Star.
London, England, 1829-07-16 00:00:00

LIMERICK, July 11.

Moines Connor, a lad of 12 years, was murdered at
Castirgregory. county Kerry, Sunday sennight, sad already 13
persons are in custody for ammoniate.
The fair of Hospittle, as Thursday, was well provided with
cattle of all sorts. Hones were in good request, but the holders
asked such prices that very few mks could be effected; some very
handsome colts sold well, one beautiful animal, of 1 • bands high,
would have brought almost any sum could a match be found for It
In the fair. Yearlings sold remarkably well.
The fair of aßries's Bridge passed of ea Wednesday without
any riot. A party of police,with Sir H. De Massy, Ban. attended
and prevented confusion.
lbe fair of Quin, (county Clare), on Tuesday, was the worst
fair that came this mum, neither price nor demand for any kind
of stock.
At the fair of Swineford, on Thursday evening, a dreadful riot
took place between two factions, the Darkens and Harkens. among
whom a feud has existed fur nearly forty years, and which has
frequently led to similar outrages of the peace. The parties fought
In tbe most determined manner for upwards of half an hour, with
bludgeons and stones. till at length the police succeeded in sepa
rating the combatants. About thirty men and women wen more
or less injured—one man named Derkan died the following day,
and another named Carney now lies in the County Infirmary, in
a very dangerous state.—Mays Free Pros.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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The importations of foreign corn are continued to a
very large extent, and in the course of yesterday between
60,0001. and 70,0001. were paid in duties on taking fo-
reign corn out of bond for consumption. The specula-
tions already entered into for buying up corn in the north
of Europe are exceedingly great, and from the Baltic a
very considerable quantity of wheat is expected. Up to
tiniest dates from St. Petersburgh eight vessels were
lLoden with grain bound to this country.
The accounts of the state of the wheat crops from
most parts of the country are favourable. Much of the
bay has been spoiled, but sufficient has been saved to pre-
vent the price from rising coosiderable.
11T.! S w IT!! I .—YeAerday was a -day of some interest
ewer ir the speculators for a rise in corn. Their hopes
did fears were excited in no ordinary degree—their hopes
by the prospect of rain from a• passing cloud, and their
fears. by- the prospect of a succession Of fine weather;
should the saint not kindly interfere for their especia
benefit. About•three o'clock, however, it rained in the
vicinity of Mark-lane and the Royal. Exchange, .and,
though the clouds yielded but a fleeting sterner, prices
shosied a tendency to advance. This anxiety on the part
of those who are anxious for high prices in grain that rain
should yesterday fall cannot, the enlightened year
1829, be attributed to the possession of any faith in the
saint in this respect. Things, thanks to the Society for
the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, are now better wider-
stood. The occurrence of rain falling in the middle of
July, from the state of the planetary system, is likely to
bad to a- continuance of wet weather, the like causes
always producing like effects.
The Coventry fair opened last week, OA usual, with the
singular procession of Lady Gediva on horseback, which
forms the most curious and indecent pageant ever wit.
awed in this kingdom. The advanced ranks, composed,
lam Usual, of the city guards, accoutred in their black ar-
mour,.with the band of the lancers, immediately preceded
the pages of Lady Godiva, personated by one of the frail
beauties of the town in a flesh coloured silk dress, fitting
tight to her skin ; then came the different trades of
the City, decorated in the most splendid manner, each
preceded by their respective bands of music, and accom-
panied by their children fancifully arranged:. - This
procession peeved as usual through most of the streets of
Coventry, which, unlike the original procession, were
crowded to excess, and peeping Toms were there in
.thousands. This is only another proof of the tenacity
with which Joint Ball still clings to ancient usages,
however reprobate they may be in themselves.

COLLECTANEA.

MENAI BRIDGE.

