Star.
London, England, 1809-08-22 00:00:00

SPORTING LVDELLIGENCE:

YORK AUGUST MEETING, AUGUST 19.
Match for 500 gs. h. ft. Two mites.
Mr. Clifton's b. f. Failadinidd, Bst.
Lord Jersey's b. c. Jeremy, Bst. 71b. h -
6tb4 on Faclladinida. Won very easy.
Match for 200 gs. Two tnilei.
Mr. Clfton's ch. colt, Calico, Bst. 31b. - - . 1
Lord Jersey's gr. c. Nicholas, (late Favourite) est. 31b. 2
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6to 4, and in running S tol on Calico. 'Won by a head.
Mr. Clifton's h. c. Poulton, by Sir Peter, received forfeit from
Mr. Mellish's br. c. Hit-or-miss (dead), by Stamford, Bst. 31b.
each, four miles, -500 g, h. ft.
Mr. Wilson's bay colt, by Hambletonian, out of Totterella,
Bst. 71b. received '2uOgs from Mr. Watts's b. c. brother to Grati-
tude;by Shuttle, Bst. 71b. Three miles 50Ugs. h. ft.

DERBY MEETING, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15.
Sweepstakes of logs, each, for all ages. Two miles.
(Eleven Subscribers.)
Sir S. Sitwell's br. c. Clinker, by Sir Peter Teazle, 4 yrs old,
Bst. - - - - - - - 1
Ld Gray's b. h. Gustavus, 5 yrs old, Bst. 121 b.
Ld G. H. Cavendish's b. c. White Feather, 3 yrs old, GM. 1 I lb. 3
Six and 7t04 on Gustavus. A very good race.
The Maiden Plate of X5O, for all ages. Two-mile heats.
Mr. Skelton's gr. f. by Delpini, dam by Abba Thule, 2 yrs
old, 7st. - - - - - 1 1
Mr. C. Browne's ch. c. Sandy, 3 yrs old, 7st. 21b. - 4 2
Mr. L'atterill's bl. c. by Timothy, 4 yrs old, Bst. 51b. 3 3
Mr. Trafford's b. c. Clever Ned, 3 yrs old, 7st. 21b. - 2 4

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16.
The stin for all agat 4-mile heats, was won by Mr. Price's
b. f. Parvula, by Timothy, 3 yrs old, 6st.

TRAMORE RACES, (IRELAND) AUGUST 14.
Sixty Guineas, for horses carrying 9sL Three-mile heats,
Col. Lumm's h. Navigator - - . -1 1
Mr. Hillard's b. m.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15.
Sixty Guineas given by the Marchioness of Waterford.
'Three-mile heats.
Mr. Boyce's hr. h. Tallyho
Mr. Coghlan's c. in. Tidy
Mr. Hearn's g. r.t. Hanna
Mr. Alcock's c. h. Taffy

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PARISIAN FASHIONS.

Hats with feathers are placed very far back on the head, so
as to leave not only the ringlets and cork-screw curls visible, but
also a large tuft of hair upon the forehead, and also on the
temples and sidt.s of the head. These hats have a very
narrow leaf. Arnotig the newest flowers are Roses eau,-
iieee, surrounded wi.), buds. Coyudieet, mixed with blue &lb,
are alto fashionable. In full dress, the hat has a high crown, in
Irrzenge ; a.rd the robe, which is a short tuhivu., has a figured
opening before, making, with embroidery, a new Cauque dress.
:mall coloured handkerchiefs continue fashionable.—They are
worn crossed upon the breast.

BREAn.—There was no Court of Aldermen this
lan : The Loun MAYOR, after inspecting the returns
of the Baker's Company and Meal-weighers, ordered
it to remain at its present price.
Peckham Fair opened with a great stock yesterday,
but the weather was not by any means inviting. The
nimble-fingered gentlemen were very expert, and one
d. cent man was robbed of 91. at an early hour, inde-
dendent of the smaller ones.

Thursday last was played, at the Ivy House, Hoz-
. ton, a game of Dutch pins, between Mr. MURFEL
and Mr. J. HexLEY, for 100 guineas, in 100 rub-
bers ; they began at ten in the morning, and ended
at ten at night ; Mr. MURFEL was the winner by
twelve rubbers. The contest was viewed by a nu-
rmrous body of spectators who betted on the occasion.
Friday last, a Hackney Coachman was cenvicted
before Joux NA RES Esq. at the Public Offce, in Bow-
street, in tbe penalty of 20s. for endeavouring to extort
more than his fare, and using insulting language to
his employer.
Last Friday, as two lads were amusing themselves
with firing off a child's brass cannon, near the sign of
the General Townshend, in Oxford-street, a shot en-
tered the body of one of them, the ,:on of a publican
in Adam-street, by which he was wounded so shock-
ingly, that his life is despaired of.
Tuesday John Ware, a lighterman, having de-
livered ballast on board the Ellison Greenland ship,
at Hull, in ascending the side, one of the whale
jaw-bones, which they were in the act of delivering
from the deck, fell upon his head, and bruised him
so severely., that he only survived half an hour.

