Star.
London, England, 1826-09-08 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Dowager Marchioness of Exeter arrived yesterday at her
seat at linehamglon, from Baroaess Ik Eresby's seat, Grimsthorpe
Castle, Lincolnshh e.

The Duke of St. Albans arrived yesterday at his house in St.
James's.square, from Sir John Dashwood King, Bart's seat, West
W •ombe, Bucks.
lhe Countess of Guildford and the Ladies North arrived yester-
day at their hnuse in Piccadilly, front Salt.bill.
Lord. and Lady. Holland have left town, for Cashiobary Park,
en a visit to the Karl of Ewe:.

Mrs. Cootie artived yesterday at her house in Stratton-street,
Piccadilly, from Salt.hill.
The Earl of Egremont has arrived at his seat, Petworth, Susses,
from Brighton. •
The Marquis of Camden left his seat yesterday, the Wilderness,
Kent, for Bayham Abbey.
Sir George and Lady Coekburne and family have arrived 4c
Brighton, from their seat in Wales.
Lord Folkestone has arrived at his father's (the Earl of Radnor)
sear. Longford Castle, Wilts, from a tour.
The Don. William Burrell left town yesterday, for Dover.
Mr. and Lady Stuart left the Marquis of Camden's seat yeiter-
day, the Wilderness, Kent, for Bayham Abbey.
Mr. and Mrs. Garcock have arrived at the British Hotel, ler-
myn-street, from Scotland: Mr. and Mrs. blibler have left ditto,
for Cheltenham.

Mr, and Mrs. Ward have arrived at the Burlington Hotel, Old
Millington and Cork•streets, from the Continent; Lord Brandon
has left ditto, an a tour.
Wm. Gott, Big. arrived yesterday at the Royal Hotel, St.James's-
street, from Leeds; J. Farrell, Esq. kft ditto. for Brighton.
Theßarl of Shannon and family have left Castle Arartyr for Loudon.
Friday, the Earl of Clara arrived ;t his mat, Mount Shannon,
near Limerick.

FIDELITY.—To M--D--.A.

While hollow bursts the rushing winds
And heavily brags the shower,
This anxious, aching buena finds
No comfort in its power.
For, ah! my love, it little knows
What thy hard fate may be;
What bitter storm of fortune Islows—d.
What tempests trouble thee !
A wayward fate bath spun the tkread,'.
On which our days depend ;
And tinkling in the chequered shade,
She draws It to an end.
Int, whatsoe'er may be our deem,
The lot is cut for me—
For in the world, or in the tomb,
My hart Is fixed on thee !

CHURCH BELLS AND STEEPLES.

The alarm respecting the safety of Bow Church
Steeple, occasioned by its 'vibration when the bells are
ringing, is quite unfounded, as there is not a tower or
steeple containing bells, in the kingdom, that does not,
more or less, vibrate at the time of ringing, and if they
are to be considered unsafe from that case, or from the
falling down of a piece of loose stone, then every peal of
bells in England must be doomed to silence. The
steeples of St. Margaret's, Westminster; Christ Church,
Surrey ; St. Dunstan's, Fleet-street; St. Botolph's, Ald-
gate ; St. Mary's, Islington, and many others, akhough
containing peals of bells not more than half the weight
of Bow, yet vibrate in a considerable degree more
than the latter. In fact, the steeples of Bow and St.
Bride's, the most lofty, and bearing the greatest weight
of any in the Metropolis, vibrate as little, if not less, than
any other. Those persons who are sceptical on the sub-
ject, may be convinced of this truth, by visiting the dif-
ferent towers during the time of ringing. The vibration
of that of St. Dunstan's in the East is so great, when
the peal is rung, that it may be perceived in the street,
and yet the Campanologists pursue their calling with-
out fear. The vibration of the steeple of St. James's,
Clerkenwell, and the tower of St. Michael's, Cornhill, is
also very great, and a person standing in the upper part,
will be rocked to and fro like the deck of a vessel in rough*
water. The four largest and heaviest peals of bells in
London, are those of Bow, St. Saviour's, Spitalfields,
and St. Michael's. The weight of the tenor in the
first-naaned steeple is 53001 b. in the second, 51001 b. in
the third, 44001 b. and in the last, 41001 b. There are
about 80 peals of bells in the Metropolis: and in what
is called change ringing, great science is displayed.
Campanology is, indeed, peculiar to this country, and
considered by the Professors highly conducive to health,
although requiring some exertion.

