Star.
London, England, 1821-10-17 00:00:00

FURTHER PLANS OF RETRENCHMENT.

Ministers, it is said, are immediately to take in band
the long neglected Office of Receivers-Geter.d of
Counties. They were recommended by the Finn
Committee' as fit subjects whereon to exercise de
sickle and the pruning-hook, and the following ap•
pears to be the modus operandi on the occasion:—
There are at present two, or more, Receives, Geed
in some of the counties; but one in each county i,to
be the future allowance throughout England. Ile
average income of the situation has hitherto bn
about £2OOO per annum, besides some " pickings
from regular balances, to the amount of MI
which these Officers have been permitted to retainit
their hands. But henceforth a salary of £6OO pa
annum is to be the sole remuneration of the Rectiso
General, without a balance in baud, if it can be
avoided, of one farthing ; and consequently withal
any authorized " pickings" whatever.
But the new plan of retrenchment extends furtba
than the cutting down. the salary to the level pm
scribed by the Finance Committee. They have also
to select under those instructions, in instances whet
the Receiver-Generalship of a county is divided among
two or more individuals, one person to execute th
whole; and Ministers are to put up the offices the;
united in one to a species of auction; and give thea
to him who bids the minimum of salary.
In respect of the consequences which have alreadl
flowed, and which must follow for some mnadd
longer, from the operation of this retrenchment Inv
ject, we may observe, that previously to the 10th ins.
the Receivers-General were called upon, for the first
time, to pay in £1,700 each of the accustomed and
before untouched balance of £6,500. This requisi-
tion of the Treasury from' sixty-six Receivers, pro-
Tided a sum of £112,200, in addition to the natod
and ordinary sum total of the Assessed and Lai
Tax for the October Quarter, and equivalent tots
Nth of the boasted excess of the whole Revenutli
the last Quarter over that of the corresponding
Quarter in 1820. _ _ _

Further, it is a part of the scheme to make a 00
terly reduction of- the balances in the hands of th
Receivers, until they shall at last be reduced to no
thing. The large guarantees now demanded frog
these Officers are, we understand, to be required 0
longer, and this on the plea that the balance d
£6,500 is to be abolished also; but the old sccurinn
amounted often to £lOO,OOO and upwards, althoug
the authorized balance was never to exceed the lima
mentioned above.
There is yet another difficulty to be adjusted,*
importance of which it is more than probable that
Ministers will not be the last to find out. De Re.
teiverships of Counties bate constituted for pats&
most valuable patronage of County Members-4i
those who considered it a point of conscience tor"
for the Minister of the day.

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The contest between Lady MORGAN and her as,
gonists, is not, it seems, confined to England.
a private letter just received from the Continent, it
appears that both the Pore and the EMPEROR be
entered the lists against her. Throughout the whole
of Italy, it is stated, her recent work on that csso'
try is prohibited with the utmost severity, as vele
in Germany ; and copies which were on the vrai
Mi'an3 have heal seized and burnt at Urine

xdFAL

TAE ARMY.

