Star.
London, England, 1821-04-30 00:00:00

AFFAIR AT GLASGOW.

The following ate some additional particulars re-
specting the unfortunate circumstances which at-
tended the celebration of his MAJESTY'S Birth-day in
this City:

" As the evening advanced the streets became very
crowded, and a great deal of good humour prevailed
amid a blaze of minor fireworks; and there was every
prospect of the whole going off pleasantly, when
there appeared one of those disturbers of the public
peace, a burning tar-barrel, carried on a man's head,
and preceded by a large party carrying stakes, plun-
dered from some neighbouring palings, which were
to be employed afterwards in adding to the flames.
As a great deal of damage had been done five
months ago, at a riotous celebration of the abandon-
ment of the Queers's prosecution, when all the rails
round the Green, together with watchmen's boxes,
&c. &c. were burned, the Magistrates immediately
determined not to let another fire commence, and ac-
cordingly ordered a small picket of Cavalry, which
was in the Eagle Inn, to proceed to "the front of the
new Court. house, whither the tar-barrel had been
carried, and so protect the neighbouring property.
" Before the picket arrived (about nine o'clock),
the fire had attained a considerable height, a great
part of the adjacent paling having been pitched into
it, and the smallness of the picket, only ten or twelve
men, encouraged, as usual, the insolence of the mob.
It was in vain that the Officer mildly, though firmly,
recommended to them to desist ; and his party was
nowise adequate to enforce orders. The Dragoons
rode round and round the fire ; but as soon as they
passed any one point, fresh fuel was tossed in, and
some scoundrels barbarously struck with the stakes
and with stones the Dragoons, who had come upon
the ground with every appearance of good humour
and kindness to the mob. Soon afterwards the Ma-
gistrates made their appearance with a company of
the 41st Regiment ; but this addition of force was ,
still inadequate, and the mob now extended their at
to the Magistracy and the Infantry. The Ca-
valry had already suffered severely, every individual
of the small party having been cut or bruised, and
a serjeant and a private were unhorsed and brutally
beaten when on the ground. Sir William Clerk, who
commanded the picket, likewise received some bruises.
A number of Police officers also had been dreadfully
beaten. The Lord Provost, one of the Magistrates,
and several Gentlemen who were with them, were
struck with stones, though none of them, we are
happy to say, were much hurt. An accession of
cavalry having now come (about ten o'clock), they
were ordered to clear the ground, and having ad-
vanced for this purpose, the Crowd made way in all
directions. A number having run to the wooden
bridge, the pressure upon it became very great ; at
.length the first arch gave way, when a mingled mass
of men, women, and children, were precipitated into
the channel of the river, which, however, is at that
place either altogether dry, or quite shallow. A dread-
ful shout arose,as well from the terrified spectators, as
from the actual sufferers, to whom the utmost atten-
tion was immediately paid, under the personal in-
spection of the Lord Provost and other Magistrates,
and the most of them were conveyed by the Police
officers and others, to the Town's Hospital, where me-
dical assistance and every comfort was afforded.
" There were, as might well be expected, a great
many exaggerated reports of the casualties on this oc-
casion, but no doubt they have been severe. There
were none killed onthe spot, but there has since died
one, George Andrew, a shoemaker in the Gorbals,
leaving a widow and four children.
" Besides those who fell along with the arch, there
were several persons who had taken refuge below the
bridge that suffered the most severely of the whole.
We are probably within the mark when we calculate
the number of the hurt at fifty. Of the proportion of
fracture cases it is impossible to speak, as many in-
sisted upon being carried to their own houses. None
now remain in the Town's Hospital, and the follow-
ing is a Note just received from the Infirmary
" Seventeen men and boys and three women were carried to
the Infirmary on Monday night and Tuesday morning, in con-
sequence of accidents received at the wooden bridge: eleven of
these have fractured limbs ; eight, contusions, bruises, or sprains;
and one has a sabre cut of the wrist, and a slight cut of the
temple. All these patients are now doing well."—G' Herald.
About three o'clock on Tuesday morning, two
copper-plate printers, belonging to Thomliebank,
who had been to Campsie in search of work, on their
return home, not knowing that part of the timber-
bridge had fallen the preceding night, unfortunately
fell over the breast-work next the jail, and were se-
verely cut on the face, and otherwise bruised, but not
dangerously; they were afterwards carried to a friend's
house in Tradeston.

The Anniversary was celebrated at Paisley, Port-
Glasgow, and Greenock, and at Stirling, with perfect
decorum.

