Star. — London, England, 1823-07-15 00:00:00

J EL° FEME NTS. A considerable bustle was created at Aylesbury, on Wednesday, by the following occurrence :—About a quarter p tst four o'clock in.the afternoon, a post chaise and four drove with great fury to the White Hart Inn, in Aylesbury, containing a Gentleman (it is supposed an Officer in the Army), and a Lady, with whom, it afterwards transpired, he had eloped from Cheltenham, who, immediately on their arrival, bounced from the chaise, chewing evident marks of agitation to the by-standers, whose suspicions were soon realized by the Gentleman's assuring the postil lions that they were pursued, exhorting them to se crecy; and, at the same time, requesting a change of horseswith all possible speed. By this time the Kid derminster coach had arrived at the White Hart, bringing with it a former suitor of the young Lady, who, after a little inquiry, beheld his dearic and her gallant within a few yards of the coach, from which he alighted, and, sans ceremonie, knocked him down, and kept him on the ground by kneeling on his breast till a constable arrived, when they all retired to the Inn, but in a short time the services of the constable were dispensed with. The mother, accompanied by a Gentleman, arrived in great distress, about an hour and a half after the occurrence. The suitor of the young Lady, it appeared, had rode on horseback as far as - Weston toll.gate, about seven miles from Ayles bury, when his horse broke down, and he was com pelled to take the coach. The party, with the ex ception of the gallant, left Aylesbury, on their way for London, the same evening ; the young Lady and the Officer took leave of each other by waving their handkerchiefs. The latter took the same route on Thursday morning. A young surgeon, whose abiding place was for merly in the neighbourhood of Heytesbury, eloped' on Sunday se'nnigbt with the only daughter of a, wealthy old gentleinan, of Mount Sorrell, in Leices tershire. An attachment having been suspected for some time previous, every means was resorted to which parental vigilance and circumspection could suggest to prevent an elopement, and bars, locks and bolts, were put in requisition. But all were of no avail: the address and perseverance of the suitor, co operating with the determined spirit of the Lady, sur mounted all obstacles. Cupid possessed a pick-lock which defied the utmost ingenuity of the locksmith; and although residing at Plymouth, the enterprising suitor made a long arm, and succeeded in carrying his deviated fair one in a chaise and four from Mount Sorrell to London, where they were married by bans, on the following morning. AFFLUENT SPINSTER.—The Blackburn Journal says, " As evidence of the capability of the :pining business to realize wealth, we need only state, that the only daughter of one of our leading manufactu rers has a secured fortune of 1,000,000 guineas." KNARESBOROUGH TRADE.—We have to mention, with much regret, that the unhappy differences still subsisting between the linen manufacturers at Barns ley and their weavers, have extended to Knaresbo rough. It appears from a letter which we have just received from a very respectable and intelligent cor-. respondent, that on Saturday last it was announced to their workmen by four of the principal houses in Knaresborough, that they had determined to reduce the wages of the weavers. On this intimation, about 200.0 f them assembled on the evening of that day, and determined to call a General Meeting on the Monday following. At eight o'clock, on Monday morning, about 2000 men, women, and boys, met to gether in the Long Flat, and passed Resolutions ex pressive of their determination to follow the example of - the Barnsley weavers, and to decline to accept of the reduced Kices. The Meeting then adjourned till two o'clock, when a much larger concourse of people assembled than before, and after discussing various Resolutions, they formed in Procession, two deep, and marched round the town. On Tuesday, a cart, which was removing some yarn to be worked out of the town was surrounded by about 200 persons, but it was suffered to proceed in the end without injury ; and a master manufacturer from Barnsley, who was in some peril near the High Bridge, escaped unhurt. On Wed nesday another Meeting and Procession took place, after the market, and it is announced that these dis plays are to continue every evening till the differences are adjusted. Iris impossible to say how far these un hapfry disagreements are to extend. The masters de clare that they cannot afford to continue the wages , which have hitherto been paid, as precisely the same kind of goods are manufactured in Scotland so much lower than they can afford them, that they are in danger of being driven out of the market; while the men insist, that the masters already receive a fair profit, and that an extensive combination is formed amongst them at Barnsley and Knaresborough to de prive their workmen of supplying their families with a sufficiency of the common necessaries of life. For the last twelve months, they sAy, the clear average earnings of the best of them have not exceeded 12s. a week.