract between him and the defendant, by which the latter undertook not to deliver any parcel sent by the plain tiff. by his waggon on the direction of which there was soar a notification without the money being paid by the person who was to receive the parcel : in the present instance, however, he had delivered the glass without receiving the money, and the plaintiff now brought his action to recover from the defend ant; as for a breach of contract, in having so deli vered the goods. Mr. MARRYATT, for the defendant, denied that his client had ever taken such a iiability on himself, or .was at all responsible; and to. prove this case, lie called the book-keeper, who received and booked the parcel at the, Oxford Arms. On examining the books of this witness, however, in which the parcels sent by the waggon were entered, and the receipt given' to the person who usually conveyed the pLintiff's packages to the Oxford Arms Inn, weie found entries of the directions on different parcels, and on which was this special instruction—" To be. paid for on deli. very." There were entries also made by the book keeper at Southampton, stating that. the money fur such parcels had been received .by)fizn, at the Aime, i the persons applying for them took them away. .. The CIIIEF JUSTICE, upon this evidence, said there could be no douht in this case. Me &tendon; min i& not, in the common mirk of business, be liable - in a case like this, but it he had eliosen, fur sonic reason which did net appear, to go out of laic way to, take on himself an extraordinary responsibility, he tryst take the consequence. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff-- Damages £l7 ss. 6d.—costs .10s. . . Mr. Breit was announced to make his dela it on the New lurk Stage on %Vednesday,the '2.'9th ult. in the character of hichard 111. On the Friday ing he was to pl i ky Othay. MURDER AT 110.TTOM A tall young man, about thirty-five years was found murdered on Friday night, alaroit eight o'clock, in Rhodes's fields, leading fro:* Ilc,:ton to Kingsland turnpike. 1....v0 hedge stakes were found lying beside him. He had received several wounds aud brut es about the head and slyail.'ers, and one deep stab in the chest. The kG4.ly was taken to Whitmore Head public-house, Hoxton, ler the in. spection of a Jury. No money whatever was found on his person ; but in the lining of the sleeve of his coat, and in his hat, was found the name of WriEht. V;oßstitv-STityri.—Sattzrday, the three teen ulv found a man nulrdered Rhodes's-fields, Ilexten, on Friday night, underwent an examination at this OCice. They said, that about eight o'cl,:ck, when passing along the ff.ot-path, they tound the man Upon his knees (not on his face), leaning against he woodcn. pales. It being dark, they observed no blood tilt they brought him to the Whitmore's Head, and then his. clothes were observed to be bloody, and on examination a wound was discovered in the breast. On examinin..- , the spot where he was found, a peat quantity ix blood was perceived on the ground, his hat was at some distance off, and a stick near to it, but there was silo appearance to indicate that the stick had bee , ' used in the outrage committed upon him. The et ficers discover ed that he had recently purchased the hat in Clown-street, Finsbury-square, and that on t,e evening he was found dead, he had been drip in; with some men in the neighbourhood. They followed up this clue, and discovered that he had been lately out of work ; that on Friday afternoon he borrowei a shilling, and consequently could not be robbed and murdered for his money.. His name is Charles Wright ; be was a journeyman plasterer, abut :. 2 `2 years of age ; he - had been married, hut has not lived with his wife for some time past. On Satttrday, two more sticks were found in the field inside the pales, close to" the spot where the body was found. His clothes and general appearance were shabby. As great numbers of Persons are rendered very uniaappi by Spastivs, Wir.ri io the Stomach, Ohstructions in the Bowels, wart of regular Perspiration, Vomitings, and Bilious Complaints, head Aches, Heart Bunt, Costiveness, Nervous Disorders, Cholic, Gout, &c. we are authorised to say, that Speediman's Pills are in most cases an excellent remedy for these Complaist ,, , and especial,y recommended during the time of Sea atthing, and drinking the Sea and illir:eral Waters; also for e.nr , :t visiting warm climates. Prepared by THOWLAS Sanaa:in; jun. Druggist, Tottenham Iligh Cross, Nisisilisex, by virtue of an assignment from 11. and J. Bessvick, sole Proprietors of the 'Receipt, by the Will of 11. Speediman ; and are sold by Shaw and lidwards, No. 66, St. Paul's Church-yard; and Bacon and Co. No. 150, Oxford -street, in Boxes at f.s. 4s. 6d. 10s. ed. and Otte Gainea; and may be had of the principal Venders of Ale ' dicines in lbws and Country. 