Star.
London, England, 1824-04-16 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT NE 17 1'0:71.7..

About five o'clock, on the 15th ult. a fire was disco.
vu-ed in the steam saw-mill, at Manhattan bland, be.
lon7ing to Mr. NOAH Baowx, which spread with such
sapidity, that the mill and the extensive ship-house ad-
joining, of Messrs. BROWN and 13Ett., shipwrights, were
cintroyed before am assistance could he rendered. In
the ship-house there was a steam-boat belonging to 4r.
lAEINGSTON, nearly ready for launching; and in the
yard tvi.) almost finished, beides a great quantity.
of ship timber and lumber, all of which shared the
same fate. The flames also extended to the shie. vard
of Messrs. ISA AC WEBB and Company, where a frame
building, belonging to Mr. ECEPORD, occupied as
saw-pit, and a considerable quantity of timber, wenr
also consumed. So very rapid was the devouring elemer:
that the engine No. 33, stationed on the dock, tea,
caught by it, and burnt. The fire is believed to hay.
been the work of an incendiary the loss is estimated a.
about 40,000 dollars.

SPORTING INTELLIt ENCE.

BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, APRIL

The Room was well attended, being the la4t betting day before
the Craven Meeting at Newmarket, which takes place on Monday
next. There was a good deal of business done, particularly on the
Riddlesworth, as the result of that stakes will priticip..lly govern
future speculations on the I)erby and Oaks stakes at Epsom, in
June. It would be a waste of space to give a full account of the
state of, odds at this important time, having given so copious a if:e-
ment in our report of :llonday last; we therefore trust it will <2f.
flee that no alterations whatever in any of the different etal.es have
tsken place worth notice since that day, with the exception u. Dan
Carlos for the Riddlesworth, who has gone hack halt a point; and
Prudence for the Oaks also gone back a point and a half.

HUNTING.
A few days since the Chepstow Subscription Fax hounds met at
Caerwent Town-end, and on drawing the coverts of the Itev. Mr.
Lewis, unkennelled a fox, which imme.-iat.•ly broke away over t!te
hne vale of Mathern, for Chepstow Park, Ind,' being headt-d, shaped
his course over Earlswond Common, tor the eNtcliSiVe coverts oz.
Wentwood, which be gallantly skirted, and cite:sing the high•scent-
ing country of Grey Hill at a trinuning pace, wai killed in the open
country, after a severe run of one hoer and twenty m:nutes, with-
out a l.ht ck. The distance from point to point was computed at
fourteen miles.

COULSTED PARK TIUNT PACES, BUCKS.
wr,n74PSDAY. Arnit 14.

The Hunters' Stake of 5 says. each, with i 5 added. To carry 1::,.
Captain Willoughby's I.uvatat,:r - - 4 1 :
Mr. kidney's 134.. s - - - 1 I tr
Mr. 13. Forth's Truth - - 2 5 5
Mr. Blake's ch. g. - - -7, 2dr
Major Owen's Froth - - 5 dr
Mr. I3ouverie's Prodigal - - 6 dr
After the second heat 2tol on Levanter. Two paid forfeit.
The Half-bred Stakes of 15 sous. each, with 15 added.
Mr. Robert's Truth - I
Mr. Neal's Watchman 2
- -
Mr. Howard's Brush • - 3
Captain Nelson's Fugitive - - 4
Three paid. The winner the favadikte.

The Farmer's Stake was won by Mr. Joliffe's bating
six others.

MATCH FOR ONE HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS.

Mr. Mason's match to ride his horse Fury twenty miles in one
hour, from the 11th to the 21st mile stone between Slough and bah-
' hill, took place yesterday morning. The horse did the first ten
miles in twenty-nine minutes, and after passing through Colebrook
on the return, at a winning rate, the horse fell, but received no in-
jury. Nnt so with blaynward the rider, who rode under twelve
stone. Ile was stunned for the moment, and was unable to mount
again until too late to win the match.