Star.
London, England, 1809-08-09 00:00:00

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EDINBURGH RACES-1809.
Thttrsday—Fifty Guineas fbr Real Hunters.
Mr. hellion's br. h. Winton - - 1 I
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Mr. Hog's b. in. Sophia . J. - t. it- 2
Friday, the Ladies' Purse of Fifty Guineas, *as iron by
Sir H. Tempest Vane's b. in. Little Fanny - - I
Mr. Cumming's b. h. Silvio - .- - ,- - 2dr

Little Fariny walked the course the second heat.
_ _ _

Arrived at M4GREGOR'S Hotel, EdlUbtirgh, the
Rizht Hon. the Earl and Countess of °ammo and
CISSORY, and 4'14-.1.1 other persons of distinction:
..A •

THOMAS FY sHE PALMER.

We have received a letter from a friend in Bostoll,.
New England, dated the 19th June, from which iot
make the following extract :
" I met with rather an odd circumstance yester-
day. Being from Britain, I was asked if I had been-
acquainted with T. F. l'ALmeit, Who was transports 43
to Botany Bay for sedition. The result of the cc*t-
versation was briefly this : •
" PALMER, having served out the term of fs sen-
tence, bought a vessel and quitted the colony. • He
was afterwards cast away on one of thd Mariama
Islands, where he died from fatigues and was buried
on the beach.
44 An American Captain being there in May 1804,
by permission from the Governor, took up the body!
and his bones are now in possession of a Gentleman
in this place, who will deliver them, free of any ea-
pences, to any of Mr. PALrecn's relations or friends
who may apply for them. The American Captain,
along with Mr. PALmna's remains, brought a certifi-
cate from the Governor, of which the following is a
translation :

Don Vincent Blanco, Captain in the Royal Regiment of the
City of Manilla, Governor and Chief Justice for his Catholk Mari
jesty of these ariam Islands, eertihes,—That the bones taken,
from hence by Mr. Samuel W. Balch are the identical bones of
Thomas F. Palmer, whO died on the 2d day of June, IRO2, and.
not being a Catholic, was buried in the beach, in front of the
Castle of San r aphaeL—Done in Agana, capital of said Islands,
Mry 15, 1604. (Signed) "V. BLANCO."

HERTFORD COLLEGE and NEW INN HALL, OXFORD,

AN IMPROMPTU.

Caput, et sine nomine Corps.
You have heard of atephalout verses
In this land of metrical knowledge,
Things strangt r my Muse now rehearses,
For behold an acepludout College !
But wonder succeeds yet to wonder,
Of greater you scarcely have read,
Here--a Head lives without any Body,
There—a Body without any Head!

A. E.

An EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE every week till Mi-
chaelmas, was amongst the patriotic toasts of yester-
day.

Tn the event of Lord GAMBIER'S retiring, Ad-
miral YOUNG, it is said, will succeed him.
Windsor is full of fashionable folks. On Sunday
a grand display was expected on the Promenade, but,
in consequence of the badness of the weather (to use
the language. of Windsor)• there was no terrace. The
Royal Family did not walk ; the Staffordshire Band,
however; played a short time, but they were soon
compelled, with the few who ventured to shew them-
selves, to make a quick return to their` homes, driven
by a very heavy shower of rain.
Edward Wright, alias My Hearty, a notorious cha-
racter, dled on Monday, in the House of Correction,
in the 80th year of his age. He had been upwards
of fifty years a thief, and had been 75 times arraigned
at the Old Bailey and Quarter Sessions, and as often
punished.
At the Assizes for one of the Midland counties, a

woman was tried for the murder of her bastard child ;
and after the Judge had taken great pains in explaining
the provisions of Lord ELLENsoaouctes Act, the Jury
acquitted her of the murder, and found her guilty of
concealing :he birth of the child. The'prisoner next
tried was charged with stealing a goose, and the same
Jury, thinking that the law► applied equally to both
cases, acquitted the prisoner of the felony, but found
him guilty of concealing the goote