Star.
London, England, 1825-07-01 00:00:00

PIGEON MATCH FOR 200 SOVIIRSION&

This match was decided Wednesday, at the Enclosure, Battersea,
in the presence of a very numerous attendance. It was between
Captain Ross and Mr. Osbaltlestone, at 110 birds each, 21 yards
from the trap ; the gun to be placed on a table, as in the former
match, and not to be touched until the party about to shoot had
pulled the string; the miff difference being, that the Captain shot
with a double-barrelled gun, and Mr. 0. with his great single bar-
rel. The bet was heavy; and, from the difference in the guns,
fluctuated ly ; but, averagely, was in favour of the
Captain. The superiority of the double barrel, in a match of this
sort, was evident throughout; for the Captain at once got a-head,
and won his match by °hie bird., having killed 36 (16 without
missing one), and Mr. 0. only 27 ; 7 to 4, and 4 to 1 on the gun.
A new match is made for Saturday, between these Gentlemen, for
200 sovereigns, at 50 birds, in the Usual way, except that the Cap-
tain shoots with his double barrel, againat Mr. Osbaldestone's Sa-
lle, to take place at Battersea.
THE GREAT FOOT-RACE FOlt 1000 SOVEREIGNS.
Metcalfe, who, as we have already stated, won this race, has run
seven times within the last two years, and has acquired the repo-
itation of being the swiftest runner in the kingdom; but at four or
tesmiles, Halton is unequalled. The betting on this very inte-
resting match has been very heavy, mid bad reached five andalz to
four on Metcalfe. At an early hour, the Course was very name-
rinaly attended all classes, and the greatest anxiety prevailed
till chesty; took place, which was WI the king of a signal gun, as
half-Past one. They went og at amazing speed; and by the time
they 6d run 400 yards, Metcalfe recovered the ground given, and
passed his opponent, winning his match by upwards of forty yards.
CRICKET.
k grand match was played on the Godahnhig ground. on Thurs-
day and Friday last, between the Mary-la-bonne and Gudaiming
Clubi, which was won by the Godalming Club, single innings,
140 rims.

'There was I Meeting on Mondry, at the Rotunda,
Dublin, of the Association for the Improvement of Prisons and of
Prison Discipline in Ireland. It was numerously and respectably
attended, a great number of the females being of the Society of
Friends.—The Hoss...lustice JOHNSTON was called to the Chair. A
long Report of the Commktee was read, in which it was stated
that considerable improvements: have latterly taken place in isso.t
of the prisons In the different Counties in Ireland ; but ha Newgate,
in the city of Dublin, scarcely any improvement has been made, and
it presented the same want of accommodation, and the same nur-
sery for triine that it did many years ago. The committals to this
prison for some years back were as follow :
In the year 1817 .
•
In 1518 •
In 1819
And in 1524 no less than

2,001 persons.
1,991
1,90.5
4,947 !"

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE. JULY •
The arrivals of all sorts of English Grain this week are rmall, but
of Irish Oats the quantity is considerable. Fine Wheat stoat is
wanted, and sells freely; but other kinds meet scarcely any buyers.
Barley, for making, is unsaleable ; other kinds sell freely at last
quotations. Beans and Peas are without variatim. There is Hide
trade for Oats, except suck as are perfectly sweet, which fully sup-
pen lust Monday's termse-Arrivals : English Wheat, 1,550 qrs.
ftiey, 375 qrs. Oats, 5,100 qrs. Flour, 2,760 sacks. Irish Oats,
15,
LllOO In.
ondon averagesof the week ended June 251-Wisest, 6,70.9 qrs.
71$. ad. Barley, 1,730 qrs. 355. 7d. Oats, 12,66.5 qm 265. sd. Beses,
1,856 qrs. 405. 4d. Peas, 180 qn. 404.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY 1.
Beef remains nearly stesdy at is. to Ss. ltd. per bean for the best
Scuts Runts, Spayed Heifets, Young Steers, Lincoln*, Rt. and 4s.
24. to H. ed. per stone for the coarser Rents. The Mutton miles-
is a shade worse, the best Downs, Kentish sod Leicester Weakness
Ste. brim 4s. ed. to ss. per stone, and the coarser that 4s. 4d. to
4s. 6d. per stone. Veal remains stead, at 61. per stone for fine young
Calves, and Ss. to ss. 6d. pet stone for the inferior. The, price of
Lamb is scarcely so good as an last Maiket.ctay, the bat Meat not
loathing higher than th. to 6s. 4d. per stone, and the larger being
SI. 6d. to 3.. 10d. per stone. In the Pofk trade there is very *tie
business doing, 4s. 64. to .ss. lid. per stone being the price, with little.
Bets, 404 ; &wept 9,6601 Pigs, 901; Carves, SW.
Berl, 4s. 4d. to ss. 9d. per stosse; Mottos 4s. Aitl..t• Ss. Veal, 51.
to 6s. lAMb, ss. Rd. to 6s. 411. Perk, 45.„ II to Is. ga,-Hey per
oad, 10s. *to ,C 4 15s. Clover, JCS to Z 5 .10s. , Woe. AI He.
iat as.

