Star.
London, England, 1803-02-24 00:00:00

SPORTING.

His Royal Highnefs ?Rimer of WAL ES, and
the Honourable Mr. Di Ltort, hive made a match
of a very extraordinat y kind : each party is to
produce an Arabian I.,:r.fr (his property), to run
four milts, carrying eiAbt ttnne, for one hundred
guineas. The remote period at which atty./era:re
croft has been introduced among our breed os
racers, and the great improvement derived from
the Godolphin and Dailey Arabians,give great hopes
of fimilar fuccefsfrom the recent importations from
Afra.—Worthydowns, near Winchefler, is the
condi fired upon for the decifion of this match,
which has carded great fpeculation in the Sporting
World, it being the only mßance of a genuine dira-
tian's fluting, time the abolition of Lord Boers:G-
-[III.OILE% IfratilA Pak at Newmarket.

Mr. Scrjeant Barr has been appointed King's
Counfel, and on Tuefday took his feat within the
bar accordingly.

On Mond;ylaft, Mr. and Mrs. Davisow, and
family, arrived at their houfe in St. James's.
fquare, from Paris.
Sir A. S. HA 140 ND is fn far recovered from bit
late revere indifpofition, as to he able to attend his
duty as Comptroller of the Navy.
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Lord YARBOROUGH and his fon, Mr-Putman,
arrived from Paris, at his haute in Arlington-
Itreet, on Sunday night. They came by way of
B ,ulogne, where they-hada narrow deaf* for titbir
lives: as the fhip was coming out of harbour, by
fame mittake, the ran againft the pier head ; the
(hock was fo great that they expeaed the world go
to pieces. Mr. PELHAM is perfetily recovered from
his late indifpofition, which detained him fo many
months at Paris.

His Ma jelly's (hip PHOEBE, commanded by the
Hon. Captain Car's., was ordered to Naples for
the purpofe of conveying his Excellency Mr.Dst
mown, the Britilh Miniller, from that place, to
Conftantinople, to take the fituation of Ambafia-
dor to the Porte, in the room of Lord-Ewns.
The PICKLE fchooner recently arrived from the
Mediterranean, has brought letters from Sir Rica.
McKie-row, the Admiral on that Ration, which
(late the French were preparing feveral !hips of
war and tranfports in the harbour of Toulon ; as
alio the Spaniards in Carthagena, fuppofed to be
defined for St. Demingo, wit'h troops.

The PICK:[ fchooner left Sir Rictus') Blcttt•
TON, in Oriltan Bay, on the isith of November,
Some French (hips of war had paired the 'nand of
Malta, fuppofed for the purpofe of joining the
Dutch fleet, under the command of Admiral Ds
us, which had failed from Cagliari for Leg-
horn.

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The Lords of the Admiralty have. apPohated
Captain Hastoaa to the command of his liraTeffei
!hip-PLANTA date y‘guns, fitting out if fbi
mouth ; and Captaiii S. breasos, to the
mond of his Maießet3l4lScaPTlg, of 4 pus,
fitting out•at Deptfoid. • • 7.
The ALSOW 11000.111 S been oraeretttriaraj4
off sat Portia:south, and re•comillilLosid
VINCIST.
.111 k •• • '••u,.. ittgla
Capt. R. H. PrAestmaireppeiorti cadmium.
wand of the" Nuatas, •44 36 gost), *404
Plymouth.
Lieut. Jou), HOLLISOWORTIS is 110.1408/11/1"
the Lords of the Admiralty, to:the Villas:thane
at Portfmouth.

The Lord Licutenatt-of Aberdeen has appoint-
ed the Right Hon. the Earl of Eastot., and col.
GORDON CIJNIND of Pltturg, Deputy Lieutenants
in addition to thofe sifting for the Elton Diftrißl
and Wit. GORDON of Aberhour, and ALsx. Rut.
set. of Aden, Efqrs. additional Deputies for the
Deer dillriet, front which theparifbes of Stains and
Cruden are now disjoined, and added to the AA
triet of Elton. •,;
Lift week a fire broke out at the Theatric Olia
Lycce Varietes, at Paris, whichi in a ref
'=
(pace 'of time, *confittned the fame, wlik
out, however, doing any mirchief to the nerghlaoar..
hood.
The Bonaparte French pt#ket, with tea
gers,feveral couples of wild duckygeefe,w"
living and dead, pullets, turkies. Putridly*,
together with many hampers of fruit, an view*,
(hoes in abundance, arrived at Brighton at ooit
o'clock P. M. on aturday lag. The eatables
were publicly expofed on the beach for falc, and
prefently found purchafers ; the turlties, averaged
about los. a couple, and the wild ducks 41. To.
wards evening Come contraband property being
difcovered on board by the Cuflorn.houfe Officoes,
the flag was (truck, the velfel feized, and conveyed
into Shoreham harbour.

Yeßerday a very genteel man was charged at
the Public Office, Marlborongh.fireet. by a lair
-
neyman Carpenter, with being found in his U.d.
room with the Carpenter's wife. The examination
of this charge created much mirth in the roma.—
Honeft Chip Rated, that he returned home front
his work the preceding evening, and waifurprifed
to find this Gentleman in the room with his wife.
He afked him what bufioefs he bad there, and
fired he would leave the room : they bad tome al-
tercation, which was at length terminated by the
Gentleman requeßiag he "maids() and fetch a pot
of beer, which he accordingly clod; and as be was
going down Rains, ne heard a noife in the room.
and the Gentleman fay " New', tbe time to cachif
tSe flat."—The witnefs, however, went forward
aid got the beer, which they afterwards drank.—
tie then mulled upon the Gentleassai retiring.
which he refuted to do, and at length found it
necelfary to call the watch, and he was given in
charge. Upon his crofs examination, he admitted
that the gentleman accounted fl his being in the
mom, by laying that he band his wife in liquor
in the fircet, and (he 'told him where the lived.
and he faw her fare home.

The Magi(lrate' obferved, that W the complain.
ant was folimple as to leave his wife in loch a
fitnation, be mull naturally expee the Confeqrsen-
, cu. Hs reconimended him for the futare. if tech
a eireumilanes thouid again occur,. 'to be more
guarded. The matter was then ditiniffed.