Star.
London, England, 1823-08-06 00:00:00

TI4C VAUXUALI. CUP.

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A Special General 11Ieetiog of thi, Society is about to be con-
' vened in *few days, for the purpose of decidinf upon a question
of right to the.stiperb Silver Cup and Cover, which was sailed
for above bridge, on Wednesday last. It will be in the memory
of Our readers, that the St. George, Captain W. Brockelbank,
Was the winning boat, and that the Spitfire, Captain Bettsivorthi
rime in 'second t• the former was, therefore, duly declared en.
titled to the price—but against which declaration the latter
Gentleman protested, upon the following grounds :—That the
St. George, duriog.the match, was steered by two persons, and
which was contrary to the Sailing Articles, signed by all the
competitors prevtous to starting. The articles alluded :o stem
that a the vessels must be sailed by their respective owners, or
by any person illtey may think proper to appoint."

ROWING.
Monday a grand Rowing Match, for a Subscription Purte
given by the inhabitants of Chelsea and Battersea, took place,
and it was attended more numerously, and afforded greater
amusement to the lovers of aquatic sports, than any other Match •
which has taken place upon the River during the present season.
The competitors were residents in the neighbourhood. It was
decided in three beats, and arranged as follows :
The first heat was at one o'clock precisely, between three
pair of oars. R. Brocking and Henry Garland—Green'
Bridge and George Taylor—Blue; John Cole and Geo. Brown
—Yellow.
The signal being made, they started from the centre srcli•of
Battersea-bridge to go round a boat moored of Chelsea Water
works, towards Brown Cottage, and round a boat a little further'
up, to the Adam and Eve Tavern, which was a rendezvous foe
the competitors' friends, and round a boat between that and the
Bridge, till they arrived at the centre arch of the Bridge.—The
Green and Blue came in tint.

The first boats laid by, anclat four o'clock the other three
started, viz.
George White and Edward Coats—Pink ; T. Woodland and
William Cole—Scarlet; Cole and Brown—Yellow.
The two first boats only were entitled to row for the grand
Prize. This was also a trial of strength and skill, and afforded
considerable amusement. The distance was the same as the fora
mer heat ; they kept very close together ; but, on returning,
Green, followed by Fmk, shot ahead, and came in amidst the
acclamations of their fricads. _

At siz o'ctock they ;erred for the grand Prize; Brocking,
however, was the successtul candidate, and wou the Prize. The
others were handsomely remunerated for their day's work; and
the evening was spent in harmony andgood humour. •

' BOXING. • • •
Three, fights, between Bishop Mary aid Gipsy Cooper, for Jet:o
aside; Burke, of Woditich, and for Je23 a-side; and
Lenny and 4oren, the Jew boy; also-for• £2& a-side, took place
yesterday, at Harpenden Common, 23 miles from London, and
three. miles and a half ftoni St. Atban's.
The turn-Out •of the Fancy Was gay, stylish, and numerous;
and the road leading to St. Alban's, as early as six o'clock in the
Morning, was thronged with every description of amateurs. At
ilmos o'clock Cooper threw his hat into the ring, attended by his
eseonds, Harry Holt and a patron of boxing; and Sharpfol-
towed soon afterwards, with Josh. Hudson and Peter Crawley.
la to. four, seven' to four, arid in a.fevr instances, two to one,
OA Sharp. • Ttfilithrthrrouads would excite but little interest
among the amateurs. Three months have scarcely elapsed since
iliarp defeated the Gipsy, and upon the whole it was almost a
6a-simile or .thi..re'cebt' !fettle. In the 15th round the Gipsy
Wanted to cut it, pointing to his arm ; and, in the 21st, he fell
on his head; and would net have appeared at the scratch again,
had it not have been for the loud murmurings of the crowd as
to its being a cross, and one amateur in particular threatening to
lboriewhip him out of the ring. He then plikked up sonic little
spirit, fought several more rounds and had the best of it, when
be declined in the 36th round. , Till the 30th round not a drop
Of Claret was seen on either side. It was over in 39 minutes.
Stamm Fialit.—Burke was seconded by Peter Crawley and
O'Neale, and APRenzie by Josh. Hudson and Holt. This was
a manly fight., but at the expiration of the 20th round, M' Kenzie
observed, "that he was quite satisfied," and gave up the contest.
It occupied 28 minutes.
Tatar Fiona.—Lensty was seconded by Day. Hudson and
Holt, and the little Jew boy, Aaron, by Josh. Hudson and Peter
Crawley. This battle was over in fifteen minutes. Lenny
proved himself a good and game man ; but he had not the
slightest chance whatever during -eleven rounds, when lie re-
vived in favour of Apron.

•
Wednesday,. the shoemakers of Newcastle *cele..
btated the festival of se Crispin, by holding a Coro-
leation of King Crispin, and afterwards walked in
procession through the several streets of the town.—
The Coronation took place" in the court Of the Free-
man's Hospital, at the Westgate, at eleven o'clock ;
and soon after twelve the ProcessiOn moved forward.
and after passing through the principal streets of that
town and Gateshead, stopped at the Chancellor's
Head, Newgate-street, ss here the members of the
trade partook of a dinner provided for the occasion.
It being 34 years since a similar exhibition took place,
great numbers assembled to witness it.
The following is an anecdote of the. fist Lord
MANSFIELD, which his Lordship himself told float
the Bench :—He had turned off his coachman for cer-
tain acts of peculation, not uncommon in this class
of persons. The fellow begged his Lordship to
give him a character. " What kind of character,can
I give your says his Lordship. "0, my Lord, any
character your Lordship pleases to give me, I shall
most thankfully receive." • • His Lordship accord-
ingly sat down, and wrote as follows:—" The beater,
John --, ha's served me three years in the capa-
city of coachman. He is an able driVer, and Amy
sillier man. I discharged him because he cheated
Me.—(Signed) Maustirro." John thanked his Lord-
ship, and went off. A few mornings afterwards,
when his. Lordship was going through' his lobby to
step into his coach for Westminster- hall, a mane in a
Very Itindidme livery, made him a low bow._
To his iirrerrise he recognized his late coachman.
"Why, John (says his Lordship), you seem to have
got att escelleut place; how could you manage this
with the character I gave you r..—".co, my Lord (says
John); it was an exceeding good character; my new
master, •isn reading It, 'said he observed your Lord.
;hip mom nitride& stfe ~An able driver, and ar suiwr-
lisan.—zThele (Myrtle') are just the qoalities I want in
.4 gencliman ; oirpove (14s Lordship adds) that lie
ikflaygned yo, b.leoanss.you cheated him. Hark you,
'irks& rm• Iroik.hireman, and I'll be if
oiei'al~lt act • • .

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