Star.
London, England, 1830-08-23 00:00:00

THE 11711 V.

NEWPORT I'AG:NO.I.I. RACES. A 1"G.
The Gold Cop Nuke• of 10 .ors t.r all :ages. !'l rte aides. (111 .t.tbr.)
Lord 3lountuharle•'n h. c. G ky lititst. 4 yrs, 3,t. 1
M r.. 1. Day's Fantoccini. 4 yrs. 211). ... ... 2
Mr. Theohal.i's br. n). Baba.' ILI, 5 yrs. I:st. 316.
Mr. Sovretby's Coroner, 5 yr.. 8... 111 h. ... •• • ... 4
Mr. Watson's h. m. Fidget, 5 yrs, 111 h.
12 to 1 sta. Coroner. 3 w 1 agar. (3ayhurst, a :d 4 to 1 ta:st. 80.

Sweepstake' of 7 soya. each. fur bone% not thor 'ugh bred ; tie sinner
tr be sold for 253 eot•.. &:. It 4'3 one.: r.O .J anti a ili.tar.c... (20
sibs )
Mr. Smith named ch. g. by Bufialo, -I yrs, Mr. 91b.
Mr. Morton's ch. g. Twin, by Fulygar, 5 yrs, I I st. Gib.
Mr. Newman's br. nt. 3latil'la, 6 yrs Ilst. 101 b....
Mr. I rshaldeston's b. g. Doll Juan, aged, 12st. I lb.
Mr. Dauncey's b. g. 'Welshman, 6 yrs, list. 131 b.
A Plate of 701. for all ages ; heats once round and a dis iirce.
Lord 3lountcharles's Gayhurst, 4 yrs, list. 3:b. ..
Mr. Tiieobald's gr. e. The Rxquisite, 4 yrs, list... I 3 2
Mr. Day's hr. g. Little Boy Blue, 5 yrs, Bst. 61b.
Mr. Ongley's b. h. Cardinal, S yrs, Bst. I Ilb.
Mr. Watson's Fidget, 5 yrs, Ilst. 91b.
Mr. Suwerby's Amnret, 3 yrs, 64 5Ib..
Mr. 3lontagu's b. f. Duchess, :; yr., t s•.

EXCTER RACES, Auo. 18.
The Devonshire $ akta of -2.1 sows. C4C.I. Mile and a half.
Mr. W. Ley's °Mks, 4 yrs. 7st. 121 b. ... . ..
31r. Itadeltife's St. I.3urenct:, 4 yrs. 7st. 81b.
Won easy. Eight paid 13 soya. and ten others only awe sows. tub.
A Plate uf 100 sous. Ilcats once round and a distance.
Mr. Fellowes names Lawrence, ageJ, 9st.
Mr. Wreford's Upas, aged, 9st. 71b. . I 2 S
Mr. Radcliffe's St. Laurence, 4 yrs. ... .. S Sdr
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added
,by the County Mem.
bers. Heats three miles.
sfr. Ley's Souter Johny, 5 yrs, Ilat.
Mr. Taunton's f. by Sir Huldibrand, 3 yra, Ast. .. . .. 2dr
The City Members' Plate of 50 tons. Mile hears.
Mr. Taunton's Coronet, 5 yrs, 9st
Mr. Ley's Omen, 5 pa, list. ..

