Star.
London, England, 1821-11-21 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

The LORD MAYOR yesterday held a Court of Alder-
men, when his Lordship laid before the Court the
most gracious Answer of his Misserry to the Ad-
dress presented on Friday, the 16th inst. which was
ordered to be entered on the Journals. The Court
uaanimously voted their Thanks to the late LORD
MAYOR, for his conduct throughout his Mayoralty—
(See Advertisement)—which was ordered to be pre-
sented to his Lordship in the usual manner. The
Inquest of St. Dunstan's presented sundry ruinous
houses, upon which the Court directed the Act of
Parliament to be put in force. The Inquest of Tower
Ward presented a serious nuisance near the Custom-
House, which was referred to the Alderman of the
Ward. The Court, upon hearing the Petition of
Messrs. CALYERT, ordered the proceedings against
them at the City's expense, to be stayed. Precepts
were directed to be issued for the Election of Com-
mon Councilmen, and other Ward Officers, on St.
Thomas's Day next. The Court were pleased unani-
mously to vote an allowance to Mr. WormrEn, in
consequence of the lamentable accident he met with
in the discharge of his duty—Mr. Wontner, we are
happy to say, is now considered out of danger.

Monday night was the first time of lighting St.
James's Park generally with gas. The lamps are
placed closet together than those in the streets, and
produce a splendid effect.
The ancient Church of the Jacobins, at Caen, was
destroyed by fire early in the morning of the 11th inst.
A letter from New York of the 18th of October,
states, that the State Prison of Auburn was on fife,
which commenced in the workshops of the criminals.
No account of the damage can as yet be ascertained.
At six o'clock on Monday evening, a fire broke out
in the manufactory of Mr. COLVIN, ink-maker, King-
street, Clerkenwell. Sevin, al engines were on the spot
in a short time, and being well worked and supplied
with water, the flames we: e confined to the premises
where they bgan, which were totally destroyed.
Two Gentlemen returning in a gig from a convi
vial meeting last week, were found on Whitchurch-
heath, Shropshire, inebriated and asleep, by some
persons, who took the horse from the vehicle, and set
him at liberty. The party did not awake till morning.
Monday night, a melancholy accident occurred at
the h,aise of Mr. FLOAT, .4 No. 14, John•street, St.
George's in the East :—Mrs. FLOAT, a feeble old
Lady, nearly eighty years of age, sitting by herself
in the first-flo,r, her clothes caught fire, and before
assistance could reach her she was so dreadfully burnt,
that she expired in a few hours.
Sunday morning the body of a respectable looking
middle-aged man was found at low water lying in
the mud, at the foot of Allhallows-stairs, Upper
Thames. street. He was dressed in a black coat, buff
waistcoat, blue trowsers, shoes, and gaiters. His shirt
was marked W. D. S. There was nothing whatever
found in his pockets.—An Inquest was held on Mon-
day night at the Steel-yard Coffee-house, on the body.
Verdict—Found drowned.
Monday seennight, a distressing accident took place
at the windmill, situate at the entrance of the town
of Kirkham. Thomas Waddington, the miller, ob-
serving a greyhound in imminent danger of being
struck by the sails, ran towards him, and when in
the act of drawing the dog front danger, received
himself a blow from one of the sails, which shivered
his arm, from the elbow to the fingers, in a dreadful
