Star.
London, England, 1830-06-09 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Two hundred and two individuals were relieved, last week, Li
Kilkenny, by the charitable and benevolent societies of that city.
In Berkshire, In the vicinity of Ascot Race-course, on some land
in high cultivation, the wheat is already out in ear, and generally
there Is every appearance of an abundant atop.
The apple trees in some places are said to be Infested with what
is called the cotton blight, so much as to threaten not only the Iths
of fruit, but the trees themselves. This is good news for the far.
mer, who is represented to have said that he would rind his trees,
if he thought them likely to bear in proportion to last year.._
Exeter Alf red.
The following little incident, connected with the village of Head.
corn, may by some be considered curious s—There are now livingi.,
that pariah three sisters, who were named after Job's three daugh.
tens, 309111314 &oda, and Kerenhappuch, the eldest of whom is et,
the next 83, and the youngest 81. They are now sin perfect health,
and have lived in the parish, or ha immediate vicinity, all their
days.—Maidstone Jaime/.
Mrs. Sadler, formerly housekeeper to the noble family of Nei:,
died worth 10,0001. 8,0001. of which, it is said, she handed o‘et t,,
a young woman, a stranger, to save legacy duty. The remainder
was left to a person in this town and other individuals.—shrett,.
bury CAronick.
A lad was brought before the Manchester blagistrates an Thurs.
day last, on suspicion of having stolen two pigeons, which wer.
found in his possession under suspicious drcumstances. His de.
fence was, that having had some corn in his pocket, the pigeons had
Sown in to est it II !

Monday, as seine carpenters were taking up an old floor in the
drawing-room of Mr. Penis, grocer, Southgate.strect, they di,.
covered a concealed treasure of, It is said, 400 guineas, of the coin.
age of George the Second. The money, we understand, was found
in two tin eases, in a place which appeared to have once formed
cupboard, and where it had no doubt been pat for safety.—Dori
Herald.
The accounts from the Highlands show to what an extremity th,
cold prevailed last week. On Friday, the Caledonian coach dnue
upwards of 20 miles of the road betwixt Blair and Invernsa
throughpre snow ; and some of the higher range of the Grampions sp.
!ea
red in the same coveting. Many of the trees and mallet plants
were severely frosted ; the early potatoes blackened ; and the bop,
of the orchardmen destroyed.
A serious accident took place with the stage conveyance which
runs betwixt Paisley and Johnstone, Wednesday night. The car.
riage, which was drawn by a blind horse, and driven by a lad who
was not accustomed to it, when on its way down the Thorn Brac,
at great speed, the hone ran a little to the one side of the road, and
the driver, in attempting to bring it to the centre, checked it with
the wrong rein, while the velocity at which the carriagewas run.
ning overpowered the horse, and ran it over the foot path (which ie
considerably raised above the road,) through the hedge ; and hone.
carriage, and passengers, were tumbled down a bank six or eight
feet high, by which the horse was killed, the carriage shattered to
pieces, and tbe driver and passengers, upwards of twelve in number,
were all more or less hurt. We Icarn that the driver has had hi-

leg broken.
The hopes which were some ago entertained of an abundant crop
egress, we are sorry to say sill be only partially realised ; for
although on dry sandy uplands the swathe both of grass and clover
will be very heavy, yet in low and cold situations it will be quite as
light, there not having been a sufficiency of warm weather to temove
the chilling effects of the winter floods, and particularly of the last
snow storm, which operated as a remarkable check to vegetation.
The torrents of rain which fell on Thursday last have tilled the
brooks in this vicinity to overflowing, and very many meadows of
mowing grass are consequently at this moment under water, with the
flood still rising. The effects of this visitation will be sensibly felt
by many persons who were on the eve of hay harvest—Gloucester
Journal.
Monday a genteel and pretty.looking girl, apparently about 17
or 18 years old, threw herself into the river Eden and was drowned.
bier name and connections were unknown to the neighbourhood, but
she is supposed to have been the victim of seduction. An inquest
was held on Monday afternoon, when the jury, in the absence of
more explanatory evidence, returned a verdict that the deceased
drowned herself ins fit of temporary derangement.
A poor woman, named Ryan, the mother of nine children, whilst
going through the pariah of Anakarker, county of Tipperary, on
Tuesday last, was taken suddenly ill with the pains of labour. Sit:
went into the next house on the watt side, and the woman of the
house instantly ran fora midwife. During her absence the poor
woman was delivered of a boy, and, soon after the arrival of the
midwife. was in succession delivered of three more boys; the first
child died from want of prompt attendance, but the remaining three
were shies baptised by the parish priest. The four children were
uncommonly fine, and the three surviving boys are quite strong and
healtby.—Limerick Evening Poet.

