Star.
London, England, 1824-10-16 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. •

NORTH A LLERTON 11. ACES.—Oevosta 14.
A Sweepstakes for 9.0 /sovereigns each, p. p. for two year .0 old colts
and &Hie,: A mile and a quarter.
Mr. Jaques's cb. c. by Walton - walked over
A Hunters' Stake of live sovereigns each, for horses, &c. by Gen
tletnen riders. Two miles.

Lord Wiirmanby's br. m. Chti, 11 yrs old - - 1
Mr. R. W. C. Peirse's ch. b. Rquirrei, 5 yrs old . . 4
Mr.• A. Macdonald's b. m. by Ardros.an, 6 yrs old - 3 •
M. Stewart's gr. e. by Brandling, 4 yrs old - - 4
A Maiden Plate of Fifty Pounds, for three yrs old colts and Bales
Two mile heats.
Mr. Linskill's eh. f. by Milo -
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Mr. Turner's eh. e. by liendersk elf
Mr.. Ferguson's b. e. Don Antonio
Mr. Wright's b. e. Doctor Solomon
ASCOT HEATH RACES.—Fam4r, Ocr. 15.
The morning was cloudy in the early part : about eleven it be-
gan to rain, and continued to do so till nearly fiu bit ; notwithstanding
this discouragement, there was a good sprinkling of company,
amongst whom we noticed Lords F. ant 0. Conyngham, Lord
Howard de Walden, Lord H. Bentinck, Lord G. Bentinek ; Sirs
A. Barnard, W. Scott, and R. Anstruther, Colonel Vyse ; Ladle*
Berkeley, Pulteney ; most of the Officers of the 7th Ifus.ars, Ist
Life G nerds, and G renadler Guards, and many distinguished families.
All the horses were rode by Gentlemen, who experienced some
isconvenience, from wasting to ride light weights, anal from the
inclemency of the weather. Most of the horses were trained at
Mr. Wetherall's stables, which are contiguous to the Course; they
all stripped in the finest racing condition.
Avery elegant marquee bad been erected near the Grand Stand,
isd durinr the day a cold collation, comprehending every delicacy
of the season (superintended by Mr. Page, Meuman of the 21
Life Guards), was served up to nearly 200 Ladies and Gentlemen.
The Races, which were regular half -bout ones, will be found cor-
rectly detailed as under ;
Match, four miles, 25 sows. each, h.ft.
Mr. J. Brinckman's Bandy
Lord G. Bentiock's 'flit Last

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•1 3 2
-2 4 3
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Mr. Brinckmin rode Bandy, and took a gentle lead all the four
miles. The Last, rode by Lord G. Bentinck, when within a mile .1
home, nude-several strong pushes to get in front, but without sue..
cess ; the horse was either lame or very tender in the Core feet at
starting, and was compillely broken down on all four at the conchae
don of the race, which was Won easy by Bandy by many lengths.
—6 to 4 on The Last

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 toys. each,!p.p. Two Miles and a
distance.
Lord G. Bentinck's ch. rn. Olive, aged, I Ist. 51b. 1
Mr. Bulkeley's b. m. Aspasia, aged, I Ist. 21b. 2
Mr. Brinckman's be. h. by Scud, 4 yrs.lost. - bolted
Four drawn —Scud, rode l.y his owner, made play in good style
for upwards of &mile with Aspasia (rode by Capt. Berkeley, R. N.)
close at histeels, and Lord George at the haunches of the latter. At
this period Scud, who was very hard pressed by the other two,
bolted and ran completely nut of the Coarse, being unable after-
wards to recover his gnomic' ; severe running their commenced be-
tween Olive and Aspasia, when the former got in front, maintain-
ing hi. ground with such eclat, that Captain Berkeley pulled,op just
within the distance post, and suffered Lord George to canter in,
3 to 1 apt Scud.
Match, 25 soy'. each, T.Y.C. lOst.lolb. each.
Lord G. Bantinck's Hawthorn - ' 1
Mr. Davidson's Bashful Lau 2

Died, on the 27th September, 1822, at %%filet Medinet, a day' s
journey from Sennaar, from whence he was proceeding in an attempt;
to penetrate up to the source of the Bahr Culietiati, Captain ROBERT
Jamas Gurooy, of the Royal Navy, who had often distinguished'
himself during the late war. lie wu third son of Captain Goa.
soe. of Everton, near Bawtry. His death adds another victim
to the melancholy list of those .who have perished iu the cause ot
African discuvtry.