Friday se'nnight, during a violent thunder-storm,
Peter M'Coul, a man about 70, was thrown from his
cart, while passing through Bridgend, Perth, and was
so severely hurt, that he died in about an hour after.
The horse had been frightened by the thunder, and,
by a sudden plunge, jerked the unfortunate driver
from his seat, who fell on his face, and the wheel went
over his head. His daughter, who was also in the
cart, leapt out, and endeavoured to seize the horse by
the bridle ; but, in doing so, was thrown down by a
violent blow from one of the poles, and afterwards
miserably bruised under the cart, which, being at that
moment overturned, fell upon her body. She lies at
present without hopes of recovery.
During a violent storm, on Thurday se'nnight, an
ash tree of four feet in diameter, which stood in Crox-
ton Park, near Belvoir Castle, was stricken by the
lightning in a most extraordinary manner ; all its
arms were forced off awd scattered round its base ;
upwards of twenty feet of the top of the trunk was
hurled over the park wall, and stood upright on the
ground ; a principal part was torn into pieces like
laths, but they were not detached from each other ;
•and the heart of the tree, which was very tough, was
shivered in the like manner. The more brittle parts
were scattered in all directions, some to the distance
of 70 yards. About 12 or 14 feet of the bottom of

the trunk is left standing, in the form of a cone, very
much shaken and rent, in some places, from its top
down to the root.

The severe tempest which was experienced at aid
thout Stamford on Thursday night the loth, did not,

that we learn, do any material damage in the neigh-
bourhood. In the north-eastern part of Lincolnshire,
however, in which direction it passed from this part of
the country, much damage was done by the lightning.
—At Grimsby, a cottage, and some other small
buildings, were set on fire about midnight, and en-
tirely consumed.
A most melancholy accident happened at Norton,
near LrAdon, during a severe thunder-storm on Fri-
day evening, the 11th instant. Mr. BESFORD, farmer,
and three of Isis haymakers, to shelter themselves
from the effects of the storm, laid themselves down
on the top of a load of marsh hay, in a boat, and
covered themselves over with a sail-cloth. In this
situation, the violence of the storm upset the boat,
and they were precipitated with the hay into the river,
enveloped in the sail-cloth, ar.d before they could be
citricated, they were all unhappily drowned.

CHINESE CHOP.

Tianslation of the Chop*, which the Isontoc of
Canton addressed to the senior Commander, Cap-
tains, officers, petty officers, and others, belonging
to the English ships at the Port of Whampoa, and
which was delivered to the said senior Commander,
Captain Miliken Craig, of the Elphinstone, by the
Mandarins deputed by the Isontoc; under a canopy of
state, surrounded by Chinese Guards, under arms,
erected for the occasion, on French Island, on the
side df a hill, having a Chinese camp on each side,
on hills, each about one mile distant, and all in view
from the van ships of the Honourable Company's
fleet, moored in line of battle, within gun-shot of the
camps. Other camps were also in sight from the fleet,
on the hills of more distant islands. Each camp was
attended by a regular establishment of long covered
boats, for transporting the troops, with their tents,
baggage, guns, ammunition, officers' horses, &c. &c.
from one island to another, at once. The country
ships were moved down the river, clear of the Com-
pany's ships t.
I, the Mandarin Vic, by favour of my Prince,
Isontoc of the two provinces of Quang-tong and
Quangsi, Member of the Tribunal of War, &c. direct
this letter to the Captains, Officers, passengers, and
others belonging to the English ships, to warn you,
that being certain that your bad kingdom is situated
on an island of the sea, and that you originally em-
ployed yourselves in making watches, to enable you
to pay your taxes ; afterwards, by the especial and
profound goodness of our great Emperor, who was
desirous of benefiting you, he granted you permission
to come to this empire to trade. Behold what exalted
and profound virtue belong to him! ! ! Notwithstand-
ing this, the Admiral of your kingdom, regardless of
the laws, has brought here, for the first time, foreign
soldiers, and without leave, introduced them into Ma-
coa ; and your Chief Supra-cargo uniting with him,
they are, with one accord, making disturbances.—
This being the case, I informed the Emperor, from
whom I have just received a decree, in virtue of which
I again s.:nd Mandarins deputed to inform them,
that if they persist in detaining the soldiers, a great
many troops shall be immediately dispatched to de-
stroy and extinguish them, and to terminate this af-
fair, for the consequences of which, the Admiral and
Chief Supra Cargo will be responsible. But you
Captains, Officers, passengers, and other people of the
ships, shall be free from all responsibility, if you re-
main quietly in the observance of the laws, and after
the soldiers of your nation shall be entirely with-
drawn, I shall feel it my duty to inform the Empe-
ror, praying him to have the goodness to permit you
to carry on your trade as formerly. But if you,
giving ear to, and obeying the Admiral and Chief
Supra Cargo, unite yourselves to them to create dis-
turbances, when afterwards our innumerable soldiers
shall arrive, who shall destroy and burn, even if you
are as hard as stone or jasper ; I shall then be unable
to use you with any indulgence, or to free you from
the net of the law in which you will be ensnared.—
And in order that you may be obedient and discreet,
I direct this Chop to you.
-In the 13th year of the Emperor Kia King, on
the 17th day of the 10th mocn (3d December, 1808.) '
Mem. Received on the 4th December, 1808, from
the hands of the Mandarins delegated by the Isontoc,l
who were the Military Brikradisr Mandarin Chang,
and the Quangchou-foo (Cyovernor of the City of
Canton) Fa.

