Star. — London, England, 1824-05-13 00:00:00

THE ARMY. W e dnesdayse'nnight, the 15th Regiment of Font were inspected by Lord•Cousicamgaztt Waterford, who expressed himself highly ratified with their various manoeuvres and military discipline. The lion. the East India Company's Regiment have commenced their exercise for the season. On Monday the right wing, under the command of Colonel Dicxamow, and yesterday the left wing, mustered io the Tenter.ground, Goodman's-fields, and practised the new military exercise. COURT MARTIAL. 3fsi.rs, APRIL 6.—We have been fully occupied here for some time past with a General Court Dlartial, held on two Officers of • he Royal Artillery,whose retigious scruples were so great that they N.. t);1 1 41 not fire the usual salutes with which the inhabitants have Jren hitherto indulged on their festivals ever since the Island has Nen in possession of the British, and from time immemorial. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Pala tine of Chester. The Prince Regent's s2cl Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry. John Tollentoehe, Esq. to be Captaio, vice Buchanan, resigned ; J am es Walthall Hammond, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Wetten hall, resigned. The King's Cheshire Volunteer Legion—Cornet Thomas Whiteley; to be Lieutenant, vice Trafford, resigned ; Joseph Pearson,Gent. to 'oe Cornet, vice Whitelegg, rromoted. The following Regiments of Infantry are stationed in Ireland : lot Regiment, Ist Battalion - - Clonmell. IA Ditto - - - Athlone. iOth Ditto - - - Rathkeale. lith Ditto - - - - 'Jett:lst. 15th Ditto - - - Waterford. 19th Ditto - - - - Boyle. ir2d Ditto - - - - Buttevant. .: - .th Ditto - - - - Ennis. 116th Ditto - - - - Cork. 119th Ditto - - • - Trake. ?Ist Ditto - - - - Dublin. :,9th Ditto - - - Limerick. 41J Ditto - - - Buttevant. 57th Ditto - - - - Kinsale. 59th Ditto - - - Clonmell. B‘2tl Ditto • - - - Templemore. 654 Ditto - - - Ilirr. c6th Ditto - - - Enniskillen. 71st Ditto - - - &rimy. 774 Ditto - - - Castlebar. 78th Ditto - - - - Kilkenny. 79th Ditto . - - Dublin. 84th Ditto - - - • Dublin. 86th Ditto - - - - Armagh. 88th Ditto - - - - Naas. Rile Brigade, Ist Battalion - - Dublin. Ditto, Lcl lt•Attalion - - - Limerick. Ist Royal Veteran Battalion - - Cork. I'd Dit to - - - - Lo.:donderry. .:(1 Ditto - - - Galway. It is already known, that iu consequence cif the suf ferings of the convicts at the NUlbank Penitentiary, his )LIJLSTY has graciously orderel the period for which they were sentenced to be reduced ; and we learn that the Royal beneficence has been farther extended in the . free pardon of fourteen females who had been I cwoved, with others, to the Penitentiary ship at kVeolwich. They were decently clothed previous to their discharge, which took place yesterday. Drouet, the postmaster at Menehoud, who acquired sn cruel a celebrity by preventing the escape of Louis XVI. died a few days ago, in die 6'2d year of his age. armlet inter ceyted the royal carriages by overtureiog a loaded waggon on the bridge over w !rich they w ere passing ) , which dela) ed their progress until a party was collected to arrest the amiable but nefortunate monarch. IMPORTANT Nevis Pon NAVAL OPPLCERE.—We learn from the Journal des Debuts of the 10th, that a fleet is about to be fitted out to clear the Thames of the nests of pirates which infest it. Our Naval Officers on half pay will, no doubt, be highly gratified at this import ant intelligence ; and as they are said to have been sorry for the destruction of BONAPAa are, they may now re joice at this new enemy calling them again into life and activity. The Spectateetr Oriental, of Smyrna, contains the following remarkable story :—A Greek merchant of note, named Elia Bali, was to be arrested by order of the Pachae being informed in time, Le escaped on board an English vessel, but the British Consul demanded him to be given up. The English Captain refused to deliver up a Christian that had sought protection under a Bri tish flag; the Captain waited on the Consul in this af fair, who had him arrested and thrown into prison ; he then determined on seizing M. Bali by the Janissaries. Lord Spencer, who commanded a frigate on that sta tion, hearing of the affair, manned his long-boat, and sent it in pursuit of the Turks, whom it overtook, and took M. Bali on board the frigate. The Consul mot having paid attention to his