Star.
London, England, 1817-10-02 00:00:00

FOUR l'H DAY-THURSDAY, THREE O'CLOCK.

At the close of the Poll this thy the numbers were :
Atdertusti.e. SUITIII 1793 I Lort 9 Motron - C7l
ATLINS 4217 Alderman G 1101.7 E ELI CU C:3

Letters have been received this morning from Phi-
ladelphia, which state, that young Warsost is now
t! ere He had arrived in the Venus, Capt. ievrit.t.
The price of potatoes at Glasgow, is forty-lour
pn ~,,,,, for .is-pence ; at Edinburgh, twenty-eight
pound (or eight-pence.
Counties of Lancaster and Cheshire, which
in general plant a greater breadth of land with pita-
, toes than any three Counties in England, have this
year nearly a double crop of that excellent vegetable.
It pray not be known to many of our Readers, that
Colonel eARCLAY, the pedestrian, is the descendant
of R. BARCLAY, of Uric, the celeh acrd author of
‘1 The Apology for the People called Quakers."-.
Uric is, therefore, considered by many of 'tie Friend,
as classic ground, and is frequently visited by those
who travel into Scotland, as the birth-place of one of
their most distinguished writers. A t the conclusion
of a visit of this kind, one of the respectable mem-
bers of this Society, on taking leaver of the Colonel,
addressed him in the following terms Friend
BARCLAY, the excellence of thy family descenekth
from the head even not., the feet."
M. LEVRAT, z celebrated French chemist at Cho.
tillon, has discovered that the seed of the yellow wa-
ter flag of marshes, known to botanists by the name
cf b al ftseilverus, when dried by heat, and freed from
the friable shell which envelopes it, and thzdinfused
like coffee, produces a beverage similar to coffee, but
much superior in taste and flavour.
Perhaps it is not generally known, that counterfek
silver is immediately detected by rubbing the edge bf
the coin on a piece of blAck eartbenware.
At a special assembly of the Corporation of Nur.
with, on Saturday, a Piece of Plate, value 25 pis
fleas, was voted to Dr. RIOSY and his Lady, as a
memento of the birth of their four children ; the Mutt
is to be recorded in the city books, and inscribed with
the names of the children on the plate.
V..ccination,it appears, has made such progress al
Amsterdam. that out of a population of 20001
persons, in the first (matter of 1817, not one Waive.
Jel.ll was attacked with the smallpox.
Tuesday se'nnight, some fishermen observed a dead
whale off Eyemouth, which, with no small exertion,
they towed into the harbour. It measured 62 feet in
length—both its jaw bones were broken. No sooner
was it known in 13erwick that the animal was at Eye-
' mouth, than horses and vehicles of every description
' were put in requisition. Such was the curiosity of
' people to see the lord of the deep, that on Widnes-
' day, Thursday, and Friday, Eyemouth was crowded
' With visitors.

Wednesday se'nnight, about midnight, an explo.
son took place at Jarrow colliery, Newcastle, by which
12 persons were severely burnt, two so much that
they are not expected to recover.
A brute, in the shape of a human being, stole a
child lately from its parents in Liverpool; and ac-
tually crippled the child, in order to make it an object
of commiseration; and with the helpless infant called
to solicit charity at Hooton-hall, in Wirral), the seat
of Sir T. S. M. STANLEY, Bart. From thence he pro.
ceeded to Chester, where he was traced by the father
of the little sufferer, and happily apprehended.
Monday, the Magistrates of Edinburgh received a
respite from the Palace Rainer for And Dreg
under sentence of death for child stealing, in that City.
Madame BloiliCHAnD made her fiftfthird astensiou
at Nantes on the 21st ultimo, at five in the afternoon.
At six the balloon descended, about four leagnei from
Nantes.
ENTRANCE INTO CAtarsod—Tbe negoelatina re pest•
ing the lauding of passengers in the port of Calais
after eight o'clock P. la. was taken off on the 24th of
last month. We state this fact upon authority. The
Commissary of Nice, M. D'EscaLim, and the Mayor
of Calais, had previously made a representation to the
French Government. It is now also forbidden to search
the persons of Ladies at the Custom-house.
nat.—Monday last, at seven o'clock, a fire broke
out in the house of Mrs. Lorsouv, a Lady of fortune
in Avery.farm•row, Chelsea, which threatened the
most destructive consequences. It was at length got
under but the greatest pin of the premises and
furniture was destrolud.