Star.
London, England, 1825-04-26 00:00:00

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• • AL4RMING FIRE.
At about two -ekloik this morning, the neighi ort
hood of Phccnix-street,lSobo. square, was thrown it t
great alarm by the cry Of " Fire !" which brOke out in
tO e premises of 11.1e,srs. Spence and Hodson, lamp an!
oil -contractors. Shortly after its commencement; the
inhabitants were running about, nearly in a Atte o!
nti-
dity, to places of salety,with their furniture. &c. and the
flames, ,which were considerably increased by the quan-
tity of oil in the manufactory, threatened destruction to
the neighbourhood, while they shone rtobt brilliantly
in the firmament. Several engines arrived on the spot,
and played actively .on the devi.uting e'ement, which,
however, destroyed the whole f the premises and pro.
pert, by five o'clock. The loss sustained is said to
be considerable. Five other houses were consid r.Vy
injured by the file, but we did sot hear of any fur-
ther accident.

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SPORTING iiviELLIGIS.VCE.
BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, APRIL 25.
The Room was crowded to excess, and the business of settling
the bets on lan week's !incr.., and making fresh ones on the Derby
and Oaks, was kept up with great energy till its close. We are
rather surprised to find Rufus so great a favourite, as we certainly
anticipated a much yeah.; change, after the had running of Lionel
Lincoln and 'Teesdale on Friday. It was the lost Stakes that
raised Rufus, Lionel, and Teesdale so high in the betting. On
Friday, Lionel (entered as Mr. Greville • Whalebone cult) was
beat in a Match by Mr. Wyndham's Addy with more ease than by
Rufus, and might have been beat by fifty more yards by Addy,
who was second to Enamel for the 2,000, while the 'Teesdale cols,
who was a good second to' Rufus for the Post, was beat off for the
Newmarket, and did not get a place. This leaves Rufus just the
same as after the Riddkswortb, being run to a bead by Mr. Thorn-
hill's Surprise, about whom they would not take 100 to 1 ; this
mare would not have started, if her forfeit lad not been paid to
make play for: Acteon; it was the general opinion, that if Sam
Chiffney had been up, she would have won by two clear lengths.
The betting was
.then .5 to 1 against Rohs,' and 6 to 1 after-hie
race with Cat; who was beat very easy by Bolero and Addy for
the 2000. The running and betting do not at all coincide fur the
Newmarket Stakes. They take sto 4 about Cram., and bet 12
to 1 art Bolero. Now Bolero beat Cramer, and it would not sur-
prise us very muck if he beat Refits for the Derby-500 to 400
was taken between the two not three months since. Bolero's blood
is decidedly the best for the Derby Course. There is not the least
doubt that Enamel and Addy are the two best three-year-olds that
have appeared, and Bokre was close nn them for the 2000, being
placed third. The odds are as follows

7 to 4 apt Rufus
3 to 1 apt Maleteer
7 to I apt Legacy
IS to 1 apt Webb (taken)

2 to 1 agst Aline
S to 1 agst Tontine

7 to 1 apt Memnon.
12 to 1 apt Cle•eland
IS to 1 apt Redgauntlet

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16 to 1 apt.caln
18 to 1 apt fiance
25 to 1 apt Hoprth

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i 6to i art IVA*
I 7 ttil apt Pastime
I!. I.llGlilt.
14 to 1 apt Androgens (taken)
2J to 1 apt Homer

TROTTING.
The horse Bacchanalian, the property of Mr. Luken, of Hoek-
trill, won his match of trotting three miles in eleven minutes, on
Saturday, on the Forest, near lipping, for 100 'soiereigns. He
performed the first mile in three minutes and twenty-eight seconds;
the second, with one break into a gallop, In four minutes its
'seconds ; and the third, in three minutes sixteen seconds, winning
by ten seconds. Captain Gosling matched himself for 100 sovereigns,
on the ground, to gallop over the same three miles, on a hone
which he-was then mounted on, and which he had rode front
Saffron Walden (eighteen miles) that day, in six minutes and a half
He won tabs match by ten seconds also.

