Star.
London, England, 1819-10-21 00:00:00

Won easy.

A Plate of 50gs. given by the Hunt for all ages..—Two-mile heats.
Mr. Stork's bay horse Little Englar.d - - 6 1 1
Sir A. Don's black filly, by Haphazard: - - 1 2 2
Marquis of Queensberry's bay mare Miss Syntax - 2 dr
Mr. Dowbiggitt's bay hotse Eglinten - - 3 dr
Sir W. Maxwell's bay colt Trophonlus - 4 4s.
Captain Menners chesnut horse - - 5 dr
This was one of the best contested races during the week.—
Betting even on Little England and Sir A. Dons
the second heat.-2 to lon Little England during the third heat.
The second and third heats gained by about a length..
A Sweepstakes of lOgs. each, p.p. for half bred horses, bmitt fide
the property of an Hussar.—Two-mile heats.—Gentlemen
Riders.
Mr. Arnold's bay horse, rode by Captain Gray - 1 1
Mr. Hill's Cremona
Mr. Trollope's bay gelding, by Vivaldi - - 3 2
The Han. Mt. Watson's Financier - - des
Financier ran off the Course, by leaping over 'he paling drsing
the first round of the first heat. A good race, and censiderahlt
jockeyship displayed by Captain Gray..
A Match.
Mr. Campbell's chesnut horse -
Mr. Stewart's brown horse
Won easy.—Mr.
the wcofid heat.
The match between
Miss Syntax, and '
h. ft. did not take
The company was
slay of the we. It, and
The Band of the lbth
and between the heats
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The bay mare b.
trotted the 15 miles
miles in half an hour, se.
taking was accomplished
Cambridge road. The
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'ten the Marvis of Queensberry's bay mare (•:, i 1 1
Lord Kelburne's bay colt Chanie, for V.20g..
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car more numerous this clay than on any other '
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end the whole terminated in' he best order.—
bth HUSSATS were stationed opposite the ettaud, '
teats played many excellent airs.
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TTlikG MATCH FOR 200 GUINEAS.
belorging to Captain Huconts, which latey c '
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lur, within a month, and yesterday the under- .. •
plished by going the eight miles out on the • • ,
The mare carried eight stone arsd she did •
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nizATRICALS.

Dutscr-LArne.—A new Musical Drama was last
night produced at this Theatre, under the title of
Zshermax's Had. The characters were as follow;

gip„,Mr. Marmot.
Pasant.
Mr. P
Stephan° Mr. Minuets.
.
Mr. Dosrrox.
Balthazar
Nis*lino Mr. Maur.
Crier Hyenas.
Countess Modena. Mrs. W. Weer.
L Miss CAILIW.
eah

Mardis Miss Kas.r.v.
The story is as follows :—The Countess Modena is
beloved by Rosano and Durazzo; the Piece opens
with a meeting between the rivals, who are about to
proceed to a deadly rencontre, to decide whose prize
the Lady is to be. At this instant the Countess her-
self appears, and prevents the contest; the rivals de-
clare their determination to persist in their purpose,
unless the Lady declares in favour of one ; she de-
cides accordingly, and her choice falls on Rosano.
The disappointed and rejected Durazzo, obliged to
submit to this decision in favour of his fortunate
rival, retires, apparently reconciled to his fate, but
secitetly resolved to carry off the Lady. He accord-
ingly instructs two of his followers secretly to seize
her, and convey her on beard his vessel, then riding
in the bay : she is, however, to be concealed in a cave
near the shore, till the shades of evening should afford
a better opportunity of conveying her on board.
They succeed in seizing their prize and conveying
her to the cave; but in her struggling, a diamond
necklace falls from her neck, and is afterwards picked
up by Nicolino, the fisherman, who, ignorant of its
value, sells it to Balthazar, the Jew, tor twenty flo-
rins. Soon after, proclamation is made, stating that
the Countess had been secretly conveyed away, and,
as suspected, murdered—ddicribing her dress, and
particularly her necklace,offering
and a reward of
one thousand ducats to 'Ely one who should discover
her murderers, or give any information likely to lead
to their discovery. Balthazar, hearing the proclama-
tion, and anxious to obtain the reward, immediately
gives information of having purchased the necklace
from Nicolino, who is in consequence apprehended,
but is liberated on his assertion of innocence, the
Judge (Stephano) allowing him till sun-set to dis-
cover the Countess or her murderers. Nicolino is so
fortunate as to discover the Countess in thz. cave,
and to release her from het confinement there, and
is conveying her to his hut, when he is overtairken by
Durazzo; the Countess is again stized, and Puraczo
is about to convey her on board his ship, when a
storm comes on, and the vessel is destroyed. He
then Conveys the Countess to an old castle in the
neighbourhood, where he is on the point of forcing
her to consent to his wishes, when she is again dis-
covered by Nicolino, who gives information to Ito-
s inn. Rosano, with a party of soldiers, guided by
attacks the castle, forces an entrance, and
rescues the Countesc. The Piece ends happily, by
the union of the lovers, and the reconciliation of the
rivals, through the intercession of the Countess.--
There is an under-plot, arising out of the loves of
Nicolino and Leah, the daughter of Balthazar, the
rich Jew—and the pursuit of Martha, the fisherman's
sister, by the old Jew and the Judge, each of whom
is induced to assume the garb of the other, and to
visit the Lady at the same time, when she makes a
public exposure of them to their friends.

