Star. — London, England, 1813-08-25 00:00:00

spolerrsc IMILLIOENCIL ••///=•••/;ima• EOHtM RACES. The sports canunenced here yestehlai% At one O'clock the Paiacassas and the Palacio. CHARLOTTE OF WALES arrived, and were handed into the stand at the winning-post by the Duke of YORE. • The Gold Cop of 7 eogs. mine, the mrphis in specie, foe all ages —the winner to be sold for 510 gs. if demanded. A foo-mile heat. Duke of York's Venture, 4 yrs old - . 1 Mr. Forth's Lumen, 4 yrs old - - 6. a Mr. Blake's Sprightly - ' - - 3 Joe Miller and two others were not placed. 2to I apt Joe Miller-5 to 2 apt Venture-4 to I apt L'utzeit. 1 he Sweepstakes of lap. did not fill. The Noblemen and Gentlemen,' Town Plate was won by Hamlet beating Wisdom very easily. The winner walked over The second dine. _Mr. Stone's Whipthong beat Mr. Strack's Harriathree-quar ten of a mile. Any odds on theiwinner. The famous horse and picture, Smoktnio, was to run for the Magna Charta Stakes this day. He was backed at two to one to Win. BULLETIN OF THE BOXIVG- MATCH ON THE KENTISH COAST. g‘ It has been the custom for a few years past, to amuse the Men of Kent with a fight on their coast ; and in this instance, two men, higher on• the list than those usually exhibited in this part, were pitted, viz. Harry Harmer, of the Bekheronian School, and the prototype of the deceased J. Belcher, a Man of first. rate science, and Ford, whose former exhibitions have ranked him amongst the more formidable on the list, and who unites with science a spirit of ruffianism, courage, and bottom, not excelled. go Them-tam was in the meadow of a Kentish yeo man, a mile to the eastward of St. Nicholas, a •few miles from Margate, contiguous to a spot called Plum-pudding Island, and near to where the Men of Kent performed deeds of valour in days of yore.— Margate was head-quarters, and the arrivals on Fri day and Saturday were very numerous. 1 4 Generals Cribb and Gregson, Joe Ward, Tom Jones, J. Clark, and other Officers of the milling-train, foretold that the Emperor of all the Millers was on his way to join the bands. 44 The Emperor rote at midnight on Saturday, ac companied by his Aides du Camp, and he travelled with the utmost celerity. He got into his carriage in London, at two o'clock, and at four he was at Dartford s he breakfasted with a Swell, and arrived ' at Canterbury, nineteen leaguts, in eight hours, where he dined ; and his arrival at Margate was announced soon in the afternoon; but the town was not illumi- mated, nor did ihe Emperor appear at the Theatre in public. In the evening General Cribb was present at . the Convocation of Amateur Millers, and the Ernpror made him Prince of Thissleion Gap, and wasideased to load him with the additional honour of being his lieutenant. The Emperor has got somewhat lusty, but he enjoys the best health, and the Miller: were animated by his presence. 64 The various grotesque vehicles of Margate, drawn by donkies, mules, and ponies, were in requi sition early on Monday morning, and the combatants having Arrived on the ground, the Emperor addressed them.—' This, ' said he, 4 is the sun which shone on the iormer deeds of the 'brave men of Kent; ye are all animated by the same valour. It is here we are about to hand down to posterity the valour of British pugilists. It will not rain till six o'clock; the heat is the same here as at Margate. Bear in your minds the combats at Thissletop, Blackheath, Wormwood Scrubs, Coombe-Wood, and Rickmansworth, where all covered themselves with glory, although there were some complaints of plunder, which often happen before leaving a town.' , t At twelve the men stripped for combat, and the Seconds were— " Joe Ward and Bristol Hall—for Harmer; and " T. Jones and J. Clark—tor Ford. 4 ' Betting current—Eleven to eight on Harmer. THE BATTLE. " Ronal, 1. Harmer made play, by slashing hits left and right; but the right only told slightly—Ford having parried the left, and returned with about the same force. They closed, and both were down.—Betting got down to five to four, but slack ; it be ing evident that Harmer would not be able to plant hit favourite kits on his antagonist's head as he had formerly done with Atfahby. " Both rallied, and some determined fighting took place, rather in favour of Ford, who had avoided his antagonist's right hand at coming in. In a trial of strength, both fell ; but Ford had tl , e hest of the round upon the whole, and also the fall. Harmer " 3. made his tight-banded hit on Ford's forehead, which told severely ; Ford, however, bored upon him, to get to in-fiBhting, and he succeeded in doing so after other blows, bet he had the worst of the round, and was thrown.