Star.
London, England, 1821-10-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING ROOM, OCTOBER 25.
DM!.
11 to 1 apt c. nut of Sycorax 13 to 1 apt Marcella,
12 to 1 apt c. out of Land- 18 to 1 apt Plover c.
scups 20 to 1 apt c. out of Pawn.
OA/LO.
la to 1 apt f. out of Reserve 12 to 1 apt f. out of Tipplty-
-10 to 1 apt Major Wilson witchet
12 to 1 agst f. out of Pope Joan
blittalis.--6 to 4 Mr. Crockford's beats Cudinal York.
7 to 4 Gustavus beats Pashaw.
S to 4 Tressilian beats North Wester.
HUNTING.
The Melton Mowbray Fox-hounds are killing everything this
season. They are so much improved by purchasing the best of
various other packs that nothing can escape them.
H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds meet on Tuesday nett at Chip-
stead Church, and on Friday at Selwood Common.
The Surrey Hounds meet on Monday at Foiley Hatch ; on
Thursday at Addington Village ; and Saturday at Godstone.
The Harriers Meet on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
next, at Kennel.

About the beginning of July last year, a female
weasel, of the largest species, was taken alive in a
field at Craigie, near Perth. The person who caught
it amused himself by taming this little animal. In a
few weeks the weasel appealed to be perfectly recon-
ciled to the narrow bounds of the house, through
which it was allowed to range, and became so fami-
liar with its host, as to eat out of his hand, climb
round his person, and go into his pockets in search
of food. In the month of December, this animal was
delisiered of four young ones, which were also treated
with all possible care by the owner of the house. The
weather having become very cold, the dam one night
removed her tender family from the floor to the bed,
and lodged them safely under the blanket at her
host's feet. On seeing this, he took one of them, and
kept it in his hand on the pillow. The dam appeared
alarmed, and ran about him, making a plaintive noise";
but seemingly assured that no harm was to be done
its young, she brought the other three, one by one,
and laid them on his hand. The parent weasel has
since been killed by accident.
The substantial residence now building for Mr.
BARING, in Piccadilly, proceedi with great rapidity.
It is partly covered in. Behind the great drawing-
room will be a saloon dedicated to the Fine Arts.
This apartment will be at least thirty feet high, and
be lighted by a glass dome from the roof.
Yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock,
an old house, coiner of Maddox-street, Regent-street,
which had been formerly well-known by the name of
the Swallow-street eating-house, fell with a tre-
mendous crash, by which a woman, named Glanville,
With her infant, a fine child about 18 months old,
were killed. The husband of Mrs. Glanville was a
carpenter employed in building the new houses in
Regent-street, and lived with his family in the house
which fell, for convenience. He had paid no rent
for some time past, as the house was condemned. On
Friday morning some person told them it would fall
in twenty-four hours, and they made up their minds
to quit it yesterday morning. The husband was at
Work, and at the time above-mentioned it was ob-
served that the walls were giving way. Mrs. Glan-
ville heard a creak, and her eldest son, 14 years old,
in,tantly ran out; she seiked the infant and another
chili two years old to follow, but she only reached
the door when. the house fell, biurjing herself and the
infant in the ruins. The other child was pitched into
the street, and was taken to Mr. Brookes s, by Gook,
the constable, when it was found lie had received no
serious injury. Giok and Westbrook, an officer of
Marl!)orctigh-street, procured some men who dug
oat the dead bodies of Mrs. Glanville and her infant.
• While they were engaged in so doing, a Gentleman,
named Cassamajor, who was accidentally passing,
and observing them in a perilous situation under the
party-wall, which was on the point of falling gave
the officers a guinea to procure more men to prop it
up, which was immediately done.
A melancholy occurrence took place on the Ilinck-
• ley-road, Worcestershire, on Friday night. As Mr.
Corbett, a farmer, was riding towards the Red Cow,
he overtook a waggon going at a furious rate. On
expostulating with the driver, who was sitting upon
the shafts, on the impropriety of going so fast, high
words ensued between them. Arriving at the above
house, Mr. Corbett got off his horse, and a scuffle
ensued, when both fell, and the horses taking fright,
they were both run over. The unfortunate wab•rgoner,
whose name was Cooke, then getting up, walked or
rather staggered a few paces, and fell again, and was
carried into the public-house, where he immediately
expired. The wheal of the waggon had passed over
his breast, and come in contact with the shoulder of
Mr. Corbett, who was also much bruised. An Inquest
was held on the body, and a verdict of Accidental
Death returned. The deceased has left a wife and
six or seven children.
Yesterday an Inquisition was taken at the Unicorn,
Covent-Garden, before 'l'. litcca, Esq. Deputy Coro-
ner, on the body of a fine male child, found dead the
preceding evening in Covent-Garden Market. Mr.
Morris, of Chandos-street, who had examined the
child, deposed that it appeared to have been born
about 18 or 20 days. There were blows on the body,
.which, in his opinion, caused its death ; they were six
in number, and had been inflicted with a red hot
poker. Verdict—Wilful Murder, against some per-
son or persons unknown. -
. On the 12th August, a dreadful fire broke out at
Fredericksham (Finland), which, in the space of six
hours, reduced nearly the whole town to ashes. Two
Churches, 110 houses, the Town House, and several
public buildings, were destroyed. Only ten houses
were saved. The unfortunate inhabitants saved no-
thing but their lives.
Sunday night the village of Yeasly was put into
much alarm by a fire which broke out in the stable
of Mr. BEN WELL, a farmer, and in a few minutes the
whole yard was is a blaze; a farm-yard on each side
next caught fire, and the whole of the out-buildings,
and eight ricks were destroyed, but it did not reach
the houses ; three horses were burnt. It was occa-
sioned by a boy in the stable racking up, when he
carelessly set fire to the straw loft.
Tuesday evening, at dusk, as William Franks, setts
want to Mr. SzalTl4, Strand, was conveying a valuable
parcel, near the entrance of the Green.-Park, Hyde-
Park-corner, be was attacked by two men, who
knocked him down; he keeping fast hold of his parcel,
he fell upon it, and on his callinikfor assistance, the
robbers made offs taking with them his ujnbrella only.