Star. — London, England, 1801-08-12 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Sir Harry is to Rart (or the King's Guineas at Lewes; and a match, on which very large fums depend, has been made between Warier and Bobtail. Monday fe'nnight a race of a very curious nature took place in the neighbourhood of Nantwich, be tween two bipeds ; .and though the bet was of a trifling nature, yet the bone and bottom ex wiled to he (hewn on this occafion, drew together an im menfe concourfe of fpdtators, who were highly gratified by their different powers of exertion.— M t . H. Fortier was to run fifty yards with Mr. Thomas Jackfon on his back (weighing eleven (core thirteen pounds), while Mr. Thomas Taylor ran one hundred. The odds at itarting were two to one in favour of Mr. Taylor, who won with great cafe. The Worcefter Races finifhed on Thurfday.— Fruits got the firs heat ; was neck and neck with Fugleauto ; Chanister came in third; Colleaor did not run at all. Second heat by Chaunter, in a great Kyle ; and the third in a moft fuperior man ner. The laft was hard run every inch. Fuglentan ran but two heats ; and when Sacrapant came in he bad not a leg to Rand on. Every one was par tial to Fuji Fruit: till the laft heat, then two to one were refuted on Chant:ter, as perfeet a boric as ever was Peen, and in the higheft condition.— Two Gentlemen horfemen met on the courfe with fuch violence as to kill both their horfes on the fpot ; but the riders efcaped unhurt. HUNTINGDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4. Fifty Pounds for three, four, and five year olds. Two-mile heats. Mr. Golding's b. f. by Pot Bo's, 3 yrs. old, 6ft. !fib. t z Mr. Gray's br. m. Tobina, by Toby, S yrs. old, 9fL• 31b. 4 2 Ll. Clennont's b. h. by Meteor, s yrs. old, Bft. 91b. 2 3 Mr. Griffith's bL L Mils Ruttican, by Sir Peter, 3 yrs. old, 6ft. I fib. - - - 6 4 Mr. Badley's bay e. by Mufti, dam by Highllyer, 3 yrs. as ift- - - - - S S Mr. Neale's b. m. Patience, by Lumber, s yrs. old 9ft. 3 6 Only one horfe entered for Wednefday, and none for Thurfday. BRIGHTON RACES, AUGUST to. A Handicap Plate of 5o). for 4, 5, and 6 years old, and aged horfes. Heats the New Courfe. Mr. Durand's ck. e. Sir Sidney, 4 yrs. old, 7fi. 71b. 5 4 2 Mr. Heatheote's gr. h. Trufs, aged, NI 7lb. 3 3 I * Mr. Howard's Cocoatree, 4 Yrs. old, 8R - 1 dr. f His Grace the Duke of Richmond's br. g. Gold pecker, by Woodpecker, 6 yrs. old, 71t. t alb. 3 r 4 dr. His R. H. the Prince of Wales's ch. c. by King Per lin, 4 Tr& old, 7R. 121 h. 4 2 . 3 dr. BETTINGS.-2 to z the field againfi Sir Sidney to, z ditto Cocoatree-4. to I ditto Wood pecker-3 tot ditto Trufs-6 to z ditto Prince of Wales's. Cocoatree drawn after the firft heat. This was a hard race. Second Heat.-6 to 4 and 6to 5 that Sir Sid ney wins the fecond heat. Ladbroke's Myftery did not run. Goldpecker, Duke of Richmond's, and Prince of Wales's, drawn after third heat. The fourth heat Sir Sidney and Trufs only ran ; even betting. A molt capital race, neck and neck the whole diftance. Sir Sidney won by half a head. The courfe was this day attended by a very nu- merous circle of falhion: it was extremely crouded —the day was very fine, but exceffively hot; the Rand was crouded with ladies, and the railing was lincd with carriages from -one extremity to the other. No accident. His Royal H;ghnefs rode up and down the courfe during the day, and was very affable, An oriental Preacher in a mofque began the hit tory of Noah with this quotation from the Koran, " I have called Noah ;" but forgetting the rell of the verfe, repeated the fame words over and over. At length an Arab cried out, " If Noah will not come, call fomebody elfe." Upon a fmall entablature of leAd, in the church yard of Burgh•by-Sands, Cumberland, is the fol lowing infcnption, recording the death of an infant 'who caught the (mall pox from the rebel-army, which at th a t tim e inf..lled that place and neigh bow hood : " Here Res a Malden, in whofe tender brat!, Each hope, each blooming virtue flood confefed : Though iltort her date, lbc faw Peace leave the land' And fierce Rebellion heave the bloody hand t Saw hoitile rancour, ruthlefs rapine rage; Gone all the joys that innocence engage ! " To her releafe the dire infedlion came, And in the friendly grave repaid her fame. From noire front tumult, (lure her death is gain) She's fled where love and peace for ever reign. " Hannah, daughter of W. and 3.1-iodgfon, (bed of the finall y:a, Feb. 3, 1743, aged four years." PARISIAN FASHION s.