—Betting as at the commencement. “ 4. Ford began to show bad training: he wag open-mouthed, ard sparring for vrtra ; Harmer, however, could nor easily get at him. A tremendous right-banded blow on Ford's bOdy was placed, and it was returned smartly upon Harmer's head. Mu tual advantages took place in the round, but Ford received a heavy fall.—Two to one en Harmer. " S. Another tally followed, commenced by Ford, who kept hitting, reg.:Lidless of his own person, and execution was done ou both sides and Fcrd was thrown. At this time an armistice would have been acceptable to both, they having beconse much fatigued. _ _ J 6. Ford planted a good body-hit, and went down. " 7. Harmer was stepped at going in to rally, and Ford had the best of hitting; but Harmer gut him to the ropes with his head Linter his lett arm, and did much fibbing execution, and Ford at ipif extricated himself by dreppirg thr ou gh his hands. " S. Ford mainta!ned this round with much bravery, but he aftereVards got to his staying system of fighting. Some hard blows were eiehanged on both sides, and Harmer injured his right hand by a severe blow on Ford's eye. Much bravery was displayed on both sidesjsut Ford at length went down by exhaus- ' tin; after baying been bit tethe rapes, when a trial of strength cook plate, and Harmer appeared f resh. He exercised his trade of a coppersmith about :Le kidneys of Ford, who supported him :elf by the ropes, held up by the left hand of Harmer. 9. Ford summoned all his efforts in this motto; but he bad received much punishnunt im the he d and body, and Harmer having got him down to tilt pitch, where ke could avail himself e.i superior science and strength etude considerable progthst to victory in every succeeding round. Ford went doe.n without a idow, and a mistaken clamour of foul was raised, but one leg iseing something longer than the other, the same accident always happens to Ford when retreating in a weak state. " 10. Harmer got Ms antagonist against the ropes, in a situa tionwhere a hit must have ended the battle, but having so much of it, he walked off, and left him to go down of his own accord. This act of bravery and coolness was much applauded. " 1 be fight continued 13 cr her rounds, but to detail them would be to repeat that Ford had no chance, and in the 15th round he received a hit in the wind, which rendered him quite Feeble after. He went down from weakness in every round, and received much additional punishment in protracting the COMMA." RENIARKS.—In the last report of a victory gained by Harmer, it was stated that his fighting resembled that of James Belcher, his cousin, more than any other p?gilist. Like him he his a happy knack of bobbing bis bead on one side to avoid a blow as exemplified ratty times fn this eamint Besides, although ISM than Ford's weight, under 12 stone, he has the gift of hitting as quick and as hard as any pug il ist of the day, and his length enabled him to stand over his an tagonist. The only plan Vord bad to follow was, tr. get in and fight, and when he was enabled so to do he had the best of it. Ford is yet a difficult man to get at, and his bravery and bottom are alike prover bial. He is improved in fighting, but his condition was evidently bad in the third round. He sustained most injury in body hits. He was bled on the ground. The combat lasted 85 minutes, and Harmer was in vested with the title of Prince of Plaanytuddsq Island, 'on which he gained this victory. The winner would receive 85 guineas. GREGSOITI'S MAN AND JOE WARD'S IRISHMAN. Two candidates for pugilistic fame were ushered into the ring by the above distinction, to fight for another subscription purse. Painter, Gregson 's man, is a fine stout young fellow, of more than 13 stone, and Ward's man, £eisy, last from Kilkenny, was not inaptly compared to a may-pole. He is more than six feet, with a long sallow visage, with body corre sponding, and appearances indicated that he would cut a better figure at devouring a beef-steak than in fighting. Gregson, in this instance, became a second to Painter, he having been a better first, with J. Clark for his bottle-holder, and Joe Ward and Hall second ed Eony. To the astonishment of the ring, who treated the Hibeinian's attempt to fight as farcical, a most courageous and sanginary battle was fought. The Hibernian, whom no one knew, displayed science which would not dis