Star.
London, England, 1817-10-18 00:00:00

SHOAL OP WHALES.

DU::• DUMBER
Sunday a shoal fiches, of the kind called frier.
P species of small tt tri.ss observed in the Rm..
Tay. It was seen .0,7,,it1 on Monday morning. 'I)
some ptople 1.11 the South enact, end by them Ifti
lowed in -4 6,11111;4 Gov**. Ahilllt eight o'clock it .44
observed by =a •• v tqclll 1101 h4fboUT.
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" They man th..ir hoots, and all !Isar Toting men arm,
w at.orvrr may the monsters harm ;
Plus, lialberis, spite, and dyne that t. ou.id so far,
The took of prat: and Instrument. of war."
The beats drove the afloat belitre them, towards
the ealtAtiee of the new harbour, and, After tacking
about there fora little time, it 'ient its c. tit.e al-ng u.
new east n all. At tliia time, the chase exhibited a scene
unique and beautiful. The sea ri,onsters, in number
nearly 10, and in part wen above water, plongl‘-d their
Way majestically al( ng,.and about t wen y b .tits lull of
people, w ith :fusions and ear looks, followed dine
alter, keeping them togeatrotod driving them toward,
the shc.te. Iltt.y weir boon ltenstnesi into the cot ner
formed by M.. wnnd.yar.t and the new
" Now was ti.e time for vigorous lads to stew
What love or honour could invite them to;
A goodly theatre! where wall. are round
With reverend age and lovely li...ea crown't!!"
0 for the pen of Houza to desctibe the scene
which iolloAed
'to sets the leviathans skip,

And wa' their tails ding owr a ship,
Boats Jesited :such the .hick of the mighty strangers.
The 1 tildinen rushed into the water. Blow frillwed
fast upon Ll.,w Harpoons, torch-staff, lances, boat-
hooks, 'fears, attack, plats, and pick-axes, were raised
on high, 41161 ►arlrcted many a gakhing wound. Blood
spouted Around, and dyed the flood. Men bawl2d ;
women LCI c ; the tails of the monsters Rapped—
w And made a tempest though the winds were still."

But ii.ough the general aspect of the scene was
thus .hiking, a more minute examination brought
out snow:• ciicurnstances irresisttbly ridiculous. Here'
might be seen a sturdy labourer, grasping in his
anus the tail of one monster, and cast about by its
lashing. but still clinging to his prey. There, a
lusty • apvister, after a death-dealing blow, which'
intik hia adze up to the shaft in the hide of another,
struggling matdoliy to extract it; but fain at last to
escape with the toss at hts weapun, from the lashing
of the dreadful creatures tail. There, a boat, borne
away upon t..e bhoultlen ot a monster, was no uncom-
mon sight ; upon one occasion, a sailor lad, by
way et secuttlig tits right to the property of a fish
which he had laid hold ot, mounted upon its back,
held last by the fins, and was borne along in singular
style, na►ling out 41* Me went, ‘, I have got this-chap;
I halve hem last 1" Eves y fish teas killed. Their
length was Isom 12 to 21 tett ; and 'Ley would pro.
door front oae to five hundred weight ot

