Star.
London, England, 1811-08-14 00:00:00

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Monday lest. being the Anniversary of the Panics
Rietti.:NV's" -Birth-Day,. extraordinary prepsratioas
w rr !ride 'ar this enchinting place to celebrate
•it w becoming splendour. 'f he liberality of the,
Proprietors it was thought had been exhausted with
their ingenuity, to improve the brilliancy of the scene,
but the add'tion of not less than 10,000 lamps, could
stir out sensiblr increase the var;ety us well as the splen-
door of these delightful Gardens. Among the devices
and embiAlishments peculiar to Ow nighr, was the
Prince's plume in varievard lamps On several parts
of the Orchestra, and the words " Long live the
Prince Regent," in the back of the square behind it.
—The Orchestra was well supported, and Mrs.
BLAm» san ; sweetly, halving taken the place of Mrs.
Moos:rat:4. At 8 o'clock, the Gardens were nearly
rod: the cr'.wd at the doors were so great, many per-
ilous were obliged to wait half an hour before they
would gran admittance. Pleasure beamed in cvt'ry eye,
aid inset ed on every counte,tance. It seemed as it
were a se,fne a mutual congratulation. The coaches
extruded the whole length of Kennington-lane, three
Jeep, I were Frequently locked up in a solid mass
&Tin.; 1:-.ervals of many minutes. In the immense
crowd and confusion it was impossible to ascereSin
the various fashionable parties that added ro the
beauty and festivity of the scene. Among them
were those of the Countess of HARRINQ lON, Lady
Lot sa MaNxitils, Lady lIEATIICOTit, Mrs. THUMP-
wit, &C.

The Duke of lila nLiteROUGH sent his Rimini ling to
14ruoisirCastle on &Lin:tap sennight, by which present f
he hoists the tenure of Blenheim House, with the pen. I
si.n, mad other priviiiges. It is simply ornamented ,
with the !amity armorial bearings, crest, &c. It is i
always deposited in Blenheim Tower, which was
lately added to the Pilacc, by order of his Majesty.
Those who began to canvass in the prospect of a
dissolution of Parliament, now feel th:inselves in an
aukward predicament. They have avowed their in-
tantnns, and have thereby given the popular Cities
kad boroughs a right, as they call it, to gormandize
et their cipence —and how long this is to continue, it
is now impos,ible to foresee.
Pcneseuta N tat. A yeoman, of the name of Blackie,
is atte-...ptitt use performance of the Barclay match
of oat thousand miles in one thousand hours, in Se.
mersetsbire. lie was fresh and well on the twelttk
da 1.1.)-,ar, and backed to win.
837:11KG —A dreadful pitched battle for 40 guineas
nougat on Saturday last on a common near Built-
-14, Hems, between George Gorman, an tliber-
Z considerable strength and science, and. Harry
,:ers, a coachman, a known bruiser. The cont.

fortTlit one hour and twenty ininwes, at half-
salaam time, and Gorman had the best of the set-to for
-.Ay minutes, by greater length and hitting out than
'.versary, who cone. quently was often hit down.
:e more than was expected was exhibited on each
which, added to the determined cour,,ge of the
rendered the fight equal to any exhibition with
toulsey Hurst professors. The men hit until they
' not a hit in item, and Gorman was at length
able to appear until half a minute over time. Both
men were carried of the ~"round helpless. Junes
"'owes- seconded the winner.
,aaday evening, in consequence of a dispute in a
t-ground at. Heston, two journeymen weavers
.red into a pugilistic contest, during which, one
tem fell with his head against the stump of a tree,'
caned such a dreadful fracture, that he was i
to the hospital without hopes of recovery.
esterday a Coroner's Inquest sat at the George, I
iford-market; on the body of Hester Greaves, a
ant, isho was burnt to death on Sunday night, in
2quence of a candle catching her Xlothes, while,
Ting in a chair.—Verdict—Accident II Death.
'wee:Jaws, A vuusr S.—Sunday, a boy, five years
2, the son of a re..pectable tradesman in Low Cal-0
was killed on the spot, by a kick from a horse,:
was feeding on the Calton-hill.—Saturday last,
itting magistrate sentenced a soldier belonging to
reteran battation, to six months imprisonment in
fir keeling a woman's cloak from a house
:re he lodged.--Betwixt Saturday night and Sun-
morning last, Neil Gilmour, Andrew Falrley,
igaid Bain, and Ann Rnbiesnn, notorious cha-
letees, made their escape from Glasgow Bridewell.
lirebner, the keeper, having received information
they were seen on the Edinburgh road, imme-
tely net of in pursuit of them, and traced people,
levering their description, to withilea few miles of
intsurgh.-,-Friday evening last, John, the son of
:hard Henderson, fisher, New Coldstream, was
weed while bathing in the Tweed, oppreite Len-
'ieuse.—Saturday morning, Mr. Jahn Lindsay, a
young man of sixteen years of age, one of the as-
sistants of Mr. M‘Guilan, writing-master is Glas-
was unfortunately dr.wned, while bathing in
Clyde, a little above I.3almarnocic Ford.
,cGuer 10.—Saturday evening, a fir.e young lean
:bout 17 years of age, a ropemaker at Footdee,
:rdeen, was drowned while bathing in the sea.—
disconsolate parents of this young man are truly
"cts of sympathy, having buried another son, who
suddenly, only ten days previous to the above
incholy catastrophe ; and having about two years
lost a third son of their family, who was likewise
,caned.
Some time since, a labouring man had the misfor-
to be seemly struck by a horse, in a park at
istown, while taking the animal to water. He
taken to the Infirmary at Aberdeen, and languish-
till Thursday sennight, when he died in great
agony. His skull was fractured in several places.
'Saturday afternoon List, a young gentleman, of the
ime of Lindsay, (from near St. Andrew's) clerk to
respectable merchant in Dundee, was, killed by the
eidentel discharge of a fowling-piece, which his
wade bad just take. up for the purpose of shooting
some rats, with which the premises were infested.
St. James's Fair, Kelso, on Monday last, was nu-
merously attended. Shearers: (as usual) were in
siva numbers • wages not so high as last year ; men
4bdut lss. 6d: and 'women Ifs. 6d. some ; a
•eiod many, 'we understand, were not hired. Cattle
Ott the lithe number as last year ; those in con-
Linn sold et
_good prices e good Highland stets were
i4ctrand: There wee a erettygood.sliewothereess.
Of the work'kind,l, prices not se high as
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