Letters from Paris sta!,

that such part t... _
army as is not wanted for the reinforcement of the gar-
risons in the fortified towns retailed in Spain, wia re-
turn immediately into France. On the 15th instant,
the 17th Regiment of Chas eurs, forming a part of the
troops to be withdrawn, arrived at Bayosne. They
would be followed 'by the artillery of the 12th, and
other regiments, to the extent of WOO or 10,000 men.
/The whole were expected in -that place by the 20th
Instant. The General comm finding would have his
head-quarters there on the 22J.
At Ronen there has been a tumult arising from the
interference of the Cardinal Archbishop, whose tender
regard for the character of his Clergy will not' suffer
the fartufe to be played in his Diocese.

of the French

By accounts from Egypt, we learn th rt several uni
pleasant uceurrences had taken place between the crews of English
merchant vessels and the troops in the vicinity of Alexandria, and
in consequence the PACMA had ordered two circulars to be ad-
dressed to all the European Consuls resident at that place, detailing
the circumstances, sod complaining loudly of the conduct -of the
Europeans.
Captain YoREE, Commander of his Majesty's sloop
ALACRITY, now in the Mediterranean, says
'4 It was Lord Dvaines decided opinion. that tbeibese friend-
ship for the Greeks, was that which made them pay for piracy.
He told me be bad dfteu warned hbasocoaoam opt the subject
of the piracy of his corsairs, and repeatedly told him that he •
would have a Stitt* vessel of .wu about his ears."
Lieutenant CLAPPRRTOR, of the R.N. a native of
Annan, Erne, and, we believe, the only survivor, of the
four individuals latch' sent to explore Central Africa,
has reached M..urzook, the capital of Fezzan. on his
return From the interior. In a hasty letter written to
his relatives, and dated in the town mentioned, on the
25th of December last, he states the.important factr,
namely, that the Niger is not evaporated in burning
sands or in low swamps; that it does n.;t flow into and
is lost in an interior lake; but that it pursues its course
to, and terminates in, the sea.
CORON sit's Innussr.—Saturday night an Inquest was
held at St. Bartholomew'sßospital, before T. Sum.rorr„
•Esq. on the body of Sarah Summers, an old woman '7O
years of age. It appeared from the evidence that the
deceased was knocked down by the horses of the Tallyho
coach, while passing through Whetstone, and that the
wheels went over her and brnke her thigh, and other-
wise severely injured her. The fracture was set by a
surgeon, and she was Liken to.Fincbley Workhouse,
when Mr. Pope, the Overseer, refused her admittance,
and sent her to the, above Hospital in ran open cart with.
out springs. It was five hoers after the accident before
she arrived in town, when it was discovered that she
-had died on the road. The Jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental Death." Deodand on the coach 51. and
the ftireman said, he was desired by the Jury to express
their indignation at the inhuman conduct of tl-e Over.
seer, in refusing the deceased admittance to the Work-
house, and bending her such a distance in the state in
which she was.
Tuesday night last, there was a bonfile in Thurles,
in hc 'lour of Sir F. Burdett, and in compliment to lis
son, who is an Officer in the 10th Hussarsohe first di-
vision of which halted for the night in that town. On
the hest night there was a bonfire in Cashel, and a
paper, with " Burdett and Erin go Brash,* in kip
letters, hung on the wall opposite the' inn where Captain'
Burdett lodged. From Cashel the division mewled
to Clonmel, where they ase for the present. stationed;
At C rdiff Aisizes, an actinn was brought by James
Rees, publicap a Cardiff, '4W1211
Medical Polession, for Crit plaintiff's
A -great number of. witnesses
side, and most of the kadint
. engaged. , Verdict for -`

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