Out of these materials The I,7:het-man': Nut is
composed. A Preface, attached to the Book of Songs
sold' in the 'I hcatte, informed us that this Piece was
from the pen of the late Mr. Torts, left by him in
an unfinished state, but now adapted for the Stage.
This Drama was received throughout with great ap-
plause; and the few malcontents were overwhelmed
by the decidedly-expressed approbation of a vast
niAjority of the audience, who hailed its announce-
ment for a second representation with acclamation.
It certainly is not equal to the best works of this
inthor ; but had he lived to revise and complete it,
perhaps it would have appeared in a form that would
have given its attractions permanency. Several of
the scenes are beautiful, and elicited the loudest plau-
dits. The Performers also exerted themselves to the
utmost to insure, as far as possible, the success of the
Piece. A Prologue, of no extraordinary point, was
spoken by Mr. PoPE; and an Epilogue, by Mrs. En •
*IN, Mrs. ORDER, and Mr. ELL! TOY. The poezry
of the songs is pretty. The following may he given
as favourable specimens of it:

SON O—Miss CASEIN.
Sweet are the stolen hours of Love!
When none oar transports car. reprove,
And lips with trembling rapture greet,
Oh! then Loves stolen hour is sweet !
Yet, midst the dear delight we sigh,
For, oh! how the moments fly;
FAch other lingering turns to view,
And era we part oft bid adieu!

Fcr sweet, &c.

SONG—Mr. Kaas.cr.
Mat fish that Inhabit the set
With my net I can take, now and then;
Yet how much more skilful is he
Who can thrive as a fisher of men?
For though some are simple ss dace,
And greedy as gudgeons a few,
Yet I fancy that is not the case
With a Lawyer, a Maid, or a Jew !
Your Lawyer, some say, Is a shark,
Yet he preys both by land and by water;
Aid perhaps 'twould be never the mark,
If you dubb'd him a black alligator!
To catch him, there is but one rule,
A rogue can best hamper his brother;
And they tell me, like pikes in a pool,
Your Lawyers will bite out another!
In cunning a Jew has no match,
He'll slip through your hands like an eel ;
And Maids are still harder to catch,
When of youth the first blushes they feel ;
But with patience an angler must wait,
Till older and older they grow,
When, like trouts, they'll all rise at the bait,
Tho' a feather', the very first throw !

COVENT GARDEN.—The Play of Lovefor Love was
again performed last night, with increased effect.—
The Gnome King, with its magnificent scenery, aided
by the exquisite singing of Miss M. TREE, and the
irresistible humour of Messrs. FAIIREN and FAILEY,
lassed off with great applause. Miss M. TREE was
oudly and justly encored in one of her songs. The
whojs went off with much eclat.

