Star.
London, England, 1826-08-14 00:00:00

Wheat, British, qrs. 6,907
D. Foreign 6,430
Barley 97
Oats
Beans

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Au.. 14.
We have a short supply of Meat this day compared with last Mon.
day, and there is a consequent advance. The but auk &e. ate as
high as 45.11, to 45. 10d. per stone ; and for the coiner Meat the
price is 55. .to 4s. 4d. per stone. Mutton is about 14. to 4d. per
stone dearer, Inc Downs being 44.41 d. to4s. ed. per stone. The
alteration in Veal is not of importance: best line young Calves are
worth 55. to 51. 54. per stow. Lush I. deicer% the beet young
Meat being Ss. per stone; but in Perk there is ye alteration.—
Beasts, 1,995 ; Sheep, 23,788; Pigs, 130 ; Calves,246.
Beef, per atone, Ss. ed. to 4s. 10d. Mutton, Ss. 6d. to 4s. ed. Val,
ts. to Ss. 6d. Lamb, 4a. lid. to 61. Pork. Ss. ed. to tis. 10d.—Hay,
Per WA set W if Se. Qom, At toe. to AS IsCraw, del la. to is

sending
was-

. day,
Lariiden, ,
At the one is tofigk sad the second to ANC
I accept his eagagentest: and yeses must declific.
" Now, in giving this prerrencs I trust youliadmit
I have acted with prudence and done what was fit,
Since encountering kim, and my weaiein a knife,
There is some little chance of puerto': my life,
Whilst a bullet from you, Sir, weight take it away,
And the tnazitn, you know, is to live while you may.
" If. however. you still should suppose I ill-treat you,
By sternly rejecting this el:tallest, *tome meet you,
Bear with me a moment, and,l teill uce
Three powerful reasons by trlay et excuse:
" In the first place, voles* I mu gr&ally deceived,
I myself am in cuoacience the party wirred;
And therefore, good Sir, it a &Wrap quad be,
Pray wait till that challenge be teuder'd by use.
" Again, Sir, I think it by far the more sinful.
To stand and be shot, than to sk for a skin-fell;
From whence you'll conclude (as yd harokyou Indeed)
That fighting composes not partot saod
And my courage (which, though it-was esver dbpated,
Is not. I imagine, too, too deeply rooted.)
Would prefer that i tsfreer, Sir, whateerit may yield,
Should appear at the table; and not In' thejleld.'
" And lastly, my fp, be it never forgot.
• !Possesses a valve which your's, Sir, does not,
So I mean to preierve it as long as I can,
Being justly entitled' a Family Man,'
With three ur four children (I scarce know bow many)...
Whilst you. Sir, have not, or welt not to have any.
" Besides, that the contest would be too unequal,
I doubt not will plainly appear by the sequel;
For e'en yes must acknowledge It would not be mitt
That or, small • Man* of War' should engage a whole Ike
° Mulches', July 24, 1826."
• Mr. Fleet is a bachelor, or at all events. s single map.

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Abingdon School.
Scholar of Pembroke College
of Thomas Teed&le, Eat.
Balmy of Hogan!, oft &lady,
orilMsed:

Cane, Oxford;
; WiUiatp Par.
Wheeler Birch,
: Davies, D.A.
. Christ Church,
. . James, St... , Cambridge.
Parana—Arthur Clive. MA. Brasennose College, Oxford ;
William Legge, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford; Robert Wickham,
B. A: Christ Church, Oxford ; Hugh Vaughan, B.A. Jesus College,
Oxford ; Chides Turner, B.A. Wadham College, Oxford ; Thomas
Alban, B.A. Worcester College, Oxford; Richard Mostyn Price,
B.A. Corpus Christi College, Oxford ; John Baldwin, RA. Christ
College, Cambridge; Thomas Taylor Lewis, B.A. St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge; Herbert Napleton Beaver, B.A. Catherine Hall,
Cambridge; John Simons, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge;
Philip Hall Palmer, B.A. Jesus College. Cambridge; Matthew
Henry Junes, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge.

