Star.
London, England, 1828-09-04 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

• PON TIF. FR ACT RACES.
TM; Metiting commenced on Tuesday. and brought out several
great St. Leger favourites, whose running has been looked for with
greqt interest In all the sporting quartets. The following are the
The Wilton Stakes of 50gs. each, h ft. for two yr olds ;•etilts, Sit
61h; fillies, list 31b. T.Y.C.
Hon. F.. Petrel b e Netherby
Mr. Houldsworth's br fby Sherwood, Eleanor (Sib) .
Lord 'Fitawilliana's fby Whisker, Maritornes

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A fine-race.
Sweepstakes of 30 sows. each, 10 ft. for three yr olds • coke, Est 316 ;
Allies, Est 21b. One mile and three quarters. Thirteen Subs.
Lord Scarborough's be by Carton ... ... ... 1
\lr. Darnell's ch c Gambol, - • ••• ... 2
Mr. W. Scott's b e Nimrod
Major Yarburgb's b f by Belinda
Mr. Itiddell's br e Ben Lomond
Lord Fitswillimn's eh f Slut
MG Houldswortk's br e Terror
A good race.
Fifty Pounds for all ages. Heats one mile and three-quarters.
Lord Fitzwilliam's Beggar Boy, 4 yrs ... ... 6 2 1 1
Mr. Kay's b c Corbie, 5 yrs ••• ... 5 1 2 2
Mr. Gell's b f Venus, 5 yrs ••• • . 1 3 3dr
Mr. Sandeford's b c Arbulter. 5 yrs ... ... 0 4 4dr
Mr. Duncombe'sgr e Vivian Grey, 2 yrs ... 0 5 2dr
Mr. Houldswonh's A e Alpka, 5 yrs ... ••• S die

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WARWICK RACRS, Barr. 2.
•The Guy Stakes of SO sou& each, It ft. One mile.
Mr. Yates'. b c Frederick, by Rho ... -
Mr. Rawhnson's b f Ruby ...
Mr. Griffith's Musquito
Sir G.•Pigoti Chester Billy ... ••• .. bolted
The Leamington Stakes of 25 sows. each, with 100 added by the
Town of Leamington.
Mr. Sadler's,ch m Tears, 5 yrs, Bst 61b ••• .. 1
Mr. J. "Day's b g Liston, aged. est 81b ••• .. 2
Lusborte, Maldonle,Trompeter, and three tubers started, be:
.sere not placed.
Sweepstakes of t tors. each, with 50 added. Heats two miles.
Mr. White's b g 'Granby, 5 yrs ... ... 5 1 1
Mr. Dickinson's b h Mr. Peagander, 5 yrs ... ... 5 5 S
Mr. Vcvers's gg Cegniac, 4 yr. ... .. 1 4 5
Mr Manning's br b Nimrod, aged ... ... 4 2dr
Mr Dilly's b 311 9)31111011i4, 5 yrs ... ... 2 dr
Five drawl.

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St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each. 10 ft. for three yr olds. Two
mile..
Mr. Yates's b F.mmy, by Magistrate ...
Sir W. Wynn'A ch c Stapeley. by Anibo
Lord Warwick's ch brother to Paul Jones
Mr. Beardsworth's bi c Frederic, by Waterloo
Two drawn.
SOCIETY OF BROMPTON ARCHER&
Tuesday last this Society bad a grand field-day on their ground,
at the back of Sloane-street. Sir Theophilus Lee, the Patron of
the Society, presented the best shot, or Captain of the day, with a
gold medal, which Sir Theophilus, in so appropriate speech, de
Glared to be intended as a reward for the best shoe of the day, on
all occasions of the Society's meeting. The second prize was a
silver medal, presented by Robert Crulkahank. Bock to be worn by
the Lieutenant, or second best shot of the day ; and she third prize
was a pair of gilded arrows, presented by a senior Member of the
Society. Thq st 44 medal was won by ..L.Cruilishank.. Esq. the
silver medal by T. req. airlElrbllAVl" by 0.-*G
Mitchell, Esq:

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It .secits not generally known. that placing garden-
pots before windows is contrary to law, and a fineable
offence. At this season of the year the practice is
common, and ks attended with many accidents.
Cala, Juarica WARRIN.—We regret to state, that
his Lordship is so seriously. indisposed at present, that,
by .the advice, of his physician, Dr. THacautay, he has
retrained from attending his professional duties since
Friday
.last.—Cherter Courant.
The appointment of Sir HERBERT TAILOR to the
office of Adjutant General, vice Sir }WIRT Tomtits,
deceased, has given much satisfaction to the army.—
It seems to have been the fortune of this Officer to
acquire, in every .military situation which he filled,
the general respect of those with whom it brought him
into official contact. In his post of Military Secretary
to the Duke of Yoax, Sir HERBERT T4Tton, as we un-
itifttand Irons misty individualild the service, combined.
with great courtesy and urbanity of manner, the more
solid virtues of a straightforward frankness in his com-
munications, an anxiety to protect unfriendly merit, and
a strict adherence to his word.