A letter from Milan states, that the money non
coining in the Mint of that city is still the same as
was struck by order of Botiaraara ; namely, gold
• pieces (it forty francs, and silver pieces of five francs,
with the head of Nations:ow, sad the tocriptien—
iwpreatere e Re. The date IBM
The Duchess of Am:imams having given permis-
sion that the bridge which is constructing it Cour.
nerve, near St. Denis, should receive the name of
Pont de Madame, the inhabitants of that commune ce-
lebrated the ineugnratinn of the new bridge on Sun-
day, the October, by a brilliant fete. After a
solemn mass, the inaugural procession, including an
hundred yoang women clothed in white, bearing a
bust of Madame, proceeded to the bridge. An invo-
cation to He vow for the preservation of the life of
the King and his august Family was recited, whilst
a pillar was erected, with en inscription comment°.
Mille of the high honour her Highness had done the
common's. A touching episode terminated this in-
tetestiag ceremony. A young man of the village
hiving drawn upon him the resentment of his
father and mother, by projecting a marriage contrary
to their will, the Mayor of the commune took advan-
tage of the present happy occasion to intercede .for
the youth, and on the Poo Jr Madame be now had
the delight to receive tle pardon of his parents and
their content to his marriage.
Between one and two'clock yesterday morning the
paper work belonging to Messrs. J. PLATER and Sow,
Baldwin's-Owe, Baldwin's•gardens, Gray's Inn.lane,
was discovered to be us fire, which in a few minutes
was burnt down, before any of the engines arrived.
Fortunately no person slept on the premises; for if
they had, they must have perished, as from the rapi-
dity of the flames it would have been impossible for
them to escape. It is suppnsed the fire communica-
ted from the iron flue of a stove in the drying-room
to some paper. The rear of Mr. Cnasexe's small-
beer brewery was considerably damaged.
A shocking accident occurred yesterday morning,
on the Wandsworth.road, about three miles trom
Town, to a gentleman driving a one-horse chaise.,
The animal took bight at a carriage passing in the
road, and, becoming ungovernable, ran furiously up
the bank, dashed the gig to pieces against a gentle.
man's garden wall, nod set off full speed with the
fragments at his heels. The gentleman was thrown
out by the violence of the shock to a considerable
distance, fell on his head, and fractured his skull.
was conveyed in a state of insensibility to the
Plough public-house, where he lies in a state of ea.
trume danger.
A iew days since Messrs. Coma and Co. Sur-
geons, of Charlotte Huusc, Great Charlotte-street,
• blackfriarntroad, gave an elegant entertainment to
&vital of their friends ;—among the company were
Six Gentlemen who assisted in extinguishing the late
fire at the Medical Board. The dinner was at Mr.
CLI-VaLaares, Dog and Stile Tavern, St. Georgeta-
aields. On having his health drank by the 1 rea-
surer of the Board. who presided, Mr. C. expressed
himself in handsome terms, declaring he was under
the greatest obligation to the Medical Board fdr the
:Seventeen inches round,'
cure of a-dreadful Rupture,
with which he had been arnicted many years, and
deemed incurable by eminent Surgeons. Several
lelediall Gentlemen present (one from the York Hos-
pital). caresses; their pleasure in witnessing so good
&case. Dr. Come's health was then di ank with
eethusiassu. The diunet was cxeollent, served up in
tLe &Statile, and the evening concluded with hilarity.

UN1011•IIALL. A YOURCI SWINDLER. Edward
Kelly, a lad of decent appearance, thirteen years of
age, was brought before Mr. Serjeant Set.i.ox, the
Sitting Magistriste, by Holmes, the constable, charged
with obtaicing adsnission.tickets to the Surrey-Theatre
under false pretences.—Mr. Whittaker, of the Surrey
Theatre, stated, that last Thursday evening having
been Lied upon for his benefit at the said Theatre, he
deposited a quantity of admission tickets with Mrs
Nichols, confectioner in Blackfriars-road, for sale.
About sin o'clock on Thursday evening, the prisoner !
delivered a note to Mr. Nichols, purporting to come!
horn Mr. Whittaker, requiring that twelve pit-tickets,,
should be delivered to the bearer. Mr. Nichols ob-
serving some orthographical errors in the note, sus-
pected it to be a forgery, and sent for Holmes, who
took the prisoner into custody; and having been in-
formed that a similar trick had been played off with
better success with Mr. Withers, a confectioner, also
residing in Blackfriars-road, carried the prisoner, and
confronted him with Mr. Withers, who immediately
recognised him as the person who, a few days previ-
ously, obtained from him four pit-tickets, the property
of Mr. brydges, of the Surrey Theatre, by means of
a note, purporting to be written by Mr. Brydges, and
requiring the delivery of four pit-tickets to the bearer
(the prisoner), and which Mr. Withers delivered ac-
cordingly. Mr. Whittaker further stated, that the
note delivered, as above stated, to Mr. Nichols, was
not Inc writing.—On searching the prisoner. a copy
oI be prisonerftbenotewas
to Mr. hl
tiChClii was found in his pocket.—

