Star.
London, England, 1831-09-01 00:00:00

NORTHAMPTON PRBE PRESS, Aug. 30.

Two stacks of wheat were destroyed by fire at Silverstone,
near Towcester. The fire is supposed to have been the set
of an incendiary.
It was announced that the personal estates of the late Sa-
-1 mug' Wells, Esq. of Biggleswade, were administered to as
beingenfy under 170,0001. the greats part of which was
left* will to his twu sons in law. A correspondent states
that :WI would have been all well enough for the public to
know, If nothing behind had been concealed; but some
persons who are acquainted with the family will inquire,
how was It that this gentleman, so rich and so bountiful to
his sons in law, should have suffered his own eldest son to
be banished into Indian service, undeethe fatigues of which
he become a victim to the fatal disemeof • sultry climate /
and how was it, that the youngest son would have been
,without a borne if he had not found refuge with a tenderly
attached mother ? What had he done that he should be
deprived even of that pan of the mush which were that mo-
ther's maiden property, and out of-ensh:linmense wealth, be
left only with an annuity of 3001.
Stricinz.—A deep sensation has been seated et Spalding
lainfellonday, by Mr. J. Favell, dealer in British and fo-
Mao face, having destroyed himself by at ldialton,:
enßwiday night. The deceased was a
tbeWesleyan Methodists, and had an appebenientell
'wide' at Moulton last Sunday. Previa* to
Spalding ou Sunday morning, he purchased a quantity
arsenic at a chenlist's shop ; and thus, With the meads of 4s.
&union in his pocket, fulfilled his appoiMment by
toy twice at Moulton on that day, without any alteration in
his manner, or incoherency in his languagemore than usual.
Is the evening be appeared remarkably cheerful, and j
a party of his Methodist friends in singing hymns. ifisistgli
course of the night he took the poison, and medical assistineel
petting to be of no avail, he died in the morning.
Ass ram Marrow. Wtruzu..—Mr. W. Lester, ell
Weodbouse,aear Loughborough, in • letter to a Protin-
dal Journal, says "From awing an article in a
in :he year 1829, describing bow good a beverage
produced from mangel linnet, I made a number of expeel-1
menu, and have at length completely succeeded. In the
article before alluded to it was stated, that a portions it
about ten pounds of the root to a gallon would make avoid
liquor; but with fifteen pounds' weight to the elle% as
Illidloot ale will be produced ; an addition of two } bands'
weight of treacle to a firkin, will be a great improftment.
One-third malt and two-thirds mangel.wursel liquor will
make capital ale ; so that, even in this way an important
saving will be effected. Our method is first to mash and
dean the roots well, take off the top completely, scrape
(rather pare) off the outer rind, slice and boil them until
soft and pulpy ; *queue the liquour from the pulp as much
&possible, and then boil it again with about six ounces of
kegs to nine gallons, and work with yeast in the usual way.
Thus a cottager, by boiling his pot over his winter fire of a
night, and using the root as we have described, might sel-
dom be without a refreshing beverage even the greatest part
af the year, for the roots may be kept in a cool plus, in a
Cstate for use, during most of the winter. The
e 7, stripped from the plant in August and September,
we valuable for the cow or pig, not retarding its growth in
4* least ; and the roots boiled and mashed in the liquor,
anti ether milk or a small quantity of meal added, will feed
a pig at a trilling expense. The culture of this valuable
not is very simple. Let the single seeds be put en well
assured ridges, detect inches apart, and six or eight be-
tween the plant ;hoeing down, and keeping clean from
weeds will be all that is necessary."
The Rev. Henry James Hastinp ALA of Trinity Col-
lege, has been instituted by the Bishop of Worcester, to
the rectory of Areley Kings.
NORTHAMPTON Auo. 27.—Wheat red, 84s to 675;
Ise, Ms to 725. Barley, grinding, 32s to sBs ; malting,
S7s to 40s. Malt, Ms to 72a. Oats, 25s to 30s; feed do.
1111 s to 275. Tick beans, small, 37s to 40s. Peas, grey,
34s to 38s; white, 42s to 481. Rye, 34e to 38s per qr.
Flour, 49s to 555, sack of 2801bs.
MARRIED.—Michael Harris, jun. Esq. of Wesson.
Ewell House, to Sarah, daughter of Henry Linnell,
Courtenhall Grounds.— Mr. G. Fletcher, of Renhold.abbey,
to Lunette, youngest daughter of the late Captain U•
Wingate, R. N. of Stirling.
DIED.—At Daventu, J. Wildgose, Esq.—At Daventry,
Mrs. Lamb, relict of Edward Lamb, Esq.—At Rugby, 20,
Sophia Bewley, youngest daughter of Philip Williams,
Esq.—Judith Anne, youngest daughter of the 'fate John
Bohun Smyth, Esq. of Warwick. —At Colworth, Beds,
Sophia, daughter of the late Francis hlagniae, Esq. 45.—At
Renhold, near Bedford, Mr. Robert Newman, 44.—Miss
Hopkins, ILldock.
TYNE MERCURY, Aug. 30.

