Star.
London, England, 1818-03-30 00:00:00

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The Owen and Borodino transports, with the f34:'t
Regiment on bolrii, sailed from Plymouth fur it
brattar on Saturday-.
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The (Miceli of the Regiment of Artillery rye a
splendid hail at their Mess-rOom,Woolwich,
day evening, which was crowded by fashlonableu

The Students of the Royal Academy terminated
their labours in the Antique, 14fe, and Painting Aen-
demies, on Saturday evening, until the close of Oit-
a:ming Exhibition,
Thursday last a grand seizure was made by Mr.
P. NICOLLE, searcher at the Custom-house, South-
ampton. Twenty-eve barrels, which had been con-
signed to the care of Messrs. LE Fzuvas:, and cute] -
ed as containing hardware, were shipped on board
the Rose, Captain Gillian, for Jersey, On exami-
nation, however, by the Officer, eighteen of them
,vere found to contain 900 swords, fit for cavalry,
and the other seven locks and screws in the finest
order. They were immediately seized and conveyed
to the Custom-house. Their value is estimated at full
1200/. half of which goes to the Officer. It is sup-
posed they were destined for South America.
Monday morning, a boat belonging to the Pitt
was upset by a sudden gust of wind, in proceeding
to his Majesty's ship VINDICTIVE, at Spithead, by
which unfortunate event Mr. WATSON, the Gunner,
was drowned, together with a lad of the name of
HARVEY, SOD at the Carpenter of the Pitt, who was
also in the boat, and witnessed the melancholy fate
of his son.

Saturday afternoon a country vessel, laden with
oats, hemp, &c. was proceeding through London-
Bridge, when, by the rapidity of the current, it was
forced against the piers, which occasioned it to reel
more than fifty yards towards the Tower, when it
sunk. There were on board, at the moment, of the
accident, two men and a boy ; one man and the boy
escaped in a boat attached to the stern of the vessel ;
the other man was not so fortunate, for being entang-
led in the cargo he sunk with the vessel, and was seen
no more ! The boats pin off from the shore with all
possible speed, but could only succeed in saving some
of the floating property.
Friday morning, about half past nine o'clock, a
fire broke out in the flax and tow manufactory of
Mr. LAND, situated in Meadow-lane, Leeds, but by
the exertions of the firemen, aided by a number of the
inhabitants, the flames were speedily subdued.

The Hambledon Hounds meet on Wednesday, at 31ilbury
Housei_Friday, at Waltham Pond.

Mr. Crewe's Hounds meet to-morrow, at Clough-hall; Thurs-
day, at Stoke Heath; Saturday, at Preys Heath.
The Worcestershire Fox hounds meet on Wednesday, at
Kinver Edge; Mislay, at Highgate.
Mr. Meynell's fox-bounds will meet to-morrow at Shirley
Park, rad on Saturday at T ddesley.
Sir Fellingbarn Graham's hounds meet to-morrow at Black
Slough, and on Wednesday at Swinfen.
Mr. Mytton's fox-hounds meet to-morrow at Neneliff, on
Thursday at Boreatton, and on Saturday at Halston.
The Pottery and Moorland hounds met on Saturday sennight
at Chell, and turned out a bag fox, which they killed in twei.ty
minutes without a angle check. They afterwards drew Knipers-
ley Covers and found a fox, which immediately broke cover,
and took the direction of Mow Cup to Bittenlph, up for the
Trough Stone Hills, and on to Cloud Kuck, bending to the
right to Haughton Heys and down to the corer at Ridget,
where be was hard pressed and obliged to cross the reset e .it;
tie hounds now viewed him, and run him gallantly to Itu-bton
Marsh: he now sunk the wind, and made good his way to Eaton
Common, and was killed !Air Swithamley Park, after a run of
at least twenty-two miles.
Most of the limits terminate their field sports for the 1,e25011
this week, after which the *Members of many of thins give Balls
to the Ladies.