Star.
London, England, 1813-05-11 00:00:00

LIST-INDIA FLEET.

Yesterday the dispatches by the ontwardbound
East-India Fleet, now assembled at Portsmouth,
were finally closed at the India House, and delivered
to the Pursers of the respective ships. The fleet com-
prises the Caraatic, Devonshire, Streatham, Northume
berland, and Lady Lushington, bound to Bengal ;
William Pitt, and Marchioness of Exeter, for Ceylon
and Bengal ; Lord Forbes and Minerva, for Madeira
and Bengal ; Charles Mills, James Sibbald, and Da-
vid Scott, for Bombay ; and Barrosa, for the Isle of
France and Bengal. These are the last ships of the
season.

Lord and Lady OXFORD took leave of the Prin•
cess of WALES a few days since, and have left town
on their route to embark on their Sicilian expedition.
Lord BYRON is in their immediate suite, and Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT, and Mr. BROUGHAM are LO follow
on the rising of Parliament.
Sir JOSEPH YORKE, Bart. will lead, in a few days,
to the Hymeneal Altar, the beautiful and accom-
plished March;oness CLANRICARDE.
Amongst the memorabilia of the present times, must
be classed that of ANN MooRE, who endeavoured to
get her living by starving herself nearly to death !

A county of Roscommon fox-hunter, lately treat-
ing for the purchase of a fine horse, asked the owner
if he refused timber ? (meaning, to leap a five-barred
gate)—To which the latter answered, « He would
leap over your head, and what do you say to that ?"

Two French Officers, who broke their parole from
Oswestry, were lately apprehended at Liverpool : one
of them proves to have been the Aid-de-Camp of
General PutuiPoN, the other is a Major: they were
removed from the gaol of Liverpool, on Tuesday
last, by an escort of the Aberdeenshire Militia for
Stapleton.
Yesterday iennight, a French Officer, a Captain in
BONAPARTE s Guard, and a Member of the Legion of
Honour, who had broken his parole from Wales, was
apprehended in Westminster, when he was immedi-
ately sent on board a prison-ship at Chatham. On
being searched, it was found that he had a leathern
girdle round his waist, filled with Spanish gold pieces
to the amount of several hundred pounds, the plunder
he had made previously to being taken at Badajoz.
A 3omersetshire navigator, who had conducted him
from Northampton to London, was committed to
Tothillfields Bridewell.

Letters from Holland mention, that there had been
a serious disturbance at Amsterdam, between the
Conscripts and the French Gens d'Armes. One of the
latter struck a young Dutchman on the parade, for
performing his exercise badly. His companions took
his part, cut down the military, and obliged them to
fly. Being joined by 500 Spanish prisoners, at work
upon the canals, the most serious consequences were
threatened, when a reinforcement of French troops
arriving from the country, the mutineers were at-
tacked, ten of them killed, and the remainder com-
pelled to submit. Seven of the ringleaders have since
been tried, and sentenced to be shot; but the Com-
mandant had deemed it prudent to pardon them.
A Captain, who commanded a Hamburgh cutter,
is strotOy suspected of treasonable correspondence
with u e enemy, having run his vessel, without ne-
cessity, around near Harburgh. She was imme-
diately seized by the enemy, to whom he is accused
of having communicated the measures of defence
adopted by the citizens. He returned a few days
afterwards, and was immediately arrested : and his
conduct is to undergo the strictest investigation;
MURDER.--Sunday se'nnight, in the evening, a
murder was committed in Portsmouth, by a boy 11

years of age ; the circumstances of which make ma.
rifest as great a degree of youthful depravity as any
we have in remembrance.—lt appeared on the Coro-
ner's Inquisition, that on the evening stated, some
boys were at play in Capstern.square, on the Point,
when one of them, named William Pound, conceived
a sudden affront against another boy, named George
Smith, because his hat was knocked off his head, and
Smith, whom be supposed did it, would not bring it
to him. Pound then quitted the company of the
other boys, under pretence of acquainting his father
of the reason for his offence ; but, instead of doing so,
he concealed himself round the corner of the
square, occasionally observing the movements of
the boys.--In a short time, he returned to the
company of the boys, with a clasp-knife, opened, in
his hand, and going up to Smith, he directly accused
him of having been the one who bad beaten his hat
off, but which Smith denied. Pound repeated the
accusation. Smith (not cbserving Pound had a
knife in his hand) struck him with a small cane, not
larger round than a quill ; upon which Pound closed
upon him, and, putting his arm round Smith's head,
stabbed him near the hip-bone with the knife, of
which wound he died the next day. The boys in
company attempted to disarm Poo od, but be defied
their efforts, threatening them with similar treatment.
The Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder.—Smith
was 15 years of age.
BOXING EXTRAOXDINARY:.-A casual boxing match, attended
with serious consequences, took place in a parlour in the neigh-
bourhood of Bloomsbury, on Saturday evening, betwixt Gregsm,
s boxer of much rencwn, who bad singnalized himself in valorous
combat with the last men known as British pugilists, and Jay the
boxer, which arose from the intrusive and provocative conduct
of the latter. Gregson has relinquished fighting some years, and
Jay had experienced much of his patronage and bounty. The
.et-to was occasioned by the latter going into a room where
Gregson was taith.g his glass, and peremptorily demanding of
Lim to fight for a lad, which was mit at first noticed ; but Greg-
anh's forbearance was at length set aside by the provoking epi-
thets made use of, not congenial to a man of his spirit, and by
Jay menacing him in a pugiAstic attitude. Gregson then said if
he were obliged to fight to defend himself, so be it ; but added,
that he could beat easily the whole race of fighting-men of the
present day. This was enough, and to it they went in a small
room, and a dreatift.l mill was anticipai el, as Jay is a man of much
power, and had challenged any thing in close quarters. Both
were fresh but collective, and in good milling trim. Some hits were
exchanged about the body in the first round, and Jay was thrown.
In the second round, Gregson missed a left-handed blow, and
Jay rallied at the body, but Gregson planted a right-handed hit
on his adversary's throat, and he went down.
In the third round, Cresson niissed his adversary's head again
with his left hand, and doubled his arm in a corner of the room,
ovhch broke the main bone below the elbow. He mentioned it
at the time, and fought on, and gathered himself up for a right-
banded hit in the fourth round, which lie planted with violence
enough to fell a bullock •on Jay's forehead, which lacerated it
and e:aret Bowed from every organ. Jay was stunned, but he
teught two other rounds, and Gregson beat him with one hand
after breaking the ether. Jay remained some time in a state of
's arm was set, and he is !la a fair way ig recovery.

at- gm. Greg-sores