Star.
London, England, 1818-08-18 00:00:00

F.RROL RACES.

A saddle and bridle, rode for at the late Errol Races, were
gained by Mr Fender's bay horse The Clew, under the following
singular circumstances :—A gentleman hired him for the pur-
pose of attending the sport, but was unable to leave Dundee till
past two o'clock, and the races were to commence at four. The
Clew, an animal of uncommon spit it and bin turn (Although be has
been on the road six or eight years) reached tit., rece-grue.nd before
the hour of starting—a distance of more than 10 miler, in less
than an hour and a half. On arriving there, one horse only ap-
peared fur the competition. With a thoughtlessness and barba-
barity highly reprehensible, the hirer of The Clew was adviced
to allow his horse to run. He set out, and was considerably
before his antagonist, when he fell; recovering himself, however,
he soon csme up to his competitor, passed him in grand stile,
and came in the winner by a considerable distance : the heat wad
two miles or upwards. IVe need hardly add, that the animal
is completely finished ; never having been able to leave a gen-
t:ernan's firm in the vicinity of Errol, to which he wes taken
after his uncommon exertion.
RYDF„ AUGUST 14.

The Regatta, on Wednesday, attracted a numerous assem-
blage, including all the families and visitors in the island, toge-
ther with a number of genteel parties from eves y part of the ad-
jacent coasts. The pier, and indeed 'every part of the town, was
completely thronged, and the pleasure •:achts and huats, with co-
-1 lours displayed, extending over the water to a considerable dis-
tance, tended materially to heighten the beauty and interest of
the scene. The wherries were divided into two classes, to the
first of which four prizes were allotted, and adjudged as under :
Ist. William Elkins, Nelson, five guineas.
2d. J. Sevin, Flibernia, four guineas.
sd. James Wearn, Prince of Orange, three ditto.
4th. Charles Beck, Alarm, two ditto.
Eight Prizes were appropriated fur distribution amongst the
wherries of the second class, which were won as follow :
Ist. William Perkls, Britannia, Five Guineas.
261. Emanuel Street, Fly, Four Guineas and a Half.
Sd. George Brrkis Victory, Four Guineas.
4th. Robert Greenitam, Fanny, Three Guineas and a Half.
sth. James lleazley, Pilot, Three Guineas. .
6th. William Elkins, Favourite, Two Guineas and a Half.
7th. William Yeats, Ann, Two Guineas.
Bth. Thomas Gawn, Pallas, One Guinea and a Half.
Eight wherries started in the first class, and 18 in .the serond
class. The owners ofshe unsuccessful boats received each One
Guinea. 'Each boat carried her three regular sails, and was dis-
tinguished by a small flag at her spritsail end. The point of
starting was in a line off the pier head, proceeding to the west-
ward round the east buoy of the quarantine bank, and round to
the northward of a boat stationed off the pier, passing to the
eastward of the west buoy of the Sturbridge; and returning to
the starting boat, going twice round. Both mat, hw weir well
contested, and afforded the L;ehest gratification to the virious
parties of the Nobility and Gentry, who had asseintiled to vietv
this AMU ,inz aquati.: spectacle. •

Crisp, the pedestrian, has failed in doing 110 miles
in 24. hours. He had done 72 miles, when he was
seized with a giddiness and a prostration of strength,
having only 33 miles to go, at/Weight hours to do it
in. He is recovering, and expresses his deterniina-
, tion to try it again.

*EXTRAORDINARY CIRCVMSTANCE —Drury-Lane
Theatregot in to Chancery and out writ, in une wee:, !!!
Tuesday, as Mrs. LEICESTER, of Boughton, in
Chester, was walking in the fields opposite Tier house,
Accompanied by her amiable family, one oldie young
Ladies was attacked by a large dug, belonging to
Col. IltcKs, and much lacerated. Indeed, it is doubt-
ful whether Miss LEICESTER would have escaped with '
her life, had not two of Mr. SNAPE'S men brought
over his large dog from the Brewery, which imme-
diately attacked the other, and thus afforded an op.
portunity of escape. Colonel Illests, whose extreme
grief at this lamentable occurrence may be ea,ily
imagined, shot the animal soon after. Miss LElczt-
TER, we with plea,ure add, is not dangerously woun-
ded, and is in a fair way of a speedy recovery.
A TALI,. or MYSTERY.—We copy the following
from a Leeds Paper of Saturday :

" About forty years ayo, a person in the neighbourhood, in
bumble circumstances, of the name of Slater, a clothier by trade,
but who, in the harvest months generally went into the agricul-
tural di-cticts to labour as a reaper, disappeared in a very myste-
rious and unaccountable way, and was never since heard of till
last Sate rday. Time had healed the wounds which such an
event was calculated to inflict in his domestic circle, and all in-
quiry after him had long since ceased. But last Saturday, while
one of his sons, who is a respectable manufacturer at Yeadon,
was transacting some business in a public-house, at reighley, an
aged man came into the room, and begged for a small burn to
buy a gill of beer. In the course of conversation, the name of
Slater was mentioned; when the old man, repeating the name,
said—• Is your name Slater:" and added, • about forty years ago,
I killed a man of that name, and buried him in a corner of 'a
corn field, about twelve miles below York!'—This extraordi-
nary declaration, combined with the time and the manner of the
disappearance of the senior• Slater, fixed the attention of his son,
and the old man was warned to consider the nature and probable
consequence of his horrid declaration, lest the fate of Eugene
Aram should be his. Ile then began to waver, and said it was
not he that killed Slater, but he was killed, and he could point
out the spot where he was buried. The friends of the deceased
felt themselves called upon, of course, to institute an inquiry
into the transaction ; and yesterday Mr. Slater, attended by the
Constable of Yeadon, and accompanied by the old man, whose
name, for the present, we think it proper to withhold, passed
through this town, on their way to)ork, to investigate the cir-
cumstances upon the spot, and, if possible, to unravel this tale of
mystery."

NEXT TUESDAY, the 25th instant, the State Lottery
finishes drawing, when Two Prizes of Thirty Thou-
sand Pounds, Sterling Money, and Fifteen other Ca-
pitals must be all dralAm. One of the Capitals is en-
tided to 1,000 Sovereigns and Four Pipes of Wine,
and it is prhaps not unworthy of notice, that the
only Capital yet drawn in the present Lottery was
357, which was entitled to 1,000 Sovereigns, and 4
Pipes of Port or Madeira, or .l. Hogsheads of Claret ;
it was sold by Brea, and what is rather remarkable,
it has fallen to the Lot of a Gentleman in Hampshire,
who, a few Lotteries since, obtained a £50,000 Prize
also of Btstt.

General MYELSXI, the Nestor of the Polish war-
riors, died on the 6th of July, in the Duchy of Possen,
at the :I,lvanced n7e of 105