Star.
London, England, 1808-04-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NAUTICAL lATELLIGENCA.

WHITBY, APRIL so.

YesteriaT accounts were received here from itidcar
that a French privateer had driven several vessels On
the sands, and chased some into the Tees.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 20.

Came in the St. Anne French chasse maree, laden
with wheat and deals, captured off Belleisle, the
15th instant, by the AIGLE, of 36 guns. She cap-
tured three others of the like sort, but they are not
yet arrived.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 21.

Arrived the Rialto, Charlotte and Lord Nelson
transports from Cork. The Irton, Liberty, Union,
and William transports, lying here, are ordered to
be in readiness to sail at a montgot's no;io.—Wind
W. S. W.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MFETiNet.
THURSDAY, APIIII4 21.
Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, 1. ft. Bst. each,--Across
the Flat.
Mr. Sitwell's c. by. Sir Peter, out of liyale
General Grosvenor's ch. e. John. o-punt, by Buzzard-
Mr. Biggs's e. by Kill Devil, out of Portia Pd
Five to t on Mr. Sitwell's c.
Mr. Batson's Charmer, Sat. beat D. of St. Alban's Prodigal,
fst 41b. Two-yr. old Course, SOgsso-Even betting on Charmer.
Mr. F. Craven's br. f. by Triampator, out of Beds, Bst. 11b.
beat Mr. S. S. Prime's ch. e. by Amtaosio, out of an untried mare,
bst. 21b. Ab. M. 100 gs.-S to lon Mr. F. Craven's br. f.
Mr. Craven's Beau Nash, by Trumpator, bought of Mr.
Northey, 2-yrs. old; 6st. 41b. beat Duke of Grafton's: Musician,
let. 91b. Two-yr. old Course, 200 gs. h. ft.-S to 4 against llesu
Nash.
Mr. D. Radcliffe's Sella, Sst. 71b. beat Mr. Andrew's Lydia,
In. 71b. Two-yr. old Course, 200 gs. b. ft.--3 to lon Saito.
Sir C. Bunbury's Rambler, Bst. beat Mr. Vansittart's Motnen-
tills, Sat. 41b. R. M. 1000. h. ft.-I Itolo on Rambler.
Mr. Mellish's Weaver, by Shuttle, beat Sir C. Turner's Bram-
ble, by Hambletonian, sit.llb. each. Across the Flat, 200p.11.ft.
Three to i on Weaver.
A Subscription Plate of £5O, for 2-yr. olds, carrying
6st. 71b. 3-yr. olds Bst. .51b. 4-yr. olds Bst. 1:51b.
S•Tholcit 9st. 41b. 6-yr. olds and aged 9st, 81h, P.M.
Mr. Goddartre eh. e. Achilles, 4 yrs. old 1
Sir C. Butibury's ch. c. Snug; 4 yrs. old 2
Mr. Lake's br. h. Gaiety. 5 yrs. old 3
Lord Stswen's ch. c. brother to Bustard, S yrs. old - 4
Five to 1 apt. Achilles; S to I apt. Snug; 4 to 1 agst. Gaiety.
Sir J. Honywood's Delyllie, Bst. 614. beat Mr. Sitwell's Taurus,
Sst. 41b. Last 9M. of B.C. 200 gs. It. ft.-Five to to apt. Delville,
Lord Foley's Paris, rec. SOgs. from Mr. Shakespear's Canopus,
Sat. illb. each, 11. C. SUOgs.

DEAL, APRIL 21.
Sailed the MAGNET sloop for Sheerness; RANGER
sloop, and PIERCER gun-brig, for the Baltic.—Ar-
rived the Rwor.trut gun-brig, from Ireland, having
under her convoy four sail of Irish traders, which ;
have sailed through for the River.—Arrived the I
BEAGLE and CHALLENGER sloops, and PHOSPHORUS
fire-brig, from a cruize ; Ttatautzwr gun-brig, and
Pionow schooner, from the North Sea ; and IND;Q-
NANT gun-brig, from a cruize.,Wind S. W.
In the Dawn►—Princtts of Orange, Mars, Trusty, Audacious,
Edgar, Tigre, Triumph, Minotaur, Polyphemus, Clyde, Speedy,
Challenger, Osprey, Beagle, Hound, Proselyte, Ply, Zebra,
Mina, Intelligent, Fearless, Urgent, Desperate, Firm, Richntone,
Bloodhound, Defender, Protector, Hearty, Insolent, Cracker,
Steady, Redbreast, Encounter, Aggressor, Besohtte, Arrow, lobos.
phorns, Turbulent, Pigeon, •nd Indignant,