—Leeds Mercury. STEAM ENGINES.—It appears that the number of steam-engines at present in action, in this country, may be reckoned at 10,000; and one with another each may be estimated to be equal in power to 20 horses; that each horse will do the work of six men ; and that, consequently, the acting powers of our steam engines are equal in effect to '200,000 horses, or 1,200.,000 men. Steam navigation appearslo be carried to a very great extent in the Canadas. On the river St.-Law rence,hetween Montreal and Quebec, during the open season, which lasts from he Ist of May to the 25th of November, no less than eight vessels are con stantly plying, of which the largest, the Lady Sher btooke, is of 787 tons burden, and is impelled by an engide of 60 horse power. A letter from Montreal, dated June 14, says—" I have just been informed that the Dc Salaberry steam boat was burnt to the water's edge on Thursday morning last, at four o'clock, off Cape Rouge, and, all her cargo destroyed. There was a considerable number of settlers on board, but they were fortis-. Irately all saved." A lire broke out in his Majesty's ship FALMOUTH, in Portsmouth Harbour,, on Thursday, which was speedily put out, with scarcely any damage. Al droner the ship had no powder on board, some of the crew and three women jumped overboard, and one of the latter was dlOUned. THE ITRES. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.-;-Last night, the Musical Drama of the Knight of Snowdoun, founded upon Sir WALTER SCOTT'S poem of The Lady of the Lake, was revived at this Theatre, for the purpose of introducing Mr. WALLACK, as Roderic Dint, and the representa tion was as effective as could be wished. Miss L. DANCE sustained the character of the Fair Ellen, and looked, acted, and sung so sweetly, as to win the ad miration of the audience, who rewarded her with i the most flattering applause. Mrs. AUSTIN and Miss Povvir, as Alice and Isabel, sang divinely; and Mr. W. CHAPMAN, as Macloon, afforded a high relief to the sombre character of the piece. In the farce of My Aunt, Mr. WALLACK sustained his original cha racter of Dick Dashall, without any diminution of spirit; and Mr. CHAPMAN, as Rattle, kept the audi ence in a roar. HAYM A RKET THEATRE.—The new Play of Sweet hearts and Wives, again attracted a crowded audience last night. The Musical Entertainment of My Grand mother, concluded the evening's amusement, in which Madame VESTRIS sustained the part of Florella for the first time. She introduced, with much success, a new song from the Opera of La Donna del Logo, " Awake, the Morning beams, Love." HARLEY, in Dicky Gossip, was extremely comic. The Dinner Party given by the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE on Friday, at Bushy Park, to celebrate the anniversary of their wedding-day, consisted of twenty-five. In addition to the Duke of CUNIBER LAND and Prince LEOPOLD, already noticed, the Du chess of GLOUCESTER, the Duchess of KENT, and the Duke of Sussex; were present. The company pre sent in the evening consi s ted of about 200, chiefly composed of the Nobility and Gentry of the neigh bourhood. Dancing commenced at ten o'clock. Sup per was served at one o'clock, after which dancing was resumed, and was continued till four o'clock. The Mansion was most 'brilliantly illuminated. At the top of each of the wings were two full crowns ; under them were "J. D. C." in large letters. The entrance and iron railings were tastefully illuminated with variegated lamps, in festoons, &c. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE gave his weekly mag. niEcentDejeune on,Saturday. The party arrived be ween the hours of three and six, the Duke of WEL LINGTON being the last. It was about six o'clock when Ibis Grace arrived, and then the company were par taking of the hospitalities of the house. Covers were laid in every apartment therein, and even in the Stew ard's room ; in the first instance for 340, but the in vited and uninvited mustered nearly five hundred.— There were drank sixty quarts of Roman punch. Champaigne,Burgundy,Hock, Hermitage, and Claret, were placed at every plate. In addition, the wine of Benicarlow and excellent Muscadine for the Ladies. During the repast, the splendid band of the 2d Life Guards played under the umbrageous arms of the' Cyprus trees; and, when it was concluded, the French band, hitherto invisible, struck up their exhilarating , airs. The dancing commenced with waltzes, and was I kept up with great spirit till a late hour. PILLAR IN HONOUR OF HIS MAJESTY.