Last week, swallows and martins made their ap-
pearance in the neighbourhood of Chester.
During a storm on Sunday, the 15th inst. the
lightning struck some trees near the New Church,
Needwood, one of which, a pollard oak, it divided
from the top of the trunk to the earth, throwing
splinters four and five feet long to the distance of
25 yards; the top had been sawn off, and branches
surrounded the trunk risin; ten or twelve feet above',
it, but none of them were injured; another tree, 22
paces from the former, had the upper branches andl
one side of the trunk in a state of decay. - The elec-
tric fluid passed from the top down the sound side
to the earth, in some places only bursting the bark,
in others, splintering the wood to the depth of two
inches, and in breadth three or four. The green
cloth covering a mahogany table in a house about
40 yards from the trees was burnt, and one leg of
the table broken ; the inhabitants, providentially,
escaped without injury, though the house presented
the appearance of being filled with file.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCS.

SATURDAY'S BETTING AT NEWMARKET.

in consequence of the running of last week at Newmarket
and Catterick, but particularly at the former place, considerable
alterations have taken place in the odds for the great itaces at
Epsom and Doncaster.

Di.llllT.

S to 1 agst Gustavus
7 to 1 apt Mr. llason's Two
11 to 1 apt Charm
13 to 2 apt Jock
13 to 1 apt Cows

1 to 1 agst My Lady
5 to 1 agst lbla
$ to 1 agst Zeal

6 to 1 apt Jack Spiggot

10 to 1 apt Annabelle

15 to 1 agst Regina'd
15 to 1 agst Morel
16 to 1 agst Duke of York's c.
Walton

17 to 1 apt Truth.

9 to 2 agst Augusta
10 to 1 agst Springe
10 to 1 agst Barossa.
DONCA STIJL.
14 to I agst Sandbeek
IS to I apt Itetnembrant
20 to 1 apt Champagne.

15 to 1 asst Colwell
13 to 1 apt My Lady
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1821.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28.
Sweepstakes of 108 gs. each, h. ft. Bst. 71b. D. M.
Lord Jerseys colt Richard

Lord Soffitld's colt, by Muley
General Grosvenor 's Potemkin

Even betting on Richard.
Mr. Greville's Banker, tist. Slb. beat Lord Suffield's Comical,
21b. 1). M. 200 gs. h. ft.-2 to 1 on Banker.

A Gold Cup, value 100 p. by a Subscription of 20gs. each, the
surplus (if any) to be paid to the winner. A. F. 2-yr-olds car-
rying Est. 5-yr-olds, ilst. 4-yr-olds, 113 t. 91b. 5-yr-olds, 9st. 1 lb,-
6-yr-olds, 9st. 51b. and aged, 9st. 71b.
Mr. Crockford's Sultan, 4 yrs old
I Mr. Vansittart's colt, by Partisan, 2 yrs old - - 2
Slr J. Shelley 's Ivanhoe, 3 yis old
His Royal Highness the Duke of York's dreamt filly Ro-
setts, 3 yrs old - - - ----- 4
General Grosvenor's Dorninichlno, 2 yrs old - - pd
3to 1 apt Sultan-5 to 4 apt Mr. Vansittart's colt-2 to 1
apt Ivanhoe.

The Marquis of QUEENSBERRY, the Duke of LEEDS,
Mr. LAIIIBTON, Lord TYRCONNELL, Lord STEWART,
and Sir W. MAXWELL, have all horses entered to start

at the Catterick-bridge Races.

Sir JACOB ASTLEY'S Hunt Dinner was given on
Tuesday, in the Shire-hall, at which about seventy
Sportsmen, who usually hunt with the worthy Baro-
net's hounds, were present, arid the day was passed
with the greatest hilarity.

Kinds Tnniterns..- The appearance of the two
new singers for Tancredi, which had been announced
for Saturday evening, was postponed. CAMPORESE'S
performance of Amenaide, however, afforded some
compensation. There was a Divertisement between
the acts, and the Ballet of Paysanne Su set fol-
lowed, which was received with much applause by s►
numerous and brilliant audience. The following
persons of distinction were present :

