Star.
London, England, 1824-09-09 00:00:00

TIARY-LA-BONNE.

Yesterday, Mr. Sanson, the banker, gave Mr. GRIFFITH.
following information of a very groll4 imposition, which is c 0,,,•
monly practised on the lovers of smuggled articles:
That morning, a Frenchman came to his house in Ilarlev-strc—,
Cavendish-square, and by his particular request, was shown
the presence of Mrs. Sanson, In whom, he said, he had a :macular
recommendation. He displayed a bundle of shawls, of whici
he declared to be of French manufacture. The patters were ee:•
tainly very handsome ; and Mrs. Sanson was prevailot opau, b.
the tricky swindler, to give £4 for a shawl. As he retire.!, he
a number of visiting cards of distinguished persons. 'fl,,„;,.ctinv
stance he turned to a very profitable account, as he had talltd at
each address, and stating himself to be recommended by Mr'
Sanson, be sold shawls at sixteen and twenty guineas each, which
proved not to be worth one tenth that sum. •
The Information was registered in the books, and Mr. Gairretils
hoped, that through the medium of the Press, the shameful impo-
sition would obtain such publicity as to prevent further rczuery.

A respectably dressed woman applied to the Magistrate for ad-
vice. She stated that her husband, %V. Densham, had for ma.ly
years been Head liutler to the Right Hon. Mr. Peel, at his seat in
Staffordshire, which service he quitted last April, and came to
London, to procure a situation, A few days subsequent he wro:c
to her, stating, that he was In expectation of an engagement, since
which she bad beard nothing of him. She had wrote to Mrs.
on the subject, who kindly and promptly answered her;
that Mr. Peel had given him a character to a Noblem in in Glou-
cester-place, but whose title neither of them could re c•dlect, and
referring her to Mr. Peel's butler in town, who probably might
afford her some information. This person informed her, he hat
repeatedly seen her husband, who is in a situation ; but where, or
with whom, he could not tell. She bad inquired it elver/ bowie in
Gloucester.place, but without success.—The Magistrate expressed
his regret that he could afford her no assi‘tance.

' At the Kent CI icket Club it was proposed to play a
match on the Goodwin Sands this month. It is exactly
22 years since a celebrated match was played there; and
at one of the days of meeting, the late Duchess of DE•
VONSIII RE and a host of female fashionables were present.

MA ROATE, SEPT. 6. A melancholy accident occur: ed
here this morning : a Gentleman who had engaged a
small boat to go out for the purpose of fishing, v.as
doomed never to return alive, the boat upset within a
short distance of the Pier. The visitant is at present
unknown; but the unfortunate fisherman, it is under-
stood, has left a wife just recovering from her accouclic-
merit of her second child.

Thursday last, the 2d instant, at Haworth, five miles
south of Keighley, in the West Riding of the county of
York, and on the borders of Lancashire, about six
o'clock in the evening, a part •,f the high lards on the
Stanbury• moor opened into a chasm, and sunk to the
Depth of six yards, in some places exhibiting a ragged
appearance, and forming two principal cavities—the one
was about two hundred yards, and the other m t less
than six hundred yards in circumference. From these
hollows issued two immense volumes of muddy water,
and uniting at a distance of upwards of 100 yards from
their sources, constituted, for about two hours, an over-
whelming flood from 4.0 to 50 (sometimes 70) yards in
width, and seldom less than four yards in depth. This
dark slimy mixture of mod and water followed the
course of a rivulet, overflowing its banks for 20 or 30
yards on each side, and to the distance of seven or eight
miles from the immediate irruption ; all this way there
is deposited a black moorish substance, varying from
eight to 86 inches in depth, and mixed occasionally
with sand and rocky fragments, pieces of timber, and
uprooted trees which had been borne along by the im-
petuous torrent. This heavy and powerlul stream broke
Idown one solid stone bridge, made breaches in two
others, clogged tip and stopped several mills, laid flat
and destroyed several whole fields of corn, and over-
threw to the foundation several hedges and walls. In
its course it entered the houses, floating the furniture
about, to the astonishment and terror of the inhabitants.
At the time of the irruption, the clouds were copper-
coloured, and lowering ; the atmosphere was strongly
electric, and unusually close and sultry. There was at
the same time loud and freque.lt thunder, with much
zigzag lightning, peculiarly flaring and vivid. An
hour before thete was scarcely a breath of air stirring,
but the wind quickly rose to a hurricane, and after
blowing hard from six to eight o'clock, sunk again into
a profound calm, at which time the heavy rain, which
had continued all the while, ceased, and, with the ex-
ception of a few floating clouds, the sky was very serene.
The whole is conjectured by the neighbours to be caused
by some subterraneous commotion, the most consider-
able as to its resulti that has taken place in this king-
dom for many generations. The river Aire, at Leeds,
presented the effects of this phenomenon last Friday
afternoon; the water that came down the river was in
such a polluted state, as to have poisoned great quan-
tities of fish ; and the water continuing in much the
came turbid state, has become entirely useless for culi-
nary purposes, as well as for dyers, &c. The Commis-
sioners of the Water-works have given public notice to
the inhabitants of Leeds, that they will at present sus-
pend the supply of water, so totally useless to them, until
the stream subsides into a proper state.
The following is a literal copy of the inscription rn
a sign-board hanging in front of a cellar in the Old
Town of Limerick :

" Lodgings and kettles boiled at all seasonable hours. ,tack 3fre-
lum gives notice to the public that he will supply a hundred s.dsF,
to drink tea, at all hours in the day ; you will be attended 11.ce and
clean, in the cellar at the end of the lane, without delay.

MARRIED.
August 31, William Augustus Hamilton, F.sq. son of Vice• Ad.
miral Thomas Hamilton, to Emma, daughter of the late J. Clegg,
Esq. of Liverpool.

DIED.
On the 2d inst. at his house in Leeson-street, in the 62d year or
his age, Jeffery Foot, Esq. of Holly Park, an Alderman of the ',*. r
of Dublin.
Sept. 6, at Dalston, the Rev. James Magga, aged 74, VicJr 4)
Ewen, in Surrey.
Sept. 2, at Beecles, in Suffolk, aged 77, the Rev. Bence Bow,
fifty years Rector of that Parish.

Ships at Market.
29; Newcastle
6 Sunderland

COAL MARKET, Sept. S.
Sbips Sold. Price.
• 25i - Ws. od. to 593. Od•
• 6 - 335. 6d. to 40s. OJ.

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