Star.
London, England, 1822-12-06 00:00:00

GAIIE.

Tuesday last, 142 pheasantsri7svoodcocks, 3 snipe, 32 hares,
19 rabbits, and 8 partridges, in the whule 22i head sf game,
were killed at Halston, by Mr. MI-TM': and Mr. Girrosn.
The preservation of game is always an object of much solici-
tude with true sportsmen, though attention is more frequently
paid to the repressing of poachers, an evil comparat:vely
than to the destruction of their natural and more numerous ene-
mies. A game-keeper en an estate in the neighbourhood of Cc..
par has, in the course of the season, killed as inliows: A badger.
six polecats, 20. weasels, 52 cats, sic hawks, es carrion crows,
and five owls. If gamekeeper:: were in general game killers,
and equally diligent in the destrt Cion of such nliFi:hit vous ver-
min, game would soon be much more abundant than it is now.

Tuesday, a burons widow of 84, who had been in that lonely
state upwards of three months, and her active swain, betwe n
60 and 70, attended at the Town-llall, Liverpool, to make the
affidavit required by the New Marriage Act, that they were re-
spectively of the age of twenty-one and upwards !
Sunday week dice was not a single christening, mareaje, or
burial, at St. Nicholls church, Liverpool—a circurni a ice so
uncommon at that church on a Sunday, has not occtrrel for
upwards of twenty-four years.

Monday, as sewn' drovers were hurrying some oxen through
Whitecbapel, one of them darted from the herd, and upset se-
veral persons, particularly a poor old woman, who was sitting
before a little stand of apples ; she was shockingly Bared, auct
left apparently dead. In a few moments af:er the =Alai at-
tacked a man with a load on his shoulders, who was also much
hurt, and a poor little chimney-sweeper had one of his arms la-
cerated. They were all carried to the London Hospital.
Wednesday, as Mr. James Williams, a respectable farrier, in
the East-India-road, Poplar, was forcing medicine Jown a
horse's throat, which had been hit by a dog supposed to be mad,
the animal closed his jaws on his arm, and broke it.

Eiday, the 15th ult. a melancholy accident oc-
curred at the passage-boat, Coalport. The boatman's
wife being out, he had just pone into the house for
the purpose of putting a few coals on the fire ; and in
the mean time a woman came to the ‘vaterside, and
was waiting to get over ; when a strange man, seeing
her in that situation, and it raining very fast, got in:o
the boat with the intention of bringing her over ;
but he had scarcely got /en yards from the shore, be-
fore the boatman, who was coming out of a back
place where he had been to fetch the coals, saw him
through the window, and immediately ran out and
desired the man to coarse back, but to r,o purpole.--
In vain did the boatman remind him of the very
great danger of his attempt during so high a water.
—His obstinacy carried him over in safety; but
on returning he gave the'boat too much helm, the
consequence of which was, that the boat's side was
brought to a right angle with the current of the river,
the force of which overturned the boat, and precipi-
tated both into the water. The unfortunate loung
woman was never seen afterwards, her body not hav-
ing yet been found ;—she was an interesting young
woman, had been married about nine months, and
expected in about a fortnight to present her husband
with a tender pledge of their mntnal attachment.—
The man with great difficulty le:idled the shore.