ST. ANN'S, BLACKERIARS.--NOtiees of actions at law,
at the instance of •Mr. CONSTABLE, the churchwarden,
oss the part of the parish,. have just been served on
ger 'Lord Mayor and the Alderman for the Ward
ul Farcingdon. The parishioners claim the exclusive
right of watching and warding themselves, at their
awn expense, uncontrouled by civic authority ; this
right is topaded on one of the Acts of James 1. which
the parishioners contend still stands unrepealed.—
Some short time ago certain of the parishioners, acting
on thia4elief, withstood payment of the usual rates for
watching, &c. laid on by the Court of Common Council,
and distress warrants were issued against the parties in
consequence: to set aside these warrants, and for
damages, the present actions have been brought against
the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. The parishioners en-
tertain sanguine hopes of a decision in their favour.
His Lordship, however, has determined to defend tne
actions, and notice to that effect has been given to the
City Solicitor. Thus the matter rests for the present.
It was contemplated by the inhabitants of Polstead
and its vicinity to erect a monument to the memory of
Maria Marten, who fell by the hands of Corder, over
tier grave in the Church-yard, and the Rev. Mr. Whit•
more, the Rector of the parish, was waited upon on the
subject, when he not only expreised his disapprobation,
but declared lie should exercise his authority to oppose
its being carried into effect, adding, that a stone should
never be erected while he had the power to prevint it.
The reason assigned by him was, that he considered,
were a stone .to- be raised to commemorate the event,
that it would have the effect of keeping it alive in the
public. mind, and continuing that public excitement
.which.the catastrophe has already: occasioned in the
.neighbourhood.. Not far from the grave of Maria Mar.
ten is the burial place of the Corder'.
Coaatceit.lWtaraxes.—During the late rain (for
had :illy vicinity now speak of that continuous damper
gib a thing past), a worthy bet rather eccentric Clergy•
man, holding a benefice within 20 miles of Exeter, tor
it into his head that the national calamity was a "great
plagie, sickness, and mortality," and accordingly of.
fered up the prescribed prayer for relief under soda
circumstances. instead of the one u for fair weather"
This reminds us of a fact.whith occurred some years
ago:—A party, of musicians, among whom were some
members of our Cathedral choir, were engaged for as
oratorio at Truro, to which place they went by water.
During the voyage a storm arose, which required the
utnioseezei tions of the crew in walking the vessel;
rod the alarmed landsmen, not being able to give their
personsl assistance, set about imploring the more effec
tual aid of the Grim Ruler of the Winds and Waves, to
the best of their ability: one of them, however, foiget-
ting all other portions of the Liiingy with which long
habit had made him acquainted, devoutly offered up
the prayer for the High Court of Parliament"—to the
utter extinction of devcsional feelings in the minds of
his avociaies. This anecdote was related at it e royal
ribleiby t'se late Bishop PE HAM, to the great amuse
raiol•of his MAJotSTV, who laughed heartily at the
A hinisical lapsits li,gig. We are told that the tene-
t ble Vices Choral s eat a little proud of having con-
tributed to the KURA amusement, and deems jt an
'Maple compensation for all the joking which he was
wodt to•endtrre on the subject.—Ezeler Gazelle.

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THE HARVEST.
1: gives tti a very sincere degree of *ore to be
able to state. upon the authority of intelli..ent errantry
Gentlemen. that the croa kings about a deficient harvest
lie mo't maliciously false. With very partial excels- .
toms, the harvest in Ireland wilt be an abundant one
(the exre,•tions are not greater than is to be found every •
pear), and we can positively sea e that the accounts in
the English papers are in all cases greatly exaggerated,
and in some complete fabrications. We sea a Gentle-
man from an extensive agricultural English county,
who poiitively assured u. that he passed thsough a dis-
trict. represe:,ted in the newspapers as c•onp.etelv laid
waste by floods, and that there was not a sign r f any
such calamity I J bbers and speculums have flown in
be face of a bountiful Providence, to endeavour to ac-
complish their own purposes; but the facts are so gla-
ringly against them, that they have produced , little or
no effect, and every day will serve more convincingly
to show the utter falsehood of their intete-ted reports.
Of the staple f sod of Ireland, the •pnt•toe, tilt re will
be a crop never exceeded in quality and quantity.—.
DWI,. Evening Mail.
MIU•CA LDER, Avo. 26.—Notwithstanding the mi.
serable weatt er which we have had here, our crops look
well. The harvest has only commenced in this neigh.
bcurhood. The hay harvest is completed, and the crop
is plentiful. Strawberries and green peas, with young
duckliogs, ate just in their zenith of pet tecisom
Throughout the whole of last week tl.e weather was
favout able for harvest operations. In Eatt and Mid
Lothian, the greater part of the Crops are cut, and a
considerable portion is already in the barnyard. We •
of entitle except the high ground; and other districts
%%here harvest is Usually late. In West Lothian reaping
is not so far forward, though not a little •ha. been cut
and even stacked ; but welearn that the ensnine week
will be the most busy in that quarter.—hdialtargk
Lerning Courant.'
Around Dumfries three-fourths of the grain has been
'cut, and nearly a half of it safely carried. Of the wheat
Dot a stook remains in the fields, and various farmers.
whose names we could mention, have already celebrated
" Harvest Home." In the course of last week, a farmer
in Tinwald—that is from Monday moraine till Satur-
day night—cut 120, and citified 50 acres of grain—a
rut al feat that has been rarely matched in this or any •
other county in Scotland. The six days we-allude to
were worth millions to the country; and the present
week promises to be equally valuable, by crowning the
hopes and banishirg the fears of an easily excited, and
not always sufficiently gratiful, people.—Durafriee
Courier.
BOTANY.—Dr. LLACZ, late Superintendent of the .

