Star.
London, England, 1812-09-03 00:00:00

BARTHOLOMEW FAIR.

This day,.at 12 o'clock, the Saturnalia of modern
Loudon wereproclaimed, amid theusual ultroariows din
of " gun, trumpet, blunderbuss, and thunder;" while
waggon-loads of half-starved lions, tigers, jackal's,
and h 3 znas tuned their exotic throats to add to the
general discord.
The LORD MAYOR having " saddled white Surrey
for the field," gracefully threw himself into the saddle,
at the Mansion House, and, followed aad preceded
by the usual officers of civic state, proceeded to New-
gate, where, according to the custom of the jolly to-
pets who were his Lordship's predecessors, Mr. Nov-
ki AN, the keeper, proffered the osual tankard; but
whether filled with Princely Champagne, or beg-
garly " heavy-wet," this deponent sauh not, the
chalice not be.ng permitted to ceme in contact with
his lips. From Newtrate 'to Cloth Fair, Smithfield,
the processivis then moved, and the Town Crier hay.
ing published the banns, the sons and daughters of
Momus commenced the jovial tournaments.
The booths cf Richardson, Saunders, Gyngell and
Scowton, ate as usual erected in conspicuous situa-
tions, and vie with each other in the attraction of their
performers. Miles and Polito have also a most for-
midable assemblage of savage animals; which " roar
like nightingales," in the field. . '
The Court of Pie Poudze has also commenced its
Sittings. Several important causes have been already
put down for trial, and we shall not fail to report
them as they occur," for the benefit of the rising ge-
neration."

Tuesday next the State Lottery w;11 be drawn—
there are only 10,000 Tickets and one hundred thou-
sand pounds in money prizes, besides eight extra
prizes of Tickets, by either of which the holder of a
Blank may gain the largest prize ever known, if pur-
chased of SWIFT and Co. No. 11, Poultry, No. W,
Charing Cross, or SI, tlidgate High-street.
The French eagles captured at Salamanca, and
brcught home by Lord CLINTON, are to be deposited,
with military and appropriate ceremony, in the Royal
Chapel, at Whitehall. On Tuesday the Secretary of
State for the War Department, Earl BArnuasr, and
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the Adjutant-General of the F-

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e Forces, with other Of- f the law i. "-when the replies'," that be was a
LEITH, AUGUST 31. I ficers, amended, to make the previous adjustments better Man dial ever the waiter wage and he would
Arrived in the Roads yesterday, the Prussian ship for that purpose. take no lasi. -.The deceased put hbairelf in a boxing
Fanny, from Archangel. The Elmira frigate, after 1 Yesterday a Court of Dirintal was held at the attitude, and received two blows while/ in the act of
landing her prisoners, 906 in number, at Kirkaldy, East-India House, when Captain Watram HAY, of menacing, which ended the affair. The dee-eased
came over to these Roads on rriday. The ALEXAN- ; the Inglis, took leave, previous to departing for Ben- had a black eye, which was bathed
with brandy, and
DRIA frigate, and Cliaftoxee sloop of war, sailed from • gal and Madras. he went about his business Saturday and Sunday, and
the Roads on Saturday, on a cruize ; the Cuo sloop 1 A Gentleman of the name of TOOLRY undertook died on Monday. Shergold was .represented as a
of war made the signal for a convoy for Gottenburgh ! yesterday to go from Westminster bridge to Wood very civil, peaceable disposed man, who had lived
same day, and will sail about Wednesday. The I Hatch, near Ryegate, and return, the whole being many years in his service ; but the deceased an oppo-
CRACK ER gun-brig sailed yestrday for Longhope.— 144 miles, in eight' hours. He did 13 miles in the site man, much addicted to drink. Two medical suen
Remain in the !toads, the Adamant (flag-ship), first two hours, and this-sort of speed beat him. He wereofopinion than death wasoccasioned byanitifl sm.
Freya frigate, Clio and Ferret sloops of war. i resigned, after perforating SOamiles in six hours. mationonthebrain,which anighthavetwenoccasioned
On the 21st instant, a Danish scboor.er privateer, 1 Janet Skinner, the fasting woman, we noticed a, by the blows, or by drinking. The blows might bare
prize to his Mirjesty's frigate Hafterao, was brought few weeks since, (about 50 years of age), died in I been the existing cause of -the symptoms preceding
into the harbour of Macduff. This privateer, it ap- , Berwick Workhouse, on Tuesday se'nnight. For I death, but were not sufficient to haveinjured a sound
pears, was fitted out to cruise for the whale fishing some days previous to her death, she Was prevailed I man. The appearances were not unlike a case where
ships, and bore down to board the Hoaarto, when, upon to take some victuals. Her first attempt was in. death was occasioned without accident. The Coroner
discovering his Mistake, the privateer made all sail,' sucking a lemon, and afterwards she took- what nou- ' observed, that if the blows, bad occasioned death, it
and was chaced into a creek on the coast of Norway. tisbsnent was offered to her. I Auld amount to justifiable 'homicide, from *4
The boats of the Hotta.=in, were sentand, after a ; A new Marshalsea Court House is to be erected nature of the aggression, but here it was probablis
very sanguinary conflict, succeeded in bnnging MK 'without delay on the Crown-land in Scotland-yard, I 'death had been occasioned in another manner. There
the privabeenteer.
killed, Ten ofand the HORATIO'S crew are said Whitehall, where several small houses and stabling . was no evidence of malice.—Died by the visitatioa
to have the greater part of the Crew now stand. It is intended for the reetpdtat of the ;of Goa
of the privateer, about 45 in number, to have bees Officers, &c. belonging to the Marshalling Court, and I Thursday evening, the servant of "J Smyth, Esq.
killed or wounded, the Commander evincing the most for thehearinsofallsuitsinstitutedinthePabseeCourt. of Chart. was stopped on the Sutton-road by a single
desperate resolution, after the colours were struck. An attempt was made yesterday afternoon, by six footpad, wbo seined his hene's bridle and demanded
The decks bore shocking marks of the fatal contest, of the guards, to take a deserter from their regiment, his property. The servant swore be would not be rob.
and such crowds of people were ping on bostd, that ill Fleet-Autos. The delinclegfzr 11"tv4re was armed -bed by a singleanap, end took from his pocket a pint
the vessel was once partly oirirset in Maeda, liar. with a &nolo belng a bricklaper'slabourer, and made betide, and possennid it as fire-arms, saying, 44 who
hour, and several received considerable injurp in en. battle is so determined a visional, beidg assisted by rob a itt Upon which the fellow soac.o his.
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