Star.
London, England, 1829-11-14 00:00:00

THE NEW FLEET MARKET.

The Corporation of the City of London have issued a
notice. in pursuance of the Act passed for erecting the new Fleet-
market, that the building, which has been some time in progress,
and is now all but completed, will be opened for the commence-
ment of business on the 20th of the present month. The new
market forms a handsome and elevated quadrangle 232 feet by
150, standing on a surface of one acre and a half. The purchase of
the ground and buildings which stood thereon, is estimated, in
round numbers, at £200,000. The building of the market, inc!ud-
ing pavior's accnnt, &c. is stated at £30,000. The avenue,
under which are the shops of the dealers, and which extends round
the building, is twenty-five feet high to what is technically termed
the tie-beams, with ventilators ranged a, equal distances The
shops in general are let at 15s per week, or with a parlour, 255.
Iter week. In the centre of the roof of the principal avenue, a
beautiful turret and clock have been placed ; the latter is con-
structed on the same principle as the clocks of St. Bride's, St.
Giles's, and Whitechapel, a stream et gas flowing to a point behind
the dial-plate, thus affording the great advantage of ascertaining
the time during the night.
The entrance to the market is by two gates for waggons, &c.
and two smaller ones for foot passengers. Besides these, on each
side of the quadrangle, massive oak doors are to be thrown open,
from morning till the close of public business. Righteen large
lamps are placed in the centre of the market, so that an ample
• supply of light will be afforded. The shops have ill been let. The
tenants In the old market have bees formally served with notice to
quit, and many of the shops are already deserted. The committee
who have the management of the whole have engaged to clear
tray every vestige of the old market by the first week in Decem-
ber, and throw open the whole street leading from Blackfrian%
bridge to Holborn ; and subsequently, it is in contemplation to
continue the road in a direct line of communication, terminating at
the Angel, at Islington. The street where the old market now
stands is to be called Farringdon.street, and will form one of the
widest and most commodious thoroughfares in the Metropolis.—
The new market is to be placed under the strictest surveillance,
and nothing but eatables are to be offered for sale in it.