grace a C r ibb , and his gift of hitting was great. Painter, who had evidently set-to before, by some stops he made, kept bleeding from every organ of the head from the first, which baffled sponge and cold water. He resembled a Kentish cherry, and yet his smile, through the blood, compared with the :hardy mug of Pat, formed a striking and ludicrous contrast. Dame Nature deserted Eony after fighting forty minutes. Painter, after he won, was declared a Lan cashire man by Gregson, who, emulous in search of finding a good milling countrythan, had never befoie succeeded. He has but little knowledge of fighting, but his blows on the thin carcase of Pat, at the latter end of the battle, were very forcible on the body, and he displayed true game, and was much disfigured.- - A handsome collection took place for the vanquished. After the sports of the day, a splendid cold colla tion was giwn to the principal amateurs by Mr. Curling, a gentleman who resides near the spot, which reminded one of the old English hospitality formerly so much talked of. Margate never was known so full by numbers, even by the oldest inhabitants, as it was the few last days. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE MELANCHOLY CIRCUII• STANCE WHICH HAPPENED AT RAMSGATE, ON SATUR DAY LAST I_ 44 A Gentleman, Mr. WILLIAM JOHNSON, son of Mr. JOHNSON, of Stanmore, in Middlesex, went in a machine, accompanied by a friend, to bathe, near the side of the East Pier, and got out of his depth some little distance from the beach calling out for help, his friend immediately came to his assistance, and endeavoured to extricate him until his own strength was nearly exhausted, (Mr. JOHNSON having clung to him, and'twice drawn him under water). — On which, finding he could not give the assistance necessary to save Mr. JOHNSON, he made use of Irish remaining strength to save himself, and which, with great difficulty he effected, by releasing himself from the convulsive grasp—on calling for help the life-boat put off, and also a man, named KING, swam off, but all came too late to save the unfortunate Gentleman, and he sunk to rise no more, and although every en deavour to find the body with nets and grapples were made for several hours, yet without success, and has not yet been found. " The deceased was about twenty-six years of age, of amiable manners, and greatly respected by all who knew him. It is needless to add, that his parents, who are now at Ramsgate, are inconsolable for his loss and melancholy exit ; and, what makes it the more distressing, Mr. and Mrs. JOHNSON and family left their home and came to Ranksgate a short time since, to divert and relieve their milscls from the loss of their eldest son, who died in a decline a few months b tck.—From some impediment, the life-boat could not be got to the place so soon as it might otherwise have been, which was very unfortunate, as half a minute sooner, Mr. JoriNson's life might have been preserved." Sunday, about two o'clock, as Mr. Cook was re turning to his house near Hampstead, in a one-horse chaise, the animal took fright near the Bull and Bush, and ran furiously along the road, by which the vehicle was upset, and unfortunately Mr. C. had his leg broken. Extract of a letter from or. board his Majesty's ship Nonce, in lat. 67. N. long. 3. E.: 44 On the 13th July, about eleven o'clock at night, while lying at anchor off Flushing, the Commander in.Chiel of the fleet sent a boat on board the NORGE, for the Captain : as soon as he returned, we..weighed anchor and made all possible sail for the coast of Nerway ; be did not inform any of us where we were going, until we were a considerable way advanced on our voyage. We were then informed that he had re ceived sealed orders from the Admiralty, which were opened, and the purport of them was, that we were to proceed to Greenland,- in chace of the President, commanded by Commodore RODGERS. We called at Bergen, in Norway, and there received intelligence that he had been in that port and refitted, and had sailed (eight days prior to our arrival) for the North Cape, to destroy our Archangel and Greenland ships. We are all full of hopes of falling in with him in the course of a few days, as we have now got a fair wind, and are crowding all possible sail. We have nothing but very salt beef and pork, with biscuit, rum, and water; having been sent away in such a hurry, we could neither get vegetables nor any thing else. We shall, very probably, put into Leith to get provisions and water in the course of a month or