—The Com missioners of King's-town harbour have been most indefatigable in forwarding its completion, and add ing to its grandeur, utility, and effect. Saturday se'n night they succeeded in erecting the great granite pillar in commemoration of our gracious SOVIREIGN'S departure from Dublin, which ,rises over the har bour, and measures in one solid stone sixteen feet.-- The column, it is intended, should be forty feet high. It is placed on the remaining part of a ridge of rocks which extended from the shore into the interior, which are now used in making the great pier. It has an admirable effect, as the spot on which it stands is all that now remains of the great ridge. The bass , rests in the bosom of this old fragment, and imme diately. under the pillar are four great ' granite orbs. The appearance of the whole is very striking, and well worthy the memorable occasion of which it is an interesting testimonial. A SINGULAR FACT.—An old travelling trunk, which had for more than twenty years been used in the tool-house of a gentleman's garden some few miles from Lewes, as the depositary of Seeds for the use of the gardener. it was a few weeks ago accidentally discovered contained 363 guineas, which, by the in genious contrivance of two secret drawers, must have ' been long concealed, as the guineas were principally coined in the reigns of Charles and James. A SON'S Materattauce.—The Court of Session has decided the action Fox MAULS, Esq. v. the Hon.] Was. RAMSAY MAULS, for an increased allowance, by awarding to the pursuer an aliment of £BOO per am' EXAMINATION OP THE GOLD AND SILVER COIL Saturday, at ten o'clock, the Lords of his Majesty's' Most Honourable Privy Council assembled in the Court of the Duchy of Lancaster (in the Tally Court of the Exchequer, adjoining Westminster Hall), to make trial of his Majesty's coins in the pix of the Mint. There were present the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord STOWELL, Lord BEXLEY, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. BECKET, &c. Their object in' thus meeting was to ascertain the correctness of the issue of the British coinage, and its purity. for which purpose a Jury was summoned, being Members of the Goldsmiths' Company, and 'the best judges of gold the country can produce. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in addressing the Jury, noticed the alterations in the currency of this country, from the time of the Bank of England ceasing to pay in cash, and the issuing of the paper currency, which was obliged to be continued from the long protracted and unprecedented war in which Great Britain bad been engaged. The return to cash payments having been gradual, was so extremely; well arranged as to produce no very material inconvenience ; whereas, if it had been sudden and general, it would- have been of the most serious coniequences to nth:abets, aad possibly to some ruinous. The trial of the gold and silver of the new coinage, with the specimens of the former coinage, occupied the attention of the Jury nearly the whole of the day. The business having commenced at an early hour, they breakfasted together at the King's Arms Tavern, New 'Palace-yard. At the conclusion the Lords of the ' Council were entertained with a turtle feast at Gold smiths' Hall.—Total value of the gold monies coined by Lord MARYISOROUGH, from January 1, to Decem ber 13, 1822, . is 5,356,7871. 12s. 6d. Total value of the new silver monies coined by Lord Mativaonomt from the Ist of January to the 31st of December; 1822, is 31,4301. 7s. lid. FIRES. Frogley Lodge, Bucks, the beautiful chateau of P. R. WINGROVE, Esq. Nt as but nt to the ground on Sunday night. The tire was first seen from a drying room over the kitchen detached from the house, but it soon spread, and in less 'than an hour it was a heap of rains. Providentially the inmates, eight in num ber, who had retired to bed, escaped. It was ele gantly furnished, besides a valuable library, and not a vestige was saved. Another fire broke out on Sunday, at the house of Mr. CANTON, Mitchell-place, Paddington, which consumed the second and third floors. It haprened through the negligence of a servant setting fire to a window curtain in putting a child to bed. :Yesterday, A. NUGENT, Esq. of Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, was docking the tail of a favourite hunter he had standing at a livery-stable in Gray's Inn-lane, when the animal, from some cause, kicked him on the thigh, tore his breeches and the