Star.
London, England, 1820-03-07 00:00:00

FATAL BOXING.

Monday se'nnight, two men named fryer and Payne, re-
siding at Hindon, Wilts, fought a desperate battle, which lasted
a considerable time, and whilst both the combatants were pros-
trate on the ground, a man named Target (second t. Payne)
gave Wyer two dreadful kicks on the back and loins; Wyer af-
terwards stood up and fought two more rounds, when he was
knocked,down and carried off the ground senseless, and died on
the following Wednesday, leaving a wife and six helpless children.
Friday an Inquest was held on the deceased, when the Coroner
had the body opened by a surgeon, who stated that Wyer came
by his death in consequence of bruises and kicks received from
Payne and Target. The Coroner immediately issued his war-
rant to commit those two persons to Fisherton jail, on a charge
of Manslaughter.

Count ITTERBURG, son of GUSTAVUS, Ex-King of
SWEDEN, accompanied by Baron PoRLIER, sat en
the Bench of the Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh,
during the proceedings on Wednesday last. He is an
interesting young man, and was particularly attentive
to all that passed.
Tuesday, the foundation-stone of the building des
tined as a School House for the Education of Deaf
and Dumb Childs:, at Glasgow, was laid, in a part
of the Barony Glebe, in presence of a number of the
Directors of the Institution. The Teacher, Mr. An-
DIRSON, having previously informed his scholars of
the benevolent design of the building, conducted
32 of them to the spot to witness the ceremony.
Two English Gentlemen, some time ago, visited the
field of Bannockburn, so celebrated for the defeat of
Edward's army. A sensible countryman pointed out
to them the positions of the hostile nations, the stone,
where Bruce's standard was fixed during he battle,
kc. Highly pleased with his attention, the Gentle-
men, on leaving him, pressed his acceptance of a
crown. piece.—" Na, na!" said the honest man, re-
turning the money; " keep your crown-piece; the
English ha'e paid dear aneugh for seeing the field o
Bannockburn ?'
A private letter from Rome, dated the 13th of last
month, says, that M. SETTEES, Professor of the Uni-
versity Della Sapienza, had composed a course of
astronomy by order of his Superiors, which he in-
tended to publish ; but as he taught the motion of the
earth according to the system of COPERNICUS, the
Censorship refused him an imprimatur. -It is pro-
posed to demand the opinions of the Congregation of
the Holy Office, and that of the Index.
During the late frost, in the middle of the day, a
young cock-pheasant, quite wild, but in an exhausted
state, flew into the passage of the Printing-office of
Messrs. BENTLEY'S, in Dorset-street, Salisbury square,
and with its bill made a considerable noise against
the inner door ; the door was opened, and it walked
in : it was kept three or four days, and then turned
into a gentleman's ground in Surrey.
In the Eastern Counties, winter has again appeared
in his garb of snow, where it fell last week for more
than thirty-six hours without intermission.
The new street which will give the opening from
the Squares North of Broad-street, St. Giles's, to the
Regent's Park, near St. James's Chapel in the Hamp-
stead-road, is now in a considerable state of forward-
ness, and when completed, will be a considerable im-
provement to that part of the town.
Mr. YOUNG has finished his engagement at the
[Norwich Theatre, and is succeeded there by Miss
BRUNTON; as a Metropolitan theatrical star.