Star.
London, England, 1809-11-17 00:00:00

CRELTENHAM, NOVEMBER 17.

The Mail Coach, instead of arriving yesterday
evening at the usual hour, was near two hours later,
owing to an accident, which, though threatening se-
rious consequences, we are happy to say was attended
with but trifling inconvenience. Through some cause,
it got entangled with a cart about two miles on this
side Glocester. Both the coachman and guard were
I thrown off their seats, but received no material injury.
A Gentleman lately riding in this neighbourhood,
saw at the door of a farm house, an animal that baffled
his sagacity to understand.—" My boy," says he, to a
lad who was lying by, " what sort of a beast do you
call this ?" " Why, Zur," says the boy, "he was
once a Grayhound, and we call'd 'n Yly ; but Meader
cut off his ears and his tail, and mead 'n into a
Maishif, and now we calls 'n Lion !"
Saturday evening a fire broke out in the stables of
Mrs. SPOONER, at Leigh Court, Worcestershire. , By
the assistance of the engines the fire, though it burnt
with amazing rapidity, was got under with less da.
mage than was expected ; two horses and a cow were
destroyed, together with the buildings where the fire
began, and two other horses were much injured ; the
stock was insured, but the buildings not so. The fire
was occasioned by the very reprehensible carelessness
of a servant, who went into the stable to the horses
with a candle, without the precaution of putting it in
I a lantern.

Monday morning, between five and six o'clock, a
fire broke out in the Compting-house, at the Coal
Yard belonging to Messrs. Tuompsos, close to the
bridge at Worcester, which was not got under, until
the books, papers, and considerable property were de-
stroyed. The adjoining buildings were not injured.
It is supposed to have originated from the snuff of a
candle being dropped unperceivecl,and left in the room.
ARRlVED—Captain Folberingham, Colonel and Mrs. Tench,
Capt. E. C. Whinyates, Mr. Jukes, Mr. Struper, Mr. Miller, Mr.
Hamilton, Mr. Turville, Mr. J. llaiiere, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Preston
and family, Mr. and Miss Wyatt, Mrs. Gregorie and family,
Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Peacock, Miss Page, Miss Buckley, &c.

At a trial in the Court of Common Pleas, yesterday,
some difficulty occurred in ascertaining the date o:
the writ and the testing of it whereon the defentlaw.
was arrested. Sir JANIF,S MANSFIN:I.D then expresse 1
a determination to have the date and testing of ever f
writ entered upon the record, in future, to prevent a
similar inconvenience.

ELOPEMENT.—On Wednesday afternoon a young
lady, the only daughter of an opulent merchant in
the City, eloped with an Officer in the Army, from
the house of a near relation of her own, in the neigh.
bourhood of Blackheath, where she had been on a visit
far few a weeks.

CHILD STEALING.—On Wednesday evening, about
dusk, tw
,p elderly women called at the shop of Mrs.
Trust, in Wardour-strect, and bargained for some
trivial articles, while at the same time, a little girl,
three years old, was decoyed away from the door by
another woman, and she was not heard of until twelve
o'clock at n:ght, when she was brought home by a
watchman, clad in a filthy rug, her apparel, which
was not worth more than a few shillings, having been ,
stolen. It was ascertained from the child, that a wo-
man who called herself her aunt had enticed her away-
from her mother's door under pretence of buying her
some cakes, and that two other women (supposed to
be these in the shop) joined her, and she was taken
to a house in St. Giles's, where she was stripped.—
The watchman found the child in great distress at the
end of Oxford-street.

CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE.—The supplies of
Wheat this day are again somewhat considerable;
but, owing to the late demand, sales fully support
last prices : some fine American exceeds the quota-
tion 2s. and 3s. per quarter—Barley and Malt, like-
wise White Pease and Beans of the two descriptions,
at little variation—Very few Grey Pease, and those
again dearer—There are several further arrivals of
Oats from the North Country, very few samples of
first quality, and this trade also maintains last prices
—Flour on the terms of our last currency.

OLNIMAL ClAtill.NCY AS UNI)Sit s
Wheat, 80s. 92t. 1054. Bemis, t J,, (;64.
Fine ditto, 1103. 1143. Tick ditto, 50s. 565.

Rye, 50s. 555. osts, 965. 30s. !t4s.
Barley, 48s. 555. Od. Poland ditto, 38s. 408.04,
Malt, 765. 84s. Potato e ditto, 41. od.
White Peas (Boilers) 765. 86s. Rape Seed, 501. 541.
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Grey cl,tto, !60. 629-
Fine Flour. 909. 955.—Seconds SS* 90s.