Star.
London, England, 1808-12-30 00:00:00

INVERNESS, DEC. 16.

On Monday last, about two o'clock in the morn-
ing, the premises of Mr. Perot M‘DONALD, tenant in
Dreggie, Strathspey, were discovered to be on fire,
and on alarm being given, the inhabitants of Gran-
town instantly repaired to the spot, about half a mile
distant. Notwithstanding their prompt assistance,
and every effort that could be used, the devouring
element so far prevailed, as to consume the greater
part of the stacks in the barn-yard, together with a
barn, and a large peat-stack, close adjoining to the
dwelling-house. The fire is supposed to have been
wilfully occasioned, live peats having been found in
the byre, betwixt each of the cattle ; and from the
peat-stack being on fire so close to Mr. M•DoNotnls
dwelling-house, it is more than probable that the in-
human incendiaries had also intended to destroy the
whole family. Fortunately, however, no lives were
lost, and the neighbourhood are now endeavouring to
discover the offenders, and to repair the damage as
far as possible.

ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS, &c.
The Earl of Cassillis having presented the Rev. Wm. Ferrie to
the Professorship of Civil History in the United College of St.
Andrew's, he was on Friday last admitted a Member of that
University
.
The Marquis of 'Titchlleld has been pleased to present the
Rev. James M‘Kinlay, of the second charge, to be Mini.ter of ,
the first charge of the Collegiate Church of Kilmarnock.

- BIRTH.
On the 14th instant, Jane Moor, the wife of a day-labourer, at
Barwick, near Yarmi of three remarkably fine girls, who with
their mother are likely to do well. •

MARRIED.

On tbe 27th instant, at Newington, by the Rev. Mr. Dicken-
son, Miss Ann Wilkins, daughter of Captain Henry Wilkins, of
the island of Guernsey, to Mr. Wba. White Adams.
Saturday morning, at the Holy Trinity church, Hull, Mr. Isaac
Wilson, Editor of the Hull Advertiser, to Miss Jane Anthony, of
Aldborough.
At Ennis, Lieutenant Tweedy, of the 7th Dragoon Guards, to
Miss Dulhunty, daughter of the late T. Dulhunty,.Esq.
At Longford, the Hon. and Rev. George Bourke, brother of
Lord Mayo, to Miss Webster, second daughter of Thomas Web-i
ster, Esq.
On Wednesday se'nnight, at Bedale, the Rev. fticliard lunian,
Vicar of Christ Church, York, to Miss Inman, diligbtoir of Mr.
Whaley Charles Inman, of Bedale. . :

DIED.
set Leith, en Friday the 23d instant, lamei Pillans, Esq. sent
of Lasawade Park, whose unspotted character and gentlemanly.;
manners endeared him to all who enjoyed the happiness of his:
society.
At Goa, on the 24th of June, Lieutenant Jehn Ambrusse, of
the first battalion of the 7th Regiment, N. I.
On the 7th of October last, havinl, just entered the 23d year of
his age, on his plantation of Juliantown, South Carolina, North
America, John Levett, Esq. son et' the late Francis Leven, Esq.'
of Charlotte-street, Portland-place, London.
On Monday evening, John Ogilvie, Esq. late of Argyle-street,
where he carried on the business of Army Agent for many years. I
Oa the 21st instant, at his house in Rodney-street, Liverpool,
Richard Boothby, aged 60. lilt served as midshipman on board
the /F.olus frigate at the time of the capture of the famoua:l2lsurot.
At her son's house at Leicester, in her.97th year, Mrs l'armer,
mother of the late Rev. Dr. Farmer, Master of Emanuel College,.
Cambridge, &c. and of the Hon. Mrs. Byron. Sic retained her
faculties till the last moment, usually read without spectacles
and attended to her domestic concerns until within a short period
of her death.
Saturday se'nnight, at Beverley, after a severe illness, Lieuto-,i
nant-colonel Hutchinson, of Wold Newton, in the East Riding,
and Major of the 36th Regiment of Foot, which Regiment so
' gallantly distinguished itself at the battle of Vimiera.
A few days since, as John Matchinan, the park-keeper of Sir
Hugh Smith, at Ashton Court, was travelling from Bristol to
Salisbury on the outside of the Portsmouth long coach, he sud- I
denly fell from the top, at Bishopstrow, fractured his skull, and
died immediately.
In Belfast, aged 78, the Rev. Wat. Bristow, rector of that pariih.
At Well-street, Hackney, Mrs. Francis Hunt, only surviving
-daughter of the late Rev. %%'an. Hunt.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning - 47 minutes after 12
Afternoon - - 13 minutes after 1

. DR. JAMES'S POWDER,
For Fevers, Colds, Agues, Influenzas, Measles, &c.
AVender of Medicines, formerly a labourer in the
Doctor's garden, has lately advertised himself " as the ori-
" ginal and only person who ever prepared the Fever Powder tor
" tke late Dr. James ;" but as it has been proved that,thls Medi-
cine was sold before he was born, and therefore that he could not
have been the" original Preparer," be now shifts his ground, and
declares "that ke assisted in the preparation two years prior to
" the Doctor's decease, the person who usually prepared them
" being in a bad mate of health, &c and thus, by his own show- '
ing, it appears that be was not " the only Preparer." It happeni,
however, that Mrs. Evans, here alluded to, who lived many ram ;
in the Doctor's family, and ,:urvived him, was, in truth, the only •
person who attended the fires and assisted in die process till his
death : a man was occasionally employed to pound tbeingredietos'
which is all this pretender, Mr. Perrin, can have done, and
which he calls " assisting in the preparation;' so that after the ,
gross falsehoods of being " the original and the only Preparer,"
his pretensions resolve themselves into the mere quibble " of as-'!
" slating in the preparation," because he pounded the ingredients.
But even if ke bad been admitted to assist Mrs. Evans in her part
of the process, be could not have obtained the secret of this Me-
dicipe, for, according to Dr. lantes's affidavit (published by his
Executors in 1777), it had only been communicated to his sin
and Mr. Newbery-4 discovery, mormattsr, dint has ever birthed
the skill of tie most .raiment Chemists'.
The genuine Powder is to be had only from F. Newbery arid
Sons, N0.45,5t. Paul's Church-yard, London ; or at Dr James's
date house, in Burton-street, in Packets, rice 25.6 d. each; or in
Bottles, sontaining 12 Packets, as made up for the Army and
Navy, price 11.45. inclodibg the duty. Olseive that the words,
" F. Newbery, No. 45, St. Paul's," at.: ergraved is the Stamps.