two, and hope to bring the Yankee frigate in with us. We are in chace at the time that I am wr i ting this, of some vessels, which we suppose to be dreenlandmen, by which I expect to send this letter. The President has more men than we have; he has not so many guns, but his metal is much heavier. We only dwow nine pounds more in one of our broadsides than he doeiP LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OP CHANCERY, AUGUST 24 The LOAD CHMICIELLOR Sat this day at eleven o'clock in his private rimin g where he gave judgment in a variety of bankrupt petitions ) and in other mat ters which stood over. EX-PARTE NEWTOEN IN THE MATTER OP DOM. This was a petition praying to have the Compi%ion which had issued against the bankrupt supersOed, and it had lain Over till now, that his Lordship might have an opportunity of considering the affidavit filed by Mr. Gregory, solicitor to the commission, as to the witnesses by whom he expected to be able to prove the petitioning creditor's debt, the act of bankruptcy, and the trading, all of which it would be necessary for him to establish in two actions which had been commenced against persons indebted to the estate of the bankrupt, and the fruits to be expected from which two actions, it was alleged, constituted the whole, or nearly the whole of the bankrupt estate, applicable to the payment of his creditors. The Loan CHANCELLOR asked Mr. Gregory if he was prepared to bring forward any person who would undertake for the costs of trying those two actions at law? Mr. GREGORY said he was not. He presumed his Lordship did not mean to saddle him (Mr. Gregory) with the costs of the trials in those two actions. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he did not mean so but before his Lordship ordered those two actions to be proceeded in, he must see that there was some person who would undertake to pay the costs of them. As nothing could be done in the mean time, he should give no order, at present, as to the prayer for a =per redeas of the com m i ss i on , but s hould let the matter lie over till next day of petitions, that Mr. Gregory might, in the mean time, see if he could get any per son to come forward and undertake for the costs of those two trials at law. IT PARTE IN THE HATTER or scorn, This was an application on the part of the assignee of the bankrupt under the late Insolvent Debtors' Act, of which the bankrupt had taken the benefit, to be entitled to comg in under an order made some time ago in favour of the bankrupt, referring it to the Master to tax the bills of costs of Mr. Richard Hill, who had formerly been the bankrupt's solicitor. The LORD CHANCELLOR ordered, that, on the peti tioner's giving security for the costs of any proceed ings which might take place relative to the taxation, in the event of his being unsuccessful, taxation of Mr. bills of costs should still be allowed, agreeably to the former order ; the money overpaid to Mr. Hill, and to be returned by him, if any, being to be accounted for to the assignee or creditor as to whose debt the bankrupt had, previous to the passing of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, taken the benefit of the Lords' Act. IN TILE MATTER OF OLIVEIt A BANKRUPT. This day the Commissioners in this case, at the re commendation of the Lord Chancellor, brought the bankrupt before them at Guildhall, to answer further questions relating to a sum of £4OO, sworn by him to have been paid under particular circumstances, and which have been already before the public. Mr. Montagu attended on the part of the assignees, and the Commissioners, after several questions were put to the Bankrupt (and some of which were put by the Commissioners privately) were sufficiently satisfied of the truth of the Bankrupt's statement to order him to be discharged. The Commissioners stated, that pre vious to the commitment, they had asked him dis tinctly, as appeared by that document, whether he had any thing else to say to them respecting this £4OO ? and his answer was, he had not ; he had there fore himself to thank for what he had suffered. They considered it their duty to act in the same manner as if it had not at all been before the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Montagu said the Bankrupt had still, to satisfy the Commissioners of the whole of his accounts, (to which the Bankrupt assented) or that he would be still liable to return from %hence he came.