Star. — London, England, 1823-09-02 00:00:00

k SPAIN. FROM THE TRENCH PAPERS. VIGO, AUGUST G ene ral Morino entered San .Tago Compostella on ke 3d of this month. Two days before he was joined the briglde of Laroche-jacquelin, at Ponteveira, receives! a courier from Sir Robert Wilson, to an ;:ounce that lie himself was coming in person to sub -12-it pro positions of great importance. General Mo dispatched an Aid e -d e -C ame to l in o immediately sl eet Sir Robert, to say that he could not on any ac count receive him, and to requi r e th at h e should co rn back. The Aide-de.Camp met, just before he r:ached the bridge of St. Payo, two light horsemen, t wo infantry soldiers, afterwards the Aide-de camp o f Sir R. Wilson, and a: last Sir Robert himself: He was mounted on a small mule, with a woman's saddle, his feet supported on a piece of wood, and a {rather strap, passed round his neck; held his wounded one man .led the mule by the bridle, another t uppotted him by the arm, and a third carried his crutches. It was with thisutiipage that Sir Robert Wilson set out upon his expedition to settle the des .tiny of Spain with the Count tie Carthagena.— The Aide•de•Camp signified to him the order of o is General, to which he with difficulty submitted; he then said that he had commanded in the. affair heftne Corunna, that he had been wounded, and that he was sufferirg greatly ; lastly, he assured the Aide de-Camp that General Abi illo might attack the bridge, but that he would not find there such soldiers as had guarded it when he forced it a few days before. In fact, General Palarea had fortified the passage of the bridge San Pa}o, which is naturally a very strong position, in such a manner that it could not be forced without great loss. VITTORIA. AUGUST 21. . . The discussions which existed between the French and Spanish authorities are terminated, to the great satisfaction of the town and the whole province.— Deputy-General and his Akade have been set at liberty: it is known that the Regency and the diplo- matic corps deeply interested themselves an their si tuation, as soon as an extraordinary courier had reached Madrid with the intelligence of their arrest. The Prince de Hohenlohe yesterday caused it to be signified to the Deputy-General, that he should op ro.e no obstacles to his decisiOns,. and he would atd him with his troops whenever the Revolutionists were to be arrested. EICGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Last night an Operetta, founded on Mrs. C/LNY* Linda Comedy of A Bold Stroke fora Wife, was performed at this Theatre. It affords Mr. MATHRWS the opportunity of very effectively displaying his ver satile talents in four different characters—as Feign sell, a fop; as Van Jan Timtamterelereletta fieer Feignwell, a Dutchman ; as Pillage, a steward ; and as Simon Pure, a Quaker. He assumes those charac ters to gain the good will of the four guardians of Ann Lovely (Miss KaLLY), their consent being requisite before she could marry. It may scarcely be requi site to remark, that Mr. NIATIIRWS was highly enter taining in the several disguises; but he made a vast deal of the old Steward. Amongst all his excellen cies, we have seldom witnessed anything more excel lent. It was a fine cg , mic picture ; the effect was pro clued without any violence or grimace, and it was admirable. He represents that his old Master is dead; that his like will not be seen in a hurry ; that tears would flow ; and that though old, he could not forget his old Mister. It convulsed the Ho - use with laughter Mr. CANNING h 7-- sir. LdA“._ .has arrived at StorrWall, on the banks of Windermere Lake, on a visit to JOHN BOLTON, Esq. We understand that the house occupied by the Mind of Trade, adjoining the Treasury Passage, Whitehall, is to be immediately pulled down, and a new and more convenient building erected on its scite. As the new offices are not expected to be finished in less than two or three years, the Lords Commis-, sioners will, in the meantime, meet at the new pre mises in Great George-street. The competition among the steam-boats on the Clyde is at present So great, that some of them .carry passengers ham Glasgow to Camphellown ' a distance of upwards of one hundred miles, fur the charge of half-a-clown. The Glasgow Clarogide of Thursday last announces that a public dinner will be given in that town, on the 12th of this month, to Messrs. Baoutar All and DCTYAN. • A farmer, who has a rookery on his farm, adverti vs to sell prmisslons to London sportsmen to shoot on his land, where, he states, there is plenty of back gone. CAUTION.