Star.
London, England, 1815-08-26 00:00:00

SPORI7AG 11V7ILLIGENCE.

'max AuctisT MEE VINO, WEDNEIDAY,AITGLIST 25.
:weep •taltrs of segs each. Val ft. for three vears oh colts, Se
21h. fillies, 7.t. rn.h. s. (3 Subscribers )
t)uke of I .reds's hr. f. by Orville, out of Trumpet's - I
Mr. Hutchinson's bay cult, by Iteinembrancer, out of Peter 2
5 to 4 ott the whiner.
Sweepstakes of 100.0 uccis, ball ft. for four yrars old colts, thit.
51,. Wiles. se. 21h.— Iwo miles. (4 Subacribers.)
Lord titzwilliam's hr. I. 14 sclemona, by Orville, out of Fanny 1
Duke of Leeds's bay filly, by Pandalpho, darn by Antaus 2
6 to 4 on Destlemona.
Match for 500cs—Two
Mr. Featlitirstotillaugh's h. nt. Zuleiks, by Alonzo, 6 years
old. i far. 71h— the owner • - 1
Mr. Kirby'. hay horse Kutusoff, by Brown Bread, 5 years
oh!, 7ib— Mr. 'lrmo Sykes. 2
f to ; gri Katusoff.
The second year of a .trlatieription of 50gs. each, livitlutl i"tn
three Parses, with £3O added to each, by the City of York,
for S years old itt.rses, Z:c. carrying 6<t. Vb. each.-4
Mr. Irrtlc ch. in. Althmlora, by Dick A tldtews
bake ti` Lueds's ch. h. lanciispocus, by Qu s - •
Lord Scarborough's b. b. Keztrt, by G.ilionpus
6 and 7 to 4 on A!Lisidora--3 to I against Hogrpocus.

Mt. CoaTts, thc tteitrical (maw*, is among the
recent arrivals at Brighton. lie is styled the Adonis
t,l that town, and the LaJies are all m idly in Live
wit! him I
the celebrated Somcrsetshire wrestler and
single-stick v!aver, was one of the heroes who fell at
the battle to, Waterloo. He had been in the Life
Guards ab, lut two years, and un•the 18th of June ac-
tually cat down nine i:t the Fienchtuirassiers bytis
superi 'r strength ar.d agility, when a shot from a
carbine put a pet i-d his Weer :he was only in the
year of his ai:e.
FA biunws.--Nirety out el a hundred hats

err white, and among ti.is number there are very feu
silk ; our Ladies d .not desert white straw hats ;
they are still malt with white feathers, lir flowers of
thv status, sometimes with Scots plumes, striped
With ,allow•. red, and green. Dark blue daisies orna-
ment si.me };rass•green hats ;•these hats me other.
wise trimmed Mitb a green puckering, which meta-
men,s the rim. litstead of plaited net, they occasion-
ally put 0 gairrnliv blond on the edge of the white
straw bats; sometimes these Oats are without tiny
Wasmeni. The Cam in IC muslin capes. have almost
all two plaitings, one row above tie other. We
have observed some hats of citron craps ; we also
see citron rihbon upon white straw hats. The flounces
at the bottom the gowns are not always transpa.
t:nt, but have welts between each. Necklaces are
set a la Medici:, some large pearls is the forms of
'wars linked together by seed ones. Many have then
a this kind in coral.

A most unientun ite accident.b:ippenedto Hearn's

stowmarket stage waggon on Friday Lennight, at.
tendtd with a serious loss of property. The above.
waggon, which was on its remit from London, with
a heavy load of goods, storped for the night as was
usual, in front of- the Trowel and Hammer, Marks
Tey ; when about two o'clock on Saturday morning,
most dreadful explosion took place, to the serious
'alarm of the inmates of the house and the neighbour-
hood, which it appeared proceeded from a barrel of
gunpowder in the waggon, which had, by some
means mt. yet accounted for, caught tire and explo-
ded, scattering the goods and waggon to a considEta-
isle distance, and causing their almost total destruc-
tion. The Trowel and Hammer is considerably in-
jured by the explosion, which was distinctly heard at
Colchester, and many miles round. We do not hear
that any lives were lost. The road was so com-
pletely covered with the goods, that the mail was de-
t iiaed some time before a passage could be cleared

