Star.
London, England, 1808-12-08 00:00:00

EVANs V. FislIER.

This was an action for wages, brought by a servant
against his master, a grocer in James-street, Covent-
Garden. The question at issue was, whether the
phintiff had hired him elf for forty guineas a year, or
twenty-five guineas ? The plaintiff claimed forty gui-
neas, but, having no evidence in support of his agree-
ment, he was nonsuited.

Sir Itatts MANSFIELD finished the Sittings at West-
minster, having di =posed of all the causes, and this
day the Court sat at Nisi Prius in London, where the
causes set down for tt ial amount to 148, including 29
Special Juries of the first importance.

A Recruiting Officer, at Wolverhampton, has un-
dertaken to walk the distance of 72 miles in 72 suc-
cessive hours, for a wager of 210-guineas, at the rate
of one mile in every hour.—Bets are considerably in
his favour.

Such is the mildness of the season, that in several
parts of Cornwall, apple trees are now in full blossom;
and, even towards its northern extremity, in the gar-
den of Jotix PEAHSE, Esq. at Camelford, are ripe
strawberries, and others in full blossom. •

The. following singular coincidence of remarkable
circumstances actually took place at Munches, in the
&ewartry of Kirkcudbright, the hospitable residence
of Mr. and Mrs. MAxwau., on the llth November:
—a goose sitting upon nine eggs—a blackbird's nest
containing three eggs—a magpie building her habita-
tion—and a cherry-tree in full blossom !

On the 19th ult. an apple was pulled from a tree
in the town of Old Deer, which weighed 12 oz. and
was 12 inches in circumference.

At Bury fair, on Thursday last, there was a consi--
d'erable shew of neat stock, bcth homebreds and Scots,,
though not so many as on some former years, which,
in general, sold at high prices. Of horses there was
but an inditerent supply, but the fevi good young
cart colts obtained high prices. Butter, od the above,
and two following days, sold at from 675. to 68s. per
firkin, for prime dairies; halves, 955. .
. Thursday the old-established and well-atteiscied fair
of StaMford-Bridge, near York, was held agreeable to
ancient custom. fhe show of beasts was not so large
as, in some former years ; the prices were consequently
high
,all the English cattle were sold. Scots were
not 'in so great request. The quantity of merchan-
c6ae was unusually great.
At Ingatestone Fair, last week, in Essex, there was
alarge show of beasts, particularly of the Scotch and
Welsh binds, which were taken of at a little advance
is pricS. • •
Natural History.—There is a beautiful littfe hawk,
geiterallY called a sparrow-hawk, but which, in fact,
is of a very different species, being a kestrel or wind-
hover (Falco 7innunculus), now living, belonging to
Mr. Joins Km:, of Buckingham, which frequently
takes its flight, and is absent for several days, a week
or two, or longer; when i: returns to the house, and
does about as tamely as before. It was taken from
its nest, when eery young, in June 1807, and bred
up tame. Mice are its tavourite food. Within the 1
last two months, it has changed its old plumage for I
a new and much brighter one, being chiefly of a
brick-coloured red, embellished with elegant black
triangular spots.
A performer was latelx advertised in the bilis of a
strolling company as from the Theatre Royal, Drury-
lane; on inquiry into the cast of characters he had
sii.riciaarin 'the metropolis, it was discovered that he
played die Is t of aLcrof the leethant in 131 u, Beard
A sanguinary boxing Match for what the combatants
termed:a:kw ofghs anda bellyful!, took place on Tues-
day, .near Wormwood Scrubs, between Richard Jones,
a professor, and-George Toby, a coachman. There
was a numerous meeting, and after a subscription had
Veen entered into to compliment the winner, the
combatants stoutly contended forthe purse (three
guineas) for one hour and ten minutes, when Jones
wa; declared the conqueror. Muttony took the lead
o iektme, the combatants having milled each other un-
til they were blind, and in that situation, they were
placed to each other thcit seconds for the ast ten
thinutes.