Star.
London, England, 1801-09-02 00:00:00

MY M.ARRIII

Little done at Mark-lane this day. Plenty of
Wheat in the market, which would have been
parted with at prices inferior to lail market day,
if any one would have bought; but the buyers
are fo confident of a confiderable fall that they
keep off. Oats had a britk fide at from is. to 2S.
cheaper.—All kinds of Grain dull in fale, and fall-
ing. No effort will be able to keep up the prices.
Yetlerday the LORD MAYOR was waited on at
the Manfion-houfe by the Mailer and Wardens of
the Bakers' Company to fet the Atitze of Bread,
and it appearing by the Mealweighers' report. that
Wheat and Flour had fallen veryconfiderably fince
their laff reports, his Lordlhip ordered the Bread
to be lowered four Aflizes, or Bd. in the Peck Loat,
which will take place to-morrow ; the Qtlartern
Loaf will then be fold for is. old. Wheaten, and
ltd. Houfehold.

The Woodmen of Arden met nn Monday fe'n-
night at Packington, inWarwicklhire, Lord AYLES.
FORD'S feat, to celebrate their annual Grand Gala.
A very fkilful competition took place at the grand
target. C. REP INGTON, Efq. obtained the gold
medal, as fira gold (hot ; and THOMAS PALM rR,
Efq. the filver medal, as fecond gold (hot. The
latter Gentleman was silo declared Captain of
Numbers. On Wednefday the Silver Arrow was
(hot for at the difiance of 180 yards, and won by
Mr. FETH ER srox.—The Silver Bugle was won tai
Friday, at the diltance of 200 yards, 44) THOMAS
PALMER, Efq.—ln the Lottery for the Ladies,
Mifs BR EE, of Colefhill, drew the Gold Arrow,
and Mrs. CARTER, daughter of the Laird of the
Me of Arran, drew the Gold Bugle. The Meetiog
was very brilliant and numerous. Balls were given
at the Foreft Hall on Wednefday and Friday
evenings.

Yefterday the Cockney Sportfmen rallied out to
their annual amufement, and, according to cuf-
tom, made a great deal of fport. We have not
heard of any thing being killed, although feveral
thumbs and fingers have been found in the Roads.
A goofe received a defperate wound upon Stock-
well Common, and the fparrows were much alarm-
ed about the three-mile Hone. Upon the North
fide of the Metropolis the firing was tremendous,
and feveral bulldogs and mailiffs were wounded,
not being (launch to the heel. Happily we do not
hear of any two-legged creatures, man or bird,
being killed by any accident. Indeed the linnets,
canaries, and parrots, had all been carefully re-
moved from the windows.

In the war of 1756, Marfhal BROGLIO was one
day obferving, with great attention, the pofitions
of the enemy's army. At that moment, one of his
Aides-de-Camp, a very gallant officer, came to
afk his orders. " Go to the Devil!" faid the Mar-
tha], impatient of the interruption. The next mo-
ment, however, he conlidered the impropriety of
the language, and with happy delicacy cried,
" Come back! you arc brave enough to go, but I
cannot now fpare you for that fervice."
Yerterday morning John Pearce was executed
on board the PUISSANT, at Spithead, purfuant to
his lenience, for being particularly active in affirt-
ing in the murder of the officers of the HERMION E,
and carrying her into La Guira. He behaved
with great penitence and refignation.
Robert Hignett, of Milton, in the county of
Cherler' ofr:rs two guineas for the apprehenfion of
his wife, Elizabeth, a beautiful young woman,
aged 25, who has lately eloped with Lan y M.Bride,
an Iri(hman, 6o years of age, five feet high, jaw
locked, deeply pitted with the fmall pox, dreffed
in a failor's jacket, and a pair of old black breeches.
A letter from Aberdeen, dated Augull 26, lays,
" On Wednefday we had a tremendous (form of
thunder and lightning, attended with very heavy
(bowers of ram. It began in the morning at
Foudland, and taking a fouth-eaft courfe, reached
this place in the afternoon. Many of the peals
were louder and longer than any ever remembered
in this country. In the evening, one Forbes, a
Wright in Ellon, travelling towards Newburgh,
was killed by the lightning. His Ihirt was burned
to tinder, part of his watchca'e melted, and his
body greatly disfigured. He is much regretted, as
a worthy ingenious man.—At Micklefolla, in the
Garioch, the lightning came through the roof of
a houfe into the rooms, and broke fome articles of
furniture, but fortunately no perthn wis there at
the time. In the fame neighbourhood a houfe was
killed by it."
About eleven o'clock on Friday morning a ter-
rible fire broke out in the warehoufe, in Matthew-
fireet, Liverpool, which contained the oil ufed for
the public lamps in that town, under the manage-
ment of Mr. ALDER SON, the Contractor, and for
feveral hours the flames raged with afionithing fu-
ry, infomuch as to endanger their communicating
with very valuable property nearly contiguous,
both in buildings and merchandize belonging to
Medi& Byaoras and to Mellis. DOWNIVARIM and
BULLIN, who have each of them a fugar houfc
and large warehoufes in the neighbourhood, as
well as to the more immediately adjoining houfes;
but by the exertions of the Mayor and Magill rates,
and other rcfpeaable Merchants and Inhabitants
who attended, andparticularly by the very fpirited
manner in which the Officers and Privates of the
Regiment of :he Mes, now flationcd there, tinder
the command of Lord Macoott•zo, and the Royal
Cherhirr, under Lord GREY, Majors LEIGH and
BUCK WOR TIE, who were prefent during the whole
of the time, the fire was got uader and prevented
front doing any more material milkluet than by
deflrrying the warchoufe and its contents.
The large engines played with a ftonilhing circa
when properly lupplied with water from the pipes
of the Liverpool Corporation Water Works, which,
on this oceation, were found to he of the greater]
poaible tile; and the foldierv, from their own zeal
and the encouragement of their officers and the
gentlemen prefent, (hewed themfelves worthy the
charters of good citizens,as well as good foldir-
in protecting the property of the fl