Star.
London, England, 1805-04-10 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING ROOM, APRIL 8.
STATIC OT TM ODDS.
OATLANDS, FIRST CLASS-3 to t agft Houghton Lars-7 tO
agft to 1 agft Brainworm-6 and 7 to t agft Marie.
SICOND CLASS—IS to 8 agft Parafol-4 to t agft Duzbery-
7to a agft Malden-8 tot agft Phenix.
CLARICT..*EveII betting between Idanoibal and Sambo-4 to
agft Mire.
DKR sv—Lord Egremont very much the favourite.
OARS—s to a agft Sifter to Julia-3 to x agft Drah-6 to
agft Glover.

Great quantities of ordnance (byes are immediate-
ly to be fent to our poll'effions in the Weil Indies,
America, and the Mediterranean. The Tranfpnrt
Board yenerday contraaed for the freight of 1600
tons to Malta, Roo to Gibraltar, ',too to Jamaica,
I 200 to Antigua, and feveral hundred tons to New-
foundland and Halifax.

Very urgent orders were tranfmitted to Nal-
mouth on Sunday for his M.ijetty's (hips the Fa-
vottarr a and NARCISSUS, to Lill with all the light
tranfports for Cork, to receive troops on board for
the Weil Indies. They got under weigh on Monday
morning, but were forced to come to an anchor again
in the afternoon. It appears, however, by our Portf
mout letter, that they failed yellerday for the place
of their dcltination.

Late on Sunday evening, all the Tranfports in
Southampton River, amounting to near go velfels,
failed for Portfrnouth, to receive Troops on bard ;
having taken in as much freth provifions as the thort•
nets of the notice would admit of.

Part of the aoth Regiment of Light Dragoons,
which was quartered at Ipfwich, hve matched to
Gofport, at a very (bort notice.
The fnlhawing is a lift of the Officers on the Staff
of the Expedition about to fail from *Portfmouth

General Sir James Craig, K. B. Commander in Chief; Lieute-
nant Colonel Banes, Captains Thornton and Dalrymple, and Lieu.
tenant James, Aides-de-Camp; Brigadier General Campbell, De-
puty Adjutant General; Lieutenant Ta% tor, Aladant Adjutant
General; Lieutenant Colonel Bunbury, Deputy Darter-Mader.
General ; Captains Rres and Tomlytt, Miami t hurter-Mager•
Generals; Captain Hepburn, Brigade Major of the Form ,
jor General Sir J. Stuart, Captains De Sade and Buckky, , :.ides•
de-Camp ; Brigadier Generals Til:On, Hon. Cotc, and Ac-
land; Mr. A. Fernandez, Deputy Commiffary General ; Mr. Son,-
niers We, Deputy Infpedor Gentral of Hofpitals ; Mr. Hugo, Pur-
veyor General of liufpital►; Mr. Pinckarel. Deputy Purvcy.:
Gener4

The sloop which failed after the Qv FEN and This
Goa, did not overtake them. The thvilion which is
to be convoyed by thefe Chips, is flat at Spithead.

• Light houfes, with telegraphic communications,
have'been lately creacd, from the north weflern parts
of Ireland to the fouthltem, from the extreme of
which 'intelligence may be received in the con, le of
25d miles, allowing for the winding of &ores, in halt
an hour.

Lieutenant J. E. BARER, who had lately been ap
pointed to the WiecnFLSEA, at the Nore, endeavour-
ing to join his (hip from the New South End Effes.
on Friday morning, about two-o'clock, A. M. wa,
unfortunately upfet in a jolly-boat belonging to tlir
Tra'pa (repeating signal (hip), when himfelf, Mr.
DAY, gunner ; EDA ARD HUGHES, ROBERT OARLF Y.
R. M. Mr. KRIKAND, THOMAS RALPH, feamen, all
belonging to the TUMOR, And a perfon, fuppnfel to
be Lieutenant ~.AREIt'S fervant, were drowned. Lieu-
tenant BAKER was an officer very highly refpefted,
and had loft a leg in the let vice of his country.
An officer of one of the (hips at Spithead having
recafion to fend to his country-hnufe in great haste,
a. few days finer, difpatched a tailor on horfeback
with a letter, who, after delivering it, and being re.
frelhed and the horfe fed, went to the liable to pre-
pare for his return, a by-Pander obferved to him, that
he was putting on the (addle the hind part before,
the Tailor replied, " How do you know which quay lam
going to ride."
Within there few days, a neft of fwindlers have
been difcovered in the neighbourhood of ElOomlbury,
who have committed various depredatiOns'oa the
Public, under 'pretence of railing fubfcriptions for
benefit of the widows and orphans of thnfe who have
fallen, or may fall in the fervice of their country.

The fire at•Berinondfey-ftteet, which confumeci the
three Jolly Hatters there, and the adjoining home,
was very nigh being' attended with dreadful conk-
quences, frir the fire raged fo rapidly, that with the
utmoll pains and difficulty the inhabitants made their
efeape, even in theit: (hirts and (hifis only. No lives
were la, and but one man lamed. _ _

narklay fennight, at Ennis Affizes, J. Touhy,
James Scanlan, Corn. Shannon, M. Sheedy, and
Denis Rogers, were tried before the Hon. Baron
M'CLIILLAND for forcibly taking off Mifs Vaughan,
daughter of Mr. E. Vaughan, of Limerick, tanner,
with the intention of compelling her to marry James
Scanlan—the Jury finding the received no further in.
jury, acquitted the 'satinets. • The learned Judge
then ordered a new bill of indiftment for the affault,
on which they were tried nest day, found guilty,
and lentenced as follows—James Scanlan, as princi,
pal, to be imprifoned three years ; John Touhy,
Corn. Shannon, and Michael Sheedy, two years ;
and Denis Rogers only one week, in confequence of
his good conduit in proteaing Mifs V. from any in-
jury while in their poffeffion, and to give bail for
their future good condutt. The Judge highly com-
plimented the young lady for her Ready and clear
teliimony during a painful and tedious examination: