Star.
London, England, 1821-10-24 00:00:00

MATCH AGAINST TIME.

A match was run yesterday morning, for a considerable sum,
by a young Gentleman, from the corner of Paternoster-row,
Ave-Maria-lane, to the Obelisk, St. George's-fields, in ten mi-
nutes. Mr. lip started at a quarter past six, ran down the
Broadway, along Water-lane, and along Blackfriars-bridge, where
he crossed to the right side of the Surrey-road, and reached the
Obelisk at twenty-one minutes and a half past six, winning his
wager by three minutes and a half—ten to one on time.

TO LADY HOLLAND,
ON NAPOLEON'S LEGACY OF A SNUFF-SOL

Gift of the Hero on his dying day.
To her whose pity watch'd, for ever nigh;
Oh! could he see the proud, the happy ray,
This relic lights up in her generous eye,
Sighing, he'd feel how easy 'tis to pay
A friendship all his kingdoms could not buy!
Paris, July, 1821. THOS. MOORE

At Nine o'Clock on Tuesday Morning the Wheel
goes round, and within a few minutes after Somebody
will find himself possessed of an independent fortune
of Thirty Thousand Pounds, real Money, not Stock.
The Egyptians wrote on linen, as appears by the
bandages on their Mummies, the cloth being fist
painted over. Moses may have written on such a
cloth, not liable to crack when folded—Papyrus was
not known till after the building of AlexAndtia.—
Parchment was adopted by EumENEs, in the second
century before Cnatsr.
FRENCH ELECTIONS.—The result of the Elections
(says the AlAiteur) is now known. Every one calcu-
lates the ptpbabilities, and compares the relative force
of the party to which he attaches himself. It has been
justly said, that ever y name which comes forth from
the electoral urn is a declaration of principle, and here
it is seen, beyond a doubt, that France rejects the Re-
volutionists: the Chamber will then present, according
to every probability, a majority decidedly resolved to
insure the triumph of legitimate Royalty. The only
thing which remains to be desired is, that this majo-
rity should be agreed as to the means. If it should
be divided into two or three sections, would not the
minority be more powerful than each separate divi-
sion ? This is the question which at present engages
attention, and will, we trust, be solved to the great
advantage of the Country and the Monarchy.
The sum of £5300 was received at the Custom-
house, Portsmouth, during the last year, for duties
on eggs, which pay tenpence for every 120 imported;
consequently, 15,261.,000 must have been landed at
that pott during the twelve months. It is singular,
but true, that many of the eggs importeil into this
country, are sold retail in London at eighteen and
to enty for a shilling, while the importers, for what
they sell on the coast, demand eight shillings per
hundred I
It is reported that a Jury will be speedily called
upon to decide the legality of claims, embracing, it is
said, nearly two-thirds of the valuable property long'
enjoyed by the• Corporation of a Borough Town in
the West, not 100 miles from Exeter. The claimant
is a very poor man, and very sanguine of success.
Sunday night, during the storm, a daring and ex-
tensive robbery was committed in the upper story of
the house of Mr. CAMERON, a pawnbroker, at the
corner of Drury-court, near the New Church, in the
Strand. About twelve o'clock on Monday, one of
Mr. CAMERON'S servants, on going into' the ware-
house at the top of the house, discovered that it had
been broken into and robbed ; above three hundred
different pledges were unpacked, and a selection of
the most valuable of their contents had been made
and carried off by the thieves, the others were strewed
about the floor in every direction. An entry had
been effected by forcing the sky-light out, and it is
conjectured, from the manner in which the place was
found, that they must have remained on the premises
for several hours. Footsteps were traced over the
tops of the houses to an untenanted house in Swan-
yard, where it is supposed the robbers divided their
booty, as some paper in which the stolen property
was enveloped was found. Their passage over the
houses must have been extremely hazardous, as they
were necessitated to pass for about 60 yards along a
wall nine inches in thickness, and 50 feet in height.
A female was apprehended on Monday evening in
Drury-lane, having in her possession at the time a
damask tablecloth and a pair of buckskin breeches,
which have been identified by Mr. CAMERON as be-