—Ladies are seriously advised to unship their feathers till the shooting season in town ends (to-morrowN as the London Shots invariably shoot with their eyes shut, andl they may be pounced upon as a class of the feathered race unpro tected by she Game Laws. There is at present in a gatden in the immediate n.ighbourhood of Kirkaldy, en apple tree in. full blossom, with the first crop of fruit nearly ripe. A number of base sovereigns are now in circula tion. They are easily detected, as sounding like a button, and by their lightness. A shopket per having an empty cask, which he wished to tliTose of, placed it before his door, and with chalk wrote upon it " for sail." A waggish schoolboy passing that way shortly after, aid perceiving the mistake •of the " vender of wares," immediately wrote underneath, " for freight or passage apply at the bung-hole !" ISO4ING.—A battle took place on Monday evening' last, at Woolwich, between two men of light weight, of the tames of Cummins and Iload ; the former being seconded by Barry Robinson, the Big Navigator who fought lent Burke some time since, at the Marsh-house ; and a man of the name of Torn Stevens, who was defeated by Page, officiated for the latter. The battle lasted one hour and twenty-five minutes; and, after a tremendous mill, was won by Cummins; who was offered to be backed by a resident sporting character, to fight any man of h.s weight, beh'g 8 stone, for any sum not eacurding £5O a side. A Gentleman who arrived in town this morning from Buckinghamshire says, the alteration in the wheats-in that county, within these few days, is really surprising. It is the general opinion of the growers' chat the produce will be abundant if the present wea ther continues. Yesterday a true hill was found by the Grand Jury, at the Sessions House, Horsentouger-lane, against John Wharton, who a few days since robbed a Mr. Jones of a 1:20 note, in Vauxhall Gardens, and who afterwards pretended to swallow the note. 'I he Lotto MAYOR, in older to-preserve the peace of the City, during the ensuing Bartholomew Fair, has, within the last few days, sworn in a great sum ber of stout able young men, to the amount of some 'hunch eds, as Special Constables, to assist the regular Police of the City. The harvest is most luxuriant in every part of Port ika Island. The principal part of it has been caeried within the last few days. CEREMONIES oN rss DEATH or 4 POPE. _ I' . As soon as the Holy Father 142 expired, the Car dinal Chamberlain, 't a a •iolet &cis, :presents, bi tn self at the door of-his Chamber, at which he knocks three times with a golden hammer - , and each time, in' a loud voice, calls upon the Pope' by his Christian name, his surname, and his title of Pope. - After a short time has elapsed, hc says, in the'. pre sence of the clerks of the chamber and the apostolical notaries who accompany him, and who are to take cognizance of this ceremony, 4 Then he is dead.' The fisherman's ring is then brought to him, and he 'steaks' it with the same hammer. The pieces belong to the Ma:ter of the Ceremonies. He then proceeds to take, possession of the Vatican, in the name of the Aposto lical Chamber, accompanied by the clerks of the Chamber in black dras'es. As soon as he has e.tablished his autho . rity in the palace, he sends his guards to seize upon the gates of the city, of the Castle of St. Angelo, and the other gates; and when he has provided for the safety of the city, he sets out for the Vatican in his carriage, preceded by the Captain of . the Pope's guards, and accompanied by the Swiss, who' are the usual attend ' ants of his Holiness. When this procession com mences, the