Star.
London, England, 1829-08-22 00:00:00

WATERFORD REGATTA.

The ltegstta commenced on Monday, and was extremely well
attended. It blew fresh, and the weather was altogether very
ble. Three yachts (the Juverno, schooner, 63 tom, Geo.
O'Kelly, Esq ; the Liberty cutter, 42 tons, the Earl of Errol;
the Thetis cutter, 37 tons, De Courcy O'Grady) started for the
first prize (50 sovereigns). This was by no means well contested.
the Thetis having given up before she got over half the course, anti
the Juverno shortly afterwards had part of her rigging carried off
by the gale, which blew at the moment very strong. The Liberty
was then left in undisputed possession of the course, and performed
her task, a distance of about 23 miles, in four boors and a half,
daring a great pan of which time she had the wind directly aohead.
The Eul of Errol was on the Cliff the entire time, watching with
the utmost anxiety the movements of his yacht, which. indeed,
kept the lead from the starting.—The yachts which started for the
prize of 20 sovereigns, were the Sylph, of Wexford, cutter, 12
tons ; the Louisa, of Cork, cutter, 9 tons ; the Naiad, of ditto, 9
tons; and the Fancy, of ditto, 15 tone. These boats had not com-
pleted the match at an advanced hour. There was also a well-
contested rowing match, which excited very strong interest.

TILE CONVICT KING, ALIAS BROWN.—During the
last few days great exertions have been made to obtain a commu-
tation of the sentence of the above convict, who Is ordered for
execution on Mc.nday, for a burglary and robbery im the house of
Mr. Newton. a timber merchant. in Phdpot-street, Commercial-
road. Mr. Newton and Mr. Moutons, of Bermondsey, whose
house the prisoner is also accused of having robbed, have forwarded
a petition to Mr. Pan, on his behalf.

A very distressing occurrence took place in the early
part of this week, at a preparatory boys' school. Two of the pro.
prietor's children were seized with the cholera morbus, and in a
short time the whole school was in a state of dreadful alarm ; every
assistance of medical aid was procured, and Dr. Wakhinan was in
attendance daily. We are sorry to say three children have died,
and others remain in a very dangerous state. The proprietor's two
fine children died in a few hours, and another boy soon after. The
circumstance has created a strict inquiry in the neighbourhood, as
to the provisions, fruit, fa. that was supplied to the establishment
on the day, and every thing that can be done by the afflicted pro-
prietor and his lady to trace the cause of the premature death of
their children and their patron's child, has been resorted to. As
there is at present a great abundance of plums, it is necessary to
observe that they are dangerous and unwholesome to eat.
Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, as two gentle-
men, residing at Epsom, whose town-house is in Doctors' Com-
mons, were passing the Horns Tavern, Kennington, in a chai.e,
the horse took fright and set off at speed, kicking, and came in
contact with a dookey.cart ; the chaise was upset, and both gentle-
men were thrown out; one escaped unhurt, but the other voter
tunately bad his leg broken, his ancle dislocated, his knee-cap cut,
and was otherwise injured. He was immediately taken to Mr.
Bryant, surgeon, by whose skilful attentions be was enabled-to re-
turn to Epsom in a coach in the course of the day. The horse ran
furiously along the road, and was not stopped till he arrived at
London Bridge ; the chaise was broken to piece., and the horse, in
his course, knocked a woman down, who is very much injured.
Yesterday afternoon, between two and three, a moot
terrifying calamity was witnessedin the•Clapham-road. An elderly
female, of the name of Fleming, formerly took to the Rev. Dr.
Hawker, was passing along, when a frightened horse, with the
broken ends of a pair of chaise shafts attached to the harness,
came furiously towards her, when the animal dashing on the foot•
pavement, knocked her down, aud, whether from his hoofs or the
shaft ends P. not ►nown, she had the whole of one side of her face,
from the temple downward, completely torn away. In this Merl-
ble condition, the blood flowing in torrents, she was conveyed to
the house of Mr. Grant; a tailor, (the females, witnessing the
dreadful scene, fainting) where she was attended'hy Mr. Hilliard,
a surgeon, who, after rendering every assissasce, forwarded• her
to Guy's Hospital, where she remains with little or no•hope of
surviving the dreadful disaster.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW ET.
Yesterdays young man, of very genteel appearancP, whose name
is Milian Jones, was brought up, and underwent a final exatnina.
tine, on the charge of forging the signatures of three of the Con.
missioners of his Majesty'. Customs to a warrant, and thereby ob.
tabling from the Bank of England the sum of 1,790 i. being part of
a fond vested in the Bank in the names of the said Commissioners,
in order to enable them to meet current demands.

The prisoner was brought from the Hoyle of Correction, at
eleven o'clock, in a hackney-coach, in the custody of Salmon, the
principal oilicer, and Hughes, a patrol, aid conducted into a private
room, where Sir R. 81114111 was sitting, and the witnesses for the
prosecution were assembled.
Mr. Walford, the standing Counsel for the Custom-house, at.
tended for the prosecution, and Mr. Woolltr fur the defence.
Twenty-three witnesses were examined for the prosecution, the
case being of such a nature as to require a long chain of evidence
to establish the charge. The examination lasted three hours but
the proceedings were strictly private • and not a word of the eel.
deuce was sufered to transpire. We know, however, that the
result was the full committal of the prisoner to Newgate for trial,
on the capital charge of forgery.—He was conveyed to Newgate ha
a coach by the same officers. He seemed very cheerful.
A mere lad, named Simmons, a Jew barker, at an oid clothes
shop, in Monmouth-street, was charged with a violent assault upon
a gentleman, whose name did not appear.
The complainant stated that he was passing thmugh Monmouth-
street yesterday morning, when the defendant asked him if he
wanted to buy any clothes? He replied in the negative ; bet the
defendant caught him by the skirts of the coat, and said, " I ant
sure you must want summit in my way—come in and try." The
• complainant desired him to let go his bold, but he refused ; and on
the- former getting rattler warm, the defendant put himself into el
fighting attitude, and, young as he was, levelled a blow at com-
plainant which knocked him down.
The defendant conducted himself very impudently even before
the Magistrate, and denied the assault altogether.
Sir R. Blame. however, said the outrage had been most satLfac-
totUy proved, and held the defendant to bail to answer the charge
at the Sessions.