Star. — London, England, 1817-08-23 00:00:00

SPORTING IVTELLIGENCE. Mr. S. R. larhlngton's filly Sorcerer was the most successful horse on the cot »e, at Canterbury Races, last week, having won the Maiden, City, and Cumity Plate., each of Fifty Pounds. BERKSHIRE RACES. On Tuesday last the Races commenc:d at Abingdon. The fol lowing are the particulars of each day's sport: Tuesday, a Cu?, value 20 guineas. NO. Bowles's Scarecrow, 4 yrs old 1 Mr. Jones'. King of Diamonds, aged - it Mr. C. Day's Snowball, 4 yr. old - - 3 A fine race, and won by half a head. Wednesday, a Handicap stakes of Five Guineas each, with seso added. The best of three one ndle and a half heats. Mr. Jones's Kint of Diamonds - 3 1 1 Mr. Dosidas's Original . 1 3dr A Match for 50 Guineas, b. f. the last half mile. Mr. Duticlas's Fancy . 1 Mr. Calley's b. c. Ben I.omond . . 2 - Same day, a Sweepatakes of Five Guineas each, with 25 Guineas added —Two-mile heat. Mr. Mils named Snowball. 1 yrs old . 1 Mr. Martin named Allen, 1 yrs old . 1 Colonel Stead's Ckarwell Lass, 3 yrs old 3 Mr. Dundas's 1.:-. in., 3 yr. old - 4 Mr. Maplesden's Compton I a.s, ti yrs old 3 Won by a bead. I bree to one against Snowball. Same day, a sweepstakes of 5 guineas each, with 450 added. The best of three two-mile heats. Mr. Dundee. ::ketch, 4yrs. old - 1 1 Mr. Day's br. 31,. Amelia, 6yrs. old 2 0 Mr• lee's Eliza, ty rs. old - 3. 4 Mr. Phillips'. Charming Molly, 4yrs. old 4 3 Mr. Bacon's br. g. the Hgh Priest, 4yrs. 3 0 Won with difficulty. The above Race. ;were nututroi..ly attended each day. The beats on Wednesday were most Vl....ellent ; SrVerki of them were so closely contested, that the company Mond it difficult to decide which horse had won. The enure was in hoe girder, and kept so char that no accident occurred to dant', the amusement. YORK AUGUST MEE INC:, ici7. tVEDNEanAI . , ittnseis r 20. Produce Stakes of ieogs...acis, Is. It. colts Sse. 71b. fillies Ast 11b. 31b allowed to rhos'. sot by untried titalliolis. &c. Four miles. Id. Fozwilliam's b. f. Maritornts, by Cervaistesob. allowed) 1 Sir M Sylies's b. c. by Camillus, out of Hornpipe I wale st Duke el Hamilton's b. c. Algernon, by :nr David . 3 2 to I pis Nlarionies„—lnlst paid. Sweepstakes of 3Ggs each, It It. fur colt. test. 511). bilks Set. 21b. Last milt and a ball. Lord Fltzwilliam's b. c. Atsselmo, by Cervantes - 1 Sir W. Maxwell's Lady Cramleaser, by stamuird . Duke of Leeds's bc. by Sorcerer, dam by Pipator . ' 4 2 to i on Atistlisio.—One paid. forfeit. The Great 1 orkstdre Stakes a 25gs. eaeb, for 4t.yr old colts list Vlb fillies ust. One tulle and three quarters. ikir. T. Duncombe seh c. St. Hel. na, by Sit:piing . PAr. Michael.on's gr. e Alserine, by Go/fervor - Lord Scarborough's b. e. by Golumpus - Lord Mihon's b. c. skip lack, by Opium's's.' - Sir B. R. Graham's eh c. Galen, by Wizard - 2 to I agar St. lielrol—Fire paid forfeit. The King's Ptam of One Hundred C.:okras, for tour, five, six, and aged. Four miles. Hem. T. O. Powlares eh. c. D. I. O. 4 yrs old, 10st. 41b. bAr. Gourds's v. c. by Orville, out of Vesta, 4 yrs old, /oat. 41b. _ - . - 5 to I to tics wiener—Three drown. . 3 - 5 On the lOth instant was married, at Aylesbury, Bucks, WILLIAM LAKE, Esq. aged 78, to ELIZABETH, only daughter of Moms]) Nona's, Eici. a beautiful and accomplished young Lady of 18, both of that place. After the ceremony the happy couple set off to spend the honey moon in retirement, at his villa, Great Berkhamstead, Herts. The Gentleman had been several astaghs A disconsolate widower. Fridsy sennignr, the Lady of Eowartv RIGBY, EA. M.D. of Norwich, was safely delivered, at Ilia i boom at Framingham, near that city. of three sons and ait suahter. Mrs. RIGBY is as well as usual so soon after c 1 ,114 h;i : the chidren Are all Alive and cake hearty. Before the birth of these little ones, Dr. Rtcnor was the father, by his present wife, of eight lovely and healthy children, the two eldect of whom are twins. Remarkable as is the above event, lei ••e tircumstarces which render it peculiarly so. was great grangailter, and, probably, never beli..i tie h In, at one birth, direr peat mkt and to great asnst—such being the relationship between the atioae-mentioned parties, and the infant son of JOHN ISAWTKEE, Esq jun. of Colchester. A German Paper mentions an extraordinary in stance of fruitfulness. A woman in the village elf Durmants, in Wirtemberg, in the space