Star.
London, England, 1819-08-04 00:00:00

COWES, JULY 31.

The Isle of Wight Regatta, notwithstanding the
other attractions of Winchester Races and Portsdown
Fair, drew together a larger assemblage of Nobility,
Gentry, and Fashion, than on any former occasion.
The fineness of the weather added to the gratification
felt by every beholder ; and the arrangea..ents gave
universal satisfaction. The Review, on Wednesday,
.of all the Pilot Vessels, shewed the utility of this an-
nual Nautical Parade, as the owners vied with each
other in the complete equipments of their respective
craft, which were all declared, by the Commissioners
of Pilotage, in a proper state for useful and arduous
service. The Ross ing Match which followed, for
three Purses, was well. contented by the :following
boats, and won by the Smolensk°, R. Clark, steers-
man, first ; Eclipse, Windover, second ; and Waxy,
Ward, third.
'Thursday's Sailing Match exhibited a fine display
of nautical skill and activity, and great knowledge
of the locality of the tides and currents, by the under-
mentioned vessels, and which was won, by a long
distance, by Mr. Edward Stevens's Portsmouth and
Cowes Passage Vessel, the Fox ; though, in the two
first heats, very closely followed by the Favourite.—
Contrary to the usual custom of allowing them only
three sails, the conditions this season admitted of
sails of all sizes and descriptions, and some singu-
larly new ones were exhibited to aid the speed of the
vessels. The four winners came in in the following
.order in the respective heats:—
Fox, Stevens, 1 1 1 23 Guineas.
Favourite, Caws, 22 2 13 Guineas.
Flaelity, Francis. 4 4 3 12 Guineas.
Traveller, Judd, 3 3 4 10 Guineas.
Upwards of two hundred vessels and boats, with
streamers flying, enlivened-the scene; and the larine
Band, on board of Mr. LINDEGREN'S Yacht, added
not a little to the gaiety of the day.
The Dinner, at the Hotel, at East Cowes, on the
first day, was numerously attended by the Gentle-
men of the Yacht Club and their Friends, with Lord
CRAVEN in the Chair; and the Ball on the following
evening, under the Stewardship of the Marquis of
ANGLESEA and T. HALIFA.:, Esq. was splendidly
attended.
The Sweepstakes for 150 guineas, between the
Marquis of ANGLESEA, Mr. WELD, and Mr. W. BA-
RING, in their respective Yachts, did not commence
till Tuesday, it having been calm on the preceding
day, and so little wind prevailed during the race,
that it was 16 hours before the vessels had run over
the distance of 30 miles. Yesterday the contest was
again resumed for the second heat, but the wind,
though more auspicious, was still light, and at four
o'clock the Eitierald, Lord ANGLESRA'S vessel, for a
second time, won the heats ; she was followed, in
about fifteen minutes, by the other two vessels.—
These Vessels only used three sails, and were admir-
ed for the activity and skill with which they were
worked.
The whole•of this delightful amusement passed off
without any material accident, with the exception of
the upsetting of a boat, in which were Mr. ALEXAN-
DER CLARKE, of the Academy, Newport, his Lady,
Lieutenant COOPER, R.N. and Miss FRANCIS, of this
place, which was occasioned by the boats running
foul of the Prince Cobourg's hawser ; several boats,
however, immediately went to their assistance, and'
succeeded in saving them. Miss FRANCIS was much
exhausted, indeed almost lifeless, but with the appli-,
cation of proper remedies, she soon recovered.
The Isle of Wight never, at any one time, was
honoured with so much rank, fashion, zed beauty;
nothing was wanting but the presence of his Royal
Highness the PRINCE REGENT, who was most anxi-
onsly expected, and whose absence was sincerely re-
gretted. His Royal Highness's Yacht was in Cowes
Roads on Tuesday, and her Commander, the Hon.
Captain PAGET, permitted any Lady or Gentleman
to go on board, to view her superb and elegant fit-
tings and appointments.
Amongst the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Yachts
we observed those of—
The Marquis of Anglesea, the Earl of Craven, Lord Grant-
ham, Sir Arthur Paget, the Hon. Captain H. Paget, Sir William
Curtis, Bart. Captain Frederick Berkeley, Rev. George Capper,
William Baring, Esq. S. Chatten, Esq. William Curtis, Esq.
William Green, Esq. J. Gordon, Esq. Captain E. L. GrAam,
J. Gulaton, Esq. Thomas Halifax, Esq. Captain G. E. Hamond,
H. Herbert, Esq. S. Lindegren, Esq.' R. W. Newman, Esq.
Itev. Charles A. North, J. Shakespeare, Esq. Thos. Asahetoa
mith, Esq. Captain J. P. Symonds, Sir George Thomas, Bert.
Joseph Weld, Esq. Colonel Wheatley, John Fleming, Esq.
Henry Perkins, Eaq. Commissiottet the Hon. Sir George Gorey,'l
and a numerous flotilla of Admiralty and Private Boat 'and
Bstges—forinlog.as delightful a switt as !TA' witnessed..,
The Marquis of Ancim....r.A, it is said, won upwards
of £8O( by the .superior celerity and excellence of
his. Yacht,

LIQUIDATION OF NATIONAL DEBT.

TO THE EDITOR OF 'WE STAR.

SIR—To enable this Country to uphold its conse;
quence among Natioas, to support the character
which its great achievements ?Ave acquired, to place
us iu a situation which ssould at once commapd
re-
spect from without, and ensure to us tranquillity
within the Realer, wonld require something molt
than economy; as will the distresses of the Poor;
some more efficacious remedy than is to be found
either in parallelograms or poor-rates.

