Star.
London, England, 1829-02-19 00:00:00

DUNIFRIES:Fasaumff 17.

CANDLIMAS Homes FAlla.—ThoughWeJnesday neat.
according to the olden prat ice, is the proper cons-
mencement of our Worse Fair, a gteat d.al of busi-
ness has been done already. Ott Monday, and befoul ,
that day, dealers hid arrived from Newcastle. &stabile,
Edinburgh, Glasriw, and othit quintets. and sainircli-
ately eves y stable- yard was in motion. - Gond draft and
saddle horses ate said to be scat ce. and hence seat. and
some ofour resident dealershave &beady g t their studs
well nigh cleated. All animals that are youngeses viceaule,
and in fait condition, promise to bring remunerating
prices; and when •e asked an extensive and ski' ul
deal. r how many per c nts. horses had user, his ivisiser
was, " molly I have nut time to count, but I c•n to I you
this, that a beast that was worth 401. last 'ear, is sum
to bring 451. this.' On beautiful d'art lints,. bred by
Mr. Donwoodie, though sold with a lot, was estimated
worth neatly 601. and %se could name some others Vial
brought within a trifle of 501. _ _ _

stbonspeil was played on the Cat linwark Lock during
the last frost for the benefit of the poor or the parish of
Kelton, which producei about 17S.
. Saturday even►ng 1 thatched house, situated at a
place called the Racks, near the village of 'Cir'inn, was
burnt to the ground, and ■bout use hundred pounds
worth of cured f,acon, which had beets deposi.ed therein
sometime ago, like.. i.e committed.

PATRONAGE OF THE CIRIECII or STIRLING -.1311
the 27th ultimo the disputed right to the pAiroisage.tt
the church of Stirling came before ti.e Lord a di-
nary, when his Lordship fon id, tit sub Wier, that on
the 8d day of December 1677. the Lail of Mar, •
undoubted patron of tire parish of Suiting, raccut• d•a
conveyance of that patronage in tarreiai or the hlagis-
crates and Town Council of it e burgh of Stiihrtgl, teat
the Earl being divested of his rights previous to his at.
tainder in 1715, it was not therefore forfeited to the
Crown, and that neither the Earl nor the Croon ever
exercised or claimed the tight of presenting from tl
date of the disposition,iti 1677 tilt 1815. The Crown,
by the admission of the pursuer, has no fight to the .
pa ronage4t the second and thud c ones, as d these.
fore -u t ins the defences, and assoilzies the defenders
Iron the conchs-ions of the acti ant demons, reset'.
ing all qu stun as to the Crown's right ul giving
'or withhotdtng it. approbation of Presentee ail
queitions as to the p4t:itatinial rigl.t. cs.ncestied with
the patronage r F.nds no expenses due.
There is now in the River an An e.ican-built f
Jog tons burthen, employed in the illic t slave ire e,
which has been sent hoar, as a pore slave vessel, pans
Siena Leone. The space allotted tor the mint abo
wretches measures two feet six inches in bieadth, ..nd
am. aids from stem to stern ; the captives must h Ise
been laid in a teaniiig I osition, as there is s ot space
for them to sit upright ; and there is no inlet ti r air,
exrel.t at the end of the platform. lit this rev pt.icbit
two hundred anJ fifty slaves were placed. or rather
towed in bulk, and were landed at Sierra L one in a
state of complete t
It seems that a resident in this town, one of those
geniuses who are never backward in taking advantage
of passing event., has been reaping a Nary. •t
front the recent lamentable calamity at Y. .k. • Thisin-
dustrious person, who is by trade a wetter. vole time
ago purchased several logs If oak that had fornied part
of an old Dutch yes el, wrecked a year or k.o.bi• ce at
the mitt assce of our harbour. They had laid useless its
his cellar for a considerable period, till the fire at ihe
Minster, and the intense anxiety excited, in the public
mind by that deploiable event, suggested the means
making a profitable adventure of them. Our arti-t
has been employed day and night in enflaming the
crud% material, by the aid of his lathe, .into snuff-
bores. which have been, as fast as he could supply ii e
manufacture, for waided to York, and there sold as p
cious relics, formed from the ancient timber, of the
venerated Minster. Nay, so well has the thing taken,
that many of these bore-, if we are not minor/rimed,
have teen bought in York, brought back to 114 bt be
purchasers, mid re-.old at a considerable tidy i• et in
price.—Hall Packet. • • •
Tuesday a ludicrous scene to. I place in the Old
Kent-road. Opposite to the Crown and Al.rhiir these
are some very lofty poplar trees, and on the morning
of the above day a handsome tortoishell tom cat, be.
longing to a lady residing near the apiit;lan out into t:.e
road, and a dog basing given it chase,
,in order to
elude its pursuer gran up one of the poplar-, and is ok
refuge on the highest branch of the tree. The
whom it belonged, inconsolable for the loss t f her brig
voutite, on being inf timed of the potions situation RP
which it was placed, lost no time in proceeding to ifs°
relief, and, with the view of inducing her tabby to
come down from its elevated situation, she commenced°
coaxing it. and using all the persuasive inducements
that were likely to have the intended effect. Psi s, how.
ever. disregarded its mistress, and remained stationary,
for by this time a crowd had assembled, who were at •
traced by the singularity of the Lady's gestures and
entreaties to petrel, on the mouser to come down out Of
the tree. In this dilemma a Flemish boy. ith Bar-
bary monkey in his arms,seeing the concern arid agita-
don of the Lady. pressed through the crowd, and ad-'
dressing her in broken English, said his monkey should
fetch the cat down a ilhout hurting a hair of its body, if
k was permitted. The owner of the cat was de betted
it the intelligence, arid she had no soon., rap es.ed her
maid:action, than the boy took the and from the mon-
Isty's neck, and placing the animal on the erne, jointed
'sr towards where the cat was sitting, and . traldianiug
the word •• Presto," up skipped 4. 'bad' wiih amazing
agility, and taking the c.t round the body wish one
arm, descended from.ihe the, with. the assistance f the
ether, and placed it, charge in the bands of its master,
totbe great satisfaction oithe Lady and infinite amuse-
ment of the bpstandets. The owner of the favourite
tabby presented the &matt lad with •five shillings for
the dexterity displayed by the monkeyon Nat occason.