Star.
London, England, 1826-04-22 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Th. Duke •f TOR/ inspected the Ist Battalion of the Grenadier
Regiment of Guards in their new clotbing, yesterday nturning, in
Portman-street Barracks.
Yesterday the lit Regiment of Life Guards marched from the
Cavalry Barracks to Englefield.green, where this regiment had a
grand geld

day.
The Bth (the KIM'S Royal Irish) Regiment of Light.. Dragoons,
(Hussars) is ordered to march on the 25th instant, from Hounslow
Barracks, for Brighton.
The 12th (the Prince of WA Lltel Royal) Regiment (Lancers),
is ordered to march, on the 25th instant, from Hampton Court to
Hounslow Barracks.
The 2d Division of the 8541 (West Suffolk), Regiment of Infantry
disembarked from on board the Diadem transport. on the Bth inst.
at Chatham, from Ireland.
Detachments belonging to the 7t% Dragoon Guards, 15th Hug-
sars, and the 10th, 26th, SOth, 58th. and 77th Regiments of Foot,
marched on Thursday morning from Westminster, for Bristol, on
route to Ireland.—Detachments belonging to the 611th, 71st, and
94th Regiments of Infantry, marched on Thursday morning, from
Westminster, for Plymouth—A Detachment of the 35th Regi-
ment of Foot, marched on Thursday morning from Westminster,
for Winchester—Detachments belonging to the lit, 57th, and 76th
Regiments of Infantry, marched on Thursday morning from West-
minster, for Portsmouth—A Detachment of the 70th Regiment of
Foot starched on Thursday morning from Westminster. for
Guernsey—Detachments of Recruits arrived in town on the 18th
instant, from Scotland, on route to join their respective Corps and
Depots—Detachments of Recruits arrived in town on Thursday
morning, from Bristol, on route to juin their respective Battalions
and Depots.

DREADFUL MURDER NEAR OXFORD.

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A murder h rs been committed this week in the small
village of Ensham, situate six miles from Oxford, on
the road to Cheltenham, which, from the respectabilit!
d both the unfortunate victim and the person charged
with the murder, has produced a most powerful sensa-
tion in that part of the country, where they are both
well known{ having resided there for many years. The
pers.rn murdered is a young man about 20 years old, of
he name of Thomas Maley ; his mother, who is a wi-
Jow, formerly kept the Red Lion Inn, in that village;
hut for the few last years had been living a retired life,
being in possession of a small annuity, and was looking
forward to the time when the deceased, her only son,
who had just completed his apprenticeship to Mr
Wilkins. a builder and wheel% right, in the village,
would be able to contribute towards her support and
comfort. /ler friends are highly respectable—the Town
Clerk of Oxford; and Mr. Cox, the banker, of the same
place, both being nearly allied to her. The perpetrator
of the horrid deed is Mr. Edward Arnatt, a man up-
wards of 50 years of age, of good and opulent con-
nexions, and following the business of a farmer and
baker. The circumstances under which it occurred,
transpired at the Inquest, which was held on the body
of the deceased, on Tuesday last, at the Red Lion Inn.
After tire Jury bad been sworn, they crossed the road, and
viewed the body, which had not been removed from the house of
Mr. Arnatt,Und also examined the situation of the premises, so far
as related to the room from which the gun was fired, the passage,
&c. On their return, the examination of witnesses commenced.
Hannah, the wife of James Harper, of Rirsham, stated that on
Monday, the 17th instant, she went to Arnatt's house, between
eight and nine o'clock in the evening, at the request of Ann, his
third daughter, for the purpose of appeasing her father, who, she
(Ann) said, was in a violent passion. When she (the witness)
came to the house, Arnatt was up stairs. In about ten minutes
he came down, took a large stick, and struck her twice. Mary,
another daughter of Arnatt, ran out of the house, and called
to some young men to come in and protect the witness.—
In consequence of this, John Cox, Richard D..vi:, and the deceased,
Thomas Maley, came into the room (the kitchen), and took hold of
Arnatt, to sate her (the witness) from his violence. After he bad
given up die stick, the younetnen quitted the kitchen, but were
requested by Elizabeth, another daughter of Arnatt, not to leave
the premises, lest her father should have recourse to further vie.
lence. In consequence 'of this request, they remained in the pas-
&Age —After they had been out about a qoarter of an hour, witness
heard them whispering to each other. Arnatt remained in the room,
and was calm. Between the room and the passage is a deal door.