BULLOCK SMITHY RACES.
TUISDAT.A Purse of 50 sovs. wen by Mr. 3larlow's Chance,
beating Mr. Prescott's Moss Ruse, and Mr. Wragg's Fanny My I/ear.
WEDNESDAY.—The Ladies Plate of 50 soy.. won by Mr. Arthur's
b. m. beating Chance rid two other,.
Tnunsnoor..--The Landlord.' Purse of 50 soya., won by Mr. Putt's
Little Ba-Peep, beating footman, Fanny My D:ar, and two other..
ARCH RR Y
Wednesday last, being the day fixed on for the Anniversary of the :
Society of Carisbrooke Archers, a large assemblage of rank, beauty,
and fashion, met inlhe Green of the ancient Castle of Cariabrouke, to
witness thetsionteegor bit prizes to be zhot.f4F by the ladles and gentle-
men, illimbillOnf the Sudety. Kim pair of targets were pitched 11111
**Eh pair distingtAkited ,by, Appropriats ajljc banners; the
marked off at can comer Thy the ancient banners of St.
George, on the outside of which were the situations appointed solely
for the spectators. Soon after two o'clock, the gentlemen, in their
handsome full dress uniforms, and the ladies, in elegant and ap-
propriate dresses of white and green, commenced shooting for the
prizes, which had been provided by the Stewards ; which were, for the
gentlemen, first, a bow, of Waring's bast manufacture—and the second,
an elegandrornare.ented quiver. And for the ladies, an elegant gold
ornament, forming an appropriate trophy of archery, exquisitely chased,
and Melreled by precious stones. The distance for the gentlemen was
100 yards, and that for the ladles 50 ; and the exertions of both parties
were continued with great spirit and skill until 6ve o'clock, the band of
the 60th Rifles, who were stationed a little to the left of the targets,
playing during the time numerous martial and other airs. At each end
was also stationed a bugle, who announced by an appropriate call, every
time an arrow was lodged on the gold. On the conclusion of the match
the numbers were summed up, when the successful shots were declared
to be—Thomas Hastings, esq. for the first prize; and James Hastings,
mg for the second ; while Miss Louisa Shedden had the honour to be
awarded the palm of victory by the ladies. At six o'clock the
Members and their friends retired into the Governor's apart:mitts
where a most excellent dinner was prepared, composed of every delicacy
of the season. Many loyal and appropriate toasts were given, and the
glass cheerfully circulated until nine o'clock, when the parties retired to
the Green, to witness a brilliant collection of fire-works, which were dis.
played under the direction of Mr. Horatio Bennett, son of the relive ed
Secretary of' the Society. The whole arrangements reflect great credit
on the taste and judgment of the Stewards and all others concerned
therein. The festivities ended the following evening with a splendid
dress ball, at the Guildhall, Newport.
The Southampton and New Forest Archers held their third meeting,
on Friday, at the grounds near Portland-street, which was attended by
about 300 fashionables of the town and neighbourhood. The shooing
was excellent. The ladies' prize, an ornament for the hair, with an
archery device, was won by Miss Richards; and the gentlemens',
Waring bow and 12 arrows, by Mr. Clutterbuck, of Brvis Mount.

RICHMOND REGATTA IN HONOUR OF HIS NA.

JENTY'S BIRTII•DAY.

On Saturday the inhabitants of Richmond, Petersham, Twickenham,
and for many miles round the county, assembled at the first-mentioned
place, several thousands in number, to witness the rowing-match between
nine watermen belonging to Richmond, for a handsome whetry and money
poises, given by TUb!.cripTion in honour of the natal day of his Most lira. Majesty William IV. Upon no occasion did we ever witness a
ivore highly respectable and fashionable assemblage on the river, fro:; the
bridge at Richmond, to upwards of a mile either way, than that which
congregated on Saturday; and the propitious state of the weal her, corn bitted
with an elegant display of flags, and several bands of music, gave to the
scene a splendidly-gay appeatancc. About one o'clrek preparatibrs
were made for the rowing-match, which was to be d. cided in four heats,
as follows :—First heat—Matthew Lee, red ; Georg. Jackson, whire ;
Edward Redknap, blue. Second heat—George Jackson, jun red ;
Edward Brown, white; William Pickett. blue. Third heat—Jan as
Snell, red ; Thomas Godfrey, white ; William Bell. blue. The last and
grand heat to consist of the three first men in the preceding heats,
and the distance to be rowed in each heat, was from Richmond-Ili:1p
round a boat moored off the Rail of Cautsillis's, back round a
boat stationed opposite the Duke cf Iluclenet'a and down through :he
second arch of the bridge. About half-past one, the first heat was
slatted. On the signal being given, Lee took the lead, followed by
Jackson, but in con;ing up shore, the thowl of Lee's boat slipping up,
Jackson went a-head. Lee, however, soon got right again, std suc-
ceeded in gaining his original station, and they came in thus :—Lee,
first ; Jackson, second ; and Redknap, third. In the second 11,:at,
Brown had the advantage at starting, but Jackson. jun. was close on his
quarter, and, owing to some fouling taking place between them,
Picket went in advance. 'rise others having disentangled themselves,
Jackson rowed past Brown, and arrived first, followed by Pickett,
Brown bringing up the rear, who stripped at the Pigeons to have a ghost
upon the strength of his recent marriage. At starting for the third Ma',
Snell went a-head, but was shortly passed by Bell and Godfrey, and at-
ter a good heat they arrived at the Bridge as follows :—Bell, first, God-
frey second, and Snell third For the fourth or grand heat, Lee, Jack-
son, jun. and Bell, became entitled :o row for the prize. and they took
their stations at the bridge about six o'clock, the company bosh oa ti:e
river and its banks having accumulated to a dense throng, consiving of
between 0,1/00 and 10,000 persons. Three times did the inatiagk r at-
tempt to fire the starting pistol. but Paled; and the men, tired of a ai:ing,
went off at the third flash, and never did we witness a better and more
interesting start, the three being abreast of each other nearly the whole
way down. Bell, however, in cotning up, took the lead in good atyle,
followed by Jackson ; and there being no change, Bell was decimal, t n
his arrival at the bridge, the winner of the wherry amidst thunders of
applause. The second man became entitled to 31. the 111;rd 11. and halt
• sovereign was given to each of the others. ;n the evening the town
was illuminated, and on the green, grinning through a horse Lollar,
sweeps diving in sacks of flour for shillings, Cunning in racks, and a
jingling ma ch, were the diversions, which appeared to give universal
satisfaction to the crowds assembled,

