Star. — 1822-09-16 (London, England)

BALLOON.—Monday last, as'a Gentleman from the city of York was sporting near the village of Babworth, he observed 4 balloon in a S.E. direction, about a quarter before five o'clock, inclining to descend : the grappling-iron of which he fixed to a tree, and succeeded in securing it, when it  duri» ►KDec •  was discovered to be that in which Mr. InftwosToN ascended at Preston. The balloon was afterwards taken away by a farmer, named Chaplin, in whose custody it was on Saturd.sy last. •  AMA!' AT CHIPPENHAbf.—..SeltUrdar, Mr. Henry Knight and Mr. John Matthews, two respectable farmers, were committed to Fisherton Jail, Salisbury, under the Coroner's warrant, for the murder of Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Hull, in the affray which occurred at Chippenham. The investigation is still going on. In Castletown, Isle of Man, a few days ago, William Preston, in the employ f Mr. Quayle, brewer, while standing on the edge of the mashing vat, overbalanced himself, and was precipitated into the boiling fluid, upwards of four feet and a half deep. He rose immediately with his head and neck above the water, and though instantaneous assistance was afforded, the whole of his body was so dreadfully scalded, that he d:ed in agony about six o'clock the same evening. After having been extricated from the vat, he walked home, leaning on the arm of the brewer. Wednesday se'nnight, a fine little girl, about five years of age, daughter of Mr. BALY, grocer, in Norfolk-street, Lynn, accidentally fell into a tub of boiling hot wort, and was so dreadfully scalded as to occasion her death on the following Sunday, after languishing in the most severe agony, to the great grief of her parents. At the request of the respectable inhabitants of Buckden, in which is the Palace of the Bishop of LINCOLN, the Magistrates have licensed a free public., house, all the rest being the property of brewers ; in consequence of which both ale and beer have been materially reduced in price and improved in quality.  Thursday morning last a fatal accident befel Miss LEYLAND, an elderly maiden Lady, residing in Islington, near Manchester. She was upon a visit at the house of Mr. HAMPSON, of Ratcliffe, and was pro. ceeding thence in a cart to pay a visit to the Rev. THOMAS PARKINSON, of Ratcliffe-Hall, when the wheel unfortunately came in contact with that of another cart belonging to Mr. BEALEY, the bleacher; in consequence of which the vehicle in which Miss LEYLAND rode was overturned, and she' was killed upon the spot. About three o'clock in the morning of the Sth inst. the seed wind-mill belonging to 'Mr. Neame, in the parish of. Eastry, in Kent, was discovered to be on fire, and so rapid were the flames, that in about two hours the mill and a store-house adjoining, were totally consumed, together with a large quantity of seed : a small part only of what the mill contained could he saved. By great exertions the dwellinghouse and the miller's house were saved. Strong suspicions are entertained that the mill was set on fire. About five o'clock on Monday morning a fire broke out in the hop oast belonging to J. Ellis, Esq. situate at Wateringbury, which in a short time destroyed the whole of the building, together with a quantity of hops drying on the kilns. About eleven o'clock on Sunday forenoon, a fire broke out in a stable situated near the top of Cage. lane, Frindsbury, which in half an hour consumed the same, together with various attached outbuildings, and the dwelling-house of Cooper, an old man who officiated as village schoolmaster. There was a considerable quantity of hay and straw on the premises, which were occupied by Mr. Pritchard, Contractor for excavating the Thames and Medway Canal Tunnel, as a depot for hones. The stable in which a mare and foal were kept was on fire before they could be liberated, and both perished in the flames, as did also a goat and two pigs, 'which were in a yard surrounded by the building. The officers and men of the Royal Marines, who were attending Divine Service at the Dock Chapel, the instant an alarm was given, proceeded to the fire with the utmost alacrity, occasioning thereby some little confusion amongst the congregation, the cause not being generally known. The men formed a line to hand water, which was very scarce, to the engines, and performed every useful service required of them with the greatest order and regularity.