October at Glasbury, In the county of Radnor, John Phil
UN, k:tq many year, Deputy of Unloosen Ward, and one of the
oldest Members of the Corporation of the city of 1.011.4:011.
October 6, ate Nantes, In France Cheeks Byron. kid two
years. dip over son of James Wedietbuen and the Hon. Lady
rrancos Irettdatura Webster.

13. Bouverie.nreet, Fleet .street, London.
••• For the general accotonsudation we do not limit ovoid
to stated perimls of practice, bet may be coo•ulty1 st .0
able bours,—Country Patients are rey.eurd to Jacrice
their symptoms, Sec. Whlrll mcdicitie, with advice, will he r
diately forwarded to any part of the kingdom —A liank-1-
expected to accompany the case.

PRIG' Of *LOCKS Y kIIIIIIIIA Y.
Built Stock. tate 284 Indta stock
Red. 84 tB4l 811 . indl.. • 1.11.11., 105 107 ;r•
5 per Ct. Cona. 851 83 Neal Ezeti. hits (e? i,1.) ‘ 4 . '
1 per Cent. 06} 0/4 54 —..— (r.,1) .. I ;p•
5 pet Ct. 1014 100 Conb. tor Ace. s ftt ,t el.
i.g. Ann. 21 1-16v6s 1 Lotttry 1 Ickes .4:i 9 It*

PRICito OP 1;01.1) ANA)
Portugal Gold in Coin, per oz. 44 Os
Foreign Gold in ISsrs 4 Os ve•
New Doubloons - 0 Or
New Duliars • Or nil.
Silver in Mrs 0. Cs 01

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YlEslbßimi:.
Annterdant 38 0 8.2 U. Barcelona Or'
Ditto at sight 87 0 M1N1.% f.';
Amsterdam 11 13 C. F. St. Sebastian tit'
Ditto at sight 11 10 Gibraltar 3!
Rotterdam 11 14 2W. I I.eghorn, 481
Antwerp 11 14 Venoa, 4.!
Han.burgla SS 0 Au. i % enice.n. C. lAv. 0..
Alton& 35 1 2jU. 1 mei:eerier per .. •••