of nine months and some days, was delivered twice, having three children at each birth The woman has fifteen children living. Ia three births she has had twins, and one of ber younger sisters has had four children in a year, two at each birth. Coveat-Garden Theatre is expected to open on the Sth of September, with more than usual mkt. The lighting is to be on an entirely new principle, and the ventilation has been considereo on so extensive a scale that the atmosphere of the house can be modified to any given temperature. The already powerful Cons pany h4s likewise receives' still further addition to its strength r among others BRANAII joins his superior talent to the Operatic Corps. and Miss ELIZA BRIJ* aini (niece of Lady CRAVES) in the walk of genteel Comedy and interesting Tragedy, promises a valua ble acquisition, as her voice and style of acting is said to resemble her aunt, the late Mrs. Miany. Mr. VawstrrAttr, on his visit to the Bank of Dublin, was treated with cherrie, and strawdarier, but the Di rectors, it seems, kept die phalli to themselves. A inoan HINT.--Dr. Henniker, in private conver sation with the late Earl sif Chatham, his Lordship, among other questious, asked him how he defined wit ? " My Lord," said the Doctor, " Wit is like what a pension would be to your humble servaut —a gond thing well applied.". LALANDE AND MADAME DE Lalande dined one day at the house of Recamier, the banker; ' he was seated between the celebrated beauty Madame Recamier, and Madame de Stael. equally distinguish ed for her wit. Wishing to say something pretty to the ladies, the Astronomer exclaimed, " How happy I am to be thus placed between Wit and Beauty !" " Yes, M. Lalandc," sarcastically replied Madame de Stael, and without possessing either." ANECDOTE.—During the war before the last, when a Noble Earl, who is known to be a strict discipli parian, was Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, walk ing one day alone near the dock, he observed a sailor, who had taken a little too much grog, straggling to wards him, upon which his Lordship accosted the tar wi.h " What ship do you belong to r Jack, who was (fry lellow, though more than half teat over, and had a very eccentric countenance, answered with' much tang froid, " Don't know." ll What is your Captain's name ?" enquired the Admiral. " Don't know," was repeated.—.. 4 Do yod know who I ani added his Lordship. " No. nor I don't care," was the reply. —o Why then," said the gallant Peer, " I am the Commander-in-Chief !" " Why then," said the sailor archly, " you have a d—d good birth of it, Lieu's all I item." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST SI. OPLRA•HOUSE -MATERS .V. TAYLOR. This case is at length brought to a conctiosion, as far as regards the sum to be paid into Court by Mr. Waters, and also as respects the mortgage debt of Mr. Taylor. The Lono CuauceLtoa, on coming into Court, said I beg the attention of you Gentlemen con cerned in the case of the Opera•Hou.e, as this ques tion seems to be of the greatest national importance now before the Court. I have read over the volu minous report of the Master from beginning to end, an.] I must confess I do not understand it. although I have paid the most scrupulous attention to it. As to the question whether the mortgage debt of 83600 is included in the sum of 834,000, I am wholly at a loss to solve, for this great bundle of papers gives no information as to that point." After adverti.ig to several item. in the Report, his Lordship proceeded: " It the 834,000 does include the whole of the claims, including this sum of "two, with the inte rest, I shall feel no difficulty as to the course I shall , pursue ; but as the Report is whi.lly silent as to that fact, I desire it to be stated, on affidavit, whether it does or does not include it; for I see there is no other way of getting rid of this question." Mr. HART said, that, as he understood the case, the mortgage debt was included in the 034,000; but he confessed, that aithough he had given it the most scrupulous attention, he was unable to understand it; but Mr. Mills understood it, for he had had the bene fit of an Accountant's assistance. Mr. MILLs (Mr.Waters' Solicitor) submitted, that it Mr. Waters paid ,C2B 950 into Court, and Mr. Taylur was allowed to take out re 3600, Mr. Waters a .suld also be entitled to take out of the funds of the Court the sum of 8',i600. . The