Star.
London, England, 1804-12-22 00:00:00

PONTE cAssnni fjIEDUcT.

The grand artificialAquedue coneroding over the
vale of Punte-CAllilta, in Denbighfisire, to pedal the
'station Canal from Chefler al, o tne River Dee, it is
th.,ught will be completed by Midiumater next. It is
one otthe aloft extraordinary efforts of human att.
It corals of nineteen pair of conical pillars, 5: feet
afunder, the centre of which are one hundred and
twenty-fix feet in height ; each pair of pillars fupports
a Bind of ellintical bridge of call iron, the whole
feamblg an horizontal bafe, on the commit, on which
mafy Wets of call iron are rivetted, and cemented
mother, Co as to form an aqueduit for the Canal
►asgc► to pals each nther,-viz. about so feet in width,
and fix feet in height: a moiety of this aquedue is
already pedaled : it is prowled by the Engineer to
ereet an iron platform, and railing on the booth fide,
for the towing path for the honks; but as this mull
be attended with a prodigious additional expellee,
pad would in Come meafure weaken the general work,
there is reafon to hope that Come plan may be de-
irifed for rendering (itch towing path)altogetber none-
eeilary. It &Ikea a common obferver, that the barges
fr may be towed with windlaffes, and that the horfes
slight be conveyed in the barges.

Thurfday two Jew bnye, of pngiliftic eeleblity,
the
a pitched battle on Tower hill. They were
df true Mendoza fchool, and were attended by
their feeouds and bottle.holders, like Idariguaivir of a
mAre mature growth. They fought for an hour and
ten sninetes, during which time they had $7 rounds,
difplaying uncommon (!till and bottom. Bets were
in favour of Levy, the younger boy, but his adver-
fary, yOung Snlomons, having made a very fcvcre
hit, the lift• round, by chopping poor Levy's note,
fn that the divided Brittle protruded through the,
conqueror; but in the moment
gang moil opportunely fent
Ara the tender, and picked np
s among the crowd radiated.
alarming fire broke not at the
Worcellerthire, which raged
ire firft began in a cottage,
!xtinguithed. it burnt down
and outbuildings adjoining.
Bunn. Andrews, Crook, and
,es, are. Although the aeci-
. early part of the day, as one
contained a mumtity of bay, little
dellruaive element. The
sool This ire was °eta-
years of age. named Hay-
• burning flicks upon the
culprit was (feared and
, who, from his behaviour,
three witneffes, comasifted
Cagle for trial at the next
Saturday evening lag, William Nichol, wright in
Hamilton. returning home from Glafgow, was rob;
bed and barharoutly murdered, about three miles
irom,that city, by Come villain or villains, as yet on-
wt.
S/a Saturday morning left a man and his wife
mere di/covered with their throats cut in a moll (hock-
iiqt manner. in their houfe in the village of Eaft
Poskhun, Kent ; the woman was quite dead, but'
Akers /arrived a (tort time.
-Ithe Monday hie, Mr. Nadia, the Deputy Cones.
.111'if Mancheßtr, apprehended James. Kitty,
ileDanaltl. and Peter Quin, on fufpicion of
apktng and uttering ;hate coin. who have all been
Wged in the New bailey prifon in that town.
Lift week, at Sudbury, a little boy, of the name •
of Dulfon, in the abfence of his parents, went to drink
*Me water out of a kettle then on the fire, which
'kidded him fo much, that notwitlillanding every
Iniefical of Rance which could be afforded, he died
the fame evening in the molt excruciating torments.
Wednefday a loaded collier was funk near Cork-
Point by a Weil Indian= running foul of her
in a gall of wind. The crew were fared.
A Stocking accident happened on Wednefdsy,
about four o'clock, at Woolwich : a: Come men, em-
_played on the Elaboratory, were filling a thirteen
stab fuppofed to be on Come new experiment ;
yin ramming the (hell, unfortunately it born. and
wounded feat of the men employed, three mortally;
one of the three died about art hour after lie was
askew home ; the other two are not evaded to fur-
tive, being lbockingly mangled.

Oa WedoefJay morning a poor man was found
lying at the door of the talflaff, in Lower Thames-
Suet, iu a Hate as was luppofed of intoxication,
bat on his being taken into the houfe, it was found
be was quite dead. The body was taken jo the
wore haute of St. Magnus, at Horton, where Mr.
thisvim yelferday held a Coroner's Ingot(' on it, and
it appeared the poor man was in an emaciated (late,
and was, excepting a ragged jacket and trowfers,
naked. They /wild • verdiFt.—" Died by the in•
clemency of the weather." It is nct a little fingular
thathe name of the landlord is Diatb, fo that he may
literally he laid to have rm.:fled to Litre .s't &or,
and, being carried in, expired.
_ _

On Thurfday two hackney coaches &nye againll
each other in the Strand. By this collifion one f.f
the coachmen was thrown from his boy, and his
'boulder diflocared ; the other received no material
Minty. An old lady within fide one of the coaches
fainted with the fright, but being taken out and feat-
.ad, rather sokwardiy in point nicloehing. upon the
Acmes, the extreme cold loon recovered her, when
lbe nimbly got upon her legs, regulated l:er difcom-
pored drefs. and let off as brifk .ts a young girl.
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Coactra's I‘o,yorr.—An inque.l4 was held a few
days fince by E. Susan, Erg. Coroner, on the body
of a woman, who, wi.h a child in het rms. war, at-
tempting to pilfer a lump cf coal from a w.tnon
praßice, we are furry to fay, but i,.0 fic(iticno. ~t
elydach, Swan!'ca, hut, her loot fioricg. f.:c fell
under the wheel, which pang over one '.l 1..: leg q,
fisat!ered tireadfully, that a mortification enfn.
ed, and tetrnitosted her cliftence.—Vt.idia—Acci•
dental Death.

Wednciday, an Intl,lca %vat ball at tl:c nqn of the
White Lion. Shadsac'd, nn the body of a It..olAring
t.ken out of the River. Ther•
of 'Lc Jary rQuaticd a vc:e.:a.—Acc.::a
tal Death.

lkin, he was declared eong
of exaltation' a prefs gai
'aintg
Sandnons nn board
me very ufeful hands am
/3 Friday lall an alarm
I, in tetiltore. W
fit fury. The tin
h etlittd be ell
fitOeVal wtreheofes an,
ng to Marrs. bun
all, with tome WaWes,
in the earl
• • contained
&ea From the d
ifte animated at 5
by a boy Amor t 5
"v. ,ocl wantonly throwing
pieatifes. Tb.
Wait before a *Magiftrate,
.find on the teflimony of tl
lila fit Woriefier County (
apses.