Star.
London, England, 1809-07-24 00:00:00

MAT.ING INTELLIGENCE.

BRIGHTON RACES, FRIDAY, JULY 21.
A Plate of 1001. for 3-yr-olds, est. 4-yr-olds, 7st. 81b.
est. 61b. 6-yr-olds and aged, Bst. 121 b. mares allowed
Four miles.
Sir G. Webster's br. h. Bacchanal, 5 yrs old
Ld Egremont's b. c. Scorpion, 4 yrs old •
Mr. Fourth's b. c. Sunbeam., 4-yrs old • --
The Darlington Stakes of 2000. each, h. ft. for 3-yr-old colt:,
83t. 71b. and fillies B't. Sib. The last mile.
Mr. Mellish's own brother to Sanche -

Sir C. Bunbury's c. by Whiskey, out of Giantess

The first year of the Pavilion Stakes of 100 gs. each h. ft. for s-y:.
old. colts, 9st. and fillies, Bst. 916. the last mile.
Mr. Fermin bl. f. by Sir Peter -
Mr. Ladbroke's br.c. by Trumpator -
H. R. H. the Prince of Wales's b. c. Gohanna
Ld Egremont's ch. c. by Gohanna - - i
Sancho's brother, in the Darlington, is now the property of ti:r.
Earl of Jersey, and his name is Cock Robin.

SATURDAY.
The second and last year of the renewed Petworth Stokes of 10r.
eac/
Ld Egremont's ch. h. Election, 5 yrs old
H. R. H. the Duke of York's b. m. Nymphina, 5 yts old
Mr.Fermor's ch. f. Fanny, 4 yrs old Pd
H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, Duke of St. Albans, Mr. Wind.
ham, Mr. Mellish, Mr. Vanneck, Mr. J. Taylor, Mr. Wauor.,
and Sir C. Bampfylde, were subscribers, but did not name.
. -

Election the favourite.—Won by about a neck..
Sir G. Webster's Hippomenes, 26t. 71b. heat Sir B. Griller.) s
Masquerade, by Buzzard, 7st. 61b. both aged. last 2 miles, 20Cts.
Sir G. Webster's Hippomenes, Bst. 71b. beat Sir B. Graham's
Cygnet, Bst. the last halt mile, Enog3.
Hippomenes won both easily; the odds in his favour 7 to 4 in
the first rate; and 10 to 4 in the last.
In the first match, this day, Election beat IV.ymplaino,
by about half a length WAS a very good race al-
though Nymphina was not able to do a great deal.—
The concourse ',vas not so well attended as yesterday.
—For the falling off the company, the Expedition,
and the absence of the PRINCE, are assigned as the
causes.—The races are also ten days earlier than last
year, and this also may account forthe thinness of the
company. There are, ho“.-ever, many dashing mer•
chants and others here. Yet there was not much bet•
tins. Major WHEATLEY appears to be the leader;
he is the owner of several horses named by others.

A melancholy accident happened on Tuesday last,
on the Totnes Race Course ; between the heats for
the £5O pl tz, a saddle and bridle were run for by
hacks; when a man, rather intoxicated, attempting
to cross the Course while the horses were running,
was unfortunately knocked down by one of them, and
so severely injured, that he died next morning. He
never spoke after the accident, but just to tell his
place of abode, and that he had a wife and fuur chil-
dren. He remained speechless afterwards till his
dissoltition. His melancholy end, however, did not
at all interrupt the sports.

A melancholy accident occurred on Wednesday
morning last, as one of the night coaches from Lon.
doh entered Ospringe, in Kent. From some cause,
either accidental, or inattention, or from being over-
loaded, one of the fore-wheels of the carriage gave
way, by which the coach was instantaneously over-
I turned, when one of the outside passengers, a young
man, who, by his dress, had the appearance of a gen-
tleman's servant, in jumping f:-om :he top, fell back-
! wards, beneath the body of the carriage, and in con.
sequence was so much injured.as to cause his death
lin a few minutes. Another passenger, a pilot, re.
ceived a compound fracture of his leg, near the ancle;
and a lad also was severely bruised ; but both, it is
hoped, are in a fair way of recovery. The body of
the young man* was conveyed to the Red Lion Inn,
till an inquest should be taken, and some discovery
made of his relatives or connexions. 4 was well
dressed, in the usual hubit of gentlemen's grooms out
of livery.
At the Lincoln Assizes, Ann Gibson (the facts of
whose melancholy case we detailed some months ago),
was tried for the wilful murder of her daughter, an
infant three years old, by throwing her into a well,
and was acquitted, in consequence of it having been
given in evidence, " that the child was killed by the
water-bucket falling upon her head when in the well."
A shockingmurder was committed on Fridaynight,
at St. Peter's-hill, Westminster, in the neighbourhod of
Tothill-fields, by a woman on her husband. The
parties had quarrelled whilst in bed, after each had
returned from daily labour, and the wife stuck a
knife in her husband's fore-head, which caused almost
instantaneous death. The woman was taken into
custody, and will be examined after the coroner's
Jury has sat on the body of the deceased.
Another murder was committed at Draycott,
Bucks, on Friday, by a youth of seventeen, or the
name of Hawes, on the body of a woman of the name
of Ludlow, in consequence of jealousy. The horrible
act was committed with a knife,. whilst the woman
was asleep,! and Hawes afterwards attempted to de-
stroy himself.

A physician of the name of Gortz was publicly ex.
ecuted last month at Berlin. He was a man of ex-
tensive practice, and had acquired considerable re-
puption in his profession, as well as a noble fortune.
The circumstances, however, which led to his dis-
graceful end, are briefly these :—The only daugh-
ter of Baron Goeler, of the Prussian Board of Finance,
was placed tinder his care, for the eradication of a
scrophulous complaint. His skill soon relieved the
young lady'; but after a short time, the disorder re-
turned. He then declared to the father, whose con-
fidence he had acquired, that unless the daughter was
more immediately under his eye, he could not an-
swer for her complete cure. The Baron, upon this
representation, agreed to her residing some time in
the house of Gortz, who was a married man ; and in
this situation the latter found means to abuse the con-
fidence reposed in him, by seducing the young lady.
Dreading the manifestation of his guilt, and sensible
that his patient's situation would not admit of much
longer concealment, he prescribed a medicine which
operated with much violence, and after a few days
terminated her existence. Previously to her dissolu.
tion, however, she made known her shame. Gortz
was immediately apprehended, and examined—he de-
nied the crime imputed to him, and declared that his
prescription was intended to relieve her pain. No
evidence could be adduced of his guilt. The deceased
did not exhibit any appearance of being poisoned ;
and the medicine, on being analysed, was found to
contain no ingredient of that nature. Bnt several
physicians, having given their opinion, that they did
not think that a man of Gortz's experience could have
givett the medicine for any other than a malignant
purpose, the Judges decided against him. His fami:y
has been banished the Prussian territory.