Sharks are now very numerous outside Plymouth
harbour, attracted, it is supposed, by the shoals of pil-
chards. Several have been taken.

Tuesday night, about eleven o'clock, as the mail
fr‘m Birmingham was on its route to Liverpool, between
Penkridge and Stafford, three men rushed towards the
horses' heads, and attempted to stop them; but, by a
spiri:ed effort of the coachman, whose presence of mind
did not forsake him on the occasion, the attempt was
entirely frustrated, and the coach pursued its course
without farther interruption.
EXTXAODDINARY AND 130TAL ACCIDENT.AD in-
quest was held on Tuesday, at Abberley, Worcester.
shire, on the body of William Morris, aged eight years,
who, on Saturday afternoon, was gathering nuts with a
cherry-picking hook, and was holding down the branch
of a nut-tree, with his foot upon the lower hook, when
the bough sprung up, the hook caught his right eye,
and penetrated nearly to the brain. He died in great
agony the following afternoon.
The. Court of Assize at Ghent is at present engaged
in a very important cause. Four Officers of the Octroi
of that city, who were stationed at the gate of S. Lieven,
are accused of forgery and bribery ; a miller and his
wife are accused as accomplices. The forgeries relate
to titkrts delivered by the Excise Office for duties on
Hour, which they ha t fahified in different ways for the
purpose of fiaud. The points of accus,itiou are very
numerous and compircaled .it is expected that M. Co.
tvtritst, the King's Attorney, will propose about 3(X)
itiestious. The proceedings will cctupy at least 19 days.

• -:••••. '• •- NAVAL IN rEttiostlct
Vsnats final', *re it. 4.;•The Spartan; Roar Liverptiol to gfi
Andrew's (N. 8.); Kerr; from Bristol to Quebec. In km XL 10•11‘
46. and George, fro* 490onio.miragnioi, in lat. 42* I,oais 414
PLvatoosu, Sip. 3,V,—Arilied the Biothers,Ausiii.
zoo. front. London fOr Lisbon.
Siirii IN 11AmoAilr—BPitankil.; *indent Culls, Pelilnis, C.
Mellon, Cynthia, Eclipse, Sheldrake, and Mutate; sod, Badger;
Dolphin,. Active, and Harpy.revenues.
As sat IsLatm—Leveret, Royalist. and Nightingale.
PoIVISMOUTII, SEPT. N.IV. Arrived the Corte.,
SritAous, front London-for New York. It blew eery hard all last
night and this day from N.W. On the weather tide Making, the
Danube, Stuatras, got under weigh at Motherbauk, and brought up
at Spithead. Some of the ships drove, but brought up again, and
ride in safetY.-
RastsoArz, Stls. 7.—The Eliza aid Jtne, with a cargo seabeds
tin and iron plates, got on the Goodwin Scads this morning, and
sunk. Crew saved, but none of the cargo. it Ramsgate
was lost, in trying to save part of it.
DEAL, San. 7.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W.:—Poring last night;
and throughout the day, it has blown strong 'from the westward:
Arrived the R. Fuge, WILD, from Laguira; St. Mary, Buszos ;
Hector, Santee; Clarkston; Ross; William Brook. CHArx.sx;
Emms, Wpm.; Amazon, CowLsr ; and Pursuit, Awe, frum Ja.
maica; Eliza, Jounsos, front .Amigua ; Manly, &num and C.
Bank. BELL, froth St. Vincent's; Phceniz, Marione, front Me-
mel; Juno, Bons, from Trieste; Leander, RICHMOND, and Cla-
rendon; from this Isle of France; Sisters, liamsav, and
Iphigenia, Cagssav, front Demerara; Havannah Packet, RAactir,
from Zante ; H. Carter, DUNNi from St. P Can -
Ping, ; G. Ca-
Ping, HUNT, front Okenada; Middleset, ANNSTRANCi from St.
John's (N. 8.); Eagle, Buozwoitin; Montmorency, Aunaitsoti ;
Aleck, FeLL;_ Isabella, lad St. Charles, Comma; from
London, outward bound.

