Star.
London, England, 1826-01-20 00:00:00

UNION-HA I.L.

Mazamor av PROIY.—A young man, named Aseitii Vining, a
carpenter, was charged with refusing to maintain his alleged wife.
A copy of the certificate of the marriage having been produced, and
the reputed wife having been swein.to the fact, the defendant said,
that about two years since he formed an acquaintance with the
woman, and a day was appointed for their marriage at St. M-rtin's
Church. Upon entering the Church, where he arrived after tits
intended bride, be saw her in the company of a young man, named
Williams, whom he knew to be a reputed thief, and he in coust-
quence left the Church, and went to a public-house in the neighboq:r.
hood. He had not been seated there above half an hour, when
lisms and the female came in. Williams esclaixed agaihat him for
running away from Church,and said,'. Never mind,6lthottgb you hit
the Church and the bride in the lurch,l have settled the business for
you. Here is your wife ; take her for better for worse ; she iy
your wife, as I have married her for you in your absence." M-
aim said," Mary, pet the certificate' into my hand;" and atlJeti
that he had signed it for hint. The woman, wLo pretendeet t!,
his wife, robbed him of all his pro perty, and conveyed it to 11 'd.
hams who had bean transported. At the public-house be remained
in their company, and suffered himself to be mode tipsy ; he Theo
took she woman home, and she had since beet) considt red as Kt
Wife:—The Magistrate seemed to think that the marriage had tfreit
legally solemnised. The defendant declared • that he had never :,t•
tended the woman to the altar ; he did not zo.isider her his wk.,
and would make her no aUovrance. The Magistrate, however, de-
cided that he should pay 3s, 6d. per week for•het support.

There are in the City of Paris only 520 watchmakers,
who employ about 2056 workmen, and produce dri.
rurally 80,600 gold watches, 40,000 silver wattle-, and
15,000 clocks, the whole worth about '19,765,000 frs.
The journeymen cordwainers of Birmingham have
struck tor higher wag.s. The masters unanimously
resist the advance, and express their determination to
"submit no longer to the dicta of their journeymen."
Wednesday afternoon, as an elderly man, decently
dressed, was passing through Cripplegiste, he wes oh.
served to fall against the Qoest-hothe door, but was
caught by a woman, before he came to the ground;
heroaned once or twice and expired.
ENCOURAGEMENT Or A UTHORS.FIORI Ace
count Book of Bernard Litrot, the bookselltit,"the
lazing information respecting the prices ustra)f paid
for the copyright of plays is gleaned. Tragedies were
then the favourite Dramas, and gen-rally obained the
be-,t price. Dr. Young received for hi. Buiiris 844
Smith, for his Phsedra and Hippolytus, 501. Rowe. for
his Jane Shore, 501.155.. and for tarty Jane Grey, 751.51.
Cibber, for his Aonjuror, had 1051.
When George Bidder, the calculating phenomenon,
was a very little boy, he made the tour of England
with his father, displaying everywhere his astooi,.hing
power of combining and resolving numbers. Among
several very in4enious and difficult Toe:lions- prepared
purposely for him, an ignorant pedagogue asked (wish.
out furnishing any data)" how rwarry cows' tails would
reach to the mann:rile boy tinned upon the enquirer
an eye of considerable archnshs, and ansv, rued instantly,
" One, if it were Icing enough."
The following is a I;st of most cf the Countries which
have had wines shipped to them from Or irto. S •ipped
from Oporto in 1825, 40.524 t Pipes, of which-4.0,277
were- for England s 56, the Brazils ; 22k, Buenos
Ayres; 4, Fiance; 411. tl.e Low Countries; Ali.
cant; 51, America; Sweden; lf,• Russia; 5.
Genoa ; 22i, Newfoundland; $3, Ilamburgh ;
Denmark.

DIED.
Jan. 10, at Culworth, Northamptonshire, aged 62, Niajnr John
Harding,. formerly of the East India Company's Bombay slilatary
Service.
Jan. t, at the Manse of Lumphartatt, the Rev. Shand!
Minister of that Parish, in the 78th year of his age, and .;Bta at

Ms Ministry.
Jan. 10, aged 20, Clement, third son of Mr. Cruciwcll, Printer
and Proprietor of the Bath Chronicle.

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