dor it.
Sunday last, during Divine Service, a monkey en-
letcd the Methodist Chard, in the Manor.Chure, '
Newcastle, to the wonder ar.d astonishment of the
and ence, who were at that time engaged in singing.
Whether pol was set in by some ide wag, or bad
been invited thither by the music, is not material, but
such was his discrimination of Vocal melody, that be
took his seat in the chat.;sturs' pew, firsitirethe trick of
one female, and afterwards removed to the 'shoulders
-of another. The two females trembled; the choristers
got oat tit time, a stop was put to the singing, and
the Minister desired a closet to%e opened. in expecta.
*ion that pus would run into it. The animal, bow.
aver, eviiurJ uu dtsite to quit the meeting ; when
some of the male part of the audi!ory were desired to
rt move him, with an assurance that ,4 he would not
Lurt any raw." The greater part, it would appear,
did not place much faith in this declaratioa, for they
aid not lice the monkey's looks ; and it was not till
a person of more than ordinary intrepidity descended
from the gallery, that pug was removed from the'
Chapel, and the choriSters Jecovered their wonted
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v9piers al voice.
l'numtnlNG a WRECK. —The Alexander and '
nny, bEratox, from Liverpool to Quebec, was
lately lost near Belfast, and as is too often the prat.
tits in such casts, much of the cargo and materials
'seie plundered by the people on the coast. Iu
vi the activity of Mr. CAMPBELL SWEENY,
tae agent for Ll 'yd's, at Belfast, two of the depreda-
tors • were apprehended, and at the Downpatrick
Assikes convicted. One of .them, named 111•Cidiucis,
1/art owner tit tSie suntc)r Vanguard, employed to re.
4eive some of the;graucli •on board, opened a bale of
stuffs, and took taut 37 pieces, which be concealed
lonia the cabin fluor; he was sentenced to be trans.
• posted fur seven ) tars. The other man, of the name
ut Dempster, having stolen only A piece of rope, was
sentenced to be isuprieingd4 month.
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Marmot' Hoos&—Yesterday TMSate hears, was
brought b4ore the Loan Mayoa, charged with steal-
ing batik notes and silver, the property of Mr. Vint,
.4—King-street, Cheapside, merchant. The prisoner,
it appeared, was a porter belonging to the Swan with
Two Necks, Lad-lane. and had been sent witlt a
pan ii to the house of the prosecutor, where a in
note, and twp £1 notes were lying on the counter ;
these had lust been paid into the house by a Mr.
Smith. who had marked them. Soon after the de-
parture of the prisoner, the property was missed, and
suspicion falling upon him, he was taken into cus-
tody) The circumstance having been mentioned to
Mr. Waterhouse, his employer, a% investigation took
place, when it appeared, that Mr. Painter, the chief
clerk of the establishment, had received from the
prisoner the identical notes that had been marked by
Mr. Smith, and which the prisoner had paid over in a
settlementof his account. The prisoner was fully com-
mitted for trial. .
UNEMPLOVRD SEAMEN.—NearIy 20 of these unfor-
tunate individuals were brought up in custody of
Ray, Hodson, &c. the officers, who stated that the
prisoners were found wandering in the neighbourhood
of the 'Mint:tries by day, while at night they usually
took refuge in the ruins of the late buildings de-
stroyed by fire-in America-square. They were all
separately examined by the Loan MAYOR, and being
generally foreigaers, were, after humanely receiving
pecuniary aid from his Lordship. sent in care of the
officers ter the different Consuls of their rt ipective na-
tions. Such of them as were British subjects were
also relieved, and ordered to be passed to the several
parishes to which they belonged. The Loan Marto'
at the same time warning them not to be found again
abroad as.vagrants.
Toe Gunn. or Sr. Asinttew's.—Jame: Comes, a
youth of about 16 years of age, was brought before
the Magistrate upon the following charge I—Lee,
the officer, stated, that for a considerable time past
the neighbourhood of St. Andrew's, Holborn, was
kept in a constant state of incptietude and alarm, by
the nightly assembly of number of the lower orjers,
who fancied they had seen, or were to see, a ghost,
and so far had .their credulity been imposed upon,
that many of them were needy to make affidavits of
the appearance of this aetiel term. The crowd and
disturbance, however, had increased to such a degree,
and the light fingered gentry had become so nume-
rous and successful, that it required the utmost vigi-
lance of the police to prevent these disgraceful pro-
ceedings. On Thursday night, as usual, the place
became nearly impassable, and about nine o'clock
shouts of terror and alarm suddenly burst forth on
every hand, and the try of .4 the ghost 1" became ge-
neral. Hundreds now fled, white others braving the
supernatural horrors of the supposed sprite, kept then
ground. The imaeinary ghost, who had been ob-
served skipping front one tomb stone to another, now
advanced tolls* gate, and having ascended the rail-
ing gave first a hysteric laugh, and then three se-
pulchral groans The officers, however, were not 1
to be imposed upon, and the pretended shadow was 1
sum:meted into the street. To this little attention I
was paid, but sufficient assistance being obtained, lie
Was dragged down and secured, when at length die
spell was broken, and 4. airy nothing received a 1 ica!
habitation and a name." The prisoner was dressed
in a white jacket and trowseis, and wore on his head
A white coaon cap. Upon being called upon by the
Magistrate fpr his defence, he stated. that aiew even-
ings since he had been induced, at the request of a
gentleman, to enter the church-yard and ascertain
the truth of the story respecting the ghost. Fur thks
being libereily paid, he accepted the proposal, and
soon ascertained that the object of all the curiosity
and terror Which bad prevailed, was nothing more.
than a tomb—stew ! upon which the moon hau shone
for several nights. Lie was himself then ieduced to
. " keep up the joke," More, however, with a view to
undeceive, titan to impose upon the credulous multi-
tude. The father of the youth, a most respectable
man, appeared on the behalf of his son, and under-
took to guarantee his future conduct. With this pro-
mise, after a suitable warning, the, Magistrate .dis-
missed him.

