Star.
London, England, 1819-04-01 00:00:00

).V1 RACE.

Ti:nrwlay Sit a mate!" vat rowed between 411 t picked -vl-
- of Eton and V. indsor, and eight loung Gentlemen e:
Eton College, w i i b wad wen in good at* by the (ientle=eg%

Pit bESTIII 13.3 L

Weeneidaytbpee miles, for :00 gain-as,
was run un Srail.urutigh Sand, betwtea .T. SauXl4, of Bette-,
and I'. Jlanliitg, of Sialtne; which was wort by the farmer, who
accomplished task Itl minute; and fear seconds, becta• g
antagonist by five seconds.
.6nathan 0",:,t, the celebrated pedesteian, started from En-
field at five o'clock yesterday murnir.t;, to do est)? miles in ele'e'
hours, over a twenty milk. piece of ground, fora wager cf f.ftv
guineas. lie did seven mlierthe first hour, six and a lrilf each
the second and third, and eleven miles in the fourth aryl fifth.
living accomplished a mile above the half dist:ace in five ha...it,
he tool; refreshment, and left himself five miles am hour to r.r-
furm to the end. lie accumpiidied the-task, but not withe-at
great dliaculty.
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A few da7s sin, J. Stocks, a spare kind cf man, undertook, (':,r
a wager of halt-a-guinea, to rim from Oulten to Pontefract, tt
dtsrauce of nine mks, wait a per.ton of the name of ile:cret,
poruirous bulk, on his shoulders. Swales accomplished his UkSIC
in rive hours and half, winning his bet by half an hour.
Thursday Mr. John Cur.r.ingltam' weaver, Kilbride, ran two
miles in nine minutes. He next undertook to run twenty-one
miles in three hours; .which he accomplished in two hours undr
forty-seven minutes; and offered, before putting on his clothes,
to go the same distance in the same time, but nobody would
take him up. He ran the whole distance barefooted, and lost
some time front not being prepared for the road, as he ran on
1 the public turni.ikt.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
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East India House, when the following Ccrrnrlar,ders
took leave of the Court, previous to departng for
their respective 'destinations, viz.—
Captains J. littrmstaan, Carnatic, and W. MAtanato, Thomas
Grenville, tot Madras and Bengal.
Captains C. Twos, Bridgewater, G. Itscraftrisoy, Marquis
of Sky, and R. Lozza,Joarkins, fur St. Htdraa and China.
Captains A Ltrnsav, Castle, W. :onuomussixo, Lord
Castlprcagb, .1. P. Witsors Corn all, G. l'EssaNr, Apollo, and
W. Ilaatristnt, Matilda, Lot China direr. t,
NEXT SATURDAY.—T. BMX roved:fully reminds
his best friends, the:ll°,oE4' that the: State Lottery,
finishes Nets. SATuittict, ton which Daf •
-3"Prlsti 9t A'OO,O6CA—S-pktis Ar2coo3-Prliet litooo,
Mast all be Dras:11•:, SK's QffiCes (as sisaa/) have
been, in 'thi pretentlattety more fartunate thAil tk2,30
of any other. Oilice•Atiper;; ass he Sold Three out of the .few :coot* liter Art clay, and hopes Nest
satpstlect9.haf-pia.pre-esaitteat ejtood fnne_
treclzassisi rechottaadoSharanse :Abuja 4 oftugps
4, Cosnhill ; aAI7, Chari. isgkross, and;.l his Agents
fin the Country,
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EAST 1.V117.4

i'ESTf)NT TO THE IiIANQCTSOF ITASTMIA.