On a sudden, Arnatt started up, seized the gun, which hung on a
beans In the room, saying at the time he took bold of it, " 13—n
their eyes, I'll shoot them." He then put the muzzle of the gun
close to the door, and immediately discharged it. Ile appeared to
hold the. gun in his right hand only. The contents of the gun went
through the door. (In the door was a round hole, about three.
quarters of an inch in diameter, round which were the marks of
burning front the powder). The whole charge entered the left
breast of the deceased, who instantly died. Atnatt went back to
his chair, and sat down, and then said, " IJ—n their eyes, I've done
for them."

Mary Rickson gave similar evidence as to the attempts of Cox,
Davis and Maley, to pacify Araatt. Cox took the stick from him.
and the witness, Mary Rickson, took hold of Arnett, sat hint down
in the chair, and mdeavoured to pacify him. At length be became
quite taint. She desired the young men to go out, and they left '
the room. A short time afterwards he suddenly started up. and
took down the gun from the beam. The witness seeing this, cried
out, " Don't shoot." He swore be would shoot, and instantly
fired of the gun. Site immediately opened the door, and saw the
deceased on the ground close to the Moor ; he was on his side and
doubled up. Witness turned round to Araatt, and said, '• You
have done him, it's Thomas Maley." Arnett replied, " I don't
care Who it is,it's to my heart's content ; they had no business on
my premises." Arnett was then taken into custody. (Rickson and
Harper differed in their evidence with regard to the rime which
elapsed between the young men leaving the room and the firing of
the gun ; Harper stating it to be a lapse of a quarter of an hour, and
Rickson saying it took place almost immediately afterwards.)
John Cox and Richard Davis gave nearly a similar account of
the melancholy event, and stated, that previous to their leaving the
room, they saw Arnett look up at the gun, which hung on a beam,
and Cox, said to Davis " Take care of the gun, Dick."
Augustus Rickson, son of the snood wittiest, gave similar evi•
dente. In answer to questions put to several of the witnesses
respecting the prisoner having been intoxicated, they said that he
appeared a little so, but they did not think him much in liquor.
Mr. Welchinan. a surgeon of Enshern, knew the deemed, Thos.
Maley ; had examined the body, and found a deep wound of the
breadth of two inches and upwards in the left breast; the heart
was very much lacerated; a quantity of shot had lodged in the
cavity of the thorax. Here the witness produced upwards
of sixty shots which be had taken front the body of the deceased,
also a small piece of his coat or waistcoat. He was quite certain
that the death of the deceased was occcasioned by a gun-shot wound.
The Coroner read over the evidence, and explained the law on
the subject; and the Jury. after a consultation, which occupied a
considerablainte, returned a verdict of—" WiUul Murder." The
Coroner bound the witnesses in recognizances for their appearance
at the trial, and issued his warrant for the committal of Arnett to
the County gaol, to which place he was conveyed about ten o'clock
the same evening.
Arnett has a wife, two eons, and four daughters, who have long
suffered front the. irritability and violence of his disposition. The
gun with which the fatal deed was perpetrated was one of three
which he always kept loaded, as a protection against thieves. The
body was removed to the Red Lion—the very house the deceased's
mother formerly kept, and where he binsasif was born.

Thursday morning, at a Quarterly Court of thit Met-
chant Tailors Company, which was very numerously attended, the
freedom of the Company was unanimously voted to be presented
to the Meat Hon. R. Peat., one of his Maasstv's principal Secre-
taries of State.
The Swedish Government has resolved to emploli
60,000 rlx•dollars in completing several ship., and in repairing the
fleet at Catiscritna, viz. 17,000 in completing the Charles John,
14,000 in repairing the Drislighoten, and 49000 in rebuildit g the
Prince Oscar; all these are ships of the line.
