Star.
London, England, 1818-08-14 00:00:00

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Friday *two troops bf the 4th (tn• . Own)
Dragoons, arrived in Cork from Ferhsolt to replace
the ‘2oth Light Dui eons, &Med tb etiair; which
'is to be their HeadAllar.ers:
br St. Helier 's
Wednesday
n se'nighi, twßi e o'clobk, the Tawn
the Sands, in It.elA7ilrubenint's6Bar my,ilrersewya•s arne,vii Lew
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tohn.
standing the inzense heat, went through their ma-
nomeres and &eters to the entire setiaction of his
Excellency Major'General•Gonnoter
A handsome ca'onnade is now added to the west
/front a the new Military Clubhouse, in Charles;
street, St James's, which is to be opened in Novena=
'ber. by a grand diluter .at which the Coaimander-in-
Chiefis to preside. The cellars have for goine time
,been stored with the finest wines that could be pro-
cured, preparatory to the winter campaign i
. The Scots Newspapers are fitted with advertise-
ments tor the pi eservation of the Game, for which the
great majority of the Gentlemen of Scotland seem
much more anxioas than for the preservation of the
Cunstittai9n. 'lle prosecution of a Poacher is with
them an object of more importance than the Suspen-
sion of the Miens Corpas.
Le. rneoIIDINAItYDUct..—A pessenger who arrived
by the Auckland packet at Harwich, on the 12:h in-
;cant, gives the following account of a Joel, which
was fought tivo days previous to the sailing of the
packet from Cuxhaven. Two young men, sons of
diopkeepers there, were rivals in a young woman's
affections, and quarrelled on her account. They met
on the Quay, each armed with a musket, without
seconds ; they fired by a signal, given by a boy beat.
ing a drum, at thirty yards distance; one of them
was shot through the head, and instantly expired :
the survivor immedietely absconded.
RIFLE Sitoorreo.—The Achotrometerian Society
fired for their Gold Medal on Monday, at Worm-
wood Scrubs. There was some excellent shooting.
Captain FORMAN, howevet, won the Prize with a;5-
parent easy in a target of 28 inches in diameter.—
Oet of eighteen shots, nine froth the shoulder, and
nine from the rest, he put in fifteen : at 200 yards,
four cut of six ; at 250 yards, Bee out of s:x ; and ot
900 peels, all six, two of which were bull's eyes.—
This may, indeed, be called sharp-shooting!
M. COMTE'S PURLIC Exutatrioto—Last night
COMTE, %%hose extraordinary performances I slight
of hand in presence of the Pr suers REGENT were much
applauded, made a public exhibition of his skill, by de-
sire of several of the Nobility, In the Concert•roern
Of the Opera House. The first part of the perform
ante consisted of an exact imitation of, and air 7ryia • •
provement upon, the different tricks of the three In-
dian Jugglers, by one young Frenchman, wier was
dressed in imitation of a Hindoo. These 111cks are
so well known as to need no description. Ile lettualle
passed a small-sword blade into his • stomach, and -
danced about with a part of it appearing from I.ls
mouth. But inelte art of causing a rapid circular.
motion with three and four balls, passed alteraattlx
under and over each other, and exchanged from OA
hands, he was certainly unrivalled, and drew flith
unbounded applause. the second and third pal:, of
the evening's entertainments were pc:-f rmcd
'OMTE alone.' ite'clenomitiatecl them." Gana Me--
dianical and Pky.ii•;al Games and Dercptions,"
though nag a very correct description, left. little to he •
imagined as to the nature of tine exhibition. I/0 caused
a large piece to be cut out of the. middle of a can'thrie •
handkerchief, which Was apparodly the same he had
obtained from:4 Lady in the boxes. He put hi: head
and leg through the hole, burnt the piece cut out •
on the serge, then blew on the handkerchief, .4.14 •
delivered it in a peifect state back to the °weer—. a
He took a piece of bleirk paper, on which he desi.ed *
several of the company in the boxes and pit to wins •
a few words. The last person who wrote on it he dee
sired to burn it, which he did in the presence of all
who had signed it. Shortly afterwards he gave a seal-
ed packet to one of the audience, who opened it, and •:
after destroying about twenty envelopes, he arrived
at the paper which contained the writing, and it was
acknowledged by all who had wrote on rt. He sheer-
ed an empty vase, and pretended to put some seeds
in it to vegetate :
,he then solicited several of the LI.
dies to ask for any particular flowers, according to
their fancy, all of which he produced in abtmdauce,
and handed to them from the vessel. But the most
extraordinary trick of all was, a compound one,
which closed the evening's performance. A square
mahogany box, which had previously been shev.n
and contained nothing, was locked, tied over, aid
the string sealed in the face of all the company.--
A large decanter was then handed round, ithica :w
contained nothing, but hiving a sort of mitred se i -
per capable of holding in its nip a pack cf card:.
The box being placed on the table, the decanter on
that, and the cards stuck in the stopper, each per-,: 15
who had thought of a card described it, to the num-
ber, perhaps, of a dozen, when thecards respectively
rose up above the rest of the pack as they were men-
tioned. It is needless to say that the whole perfore
mance (exited the highest applause and admiration.
We have only to add, that he gave occasionally some
admirable specimens of vchtrilognism, superior to
any we ever witnessed. He rcerssented the voices of •
several persons, supposed to be holding a conversa-
tion in different parts of a house, in which the effect
of distance, and high and low tones, was particularly
striking. M. Cohere is a middle-aged person of a
very gentlemanly appearance ; but he is, unluck:le,
almost entirely ignorant of our language.--A ye: y
numerous audience witnessed M. Cs. performance,
which they greatly applauded. The French Arra:re •
sador and suite, Lord YARMOUTH, and many other
individuals of distinction, v:eie present.
CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, AUGUST 14.
There has been no fresh supply of English Wheat
since Monday, but of Foreign the arrivals confine c
large, which causes a dullness in the wheat trade, at
Monday's price for that of fine quality, but for the •
inferior descriptions there is no demand. Oats are
Is. per quarter cheaper in consequence of the
nrense arrival of that article, both English ar
In Barley, Beans, and Peas, the:: is no ale
SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUGDS'.
To sink the offal—per stone of VW.
Reef ..... ...3. 8d to 4s 10d Veal ss Od
Mutton :. ..4t Od to Ss Od Pork
Lamb Od. to 6s Od.
Beasts 850—Calves 340.--1111060 sad Land* 9,160—
HAY AND STR ?kW P lint LOAD
Hay .. : ... I`s to -ea' 8s I etreve.....xefirs
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