The following account of this national and splendid
work is taken from an interesting little work, entitled the
Cambrian Tourist :

' But as we approached it nearer, while it will retained its light
and elegant appearance. the stupendous size and immensity of the
work struck us with awe ; and when wa saw that a brig. wit►
every stick standing, had just passed under k,—tbat a coach going
along appeared not larva thee a child's toy, and that foot passengers
upon it looked like pigmies, the vastness of its proportions was, by
contrast, fully apparent. The whole surface of the bridge is is
length 1,000 feet, of which the part Immediately dependent upon
the chains is 590 feet, the remaining distance being supported by
seven arches, four on one side and three es the other, which NI
up the distance from the main piers to the shore. These main piers
rise above the level of the road fifty feet, and throng► them, two
archways, each twelve feet wide, admit a passage. Over the tap
of thew piers, flour rows of chains, the eversible, of which ars
firmly secured In the rocks at each end of the bridge, are throws ;
two of them nearly in the centre. about four feet apart, and one
at each side. The door of the road is formed of togs of wood.
well covered wit► pitch, and then strewn over wit► granite broker
very small, forming a solid body, by its unseal= to the pitch,
impervious to the wet. A light lattice work of wrought iron to
the height of about cis feet, prevents the possibility of accidents
by falling over, and allows a clear view of the scenery os both
sides, which can be sees to great advantage from this height.
Having escrowed our admiration of the skill evident in the eon-
atruetion, at axe se simple and so useful. and having satisfied our
curiosity on the top, we descended, by a predpitous path, to the
level of the water, and gazed upwards with wonder, at the int.

muse fiat surface above us, and it. connecting gigantic arches.
The road is 100 feet above high water, and the arches spring at
the height of silty fret from abutments of solid masonry, with a
span of fifty-two tee. nue abutments taper gradually from
their base to where the arch commences, and immense muses as
they are, show no appearance of heaviness; indeed, taking the
whole of the Menai Bridge together. a more perfect union of
beauty with utility cannot be conceived. It has been erected to
bear a weight upon the chains of SAW boos; the whole weight at
present imposed is only 500, leaving an available strength of 1,500
tons; so that there is an easy remedy for a complaint which has
been made of its too great vibration in a gale of wind, by laying
additional weight upon it. The granite of which the piers and
arches are boar, is a epochs of marble, admitting a very high
polish; of this the peasantry in the neighbourhood avail themselves.
and every oue has sane specimen of polished marble ready to
offer the tourist. There is so much inagniliceses, beauty, and
elegance. in this grand work of art. that it harmonizes and accords
perfectly with the natural scenery around, and though itself an
object of admiration, still in connection it heightens the effect of
the general view."

SITE OF TROY.
" I believe that. where the miserable town of Baurearbashi now
Is. Troy stood sense three thousand years ago; that the lovely
streams whkb laterseet the plain are the Steals and the &sounder.
where the daughters of Priam washed their garments. and the rival

goddesses bathed, before they Illsputed the prise of beauty.
M Of this city, tike all the others founded by Alezaoder in the
East, nothing is left to attest Its termer magnificence but broken

cam= and shattered trines. At a dale distaste* are the Mos of

a once-spkadid temple, said to baste been dedicated to the Soo.
“ We neat proceed to the promontory of Sigettm, now Cape
hoissary, which was supposed to have sheltered the Greek bet
DM this are the tombs of Achilles and Patroclus; and in the
former the French Ambassador, some years ago, discovered •
metal urn, a fragment of a sword, and a small statue, with such