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THE FALL OF THE LEAF.

The winds of Autumn sweep along
In many a wild inconstant blast,
The torrent's course is deep and strong,
Stern Winter hastens fast—
And on the Summer leaves, that shone
So Ute in verdant pride,
The rude and frequent gust has blown,
And scattered far and wide !
All withered in their native vale,
The lingering Sow gets dropping lie;
Nipt by the rough and fitful gale,
They sink to earth and die:
Swift fading, like the morning beam,
Before the tempest's gloomy suite,
As-transient as youth's smiling dream,
Which mocks the ills of life!
But yet one late sweet bud I spy
Of Summer's children left behind,
Which blooms through Autumn's chilly sky,
Nor fears his rushing wind.
Ah, sure, in life such lonely Sower
Will yet through every storm remain,
With balmy and consoling power
To soothe our lot of pain !
For, oh ! what breast so dark and drear,
The gentle charmer bath not known?
Sweet Hope ! which smiles in every tear,
And can for every sigh atone—
More dear than life, more lov'd than light,
My fond companion ever be!
Thou cheerer of each gloomy night,
I die in losing Thee!

RIOT WITH SOLDIERS AT CHELSEA.
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Yesterday information was given at several of the
Police Offices of a most desperate affray, which took
place at Chelsea on Thursday night. About eight o'clock
on Thursday night three of the Life Guards were drink.
iug in thehouse of Mr. Ansted, the sign of the Bedford
Arms, Pont-street, Cadogan-place, Chelsea ; they were
inebriated, and spoke contemptuously of every person'
in company, and of their superiority over mechanics.
One of the soldiers, in crossing the room, dropped three
halfpence, and insisted upon a man, who was present,
picking them up, and giving them to him. The man
replied, " You are noun), master, pick them up your•
self." The soldier swore if he did not pick the money
up, he would knock his head off. Another man pre-
sent said they were as good as the soldiers, and
the man should not stoop to pick up what the
soldier had dropped, and a general scuffle ensued.
The soldiers, possessing great bodily strength, knocked
their opponents about in the room as if they were
children. The landlords interfering to put an end to
the tumult, one of the soldiers struck him a violent
blow on one eye, and another threw a fire-shovel at the
landlady ; but luckily she escaped with little injury.
The landlord had some friends in the bar, and the sol-
diers drove them out into the street, and cleated the
house of all, except the landlord,'who would not quit
his bar. The first watchman that arrived, named Tom-
line, entered the house, and one of the soldiers struck
him a tremendous blow on the head with a poker, which
felled him to the ground. Another soldier took . his
staff from him, and beat and kicked him as he lay in a
senseless state on the flour. The three soldiers being
armed with Poker, staff, and fire-shovel, swore that they
would beat and murder all the watchmen in England
before they would be taken. A posse of fifteen watch-
men, beaded by the Constables, Maybank and Cousins,
arrived on the spota and attempted to secure the soldiers,
bat their eff• •rts were unavailing, for as they approached
them they were beaten off, and several.of them received
very severe blows in the conflict.
One of the Commissioners of Hans Town, in which
district the affray took place, went with one of the con-
stables and procured a file of nien from Knightsbridge
Barracks, and the three soldiers were secured. One of
them contrived to secrete a fire-shovel as he left the
house, which the constable pointed out to the corporal
of the guard, who took it from him, and conveyed him
and his companions to Knightsbridge Barracks, and
they were locked up in the guard-room. Canning and
Maybank, the constables, accompanied the soldiers to
the guard-room. The watchman was carried to St.
George's Hospital, where he lies in a dangerous state.
One of the soldiers was found to be in so bad a state
yesterday morning, that the surgeon of the regiment
pronounced him unable to be removed without great
danger. The soldiers would have been examined yes-
terday before the Magistrates of Queen-square, had they
been able to attend, but as they are in safe custody, it
was thought best to wait the issue of the watchman's
unfortunate condition before the investigationtook place,
and the examination was postponed for a few days.