great bell of the capitol, the sound of which is never heard but upon this occasion, announce, to the whole city the death of the Sovereign Pontiff. Meanwhile the Penitentiaries of St. Peter, with the Chaplains of the deceased Pope, take care to have his body emfrilmed. They then clOthe - it in pontifical habits, with the mitre on its head, and lay it out for three days, or. abed of state, previous to interment. After the expiration of the three days, the body is taken, at night, to the Church of St. Peter, the burial place of the Popes - with the customary funeral pomp. —ln this church the body is exposed for nine days, to the view of the people. Then it is put into a coffin of cypress, that is inclosed in a leadexrcoffin, and that again in a coffin of fir, and remains in the depot of the chef:el until a mausoleum is erected, or it can be removed to the place that may be considered suitable. During this interval the Cardinals hold seseral congregations, for the purpose of giving orders re specting the necessary services; and, on the ninth day, a Enamel oration is pronounced in the church of St. Peter. Diary-Lane Theatre will open on the Ist of Octo ber. A new Piece, founded on the romance of Kenilworth, is to be produced, and will comprise the stiength of the company. ANOTHER WATER-SPOUT.—The 26d1 of A ugust, the sudden and extreme heat announced a storm, which took the direction from the S.E. in the village of Bancourt (in the south of France). Near this place appeared a water-spout, the trate resting on the ground, and the top was lost' among the clouds. It was formed of a thick vapour, in the midst of which appeared flames in different directions. It took the direction of the storm, and tore up or broke, in the space of about a league, 7 or 800 trees of different sizes, and then broke upon the village of Marchefroy, where it destroyed half the houses in an instant. The walls were thrown down on all sides, and the ruins carried half a league by the force of the aerial tor rent. The peasants in the fields.were. knocked down or carried away. Several animals were killed, and men were wounded by the stones which the course of the torrent removed from their bed. Vehicles heavily laden were broken in pieces. Machinery of the strongest workmanship gave way to its force. Several hamlets and villages sustained a good deal of dams e. THE NEW SHERIFFS* STATE LIVERIES.—The beau tiful costumes that are to be worn by the servants of the Sheriffs elect, Messrs. WHITTAEER and LAURIE, are said to be the most superb that have ever been made on any former occasion. That of Mr. WHIT TAKER, the senior Sheriff,consists of a coat of super fine rich Turkey blue cloth, the breast exquisitely figured with sprigs of laurel in gold, the skirts em bellished with two-inch, one-inch, and half-inch gold lace, so that the whole skirts appear to be entirely of gold. The sleeves are superbly ornamented in a manner corresponding with the breast. The shoulder- 1 knots are emblazoned with the arms or the crest of the family. The waistcoat and small-clothes are of beautiful white kerseymere, richly laced with gold, corresponding with that of the coat. That of Mr. Sheriff LAURIE is precisely of tLe same magnificent description, excepting the colour, which is rich su perfine emerald green, with scarlet tollar, cuffs, and flaps. The waistcoat and small-clothes are of scarlet: BEN JoNsoo.—The remains of " Rare BEN" have been disturbed in Westminster Abbey,. though not perhaps in a way to call forth either the blessing or the curse of his great contemporary— " Illess'd be the man that spares these stones, And curet be he who moves my bones." • It was as the workmen were last week excavating• a vault, to receive the remains of the Lady of Sir ROBERT WILSON, in the north aisle of Westminster Abbey, that they discovered at the head of it a leaden coffin placed in the ground perpendicularly, with the' head downwards, in a hole about two feet square. At the top of the hole was a square stone, about eighteen inches wide, on which were the initials " B. J." cut in characters rather illegible. On inquiry among the