manner. Medical aid was immediately procured,
and it was found necessary to amputate the limb.
A countryman and his wife, near Perth, who were
in the habit of dipping the eggs intended for market
in a solution of vitriol, to whiten them, and give them
a fresh amearance, had a dispute a few days since,
when the husband attempted to throw the bottle of
vitriol at his wile. She intercepted it with her hands,
by which the bottle was !woken, and the contents
thrown back in the face of the husband, who has been
blind eves since, and will never, in all probability,
recover the use of his eyes.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—
Cosoisris isucesv.— londay evening the Inquest on the body
of Cully was resumed. The Coroner and the Jury, in the in-
terval of the adjournment, had inspected the scaffolding erected
at the Cathedral, in which duty they were attended by the Su-
perintendent of the Works and his assistants. Two more wit-
nesses were examined ; one of whom was the foreman, who
deposed that he saw the deceased himself remove a plank of the
scaffolding, without any directions so to do ; and it was his opi-
nion, that had it nut been so removed the fatal accident would
not have occurred. The Coroner thought there had been a
want of due precaution; every possible means of security ought
to be adopted when men were so perilously exposed. The Sur-
veyors and others employed in the superintendence of the works,
went into explanations, which proved that no neglect could
justly be imputed. The Jury said, that they had taken gteat
pains to investigate the matter ' • there might be a little want of
caution, which they hoped would not again occur; and they re-
turned a verdict of Accidental Death, with the forfeiture of the
scaffold.
A Gnosr !—A person of High Fashion died the
other day, at a celebrated watering-place, and a Lady
lately hired the house, at a rental of 365 guineas a
year. A few nights subsequent to the new occu-
pant's arrival, the Lady was alarmed by a rustling
of silks along the gallery and passages. Suddenly
the door flew open, and, like Lady Macbeth, the per- I
son first alluded to appeared at the head of the bed,
with a candle in her hand, and demanded the pillow
on which the Lady reclined her head. The latter
shrieked, and fainted; the noise alarmed a female at-
tendant. The waiting :maid. ridiculed what she
called thefally of her mistress ; and the Abigail in-
sisted upon occupying her mistress's place on the suc-
ceeding night. About midnight the servant made
more noise than her mistress, for she actually roused
the whole neighbourhood ; and a stranger would
have supposed that it was a body lying in state, the
egress and regress being so incessant. The maid
gave the same account as her mistress. The ghost
demanded the pillow—she knew nothing more, fur
fright took away her senses. Several Gentlemen are
now employed in developing this mysterious transac-
tion, and there is no doubt of the speedy discovr
of the trickstet s of the scene.
£30,0300 Money in SharesbyCAßßOLL.—No.ll,4B6,
Drawn Yesterday a Prize of Thirty Thousand
Pounds, was Sold in Shares by CARROLL, at his For-
tunate Offices, 19, Coruhill, and 26, Oxford-street. It
will be recollected that, CARROLL also Sold the very
Last £3O,0(0 Consols ever Drawn.
NEWsrAFERS.—One of the earliest country news-
papers was printed by a man named MoOGRIDGE,
who used to insert the intelligence from Yorkshire
under the head of Foreign News !

