Star.
London, England, 1801-03-10 00:00:00

KELSO.

MARCH S.
It with a mixture of indignation and Mame.
that ted relate the fiiccefs of another attempt a•
wilful fire railing in this town. It tonk place op
the evening of Monday, betwixt eif•ht and nine
o'clock, in a barn-yard at the Townhead, belong-
ing to Gl:Attar KILPATRIC R, carrier betwixt Kelly
and Edinburgh. Two flacks were fet on fire, one
of which, notwithftanding the prompt affillance of
the fire-engines. was almolt entirely confilmcd.
The other was Paved from the flames, but fie mush
injured in the removal as to be suite (toiled- It
providentially happened that the wind blew in fid
a direction as to carry off the flunes from the honfi!,
lying at the back of the flack-yard : had vine:
changed, the confequences mull have been id: e.g.!
ful, almoft the whole of the adjoining proper!) be-
ing covered with thatch. The wind bei::g then
favourable, the conflagration was got untie: with
out any further damage than the lo 's of the
flacks, which had been tnfurcd a few days before
We lament to Plate that nothing has yet tranf-
pired to lead to the difeovery of the execrable in-
cendiary, although he Was f:en by a maid-fcrvaia
running off from the fpnt, immediately after the
perpetration of the nefarious aft. This young
woman defcribcs him as a tall man, (hefted in a
light•coloured long coat.
What meafures remain to be adopted, which
may afford to this difmayed town the chance of
fafety,we really are unable to difcover. High
rewards have already been offered, accompanied
by an offer of pardon from the Throne ; a nightly
guard is abroad, who enter upon their ditty at feven
o'clock each evening, and continue in the vigilant
execution of it till fix the next morning. In fbort,
every precaution is taken which the liveliefl feeling
of the mifery of our fituation can fuggcfl, and yet
the infernal mifchief furrounds us, and each night
continues to be (pent in watching, anxiety, and
alarm.

, Friday two young men, who had enlilled with
a recruiting party of the 4th regiment of foot, in
Reading, came to the (hocking refolutian of cut-
ting off their fingers,• to render themfelves unfit
for the fervice ; to effea it, they repaired to a
tomb-flone in St. Mary's Church-yard, on which,
with a knife, they deliberately cut off the fore
and next finger of each other's right hand. As
loon as their wounds are healed, they will be
marched to the regiment and punifhed.
A chaffeur was lately tried before the Tribunal
dr Saintes. When brought before the Judges he
appeared with a crape on his arm, and being asked
by the Prefident the reafon, he alledged that, " he
was fearful no one would mourn for him atter he
was dead, and he had therefore thought proper
to pay himfelfthat rcfpat while he was Rill alive."
He then Tung a funeral ditty on his own deccafe,
to the great difcompofure of Monfieur le Preli.
dent and the Tribunal.

A Spanifh deferter was lately hung at Barce-
lona, having been taken on board an Engliih pri•
vatcer. As the corpfe was carried to the grave,
it was obferved to move, and the people who took
an interea in his cafe, cried, " a Miracle, a Mira-
ek," which was compleated by the affiliance of a
Surgeon; and the man, who was cook on board
!hip, went to his work the next day.
A ferious conteft has arifen in France, which
has fince been made the fubjeet of Judicial Inter-
ference, between the Poulterers of Mans, and thole
of la Fleche. The latter have appealed to a Court
of Juitice, to decide Juridically, how far the fowls
which have been called, as they contend, impro-
perly, Mans Pullets, are indebted by the fide of
the Cock, to thofe of la Fleche for their excellence?
A Memorial has been drawn up on the fubje9,
and a eonfultation has been held by the molt cele-
brated French Lawyers, among whom are Gar a s z,
BLAQ3II, Lx BON, and CHA. LAG•RDII.
A letter from Ennis, in Ireland, dated Februaty
26, lays, " in confequence of the rapid rife in the
price of all kinds of provifions in this town, parti-
cularly meal, the principal fuftenance of the poor
at prefent, and which they chiefly attribute to the
great quantities fent out of the country, a large
mob on Tuefday night broke open two flores to
the fuburbs of this town, in which were contained
a large quantity of barley and oatmeal int..nded
to be fent away, and in a fliort time entirely emp-
tied them of what they contained. Yeftcrd.iy they
went to the mills of Ennis: as loon as their in.
tentions were known, the Longford Militia drums
immediately beat to arms; but, by the timely in-
terference of Tome Gentlemen with the leaders of
the mob, they quietly difperfed without there being
any neceflity for calling out the military."

CONCRETE LENON Jutcs.—Mr. Cferwrt.t., of
Temple-Bar, having been given to underhand that
form other Acid has been fold for Concrete Lcmon
Juice, feels it nceeffary to obferve, that he is per.
mined to refer to the higheft Authorities in this
kingdom for the purity of that prepared by him.
fell; and he trufts that the pre•aution of eigning
every package with h:s name and in his own hand
writing, will afford fufficient fecurity againft im-
pofition, to thcfc who than be &limn to make
ufc of this convenient and elegant preraration.

ENGLISH STATE LOTTERY. Seventh day. No.
58,545, a Prize of ioool.—No. 52,179, a Prize of
cool.---Nes. 9,783, 8,935, 14,807, Prizes of pl.

EIGHTH-DAY.—No. 55,437, drawn a Prize of
tool. WAS fold, (hared, stnd regiflered, at Ds cat-
MOND'S Lucky-Office, No. 65, Flcet-Jrcet, where
No. 57,436, drawn the fecond day a Prize of
toool. was alio fold ard fhared ; and alto No.
41,709, a Prise cf sool.—Tickets ani Shares
zontinue on felt in the greatefl variety of Numbers.
Undrawn Tickets and Shares are felling every
day front 8 to 9 o'clock in the morning, and from
2 to $ o'clock in the evening, At the old ellabliffied
Offices of T. BaSH, No. 4, Cornhill, London, Man-
che(cr, and Edinburgh.