LORD CHANCELLOR...." If the Accountant will verify that tact by affidavit, I shall know what to do. It appears to me as clear as day-light, that credit must be taken for 825,0 IU, and not for 834,000. You mistake me if you think I 'hall order Mr.T.y.tor to have the sum he claims out of tits Court, for I do not intend to order any such thing." Sir Samuel. ROMILLY observed, that Mr. Mills could not make Mr. Hart understand the accounts nor could he make him believe that two and two make five. , The LORD CHANCELLOR —" I have read this Re • port, and the only fact that appears clear, is, that dancing is the best trade in England. Let Mr. Wa ters pay the money into Court on or betnre Tuesday next, on which day the Accountant-General's Office will close. If Mr. Waters takes credo for the whole of the funds in C urt, Mr. Taylor has certainly a right to have the money he has paid into Court out of it ; and eke versa." Sir SpIUEL ROUILLY•••My Lord, Mr. Waters has elected to pay the larger sum, and Mr. Taylor not to have his mortgage debt out at Court. The LORD•CHANCELLOR—." if L.tr.Waters pleases to pay the larger stun, Mr. Taylor .. ust 'certainly not have his mortgage debt; but, it he thinks 4t to, pay the smaller sum, then Mr. Taylor must have it. I Let Mr. Waters pay the sum of 4340..10 Into Court 1 ' without prejudice. * Mr. hints—Will your Lordship be pleasani-to or der the case to go before the Master ? The LORD CHANCELLOR—If you will pay the whole of the mots) into Court. , After some farther conversation, The LOW) CHANCELLOR 'Aid..." I know a suitor may often have t , ) complain of the stupidity of a Judge • but if the Coons.' on both sides feel an equal difficulty in understanding this, perhaps I may escape that imputation." Sir SAtIVILL RAMILLT—This, My Lord, will settle the question tor ever. Mr. Mills says Mr. Waters will pay the lair,rr sum into Court. l' he LORDCHADIVELLOR—" Let the suet of 434,000 be paid into Court on or before Tuesday nest, with out prejudice. When we shall have got the money of both parties into Court, I think we shall have a little harassu." AUGUST 22. This morning the LORD CHANCZLLOR came into Court, and siting only one Counsel (Sir Arthur Piggott) and two Solicitors, be observed-- 4 . It is will seen that we have no Opera• House ease here to-day, as we should otherwise have had plenty ol company." JODGMUT. The LORD Csinticituant-1 have, Mr. Moat Ague, minutely ex mined the papers in the case of ez•pArte Brown in the matter of Chambers, a Bankrupt, which was on some time ago before me. I observe you apply for the removal of Mr. Brown, the assignee, iin the ground of his having Allowed some debts to be lost by his negligence or indolence. No evidence whatevtr of the slightest satisfactory nature has been shewn me, of Any indolence or negligence on the part of Mr. Brown, for, on the contrary, 1 think he has l Atted as An honest upr.ght mini should always do.— If you choose you may take anotner assignee to act along with him, but you must not on any account remove him from his trust, because .he is as good a man as you possibly can have in that place. As to costs, I think you bad better pay each of you your own costs. The creditors I SCII have divided Among themselves, therefore let them pay their costs, but let Mr. Brown be exempted from paying one farthing. You have forced him here, therefore you must pay for it. Those who complain that our Adzes are become wit:, should know that formerly the best preachers in the pulpit, did not disdain to becoMe pourers 1 _ Lord and Lady ELLgrenottouou, and the Hon Misses LAW, lelt town on Thursday afternoon,. in two of his Lordship's carriages, for Dover, twin whence they embark for France. Their return from Paris is not expected before the Lauer end of Oc. tober. Among the cases brought forward yesterday at the insolvent Debtors' Court, was out which called forth the marked animadversion of the Beach. It was that of a poor labourer, nearly seventy years of age. named James Ede, of Dorking, in aunty, who had been more than three months in confinement, for a debt of dIS 10a. claimed by'a person of Dorking. It WAS the balance of an account which had stood over since the year 1780. The poor man had oast tects whatever : be was discharged. ISSIZPS. CARLISLE, AUGUST I L TOMMY OF BANK OF KNOLAND NOTES. Mar, You's Wai indicted and put on trial, f r having in her possession, the Bth of