Lordship's orders to set the Captain at liberty, Iris Lordship went, with several of his officers and men, to the Consul's house, and delivered the Captain by force. Thursday the neighbourhood of Newmarket was viiited with a tremendous storm of thunder, lightning, and rain. The company had left the heath about half an hour befor.f it began, but from the fineness of the weather at that time, a numerous party rficicileil to witness the horses exercise. A torrent of rain burst over tlteir heads, and in the short space of five minutes it had penetrated every garment. A number of Ladies, among whom were the foer daughters of a Noble Lord, mounted on horseback, received a proportionate share of the refreshing shower. Their " neighing steeds" apps area to dislike the" warring of the elements" as much as their fair riders, who were obliged to exert their skill in keeping them under controul. The manoeuvring of the animals would have caused much laughter but for the fears entertained of accidents. The beautiful appearance of Thursday morning had tempted au unusual number of " Cantabs" to quit the academic cloister tor a day'saMusement on the plains of Newmarket, and their white in etpressibles presented a darker hue than when these gallant spacks made their appearance. The high Sheriff of Norfolk, with his family, had left the town in a carriage and four, just before the c'mmencement of the storm, but from the impetuosity of the rain, was obliged to return to the Rutland Arm, li,u. His rain leaped fit= the box, and took shelter in a stable btAutiging to the flLck Y..ar Inn, but had not long remained there, ere he was obli,;ed order a horse to ride out, es the stable and yard appeared as if a vennd , deluge was about to Commence. Soon after five o'clock the iijaning struck a ntaft-house, the property of Richard Eaton, Esq. st Stetchworfh, and in a short time it was enveloped in times, which extended to a barn, stable, cow-house, and another building , : .:Sll these were destroyed, and another malting wzs considerably a;ured. The villagers exerted themselves and probably saved an arrncrwe deal of property; for had the fire extended a few yards terther, in all likelihood twenty families, or more, would.have been eligrived of house and home. The flames were extinguished before Pi:;:n o'clock. EAST INDIAN A erroutri ES.—A mong the researches of the learned and the enterprising, and the explorations which Itave Men gong on in almost every corner of the globe, it afford. ~ o atter of surprise that the " caster - tied Wonders of Elora" in the Incite, should have been so lung neglected, particularly when .• is confessed by every lover of science, who has heard even slight tr.d imperfect accounts of them, that they dispute precedence with Pyramids of Egypt, and might be justly ranked among the Vuuders of the World. A very able work has, however, appeared Captain Seely, of the Bombay Native Infantry, entitled . " The others of Elora," which is minutely descriptive of these sus •-lous Temples and Dwellings, so magnificent in design, so stu i,'"dous in size, and so extraordinary in their structure—the whale mense gauze of them being excavated out of 3 solid mountain of ;:'mite rock ! A scut ay battle was fought on Monday last, between Brown (the S; , rig of rtle s d man of the name of Citipley, for a ten vertigo puro.., at the back of Kentish Town. There were twenty fcc fought, in which Cropley shelved game equal to any Inziis, but lost his battle. The following terms were last week circulated by a Village S.hoolmaster s in the ueighhourhood of Aylesbury : " spelt and reed you may be taught For twice tiro pence, wbtch make a i,r..nt— llut if to write or count y.a'd learn s ...- Ihe ~aster :to pence snore in. ss.c.sra!" LITERARY FUND. Yesterday the Anniversary of this Institution took place at the Freemasons' Tavern, at which place an assembly of about 900 Gentlemen met, the Marquis of LA NspowN in the Chair. After the removal of the cloth, Non Nobis Domine %vac sung in very fine style by Messrs. Goulden, Collyer, Phillips, Fitzwilliam, T. Cooke, and Master Edmonds. . - " The King," with four times four. Song, 1 God save the Duke of York, and the rest of the Royal Family." Glee, Hail, smiling morn !'