Star.
London, England, 1826-12-29 00:00:00

MANCHESTER; DEC. 26.

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We have again had a very fair demand in our mar-
ket for goods, and the appearance of trade generally is
much more encouraging. than it was some time since.
Velveteens for exportation continue to be much sought
after, and considerable sales have been effected, and at
.prices something better than heretofore.. We kive also
bad a very steady inquiry from the country btixers, and
I we believe a good fair busine* has been done m prints,
strong calicos, and shillings we cannot. however,
quote any improvement in prices. Water 'twist of the
first.quality, from numbers ten to thirty-four,. is still in
good request, and sells freely ; but for the second article
of these numbers the demand has been very limited.—
In Cotton there has been but little doing, and prices
may be considered stationary.

Tax Diptit of the 9th Regiment new
occupy PlymOuth dtadel. The IRegiment is shortly expected
from Ttinidatito.do duty at this place.
Iticruiting now -daily parade the streets of
• plymouthe-. -
' • We understatld e hew opera announced at Drury.
lane is by Mr..Soaxe, and the music composed by Mr: Basnoe.—
The opera is to be out beforatbe 10th ofJartuaty. The cast is to
be es strong asipoulble. The following names have been men-
tioned to us as the principals :—Eaattasa. Hoax, 13Prosal Dow-
, TON, HASLIT, COOPER Morse,: Miss 5TE17111,441, Min OZADOON.
Mrs. W. Gazam, Mrs. Dames. There is a third opera to be
brought out at Drury-lane, when Soain and Minor's new see,
, and the translatloa horn ireesises Tssi*lliJkilY, are disposed of. It
is by an untried authar, and Mumma is to conteas the music.
- THOMAS WISH, Esq. of the Manor of Waterford, and,
his Lady (daughter of Lucia Swamis% Prince of Casino, and
niece of the Emperor blarouon) Ottawa' a visit at Jenkintown,
the seat of Captain Busts. That Lady, of meet illustrious name
and exalted family, accompathed by her husband and Captain and
Mrs. Borax, passed through Waster on Thursday las; on it visit
t. Major KIAMINIE, CB. Fenny Park, and *learned to Jenkins-
town in the evening.—Leinster.Totinsal.
Fine mutton was last sleek publicly announced for
sale in Macclesfield market, at 20. and 3d. per lb:
Yesterday morning the Directors of the Bank of Eng-
land sent off several clerks with money to Birmingham,
for the purpose of opening a Branch Bank.
There have been transmitted from the Government
stores in Edinburgh Castle to Calton of Glasgow, for
the relief of the industrious poor, 200 pairs of trousers,
200 pairs of gapers, 200 pairs of tOCks, 200 pairs of shoes.
At Moresby and Tivoli, near Whitehaven, and-also
in the Castle-gardens, the son x of the blackbird maybe
daily heard as in the month of April, and in the same
gardens k *second crop of pears have appeared:
A field of barley was reaped last week at. &afield, in
the neighbourhood of Dundee......a.sectind crop after pi-
tatoes. It yielded a full average return ; and the quality
of the grain is good.
There lately lived a family at Brenchley, in Kent,
named Jeffery, and consisting of a daughter, a mother,
two sisters, a brother, an uncle, and aunt, whose united
ages did not amount to 20 years !
Mr. Slight, one of the assistant engineers tinder Ro-
bert Stevenson, Esq. has sent to the College Museum,
Glagow, a remarkable fine specimen of the sword-fish,
.which was found in the month of September last, lying
on the banks of the Forth, between Stirlinif anteAlloa.
It is seven feet in length, and perfect in all its parts.
This is the anniversary of the Coronation of William
the Conqueror, at Westminster, 1066 ; the murder of
Thomas a'Becket, at Canterbury, 1172; and of the exc.
cation of John Chastel, for attempting to murder Henry
the Fourth 'of France, 1594.

Tuesday afternoon, reprieves were forwarded to
Horsemonger•lane gaol, for the following convicts, tried
at the late Assizes for the County of Surrey, and left for
execution, viz.—Thomas Jones and AIMS Stacey, con-
victed of uttering forged notes, and James C2arke and
Charles Taylor, for uttering counterfeit coin. Mr.
Walters, on receipt of the intelligence, made it known
to the unhappy men, who testified their gratitude by
exclamations of thankfulness for the leniency extended
towards them.

Parsons, the Comedian, was born in the vicinity of
Cheapside, and was articled to Sir Henry Cheese, the
Surveyor, whose service he was induced to leave from
the flattering reception he met with at the City Spouting
Clubs. He was, when young, a fine architeetural
draughtsman ; and when his friends remonstrated with
him on the improptiety of leaving the service of Sir
Henry for a. precarious subsistence, be exclaimed-
6, Though I run from cheat. I do not despair of finding
bread." His Sir Fretful Plagiary and Sheepfaers are hill
declared unequalled by the admirers of the old school ;
in his relaxations from his stage duties, he applied him-
self to painting, and was very successful in copying the
style of the landscapes of Gainsborough and Wilson,
whose productinns he held in the highest esteem.
Dr. WOLCOT was much solicited by a Lady, no
favourite of his own, to write some verses about her ;
but he turned a deaf ear to her entreaties, and one day
after dinner she came so annoyingly pressing, that,
taking a pencil and a bit of paper from his pocke►, be
wrote the following severe epigram, sad banded. it to
her. It must be premised, that the Lady's complexion
was exquisitely fine, but her eyes bad. The Doctor's
own complexion was a rough mahogany;

TM RAM TO NM
CO sweet Nancy S--, those beautiful eyes
Were made for the dhwnfall of man ' -
At the sight of their Bre thy true lover fries,
And whizzes like fish in a pan !
0 gensini father ! how Nature would quake
Were you gifted with every perfection!
I tremble to think what a havock you'd make,
Were you blest with my air and complexion!

Wed 0' Neale and Tom Cinnen were matched at the Magpie and
Stump. Fetter-lane, on Tuesday evening,-to fight on the 20th of
February, far £lOO a side, within 30 miles of Loodoo ; £25 a side
are already deposited.

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BETTING-ROOM, TATTIRESALVS. Doe. if. •
The hitdeg to-day was confined to i few of theAtbdilit *Glib
rites for the Derby, and some heavy bets against lots; It will be
seen. that Web is at length decidedly arceravolfrite. Ile opened at
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9 to 1 apt Web (taken) 25 to 1 agst Metre • '
10 to 1 apt Tatter 210• to t 5g4 Augusta • '
14 to 1 apt Espagnolle '3O to 1 apt Dahlia
•20 to easse Elfrid 39 to I agst Gamelius
*2O to 1 apt Catherine 30 to 1 agst dileabury's
020 to 1 apt Trumpeter 30 to 1 agst Turcoman
620 to 1 agst Gustavus 35 to 1 agst Snowdrop (taken)
•20 to 1 apt Dauntless 35 to 1 apt Creadda
'9O to 1 agst Matneluke 50 to 1 apt Chieftain (taken)
1,300 to 60 was taken about of tbe.sit marked thus*, and the
same parties, at the name time, tookrlcooo to 17 about each of the
following—Metre, Garnering, Antar, Chieftain, Snowdrop, Cat.:
Presbury, Eliza, Teazle, Intruder, and Lord Ailesbury's.; Another.
Gentleman took 50 to 1 apt 10, Including the viz above named, .
and the following—Turcoman, Metre, Cressida, and Lord Ades-
bury's. No betting on the Oaks and St. Leger. .

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