Star.
London, England, 1825-05-10 00:00:00

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GLASTONBURY ABBEY:
Last week a discovery of a very cutiontrand inteteita
ing nature was made within the ruins of this celebrated
Monastery, by the Rev. le. Warner, and a party of
Gentlemen of that place and neighbourhood, engaged
in wattling after the 'hidden antiquities of the eon*
crated inclosure. Directed in their research by the re-
port of a flight of underground steps emitting towards
the south=eastern Men of St. Joseph's Chapel, cona
netted with the outside of the wall ; and by the appears
ance of an arch nearly choked up, beneath the roofinr
line of the ancient crypt; the labourers sunk st•pit loft
yards square, to the depth of five or six feet, When thole
progress, on the east side, 'was suddenly arrested by A
compact mass of stone work. On a further caufout
removal of the earth, this was found to be the crowd
of a nearly perfect semicircular (or Anglo Isl irnsan)
arch, of the most beautiful and elaborate masonry, si'
miler in pattern to the exquisite tirrag (or nutlet
lozenge-like) ornaments of the windows of St. Joseph's
Chapel, and evidently coeval in construction with Ott
architectural gem. The labour of a kw more hours
detected a flight of winding steps, leading to this sub-
terraneous arched recess; uncovered a pavement at the
depth of-10 or 12 feet from the surface; and displayed
a small well, of a correct circular form, overhung and
protected by the costly arch that rose above it. A.hole
in the stone work of the well, near the surface, pre-
vented it from being overawed, by discharging the
superfluous water into a channel of masonry, whith
runs, in a northern direction, under the pavement of
the ct ypt of the Chapel, and is supposed to empty itself
into the great drain that surrounds the whole Cathedral.
—The apartment, with its splendid arch and holy
well, was origina ly covered wi h a groined roof, to
guard it from injury or profan ttion ; and appears to
'have been entered by the pilgrims, through a door-way
in the southern wall of the Chapel, surmounted by an
'elegant arch in the mixed Saracenic and Gothic style,
*Welt opened upon the summit of the flight of stepsi
descending to the well. The choked up door-way, on
a level with the pavement, and opening upon it, was
convenient for the occasional inspecting, cleansing, and
repairing of the apartment, well, and conduii.. Nn
doubt can be entertained of the application of this
secret chamber, and sacred well, to the purposes of
miracu'ous cure; for tradition speaks of the A* Wate)•,,
as well as the holy thorn, of Joseph of Arimathes ; but
no vistble evidence of its exi,tence was known to re-
main, till the developentent of the crypt in question. It
has been unknown for ages'; but we nay easily ima-
gine, that, in the days of its celebrity, the concourse to,
it must have been multitudinous and incessant. The
recent purchaser of the Abbey Domain, J. Ft y Reeves,
Esq. of Glastonbury, has directed the subterraneous
chamber, with its staircase, arch, well, and pavements
to be cleansed, tepaired, covered in, and restored, as
nearly as possible, to its primitive state and ap-
pearance.—Bath

A gamester finding luck to gn very hard against
him, exclaimed, " Ah, Fortune! 'Lis true you make me
lose, but I defy you to make me pay." - •
GLASGOW, MAY 7.—Yesterday, being Rutherglen
Fair, there was the finest and most extensive shew of
horses and black catty that has been seen thisre for the
last fifty years. Notwithstanding the extent of the area
on which the fair is held, it was crowded in the ex-
treme ; a dialer stated, though he was on horseback,
that it took him half an hour to ride thiough in a direct
line. The advance in price was unprecedented. There
was a numerous attendance of dealers from England,
who eagerly purchased many horses before they reached
the fair. One hundred atid ten pounds were given for
a pair of draught horses, which were purchased by a
person from Inverness-shire. The general price fur
saddle, coach, and draught horses, was from 251. to
501. Good mulch cows sold at from 161. to 181. sad
inferior ones from ICI. to 141. upon mulch cows there
has been a rise of 31. a-head.
*At the sale of horses at Cumbernauld Inn, on Tuesday last, they
brought £360 more than they were valued at, per inventory, per-
vious to the sale.

NEWGATE inns LBADEMHALL MARKETS, Mos 9.
Beef 3s 4d to 49 Od I Veal 4s Od to So . 4tIL
Mutton .....:..3s to 4s Old Pork 4s Od to Ss ,94
Lambs es Od to 7s Od

PRICES o► HAY min STRAW YESTERDAY:
IT. JAIIII4. wmatocaant.
Hay 31 Os Od to 41 104 Od Hay 31, 3s to 41.13.0 d
Clover 41 Os Od to 51 Os Od Clover 41 Os to. 51 111o0d
Straw 1110. Od to 21 8s 6d Straw 21 Its to 21 tOs Od

PRICE OF HOPS.
NEW POCKETS. EVE WM
Kent 114 s to 147 s I Kent
Susses
11.1 to 112
Essex 112 s to 150, Essex
Parasol, fine 1104 to 210,--Seconds, 147 s to litte

PRICE or TALLOW,
Town Tallow 4os Od

SOAP, Stc. pet 11111 k
Yellow Soap
Mottled

ieliow Russia ... ..... 59s 04

White ditto

Curd

Soap ditto —s Od
Melting Stuff 35$ Od

Graves los Od
Good Dreg ' es Od

PRICE OF LICATHER.
Butts, 50 to 561bs each 194 to 21441 per lbw
Ditto, 56 to 661 tis each .......
Dressing Hides 204 to. 2114
Fine Coach Hides l6d to 17d
Crop Hides, 35 to sslbs for cutting
Ditto 40 to 451bs lad to 204
Calf Skins, 55 to 401bs l6d to ited
Ditto 45 to 551bs - 244 t• 301
Ditto • 53 to 751bs
Small Seals, Greenland) l7d to 151
Large Ditto 144 to 194
Tanned Hone Hides. '134 to 151
Spanish Horse Hides... ...» ......
...

RAW HIDES
Rest Heifers and Steers (per I Ordinary .. Ss MI tuts
stone)
Middlings... sslOd aSs od

Ships at Market.
2.3. Newcastle
16 Sunderland

Peke.
501 ad to 3Os Ita
33• 01 t. 406 6d