TO 1115 EXCELLENCY TILE VICIF-ROY OF THE PROVINCES OF
QUANG-TONG AND QUANCISI, IN THE CHINESE EMPIRE.
May it please your Excellency,
We, the undersigned Commanders of the Ho-
nourable English East-India Company's ships at
Whampoa, for ourselves, our officers, and our own
men, have the exalted honour to acknowledge the re.
ceipt of your Excellency's most gracious letter, deli.
vercd to us in French Island, on the 4th December,
I SOS, by the two Mandarius, whom we are informed
it was yourcondescending pleasure to send for that pur-
pose. Our object of visiting this country is purely for
commercial purposes, to continue in the same manner
that friendly and useful intercourse which has existed
for centuries, and now become, from its magnitude,
of the very first importance to both our vast empires.
" We arc taught in our own country, that obedience
to our laws is the first essential to the well-beingeof
the state ; the same must apply to all countries ; and
we are, therefore, ordered, and endeavour to venerate
and obey yours : but such is the nature of our own
laws aAd constitution, that we dare not, even in a fo-
reign country, depart from allegiance to our own
country, nor to those who are dignified with its most
exalted representation.
We understand that our Admiral, who Is an
officer of high rank, at the request of the Portuguese,
landed some troops at Macao, to help them to defend
it against attacks from the French. This wicked na•
tion, ever since they murdered their Sovereign, have
waged war upon all nations within their reach, and
we understand, are now marching, by land, to make
war upon the celestial empire, as the British navy
prevents them by sea.

We of course wish to have no concern with any
disburbauces in the celestial empire, and we therefore
most humbly implore your Excellency to order the
trade to be opened, that we may find employment in
the quiet habits of industry, which x%e conceive would
prevent oar services being required for other pur-
poses, but which, if called for, our laws and our
honour would compel us to obey, whatever might be
the consequences.

st With sentiments of the most profound venera-
tion and prayers for your Excellency's weifare, we
beg leave to subscribe our names

" M. CRAIC, Senior Officer.
CUARLEs E. PRESCOTT.
VII I lASI MOFFAT.
HENRY MERI FON.
JouN LOCKE.
WILLIAM DUNSFORI?.
R. H. BROWN.
JAMES J. WILLIAMEDN.
CHARLES 13. GRABBLE.
LUKE DODD°.
First Officer for W. A. MONTAGU!.
First Officer for R. NA/SBA:IT.
JOHN I..LCIIIWER.
WILLIAM PAT rcrsox.
" Hon. Company's Ship Elphinstune,
Whampoa, Dec. 7. AM.?...

* The name of any Chinese official document.
t The British roperty at stake, ill the that imaneei Was at
least five millions sterling ai Canton, and as much more Afloat at
Whampoa, in 14 Company.* ships, and la 20 ships belonging to
the inns of British India,

milfeorrcin you,
this idea I sent you a chop. But seeing now thavrota
do not think proper to alter your way of thinking, . .
le I, Ison'aci &c. in reply your .
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merchants,
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to
o firstcarry thought
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trade,
dlat yon,
tl.li it
taet you;
would not have joined with your superiors, I meara
n
the Admiral and Chief, to create disorders. Un i
.:r
using as a pretence the protection of the Portugue,e,
''l plainly know, that you have joined your opinioas
with those of the above superiors, r!maining in flu:
same vain hope. I, the Isontoc, have repeatedly
sent my Chops, declaring, that as long as there re-
mained a single soldier at Macao, and you would not
obey my orders, I absolutely will not consent to your
continuing to carry on your tracl!. If y, u dt, not
wish to trade, you may take away your ships as you
think proper ; bat if you are de,:irJus of punning ) our
mercantile negotiations, it is necessary lo r?main
peaceable, and to obey the laws, relyirg, wida cer-
tainty, that after your troops shall have enti:ely eva-
cuated Macao, that your trade shall be gr lard ps,
as formerly":~"'
" As your letter declares that you must, of course,
obey the laws of the imperial dynasty, this she vs that
you have respect and veneration for them, therefore,
I have directed to yon this Chop, with all the efficacy
possible, to open yet a way for you, but after this dis-
patch, if your Admiral and you all will not change
your sentiment,, and if you send any more letters, I
have given orders that they 'hall not be received.
" In the 13th year of Kia Kin., 21st day of the
10th moon (7th December, 1808.'')
[Received the 9th December, 1809.]

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