LAW ZNITAZICENCE,
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Brir cr'orerigatßang°ear.lyl
teresting case. It was an act
hour, in the expectation of hearioninhgrourheyl
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injuryH om e
Re-
port of a Court of Inquiry, of which his Lordship
,doagneaitnosthiL°s chrdararcredter berlycthk
was President, which Report chargedsheLieutenant-
Colonel with not having acted, in st particular trans-
action, with that delicacy and honour which became
an Officer and Gentleman of his rank and station.
At half-past nine o'clock the CIIIEF JUSTICE en-
tered the Court, and at the same moment their Royal
Highnesses the Dukes of YORK and GLotrearrea,
entered, and took their seats on the Bench, near his
Lordship.
Sir HENRY TORRENS, and several Military cha-
racters of rank, were also present.
Mr. SCARLETT stated the case to the Jury, in an
elaborate speech. He stated that he represented an
individual who had, by the Report of a Court of In-
quiry,of which the defendant (Lord F. Bentinck) was
President, lost that fortune and condition in society
which he felt himself entitled to hold, from his cha-
racter and long military services, under the greatest
Commander of the age, throughout the Peninsular
campaigns, and, finally, at the memorable battle of
Waterloo. The Learned Counsel proceeded to state,
that Lieutenant-Colonel Home was the son of an
eminent Professor in the College of Edinburgb—he
had been fifteen years in the service of his country,
and had the honour, at the last eventful battle
in which he we!, engaged, of being entrusted with
the defence of the celebrated post of lingumont. It
had been the misfortune of this Gentleman to have
entered into a. speculation, in the year 1814., with a
Mining Company, at Worcester,. Their capital was
1:18,000, and he took a ninth share, for which be
paid A:2000, a sum that was-represented to him as
necessary to complete the undertaking. • further
sum of £llOO was subsequently demanded for con-
tingencies; but the plaintiff, upon his return to this
country, after the battle of Waterloovlaeard, for the
first time, that the affairs of the mining concern
were not going on as he was led to expect, and he,
naturally telt a desire to extricate himself from the
partnership. He first.offered to transfer his share to
his brother, be then made a variety of efforts to dis-
engage himself from the concern in which he found
he was involved, by every open means thit could be
resorted to in a partnership concern, but they were
all in vain. He was Advised ?o accept, in the 'time
of the Company, bills drawn by his brother, who had
lent him the money to invest in the concern. Ile did
so to the amount of £18.50, and the draft being re-
f used payment by the Managers of the business, an
action was brought thereon, Which was tried before
Lord Ellenborough, in June, 1817. In the defence
of that action, on the part of the Managing Partners,
a deed of partnership was produced, which had been
entered into before he joined them, and had not been
shewn to him ; and one of the covenants of that deed
being, that bills on account of the Company should
be drawn, and endorsed by one of the Partners,
named Salisbury, and by him only, Lord Ellenbo-
rough held Colonel Home to be bound by that co.
venant, and a verdict was, therefore, given for the
defendants. It being represented, however, to Galo-
rel Home, that his Lordship's opinion was grounded
on a supposition of his knowing and having acceded
to that covenant, and being advised to draw fresh
bills, the former having been destroyed, he did so ;
but never put them into circulation. The Managing
Partners filed a Bill against him, and obtained an
Injunction to restrain him from issuing any more
bills. The Injunction was carried down to Windsor,
where Colonel Home, being ill, desired a Quarter-
Master in his Regiment to receive it, and transmit it
to his Solicitor. The Partners caused placards to
be posted in t/ie P'aces frequented by the Officers
of the Regiment, charging Colonel Home with
having been guilty of fraud, which, coming to the
oars of his Royal Highness the Duke of iilouces-
ter, Colonel of the Regiment, a Court of Inquiry
was instituted, of Which Lord F. Bentinck was Pre-
sident, and for his Report ofthe proceedings, which,
the Learned Counsel contended, ire was not warranted
in framing as he had done, this action was brought.
The Learned Coupsel then stated, that when the
'plaintiff was incormed by his servant that some per-
son wished to see him respecting a process of law, he
was lying ill upon his couch, and gave directions
that the messenger should communicate with a third
person, who was appointed for the purpose. This
act was considered by the Court of Inquiry as an
evasion of legal process, and decided upon accord-
ingly. The Court of Inquiry had come to a deci-
sion unwarranted, as he was instructed, by the facts
of the case. They had reported in terms which un-
justly reflected upon the plaintiff's character, and it
was to assert that character and to recover damages
(so far as damages could be a compensation) that this
action was brought by the plaintiff against the Presi-
dent of the Court of Inquiry, for the injury which
that Report occasioned. A serious legal question
arose, from the mere mention of the name of a Court
of Inquiry, which was a term unknown in law—Courts:
Martial were intelligible terms—they formed parts
of that particular code which was known by the
name of the' Belligerent Rights of the Sovereign."
These rights were known and defined in a time of
war, when they had their utmost extent ; but, in a
time of peace, the Mutiny Act, which was annually
passed, was the only law that regulated military pro-
ceedings, and that Act made no allusion to Courts of
Inquiry. It was true, that any set of Gentlemen,
whether military or civil, might voluntarily meet to
make any inquiry they thought proper—but then
they must take care, at their peril, how they impugn
the characters of others without the strongest and
the justest cause.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—Must you. not prove malice
At a case of this kind, when you impugn the Report
to which you allude?
Mr. SCARLETT replied, that malice must be in-
ferred from the terms in which that Report was
couched ; but he was williag that the Jury should
judge from the whole facts of the case. All his client
wanted, was a justification upon the merits, and he
would therefore proceed and lay them before the
Court.

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Totrens was then
callsd, and examined as follows : •
Q. Do pit know the plaintiff in this cans.; I mean,

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