Star.
London, England, 1817-05-27 00:00:00

,SPORTING NTraIGENCE.

New betting yesterday, being settling day for the Derby and Cr..;:si.
The N:he of Yost:':: horse l'ri r. I • pal, that won thc.
Derby Stakes t:t Epsom last yer.r, rb...4 at I,&eld on Saturday
last, from o;eration he Unierweitt.
The Jockey Club have deeded the clistored , see for the Mai Isa
Plate at 'hr late Duclaata knees, in NVOI.I- of Mr :\ laC
grey filly. The care, as stated t y the stewards, was as follow;:
Mr. MACICALCI grey filly won 'hs Maiden Place at two hats,
but immediately alter passing the winning post, the rider tumbled
off; the mare went stray from him, bur was after, ards brought
to him, perhaps twenty yards atta,,t from the place where be
fell, and where he re-moon ed.. He was permitted by one cf
site Stewards to serials under these circumstances. Had he or
had he not a tight to weigh under these cr: ? Had
he or had he no- a ritiit to weigh, acid a ng• t to the j•., •
OPINION or lir lueitry Ihr boy 1.. J t right to
weigh ; and if ke did so, and wa, his a •-ht zo the
Plate. Also, if the rider dt 7.1..‘,.4 to be weil.,!led.:hr steward:
could not object, if hi lea after pasting tam 1 t, ao.l rk.•!r. ,unte.l.
PEDESTRIAN MATCH ON %VOA AW001) :.('BUSS".
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RAE sit finished his daily task a quarter Fast a'il(T:lt;i
Sunday night, hating ease that day so miles. maki.,g, s:1-.ce hi:
starting, at four o'clock in the :dr•rnntm or the itl his,..tit, 860
miles and a halt. FATon did nut finish► his task on
till 20 minutes past ten, having also travell, d to mina, and guar
in the whole 034 miles. BAK Fh commenced yr.tettlay morning
at 35 minutes past four, and at five in the afre:lll4.ll Le hal gone
95 codes. l• A re:: commented a quarter five. awl a: live
in tier afternoon lie lead performed 94 miles 2!1,1 a hslf,
SINGULAR WAGEL—Saturday Seir:iglit a respec-
table farmer of Kirton Lindsey, 'Jr 4 w lger 01 a fea►
pounds, undertook to ride a por.y up two pair
stairs into the chamber of tl e George Inn, and dcwa
,gain ; which he actually performed, to the asto-
nishment of a numerous company. What mahet, the
performance more wonderful is, that Out fat ma'
weighs upwards of eleven stone, and the oily upon
which he rode, being afterwards weighed to deckde
other wagers, did not weip,h quite 3t) stone.
A few days since, ROLERT MILE-1.32,r,,
Esq. of Armathwatte Castle, in hunting for the otter
started a for, which die hounds ran to card. in B iron
Wood. To the great surprze of the sportsmen, uFon
digging, they fecund a litter of twelve cum, nine of
which are in Mr. Mmeourtxx's rossession. A; :2
numerous a family necessaiily requirt d ahun let.:CC rtf
sustenance, the hole afforded amplc t:stiniony of the
depredatinns that must have b•:Pit cnvt•eittcd is th►
neighbourhood upon lambs, geese, and !owl; cf all
descriptions.—Mr. iis ns, stevear.! t n S.r Pratte
MUSGRAVE. Bart. also found a tidier nt seven cubs,
a few days since, in the woods near L hen Hall. Ls
both instances the old net escaped ; 3nd in the for-
mer, the old fox approacUed within a very hew yards
of the spot where they were digging, and though Ire-
iv:rattly chased uff by the hounds, still returned.

Letters of Administration of the effects of the late
celebrated Actress, Mrs. JORDAN, passed the Prern-
g►ative Court uf Canterbury, in I),:tors' CommorT,
un S Atli, d.iy last. Tim property WAS a %Awn tinder elio,
• Miss Po.,LE, of the Bath 'Theatre, and late ~f
Drnry-Lane, is to be the vocal Attraction the ersum3
sca.:.):l At Brighton.

