Star.
London, England, 1816-10-22 00:00:00

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NEWMAIIKET t4OUGMITON MEETING; Rot. 11116.
BE rrir Cl. OCTOBER el.
The Match between Sir l'honsa4,3 it. 71b. anJ 11.113t0n, 78%1;3;
—5 to 4on Sir '1 homas. 'llle Mach between ite.hsta,
111 h. and Caoryll'a. 616.—Even betting.
The Derby •tzkt-t, 1817.-11 tot apt DAP M C:retno Wa-
terloo; 14 to 1 ag:t brother to Smotensko ; I:! to I aqi brothel.
to Tigris ; 1:t to I 4;,t Lord 0. H. Cavell:es. cob ; 14 to i
apt any other.
Tl.c Oalv. ISI 7.-11 to 1 aet Mr. Porth ; It! to 1 agct
sister to Sir balms; 1446 I arse any other.

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A Match fat 50 guineas a siltsrat decided nn Saturday morn-
ing between Mr. Walters and Nit. 111.4:ters "f ;he C2s'lnT4terst,
moorgy.e. the filmier trot+iii,?, 111. mare (*each •s Wino) 511Willi4
Ia four hours and t 4 nucleic,. Mr. W. varied a• ei.thr o.r:glek
train Sl:on,litch Church, an.l went 'l5 miles oUt os the Italia:if
road, :lid nit:toed to the above el•tirch at 15 minutes torture one.
The mare won eat, Eve hour, !ping the dine allsexed.
Yesterday the road front Whit...chapel Cluirch inwards Bove
and Stratford. Ist•casue the scene of much bustle, in cons,cpienee
of a Mr. Itenjainitt Hall !Living undertaken so trot a .mail potter
from WhitechaileiChurei. to the 25 ndlrstnne on the Bart rend,
and back again, in five hours lie started at ire. it o'clock ha
the nuarnisig, and performed the first 2.5 miles in fine .tyle; after
taking some refreshment, he •et off on his return, and arrived at
Whitediapet Church eight minutes within the tame, completely
exhausted. 111. friends having hited hint from the hat.e, ae4
carried la.m to the Angel and Crown, opposite the church, he
took some wine and water, and shortly her recovered so fat as
to be able to walk home. A great deal of 'mosey depended on
the snatch, and many of the knowing ones were completely
taken ht.

Caw }At Gownes Slop —The valuable Stud of the lels
General Gower was bruug'.t to the hammer yesterday, at 1 atter-
aeles; when, on: of SI lots, we mention those t important :
Raphael, by Rubens, on' of Ir:s, was sold for uos guineas ; the
celebrated brood mare Landscape, out of torn niter to Raphael
(the winner of the Oaks) fur 300 gtt news; the 2 yr-old bay carts
out of [fie, in trailing at NeWillAiket, engaged in a 4werpstr:cea
of ioflg.. each; a yearling colt, by pre tile, out of Iris, ?Asir.; aml
a foal cult by 1-fai)hazard, out of Iris, fur ItiSgs. Lorl I.ovither
purchased several lots, and the whole were sold foe 2463 guineas.
' SAMUEL HARRIS, Esq. of Trevaccon,,in Pembroke.
shire, has at this tinie in his kennel a hound
twentrseven year: of ate; and, what is still more sun-
prising, possesses all her faculties. About sixteen
years ago, she broke one of her L•gA by a leap after a
tox from a cliff of ct miderable height, since which
period she has not hunted. •
Ala inhabitant of Chigweltrow, Essex, has offered
to stake two thou.tiaind pounds upon Ins walking four
thousand miles in two thousand hours, upon a mile
of his own Choosing within twelve miles of London.
Box:NG.—A well contested battle was fought yes.
terday, at Beam's Mead.,ws. near Woodford, between
two good men in miniature, named Green and flk.v.
cock, which was woo. by the latter in thirty-three
rounds. Both were Wiens:Ay willed. and their fancies
could only tell them by speech, hum the distortion ut
features.

Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted military
business with the Pni:4Cri: Reue:NT at Carlton House..
The Duke of Ce.aneNce paid his respects to the
PRisCa ItEoevT yesterday.
Mr. HonNtlt set out on Sind ty for the Continent,
having been advised to pass the winter in Italy, Ice
the beisefit o! his ltealei. •
DRURY-LANE TrinAritE.---La‘t night Mr. KEAN
performed the arduous character of Richird thelAird
in his usual style of excellence. The new Melo•Drame
of the ;Vlach IVord was repealed with incteased effect.
Cover-r-GAnuera.—The Tragedy of Venice Pre..
served was acted yesterday. Miss-O'NEILL in lidvi-
dera displayed her powers with the happiest effect...—.
YOUNO gave a finely animated portrait of Pierre, and
C. basins acted Daffier in his best style. The otliti
characters were sust uned with adequate ability.
intik G. LaNinr-is, Esq. Member for Durhatlt, is
about to lind rf mensal Altar, the beautiful
and accomplished Lady LoUl.sA Gray. •
Satur.lay, an act ant for Crim. eon. was tried before
the &WWI.. of Somerset, in Wl.ich HoUGHT:iN,
Esq. of Clifton, was Plaintiff. and the Rev. Joust
LEvsos:, Defend..nt. The Blaintitf laid his damages
At d:10,000, hut tl.e ShrriX's Jury, alter a long in.
vestigation, reduced them to £5OO.
The inhabitants ef Perth have lately been regaled •
with excellent mutton, at a very cheap rate. Tee
sheep which )ieldeif it have since been ,:i.,:overed to
have been stolen. and the robb.:r has been committed
to jail. The Perth Gorier, humeurously enough,
reminds its Readers, that, with ai,ll his laulls, the poor.
sheep-stealer has •• done the-State .some service."
Thursday morning.' last, Glendarnel House, its
Argyieshirei was breken into by a gang of despersa
does, who A siccercieti in carrying cif a rid witch
from behind a shutter. They w.-r?mostsittirageouslf
resisted by i•ne of the inrna-tes of the house, armtd
with a poker, but they him real iy lifel.ms, w tit
bruises and wounds i:ill.cted by a sharp ii.stinmenta•
The struggle having alarmed the family, the eiilairis'
escaped by the winaiw through which they had .ena'
tired. They were in the act of brcelcing open the
butler's pantry, which was well stoked with silver
plate, when they were detected.
• The Plover, Captain SKEK EL, arrived en Friday at
Portsmouth, 10111 Newfoundtand, to be paidolf;•4l4
halting been statilned there with the Hazard; Capstan
atottstAtte, during the *mitt, vont the war Meek%
lishnient. The Plover left St. John's on the Is;
Vice-Adm;ral Picxmouss arrived,. out rill the. tStli of
September,• in thetlytlra, and vrai. expected t!CSa
again in the Tioef, Captain DACltes. on his'Alitt%
borne, on the 256 of the preset[ month. The
was about to leave St. John's lair Eiiklarwl. The Tiber
Comas, Perseus, fly, Pike, and Haiard, *we abOtiC
to return to England.
Saturday molting the Inconstant ; igate. Con 001‘.
dere Sir JAMBS 1.. Yen, artitted horn d,e Coale of
Attica, where, during her cruise elseveral aitisstbs,
arse captured fie ,v!ssels under Portuguese eplielera;
wart '2?4) :laves nn. bond. Many others Were fid!i'd
in v ith, engageJ in the inhuman traffic, but they
were under 6pAnisii and American colours; sndmutis
of the •r,aties between•the Goternments upon did
subject of this ttade is so easily capable of a doubts
maning, that, to prevent litigation and. on! basant
disputes, they were not detained ; these vessels wt re
crowded with trufertunate captives. The Inconstant
left Acra (in the bight of Benin) eight weeks since;
aad barbadoes on the 191 h u tim t. The ships on the
litter station had been rather s ckly ; they were pro.
4 eeding to. •e t to check its prevalence. The Sca.
mantl.r, C W: ELLIort, had captured too
ainerican se:sets, *Alicia be discovered trading with
isl nuts, in vioNtion ()Meaty. She was about r. 4.
o u Baibisdnes to Jamaica, with sPeEiti
sir limE4 yio fired, a salute, and struck 'his bro 4
pendant, upon anchoring at Spubead, 'was re+.
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urncd •by ttkr. fl ship in. the harbour. •
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