As a man who is incarcerated for debt, is restrain-
ed from making even an effort to help himself, at)
are the natural powers of this kingdom weakened, its
energies cramped and bound down by the enoi mous
amount of the National Debt. This mill-stone is the
sole cause of the public distress ; and while the work-
ing and lower classes are compelled to pay from their
scanty means, a portion of the Forty Millions of In-
terest annually raised, we have no prospect what-
ever of an end being put to the general discontent.
We arc, it is true, at peace, and indeed it would be
downright madness, with such a debt on our shoul-
ders, ever to think of going to war : and so, unfor-
tunately I am afraid for us, think most of onr neigh-
bours--a peaceful behaviour, therefore, suits our pre-
sent situation amazingly. But who shall say that that
which operates on us (Poverty) to make us desirous
of remaining at peace, might not have a directly
' opposite effect on some of our neighbours? And
what, it might be asked, ('situated as we are at this
moment with seditious assemblages •of the people
from one end of the kingdom to the other), would
be the position in which this country would be placed,
were advantage to be taken of our weakness, and
war to be declared against us? Could we, in the
midst of public distress and general dissatisfaction,
think of imposing additional Taxes, which if the
people were even disposed to submit to, they would
soon find they could not bear? This, then, is our
present situation—that we must remain at peace, to
enjoy even the disturbed rest of a man in a fever;
' surrounded as we are by sedition and riot : and if
war should unhappily be declared against us, we
must beseech our enemies to allow us to remain
quiet, for that we really have not the wherewithal
to defend ourselves.

It this be no an overcharged picture of our actual
state, and if it be really true, that the cause of the
difficulty and. distress under which the country is la-
bouring, may be referred to the National Debt—it
surely then behoves us to turn our whole attention,
and to use our utmost exertion, to remove such cause:
and for this purpose no plan has been suggested so
feasible as that which first appeared in your Paper
of the 6th instant ; and which propo,ed to reduce,
not entirely to discharge the National Debt, by means
of a Lottery. The very considerable degree of pub-
lic interest which that article excited, and the gent.
ral approval which it met, will, it is to be hoped, pro-
cure for it due notice in the proper quarter.
I remain, Sir, your obliged and obedient servant,
London. 3Cth July, 181 P.

Monday, according to annual custom, the silver
arrow was shot for at the But, on Harrow-on-the-
Hill, by twelve of the young Gentlemen ec'scated at
the school, which was won with difficulty by Master
FRAZER.
Six Indians of the Cherokee nation have lately ar-

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rived at Liverpool from America. .
ConN-Exc H A NOE, MARK-LANE, AUGUST 4—We
have had no fresh arrivals of 1,1 heat since Monday,
from which day a tolerable large quantity remained
over for this morning's market, but the weather con-
tinuing favourable the trade was exceedingly heavy,
but fine \Vheat was disposed of, obtaining Monday s
prices. Fine fresh Oats sold rather freely, hut not on
better terms. In Barley, Beans, and Peas, there is'
no alteration.
EXECUTION IN PRUSSIA.—The following is an ex-
tract of a private letter from Berlin, dated July 23 :
" A murder. comrni!ted five months ago, under circumstances
of all aggravated nature, was doomed this day to be expiated by
the death of the offender. An old man engaged in jewellety
1 and watch-making, and residing in a populous horse (many fa..
milieu, as in Parise here inhabiting the sumo house) in Berlin,
was musdered in the dead of the night by a man in whom be
placed contitree, and whom he had formerly supported by hts
bounty. The executions of the Prussian Capital take place
about an English quarter of a mile from the gate of Oranien-
burg. A triangular gibbet is raised in the centre of an exten-
sive plain commanding a view of the city ; attached to this gibs
bet is a stone platform, lightly railed in with iron, so as to ad-
mit of all that takes place being distinctly viewed by the sur-
rounding spectators. A large grave was dug in the front of it.
The fetbund was kept by a detachment of Prussian Lancers,
formed in hol'ow square, and enfiladed round the execution place
by an haler square of the Infantry Guard. About half an hour
before the aFpcnrtnce of the criminal, twelve persons, emcee-
dont ts and police-officers, and two little boys as assistants,
mounted the scaffold, and fixed the strangling cords. At
length the buz of the surrounding mult:tude, the flourishing of
naked sabres, and the gallop:ng of the Officers, announced the
slow approach of the.crimim I t.pon a hurdle drawn by six horses.
On his approach the word of eonimand flew through the ranks,
the alms presented, the drums heat, and colours and lancers`
flags were raised, until he had mounted the scaffold. Dsring
the yet short moment that remained for him to make his last,
his espiring peace with his effLeded Maker, no Ecclesiastic (as
in England) appeared to gild the horrors f eternity—at those
awful moments, when religion arrays herself in her brightest
robes, and bids the expirirg criminal sink into her everlastitir
arms, with hope, it nut with security—no dying and rervtaut
prayer closed the quivering lips of the blood-stained murderer.
Never shall I forget the one bitter look of imploring agony that
he threw around hint, as almost immediately on stepping on dm
scaffold his coat was rudely tern from off his shoulders:—
He was then thrown down, the cords placed round his melt,
which were drawn by the executioners until strangulation al-
most commenced, cr at least until the luxation of the neck was
effected. Another executiener then approached, bearing in bis
hands a heavy wheel, rimmed with iron, with which he first
smashed his irg.bones, then bis stomach, then his arms and chest,
and lastly, his head. 1 was, unfortunately, near enough to be
witness of his mang'td and bleeding body being still convulsed,
as it was carried down for interment, and In much less than ra
minutes from the first beginning of his torture the corple was
completely covered with earth ! Several large tonnes which ws
firs: thrown upon him, to be sure, hastened his lastgavp, but he
was at least a quarter cf an holm in being rnangledinto eternity:"