Star. — 1813-06-08 (London, England)

CONJUGAL AFFECTION.—LateIy, at a small village near Edinburgh, a collier, who had enlisted into a ma, ching regiment, having received the bounty, regaled himself and vane of his acquaintance in a petty aleticase, till, overcome with the effects of his libations, he was. taken home in a state of insensibility, and thrown upon his bed ; his wife, who did not participate in his military ardour, afraid that his heroism might lead him into danger, literally chopped off two of her beloved's fingers, and, when he regained the use of his faculties, told him, with an air of self-satisfacti,n, " You may fight the French now, when you like, grndma')." A considerable degan of alarm was recently excited In Eiinburgh and v:cinity of Leith, on the subject of a servant girl, whose clothes were found on the seas'', re, and, who was reported to have been robbed and murdered. On an investigation of the mysteri us transaction by Mr. DEstovasi, the vigilant Police Ma. gistrate of Leith, it appeared that the damsel had exchanged her female habiliments for those of .her saecthearr, a young sailor, with whom she made off in this disguise ! A curious circumstance took place at the Church in Boston a few days ago. A couple who had obtained a license to enter into the holy state of matrimony, having, together with their friends, repaired • to the -altar, and the ceremony being about to he performed, a scene of no small confusion ensued, in con' sequence of the friends of the bridegroom stepping, forward, and declaring him to have a wife and three 1 children now living. This the fond swain stoutly det nied, but acknowledged that he had been acquainted with a woman for some years ; this woman, however, was not his lawful wedded wife. Although nearly two hours warm discussion took place amongst the parties, no direct evidence being produced upon the subject, the Clergyman (the Rev. Mr. Goa) went through the ceremony of uniting this precious pair. MIRACULOUS EscArE.—Saturday se'nnight, Mr. , James Ewins, of Newport, Monmouthshire, dreaming of some persons attempting to break open his house, jt raised up the sash of a window in his sleep, and leaped into the street, a height of nearly 20 feet, but provi-1 dentially escaped unhurt ! FUNERAL OF POWER, THE PCGlLlST.—Yesterday the remains of this noted character were escorted from Fetter-lane (his place of residence) to St. Giles's Church in the Fields, by a numerous assemblage of his ilibernian countrymen, &c. The funeral procession arrived at the place of interment at six o'clock in the evening, and the usual ceremony being per. firmed, amidst a strong sensation of grief and attachment for the deceased, the body was buried. On the .coffin was inscribed his age—twenty-two years, nine months, and twenty-six days. • An unfortunate occurrence happened at Felpham, inn Satuniay se'nnight, at the launching of a new boat. Tao men disagreed, and pi nceeded to fight, when by an unlucky blow from one of the patty, named Brookes, his opponent, Martin, was killed on the spot: the deceased ha t a wife and six children. . Saturday s'enuight Mr. Thomas •Ritson, skinner and glover, Hexham, had the misfol tune of failing backwards into a c( pper of hot water, and was so dreadiuliy scalded that he soon after expired.