ing part of the stolen property.
The re-examination of the case of Wyatt, the sexton,
and Howe, the grave-digger, of St. James's, charged
with stealing inscriptions from coffin lids, took place
yesterday at Marlborough-street Office. Howe was
committed to Newgate for trial, and the sexton was
held in sureties to appear to take his trial.
The Magistrates of Ayr have received a respite,
during his MAJR.STY'S pleasure, of the sentence of
death pronounced on Allan Car;ewell, at the last Cir-
cuit, for forgery.
THE SLAVIC TRADE.—It is computed that the
number of Slaves annually imported into the city of
Rio Janeiro alone, in the course of a year, is from 20
to 30,000, besides what are imported into the other
parts of the Brazils. .
Hum. WHALE Fisusay.—The following is a sum-
mary of the comparative produce of the two last
years of this trade:—ln the year 1820, the amount
of oil produced by the importation of blubber was,
for llull, 8048 tuns; for Grimsby, 180 tuns ; making
in the whole 8228 tuns. This year, the amount is
calculated, at the outside, at 5794 tuns, making a
diminution of produce for this year, With all its-ha-
zards, of 2434 tons. We had hoped to have an-
nounced the arrival of the ships that had escaped the
destruction we have recited, but are denied that plea-
sure. We can, however, state, that they are at no great
distance from home, anghat in a day or two, without
further accident, they will be in port, and the sem of
' the injury experienced known. We are sorry to say,
that this injury is not confined to the ships recorded
1 as lost, but that several others have received great
1 damage and run great risks—such risks as make us
• 'shudder in the recital, and almost wish that not auc-
. thership should be sent to Davis' Straits.
•

Yesterday morning, between two and three o'clock,
Mr. GROIUM Ports, of North-street, Lambeth, one
of the proprietors of the Woolwich coach, was awoke
by a cry of fire: he instantly leaped out of bed and
alarmed the family, for the house was then in flames,
rushed down to the stables, turned !rime the horses,
seventeen in number, and succeeded in saving the
whole of them. He next proceeded to collect his fa-
mily, and found his son missing ; but be almost im-
mediately appeared at the window and boldly threw
himself into the arms of his father. The house was com-
pletely gutted before the engines could obtain water.

Wednesday evening. a pile of faggots, containing
six loads, standing near Longpari.h, belonging to
Mr. LAWRENCE, of Sutton Scotney, was wilfully set
on fire, and the whole consumed.

Yesterday, a young woman, of the name of Mary
Lloyd, servant in the family of H. Cox, Esq. at Up.
bridge, having some business to transact in London,
went to the Three Tuns Inn, in that town, for the
purpose of going by the coach, which bad not come
up, and she retired to the parlour to await its arrival.
She had not been there many minutes before she fell
back in the chair and expired. Medical assistance
was instantly procured, but the vital spark had fled.
Friday afternoon, a female residing in Birmingham,
and who was subject to fits, fell into the fire, and was
burnt to death.

Yesterday, about one o'clock in the afternoon, a
bricklayer, who was at work on the top of the house
of Mr. BRIGGS, pawobroker, in St. John-street, un-
fortunately missed his footing, was precipitated into
the street, and killed on the spot. He has left a wife
and two children. _

Yesterday, an Inquest was held at the Coach and
Horses, Isleworth, on the body of Mrs. Hopkins.— It
appeared, that while the coach was stopping to let a
Lady out, the horses started off at full speed, and over-
turned the coach, there being no person left at their
heads; when the deceased was thrown from the roof,
and so much injured as to cause her death. Verdict
—Accidentally killed by the overturning of a coach.
An Inquest was held at the King's Arms, Houns-
low, on the body of W. Lynch, who got behind the
Englefield-green stage ; when his foot slipped, and his
apparel becoming entangled with the whrel, drew his
body between the wheels and the body of the coach,
by which his breast-bone was broken, and his body
squeezed flat. Verdict—Accidentally Killed.
Tuesday se'nnight as the Bristol Mail-coach was
leaving Marlborough, the horses took fright and
overturned it, by which accident the coachman's
skull was fractured, and he died the next evening.—
The guard was much hurt in one of his arms, but is
in a tair way of recovery. There were four inside
and three outside pas engers, but all escaped without
material injury, except one Gentleman, who is in a
fair way of doing well.
Monday evening, a covered caravan, belonging to
the Earl of LIVERPOOL, was robbed on its way from
London to his Lordship's residence at Combe Wood,
of a quantity of linen and other valuable property.—
The robbery ii supposed to have been committed near
the mile-stone on the Wandsworth-road, and was ef-
fected by means of forcing off the padlock and iron
bar, which secured the door at the back of the caravan.
Saturday last, a bill was preferred before the Grand
Jury, at Westminster, against Edward Horner, for the
murder of John Wilson, who was killed when fighting
a pitched battle with the former, on the morning of
Sunday se'nnight, at Millbank, Westminster. The
Jury ignored the bill. Homer has been committed
to Newgate, and on Friday next will be arraigned at
the Old Bailey, upon the Coroner's warrant.

