Star.
London, England, 1818-07-10 00:00:00

lERSSY, JULY 5.

kh Thursdiy and Friday last, five yowls eti..
"with-passengers from Ft ance. Ther brought iv:.
quantity of fowls, mostly alive. destle 4s. w
and chickens from 2s. to Es. a couple ; some
at three halfpence a pound ; indifferent be
mutton at sd. and 6d. a pound, not fresh. Oarrfti,
vessels that arrived here on Friday Iva; lueen
tirely with cherries, they sold from a Id. to !id.
pound. The quantity of fruit of all descrioe
never remembered to be so abundant in trptiazsesur
is this .season, nor such a promise of a great
Every at ticle of provisions is very dear in ..hrrscr,
notwithstanding the uncommon fineness of 64 c;,ra
bread still keeps up at Sid. the pound, and terfr.4
mutton from l Id. to Is. a pound. The Irtrivreu
bakes here are not very numerous ; to their rr—:,
nations and the supineness of the Magiltrx,..s:::
cessive price of provisions is in a great rnekv-it tr,s
attributed. Had it not been for the vast a
of potatoes, and their cheapness, the peer::
would not lave been able to procure iond.
has fallen in price here since the war, but li.3rot!
' witges.—Owing to the uncommon fine appeorace
the orchards and abundant crop of rpp:,rs, ty,:a is
now retailed at Id. the quart ; the Lauerat
a pound ; pease 9d. the pot or pottic,
There has scarcely been Ibiown in the ine,,sor
oldest person here such a long eantinuen.,! of isweather, nor such a prospect of -a
plentifit, .
The sun has been very hot. Wind, moinyl
breezes, from the S.S. W. and N. W.

Monday last, at the Theatre, during the reirez,
tatibn of The Conquest of Algiers, a lad, about fuz
teen years of age, apparently in liquor, had,g.a ti
one of the cross beams of the roe:; d:recy ere
the orchestra, where he dropt asleep, and fel: iris
on his head, a depth of more than 1:; Ittt, :u1,1”-•
is extraordinary, his skull was not

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bones broken. As there is no infirmary or Iloc.*::d
here' to receive those who meet with act:id:ins. !a
was carried to a public house, and mtwith,:.l:2ing
the violent contusions he received on the 142,1,
different parts of his body, he is likely to du wel

Tuesday Mr. Ross, boot•maker, cf Untehz-.4
went, in company with his apprentice, to b2:Lt•
the Thames, s•:hcn he get out of Lis &pia, ell
was drowned.

Wednesday morning, about half past six o'clock, ,e•
veral young men and boys were bathing in the !ke•
pentine River, in Hyde Park, near the bridge by tl.l
Barracks, when one of them, a genteel youth, cf alk:z
19 or 20 years of age, went out of his depth, and La
being able to swim, was drowned.
A melancholy occurrence took place at the Cm-r.
Keys Wash, Lincolnshire, on Sunday. Two lads biz:
in the most imminent danger of frowning, a you:
man, named Thomas Esdaile, we:.: to rescue ern,
in which he succeeded, but lost his own life in cid:a•
vouring to regain the shore.
Sunday mor.iing, about fear o'clock, a man tried
at Maidtoile, was :wakened by a strong sine. J
fire, and :pprcaching the room of his wife, w:w had
lain in but a few days, found the curtains and end
the bed-clothes in limn, and the poor woman let
aeleep. Assistance was immediately procure-!, and
-the Ere extinguished, but not till it had don cceci•
derable damage. The fire was e:casioned by asire
from a candle-left burning by the bed-side.
As a stage-coach was going at a remarkablY
pace up Cow-lane, West Smithfield, on Tuesday
ternoon, the coach, on going over a sink (which was
very low, not having been raised on a level with the
pavement) was overturned. Two persons were
thrown with great violence against a wall, and the
boond of h
the
ete coach f
pavement,
tileallyinfve o
were
others who, were
,iywhult.stlv•alking
We ale
sorry to add that three or four now lie in a very dan-
gerous state. •

BIRTH.
The 26th ult. at Barbr,,,:k, Argyllshire, Mrs. C.lpt. C.a.; 3,
of a son.

• M.l ft ED.
At St. Mary-la-bonne Church, on Thursday, the 9th hatutc
by the Rev. William Mead, Hugh Lewis Albert, Esq. let .1
the sStb Regiment, to Jane, only daughter of Matthin
Esq. of Tandridge Court, Godstorre:, Surrey, and niece n Ro•
bert Wilks, Esq. of Wanstead, Essex.-
July 7, at High Wycombe, Bucks, John M. Carter, reid
Hertford, to Susannah Sarah ; and at the mine time, VIA
Lewis, Esq. of Piggott's Hill, liens, to Eltanor, slacittn
of
the Rev. Janus Price, A.M. Rector of Great 31tmder, H.
and Vicar of nigh Wycombe.

DIED.
June 29, at Overton, Lanirkslaire, John InglK Crwirt
infant son of Capt. James Coutts Crawford, of Overton.
July. 2, at Stanwell, Middli.srx, after aloe Slaw, ef'.l4
Mania Gibbons, third dagghtcr of Sir John Cabana.
May 8, at Bee bier, Ralph John Jikis, Esq. younyvn son Cl
the late Sir John part. of Coekbeld-hall, Sub
JUne 10 in Novoorosl, the Russian Metropolitan UNA
Archbishop of the former place.
The 28th ult. at Aberdeen, aged G 3, Mr. Levee Nicol, Orr-
dresser ; a man, from his upright chat act.r and i.toffea.i‘v e
ners, highly respected by his friends and acquaintancts.
Yt
bas made the following charitable bequests :—To the lul-M7
of Aberdeen, tfs U.—To the Lunatic Asylum, ditto, I:1
—To the Sick Man's &witty, Old Aberdeen,
The 28th ult. at Aberdeen, Janet Youngson, at de vcry
vanced age of 101 years. She was a cause of de prob.
Logle, and was able to go about until a day or two teen aer
death, being on the streets on Friday secnight. llertnohtr,
Margaret Milne, a native of the neighbotainf pai>h to lovcro.
lived also to the age et 101.

COURSE OF
Amsterdam 7 0 a 2U.
Dittojat sight 56 6
Arnsttrdam ll 7 C. r.
Ditto at tit 11 4
Rotterdam... ....... S 2 U.
Antwerp, ca-mo. 11 11
Hamburgh 34 S U. '
iltona 54 6 2111.
Paris, S day's date 24 30
Ditto. p 24 50 9U.
Lknirdeaux de. 94 50
rrankfort

EMMA:COIL
Bilbao, elective IN
Glbraltat ......... St
Leghorn ......... St
Genoa ........ 471
Venice It 1. Liv.
Malta ........... 31
Naplo ...... 44
Palermo .......1:O4 per of
Lisbon ........... 5)
Oporto ......». . 19
Rio Janeiro ... .

PRICE OF STOC
Bk. Stock
Red. 781 a
Cons. 774.1 ex. div.
3i per Cent. 88i 88
4 per Ct. 96if,
Navy 104 106 ex. div.
Long Anns.2o 6-161

'KS YESTERDAY.
India Stock
Bonds 99 pr.
Omn, dis. par.
Exeh. Bills (21) 19 21
Ditto (4 ci) 20 21
Cous. for Ac. ITO
Lottery Tickts, 4,19 les

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