' A- Siicial General Court of Proprietors of East
India' S'Zciii, was yesterday held it.the CompanY's
'loose, h teralenhall-street2 for the purpose olcoa-•
s:Jering a lte.r.ohnion of tli,“' • • ' ' - ''' •
the I Oth instatt, o- - .:. .. !'"‘"'"•!" u"."c""1" try
aaaetulig to the Moat Noble fete
1%. 'll ti:.; 02 Ilastati% gs a, pension of. -1:5,000 ileac, fur
...een, Ty years.
The Chairman (4A'stts PATTI:i3St, Eig.) Wis!led to
Incation to the Court, before they entesed into the
su'aject, that a circumstance of a PeCuliar 'nature had
taken place last evening, at too late an hour for the
Court of Directors to discuss it. .A letter had been
received from the President of the Board of Con-
trout, inclosing the opinion or the Attorney and So-
lititor-General, on the Itesblution thathad been pro-
pounded by the Court of Directors, which, with the
permission of the Proprietors, should now be read.
The opinion was then read. In it the Attorney
and Solicitor-General expressly stated, that the Court
could not, under the existing statutes, grant a pen-
sion for. the term of twenty years, there being only
fifteen years of their charter unexpired, and their
. right not extending beyond that period.
On thrsuggestion of Mr. R. JacesoN, the whole
of the proceedings of the Court of Directors on the
grant to the Marquis of Hastings were read, after
n hich the ffenottrable Gentleman observed, that if
the Resolution of the Court of 'Directors, of which
formal notice had been given, and which the Attor-
`ney and Solicitor-General declared to be illegal, had
been proposed, it was his intention to have mimed
as an amendment, that a sum of .1260,000 he vested
in certain trustees, and to be by them laid out in
estates, for the benefit of the Marquis of Hastings,
his Marchioness, and their children, should be sub-
stituted in lieu of the pension of £5,000 per annum,
Accident had brought them back to thr: good old
practice of Originating resolutions of this nature out-
side of the bar ; and he pledged himself to propose
such :t. tesoiution as would be politically sound and
tegally proper.
31r. GRANT protested against the course adopted
by the Learned Gentleman. He had no right, be-
cause the Reit:l4on originally agreed to by the Court
of Directors. was declared illegal by the Law Officers
of the Croon, to assume, therefore, that all further
proceedings in this case were taken out of the hands
of the Court. of Directors.
Mr. Hume conceived the mode of proceeding
adopted by his Learned Friend was. irregular. The
most proper, and indeed the only course they could
adopt was, to adjourn the Court, in order to give
time for the formation of a legal Resolution. In his
opinion, the Court of Directors ought, immediately
on meeting the Proprietors, to have stated to them
all the circumstances connected with this case which
had occurred in the other room.
The CHAIRMAN' and Mr. BoSANQUET denied that
the Bye-Lards contained any provision'which called
On the Executive Body to state what difference of opi-
nion occurred in their Court.
Mr. Jackson then, after a variety of observations,
in which he strongly enforced the propriety of re-
munerating the Marquis of Hastings in that way
which would be most agreeable to his *feelings and
most honourable to the Court (and that*ay. he should
think was to grant him a specific sum), moved,
" That the Court, at its rising, do adjourn to this..
day four weeks."
Mr. D. EIWNAInD also expressed himself in favour
of a grant which would deicend to the family of the
Noble Marquis, instead of allowing him a pension
that would expire with himself. • .
Mr. LOWSIDES argued that a pension was the most
proper, and the most regular way to chew their gra-
titude, and at the same time bind to their interest
the person on whom it was conferred.
Mr. GAISAGAN censured the Court of Directors for
not knowing, until they had read the-opinion of the
Attorney and Solicitor-General; that their Resolution
was illegal. The Honourable Proprietor then went
into a minute investigation of the different Acts of
Parliament relative. 'to the Company's Affairs, and
intimated a very Strong doubt, whether the Court
could, in conformity with the provisions of those
Acts, grant any pension to the Marquis of Hastings
out of the territorial revenues of the Company, which
were specifically appropriated.
Mr. S. Dome spoke in favour of a grant of
I:60,000, instead of a pension. • i .
Mr. Hume condemned the present proceeding as
premature. They :vele not yet- acquainted with the
effect which the late proceedings in India would pro-
duce, and were wholly ignorant whether their terri-
torial resources would be increased by them. ' The
• grant, when it was made, should he by -way of pen-.
sion, and not by the appropriation •of a certain sum.
They ought to recollect that the Noble Marquis
stood in the situation of a servant•of, the-Company,
and lie ought not to be placed altogether beyond
their controul.
Mr. &rum TELL did not imagine, when he entered'
. the Court, that the question would be argued with
reference to 'due meired, as the ilononrable Pro-
prietor had done. But if they did argue it in that
way, the value received was to be seen in the salva-
tion of a great empire, which had been in the most
: imminent danger..
Sir W. DE Cnesrionv said, it was his wish that
the. utmost justice Witikl be done to the Marquis of
Hastings, but he, in common with the Honourable
: Proprietor (Mr. Hume), conceived the present pro-
cceding lobe premature, and he called on the Court
to act warily and cautiously.
Mr. Howaurit also conceived that the present pro-
ceeding was premature, since it.ttas brought forward
on grounds that did not ap : to•theputtlic, snore
especially with referenceto b • point, aaraelp what
was to be done withithe ~.-i •,ry the coiipmw hid
acihireit,.anahow ihaviss i'!, . aPproptiateil...
Mr. II.: 3ACKSOM con ._
~ ~ that the statement
-rude by llonontable - : ' - . .that .tbe present
a 25 algematare. p . . . i Was aorfousosied in feet,
W**- 2 the Ccurt lead . , : •, 7 eked the Noble Mar.
silt . for...the political. eti -held niilittry Skill' he
quit.. . 'ed during the elate ' 's . • .
inasPia) ,Itatemit said, by 11 the ivelid. premature,
Mr. 1. . P. to state, that the service- tie -which this
b m
e eats.. • .
.._ i be. ..ven, was yet iikomplete and unfitted.
tbe
trintAvasl4. • warofispilios thatahe dime bad arrived
when'Mr' 144'4.,a.1 '+,ht, with jaatiee. rote tbelrant.
l:• „ .' •
en por,sra wailed to blow, as men had been