EXECU.TIONS-THIS MORNING.

At eight o'clock this morning, the awful sentence
of the law was carried into execution, in front of the
Debtors'-door, at Newgate, upon the following unfor-
tunate convicts :—George Smith, aged 51, sad John
Cabelia, 24, both forhighway robbery under aggra-
vated circumstances; William Harding, aged 65, foe
sheep-stealing ; William Garton, 24, for a burglary in
the house of Mr. Nightingale, Vincent-square, West-
minster, from which considerable property was stolen;
and the four following for uttering forged £5 Bank of
England Notes--John Ellis, 21t, Thomas Tapley, 23$
Edmund Sparrow,
21, and Josiah Cadman, 26.
Ellis and Sparrow were both very respectably con-
nected. Cadman had served as Clerk in the Marines,
and been afterwards in the employment of a respectable
Solicitor, at Clerkenwell ; he was a man of some lite-
raryattainments, and driven, it is said, to the com-
mission of the clime, for which he paid the forfeit of
his life, by actual distress. His wife was tried and
convicted with him, but has been since reprieved.
On being brought up to receive sentence, he ad-
dressed the RECORDER, and pleaded hard for his wife,
after urging, in pathetic terms, the novelty of his
appearing as a criminal.
The Bank, on the trials of these unfortunate men,
refused to grant the customary indulgence of pleading
to the minor offence, and Cadman s application fur
that permission was refused. On Sunday, while at-
tending the Condemned Sermon, the unfortunate man
publicly offered up thanks to the Throne of DIVINE
Mat= for the favour extended to his wife, and de-
clared his perfect resignation to his own fate. Great
exertions were made, but in vain, to obtain a respite
for the unfortunate man ; and his wife, who is incon-
solable, earnestly entreated to die with him. She has
with difficulty been induced to partake of nourishment
of any description.
Since the arrival of the warrant for their execution,
the unfortunate men sedulously devoted themselves
to prayer, and to the consolatory advice of the Ordi-
nary, the Rev. Mr. COTTON, who remained in close
attendance upon them.
Cabelia, being aJew, was attended by persons of his
own persuasion, wh• remained up with him all night.
Yesterday evening their respective friends were
admitted to take a final leave, and the most heart-
rending scene took place, several of the persons hav-
ing large families who wept around them in the most
piteous manner; and were with difficulty separated
from the respective objects of their affection.
A little before seven o'clock this morning the new
Sheriffs, GARRATT and VENABLES, arrived at New-
gate to superintend this most painful duty of their
office. The prisoners were, in half an hour after-
wards, brought from the Chapel to the Press-yard,
where the Keeper of Newgate, Mr. BROWNE, deli-
vered them into the hands of the proper officers;
their irons were then struck off, and the arrange-
ments were made for the fatal close of the scene.
Sparrow made a remark to Cadman upon the crowd
in the Press-yard, which seemed to displease him.—
Cadman said, he bad :tither not have seen so many.
The latter, when relieved from his irons, exclaimed,
" Thank Gon, I am relieved from that load nowt"
Cadman then advanced to the Sheriffs, and said
he had indulged the fondest hopes of a reprieve from
the Bank. He conceived, he said, that his was a
hard case, as, on wishing to plead to the minor of-
fence, he met with a refusal, although many noto-
rious utterers of forged notes, who had been for years
on the town, had been in the habit of receiving that
permission: he added, he was perfectly resigned to
his fate, and hoped for that mercy hereafter which
was denied him here. He expressed his hope that
they would interfere to save a boy named South,
who was ordered for execution on Tuesday, as he
looked upon his case to be very bard: he also hoped
that the blood spilled this morning would act as a
sufficient warning to the multitude, and compensate
for their offences.
The Sheriffs then took leave of the prisoners, and
led them, according to the usual arrangement, to
the scaffold.
Cadman was supported by the Rev. Mr. COTTON,
and ascended the scaffold first. When the executioner
had made the final arrangements, at Cadman's re-
quest, the cap was lifted up from his face, and he
addressed the crowd in a strong and firm voice. He
said, he hoped that the fate which they were now
about to witness would have the desired effect. They
were about to see four young men executed for pass-
ing forged notes ; and he begged leave to say, that,
in his particular case, he conceived the Bank be-
haved to him with rather unusual rigour : he, on
being taken, had disclosed to the Bank all lie knew
respectingthetraffic in Bank notes, and he was entitled,
from what he had heard, having never passed but one
note, to some indulgence. Necessity, great neces-
sity, alone induced him to pass that one. He again
hoped that this example, dreadful as it was to the suf-
ferers and to their families, and painful as it must be to
every one who witnessed it, would not be ineffectual.
The unhappy men were attended on the scaffold
by the Rev. Mr. COTTON and Mr. BAKER ; and Ca-
belia had the assistance of two Priests of the Jewish
persuasion. Harding trembled very much; but all
the others behaved with great fortitude.
The crowd, which notwithstanding the wetness of
the morning, was immensely great, displayed much
apparent sympathy for the sufferers, and when Cad-
man was speaking stood uncovered, paying the ut-
most attention.
The unhappy men took final leave of each other,
and Ellis fainted. About 55 minutes past eight
the drop fell, and they were launched into eternity.
While the unhappy men wtre passing in melan-
choly procession from the press-yard to the place of
execution, the five convicts who are ordered for exe-
cution on Tuesday next, were distinctly heard singing
hymns, and preparing for that fate to which they
were so soon doomed to follow the wretched beings
'who suffered this morning.
ery

The Rev. JOINT RADCLIFFE, Vicar of Doddington
has most liberally deducted 2O per cent. on his tithes
in that parish,
In consequence of the death of the Rev. Dr. Bo lOU,
of Kilworth, the Rev. Mr. O'Ken?s, who has been
Parish Priest of Kanturk for many years, was re-
moved by the venerable Bishop of the diocese, to
Kilworth, being the place of his nativity ; but the
parishioners of Kanturk have objected to the nomi-
nAtion made by the Bishop, and have accordingly
locked up the Chapel.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. •