—" Army and Navy." Song, ' Rule Britannia.' The Noble Marquis then proposed, " Success to , the Literary Fund." Sir WILLIAM A SIIBURNHAM then recited some appro., priate verses of his own composition, in honour of his Majesty, as the Patron of the Fund; and alter the health, of the worthy Baronet had been drank, Mr. FITZGERALD recited his annual ode in praise of the Institution. The last line attracted our particular attention— " The tree of fieedorn is the British oak." This, our readers may remember, is the identical line to which certain wicked wits, the authors of the Rejected Addresses, attempted, but in vain, to affix something like ridicule. Tai, efFot t has, it is evident, been fruit less, as the worthy anchor, who must be admitted to be the best judge, has adhered to his favourite conception. After the recitation, the health of Mr. Fitzgerald was drank with applause. That Gentleman returned thanks. The TREAsunut gave an account of the current ex penses and receipts of the past year, and announced that his Majesty had been pleased to send them, in two donations, the sum of 2.0(1. Tic " Health of the Duke of Somerset, the President," was then drank with three times three. On the health of Mr. T. MoonE being drank, that Gentleman lettirircd thanks in brief, but eloquent terms. The health of the Cu A I RNIAN, and several other toasts were (hank. " The Sheriffs of London, and prosperity to it," — called up Mr. Sheriff WHITTAKER, who returned thanks in a neat speech.—The company did not separate until a late hour. IRISH IVA ERAN POOR. Hundreds of Irish labors, accompanied by their wives and children, daily enter London, in pursuit of work. They chiefly land at, and come from Bristol, of course passing through Hammersmith, Kensington, &c. entering tows, at Ilydc-park, but many also come fiom Liverpool; and as many of them are in a very raggeJ condition, with dilapidated clothes, and without shoes and stocking!, they naturally attract a good deal of attention and commiseration. These arrivals have now continued for several weeks; but whatever they may do when they get to London—though they are not seen about the streets—on the road, it may be observed, that they do not beg. Many of them will be una:)le tot ro cure work. Then they resort to the pat of St. Giles, ni:qhap, and then is resumed the annual expensive ce remony of passing diem back to their parishes in Ire land, via Bristol or Liverpool! An idea of this expense may be formed from accounts just printed by order of the House of Commons, and now in progress of deli very, " of sums paid by the several Treasurers of coun ties in England and Wales, for the apprehension and conoeyance of Irish Vagrants, removed by pass to Ire land, ece." The details are limited to what are termed Irish " Vagrants," and, of course, do not include the , itinerant Irish poor; but too many of them have to be passel" hack, not at the expense of counties, but. of parishes. The expense of passing Irish " Vagrants" last year cost a few counties u p wards of 6,0001.: Bucks, 2271.; Chester, 4141.; Gloucester, 7206. &c. There were 1,122 Irish vagrants sent from Bristol alone. If those termed Irish " Vagrants" are so numerous, and cost the counties so much, what must bt.: the numbers of the Irish itinerant poor who are " passed" back in ca ravan loads, and the expenses thereof to parishes? Surely some system might be devised to save the great ex penditnt e of money in " passing" about the poor ft om parish to parish, from county to county, and from king dom to kingdom. Monday, for the first time, the " National Gallery" of Pictures was opened to the Public, at No. ita, Pall-mall, for merly Nlr. ANGERSTEIN'S town residence. At present the Exhibi tion consists of these Pictures only. It was visited by a number of the Nubility and Gentry in the course of the day. The birth-day of her Royal Highness the Electress of I lESSE CAVA!. was celebrated in that City w;th great splendour, on the I , t of this month. After a grand entertainment at Court, to which all the principal Civil and Military Authorities were invited, their Royal lli;;ltnesses went to the Theatre, where the Public re ceived them with unanimous acclamations. A Jamaica Paper of the 19;11 of March says,—" As Mr. I IF.NuEssotr, his Britannic Majesty's Consul General to the Republic of Colombia, was proceeding by the river Alagdalena to Bogota, accompanied by his family, on their arrival at Mompoz, one of his sons, a fine promising youth, was induced to bathe, and in the act, he was seized by an alligator, and immediately disappeared. A