Star.
London, England, 1826-02-13 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE.

The management of this Theatre have engaged Miss Foam to
perform twenty-four nights, commencing in three weeks, on terms
alike creditable to the liberality of the manager, and the *afloat-
ledged talent and attraction of the young lady.

Duv.s.—A duel was fought on Blackheath on Satur-
day, between Mons. M—u—v,. of• Lewisham.gron, and G. B.
Bz—x--2, Bs+ in consequence of a dispute respecting a Lady, the
der- alai* of Monsieur,who resides in thaCent.road. The former was
seriously wounded in the arm in the Ant fire.—Wednesday a duel
took place at the Draw-bridge, _Royal Canal, Dublin. The
arab were, J. P. B—v—s, and Captain 11—n. The seconds
were, H. O'B--v and W. Tit —se—s. - We are ignorant of the
Tomsk ; but the affair originated in a dispute concerning Aldermen
IYann and Nuourr, on the subject of the ensuing General Electives
MESSRS. S 1 ICES AND WILKINSON'S BANKRUPTCY.-••
The outstanding debts, taking them in round numbers,
may be set down at 350,0001. and the assets (not thoi
available ones) were computed to be about 200,0001.
This compwation, however, was made at a time when'
every description of funded securitieswere at the highest
value ; and even on that calculation the balance against
the public was tremendous-150,0001. It was stated
in the room that a great part of the deficiencies are to be
attributed to Mr. WILKINSON, who, it appears, has kept
up a most princely establishment, including a suit of no
lMss than sixteen domestics, some of whom came to
prove under the Commission for the services they had
severally rendered to the estate.
The adjourned Inquest on the -body of Mr. Pawn,
fustian-manufacturer, at Manchester, who was found
murdered in his own warehouse, was resumed on Thurs-
day. Mr. CRIISSWKLL and Mr,Jbanotr, surgeons, were
re-examined, as well as another witnets,but nothing deci-
sive was elicited, and the Inquest was again adjourned
to this day.
Some idea may be formed of the extent of commer-
cial distress in this county, from the fact of a Bank, in
Manchester, having received 380 returned bills one de/
daring the last week. In Liverpool, the state of the
commercial world is peculiarly gloomy; business is
dell ; the price of merchandise is generally on the de-
'dine, and confidence, which appeared to be reviving,
seems again to have wholly vanished.—Liverpool Cons-
sercial Chronicle.
ECOLISIASTICAL PUN isamicbm—Yesterday. after
Ibe conclusion of the morning service, at St. Martin's
Church, a young man named Edward Lawrence, who
was condemned in the Eeclesiasticil Court, for having
called Mrs. Spencer, of the 44 Harp," in Little Russell-
street, Covenvgarden, the reverse of.a chaste woman,
did penance, by standing in the middle of the above
Church, and pronouncing the following recantation
a Whereas, 1, Edward Lawrence, have uttered and spoken
certain scandalous and opprobrious words of and against Mary
Spencer, wife of George Spencer, of the pariah of St. Martin in the
Fields, in the county of Middlesex, to the great offence of Almighty
God, she scandal of my Christian religion, and the injury and
reproach of my aeighbour's credit and reputation, by calling
her I do, therefore, before God and you, humbly confess and
acknowledge suck my offence, am heartily sorry for the saint, and
do ask her forgiveness • and promise hereafter never to offend her
in like manner, God assisting me."
The last day for receiving Petitions, by the Host* of
Commons, for leave to bring in Private Bills, will be
Friday next.