Wednesday evening, about half past seven, as Mrs.
Ryde, of Oxford street, was passing the Acton-road,
near Kensington Garden-wall, she was accosted by a
man with a false beard, supposed for the purpose -of
disguise, who told her he was in great distress, and
solicited relief ; upon which she gave him four-pence.
lieihen importuned for More, when she assured him
she had no more ; but he continued walking with her,;
making enquiries as to who she was, and where she!
lived ? When they came to a bye pint, surrounded!
with bushes, he told her she must stop and find some
more money, and drew a case knife, swearing if she
mule theleast noise he would murder her. She gave
him a Ss. token. He then calle3 I r a liar and other
opprobrious names, saying, he had no doubt but she
had more money, and proceeded .to heat her with a
stick and otherwise ill-treat her, although she is far
advanced in her pregnancy. He then ordered her to
walk under the Garden-wall, which is very little ire:
quented, first having watched her,-to ascertain if 5.1 I
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had any more money. Sometimes he walked with
her, and at others on the opposite side of the road,'
freqftently threatening, if she made any alarm, he
would cut her throat with his knife. They passed
:two turnpikes and seven' people, but being under a
strong impression of fear, she was afraid to tell them.'
tie continued to annoy her till they reached Park
lane, down which he ran with great speed.
Mr. Patrick, a linen-draper and homer in Alfred.
place, Goswell-atreet-road, was on Wednesday de-
I randed of a quantity of goods by the following strJ,
tagem -:--A boy, about 13, called with a note, which
he said he brought from his master, Mr. Lewis, a
customer of Mr. Patrick. On opening the note, it
contained the, following order :•••a. Mr. Patrick, be
so. gobd as to send me a dozen pair of stockings,
:froth 4s. to 4s. 64. a pair, and six squares et muslin,
.fit for cravats. I will call and pay for them on Mots.
day.—Your's, W. Lawts."--On reading
.thi note,
Mr. Patrick immediately sent the.things mentioned 1,
but soon after the lad was gone, it struck him as.
strange, that Mr. Lewis, who has an account 'open,
with hunt, f& should mention calling to pay those'
particular articles ; hs, therefore, suspected some.
thing was wrong, and 'to.. ascertain . the truth, rerun to
Mr. Lewis's, where he-found leis suspicions correct,
Mr. L. being out of to*n, and the order a forgery.

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