Star.
London, England, 1807-08-24 00:00:00

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CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 14.
The art ivals of Wheat to day make rather a [hart
tupply ; good famples readily maintain theiicurrency,
and ordinary are dull in tales ; fine-new at 745. per
quarter—Barley and Milt continue at little varia-
tion—White and Grey Peas are each lower—Beans,
of both forts, in thurt fttpply, and rather higher
Foreign oats are in tolerable plenty, and maintain the
quotation—Sales of Flour-at lefs price.
GINERAL CoaltillCT AS ONDIR.
What, 55$ t,.6811er qr. Grey Peale 34. sits
Ditto, 68s 724 Beans. sos S6s
Fi
Rye, 425 46s (new) Tiek Ditto, 42$ 485 od
Barley,ps 38s 61 Oats, 22s 261 3c3
Malt, 62, 721 of Poland ditto 32s 323 01
Wkite Peas. (boilers) 955 toss Rape Seed wan
Fine Flour sts 58s—Seeonds 4S$ to sae.

JONI, HARRISON, Efq. has reigned his Commit*.
finnet (hip at the Vidtualling Board.
Mrs. MOUNTAIN has been extremely indifpofed, at
Dublin. She was advertifed for the performance of
Polly, in the Beatles Opera, on Wednefday night,
but was too unwell to perform.

One day laft week a young lion, on board a fhip
at Gravefend, intended as a 'relent to his Majefly,
broke lode frcm his cage, when he ran furioufly at
the men on deck, who avoided him by running up
the rigging. The lion then leaped o►erboard, and
was loon furrounded by a number of boats. Two
watermen fnared him with ropes, and he was hoifled
up the fide of the fhip from which he had efcapcd.
He was fafely fecured in his den, to be conveyed to
the Tower as a royal prifoner for life.
On Saturday afternoon, a (hocking accident oc-
cut red in Leicelter• fields,by Lord Harcourt's carriage
running over a boy about nine years of age. He was
immediately carried to Dr. Thomas's, where he ex-
pired. The lady, who was infide, fainted on heating
tilt exclamations of the people, that the child was
killed.

Monday as the Duke of Montrofe was exercifing
the Stirling(hire Militia, near Dumfries, his horfe,
while he was in the aft of mounting, took fright, by
which his Grace was thrown with Inch vi• fence as to
diflocate his thoulder. The lunation was, however,
immediately rettored, and his Grace is in a fair way
of recovery.
Laft week, a (mart young failor, in appearance,
volunteered his fervices on board his Majetty's (trip
Imperieufe, lying in Plymouth Sound.
.The officers
were extremely interefied in his appearance, but Come
rufpicion as to fez having arifen, a medical examina-
tion was about to be enforced, when the young (park
conferred that As Was a woman, and a native of Aber-
deen—that the had borne a child to a man who had
bccn preffed into the fervice, and that fhe entered in
hopes of one day meeting with him. She is only 22
years old, and has let ved in fever al (hips by the name
of Toni Walker. Since the dircovery the has been
relieved from the (hip's duty, and cooks and attends
upon the Officers. Her fez is cautioufly refpefted
by the (hip's company, and her conduft is exemplary,
chafte, and corral.

PEDESTRIAN Platymust/ca.—The match between
Captain Barclay and Wood has given rife to another
in Hamplhire, which was decided at eleven o'clock
on Friday night, near Lyndhur ft. A man of the name
of Campbell, who reticles at Dowton, Wilts, who
had performed pedeliri in wonders for trifling wa-
gers, was matched by a Captain Hanby, to go for
twelve hours on a piece of chofen ground on the
INew Foreft, againtt one Wall, a•hawker on the Bath
road. The pa:Arians Rarted about four miles from
Chrillchurch, at eleven o'clock on Friday morning,
and the general betting were that they did not go 7z
miles. They were attended over the heath by a con-
cnurfe of horfemen, and the compafs of the excurfion
not being more than is miles, the fpeetators had an
excellent view of the race. Wall teemed knocked up
at four o'clock in the afternoon, having at that time
gone 34 miles in the heat of the day. His opporent,
who was dole at his heels, paired him alfo fatigued ;
and after Wall had liretched' himfelf on fome flraw,
for half an hour, he refumed the contelf, and over-
took Campbell (who had only (topped five minutes)
at nine o'clock. An interefting ftruggle here enfued,
and the competitors kept together until ten o'clock,
when Wall made an extraordinary puffs, and went
nearly eight miles in the hilt hour, and beat his ad-
verfary by a mile and a half. The dißance performed
by the winner was 69 toiler.

On Friday morning, about two o'clock, Mrs:
Swakenburgh, of Effex ilreet, Holton, her hufband,
and two female friends, returned from Camberwell
Fair, when Mr. S. propofed to accompany the females
home, and left his wife in her bed-room. After an
abfence of only ten minutes, he difcovered fmoke
iffuing from the firft floor ; and, on his entering, he
difcovered the bed-room in flames, his wife lying on
the floor, with what habiliments the had on in flames,
and unable to (peak. At the hazard of his life, he
milted into the midtt cf the flames, conveyed his
wife into the ftreet, and thence to St. Bartholomew's
Hofpital, where her ditfolution was momentarily
expeiled. The fire, by the exertions of the neigh-
bourhood, did not extend to the other parts of the

INCUJESTS.—On Thurfday let an inqueli was taken
at Herefersi, before THOMAS RUSSELL, Efq. Coroner,
on view of the body of Sarah Pugh, a child about
t‘tfelve years of age, who had her throat cut by her
mother on the preceding morning, about five o'clock.
—This inhuman an was perpetrated in a miferable
dwelling in the Gaol lane, in that city, while the
child lay alleep ; but the mother being ()braved fit-
ting in bed with a razor in her hand, by two women
who lay in the fame room, the covered the child, and
immediately attempted to cut her own throats how-
ever, the did not etred her purpofc, being prevented
by the women. While they were Itruggling to get
the razor out of her hand, the little girl got up, and
holding her throat with her hands, ran naked into
Bye Ulcer, where her filler lived ; but, being unable
to art'eulate a word, the returned home, and fell
breathlefs on the flJor. The faculty were immedi.
ately called in, and rendered every Alliance, but to
no purpofe, as the windpipe being entirely cut
through, the died the fame night. The Jury brought
in a verdi& of Wilful Murder againd Sarah Pugh
(the mother), who is fully committed for trig!. •