16.—Sailed this morning, the Lady Jane hill" The Officers and privates of the 18th hussars have presented
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vessel with the Earl of GUILDFORD ; and Defence and their gallant Colonel, Sir Messrs, Vivian, with an elegant Silver
ll Trumpet, purchased by them with their Waterloo prize-money.
wssase.TEESEIS, for Calais.. Arrived from the River, his
Raj; r„..3 steam-packet Dasher, intended for the conveyance of .
S•x troops, forming the Bath division of North Somerset
ebeip,at from this port to Calais : —owing to some accident in
Cavalry, are to a.1.-mble for fourteen days' training
k pasage she injured one of her engines, which disabled it .Yeomanry
and exercise, on their respective Parades, on the _nth instant,
&me- r • rking anti the force with which she entered the harbour
and thirteen following days.
we inconsequence materially affected, to the no small disappoints
of the crowds of persons assembled on the pier: she makes The 22d, or Cheshire Regiment of Foot, under the command
first trip to the Continent with to-morrow's Mail. of Colonel Sir Dunn Gomm, arrived in Dublin on Wednesday,
Ater
Doi.; oer. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Came down from the from Liverpool. They are to replace the 49th in Waterford, the
River and nailed, the Richard, WILLI.% NINON, for Millet-Ara ; latter Regiment having received orders to embark for the Cape
Seneca, tree, for Tobago ; Phtenix, ALLEN, for New York ; of Good Hope.
Rowcliffe Delors, for Honduras; and l'htehe, Her,szaT, front
nun for bpnem—Arrived and remain, the Tula, WHITE, from
liabga ; Arno, Caow, from Odessa ; Amiable Eliza, GRA NOIR,
from tram.; la Pere de Famine, lIINEZ, from Dunkirk; and
V Ansa, Von Wye, from Bilboa.
row
sae sloop of dear, which has lately arrived at Chatham
but abroad, and been re-commissioned by Captain PHILLIP:S,
hat proved, on being taken ihto dock and examined, to be in
sock a bad state, that she is to be immediately paid off, and laid
yp is ordinarY•
ponessmerii, Ocr. 16.—Wind N.—Arrived the Caroline and
Integrity transports, from Plymouth; Europe, %Vitus, from
Quebec; Anne Christina, Gaunter, from Christiana; and
Ridias, VAUGHAN, front 1.991191.011 for Bristol, the latter with
darnage,basing been run on board of by a large sloop off the Isle
of Wight, and had her jib-boom carried away, bowsprit sprung,
eec. sailed his rtlajesty's ship IL.: n, on a cruize.
Cogs, tkr.l6.—Arrived the ilbury transport, from Ports-
mans for Malta.
rakorerii, ti r. 15.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Industry,
Roost, fro .t Vorsground.
Psrmoirru, Ot.T. I.;.—Wind N.—. Arrived the Tine& revenue
miser, front the Eastward, to !ve paid off.
ancroco, OCT. 16.—Arrived the Jane packet, with a Mail
Gatcntaurgh.
losseutn.. Oct. 15.—Arrived the General Brock, WHITE-
we, front Quebec : sailed the 25th August. She was on shore
in tkorge's llay, and bat thrown her deck load overboard.—
The Prince Leopahl, Lsamova, from 1.01111011, Went on shore
Ramptort-roods the thl September, and was got oil the 15th.
Prar-atter, Oct. 14.—A large piece of American timber has
ken brought in here. Gee feet of one end has been on tire, and
it in larpos::tl that the so. sac! from which it came has been burnt.
Two other pieces hove !wen picked up, and taken to Maas-hole.
A brig Rat at anchor this morning near the Land's End, with
loss of mainmast.

