Star.
London, England, 1825-10-11 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE.

Saturday night Mr. HOWARD PAYNE'S dramatic hash
of Brutus was performed, for the purpose of giving
Mr. BOOTH an opportunity of personating his Roman
namesake, the avenger of the rape of Lucretia. Mr.
JUNIUS Baum& Boota is not unknown to a London
audience; he has just returned from America, in ex-
change, we presume, for Mr. KEAN, who has sailed for
that Continent. Mr. BOOTH, it is known, is a close
copyist of Mr. KEAN even to his faults, and though he
displays none of .those delicate touches of nature or
workings of passion which occasionally break forth in
KEAN's worst performances, yet he possesses dramatic
taste enough to avoid any very glaring faults. His
performance' was favourably received, and on the fall
of the curtain, some injudicious friends raised a call for
his appearance, which he had the good sense to decline.
The House was not well.attended, nor is it likely to be
while more gi attractive metal" is to be found elsewhere.
There seems to be an understanding between the Ma-
nagers of the two Winter Theatres that they shall not
take advantage of each other by producing anything at
all likely to draw a good house.

-Viscouht STRANGIORD transacted business yesterday
at the Foreign Office, Downing-street.
Accounts from Spain state, that serious disturbances
bad broken out at Cuenca, in New Castile, which rendered it ne-
cessary to send troops there.
In Spain, all foreign ships coming in ballast to the
Peninsula for the express purpose of taking in cargoes
of salt and barilla, are exempt from tonnage duty,
provided the value of what they export exceeds the
amount of the said duty.
Dag/minx CATASTROPHE.—This morning, between
eight and nine o'clock, a wherry, with two young men,
both rowing, was observed to pass under one of the
arches of Blackfriars' Bridge, from the Westminster
side, and at almost the same instant a very heavily
laden barge entered the arch from the opposite side,
and, either accidentally or carelessly (it is thought the
former), swamped or upset the wherry, as in a minute
or two the screams of the unfortunate men were heard.
The barge was carried through with the tide before the
bargeman had time to make any effort to save them,
but he gave an al um, and several boats put off to their
assistance, but without avail; they never were seen to
rise to the surface. Drags were procured, and every
method used to recover the bodies, without effect. The
bargeman gave hit name.
DREADFUL Ftaz.—This morning, about half-past
twelve o'clock, a dreadful fire 'broke out on the pre.
mises of Mr. Field, cabinet-maker, &c. Charles-street,
Holton-square, and owing to the nature of the mate-
rials, soon communicated to the whole of the work-
shop adjoining, and threatened destruction to the neigh-
bourhood. Several engines, which were returning from
an alarm of fire in Worship•street, were promptly on
the spot, and after a short time got a plentiful supply
of water, and succeeded in confining the flames to the
above premises, which were reduced to a heap of ruins.
Sunday night, an alarming fire was discovered in the'
house of Mr. Macleod, of Upper Barlow-street, West-
minster, by some of the passengers in the street: the
family were at a friend's house in the neighbourhood,
and before they had arrived an entrance was obtained
by the watchman, and the lower part of the house was
is flames, which were rapidly ascending. 'Every
exertion was made, as die family was not insured, and
a considerable portion of property was saved. The
flames burst through the first Hoar, and were rapidly
gutting the house %hen the r progress was checked by
a great body of water being thrown upon them, and in
less than an hour the fire was totally subdued, without
4bing further dam ige. A man, in endeavouring to
resscue some of the property, was dreadfully scorched.
DUELLING EXTRAORDINARY !--" A publican of
Buckingham," says a Provinci 41 Paper, " last week
sent a challenge to another inhabitant of the same town,
in consequence of language u'cd by•the latter, to the
prejudice of the Man of Spirits; but the intent on
gettiqg wind, it was happily checked without further
trouble than the legal process of binding over the par..]
ties to keep the peace." •

MCIRDERS AT 131ftTLE-CUM-HAMEORD.