dog, that was swimming at the same time, met a similar fate." Yes:erday, the Lord Bishop of LONDON, assisted by the Archdeacon of LONDON, held a Convocation of the London Clergy, at Sion College, London Wall, which was numerously at tended, they afterwards partook of a dinner in the Hall of the Col kze, at which the Bishop presided. Tuesday evening the Anniversary Festival of the Tower Hamlets Charity Schools Institution was held at the Mermaid, hackney, when a numerous and respecta ble company attended. Mr. WHITBREAD and several other Ge.:tlemen delivered speeches in support of the Charity, and a liberal subscription was entered into prior to the separation of the company. It would seem from a recent affair, that husband, who leave their wives on the Continent, most not be surprised if they return in-continent. A pro.ecution commenced by the French A:torney- General, and tending to the soopession of the Courier Francais, seems to announce that the Ministers con,i dered themselves strong enough to attack the Pi ess with impunity. This is resented, even by the Quotithenne, which has declared itself the organ of the Royalist Op position, and tine language of which is become as libel al as that of the Conaitutionntl. A private letter from Rome, of the 21st of April, says, that the road from that city to Naples is infested with robbers, in numerous bands; and that, a Yew days since, in the passage de Treponti, Messrs. de SotaMERY, the one Secretary to the French Ambassador, the other an Officer in the Austrian service, were plundered of everything they possessed, and considered themselves happy in escaOig with their lives. The Nuncio of the Pope lately attended a public Meeting of the Deaf and Dumb, at the Asylum e,ta blished by thelate Abbe SICA LID, in Paris; the assembly was numerously and brilliantly attended. The vene rable Director, and the Head Master, Monsieur PA UL MIER, were Presidents. One of the pupils being asked, What Is Grace ? replied " La Grace ca le secoun de einspirztion Divine r —Grace is the assistance of Divine nspr ratios). NAVAL IVTELLIOENCE. The Triton, Castes, from Galipoli to Petershutgh, was on shore near Iloganas (coast of Svreden) previous to the 4th inst. but was I expected to he Ott off. Yesterday, a Court of Directors Was held at the Fast India House, when the following Commanders took leave of the Court, previous to departing fur their respective destinations ; viz.—Captain THos. FRANCIS IiALDERSTON, Of the Asia; ClptAill CHARLES EDWARD MANGLES, of the Marchioness of Fly ; and Captain Ttioat‘s Matt- Qum, of the Rose, for Madras and Bengal. Lieutenant SANIUFL Ilei.t.Aso is appointed to his Majesty's ship DOVER, in Leith Roads, vice %tut, to the WELLESLEY, at Ports mouth ; and Lieutenant JAILER MONEY rm.:NY Wool), vice Wilily.- comae, to the HA salsa, on the Cork station. Sunday, the WELLISCTir.: revenue cruizer, Mr...le:sirs MELVILLE Commander, sailed front Leith Roads for tile West • coast of Scotland. His Majesty's sloop Ceto, Cletain SYRANCEWAYS, arrived in Leith Roads that atternoun. Prxmoriva, 111a;:11 irnd F.—Arrived the Britannia, °urge, from Menu., ; Apollo, from Berbice in forty-one days ; Prince Regent, Howe, from St. Domingo in thirty-three dam with loss of bulwarks. Off ;he port, the iloppetr, PAUSSETT, from St. Übe's. The Llan Romney, from Jan:tit:a, is off Penzance; and the Robert James Haynes, from Barb.idoes, is off the Mizen Head —all wall. Polcrsmourtr, May 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived oft' the Wight, the William Polo and lioynl Charlotte, from the lei: of France; and hi , Alkiesfy's ship fink:gams:, from a cruize. Sailed the Lord Amherst, Lucks, from Nladras and Bengal; and his M ijesty's ship SPA RILOWITAWI, on a cruize. DLAr.,Av by N.—Passed last right, the Cana dian packet, SAI+I.:I, from London for Jamaica. Remains. the llarmon y, Cu RRIE, from Jamaica. The Lowther Castle, from China, and the rat of tln• htoneward bound have s. , :led for the River. COWES, MAY 16.--N1 N.R—Sailed ArTLLTON ; and Lady Frances, Maur, for Quebec. 6111RALTAlt, AritlL 17.=—An insurgent privateer Was CrUiZitlt, yegyrcay at the entrance of the Straits. Aran. I 9.