LONDON.
MONDAY, AUGUST 23

The Readers of the STAR will observe, that the Paper
is this day considerably enlarged. The mode adopted of
widening the columns, instead of cutting the letter-press
into ribbons, which—to borrow a well-known couplet—

Wastes paper and spares ink,
And cheats men of their words, some think—
combined with the use of a large proportion of small but
distinct type, afford the Readers of the STA It a fuller bolt'
qf letter press than any other Evening Paper, without pre-
senting a troublesome, appalling, and heterogeneous mass,
to their perusal. The object of the Proprietors of the ST Alt
is to produce a tasteful Journal, of all that is interesting
in Politics, Literature, and General Science.

This morning, despatches from his Excellency Lord
Stuart de Rothsay, our Ambassador at Paris, were received
at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, where a Cabinet
Council was held at three o'clock in the afternoon, attended
by th,. Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, and all
the Members in town.

This evening the Duke of Wellington gives a grand
dinner to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and
all the Cabinet Ministers, at Apsley House.

We are always reluctant to occupy our columns, which
can only be legitimately, and shall be exclusively, dedicated
to the information, or entertainment of our Readers, with ,
any matter relating only to the interests of our Journal ; ,
but thole are occasions in which we feel it necessary,for the sa-
tisfaction even of our Readers, who, we may hope, take some
interest in our welfare, to vindicate our claims to their pa- '
tromp. On Friday last, we exclusively communicated to
our readers, in the whole of our impression, the fact that
Lulworth Castle, in Dorsetshire, was selected as the in-
tended residence of the abdicated French KING. We
stated this fact on such indubitable authority, that
we expet ted it to Le corroborated by the next
Morning Papers. These Papers not having possessed, how-
ever, equal means of information with ourselves, and, we
suppose, inclined to pay no compliment to our veracity,
never even noticed the intelligence we had made public the
evening before. On the Saturday afternoon, however, out
comes the Courier— the boasted organ of all Government infor-
mation—with a confirmation of what we had stated the evening
before. And then, and not till then, when the great oracle
(Ted its mouth, does the Morning Leviathan and all its frater-
nity, echo the twice-told tale. We should not, perhaps, have
noticed this, had it not been the third or fourth time
within the last month, that points of intelligence of
considerable interest were first communicated to the public
through the columns of the STA a.
We Lave before declared our opinion, what we now can—
to adopt fashionable prcss phraseology—declare advisedly,
that the present Government have no indulgent connection
with any particular existing paper, or make any particular
paper the medium of Conununication. We have men-
tioned it before, that this their independence of the
press, was a creditable characteristic of the present admi-
nistratien. All homage due to it by the press, is gratuitous
and u neourted by any particular favour. Every journal may
have, and no doubt has, exclusive sources of intelligence ; but
lautstful assumptions ofsuperioritywe consider degrading to the
character of veracity, which use wish to establish. We know what
the public want, which is early and correct facts. Let them
examine our columns, and we are determined as far as exer-
tion, or expense, can effect it, they shall have them. We

have no feelings of hostility to any of our contemporaries,
but we are determined to protect the public against what
exists to no small extent, and to no small public injury, the
tyranny and quackery of the British Press ;—and if the pub-
lic will protect us, we shall make an attempt to oppose it.

We have received so much information from our Corres-
pondent in France, by the Estafette of this morning, that
we shall devote our remaining space to a selection from it;
and cannot afford room for remark.