The neighbourhood of Pimlico has of late been much
infested by two elderly, decent dressed females, who
decoy children away for the purpose of stripping them.,
Saturday last a little boy, udder four years of age, was
decoyed away playing near the door of his mother,
Mrs. Topless, a widow, in Freeman-row, by some dam-
sons, and the child was found stripped, near the
wooden bridge, at ten o'clock at night, after hay-
ing been stolen mere than six hours. The child recol-
lected an old Lady taking him to a room where he
could see water. Monday, a boy of Mr. Perite, in the.
New-road, near the Church, was decoyed away at
eleven o'clock in the morning, at the edge of the fields,
by two petticoat monsters, while in the care of the nur-
sery-maid, and the parents were left in anguish until
two o'clock in the morning, when. a watchman in Bel-
grave-place picked him up, covered with a filthy rug.
The child could tell his name, and he was taken home,
and the grief of the parents relieved.
MIA 1 NINo.—A steam-engine of forty horse power isi
now erecting, to drain a quantity of land between
March and Whittlesea, called the March fourth dis-
trict, consisting of about 5000 acres. The engine is
calculated to drain with ease from ten to 15,000
acres. There is a large track of land adjoining to the
above district, %chick, no doubt, in a short time, will
partake of the benefit to be derived from such a certain
draiaage as steam presents.
Wednesday night, or early on 'Thursday morning, the
house of Mr. Giraud, grocer and tea-dealer, Butt-street,
Deptford, was feloniously entered by some villains, who
stole 110 sovereigns in a small cash box, several silver
table and tea spoons, and 15 pounds of tea : the villains
effected their escape undiscovered.
A Lady, in the vicinity of London, having called OD
her tax-gatherer, bad, unconscious of the consequence,
taken a oodle-dog with her ; but, whilst in conversa-
tion, it ran into the street. The Lady immediately
called it back ; and, on the tax-gatherer drily asking
whether it was her dog, she answereddam, " 0, ye ,
is it not a pretty creature?''--` Yes, Ma" re plid
he, " but I do lot observe it down we must alter
your return."

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We extract from a New York raper of the sth or
September, the following statement of the capture of
the American brig Henry, Captain Josiah Rhodes, 9f
Hartford, Connecticut, on her passage from St. Jago,
Gulf of Mexico, bound to hlatanzas, with a cargo of
mules, captured by two piratical schooners :
" On the 16th of August, about five miles to the east-
ward of the Bay of Honda, and about 10 miles from the
'shore, was bearded by those two schooners, and about
10 men ; they carried the Captain on board of a large'
schooner that lay at anchor in shore. She was armed
with four carriage guns, muskets, pistols, cutlasses, and
knives in abundance. She had about 44 or 46 ono;
they demanded money from the Captain; he not having
any, they hung him up by the neck twice, then lowered
him down, and laid' him on two boards on the deck,
and drew a knife across his throat twice; he then in-
formed them there was on board of the brig Henry 10
ounces of gold, which they immediately sent for. They
then run the brig on shore on a Key, cut away both
masts, unbent the sails, took the rigging off the masts,
put them on board of two small schooners, likewise
anchot s and cables, and several boxes and bales from the
piratical schooner, which Captain Rhodes supposed had
been taken from an American schooner a few days previ-
ous. In the evening, four of the brig Henry's crew were
brought en board of the piratical schooner, who told
Captain Rhodes that the pirates had treated the crew
lof the brig Henry most barbarously, and had broken
'the arm of William Kelly. On the morning of the 17114
the small schooners sailed to the easta ord. Captain
Rhodes and the four men were confined in the hold ;
their diet was rice' and water. In the afternoon the,
remainder of the brig's crew were brought on board of,
the piratical schooner, and likewise confined in the
hold.• On the morning of the ISt1), the dragging
schooner No. 331 joined company with the ',hates, and
took a cargo of jerked beef, bees'-wax, ccffee, and part,
of the brigs rigging and sails ; she then sailed to the
eastward, no doubt to the Havanna)). The morning
previous to dispatching this schooner, the brig's crew
were ordered on deck, engaged fitting gun.tackle,
and Captain Rhodes in fitting cartridges. At two in
the afternoon, the two piratical schooners came in,
who also took cargoes from the large schooner,
and made sail to the eastward. At sansct, Captain
Rhodes and crew were confined in the hold. On the
19th, the two piratical schooners returned, and took
another cargo, and sailed to the eastward. Capt. Rhodes
and crew engaged as before. On the 20th, at day-light,
the large piratical schooner got under way, and gave
chase to a schooner; could not come up to her, gave
up the chase, and returned to her former anchorage.
On the 21st, at four in the morning, the brig's crew
were sent on board of the Henry, to hoist the mules out
to be landed; they had just "commenced, when On ee
armed boats made their appearance. The pirates then
being entirely confused, some jumped in the water, and
others into their boats, and made the best of their way
to shore. The brig and schooner were taken posses.
sion of by the• boats of his Britannic Majesty's ship
Icarus, who saved the lives of the brig Henry's crew,
who were to be murdered as soon as the mules were
landed. Among the piratical crew, Captain Rhodes
recognised Mr. Johnson and Elias Manuel, whom he
had seen in New Orleans, and who told Captain Rhodes
they had been little better than three months in the pi-
ratical business. They had taken and burnt twelve
vessels—and upon Captain Mules inquiring as to the
fate of their' crews? they would not give him any an-
swer. From the appearance of the wrecks, it was Cap-
tain Rhode's opinion they must have been navigated by
about 190 persons or more, • all of whom he supposes'
had fallen a sacrifice to these bloodthirsty murderers."