October, several forged Bank of England notes, knowing the same to be forged. Mr. RAINE, in stating the case for the prosecution obs-nved, that the offence did not affect the Prisu ner's lite. The Legislature had affixed to it the pu• nishment of transportation. The case was a very short but a very plain one. The prisoner had, in the month of October last, come to Carlisle; and, in consequence of some iniormation which it would be improper to state, she had been closely watched by certain active officers in th,! town. On the Bth of October she had tAken her seat in a coach, for the purpose of proceeding further North ; but, instead of proceeding along with it out of town, she had walked on before, with a view to be taken up on the road. Two Constables went with the coach, and on corning up to her, took her into custody. On searching her, they found in her pocket a tin box, contain;ng forged Bank of England notes to the value of rilt6o, if they had been good. That the prisoner had this quantity of forged notes in her possession without some rnis chtevous intention - it WAS not very easy to lien, ve.— The account she gave before the Magistrate w a ., tnat she had picked up this tin box on the road, just before she was taken into custody. That story, how ever, would be contradicted, and whether she raeaot to set tip another defence that day he did not know One of the Constables who watched the prisoner was then called, and stated, that in consequence of some iuformation, the prisoner had been closely ob served, at the time of her coming to Carlisle, by him self and another. Having learned that the prisoner had taken her seat in a coach, with A view to pro ceed further North, they went along with the coach, and took her Imo custody on the road. On searching her, they toutid the box with the notes. He had observed the prisoner some time before corning up' with her, and was sure that she had not picked up the box on the road. He had marked the box and the notes ; and, on their being produced to him, he identified the notes. An inspector of ncoes from the Bank of England proied that they were all forged. For the prisoner two witnesses were called, who swore that about tv , o o'clock on the Eith of October, they saw the prisoner pick up a tin box in Abbey street, in Carlisle. She was at that time walking slowly towards them, and they were only five or six yards from her when she picked up the box. She asked if that was their box ? they answered no. They never saw her before. One of these witnesses de scribed himself as .a collier—the other witness was his wife. -- Rntsr then proposed to read the prisoner's examination, in order to Arse that she had then given a different account of the matter. This WAS objected to by the prisoner's Counsel, who argued that the pri soner's knowledge of the forgery was part of the case which the Counsel for the prosecution was bound to have made out Al first ; and that now, when the de -1 fence was closed, he could nut supply the omissi. n. I This was the stronger, since Mr. !Utile WAS not taken I,lyv surprise, ter he had, in fact, of e,,ed the prisoner's ,erefincri4. the less• Cbief Baron Itictiniths was clear that the examina tion might be read, and it was read accordingly. The Account given there was, that the prisoner had picked up the box on the road inshiediately before she was taken into custody, which was about three oleluck on the afternoon to the Bth of October.—The Jury without retiring found the prisoner—Gu hp. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE• Tvh. boldiers,' Darned Had and Morrison, were en the 26 In July tried for a highway lubbely, at the Stafford Assizes, Wier Baron GARROW, convicted, and ordered to be executed. They were prosecuted by a man named Read, 2 bricklayer's Labourer, who swore that they knocked him down, and robbed him of d shilling and a penny, in church-yard at Wol verhampton, on the tejd of July. The evidence et the woman in whose house the prisoners resided went to prole that they did not sleep at home on the 'sight Witte imputed robbery. To thole two wit 'mimes the evidence was confined, nd against it thete appeared nothiog upon the trial, except the decla rations of the priaoners, containing facts which were atterwaids sworn to by others, and which, alter the , utmost labour of a lew benevolent persons, were the means of saving the innocent prisouers from a death which appeared to all to be inevitable. The two soldiers were upon the 23d of July drink- Ins till too late for admission to their lodgings at Wol verhampton, and aftet applying in vain to be allowed to gd into the guard-room to sleep, walked about the l vilLage to kill time. In loitering through the church. 