—Black crape robes appear to be the newest fafhion, and, horn their thinners, admit a continuance of the length of the train. We frequently notice a large poppy in the front of a kc4oured hat or head-drefs of Pimple hair. Upon the white hats, the ornament is a pyramid of (hells of white ribbon. The veils are worn over the head and down the fide, and faftened behind, fo as to leave the face entirely uncovered. Leaders of gold or fil ver, and fernetimes of pearl, form part of the head dreffes in hair. Thefe head dreffes are lefs oblong than ufual, and fome of them nearly in the turban filaPe. The open tinfelled hats are only for com mon ufe. The crape awe, foot colour and canary, and canary and barbel blue, are in the fame cle• gree of estimation. The moil dillinguiffied are plain blue or plain black ; ribbons of only one colour are the fafhion. The fpencers are trimmed with lace, without fleeves, or with sleeves but no cuff; the collar is worn very high. The Royal Amphitheatre, Weaminfter-Bridge', prefents its inimitable fpeaacle of Fair Rofaaoad, to view for the sixteenth time tomorrow evening ; and we may truly fay of this fine and impretlive produaion, that in point of fterling merit and pa thetic intereft, a Piece of fuch resplendent beauties has not made its appearance for r rdies of years. The Military fpe&acle of Glory iN .6,014, and the Comic Pantrintire of the Fairy, appears for the lalk time but two this night. CORN MARKETS. Very little was done in the Wheat Trade at Mark-lane this morning, and the prices hill con tinue on the decline; but it is impoifible to (tate with accuracy the real prices. —Oats had a brifk fale at Monday's prices.—Barley, Beans, and Peafe, are very dull.—Flour the fame as laft Monday. CANTERBURY, AUGUST 8. Market very dull, little or no bufinefs done. Wheat -80 s to t 262 Hog Peale - 46 to 48 Barley - 38 to 6o Boiling Peas to -- Oats 23 to 40 Hay, per ton 41 os to 41 106 - . Seed ditto —. to am S • n, do. 41 los to SI .5 1 Small Beans 4 0 to 45 Clover, do. 41 Os to 41 to. Tick Beans - 46 to 48 Straw, do. 31 08 to 01 os Tares - —to Rough Meal 7u to 735 63 _ _ „ MALT—Brown 88s—Sccon'd 895—Pale stos. Fine Flour fold at Abbots Mill at the rate of 51. ss. per Pack. BREAD.—Yefterday the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR was waited upon at the Manfion-Houfe by the Principals of the Bakers' Company to fet the Mize of Bread, when his Lordthip, after exa mining the Mealweighers' Returns; it appeared that Wheat had fallen 6s. Fad. per quarter, and Flour only 6d. per Sack, he therefore ordered the price and weight of Bread to be as follows; which is one Mize, or 2d. in the Peck Loaf lower than laft week, and to commence and take place to morrow, viz. . lb. os. dr. f. d. Peck Loaf Wheaten is to weigh 17 6 o To be fold for Ditto Houfehold, ;b. 1i 6 0 -- 5 8 Half Peek Loaf Wheaten ist 8 zo o 3 I to weigh - - Ditto Houfekold, do. - Bit o -2 so Q,2artcm Loaf Wheaten is} 4 3 8 6i to weigh - - Ditto Houfehold, do. - 4 5 8 I 5 HalfQoartemLoafWheaten2 2 2 12 0 JD to weigh Ditto Houfehold, do. - a ais - o 8i ox. Jr. Penny Loaf Wheaten is to weigh 3 Is Ditto Houfehold, do. • „ • 4 Twopenny Loaf Wheaten is to weigh Ditto Houfehoki. do. • 8 a Threepenny Loaf Wheaten is to weigh - II 4 Ditto Houfehold, do. -ra 4 And the Matter and Wardens of the Company of Bakers are hereby enjoined to fee the above Affize duly kept until further orders.