—The Cadiz Dtery mentinns that two vessels were captured by insurt;ent privateers on Cle 7th and 9th inst. EAST INDIA SHIPP,NG. The Lowther Castle, Baker, !rer.l thnia, has arrived IA Port land ; sailed from Macao the 16th January, and front St. Iklena the 20th March. _ Pai.enger—Mr. J. D. Parkes, from England, on account of the 11..rticultural Society. Straits of Sunda—The Ilythe, Wilson, arrived of there the 2,7411 January. Arrivals at St. Helena—The Atlas, Mayne, from China. Sailing% from St. Helena—The St. Helena, Fairfax, for the Cape; an,' the Rapid, Wright, fur England. The Warren 11. sting,, Itswes., was to sail from China for Eng land, the 18th January. The Gener..l Hank Wdsteatl, was to sail from St. Medina, for Bencoolen, the 28th March. The Colombia,Chapinan, from Bombay has arrived off Liverpo- cusTom-nousr., AY 12: SUMS F.STERto lllWAiens—The froill Aingaziore; Prow 4' . .!iitior, from famv3in Atm, 'Alaria Grace, Dry d.:ll4, Supply, Juno, and Lihrrty, tr.im Memel; Sophia, and Sp, ittr, from I)ainzic ; Consulted from Antwt.Tp ; Gertrutla, front urn tertian' ; Ann, front Hamburg'''. niche, from Konisburg ; And _ lic4ource, from Cadit. ENTERED OUTWARDS—The Siren, Tor Calais ; Albion, for Con stair.inople ; (Economy, for Archangel ; Margery, lot Bahia; Severn, for St. Kitt's; Jose ~11 and Ann, for Carthazena ; Mary• Ann, for Ilatuburgh ; and :Sim - gat - et, for llotterd...m. CLTARIN6 ()troy.% aus—The Ocean, for Ilonduras ; Marquis of Anglesta. for Jamaica ; C.L)rpio, and Theti•, for Lisbon; P,-rsever ance, for Cal.iis ; and Sir Georg.: Prevost, for Quebec. INFORMATION TO MARINE:RS. EETILACT 0: A LETIEK TIIOM TUE AGENT T) LLUEI.... AT rininr.r, ',ATLI) ):AY 7. " In my last respects I communicated the melancholy loss of the Helen, of this port, Thomas Erskine master, with goods and pas sengers, bound to Montreal, by striking upon a sunken rock to the eastward of Rock All. _ _ " As the extent of the danger of that place does not appear to he very generally known, I have taken the liberty to lay before you what particulars I could collect regarding it. . " Captain Erskine makes the longitude of Rock All to be 13 deg. 40 min. W. after a very direct run from his last departe.re, and his vessel struck two different times (but did not stop) on a clump of rocks, apparently not much bigger than a ship's length, and on which the sea broke occasionally : there were no ether breakers near him, or in sight at the time. Rock All at this time bore per compass \V S. W. half W. he thinks about six mile,: aiitant ; but as the wea ther was hazy, the distance is probably sr.mething less. " Another very intelli:;enr man informs me, that tv:o years ago he fell in with breakers, bearing S.l-. from Rock All about three or four miles distant, and that they appeared in clumps at sonic iii-ranee front each other ; but he is unecrtain whether a ship might fi.itl water over them. " From this it may be inferred that it is dangerous to come near this Rock All on the east side. All accounts which I have heard concur in making it safe enough on the west. " It would be of great importance to the northern naviption to obtain a correct survey of this dangerous rock and its vicinity." SPORTIAG ELLIGE.ACE. DURHAM ItACES. FRI DA Y. A Batch for 50v. —Major Ilealey's b. h. beat Mr. Lowe's b. h. I2st. each. A mile and a distance. . _ . the Silver Cup, value 50gs. by a subscription of 51. each, with 2.5 . /. added by the Alarqui, of Londonderry, for horses, &c. that never won 100 gs. at any one time, in Plate or Stakes, ht for: the day of naming ; 3-yr-old,, 6st. 1016. 4-yr-olds, B.t. 7.1 b. 5-yr-olds, Sst.ll;b. G-yr.olds and aged, 9it. Mates allowed 51b. Two mile heats. Lord Londonderry's ch. 1. by iligot, 3.yrs old - - 1 1 Mr. W. Ilutchinson's ch. g. by Calm's, 4.yrs old - 4 t Mr. M. A. Taylor's b. c. by Leopold, 5-yri old - - . - 1 3 Mr. Russell's b. g. Alpha - - - t 4 Mr. J. Ferguson's c. c. North Briton, 3-yrs 011 - 5 5 Mr. Lanibton's ch. m. Verona, 5-yrs old - - 6 6 SATURDAY. Fifty Pounds, given by the Members for the County, for all ages; 5-yr-olds 6st. 71b. 4.yr-olds, fist. 5-yr-olds, B,t. 916. 6-yr-ohs and aged, 9st. A winner of 501. at any one time, in Plate or Stakes, before entry, to carry 51b. extra; if two or more, 516. extra. Mares and geldings allowed 1 - . lb. Three-mile heats. Mr. Hudson's b. g. Sir Henry, 5-yrs old 1 1 Mr. Ferguson's b. c. Momus, 4-yrs old - Lord Kelburne'e br. m. Sister to May-day, 4-yrs ola - 2 3 At starting, 5 to 4 on Sir Henry against the field ; after the heat 10 to lon him. The fit at heat was won cleverly; the second was welt contested, and won only by a neck. A Match for 501.