Star.
London, England, 1827-08-24 00:00:00

GRAND SAILING MATCH.

Yesterday the Members of thb Thames Yacht Club
g'sve their second Silver Cup and Cover, to he sailed for above bridge,
by vessels belonging to the Club. Three boats were only entered,
viz. Venus,l3 tons; Lady Louisa, 13 tons; Fortitude, 7 tons ; no
doubt, from the Inferiority of all the rest to the two former.—
At the time of starting only two vessels were to be seen, the For-
titude having declined the honour. All preparations being made,
the slgAal gun bred at about twenty minutes before three, and
she two vessels were immediately under weigh, Venus taking the
lead, which she maintained throughout. On arriving at Waterloo
3iridge, the Lady Louisa met with an accident. Some part of
her tickling having caught against the bridge, her fore-stay broke,
add let the mast fall with such foice on the deck as might have killed
soma the men, had they not fortunately been on each side of it.—
See soon replaced this injury ; but having such a formidable op-
ponent as the Venus a-head. she stood not the slightest chance :
she, however, gained much of the ground she bad lost. The Venus
sailed most admirably, and came in at a winning rate at half-past
log o'clock. She is hatch built, and has astonished many excel.
I:tit sailors In a brisk breeze.

This is the anniversary of the death of the celebrated
Colonel &non, 1680.
rug Caowri.—A Club, so called, is forming under
high ineuence,;tbe Members of which are to comprise Officers in
the army and Navy, and other persons holding the King's Corn-
minim), whether Civil, Military, Naval, or Law, the Clerks of
standing and repute in the Government Offices, Members of both
Howes of Parliament, of the Universities, and of the Inns of
Court, Secretaries to Ambassadors, and to other persons of rank,
the Peers of Scotland and Ireland, and Literary and Scientific
Nen of Eminence.

The Pilchard Sean Fishery has commenced in the
rtighbourhood of Plymouth, and the prospects are nattering.—The
Ymilut Sean caught 30 hhds. and two Scans at Cawsand about the
:tow quantity, on Monday last; about 60 hhds. were taken at Loor
the following evening.

DREADFUL. EXPLOSION Of a POWDER MlLL.—Yester-
terday, vt ten o'clock in the morning, the neighbour-,
hood of wickenharn, Hounslow, and Hanworth, were
%blown into great consternation by the explosion of the
-corning house of the gunpowder manufactory of Cuevas
and HARVEY, situated on the lower side of the Heath.
'fhe building was completely demolished, and two men
(Parkes and Edmunds) fell a sacrifice to the accident.
The quantity of powder in the building was not great.
The explosion was, nevertheless, very violent, from the
circumstance of the whole quantity being of the.greatest
strength, namely, such as is used for sporting....
There does not appear the least suspicion of what could
have caused the calamity.
Tuesday night the house of Mr. T. Bowaas, oilman,
Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, was broken into and robbed.
A shuff box, which was among the plunder, was disco-
vered by one of the neighbours in a drain, where it had
been thrown by the robbers.
His MAJESTY'S free pardon has been granted to
Rickard Rudolph and John Wilson, who were convicted
a; the last May Old Bailey Sessions, of stealing certain
Foods value 1004 on board a ship in the East India
Docks, for which offence they were sentenced to be
transported for seven years. Both these men had borne
an extremely good character, more especially Rudolph,
Mho had been reduced, •by a series of misfortunes,
from a state of comparative affluence to severe want;
and who, although at one time he had acted as Consul
at a foreign port, was at last happy to accept of
all humble situation in the docks, for the purpose
of maintaining his wife and children. Rudolph at all
times solemnly asserted his innocence of the crime laid
to his charge, and at the lest day of the Sessions, when
call-d up with the rest of the prisoners to receive his sen•
tence, he addressed the Recorder, and stated that he had
to complain of the hurried manner in which his trial was
tondacted--of which remark the Recorder appeared to
the a note- Happily for Rudolph, his former distresses
:.,dbrought him to the knowledge of the Curate of the
parish in which he lived. This Gentleman, having had
nnkb opportunity of observing his conduct, felt a firm
couvivion that it was very improbable that he should
be go Icy of the charge alleged against him.. The circum-
stances of the affair were therefore most fully investi-
gated, and a repiesentation was made by the worthy
Curate, in conjunction with his Rector, to Mr. Sturges
be'utile, and subSequernly to the Marquis of Lansdown ;
Sod the benevolent exertions of the Rev. Gentlemen
have b:en rewarded with succes, in their endeavours 10
r-store to liberty two fellow-creatures who have been
suffering imprisonn.ent for an oLarce of which they
hese been proved guiltleas.