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-.FURTHER PARTICULARS, FROM THE BOLTON EXPRESS.
The unfortunate victims alluded to were a man and
his wife, named Benjamin annitiviVice Cass, the former
sixty-five, and the latter seve ix years of age, who
cccupied a small farm of their own, in an extremely re-
tired spot, considerably removed from the public road, at
a place called Birtle-cunt-Bamford, situate about three
miles from Bury, and nearly the sa,me distance from
Rochdale. Early on Sunday morning, the brother of
Cass, it appears, who resides within a quarter of a mile
of the ,place we have described, entered the house, as
was his custom, when a most dreadful spectacle pre-
sented itself. The miserable couple were stark corpses
before him, covered with frightful wounds, "the least
a death to nature," and the spot around them deluged
eith their bloodi His brother was sitting in his chair
near the fire-place, in a reclining position, and the wife
with her right arm round his neck, the hand resting
against his breast, while the other hung by her side,
her form being partly supported hp the couch chair,
from which it appeared as if she had suddenly made an
effort to throw herself, in order to avert the blow aimed
at the life of her husband. The head of the woman was
literally crushed by a blow, which on examination
proved to have been inflicted with the poker. The man
had received a tremendous stroke with the edge of a
spade, which had laid the back of Lis head completely
open, and his nose and chin were split across, with
other injuries, exhibiting altogether an appearance
which beggars description. The alarm was immedi-
ately given, and every possible mode of enquiry insti-
tuted, bur all the information that could be obtained
was from a neighbour and friend of the deceased (a Mr.
Chadwick), who stated, that on the preceding night
(Saturday) he left Cass and his wife at about ten
o'clock, at which time they were sitting by the fire,
and preparing to go to bed ; Mrs. Cass removed the
pins ft om some parts of her dress while he was present.
The state of the clothes on the person of the deceased
cot roborated this testimony, and proved that the crime
must have been suddenly executed, within a very few
minutes of the departure of Mr. Chadwick ; and there
was every reason also to imagine, from the difference
of the weapons, and the situation of the bodies, that it
was the barbarous work of more than one hand. On
searching the premises, a desk, which contained the
will of the deceased, and a variety of family docu-
ments, was found to have been removed from a chest
of drawers upon which it usually stood, in the room
I where the murders were committed, and placed upon
the floor ; it was broken open, and the papers were
Iscattered about, but none seemed to have been carried
away ; and a watch hung in a small leather bag over
the chimney-piece untouched. On proceeding up stairs
to the bed-room, lls. 10d., were found, in silver and
copper, upon the window-ledge; and in a small crevice,
wrapped in a piece of rag, three sovereigns and four
halt-sovereigns were discovered, which had probably
been a hoard, concealed there by one of the deceased.
It is supposed that the sanguinary ruffians must have
been scared from their quest of plunder by scene threat-
ened interruption, which conjecture is strengthened by
the fact, that about the time when they must have been
busy in the performance of this part of their guilty pur-
pose, a female passed near the house with a candle and
lantern in search of a strayed cow ; and probably seeing
the light approach they then hurried away. A can-
dlestick also was found upon the drawers, with a cau-
-1 dle burnt down to its socket, as if it had been hastily
placed there and left unextinguished ; for the old peo-
ple, at the period of Mr. Chadwick's departure, were
sitting by fire-light, so that the candle must have been
lighted by the murderers.
An Inquest was held on Monday, at the Bird-in-hand
public-house, before Mr. Farrand, the Coroner, and a
respectable Jury, which sat from nine o'clock in the
morning until six in the evening, during which time a
number of witnesses were examined; but our Reporter
was not permitted to be present, as it was urged (and
we admit the force of the reasoning) that the ends of
justice might be defeated, should publicity be prema-
turely given to the evidence adduced, in the event of its
involving a direct charge against any individual. No-
thing conclusive, however, was arrived at, and an
adjournment was resolved upon.
A suspicious character, named Diggle, was observed
in the course of Monday offering some clothes for sale,
at Royton, near Oldham ; and ultimately a young man
agreed to be the purchaser ; he accordingly paid part
of the money, leaving a balance, we believe, of seven or
eight shillings, for which he was compelled to go home.
On reflection, however, he suspected the honesty of the
Iman, and returning, offered to treat him with a quart
of ale, provided he would return him Us money, and
take back the clothes ; upon which Diggle said, he
would wave any gar tb er demand, on the production of
the quart in question! The scruples of the purchaser
were not proof against so advantageous a proposal,
which should rather have confirmed his suspicions and
called forth his affected regard for honesty and, iu
fine, the ale was ordered, and after drinking together
for some time, they separated. The young man called
upon a friend on his return home, and telling him of
his bargain, left the clothes with him till next day. In
the meantime, an account of the murder reaching the
I person so intrusted, his suspicion was excited, and he
advised the next morning an application to the consta-
ble of Royton, who immediately took Diggle into-cus-
tody. He underwent a rigid examination on Wednes-
day, at the adjourned Inquest, and the clothes were
clearly proved to be the propel ty of the murdered man.
The Inquest again adjourned to this day.:We are in pos-
session of further facts, which enable us to state, with
a tolerable degree of certainty, that a clue is obtained to
an accomplice, but to say more at present might be
instrumental in shielding the man of blood from the
rettibution that awaits him.

