Star.
London, England, 1821-02-15 00:00:00

BOXING.

FICIIT Arr.—Plovers backers forfeited 93 guineas to Martin
on Tuesday evening, u Purcell is very ill.
lirc►amv •Nil COOTEIL—The stakes were made 1001. last
right, for the fight on the 11th of April.
SPARRING.

Marlin's Benefit at the Fives Court, on Tuesday, had its full
share of patronage, and the setting-to was good.
The Gas-ligin Man and Crateto bad an excellent bout. and
Crawley had none the worst of his manly adversary. It was a
ruffianing touch.
.iforths and Den Punt made a good set-to.

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end hefts abeWed much science, and were cheered.
(the Gipsy) and Harris shrived much goodness, and
MU ini.nfully ; but the Gipsy had the best of it.
PEDESTRIANISM. •
Sure Mary 4 DAT MATCK roa Twave successive DATS,—
Mr. Yecsa, who started upon this Herculean task on Monday,
arrived at Huntingdon at eight o'clock in the evening, perform-
ing the sixty miles in fourteen hours. He started again at Wee
o'clock on Tuesday morning, and was fresh and well four miles
• from Grantham, in Lincolnshire, at four o'clock in the after-
noon. His route will be in the line of the Glasgow Mail, as far
as Ferrybrklge, thrnngh Merton, Worksop, Doncaiter, &c.
The/notch is fortis" guineas.
ASIIDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING.
FIRST DAY—TUEBDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
' Vir CUT.
1. Mr. E: Cripps's blk Eleanor beat Mr. J. Long's blk Lively.
2. Dr. Meyrick's brin Magnet beat Mr. Goodlake's blk

Garnet.
a. Lord Craven's yel Camilla beat Mr. Lovedon's blk Lady.
4. Mr. Cripps's br Crazy brat Mr. Prttatt's wh Pleasure.
4. Mr. Goodlake's blk Granby best Dr. Meyrick's Madock.
6. Mr. Ileathcote's yel llogarth beat Mr. Brown's brio

' 'Severity.
7. Ur. Ileathcotes wls Hengist beat Mr. C. Long's bit
Lorenzo.
11. Idr. Davenport's yel Dewdrop beat Mr. Capers bik and
wh Juggler.

1. Mr. J. Long's Lancasteraiitiebeat Colonel Stead's Mrs.

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Slop.
2. Dlr. Brown's Brusher beat Mr. Pettatt's Pickle.
3. Dlr. S. Heathcote's Hayston beat Mr. B. Cripps's Eliza.
4. Mr. Capers blk Javelin beat Mr. Davenport's wh Don.
MATCUZS.

1. Mr. Briscall's blk Bashful Cripplis Emily.
2. Mr. 1:'.; cripys's blk Express beat Mr. J. Longs Louis D'or.
3. Mr. Davenport's blk Diana beat Mr. C. Capel's blk Judy.
There was good sport on the sound, third, and fourth days—
Feb. 7,8, and 9: the dogs were of the best description, and the
Amateurs were highly delighted.

HYDROPIIOBIA..—A sad instance of the effects of,
this dreadful malady took place last week at Epping,
in the case of a poor man, a shoemaker. On Monday
he complained of pain in the chest, and a chocking
in the throat, which continued during the day ;
on Tuesday he became subject to fits, which conti-
nued, with very short intervals, till Thursday morn-
ing, when death put an end to his wretched suffer.'
ings. Evel possible care and attention was paid to
hini by the medical gentlemen of the place, but
without effect: It ap'pears he was playing with a dog
abOut Christmas last, who bit his wrist slightly, and
ntc appearance of disease occurred till Monday. The
poor feffossi was perfectly sensible during the inter-
vals, and F•rayed fervently with the Rev. Gentleman
'who visited him. The number of mad dogs in the
neighbourhood lately have caused serious alarm: '

Wm. Read, jun. and Win. Thiselton, two of the
Hatton-Garden Police Officers, repaired on Wednes-
day se'nnight to a public-house Edmond-weld"'
Battle-bridge, where, after. 4 very desperate resist-
ance, they succeeded in apprehending a man of the
name of Brcaten, alias White, charged with being a
conitnon titterer of forged bank-notes. He had a large
fierce 'doh of -the. half bull breed, which flew it the
Officers tn-defence of hit master. The fellow, after
being secured, boasted, tfiat if he bad had fair play he
afid his dbg would beat a dozen of them. He was
examined yesterday, when P. Martin, a butcher, St
Battle-bridge, proved, that the prisoner gave him a
forged note in payment for a joint of meat. Many
other charges being expected to be brought against
bim,..he was remanded.