—The Bankrupt was accordingly discharged. WARWICK ASSIZES, AUG. 20. MURDER. Wednesday last John Britain was put to the bar, charged with having murdered his wife, Anne Bri tain, on the sth April last. The prisoner was a pipe -maker, residing in Cot ton-street, in this town, and had formerly been in the employ of Mr. Rose, on Snow-hill. The principal evidence against the prisoner was his own son, who, on the sight of his father, was scarcely able to sustain the shack. His countenance betrayed his horror at the painful part lie was called on to act, nor was this feeling confined to himself—Judges, Counsel, Jury, and spectators, were alike affected at the scene. After some time had been allowed the witness for recovery, the Judge, Sir L. LE BLANC, told him that the task was indeed a painful one, but that it was a duty he owed to his GOD, his country, and the memory of his deceased mother, to relate to the Court such cir cumstances of the murder of his deceased parent, as were within the compass of his knowledge, recol lecting that his father had broken the chain that binds society together. After repeated encouragement from the Counsel, he proceeded in his testimony, with but little interruption, and in the course of it stated .the following facts : The witness was sleeping, on the morning of the sth of April, in the same room with his father, mo ther, and a younger brother, who is about 9 years of age ; about six o'clock, on being suddenly disturbed by a noist, which proceeded from that part of the room where his parents slept, he rose and went to the spot, and there found his father standing in a threat ening attitude over tl'e bed in which his mother lay. On examining the bed, he found his mother weltering in her blood, which flowed from a wound she had re. ceived from a bar of iron, which his father held in his hand. The prisoner was again in the act of rai sing his hand to strike the deceased, when witness rushed up to him, and wrested the bloody bar from his grasp, exclaiming, at the same time, " 0, my dear father, have mercy 1" and in his endeavours to obtain the murderous weapon, received a violent blow on one of his arms. On his father becoming cooler, witness went again to his mother, arid saw that she was much bruised about the head and face, her blood flowing very fast ; her speech was gone, and she ap peared to be in extreme agony. He wiped the blood from her face with some water, and his father in a short time came to the bed and assisted him. Wit- • 'ness then left the root% to 'call for the assistance of some neighbours, and then proceeded in search of medical aid. T he witness further stated, that he had often been disturbed in his test during the last six or seven months previous to the murder, b 7 his father's singular behaviour—u for instance, by his getting out of bed at night, going down stairs, and misplacing the furniture, and by his use of strange expressions. He was convinced that his father laboured, at times, under mental derangement, but nothing had occurred of that description within a month previous to the murder.—Some other evidence, in corroboration of the facts above stated, was gone through, when the prisoner was called upon for his defence. He accordingly uttered a long and unconnected address, partaking more of the nature of a soliloquy than of any thing else. He seemed to rely on his in. sanity at the time the fatal deed. was committed, and on the act being involuntary and unpremeditated, and prayed ALMIGHTY Goo to open the eyes of the Jiiry, to see the crime with which he was charged in i:s true light. The Learned Junoe, in summing up, stated to the Jury that they had to confine themselves to the ques tion, whether the prisoner ws sane at the tinic of committing the deed—the (act of the deceased having met her death at his hands being indisputable.—The Jury irk ten minutes returned their Verdict—Guilty. The Amon then passed on the privner the awful tentence of the law ; and at that part in which he r e . commended the convict's soul to Heaven, the unhappy man exclaimed, in a collected and distinct yoke... 46 Amen 1 Amen !" On Friday last, at twelve o'clock, he was executed in front of the county gaol, Warwick, in the presence of a large concourse of spectators. His behaviour after condemnation was peculiarly suitable to the awful circumstances in which he was placed. He de. dared he had no personal animosity against his wife when he went to bed on the evening preceding the murder • and could not account for his committing the dreadful act, only as he was instigated by the devil. On a sudden impulse, and without any pro. vocation, he jumped out of bed, and perpetrated the bloody Seed with a bar of iron, about 21 inches long, used in tempering of clay. He has left three childrrn to bewail his shocking end, and the lamentable fate of their mother. EXECUTION OF NICHOLION.