Star.
London, England, 1819-08-17 00:00:00

CURIOUS ADVENTURE AT YORK RACES.

A singular scene occurred in the Grand Stand on
Friday last: Jost as Lord FITVIVILLIAM had intro-
duced Prince LEoroi.a to the stand, in which were
the Archbishop of.Yome, his daughters, and many
of the surrounding Nobility and Gentry, an attack
was made on Mr. a Gentleman of fortune
(who occasionally sports money on racing), by an
elegant and well-dressed female, in turns not so fe•
minine as might have been expected from her ap-
pearance. She was accompanied by another young
lady of prepossessing appearance, and whose appa-
rent grief excited much sympathy. Every eye was
on the females, and the Gentleman contrived to get
from the stand, followed by the Ladies, to both of
whom, it turned out, he had lately been married.—
The husband remained incog. that night at York, and
left by the Highflyer at night ; in the mean time the
following statement of the affair became public :
The Gentleman married his first wife between two
and three years since ; she had one child, and was
far advanced in pregnancy with the other, when a
familiarity took place between the husband and the
child's maid, who became pregnant also; on a dis- '
covery being made the Lady retired to her friends in
the West of England, and all attempts on the side of
her family, and that of Mr. U--'s, to reconcile
her, proved fruitless. He retired into Norfolk, and
after a lapse of time he married a second wife, an
amiable young Lady of the highest respectability, at
Yarmouth. The first wife discovered sl'e second
marriage, and Mt. U. fled, and thought himself in
concealment until surprised at York, The Ladies
traced his departure by the Highflyer coach, and
they pursued in a chaise and four to overtake the
coach, but the Gentleman left it for safety at Greta,
near Stamford, and thus eluded pursuit.

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Irately, at the foot of Sithchaillin Bunrannech, two
;master taints, of the names of Donald M'Donald
alias Donald Roy Cathanach, aged 94, and William
Campbell alias William Roy Crupach, aged 79,
courted a beautiful virgin of the name of Elizabeth
M'Donald alias Li sidh Rob, aged 69, and on the night
of the 12d of July last the latter eloped with her to
Fortingal, where they were married by the Rev. R.
IVPDonald. The other lover, hearing of this circum-
stance, immediately followed the fugitives with a
strong party on horseback, but, to his great grief
and disappointment, arrived too late to prevent the
union of the enamoured couple !
Wednesday, Mr.Jonx SMITH, innkeeper and cooper,
Skipton arrived at that place from America, to which
country he made a visit, in order to ascertain if there
was a prospect of bettering himself and numerous fa-
mily by a removal : after an absence of about fifteen
week 3, on this excursion, he is led to erclaim, Eng-
land, with all thy faults, I prefer thee still." Mr.-
SMITH has abandoned the intention of emigration.
At the Derby Assizes, Nathaniel Hutton, of New
Mills, in that county, was indicted for a most fero-
cious assault upon a gamekeeper, whose nose Hulton
actually bit off, besides other ill-treatment of so se-'
vere a kind as nearly to cause death. Hutton was
one of the worthies who stjered under the Suspension
Act, and being confined in Reading jail, attracted
the notice and care of Lord Folkstone, who indicted
the jailer for not permitting his Lordship to visit
Hutton and his fellow-prisoner. Hultotr, feeling so
• at an interest to be excited in his welfare, upon
its-release returned to his calling as-a .most active
radical Refortner, and successful speech-maker. He
has attended many of the public meetings lately held
in Cheshire and Lancashire. He also came to Smit,h•
field and on his-return from thence was arrested by
a Magistrate's warrant for killing game on a Sun-
day. The Reformer, fresh from the lectures on
liberty, which he had heard in Smithfield, could, not
brook this resraint on his personal liberty, and com-
mitted the assault above stated, of which he was con-
victed. He behaved, during his trial, with great in-
solence, and made a vehement sneech in his defence.
He was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and

hard labour.
Cottoatita's IrtuttssTs.—An Inquisition was taken
yesterday in the workhouse of St. Mary, Kensington,
before THOMAS STLRLING, Esq. Coroner for Middle-
sex, on the body of John Golder, a child two years
and a half old, whose death was caused by his eating
the berries of deadly nightshade, not knowing them
to be of a poisonous nature. It appeared frem the
evidence of Susannah Hill and Martha Lindsay, both
of James.strect, Kensington, next door neighbours
to the parents of the deceased, that they saw the de-
*ceased the preceding morning in good health ; about
four o'clock in the afternoon he was at play in the
field, ia company with his little sister, a girl ten
'years of age, and some other children ; the deceased
.got into the hedge, and began to pick the red ber-
ries of the nightshade; he shortly afterwards appear-
ed to be in a state of suffocation from having eaten
some of the berries, as they supposed, he having
some of them in his hands. He was carried to the
first cottage in the field, and medical assistance sent
for. Mr. Merriman, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. George
came and rendered all the assistance in their power;
but to no effect ; he survived only about an how
d three quarters, aad expired in the greatest
.agony. Henry George, of Kensington, surgeon, de-
posed, that he saw the berries, they were poisonous,
'and he had no doubt that the deceased tad died in
consequence of his having eaten some of them. Ver.
diet—'T'hat the deceased came to his death from eat-
ing the poison berries of nightshade, not knowing.
they were poisonous in their nature.
Saturday an Inquisition was taken at the Cooper
Arms, Rose-street, Cavent-garden before Mr. GELL,
oo the body of Eliza Winch, a child IS
old, the daughter of Mr. Winch, Rose-street,
it appeared spill a basin of soup, her mother
placed upon the table for her father's dinner, on
last, the contents fell over her neck and
..to she being standing under the table,• and
4ded her so much that the skin and flesh came off
teebosom with her clothes; she died soon after.-
-- .* ^•;dental Death.

fCoroner,
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, Yesterday evening, an Inquest was held at the
`London Hospital, before J. W. UNWIN, Esq. on thr
body of Thomas Yarmouth. aged W, who was kil.
'led by falling "if a scaffolding, while employed with
* rs in rebuilding Shadwell Church, High-street.
edict—Accidental Death.

Yesterdayltary Evans wasiilled hi the Cormier.
vial road, by a coach pasting over 4r, she having
fallen out of a cart on thc road.