Star.
London, England, 1825-08-22 00:00:00

STOCKPORT.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIVENC.E.
aftrquls and Diardsioness of Leadooderry MR town on
for the sett of J. E. Littlallne Esq. M.P. Tvddesief Park,
Tobin.
• Mom& and Mareldooess of Chobnoodeley left town on
Saturday, far their teat, Long Ditton.
The awl a Qinghai of Coventry and family bare arrived in
town, frogs Brisbteti,
Lord Ilielbourne Nias arrived In town from Pansanger, Hons.
Wr. and MrS. Derwin end family left Jordan's Hotel, St.
Jamess4treet, yesterday, for Hastings.
Arrivals at Dialer's Hotel, Jennyn-street—Mr. and Ain. Robre
and family front' the Continent; C. W. Mitchell, EA. from South.
V• Mr. and Ma. Susan, from their seat in Warwickshire.
alid Mrs. /fork have left Gordon'. Hotel, Albemarle-street,
for their seat in Berks.
Sir Tyrwlsit and Lady Jones and family left the St. George's
Hotel, Albemarle-street, yesterday., for their seat, Stanley Hall,
Shropshire.
Departures from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street—Mrs. Re-
tesafr for Holland ; the Rev. H. and Mrs. Silshorpe on a tour.
nei Sidth, Esq. M.P. and family, hare left town, far their
seat, Weed Aalf Park, Herts.
resterdat, 'Prince Pongnac entertained Count Linen and a
distinguished party to dinner, at his house in Portland-Rine.
Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. Jamees.street —Robert Stewart,
Esq. and A. Denhans, Esq. from Scotland ; Boot, Esq. from
France. Departures—D. Lyocb, PAq. for America ; Captain De-
ceaus, for Scotland ; Colonel Pemberton, for Hants ; J. W. Beau-
mont, Esq. M.P. for Worthing.

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Accounts from Chins state, that trade has become
greatly embarrassed by the insolvency of the Chinese I
merchants. It is stated that in the town of Su-Dscheu
which has great cothntercial connections with
ICalgan, sixty houses have stopped payment. It is said
that the loss of the Chinese trading in Kiachta, amounts
to 130,000 lan,.each equal to two silver rubles. They
are consequently in great alarm.
The trimmers and dyers, connected with the hosiery
business in Leicester, tuella out on Monday last for an
advance of 3*. per week; hut a number of them being
under monthly engagements, which they had broken
by leaving their work, application was made to the
Magistrates to check such illegal proceedings, and war-
rants accordingly granted. Two were sent to gaol, and
the remainder turned out, without obtaining a general
advance.
By the census of Hayti taken in 1824, in pursuance of
the proclamation of the Piesident, the gross population
.-Lalaves, free blacks, and whites—is given at 935,335
inhabitants. Out of ibis number about one-sixth is de•
voted to its military force; the regular troops amounting
to 45,520, and the national guards to 113,328, making
a total of 158,848 men trained to arms.
A curious system of robbery has been detected at
A:chaffenburg, in Bavaria. A set of ruffians, already
iu prison there, connived to cut the bars of their dun-
geon and to tally forth, committing depredations,
after which they returned to prison, replacing the bars,
so that their evasion was not discovered. This they con-
tinued nglitly for a long time, becoming the terror of
the town, until one of them, in an escape from the
gums', left behind him part of his waistcoat, upon
which was a button with the prison mark, and which
led to the detection.
The Spanish General ALA VA, proscribed in his own
count% y for liaving.been faithful to his oaths, in de-
Gliding the Constitution of the Cortes, is at present
r, siding at Brussels. It is well known that at the time
of the battle of Waterloo, this General was Minister of
Spain to the Government of the Netherlands, and that
he distinguished himself on that blo,aly day by his
extraordinary intrepidity. He ha; settled in England,
wheste he has found in the Duke of WELLINGTON a
friend, who alleviates his exile in that hospitable country.
—.4L'Ainitie d'un grand homme est tan Bien fait des
Dieu x."—alferssels Paper.
A Russian Gentleman, who has for the last eight
years been endeavouring to find the philosocher's stone,
after a variety of compositions, has succeeded in finding
a metal as polished as steel and as flexible as gold. He
has made a present of some articles manufactured from
it to the Grand Duke Constantine, which are said to be
very beautiful.—Brusreis Paper.
Friday sennight, an extensive robbery was effected in
the premises of Messrs. Christopher Robinson and Co.
distillers, Athlone. An iron safe, containing about
1,7001. in bank.notes, post bills, pension bills, and other
securities, was carried off on that night, by some persons
as yet undiscovered.
Last week a party of drunken men committed the
bOrly of one of their pot-companions, while be was
asleep in the _Chapel yard, near Cleckheaton, to an open
grave, and after performing a niock -burial ceremony
over him, they began to shovel in the earth. Roused
into life by this premature interment, he stilted from
the grave, and with difficulty made his escape.
Wednesday, a fellow, dressed as a labourer, called on
Mrs. M,iddleton, of King-street, Suho, and told her that
her mother, who resided at Highgate, was at the point
of death, and wished to see her instantly ; adding, that
he bad come with the greatest expedition, and hoped
she would give him ss. for his trouble.. Mrs. M. said,
she had not so much silver; but if he would accompany
her part of the way, he should have it. On arriving at
ti.e first turnpike he said he could get change, tor which
purpose Mrs. M. gave him a sovereign, and proceeded
forward, but with so much expedition, that the fellow
never overtook her ; and on arriving at Highgate,. she
found her mother in perfect health..
At daylight, on the 9th of May, the National Bull.
fight Place, in Mexico, was. discovered to be on fire,
and the flames made such -Xapid progress, that the
police-were unable to take any measures for arresting
their progress before the whole was reduced to ashes.
This was one of the very few buildings in the whole
city of Mexico susceptible of being destroyed by fire,
nearly all of them being constructed of volcanic stone,
with tile or brick floor, and with very little wood about
tla.m. The Bull-fight Place was a large Amphitheatre,
built of wood, fastened together by ligaments of raw
hide, having fair or five tier of boxes capable of con-
taining, it is said, at least 12,000 spectators.
Aa laquest was held at Lydd, on Saturday last, on
the body of a man named Carpenter, who was acciden-
tally shot on the night of the 11th inst. by Lieutenant J.
Millet. employed at the Coast-Guard station near Dunge-
ness, when a `verdict was retutited Of Wilful Dlurder.--7
On the verdict being given the Coroner said, g. Gentie•
men, before we separate, and ye,' ; verdict goes before.
the world, I take this oppurtcuity resblicly to mention
my total dissent from the verdict you have just deli-
vered. Not one tittle of evidence has been brought
forward which could justify, it."
At the election of the Ancient Kings of Arragon, they
were obliged to kneel on the ground uncounted, while
a Magistrate with hit hat on (as a representative of the
neoPlal amid to the Prince—is We, who are as good as
thee. appoint Ore es our King, on condition that thou
dom.peasartaa stc seat.