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hundred young women Emmy in wiinr, creating it their Eerie; axe nau green oruereu out or the noose; aim • man in ii„eoesists in the health of the people;" but i. Is ill:sisilf
and begen i regular search, party tak-
ho reflect oa the daily sacrifice to the ignin mice of uteri ~;; e
bust of Madame, proteeded to the bridge. An Inver- ing"`" it said, it be bad any thing to say to the Lady,
- - the lower, and the other the upper, part of the
cation to HSAVIIN for the preservation of the life 01.• must apply to him- He was advised to indict them cone and to counteract as far as possible its fortis r.zva
n house. Witness took the lower part, and in a forge
• the King and his august Family was recited, whilst in the back yard he found the stamping machine, all for a conspiracy. offer to suffering humanity, the result of our owner; enoict
various diseases ut Debility. The unwary victim .act i‘i.....
a pillar was erected. with an inscription rommemo- Wednesday eveoing, a fellow entered the house of
which was fixed in the ground to the depth, he be- (early acquired at school, before Reason has au. toil :i.
, Mr. Golding, in Pelham-street, spi:alfietat, and stole over the mind), will. in contempla:ing his pow. rt.- 43 c'
• retitle of the high honour her Highness had done the lieved, of ten feet or more,
common's. A touching episode terminated this in-from the ponderous cep- Mr.
valuable time-piece from the parlour mantle•piece. susceptible of enlivening %muttons, in kisowiug :hat tt,
pearance of the jack or hammer with which the die is
- terestiag ceremony. A young man of the village laotistra.—An Inquest was taken on Thursday eiorplicivedd stare of eraustlon m.y be tou•eil into mail./ i
frock. la the same place.he also found two dies •
hiving drawn upon him the jest resentment of his
and in a cupboard in the back patlour, the immense night at the Buffaloe's Head, New-road, Mary-la- etniereneraadu Yfts—.4%:rtieceats::,zwie.rl,l:42„rtriTregt;3o:
father and mother, by projecting a marriage contrarybonne, on the body of a mile infant, unknown, which Tees seeress; in such caws we can hold oin Yon assuranci
quantity of foreign coin, in the several square
to their will, the Mayor of the commune took *dean- mahogany
boxes in which they were prodticed in was found on Wednesday merning • last, ;pear the animation, by remedies which have long answered tie sa
sage of the present happy occasion to intercede•forNursery-grounds. Regent's Park, wrapped in a piece hopes of patients of both sexes.
Court; the pieces were all copper, and intended for
the youth, and en the Post de Madam be now hedof old filthy carpet, and some hay outside of it. The human happiness LOIS VENtRZ.A, C.ll/ !
French ten cent. being in the centre of each, andtreatedi fe arks":improved 4tate of 111.d.cal.:,cir, 0:
the delight to receive the pardon of his parents and face of the child was exposed, a great quantity of di„ne4i 1.11 the
theedge, Napoleon, Emperor;
round
on the reverse its antidote of those distressing praiser n e lett
their coment to his marriage.blood was on the carpet and hay, and on the body of rendered its exhibition uncertain and bar/Anne. \l'.: b.st :
side the Roman how N. and an Imperial crown
Between one and teo'clock yesterday morning the over it. There were in the yehoie 20,0u0 of them.— the deceased. Mr. Wm. Goodbehere, apothecary to our uu•tbod by observing to patieuts laboisrmg widi r t:i... n
paper work belonging to Messrs. J. PLATER and Sow,Mary-hebonne Workhouse, said the deceased had that flaw days only are required tor the removal ut
Pace deposed, that in a back attic which he searched,
Baldwin's-place, Baldwin's-gardens, Gray's Inn-lane, bled to death, from not having proper assistance.— within
ta
rot
amt
whowit yoinelid
rt,iroiwurr..l
he found a die, and a fly machine for striking the
was Aire :vend to be on fire, which in a few minutes Verdict—The deceased was found dead, exposed in
pieces from the copper is its plain state, of whichinjured, the disease may be prevented altogether). hum Jr,