Saturday an blquest was taken at Culharn, Oxford-
shire, by Mr. CECIL, Coroner, on view of the body
of James Morgan. It appeared in evidence that
Morgan, about two months previously, was going
with a horse and boat on the canal, near Banbury,
when he by some means got entangled with the cord,
and was dragged along the towing-path nearly a
mile ; that the calves of his legs, his back, and. his
body were seriously injured by it ; that he was car-
ried to Banbury, and attended by a medical gentle.
man there ; that on Wednesday, the 7th inst. Morgan
was removed in a waggon froth Banbury to Oxford,
a distance of 23 stiles, and early on the following
morning from Oxford to Abingdon, on the outside
of the Southampton coach, and from thence to Cul-
ham (the place of his settlement), in a cart; that he
died at the Oveiseer's house, at Culharn, about two
hours after he had.been left there, The Jtiry, after
having heard the evidence produced before them,
and particularly that of the Overseer of Banbury,
who had, removed 'Morgan, and having examined
the body, returned their verdict—" Died by the
Visitation of GOD; but that his death was hastened
by his having been removed by the Overseers of
Banbury,from Banbury to Oxford, the day before
his death, and from thence, on the following day, to
Culham, when he was not in a fit state to have been
removed.",
Monday se night, at the Hotwells, Bristol, Mr. and
rs. North, retu ruing from a tea-visit in Cumberland-
buildintS,'fell together into the lock of Cumberland
basin, Abut thirty yardsfrce? the house they had just
left. Supplications for assistance were heard at the
upper end of Vincent's-parade, bat no, assistance,
could be given, and they both perished. They have
left four children.
A letter from. Dover of the 19th ult. says--" A,
report has reached this place that. a most serums Ten-
couttelook place yesterday evening at Rye, between.
a party of smugglers, Who were in the act of working
some goods, and ;the people
.on the Preventive-ser-
vice, in which four Officers were wounded {one dan-
gerously), and several men and smugglers left dead
on the field."
A poor black sailor, named Williams, who pAd his
limbs frost-bitten in a vessel,: in the Channel,sioring
• the late severe weather, had both his legs anipatated
at the workhouse in Plymouth, on Thursday
The feet had previolisly dropped from the oracles,

Monday, Fnucis Adana, accused of .forgery, wu
put to the bar of the isigh Court of Justiciary, at
Edinburgh, told having pleadedguilty*to the charge,
was actaviiced to seven lean trauspertation.

LAW INTSLLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY. FEBRUARY-is.
• URLINVSSATENT LACK
SAMUEL HALL (OF RAEFORD, NOTTS,) V. TOWLE
AND OTHERS.

Mr. Hnavmoved for an injunction to restrain the
defendants f,rom pirating and using the invention of
the plaintiff twho is partner in the house of G. F. Urii
ling and Co. in the Strand), for improving thread or
yarn, in infringement of the patent he had obtained
for the exclusive use of that invention. The letters
patent were obtained in November, 1817 ; and they
stated that the object of the improvement was to re-
move the projecting fibres from, every description of
thread or yarn, and render it stronger, smoother, and
,finer. The plaintiff had expended, in experiments,
anterior to the completion of his invention, £5,000
and upwards ; and, from the date of the patent till
the present time, had been in the undisturbed pos-
session and use of the invention, with the exception
that, for some time past, the defendants had been
secretly using it, which, if they could do safely, it
was very natural they would ; for the plaintiff's in-
vention had obtained a celebrity of a very distin-
guished kind amongst those who were fanciers of I
lace, under the name of s' Urling's new Improved
Lace." It was a subject of very great profit to the
plaintiff; Ad his Lordship might form some idea of
its excellence, as her late Majesty had granted to
Urling and CO. permission to supply her exclusively
with the lace, her Majesty being a very good judge
of specimens of the kind. This appointment, together
with other circumstances which had given a decided
superiority to Urling's Lace," had induced the at
tempt of the defendants to infringe upon plaintiff's
patent. The plaintiff was not able, for some time, to
bring it home to the defendants ; but in the course
of the present month of February, in consequence of
his suspicions, he placed a ladder, at night, against a
window of the defendants manufactory, and there
very clearly saw the defendants carrying on the pro-
cess of improvement invented by him. This was con-
firmed by four other persons, and, certainly, the very ,
midnight mode of carrying on the work was strong
evidence of concealment, and an intention of pirating
the invention. His Lordship, having examined seve.
rid specimens of the lace and thread of which it is
manufactured, granted the injunction.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEBRUARY 13.

