Star.
London, England, 1809-07-13 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1809.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12.
Mr. Vansittart's Currycomb, Bst. 101 b. beat D. of Grafron's
Doleful, 7st. Ab. M. 100 gs. h. ft.-3 to lon Currycomb.
Mr. Vansittart's Currycomb, Sst. 1d b. beat Dud Lowther's
Yellow Hammer, Sst. 51b. First half of Ab. M. 100 gs. h.
11 to 8 on Currycomb.
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The July Oatliad►, of 50gs. each, b. ft. Acrou the
Mr. Wilson's Miss Sophia, 4yrs. set. 2lb - - 1
Ld. Barrymore's Angioliiii, 2yrs. Est. sib. - - 2
Ld. F. G. Osborne':, Poppy, Syrs. 6st. 81b. - - - S
D. of Rutland's Ned, 4yrs. Bg. - - 4
Ld. Lowther's Pelisse, aged, 9st. 41b. - - - - 5
sto 2 agst. Sophia-9 to 2 agst. Angiolini-9 to 1 art. Poppy,
3 to 1 ugst. Ned.

Fifty Pounds for S-yr. olds, carrying 6st. 91b. 41r. olds Rst. 5-Tr;
olds Bst. 81b. 6-yr. olds 8,.t. ICU. and aged 9st. D. I.
I.d. Jersey's b. h. I.angton, aged, •• - - 1
1). of Grafton's b. m. Vanity, 6yrs. • -
Ld. F. G. Osborue's ch. m. Norah, 6yrs.
7t04 on Langton-8 to 1 agst. Vanity.
D. of Rutland's Saivator, Bst. 81b. agst. Sir C. Turner's Chlorls,
Sst. V. 11). First half of Ab. M. tOtlgs. it. ft.—Off by consent.
Mr. Payne's c. by Waxy, out of Tarantula, rec. ft. from Lord
F. G. Osborne's b. c. (dead). by Shuttle, out of Drowsy, Bst. 'Jib.
each. Two-yr. old Course, 100ga. h. ft.
Mr. Thornhill's Ralphina, Est. I tlb. rec. ft. from Gen. Gros-
venor's Woodwell-head, ist. 81b. New July Course, longs.it.
Ld. Jersey's Langton, Bst: 1 811). rec. ft. front Gen. Grosvenor 's
Woodwell-bead, 7st. 11b. R. M. 100 gs.

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CAPTAIN BARCLAY. This Gentleman yesterday
completed his arduous pedestrian undertaking, to walk
a thousand miles in a thousand successive hours, at
the rate of a mile in each and every hour. He' had
until four o'clock p. m. to finish his task, but he per-
formed his last mile in the quarter of an hour after
three, with perfect ease • and great spirit, amidst an
immense concourse of spectators. The influx of com-
pany had so much increased on Sunday, it was re-
commended that the ground should be roped in. To
this, however, Captain BARCLAY objected, saying that
he did not like such parade. The crowd, however,
became so great on Monday, and he had experienced
so much interruption, that he was prevailed upon to
allow this precaution to be taken ; yesterday morning
the workmen began to rope-in the ground. For the
last two days, he appeared in higher spirits, and per.
formed his mile with apparently more ease, and in
shorter time, than be had done for some days past.
With the change of the weather, he had thrown off
his loose great coat, which he wore during the rainy
period, and yesterday performed in a flannel jacket,:
He also put on shoes remarkably thicker than any
which he had used in any previous part of his perfor-
mance. When asked how he meant to act, after he
had finished his feat ? he said he should. that night
take a good sound sleep, but that he must have him-
self awaked twice or thrice in the night, to avoid the
danger of a too sudden transition from almost constant
exertion, to a state of long repose. One hundred to
one, and indeed any odds whatever, were offered yes-
terday morning ; but so strong was the confidence in
his success, that no bets could be obtained. The mul-
titude of people who resorted to the scene of action,
in the course of the concluding days, was unprece-
dented. Not a bed could be procured on Tuesday
night at Newmarket, Cambridge, or any of the towns
and villages. in the vicinity, and every horse aid every
species of vehicle was engaged. Among the Nobi-
liry and Gentry•who witnessed, yesterday, the con-
clusion of this extraordinary feat, were
The Dukes of Argyle and. St. Alban's ; Earls Grosvenor, Des-
borough, and Jasey ; Lords Foley and stunorville ;. Sir John
Lade, Sir.F. Standish, dtc. ckc.
Captain BARCLAY had £6,000 • depending upon
his undertaking. The aggregate of the bets ts sup-
posed to amount to il(X),000.


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ELEGY,
ON THE DEATH OF A SEAMAN.