11JVIVER8IT I M.TELLISENcE. oxvOitrf, DECEMBER 23 Monday % the lad day of Michaelmas Tenn, the followies Degree? were conferred DOCTO,. rY TAVIXITY. Thi liev. Zahn Warren, Oriel College, Grand Compounder. MASTERS 01... UM& The Bee. Wadhatn IL:rbin, Fellow of Wadham Conegt. The Key. John Symort Peeing, On College: ractrztoas or. A ITS. - George Buckeridge, S:hGlar of Worcester College. Joseph Stroud. Wadham rAleze. Francis Pearson Walt-shy:Salolar of Wadham Cagey. John Worgan, Scholar of Pembroke Co F.dwaril Chaßoner Ogle, Merton College. William Pockim, Exeter College. William Kay, Magdalen College. John Janes Wason, Brasenunse College. . John Robert Edgar, 'Trinity College. Jchn Wr.lker, Qucco's College. William Boner Williams, Scholar of Queen's College. Samuel Crane, Magdalen Hall. James Streynsharn Mlster, 13alliol. `..The whole number cf Degreei in Michaelmu Term was— D. D. One ; L One ; 13. 0. One ; B.C. L. One; M.A. Thirty-one; 13. A. Seventy-eight.—.MatricuLations 121. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. The King has ptesented the Rev. Robert Barclay to the Church ar.d Parish of Lunan, in the presbytery of Aberhrothock and county of Forfar, void by the death of Mr. John Gowan. The Rev. William Beer. to the Vicarage of Wiliington,.in Derbyshire. The Bishop of London has instituted the Rev. Charles Al nseric Belli, hi. A. of Prittlewell, in Elsex, his Lordships briselser-iii,kivr, to the Vicarage of Witham. BIRTHS. At Liv/00. county Tyrone; lse Lady of the Hon. Andrew Godfrey Stuart, of a daughter. At Castleborough, the Lady of Robert Shapland Carew, just. Esq. M.P. for the cowity of Wexford, of a sop. At Kirkcudbright, the 12th inst. the Lady of Captainßobert Muter, of the 7th Regiment of Foot. of a daughter. MARRIED. Saturday se'nnight, at Bowden, Cheshire, the Rev. 3. T. Law, Prebendary of Chester Cathedral, to Lady H. C Grey, eldest daughter of the Earl of Stanford and Warrington. Dec. 15, at Puis, Humphrey Bowles, jun. Es% of H. I'. °,2d Light Dragoons, to Miss Eusacbe Vincent. At Duncarnon, James Kyle, Esq.. of the 2d Royal Veteran Battalion, to Judith AlLiia, daughter of Francis Wal ke r, Eq. of that Regiment. At eolnoulty, county Tipperary, Samuel idiesul, Esq. of the Sd Royal Veteran Battalion, to Harriet, eldest daughter of Lionel Biggs, Esq. of the same corps. Dec. 13, at Stoke Chuich, Lieutenant James Cole, N.N. to Mrs. Spry, widow of Mr. D. Spry, Surgeon, late of Plyinoczk Dock. At Dublin, Stephen Radcliffe, Esq. to Elizabeth, relict of the late James Given Captain in the 45:h fiegiment. Dec. 9, at Dablin,AL Slade, Esq. of the Azlii Light Infantry, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Hon. A. Cole Hamilton, of Beltrim Castle, county Tyrone. At Westport, the seat of the Marquis of Sligo, Rdmund Peel, Esq. of the 49th Regiment, to Marla; only daughter of Dominick Browne, Esq. of Ashford. 'The bride was given away by his LortlAiip. - Immediately after the ceremony, the happy couple sot off fin Delphi, the romantic and beautiful mountain lodge a the lioble klarquis. - - • Wedastlay, at St. Luke's, Chelsea ' the Rev. Henry Runt, A.M. Vicar of Clare , Suffolk, to Julia Anne, daughter of .Toipb, of :tfl.st-a, Es q.. • * ' Infra At Spalding, aged M t .. the Bet. Maurice Johnson, M.A. At Cheslvardiae, Salop. aged the Ilev. Willittto Lam.. merskty, Vicar of that place. The Rev. Henry Bc&c..lc; Curate of Welcombe, Dtivcn. Intis yezr, the Bev. rtsitvard Rector of 'fish Ongsr ' Ewe. The Rev. Wm. Williams, Vine of Cadoxton, near Ncath. ' Dec. 18, at Faieley Parsonage, near Southampton, Lonna', danghter of the Late Hon. and Right Rev. litowulow Nock,. Bishop of Winchester. M the Cape of Good Hope, Lieutenant Mudge, R.N. Agent for Transports. At Barnstsple, aged 76, Mr. 11. H. Hamilton, many years 3111 assivarit ht the ofgze of the (I..rk of the l i s:ace, txeter. • Monday mottling, in Qucen-strect, Chester, hit. Richard Niel'," B,n eminent writi n g-tatester... AThat at . l - 4/N,WW • nkinGg it t .aoit MUniki • - 14 le:Aguas& atter Zi tiratuen u ---- 6 • ~.1 ~~...~.. --.: i r ()X 1)t) , 4 7 I . rintge. tly Lim Kfl4 l ‘:llLgit• rlact, ttAlp'edlar N "env • the Abe' •1841 T ~~1 Ti T Ilona ART Also Fat Pat Part t Rel Part Part Part t Part Part Part Part I Part Part Fart Thi in an s triv - if? prize Ey all Lac Ord News. Know übtain, eludes Brat an Inc appsol given vti grate West, t'it eattsbi Z : ophia fraph latp Uv :1 NI.I *ssi tin . .1111.0 With Comi Con 3; uin, I)ram