Tothill•fields Prison, it appears, is to be pulled down,
because it is inconvenient, insufficient, and otherwise
inadequate, and because there is a necessity for the
lerection of a new Jail for Westminster.
' ROBBEkY OF A HACKNEY COACEIMAN.—Two well-
dressed men hired Malting, a hackney coachman, at
Drury-lane Theatre, on Saturday night, and desired to
be driven to the Edgeware-road, They took some re-
freshment at Belcher It, corner of James-street, Covent-
Garden, on their way, and got change of a sovereign of
the coachman, from which he took a three shilling fare.
They desired, when in the Edgeware-road, to be driven
down a by•street, where they alighted, knocked the
coachman down, and robbed him of twenty-two shillings
and his watch.
Some mischievous persons being locked into Ken-
sington Gardens on Saturday night, thought proper to
make their escape by forcing Y large hole through the
wall at the north eastern extremity of the Gardens.

CONFLAGRATION OF FOREST S.

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FROM THE AMERICAN RZOITTER.
BANGOItt (Alarm), AEPTEMERR B..—The fires in the
woods continue to rage, destroying everything with
which they come in contact. The whole country, from
Passadunkeag to Matnawcook, on both sided of the •
Penobscot river is one general conflagration, so that ?t
appears like " a sea of fire." The islands in the river
do not escape ; the Matnawcook islands have been corn.
pletely burnt over. The distance of the rage of the fire
on the river is about SO miles : the width cannot be
ascertained.

In the vicinity of the heaviest fire the ground actually
trembled ; and the roaring of the fire, which sounded
like thunder, was heard at the distance of twelve or
fifteen miles.

We have to state the burning of the house
and barn of James Campbell, jun. in Kilmarnock,
with -most of the r contents.--In Maxfield, the
house and barn of Joseph I\ l'lntosh—a school-house
—a house and barn owned by Thomas Dewitt—a house
owned by John Lunt, and one owned by J. Morse, with
its contents, excepting a small quantity of clothing.—
The crops and fences of the above farms are almost
entirely destroyed, and the soil itself much injured.--
A saw and grist-mill, owned by T. M'lntosh, and the
mill•house, occupiel by William Sweat, and a barn of
Mr. Lindsey, in Seboois, weie also burnt.
A son of Winbourn A. Sweat, Esq. of Milo, return-
ing from school, through the woods, WAS so badly burnt
that his life is despaired of.
Hawks and other birds were found dead, killed by
the fire; and even the fish in the river did not escape.
Mr. M'lntosh states, that twenty bass, weighing from
20 to 40 pounds, and numerous young salmon, shad,
trout, and ocher small fish, were taken out of the shoal
water, and found dead on the shores of the Piscataquis.
The fire is running in this town within a mile and a half of
where we now write—it has done much damage to the woodlands,
and occasioned considerable alarm for several houses and barns.

