Star.
London, England, 1825-08-30 00:00:00

GROUSE SHOOTING.

George Stanforth, F.sq. of Mahon, killed 22 brace of grow*
on the 12th of August; and the Rev. Wm. Watson, of Rouen,
bagged nearly the same quantity on the same day, both in 304 acres,
within the Manor of Appletreewick, in Yorkshire.

CRICKET.
Friday, the return match between the Brampton and Newbury
Clubs was played en Newbury Marsh, and decided in favour of
the former, as follows:

Ist In. 2d In.
Brampton . . 118 9
Newbury . . 83 43
Brampton having nine wickets to go' down.
CHAMPIONSHIP.
BOICKINWA RD AND Sranse.—Ward's friends, it' is said, are
ready to back him to fight Spring, who, it seems; is, owing to some
recent losses, for which he is not to blame, wider the necessity of
again coming forward ; but they will not suffer the battle to take
place for at least two months-21000 is the stake to be contended
for. A meeting of the parties takes place to-morrow.

Total.
1.27
126

EXTRAORDINARY FOOTRACE. •
A young man undertook, this morning, to run from the eoor of
the White Horse, Woolwich, to the Maidenhead, Battle=fridge.
in nne hour and a half; which he accomplished twenty minutes
within the given time. He started at four o'clock, and came in at
ten minutes past five, somewhat fatigued. A number of bets were
depending on the issue, and Mr. Wilkinson, the pedestrian, backed
himself for 401.

A calamity; which has thrown a most respectable
family into the greatest distress, occurred on Sathrday
evening,-at Boyles Point, six milts from Egham. Two
youths, Henry, 17, and John, 16 years of age. son. 4. of
Mr. Welcup,V of Southam, who were on a at• Mr.
Melcornbe's, on the spot where the accident happened, ~
went out to bathe in a punt, -with three others, under
their own management. It appears that they all got
into the water, and returned again to the boat, when
the elder Welcup, who was esttemed an expert swim-
flier, took a dive from the boat, and was drowned. His
struggle in the water excited alarm, and his brother and
a youth of the name of Paisley jumped overboard
after Henry, who sunk to rise no more; and but for a
man of the name of Johnson, who was passiaig by at
the time, the two last mentioned youths would have
been drowned. The deceased was going to Eton School
at the next vacation, .and was a youth of very pro-
mising talent.
LONDONDERRY' AUGUST 24.—0 n the morning of
the 21st instant, Mr. Goff, supervisor of Rimelton,
having received information of a still at work in the
townland of Kilmacrenan, proceeded thence, with
Ensign M'Coy, of the 2d Royal Veteran Battalion, and
a patty, consisting of a serjeant and thirteen men.
Having seized the still, and while in the act of de-
stroying the potale and vessels, a numerous mob that
bad collected, surrounded the party, and demanded the
seizure to be given up, with which demand Mr. Goff
peremptorily refused to comply, when they immediately
began to manifest a disposition to attack and disarm
the party, collecting round them in vast numbers. Mr.
M,Coy, with the utmost coolness and deliberation,
ordered Ms men to retreat, which they did for a short
distance from the distillery, when they were assailed in
the most furious manner, with showers of stones and
other missiles; and it was not until Mr. M'Coy was
twice knocked down with stones, and received a vio-
lent blow with a spade, that the soldiers were ordered
to fire, when three of the most daring• and hardened
offenders fell, two of them being killed on the spot, and
the third dreadfully wounded. Of the soldiers one had
his arm broken by a stone, and several were seirerely
beaten : however, the assailants dispersed, and the
seizure was brought into Ramelton, without further
molestation. •

CONFESSION AND EXECUTION OP JOHN EVANS.—
Monday se'nnight, this wretched man suffered the. sen-
tence of the law, at Brecon, precisely at one o'clock, in
the presence of an immense number of spectators. .He
died without a struggle, and apparently quite penitent.
From the time sentence was passed until the day of his
execution, the prisoner continually declared that arniel
Rowlands was concerned with him in the murder,
which he, at the same time, said was effected by poi-
son ; but, previous to the administration of the Holy
Sicrament to him in the morning, he fully confessed
the falsity of such statement, and that. he alone was the
sole perpetrator of the crime; in consequence of
which the following memorandum was made by the
Rev. Mr. JONES, the Chaplain, in the presence of the
Under-Sheriff:
" Brecon Cntinty Psison, Monday, Aug. 44,1825.
" I, the undersigned, consider it to be doe to the character of
Daniel Rowlands to state, that the wretched criminal, John Evans,
who this day mffeved far the murder of Margaret Williams, pre-
ohms to his death, actuowledged the Odic* of his sentence, and
that rte alma perpetrated this horrid murdet. 1k further seated,
that Daniel Rowlands was not implicated jlt the dreadful crime,
.and that the evideaceakven by the said 1). Rowlands wasperfectly
coned. " JOHN JONES, Chaplain of thi
"Witness—Jolty Joists, Deputy Sherif?' •
The Provincial Aggregate kleeting of the Catholics
of Munster, intended to be held at Linierisk, is peist-
poned to Osteber next, and, as a necessary consequence:,
the dinner.

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