cretamiloese, Orr. 16.—Entered Inwards:—The Marga-
ret:a, from Bremen; Keith Stewart, from Stettin ; Alexander,
from Dantair; Hying Fish, from Ostend ; Junge Jannette, from
Embden; Juno, trim Riga; Charles, from Rouen; Warner,
lkoibers, Rosetta, and Grasshopper, front Itunburgh.—Entered
Outwards:—Earl Bathurst, tor Votterilam ; Anne, for Nevis;
\lnstil, for Antigua ; Elizabeth, for the Cape of Good Hope ;
Waterloo, and Hopewell, for Jamaica ; Sir David Stott, and
Fairhe, for India; John Shand, for Jamaica • Jane, for
()pm; William, for Guernsey; and Meslina, for Bombay.—
Cleared Outwards:—Jemima, for Antwerp; Hebei and Heart
of Bah, for Dublin; Edward, for Bremen ; Fame, for Jamaica;
Chance, for Ilawburgh ; Prince of Saxe-Cohn! g, for itotterdatn.
NOTICE Ti MARINCIS,—Extract of a letter from Lloyd's
Agent at Landafiord, in Norway, dated September 22 : A
sew Light-house is erected on this coast within My district in
Christiania river, within Feeder Light, which is very useful to
guide ships in tkrk nights running or beating up or down the
,Mer,the want (01A Light on thee Eug,lehuk Rocks haviag proved
fral to many vess...:•,. 'The Euglehuk liocks are the three gond'.
ea,t of lioilarane, lyirg outritst rocks; they are lying close to
one anotner in a straight line front wrath to north. The Litilit-
Lose is 4:: fee: aber:e the surface, and is a lamp light eclipsed
every half mii.ute, to distinviish it from the Ferder Light, and
will fur the first time he !ifhtcd no :he 15t of November next.
In cease the wind and sea are so high that a vessel in the nigl.t
ea mot beat up from the coast, which is very difficult, as the c ur-
TOIL Nets ou th.: shore in heavy gales, and not having a pilot on
board, she may with saEty now run for Ferder Light, and from
thepre steer foe the new Fuglehuk Light, where a vessel in to-
lerable smooth water can keep her cruising in sight of the Light
until :he morning ; she will idways keep bet place, as the current
from the Dram and Christiania river is under her lee side ; or if
the vessel has a pilot on board, he will from thence at any time
run the slip to a roil an,:horage."
Atm:D.—At Petersburgh, the Urania, Reynolds, from
Bah; Paris, Armstrong, front London ; Ulverstone, Parker,
fret Lintpnol ; Congance, Crokatt ; and Margery, Ilan, from
*was& ; Janet, Mill, from Leith; Thistle, Keddie, from
badge; and Vriendschap, Kramer, from Oporto. At New
lartba, Sketchiest ; Importer, Lee ; Amity, Maxwell ;
mi South Boston, Campbell, front Liverpool. At Philadelphia,
Telegraph, Coffin, front Liverpool. At Charleston, Fame,
limy, from Liverpool
Lacier or ate Ismanaw.—Saturday, a very fine Indiaman
was hunched in the iledway, from Messrs. liniwnLer's yard, at
Frind.bury. She went cif in excellent style, and amidst the
&trio( a vast concolirse of people of all ranks, assembled on
*suasion: after the launch the vessel was taken in tow by a
anm.packet for the Thames, where she is to be fitted. A din-
we sod ball were given in celebration of the day, by the pro.
Fitton of the ship, at the Bull Inn, Rochester, which were both
ourieroasly attended. An accident, which served to throw a
4arat user the it halt, of the company, took place just as the ship
lin Sven Alr. JOHN Coos, a respectable tradesman, re-
ining at SHOW, was attemptir.g to get on board her, when the
acorn:n:4.lton ladder on which he had stepped was pulled front
under luta, sod he was precipitated to the bottom of the slip, by
which At was so much injured that he expired in about a quarter
of bow afterwards.

Saturday, the Earl of DARNLEY and family, ac-
companied by Sir HUNIPIIRY DAVY, paid a visit to
&r ROBERT I.3mmow, at Chatham Dock-yard, and
after taking a slight view of the works going on there,
proceeded to Frindsbury to view the launch of the
lodiaman at Messrs. BniNDLEY'S yard.
The figure-head of the Berwick East Indiaman,
hunched at Deptford, on Thursday, is a Scotchinan
a the full national costume, and underneath him is
ao inscription, " To honest men and bonny lasses r
Monday se'nnight, the LORD PROVOST and
Orates of Glasgow, gave an elegant entertainment,
a the Town Hall, to the night Honourable Lord
Stowat.L.

During the last week the Glasgow colliers have
Dearly all returned to their work. The proprietors
((some pits have given the men an advance of 3d.
dealt on their wages.
We are sorry to say, that all the letters received of
late from the Mediterranean, arc filled with corn-
Plaints respecting the disposition and employment of
our naval force in that quarter. We lament this the;
imort, as we cannot discover even the shadow of an
!lose for such neglect. Our force there is probably
(satlV trough for the protection of British interests ;,
ic is seldom to be found at those points where its
Pace would be useful. Whatever certainty our
rcerntoent may entertain of the continuance of peace
between Russia and the Porte, it should still keep a
resPeetable force in that quarter, for the purpose of
Preventing those outrages to which neutral shipping
tarot be liable in such a maritime war as the Greeks
and Turks are waging at this moment. When it is
considered that every vessel belonging to the Insur-
Pat Greeks is converted into a privateer, and that it
Is ander scarcely any controul, it is matter of surprise
!tat much greater violence has not been committed.
Several English merchantmen have been stopped in
course, insulted, and, we believe, plundered, by
Greek armed vessels. It is needless to say how easily
this insult to the British flag, and this injury to pri.
late ptoperty, mi.2,lit have been prevented.
LeVers from Calais mention that General BER•
?RANO arrived off that port in the Iris packet7but,
Ithich was to enter next tide.