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Hon. East India Company's garden at Calcutta, bas just
brought to England one of the most extensive collec-
tions, perhaps, ever formed by a single individual. It
consists of 28 tons of dried, and 23 tons of living spec'.
mens of the rarest plants peculiar to the Noith of India.
Dr. HORSIMILD is at present culling the duplicates
from the extensive herbarium of the Bast India Coin-
patty, for the purpose of their being presented to the
Medico-Botanical Society of London. The duplicates
will embrace many thousands of plants indigenous to
India, all in the most perfect preservation. Ihe Right
Honourable Earl STAY HOPZ• and Sir JAMES MIG moot.
aided by Mr. FROM Mr. YOST, and Mr. HUTTMAN.
have formed a Committee for foreign correspondence
to this. Society. _ _ _ _ _ • _ _ _ _

The gene at opinion with regard to the breed of par,
tr;dges this season, in consequence of the aln ost ioces-
sant rains at the critical time for young birds, hie been
that the sportsmen would be curtailed in their amuse-
ment. We. however, have reason to believe, that the
scarcity cf birds is not generally so great as was pea
dicted. We had heard of one Gentleman who from,
his own gun killed on Monday, in a few hours, fourteen
brace and a half of birds. in the space of three fields.
For the game county of Suffolk, in common seasons,
this is not a number to be thought of; but in the present
year, under all circumstances, it_ proves that the bad,
weather has not operated so fatally as was. expected ;
as a proof of which, we have received the following
statement match, which has excited some interest,.
was decided on Monday..in the neighbourhood of this
town. A bet was laid, of 201. to 41. that a farmer of
this town would kill more birds on the above day than
another living at Sapiston. Each chose the land in his
own occupation; and the knowing ones were taken in t,
the person against whom the above odds were betted
having !sagged twenty-six brace and a half of birds to,
his antagonist's 18 brace. The time allowed was from
nine o'cleck in the morning till four its the afternoon.—
Sepik Herald.
lixorksoow. Sm. 2 —The following lamentable oc-
currence took place at Bowling Bay on Sunday after.
noon. The Henry Bell steam-boat had been lying in
Bowling Bay waiting for the tide. About five o'clock
P. x. she started, when a hastier, which had been fasn
tened to a post on shore, not having teen properly loosed,
broke from the straits upon it,and rebounding with dread-
ful violence, struck Mr. Kirkwood, baker, Anderston,
a passenger, and ore of the crew of the Henry Bell.
who were getting into a small !Ism to apptoach the ves-
sel. Mr. Kirkwood was tearfully and deeply cut in
the fn., a little above the mouth, and he was carried
to an adjoining house in a state of insensibility: The
person belonging to the Henry Bell was hit so severely
a little above the thigh, that I e was tamed into the air
about six feet, and tell into the boa: w.th great violence,
from which h- was also ca-lied to the a 'joining house
insensible. Medical aid w si eeddy procured to the
unfortunate sufferers, but not wit Int ,nd ng every a:ten-
lion and every means thathpossil.lrolld be used. Mr.
Kirkwood expired yesterd if mot ninigii little after sevest
o'clock. The other :dieter, although bevetcy injutee,
is in a fair way of recovery. •.t
Among the persons drowned, by e calamity at
Loch Lomond on Friday were Mt. 0 C. Eansiston, and
a Lady, supposed to be his wile I:he was a very fine
young man. hot 20 years of age, an Englishman. He
•as married little more than twomoths ago, and lived
with his father and mother at the turner of. Think.
street, HUtcli.ontown. Both thekather and son were
employed in Mr. Wilson's type. foundry as die-sinkersand
were brought ti emLondon to the above establishment,on
account of their great proficiency in that delicate branch
of business in which they were engaged. They left Glas-
gow for Lochlomond on Thursday morning, and it is
supposed they slept at the Inn in Tarbet all night, in-
tending to return nest day by the same route they had
gone. What adds 'to the calamity in this case is, that
this 'young man is the only child cf his patent., who
doted on him. The latter left Glasgow for Dublin, on a
jaunt. just at the time their son departed for Lochlo-
mond, and of course cannot yet have heard of the
melancholy occurrence. The bodies of this unfortunate
young couple were expected in Glasgow last nights--
The fine young boy mentioned in the letter above belongs
to Balloch. It is positively asserted that there were 21
persons in the boat whenit.leit the *bore for the steam
boat, eleven of whom were saved, and consequently, as
there are only nine bodies yet accounted for, that there
is one of them still in the water.