Star.
London, England, 1828-08-12 00:00:00

ARCHERY.

Wednesday last the Bolton Archers held their second Prise
shooting for the season. An elegant Gold Seal, presented by Miss
Taylor, one of the Lady patronesses, was contended for, when, after
some most excellent shooting, it *is Won by Stephen Blair, 841.
borougbreeve of Little Bolton. The Silver Bogle waswon by Mr.
Willoughby fisher. The attendance of ladies and Gentlemen was
very considerable. The Bolton old band Oalleened the Kane, and
several quadrilles were danced upon the ground.
CHESS.
_ MATCH 111TWItelf THt LOXDON AND 11101111111411 CLUBS.

This extraordinary snatch, Which comnsenced on the 24th of
April. 1824, has just terntinated in favour if the FAlinborgh players
—the filth game, on the result of which the match latterly depended,
having been resigned by the London Club on the Slat of- July.
'There doer nht appear to Be any decided error iu ibis game. The
other gashes resulted as follows .—The lifts Was drawn at the 36th
move; the *wood was won by the Is'afinldargh Club at the 35d
move; the third, which lasted upwards of three jests, and is per.
hips the finest game of the match, was drawn at the 99th htove
and the fourth was won by the Loudon players on the &sth move,

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We understand theltreitent cordiallty hat preVailei bets the
Clain; during the match.,-Cokriunion Mercury.
Extitatincit MARV .LEAP.--Toe NEW' York ',wand or
Commerce gives en account of • curious freak of some wwwsid
fellow, who undertook to leap from the Passaic Falls, to gratify le
idle whim. It appears that he hsd done It twice before the emit
time he did it privately by way of experintent—he then give
that be would do it publicly, to+ the gratifkation of any wig
pleased to attend. It does not appear that be. receives et expects
any compensation for performing this daring feat. The posiri"
from which he leaped Is a few rods below the bridge on the side
towards the village, and, If the falls are 70 feet (as commonly esti.
nuked\ about 85 or 90 above the water. The giddy precipice,
around the charm were covered with a promiscuous multitude of
both sexes, whose curiosity had brought them togetber.to see die
moguls'. feat of temerity. The universal anxiety of the multitude
was manifeit in their countenances, and still more perfectly in die
silence that prevailed. When be bad divested himself of his cut,
vest, and shoes, and laid them carefully by, as if debating the.l
tion whether he shoidd want them again, be then stepped forward
to the edge of the rock, end looked down; and the spectators es
that side, supposing that ht. was going off, came forward, as their
curiosity or their fears moved thentrand seemed, to those opposite,
as if all about to take the fatal leap ; indeed them was great danger
of a whole line of those in front tieing .crowded off. After he lead
looked down a moment, he stepped back a few feet, ran forward,
and leaped into the abyss. He went down wish his feet forcing:set:
though somewhat drawn up. For this reason, or some etheir
past comprehension, be did but just go ender the water, for be we,
immediately seen swimming of u quietly as if he had done nothing,
and nothing had befallen bins. • The ftIIMOIC (for what ebe taa be
be called?) was greeted with a abort from the spectators when
they saw that he was still safe ; and when be had reached the shore,
he marched round to his clothea.with a look of composure and sa.
tisfaction, and they to their bodies, some admiring his courage, bet
=ire phying his temerity.
A'constant frequenter of City feasts having grows
enormously fat, it was proposed to write on his back,
I'Widened at the expense of the Corporation of London.'
Kcountry Gentleman, at the fare Exhibition, asked
a spectator what was the meaning of 4, R. A." affixed
to some of the painters' names. " Why, judging freak
many'of "their labours," was the reply, "it must meat
—rather awkward."
The gold medal of the Galashiels Clothier Club wag
*warded to Messrs. J. and W. Cochrane, at their come.
petition on the Ist inst.
In the case of Taylor and Stickler, who were tried at
the Wilts Assizes last week, for a burglary, part of the
instrtretion to COunsel was, " Pull them well out of it,
swill will give you an-extra• pound."
• The Inspector of the Mint, Mr. Powell, in a ease
that came before the Lord Mayor, the cv her day,.stated
that it was now a very common practice to attempt to
pass off siipences washed With gold, as half-sovereigns.
' short time since, some of the Eton boys took away
from a Lady's Seminary, a hoard, on which was writ-
ten 4, Boarding School for Young Ladies," and placed
it.over the door of the• College.
• MIT, NOT ROCOVZRABLIG—A cause was entered at
Guildford last week, respecting a disputed becheld by
Belcher, and on the case being called, Lord Tenterdea
ordered' it immediately to be struck off the list.
The new Customs Act came into operation yesterday,
with the excel tion of foreign lead ore, which, after the
Ist of December next; is to pay 255. per-to,p. Horsehair,
which formerly paid twenty per cent. r r about 10s. to
14s. per cwt. was reduced in one of the schedules to
2s. 6d. but by a mistake of the printer 2s. were omitted
in another edition, and the consequence is, that instrad
of reducing the duty on horsehair to one-fifth, or 21.6 d.
'it now stands at only 6d. per cwt. East India rice, it
hesk, is only to pay Id. per quarter, and may be husked
in bond. East India clean rice is reduced from 4s. to
Is. per cwt. Foreign flour, etc. sent from a bonded
warehouse in England to a British colony in Amerisa,
may be there imported duty free. Any cotton wool,
of any growth, imported from any British possession,
will now pay 4d. per cwt. and this also applies to coStoa
now in bond. .
A few days ago a singular incident occurred in the
shop of Mr. Ramsden, flout-dealer, New-street,
dersfseld. Mrs. R. had several times unaccountably
' rais,esi notes Irons the till, but on Monday se'nnight,
having pi iced three there, shortly afterwards find nG
them gone, she commenced a search, and was mad
surprised io find in a drawer, in another pArt of tie
shop, the identical notes, Icanied inter a moose's nest, is
which were 6 young mice, evidently just brought faith.
Saturday night, as the Devonport Mail was proceed-
ing on its jourrey through Hart-street, Blo,imsbuly
(High Holborn being at present under r the
horses became unmanagable, and seemed determined
upon going down Bloomsbniy-steps. In attempting to
check their progress, the reins broke, and the horses set
off at full gallop as far as Bury• place, where they came
in contact with a lamp pnt, at the corner, with so
much violence as to cause instant death to one of them;
though, fortunately, this was the means tf stepping
them in their career, yet not without so much injLirr
being done to the cotch as to prevent the possibility of
its proceeding on the journey. Information was ironia
diately tern to the i to where the coach belonged, and
another mail and horse were immediately procured.
The coachman was thrown from his box, and is mad
injured.

