Star.
London, England, 1819-10-14 00:00:00

SPORDIVC TNITLLWPNCE.

Monday, g match was run over iiarbant
Course, which has excited much interest in the sport&
ing world, between Mr. Pullen's mare Fidget, and
Mi. Howard's horse Randall, eight stone each, for
two hundred guineas, and was won by the mare in
good style. Large sums were depending; the horse
the favourite—and the knowing ones taken in. This
Mare was beat by Mr. Cramp's Pimlico over the
same Course, in August last.
Spring, the boxer, has got from the Bristolians half of tie &-
posit, which became forfeit to him, in consequence of Neale being
unable to meet him, viz. £25.

The Trial of Sir Cnazi.se WoLaura, for sedition, has beets
moved, by writ of Certiorari into the Court of King's Bench. In
consequence he on Tuesday gyre fresh bail at the Judge's Cham.
bers. His bail were ALMANDISS GALLOWAY, of Lawn-Place,
Shepherd's-Bush, engineer ; and NATIIANIXL 81X110148, of Glou-
cester-Lodge, Croydon, Gentleman.

Friday, a Court Martial was assembled• on board
the QUIEN CHARLOTTE, in Portsmouth harbour, and
continued by adjournment during Saturday, to in-
quire into the circumstances of the supposed conceal-
ment of two deserters from the Band of the 18th Re-
giment of Foot, on board his Majesty's ship Plurrow,
Captain W. H. DILLON, in the month of October
last, when that ship was about to proceed to the East
Indies; and to try Lieutenant JOHN Gewas, the First
Lieutenant of the said ship, for his conduct upon that
occasion. The Court was crowded with Officers, &c.
from the shore, each day. The prosecution was closed
on Saturday afternoon, and the Court adjourned till
ten o'clock on Monday, when Lieutenant GEARY
made his defence. The Court having considered the
whole of the evidence, were of opinion that the charge
was proved, and sentenced him to be dismissed his
Majesty's ship PilitrON, and severely reprimanded.
MArisioN-Housz.—A man charged several of the
prisoners in Whitecross• street Prison, with assaulting
him and robbing him of his watch. He stated that
he had been confined there for debt, and because he
was unable to pay the prison-dues, on the day he was
about to quit the place, Davis, the steward of the
ward to which he belonged, and several other priso-
ners, seized him by the arms and legs, pumped on
him, and pressing their hands violently on his eyes,
took from him his watch. The LORD MAYOR as-
sured him he would go to the prison and inquire into
• the circumstances.

• GUILDHALL.—A decent-looking labouring man,
who gave his name John Williams, was brought up
yesterday before Mr. Alderman SCHOLEY, charged
under the following rather singular circumstances:—
The Chatham coach to London, which puts up at
the Cross Keys Inn, Wood-street, Cheapside, arrived
there on Tuesday morning extremely heavily loaded,
not indeed with passengers, but packages, and the
I coachman, who is also the owner of the coach, was
condoling himself for the absence of the former, by
the unusual increase of the latter; among these
packages were two of more than ordinary size, the
one, a-hamper, addressed to Joseph Wright, 33, Old.
street, to be left till called for ; and the other, a heavy
inclosure in a mat, directed to William Simpson,
Oxford-street, With a similar direction, to be left at
the inn till sent for. This last-mentioned package,
from the porter's inattention to the latter part of the
direction, was taken by him, in the course of the day,
to No. 126, Oxford-street, but no Mr. Simpson was
to be found there, nor had they any knowledge of a
parcel coming from Chatham ; this, of course, seemed
very unaccountable, and'On the return of the porter
with his load, led to suspicion that all was not as it
should be ; and as, from the heat of the day, and the
shaking the package hid had, the effiuvia 'from it
pointed out pretty accurately its contents, the people
of the inn ventured to open it ; when it was found to
contain the corpse of an elderly female. Notice was
given to the beadle of the parish, who openeitthe
other package, In which was the dead body of. an
elderly man. Information was sent to the Coroner,
and in the interim, preparations were made for 'the
reception of the person who might claim the packagei.
Early yesterday morning the prisoner came to the
Cross Keys to inquire fur the parcels, and produced
cards with the counter directions. He was permitted
to pay for the carriage of both, and a coach was
called, into which he was about to convey one of
them, when the officers, who were in waiting, made
their appearance, and took him into custody. The
prisoner at that time efused to give his name, or say
where he was about to take the packages to. In his
defence, he said he was a por..er, living at Star-cor-
ner, Bermondsey ; that he was hired by a stranger tb
.fetch them, who had given him money to pay the
expenses, and arras to meet bim at an appointed. lace.
He was remanded.
QUEEN.-pUAßE.—Yesterday T. Loft, accused of
murdering the servant maid of Mr. Rice, at Charing.
Cross, was fully committed, on the Coroner's war•
rant, for Wilful Murder. The prisoner, when he
learned the constables were at his master's house in
pursuit of him, endeavoured to conceal himself in
the oven, and fterwards was very anxious to escape.
He is of diminutive stature. On being questioned,
he most solemnly protested his innocence. There
were no witnesses examined,
T. Cox, a fellow, apparently 70 years of age, and
J. Ife, only 14, were remanded, charged with via
lacing the person of Jemima Coats, a child only six
years of age. The child's parents are poor people,
residing in Parker-street, Drt They - •he
to her grandmother's, in E:
street, when she strolled up
pied by the prisoners, where
.fence as detailed by the chi
tracted to the house by shriel
the violence the child receive
the floor with her person in
described; and he sent for a
the prisoners. •
Tim MURDER AT CLAY.
charged, on his own confession,
his wife, was brought to tor-
-IMonday night, in custody
street officer, and safely lod;
wretched man appears perfect„
situation in which he stands ;
but preparing himself, by Keligious
fate, which be seems assured
ther a diminutive man, and
constitution.
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