Star.
London, England, 1828-09-19 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY FIAT.

Yesterday ',insight • tisgetat wager was decided at both
Hinkory, sear Oxford, for la Thomas Randle engaged to knock
down a single skittle pin SOO times out of 1.000. with a bowl
weighing Nibs. and at. eke distance of nine yards Isom the, pin.
Randle knodind down the pin 441 times, when he missed once;
be theu.threw the bowl 546 times, again missed the pin, and car
*Cod his task in two boors sod eighteen minutes, with twenty
pins over. The distance the bowl was thrown was eve miles and
300 yards. The weight he threw daring the time was throe tons
15cwt. and 15lbs.

Old Coz and his son Robert, the convicts concerned
In the Drayton murder, mere bent off from Shre*sbery
gaol on Monday, to be transported for life. The son
had resumed all his indifference and obstinacy previous
to his departure, and said he knew such tricks as would
hang the half of Drayton. The old man cried bitterly
on his departure.

CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Sem le.
Our market was brisk this morning for the sale of line English
Bed Foreign Wheat, at an improvement of fall Ss. per quarter on
the prices of Monday. Mack business was transacted ; maw of
the factors asked as bigit as Na. per "tarter for some floe samples.
The Barley at market was very indifferent, bat it maintained out
last quotation. The Oat Trade was lively at Monday's prices, and
In some instances more money was obtained.
DistiaThillows nonlife ma wane
English qrsl Irisk I Foreign • I Flour
Wheat 7,5•0 1,9110 9,900 9,400 sacks.
, Barley 1.150 eng
Oats 1,500 11,900 SOSO
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Sue.
Beef 41.t0 4s. 4d. Mutton 4s. N. to 4e. $4. Veal 41. W. tq
.se. 4d. Pork 45. $4. to Is. 14. Lamb 4s. 10d. to ss. 4d.—Cattiest
market v.-Beasts atil-a-deep and Lamb 7.37o—Pigs 140—Calves
le& Hay per 10•44 !or to an 10e. Clover ISs. to
106. Od. Straw it IS& to 41 les.

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, SEPT. 18.

OLD COURT.
Before Mr. Sergeant A min.

William Jones was convicted of felony, in stealing
from the dwelling house of F. Haley, Esq. atTottenham,
various a tides of plate, of the value of 101.
John Carr was tried for stealing from the person of
Simpson Tasker a hat.
The prosecutor was asleep on the steps rf a door in
Der by-lane at two o'clock in the morning of the 7th of
July, and it was proved that the prisoner was seen near
him, and also that he had pawned the hat the next day.
A great number of persons gave the prisoner a good
character. Verdict, Guilty.
horns Beagle was tried for stealing four burnishing
tools, value 6s. the property cf Samuel Robinson.
The prisoner, when he was taken into custody, ad•
Mitred that he had pawned the things ; and the pro-
srcu or deposed that he found them at the pawnbroker%;
but he admitted that there were no marks on them to
dLtinguish them from other tools.
Two persons gave the prisoner a good character ; and
the Jury found him Guilty, but recommended him to
mercy.
Daniel Bailey was indicted for having intermarried
with Ann Lawton—his wife Mary being living.
George Aris, a police-officer, produced the certificate
of the prisoner's marriage with Mary Jackson, in the
pari h church of Chatham, on the 19th of Dec. 1812.
James Davis said he was present at the marriage.
Aril then produced the second certificate of the pri•
loner's marriage with Ann Lawton, in the parish of St.l
George, Ha tiover.squar e, on the Ist of November, 1823.,
William Copewell said, he knew the prisoner's first
wife; she was living when he married the second.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he ought to thank
the last witness and his wife for his second marriage.

He described his wife to be a most abandoned character.

Alter living with her the I fe of a dog for eleven years,
they agreed to separate and never speak to each other
again. He then married his second wife, because he
had a respect for her.
Ari,, the officer, then stated that the second wife had
absconded, because she would not appear against him.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended
him `to mercy.
Louisa Caulfield was found Guilty of stealing a watch
from Wiliam Russel, and sentenced to fourteen years,
transportation.
James Calbride was fogad Guilty of embezzling
81. ls. 4d. the property of his master, a baker, in the
Commercial-road. The prisoner was sentenced to trans-
portation for seven years.
The Learned Judges left the Old Bailey Court this
d•y. The Sessions are expected to be over on Monday.
NEW COURT.