Mrs. Gt.ovirtt And Mr. Dorm: are nay: performing
at the Liverpool Theatre, which ;i opened fvr the
summer se 'son.

YonKG and NlATTiirw, it is said, are engaged at
Di to y • Lane Theatre.
Mr..loNts, Mrs. them, Mr. and Nli-s
Miss CAREW, and Mr. IiIt:SIAN, form .t princ.pal part
of the corps for the opening of the Hayman kart I.'!l:4;re.
Mr. iIItAIIAM and Mr. H. JOIISISTON are eogaged
at the Ea dish Opera-house fur the conflig su4S-R.
Mr. RAYMOND, wh r made the only offer to' ecome
Lessee of Drury-lane Tneatre,. is nme•in tre icy with • •
the Committee to take the management in the en..
suing sea,on.
K Lan% b:•nefit last night attracted to Drury-Lane •
an exce•sive crowd. The bores were all occupied by
a genteel and elegantly dressed assemblage; and the
pit and galleries were flied to the top in les; this
Eve minutes after the doors were opened. He per- ••
formed :Vend with inf.•:ite success, and in the total.
parts of Paul in the afterpiece, lie quite surpiized the
audience by the pleasing and scien•inc manner in
which lie sung.
Extract from a letter, dated Boulogne, May 19:
--.• file town i; all in a bustle since tiaturclay, when
Tamfa, with a celebrated temale pupil, arrived here;
on that night he perfereted Orate,, in the Ditirwed
Mahn—his pupil naleirre. Oa this night he plays
Hamlet —he gives Hard& in English, the other
ractets in French, from a translation. His pup'
plays Ofthefir.—' fin sail TALMAIS voice resemble,
Coitire's ; it was too pliwetiUl for th 4 small theatre.
Our English critics think iieNIBLE snore elegant and
superior it, every particular."
It is reporte..l that a bargeman, of the name of
Franklin, resisting at Wallingford, has contested
himself the murderer of Mr. Longue, of Reads'',
and that he alter Wards destroyed the notes; he says
that he tm.k off his clothes to do the bloody deed, aral
hid them in the hedge. •
A few days ago a woman was standing with a
child in her arms •on the edge of the rimy at tae
North Shore, ';',:ewtiestle, when the child suddenly
sprang front her, trot fell into the Tyne. A large
dog v.iiich was 'vi the quay At the time, immediately
leaped into the water, and/nought the ch.ld ht:!te-t
to the Stutters halts, where the armious pulse was
waiting to receive 't. • . . •
Last week, El•zeheth Carr, r,f. Hull. went for a
pennyworth of opium, !y she had been ..
in the habit of taking ft.r a consieierible time past.
Owing, however, eith-r• to 'he difference in the
strength of the opiurn,.(,,F a, ',VI the anal, quantity
only tied been given :or) rt 1 the state of the body •
' at the time, early tier: eernm;: she was found in a
dying state, under tl. iri'Menee Ott that drug, 'and
expiied in a few hoors'after.
A singular clrcum.itance occurred on Thorp.tay in
Salisbury :—As some st ine-masous were working in
the Church-yard- of St. Edmund, they observed the
top stone of a tomb had been shifted, and 09
eaamiu-
ing it, to their surprise fouml it contained a piece cf
. superfine broad cloth,;, a, farther search WAS made, •
add in two others wits•tituasi a portinaiteau, contain-
ing following articles large quantity cf neck-
kerchiefs, shirts, Atm kings;•sviisteotit:., trail! clothes, •
• and a coat ; a quantity •it ,p:irchineut, hw ts, writings, : .
fibben*, silks, die..; a tivri.lantln re, lot of pack-luck •
keys, iron wrenches, two pieQes tit Muses' cloth, :mid
it wrapper, Containing a bundle of el sougst of
Messrs. WEAVE and ittcataimsore, (havers, of that
city, with a bill
but no name en it.
limlL CRUELTY—At Cni.coliagen a young woman
has been condemned to the punishment of death. tor
having beaten and maltreated her tataer ard