—lt is ex peded his Lordfhip will reduce the Bread con fiderably on Tuefday next. The greater part of the Wheat in the county of Kent will be reaped this-week and the Rye is molly carted. The crops in general are abundant. The crops in Bedfordfhire are extremely good, and the harveft is nearly all in. On Saturday morning about eight o'clock a gentleman paffing through Bedfot d -court, Covent- Garden, obferved three well known fufplcious cha rafters lurking about a woollen draper's (hop, which induced him to watch them, when at length they all went into the (hap, and immediately one of them came out with a whole piece of kerfey mere under his arm, upon which the gentleman purfued him and fecured him; and one ofhis com panions was likewife fecured ; the other made his efcape.—There was only a boy in the (hop • they contrived to ant for fomething trifling which was at the back of the (hop, while one of them let off with the kerfymere, unperceived by the boy. The following are the circumtlances attending the robbery of the houfe of BAkti ES, Efq. near the bridge at Hendon, on Saturday morning laft : Mr. anti Mrs. BARNES fleep in a room on the firft floor; and on account of Mr. BARNES being extremely ill with an afthmatic complaint, the doors and windows are generally left open for air. About half part one o'clock on Saturday morning, Mrs. BARNES went down (lairs to get fome tea for her hufband, when the thought the heard a noife at the door of the back kitchen ; but not hearing it repeated, and fuppofing it might be the cat, the went up flairs again, without noticing it further. Soon after being in bed, and a light burning in the room, they were alarmed by the ftfh of the window being thrown up in a violent manner, and a man with his face blacked, and a piftol in his hand, jumped into the room. He was intlandy followed by three others, with their faces blacked alto. The fadden (hock had occalioned Mr. and Mrs. B. to fpring from their bed : the exertion, however, being too great for Mr. B's. weak Rate of body to bear, he had nearly funk un der it, and lay gafping for breath, unable to an fwer, when the firft villain (who was called Cap tain by the others), with horrid threats demanded his money. Mrs. B. with more prefence of mind and refolution than could be expefted from a fe male under fuch terrific circumltances, intreated the robbers not to hurt her huffiand, and they should have money ; but it was with great diffi culty fhe could perfuade them to leave the room, after they had taken what notes and money were contained in Mr. B's. breeches-pocket, which lay near the bed-fide. They then accompanied her down flairs to (cares the lower part of the houfe for money,wbich they teemed to have a knowledge of being . kept in a bureau, and opening a back door let in another of their accomplices, at which time two more were teen in the garden, and ano ther flood fentry on the ladder they had procured from the premifes to enter Mr. B .'s chamber window. Not being fatisfied with what Mrs. BARNAS gave them, which confined of four One Pound Notes, a (even Chilling piece, and a metal watch, they three times left her, (wearing they . would go up flairs and take her hufband's life: her perfuations, and affurances that they had no more money in the haute, induced them to forbear, and after taking a new hat, feveral pair of boots and limes, and tome (ilk Rockings, they afked for branly ; but while Mrs. B. was gone to look for the key of the clofct where it was kept, they opened the ftrett door and went away, having been up wards of an hour in the houfe, and the morning beginning to break. A man fervant who flept iu another pin of the houfe was alarmed, but pre: vented giving any affiflance by the two men who Rood in the garden. From a variety of circum fiances there is rcafon to believe the offenders were hay-maters, uLti lately worked in the neighbour hood. LAW INTELLIGENCL% SURREY ASSIZES -CROYDON, AUGUST S. BEFORE SIR NASH GROSE, AND A SPECIAL JURY. THE KING V. DAVIS AND OTHERS. RIOT AT KINGSTON. Mr. GARROW !fated, that this was an indiament againft William Davis, Robert Barnes, John Ell cock, and Robert Collins, furveyors of the high. ways for the diftriet of Kinglion, Mr. Carter (their Attorney ), Neville, Brown, Empfon, and