Star.
London, England, 1826-01-27 00:00:00

TROTTING MATCH.

The famous trotter Triumph, the property of Sir P. Wylde, of
Upton, Bucks, started over the lawn ride at Upton, against Mr.
IL. Bowden's American horse Philip, each carrying nine stone,
yesterday morning for 600 soya. The match was to trot 16 miles, •
and the owner of Triumph had a bye bet of 100 sees. that hi%
horse would accomplish the task in one hour. The race, over a
circle of three miles,was closely contested. Triumph did the dis-
tance in 60 min. and Philip in 41 min. 10 see. Philip slackened 's'
his speed towards the end of the race, and was beat by about, •
quarter of a mile. It was disputed that Triumph was more than
an hour doing the race, but the referee umpire decided that the
match was performed within the hour.

RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS.—This important mea-
sure, which has received the attention of Pchameat in
theia,t th•ee or four Sessions, will, we understand, be

again brought under its consideration e trly in the en-
suing Session.
A Meeting has been he'd at Congleton, to consider
of measures to be adopted, on account of the alai mirg
state of the Silk Trade. •

The residence of the late Fauntleroy, at Bo ighton, is
undergoing considerable alterations. The centre, or
main body of the building, is carried considerably
higher, and an additional wing is erecting at one end
of the house. The front is also undergoing considerable
change. The banking-house in Berner's-street has un-
dergone a ve-y complete metamorphosis. The iron
ro m, fi ted up under the special di,ecti- ns of Fauntle-
roy, and which W.IS pronoonlid to be the be.t thing of
the kind in Londrn, has been pulled down.
An Inquest was held yesterday. at the Dover Castle
public house, Cummerci it-road, Lambeth, on the body
of a youth, name) John Williams. The deceased was
employed In the lon Foundry of Messrs. Cottam and
Hallam, of Cornw 11-road, and having got up among
the machinery, he threw some stones at another boy,
when his arm caught in the fly-wheel, and he was jam-
med against the wall. His head was dread!ully shai-
terred, and the body was from the waist upward;
pressgd n ally flat. The .Jury returned a verdict 4
4. Actidental D...atit," abut recommended that some
guard should be meted in the manufactoly to prevent
similar vecidents.

PROBITY.—In 1821, M,. G FORD, of Congieton,
was under the necessity of making an assignment of his
effects, on which a dividend was decla ed of l 5 in the ,
pound, w'th which all his creditors were pelfectly
fi- d. Recently a property fell to Mr. F. when he called
his creditors together at the Bull's Head, and paid them
the tull balance.

It is calculated that the loss of men duri ig the war,
from 1802 to 1813, in St. D mingo, Calabria, Russia,
Poland, France, Slain, Po•tugal, and Gorm4ny,
cluding the maritime war, contagious dise ises, famine,
&c.aninnuted to the dreadful sum of flue ntiltions eight
hundred thousand 1

S tnrday se'nnight, Mr. Richard D 4• t, brazier, of
Ap, ledore, was out with a gun, which burst, a inrce of
rue barrel and stock entered his lett arm, and ;Aas with
liffituhy extracted.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Jae AAAA 27.
The supply at market is tolerably grind, particularly of Fleur
There is but little doing in the Wheat trade, and prices remain sons
Monday. 'time making Barley is wanted, ma suck being se aci;,
readily obtains last quotatiens. Oats go heavily at last market prices;
and in Beans and Peens no akerationo—Arrivals : English Wheat,
3,7p0 qrs. Barley, 1,440 qrs. Oats, 6,500 qrs. Flour, 6,050 qrs.—
Irish Oats, 5,200 qrs.—Foreign Barley, 6,350 qrs. Oats, 2,100 qrs.
SMITHFIELD NIARKET, JANUARY 27.
The fineness of the weather, and a narrow supply, has caused an
advance in all kinds iso.4eat. Beef may be quoted full 24. P. r Wont
dearer; and the rise in the price of Mutton is about 4d. per stone;
the top price of Beef is ss. 2d. per stone, and that of Mutton Ss. 4.
per do. The advance in Veal equals 6d. per stone, the lints. young
Calves being 7s. per stone. hi Pork the improvement is airier 6.:.
told. per Noce, fine dairy-fed Porkers being worth 64. 6'. per de.
—Bejaia. 545 ; Sheep, 5.07 u ; Pigs, 90 ; Calves, 142.
B. 4. 6(1. to ss. 2d. per stone • Mutton, 5. 6d. to ss. 4d. Veal,
.:s.. 6J. to 7s: Pint, 4s. dd. ro 6s. 641.—Hay per load. AS I. to £4
Ito. Clover, £5 154. to 15 its. 641. Straw, £1 16s. to Ai.