As the Hon. NORMAN HILTON was lately return-
ing from his seat, in Devonshire, the horse upon
which he rode (formerly a charger belonging to an
Officer in the Guards), suddenly dropt down, and
expired. Mr. ll.'s leg suffered a severe contusion ;
but, notwithstanding the pain which he.felt, he suc-
ceeded in procuring assistance; and, upon opening
the body of his horse there was found the half of a
bayonet in the viscera. The poor horse is supposed
to have met with this extraordinary wound at the
late great battle of Waterloo.
A grand ball and supper was given, on Thursday
last, at Widay lleuse, near Plymouth, by Colonel
and Mrs. A. MonsitEnn, to all the families of distinc-
tion in the neighbourhood. The mansion and con-
servatory were brilliantly illuminated with variegated'
lamps, entwined with laurel, and other evergreens,
and over the hall door shone " Welcome," in trans-
parent I:tters: among the brilliant assemblage were,
The Kiri and Countess of Morley, the Right Hon. R. I'.
Carew a•id family, Sir A. and Lady Cochrane, Sir A. and Lady
Miil.,wo;ll), Sir M. and Lady Lopez, Sir T. and Lady Lavie,
and a long :rain of fashionables and Officers of the Army and Navy.

One ,1 the Papers informs us that an eminent artist
is painting a handsome likeness of Sir JOHN SILVESTER,
the Recorder of London.

A Itid;crims yet disagreeable accident happened at
a Banker's at the west end of the town on Saturday
eve►►in<g. A Clerk, by mistake, was inadvertently
locked up in the iron room, and remained there until
Monday morning.
A fire broke out on Monday evening, at eleven
o'clock, in the sugar-house of Messrs. CRAVEN and
BOWMAN, Duncan-street, Whitechapel, occasioned by
one of the flues bursting. The neighbourhood was
much alarmed. By the speedy arrival of engines,
and a good supply of water, the flames were shortly
subdued, doing but very little damage.
On the l'st of the present month a dreadful fire
broke out at Boulogne, in the Upper Garonne, which
was so rapid in its progress that it was feared the
whole of that part of the town would have been de-
stroyed. The alarm was general, and a procession
of the host was made during the night. The fire was
at length subdued. The loss was considerable. It
is stated in tl:e Gazette de France, on the authority of
a letter from Amiens, that fifty-three houses in the
Commune of Millers Bretonneaux, near that City,
have fillen a prey to the flames, and that a family
perished in one of the houses.
Dowros concluded his engagement at Brighton
on Saturday night, and the House was elegantly and
numerously attended. The performances were the
Hypocrite; Who the Dupe? and the Coronation.
The fame of DowroN in the former Piece is too well
established to need a comment. A whimsical acci-
dent occurred in the first act of Who's Me Dupe? On
a sudden the gas illumination was subjected to a total
eclipse. Not a glimmering was to be perceived, ex-
cepting from the wing lamps of the stage, which were
supplied by oil. It happened in the scene where
Dailey has introduced Gradus to his daughter.—
" Lord —," said a servant in the Piece, coming
on, 0 is waiting below." " Has he brought any
lights with him ?" inquired Dailey—" No, Sir," was
the reply. " Why, then," rejoined Dailey, " tell his
Lordship I am in the dark, and not to be seen !"
Much laughter was heard, but not a soul in the au-
dience part of the House could be discovered ; those
on the stage were not so completely invisible. The
1 .
wing gleamings just served to make " darkness
visible!" The Piece went on—Gradus (H. CLARICE)
was addressieg one of his scholastic speeches to the
Lady, when Dailey called out, " Beware Betty, what
you are doing in the dark," and the House was once
more in a roar. Gradus, thus interrupted in his
wooing, was for a time silent, but, at length turning
to Dailey, in desponding accents, he articulated, "I
fear all the inflammable air is gone!" The laughter
increased. Elizabeth tittered as if she thought with
Gradus. and Dailey offered to increase the price of
farthing rush-lights to a penny a-piece. Many other
remarks followed, some of which were as apt as
whimsical, and electrical at times was the effect pro-
duced. At the close of the act, a row of lamps, all
lighted, was arranged at the foot of the stage, which
occupied nearly half an hour, and by the time this
had been completed, the gaseous vapour once more
streamed through the conducting tubes, and the
House was presently restored to ►ts original brilliancy.
The town throughout was subjected to a similar in-
convenience. The shops were in darkness, and business
in the interval suspended.
CURIOUS CASE.—An affair of a very extraordinary
nature is about to come before the Court of Assize at
Paris. A Scotchman, named William M'Dougal, who
was pursued for uttering at Paris forged notes of the
Bank of Scotland, to the amount of 40,000 francs,
fled to the Netherlands, and took refuge in the Belgic
territory. The French Government demanded and
obtained that he should be given up. M'Dougal was
made prisoner at Ghent, and conducted by regular
reliefs of guards to Paris. However, people were not
a little surprised to see the prisoner soon after his ar-
rival in the capital, obtain all at once his liberty, say-
ing that he was guilty of that single crime for which
our Legislature has not provided a punishment. The
fact was, that the person who was brought to Paris
was not the true William, but his brother, James
M'Dougal, ss ho had conceived and executed the hardy
project of setting his brother at liberty on the journey,
by dressing himself inclothes similar to those which
the prisoner wore. It appeared he had followed the
chaise in which his brother was, on horseback, for
some time, and it was at Courtray, when the party
stopped at a little inn, that he put himself in his place.
James, therefore, was the person that the police of the
Netherlands delivered to the French gens d'armes on
the frontiers. This curious case, • which, before dis-
cussing the accusation, it will be necessary first to
prove the prisoner's identity, will be pleaded by M.
Unix d'Estrasigo.

SPORTING IYIELLIGiNCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1861.

TIIEIDAY, OCTOBER. Ili.

Oneethird of a Subscription of 25g s. each, for 4-yr-old colt;
Sst. 10Ib. and fillies, Bst. 71b. D.l.—lona tide the property
of Subscribers.—Seven Subscriber..
Lord Egremoit'c b. c. Robin Hood - - - - I
Sir J. Shelley's h. e. Ivanhoe
H. 11. 11. the Duke of York's ch. e. Oracle - - - pd
Lord Jersey's b. g. Spurus
5 to g apt RoLin Ileod.
- -

Fifty Pounds, for 2-yr-oldcolts, carrying Bst. 41b. and fillies,
Bst. 21b. T.Y.C.

Mr. °reellle's ch. f. . - 1
Mr. Wyndham's b. f. by Whalebone - . - 2
Mr. Udney's ch. f. by. Selim
Mr. Crockford's b. e. by Selim
Major Wilson's ch. f. by Juniper
Mr. Neale's b. f. by Ruben.
Mr. Goddard's b. f. by Marmion
Mr. Smith's ch. f. by Blucher
Mr. Hunter's b. e. by Haphazard
Duke of Rutland's b. c. by Sir Paul
The Judge placed but three.-2 to 1 agst sister to Plumper-
-sto 2 agst filly by Whalebone-5 to 2 agst filly Ly Senn'.
A Gold Cup of 20gs. value, by a Subscription of 15gs. each, for

