Star.
London, England, 1826-12-27 00:00:00

WORCESTERSHIRE CORONERSHIP.

A remarkable contest has taken place for the Coro-
nership of Worcester, between two Attorneys, which
closed on Saturday last, by the return of Mr. Smith by
a majority of 189. The numbers on the gross poll were—.
Smith 3175
Stokes MUG
The poll lasted ten days ; and what is more re-
markable is, that though the whole of the money
last year divided among the-Jour Coroners of the
County, including travelling expenses, only amounted
to 960 and some odd pounds, the expense of the pre-
sent contest, for a quarter of these emoluments (by
no means net, as may be imagined,) is calculated at
between &and 5,0001. on each side: Another remark-
able circumstance is, that the losing candidate was sup-
ported by nearly all the aristocracy of the county.
Ow of the objects of the contest is conjectured to be to ascertain
the state of the political strength of parties in Worcestershire,
Such is the anxietyltGoierniinent to hasten the sail.
big of transports for Portugal, that several steam•boats were actively
engaged during the whole of Sunday in towing them down the river.
A Gentleman who left Madrid the sth instant, de-
scribes the country to be in a state of complete decay.
.Regular business is entirely suspended. He laughs at
the idea of Spain acting offensively in any contest, and
declares it as his opinion that no great country was ever
more entirely hors de combat than Spain at present.
Letters received yesterday from Paris, state that all
fears of war had ceased among mercantile men for
three days. Letters from Antwerp and other parts of
the Netherlands do not take so favourable a view of the
present state of European politics. They say that no-
body there has any opinion of the faith of the pacific
declarations of the French Court, and they allege that
their markets are still affected by the prospect of a war.

According to private accounts from Vienna, it was
believed there, that in the approaching settlement for
the half-year, the extra dividend for the Bank will
amount to 21 florins, and besides this six florins per
share to be laid by forlthe reserve funds. In the course of
the week very little has been done in foreign bills. Our
wool trade has lately been rather mote brisk. Several
parcels are said to have been sold for exportation to
France and the Netherlands; but, with respect to the
prices, the settlements are too uncertain, to found any
general conclusion from them.—Frankfort paper.
A singular circumstance occurred here lately : a Jew
who had embraced Christianity was interred in the Jew-
ish burying-ground. It appeared, several days after his
burial, from an examination of his papers, that he had
been baptized at Turin several years before, but had
concealed his conversion, and even in his last illness had
been contented with the attendance of his former bre-
thren, so that they, not suspecting his aposlacy from
their religion, treated him after death as one of their
community.—lbid. -
It appears from a Quebec Paper of the 16th of No-
vember, that the Parliament of the Lower Province
was summoned to meet on the 23,1 of January for the
dispatch of business. • The EJitor of the Staastead
Paper has been confined, by otdcr of Judge FLETCHER,
for contempt of Court, for which an action is now in
.proAress for false imprisonment. The case appeals to
attract great attention. The winter has set in in Canada.