PEMBROKE DOCK, Nov. 10.—Colonel Jones, C.B.
and Colonel Gosset, C.B. of the Royal Engineers, have been here
during the last week inspecting the works carrying on under the
direction of the Honourable Board of Ordnance, and returned to
London.yesterday morning. They have, in conjunction with Capt.
Savage, the Inspecting Officer here, surveyed the different parts of
the harbour, with a view, it is supposed, of erecting fortifications
on some of the eminences commanding the dock-yard. The
diving-bells, and men for working them, have at length arrived
here from Plymouth, and the new pier for the Waterford packets
is now proceediag with great activity. His Majesty's ship Pearl,
Commander Blake, sailed on Saturday last on a cruise, having put
in here from the Cork station.
Counterfeiting the coin seems to have reached its max-
imum in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, for when that Princess
called in the base money by proclamation, in order to have it con-
verted into sterling coin, at a separate mint in the Tower. it was
found that, out of 631,9501b8. of current currency, there was
387,5341b5. of dross. The Antiquaries Agarde (who was living at
the time) and Hearne rslate a similar anecdote connected with this
purification of the coin, which, if true, gives cause to suspect that
it had been fluxed with arsenic. They state that many of the work-
men employed in melting the base coins " fell sick to death with
the savour, and that they were advised to drink in a dead man's
skull for their rescue. Accordingly a warrant was procured from
the Council to take off the heads from Landon-bridge, and to
make cups of them; out of which they drank, and found some re-
lief, although most of them died."
There are said to be not fewer than 2,000 horses em-
ployed in the conveyance of passengers between London and Bris-
tol. nearly the whole of which the construction of a rail-road would
dispense with.
A Quaker apothecary meeting Dr. Fothergill, thus ac-
costed him :—" Friend Fothergill, I intend • dining with thee to-
day." " I shall be glad to see thee," answered the Doctor • "but
pray, friend, bast thou not some joke?" "No joke, indeed," re-
joined the apothecary, "but a very serious matter. Thou bast
attended friend Ephraim these three days, and ordered him no
medicine. I cannot, at this rate, live in my own house, and must
live in thine I" The Doctor took the hint, and prescribed hand-
somely foe the benefit of his friend Ephraim, and his friend the
apothecary.
Haller mentions an instance of a man whose finger
being caught in a chain at the bottom of a mine, by keeping it for-
cibly bent, supported the weight of his whole body till he was
drawn up to the surface—a height of 600 feet.
Last week the supply of muirfowl was considerable.
Pigeons and poultry in abundance. Prices as follow :—Turkeys,
4s to 6s each ; Geese, 4s to 45 64 ditto ' • Ducks, 24 to 2s 6d a pair ;
Fowls, 3s to 3s 6d ditto; Chicks, 1 s6d to 2s 6d ditto • Pigeons,
84 ditto • Grouse, 3s 4d to 4s ditto ; Partridges, is 6:2 to 2s ad
ditto; Black Cock, 4s 84 to Si each; Heath Hen, us 6d to Ss
ditto; Hares, is 6d to SO each. There has been a large supply of
Rabbits, 9d to is a pair.—Edinburgh Observer.
After I had the tetter nearly twenty years on my
hand, and had used dollars' worth of celebrated setter ointment,
which took of the skin repeatedly without effecting a cure, a friend
advised me to obtain some blood root, called also red root, Indian
paint, &e. to slice it in vinegar, and afterwards wash the place ef-
fected with the liquid. I did so, and in a few days the dry scurf
was removed, and my diseased hand was whole as the other.—
Ausericari Farmer.
The following curious and ingenious calculation is
given in a late German publication of the hundred most populous
cities in the world. These are Jeddo, in Japan, 1,680,000 inhabi-
tants; .Pekin, 1,500,000; London, 1,300,000; Hans lichen.
1,100,000; Calcutta, 900,000; Madras, 817.000; Nankin,
800,000; Congo lichen, 800,000; Paris, 717,000; Werst Mane,
CO0,000; Constantinople. 597,000; mams, 530,000; Kio,
520,000 ;Su Übe., 500,000; Houng lichen. 500.000, &c. The
fortieth in the list is Berlin, containing 193,000, and the last Bela.
tel, 87,000. Among the hundred cities, two contains a million and
a half, two upwards of a million, nine from half a million to a mil-
' lion, twenty-three from 200;000 to.5b0,000; fifty-six from 100,000
to pOO,OOO, and six from 87,000 to 100,000. Of these one hun-
dred, cities, fifty-eight are in Asia, and thirty-two in Europe, of
which four are in Germany, four in France, five In Italy, eight in
England, and three io Spain ; the remaining ten are divided be-
tween Africa and America.
PROFITS OF COFFEE-HOUSES.—At the hearing of
what compensation should be allowed to Mr. Clarke. the keeper of
the Leopard Coffee-house, in High-street, in the Borough, the pre-
mises of which are about to be pulled down, in consequence of the
improvements to be made in the vicinity of London Bridge, the
following statement. shelving the profits on the articles consumed,
was put forth on behalf of the proprietor :
s. d.
A quartern loaf, at...... 0 9 Cuts up into 15 rounds of
Butter. 0 6 toast, at 3d. each 3 3
Leaving a profit of Ss. on t
i
lb. of coffee,at Is. 8d.1b.,p .5 Out of this quantity, 26
lb. of sugar, at 6d . 04i cups of coffee ate ob-
-1 pint of mi1k...... 0 I tabard, at lid 3 3
Leaving a profit of 2s- 4d.
0 11 on Ild.
18 muffins.cost ...... 1 0 18 muffins, biatered, at
Butter
--- Leaving just 100 per cent ,
' 1 6 profit.
The sum of £2 7s. 2d. being laid,out in the above articles on Mon-
day, Nov. 9, produced, £4 178.64. The proprietor shewed his
gross receipts during the last Tear were upwards of E 900; de-
ductmg frum'this sum 4250 fur contingent expenses, rent, &c. &c.
there lemains a clear profit' of £650: The case was heard at the
Town HaU, before. Mr. Sergeant Arabia; £l,OOO was the sum
claimed by Mr. Clarke, and £1.105 the compensation awarded by
the Jury.
BA RN SLE It„ lOTERS.--Yesterday, Ashton was
brought bawl Lend illaarrcliffe, Dr. Corbett. and Joseph
Beckett, lisq. charged with bring 'fine of the.parry who made the
attack etultdestroyed the work in Syk4s's Mine. at Doadinrib, the
property of,liteeera....lickson.andiDodgetta, of Barnsley; and after.
examination, wee committed to York Castle, to take his trial at the
neat !finites. NVOlitu Jagger and Job* Carr *ere also brought
up. soa.darbgai with -being a party in the. attaelrat Keresiorth
Hill, on the house of Mr. :Thomas. Jackson; but the priotipal
evidence not .being present. they were remanded.—Lads In.
geiligerseer. . . • •