Star.
London, England, 1819-12-27 00:00:00

PIKES FOUND IN. SCOTLAND!

From Scotland we have to-day received the follow:
ing letter, which shewi the activity of the Police in
that quarter, and their great success in detecting
pikes and other formidable weapons, 'collected for the
most alarming purposes :
" GLASGOW, DECEMBER 23.
" There are some reports of a few pikes having
been found ; but I believe they are old pikes, that
formerly belonged to the Trades (or Grocers') Batta-
lion of Volunteers, whose arms had been carelessly
collected when that corps was disembodied. *I saw
two of them that were traced to that source, and
there were only three or four more found, which I
believe originated in the same way.
" On Monday, two of the Hussars, riding at the
West end d Paisley, had a quarrel with s(,me men
on the road ; they drew their swords and u ounded
them, one of them severely There were various re 7
ports in Glasgow about it ; but so far as I learn, the
soldiers had insulted the men, and one of them wai
sent to head-quarters, handcuffed,i under a-guard, by
his Officer, and the prisoners were released.
There was no Meeting of the Radicals on Moro'
day, nor is any more expected."

Mr. KINI.OOH, who has been outlawed for not air..
pearing to take his trial for sedition, possesses, it is
said, a landed estate in the county of Forfar, the
rental of which is worth t3ooo.—Mr. KINLOCH, we
understand, left Edinburgh, fbr the Continent, on
Tuesday morning.
It was Kilsyth, to Which the Loan PaEstr.Rwr of
Scotland lately made some allusion, and not Kit;
barchan, as was erroneously stated. •
The Booksellers, both of Edinburgh and Dublin;
have forwarded Petitions against the new Libel Bill.
The linen manufacture in Aberdeen, duririg the
present year, is said to have exceeded the amount of
the former one by nearly 800,000 yards; while the
spinning of yarn, and the making of threads of A
much improved quality, as well as the manufacture
of woollen and cotton goods, have been carried on
with such activity, that all description of labourers
have been earning wages, by which they have been
enabled to live with, comfort.
DEPOT OF PIKES FOUND IN TIM CITY!—The City
12,2 S thrown into great agitation on Friday last, by
wild reports respecting the finding of arms. It was
whispered on the Exchange, that a large depot of
pikes had been found ; that the owner of a shop near
Cornhill was selling them, complete with the head,
at a cheap rate, and inviting the Public to buy in-
stantly ;-=‘, that a great day was at hand." Some
runners of the Police-office, alarmed at these reports,
proceeded to the Mansion-house, and, with a posse
of constables, went to the suspected place. After a
'serious investigation and search, and alarming the
inmates, no dreadful weapons were found ; while
staring about, and deliberating how to proceed, a
Gentleman from the crowd asked what was wrong?
'on being told of the circumstance, he, to the great
amusement of the mob, explained the whole :—that
the shop searched was a very celebrated fishmonger's g
that he certainly was selling pikes cheap, and that
the great day alluded to was Christmas! The officers
retired, followed by the scoffs and laughter of a great
number of boys, who had been collected during this
alarming search!
DticovEnv SHIPS.—No information, we uncle...
stand, has been received at the Admiralty from
Lieutenant PARRY, and no doubt any longer exists
of his remaining out during the winter. • The last
laccount of the HECLA and GRIPER is derived from one
lof the whalers,.who saw them when about a day's 4
sail from the entrance into Sir James Lancaster's
Sound. It is strongly conjectured Lieut. PARRY has
passed through Lancaster Sound, as it is understood;
in the event of his meeting any impediment to such
proceeding, he was to make the best of his way to
Sir Thomas Smith's Sound ; and had he been com-
pelled to adopt this latter measure, there is every pro.
bability that he must have been seen or heard of by
some of the whalers which were in Baffin's Bay.
The Reading World are obviously under great
obligations to the Periodical Press, in the Series of •
new Novels, called, The Circulating Library, which
promises to present a monthly et%ibition of supe.
rior novelties, in this line of composition ; while The
Monthly Journal y' New Voyages and Travels pre-
sents an inexhaustible supply of interesting mate- -
rials, in another line. Both will continue to supply
every desirable novelty in the two important branches
of Literature, consisting of Fiction and Fact.
" HUNTING.
The Earl of Darlington's Fox-Hounds will meet on 'Wednes..
day next, at Langton Village; Friday, at Wood End, at eleven.
Lord Lascelles's Fox. Hounds will meet on Wednesday next,
at Scarthingwell ; Fciday, at Shire Oaks ' - each morning at ten.
Lord Scarborough's Fox-Hounds will meet on Wednesday
next, at Swinnow Wood ; Friday, at Clayworth Town, at ten.
Sir M. M. Sykes's Fox-Hounds will meet on Wednesday, at
Boasall ; Friday, at Castle Howard Inn ; each morning at ten.
The Lambton Fox-Hounds will meet on Thursday, at Ravens-
worth ; Friday, at F.sh ; each morning at ten.
The York City Hatriers hunt on Friday next near Stockton.
The Boroughbridge Harriers throw off on Friday next at
Ellinthorp, at half-past ten. •
SMITHFIELD MARKET, DECEMBER 27.
This day's Market was thinly supplied with Cattle, in conse-
quence of 'which higher prices were obtained for good Cattle.—
Mutton, Veal, and Pork, have also got up in price.—The fol-
lowing were the current rates :
Beef 4s 6d to 5s 441 Veal Ss Od to tis 04
Mutton .. as S 6d 1 Pork
Beasts poo—Sbeep and Lambs 9,94o—Calves 140—Pigs 290.
HAT•VAIIIM--NO great difference in prices from last week.
Hay ...... :£3 Os to £4 1011 Straw ...Xi to ,C 1 16
Clover... 5 Os to 6 lOs 1 &wren Os to *Ds 0
CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, DECEMBER 27.
There was but little business done this day. The following
were the current prices:
1 Small Beans 40444.
ssoirsit.
Wheat, Kent and I Tick ditto ... ......... 3Es
Essex 64s "ils Oats, Potatoe • 27s 30s
Suffolk .. . .......... 62s 685 -- Poland
23s S9s
Norfolk ....... . .... . ...60s 04 --- Feed -goo sal
Rye (New) .. 34s 36$ Flour, per Sack 553 6l'a
Barley ... ........26s 36s Rapeseed, per Last x 34 4
Malt 60170s wonnon.
White Peas 383 42. Wheat, Datitzie .6os
Boilers ... 46s 50s Baltic Red, Hambro' or
Grey Peas ..... ....• ...44s 46s Bremen, Brabant red 604 Od
AVERAGE PRICES Of CORN in England and Wales, fro*
the Returns received in the week ending Dec. IS, 1819.
• Wheat Rye. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peale,
d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s.
d.
10 65 42 ¢137 1 25 2144 2 51 a
The Avetage Price of Sugar, from Ste Returns andel*
F , Gazette, in the week ending the 224 of Dec. 1219, is 354. 4tl
pet rat.

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