old men of the Abbey, they state, that when BEN Joxsou was seriously ill, he was asked where he would be buried ? He said, 44 If I can get foot around in Westminster Abbey, I will be interred 1 there :" and the Dean of Westminster being applied to, he gave su ffi cient ground to admit the corpse in a perpendicular position, as it was found. The ske leton of the deceased poet, upon inspection, was en tire, and in a singular state of preservation, though, on being exposed to the air, it crumbled into dust. These interesting remains, it is hardly necessary to say, were carefully replaced in their oiiginal deposi tory, which is close at the foot of the grave alluded to, and near the monument of the late Mr. Naga. vm.. The position in which our old dramatist was discovered,' eminds us of the joke attributed to CAS TRUCCIO CASTRACANI (as well as to many others), who, when asked how he would be buried, replied, " with my head ch:iweiwards; for when I go hence, this country will be turned upside down," (scan -supra). It is not unlikely that " surly BEN" may have been of the same opinion. The position of the buttons upon the doublet of his figure, in Poet's Corner, which are placed the reverse way, has been often remarked, and gave occasion to the observation made by a wag of after times, in a well-known epigram, " Another age may set thy buttons right." RAMSGATE. AUGUST 29. T Prince LEOPOLD and the Duchess of KENT still continue bete. We have likewise the Lord Chief' Justice ABBOT; Sir Was. CURTIS, &C. &C. Some few days ago the American schooner Echo, Captain JOHNSON, caught fire, in consequence of the" leakage of a considerable quantity of sulphuric acid, forming part of her cargo. The Captain and some of the crew, in endeavouring to save the cargo from destruction, remained so long in the hold as to be nearly suffocated by the deleterious gal emitted by the action of the acid upon the articles in the hold, mostly piece-goods. All 'the crew have recovered, after suffering extremely from rts noxious effects, but the Captain fell a victim to his zeal for the interest of his owners. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Spencer, KEITH, arrived at Montrose, from the Green land Seas, on 'Tuesday last, with five small fish and one hun dred and fifty seals, supposed to boil fifty tuns of oil. Captain Kam( and the crew describe the season as very unfavourable. They saw many whales, but the high winds and great quantities of ice rendered fishing in many instances impossible. There has net been so much ice in Greenland for the last twenty years. Passengers by the Triumph, Captain Caossr, from Bombay, arrived at Gravesend on Saturday last :—Mr. John Saudwith, Mrs. and Master ditto; Major, Mrs. and Miss Onslow, 4th dragoons; Captain Kerr, 53r1 regiment, and Mrs. Kerr ; Capt. Goldfrap, his Majesty's 65;h regiment, Mrs. Goldfrap, and three children ; Lieutenant Kennett, I lth regiment Native Infantry ; Lieutenant Billamore, 9th regiment, ditto; Ensign I. Beaky, sth regiment, ditto; Brevet-Major Falls, coth regiment; Lieut. Law, Madras Establishment ; Lieut. Arbuthnot, ditto; Miss Catherine Hickes. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 31.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Sir God frey Webster, for New South Wales; and Belina, Wu.nooosx, for Demerara. Pzymoortr, Aucusr 31.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Ran ger, Paaaoti, from Riga; Sappho, Ilreezzsrasz, from Leghorn: °lthe Port, the Henry, PALESS , from Hamburgh ; Lien, from Havre • and Diadem, from London : also the Tobago, LSADLZIL, from Quebec, who reports that on the 3d of July, the Com merce, of and from Bristol, was, wrecked, and the Master ar rived at Quebec. Portzsuours, Szrr. I.—Wind W.S.W.— Arrivedthe Grecian, Hountow, from Hamburgh for Valparaiso; his Majesty's ship SPASTIATE, from the Downs for South America; and, Juno, HUTCHINSOg, from Riga. DEAL, SEPT. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived, the Henry Cerf, HILLARY, from Pictou ; George and James, DOLAND, from St. Mary's, River Gambia ; Laing, CLARK, from Grenada; and Rio packet, from Rio Janeiro. Came down from the River, the Hope, Parrzason, for Malta; and Phenix, KERR, for Port au Prince. WATERFWM, AUGUST 30.