Star.
London, England, 1801-02-14 00:00:00

At Londonderry.
from PiiLidelphLl.

'any, Sall; and Old Tom, Morton,

A defperate enstagement took place on Wed-
nefday night, on Irfr. Penruddock's manor in Wilt-
fhire, between two poachers and two of the keep-
ers : after a conteft of nearly half an hour, a third
keepercame up, and the two poacherswerefecured.
One of the keepers is fevtrely wounded in the head
by the butt-end of one of the poacher's guns.
On Wednefday afternoon a fire broke out at a
fugar baker's in Bilhop's-court in the Old Bailey,
which• greatly damaged the premifes. By the
timely of )Rance of the firemen and engines it was
got under without fpreading any further.
On Tuefday night laft, about eleven o'clock,
a fire was difcovered in an upper lodging-room at
the Angel and Croft Keys in Dale-ftreet, Liver-
pool, owing to a (park from a candle filling on
the cotton furniture, which was happily extin-
guifhed without further communication : but we
are extremely lorry to announce the death of Mr.
James Ey es,con this occafion. He occupied the
adjoining houfe ; and his apprehenfions and anxi-
ety for -his own premifes were fo great, that he
went up to the roof of the houfc to obferve if the
fire made any pr-igrcfs, and unfortunately falling
into the back yard, was inflantly killed.
The following whimfical circumibences, we are
affured, have recently happened :
A Farther, not accuftomed to large dealings, in
the county of Chefter, brought to Stockport
market a quantity of oatmeal to fell, and an ar.
ticle which forms a great part of the fubliftence of
the lower orders of tociety in that neighbourhood,
loon round a purchafer. It being ufual for the
middle-pan, as he is called, to pay is a good bill
of two months, the bargain being (truck, and the
bill produced, the farmer immediately railed an
objetlion to take fuck a piece of paper for money,
but an appeal to cuflom loon decided againft him.
However, not being pc:teeny Codified, he applied
to a fhopkeiper to -have it put into calls, and was
told it might be done fur leaf/lilt:iv, which he at
length agreed to give, but was again aftonillied to
find the cajb WAS likeuife compoied of paper, com-
monly called young Mevlaesir. An appeal a fecund
time to :Viers obliged him to fubmit ; but fill un-
willing to be difappointed, he applied to another
perfon to know if he could get thefe fcraps of pa-
per put into KINO Gsctos's guineas, and was
told, that by paying two pence each tor them that
might be done. A third bargain was frock at
the expence of rig& fki/haf,r artarfaiii,pence ; but juft
before he.left the town, it came into his head that
fume of niece guineas might be light, and that pof-
fibly they might not do fo well for hoarding, he
therefore had them tried in the balance, and, un-
fortunately for him, twenty-three were fonnd want.
Mg. Here it was in vain urged by his friends that ,
(Om had rendered the weighing of gold quite
ufeWs in that neighbourhood, and he pothively,
gave AVM <bisibitz: earl
itir.Tee in exchange for
sewatpilrae t at were fu weight, and went home
after all theft deduliune with more tban fear timer:
the furn the fame quantity of that article w3uld I
have produced to him two years ago.