MARRIED.
Rev. W. Raines, Rector of Ripe, Sussex, to Harriet, souniri
daughter of the late Dr. Hutchinson, Vicar of Beetling and
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hngton, same county.
Rev. Thomas Frederick P. Hankins, of Dymock, Gloocestr•
shire, to Mary Anne, daughter of the Rev. W. R. Hay, Record
Ackworrh.

DIED.
At the Deanery, in his 113 d year, the Rev. Jos. Turner, Di
De of Norwich, blaster of Pembroke College, Cambridgt, ,
Rector of Sudboree and Orford, Suffolk.
The Rev. Dr. Turner, Dean of Norwich, and Master of Few
broke College, Cambridge.
At the Parsonage, tile Rev. Lowrance Heapy, M.A. I( 5‘
Edmund Hall, Oaford, and for twenty-tight years Prime Cow
of Macciesbeld.

NRWii E Ago LEADENHALL MARKETS, Asall•
2s 6d to 3s Sd I Veal ...... 3s to 41
Nluttoit 3s Od to 4s Od 1 Pork ......... Ss lid to So 44

Limb 31 id to 5, Od

PRICES or HAY a;ao STRAW YESTERDAY.
sr. JAMB'S. WHITICMAtIL. ,
Hay 41 03 Od to 51 as Od Hay 51 101 to 41 HIP
Clover 41 Os Od to SI 10s Od Oover 41 4s to 51 lts ei
Straw 1113 s Od to 21 Os Od Straw II 121 tO1116"4

PRICE OF HOPS, PER CWT. Meese 11.
um roams. SW PAW.
Kent GM to ?Ss I Kent sus to 0.
Sussex
Essex 60s to 701 Essex 50$ to °'‘
Farnham fine 100. to 120—Seconds. 900 to 1051
Old Duty hid at aSioLI,

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Best Dressing Hides
Common Ditto
Crop Hides, 55 to 401bs for cutting
Ditto 45 to 501b5..........
Calf Skins, 56 , 40Ibs

. to ,
Ditto 50 to 701bs
Ditto 70 to 801bs ..... .......... 99d to 95d
Small Seals, Greenland)
Tanned Horse Hides
Spanish Horse Hides .... ..........

COAL MARKET, Auuusx 11.
Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price.
23 Newcastle t zte 3ls 9sl to 57s
Si. Sunderland Dy
29s Od s+o

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