Advices from Quebec of the latter end of August
state, that the large ship Columbus, had nearly com-
pleted her cargo, and that she would sail from that port
early in September. London is her destination.
The murder of the two children in the Bois de
Vincennes continues to excite an intense interest at
Paris. It is to be hoped the Police will detect the real
motives of the act, and that the parties who instigated
the act st ill finally be brought to justice. Mother
singular but less terrific story, relating to a child; is
also occupying the Criminal Tribunals in Paris; it re-
lates to a coalman's son, about seven years of age, who
was stolen from his parents, and, as it seems, was in
tended to have been palmed on a man as his child by A
woman of profligate principles.
SMUGGLING EXTRAOBDINART.—Tuesday evening,
about five o'clock, four Revenue Officers entered tinel
Fleet Prison, for the purpose of searching for contra-
hand goods. It ought to be stated, that in this prison
there are nearly a score of individuals confined for
smuggling ; and the Officers got information, from a
fellow who bad previously followed the same kind of
life, and who had been imprisoned for a similar offence,
that two or three of the imprisoned smugglers carried
on a good trade in the Fleet by their old practices,
in selling to great advantage various articles of con-
traband and prohibited goods. When the Officers ar-
I rived at the prison, they at first proceeded to a room
Iwhich turned out not to be that which belonged to the
'person suspected; they then returned to the gate, and
attended by Mr. Brown, the Warden, went to the room
of Samuel Prescott, which they originally wished toenter.
There they found Prescott, a well-known smuggler,
who had lost his tight hand while engaged in that dan-
gerous trade, and knowing the determined character of
the person with whom they had to deal, the officers
being armed with pistols, one was presented to each
ear of the prisoner, with a threat, that if they met with
any resistance in the performance of their duty, they
would fire. Mr. Brown also repeated the same; and
Prescott of course instantly submitted. In his room
were found two trunks, containing, in addition to his
wearing apparel, Bandana handkerchiefs, and French
dresses, to the amount of nearly £2OO, which were in-
stantly carried away by the officers.
INDIAN JURISPRUDENC/L—The Cherokees, it is said,
bare established something like a judiciary system.
'The following is a specimen of the manner in which
they dispense justice in cases of trivial import :—An
Indian assaulted another, of which regular information
was made. The Judge ordered the Sheriff to bring
the parties before him. The Sheriff went in pursuit of
them, but returned without them. • " Where are your
prisoners ?" said the Judge. " I caught them• "replied
the Sheriff. " What did you do with them?"
gave the defendant fifteen lashes:' " What did you do
with the plaintiff Gave him fifteen too." " What
with the informer, or witness?" Why I gave him
twenty-fire lashes:--for had he held his tongue tune
would have been no such fuss and trouble."