—Mr. Buirell's ch. m. beat Mr. Richmond's b. h. 19st. each. Turce miles.---2 to lon the ch, mare.— Won easy. PEDESTRIANISM. A pedesttian of the ti.t:ite ui iluliock hasundertakcn to walk 1000 miles in as msny succesive boy:hours, in the vicinity of ham. Ile commenced Lis arduous task on Saturday, the 1,4. Monday, a wager fur live pounds, and a kg of mutton and trim mings, laid between 11 - . lilidia Smart, a master hackney-man living in Doughty-mewi, Guildford-street, Brunswick-square, and Mr. Patterson, a master living in Cray's-inn-lane, was de cided in Copenhagen-fields. The wager was, that Mr. Smart was to shoot at, and break sateen glass bottles out elf twenty, which Mr. Patterson was to throw up as high a , . he could, standing thirty yards distant front Mr. Smart. Bets w:. re three and tour to o u r , that Mr. Smart would not accomplish the act ; but, to the great astonishment of all, he s!tot at and ;Hoke nineteen bottle: out tin: twenty, and marked the twentisth bottle with eight small dun, bit' did not break at. BOXING. George Smith, of Chelsea, has challenged Thomas Brady to fight for '2O sovereigns Nitie..testlis of the Fancy want to know what is the reason the battle did not take place on •I•ucsJ : :y, and we shall endeavour, as well as information can g'.ide, to t••Il about it. The Gentlemen wha Lacked Sampson were ready in :he ring, end that top to pro duce their man. Josh Hudson, we have already stated, came to the4 s cratch in time, threw up hi, shallow, and claimed the sum of 50C sovereigns, which was gisen him. The reason why it was so given was, that bets were declared 'Those who had been bet ting sie to four on Josh. on the prec;:tl. , day, betted two to one on Sampson on the morning or fighting. Those interested began to look round them ; the Geetietoeu who backed Sampson had 1,1001. on it, and he finding that A had bet tin: motley with B, and A and 11 Leing good friend, brcJbht C iu a stake-holder, or, in other words, A, 11 , and C were all in a pi g •tobether. About crossing the fight was hut:se:lse ; both men meant to win it, itial the neat ques tion which arose wa,, whether money would be paid to the winner as battle money went. The backers of Sampson, it is tair to state, were nothing less than Gentlemen; some legs made all the mischief, 4nd prevented A fight between two as brave men as Logland can A.:ut.oze. GREAT FEAT ON TII6 THAMES. ROWING WAGER FUR LOOO SOVERE(G The admirers of River Sports were yesterdey in motion capes. ing the decision of this great we, er. The start front Oxford to reach the centre arch of ih'estiniteter.bridge, in sixteen Mors, was considered a most difficult task, and bets were agaitist the under taking. The Gentlemen, in a six-oared wherry, left (Ward at three o'clock yesterday mornieg, and notwithst: mitt g the wind oc casioned considerabL disadvantage, leached within thir teen minutes of the given time. They won the bet in high sta le. Soon after six o'clock the bridges were covered by spectit,xs, in a little time the boat was seen appiroeching filllll 1 au %hall-hridge accompanied by a numerous flotilla of every dose.. irior. When the winners pulled tinder Westminster-bridge, they t!trew up their oars in triumph, and the spectators gave tit; ee cheers in honour of the victory. When the boat reached Whitehall-stairs, they lauded, apparently much exhausted—one was led out of the boat. A No. ble Lord who Liled on a former occasion to row the same distance (118 miles) in eighteen hours, has lost, it is said, a c.ous.deralee suns. The winners are mostly Officers of the Guards. Among the knowing ones in aquatic sports, the subject of the wager was kept very silent until within these few days, when they commenced betting freely at odds, that the wager was lost, and if the p.wy had courage to row to the stairs, they would not come home he 17 hours. An offer was made by four watermen (picked) to do it in 1::; hours, for £2,000, taking any odds; and the men who made this offer, betted 2 to 1 on time on the present occasion. All the Noblemen and Gentlemen composing the Aquatic Clubs id heavy bets on the event, and the anwunt of betting is esti mated at £17,000. The substance of the articles of the wager was as follows:--Places, from Oxford to London ; time, in the month of Nay ; distance to be rowed by s!2r. oar=, in sixteen hours, to be regulated by two clocks chosen Ly the parties. The rowers to be (Licers of the .'