Revs VAnard Copleston, D.D. Provost of Oriel College, has
;beat appointed to the Deanery of Chester' void by the death of the
Very Rev. Dr. Vaughan, late Warden of Merton College.
The 21Ith ult. the Bev. John Barnwell, B.A. of Pembroke Col-
lege, was instituted, by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the
Vicarage of &ogursey, with the Chapelry of Lilitock annexed,
Somenetshire, vacant by the death of the Rev: Edward Paitner,
at the presentation of the Muter and College of Eton.
Rev. John .Birch Webb. M.A. of Brasennose College, Oxford,
has been collated, by tht Bishop of Hereford, to the Vicarage of
Weohly, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. E. Troughten.
Rev. John Hutton, B.A. Rector of Wyverby, Leicestershire,'
hu lately been Instituted to the vicarage of Granby, in the county
at Nottingham, by the Archbishop of York.
Rev. Thos. Mousey, of Stamford, is presented, by thet Lord
Chancellor, to the Vicarage of Owthorne, in the East Riding of
York, worth about .0.10 a year.
Rev. William Gunning, S.C.L. has been licensed, by the Bishop
of Bath and Wells, to perform Divine Service in the Chapel of
Partis's College for decayed Gentlewomen, in the Parish of Weston,
at the nomination of the Foendress and Trustees.
Rev. J. D. Coleridge, to the Rectory of Lawhitton, near Leon-
canoe.
itev. Benjamin Howell, Assistant Minister of St. James's Chapel,
Asked, has been instituted, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Here-
ford, to. the Rectory of Huskier, Seipp, on the presentation of the
Right Hon. the Earl of Bradford.
The Prebendal Stall in Hereford Cathedral, which wu lately
vacated by the death of the Rev. Mr. Troughton, will be Oiled by
the Hon. and Rev. Henry Rodney.
The Magistrates and Council of Aberdeen have presented the
Rev. Abercrombie Gordon to the College Church in that city,
vacant by the translation of the Rev. Andrew Tawse to the parish
of Coldstoott.

The culture of cochineal in the neighbourhood of
Cadiz appears to have been much attended to of late.
There died, during the last year, in the Russian Pro-
"bias of Moiled: and Permit, an e)d man, aged 101; two aged
tot ; seven aged 103; two 104; two 105; two 104; three 110;
and two 115 years.
A large brass coin of the Roman Emperor Nelms in
good preservation, was last week found at Bedley, in Worcester-
shire, bye labourer digging in a field.
46 Am I to address you as Miss PATON, or as Lady
W. Lamour asked a Gentleman of this town, when she was on
her late visit here. “My professional name'o "sald the Lady, hi*:
a strong emphasisemphasisaa the adjectise, " My lrsiessionel name is still
Mitt PATON. She is, now, however, acknowledged to be the wife
of the Noble Lord so nearly allied to a Dukedom, to whom report
has so frequently pointed.—Moswiresicr Herd&
Saturday, a journeyman shoemaker, Thos. Edwards.
In the employ of Mr. Bentliff, of Maidstone, was taken
before John Argles, Esq. Maidstone, charged by his
master with having spoiled work given out by
The charge was proved, and he was sentenced to he
imprisoned 14 days.
Fiiday sea:right a small high pressure boiler belong-
ing to a newly erected forge, situated near Dudley,
burst with a fearful explosion; one piece, weighing Ivo
or six hundred weight, fell at least forty yards from the,
spot, having, in its progress, completely knocked down,
the chimney of an adjacent house. Another part, of
greater dimensions, was carried a considerable distal's@
in a contrary direction. The roof of the building, con-
sisting of strong wood work, was shattered, and the
boiler chimney destroyed. The engineer was dread-,
fully scalded, but is recovering. Mr. Jewkes was also
injured, but not seriously. it
The excavators of the Witham have discovered some
interesting relics of antiquity, particularly an equestrian
shield, nth" in the possession of Mr. PADLIY. It is at
finely laminated brass, with a large boss in the centre,
decorated with red carnelian studs; the boss forms a
hollow cavity in the inside, which hollow was intended
to admit the hand as it grasped the straps. The rivet
holes for the straps, and for the ornamental device
(which appears in this example to have been fastened
on the outside, and not merely to have been painted on
the surface of the shield), still point out the mechanical'
ar To ngernents ; the frame, or wadding, being doubtlessly
of frail materials, is gone, but a vet y little is required
to restore the shield as a very serviceable article that
would again pass muster in the army of King Jolla
A melancholy accident happened at the cottage of a
labouring man of the name of John Howard, at Woking,
in Surrey, on Thursday sennight, who having left a por-
ridge pot at the edge of his 6re place, while he and his
wife were preparing to sit down to supper, their infant
child, a fine Rid about two years and a half old, incau-
tiously stumbled against it, and upset the contents of
boiling.water, by which she was so severely scalded as
to survive only till the following day about noon.
POPULATION ot &arr.-1 he number of souls is
estimated at 2.514,000. of which, perhaps, 200,000 are
Copts, 2,300,000 Fellahs, and 1,400 foreigners. The
Copts are the descendants of the old Egyptians, and
live for the most part in the cities ; the Fellahs are a
mixed race of Arabians, Persians, Syrians, and Egyp-
tians, who live in the country, and employ themselves
in trade and agriculture. The number of villages in
Egypt is 3475, of which one half belong to Lower
Egypt. Cairo bad, in 1810, according to Langlin,
963,700 inhabitants; Mengin says only 200,000, reckon-
ing eight persons fur each house; and states the popu.
Litton of Alexandria at between 12,000 and 13,000.

