Star.
London, England, 1821-12-06 00:00:00

SPORTING Iti

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13 to 1 agst F:olle
Slatteßus 16 to 1 slot Bess
Sycorax
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6 to 1 apt Restive

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19 to 9. art Marian Ilsto 1 ago Aquarius
11 to 1 agst Aiaz 17 to 1 apt Ely!wassail
15 to 1 ag.t Swap (taken) 80 to 1 agst any. other
Itlnmasscoatn-7 to 4 agst Frolic.
BROCKS BU RN LEES COURSING MEETING:

stissneT, incentsitra 4.
The four S.lver!ars were won by
Mr. Brand's brindle slog heating Skyscraper.
"Air. ilore's beatlng Itlr. Fraser's black bitch.
?Jr. I (Justin's fly beating a Uusby bifeh. And
Jones's Sancho beating the Kingston brown bitch)
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MATCHES.
Mr. Biomes Fan beat Mr. Major's Fox.
Mr. Noble's Prodigal beat Mr. Connysigham's Peter.
Mr. Conway's black dog beat \:r. Frasei's Crazy.
Mr. Jeers il,iff.ilo heat Mr. Furnis's gr. dog.
Mr. Finites-gill's Lucy brat the black I layes bitch.
'niece were many other runs undecided.
HOPE
After an excellent day's sport, about forty Oentlemefl fit
down to an excellent dinner on 2.londay se'nnight, ..t the Lion
Inn, hope, Mr. SAMUEL Rowe, President. In the course of
a IMOit convivial evening the following toasts were given—By
tha PREiIDEAT, " King and Constitution"—" Constitutional
Whiss, and when they get intoofflce may they reduce the enor-
mous load of tales."—" lay the landholders of the country re-
duce their rents in proportion to the I induce, and not grant it
as a favour."—" Fox-hunting, and may it continue a thousand
years hence."—" The monied interest of the country, to the ex-
clusion of those Ministers Whose profligate expenditure during
the American and French wars created a new set of peoples
called stockjobbers, who get large fortunes upon the produce of
the taxi x without paying anything towards then."—By the
Vice-PaP-SIDENT. " Mr. Samuel Rowe, President."—" Hustoll
Leach, Esq. heir of Cardon, and may he inherit all the good
qualities of his father, particularly the old-fashioned one of paVi
mg his tradesmen's bills punctually."

FOOT-RACING:
A match was nit' yesterday for twenty guineas in Hyde-park,
between llcs Butts, the pugilist, and a young Gentleman, who
is fast on his speed. The distance was sixty yards. Burn got
the start, and was winning like a Jock Spiggat, when he was
stopped close at home by a failure in the hip, and lust the match:
Ile was more than two yards a-bead when this happened.
The sporting match between Lieutenant S)11111, who lately
did 100 miles in 24 hours, and Mr. lbccErts, fur 100 guinea*
aside, took place on Tuesday, over a circular piece of ground of
five miles. They started together to do 60 miles. Mr. Same
was backed at 8 to 4t and even betting that neither did it in
fourteen hours. The performance took place at Beeston Moor,
Bucks. The following is the time in which each five miles WAS
performed : '
thrums. H. Isßn. Sec. Serra. 11. Mtn. See.
Ist 5 Miles 0 55 4 Ist 5 Miles 053 13
2d 1)o. - 050 18 21 Do. - 0 51 14
3d Do. - 0 58 12 3d Do. - 0 56 24
4th Do. - 0 57 42 4th Do. - 0 58 18
sth Do. - . 0 58 18 sth Do. - 0 59 34
6th Do. - ' 1 15 15 6th Do. - 1 10 14
7th Do. - 1 2 12 7th Do. - 1 8 4
Bth Do. - 1 8 22 Bth Do. - 1 12 2
9th Do. - 1 18 4 9th Do. - 1 29 1
10th Do. - 1 40 0 10th Do. - 1 52 12
11th Do. - 1 50 4 11 th Do. - 1 59 4
Mr. SMITH resigned from a tailor!: in one of his legs, aftet
doing 55 miles in 13 hours, 29 minutes, and 14 seconds. Mr.
llicturrs perfotmed the 55 miles in 12 hours, 50 minutes, and
31 seconds, and walked gaily over the other fve miles.
A match is made between But., the celebrated Yorkshire
runner, and Asirots, a Lancashire man, four miles for 200 gs.
over Pontefract Race-ground, on the last day of the year.
BOXIN il
Monday, a well-contested match took place at Northiket, be:
tween Burke, of Woolwich, and Lotodell, of Chatham, both
known good men, for a purse of 20 guineas, which was won by
Burke, after a fight of fifteen rounds.

EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF FRIGHT—Death of
three Women and a very alarming fire
broke out on Saturday morning last, soon after site
o'clock, at the Queen's Head public-house, in High-
street, Brompton, Kent. When it was first discovered,
the wind was blowing very strong, and the flames
were bursting through the windows, and little less
was expected than that the whole range of houses on
one side of the street must inevitably be burnt down;
but owing to it being the dawn of day, the inhabitants
and Military were quickly on the spot, and with the
prompt assistance of the engines from the Fire-offices
and Dock-yard, aided by vigorous exertions, the fire
was got under, in about two hours, with the destruc-
tion only of the house in which it originated. So
rapid was the course of the devouring element, that
every article of furniture, linen, &c. was destroyed,
and the inmates barely escaped with their lives. Mrs.
HODGKIN and a female servant were with difficulty
taken out from an upper window ; and Mr. KIPPINO,
broker, of Maidstone, who was sleeping in the house,
made his way through the fire, by which he was
severely scorched in the face, hands, and other parts
of his body. Two other lodgers also escaped with
great difficulty, one of them being much burned in
attempting to save some of his clothes, for which
purpose he had imprudently re-enteted the house.—
The women were unable to save a single article of
dress except their night-clothes. The house and fur.-
niture were insured ; and although no lives were lost
in the house, yet the effects which followed are of a
melancholy nature. One woman, a near neighbour, .
was so alarmed, that she fell in a fit, and shot tly ex-
pired. A poor man also, who resided near the spot,
and who had been unwell, was so much agitated by .
fear, that he expired the next day. An elderly wo.
man, who kept a small school, and a young woman,
a cripple, both residing near, were so dreadfully
alarmed by the terrific appearance of the flames, as
well as from apprehension of not being able to make
their escape, that they fell victims to their fears, and
expired the next day, litetally from fright. Another
woman' also now lies in a most dangerous state of ill-
ness, front the same cause.
A fire took place on Friday night, at Bridlington,
in the house of L. Denton, a carman. It is nut known
how it originated, and it proceeded to an alarming
height before it was discovered. The inhabitants of
the town were apprised of it by the sudden eruption
of one general braze from all the windows; and the
inmates, who were asleep in bed, we►e awoke to a
sense of the most imminent danger of their lives.— •
Oae old man found his way out from a door commu-
nicating with some back premises, and a young female
saved herself by leaping out of a window. Her elder
Is ster, a Rae young woman, who slept with her, from
her anxiety, it is supposed, to save a child from the
adjoining room, let slip the opportunity of escaping
in a similar way, and perished, along with the object
of her tender solicitude, in the flames. The whole
premises, with the exception of the back wall and
chimney, were burnt to the ground.