Star.
London, England, 1825-02-03 00:00:00

PIGEON SHOOTING.

The match between the three crack Chills, Ilidgham,
and the New Hats, took place yesterday, by adjournment, in•the
Bagshot inclosures, for 1.50 sovereigns. ham won it by the
coven members killing 41 birds from 49. Ashton killed 40, arid
the New Hats the like number. Several other matches took place.

INSOLVENTS' PETITIONS TO BE HEARD, FEB. 6,
A r Tin CouRT, PORTUGAL-STRItT, LiNcottes- I sts - Fines.
James Anderson, Edward-street, Portman-squ-.re, tea-deaf r.
William Cluff, Chapel-street, Spitaltields, silk-manufactur"r.
Sarah 'Unpin'', Mint, Southwark, widow.
Abraham Abrahams, Anchor-street, Bethnal-green, glass•cuttcr.
Thomas Erskine Grant, Bartholomew-close, g.2iitleman.
Thomas Casey, White Hart-court, Long-lane, dealer in cloth.
William Ilitchman, Duke-street, WestmiiistLr.road, plasterer.
Elisha Reynolds, Castle-street, Long-acre, grinkman.
Joseph Phillips, Rosemary lane, tailor and piece-broker.
Francis Ayrton Hollins, Royal Colonnade, Brighton, perfumer..
Benjamin Phillips, Rochford, Fatrx, alopseller.
George Gorton, Harrow-road, nitiolington, hrichlaycr.
Michael Harris, Russell-court, Drury-line, tailqr.
Robert Dunmall, I ligh-street, Woolwich, quarter-man.
Abraham Jessup, Dug and Bear-yard, Tooley-street, tanner.

TURNPIKE TnusTs.—An immense volume ripen this
subject, consisting of no fewer than 959 folio pages,
has been printed by order of the House of Cominda.
It consists entirely of accounts, unaccompanied by any
observation. A great majority a the trusts appear to
be in debt. The sums raised' upowthem by mortgage
equal, on the average, from two to six years' income of
the tolls; in some cases, not less than ten or even twelve
years income; and .frequently the interest has been
four or five years in *arrears, with no fund apparently
forthcoming, out of whi.ett to discharge a single shilling
beyond what is called-11;r by the necessary expen-es of
labour, materials, and so forth. In Middle ex,. and the
other counties adjoining the Metropolis, the finalsces of
the several trusts are in a far better state.
One of those horrible scenes and acts of cruelty sanc-
tioned by the Supreme Authority, which have not been
seen in Turkey for along time, recently passed at Tunis;
A young Jew merchant, inflamed by liquor, met in a .
public walk a very aged Moorish woman, who was in
a state like his own. He addressed a few words to her,
which at the most called for a reprimand. The Moors
who perceived it, arrested both him anl the woman.
The affair was brought before the Bey, who, disregaed-
ing the difference orage, the place, which did not even
allow the possibility of the crime charged in the accu-
sation, and with the conviction of the innocence of the
two persons, pronounced the sentence of death on them
both. The Jew, according to the barbarous usage of
the country, as being of the most despised nation; was
to be burnt alive, and his ashes to be cast in the lake,
and the woman to be drowned. The Jew thought to
obtain his pardon by profes-ing the Mussulman faith,
but he only had a commutation of the capital punish-
ment. He was cut to pieces by the ferocious populace,
to whom he was given up, and his property confiscate!,
though he has left a wife and childten.-
DAVID'S Sow—ORIGIN OF THE PHR A SE.••••••A few
years ago, one David Lloyd, a Welshman, who kept
an Inn at Hereford, had a living sow with six legs ;
and the circumstance being publicly known, great
numbers of all descriptions resorted to the house. It
happened that David had a wife, who was much ado
dicted to drunkenness, and for which he used frequently
to bestow on her a very severe drubbing. One day in
particular, having taken a second extra cup, which
operated in a very powerful manner, and dreading the
usual consequences, she went into the yard, opened the
stye-door, let out the sow, and lay down in its place,
hoping that a short unmolested nap would sufficiently
dispel the fumes of the liquor. In the meantime, how-
ever, a company arrived to see the so-much-talked-of
animal; and Davy, proud of his office, ushered them
to the stye, exclaiming, " Did any of you ever see so
uncommon a creature before?"—" Indeed, Davy," said
one of the farmers, " I never before observed a sowso
very drunk in all my life!" Hence the term—Drunk as
David's Sow.

COAL MARKET, TEB. 2.
Ships Sold. Price.
43 29s 03 to 389 63
102 3ls 9d to 391 6d
55s Od io —s od

Ships at. Market. .
981 Newcastle
24i Sunderland
1 Stone Coal

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