SPURTING INTELLIGENCE,.
BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL S, OCT. to.
There was a more numerois attendance and more betting thin
on any day since the Doncaster Races. The chief business was
done on the Derby, on which stakes the alterations are material, as
wall be seen by the following statement :
DERIT.
si to l agst Monarch 15 to 1 agst The General
10; to 1 agst Bolivar 25 to 1 agst Zuleilta
14 to 1 apt brother to Cedric 25 to 1 apt The Baron
"OAFS-8 to 1 on the kid.
DONCASTER Sr. LEGER.
9 to 1 ap. t Bedlamite I 20 to 1 apt any other
15 to.l apt brother to Barefoot

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETINo.
TUXIIDAY.
One Third of a Subscription of 25 sow. each, for 4 yr old colts, tist.
101 b. and fillies, ast. 71b. D.I. bona-fide the property of Subs.
Svascsiatas—llia Royal Highness the Duke of York, Mr. G.
L. Fox, Lord Egremont, Lord Lowther, Colonel Wilson Duke
of Grafton, Duke of Grafton, '
Duke of Portland, Lord Exeter,
and Lord Verulam.
Fifty Pounds for 2 yr old colts, carrying la. 41b. and fillies, fist.
21b. T.Y.C.
MATCHER.
Lord G. H. Cavendistes Ganymede, 911.31 b. sgst Lord Jersey's
Middleton, list. 21b. I).M. 200, h. ft.'
Lord Tacistock's Shadow, iist. 61b. apt Lord Anson'a Ina, eat.
21b. T.Y.C. 100, b. ft.
Lord Huntingfield's Verbina, Sat. 71b. apt Duke of Grafton's
Paul Jones, 7st. T.Y.C. 200, h. ft.

Duke of Graftotes ch. f. Cremona asst. Mr. Greenleis br. f. by
Smelensko, Bst. 41b. each, T.Y.C. WO sot. h. ft. Off by consst,t.

W LON a DAY.

The October Onlands Stakes, B. IL a subscription of 30 soy. each,
10 ft. if declared by one o'clock on uesday ;to be run for by
horses of all ages, two years old excepted.
Soascatexas—Duke of Grafton, Lord Verulam, Mr. Wileon,
Lord Jersey, Lord G. H. Cavendish, Mr. Greville, Mr. Gra-
cile, Mr. liaison, Lord Exeter, and Mr. W. Edwards.

TXVILIEDAY,

Handicap Plate of ,ClOO for tour, five, six years old, and aged
horses, A. F.
The Town Plate of £5O for three years old, 'N. 41b. four, Sit.
41b. eve, ast. 111 b. six, 9st. 11b. and aged, 91t. 41b. T.ll. NI.
The winner to be sold for 200 p. if demanded, ice.
Sweepstakes of 100 soy. each, 60 ft. colts, ilst. 71b. haies, ask. 41b.
D. I.

Ills Royal Highness the Duke of York's ch. e. (dead) by Sooth-
sayer; his Royal Highneu the Duke of York's b. f. sister to
Prince Leopold; Lord Exeter's b. c. (dead) by Scud ; Lord
Exter's ch. f. Ada ; Mr. Windham 's brother to Spermaceti ; Duke
of Grafton's e. (dead) brother to Carbonaro; Duke of Grafton's
c. by Woful ; Lord G. H. Cavendish's e. Black Cat; Mr. Fox's br.
c. Backgammon; Mr. Greville's b. c. Faust; Lord Clarendon's b.
c. by Panisan ; Duke of Grafton's b. c. Bolero; Duke of Graf-
ton's cb. c.

MATCH KS.

Lord Exeter's Palais Royal, list. 91b. apt Mr. Greville's Dahlia,
7st. 51b. D. Id. 24)0, h. ft.
Mr. Greville's Don Carlos, Bst. 51b. agst Hr. Pettit's Cadiz, list.
D. M. 100.

