Star.
London, England, 1823-07-25 00:00:00

COUNTY OF STAFFORD ELECTION.

Wednestby being- appointed for the election of a
Knight of the Shire, in the place tithe much-lamented
SO 3. BOUGHEY, Bart. Stafford *ZS a scene of ex-
traordinary.bustle. Every steentseleacling to the town
was crowded at an early hour by carriages, eques-
trians, peiestri.ins, &c. flocking to the place of election.
At tea o'clock Sir JOHN WROTTESLET appeared in
:he n with a great number of his friends,
and many of the Nobility and Gentry of the County.
After the King's writ had been read, the Member
for Droitwich, Mr. FOLEY, proposed Sir John Wrot-
tesley, of Wro.tesley. as a proper person to be elected
as Uember for the County of Stafford. The Hon.
Gentleman prefaced his motion with a high eulogiprn
upon the public and private virtues of their-late Re-,
presentative, and upon the independent principles of
the Honourable Baronet whom be had the honour
of proposing.
fhe non. Mi. Gunton ANSON, Member for Great
Thinsontli, seconded the nomination in a long speech,
in which he feelingly lamented the loss the County
had sustained by the death of Sir J. F. I3oughey ; he
spoke highly. of the public principles and private vir-
tues of that deceased Gentleman ; and trusted that
Sir John ‘Vrottesley would' give them cause to re-
joice that their choice had fallen upon him a., the ad-
vocate of truly British Principlesupon a man, who,
he felt assisted, would undauntedly suppOrt their
rights and liberties—(Applersse.)
Sir Jolts Waotrsauty being eleited without op-
position in the usual form, came forward, and ad-
dressed the Electors' it very considerable lea ;!Cis,
declaring that Ise would honestly: discharge his duty
in Parliament; he would watch the interests of the
trade of the County; he should anxiously study the
wants and wishes of his constituents; and they should
find him, in every respect, the independent man.—
(Cheers) He thanked the electors for their numerous.
attendance; and, being, chaired through the town,
the electors were invited tri think aad-be merry, the
customary sequel to an election.

ACCIDENT DT STRAM.—An unfortunate accident
happened on Saturday, about noon, at the Boulevard
do Mont Parnasse, Paris, iri the cotton factory of
Messrs. Dupont. All the machines are put in motion
by steam. The woikpeople, men and woq,ea, were
employed when the boiler suddenly burst, with a loud
explosion, and dreadfully wounded fifteen persons,
five of whom are not expected to recover. Among
the latter are two women piegnaut. They were all
carried to the Hospital.
SWIMMING MACHINES ON THE SEINE.—An experi-
ment was made on Sunday evening, about half-past
sax, upon the Seine, in Paris. Two men and two
children, 12 or 13 years old, went in a boat to throW
themselves into the river, at Pont St. Nicholas, and
Boat to the Pont of Henry the Fourth. "'hey fixed
under their arm-pits a machine made of tiff, about
two feet long, cylindrical in the middle, and conical
at the extremities. The four individuals then threw
themselves into the water, and floated down the Seine
to the Pont of Louis Sixteenth, without moving hand
or foot. The experiment completely succeeded; but
any one could cfo the same with corks or blad'ers.—
More than fifty boats filed with company preceded
the floaters, and an immense crowd covered the
bridges, quays, and the ( bateaux de chatban) coal-
boats.—Journal des Debuts.
An Inquest was held at the Black Horse, Poplar, on
the body of Mr. NYelling, an Officer of the Customs,
which was found near the entrance of the West India
Docks; but there being no evidence to prove how it
came into the water, the verdict was--Found Drowned.
Yesterday morning, in the field at the back of the
House of Correction, Cold Bath-fields, a small square
box was discovered concealed under the iron pipe that
conducts the water across the ditch. On opening the
box, it was found to contain the dead body of a new-
born infant.

J. DUN CA U respectfully solicits the attention of the
Nobility and Gentry to his newly-invented Doable
_Movement Hasp, for. which he has obtained his Ma-
jetty's Patent, and the unqualified approbation of
and other aniincnt Professors. Inde-
Pendent of the wore splaodid and elegant appearance
of this Harp, the sound (principally the bass) is more
powerful, and the strings's:cepa the very small ones),
warranted not to break. J. D. hos likewise disco-
vered a method of adding, at a moderate expense,
the Double Movement to any Single-action Harps.—
(To be been at the linnufactory, 28, Couduit-strect,
Hanover-square.