Division or Counts.—The following is Lord Al-
thorp's reply to the remonstrance of the Northern Political
Union, respecting the clause for the division into two parts
tot these counties which are to send four Welshers:
" -I think more importance Is attwthed to the di-
' vii.ion of counties then it deserves. The landed Merest
;gain undoubtedly very much by the addition which the
billmakes to the county members, sad smog the landed
rinterest the great landed •proptielbtsrvill 'also be consider-
MAI but I doubt muchiwheakr a get •landed
or who could influence the eleaton ins sion of a
county, would not have an equal chance in a county where
there are to be !bur thembets deified. Ice Instance, I will
suppose the Woe, Whoa, 118 ;things sire 'it 'Minn, a great
lah r Manes one niesiberoutiof two fOratemity
If there wet
be four members for the came county he

would prt.bably return two. In the division of the county
whirr hie property lies he tould do ne baser, generally I
think,ite would do leesvfor it seldom happens that any one
man's influence is so overwhelming. even in the smallest
agricultural districts, that there is net se independent force
its bpplose him, who would not submit to his shutting them
quite out of the Augmentation. If they lid, it would only
be in the case where he not only had very large property
indeed, bat was very popular also. You will see by this,
that I am not very anxious about this clause for its Gen
sake; I like k because I think it will diminish expense ; I
should not like It if I thought that It would give any undue
influence to the aristocracy, because that is what 1 have al-
ways opposed, but, though I do not feel very anxious about
it, as I have said, for its own sake, lam anxious about it,
and supported it earnestly, because I think it will conduce
very much to carrying the reform bill.
" I have the honour to be,
" air, your most obedient humble servant,
ALTHORP.

a Downing.street, Aug. 21, 1831."
The bill for regulating the sale and delivery of coals in
land* and the adjacent counties has been printed by ender
of the House of Commons, and some copies have been re-
ceived here. If the public expect that the Jues claimed by
the Corporation of London will be diminished, or the ex-
pense and delay occasioned by the vexatious Interference
of the city authorities decreased by this bill, they will be
grievously disappointed. Fourpence is now paid on the
ehaldron of twenty-six cwt. and a half. By the new bill,
fourpence per ton of twenty cwt. or an addition of more than
one-fifth, Is given to these city worthies. The river meters
under the present system are worse than useless for any
other purpose than increasing city patronage. By the new
system a custom-house officer is to assist these overpaid
and overfed citizens, so that the poor shipowner and coal
merchant will hare to satisfy two conscientious claimants
Instead of one. City interference is now limited to the port
of London. Hereafter every coal dealer within twenty.
five miles of the Post-office, will be subject to all the petty
vexation the greedy city officers and common informers can
Inflict upon him. There are other parts of the bill equally
pobjectionable. Will the Independent London press allow.
I such a corporatioo.job to succeed without directing the pub-
lic attention to it ?

The Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses hereby
give notice, that a Lighthouse has been erected upon Dun-
nethead, in the County of Caithness, the light of which
will be exhibited on Satutday, the Ist Day of October,
1831, and will thereafter continue to be lighted every night.
Dunnethead Lighthouse is situate on the Northern extre-
lnity of the Mainland of Scotland, In north latitude b 8.42,
land west longitude 3. ?9. The lighthouse, by compass,
bean from the north end of the island of Stroma, in Pent-
' land Frith, W. by N. diatom seven miles and a half; from
Hoy Head, leading to Hoy Sound, SSW. distant 13 miles ;
from the Stack ant: Sketry, S. ty & I E. distant 31 miles ;
and Irom Cape Wrath, in Sutherlandshire' FL by 8. 4 8.
distant 42 miles. In reference to these hearings, the light
will be visible to the mariner in a northerly direction from
SE. 4E.to W. This light will be known to mariners as
a stationary light, from oil, with reflectors; and being ele-
vated 346 feet above the medium level of the sea, it will be
seen like a star of the first magnitude at the distance of from
seven to eight leagues, and at intermediate distances, accord-
ing to the state of the weather.

NEWCASTLE AND NORTH SHIELDS RAILWAY.-At
the meeting of the committee held on Saturday last, at the
Turk's Head Inn, the reports of the eughseen. Stephenson
and Richardson, were produced. The undertaking they re.
commend is i general railway for passengers and n•uan-
dize. The line proposed bens at the Stock-bridge, New.
made, s up Panda) Dene under the east arch of the
' New crosses the Ousebum, so as to come behind
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Heaton-h „ and ends near Sir. Crawford's mill, a short
distance from the Bull Ring, at North Shields.

NZWCASTLE, Aug. 27.—There was a very short supply
of old wheat brought forward by the farmer this morning,
which au taken of readily at full as high prices as on this
day se'nnight. We had several samples of new, in fair con-
uition, but various in quality, which sold at from 56s to 68s
per qr. Little done in panaried Wheat this week. There
is rather a better demand for fine rye and grinding barley.
Oats remain the same: the samples of new that have ap-
peared, prove inferior in quality to the crop of last year.
Arrivals this weak, 30 qrs. Wheat, 2,450 qrs. Rye, 193
qrs. Barley, 168 qrs. Malt, 7,340 qrs. Oats, 30 qu. Peas,
811 sacks Flour.
Wheat, Northumberland white, per qr, 60s to 7ls • do.
gird, do. 564 tollas ; Norfolk red, 00s to 665; do. White,
60s to 68s ; Berwick red, 50s to 00s; white, 501 to 58s ;
Scotch white. Ills to 58s ; Danttic, 60s to 68. ; Foreign red,
44s 54s to 665. Rye, Norfolk, Ws to 345; Foreign, 351
to 341 s ; North country, 30s to 325. Barley, foreign, 24s to
30s. Malt, Norfolk pole, 66s to es. Oats, potatoe, 28s to
30$ ; do. common, 22s to 28s. Foreign (free.) Beans,
96s to 38a. Peas, boilers, 40s to 4.2 s ; grey or hog, 38s to
40s. Floor floe, per sack, 47s to 50s.
Old Land Hay,bf lastear. growth, sold from 41 to Cl;
New Land Hay, of do. 51. y Old Land Hay, of this year's
growth. 41 to 51 55; New Land Hay of do. 41 to 51 per
ton. Sixty-five cart loads of hay at market. Wheat Straw,
'bur loads, sold at 2s; Oat Straw, two loads, from Is 9d to
2s per throve.
. Beef sold from in 9d to 6s. Mutton, 5s 104 to 64 3d.
Lamb, 5s 104 to 6s 541 pa stone, sinking oral.

