Star.
London, England, 1823-04-22 00:00:00

SPORTING 1 VTFLL IGENCE.

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BETTING AT TA'PTERSAI.L'S, APRIL 21:
Mittman was completely fined at an early hoar by sportlag
characters of every description, this being eettling-day after the
Newmarket Craven healing. Immense sums of money ca-
changed masters on its remit ; and we did not hear of a single
Levanter whose name bears the slightest lity. There
was only one exception to the general ha ltrt4lthe day's bu-
siness ; that was the extremi ly suipleasant cWirtg of an old Leg
of the second class towards, ruing Gentleman of indi•putahle
respeciability,who has lately heroine an adventurer on the Turf,
who Bid nut feel himself pleated with him from p neglect of
transfer of money won, and who was not disposed also to be
further sweated as he had been by his tutor, who lately bad pre-
vailed upon him to bet 27 to 1 against a horse when 11 to 1 was
the then current betting and taken freely- There was more
money paid and received today than we ever recollect after the
Claret Stakes, which was owing t' the departure of num-rirus
great adventurers, who left Newmarket utter this race to attend
to their parliamentary duty of Friday last. But little speeulatiow
leor'place to-day on the Derby and Oaks. Particulars of the
present state of the odds are as follow ,

2 to 1 agst Ernilius
5 to 1 agst Fanatic •
10 to 1 a at bro. to 3loscs
1:: to 1 agst rands*

Si to 1 apt Zaida.

011111 Y.
11:, to 1 agst Charcoal
14 to I agst Talisman
I I to 1 art Web
I 20 to 1 agst any other.
OA KS.

tioNcArna
8 to 1 agst Sherwood

4 to 1 agst Mr. Wintlham's f.

ST. I.ItCEIL.
I I:: to 1 agst Miss Fanny

10 to 1 agst Tinker 15 to 1 agat any other
. NEWMARKET FIRST 3111,1NG MEETING.
Whenever this Meeting, or any part of It, falls in May, the
horses' ages are considered the same as in April. The Cup may
be challenged, for on the Monday in this Meeting, to be nut for,
over the B. C. on Tuesday in the first Octoher hietting next,
by horses, &c. the property of members of the Jockey Club :
4 yrs old culling 7cr. 111 b. S yrs old, Rst. 81b. 6 yrs okl, Bst.
131 b. and aged, 9st. Each Gentleman, at the titne of challenging,
is to deliver to the keeper of the match-bOok a descriptiO of
his horse, &e. sealed up, which is to be kept till six o'clock on
the Saturday evening, and, If not then accepted, to be returned
unopened, but, if accepted, or if more than one challenges, to
be then opened and declared a Match or Sweepstakes of :XX/ so-
vereigns each, p.p.

