Star.
London, England, 1828-12-31 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STAG HUNT EXTRAQRDINAILY.
f;,,! iorning, as one of the Brighton coaches (the Regent)
Was „,..„ Smitham bottom, on its return from London, the
a Lord Derby were pressing a fine stag towards the turn-
and. he soon came up with the Regent, continuing his
• ast of the horses for a considerable distance, to the great
• he passengers. At this period, whilst the ostlers at the
.ables of the Times Brighton coach were gazing at the
ne, three horses which had just performed their journey,
int! peen dispossessed of their harness, bolted from their stable,
jaecti a: they were, and joined the "jovial cry," mingling with
,t taCi
he .rtsnwti at full speed, and so intent were those high-mettle]
4:U.141s upon the joys of the chase, and the enchanting music of the
' •hat they leaped one after another into a gravel-pit (not a
deer and after floundering a little with the loose atuf at the
bottrin, made up their lo.t ground by redoubling their spee
run ilabd. Tha
&Fe w re now close upon the stag ; and lest they should
s, me of the sportsmen, who had crossed, whipped them it
tier tg nit; stagers," however, were not so easily diverted from their
,pursuit, but flow their gm, nothingame Instil thloth, fu three came uto his haunch's%
wAt r they accompanied him, miles on the
jukh•on toad, when the stag leaped a high hedge, and bounding
ove r Ole hill, left his companions to snort until they wag re-captured
by the astonished horse-keepers. The chase proved highly grad-
hiss to ;mile of the Cockney passengers on the coach, one of whom,
er. the aftrorach of the stag, Se9uin-1i if At, holtioust sus a jackai.--
:m.0.; &waive.

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T!'E LATE HEODRINRBIBULREGHMURDERS IN
!
-I% wretched woman M•Dougal, implicated in the
apt..,. (Ames, was liberated on Friday night, having
bete. 2:taitted in the Lock up-house solely for her per-
s 4,41 protection ; and immediately returned to occupy
her old den, the scene of so many murders. On &cur-
. day aeon;;, however, she incautiously ventured out to
' a shop in the heights( urhood for whisky. The liquor
was it tt,sed her ; but she was obses ved by some boys,
sirtiJ c,lled out that it was McDougal, and a mob
iortne&ately astembled. The police appeared on the
Is; main, and taking her in charge, proceed-4 to
cc;•ve her to the watch-house in Wester Ports.
. _ bull ; but such was the fury and exasperation of
*1 the 2:(.., determined, apparently, to tear the wretch
to pieces if they got hold of her, that the policemen were
compeiled to use their batons without mercy, in order to
• core: her retreat to the watchhouse, which they reached
with the greatest difficulty. "Wilted there, the mob
incensing every moment in numbers and in fury, they
endearcu ed to affurd the unhappy creature protection;
but the windows beilig smashed in, and a disposition
• manifested by the multitude to storm the watchhouse,
cite people within were, as a dernier resort, obliged to
dress her in men's clothes, and put her out by a back
window. When this was effected, the fact that she had
left the office was announced to the mob, who having
plissetitheir intended prey, soon after dispersed.
to the course of Sunday. great crowds of well
dressed people resorted to the West Port to visit the
i scenes of the late murders ; but so far as we have been
4t. 1e.,,- learn, no disturbance of any kind took place.
11
-7,,) y object on which popular fury could vent h-
t., had, by the exertions of the Bilice. escaped; and
•• •• the only feeling that predominated was one of curiosity
',, *nixed with horror.

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sr. LUKE'S, MIDDLESEX.
Yesterday morning a General Meeting of the Vestry.
men toe k place in the Parish Church, for the purpose of
letting and ascertaining thb respective sums of money
mtenary to be raised by a just and equal pound-rate, I
the relief of the poor. and-for the payment of any
lamest, or of any annuities chargeable on the rates of
the parish, or for the repayment 'if any principal monies,
dm from the parish for the ensuing quarter ; and also
*consider and determine on an application made by
ihs Rev. William Pritchard, for the delivery to him of
be organ now in St. Barnabas Chapel, St. James's-
equate. At ten o'clock, Mr. JOHN SIMMONS, jun. took
Vie Cnair.
Mr. WALL, the Vestry Clerk, read the proceedings of
* previous Vestry, which imposed a rate of 9d. for the
iiarp.4e rf meeting the exigencies of the poor, and to
liquidate the sum of 5001. each quarter for the enlarge-
ment of the o or k house. But from the increase of paupers,
teen that rate left them 1201. in arrears, to liquidate
bbich, and to meat the current expenses, he would re-
tommend a tenpenny rate. This being seconded,
Mr. KEATS moved that the present rate be continued
for another quarter, upon the grounds that an increase of
tate would gave a corresponding effect on the increase
of paupers. This being seconded, upon a show of hands
th:re arpeared for
The Tenpenny Rate . . . .14
TLe Original Rae . • • • • 6
llasj,rity • • • • •—4 •
t Mr. WALL then read a letter from Mr. Chu. Green,
of whanspton buildings, and dated on the ISth
Notesr.ber, claiming on the part of the Rev. William
Prichard the return of the organ, in St. Barnabas Cha-
pel, and requesting that the Churchwardens would
'bib* no obstacles in the way ; to this letter he replied
that the application would be laid before the first public
,Vestry; and a second letter from the same Gentleman.
the part of his Rev. Client, was also received, re-
, Aliening an explanation as to the delay, to which be re-
turned a similar answer.
A Vegryman thought that ask was an ecclesiastical
eluesiu,n, the Churchwardens had no power to act with-
out the consent of the Bishop.
Mr. CHIPPINDALR, senior Churchwarden, was of
opinion the Wardens could not act without the consent
of the Vestry.
Mr. T. SPRING, of His Macclesfield Arms, City-road,
alter taking a detailed view -if the introduction and ex
rose of the gas lights in the elsorch, said, when they
'bklttre a fixture hew useless wail* 1.• be to attempt to
tutus them. He also thought the question we between
the Biibup and the Incumbent, and the less they
,•, do Irish ecclesiastical affairs the better, as he thought
the parishioners bad no right to mix themselves up with
such a subject. He would therefore conclude by moving
• lin 16j torment of the question sine die.
Mr. CALDWELL said, that in seconding Mr. Spring's
1116tc,r, he had to observe that the Reverend Mr. Prit-
c!kaed brought the organ to the church without the
Jr"iedge and consent of the parishioners; and he also
I"eliy3iicl that a subscription had been set on foot for
,
patentor, and to which his friend Col. Matthews, of
";Rs-,tiosare, had liberally subscribed.
Dit • SPMIIIO.II motion was then put and carried ottani-
-111`441! ; Atli which the meeting separated.
A "tit aged 102, is now living, and in good health,