Star.
London, England, 1805-04-29 00:00:00

be the fon of a tefpeitable perfon in the city; he
bad beta in bufulefs for hinifelf4 .but was unfor-
tunate ; he was a married man, and the father of a
family. He admitted the enormity of the crime,
gut could not fuppofe that any thing thou of infanity
could induce any human being to the praftice of fit
unnatural and abominable an offence ; he thought,
however, there was thong ground to fuppofe the
prifoner was not the man who had committed the
intuits complained ef, however (hong the evidence ;
as it was not improbable the witnetres (though honeft-
ly) might be miiialted.
A number of very repeatable perfons, both male
and female, were called to,bis charaCter, and among
them his wife's filler ; they all had known him for
many years, and united in •defct Thing him ever to
have been a tender and affectionate hufband and fil-
cher, and a man of morality and decency.
The Jury, without hatation, bro•ight in a vertlift
of Guilty.
In pa fling the fentence of the Court, the CHAIR-
MAN obferved, that the prifoner had been guilty of a
high mitleineanow, which was ufually punifhed by
whipping, pilloring, &c. to as to render the perfon
infamous to Society ; but, in confideration of the cha-
racter which he had received, he fbould not
that punifbment. The prifoner was, therefore, fen-
fenced to two years confinement an the Iloufe of
Correction. •

Saturday morning, a fire broke out at Sam's Co!
fee-houfe, Thames-itreet, and from its contiguity ti
the Cullom Houfe and feveral liquor warehoules, the
moll ferions alarm was excited ; but the flames were
extingnilhed after they had burned at the interior of
the hack part of the pi emifes.
An alarming fire broke out lag night about feven
o'clock at the houfe of a tobacconitt is Rider's-court,
LeiceflerAnare, which raged furioufly for the fpace
of and hour and a half, and was not got under until
the fame was dellroyed and two others adjoin's%
much damaged. The Velunteers beat to arms on
the occafion, and affembled in great numbers.
' BOXING —On Saturday three pitched battles were
fought on Sheperton Common, about 22 miles from
London. Notwithflanding the dillance from town,
' an immenfe concourfe of people were prefent, many
of whom were thflinguiflied amateurs. The firm pair
who entered the liils were the Game Chicken and Cart
a noted Birmingham man. The combatants fought
for a purfe of 5o guineas; the battle lafled 3o mi-
nutes, during which 25 fevere rounds were fought.—
The Chicken evinced throughout the contell, the moll
confirm:nate fkill and fcience, and was declared the
vigor, without having received lo much as a fctatch-
ed face. Cart is a powerful and athletic man, but
proved hicnfelf a complete novice in the art. Tom
Belcher and Jack O'Dnnnel were the next that fet to,
for a nude of twenty guineas The former difplayedi
great dexterity and knowledge in the pugiliflie art,
and gave many admirable proof, of his excellent
bottom ; the latter likeeife fought in a molt gallart
manner fo. a few rounds ; but towards the termina-
tion of the battie, which Jailed fifteen rounds, he, ac-
cording to the boxing phrafe, fliewed• the whirefrether,
and got in, when it was fuppoled h; had the belt of
it. the bufinefs of the day concluded about three
o'cicet, with a battle between Dutch Sam and Brit-
tain, a Britiol man, once an opponent of Belcher. A
more gallant battle thin this is not recorded ill the
annals of pligililin. The odds changed on each fide
ahernately during the comet. Dutch Sam, however,
was declared congneror, after fighting thirty rounds
in fuch a Ryle as had not been equalled fince the fight-
ing days of Dan Mencluza.
A patriotic charafter was heard lardy thus to ad-
drefs as acquaintance, who was grumbling at one of
the new taxes--" Neighbour John, better (wallow fifty
fuch taxes, than to be fwallowed up by our implaca-
ble enemies. A trifling retrenchment in your ex-
pences or pleafures, will prevent you from feeling the
tax, nay, a very finill Paving in either, will enable
you moreover to poifcfs chances in the prefent Lot-
tery, which to uncommonly dillinguillied for capital
Prizes, that even the very lira drawn number, pre-
fents ic,oool.—a Lottery, in fhort, that may foon
make you as rich as a Lord—think of that, neighbour
John !"

The general antipathy we feel from childhood tot
medicine, induces us ti delay remedies when we really'
want them. If difeafe does not alarm our watchful
friends, the necedary quantity, confinement, and
dread of naufeous medicines, add to our repugnance.
When Abided with Gout, Rhetimatifm, Scorbutic
Eruptions, weak Dige.lion, or Nervous Affalions,
they are removed by SP ILSBURY% Perth r ANTI•
SCORBUTIC Ditrars, the dole of which is a iew dropc,
and no rtaraint of diet or exercife. To avoid coun-.
terfeits, afk for Spitfbury's Patent Antifcorbutic Drops,
e^:!1 the Stamp (the King's duty) printed in black ink:
fold at the Difpenfary, No. t 5, Soho•fquare, in bottles
of gs. 6d. los and IL gs. duty included.