Star.
London, England, 1803-08-23 00:00:00

DERBY-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ».

The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Subfcriition Plate
of Fifty Pounds.
Mr. Phlllipes b. h. Meteor, aged - 4 1 1 1
S. Sitwell, kfq.'s br. h. Pipylin, 4 yrs old a a 3 dia.
Sir W. W. Wynne a gr. h. Knot/ford, 3 yrs old a bolted.
Mr. Smith's br. h. Citizen, 6 yrs old 5 3 s
Mr. Hatchinfon's b. m. Spitfire, 4 yrs old 3 dr.
Mt.-Glover's b. g Coelephinez. 3 in old ditt. bolted.

At the Carlifle Affizes, W. Slack, charged with
the wilful murder of X. Bowman, was found guilty
of manflaughter, and fentenced to fine and imprifon.
ment ; as was alfo W. Lambe, charged with the
death of Thomas Wilfon.

On Wednefday came on to be executed before the
beputy Sheriff of Middlefex, a Writ of Enquiry of
damages in the Caufe of Wenman againft Ancram,'
whenit appeared in evidence that the Defendant,
Ancram, bad, with the affiftance of another Defen-
dant, Lumb, a conflable of the parifh of Iflington,
wantonly confined the Plaintiff in the watch-houfe of
Iffington for fix hours, on a charge of (hooting at a
crow's neft in a tree at the bottom of Ancram's gar.
den at Canonbury -place, although the Plaintiff was a
Gentleman of independent property, and duly quell.
led to carry a gun. The Jury, after retiring for a
Abort time, gave him tool. damages, with colts of fuit.

ExscvTlor.—Ycfterday morning Wilkinfon, Fifier,
aqd Aka, for robbery en the Thames, and Mart, a
highwayman, were executed, purfuant to their fen-
tences, on the top of the New Gaol, in Horfemonger-
Jane. They came on the platform a few minutes
after half pail eight o'clock, and Ole drop fell about
a quarter before nine. On Sundarthey attended di-
•ine fervice in the chapel, where the Sacrament
was adminiftered to them. Their deportment yef-
terday was extremely decouros and proper, and they
met their fate with that appearance of fincere peni.
tence and contrition becoming men in their dreadful
ituation.

From-the great. variety of amnfements produced
at the Royal Circus this feafon, and the continued
fucceffion of merit and novelty, fo ftrongly apparent
on each change, the concern has been moll glorinuf-
ly fuccefsful. The ardent defire which they have fo
frequently fhewn to deferve well of their generous
patrons, the Public, !aft night produced (materially
compreffed, and with alterations) the popular comic
Pantomime of the Goldes Farmer. or Harkgain Plough.
icy. It was numeroully greeted by the falbionable
atifitors of that greet sfreina of the pantomimic art, and
announced for this evening, with the higheft fandion.
The sth of next month the Lottery begins draw.
ing. Tickets and Shares are felling by T. Bis 14, at
his old eftablifhed Offices, No. 4, Cornhill, and No. sr,
Charing-crofs, where all Prizes are paid on demand.
In his &ft calculation of the produce of the Income
Tax, *riling from the vaR profperity of trade and
commerce, t. Pitt laid much firers on the multi-
tude of carriages that roll along the greets of the
metropolis. But with great deference to that able
Financier, many elegant vehicles which fport within
the circles of fafhion, owe their exiftence to other
cafes betides that of the profpernus (late of trade
and commerce,—namely--to the eflabliffiment of
State Lotteries. From the beginning of Lord North's
adminiftration to the prefent year (including Englith
and lrifb) Seventy State Lotteries have been drawn.
Calculating only Six (firft and fecond rate) Capital
prizes in each, it would appear that upwards of Four
Hundred large Prize.. from 30,0031. down to I°,oool.
have found their way into private families, and the
latter, in conferptence, "walked into their carriages."
As a (Leong inftance in proof, an eminent Coach-
Maker in Great Q2een-fireet, has been heard to de-
clare, that he has built fifteen fplenclid carriages
within the lag eighteen months, acknowledged to be
in confequence of Great Prizes gained at Poet's
Lottery Office, Royal Exchange. The Public in
general Teem to entertain high expedations from that
Office, in the entuing New Lottery, which com-
mences Drawing on the sth Or SE rri m nen.
In thole ages when fimplicity of manners and re-
gularity of living were the refult of mankind's incli.
Ration, difeafc had made little prngrefs on thence of
rnen ; perhaps it was from this cause Searcy had not
mace its rapi3 progress till about the time of Hippo.
crates, whufe apknrifms prove he knew the difeafe.
When ARs, ANSON, and Coolie extended their
route in unexplored leas, their hiaoriis prove fuffici-
ently its fad exiflence. 'lle Unite Kingdoms of
Great Britain would tellify this fcnurge on land with.
out searching the hiltory of campaigns. When ana-
tomy taught that the human body was capable of eh-
forption, they partially buried the atUiied. The fue-
cefs of this treatment gave the idea of a complete an-
tidote, sad a vegetable and mineral preparation was
to be the remedy appropriated by medical experience.
On this principle, Sr ese v Ref A w mecum:Tic Dion
obtained the sandion of Europe, has gained his Ma.
jefty's Letters Patent, and held such an eftirnation in
every county of the United Kingdom .—For the truth
of the altertion of its adion on Scurvy, vide Spil.
flaw y'sTreati fe aol Cafes of Scurvy, Scrophala,Geaer,
&c. Trice y. 63. fold, together with the Drops, No.