Star.
London, England, 1811-07-27 00:00:00

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Yeisterday the following compeiliters started for a
Ifirbevrt, given by the Gentlernanof the Funny Club :
Jame' Smart and hue Wood fpowlit
i Thos. Pinner gml,Rieh..Brodthtf, -.; Purple
3 Jahn Flower and Wtti. Pi inn& ;'• Otapge
4 George Golf-and lithhabin ' " Light Mae
S Chaa.Gingell and ail. Martin -
. 6 WM. Collins and P.dorgsl Burch • Yellow
7 Dan. Mailer; and C.l4,4,Wety‘-ood Garen.
At five o'clock they started from, ,NEestminster-
bridge, rowed round a `boat, riopfee efr Vatqltall,
down the Surrey, shore, and through the centre arch
of Westminster-Midge. As the regulation was only
to admit the fi7.at three boats of the first heat to start
for the prize, the candidates each displayed dexterity
and skill but seldom witnessed ; but thh superior
towers and activity of Pinner.and Brbcking, in boat
2, placed them first in the heat; boats 6 and 7 came
in 2cl and 3d. They were only 21 minutes in rowing
the first heat.—The three fortunate candidates then
started for the second heat, at half past six. Pinner
and Brocking gOt the lead, maintained it to the con-
clusion, and obtained the prize, amidst the plaudits
Of a numerous assemblage. This heat was the best;
hardly a boat's length in the difference. Westwood
andMallett were second, and Collins and Burch third.
The Gentlem6 of the Funny Club attended, and their
appearance added to the pleasures of the race.
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• . SPORTlNG.—Eastbourse, with its environs, was en-
tertained on Tuestlarby the novelty of Races, which,
with an elegant dinner provided by the,olllcers of the
Garrison, the day proving very fine, attracted a very
_ great assetriblage.of elegance and fashion. !The races
afforded much excellent sport, and finished about six
o'clock, when the marquees were .opened, and up-
wards of 150 Mt down to dinner, during which the
regimental bands played favourite airs. - At tea the
company returned, alter a dance, much gratified by
\the.polite attention sheen them. The horses were
rode by their cavillers, and came in in the following
order.; . MATCH.
Major Gilluisn:s (81st Regiment) Little Pickle, yellow
• 'end blue - - - . - - 1
Liam kiarrison's (ditto) Crulashanks, red and black *
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eigttaht Gosset's (Royal Engineers) grey gelding, yel-
low and Moe - - - - - - - 1 1
Lieutenant Mudge's (ditto) Lady Bird, green - - S bolted
Lieutenant •Evans s (Royal Aitillery Privers) bay horse
Quiz, blue
MATCH.
Me. Mean's Little Cupid, blue .: _
Mrt Mushairs (Stu Regiment) 0. P. green
. MATCH. '
Mi. Croaky's (50th Regt ) Pleader, yellow and blue
Lietitenant Mudge's Trumpeter, green - - -
. SWF.IH'STA las.
Liettt.Rieh's (Royal Artillery) 4h. h. Mainspring, blue
Captain L. H. Willard's (I I th Royal Vet/rah Battalion)
• ..- grey luirse 8..-• --r, -poen - - - -
c.epteiu Gusset's horse, Brown Bob, yellow and blue
LIANDICAr.
Major Gillan's Regulus, yellow and blue - •
Lieutenant Mudge's grey horse Hotspur, green
§:lemmata Evaus's tilt:suet !torte Contest, blue
141TCH.
.Ciapt. Taylor's (81st Regt )Is. m.• Florette, yil. and bias 1
patueusue Evaus's bay horse Quiz, blue - - i
.. Perm-mu max.—A gentleman of the name of
Wright, undertook yesterday morning, for a wager
OEIOO guineas, to ri on foot 50 miles on the northern
• mad and return, making 100 miles in 24 hours. He
started at -two o'clock yesterday morning, and had
iddne forty miles in eight hours and a half. He was
then fresh, and per forming a winning distance of
nearly five miles an hour. He is backed at odds to win.
'Mr. 'Knight, the travelling hosier, who engaged to
,walk 50 miles per day for six successive days. accom-
plished his journey, with apparent ease, on Saturday
.sennight, two hours within the time.
Duel— —A Duel was fought yesterday morning
near Caen-Wood, between a gentleman of the name
of Yeoman, a Furser, and a Captain Comet: in which
the latter was severely wounded in the wrist on the
fectlnd fire. The dispute originated at a coffee=house
at Glaring-cross. .
Saturday night about nine o'cl,,ck, as a respectable
trotting woman was walking in the Borough, near St.
George's Church, she was attacked by a villain un-
irriwn, who, without saying a word to her, instantly
'stabbed her with a sharp instrentent, which from the
nature of the wound, appears to have been a- knife.
The untin ornate woman fell senseless on the ground,
and the villain made off. The woman was coveyed
to St. Thomas's Hospital, hut on her arrival there
vbe dieAL A Coroner's Jury has since sat on her body,
and•bronght in a verdict of wilful murder against
some person or persons unknown.
Wednesday night some inhuman wretch left a fe-
male child, about two months old, at the door of Mrs.
Thompson, in Grosvenor-square, which was disco.
vered by the watchman hearing its cries. The infant
was taken to St. George's Workhouse.
At Warwick County Session, an appeal was made
by six journeymen tailors, .who had been convicted on
the Ist of May last, before the Magistrates of Bir-
mingham, of an unlawful combination against their
winters, and other persons connected with the trade.
The cause came on on Tuesday, and, after a full
beating of its merits, the Court confirmed the con-
viction.

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The Bank of Messrs. La Costa, Clark and Co. at
Cbertsey, was robbed of Bank of England `and other
notes, to the amount of upwards of X4OOO. The rob-
bery was not discovered till the clerks went to busi-
ness on Thursday morning, and had occasion for the
notes in the iron closet. It was at the same time
found that the book centainimg the numbers of the
-notes, had been stolen to prevent their being traced.
The perpetrators had entered the Bank by means of
picklock keys—had opened five doors, and had fastened
them again on their leaving it, to prevent an early
. - discovery of the robbery.
Early:yesterday morning some thieves broke into
'the house of a pawnbroker, the corner of Holywell-
Teet, near St. Clement's Church, Strand, and stole
oat of the shop. rate, and other things, to a great
amount, with which they made their escape.
Yesterday afternoon, as a iqtridentan with his ser-
*ant, in a one horse gig, was turni! ,out of Picca.,
• dilly into St. James's-street, the ani i'became *fire,
boke the shafts of the chaise short -if, and ran away.
The Gentleman and his servant were throVo ot% but
without receiving any materiallinjury. •
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