—The vessel that run foul of the George the Fourth, arrived here this day, was the ship Hannah, timber laden, which also lost her fore and main-mast. Coax, AUGUST 29.—Arrived his Majesty's brigs ARAI and Pazonvs. Cusxon-Housz, &m i.—Ships Entered Inwards : The Rise brough, from Pernambuco; Sisters and James, from Stangate Creek; Jonge Camille, from Ghent; Robert, Ant, and Nelson, from Hamburgh atffort Branch, and Ceres, from Petersburgh ; Gertrude, from Rotterlarrr; Aurora and Cerei, from Memel; Gent ode, frcm Amsterdam; Doris, from Naples; Fame, from Palermo; Henrick, from Dantzie ; John, from Quebec; Dour- Alm, from St. Joint's - Orpheus, from Ceylon; and John, from Jamaica.—Entered Outwards: The Active, for Havre; Prince Regent, for Tobago; Francis and Glasgow, `or Tentriffe ; He roine, for Madeira; Leander, for Jamaica; .Jilo, for Elsineur ; and Commerce, for Calais. ARRIVED. •••••• At Pernambuco, the Melina, Icing; and the Alexander, Demingos, from Lisbon • Rambler, —; and Ann, Cordiner, from Londoa ; John and William, Roberts; and Courier, Clover, from Liverpool ; Christiana, —, from Hull ; Drake, Silly, from Newfoundland ; Mary Russel, Willis; Mi nerva, —; Alice, Eden ; and Argo, Brown, from Rio. At St. Übe's, Maria Louisa, —, from London; and P011.,x, Hoiste, front Plymouth. At Gibraltar, Ranger, Tinn, from Newcastle ; flon, Rands, from Portsmouth; Washington, Davis, front Philadelphia ; and Prudent, Ellis, from Bremen. At Ca diz, Leopold, Hunter, from Gibraltar; Enterprise, Chevalier; and the Juuo, Le Bas, front Jersey. At Marseilles, James Munro, --, from Charleston • and the Remittance, Champ lin, from Newport. At Lisbon, Esther, Remorino, from Bahia ; Palmyra, 'Bastard, from the Havannah ; Squid, Warren, from Bristol; Voador, Gomes, from Cork ; and the Lancashire Witch, --, from Liverpool. At Oporto, Mitchell, Irvin, from Lon don ; Perseverance, Hines, from Newcastle _; James, Smith, from Newport; Cambrian, Ford, from Liverpool; and Dove,Worth, front Newfoundland. At Faro, Triumvirate, Green, from Gibraltar. LOSS OF THE; GEORGE THE.FOURTH. In the STAR of yesterday we gave two very cot.- tradictory statements, from Cowes and Waterford, relating to the George the Fourth : the one from Cowes stating that she had been run down, when nearly all on board perished ; the other that she had trashed Waterford, with the loss of twa of her masts only. Another account received from Cowes repeats the former statement, with the following ad ditional particulars: From the Osprey we learn the following distressing fait : On the 15th inst. in latitude about 49. N. and longitude 20. W. the brig George the Fourth, of and from Waterford in ballast, bound to Quebec, with 115 passengers from Ireland, going to settle in Camel, and having a crew of 14 hands, including the master, was run down in a heavy gale of wind by the bark Han nah, of South Shields, from Miramichi, bound to London with timber, and sunk immediately; and of thel29 persons on board, 123 sunk with her. The mate and five of the seamen got on board the Hannah, whose condition was almost as hopeless as that of the vessel they had escaped from, for the violence of the concussion bad carried away her masts, stove in her bows, and burst °pin the large stern port for receiving timber. Provi dentially the brig Mary, of South Shields, from Prince Ed ward's bland to London, came to their rescue, and succeeded in saving these six, toget her with the whole of the Hannah's crew, 15 in number, from a watery grave. The Mary, being short of provisions, the bark Henry, Sear, of South Shields, from Moscow Island to London, took from her five of the Hannah's crew, on the 17th; and on the same day Captain HARDING, of the American brig Osprey, generously relieved the Mary, by taking out the six survivors of the Georgt the Fourth, whom he has treated with the most humane attention, and from whom we received this most afflicting account. Mr. HUGHES BALL and his lovely bride, the fasci nating MERCANDOTTI, are still living in rural .seclu sion at Westcoree Park, which has been let to Mr. BALL for a limited period by the Countess of MINDEN. During their retirement, Mrs. BALL has made rapid progress in studying the English language, of which her knowledge was very imperfect. Mr. Bets., with a few of his old friends, entertain themselves in pigeon shooting. Mr. BALL'S sister is now on a visit it Westcome Park. _ _ FATAL 'ACCIDENT.