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lENCH, JUNE 30.

Thevanses tried today were wholly destitute of in•
terest, and the whole paper was disposed of, with the
exception 0114, Wore v. Stockdale," which is an action
IT a libel id the Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, and was
passed over, on account r.f. length, towards the close of
the day. At four o'clock, the cause of " Upstone v.
Johnstone," which stood last but one, was called on,
when Mr. ARCHBOLD, for the plaintiff, said the wit-
nesses were not presesat, so great a run h wing been
unexpected, and requested that the cause might stand
over till the morning, as it was only an action on a bill
of exchange.
The LouD Cuter Josnce said he must compel the
plaintiff to withdraw his record, for the sake of exam-
ple, as there were more than 500 causes in the paper,
and no time must be lost. His Lordship then, address-
ing the 8.. r, said there were 70 causes new entered
more thin had evet been kngwn in Middlesex, and
therefore Le loped as much pi wriptitude would be used
as possible. The last cause was then referred, and the
Cowl. rose.

PREROGATIVE COURT, JUNE 30.
Sir JNIN Isirctiou., upon coming into the Court to-
day, announced that in the case Allen and Lolley
against Toms and llope," in which he had riven judg-
ment in favour of the defendants, and had subsequently
intimated an intention of revising the grounds of that
judgment; he had carefully reconsidered all the papers
• in the cause, and he certainly saw no reason whatever
for departing from such former sentence, finding for the
will and two cedicils of the late Samuel Atkins, Esq.
of Vauxhall, in the county of Surrey, deceased. These
papers are therefore again confirmed.
Then: was a great deal of other business transacted in the course of
the morning; but none of it was of a nature to interest the public.

RECORDER'S COURT, DUBLIN.
Friday, the Racoon's, with Aldermen Eitamow and Almon, sat
on the Bench.
Mr. MauLrox drew the attention of the Court to the ease of

