Star.
London, England, 1825-12-29 00:00:00

WORS H I P-STR R RT.

P. Ittkiessan and IL dissiint, alias With, alias Goethe, elcseys4
with conspiring to defraud several siik-manotaentrers Ivy opening a
warehouse in Qmora.sreeet, away/side, whose eaaminatiuos have
already appeared its the Sean, were yeacerday findlly examined ;
when Mr. Rainer: meted, that the charge w.. clearly proved, and
held them to bail, ih EOM each, and two sureties in 4.7Q'. cacti, 211,1
to give 48 hours notice thereof.

COUNTERFEIT COIN.-Wit' in the Last week there
hive been no less than eight capital committals for
nuking or uttering counterfeit coin; a concern of this
nature has just been detected in Samers-tonn. The
principal was seized on the spot, in the act of colouring
a quantity of bad half-crowns, with it chernic,an,ix,„,
which is rubbed over the surface, and gibes them the
appearance of silver. A large box, contain ng ready
40/i worth of the same spurious metal, was also secure,;.
The fellow has been committed, pro. te, to the Net,
Prison, a 3 the officers expect to be able to secure the
remainder of the gang.
A respectable farmer of the name of Parker, who
sided at Crook Hall, near L inchester, in the county of
Durham, was killed by his own bull on Friday morn.
ing last, in the stack Barth. The deceased had been
frequently before in the habit of going up to the ani.
n 3.11, without it ever offering any violence ; but on the
morning in question, Mr. Parker having dressed him-
self in a different suit a clothes, for the purros: of
going a journey, than he had ever approached the
furious animal in before, it is suppos7cl it had tint
known him.

The following curious occurrence teak place last
week, at the Marshe de Bougarnvilliets, in Paris:—
Some workmen employed in pulling duwn the old stalls
or small booths, discovered under the flu it of nine ,f
them a considerable sum buried in the ground. Tiler
went -riy to inform the proprietor ot the stalls, whs
generally lets them out by the d..y. It was at first
supposed that the treasure Aright have been depo,iteJ
there at the time or the entrance of the Allies! troops
into Paris, by an old woman no hinges living, aho
kept the stall in question. This opinion seemed to be
confirmed by the circumstance that all the piece; of
coin bore the effigy of Napoleon. The heirs ot theold
woman came to claim the property, upon' which a We-
ment dispute arose between them ant the piopriet..r.
During the altercation a multitude fl cited to the sp
and those gentry beinA of opinion that the treasure
longed to neither, a ger er..l scramble ensued, and every
one carried off .what he could.
A Gentleman in Arbroath has in his possession a
I dochment concerning the .Abbey of Aberbtothock,
which shows the extent of pair( nage that hai once be-
longed to that twgnificekt:building, with its religicus
establishment, and tfie privileges that the Abbot en-
joyed. Cardinal Bentoll was Abbot, from about 1524.
to 1540. The last ctiminindatory Abbot of Aberbro-
thock W2l John ilattiilton, second son•to the Duke of
Chatelheraulr, who was afterwards cleated Marquis of
Hamilton. TI is Abbey was elected into a temporal
Lordship, in favour of James, Marquis of Hanniv.n.
son to the former, up .n the,.sol,May, 1048. It liter*
wards .belonged to the Paul of Dysart, from t.s.h.ins
Patrick. Maule 9f Pantrure, Gentleman f the Bed-
chamber to King James VI. purchased it with the tight
of patronage of all the parishes thereto belonging.
The Abbots of this place had several priailrges whim;
others did not enjoy. Thy were-exempted from as•
sating at the yearly-Synods, and Pope Pius il.declared
his resolution, in .1461, to excommunicate all those who
would trouble them- tspon that head. Pope Benne!, by
his bull, dated at .Av gnooLgratits to John, Abbot at
Arbroath, the privilege of making use of, and wearing,
the pontifical ornaments ; and they had the privilege of
giving the minor orders. King Robert de peace
granted ten merits Sccts-to this Abbey..
PIPING HoT.— This expression is taken from the cup
torn of a baker's blobs ing his pipe or h..rn, a coniaroa
practice in country villages, to let his customer%
know that he was about to draw his hot bread from
the oven.

BIRTH.
Dec. 19; the Lady•od Captain Magneto, of Corrybroujs.Ma
daughter.

111 A RR LE D.
Dec. 15, at Parts, George William Lefevre, M. A ta. FredericO
Cheering Fraser, daughter of Colonel Charles Frans. of the tag
lodia Compapfs service.

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