Duke of Portland's Scandal, Sit. 3lb. apt Duke of Grafton 's
Cramer, Sit. T.I.C. 100, b. ft.

111111 AT.
Renewal of the Prendergast Stakes of 50 aov. each, h. ft. colts,
T.Y.C.b. Bst. 51b. allies, Bst. 3_ _ _

Mr. Prendergast's f. by •Rainbow, General Grovenot's 1. by
Smolensk°, Colonel Wilson's ch. e. by Abjer, Mr. Rogers's c by
Filho da Para, Mr. Rogers's brother to Scratch, Duke of Graf-
ton's ch. c. Goshawk, Duke of Grafton's b. f. Labs, Mr. Rush's
b. f. by Pioneer, Mr. l'arieton's ch. f. by Merlin, • Lord Exeter's
brother to Fanatic, • Lord Exeter's brother to Attica, Sir J.
Byng's c. by Smolensk°, Mr. Smith's b. c. by CannontbaU, Mr.
Smith's br. c. by Cannon-ball, Duke of Rutland's c. by Witfal,
Mr. Greville's eh. f. sister to Faust, Mr. Greville's b. I. by Par-
tisan, Mr. Greville's br. t. by Smolensk°, Lord G. H. Cavendish's
c. by Comus, Lord Jersey's f. by Magistrate, Mr. Thornbill's t.
by Merlin, Mr. Wyndham's f. by Whalebone, Mr. Wortley's c.
Crusader, Mr. Wilson's cb. c. by Magistrate, Mr. Theakston's b.
f. by Waterloo, Mr. Theakston's ch. 1. by Aladdin, Mr. Lee, br.
1. by Smolensko.
• These when named were foals, and put down by mistake in-
stead of yearlings.

MATCH.
Lord Anson's Ina apt General Grosvenor's Croikery, •st. 41b.
each, T.Y.C. 100, h. ft.
ST. PETERSBURGH MEETING—RUSSIA.
SATURDAY, Aeous: 29.
Match for WOO Its. Three Vents.
Mr. R. Walkden's b. f. Toleda, 4 yrs, spds. 281 b. .
Sir A. Maleti b. f. Infanta, a yrs old, 2pds. 10Ib. . . 2
Lost by very bad riding.
Match for 2500 Rs. Two Vents.
Mr. Gisborne's b. t. Yozall, 4 yrs old (Russian bred), 3pds.lolb. 1
General A. Orloll's b. f. Lyra, 4 yrs old (Russian bred)
apils.lolb.

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Very easy.
Free Handicap of 502 its. eacb. Three Vents.
Client Cheremetelf 's eh. m. Nitrogen, s yrs old, 3pds. 161 b I
*Nutt Matussewie's b. g. Chorister, aged, 3pds. 141 b. 2
Sr A. Malet's br. m. Julia, 5 yrs old, 3pds. 101 b. . . 3
A very floe race, and woo by nearly a length.
Sweepstakes of 1000 Ita. each, four-year-olds, 3pds. 10Ibs. five-
ycar.olds, 3pds. 201 b. six, and aged, 3pds. 281 b. ,fares and geld]
ings allowed 41b, One beat, three times round.
Count Cherenteteff 's br. c. Edward, 4 yn old . 1
Count Matuszeveic's b. g. Mercury, aged . s
A race was run by eight Don Cossack Horses, ten times round
the Course, in 38 minutes 40 seconds.—Won easy.

HAZARD and Co. the present Contractors, Sold in
Shares TWO Pant! of .*:25,000, 51st August last. Naar TURSDA y,
(Oce. 18), fin Plums of .C 40,000, with other Capitals, most all
be drawn.-11aaaass and Co. are selling at their Old.establisked
Offices, Royal Eachange, 46, Coruhill, and 324, Oxford.nitst,
where they Sold in the last Yeat's Lotteries alune Five Pants .4
£30,000 and 4111),000, and in a recent Lottery AAA the ASV, 00
Prizes.

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