ornament. as are found on the statues et the Egyptian Isis; they
were mock decayed. and Thornton questions if they were taken
front the tomb. Neer the shore there are evident uses of a moat,
and $ redoubt, probably the remains of a Grecian camp. We west
over the ground. with Homer for ear guide; sod if the different
eminences, mounds, and rivets had been described but yesterday,
their sites could sot have bees mare accurate. There is only one
dilculty in the junction at the &wail and Scaniaoder, and that one
even Chevalier did not explain to our saddaction. Nine miles from
the shore, at the bottom of the plain, and at the foot of Mount Ida,
is the site of Troy, the modern asernarbashi. Not one stone of
that celebrated city is now standing, and not one particle of sculp-
ture is to be met with, to throw light on the subject of its ruts.
"After I had been is vain searching all the morning for some ves-
tige of the past, I discovered near the Mosque, a marble seat, with
a ?bin surface; I was in the act of copying it when I was pre-
vented by the Imam of the mosque, who thought I had no bribes
se near his sanctuary. I have no doubt but it was very ancieet,
and probably it had not been seen by say other lioropeao. The
sources of the Scamatade are ekes to the town. as Homer describes
than, near the Sedan gates. The spot is beautiful, shaded by trees,
and several women were washing their garments in the stream ;
use. of them thought proper to abuse us, bet this did not prevent
our examining the temperature of the various swum the
thermometer; the, appeared to be no difference whatever, not
withstanding some travellers confirm Homer's account of the hot
springs. Os an eminence above the town, supposed to be the Per.
gaols, stands the tomb of tketor—s pyramid of disjointed stones,
uslike all the other barrows, which consist suds only. From
this tomb the view was splendid; the Simon and the &amender
were teen meandering along the plain, at the ettrenthy of which
the tomb of Achilles, the promontory of Sigma, and the mouth
of the Hellespont were to be discerned ; in the centre rose the im-
mense mound which bears the name of Bus ' • and a little on the
right, that whici, according to Strains, is the tomb of Cesytes.—
Madden's Tarim end Egypt.
The Ediabstryk Literary Joartuil of Saturday, notions
the anted of Mr. Buckingham in the northern capital to the fol-
lowing flattering terns :—" We have to announce that Mr. Boob-
Ingham has arrived in town, at the British Hotel, sod that his
Lectures on the Estero World are forthwith to commence.. The
interest excited throughout the country by Mr. Buckingbant's
Lectures ea the state of India, especially, and the evils of the ex-
isting mooopoiy, wettest' us in expressing our belief that th-y
will he found worthy the attention of the inhabitants of ildiuburgh
generally."
Lady Morgan has visited the archives of the kingdout.
She was accompanied by Sir Charles, and attended by Si N. Carat
ssrthe, Alexandre, Le Noble, and several other persons. She was
much delighted with a charter of Chlidebert, on the bark of a tree,
and as immense roil of parchment, stating the genealogy of the
world sins the stades the date of the. parchment being the
fourteenth century. She was also shown the ins closet, containing
several treaties with England, the keys of the Bastille, the platina
ty of the Metre and the Hilo, the autograph testament of Louis
pe
L Bt.—Pend "per.
An old man named Ellis, between sixty, and seventy,
'has been committed to Devises gaol, charged with marrying sin
wives, three of them now living in different parts of the country.
The defaulter in St. Ann's parish is Joshua Dab ins,
counter of the sew rents, churchwardens' dues, and paving rateit.
ills total deficiency is 2,3051. 6s. 7d. At a nateethig of the it.habi-•
tams so Saturday, the pariah agreed to take 3s. in the pound.
A decision lately in Westminster Hall, has established
the point, that parish Oases receivinf a porticulornins pervious is
the birth, from the father of an illegitimate child, to free litoi tient
future claims on account of sueb child. act illegally ; and that she
oncers cannot, according to law, do mote than accept a avow, w
indemnify diparish.
A gentleman (Mr. Comerford) of Killarney, while Gib-
ing en the lake tri .Watereille, billed an estratudioary
weighbig.hiilbo. which, when opened. was Woad to coolant in its
saw a small caSsorr of Lambkin's thuff, and a part of an epaulette
Isueit got there is the question, but et she fact there is no doubt.— '
are Ceseetihehees. _ .

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CLARA Fisirgit.s—We have seen the medal intended •
to he presented to Miss Clara Felber, by she Athiciatien ut the
Friend* of Iftlend I. Charleston ae a complinsensuy return lur
her libenlity towards Atm. The design and workman.hip as e
beandful. kis ea Irish harp, richly set with emeralds; the head
of the.harp Is a diaismod; the harp is encircled by a rind. repre-
senting a wreath of shamrock, richly peaty coloured gold. .
The metal le about as inch and a half Itl aiamet:r, and is &endued
fora nick ornament. Attached to h. is a kaideuene chain, with
chased links, nod a very tick lushes, repereeethig a chaster of the
shaannek, thidslyAncerspereeti with. emeralds. :Ilia lack of Ike
medal is a smooth surface, designed for an appropriate inethiption.
The usseallic material of width it is node is very In, goad. It is
as Aiwa siessseial et Irish pstriodess and LWgratitude.—
Cherie* Perm