was burnt down, before any of the engines arrived. the Regent's Park, and came to his death through • similar remark applies to many other t!erangenii tere
pieces there were in one of the boxes upwards of
Fortimately no person slept on the premises r;
for if neglect in hi birth. ranee system, as weakness, ulcerations, Ate. t c.ecialiy 1;
2,000, besides the finished ones. In another room he
they had, they must have perished, as from the rapi- Intimate cases of lb hich are dail removed v•itt o , the us..
An Inquest was taken yesterday morning, at the auts „atm t u T
found twenty packing cases made of thin sheet iron, ii cid.em. l'o II eo;
silty of the flames it would have been impossible for Queen's Head, Lower Islington, on the body of Jo-calculated to hold each 1,000 of the pieces. It seemshave not escaped our atieentrieenn; in Which. mi :Mats: coalle
them 40 escape. It is
:pip the fire communica- seph Baddon, a poor fellow, who was burnt and suf- efficacy Las superwded thr means iismil.y adopled. It:
these cases when made up are cased over with piess
ld from the iron flue of tove in the drying-room located on a brick-kiln on Tuesday last. Ile appeared system le uniqur, peculiarly energetic, and e . etly ...a•
of lead, and ate thus contrived to be sent out of 1
to some paper. The rear of Mr. Ceattee's small- to have been dead some hours; some potatoes lay by Educated in this our native city; schooled in our r-..,
country through the very medium of the Custom- attainment by its splen•lt! medical ; and 1:1%-;
beer brewery was considerably damaged. the side of him. This is the sixth person who has
, house itself.—Prisoner was remanded. able, personally, to compare with admiration the Limitit
A shocking accident occurred yes:erday morning, been suffocated, or burnt to death, on brick-kilns, practice, with the continental,
UNIIOII4IIALL.... A Young SWINDLER.- Edward our pretension. to suptiin.
on the Wandswordoroad, about three miles from within a short time. Verdict—Died from suffocation. a branch we have sekctcd) are matured by experience,
Kelly, a lad of decent appearance, thirteen years of
Town, to a gentleman driving a one-horse chaise.- Yesterday morning, another person, a man a co_ evinced by the daily applications we receiue, 5v...!. frcm
age, WI brought before Mr. Serjeant Slaws, the
The animal took fright at a carriage passing is thelour, was found, not only dead, but literally baked, countries.i.aaerie.itreet,
FieetG.seOltSetariLdoCndot.),Ml. M. R. C. So:je
Sitting Magistrate, by Holmes, the constable, charged
road, and, becoming ungovernable, ran furiously up on the top of a brick-kiln belonging to Mr. Hobson, 4... p
with obtaiaing adsniwiontickets ro the Surrey Theatreor the general accunnuudaliou we 'do not limit 01J
the bank, dashed the gig to pieces against a gentle. of Kingsland, near Islington. The deceased had, to stated periods of practice, bl,t may be coo-ulixd at at' i
under false pretences.—Mr. Whittaker, of the Surrey
man's garden wall, and set off full speed with the ... no doubt, been lying there Some days; for on Wed- able hours.—Country Patients are repeated to dose-,:-.•
1 heave, stated, that last Thursday evening having
fragments at his heels. The fleatleman was thrown been fiied upon for his benefit at the said Theatre, he nesday and Thursday some one was observed lying dio,
their_symptoms, &c. when medicine, with advice, a act 5:
ely forwarded to any part of eke kingdom —A 144.1
out by the violence of the shock to a considerable thereon by persons who live in the neighbourhood.—
deposited a quantity of admission tickets with Mn eapeeted to accompany the case.
distance, fell on his head, and fractured his skull. Nichols confectioner ' • The body was taken to a public-house in Kingsland. —
m Blackfriars-road, for sale. PRICE OF MUCKS Y I•S I l'ltliA V.
He was conveyed in a state of insensibility to the ,—_______ - -s
About :ix o'clock on Thursda ' ' y evening, tbe prisoner BIRTH. . Bank Stock, 888 i 284 India Stock
Plough public-house, where he lies in a state of es- delivered a note to Mr. Nichols, purporting to come Sunday, as Tweed Hill, nee Lymingten, the Lady of Captain Red. as{ 32i Stir India : tai.u., 105 ICT;'*.