Lo! Night's dull mantle shrOuds the world in gloom ;
No sound is heard, save from the nitirm'ring wave:
1t ith sighs I think on HAYWOOD'S early doom,
And moralize upon the Sailar's grave.
See ! where, assembled on the gangway, stand
The Tars, Whose features were not forni'd for woe,
A sad, a silco!, melancholy bind,
Deploring him, who's laid for ever low !
O'cr titled fools the Stulptor urns will place,
In all the splendid potty of useless pride
Why should a tribute to a nobler rate,
Who pluck their bread bons danger, be deuied ?
R. st on thy shcily bed! What thee no throng
Of hired mourners flock around thy bier?
The l'Sttices shalt preserve thy name in song, •
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And consecrate thy ashes with-cfa tear:
H. M. S. Impetutux, A rOitYMAST4IAat.
Cawsand flay, fline 21, IRCO. 1 -

of and waning to English traders, and that if the
crew of the Neptune had been attent,ve, they must '
have Seen !h it he was gone, and that this was the
case. His Lordship, however, obse:.ved, that from
tke igi or ince cf so:ne Captains of merchantmen, and
the folly of others, cases did arise where the most
palpable circun►stances.were either not observed, or 1
inisundcrstoud.—Yerdict for plaintiff in all these
cases.

11t7NTtlt v. CAMS.
This was an action upon a policy of insurance of
the ship rayon' ite, from Oporto ..o London, which
Was lost on her homewaid voyage ; the underwriters'
defence was, that the ship had not a sufficient com-
plement of men to manage her. It appeared that
the ship, which was of 230 tons burden, had gone
but with fifteen men ; which was even more than the
transport service required, their allowance being five
men to every hundted tons ; it came back, however,
with only
.eight men and a boy, a complement which
was proved by several Captains to be quite equal to
the management of the ship, one of them baying per-
formed the same voyage with only seven men and a
bdy. On the part of the defendant, it was contended,
that three of the men were old and infirm, but. these
turned out to be the cook and the mate, who were not
requiredtogo aloft, and who were perfectlycompetent
to their duty ; and a man who, it was proved, could
run up to the topmast head with any of the crew.—
It was further contended, that upon setting sail from
Oporto the crew were not able to heave the anchor;
but it was answered to this, that it was a matter of
course for one crew to assist another in weighing an-
chor ; that the anchor had...been a long time in very
hard ground, and that the Captain ordered the cable
to be cut, because* he could not have weighed the an-
chor in time to sail with other ships with which he
wished to keep company. After the ship was
wrecked, the crew exerted themselves to their utmost
to save to the underwriters what part of the cargo
they could, and the Jury now found the plaintiff
a verdict for the amount of the remainder—Damages
489 10s. 6d.

COURT. OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 11.
WILSON V. TURNER.

This was an action brought by Mr. Wilson, a sur-_
geon and apothecary residing in the Borough, against
the defendant Turner, for imprisonment without cause.
It appeared in evidence that Turner arrested Wilson
for the sum of 7201. being the alledged amount of a
note due, and mosey lent at sundry tames to Wilson.
Wilson was in consequence of the arrest thrown into
prison, where he remained for the space of one yetr,
at the expiration of which period he was liberated,
Turner declining to proceed further against him.—
Wilson now brought his action for malicious and un-
grounded imprisonment. On the part of the defen-
dant it was attempted to be proved, that a partner-
ship subsisted between a person of the name of
Johnson (the smuggler) and Wilson, the defendant ;
and that, in the year 1799, a'bill for 4981. had been
accepted by Johnson, on which he was afterwards
arrested. Turner, the present defendant, bailed
Johnson, and was, in consequence, obliged to pay
the bill and costs ; but perceiving Wilson's name in-
dorsed upon the bill, he immediately arrested him
through the medium of a Mr. Hill. Wilson was also
arrested by Johnson, his alledged partner, for a debt
of 10001. It was remarkable that Mr. Hill, who
arrested Turner before for the amount of the hill for
which he bailed Johnson, was the -..ery same person
now employed by Johnson against Wilson. On this
ground a conspiracy was suspected between Turner
and Johnson against Wilson.
Chief Justice MaNsenmn briefly summed up the
evid:nce, and declared he had little to say upon the
merits, or demerits rather, of the case. No sub-
stantial evidence had been adduced as to the proof of
the partnership, and it was for the Jury to determine
what probable cause had been assigned by Turner for
throwing Wilson into prison, for undoubtedly it was
impossible for Wilson to prove that he did not owe
Turner a debt. This no man could do, and there-
fore the onus of proving that he did owe the debt lay
upon Turner. The Jury were then to consider, if the
debt was not proved, what probable cause, otherwise
than malice, cont.! hare occasioned Wilson's impri-
sonment. They would judge, also, how far a suspi-
cion of conspiracy was founded.
The Jury, Without leaving the box, found a ver-
dict for the plaintiff, 2(X)01. being the entire amount
of the damages laid in the declaration. •

BAVI-SREET.—Tuesday J. Morris, alias Blue4tockinz
Jtti, was charged with.stealing four sacks of flour,
the property of Mr. Hull, of Uxbridge. Mr. Hull
sent, on the '2Bth of April, a waggon with 20' sacks
of flour, to town, and the prisoner was employed to
as gist in unloading ten of them. ' He was afterwadi
entrusted—by the driver with the waggon and the odor
ten sacks, to take to a baker in Southampton-row,
bnt he only delivered six, which was not discovered
till the baker's account came to be settled, when he
prdduced the delivery-ticket for six. The prisoner
had absconded, and was not discovered till Saturday
night, when Adkins apprehended him after a despe-
rate resistance of half an hour. He confessed the
fact, and said he sold them to a baker in the vicinity
olcompton-street, for 635. a sack, when the real value
was 90s. ; in consequence of which the baker was
held to bail, and the prisoner fully committed.