The Gentleman oldie name of GERRARD who, it has
been stated, was wounded in the side seriously on Wednesday It
liderrel.green, in a duel with Captain SMITH, lie, without hopes of
recovery. The ball it appears had lodged above the hip bone, and
it was not extracted cn Thursday night. The patient remains in a
high state of fever.
Mr KRAN arrived at Charleston rn the 12th tilts
and was to make his first appearance in dae character of Richard
the Third.

SPORTING' INT ELLIGENCL

YORK SPRING NIFETING, 1826-..:Moroar, nay 15.
MIST DA V.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 30 soy. e.,ch, 10 ft. for four years sad.
One mile and a half.
Mr. Russell's Alderman. Bst. 51h. Mr. Helyozike's Dauntless, ise
Mr. Richardson's Browitlock , 7st. 121 b. Lord Kelburne's Actz,n,
7st. f ib. Mr. ITppleby's Cantellioa. 7st. 91b. Mr. Rusatll s Sophy,
7st. 9th. Mr. Lambtons Count Poi o, 74. 716 Lord Kelburne's
Dare Devil, 7st. Sib. awl Mr. Wright's (ctavos. 7st. 3:b.
Sweepstakes of 20 ewe. each, for three years old, 7st. ; four. 5u..7,,.h.;
five, 9et.; sit and aged, 90. 41b. -Maiden horses, &c. allowed
41h. ; fillies, 31b.-Two miles.
Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b. e. by Phantom ; D. of Leed's Catterick ;
Mr. Petre's Rgthelan ; Sir M. W. IliJley's Fleur de !di; Lord
Kelburne's Acuson; Lord Fitzwilliam's Plurismart; Alr. Wh:t-
taker's Lottery.
Sweepstakes of 20 soy. each for three years old colts, Sst. Sib. and
8-t. 21b.-Last mile and three quarters.
Lord Scarborough's Conjurer; Air. R. I larrison's Royal Oak ;
Mr. S•hephenson's br, c. by Wa!ton ; Duke of Leed's cb. c. by
Whisker ; Mr. FA Petre's h. c. by Illacklock ; Sir T. Sykes's b. c.
by Juniper; Major Yarborough's AP Adam ; Lord Mancaster's
Garcia ; Lord Kennedy's King Catton ; - King Cole ; Lord
Fitzwilliam's Barataria; Mr. Payne's br. c. by Octavius.
The Sapling Stakes If 40 sue. each, h ft. for three years old fillies
Bit. 31b.-I.ast mile and half.
Mr. Watt's ch. by Canon; Lord Scarborough's sist. to Diadem ;
Mr. Ki,by's ch. by Welbeck ; Mr. G.alcoigne.. b. by Walton.
.Produce Stakes of 50 sot. each, h. ft. for two-year-old colts, Bst.3lb.
fillies Bst. with allowance. T. V. C.
Lord Fitzwilliam's br. c. by Comoe; Lord Scarborough's b. f.
by Calton; Mr. Watt's hr. f. by Magistrate; Mr. A. iley wood's
b. c. by Blacklock . Mr. F:llis's Lunacy.
'The St. Leger Slakes of 25 soy. each. for three-year-old colts, Sot.slb.
and fillies,B4. 21b.- Last mile and three quarters.
Duke of Leeds's b. c. by Whisker ; Mr. Watt's br. c. Belzoni ;
- brother to Barefoot; Mr. Rtdsdale's ch. c. by Tramp; Lord
Muncaster's Garcia • Lord Kennedy's King Catton ; Lord Ken-
nedy's Iledlamite ; Lord Kelhterne's brother to Cymbeline ; Loril
Milton's Mulatto; Sir W. Milner's b. c. by Carton ; Mr. Payne's
The Captain.
Lord Queetieberry's b. c. The Constable, by Magistrate, out of
'frictrac, lit. 41b. against Mr. Larnbton's b. f. Claudine, by Ebor,
Bst. 21b. Last mile. 100 sot. h. ft.