'yard, they met a man who seemed to be in want of work, and, like themselves, without :a lodging for the night. A conversati.o ensued, and the suanger told Mem his name was Read ; that he WAS a brick layer's Labourer out of employment, and a Hertford shire Mb& It happened, that in his description he hit upon the part ut the country from which one of the prisoners came. A j:sting dialogue took place between them, and at length it was agreed that they should wrestle. Hall was the friendly opponent of Read upon the vccasion, and he was thrown in the first round of wrestling. In the second, however, Hall was more successful in the teat of activity. but his triumph °gaily robbed him of his life. The van quished man dropped a shilling and a penny from his pocket. Morrison immediately picked up the money, said it would do for beer, and put it in his pocket. 'file soldtera quizzed Read about his loss, and were heard by a watchman near the spot, ac knowledging that they had the shilling, and would certainly dispose of it in the most convivial way.— Read growled about his money, and shewed x dispo sition to quarrel, but did not utter a word about his being rubbed of it. At about five o'clock in the mor on, the three were seen near the market-place by another watchman, and the soldiers were bantering Read upon the same subject. The good humour Of Redd, however, at this time, appeared quite broken up ; he spoke of having the soldiers taken into cos. tody, but was answered by a laugh from them. A grocer, named Powys, saw them all under similar circumstances, and heard Read complain of no at tempt at robbery, but saw that he MU not pleased at being laughed at. The grocer soon atter met a man nutted Roberts, the keeper of the House of Cortex tioa at Wolverhampton, and mentioned to him that Read said two soldier‘harl got his morel. The an swer of Rollers, which did not strike .•e pr , cer as extraordinary at first, was... I n:ust se• .-..r man ; this is a good job." The event, how.ve, sn , in ex plained the ltnguage. Roberts immediate' • •goired after Read, goestica.ed him upon the loss Ile 114,1 sn.- twined, and in a very short time apprehende the tw•o eoldiers, opiin the charge of rohni ig Read in the highway inf a shilling and 4 penny. Betore the Magistrate. Read swore that they knncked him down and robbed him of his money in the church yard.— Their commitment was immediately made (Jut, and they were sent to the Assizes of Staff ird, where, ott the . Saturday following, they were tried and con demned for the capital offence. The inhabitants of Wolverhampton knew nothing of the intention of Read, upon the interkrence of Robert/ in this trans action. It was generally concluded amongst them, that the angry state of Read's mind would have in fluenced him to swear a common assJult, but nothing serious was at all apprehended from tae wrestling hoot. There WAS consequently no interference upon the part of those who were acquainted with many PI the circumstances; and the matter died away, until the village was struck with horror at an account in the StaffoiLi Paper of the proceedings at the Assizes. An old man was reading the Paper in an alehouse to number of who were not much affected 'at any thing they heard until he came to that part stating the number of persons left tor execution— amongst the names Weft these Of HAII as;d Morri son. The whole population of Wolverhampton in stantly showed liuw they felt upon an occasion so dreadful. The Rev. Mr. (:card, one of the most venerable characters in that part of the country, who odie;ates in the village where Hall's family resides, op .in hear ing the event of the trial, set out for Wolverltamp. ton, where he found the people already meeting :led acting cpon the subject. The men were to be tialged this day (Saturday), and not a moment was to be lost. Mr. Guard, who had known Hail from his ic fancy*, and would Ir ive staked his lite upon the tote grity of the young man, made a quick but deep in quiry into the facts, and having found every thing confirmatory of his i...nocence, tollowed Baron Gar row on his circuit, to state what