Star.
London, England, 1825-01-03 00:00:00

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Tut FLOOM—Frnm aleiraiteesef-part of the country
e continue to receive afrufetsti of. t,iie storm and Roods
Saturday Last— Tlie 'rico And wet e swollen
I, an unprecedented height; avid have :thine much Ja.
,mage. Four arches have been swept avitty•from the
bridge over the'Ciyde belOw'Coulter, instead of three,
as was stated In our last: • Two ;met) •swksing at the
time had a narrow escape for their lives. • A.mongst
those _who particularly signalised themselves, in afford-
ing relief and assistance to the sufferers during the
ficx)d last Sunday, was Mc. Hardie, our Master 'of .po,
lice, and Mr. Davidson, the Superintendant of the Fin,
engines. Large fires were kept up in .the. Police Office,
and shelter given to any who might wish to come there,
of which many availed themselves. .In addition to
those accommodated in the Trades' Hall, the General
Session House, at the Tron Church, was alio procured
as a place orreftsge for the destitutei and, last nigh:.
about fifty still remained there, their dwebiggs being
In such a gate that they crtinnot venture into them.

SPURT. PG, INTELLii3tik&
The following bone', were named for the 1611maNINI 6. Ltgee.

Sir J. Johnstone's ch. c. Salome..
Lord Kelburne's cb. c. Daredevil.
Lord Kelburne's ch. f. Purity. •
Lord Keannex's Actaeon.
Mr. Baird's b. c. Cleveland.
Mr. Wyvill names b. c. Cleveland.
Mr. Riddell's b. c Deigned.
Mr. Riddell's br. c. Captain Rock.
Mr. Tarlton's bay filly.
Mr. Smith's ch. f. Conviction.
Mr. Wortley% ch. filly; by Comas. •
Mr. Worley's b. f. Scandal.
Mr. Wilson's b. f. Sister to the Miller of Mansfield.
Lord Scarborough's br. c. brother to Fair Charlotte.
Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Escape.
Mr. Heuldsworth's gr. c. Androgens.
Mr. liouldworth's ch. c. His Grace.
Mr. Lambton's ch. c. Menelaus.
Mr. Lambton's ch. c. Count Porrow.
Mr. Lambton's ch. f. Fignrante.

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It is said to be in contemplation in France.? to reduce
the duties upon cotton coming from the Brazils.
The Members of the French Chamber of Deputies
used to have a silver medal presented to them at the
commencement of each Session. They have now re-
ceived a old medal. On one side is the likeness o:
CHARLEs X. with the legend 4, Regit et serval." On tht,
reverse are the words, "Legati pros s nciarumosnccosne:
Each medal is worth more than 300 francs.
The Etoik of Saturday, among various articles from
Turkey in Asia, has one from Damascus, stating that
the destruction of Scheraz, in Persia, by an earthquake,
is positivelT confirmed. It happened June 20, 1824,
and it is said, only 500 inhabitants escaped. A t Alep-
po, there have been smart and frequent shocks.
During the past season; a steam-vessel had been
erected to navigate the St. Lawrence, and had been used
with great satisfaction, and promised to have a mate-
rial effect on the navigation of that t fiver.
Christmas eve a shocking accident occurred at
Bringherst, near Uppingham. A youth of that place,
gamed WRIGHT, aged about 14, was engaged at the
Church, with others, in ringing, when his:bell overact,
and instantly pulled him up to the ceiling with such
force that one of his arms was fractured, and in de-
scending from the ceiling he fell in a dreadful way to
the ground, and expired in a shot t time after.
As a Mr. Jones was returning to London, on hone-
, back, about half-past nine on Wednesday evening. near
Welling, in Kent, he rode against the leaders of one
of the night coaches, which pitched him completely
under the wheels of the coach, both which passing
over his chest, killed him on the spot.
The POPS, it seems, has thought proper to imitate
the GRAND SEIGNIOR, and has launched a decree
against the immodest dresses of the Roman Ladies, both
in the streets and in their own houses.
The New Royal Theatre of Munich has just been
completed, and was to be opened yesterday. Surely *
more appropriate day might have been selected fur
such an occasion.
On Christmas Eve,.about eight o'clock, Mr. John Jen-
nings, of Little Clacton, in Essex, farmer, went to bed
in apparently good health, and on Mrs. Jennings en-
tering the room at nine the same evening, she found her
husband a corpse.
During the storm of the 17th Decemberohe lightning
struck the steeple of the church at Heiligenstadt, part
of which was consumed.

MEETINGS OP CREDITORS
AT THLIPANICRUPTS' COURT, BABIIfGUALL.4TRERT,