horses of all ages. Ab: M.
Lord Maynard's c. by Partisan, 5 yrs old, 7g. Ilb. - I
Mr. Batson's Freak, 3 yrs old, 7st. - - - - 2
Mr. Udney's Barmecide, 5 yra old, 94. - - - 3
Mr. Fox's Pacba, 5 yrs old, Bst. 71b.
Mr. Bouverie's Paralos, 4 yrs old, 7st. 111 b.
Mr. James's Fleur-de-Lis, 5 yrs old, 7st. 81b.
Lord Clarendon's Alirandola, 4 yrs old, 7st. 81b.
Mr. Ntale's c. by Pericles, 3 yrs old, Ist. 1 b.
Duke of Ilutland's f. by Waxy, 5 yrs old, 7st.
Sir J. Shelley's Phidias, 5 yrs old, tist. 121 b.
The Judgo placed but three.
4to 1 agst colt by Partisan-5 to 2 agst Barmeride.

Mr. Fox's Paint-brush, sit. SM. beat Mr. L'dnry's Pantoune,
73t. 111 b. 1). M. 100 gs. b. ft. 4.2 to 1 agst Paint-brush.

MONMOUTH RACES.

The fineness of the weather, so long wished throughout the
kingdom, drew to this scene of pleasure a company not before
exceeded at any time, either in rank or fortune, including all the
landed characters in this county, with many others in the sur-
rounding district, and the difterent plates altOrded great interest
to the sporting world. The inns were crowded to overflowing ;
and the Balls at the Beaufort Arms had to boast of 300 charac-
ters of rank and fortune.

Sweepstakes of Sgs. each, with 20gs. added from the Fund.
Mr. Willis's b. m. Ethelitida, 5 yrs old - 8 1 1
Mr. C. A. Prichard's b. m. Victorine, 5 yrs old I 5 2
Mr. J. Jones's b. b. Fitzorville, aged - 6 4 5
Duke of Beaufort's c. h. Doctor Eady, 5 yrs old 7 2 dr
Sir C. Morgan's b. c. Blandford, 4 yrs old • 8 5 dr
Mr. G. Morgan's b. g. Swindon, 5 yrs old - 4 6 dr
Mr. West's b. g. Alpha, 5 yrs old - - 2 dt
Mr. Partridge's b. c. Valentine, 5 yrs old - 5 dr

A Plate of £5O by the County Members, for all ages.
Mr. Flemming's b. c. Blandford, 4 yrs old - 1 1
Mr. Pryse's c. h. Doctor Eady, 5 yrs old - 2 2
Mr. West's b. g. Alpha, 5 yrs old - - 3 dr

Tli U SWAY.
A Mate of .e5O, by the County of Monmouth, for all ages.
Mr. Daly 's b. m. Victorine, 5 yrs old - - 1 2 1
Mr. Thornhill's c. f. S.:arpa, s yrs old - - 2 1 2
Mr. Flemming 's e. g. by Haphazard - - 3 3 dr

A Handicap Plate of £5O by the Town of Monmouth.
Mr. Jones's b. m. Ethelinda, 5 yrs old - - 6 1 1
Mr. Flernming's b. c. Blandford, 4 yrs old - 5 2 2
Mr. Pryse's g. f. Undinc, 5 yrs old - - 1 5 5
Mr. Daly', b. g. Swindon, 5 yrs old - - 7 S 4
Mr. Taylor's ch. g. Little John, 6 yrs old - 4 4 dr
Mr. Daly's b. at. Victorine, 5 yrs old - - t dr
Mr. West's br. h. Eitzorvllle, aged - -

The horse named Little John, appeared as though he had ar-
rived in Ilia native dress from Sherwood Forest, compared to the
fine animals among whom he had entered the lists to obtain the
prim. He had, before this plate was run for, run a snatch with
some competitor whom he easily beat, and then came forward
for this handicap. lie set off at full speed, which he main-
tained excellently the whole way; and it he had been rode by
a jockey, it is a doubtful point if he would not have proved the
first in the field ; but the rider pushed hint when he had no oc-
casion, and held him in when he amid have excited his speed.
It certainly afforded the greatest amusement of any race to the
company. The rider was in full costume with the horse, and
their united appearance excited the greatest merriment.