he had learlie, from. the very best authority, and obtain it respite. He SAW MT. BAIOII Garrow, but his Lordship appeared to see no reason to alter the opinion which he had formed from hearing the.trial. The worthy clergy man. however. was so well convinced of the truth of his own information, that he could not help exclaim. ing, with more zeal than di-cretion, '• I see you are determined to hang these poor men." Mr. Baron Garrow WAS naturally offended at this intemperate observation; and an eminent Barrister rematked, Mr. Guard's object WAS wholly defeated by the use of it. - Mr. Guard was not, however, to be turned lrom the endeavour to save the lives of the two sol di•Ts s there WAS another quarter to which he could apply. He immediately came to town, and went' without ceremony to Lord Sidmoutb, to whom he obtained an easy access. He remained iti converia t4.l with his Lordship between three and tour hours, and Lord Sidrnouth afterwards declared, that he never in his life saw such A,l•intercst taken in the tate of men who were nut related by domestic ties to tbe in dividuals whom he was labouring to save. This meeting gave Mr. Gourd hopes ; though Lord Sol month had observed, that in casts , :f this kieti tae Judge WAS oecessarily better acquainted with ail hi:allow a! the evidence Altair the Secretary of State, therelOre his power was seldom interbred with except . under circumstances of strong fact. fslr. Gu ird posted biitlc to WAverhampton the moment atter he parted from the Sectetary. A meeting cf the inhabitants was called. at which Mr. Islander and all the other respectable residents of Wolverhampton attended. l'he w knew's were sworn, and a petition to the Hate Regent WAS signed and delivered into the hands of Mr. Guard, who, accompanied by Mr. Charles Kinder. very soon *tier arrived ill towu. _ _ Chose two gentl,men went, with Mi. Pearsall, of Cheapside, to Load Badmouth, and pm into his hands the evidence ot the innocence of the ~11.1iers. His Lordship requested that Mr. Pearsall w. old relate the circumstance. Tam gentleman then repeated the manner in which Ra.ad aii.l the two soldiers had ac ted in the presence of the watchmen and the grocer. Lord Sulmoutli WAS just going up with the Recorder's report, and said, that upool his retort' he would exa mine the affidavits and act upon them. ' Upon the next meeting Lind Sianouth said there had been no Lecessity for laying the Affidavits before the Attorney-General. The case, he übsetved, was one of the most interesting that ever came before him. Indeed, such WAS the effect of the affidavits upon hint, that he was not only immeliately convinced that the soldiers should not be executed, but in the absence of his Clerks he wrote the dispatch for their iespite with his own hand, and sent it to the Sheriff; because, said h.s Lordship, " could not endure the thought that the soldiers should have one hour mere of unnecessary anxiety." Mr. Pearsall said, there was no doubt that the men had Do intention of felony ; it would also aiy.ar at another time that the prosecutor had no intention of indicting them until he was instigated by Itf.herts, with the view of gaining the reward called " blood money." which was ac , :ordingly pocketed by Read and the keeper of the pri-am to the amount of 4€Bo. Lord Sisimonth dechueJ, that under such circum stances an immediate investigation should take place. He coincided in the opinion ci the impropriety of Roberts's conduct, and said a pardon would be in stantly granted to the soldiers. He also compli mented, in the warmest mat nor, the conduct of Mr. GuArd and the other Gentleman, who had exerted themselves. In the course of his observations to Lord Sialmouth, Mr. * Guard said he would g iv e u 2 halt his fortune to save the life of H.ll, so convinced was he of his honesty. While these operations were going forward in Lon don, affidavits copied from those handed to the S ecretary were brought to Mr. Baron Garrow, by Lieutenant Buchanan, of the same Tegument as the soldiers, and a respite was instantly granted by his Lordship when he read them. The Of f icer stated, that Baron Garrow, upon read• ing the affidavits, said, it the facts had been known Wore, their is:spite should hese been granted, and ; asked ehether they would, upon pa...t o i le d, b e tak,•n into the regiment ;win? Lau ..:11:tnt Bochanan , ionoe t li 4 itly lep!!eti, that they would 1,...11).;51.