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester,
the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Duke of Portland, the
Duke de Frias, the Duke of Grafton, the Duke of Devonshire,
Duke of Wellington, Duke of Leinster, Duchess of Buccleugh,
Duchess of Marlborough, Dowager Duchess of Richmond and
Ladies; Prince Esterhazy ; Marquis Caddell, Marchioness of
Winchester; Earls Pomfret, Fortescue, Clare, Blesinton, Yar-
mouth, Glengall ; Counts, &. Antonio, Munster ; Countesses Ss,
Antonio, Errol, Munster, Ilarrowby, Blesinton, Clare; Viscount
and Viscountess Hampden, Viscount Dungannon ; Lords Tor-
rington, Sefton, Granville, Harrington, Stair, Curzon, Clive,
Winchelsea, Aboyne, A. Hamilton, Bentinck, 3lolyneux, Brick.
nook, Lowther, Loughborough, Uxbridge, G. Cavendish, Bel-
fast; Ladies Holland, Colville, C. Greville, Sefton, Flint, Gran-
Peyton, Aylesbury ; Colonel and Miss Fitz-Clarence, &c.
ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.—Mr. MATHEWS'S At
Home, on Saturday night, was attended by a crowded
and fashionable audience, who were highly delighted
with his unrivlled performance, as the repeated bursts
of laughter amply demonstrated.

Tna PARK.—Hyde Park appeared in all its glory
yesterday. The Wellington, the Ring, and the linj;
were thronged with good company. From the brow
of the hill; near the Riding-house, there was nothing
to be seen, for several hours, but a moving forest of
white waving plumes, and magnificent bouquets, and
fluttering robes of silk, and gaily-coloured parasols,
flanked by a compact double rank of glittering equi-
pages, gaudy liveries, and horsemen innumerable.—
The ensemble was really very magnificent. In female
costume, silk pelisses, green, purple, or peach-blossom,
the zone confined by a buckle of polished steel ; with
large silk bonnets ere suite, crowned either with flowers
or ostrich feathers, seem the universal fashion; though
some few ekgantes clothe the bust only in " silken
sheen," from which depends full draperies of snowy
muslin, trimmed with rosettes of satin ribbon. As to
male attire, the varying fashions are so minute, that
there is little to be said about it. The chapeau has a
narrow flat brim, and the coat is as long waisted and
short skirted as possible. There were present :
In Carriages—Their Royal Highnesses the Duchesses of
Gloucester and Clarence, the Duchess de Frias, the Marchianesses
of Hertford and Chohnondeley; Count:-.es Jersey, Dowager
Jersey, Blesinton, St. Antonio, Coventry, Beltnore, Essex, Muh.
grave Beverley ; Earls Cardigan, Fife, and Winche/sea ; Ladles
Berwick, Amherst, Roses; Mr. laron Wood, &c. " Her Hifha
ness the Princess of Cumberland" was also in the rank, with
Royal liveries.
In Tilburies—Sir Roger Gresly, Mr. Horace Seymcntr, and
the Hon. Mr. P. Stanhope.
On Horseback—The Duke of Dorset, Furls Belfast, Mint °,
and Sefton, Lord Ashtown, Count Sr. Antonio, and a whole host
of minor titles.
On Foot—His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and two
of the Misses Fitaclarence, the Polish Prince Lubormiraky, the
Earl of Clare, Lords Grantham R. Seymour, J. Hay, Lough-
borough, Saye and Sele, Maynard, Normanby, J. Churc'sill,
Deerhurst, &c.
Friday, several valuable articles of plate were stolen
from a Gentleman's house, in Bedford-street, Bed,
ford-square, by means of some person going down
the area steps (the gate having been incautiously left
open by the servant) into the pantry, where the plate
had been placed.
CORN EIC/L4/1014 MAIR-sails, APRIL 30.—The supply of
Wheat was rather large this morning, by land-carriage samples,
from &sea and Kent, but we bad but few fresh arrivals 'from
any other Counties; prime runs obtained last Monday's rites,
but the sales were heavy, even for the Smelt qualities, and no
demand for' the inferior sorts. Fine Malting Barley, being
scarce, sold on as good terms as on this day week, but the ordi-
nary descriptions are fun Is. per quarter cheaper. Grey Peas
arc Is. per quarter lower. The arrivals of Oats continue abun-
dant, and the trade was exceedingly dull at a reduction of Ir.
per quarter.—Current prices as under:
sosousm. Small Beans 4Bs Sea
Wheat, Kent and Tick ditto
Esser , ........541 68. Oats, I'otatoe 435 2311

Suffolk s2a 56s
Norfolk, old 42s 50s
Rye 28s 30s
Barley ........ l9O 26
Malt sos 50s
White Peas . gt3s 32$
,-----, Boilers 34s Dtif
ilizey Nab .. . .... :46

- Poland 4ts Ws
Feed ...... l4s 194
Floor, pet Sack 4Ss
Rapeseed, per Last £34 mai
VOL UM
Wheat, Dantsic..... s4s 011 e
Baltic Red, Fiatubre or
Brabant red 3Ol 32s

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