Wurrsr' Sarr. s.—The Exeter packet, of and for Rueter,
from London, which took fire and was scuttled uff Recuivers,
been raised and brought in here, with considerable damage.
lavarrooa, Sam 6.—Arrived the Edgar, Casson, from Ham_
burgh. The Rachaet, Parra*, for Savannah, got on shore on the
North Bank, and has put back leaky. The Isabella, CAsteaou, far
New Orleans, is on shore near Sercombe Ferry.
STORMAWAY, Sari. 1,.....The Hope, HARRIS, from Wyburgh to
Dublin, got on a rock on entering the harbour, and has got off with
considerable damage, and must discharge to repair.
Gtastaxratr, Aua. 17.—The Republicatia Colombbn ptivatee#
is here, strictly watched by the Spanish squadron, one of which is
lying alongside her in this port at anchor; the others are anchored
in the Spanish waters. Her tender (a prep) got out three or four
nights ago, and it is said carries one gun, and 40 or 50 men.
CHINA, Aran. W.—The Broxbournbury got on shore on het
passage down to Linton, but had not sustained any damage, and
has proceeded for London.

SPORTING INTELLI(ENC2.

BETTING-ROOM TATTERSALL'S, Sur. 7.

The Accounts front Warwick and Pontefract Races have beet
looked for with much anxiety, as they were expected to have con-
siderable influence on the odds, at the former place. Cain, who is
of the same stable as Pal Pry, was beat, which, of course, was
calculated to operate against the latter, and accordingly the betting,
yesterday, sent him back from 17 to t. At Pontefract, both Thalia ,
and Fanny Dacres were winners, but they beat mere things, and
are none the better. Belzoni kept at 11 to S till just before the
close of the room, when 2 to 1 was takes, and there tie left off.
Our priidiction, that Mulatto would be second favourite is verified,
be was brought op to 7 to 1, at which price, however, there were
very few takers. Bedlamite it is reported, has broken down., bat
we do not vouch for it. 10 to 1 was betted, but byelaw' at Oita la
The Dragon keeps his place, and Tartare is getting up fast, but
Crusader is rather on the retreat. The General has advanced a
point or two on last week's odds, but is not very likely to support
it. The odds are as foliate :

2 to 1 apt Belzoni (taken) I 46 to 1 apt The 'General
T to 1 apt Mulatto / 30 to 1 agst Shortwaist
oi to 1 apt Bedlamite j 50 to 1 apt McAdam
13 to 1 apt Tarrant 1 60 to 1 apt Pirate
13 to 1 agstThe Dragon 1000 to 10 apt Fanny Dunn
15 to 1 agst Crusader 1000 to 10 apt Theis
1T to 1 apt Paul Pry
100 to 105 apt Bedlansite and Crusader (taken)
11 to 5 on Tarrare apt Paul Pry (taken).
WARWICK RACES, Sarrassara 6.
Sweepstakes of 25 soy. each, for two-yr-olds. T.Y.C.
Mr. v. Day's br. f. by Gainsborough
Sir T. Most yn's ch. f. by Teniers
Mr. Mytton's f. Harriet Wilson •
Mr. Tomes's b.f. by Sir Oliver
Mr. Yates's b. c. Fairlawn •