MARRIED.—At Morpeth, Charles Saunders, Esq. of
Wylam, to Miss Mary Moor. of Whitfield—At Stranton,
near Seaton-Carew, Thomas Wright. Esq. of Whitley-park,
to Mary Harwood, daughter of Thomas Atkinson, Esq. of
High Harrogate.
DlED.—fn Pandon, Hugh Smith, 106, commonly
known by the appellation of '• Blue Breeks:" he went
about in his usual health till within a ohon thee of his
desth.—Alice, widow of the late Christopher Blacket, Esq.
of Wylarn, 74—At Kestriek, Mr. Allison, surgeon 44
As Welton. RS, )dart, wife of the Rev. Thomas Dikes, of
Roll—At Richmond, Wm. Thompson, Esq. one of the se-
nior aldermen and twice mayor of that borough.
FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, Aug. S.

A most respectable and very numerionslyottended Meet-
ing of the inhabitants of the county of the town of Drog-
heda, was held in the Linen-ball on Sunday last, for the
triple purpose of petitioning for the disbandment of the
mnanry, an alteration in the Irish jury laws, and a repeal
of the vestry bill. Midmel Levin', Esq. in the chair. Mr.
Wbil.imitwaoyrnoooth, aflanerdabstifewiaippp,raopritesitismablete rentariaiks
p00ne.411,1.....e evils
arising front the present Irish jury laws, read the draft of
petition praying for their petition ; which, on the motion t
Mr. Ennis, was adopted, and is to be presented by Mr.
O'Connell in the House of Commons. Mr. Whitworth
next read the petition praying for the to/Mediate disband-
ment of the yeomanry corps of Ireland. He said be felt
satisfied that until that force, who had so lately slaughtered
the people (and he was sorry, for the sake of Wanton de-
cency and justice, to be able to say with impunity,) would
be entirely dhbanded, there never would be security for life
or property in wretched Ireland. The people of every
county, city, and town in Ireland, ought to quit:Mrs./ens-
bit, and express their opinions honestly and manfully, but
at the same time consitutionally, in petitions to the legis-
lature, and there was but little doubt but. they would have
to be attended to. (loud cheers.)
J. Chester, Esq. objected to the Void" nunascre" which
was in the petition, for this reason t drat most probably,
like the Waterford petition, it would not be printed, al-
though it only stated the feet. The 'object .of mere good
Irishman should be to get a warm discussion on Irish oaths
in the Imperial Parliament, which could best be done 1•
expresssing their opinions truly in petitions. ('Hear) I
hoped this meeting would entrust the presentation of this
important petition to Mr. Hume, who was a sincete friend
to Ireland. (Cheers.) After a few words Gum 'Mr. Whit-
worth, Mr. Chester moved that the petition be.preseated by
Mr. O'Connell, and that the 'cluirntan should write to Mt
Hume, requesting him to support Its ...'which wet
ieconded by Mr. Whitworth, and to.
Our raiders will tesollect that- theindictment against
tithe victims, Blanchfield and Byres, was eit-o*Ocoults•
conspiracy, and one for a riotous assemblage, and that .
those charging them with dre akiephnty-they 'wete con-
victed. Some hours after the trial, one 'of the Jurors vies
`met by a friend, when the following dialogue took place :
Friend—" So you found those lads guilty of the con-
.spiracy."
Juror—" What conspiracy ?"
Friend—me That with 'width they 'were charged in
•indictment."
Juror—" Oh, yowslamker there Was ono sock charge,
nor did we convict them of a conspiracy."
Tibilidi—" Is it* dile I can be so much attray. Hold,
eta refer to the ler nayetristedter.w.(iitietng
so) I am correct—road-31er yourself."
Juror—( After the iadlenneat)—LOh 1 d-.. 0 '
it I knew trait before.— ../ewritai.
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