RAPE AND Mutt:Am—An Inquest was held on Wed-
nesday last, at Chestergate, on the body of Ma-garet
Treavnr, whose person was violated, and an atrocious
murder afterwards committed upon her, on Friday
even'ng se'nnight, about a quarter past nine o'clock, in
Holly Wand, Edgeley, on her return ng home, front
performing, accordiig to the Romish Church, the Sa-
crament of Penance, previous to receiving the com-
munion on the Sunday following. In the annals of
barbarism this foul deed has never been exceeded. She
was a little woman, of peaceable and harmless manners,,
truly religious in her feelings, and sincere in her klief,'
was fifty years of age, in a delicate state of health, un-
married, and in het 1 ist situation had so conducted her-
self inn fourteen years as to deserve the general esteem
of her respe,:ted employers, and every person varneeted
o:th Vie establishment in a hich she was engaged. To
account, therefore, (or the sacrifice of so harmless a crea-
tute is tru:y mysterious. The person charged with
committing this horrible act is Terence Janes Connel,
an Irishman, of about twenty-one years cf age, and a
block-cutter. by trade. He is a fine young man, and
'about five feet eight inches high, and it does not ap-
pear that l-e was in the least acquainted wi:h the de-
ceased, though she was an Irishwoman, and both
attended the same Catholic Chapel. A witness met
a little wo:nan" in the wood, and a' about thirty or
forty yet ds further he met a men walking quickly a: ter,
as though to overtake her ; he describes, as acoura:ely
as the situation and the time of the evening will alow
both their persons and their dresses; he turned round
to look at the man, has since seen a man in custody,
and be believes him to be the same, from his figu;e, that
he met in the wood on that evening about nine o'clock.'
Another witness, who lives very near to the wood,
shortly after nine o'clock heard the cries of some one in
distress ;he naked a few minutes, and on the ies
being repeated, went to the place from whence they
seemed to issue, and in doing so, observed a lantern.
and _candle carried in the same direction. When lie
arrived at the spot where the body lay, he found the
ptisoner and several other persons tittle, with the light,
standing over her ; he asked the prisoner, who was.
standing next to him, if he was the first person who
found her; he said he was, and that he saw no person
running away in any direction. The prisoner did not
offer any assistance to carry her to the Dispensary, but
merely carried the lantern. The Jury deliberated a
few minutes, and unanimously declared the prisoner
4, Guilty of the Murder of Margaret Treavor." He is
consequently committed to Chester. Castle.