Monday sennight was committed to the House of
Correction, at Birmingham, Alizabeth Stephens, for
fortune-telling. It appeared that she charged her
customers Is. if their fortune was told by cards; 2s.
if by the glass; and ss. if her response required a
communication with the planets. 'She has practised
in this way upon many servants in that place. There
were found £l5 in Bank notes sewed up in her clothes,
and 20s. in silver iq her pockets. She had lately
come from Bristol, where she had carried on the
same trade, and left that place for fear of prosecution.

MANCHESTrk OUTRAGII.—We learn from Man-
chester that actions fpr assaults have been commenced
against Major Birley, Captain Wittlington, Mr. Alex-
ander Oliver, and Meagher, the trumpeter, for their
conduct on the disgraceful 16th of August. The
name of the plaintiff is Johnson, but not the indivi-
dual of that name who was tried with Mr. Hunt.
Should Mr. Johnson persevere, the actions will come
ou for trial at the Lancaster Assizes for March next.

The best legs of mutton and pork were sold last
week at Plymouth at threepence-hait'penny per pound
—a pair of soles weighing eight pounds, one shilling,
and inferior fish in proportion.
A bird of very uncommon appearance, called, in
Northumberland, the golden-headed wren, was seen
on Friday near Longtown. It is about the size of
the humming-bird, .fts a beautiful tuft of bright red
on its head, alai the feathers of its wings are of va-
riegated colours.
We are glad to meet, on Mr. PHILLTIPS'S atrthotitr,
with a full and 'atisfactory refutation of that most
unlikely theory, that the golden pippin, and some
others of our very best apples, wet e degenerating,
and rapidly disappearing, from mete sympathy with
the patent stuck. Last year, both in Covent Garden-
market and the nurseries round London, there was as
fine and as plentiful a crop of golden pippins as was
perhaps ever known.
An apple has been gathered at Aldbury, near Salis-
bury, weighing one pound and an ounce, and mea-
suring 14 inches in circumference.
PRICE OF WHEAT Im FatLacE.—At one of the
largest monthly corn markets in Picardy, last week,
the very best seed wheat sold at sixty francs (fifty
shillings) the 3001b3. French weight, which is ten
francs, or Bs. 4.d. more than the same kind of wheat
sold for at that market, at this time last year.
Cosa Esesonve Nunot-LAys, OC 24.—We have bad las
little Wheat, fresh in since 111onday, but a very Inge quantity
remained over from that day's supply, and prime dry samples
support the prices of that day ; but there is scarcely any demand
for the rough and inferior qualities. What little fine bright Bar-
ley appeared to-day, sold P. per quarter higher than on Mon-
day, the recent decline of prices Imving produced an increased
dearand—but there is no amendment in the discoloured and
sprouted samples. Beans, Peas, and Oats were very be-vy sate
at Monday's prices,, owing to sufersblmdant arrivals.

MAN.

TERMED PROM AN. APOLOCIORRT DR.

Affliction, one day, as she hark'd to the roar
Of the stormy and struggling billow,
Drew a beautiful form on the sands of the shore,
With the branch of a weeping willow!
Jupiter, struck with the noble plan,
As be roamed on the verge of the ocean,
Breathed on the figure, and calling it Mae,
Endued it with life and motion !
A creature so glorious in mind and in frame.
So stamped with each parent's impression,
Among them a point of contention became,
Each claiming the right of possession !
Ile is mine, said Affliction—l gave him his birth—
I alone am his cause of creation;
The materials were furnished by me, answered Earth;
I gave him, said Jove, animation !
The Gods, all assembled in solemn Divan,
After hearing each claimant's petition,
Pronounced a definitive verdict on Man,
And thus settled his fate's disposition:
' Let Affliction possess her own child till the woo
Of life cease to harass and goad it;
After death give his body to Birth, whence it rose;
And his spirit to Jove, wbo bestowed It!