ELLAR, the celebrated Harlequin of Covent-garden,
is at present in Paris, with PAULO and BARNES, the
Clown and Pantaloon, so well known to all laughter-
loving admirers of the whimsicalities of a comic Panto-
mime. This species of entertainment, at present almost
unknown on the Continent, is, we hear, to be introduced
at the Porte St. Martin on the departure of MI. Coons.
Tuesday, Henry Knowles, an elderly labouring
man, while at work Ia the fields at Mersham, in Kent,
without any covering on his head, was seized with sud-
'den illness, and instantly expired. It is :opposed that
it was a coup de-soliel which terminated his existence.
_ . .

On the 2a instant, the Tribunal of Correctional Police
at Nantes,sentenced, by defsult, M.GEatmoiealer inicteel
goods,d welling in the Rue Bourg l'Abbe. at Pais to pay
a fine of 500 franca, for having, without a licence, traf.
aced in the sale of books, by selling at his shop
Notice sur fassassinat commis par le Slew- Mingrat. es.
Cure de St. Quentin, sur la personae de la roa► dada.
blear Geri's. .

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

by . Richard . P
back of the bill, after hawing given zeferie"er retwe' to the character a
the two parties. which *0144 the efitness, who paid the difference,
between the amount of the bill Mid the charge for the silk, in cash;
witness kept the Nil its his possession, without any suspicion dig
there was any Irocbrrectoess in it, until the day it became due,
when he. ascertained. that the nuns* of both drawer and accepter
had been forged.. . .
Mr. Himsphreye attended for the prisoner, but merely requested
that the case should stand over.

The prisoner was accordingly remanded.
Saturday, the Captain of a Danish vessel woe brought before the
Loan Maros, on a charge of having smuggled on shore a quantity
of foreign tobacco. The New Smuggling AU renders any preen
who Mail unship without payment of deny, more than one pound
of tobacco, liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds, and to ins.
prlsenment until it be paid.
An Excise officer proved that be met the prisoner in the street,
carrying a boodle of foreign tabus% for which he had no permit.
The witness took him Into custody.
Mr. Annum* attended as Counsel for the prisoner, who, It
appeared, had never before been In this country. It could not be
presumed, therefore, that be was acquainted with this terribly
severe act. _ _ _ _ _