.l leegiment of Foot Guards, helonging to an Aquatic Club. The steersmen to he chosen by themselves.—This being agreed to on all sides, the Gentlemen forming the boat's corn pany were on Monday evening in readiness for starting, the boat being brou ; ;lit down and properly prepared for the journey. After some siieht preliminary arrangements, Colonel Meyriek was chosen umpire for the Guards. Several cutters were at varions stations, in icediness to meet the boat, awl e in with her; many Ladies of distinction also accompanied them. Su many were the cutters out, that Cie repetition of navies would be teelioue in the extreme ; hot Oze leading boats were the Guards', the Ea3le, the Emerald, the S-vereign, the 'Whitehall Club Boar, &c. The following are the partirulars of the ctartine : At one mi nute to three o'clock the start veil( pleec free. Oxforu, the morning being perfectly canal ; the waters:tan, Isaac King, carried thane to Boltte's Lod:, Nkridenhead, which is half way ; Lyre they shipped Cannon. another cockswain, and on erriviog at I lenley, the wind freshened to the East, which retarded their progress at least an hour; but by very gteat exertion they putted on, and got through IVintli,or bridge by half-past lc, and to Setioes by 10 minutes to two o'clock. Ilene touch exhaustion was m taifest, but not a man gave up his oar, and the boat arrived at Hampton at four o'clock, and at Tedeington at half-past four, where they took re freshment, when they started in high spirits, and full of coutidence, having two hours and a (patter to do it ; they, when at Putoey, had All hour to do it, and were eccompauired by the Sovereign, Guards, and Fancy boats. At preciwly minutt sto never o'clock they came throtv!h West mitister.-hrid!ne when they were instantly towed to Whitehall stairs. The names of the Gentlemen were—Captains Douglas, Short, Si.alley, Le Blanc, Dodson, and Westenra. On landing they were put iota their carriages, and driven home. Every fa- - eility was attended them by the locks being opened previously, which was a bleat advantage. • ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The wager was laid by Sir John Burgoyne with Captain Short, for Gdo goatees (and not for LOGO gui.teas, as erroneously stated). The terms of the match were these :—" That six Officers of the 3d Regiment of Guards. belonging to Aquatic Clubs, should row in a six-oared wherry, from Oxford to Westminster-bridge, in six teen conseeutive hours—the time in the month of May, 1824." Capt in Short, who knew the skill of the " Guards' Club," ac cepted the bet of the Honourable Baronet ; and the (411th-re:ea that kindly olferee! to aid him in winnina the wager, were Captaiaa Standen, Hudson, and Wane; and Lieutenants Dougias and Wes teura, who, with himself, made up the six rowers. It was agreed that the rowers should chose their own cockswains, and that (hoe should be kept by clocks previously wound in London and Oxford. The boat in which the wager was to be contended for, was built for the purpose, after the plan of the Marquis of Worcester's " Fancy, a boat renvetkable for it; fleetness. TM, match arose out of an attempt made by Lord Newry, about sixteen mouths ago, to perform the sante feat, with six of his servants, in seventeen hours. fits Lordship lost his wager on that occesion with Sir John Burgoyne, by fifty minutes, though the wind and weather were in his favour, and not only S.r John, hot most of the " deep ones," as well as the amateurs of the (aqua) " Fancy," and the members of the majority of the Aquatic Clubs, were ready to orer three to one against the accomplishment of the waaer.— A few days ago it was determined that yesterday should he the day for the decision of the w::ger, and application was mate by Captain Short and his friends to the Commissioners of the Locks between London :aid Oxford, for their assistance in c'earhig, the bells and pans, and supplying plenty of water, as they psseed through; this was readily granted, and by the arrangements made by the Commissioners, at lest halt an hour was geined by the rowers. No trifling interest was excited at Oxford by the match. Tuesday morning the whole of the rowers had arrived at Oxfurd, and they all retired to bed at eight o'clock in the evening, and gave orders to be called up at two, intending to start precisely at three o'clock, • front a place named, near