--FURTFIXit PAATICII - time previous to the execution, Mr. BoNAR arrived on the ground in a post-chaise, and took his stand within twelve yards of the fatal spot, with the front windows full on the gallows ) and which he kept open during the whole time; but each of the side-windows was closed by blinds. So anxious was Mr. BoNAR to get from the unfortnnate wretch hia very. dying words, as to whether he had either motive or accomplice, that Mr. Broccr, the Under-keeper or Cold-bath-fields Prison, was deputed to ascend the platform after the cord was round the prisonet's neck, and to ask him the following question:-- Q. " Now that you have not many moments to live, is all that you have stated, namely, that you had no • motive that you can tell of, nor had you any accom plice, true t" A. " All that I have stated is true."— Q. " Then there is no creature living on earth who had any thing to do with the murder but yourself ?" A. " No ; no one."—Q. You had no ace( mplices ?" A. 44 None."—Q. " Had you any antipathy to either your mater or mistress before you committed their, r rid murder ?" A. [Clasping his hands together at well as his heavy irons would permit him.] ",As Gott is in Heaven it was a momentary thought, as I have Repeatedly declared before ; I had no accomplic: l l no one knew of my.intention, nor did I myself,- the moment I took the ,polser - in eny btaul and wrapped the sheet about me to prevent Ining knowu. I newer heard my master or mistress speak of the Ca tholic Bill being thrown out, nor did I ever entertan a single thought about it."—The above were the last words of this unhappy raan : in a few minutes after they were uttered tht bottom of the platform, which, we have before stated, was constructed like one of the new drops, was let fall, and Nicholson was launched into eternity. He died unusually hard; be ing greatly convulsed.—Nicholson ascended the gal lows by k ladder, with a firm step, and remained un shak.Al to the last moment of his existence. He was asked repeatedly during the morning of Monday how' he telt himself ! and hit answers were, that he had never felt himself so comfortable since the commission of the crime. That he died with a full persuasion that he had made his peace with Goo ALUICHITY, there cannot be a doubt : he assured all who spoke to him of his hope of salvation, and said, so firmly was his mind made up, and so satisfied was he to die, that if a free pardon were to be laid down to him, he would much rather die than - accept of It.—The number of persons assembled to witness the execution was im mense. The following is a copy of Nkhohon's will, which he made while in prison : " It is the wish and desire of me, the undersigned Philip Nicholson, now in custody of the Governor of the House of Cor rection of the County of leliddiesex, that the wearing apparel, and other my property and effects, may be disposed of and given to the persons after named : viz. my wearing apparel, of what ever kind it may be, to my father, Patrick Nicholson. " To my said father, Pal rick Nicholson, the sumo( four pound., to defray his expences home to Ireland. " And all the rest and residue of my property, linen, monies, and effects whatsoever, to :by me:her Widget 'Nicholson. As witness' my hand, this 17th day of August, INS. Witness THOS. WRISC, " Fume NICHOLSON." "1.11E1460N. a And I authorise and empower Mr. Webbe to see that my above wish and desire is carried into execution, " rump nicuoLsort." Tax MURDER "TZAR WINCHEiTER..-- It was the Rev. NICHOLAS WESTCAIBE, and not the Dean of WINCHESTRR (as was at first reported), who was so barbarously murdered on Saturday se'unight, and for the apprehension of whose murderer a reward is offered in the Gazette. Friday morning was executed at Aylesbury, pur. suant to his sentence at the last assizes, Wm. Freeman, for setting fire to his own house and two others, at Lavendon, Bucks. He appeared fully resigned to his fate, which he met with becoming fortitude ; and after shortly addressing himself to the spectators, who were not very numerous, he was launched into eter nity. He attempted to make his escape onWedoesday night, and had succeeded in getting his irons off, but was discovered while endeavouring to get out of his cell. He denied his guilt to the last. ~..