Star.
London, England, 1821-11-22 00:00:00

DESCRIPTION OF A FINE COW.

She's long in her face, she's Ewe in her horn,
She'll quickly get fat, without cake or corn ; •
She's clear in her jaws, and full in her chine,
She's heavy in flank, and wide in her loin.
She's broad in her ribs, and long in her rump,
A strait and fiat back, with never a hump;
She's wide in her hips, and calm in ber eyes,
She's fine in her shoulders, and thin in her thighs.
She's light in her neck, and small• in her tail,
She's wide in her breast, and good at the pail;
She's line in her bone, and silky of skin,
She's a grazier's without, and a butcher's within!
• This epithet alludes to the lower part of the tail only ;—the
higher part ought to be broad, according to the former description.

Monday night, Mrs. MooaE, the wife of t'he keeper
of the locks of the canal at Highgate, was acciden-
tally
.drowned : she went out with a tea-kettle to fill
it with water nut of the canal, lost her balance; and
fell into the water. She has left six small children.
Tuesday afternoon, four young men, named Tho-
mas Fenner, William Worder, Robert Childs, and
William Black, were unfortunately drowned in the
Mill River at Staines, Middlesex, by the overturning
of the boat in which they were towing for pleasure—
It is supposed they were rather in liquor at the time,
and playing tricks with each other.
Yesterday afternoon, Ann Caple, a girl about four
years of age, whose parents reside in Duke's-court,
Drury-lane, in the absence of her mother, went to
amuse herself at Waterloo Bridge : she proceeded
down the steps, and her bonnet falling into the water,
she, in endeavoui ing to take it out, overbalanced her-
self, and fell, headforemost, into the River: an alarm
was instantly made, and some watermen procured
drags, and dragged for the body, but up to a late hour
yesterday evening, it was not found.
Tuesday night, about nine o'clock, a destructive
fire broke out in the workshop of Mr. Watts, car-
penter, at the corner of Wood-street and Church-
greet, opposite Spitalfields Church. The house was
built on a very large scale, and was, about twenty
years ago, the Three Tuns Tavern ; but the Magis-
trates refusing to renew the license, it was shut up
for a length of time, till it was taken by the father of
Mr. WILLts, who divided it into three houses, only
separating. one from the other by a slight wooden
partition, instead of a party wall, whereby the ra-
vages of the flames were greatly accelerated. Two
of the houses were let in tenements to different poor
famiFes, and the other was occupied by Mr. WILLIS
and his family ; the whole of the former have lost
every article they possessed, and are now in the
greatest distress : Mr. WILLIS'S loss is very consider-
able, not having saved an atom of furniture, on ac-
count of the impetuosity of the fire. One man, named
Squires, who lodged on the first floor, over the shop,
jumped out of the window, but happily met little or
no injury. The three houses were entirely destroyed.
The greatest outrages were perpetrated by a most
formidable gang of thieves.—See Police.
Sir.CnARLEs WOLSELEY, passed through Litchfield
onWednesday se'nnight,on his way from Abingdon to
Wolseley-hall, his irn pi isonment expiring on that day.
The tenants at Wolseley, and inhabitants of the neigh-
bourhood, paid their respects to him on the following
day, and hailed with pleasure his return among them.
Bonfires, feastings, and other demonstrations of joy,
were exhibited at Itugeley, and the villages adjacent.
Tie Will of the Right Hon. WILLIAM Assnitroir,
late Lord Suffield, Baron of Suffield, in the county
of Norfolk, was posed in the Frei ogative Court, Doc-
tors' Commons, on the 13th inst. It is dated the 29th
of January, 1812, and devises all property, both real
and personal, to CAROLINE HANS, Lady SUFFIELD,
widow, the relict, who is nominated to be executrix,
and took probate accordingly. The effects are sworn
under £40,000. The present Lord SUFFIELD has
visited all his numerous tenantry on coming to his
estate, and has anticipated their wishes by a very con-
siderable reduction of their rents.
RELIGION AND MORALITY AMONGST TIIE SOLDIERS.
Saturday evening, a very numerous and highly re-
spectable Meeting was held at the Goat Tavern, Pim-
lico, to take into consideration the best means of
raising a Friendly Society and Bethel Union, for the
purpose of promoting lteligion and Morality amongst
Soldiers. The Rev. Mr. SMITH, of Penzance, took
the Chair, and was supported by several respectable
and eminent individuals. The most conspicuous fea-
ture of the Meeting was that of two of the Life Guards
being present, ss ho delivered speeche, of a very inte-
resting description, in support of the measures about
to be adopted to raise an Institution for the purpose
mentioned, and which met with great applause. Se-
veral other persons delivered their sentiments, and
various Resolutions were framed. The Meeting lasted
till a late hour, when the assemblage contributed to-
wards the object for which they had met, and departed.
RETORT COURTEOUS.—Judge K. who presided in
the County Court of an American State, was fond of
indulging himself in a joke at the expense of Counsel-
lor B. a practitioner in the same Court, with whom
he was very intimate, and for whom he had a high
regard. On a certain occasion, when pleading a cause
at the Bar, Mr. B. observed, that he would conclude
his remarks on the following day, unless the Court
would consent to set late enough for him to finish them
that evening. " Sit, Sir," said:the Judge, " not set—
hens set." " I stand corrected, Sir," said lie Counsel-
lor, bowing. Not long after, while giving an opinion,
the Judge remarked, that under such and such cir-
cumstances an action would not lay. " Lie, may it
please your Honour," says the Counsellor, " not /as—
hen; lay !"
The notes of hounds have a powerful influence on
any horse that has been accustomed to follow the'
Chace. An instance of this occurred in 1807, when
the Liverpool mail was changing horses at the Inn at
Monk's Heath, between Congleton and Newcastle-
under-Line. The horses which had performed the
stage were taken off and separated, when Sir Fruit
WARBURTON'S fox-hounds were heard in full cry.—
The horses then immediately started after them, with
their harness on, and followed the chace until the last.
One of them, a' lood mare, kept the track with the
whipper-in, and gallantly followed him about two
hours over every leap he took, uatil Reynard ran to
earth in a neighbouring plantation. These spirited
horses were led back to the Inn at Monk's Heath,
and performed their stage back to Congleton on the
salve evening.