Star.
London, England, 1824-06-17 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASCOT lIKATII ItACP.S.
IIZCOIND tOVILIDA IN au.e 16.
The weather today was beautiful. A serene ski. and the sun
shining forth in its brightest splendour, could not fail to ittract a
numerous company, and the attendance of visitors was proportion-
ably great. The majority was composed of well-dressed persons, and
the day asp eared to be spent by all with great hilarity. The
sports were excellent—the two first especially. A harder con-
tested race has seldom been seen then the first. Ills Majesty
again vielted the Course. Ile arrived at one o'clock, in the
same state as yesterday,
and accompanied by the same distin-
gaished personages. The Doke of IVellie ;ton and Lord Albert
Turk arrlvel on horseback a little astute
his Koval Brother, accompanied. by a single croons.
Cituonyya neslLarid. ra were e terae onlyof adchtlanal persons we recognized in the y
The King was
dreseci precisely the same as yesterday, and looked equally well.
lie was loudly cheered on his artival, and stood at the witolow
dining the greater part of the day. A great mother of noble and
other sporting characters were upon the Course. The Chief M 4.
gistrate of Police and his numerous force of officers were early in
their attendance. We should state, that under the judicious Cr.
raneenieuts of Mr. Clarke, Jun. the Judge, and Mr. Jeutter, of
Windsor, the elirk of the Coto se, the greatest order Is kept, and
the free p,issage of th.. Course preserved in a perfect manner at the
time of ruunink. At half-pit one the sport: commence: with the
Albany Stakes of 50 overages each, !s. ft. fer 3 yrs. old colts, fist.
71b. and fdlies,./lit. The winner of the IS,OGO gs. stakes, Derby,
or Oaks, to carry 51b. extr:. The ine.v amle.
Duke of Thalami's Kattrrire
Lord Stradbroke's h. c. Hurley Burley

Four horses started, but two only, Camely, Katharine and Hur-
ley Burley, were placed, and between thzse two a beautiful race
took place. During the whole of the run the horses were nearly
neck and neck : as they approached the winning post Hurley was a
little a head, but Katherine suddenly sprung forward, and-won by
a neck only. Olds were li to 1 against both the horses placed.
His Ile* Highness the Duke of York's Plate of 501. for all ages;
three yrs old, Sat. 71b. four, Sit. 2W. five, Etst.lolb. six and aged,
bat. To start from the distance post. and go round once and a
distance. The winner to be sold for :350 guineas, if demanded
Within a quartet. of an hour after the race. The owner of the
second horse being first entitled, &c.
Mr. Greville's (wally the Duke of York's) b. c. Hajji Baba,
5 yrs old - - - - I
Mr. Benson's Pictou, 5 yrs old - - - 2
Mr. Itannbottom's Cephalus, 4 yrs old - - 5
For the Svrinley Stakes of 25 sovereigns, Barefoot walked over
the Course.
The Wink field Stakes of 50 sovereigns each, h. ft. colts. Sat. 71b.
fillies gst. silb. then three years old; new mile.
Sir .1. F..:lley'a Cedric -
." - - I
Mr. lligg'sb. e. Bulow - - - . _ 2
Won in a canter. Any odds on the winner.
The races Wilted at four o'clock, anti the Kiug and suite imme-
diately left the Cdttria.
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MISS CIUCHAMI, THE SICILIAN DWARF.