feveral others, for riotoufly and tumultuoufly affembling to cut down the trees belonging to Mr. Purrier, a Gentleman in the neighbourhood of Kingfton. It was a cafe which contained circumflances of un common aggravation: it would be found, that the four firft-named Defendants had availed themfelves of the power they poffeffed as Surveyors of the Highways, to wreak their private malice again(l the Profecutor, by cutting down a number of trees placed before his houfe, which had remained an ornament to the premifes for more than a century. For the Defendants to pretend that thefe trees were a nuifance to the Public, and that the cutting them down was j'aftifiable under the general High way A 1,4 would be ridiculous ; but fuppofing that, as Surveyors, they had fuch right, they could not by the ftatutes of the land exercife it without legal notice. In this inftance no notice whatever was given ; the trees were felled in April, a month in which the laws, with a view to the prefervation of the bark, rendered it illegal to cut down trees. — But, admitting that Good Friday was the fitteft day for fuels a bufinefs, and April the moll proper month—admitting alfo, that the Surveyors were doing their duty by cutting thofe trees fmack fmooth, yet, Rill he would contend, they ought not to have effeeted their purpofe by means a a defperate banditti. He was afraid he fhould be able to bring it home to the Defendant Carter, that he threw a weapon at a gentleman of the name of Hibbert, fusee decafed, likely to have occafioned death ; in which event, all thefe parties, inftead of (landing as Defendants for a mifdemeanor, would have had to have anfwered a charge for murder. Upon the queftion of Law he fhould juft fay a word: The Profecutor had received notice to pro- duce a certain leafe to a Mrs. Bernard, by whom the premifes were let to Mr. Punier. That leafs would be produced, and he fhould prepare Isis Lordfhip and the Jury for the reading of it by Rating what it was: it was a demife from the Lord of the Manor of the place on which thefe trees grew, and there was a ftipulation that no hike fhould cut them down without licence of the terror; in fhort, an exprefs refervation which excluded every tenant from deftroying what was the growth of ages. The fats which were Rated by the Learned Counfcl, we fhall detail in the language of the witneffes. He concluded by enforcing upon the minds of the Jury the enormity of the offence of promoting a rift, more efpecially in times like the prefcnt, when it was fo peculiarly the duty of every peaceable citizen to prevent popular tumult. It was not their province to appreciate the punifh ment the Defendants merited, that would be the fubjeet of future confideration ; all they had to do was to afcertain whether they were guilty of the charge imputed to them. John Vincent Furrier, Efq. faid he relided near Kingllon: on Thurfday the zd of April, feveral perions came to his houfe to cut the trees which grew before it; they were hewing at the roots when he firft difcovered them : he did mot think any of the Defendants were there. He perfuaded them to defift, till a negotiation fhould take place with the Surveyors. A meeting was had at Mr. Carter's houfe, which was attended by Ellcock, Davis, and Collins; it was agreed that a regular notice fhould be given, in order that the right to cut down the I trees might be tried in a regular form. After wards Carter informed him, it was the intention of the Surveyors to cut them down at all events. There were two divifions of trees, four on the North and (even on the South; it was on the North fide they &A bean to cut. In the courfe of the converfation Ellcock grew warm, and faid, as fo many words were made about the trees, he would have the (even immediately before the houfe. On Good Friday the four trees on the North were cut down. He applied to Cook and Bradfhaw, the Bailiffs and Chief Magiftrates of the Town, to in terfere, which they undertook to do, obferving, that it was againft their will that the Surveyors proceeded to fuch extremities. About five