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY. JSLT 15.
F F. LLF:FLEY V. TIIB DUKE OF BEAUFORT.
Shortly after the sitting of the Court this morning,
Mr. ‘Vellesley addressed the Lord Chancellor, and said
he understood that a petition of his, respecting his
children, was put in the paper for the purpose of being
heard to-day. As he (Mr. Wellesley) did not mean to
appear by counsel, he was anxious to proceed at once with
the petition.
The Lord Chancellor—Do you say, Mr. Wellesley,
that you do not mean to appear by Counsel ?
Mr. Wellesley—l do, my Lord, and lam now ready
to go on. The petition is in the list for to-day.
Upon inquiry it was ascertained from the registrar that
the petition was not in the paper.
Mr. Beames said that upon his application on behalf et
Mr. Wellesley, his Lordship had ordered that the petition►
should be heard to-day.
The Lord Chancellor asked Mr. Home whether hewn
prepared to oppose the petition.
Mr. Home said that he had no instructions.
The Solicitor-General—l appear to oppose the petition,
and am ready to go on now.
The Lord Chancellor suggested that as there were some
gentlemen from common law courts in attendance, the
matter ought to stand over for their convenience.
Mr. Wellesley urged that the petition might'be heard
to-morrow morning, as it was of the utmost importance to
his children.

It was finally arranged that the matter should be heard
at the sitting of the court on Friday.

COCKERELL V. MORRIS.
This was an appeal from a decree pronounced by the
late Master of the Rolls, Sir William Grant, which di-
rected that an account should be taken of the effects of
Mr. Devynes, a bankrupt. His Lordship, after recounting
the various proceedings that had taken place in this long
and tedious suit, said he could see no grounds that could
justify him in reversing the decree pronounced by Sir W.
Grant ; and that therefore his judgment was that the de-
cree already pronounced should be confirmed.
Mr. Treslove hoped his Lordship would include the costs
attending this unnecessary appeal.
The Lord Chancellor - Moat certainly.
WILFORI) V. BULKELEY.
The Court proceeded to hear counsel in this cause for a
new trial, upon an issue directed by this Court.
The Lord Chancellor did not suppose any ground was
made for the new ti ial, and therefore refused the motion.

KEEPER OF THE PRIVY SEAL.
The Earl of Rosslvn, in open Court, took the usual
oath, that by virtue of his office, as keeper of the privy
seal, he should not use any influence he might possess, to
the injury of the church as by law established, or the
bishops.
COURT OF KING'S BRNCH, Jinx IS.
DELIVERY OF CORN-EVANS V. FORSTER AND
ANOTHER.

This action was brought to recover a sum of money
claimed fur demurrage. The plaintiff complained that
the defendants, as con.-ignees of a quantity of corn which
arrived in the port of London, did not take it out of the
ship within the time allowed by the custom of the corn
trade, for delivery. The question was, whether the cus-
tom in the port of London, with respect to the delivery of
corn, required the consignees to take it out of the ship on
the third Monday after the arrival of the corn, or whether
the consignee was allowed a day or two, after the third
Monday had expiredt
Mr. Gurney, as counsel for the plaintiff, contended
tl:at his client was entitled to demand a claim of nine
guineas, the loss sustained by detention of his ship three
days after the corn ought to have been delivered. The
defendants, who were corn factors, carrying on business
to a great extent in the city of London, must have ample
proof of the custom of corn dealers, and he would defy
them to prove, to the satisfaction of the jury, that a
consignee had any right to keep a cargo ou board after
the expiration of the third Monday. The learned counsel
finally called two captains of ships in the corn trade, who
stated that the custom in the port of London was to de-
liver vessels on the third Monday, and that the consignee
was liable to pay damage for every day.after the third day.
The Attorney-General addressed the Jury for the de-
fendants, and contended that the consignee, according to
the custom of the trade, might wait two or three days
after the expiration of the third sale day. Custom required
the consignee to deliver within a reasonable time, and as
the defendants delivered this on the Thursday after the
third market day, they were within reasonable time.
Mr. Thomas Redhouse, a ship .broker in the City, said
he had been twenty-eight years accustomed to the corn
trade in the port of London. The custom was to allow
the consignee three market days for the purpose of sel-
ling his cargo, and a reasonable time for delivery. He
had never known any demand made for demurrage where
the cargo had not been delivered until three days after the
third Monday.
Lord Tenterden left the jury to saywhether the period
allowed for delivery had been complied with.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
Nine Guineas. The verdict is subject to a point of law
reserved in the case.