Oxford Bridge. At a Timer before three o'clock they were all attired in their aquatic club dresses, viz. narrow striped blue and white trowiters,broul striped jackets, straw hats, light shoes, and silk stockings. They took in a littler/an Wm, sandw:chra, &c. and at one minute peat three o'clock yesterday morning their cockswain, Isaac King, gave the word—" alt's ready," and the rowers removed their oars tram the perpendicular to the ho rizontel ; and amidst the cheers of great numbers of persons (even at that early hour) the wherry cleft the liquid stream, and bore away towards its destination at the rate of above eight miles the hour. On the wherry arriving at Bolter's Lock, Alaidenhead (half -way) it was half-past 11 o'clock—half an hour had been lost by the wind freshing to the east, and the squally weather. At Boltet's Lock, James Cannon, the second cockswain, was taken on board, and by many " A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," the wherry was brought to Windsor-bridge by one o'clock. No time was lost, though every man on board was fatigued ; they pushed on with a most determined resolution; and notwithstanding great difficulties, • owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, they arrived at Teddington Lock by half-past bee o'clock. In Teddington Lock they took refreshment, which was supplied by Mr. Topham, of the Talbot hut, at Richmond. From Windsor to Stainea, a distance of eight miles, the rowers exerted themselves surprisingly, and they aceomplish,d the distance in ao minutes, and made a mo-t gallant sbew. At Teddington the spirits of the gallant crew were raised very much by the arrival of a number of their London friends in who ries, sk &c. who cheered them loudly as they eeerted them selves to acetenpiish:their object. Thomas 1101, the third ceckswain, was taken on board at Teddington, and considto utg the wind w:s in their teeth, and the weather foul and contrary, they performed WOO.. ders. It was half-past five when they left Teddington Lni k, on their arrival et Putney Bridge it was precisely s'x o'clock. At this moment the Thames presented an unusual aceee of ga:ety. The river was crowded with the members of the aquatic carhs,in their to:Berms. We observed " the Whitehall," the Guards, the Emerald, the Eagle, the -Frederick, the Cortour, and William Frederick Clubs, in their different boats. 'l'Le Sovereign showed oil* in prime style. There were present many Noblemen and Gentlemen of the first distinction. Front Teddiogton to Westminster Bridge, two eight oared guard boos cleared the way for the oh rry, aed hut for the cheettog of the spectator., which excited the avelieet rime:it:en amongst the rowers, it is thought they would have subk under the excretive exertion, and have lost the wager. The umpire, Colonel took his station on Westminster Di - 14e at six o'clock.— The croft on the :iver e the bridges, stair s e and wharfs, from whirl there was a view of Whitehall scat s, the appointed landing place, were crowded with spectatura. Several of the Bow strt et patrol were placed at Whitehalaataire, to preserve the ietce, abet CO :resist in the debar katinn. At half• past sax o'clock, the wherry arrived at Battersea Bridge, end the rowans completely knocked up, some of them almost brut double, and all of them much distressed. The tide was now iu their layout - , and having taken a little brandy, they appeared determined to conquer or die; and at a quarter before seven o'clock they arrived at %%. etanunster bridge, amidst the acclametiona of thousands of spectators. Mr. Sullivan, the boat-builder, :owed them to Whitehall .stairs, and on their arrival there they were assisted out of the boat, and carried on shore, and put to bed. They were all in a state of exhaustion, and one or two coeld not stand withcut sta.port. They declared that they should have a,iistd an hour soon, r if the suited had Peen itt their favour. It is believed that not less than Cl 5,000 has changed owners by the evert, of which sum Captain Short has won £l,OOO. Some of the best judges, even the coekawains, oho knew every yard of the river from Oxford to Weatnonster-bridge, were taken in, the current bets being two to one against the pet furinenee of the match. The distance from Oxford to Weetminner-htidge is 118 miles, and was rowed in fifteen hours and three quarters. . e ', /~ 't I ti Ii &~ 1 << (~ n; ~',~ 3 T: sr • 4 1 i; ,~