John Scarey, which stood over for judgment.
The traverser, it will be recollected, pleaded guilty
to an indictment preferred against him for having vio-
lently erne, ed the house of Mrs. Maria West; for hav-
ing imptisonel therein Mrs. West and others; and
having committed an assault on Mrs. %Vest, and Bridget
Caulfield, her servant. Oa the last day the RECORDER
sat, judgment was postponed until this day.
The prisoner declined addressing the Court, observe
ing that he should rest his case on his Lordship's consi•
deration of the affidavit be had laid before it.
Mr. HAMILTON Said, it now became Iris painful duty
to make some observations on the nature of the case.—
If aggression had not been heaped by the traverser
upon Mrs. West and her family, there would have been
no pi osecution ; nor would he now make any observa-
tions to influence in any manner, the Court in giving
judgment. But this course of aggression was contem-
plated in 1821, and we are now in the month of June,
1825. For the last six months the traverser has pur-
sued this family in a continued course of outrageous
conduct. Mrs. West, as the prisoner pleaded guilty,was
unwilling to state any circumstances bear ing on him,
but those that appeared necessary to guide the Court
in measuring the protection that it would extend to her
unprotected family. She was sitting some time ago
with her family, when her daughter, who is a ward in
Chancery, and has a considerable fortune, handed her
a letter, stating at the same rime, that from the manner
the servant-maid gave it to her, she conceived there
was something mysterious connected with it ; on read.'
in it, they conceived it was a Valentine sent by some
friend ; none of the family knew the signature to it ;
and they all, of course, conceived it was fictitious.—
The letter began by stating that the writer had nei-
ther hi) th nor fortune to entitle him to address Miss W.
that be had addressed Miss W. before and Miss W.
swears that she Las never yet seen the prisoner at the
bar.—The letter was thrown aside and forgotten, when,
some time afterwards, the servant Came up stairs and
told Mrs. West that there was a Gentleman below, who
preseoted hi; compliments and requested to see a pic-
tu:e of Mrs. West, that had been recently painted by
Russell. 'lnc prisoner made use of the name of a disc
tinguislied Nobleman. Mrs. West, thinking that pro-
bably he was an artist that wished to look at the por-
trait, directed him to be shewn into the parlour to see
it. The prisoner soon alter dismissed the maid, with
a request that Mrs. West would grant him an interview ;
this extraordinary request was refused. He then sent up
a ticket with the name of John Scarey" on it, when
Mrs. West, with all the indinctiveness of a mother, at
once recollected that that was the signature to the letter
alluded to ; then, at once, Mrs. West came down stairs,
when the warmth of his expre,sions of affection fur
Miss West fully corresponded with those in the letter.
Mrs. West told him his presence in her house was in.
trusive, and immediately left him. In some time after,
another letter was sent by the prisoner to Miss West,
who immediately handed it to her mother. The poi-
soner continuing thus to annoy them, Mrs. West took
means to ascertain who the prisoner was, and found he
was a writing clerk in one of the offices in the Four
Courts. His principal was applied to on the subject,
as a means to prevent the repetition of such conduct;
Mrs. West's son also applied to the prisoner to desist,
and he seemed to be struck with the impropriety of his
conduct. He said if his letters were given back to him,
he should not trouble the family any more. AU his
letters were accordingly given back to him; the letters,
however, after some time, the prisoner sent back in
an envelope ; at length Mrs. Wea became so much
alarmed, that her friends had the pi ironer bound to the
p: ace himself in 3001. and two sureties in 1001. each.—
After this took place, the prisoner came to Mrs. West's
house, in Harcourt-street; when the door was opened by
the servant, he turned about, locked the door, put the
key in his pocket, and demanded to see Mrs. West; the
servant, Bridget Caulfield,went to the stable and brought
the men servants into the hall to put him out ; Mr. 13 ,i-
-leau and Counsellor M.Came came in through the stable
to their assistance; the prisoner thought to rush up
stairs, but• was prevented; he assaulted Mrs. West by
seizing her violently by tl.e hand ; and assaulted Bridget
Caulfield 1 kewise. Now the prisoner never got the
slightest encouragement whatever ; it was ,sworn that
his advances were always repulsed; that the young
Lady never had any correspondence with him, never
was in his company, nor even knew his person.
The prisoner here denied that be had entered the house in an
mitrageous manner, or with the intention of committing any vio-
-1 seized by the men and ill-used, and be was incapable

The RICORDIII4 in passing sentence, dwelt with great feeling
ion the auction that the pdsoner had caused to Mrs. West and her
daughter, whose conduct was so dutiful and meritorious under
such trying circumstances. His Lordship said, that, notwith-
standing the humanity of the prosecutor, and some extenuating
circumstances in the prisoners recent conduct, the Court felt
that they could not do less than sentence the prisoner to three
months imprisonment, and thereafter to give security, himself
in 5001. and two sureties in 1501. each, to keep the peace for
seven years to Mrs. and Miss West, and all his Majesty's subjects.
The prisoner said, g, Thank Goa, my Lord, I have preserved
my honour, at any rate."

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LAW EPUR
COURT OF ICING'S BERCI