pocket, and the twenty pound mark from the corner of a £2O Bank-note he had in his pocket, without othet wise damaging, the note, tore his drawers and the shirt, and with all this Mr. NUGENT escaped personal injury : his skin was not so much as touched in the slightest degree. A man was mowing a field of grass, near Sr,eaton •Castle, not far from 11Iiitby, on Saturday, when he found something impede his progress. On laying down his scythe, and examining the place, he found a hen pheasant which lie had cut in two as she was sitting on her nest with eleven eggs. llis master took the eggs lion-, and placed them under a hen which he had at that time sitting. Saturday night, between nine and ten o'clock, as one of the Lynn four-horse coaches was entering town, when near Church-street, Shoreditch, a boy or nine yeari of age, of the name of John Pearce, son of a respectable mechanic in Wilks'-place, Hoxton, who was playing near the kirb-stone, was knocked down by the near leader, and kicked under one of the wheels, which passed over his neck. lie was taken into the shop of a surgeon near the spot, but breathed his last before any assistance could be rendered him. Six young men hired a sailing-boat on Sunday to go up the River, and having reached Twickenham, they waited until nearly dark, and, as it turned out, they refreshed themselves rather too freely. On their return, through the unskilful management of the sail, the boat was run against a barge, and a part of the side was stove in. She neatly filled with water at the moment, and three of the young men went over board, and one was drowned. One swam on shore, and two remained in the boat until they were rescued by the bargemen. The name of the person drowned was Stapleton, an appi entice to a skinner in the Bo rough.road. Saturday, a boat which had been railing for macka rel off Dover, and was waiting in the Roads for wa ter in the harbour, by the force of a sudden wave made a pitch, and in the return she shipped a heavy sea at the stern, and immediately went down with four hands on board ; but by the prompt assistance of several other boats, although it was blowing very bard at the time, one of them succeeded in picking up two of the people, but all efforts to save the other two, Birch and Clark, were unavailing. 'Die two who were saved were so much exhausted, that one of them, of the name of Beer, died soon afterwards. The two former have left wives. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, as the workmen employed in rebuilding Mr. Sterry's house, in High street, Borough, neatly opposite St. George's Church, were retiring to dinner, one of the labourers, in his eagerness to descend the ladder, struck his foot against one of the boards, and was precipitated to the ground, where he lay totally - senseless, the blood issuing from his eyes and mouth, and his thigh-bone protruding through his trowsers. He was taken on a shutter to St. Thomas's Hospital, without the least hopes of recovery. A representation having been made to his MA JESTY that two men (namely Wm. Nadiia and Wm. Daubney) sentenced at the last Assizes for Notting ham to be transported for life, were innocent of the offence with which they had been charged, and had been mistaken for other characters, a Gentleman holding a high official situation was directed imme diately to go on board the vessel in which the men were embarked, and which was waiting only for a fair wind to set sail for New South Wales, and make the necessary inquiries of the incliiiduals themselves. The result proved so far satisfactory, that his MA JESTY was induced, without a moment's delay, to grant them a free pardon. ATTEMPT AT MURDER.--On Saturday evening, a man of the name of Robert Tooley, at No. 5, Little Gray's Inn-lane, being in a state of intoxication, and having a quarrel with his wile, ook up a sharp pointed knife, and stabbed her; the wound she re ceived in her left arm, from which she bled upwards of a quart, the artery being divided. The poor wo man was carried in a very bad state to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, and Tooley was taken before the Sitting Magistrate, at Hatton-garden, and committed for want of bail. ALLEGED MURDER OF MRS. CHAMBERLAYNE.— Yesterday an Inquest was held before Mr. Jszirmarr, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlayne, who was found dead in her room on Saturday morning, under the circumstances stated in our Union-hall account of yesterday. After a very minute and pa tient investigation, the Jury brought in a verdict of , 4 Accidental Death," thus exonerating the person who had been in custody from the chirge of murder. Furious Rinttio.—Mrs..Bishop, an elderly person, who has the charge of the Offices at No. 29, Prince's street, Lothbuty, in•crossing the Way near to the cor ner of Lombard-street and Cornhill, on Sunday nth . * was rode over by a gentleman on horseback, and very _seriously hurt. The gentleman rode off at full speed, leaving the poor woman in imminent danger of being crushed to death .by the numerous stagecoaches which were passing at the time. A WHOLE CONGREGATION ILL ! ! —A Clergymen of Ireland one Sunday, when about to - sec out to per " form Divine Service, received a letter froirrhis Clerk to this effect:—" Sir—She is unwell,* and therefote you need not come to-day." Who was this She?— Was it our Mother Church? • Nu.; it was the mother of the sexton, who was the onlyvetbuil in the habil of attending the Chtuch, and who, on this occasion * happened to be ill, and. therefore the Cliagiuran , ba no congregation at all! isi MUM POLICE INTELLICEN L. MA StIOROUGA-STRICT--13111.T.171: 1 0 OF SOLDIKIL3.-Nt'ttrdai a publican appeared to answer a summons unler the Mutiny Act, for refusing to afford proper aceommodatiOn to two seldiera cf the Guards that were billetted upon him. The soldiers gated, that when they went to the house the defendant told them they might remain in the tap-roam if they thm;ghtsproper, brit they should have no beds; they in consequence went away, and pro. cured b;:ei el uwhire. The defendant denied this statement, and prxioc'ed his servant girl, who proved that the beds lied actu. ally been prepared for the soldiers before they left the house, and they mutt lt.ve either misunderstood him, or gone aw:,y r„_ poidy to have him fined: The Magistrate, however, considered the evidence of the soldiers conclusi7c, and fined him 40s. Ih'.ll,y, an Irishwoman, posars,ing a very expressive at.{ intelligent countenance, was charged at this Office with the as. Gumption of a knowledge of future events. On all ocrasioas, when she exercised her mysterious art, she 25.:eated to be bo t h deaf and dumb, and always wrote down the fate of those va l., consulted her on a slate. Unfortunately for Mrs. Key, and fw! the cause of liberty, she could feel no inspiration as regarded future events, until seine coin of the realm, either of silver t , c gold, was produced ; but she genet ally forgot either to finish :1 4 prophecy or return the money ; and tot one of these acts ef:::g ligenie towards a person in the employrn2nt of Mrs. Edwerds ; a dress-maker, in the Regent's Quadrant, Mrs. Kelly now stood to answer at the bar. The Magistrate, without the ,lightes: pectation or idea of working, a miracle, asked her, in the com mon routine manner, if she had anything to say against tLe charge ?—Mrs. Kelly shook her head very significantly, but this was not sufficient to satisfy the Magistrate, and he uroared that she should be sent for one month to amuse herself at the tread. mill —The moment this last dreadful word was uttered. the deal and dumb Mrs. Kelly suddenly burst upon her astonished audi tors such a torrein of eloquence as s might have been serviceabl e to her in a better cause—she confessed that her organs of speed ' bad always been as perfect as they appeared then ; hut as she vs compelled by dlvtms to adopt the profession of tk , une-telling, she thought it would throw a degree of interest ab !tit her cha. r.tcter it she appeared to be deaf and dumb.—The Magistra te said, that she t ichly deserved punishment for the imposture alone; and, on the whole, be saw no reason to alter the sentence he had given, and she was accordingly sent to try her fortune at the House of Correction. Bow-Sumx.—The attention of the Magistrates at this °Set was engaged for the grelter part of two days last week, and again yesterday, in hearing the following case t— Mr. H ughes, a mune. seller in Prince's -street, Leicester-square, was summoned to answer to an information fur " unlawfully publi'hing a certain book, the same not having the name of the printer thereto." The late Dr. Canton possessed the exclusive copyright of the " Red Cross Knight" and his other works, and at his death the copyright devolved to his widow and family. Several of the minor music-sellers had pirated them, and were selling them u the price of 9d. which was originally ss. and now 2s. 641. Mr. Hughes had maintained that the music being an engraved and not a printed book, it was exempted from the Act. The Magistrates however thought other Wise, and yesterday (the rot having been adjourned till then), Mr. Hughes promised to al: stain from selling any but the authorised editions of Dr. Call- COIL% pieces, and the information (as well as a similar one against another music -seller) was withdrawn. . An information for a similar offence was a few days ago laid against Mr. William Boag, of Great Turnstile, Holboni, Music. seller, who was convicted in the penalty of €2O; but which Mr. Callcott said he should not enforce without other copies were afterwards sold. Mr. Boag said, the sate should be immediately discontinued. Havron-Gaarent.