When M. Foggll Crachami and M. Andoyer, the
former the father of the above little personage, and the
latter ptoprietor of the Natuorarna, in Bond-street, ap-
plied to Mr. Roe, the NI agistrate, at Marlboron4h-street
Office, on Monday last, tt was for a warrant to ap-
prehend Gilligher, the person tow hum the unfortunate
little creature had been entrusted, by whtch means it
was supposed the destiny of the child would be come
'at. However, Mr. Roe did not consider himself ju,t fled
in granting the warrant, and recommended M. Cra-
chami and his friend to make inquiries of the ptilechial
officers of St. James's, and in all probability it I,igolit
lead to a discovery of the infant. They immediately
acted upon the worthy Magistrate's suggestion, and
,communicated with the Gentlemen of the parish upon
the subject, but could learn nothing satisfactory of the
child. The parochial officers of coarse could know
nothing unless notice of the death of dlics Ciachami had
been forwarded to them by Galiglie: , up..ii which a
Coroner's inquiry would have been called. The unhappy
father next went to the house of Mt. Donlan, tailor, in
Duke-street, St. James's, where Caligher occupied a
splendid suite of apartments, together with his wife,
and her brother, Mr. King, an actor belonging to the
Dublin Theatre. Mr. Donlan informed him that they
left on Monday se'nnight, and that he tould give him
no tidings of their destination. All that they left be-
hind was, the little state-bed of the child, and its habit,
which he (Mr. Donlan) had manufactured for it to be
presented to the King. Thence M. Crachami went to
Mr. Brookes, and there ascertained that Gilligher had
offered the body of the little creature to him at the price
of 100 guineas! but that the negociation did not take
place. The poor fellow, in a state of distraction, next
repaired to other private places of anatomy. and met
with the same success ; he also went to the different
public hospitals, where he was slitvan all the subjects,
but could not identify ere body of his tiny offspring.—
He was now so overwhelmed with grief that he burst
into tears. and again returned to Mr. Donlan's, in Duke-
street, who took an active part in endeavouring to find
out the little creature; and from some circumstances he
advised M. Crachami to wait upon Sir Everard Home,
at his house in Sackville-street. Thither he went, and
saw Sir Everard. Of course they note strangers to
each other. Sir Everard on seeing him said, "Oh, yon
lase come from Gilhgher, ah• the dwarf The sur-
geons have not yet held a ite.ing, therefore I can't say
what sum will be voted to him." The teelings ot the
unhappy father upon this salute may be more easily
conceived than described, and in a flood of tears he told
Sir Everard that he was the father ot the &waif. Sir
Everard was astonished at this intelligence, but ulti-
mately an explanation took place. It appears that on
Monday sennight &Higher, who was known to Sir
Everard, through whose influence the prodigy had been
presented to the King. called at his house in Sackville-
street, with the body of the child, nod expressed a wish
to dispose of it. Sir Everard reiused to purchase it,
bat said he would present it to the College of Surgeons,
and whatever rem' and they thought proper to vote him
should be given him. Gilligher agreed to this, and left
the child saying, that he was going out cf town, but
would send a friend in a few days for the gratuity. He,
then went away, and when poor Crachann eat. led the
room, Sir Everard considered he was the man who I- ad
been sent by Gilligher, which led to Sir Everard's men.
tinning the name of the child. The poor father imploted
Sir Everard to grant him a look at his beloved infant,
and that he should then leave this world happy. Sir
Everard instantly complied, and gave him an order to
see it at the College of Surgeons, in Lincoln's Inn-fields,
and presented him with a cheque on his banker for 101.
at the same time promising to represent the unfortunate
business to his Majesty. M. Crachami, its a state bor-
dering on insanity, hastened to Surgeons' RA where he
arrived almost breathless, thinking he might prevent
his child horn being anatomised. But, alas! it was too
late. He was shewu into a room wherein the first thing
that caught his view was the body of the dwarf mangled
in a most dreadful n:anner. It was with difficulty be
could be prevailed upon to leave the room, which, how-
ever, he din, upon the Gentlemen rrontiasintg that
nothing furthe, should he done in the infant. Cra-
chami left London immediately by the Liverpool coach
for Ireland, to cornaumkrtf; the it,telligeuce to his wife.
Crachami. the father of the child, was a trumpeter in
one of the loot- regiments at the Battle of Waterloo, and
the child was born on the clay after. Ile is now belong-
ing to the orcht.%tra of the Dublin Theatre. .

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