in the morning on Saturday he was called up by his fer vants, and obferved feveral labourers cutting the trees to the Southward; he prevailed on them to defill, and went to requeft Cook and Bradfhaw to prevent the men from cutting them down. Cook gave him an authority to procure affillance to pro. tett the trees; he lbewed the authority to Carter, who, having read it, returned, laying, " Damn Cook bind Bradfhaw too." They went away, and, in about half an hour after, Carter, Davis, Ell cock,Collins, Barnes, Empfon, Brown and Neville, returned, with about fixty others, marching from the town. His own friends were polled round the trees, and he had direCted them to lay afide the arms with which they had previoufly provided themfelves, and not to hurt any one. Whet the mob arrived, none of his friends or fervints had any fire-Arms. As loon as they reached the fpot, there was a cry from one of the Defendants of " Come, my lads, take to your bludgeons;" and immediately they began the attack. They came up, chopping away with their axes at his and his friends and fervants feet. Empfon came up with a wheel-barrow, exclaiming, " Take care of your (dyes; this is for the killed - and wounded, for, by G --D, there will be flaughter." There was a fctiffie at the firft tree, and Carter faid, as Purrier and his party were fo ftrong there, they would proceed to another. He prefintly taw Davis en deavouring to get away from a Mr. Thomas, who had collared him, and was calling for the peace officers. Davi*firuck him feveral times, and at length got away. Empfon too was very aftive with his axe. He fisw Carter (hike Mr. Hatbert with a nick, and as the hater was running away, be threw it at him; he alto law an axe fall at the feet of Mr. Hibbut, and had he not been in mo tion, it inuA 4vc firuck s azd mglkatiLkillcd him.—T,he mob effc&ed their"purpore of cutting down the trees, the Surveyors diratingthcm alt the time.—There were handkerchiefs twilled upon flicks as Hags, and at the fall, of every tree there were loud ihouttngs and hutzas. On his crois.c::. amination, he faid he had repeatedly offered to give the Surveyors every fatisfaCtion with regard to the illegality of cutting down the trees. He infifted that none of his friends had glazed to make ufe of fire-arms. Mr. Thomas, the Solicitor and relation of the laft witnefs, entirely corroborated his evidence, and proved, that every endeavour had ht-en need to try the right of cutting the trees in a 1: - .T;al wa7. Mr. Wilfon, a Merchant of London, and :r.c of the Profecutor's friends, &Pored to the fan,.. The Servants of the i'rofecui or were c..,m;0r,1, and brought the charge home to all the Ddim dants included in the iiidiament. The exclufive right of the ',dee of the Plaintiff to the trees was clearly proved, and clofed the cafe for the profecution. Mr. Serjeant SHEPpE RD, for the Defendants, ob ferved, that this was certainly a very ferions cafe, and never fhould he Rand up in a Court of juttice to Rate, that if perfons had a legal right, they were jußified in all - ening it by v:olence: he ad mitted, that whatever right the Defendants might have had to cut down the trees in quertion (and that right they certainly had), yet that the carry ing it into elle& by violence was no juflification. But in the prefent inflance, it would turn out upon the evidence, both parties were in the wrong ; for it would appear, that if the Profecutor had nct armed himfelf and his fervants, nothing of the kind would have happened. None would have been engaged but the workmen who were lawfully en gaged in cutting down thefe trees which flood in the way, and were liable to be removed under the general Highway Al. It was not true, as bad been aliened by his Learned Friend, that they were cut down from malicious motives. On the contrary, the trees flood in a fituation extremely inconvenient to the Public, and feveral accidents had happened in confequence of chaifes and coaches running aglkinft them. It had therefore long been the determination of the Surveyors to cut them down, and they had given