Alderman Aunts, who presided with the Lord Mayor, saki
levery foreigner who tame here was bound to know and corilocto
to the laws.
Mr. Amman said, to bind any person to understand acts like
the present, even if be knew. themi wee to bled him to do what
was impossible.
Mr. Mohler characterised the Act ass heap, of con/mien.
Mr. Amman said, that at any rate tits Solicitor of the Excise
ought to be here, to explain its nteanlnt..There wassot the slightest
proof of the tobacco having been unshipped, *kick Was requisite to
warrant the conviction of the defendant for this ettotmous penalty of
1004 for Innocently or ignorantly landing live pounds weight of
tobacco, and in case of his not being able to pay the fine (which he
could not) to imprisonment for eight or tar years, at the tender
mercy of the Excise.
The Leas MATollasked the officer what paella had that the
defendant unshipped the tobacco.
The officer—None my Lad. If I had wen hint come from the
ship, I would have lazed ship lend all, for having been employed
in smuggling—( Laughter.) The officer contended that each proof
was not requisite.
A long discussion ensued as to whether this evidence was requi-
site. Alderman Aunts was loclined to believe that it was not;
the Los, Maros thought It was : the Chief Clink thought it was
not. In the doubt which prevailed under the Act, another abler,
plainer, and less severe Statute was resorted to, and the prisoner,
who stood trembling, in expectation of perpetual imprisonment, in
default of producing the amount of a penalty which be could never
pay, was fined 41. 10s. being three times the value of the tobacco.
This sum he paid joyfully and went away.
Mr. Hubler said, that if the penalty was 101. instead of 1001. it
would be infinitely more elective.
The Loan Alava& and Alterman ATKINS said, as the duty on
tobacco rendered the temptation to smuggling very greet, the penalty
should be considerable. - _

After the Dane was liberated, the Solicitor of the Excise came,
and said,, that under the Act ne proof of the smuggled commodity
having been unshipped was requisite. The man ought to have been
convicted.

MARLI

'REST.

Saturday, Mrs. Patrick and Mrs. Dairies again appeared. On
It being intimated by the Magistrate that he would now commit
Mrs. Patrick for trial, as Oh," said Mrs. Defiles " but there is one
thing which I forgot to mention, and that is, that somebody else
besides Mrs. Patrick might have taken the watch, because while
Mrs. Patrick was at my bouse, soots one might have come into the
pulsar where the watch was, from a cow that led to a passage
that communicated with a doer that might have opened, and would
have conducted to that parlour." " But," said Mr. Dram, "in
-the statement just read to you, you positively swear that no one
could possibly have taken the watch but Mrs. Patrick, and you
never, until this moment. said a syllable about this door, passage,
or court ; so that a new light seems to bam broken in upon you
very suddenly." " But you will recollect, fir," said Mn. Darla.
" how very much lorded I was the day I cause to the ofilce."—
" Yes," said Mr. Duca, " and making all allowance foe that, I also
recollect that today is the third time since that, that you have
calmly and coolly confirmed the statement you then made, without
saying one word of any one else taking she watch."
Scofield, the Mater, said, that he had seen the premises spoken
of, at Mrs. Defries's house, and it was just barely possible. but the
most improbable thing imaginable, that any body could enter the
parlour through the wisp spokes of by Mrs. Dekko, without
Wag seen by hermit and Mrs. Patrick at the time. Mrs. Defries,
however, would Weise on having this new tack made to her evi.
dome so that she completely destroyed the eilket of the whole
proceeding, and Mr. Delta said that it would be quite ridiculous to
send any person for trial upon each a statement so amended, and
dismissed the affair altogether.

autasickey, alias Turner, who had been remanded since Wed-
nesday, on a charge of murdering her child, was brought up, when
Mr. Oven informed her, that a Coroner's Inquest had been held,
and he was quite satisded that she had not been guilty elan? offence,
that the parish was ready to bury the corpse, and he should adobe;
her to comply, for It could answer no purpose in keeping the corpse
after what had taken place. The prisoner, with tears, said she was
willing to comply with the wish of the parish, when she was dis-
charged.
MARY-LA-BONN&