—Sunday evening, Cal3t. MILD• MAY, the brother of Sir H. MILDNIAY, after dining et the Toy, Hampton -court, with a party; on return/1r t) town with some friends in two separate gigs, iq s ome accident was precipitated from the one he drove. Instant assistance was procured, and he seas bled by Mr. TATUM, of - Neit Midge-street, ivho bas a residence at Hampton-Wick; but without effect, as he expired in the course of the night. Teesday, James Clancy of York, tAilor, a bank rupt, was committed to the new jail, by the Commis sioners under the Commission, for not rendering Il s atisfactory account of pat tOhis estate. SPORTING INTELLIGSMCE. - -J BETTING AT TATTERSALM, SEPT. 1. The Room to-day was well attended, and a great deal of tu.- 'ainess done. The alterations on the dilfeiens stakes were not of a description worth notice. The principal bets. as of late, were on the Doncaster St. Leger, and some few on the Pomfret Gold Cup, and Filly foal Stakes. The Dvrby and Oaks atprtsent are dormant. TIONCASTiII /11'. UM'. • 7 to 4 agst Tinker 18 to 1 agst Palais Royal 76 to 1 agst Rosatme 25 to 1 agst Comte d'Artois 10 to 1 agst Sherwood 30 to 1 apt Mr. Pekoe's filly 11 to 1 ;Tat Tancred 30 to 1 agq Columbus 30 to 1, and higher odds, Alfred agst Gaseoigne's filly, but not taken-6 to 1 apt Pekoe's nomination. Poinvaxx.—Dr. Syntax apt the field, for the Gold Cup, to morrow. ' Gascoigne's filly agst the field for the Filly foal Stakes. Although a difference of a point between Sherwood and Tan cred, several hundreds were betted between them at even. Columbus has taken his departure from Cobbler's-Hole, and Tinker is now at his stall. Lord KelburneN horse 3fay-day ie matched against Lord Queenslrerry'a Prosody, at the ensuing Doncaster Meeting, for 100 sovereigns. BODMIN RACES—Wroxrsnay, AUSIIIIT 27. The Members' Plate of £5O, for all ages. Two-mile heats. Mr. Chate's b. f. Codicil - - 1 1 Mr. Day's br. f. Eglantine - - lt dr Mr. Wreford's ch. m. Patience - • - 3dr Sweepstakes of sgs. each, for horses not thorough-bred. Earl of Mount-Fsdgcumbe named Mr. Day's br. filly Eglantine - - walked over The Ladies' Plate of £5O, for all ages. Two-mile heat:. Mr. Trelawny's b. m. Barbara - - 1 1 Mr. Wrefurd's cb. m. Barbara - - - - 5 2 Mr. C. Trelawny's gr. g . Cardinal 2 dr Tiauasnay. A Gold Cup, value 100 gs. by subscription of lOgs. each. One four-mile heat. I.d Valletort named Mr. Chard's Codicil 1 LAI Mount-Edgcumbe named Mr. Dly's Eglantine - 2 Id Clinton named Mr. Trelawny's Barbara - 3 Mr. Trelawny named Mr. Carpenter's b. g. Ditto - 4 Handicap Mae. - Cardinal Di:to by Ditto Patience 1 1 2 2 dr SWAFFIIA M RACES—WaFicsnAY, AUGUST 27. A Handicap Plate of 3gs. each, with a Purse of 20gs. adds d, was won by Mr. Warner's Lounger, beating Mr. Smith's Torn Thumb, and Mr. Sober's Sir John. The Town Plate of 2E30, for all ages, heats, was won by Mr. Rush's b. T. beating Major Wilson's Laurence, and Mr. Sober's Sir John. A Saddle Race for Ponies not more than 13 hands hiet, one mile heats, was won by Mr.Petchell's Sweep, beating Mr. Scace's pony, and Mr. Perry 's Cayenne Pepper. TII It MIA Y. The Cdumy Membcrs' Plaie, a Handicap Sweepstakes, and the Farmers' Hunters' Stakes were tun for; and a Saddle Rat• for Ponies took place. EX ETER R A CES—Tne MSDA IN AUGUST 28. A Sweepstakes of ligs. won by the lion. Newton Fellon 7 es's cb. e. by quiz. The Gold Cup did taut FKIDA Y. The County Members' Plate of was won by Mr. Kings Moss Rose, beating Mr. Stephenson's Grimace. The City Members' Plate of £5O was won by Sir .4. Chl ehester's ch. c. bating Moss Rose. Muss Rose won the first heat, ran the second dead, and was then drawn. PIGEON SHOOTING. Monday, a handsome Silver Vase was shot for