SIWOVLAR INCIDINT....The workmen, in order to make room
in the family vault, at the village of Hartford, for the coMo of Mrs.
Wedgies, having had occasion to remove the coals of her brother,
the late Rev. Edward Wadeses, into the church-yard, while it lay
there, a letter cams by post from the East Indies, addressed to him
at Hartford, where he has not resided fee thirty years. Thus it
arrived eight or nine years Air his decease, and yet in the interim
while be was above ground....Cmabridye Chronicle.

The inhabitants of this city (Carlisle) were considerably alarmed
on Wednesday evening last, by the circumstance of a man being
conveyed, handcuffed, through the streets to the police.ofEce, bleed.
bag at the neck, and accompanied by an immense crowd of people.
who gave it out that he had cut his wife's throat, and then attempted
to cut his own. This report was ascertained to be too correct. It
appears that the prisoner, whose name is Joseph Miller, had for
some time past treated his wife with great cruelty. About half-past
two on Wednesday afternoon, a neighbour of Miller's, named John
Gunk, hearing a dreadful shriek proceed from Miller's house, went
to inquire the cause, when be met two women leading out of the
house Miller's wife, with her neck dreadfully cut, and bleeding pro.
finely. Miller then came out, and ran of towards a plantation.
where be was afterwards taken, with his own throat slightly cut,
which Currie is positive was not done when lie came out of h:.
house. The poor woman was taken to a neighbour's house, and
surgical assistance procured, when it was found that there was a
frightful wound, an inch and a half in length, on the left side of the
neck, and a deep stab near to the jugular vein ; her hand was also
'evenly cut in warding off the deadly weapon. The bleeding from
the wounds in the neck was for a long time so profuse as to threaten
a fatal termination ; but after much exertion on the part of the
surgeon, Mr. Johnson, of Weatherall, the wounds were closed, and
these is now some hope of her recovery. The constable of the vii.
lege lost no time in conveying the brutal husband to Carlisle, and,
after a long inquiry, he was remanded for further examination, in
older to procure the evidence of his poor wife. The prisoner is about
forty years of age, and has some property ; but he has been unser.
tied for some time past, and has squandered away the greatest past
of it. He only came from America about six months ago, when he
had been residing for upwards of three years. Since that time, we
understand, he has often shown symptoms of a disordered mind, and
frequently ill-treated his wife. On this occasion be appears to hare
been determined to murder her, and but for the nay interference
of the neighbours he certainly would have accomplished his bloody
purpose. The instrument with which be inflicted the wounds, it is
supposed, was a lancet, as there were two in the house, and one of
them is missing. It is believed he had it in his hand when he ran
from the house, and that he had attempted to cut his own threat
with It whilst in the plantation where he was found. Search has
been made for the lancet, but it has not yet been found. The latest
accounts represent the poor woman as somewhat recovered, though
still in great danger.— Carnets Patrice.
NAWCASTLZ ELACTIONA COCielt for this town is likely
to take pine at the next election. We have not the slighust
animosity to the gentleman, Ile. Hodgson, of Elswick House, who
has announced himself as the new candidate, but we doubt extremely
the prudence of his entering the field against two such able, sensi-
ble, ;useful, and attentive members, as Sir M. W. Ridley and )Ir.
Ellison. Having two such members, we must say we cannot wish
him success. We believe he is influenced by no motive but that
honourable ambition which ought to actuate every young man of !s-
-lants like his, and of his station in life ; but he is wrong in itching
the honour with such certainty of defeat. The freemen of Newcas-
tle know well the merits of their representatives. They are well
aware of the anxiety of those gentlemen to do every thing to serve
their constituents and the interests of the town. Mr. Ellison has
sometimes indeed laboured under extreme ill health, which would
have probably caused him to retire long ere this, if the attachment
of the burgesses, and his desire to do them service, had not kept
him in his seat; and as to Sir Matthew White Ridley, it is quits
impossible for any who had not been connected as we were
for several years wrtr blOth Houses of Parliament, to know the as-
siduity and industry with which he attends to his public duties, and
the universal respect and deference paid to his opinions. His labor
and ability upon committees almost daily during the sitting of_Par-
liament, from one end of the Pension to the other, can hardly be
equalled; and though we must admit that we have found it
less
neces.
sary to censure some of his votes sod remarks, we have not the
inclination, on that account, o snipes a person whose charade*
and conduct make him one of the met usereted commoners in the
kingdom,—Tyne Maestri.
We have been surprised to hear of a ememlmble theme ef cle
rical neglect of duty at a link town es the Coquet. isms sprat-
able patens wished es haws a child cashier& a lawdays glood for
that purpose come a amide:able lissom him the One
of the sponsors, we are informed, lodes& Insodleil seemelausZoo to be
present at the onserzesay. The maw was sat fw so the said of
the party. This was en Tuesday last. The mate mid the rector
had meth a rule we se allow any children to be chrism's& emelt
so the Mouthy% Wednesdays, and Fridays, sod is
this regulation he refused is de the duty ; the piety wrirluitliß
consequence to rotors to their Woes sod come pi the oat .