THEATRE. COVENT GARDF.N.—Last night Shakes.
pear's well conceived, but fantastically written Co-
medy of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, was produced
at this theatre, after lying upon the shelf nearly half
a century. This play, which abounds in beautiful
imagery, pointed dialogue, and chaste humour, was
also loaded, (to suit the false taste of the times in
which it was first brought upon the stage) with a
multitude of disgusting deformities, that the judicious
hand of Mr. KettsLE has lopped away. Some of the
language of the original comedy is ridiculously in-
flated, much of the colloquy is made up of the vilest
puns, and the wit is here and there tinctured with
shocking obscenity. Most of these defects in the new
edition have been expunged, but scme how or other
the audience did not, last night, seem altogether pre-
pared to enjoy the treat that was set before them
though it extorted much applause at times. •
The performance, particularly that of the principa 1
In the Allegany, Monain, which sailed from the ' characters was, throughout, admirable..--KFMIILF,
Clyde last week for New York, there were, among the pourtrayed the generous and manly Valentine in a
exports no less than 546,515 yards of cotton goods, masterly stile, though he lacked something of the
besides great quantities of cotton and linen goods, smoothness of the courtly lover, and did not appear in
carpeting, hosiery, woollens, haberdashery, stationary, perfect good health.—Pope's Proteut was equally cor-
&c. ' rect, but rather too laboured, Miss Noaros and
The Alexander, WATT ; Ben Lomond, ---; and Miss SMITH were extremely elegant and animated in
Peggy, —, for London, were to sail from St, Do-1 Silvia and Julia,-and LISTON; Idunnett, and BLAN•
mingo about the 7th ult. ! CHARD were irresistibly comic in Mario, Lance, and
The Paynot, Has, from London, for Tobago, ! Speed—Lance': dog also deported himself with all the
has been captured, re-calptured, and carried into Bar, gravity and reserve which the text of SHAKESPEARE
badges. ' has attached to his character.—This play is splendidly
The Ann and Phoebe, —, from Sunderland, is got up, in regard to decorations and scenery ; but
captured, and carried into Fecamp. we are apprehensive, that like some other late revi-
vals, it will not turn out greatly productive to the
Treasury of the Theatre. A few Musical accompa-
niments between the acts, &e. composed by Mr. WARE,
and others, were well received. The audience was
very genteel, but not greatly crowded.
The Marquis CORNWALLIS, the Master of his Ma-
Jury's stag-hounds, gave orders for a grand hunt to
take place on Easter Monday, for the gratification ofl
the Noblemen and Gentlemen who had retired from
the bustle of the Metropolis during the holidays. It
was given with that grandeur and hospitality worthy,
of a Royal hunt. All the sportsmen who called at
Swinley Lodge were regaled with a sumptuous and
plentiful refreshment. About ten o'clock, the Noble
Marquis, with a numerous party, rode from Swinley
Lodge to Tower-hill, on Bagshot Heath, the place
appoifited for the deer to be turned out, where there
were in waiting, in eager expectation of enjoying the
sports of the chace, upwards pf three hundred horse-
men. Soon after the arrival of the Noble Marquis, a
very fine young deer was turned out of the cart, by
his orders, for the day's diversion. He set off with
great speed across the forest, towards Bagshot Park,
taking to the right for Golden Farmer Hill, making
a double to the left towards Cobham, taking his course
through the inclosures to Bagshot, where he became
so extremely exhausted, that he was taken by a man
who was before the hounds, after a very hard run of
upwards of an hour and a half. The Noble Marquis
gave orders for particular care to be taken of him.
During the chase, some excellent amusement wa
afforded -by some cockney riders, who had ventured
on horseback without having their legs tied ; numbers
were thrown, some into ditches, some into bushes
and hedges, others lay sprawling in the mud and on
brambles, while their horses kept up with the hunt..
This afforded considerable mirth to the old-experi-
enced sportsmen, and the effect was considerably
heightened by the poor would-be sportsmen running
on foot, in various directions, begging every man
they met to stop their horses.
PEDESTRIANISM.-•••A Mr. PAUL had Matched himself
for 100 guineas, on the first event, and 50 guineas on i
the second, to go from Knightsbridge to a spot near
Windsor, in two hours and a half, a distance of some-
thing more than 20 miles, and to return to Knights-
bridge in three hours, within twelve hours. He started
at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning; did nine
miles within the first hour • and arrived within a mile
and a half of Slough at the second hour; the other
two miles and three quarters he walked with ease in
the remaining half hour. After l7iiig on a straw bed
between blankets, four hours, he started on the nex
match, to return in three hours ; but the rain fell in
torrents, and he wen; seven miles in the first hour
with an tunbrella ; but on his arrival in the second at
Hounslow-heath, with wind and weather against him,
he prudently resigned, having won 50 guineas by his
day's exercise.
A Gintleman having undertaken to run from the
front of the Register-Office, Edinburgh, to the top of
ArthurrSeat, and back, in 50 minutes, he lately started
at six o'clock in the morning, and reached the top in
20 minutes, rested and refreshed himself for five mi-
nutes, and returned to his place of starting within 4S
minutes from his setting off, having gained his bet
with ease seven minutes within the time allotted.—
The morning was fine, and considerable bets were
depending.