Wednesday, the gold medal belonging to the Mon-
trose Golf Club was played for, over the Course.
After a pretty keen contest, it was gained by Mr.
Robert Trail. The members, together with several
visitors, sat down at four o'clock to an elegant din-
ner in the Star Inn, and spent the evening nith great
harmony and conviviality.
What!" said some one to Mr. IL " you have
been in Ireland, and have never yet seen Cork r-
.. No," replied" he, " but 1 have seen a great many
drawings of it
At the Devon Session, on a Jury, assembled on
Friday, there were four persons of the names of
Easttott, Westcott, Korthcott, and Southcott; and the
prosecutor's name was Prescott.
A singular old
.gentleman in the country, was
waited upon the other day with his surgeon's bill,
for the purpose of being paid. After cogitating
for some time over its contents, he desired the young
man who called with it, to tell his master, that the
medicine he would certainly pay for, but as for the
visits which he had charged, he should return them!
I A surgeon and apothecary not 100 miles from Sa-
lisbury, desirous of having a subject, for the benefit
of his pupils, agreed with some of the all-night peo-
ple to procure him one. At about hal&past eleven
on Saturday night last, a subject was accordingly
brought, and placed in the parlour lbr the eight.
The surgeon retired to rest; and early the next
morning he went to the parlour for the pilunbe of
removing his purchase to the dissecting-roam- The
bag was there, but the subject had left, taking with
him' plate to the amount of 401.
Dr. Franklin said, that the person who is good at
excuses, is generally good for nothing else.
A atchez paper -informs that a certain doctor,
residing at Washington, eloped in January last with
his ward, a girl of about 15 or 16 years of age. The
circumstances which mark this transaction with fea-
tures of peculiar enormity, and excite our " special
wonder" at the deep depravity of poor human na-
ture, are his high standing in the profession and so-
ciety generally ; his being a highly esteemed Minister
of the Gospel ; his having an amiable wife and nine
'children; and the object of his seduction and sharer
of his infamy being a poor orphan girl brought up
in his own family, under his immediate care and
protection. This miserable sinner is said to be fifty
years of age. •
The following anecdote is said to be a fact. A
member of the Legislature, from a neighbouring
county, whose observations upon the city manners
and customs-were rather limited, put up at one of
the most fashionable taverns in Albany. After din-
ner, as was his usual practice, he sat regaling him-
self with his pipe and tobacco. The room was well
carpeted, and near to him stood a spit box. The
waiter observing him to make no use of so necessary
an appendage, moved it nearer, but the gentleman
pushed it aside with his foot, and again continued to
spit upon the carpet as before. Again the servant
replaced it, and again the representative removed it -
Once more the servant offered to replace it, when the
wise man exclaimed, " If you don't take that cursed
thing away, I vow I'll spit in it."—Awerican Paper.
CARRONARL IN CUBA.--A letter before us states
the existence. of an extensive association throughout
Cuba, that are initiated into a sort of secrecy, like the
Carbonari of Naples, to further the cause of liberty;
+and that secret meetings are frequently held in Mar
vermeil for thisexpress object. No Government can
be more feeble than the present, where piney and
murder have become so familiar, that we cease to
wonder at their recital.—Washingten City Gazette.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE rairanseiscv.— -If we
want a prompt, eciest, econontir,al President, CAL-
HOUN is the man ;—if an able and honest regular
bred dnnocrat, Swim Tuoserson would answer the
purpose ;—if a Wiring one, CLAY is certainly prefer-
able
;--if afsetting one, JACKSON to a thousand;—
if a statesman, ADAMS;—if one not distinguished by
any of these qualities, Caawtroun will suit us.—
American Pigpen •
One of the noisiest edifices in Philadelphia, the
Washington HaU, has been destroyed by fire. The
' DeisecraticPrem, describing the conflagration, says—
" The scene of Many a joyous hour is laid waste • walls
Ithat many a hundied times have echoed with the,
sounds of mirth, are in ruins; an ornament to our
Icity is in ashes. That the torch of the incendiary has
!done this wicked deed there is no doubt." The Wash-
ing Hall Hotel, which adjoins the Hall, was so se-
riously on fire, as to excite fears that it also would be
laid in ashes. The roof of it, much of the cornice,
I.ind pair of the third story, arc consumed.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRICAL FUND.
Yesterday the Eighth Anniversary Dinner of this
Charity took place at the reeemassons"Tavern ; his
i Royal Highness the Duke of Yves; is the Chair. The
Royal Chairman was supported ophis
ht by the
Earl .of TartitaitvitAx, and on his Ilit by Sli GgoROE
sig
WA nittimen. Some other distinguished t hammers I
were present; but the company altoitther Was natio
mime' ons as on former occasions.
Oa " SuCcess to the event-Gardto ChlkalriCal
.
Fund," being given troM the Chair, 3irlitlsitast
sung the popular air, the "Derrik of Nei**, *teeth-
panyiug himself on the piano. lle cam any, i
re-
ceived it with ardent demonstrations of ap suise.
The Earl of TANKERVYLLE then rose, an baVing
prefaced the toast with a brief eulogy, pi opOsed the
health of" his Royal Highness the Duke of Yeti."
The Royal Doer: returned thanks in a few Wert's.
,in which he expressed his earnest desire to.supiiitt
the best interests of the Chrity.
1111 is Paton, who was seated in the gallery, thin
sang a Scottish air in exquisite style.
