Star.
London, England, 1803-05-09 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

On Wednefday the races, for feveral years run
at Maddington, in Wiltfhire, by horfec the proper
ty of the Maddington Club, rode by Gentlemen,
commenced on Worthy Downs, near Winchefter,
and were attended bya very numerous and falhion-
able company, among whom we diftinguilbed
many Gentlemen of the higheft charadler in the
fporting world. We never remember to save feen
better running, or matches more clofely contefted

Mr Biggs i Bier, taw. beat Sir H. Uppincotes Brigadier,
cast. ylb. three miles, 100 r.
Mr. Grantees Shinn Sheer Jung best Mr. Villebais's Em-
peror, tau. each, three miles for =op.
Sweepitakes, togs. each, two miles.
Mr. Byndlofes Giles, y yr old, t Ist. 61b. -
Mr. Serapes Dottrell, y yr old, t tat. 61b. • -
Six to Four on Dottrel'.
A Cup, ast. each, two mile beats.

Sir H. Litipincote's b. g. by Formai
Mr. Bynis's ch.'• Blentlib,6 yr old
Six to Four on the winner.
Sweepitakes, sg each, four miles.
Mr. Germaln's Whirligig, 5-yrs. olds
Mr. hiton's Yam, y -yrs. old, . . -
Mr. Grames's Fair Charlotte, 4-yrs. old,
Mr. Byndlofs's Gs:Darin, 4 yra old,

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The Duke of BIDTOID is arrived in town from
Paris, and all the other Englifh •ifitors were fol.
lowing his example.
On Wednefday lag a troop of the 9th Dragoons
embarked at Dublin for Liverpool.

Monday a party of the 17th Light Dragoons
landed at Dublin from Liverpool. The remainder
were hourly expeded.

Monday the regiment of Roxburgh(hire Yeo-
manry Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel
Etttor, marched into Kelfo for a few days.
The Norwich Military Afrociation have been au•
thori zed to raife a corps of three hundred men, and
more than that number have already entered.
The Hon. Major ELPRIIISTONI fucceeds to the
Lieut.• Colonelcy in the 3d Regiment of Royal
Eaft India Volunteers, vice Sir JOHN BURGiSS
Mr. Aoaia JACKSON, to the Majority.
The Duchefs of DsvoasHlas gave a grand
Copper, on Saturday evening, after the Opera, to
near fizty of the Nobility, at Devonfbire.houfe.—
Among the company were—

'nu Earl and Counters of Jerky. Vikount and Vifeountefa
Melbourne, Hon. Mr. Jambe, Duch& of Rutland, lady
Cawdor, Portage& Ambaliader, Lord G. Cavendlat. Hun
Mr. Caveudifla, Earl and Countefs of Delborough, Lord Duo-
cannon, Lady C. Poofonby. Vikoune and Lady Masycth, &c.

LADY HAMILTON'S FYMta•L.—Utl Friday
morning lA, as early as (even o'clock, the re.
mains of this much-lamented and beautiful lady
were removed, with great funeral pomp, from her
Culler's honfe, the Marquis of Assitcoties, at the
Priory, to Staumore, where (he was interred in
the fame vault as her mother, the original family
vault being at Duddingllon, near Edinburgh. The
folemn procelliun moved in the following or der :
Twelve terrains in Mite liveries, with black crape Beeve-band.,
and white Isat.hands, two and two.

Twe clergymen, with bouts fa their hands, the Rev. Mr.
I forfley, sad the Rev. Mr. Lovell.
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Eighteen domctttca, flippantly t►e coffin, with white hat-
bands and gloves.
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Six female donseltics In white, u pall•bearen.
The Han- John and Lord George Beresford, brother to the
Marquis of Waterford, principal mauoen•
Aoderfon . Efq. Houle Steward, to white kalif, hatbands, and
gloves, followed by all tit: sapper fervent% two and two,

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- lollowcd by jo ebarity (mak Orphans Winch her La-
dyfhlp rapport's:l llncc lhe was 16 yam old.
Ha calla was wend La nine= valves, film Rails awl
lasadka.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF Kits7o' BENCH, MAY?.

Twit KING V. coLusnts AND OTHERS.