Thursday, the LORD MAYOR gave a splendid enter-
tainment to the Gentlemen composing the Trustees and Committee
of the Cotnnureial Travellers' Society. The LORD Mures was
supported by the Sheriffs BROWN ind Key, and Bwasux BAR.
Ka sa, Esq. The Under Sheriffs were also present.
An interesting Parliamentary document has been
published, which illustrates the beneficial effect of the
present system of Appellate Jurisdiction in the House
of Lords. At the commencement of the late Session,
there stood on the list of Appeals and Writs of Error
161 cases, and in the course of the Session them were
piesented 75, making in all 236. To adjudicate these
the House sat 89 days, and the total number of cases
Idisposed of by hearings and otherwise was 130, so that,
the number re.naining for hearing at present is reduced
from 161 to 106. When we consider the vast import-
ance of many of these causes (a single .me of which last
Session decided on a property of 10,0001. a year) ; when
we reflect on the nice poissta of law which they gene-
rally involve, and on the elaborate arguments of Coun-
sel employed in their illustration, we cannot but con-
fess that the judicial abilty and perseverance exalted in
the course of the Session have been most exemplary,
and that .the new system adopted for the expediting of
business has been eminently successful.
By the Newspapers received last night from Ports-
mouth, Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds, it appears
that the shopmen of the liLen-drapers, hosiers, rnescers,
haberdashers, glovers, and other trades of a similar
nature, have agt eed to give up business at eight o'clock
inahe winter, and nine in the summer. _

COTTON.— fhe unexpected and increased growth of
cotton in Egypt has fell iel the exhausted coffers of the
Pacha. Mehemet Ali feels that "no son of his" being
likely to succeed him, he has but a life interest in this
Egyptian farm, and that a rack-rent, which wrings the
last miserable panos from tha.felloh, is likely to produce,
more dollars in a given time, than a less grinding
lease, which might let the cultivators live. The pro-
duce of cotton is, therefore, very uncertain. So infa-
mous a system, the most oppressive that ever harassed
this country, cannot long endure. In the hands et a
European Power, Egypt would become the most
valuable and ricLest country in the world. Indigo,
silk, and opium, are making rapid progress. It is only
four years since cotton was produced here. The fi st
year gave GO bags; the second, 50,009; the third„
120,000; and the fourth, 160,000—50 that the entire
'produce annually may b? recel ned at on.-third of the
consumption of which is 600,000 bags a
year, and France 200,000. Th;s year cotton ileitis the
Pacha a revenue of a million and a half. The bare rise
on the ax icle, within the last Spur month', of from seven
to fifteen pounds, makes a difference to him of half
a million.
New Woeons.—The time has :arrived when America
is to lose the name of New World. There is a newer
world than America, whose name is not as yet fixed.—
It is variously called Australasia, Oceanicak and Poly-
nesia. The fifth part of the globe is composed of New
Holland and New Zealand ; of New Caledonia and the
Hebrides, of the New Philippines ; of Van Diemen's
Land, the Solomon Isles, the Friendly Isles, Navigators
Land, the Society Islands, the Low Islands, and all
the islands of the immense Archipelago .of the Pa-
cific Ocean.

ANTIPAT:r ES AND FEARS.—The celehrate3 Marquis
de la Roche Jacqueline, though he stood undaunted in
the field of slaughter, always tremble,' and turned pale
at the sight of a harmless squirrel. The Cardinals Con-
dona and Cavassa, and a Venetian Nobleman of the fa-
mily of Barbaragi, as well as Lady Heneage, one of,
the maids of honour to Queen Elizabeth, invariably
swoz.ned at the sight of a rose. A family of rank, resi-
dent in Aquitaine, had such an antipathy to apples, that
at sight of that fruit their noses would bleed profusely.
The Edinburgh Observer says-0 The new rlanet
Herschel is now visible in the evening, a little west of
the meridian. A glass of small magnifying power it,
more proper for shewing it than a more powerful one.
It is not visible till 11, sometimes till If hours after
sunset. It may be seen till the 9;h of N•ivember, but
owing to the state of the atmosphere in this latitude,
favqurable opportunities for observing it will not be
frequent."

POLICE INrs4Liat VCE.
' GUILDIIALL.
Zahn Berko& was charged by the watch inspector of St. Sepul-
chi as, with exercising his worldly calling on the Sabbath, by selling
-meat pies and ginger beer, at two-o'clock in the morning, in a shop
in Cow-lane. The defendant pleaded that Cooks were allowed a
It:tater latitude than other tradesmen. and as to a complaint that
his house was frequented by loose and su-pected characters, he con-
sidored himself not in a situation to choose his customers. It world
he bad policy indeed to refuse to serve one breads:. he had a rtTged
coat, and another because she had too smart a gown. lie never
suffered his customers to come farther than his counter, or to re-
main longer than while they were taking refreshment.
Mr. Alderman THORTS dismissed the complaint, on tin, defen-
dant's paying costs, and promising to close his shop at the same
hour as the pastry cooks in his neighbourhood.
George pyribee, the driver of the Woolwich coach, No. 5203,
was Ailed in the mitigated penalty of 10s. and c,sts, for obstructing
the thoroughfare in the Old Bailey. The officer said, that on
Wednesday last the driver had left his coach standing in the Old
Riney, while he got his breakfast. The coach was sometimes left
there fix an hour and a quar.er, and on Wednesday-last the coach
was there above three quarters of an hour.