Warwick Cap of lotirs. value, and mop. in specie. Four miles.
Mr. Mytton's b. h. 116ngwaist, I yrs . . I
Mr. F. R. Craven's br. c. Comedian, 4 yrs 6
Lord Exeter's ch. c: Enamel, 4 yrs
Mr. Leigh's b. b. Sir Gray, 5 yrs

b 5

A Maiden Plate of ,e 10. Two-tntie heats.
Mr. Boardsworth's br. e. by Shottlepope, 3 yrs i t 1
Mr. Fl br. h. Haphazard, 4 yrs . 1 1 2

Mr. Tomes's br. g. .., d yes . . 2 3 9
Mr. Geraldioe's ch. f. by Piscator, S yrs 3 4 0
Mr. Stevens's b.. by Catinop Ball, 3yn . 4 ft 0
Hunters' Svnepstakes of 10 sot. each. Two-tnile heats.
Mr. Knightley's b. g. by Elector, 5 yrs walked over
The great fall of rain during the early part of the morning occp.
stoned an unusually thin attendance. The Cup Race was the great
attraction if the day. The field was backed even anti at some odds
against Longwaist. Cdinedian made pixy and headed the race till
within forty yards of the winning' post, when Longwaist won
cleverly; a severely contested heat, run in seven minutes and
twenty-two seconds.
We stated lately that hares and partridges . would he found
exceedingly plentiful and ; and the event has fully jus-
tified the prediction. To enumerate the instances of good sport
which have been communicated to us within the last few days,
would occupy at least a quarter of a column, and we must confine
ourselves at present to one or two. Three Gentlensen ipthis tewn_.
took a friendly bet, (a dinner we presume, and a bottle or two or
poet after it,) at to who should bag most game on the lit of Sep-
tember; but from some accident or business engagement, two of
the party were prevented from availing themselves of the privi'eges
of a day which is as ominous to the partridges., as the Ida of biarch
were to Julius Cesar. The third Gentleman, however, who is
blessed with a keen eye, unshaken nerves, and a strong arm, was
up and at it as soon as he could discuss an early breakfast; and al-
though he never went beyond the limits of a farm of 90 Scots acres,
he bagged in the course of perhaps six or eigbt hours no fewer than
22 brace of birds. One or two sttay birds that were observed
falling, could not be found ; and but for the idea that his bet was
gained beyond all doubt, or that he had become, for the first time
in his life, a poacher, the Gentleman alluded to could easily have
done still greater execution. Another friend of ours, who had a
business engagement at Thornhill on Friday, took" a run out" in
the afternoon, shot eight brace of plump enough birds, and returned
to Dumfries at rather an early hour in the evening. In the course
of his ramble he saw several hares, but-, as they were mostly found
in potatoe fields, or under some other species of cover,: a sure aim
was out of the question. Dares, in fact, from all we can learn,
are in proportion quite as numerous as partridges, but while there
is no lack of other game, it is just as well that they should be al.:
lowed to attain to their proper size. Several weeks ago, a farmet
in Aonandale counted four leverets in one den; and we learn from
persons well versed in such matters, that furred families of two or
three, are by no means uncommon this year.
The blackcocks have afforded rare spurt to those who know their
favourite haunts, but though we have heard reports of high doings
in the lower moots, wd cannot condescend on particulars at present.
—Duffries Cburier.

CORN EXCHANGE, M A RK-LANE►, Sift. a.

The English supplies 'of this Week are good of Wheat, battery
moderate of all other kinds of Grain ; the foreign arrivals of Wheat,
Barley, and Oats are considerable. Wheat continues dull at Mon.
day's prices. Barley, Beans' Peas, and Oats, are much in the same
state u last reported, with very dull sales.—Arrivals English,
Wheat, 3,100 qrs. Barley, 1,3804r5. Oats, 1,100 qrs. Flour, 6,000
sacks. Fofeign Wheat, 4,800 qrs. liarley, 4 900 qrs. Oats, 270;50 gm

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE PAPERS.

sTOku AT TABLE SAT.—FURTHER PARtIetILARt.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Jima T.