Saturday, a daughter of Admiral Sir George CoOyer charged
Mr. Watkins, the Surgeon, In George•street, Manehester.squate,
with an assault.
Friday night, or rather Saturday morning, about one o'clock,
I Miss Collier returned from a friend's house in Gloucester-place,
attended by a man servant, who, as soon as she arrived at the house
of Mr. Watkins, where she has spartments,left her. She rang the
house bell, and instead of a maid servant (as she expected) opening
the door, it was opened by a shop boy, with a rushlight in his hand,
which the wind extinguished. The boy left her in a few minutes
In the dark, and feeling herself neglected, she rang the night 1)41.
Mr. Watkins called the boy up nabs, and wished to know what
was the matter? Miss CuUyer told him, he was "an excessive
bred man." not to let a maid servant remain up, and furnish her ,
with a proper light. Being still left in darkness, she rang the night
' bell once or twice more. Mr. Watkins then came down stairs is
his shirt only, seized her by the arms, and said, • you mined brute,
get out;" and threw her violently into the street. She caught the
iron railing, otherwise she must have fallen. He shut the door, and
she was under the necessity of returning to her friend's house to sleep.
Mr. Watkins said, he heard Mise Cam come in, and after a few
minutes the night bell was rung See or six times successively. He
supposed the ringing was fey him, as a professional man. When
the boy told him it was Miss Caliper, be said If she did eat desist,
he must come down, undressed as he was. When he got down btalre
she called him "a dirty fellow," in the most horrid way possiblei
William. the boy, was brought forward as a witness in his mas-
ter's favour. William's tmtinarrOy was, that his MOW desired hint
not to get a light for Miss Collier.
Mr. liaououroe—Mr. Watkins, this is a gentlewoman, a single
woman, and an inmate of your house, and as such, she was entitled•
to your respect and protection. I think you have condemed your.
sell with great hnpropriety, and have given her just grounds for the
present charge. Mr. Griffiths entertains the same opinion of your
conduct ; and we should require you to find bail to answer for it
elsewhere, were it not that all Miss Collyet seeks is protection from
your violence. You must therefore enter into your own mogul.
zances of SOL to keep the peace towards her; and, as she is ready
to pay you the rent due fur the apartments, you must immediately
give up the property belonging to her which they contain.

LAW AWD WAR. - • • --irt— -- . •
—..... .OXPORDSamovse la.
At a lets Meeting ender a Commission of IBanktopt, at Andover. Mandel, at die vide:idea sad drilla* Ailing&
Xtward Hawkins was amen a- &beings( Pembre
between Ur. Fleet and Mr. Mann, both respectable =Nabors ittoedoris hhoee the ateetiettoo of. Thews codal
that men. sonse-disagreement anise, which ended is the forrarrei .
At sa Grannies Webs by the lialempot liege°
sending she Weer a challenge, ea which the following poem newer the Mk imam, the iallewing gentlemen were °Mak
was retnrsott. ' Damian—John Outrun, B.A. Worcester Cal
Charles Taylor, B.A. Brasennose College, Oxford;
-.. "-.TO KINGSTON FLEET, ESQ.. "as HAPtion, A. Trinity College, Oxford; James 1
KA. Magdalen Hall, Oxford; Edward Lutwyehe
"I am Semoured-this day, Sr, with challenges two,
The first front' friend Latidon, the other from yam; Jesus College, Oxford;. John Oakley Hill, D. A. (
Oxford; John James, B.A.St. John's Cillegr, Cam
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itlAgialaH4lo6sll.
Mr. Comer pvll Posninit..Saturfael * Penlik-=
it Os the appearance of a ttaireller, was ‘iongigemdrlC t
betemsba Lea)
*barged with having committed a foram.
day. Mr. Lira Wilson, of the Hasse et Wilson and Co. of Weed.wieet,
Cbeapside, stated, that the prisoner west to the viarehoese on the
ord ; fifth of October lest, and looked at some silk, to the moon' et nearly
Par. one hundred and fifty pounds. He selected a quantity, mid pre-
sented, in payment,* bill, purporft to be an acceptance of Mr.
D.A.; Robert Mitchell. a man et rcspecihty in Cornwall, and to be
irch, drawn by Mr. Richard llamas • tAe prigler put his name on the'