Star.
London, England, 1826-10-10 00:00:00

DUBLIN, Oc;n- 6.

There has been some clue found to the discovery of the British
mall lost between Dunmore and Waterford some time back. It'
is stated that the bag contained notes and post bills to the amount
of 4,000 f. besides letters and papers of great value. On Wednesday
morning a woman presented a bank post bill to be changed at the
shop of a publican in Waterford. The publican took it to the bank
to be -changed ; the cashier discovered it to be one of the bills of
the lost mail. The woman was detained, and she says she got the
note from a person confined in the city gaol of Waterford. The
parties were confronted, and prevaricated; the man at length said,
that be found.the mail bags on the road, and he had burned every-
thing contained in them but the bill in question. The ponce doubt
this statements and considerable hope', are entertained fur the reco-
very of at least a considerable portion of the property.

A poor man, of the name (1,1 .11n Bionic, residing at
Clifton, near Halifax, was a kw days ago taken beim e
a Magistrd-,chirged with tiespassing, by entering a
field. He was fined 6J. with 9s. 61 costs ;. and being
unable to pay, was s:at to Wakefield House of Correc-
tion for a month.

Satneday evening, as a French Gentleman, whose
more is De Flong, residing at the West-end of the
Town, was driving a horse and chaise along the New-
road, the horse took fright nearly opposite Goa er-street,
in consequence of a boy flying a kite in the road, and
came in contact with one of the Paddington stages with
so great a force as to overturn the chaise. M. de Flong
was thrown out and the wheels passed over his legs.—
He was conveyed to Middlesex Hopital, where it was
ascertained that his legs were broken.
A most melancholy accident occurred on Wednesday
morning, near the Gas Company's Works, on the north
wall, Dublin. Three young females, two of whom were
returning from furnishing their father with breakfast,
were employed in gathering cinders, when a wall, be•
longing to the Company's works suddenly gave way, in
consequence of the pressure of coals inside. The three
unfortunate girls were in a moment buried under the
ruins, Irons whence, after some time, they were dug out,
but in a most mangled state ; their skulls being flatten
ed in, their limb: broken, and life extinct. The eldest of
them was only IG years of age.
At a meeting at the Guildhall of York, on Tuesday,
the case cf Mr. Pardee, a most active police officer, who
is threatened with a promotion for having discharged
his duty faithfully, was brought forward.and concluded
the business of the day. It appears that a burglary
having been committed, in the vicinity of the city, he
made such inquiries relative to the same as the case re-
quired. The result of those led him to search a certain
house of ill fume, ift which was a certain Gentleman, who
bad made a present of a pair of spring garters, &c. to a
certain Lady there, and those garters were in a sealed
packet, which Mr. Pardoe thought it his duty to break
t pen. Ile did so, and the consequent exposure so dread-
fully displeased the donor, that a threatened prosecir-
tion is the consequence. The Lady Abbess has, how•
ever, since entered into the matrimonial state, and left
the city. Mr. Pardoe, as the public officer, will be
indemnified by the Corporate Body, and•reost likely the
certain Gentkman alluded to will be wise enough to

drop all further proceedings, and thereby avoid more
unnecessary exposure.
FINE ARTS.—The tricks of dealers and the better
taste acquired by travelling, and a more free access to
collections at home, have gone far to put an end to the
ignorant passion which once prevailed with respect to
old pictures, worm-eaten and defaced, and which led to
the grossest imposition of every description of rogue, y
to suit this gullible fancy. A picture in good repair
used to be held in contempt—it was valued according
to the ravages et time ; or such as appeared to have been
the effect of time; which gave great facility to knavish

dealers, as nothing is so easy as to cover a painting
with dirt, smoke, disfigure, and deface it. However,
it was esteemed accordingly, and the affected connois-
seur was with Foote's Virtuoso, who, when he was told
that his statue had no nose, exclaimed, " Nose! d—d de
nose—if it had de nose, itswould nut be wort a farding 1"
KNIGHT•EIIRANTIEY IN YORK.—Thursday evening a

party of friends having met at a public house, in York,
amongst them were a master tailor and a master sad-
dler, who, in the course of the evening, fell into dispute,
when the tailor called the saddler "a hone milliner,"
and the saddler, in return, called the other " a knight
of the thimble."—The parties became moch irritated,
and the result was a challenge to settle the affair with
pisibis, at the distance of ten yards. This being ac-
cepted, the place fixed on was Foss Bridge, the time
half-past nine. The seconds having loaded the pistols
with blank cartridges, the parties took their stations.—
On the signal being given, the saddler pulled the trigger,
but his pistol only fl4shed in the pan. The tailor im-
mediateiy fired, at the report of whose pistol the saddler
took to his heels, leaving the knight of the thimble
master of the field.
Friday the new bailiff's of Bridgenorth, W. Coley and
Charles Clarke, Esqrs. were sworn into office, and on
that day gave a most sumptuous entertainment to a
numerous party of friends. The two Membrrs for the
Borough were present; .also W. L. Childe, Esq. Major
Bridgman, Thomas Whitmore, jun. Esq. James Foster,
Esq. Counsellor Ryan, and a great number of other
highly respectable Gentlemen, many of whom, with
several other persons, were made burgesses on the above
day. A ludicrous event took place in the course of the
evening :—Mr. Coley, as Chairman. having called on
Mr. Alderman Boucher, the Vice President, to send up.
a toast which had been given by a Gentleman who sat
ileac e Vice, but had not reached the ear of the Chair-
mall, the President, after a short time had elapsed, sent
a ) ocng waiter down to the Vice, requesting him to
send up the toast. The waiter, mistaking the purport
of the message, hurried down to Mr. Boucher': house,
which is no small distance from the Guildhall, and almost breath-
less, addressed Mrs. Boucher with—" Madam. I'm come for the
toast." Mrs. Boucher—" What toast, my boy?" " I conna say
what toast, but the Bailey sent me down for it, and it must go up
in a minnit." Mrs. Boucher—" Surely, my boy, you have made
a mistake." " Indeed, Madam, I hanna, for I run all the way."
Mrs. Boucher—" I ant fearful you are mistaken in your errand,
my boy, and would advise you to run back." " Well, Madam, I'll
go back and see." It is needless to observe, the toast had passed
long before the waiter returned.
The White,part Inn, Winchester, together with the
house adjoining it, and the Town Hall, narrowly escaped
destruction by fire on Saturday evening.