notice to that effed to the lag tenant, a Mr. Fuer, who had requefled as a favour that they thould be futicred to remain during his life. They had done fo, and after his death had determined to carry their former inten tions into execution, without any perfonal animofity towards the Profecutor. The Learned Counfel proceeded at great length, he chiefly inferred, that the mob contrite.' of Ferfons attracted by idle cu riolity, who took no part in the affair, and that the riot was produced by the intemperate and vio lent conduet of the Pr ofecutor and his friends. Mr. Jullice Gaoss faid, he thought the Learned Counfel had opened no defence. All he had faid was founded upon the fuppofed mifbehaviour of the Profecutor; but that was no jut:die:num for the Defendants, however it might avail them if the fart fhould be proved upon affiJavits, when they were brought up to receive judgment. Sup. poling all the milcondiuct hated on the part of the Profecutor tot); true, it would not repel the charge of the Defendant , : having been guilty of a riotous and tumultuous afremb!y. He had no doubt but the Gentlemen who travelled the Circuit recolleatd the trees; if he remembered them rightly, there was room enough on both fides for carriages to pals.. On the evidence, there mutt neceffaiily 1 e a verdia agaitift the Defendants.—Wi;:i regard to the mitigation of punithment, that mutt depend upon the ellahlifhment of the Eels alledged in the defence ; there might be degrees of delinquency, but manifeftly all had been taking an'aftive part in the riot. It wasa fhameful proceeding in a country where the laws were open to every one; and where thole who had a right might appeal to the laws for redrefs, without prefuming to take it into his own hands, by committing fo dangerous an offence as a riot, and breach of the Peace. • The Jury pronounced all the Defendants—G'siky. TU SWAY, AUGUST 1 CRISS CON.—yolm Coeld, an Attorney, confined in the King's-Bench prifon, for damages awarded againft him for the fum of 7671. for criminal con. verfation with a Lady of the name of Moore, ap. plied for his difcharge, the Plaintiff in the aftion having died in the year 1798, and no letters of ad. miniftration were taken out till July !Roo. He contended,that he was entitled to his difchargc, the Mother of the Plaintiff not having adminifiered to the will within one year after the deceafe of her fon. The Learned Counfel, in beh elf of the Admi nifiratrix, fubmitted, that the Prifoner was not entitled to his difcharge by the 4IR S. of the which excludes perfons imprifoned for dama ges awarded againtl them for criminal couverfation from taking the benefit of the Ad'. The clan& was introduced by a Noble Lord (ELDoN), with a moral view, in order to check the progrefs of vice, and to endeavour to put a (top to its baneful influence. With refpee.l to the ground on whicla the Prifoner contended he was entitled to be die charged, he had no jult claim, as it was owing to his proceedings that adminiftration had not been taken out before, he having entered a rave& againa it in the Commons. The Lady is at this time living with him in a (late of coneubinage, and has feveral children by him. The Court, after tome confederation, ordered the Prifoner to be remanded, not having come to a determination upon his cafe. OFFICERS IN THR ARMY. An Officer in the Army, natural ton of a Cc neral Officer, who died fume yzars time in Canada, was brought up to be difcharged. He was op. pofed. The Learned Counfel alked him, why he had not put a fum of wool. in his fchedule which had been left by his father in his will? • He re plied, that he knew nothing of Inch a fum. The will was then produced, by which h appeared that the fum r , f money WAS left him to he pail by the Ereer.tors, under certain reitrhftions. He very raadiiy laid, that his creditors were welcome to any thing he might have in eiirCtialcy, and I this requaft infarted. He was then afkad what ha had done w ith the motiti for which he had fold his Commiffion ? He ttafw;t.d, that it had produced 4c 1. abut two ~; ..: I