trume danger. lions Mr. Whittaker, requiring that twelve pit-tickets Thomas Edward Symonds, Royal Navy, of a son. . . S per Ct. Cons. 85{ 89 8231 Exel. Bills (V. id.) ‘is •,:i
A few days since blesses. COOP= and Co. Sur. should' be delivered to the bearer. Mr. Nichols ob- MARRIED. 1 per Cent. 96} 98i 99i
5 per Ct. 1014 108 I --...... A.) :0 • ;
Con.. toe Arc tcsit to
goons, of Charlotte House, Great Charlotte-street, main- Thursday last at South Warnhoroo h Hants, by the Rae
g some orthographical errors in the note, sus- William sn h. T Moorehomas -' I.g. Ann. 21 1-Itiihsi I.ntrity.llckere ..•:;1 9to
• blacklriarwoad, gave an elegant entertainment to pected it to be a forgery, and sent for Holmes, who Warnbotongh, and of i Grove Hall, ins
lA' ayue, Esq. of outh
the county of York, PRICE:, OF GOLD ANY BILVEK.
*tonal of their friends ;—among the company were took the prisoner into custody; and having bees in- son of Richardion Harrison, Esq. Iternembrancer of the First Portugal Gold in Coin, per oa. ale 0s Cl.
Six Gentlemen who assisted in extinguishing the late formed that a similar trick had been played off with holes and Tenths of the Clergy. to Frances, eldest daughter of Foreign Gold in Earl - 4os ee•
fire at the Medical Board. The dinner was at Mr. better success with Mr. Withers, a confectioner, also William Bowyer, Esq. of Bedford-row. ' New Doubloous - - oOs O.:.
r, at
Dog and Stile Tavern, St. George's- residing in Illackfriarsovad, envied the prisoner, andea Edinburgh, on the 10th bastant, Mr. William Tennant, of New Dollars - - •Os tit.
tielda. On having his health drank by the 1 rea- confronteel bins with Mr. Withers, .
_. _ the tom- ase Mere, to Marko, truly daughter of the deceased
r. who immediately Captale Robert Gairdoer, of the Honourable East.ludia Cum. Silver in Bars - - 0. es O.
surer of the Board, who presided, Mr. C. expressed pany's Artillery. COURSE OF hXCHAG, YSW liNkM%.
recognued him as the person who, a few days previ-
. himself in handsome terms, declaring he was under At Castlebar, Carole Higgins, South Mayo Mitt', to Mary ADIII, soterdaut 58 0 13.21.1. Barcelona Cu
ously, obtained from him four pit-tickets, tbe propertyu at sight 37 I Billow sel
the greatest obligation to the Medical Board fdr the of Mr. lirydges, of the Surrey Theatre by means of Am,*
daughter at AkiaMer WCarthYs of ICU tit
county 11 i3C. F. St. Sebastian Ott
• cure of a-dreadful Repture,teventeen inches round, anote - • written- by M Theatre,
d d , purporting to be r. y gel, an may, Esq. Anutert:ant
Ditto at sight 11 10 Gibraltar 9.1
• with filleted
which he had been a. many years, and DIED. - Rotterdam 11 14 it IJ. I Leghorn, 431
requiring tlie delivery of four pit-tickets to the bearer we& y
deemed incurable by eminent Surgeons. Several (the prisoner), and which Mr. Withers delivered ac- St. iohn.esda.* at his seat at Melchburn, Bedfordshire, Lord Antwerp 11 t 4 Vetioa, 4: .!!
/Mica' Gentlemen present (one from the York Hos- cordirigly. Mr. Whittakerf I d that the October S_. urt .er state , Han..burgh
,at Clasbery, in the county of Radnor John Phil Alfons SS 0 AU. i % enke.n. C. Liv. pi..
pito). expressesl their pleasure in witnessing an g00d35 I itgU. I • sawilrctive per 4 ...'
note delivered, as above stated, to Mr. Nichols, was ups, ki many years Deputy of LISI bourn Ward id
*.case. Dr. COOPILIes . health was then di auk with not his yarujog.....on
summit the
primmer
it
co oldest Members of the Gorpor
atlas ofg
the city of 'll.l
,:ne. oh the ri•t. V! %% A:Lit 1,1:W114110 -, Al Ai., . iN In' i
eethesiatsm. The diluter was Excellent, served up in of the nose to Mr. Nichol. was tguund in his .PY
October e, at\ Hinges, in France, eharles B
pocket.— years, ter war' . 71114 Aged two Muni f•I; 111 min. am •
the fidil stile, and the evening concluded with hilarity.son of James Weddetbutri and the Hon. Lady ' .._-_-t' -!''''
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4 The prisoner was remanded. Frances ifeddesburn Webster. LOMA.) suedand Publishet 181.&doimifiltir,D
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