Star.
London, England, 1817-11-12 00:00:00

RUPTURES.

We feel *sore in publishing the following tette
as trantmitted to us,,in confirmation of a p..y,,gray,;,
which appeared in dur Pdper. ielative to the totelyii
that general and dangerous complaint Rapture:
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
Stn.—Observing a paragraph in your Paper re.p.ctirr ;IR
of an Hernia, psrlornied (ot a large size) hy the
at Charlotte House, Great Charlo.te ;met'
justice, Sir, to Messrs. COOPER %ad Co. I heg add a.
aortal testimony Having been afiticte:l nearly twenty
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deemed incurable by eminent Surgeons, I patiently her, 4.
/action, expecting every hour to be my last; 1 at los ,
to the Med.cal Board, and have reason to pray :or
EsUbli.hment, for although lam near yS. , w ; tsr tr.ly toy
in a few %was, and stow. thank Gun t sj,.y gond health.
I think, Mr Editor, all who know Inc wilt allow ; ,
have no tther motive for this communication than 4 pot,,, b":
nett,--I a:n, Sir, yetir obt•dieht Servant, c.
Dog and Stile, near London-I-Dal, St. George's
Fields, October, 13:7.

Pitirmrs, the singer, arrived in Atviefea, frlin
land, some time betoie INCLEDON. Thug 11...,c
vocalists, who .vcre hat monious rivals in th
are likewise likely to continue f 1 in th. •
A let:ei hom Vienna says—" The t
\Vito, of the Opera, he.,ving greaTl • fed t6'
term of his leave t f absence, has h. - • •,sted, ,tad
placed uncle; an iscort.v
Lt the district of Avalon, .r., ses:ntres
years of age, was c.triied oLi o• last mot
by several wolves. Some 0,-is b,
cries of the unto! tunate girl, quickly went r prier,.;
of them, and had the good tin tine t, snore rp
them and make them aband. n their feel.. On tfe
same day, and in the same place, a Child 01 sew,:
years was also carried (.11; and s.,n.r remains ,4
dead body were found at a :Lott distance. In tit
;pace el a fortnight, twelve of these kr cioasaiirnals
have been destroyed by the inhabitants of the country.
A schtier brought befi.re the Councii War,
interrogated by the Reporter, bed squind to la
cotifruntcd with tire witnesses. The dirta dm Ai
granted ; but on the day appointed, every one en
astonished to see in tl e face of this m in, ri 1)12,14
dry and me igre, the appearance of exit •trdi y
ness. The. cause was easily discoverer'. Tie Acta.
sed had node incisions in the internal ti idurtni, of
the mouth, and had induced one of his cianialts its
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blow them, by means of a pipe, so that his clie.4
were distended like two great bladders. It wasfora,l
necessary to 'end this sold er to the hospital to Imo
him restored to his original state.—Paris Paper.
A man recently appeared in Macclesfield mar'est,
with Lis wife, wli;:m he br,)ug!it th. re for sale, sH.:i
a halter round her r.eck ; bargain was Mon str..;:li,l
and she was disposed of for between three and frail
shillings ; which coming to the ears of the
.Mayor of that Borough, he caused ;he parties tn 6t!
apprehended, and the hu.band, wile, and purc!:aste
(who strove to skew he was only an agent in
sineu), have each been committed to Midele:ri6
House of Corri•ction, until next Quarter Sessi ,!:s for.
the County of Chester. This is almost the f.•:t ea.
stance we remember of interposi:ioa en the ;-v!
the Police, to check a most disvraceful and
hensible practice.
• Cn the evening of Tuesday se'rnight as Mr. Crerit,!
of the Forest of Bere, was proceeding to Seut!r;ci,i
from Portsmouth, on foot, he was joined 1.1 a trim;
who kept him company till they arrived at Mr.'
Thistlethwayte's park wall, at Southwick, when. :'s
stranger struck Mr. Crook a •ielent
brought him to the ground. A scuffle Olen enst:s4
in which Mr. Crook gained the advantage, whi.;-, rte
fellow called out—l 4 Moses! shoot hint, or he vial
kill me !" Another fellow came up and fire:, ba
fortunately missed iris aim. They then attacked
Crook, and plundered him of notes arid cash to rte,
amount of about twenty-seven pounds. It is misc.,
Lured that the man, called Moses, had followed, its
short distance, from Hilsea.

At Gosialming, in Surrey, on Monday last, as Ed:
mund Slade, a boy of twelve years of age, was going
to the Paper-mill, with a quantity of squibs, cracicen,
and gunpowder, in his pockets, be was met by a lad
of his acquaintance, who endeavoured to Persuade
him to ezhibit his fireworks, which he at length, Atm
some hesitation, agreed to ' • and having procured a
lighted candle, it had scaraly arrived, when the
whole of the gunpowder, etc. about him, by some cs-
accountable accident, went off with a great esplo,i,,n,
and enveloped him in flames, which spread, in coat'
quence of his having a smock frock on, all over his
body. The boy immediately threw himself into
ditch, but has been so dreadfully burned aid lsce•
rated all over his face and body, that although i.e ms
now livings and under medical attendance,
hopes fire entertained of his recovery.
Monday morning, at two o'6ork, a f.; Puke
nut in the house of a hosier, in New-strcet,
Garden, which was entirely destroyed, and PQ
others damaged.

Li HS.
Friday, at Hall Plate, ft opley, near Alresford, the 1,3,:j
belie Douglas, wife of the Rrv. C. Douglas, of a diugh.er.
Wednesday, the Lady of Edward Knight, M.D. •
of a eon.