—Yesterday, G. Beaver, a carpenter, who was to have been married on Sunday to a servant of Captain Granger, of Hunter -street, and who was conveying home his in- tended's wearing apparel, and four bottles of wide (a wedding. present from her mistress), at four o'clock on Sunday morning, was brought up, having been detained by a watchman in Bruns. wick.square, on suspicion of having stolen the property. It was in vain that his having the property was accounted for, and bad offered ; and the loving couple spent the day and night in est Wambhouse, instead of celebrating their wedding. The Lady of Captain Granger attended yesterday, and entered into expb. nations that produced the swain's immediate discharge. Fr Way, a Coroner's Inquest was held at the Rad clifie Infirmary, Oxford, before Mr. CECIL, Coroner, on the body of George Waine, who died in come quence ot being struck on the head by a stick thrown by William Reeves at William Ebney, in a quarrel about a gun. All the parties were boys. Verdict— Accidental Death. Thursday an 'lnquest was held at Liverpool, ost the body of Septimos Walker, a recruit in the Artille ry service of the East India Company. On Sunday, the 15th tilt. the deceased went, with several other recruits in a steam-packet, from Liverpool to Rum corn, on the way to Chatham, and they were all in a state of ebriety. On the passage they were served with more liquor, and a young man of - the name of Edward Simner offered the deceased a glass of tarn, to take a part of it, when he drank it all, which in censed Simnel., and blows followed ; but the packet men interposed. They landed at Runcorn, and, passing through the church-yard, the deceased lay down, a few feet from the grave about six feet 'deep, newly opened to receive a corpse when the shards service was over. Simner took ;be deceased by the leg and arm, carried him to th'e grave, and threw him in! A crowd immediately collected, and be was pulled out, but could not stand; and beinguru• ble to proceed, the serjeant sent him back by apacket to Liverpool, whet e be died on the 24th ult. from ir jury of the spine and bruises.—Verd'c, Manslaughter. An 'lnquisition, was taken yesterday afternoon, before Mr. HIGGS, Deputy-Coroner for Westminster, at the General Penitentiary, Millbank, on the body of a convict named Mary Brayshear, aged 29 years. The Jury being sworn, adjourned to view the body, which was reduced to a mere skeleton, but bore the relics of a once very pretty woman. On theirtetera to the Jury-room, Mr. Benjamin Chapman, the fled Governor, deposed that the deceased was tried Maidstone, on the 15th of July, 1819, found guile and sentenced to seven years' transportation, which was commuted, under the Act of Parliament,to fire years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary. She wasi:s years of age when tried, and was received into the l'e• nitentiar y in excellent health, or. the 3d of june,llll l Juror.— W hat was her offence?-Bigamy. Mr. John Pratt, surgeon, deposed that the de ceased was It• moved to the Infirmary on the 24th of I,:st June, with al amei of fcver. accompanied with violent pains in the head, which lot tinned more or less to Sunday morning last, wilts) she repine' tier life was dopaired of all last week, as symptoms had tatri place of an efilpion of fluid in the head, which effusion was tai cause of her death, and that produced by the fever. Juror.- 7 .-Had si.e been in the Infirmary before?—Yes; iathr beginning of the ytar, for dtarrhen. She remained about a info* Juror.— , ls that complaint prevalent here? It has been very g• - Juror.—ls it owing to the dietary or at mosohere ?—Nettlur, Juror.—l mean the bowel complaint ?—The dietary toe have beta the cause. Juror.— What meat is brought here? Clods andstittings °fir Juror. —ls there no ox-cheek brought here now 7—None : of mutton are brought for the Infirniary. Juror.—What quantum of meat is allowed per day? Siroa Cojtmtre,—Gentlemen I don't know whether you arc avir that several /tits of Parliament are made for the better rtZ tion of the Penitentiary. 3bror.—All we want to know is, whether the meat be :"" 4 and I should like the Governor to produce a sample. The steward was seat for, but he stated the mot was brought in every morning" and no sample of )D' let day's remained.—Verdict —"Natural death. COAL 51AIIKET, JULY 14. • Newcastle 365. 6d. to 425. 3d+ssnitesaud ;Au 6:l - 5 •11 4.. I.64fignoti Printed and pahlished by Levet. Kees, T'ick'et' • Mice, T t .1) r I ! t ti a