The ', Health of the Vice-Presidents" was next pro-
posed, and Mr. IsAhlwros expressed his acknowledg-
ments on his own part, and that of his colleagues.--
He urged, in appropriate terms, the claims which
decayed Actors had on the bounty of the Public,
and after eulogizing the conduct of the Royal Fa-
mily in furthering the cause of charity. in every in-
stance, appealed to the company not to suffer the
"descendants of those persons to pine in indigence,
who had frequently contributed to their anrusenient.
.. The health of " Mr. Fawcett, the Treasurer of the
Covent-garden Theatrical Fuad,",being.drank,
Mr..Fatwcurr. returned thanks, in a speech which,
was 'received with much applause. After quoting
from a pamphlet an enumeration of the qualities of
an actor, he thus proceeded : " These, Gentlemen,
-are said to be some of the requisites essential to a
finished actor; and well may that profession be called
rigid in its exactions, and exorbitant in its demands,
which calls for such combination:. To expect there
should be *tarty actors so qualified, would be unrea-
sonable; to say there never was one 'so gifted, would
be unjust ;—for me to dwell on the accomplishments
of those who now occupy the stage might be considered
sycophantic—but without waking myself obnoxious
to this suspicion, I may say, that mournful re-
membrance presents to 'my mind, one, in whom
those perfections wereiall united—[Here Mr. Charles
Kemble retired from the room apparently much
affected at the allusion to his deceased brother)
—an actor whom we have but lately lost—and
one who justly stood rich in the respect of every
dramatic critic, possessed of taste and learning.—
It must be confessed that the endowments I have
enumerated are a rare combination of the gifts of na-
ture and the acquirements of art, but John Kemble
enjoyed them in an eminent degree; and if I am per-
mitted to touch upon his moral character, and to de-
clare that he was an affectionate relative, a steady
friend, and an exemplary Christian one wha
(amongst all his other readings) did not forget that
Book which was the best of all—then, Gentlemen,
I think the Stage may be proud indeed of having
possessed such a member ; and I should ill discharge
my duty as its advocate, to suffer this day to pass
without offering my feeble tribute to his memory.
Great, however, as Mr. Kemble was, we have now
only to lament the man, for the odor had made his
bow to you some years back. But, Gentlemen, we are
called upon now to lament another loss—to us heavy
indeed ;one which I may, perhaps, be permitted to call,
not more a public loss, than, to us, a domestic calamity
—a loss of which every Gentleman who has been in the
habit of frequenting our Meeting will not fail, on this
day, to be painfully reminded. He " who was wont to
set the table in a roar"—he whom our illustrious Chai-
rman so often graciously condescended to encourage,
in delighting us with his " York ! you're wanted," is
no more!—Ke, poor fellow, is now indeed wanted.
—As John Kemble might be called the Sir Joshua
-Reynolds of his art, so John Emery might fairly be
stiled the Morland of it—for truth and nature, arch-
ness and simplicity, he was as conspicuous on the
stage, as fbr suavity, integrity, and every manly feel-
ing,efit. lam sure, Gentlemen, it must be a heart-
felt satisfaction to you to know, that by your support
of this Institution, we have been enabled to assist our
departed friend's family with £75 per annum-1:40
to his widow, and £35 to his aged mother. I am aware
it has been said (by those who are ever ready to take
the ill-natured side) that our poor friend should not
have had occasion for this assistance ; and it is one
of my chief inducements for entering on this sub-
ject, to rescue his memory from this aspersion.—
I know the cont, ary : I know what his income was,
and I fearlessly declare, that, with his feeling heart
and numerous family (branching off into many af-,
fectionate rarnilicatiens, but converging into the more
tender interest of six children, most of whom his pa-
rental fondness induced him to educate for liberal
ppfessions), it was not possible for him to be before-
d•with the world, much less (cut off as he was in
the prime of existence) could it be expected that he
shiitild be independent. I confess I loved bim—evety
pody who knew him must have done so; for in him
Were combined a rare assortment of talents, blended
Nap an extraordinary portion of good -nature, good
humour, and every companionable'qualification. He
irtas-a paiitter.by taste, a musician by education, a poet
by necessity, and an actor by nature. I know nothing
in which any other man excelled where my friend
was deficient, except, perhaps, evil speaking, lying, and
slandering, and in these he was a baby in ignorance.
Gentlemen, if this Institution had done nothing be-'
'road the assistance it has afforded my poor friend's
family, I am sure there is not an individual who ever
subscribed to it, but should think hig patronage well
bestowed ; -but I assure you, we have many humble
claimants whose necessities are as imperious (though
their talents um not so conspicuous), who entirely
look up to us for support. 1 therefore do most fer-
vently entreat you on this day to continue your libe-
rality, and I pledge myself it shall be administered
-with promptitude, impartiality, and gratitude."
One or two more toasts having been given, Mr.
Yates entertained the company with a comic song,
which was highly applauded. Mr. Broadhurst gave,
in a sweet and simple sty le,pec uliarly his own, a Scotch
-ballad that appealed to the hearts of all v:Iro heard it.

• It appeared from the statement of the Treasurer,
that the Subscriptions received- on the present occa-
sion amountel to £1,400.—1t„ was nem ly I 1 o clock
before the RuyelChairniao retired,