Star. — 1824-08-16 (London, England)

AUGUST 14.  . ~- ~  A. Parsons, an Irishman, 'who kept a chandler's shop in St. Giles's, came up to hit-heard on his Petition t.) be dischaiged, and was opposed by a host or bakers, from whom he. had purchased cheap bread. The insolvent stated, that there were scarcely ten bakers in tli London with wlioM he had not dealt for bread when-they had it bad, as the. poor Irish, who were his custnalaip, were glad to get bread of any kind. It appeareeillrat he had been sued in the King's Bench, by a person who claimed a debt of IV. and finally obtained judgment for forty shillings, and to whom the insolvent swore-he owed nothing. During the progress of the suit he was obliged to sell his furniture to his son, who had inhe• rited some property from his grandfather, for the purpose of defending the action ; and after it was decided he gave up the business to.his son: It appeared by the evidence of one of the opposing creditors that the 'limb. vent had received credit from.him•for part of his debt, after the sale to his son, by representing that the house and furniture were his own.  The COURT said they could not remand the insolvent for the sale of his goods to his son, to defend himself from a demand which was unjust to the extent it had been made; but it was clear he had obtained credit in one instance by a miss epresentation ; for which the judgment of the Court was, that he should be remanded for six months from the date of his Petition.  Antes Wetherill, convicted at the late Lincoln Assizes ' for the murder of Mr. W. Berridge, at Brigg, and sentenced to be executed on Friday week, has received a respite for a fortnight. The French law of the Budget for 1825 was published •on Saturday, in the Bulletin des Lois. The expenses of the consolidated debt and sinking-funf are estimated at 278,085,785 francs ; the general expenses of the public service at 661,847,395 francs ; and the receipts at 899,110,385 fr. (about 36 millions sterling.) Wednesday the 4th inst. a dreadful accident befel Mr. Francis Dixon, farmer, of Eastwell, Leicestershire; he was at the annual wake of Ab-Kettleby, near Melton Mowbray, where there were horse and pony races, for a silver cop, given by the Rector, and other prizes.— Mr. Dixon was prevailed upon to ride one of the horses for the Kettleby stakes, and when at full speed, his nag came in contact with a drunken man (who spite of all remonstrances ran across the Course), and both the animal and his rider came down with a tremendous crash, by which Mr. Dixon was so terribly bruised as to occasion his death at two o'clock the following morning. An Inquest was held on the body by TudSrae CLARKE, Gent. Coroner, and a verdict returned .of Accidental Death. It appeared, from the evidence of a surgeon, who opened the skull of the deceased, that an effusion of blood was upon the brain, Ad the base of the skull was much fractured.  There are, in the district immediately surrounding Manchester, not fewer than 30,000 power looms; the product of which, at a moderate computation, gives employment and subsistence to 200,000 individuals, and this is a branch of our manufactures which, ten years ago, was almost unknown.