by nine Gen tlemen (mobs of them crack shots), at nine birds each, on Sal combe-hill, near Sidmouth. Tne following were the numbers killed and missed : Captain Parry killed 8 Captain Adney - 7 Mr. Harvey - - 7 Mr. Bere - - 6 Captain Jenkins - 5 Mr. Hamilton - 4 Mr. Bootie - 4 Captain O'Brien - 3 - - - 3 Mr. Coombe - 2 - - - 4 The last five Gentlemen, finding their chances gone, did not fire at their remax.ing birds. Several private matches Were made, which produced excellent sport and better shooting than the principal contest. - - missed 1 - 4 • GROUSE SHOOTIN G. •." The Grouse shooting season on the are and Tipperary mountains has not been plenty, owing to the wetness of the sea son; and on the Kerry mountains, proverbial tor good stock, the packs have been less numerous than heretofore, and a greater number of stagers; however, the members of the Grouse-hall Club, near Castle Island, and other Gentlemen in that neigh bouthood, have not. been wanting in sport, as several of them have bagged from fifteen to twenty brace a . CRICKET. Saturday, a Match was Flayed on Kennington Common, be tweeen the Saturday's Kennington Club and the Blackheath players. In the first ihnings, the Kennington got 182 runs.— The Blackheath first innirge, 28. At the conclusion of the first Innings the match was given up, in consequence of the wet wca ther.-,--At six o'clock the whole of the party sat down to an ex cellent dinner, provided by Me. Briant, of the:Horns Tavern, where the evening concluded with conviviality and harmony, Wednesday, a Match wail played on Woodhouse Moor, near Leeds, -at which a dispute arose, which is to be referred to the Mary-la-Bonne Club, London, for their decision. The question to be asked is—Whether a bowler may deliver his ball with both feet behind the bowling crests..? • DONCASTEL—Wedneeday, a Match at Cricket was played be tween eleven married Gentlemen and eleven Bachelors, mem bers of the Club, which was won by the latter in one innings : Bachelors 162, byes 4 ; Married, first innings 74, byes 5; snood innings 72; total 146, byea 5. • • ROWING MATCH. Yesterday afternoon, the inhabitants of Bankside gave their annual gift of a handsome wherry, and minor'prizes, which were rowed for by eight free watermee, who had never won a boat before, and decided in three beats. The winner received the prize wherry, the second man received £4, the third £3, and the fourth XS. SAILING DUTCH. Friday the Regatta at Ryde took place, between the Ryde wherries, to the no small pleasure of a very great assemblage of beauty and fashion. The first match was between five of the large first class, and won by the Apollo. Emanuel Street. The second between twelve of the second class, which, owing .to a dead calm, did not complete their run till after dark. Between the two matches, there was a very amusing race, between the boats of the revenue vessels belonging to the Island, under the direction of Captain Rowland Money, and which afforded by far the most amusement. SIN G LE.STICK. . . A few days ago there was some excellent single-stick playing at flungerford. The players consisted of seven men from So mersetshire, and seventeen from Wilts, 'kilts, Stu The match was won by Stone, a Somersetshire man, who received 20 sove reigns. The company was very numerous, and amongst thee appeared Sir F. Burdett, apparertly in excellent healtb and spi rits, Captain Craven, Mr. Yearse, and many other Gentlemen .of celebrity. • ••• •r - From the lateness of the harvest in the neighbour hood of Southampton and the New Forest, shooting is postponed until the 14th September. . - GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, (winos Cantata IAIIIO. STATION); For the Week ended Aug. 43,.1823; made up from the Returns of the inspectors in the dltferent:Cittet.and Tuwns is &4. land and Wales. '.' Tseq, • . , '4 Wheat 58s 84 I Oats -5s ,84 likens 564 la Barley 345 3d I Eye , • 39s od . i Wa s 371 94 ... PRICE OF SUGAtt ' The Average Price of Brown or Miscovatie Satan cow: puted from the Return• made in the Week estills9 t7th Amu* I st3, us„ 414. pe cwt. exclusivelf •limpent.e• Duties. l~ _.t