Star.
London, England, 1828-03-27 00:00:00

THE FANCY.

Dobell and Bailey—Tuesday evening the fourth deposit was made
good In this match, at Peter Crawley's,—*Dobell was present, and
posted the pony on his own account. " Down comes the rain," as
usual, was shouted by his pals, till Peter's parlour echoed again.—
There wss no betting, although liberal odds were offered on Dobai.
He looks exceedingly well, and appears to have lost at kast a stone
of fat. _

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The Sailor Buy can be backed against Ike Dodd for seSO aside
—and Mick Reid offers to light him for the same sum. Jem Reddie
is anxious to have him likewise on the sante terms ; so that Harry
msy have lots of customers if his friends fancy them.

la the town of Birmingham there 7.3 founderies, and
but 20 milliners and dress-makers; and there are in the
toss n, which coatains nearly 100,000 inhabitants, only
five music shops, while there are seven coffin furniture
makers, and three manufacturers of felons' irons.
The inhabitants of Peckham Rye and its vicinity have,
within the last few weeks, been greatly alarmed in con-
sequence of the nightly burglaries which take place in
that quarter. Scarcely a night passes but several houses
are broken into, notwithstanding the roads are all pa-
troled. A considerable quantity of plate and other va-
ludble articlei have lately been stolen from different
ntlernen's houses in that neighbourhood.
Yesterday morning as Wm. Broom, a carman in the
employ of Mr. Hill, a builder of Turner-street, Com-1
nrercial-road, was driving a horse and cart belonging to
his employer, the horse took fright, and ran off at a
furious rate. Broom, in endeavouring to stop him,
%was thrown down, when the cart passed over him, and
killed him on the spot.

• A young Gentle Man near Manchester, having a fine
water spaniel, in order to exhibit his powers to some
spectators, threw a stone into a pond ; the dog went in
sifter it, and brought up a green bag, containing a fine,
'violin and bow. An Irishman cried out, " Throw an-
other stone, who knows but the dog may bring up the
fiddler himself! and then we can have a jig on the spot."
Accounts have been received from the Blossom fri•
gate, Captain BRECHT, stating the arrival of that ship
at St. Bins, in December last, from Behring's Straits.
Capt. BRECHT entered Kotzebue's Inlet, and sustained
very severe and bad weather, which prevented the
Blossom penetrating so far as she did in the summer
of 1826. in search of Captain FRANKLIN and his party.
Captain BRECHT fell in with some natives who were
extremely hostile, and from whose conduct fears were
entertained that the party he was in quest of had been
destroyed by those ferocious people. After remaining
as long as possible, thi Blossom left the coast, and
proceeded to the southward, and may be expected
home in the course of the summer. Captw.n BRECHT,
his officers. and crew, were all in good health.
Yesterday, while a waggon, laden with coals, was
turning out of High-street, Aldgate, into Petticoan•lane,
a respectable looking female, who appeared far ad-
vanced in pregnancy, stood alongside the Coach and
Horses public house to avoid danger; the place, how-
ever, being extremely narrow, and the pavement at this
particular spot very bad, the vehicle, with a sudden
jerk, came to one side of the street, and the end of the
shaft coming with great force against her stomach,
nearly forced its way through her. When released she
was placed on a shutter, with the blood streaming from
her, and removed to the London Hospital, where her
recovery was considered hopeless.

Laurence Going, a labouring man, was stabbed at
Ballynamasna, about midway between Clogheen and
Caher, on the night of the 17th instant. He was at the
tiouse of Thomas Connell, and retired to bed in an out-
house, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock at
eight. While asleep, some person or persons entered the
house, and stabbed him with a large knife in the side,
of which he died the following day. Dr. GALLOGLY,
from Clogheen, attended bim, but found that surgical
aid was unavailing. An inquest was held on his body
on Thursday last, when there was evidence elicited
which led to the apprehension of a young man of the
name of Murphy, and a female accomplice. Both of
them have been transmitted to Clonmel gaol for trial.
—Tipperary Free Press.
In an action for slander, recently tried in the Jury
Court, in Scotland, a Gentleman of the name of KINGAN,
a merchant in Glasgow, recovered damages to the
amount of 5001. from Mr. ROBIRT WATSON, a banker
in Glasgow, for having described the plaintiff as the
author of certain anonymous letters, which contained
matter of an obscene and abominable description,
highly injurious to• the feelings of several respectable
individuals.

EXPLOCI(.N AT J 4 'mow Cowzny.—We briefly ad-
vetted to this accident on Thursday. The names of the
pet sons who have been thus suddenly deprived of life
are Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Gibson, Joseph Robson,
R. Fletcher, Thomas Bewick, Michael Whitfield. Geo.
Johnson, and George Bell. An Inquest was held on
Monday, the 17th inst. before M. Hall, Esq. Coroner,
on the body of Thomas Jefferson, and the Jury, after
beating the evidence of several witnesses, returned a
verdict of—Accidental Death. One of the men, who was
brought out of Jarrow Colliery alive, after the sccident,
bad his flesh hanging from his bones in an awful state.
Thursday night last, or early the following morning.
the mansion-house of GRAMM RANT, Esq. Mendham,
near Harleston, Norfolk, was entered by two or three
men and a woman, at the kitchen.window, by breaking
out a sash square, and undoing the fastening thereof.—
They first proceeded is rifle the bureau in that room,
but were disappointed in finding the booty they sought;
Abwever, they took eleven silver spoons and some other
property. They then, it is supposed, set open the hall-
doots and the other outer doors, in order to effcct a
speedy retreat. They afterwards proceeded to Mr.
RA ''s sleeping-room ; they forced the lock and fas-
tents% from the door, and immediately went to the bed
and struck him three or four blows across the head with
a.hurdle stake, which caused him to bleed very co-
immlY• He, however, got horn his bed and grappled
with one of the villains, but was overpowered by them,
and they made their escape, taking 451. in notes, and
some barer from his breeches pockets, which were
lying by his bedside.—Wilk herald.