Bfinday. the South worth got clear of Simon's Bay,
and is now at sea. The Columbine got under weigh on
Monday, but after beating about at the mouth of the
Baylor several hours against a north-west wind, she
was compelled to bring op again. From Monday
morning until now it has blown a tremendous gale from
the north-west, accompanied by rain, hail, and thunder,
and presents every appearance of continuing the whole
of this night (Wednesday). The awful appearance of
the sea, raging in all its fury, and the relentless suc-
cession of frightful waves, foaming with wrath, and
rearing their crests, as if threatening to overwhelm
every vessel with which .they came, in contact--now
raising the devoted bark to a mountainous height, and
anon appearing resolved to ingulf it in the abyss of
waters—add to this the howling of the wind, and in.
ceisant beating of the rain, and you will be able to
form a faint idea of the scene which Cape Town and'
Table Bay have presented during the last three days.
Three vessels are all that at present have gone ashore—
the cutter William, the Duke of Gloucester, and the
brig Nautilus. The first belongs to the Colonial Go-
vernment; the second to Mr. Twycross; and the last
belongs to Captain Tripe, who lately, in attempting the
eastern passage, made a six months'.passage from Eng-
land. Great fears are entertained for the schooner
Success, Olive Branch, and Columbine, as they are all
at their last cables, and have drifted close to the rocks.
The Columbine had about 200 sheep and bullocks on
board, the whole of which she has thrown ovetboardk
stove in her water casks, &c.

Jugs B.—The gale has at length subsided ; had it
continued many hours longer, not a vessel except the
Earl of Egremont but would have been•lost. The Nau-
tilus, it is feared, will be a total wreck ; but the other
two vessels are expected to be got off safely. The mer-
cury in the barometer, at eight on Wednesday morning,'
was 30.02. and gradually declined to 29. 77. where it
remained till about four o'clock, when it began to rise,
and the v ind veered from N.W. to S.W. and ultimately
S.E. accompanied by torrents of rain. The utmost''
anxiety was evinced by the inhabitants ; indeed the vi-
(Attlee of the wilither seemed wholly forgotten. Sir It.
Placket, Maj Colebroke, the Agent to Lloyd's, and
many of our distinguished functionaries, were on the,
spot, adding the influence of their presence to the un-
daunted exertions of the persons who were assisting the
wrecked vessels. The severity and continuance of this
gale have not been equalled since the memorable one in
July, 1822.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GRAHAM'S TOWN,
DATED MAY 26, 1826.

Thursday, during the race, several very unpleasant
circumstances took place, in consequence of the im-
proper and uncalled-for interference of the military.
A part of the Cape Corps, which had been stationed on
the ground, usurped to themselves the office of conser-
vators of the public peace, and in endeavouring to pre-
vent individuals from trespassing on the course, resorted
to indecorous language and blows, to enforce an autho-
rity they had no right there to tee:4:e ; several of the
Dutch visitors were forced off and actually struck. Thel
natural or acquired vu inertia of the* persons, probably
aware of the result of resistance to which they have been
unaccustomed, prevailed over their sense of injury, and
they submitted to the violence. An English lad, how-
ever, with becoming spirit, retaliated on the Hottento:s,
when he was imineAiately ordered off under an escort,
and kept for some time in custody, after enduring very
contumelious language from the officer, who, it is said,
ordered the arrest. On the ease coming to the ears of
the Landdrost, he instantly interfered, and the conse-
quence was, a rupture between the military and the
Magistrate, as protector of the civilians, a duty which
he vei y properly obeyed. The military contended that
they had the right of interference, and in order to
enforce it for the future, one gentleman publicly advised
that on the next year there should be an exclusively
Garrison Race, and the access of civilians prevented by
stationing a picquet on the.ground. It is but just, how-
ever, to state, that upon being waited on by two of the
most respectable settlers, his brother officers disclaimed
the sentiment so ridiculously and insultingly displayed.
A prosecution is pending before the Court, by the lad,
for defamation and false imprisonment, and another, it
is stated, will be instituted against him by the military,
for striking the soldiers.

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