Star.
London, England, 1815-12-15 00:00:00

FOOT-E L 21/./TCLI.

We brTetly mentioned im Weinesiay, :he great
fnot-ball its:nch which had been 21 yed on the exten-
sive plain of Cam:: tatugh, near •• loot:Li-1n of the
Ettrick and Y ; the ;!;- • •t-est :.lerh at the bail
which has taken place far ye .•;. w.is ht:l4
by the 1),..0p1e of the, dale of Yarrow at;aiiist t! nit, of
t...e parish of Selkirk ; the fotaner beinn; !Nought to
the field by the Right Honourable the E:.d of Home,
and the ga4tint Sutors by theireltief Nlagistr. te, E'ae•
lie= Chill:son, Esq. ';nth sides ere joint Iby maul
volunteers from other parishes, and the appearance
of the various parties marching i.iorn their different
glens to their place of rendezvous, with girl playing
and loud tcclamations.zatried hack the eolalea
gination to the old times when the F.lrtiters RS:f111.
Med with-the less peaceable purposa r.f ine.ad;nr the
English territory, or of defending their
romantic character of the scenery ai?eJ .:ie W 00.%
as well as !he performance of a feu {el ccr :irony I.re-
vion; to comutencia the g.knies.
His Grace the Duke of Succleuch and
berry came upon the ground alr .
attended by his sons, the Earl t: D • .
and Lord John Scott; _ the Coun:ess • ,

the Ladies Ano, - Charlottt. and Isabtlla Scut- ;
Lord and Lady Montagu and Lustily ; the H ino n-
oble Sir „Petard &optima, K.B. Sir line Ri,
of Riddell.; Sir Alexander Don of Newttri ; Mr Elliot
Lockhart, Member for the county; Mr. Pringle of
Whitebank, younger; Mr. Pringle oi.Torwoudlee ;
Captain Pringle, Royal Navy ; Mr. Boyd- of Broad-
meadows and family ; Mr. Citsholm of Chisholm;
Major Prat of Todrig ; Mr. Walter Scott. • ierilf of
Selkirkshire, and family, mil nvely miter Gentle:lle t
and Ladies. 'fhe ancient buyer of the buceletir..,
family, a curious anA venerable rel quo, r rdaluz
with armorial hearings and with the word 66 !Idlni.
daily," the ancient war-cry of the clan of Sct tr.
was then ,iisplayed, as oa I.)rraer oLcasions, ashen
the chief took the field in perion, whether t,r
the purpose of war or sport. 'Ptic banner wis
delivered by Lady Ann Scott to Master Walter
Scott, younger of Abbotsford. who attended, suitably
mounted and armed, and riding orer the Hell, des.
played it to th_ sound of the war pipes, and amid the
acclamatifts of the assembled rpect4torc, wh could
not be fewer than 3:rdo in nuini)er. That this s;;;:trt-
Lir renewal of an an: ent nii;itary custom might not
want poetical celebrity, verses were distributed Amor;
the spectators, corrpnsed for the occesion by the Et-
trick Shcp!!:.rd and Mr. NValter (Thest, suns
appeared in the STAR of the 9th instant ). The for.
nicr (Mr. James Hogg) acted as Aide-de-Camp
the Bali of Home in the command of the Yarnsve
men, and Mr. Robert Henderson, of Selkirk, to Mr.
Clarkson, both of whom coutrbuted not a little to toe
goad order of the day.
Tue. ball was thrown up hnvreen the pa-tics by the
Doke of Boccletich, and the first g. 1712 was galled,
after a sevete conflict of an hour and a half duration.
by the Selkirk men. The second game was still more
severely contested, and after a close and stubborn
strw.gle of more thin dire • films, with various for-
tune, and much display of st:t•ngth and'agility u.s
both sides, Was at length carried by tneYarrovir stmt.
'The ball s:lotatl titer have ben thrown up a ;laird
time, but arinider.lsk dillicnlty occurred in arrang.
log the voinntary auxiliaries from oth,n• parishes, so
as to make the match criaal; and, Re the day bszart
to close, it was found impoi able to bring the strife
Ito an issue, by playing a decisiviiogarne. Both pie-
ties, therefore, parted with equal bonoars ; but. be-
fore they left the ground, the Sheriif tines h
hat, and in Lord Dalkeith's name and his wan, chal-
lenged the Yarrces men, on the part of the .`s noes;.
to a match to be played upon the first canvet.irtit
opportunity, with 100 :licked men only on each tide.
—The challenge was mutually accepted by Lord
Home,. on his own part, and for Lord John Scott.
and was received with acclamation by the players
on both si-;c=. The principal Gentlemen present
took part with one E,Me or other, except the Dude
of Bucclauch, who remains neutral.

Great play is expected, and all bets are to be paid
by the losers to the poor of the winning parith. We
cannot dismiss the subject without giving our highe,t
commendation to the I all of Home, and to Mr.
Clarkson, for the attention which they skewed in pr..-
moting the spirit and rood order of the day. For the
players themselves it was impossible to see a finer set
of active and atkletic young fellows than appeared on
the field. But what we chiefly admired kr their con-
duct was, that though several hundreds in number,
exceedingly keen for their respective parties, and en.
gaged in so rough and animated a contest, they inai-
tained the most perfect pood humour, and shelved hew
unnecessary it was to efiscourage manly and athletic
exercises among the common people, antler pretext
of maintaining snoordination and good order. We
have only to regret, that the great concourse of spec-
tators rende:ed it difficult to mention the names of the
several players wll3 distinguished themselves by teats
of strength or agility ; but we must not omit to re-
cord, that the first ball was haled by Ruben Hall,
mason in Selkirk, and the second by George Brodie,
from Greatlows, t):re-t Ale water.—The Selkirk party
wore slips of fir as their mark of distiaction—the Yar-
row men sprigs of heath.
Refreshments were distributed to the players by thf.
Duke of 13uccleuch's domestics, in a booth erected for
the purpose ; and no persons were :Mowed to 0.1 all
or spirit* on the field. In the evening there r...ts a
dance at the Duke's honti.ig seat of 13owhill, attend-
ed by the nobility and g,slitty who had witnessed the
:.port of the day ; and the fascination of Gow's vic,l;n
and band detained them in the dancing-room till the
dawn of the winter m.•ritir.

MATCH OF TWELVE PUNDIZED F;.
ELEVENTH DAY.—This morning, at a quarter p st
two o'clock, TUFFEE Started, at id with the assistance
of his bay, by 20 minutes b2t ore nine is the circling
completed 65 miles.

Conti EXCIIIvO2, DEC. 15.—We had very tat!.
doing in the Wheat trAde, having but few buyer:,
and sales were heavy at Monday's prices.—Barley is
Is. per quarter cheaper, and many samples un,!ii..
posed of at that reductiin.—Beans are alc% !Icier
lower. In Peas, Oats, and other articles, there is
little or no alteration.