Star.
London, England, 1827-08-15 00:00:00

AYLESBURY, AuGuar 11.

The repair of the exterior of Aylesbury Church is
precee.ling tepidly and eff ctually ; the edifice already
looks renovated. A very judicious improvement has
also been undertaken in the interior, and is in the course
of cum; lotion ; it is the removal of the plastering of
that past of the roof which obscured and disfigured
that very rich piece of Gothic wos kmanship, the western
window, and which, until the present time, covered its
upper part, and destroyed its uniformity and beauty.
The ring of Aylesbury bells is a very fine one. There
are eight of them, and each (excepting one) has either
a couplet nr inscription cast On it near the top, which
we give for the benefit of those who have no mind tcs
incur the unpleasant and rather dangerous task of de-
' ciphering the o•igtnals. They are as follow :
No. I.—l men (mean) to make it understood,
That though I'm little, yet I'm good.
No. 2.—lf you have a judicious ear,
You'll own my voice I. sweet and clear.
No. 3.—Such wondrous power to music's given,
It elevates the soul to Heaven.
No. 4.—Music is medicine to the Soul.
No. 3.—To honour both or (our) Goo and King,
Our voices shall is. consort (concert) ring.
No. 6.—Has only the maker's name, which all the others have
also—" Pack and Chapman, London, fecit, 1773."
No. 7..—Ye ringers all, that prise your health and happiness,
lie sober, merry, wise, and you'll the same possess.
No. 11.—Is wedlock's bands all ye who join,
With he• its and hands unite ;
So shall nor tuneful tongues unite,
To laud the nuptial rite.
The last being the large►t 101, has the name of tha Church-
wardens on it :—" It. and Wm. NARDI, cb. wardn."
The following inscription was observed on an old clock, worn
out in the service of the public, which was taken down from the
tower of Aylesbury Church, about twelve years ago, to be replaced
by a new

I labour here with all my might,
To tell the hour both day and night,
Then you a warning take by me,
And carve thy GOD as I serve thee.

EDINBURGH, AUGUST 15.

Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock, an extraordinary
alarm was excited in the Cowgate, by the falling of a
house near the bottom of Birth wick's Close. The build-
ing was a very old one, of two stories, and was in-
habited by several poer families. A chimney rising,
from the centre of the back wall, which it appesrs had
been injured by a recent fire, fell in upon the roof,
and carried the greater part of it through upon the
upper flour, which also gave way. A woman named''
Delancey, a widow, who with four children inhabited
one of the upper rooms, was suffocated by the rub-
bish, and taken out Aad; and it is very extraordi-
nary that this was the only serious consequence of
the accident. Although upwards of a dozen persons,
young and old, resided in the tenement, with the ex-
ception of the woman already named, they all es-
caped with scarcely any injury. A man, two women,
and five children were taken to the Infirmary, but upon
examination, it was found that their hurts were trifling,
except one of the woman Delancey's boys, who had
sustained some rather severe bruises. The husband of

the deceased was a scavenger, and died about two years
ago, in consequence of some hurts he received in a
scuffle on the street. The house was long ago con-
demned as uninhabitable by the Dean of Guild Court;
but like many others of a similar description was allowed

to stand.
A young woman, a native of Stanley. expired on
board the Hero steam-boat on its passage to Perth on
Saturday week. Although ♦ery ill when brought on
board at the Ferry, her friends had no idea that disso-
lution was so near.

Ina fight which occurred at Barrhead fair, between
a man from Pollokshaws, and James Al'Shaoe, an Irish-
man, the latter WAS so severely bust that it was found
necessary to get him admitted to the Glasgow Royal
Infirmary, where he has since died.
Mutt. or GALLOWAY.-A light-house to be built

ou this one of the most conspic—uous promontories on
the coasts of Scotland, has been contracted for, and
will be finished by August, 1828. The height of the
tower is taken at 300 feet, and that of the beacon at
82 mote above the medium level of the sea. Corse•
wall Light-house is considerably higher, but the na-
two' elevation of the giant Mull will save a great deal
of substantial masonry, and still serve every nautical
purpose. Tne espense is estimated at 3,8371. in-
cluding apartments for the keepers and their families,
who must reside constantly near a spot where the eagle
might safely fis her eyerie, and hatch and foster her
callow young, unscared by any danger save the billows
of the Atlantic.