WATTS V. PLATT.

Serjeant PELL stated the facts of the plaintiff's case
to the Jury ; they were briefly these ;—The parties
live at West Drayton, and are in an humble line of
life. In 1812, the defendant, George Platt, a far-
mer, met Jemima Watts, the plainta, at a dance at
her uncle's, who kept the " Six Bells" public-house;
after which he visited her at the cottage of her
ther, a very poor woman; she was then about eighteen,
and he under thirty, years of age. The mother at
first wished her daughter to decline his acquaint-
mice, as she did not conceive her a suitable match
for a person in such good circumstances as the de-
fendant. He, however, persevered, declaring it was
bis intention to marry her, and actually purchased
the ring for that purpose. The courtship continued
for upwards of eight years, until the defendant, with."
out assigning any motive for his conduct, took it
in. to his head to marry another woman ; after which,
be still attempted to continue his visits; and, upon
being upbraided by the plaintiff with his breach of
faith towards her, he protested, with tears its his eyes,
that his misconduct had been productive of more un-
happiness to himself than to her. This was the sub-
stance of the case proved by the mother, sister, and
uncle of the plaintiff, from whom, upon cross-exa-
mination, it was attempted to. be extracted, that she
had permitted the defendant to take liberties with her
which inconsistent with propriety. These at-
tempts, however, totally failed—the girl's conduct
appearing to have been most unexceptionable.
Serjeant VAUGHAN addressed the Jury on behalf
of the defendant, but called no witnesses.

The Learned Juno!, in his charge, observed, in
strong and indignant language, upon the unmanly
and cruel defence attempted to be set up by the de-
fendant, in endeavouring, after first imputing to her
the poverty of her parents, to prove his own infamy
in seducing her in her mother's house, which defence
had not only failed, but ought to recoil with ven-
geance upon his own head.
The Jury, after three or four minutes consultation,
found for the plaintiff—Damages £5OO.
OLD BAILEY.
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Yesterday the Sessions commenced. Two misera-
ble looking young lads, of the names of Skord,y and
Grady, the latter of whom was on crutches, were in-
dicted for stealing some table-cloths, &c. from the
housekeeper's room of a Gentleman's Fouse in Man-
chester-sq uare.--S kord y was found Guilty.
John Collins, a lad about sixteen years old, was
found guilty of stealing several articles of plate from
the house of 8.. Adams, Esq. in Baker-street. The
prisoner was recommended to mercy.
Edward Lerananint was found guilty of stealing
some plate, the property of Mr. Serfe. The prisoner
had.been employed as under-gardener, and occasion.
ally to clean Itnives. The articles were not proved to
have been stolen at one time; the Jury, therefore,
found him guilty of stealing to the amount of 395.
Charles Wilkinson was indicted for stealing a trunk,
the property of,Joseph Joseph, from the carriage of
W.Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. Mr. Joseph is amanuensis
to Mr. Wilberforce. On the evening of the day stated
in the indictment, Mr. Wilberforce returned to his re-
sidence at Keasington Gore, from Bath ; when within
about SOO yards of the house, the prisoner and an-
' other man cut the trunk in question from behind the
carriage, and were making off with it, when a patrol
stopped them and secured the prisoner, but his com-
,panion escaped. Verdict-7 Guilty,