This was a queltion of great imp& rtalice, and
came from Hull. The Defendants were owners
of veffels that were regillered at the Cullom houfe
at Hull, which Cuflom-houfe was within the parilh
of St. Mary ; and there Defendants hatl been
in refpeet of that property, and appeal.:d lion, that
rate to the Court of King's Bench.
Mr. ERSKINI and Mr. l'oprims fupported the
rate, and argued it on the 43d of Elizabeth, and
the gth of William 111. It was here admitted,
that the !hips were locally within the limits and
jurifdiaion of the rate. That was the place where
they received the profits from the (hipping : it was
the place of their return, and where it might be
generally liippored the owner lived. He laid he
mull rely on the port in which the lhip was regd.-
tered as the home of the (hip, as it was called,
otl?erwife it would be extremely difficult to rate
property in (hips, not merely as chatdes, bat as
failing from port to port, according to the will of
the owner. They might firft fail to the Well In-
dies, and from thence to the Eaft, all over the
world, and remain totally without the jnrifdiaion
of the Court I and all this time the owner making
his profits upon them.
Lord ELLCMIOCOo6H.—" Suppofe I flIOUld re-
main at York for a week in the year, fhould I be
rateable in refpeet of my carriage ? I fhould think
you will find fume difficulty to make it rateable.
Suppofe a (hip to fail conftantly between Newcaftle
and London, or between Neweaftle and Dublin,
that is a ftronger cafe than the prefent ; and yet
though this (hip is conftantly vibrating between
there two points, I fhould think it difficult to afcribe
to it that degree of locality which is neceffary to
make it rateable. There are fome ports in the
kingdom where a great number of (hips are built
and regiftered, as Whitby ; and it would be a
monftrous propofition to fay, that all thefe fhips
fhould be rated there." _ _

Mr. Juftice Ls &sac —" What do you fay of
all the Itage coaches—Are they rateable at every
place where they put up ?"
Mr. ERSKINE Paid, he (Mould contend they were.
When their Lordthips confidered the immenfe pro-
perty in (hipping in this kingdom, and how necef-
fary it was to provide for the poor of the land, if
they did not rate on the footing of where the (hip
had her home, her habitation (if he might ufe that
expreffion), it would be extremely difficult to fay
how this fpecies of property was to be rated. Every
(hip by the Itegifter Aft mutt belong to Come par-
ticular port.
LordELLS/1110a000H." That is merely for the
purpofe of transfers, and the convenience of trade."
Mr. EssKINB Paid, this rate was not impofed on
the profits of thefe (hips, but on the value of them.
Here the Defendants have three Chips lying in the
old port of Hull, value 36001. and it does not ap-
pear they were ever out of that port.
Mr. JulUce LAWRENCE direeted the attention of
the Counfel to the cafe of the King v. the Inhabi-
tants of Liverpool, a note of which his L9rdfhils
read, and which militated againft the prefent cafe.
Mr. Juftice Gaon laid, he could never content
to fay, that a man was rateable in the Nal where
his Ihips happened to be regiftered. In the part •
of the country where he refided, a (hip's home, as
it was called, in feveral instances, was not the
place where he was built. He could Hate a thou-
land instances of it. It was only, in very few in-
fiances, where (be was built. He knew it hap-
pened that up a little creek (hips were built of a
very confiderable fize, and it was not the home of
any (hip. They were regiftered in a port at a
distance. The Court permitted the parties to
amend and relate their cafe.
THE IL IN 0 V. 22222

The Defendant was convided by' a Jake of
the Peace as driver of the Northampton aage.coach
of carrying more than fix outfide palengers. The
conviction was brought up by certiorari, and Mr.
Rates now contended that it ought to be quaffied.
The principal objcaion he took was, that the De.
fendant was not defcribed with fufficient particula•
rity as the driver.
Mr. Jtalice Lawalect anted him if he argued
that he that drove the coach was not the driver

Mr. RAINE Paid, that for any thing that appear.
ed in the conviftion, Mr. Barker might be one of
thofe young men of falition who put themfelves
under the tuition of flage-coachmen to learn the
noble art and myflery of driving four in, hand.
Lord ELLINBOROUGH obferved that he had no
difficulty in declaring, that in his opinion, if any
young man of fathion were to have delegated to
him, not only the reins but the whole management
of the coach, and were to take on more than the
allowed number on the box and the outfide, that
he would be refponfible under the aft, and might
be fentenced to the punifbment which the aft am-
pores—Fine And Imprifonment in the Houfe of
Correction.—(4 lad latsgh.)
Mr. ERSILINI-1 was placed on the box along
with my friend, Mr. Rause, re drive/hi/J*4r t but
as I find the Court rather rffiive, I think it better
to *taunt where we now are.—Judgment affirmed.
Mr. Raise exprelfed a hope that this Cafe would
produce a very falutary effect at the Weft End of
the Town.