Viscountess Surnaty had a select party, yesterday
evening, at her house in Dover-street.
Any-trice ox Paean.—Paper has again risen an
additional ten per cent. within the last fortnight,
making nearly 35 per cent. within the last three
months. The advance may, ia some measure, be
justified on the ground of the scarcity of rags, owing
to the interauption of commerce with Holland and
Germany. Every one ought to diminish his con-
sumption of paper by every means in his power.—
The
Publishers of London have, in consequence or
this great advance, considered it expedient to put to
press as few new books as possible. The same for-
bearance is recommended to Booksellers in every
part of the Zritish Islands. It will, under these cir-
cumstances, be to be regretted, if the Commissioners
of the Taxes, and other public Offices, and the Com-
mittees of Parliament, do not immediately adopt
measures to diminish the enormous consumption, and
the luxurious quality of their paper. It is not enough
that the public money ought not to be wantonly la-
vished in a superfluous consumption of that expensive
article ; but those who have the power to oontruul it j
ought to bear in mind the injury which will result
to thousands of artitans, if the war continues, and if'
paper becomes unattainable for the purpose of printing'
books. The printers of newspapers labour under pe-
culiar hardships, as by an Act of Parliament, they are
restricted frond advancing the price of the papers,
without sacrificing the discount usually allowed upon
stamps. Every family could furnish a mite towards
the alleviation of the scarcity of materials for making
paper, by carefully preserving all clippings, shreds,
and old linen, which is too often destroyed, and of
which there is, in London, a most extravagant waste
in the making of tinder. Even pieces of old paper
ought to be saved.—lf a bag were appropriated to
this use in every family, the benefit to the public, in a
commercial point of view, would exceed all belief.
A wonderful instance of resolute and patient endur-
ance of pain occurred last week at the Salisbury Infir-
mary : Henry Barton, of Milborne St. Andrew, Dor-
set, had been sent to the Infirmary with a large tumour
on the back, which was extracted on Wednesday.—
During the whole of the operation, he did not utter a
single exclamation ; though he once observed to the
surgeon, when the knife was blunted by the callous
substance, that knife does not cut so well as the last."
The tumour was eighteen inches in circumference,
and when extracted weighed/vetoer:dr and a quarter!
A singular instance of canine sagacity occurred a
few days since in the Thames, below Blackwall. Mr.
TURNBULL, the master of a coasting trader, kept a
Newfoundland dog on board. Whenever the vessel
dropped anchor in the River the dog swam to shore,
and generally swam on board win the same evening.
Having recently attempted to get to the ship, In his
usual way, the tide drifted him with so much velocity
that he could not reach the vessel ; he was conse-
quently forced to re-land, and, to the astonishment of
all who witnessed the sagacity of the animal, he went
near half a mile fmm the spot where he first started
up the bank, and by swimming across the stream,
made an angle whict enabled hun to gain the ship.—
The master of the dog does not say the animal is a
mathematician, but he asserts with reference to this
instance of sagacity, that no Waterman on the River
could bawl TrAcheoi the ship with mote indgment,