Star.
London, England, 1827-10-04 00:00:00

stun INTERCO •T THE CUITONI•HOUSX, LONDON.

iNWARDS—The Stapler, Chambers, from Hamburgh; Nalade.
Aries from Bflboa; Thames Maughan from Hamburg!: • Clain

Bresden, from the Hatannah; Earl Bathurst, Pound, from Rotter-
dam; Mary, Heated, from Guernsey; Bullfinch, Gunton, from
St. Ferershurgh; Georgians, Watt, from Grenada; Countess of
Elgin, Stranack, from Ostend; Jane, Lowther, from Guernsey;
land the 'Harrier, Brown, front flamburgh.
C OUTMA SOS—The Charlotte Maria, Frost, for Elsineur
and Copenhagen; Charming Molly, Farrier, f.tr Havre; Esther,
bearer, for Terceira Turney, for Halifat and St. John's

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adt; fur Newry ; Zephyr, Fitzsimontls, for Belfast ; Favourite,
eft{ foe Dublis ; Erin, Allen, for Cork ; Alert, Williams, for Bel.
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thPowe or LONDON.—The Committee of the Corpora-
4ton cri+oadon, for impriming and tendering more
4comett,,diqus the Port of London, under the power of
0* S 9 Geo. 111. chap. 69, have at length ins'ituted an
Oiling ink° the grievous obstructions to the navigation
qf the live's., which exist between Limehou e and the
Custom Howse. nosing chi. ily from the improper man-
ner io which the-colliers have been permitted to moor
in the lower pool. A g.eat body of evidence has been
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,seceisted by the Committee, which establishes conclu-
sittely,that the Bye Laws have been a holly distetorded,
ibitt ttify require amendment, and &hit the harbour
,service has. been most inefficiently performed. The.
subject is of deep importance to the Commercial and
Shipping Interest, and it is confidently expected that
the investigation will be followed up by adequate
remedies for an e. it past endurance..
Last night, about half-past seven o'clock, as a
Gentleman (whose name was understood to be BAR
mow) residing at Peckham Rye, accompanied by a
female about eighteen years of age, his daughter,
was driving down Parliament-street, Westminter,
.in a handsome little poney chaise, the linchpin of
the wheel unfortunately cane out, and they were both
overturned, but, shocking to 'elate, Miss Batrow fell
in so peculiar a position that the corner of the
vehicle fell upon her breast. She was taken up
dreadfully injured, and conveyed to the house of a
dative in Pall Mill, where the prolessional assist
ance of Dr. Bain was procured, who attempted tie
bleed the unfortunate young Lady, but little could b-
got from her, and she now lies in a very pi ecat ion,
stare. Mr. Barrow escaped (with the exception of a
tew bruises) uninjured, but his grief for the more se-
rious injuries of his daughter was excessive. He ap-
peezet almost districted.
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ATTEMPT TO BURN A FAMILY,
Roscommon, Sept. 29.—1 t bas never fallen to our
lot, to announce *this pert of the- kingdom so horrible
an act as that which was attempted at Silverroe (within
a mile of thii town) on the morning of Sunday last.
It appears, that at two o'clock 'on that morning,-:•a
labouring man, whn was sleeping • in the erir•hatiie
belosigin,• to Mr. M•Dermott, of the above plate,.per-
ceiving the light of the fire, imagined it was day, and,
on going to the door, saw the hay-rick in flames, and
heard the noise of person running away. This man,
%Winn, a moment's Is sitation, repaired to the window
of the room in which Mr. M'Uermott was lying, for, the
purpose of ing the family, where his atonishmrnt
,vas further ex ited on finding the flax h •use on fire, the
thatch on the dwelling house near the bectraom binned
black, and a coal, with a h ch it appears an effort. was -
made to set the place in flame., lying on the ground,
and emitting sparks from the effects of the wire—
The family at this time b ing apprised of the awfulness
of their situation, instantly tan out, and, after a mo-
ment's consideration (which, by the way, was not an
enviable one, not knowing but the vile perpetrators
were in wait f r tie purpose of shooting, or otherwise
-injuring them), determined on leaving the old Lsily
and her daughters within, while they, with their faith-
ful F dloaers, should endeavour to extinguish the ire,
in which, we are glad to say, after unwearied-exertion,
they happily succeeded. • •

DUMFRIES, OCT. 2.

ROOD FAIR.

Our,-Rood Fair passed off very quietly this season.
Though the lowa was *ell filled with country people..
the crowd, we believe, bas been mirth more dense es
some former occasions; but the falling off may be easel).
accounted tar, by the number of persons in the aloes
and uplands who are still busy with the labours of the
harvest.
HORSE MARKET.—.The show of horses at ourltood
Fair, was superior to any thing we have seen for a nue.
ber of years. But here we speak chirfly of one or two
year colts, and four and five year old animals and up-
wards, fit for draught and all other sorts of farm work.
The supply of roadsters was neither particularly good
nor large, and as for carriage horses we question
whe-her there was a pair in the whole market. But-the
Sdring, rather than the fall, is the season when road tens
are in most request, and hence the reason why so few
kshiremen visit us in Air u he. In place of these,
however, we ha 1 dealers from Glasgow, Edinburgh,
Ayrshire, &c. a, well as agents from the larger colleries
an Cumberland, and Northumberland, few of whom
went off with less thrn from a dozen to twenty horses.
Dealing began even on Monday, and on that day. atwa
*fund ry every thing superior was bought up and set
aside. All our resident dealers disposed reachl/ of their
whole stock, and several of them on Wednesday repeat-
edly bought and sold with a profit. "I'lie rise on hone flesh
Since last Rood Fair may be estimated at irons 15 to 2J
per cent. and superior draught horses, whether young
nr old, have rarely sold isetter in our l'emesnbrance.—
The fair continued on Thursday; but the coopers on
that day had it all to themselves, and it would req-bire
a very indefatigable reporter to dirt,: to the bottorn-of
their s-cret..

CAT I'LC MAIIIIKET.--..ThCfC wag • beaut ful show of
cattle in our TA, ket nn Wednesday ; but as the Horse
Fair (scowled nearly the whole Saudi, they were scat-
teied` aliout in $0 many directions, that it IA as totally
out of pur poorer to c, unt them. The numbers, how-
-aver. gape generally estimated 'at about 3,000 anct of
them the. great bulk wrre hfavy highlanders, heavy
Galloway,. bishers, and N •rthlans; but in additicsn to

the lots si evr,n Lere, very large droves have covered all
lot. roads of late, and pcihaps We do not
when ae say that 15,000 head "1 cattle have hit this
6tiict for the tnat kits f the South, within the last