WORCESTER NOVEMBER MEETING.
The above Races, on Saturday se'nnight, were numerously
attended ; the sport was excellent. and as follows :
Sweepstakes of Five Guineas each, with a Cup value Twenty
Guineas, given by T. C. Hornyold, Esq. for horses the pro-
perty of Freeholders of the County. Mile and quarter heats.
Gentlemen riders.
Mr. Findon's gr. m. Annie
Mr. Shepherd's b. g. by Sir IMe
Lord Deerkurst's b. m. Zara
Mr. Evan?* ch. g. Repository - •
Mr. WMiams's br. in. Brown Ben -
Mr. T. Plckersgill's gr. g. The Bachelor -
Mr. Brock's b. g. Navigator

4 1 1
2 2 It
1 6 6
7, 3 3
4 4
6 7 3
3 sdr

5 to I apt the winner; Sir Ulie the favourite ; won easy.
Sweepstakes of sgs. each, with 25gs. added. One mile beats.
Mr. Mytton's br. e. Halston - 2 1 1
Mr. R. L. Charlton's b. f. by Crispin - - 1 2 2
Mr. T. Rea's gr. g. Forester - - - 5 5 3
Mr. Hornyold's b. g. Black Rock - - - 6 4dr
Hon. Mr. Coventry's eh. m. Dido - 4 sdr
Mr. J. Fitzherbert's b. m. Victorine - - 7 4 dr
Mr. Canning's cb. f. Molly Bran - - - 4 7dr
Mr. Beardswurth's b. c. Mars - - 3 dr
7to 4 apt the winner. F.ach beat was severely contested, and
only won by a head.
Sweepstakes of Five Guineas each. Two miles.
Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. the Vampyre -
Mr. J. Fitzherbett's b. m. Victorine -
Mr. Charlton's eh. m. Rowena -
Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. Mars -
Mr. Bartley's ch. h. Snowden -
Mr: Canning's ch. f. Molly Bran

- 1

An excellent race.
Sweepstakes of sgs. each, with a Cup value 20gs. added. Onie
mile beats.—Gentlemen riders.
Mr. Morton's b. m. Ruediger -
Mr. Godson's cb. g. Militiaman
Mr. Evans's b. g. by Sir Oliver
Mr. Till's b. g. Fearnought
Mr. Thorn's ch. m. Juliet

1 1
2 3
4 2
6 S
5 4

—... __ __
2 to 1 on Roadster.—Won easy.
TROTTING MATCH.
Yesterday sennight, Captain Auxx, of Newbottle, under.
took, for a wager of Five Guineas, to trot his brown horse Sib.
vertail fourteen miles within the hour, carrying last. The per.
formance took place on the Morpeth road, starting at the Barra.
Bridge, to go seven miles out and back, which he performed in
one minute and a half under the time.
IMPROVING THE BREED OF HORSF.S IN INDIA.

Two of the Duke of YORL'S stallions, the one by Frimong
and the other by Haphazard, out of Arabella:were sold on Sr
turday to the Directors of the East India Company, at high
prices, to send to India, for the purpose of improving the breed
of that country,
ROYAL HUNT PREVENTED BY A FLOOD.

Last Friday, being the day appointed for his MAJEWIT'S Stag.
hounds to hunt, a tine deer was turned out for the day's diver.
lion, by Salt Hill, but just as the deer was being turned out of
the cart, a tremendous heavy rain began to fall, and continued,
without intermission, for two hours, which entirely put an end
t• the day's sport. The rain that fell that day, caused the
greatest land flood that ever was known in the neighbourhood
of Windsor and Froginore. The water came down with such
force from Windsor Forest to the low grounds, that every ditch
was completely full ; the meadows were covered for miles round,
and men on horseback were employed to drive the cattle out of
them, to avoid their being lost. The long walk in Windsor
Park was under water ; also Sheet-street, and other parts of
the town of Windsor. The Hope Inn, between Windsor and
Frogmote, had four feet of water in the house, which drove the
inhabitants into the upper floors, and the only method they had
of obtaining food was by it being conveyed to them by the one
pair of stairs windows. The lower part of the houses near that
spot were also under water. There was no possibility of pass..
lug on foot on the road to Frogmote. A great portion of the
gardens attached to the Princess Auousta's residence were
under water. It was the greatest land flood recollected by the
oldest inhabitant.
Monday the Berkeley Hunt Club dined together at the King's
Bead, Gloucester.