Star.
London, England, 1820-09-05 00:00:00

GLASGOW, AUGUST O.

On the night Of Friday the 2. sth, about a quarter
past ten, a storm began at Port Monteith, of the
west vivid lightning and loudest thunder recollected
by any who withessed them. It was attended by a
slight- earthquake, felt by the inhabitants in bed.
About half a mile east, on the top of an eminence
over which the public road passes, Mr. JOHN GRA..
KAM, tenant in•Thoilletnuck, and his horse, were •
knocked down from the lower and south side" of the
tread into the middle; and Mr. GRAHAM, when he
recovered from the shock, found himself above his
*hit; of which the girth had snapped. His head
had, as he afterwards discovered by the flowing of
the blood, sustained a curved wound of no greet
depth, an inch and a quarter long. The horse bad
preineded about ten yards, and stood close to a dyke
OR the north side trembling. Mr. GRAHAM had
seen himself and horse encompassed by a pate blue
flame, ascending his breast with a rustling noise and
a strong smell of sulphur. The flame continued upon
him, and he was under the necessity of rolling him-
self in the mud to/extinguish it, which he at length
effected. In the morning it was discovered that an
oak, near the eastern verge of the domain of his Grace
the Duke of Mowraoss, had been stench with the
lightning, which had broken several of its upper
branches, peeled off the bark on the north-east side,
from top to root, the breadth of four or five inches
on the average, and sunk into the soil, which it tore
up and scattered.

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S YESTERrAY.
DONCAIITIR ST. MUHL
7e to 2 apt Tramper 15 to 1 apt Athenian
it to 1 apt Woodbine filly 18 to 1 apt Cour
to 1 apt Cavalier so to I apt Lanier
12 to 1 apt Arkutes 20 to 1 apt Reposada
12 to 1 apt &. Patrick 21 to 1 apt Felton

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to 1 apt Sailor I 4to 1 apt Mr. Lowe
A small pony, under eleven hands, trotted eleven
miles two minutes within the hour, on Friday la,t, on
the road near Blandford, in Dorsetshire, carrying his
owner, Mr. CHURCHILL, who ss eghs eleven stone.
A pretty considerable number of partridges arrived
from the country yesterday by the coaches, as pre-
sents from the sportsmen to their London friends.
In addition to the elegant alterations made in the
vicinity of Carlton House, after opening the west end
of King-street, St. Jame,s's, as a carnage way into
St. James's-street, the obstriictions to a view into the
Green Park are to be removed ; so that from the
portico of the new Summer Theatre, about to be
erecyed in the Haymarket, Constitution-hill will be
&serf, and of course from that spot, the Theatre; a
distance of half a mile.
PALACE Comm.—Caution to Brokers.—Roberts V.
Day.—This was an action brought by John Itobeits,
of Windsor-place, City-road, plaintiff, against William
Day, of the City-road, broker, defendant, to recover
compensation for several articles of furniture, pur-
chased by defendant from plaintiff's wife without his
consent, defendant knowing at the time she was a
married woman. It appeared that the plaintiff and
his wife had some falling out, and in the absence of
her husband, and without his knowledge, she called
in the defendant, and sold him a bureau and other
articles of furniture, for which defendant paid her
El 0 at the time, well knowing her husband was alive,
and the difference that was between them. Defend-
ant contended that by law the wife could not rob
her husband, and consequently that he was warranted
to buy from the wife, and pay her as well as her Imo-
band. It was decided, that, as the wife did not carry
on any separate business on her own account, her sale
of the furniture was illegal, and that the purchaser
was liable to a penalty of twenty pounds, together
with the forfeiture of the ten pounds paid to the wife.
MCRDER.—Wednesday last, J. Asher was commit-
ted to lisherton Jail, charged on an Inquest with
wilfully murdering P. M'Key, at the Bull Inn, War-
minster, on Sunday afternoon, the 27th ult. The
person charged with the murder is an old decrepid
man, upwards of 74 years of'age, who travelled about
the country vending nostrums, and the cause of the
horrid deed appears to have been jealousy. Asher, it
seems, had for some time cohabited with a woman
of Wilton, named Sarah Lewis ; with this woman the
deceased, who also travelled the country with table-
cloths, had latteily formed an acquaintance, by fre-
quently meeting her at different houses of resort for
people of their employment. On Sunday afternoon,
the old man, understanding that the woman and the
deceased were sitting together on a bench in the back
yard of the public-house where they lodged, armed
himself with an old carving knife, which he sharpened
for his horrid purpose, and, without speaking a word,
inflicted three Mortal stabs on the object of his fury.
M'Key languished till between eleven and twelve
o'clock on Monday, and then expired. It is under-
stood that the deceased has left a wife and ten chil-
dren at Newry, in the north of Ireland.
PROVIDENTIAL PREVENTION Oir MURDER AND

BuaoLmtv.--Yesterday morning, about two o'clock,
Mr. NORMAN, a builder, residing at Mark-place, Hag.
gerstone, was alarmed by a noise at his back door;
he instantly jumped out of bed, and on looking out
of the window, he observed a man busily engaged
in taking the hinges off the door. Mr. NORMANpru-
dently went out at the front door, and alarmed the
family of Mr. Hoexow, for the purpose of detecting
the thief in the fact, as he was fearful to encounter
him alone. Mr. Hoavow, jun. furnished Mr. NOR•
MAN with a cutlass, and both repaired to the house
adjoining, which was uninhabited. The robber, on
their approach, attempted to make his escape over
the wall, where he was met by Mr. NORMAN, whom
the villain attempted to stab with a sort of dirk.—.
Mr. NORMAN happily warded off the blow and struck
him with his cutlass on the wrist, by which the ruf.
fian was disabled ; they grappled together, and both
fell into the adjoining garden. The robber here
made another attempt to stab Mr. NORMAN, threat-
ening that his confederates, who were at hand, would
murder all that should oppose them. Mr. NestuAN
was not to be intimidated, and held him till assist.
mice came, and he was properly secured. He was
yesterday brought before the Magistrate at Worship.
street, where he was recognized to be a very old of.
fender. He gave his name John Martin, and atter
a short examination was committed. Mr, Notate*
had recently sold several houses in the neighbour-
hood, and had the purchase-money in the house, and
it is presumed this circumstance had come to the
knowledge of the robber, who made such
rAte,attempt to obtain it, ••
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