SZCONa DAT.
The Filly Stakes of Twenty Sots. each; three yrs old Bst. 31b.-
Last mile and half.
Mr. Mason's ch. by Egremont ; Sir E. Dodsworth's Mid Patrick;
Mr. Rolling's Grecian Queen ; Mr. Jaquee's Galena ; Duke of
Leeds's gr. by Walton ; Duke of Leeds's br. by Whisker; Mr.
Watt's ch. by Catton; Lord Muncaster's Garcia ; Lord Kennedy's
Mary Anne; Lord Milton% Theodoeia.
The Shorts, a Sweepstakes of Fifty Sovs. each, h. ft. for three-yrs.
old cults, Bst. 51b. fillies, Ist. 31b. Last mile.
Duke of Leeds's gr. f. by Walton ; Mr. Duncombe's b. c. by St.
Helena ; Mr. Lansbton's Claudine • Mr. ltidsdale's br. c. by Olseau;
Lord Kennedy's King Catton; Lord Kennedy's Bedlamite ; Lord
Milton's Barataria; Lord Queensberry's The Constable; Sir W.
Milner's ch. c. by Atnadis • Mr. Payue s b. c. by Anticipation.
The Gold Cup, value One Hundred Sovereigns, the surplus in
specie, by subscribers of Twenty Sovereigns each, for three yrt
old, Bst. 41b. four, 7st. 121 b. five, Sot. 71b, six and aged, Iht.lslb.
-Twe miles.
Mr.' Watt's ch. f. Zirza ; Mr. Petre's Der Freischutz • Sir M.
W. Ridley's Fleur de Us ; Lord Kelburne's Jerry ; Lard
burne's Actson ; Mr. Russell's Alderman ; Mr. Holyoake's alas.
tachio; Sir. Whittaker's Lottery; Mr. Payne's Barytes.
Sweepstakes of Thirty Soya. each, 10 ft. for two-yr-old colts Bst. 51b.
and fillies list. 21b. T.Y.C.
Mr. Whaley's Comus Secundus • Mr. T. 0. Powlett's gr. e. by
Ardrossan ; Mr. Riddell's Ilartsbury ; Duke of Leeds's b. c. by
Whisker; Duke of Leeds's b. c. by Blschlock ; Duke of Leeds's
gr. e. by Grey Middleham ; Mr. Jacques's sister to Ringlet; Mr.
AUwerthy's Prospective; Mr. Crompton's b. e. by Cervantes; Sir
M. W. Ridley's b. c. by Catton ; Mr. Wtight's Sampson; Lord
•Kelburue's Ardrossan; Lord Fitswilliam's Troubadour.
LAST DAT.
The Constitution Stakes of to sow. each, b. ft. for three yrs olds,
Sit. 101 b. four, list. five,Sst. 916. six, Sat. 11b. and aged, gat. 516.
One mile and a quarter.
Lord Kelburne s Dare Devil ; Lord Sektborough's ch. c. by
Catton ; Mr. Holyuake's Dauntless; Mr. Russell's The Alder-
man ; Duke of Leeds's Catterick ; Duke of Leeds's b. c. by Whis-
ker; Mr. Ferguson's br. c. by *Bourben ; Mr. Whittaker's Lottery;
Mr. F. Lumley's br. c. by Ardrossan; Lord Milton's Humphrey
Clinker; Mr. Gascnigne's Sister to Elizabeth; Mr. T. 0. Powlett's
Conductor; Mr. B. Peters's b. f. by Tramp; Mr. Rielsdale's Deti•
+inn ; Mr. Crompton's Zirsa.
The Sapling Stakes of 50 see. each, h. ft. for three yrs old colts,
llstoilb.-31b. allowed, &c. last mile and three quarters.
Lord Milton's liekbill ; Mr. Watt's Belzoni; Lord Queen-
berry's Randolph) Sir W. Mazo ell's Viscount Meldon ; Lord
Scarbrough's 'ferrate; Lord Scarbrough's Conjurer.
The Stand Plate of 450 for horses, &c. of all ages; three yrs old,
7st; four, Bst. 41b. five, Bst. 101 b. sit and aged, 9st. Mares
allowed Sib. a winner of £5O in Plate, match, or Sweepstakes,
to carry alb. extra. Heats, one mile and three quarters each.-
To pay three sots. entrance.
A grand Match takes place one the first day of the next York
(Steering, for 1,000 sots. between Mr. Holyoake's Dauntless, Bst.
?lb. and Mr. Baird's Cleveland, Bst. both four years old-one mile
and three quarters.
The following Matches are made for the same Meeting, but the
particular days are not yet mentioned :
Lord Kelburne's ch. c. by Grey Walton, against Lord Queen*
berry's Randolph, itst. 31b. each, for 500 stave. 50 ft.
Lord Kelburne's br. f. by Ardrossan, against Lord Queensberry%
Mrs. Fry, Ist. 31b. each, fur £OO sots. 50 ft.
Mr. Russell's Abron, against Mr. Payne's Helmut, 84. 91b. each,
for 500 Bova. h. ft.
Sir. Russell's Owls Piatti, Sat. 71b. against Mr. Payne. &We%
OK. for 500 soya. h. ft.
On the first day of the Newmarket Second Spring Meeting, the
sowing Matches will be run :
'The Duke of Graftou's Rufus, Bst. 71b. against Lord Orford%
Fleance, Sit. for eoo.
Mr. Wortley's Crusader, against Lord Orford's Swiss Guide,
• Sib. each, for 200.
The following Match has been mate for the last day of the next
Dontaster Meeting :
Mr. Yates's Sharpshooter, against Mr. Russell's ch. f. by Whisker,
est. each, for 500 outs. h. ft.
WOBURN HUNT MEETING, Aram O.
The four yrs old Stake on the first day was won by Captain
Wyndham 's Tender, beating four others.
The Half-bred Stake did not fill.
The Hunter' Stake of SW. Two miles; Mete
Mr. Owettion's Rambler . .
Major Barnet's Sylph
Mr. Goodison's Fidget
Captain Br owillow's Musieian
Mr. Paysie's Gypsey Girl
Mr. Hutson% Logic • •
Three others started.
Tit 1111,SDAll.
handicap Plate of £5O fur beaten Hunters, on Wednesday.
Capt. Btownlow's sllnsiciatt, lost. sib. . • 1 43 1
Mr. Goodlson's Fidget, l lst. lib. • 4 1 $ 3
Mr. . . . 3 1 dr
Mr. :Paaarynneenset''s..sGSll;ehiciy:lGiosistrti,.4 lost.. 41b. s ;
fir
I
Mr.
It was as fine Racing as could be, and the result shewed what
difference two or three pounds in weight makes, by comparing the
first and second day's Race.
RIDE AND DRIVE MATCH.
Another ride and drive match took place yesterday morning,
from the 45th mile stone, near Basingstoke, Hants. A Gentleman
of the name of Mabberley, undertook to perform 42 miles in three
hours, far 100 sires. and to go the first ten miles en foot,and ride *Le
horse, and to drive one. He accomplished it as follows ten
miles on foot took him an hour and five minutes, when he flowered
a fast half-bred banter, and rode rather more than YO mile• in an
hour and seven minutes; be next mounted a light gig in waiting,
with a blood mare in harness; and accomplished the remainder of
the distance in a minute and a few seconds within the given tune. *.
was not bound to trot is harness, or the match must have been led.

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MUNCH AUSI It EDIVIVUS.—The follnwing story.,
worthy of Baron Mumma u.att nr Major Likaosow, is gravely re-
lated in a Morning Paper t " SINOULAK AccIDINT•.-.Tuesday night
as a hackney coach was proceeding through Modal street, smoke
and flame were seen to issue tram the boot of the carriage, when
the coachman instantly alighted and an individual inside the coach
gut out, but the fire burned with su much rapidity that it communi-
cated to the body of the coach, winch was soon consumed. It was
supposed to have arisen from some fits h.ving fallen from a pipe,
which it was said the driver had been smoking. The Are was at
length extinguished by the parish engine."