slid about their tettltorial sevenuts, whether it was a
fact that orders had been es'en to the Shroff4 or Ban-
kers at Poonalt end Bombay, to snake discovery of
and give up all private property of the Peishwa in
their possession ? And whether, in consequence, five.
lass, above £60,000, had not been actually paid?
If such were the fact, he must say that it was a most
disgracernt t-tnntiattStl.
The CHAIRMAN said there was nothing on the of-1
ficial records of the House to warrant the statement
of she Honourable Ptoprietor.
'The Court then adjourned the consideration of the
question to the .sth of May, Mr. I WA !Mit having
stated that •it would be a personal convenience to
him and other Gentlemen, that a postponement of
the subject should take place to that period.

outside 'on the Water part of the coach. Between
Itenmngtoh mid Biittely, the coach then moving at
the rats of eight miles an hour, the prisoner got
down from the top of the coach, aod placing himself
on the steps, opened the door, and asked permission
of the inside passengers to take a pircel from the box
under one of the scats. The passengers, three in
number, supposing that he was the coach guard,
readily assented, and one 4 them gave way, putting
his head our of the window, whilst the prisoner lifted
up the cushion, and took out the parcel in question ;
and afterwards, at a conven'ent opportnnity, dropped
.from the coach with hil booty, and got clear pit
When the coach arrived at East Bourne, the parcel
was missed, and in consequence of the inquiries made
of the passengers. suspicion fell on the prisoner, who
some days afterwards was brought to town by the
brother of the prosecutor, from his house, near'.Varc.
in Ileitfordshire. When charged on suspicion of the
rubbery. he averred his innocence, and readily sub-
mitted his conduct to inquiry, and although he had
several opportunities of making his escape, he never
availed himself of them. _

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Mr. Tucker, of Kentish Town, and two other Gen-
tlemen, who were inside passengers in the coach,
swore positively to the fact of se.'ing the prisoner take
the property from the co.ich.
•T;:e c:tse went to the Jury under the Learned J!idgeis
direction, and he v-as found Guilty; but in conside-
ration of his previous good character, he wa,: sen-
tenced tn one year's imprisonment in the house of Cor-
rection.

PROJECTED REMOVAL srthr lIA7:ITARrET.

Tuesday a highly respectable meeting of tll-: i:lbr,-
bitants of the Haymarket and vicinity- was held at the
British Coffee-11011,e, Ceckspnr-street, to receive the
Report of a Committee appointed at a previous rneel- •
ing, and also to take into consideration the propriety
of petitioning Parliament for the removal of the
Market, Mr. HUDSON in the Clrtir. The Report of
the Committee was road. It gave a history of the
Market, which had been held there for upwards of
three centuries. The place was formerly a field,
where the carts drew up by the hedge side; and by
an Act of the 14th of Charles 11. it was ordered to
be paved, the expenses of which were to be paid by
the parish. An Act was passed in the 9th of Wil-
liam HI. regulating the repairs and the toll of the
Market, which were three pence upon every load of
hay, and one penny upon every load of straw, the
disposal of which was vested in the Magistrates, for
the purpose of applying it to the repairing of the
Market—the surplus to be given in aid of the county
rate. It had been said, that the Parishes of St.
James and St. Martin had a claim upon the tolls ;
but the Committee asserted no such claim existed.
The Report then stated, that from the inquiries which
had been made of persons officially interested ihli the
removal of the Market, the opinion of its Utility. was
edanimous ; and it pointed out the cast end of the
Regent's Park, opposite. Portland-street, as the most
eligible spot to which the Market could he removed,
as having a communication with the Hampstead and
Highgate roads, and affording an opPortunity for a
cheap water-carriage by the Canal. The Commis-
sioners of the Crown Lands had been consulted Upon
the subject, who entirely concurred with the Com.
mittee, and offered every encouragement to the re-
moval, which would be advantageous to all con-
cerned. An objection was made by the lAndlord of
the Black Dog public-house, on account of 'the in-
jury which he and other publicans were likelX to FuS:
tain by the removal ; to which it was replied,: that
sufficient compensation would be made to ti-.e suf-
ferers, the nature of which,
,however, in. the present
stage of the busincls, could' not be iuggested.
Petition to the House of CoMmons, praying th'ele-
moval of the Market, was :then-read sand. tigreteFte.
It was also resolved, tlutt;Sir. SUR D arr'..be
requested to present, and -the Hots. qr.°. acv lix.t.4 to
second and support tine Fiine. After some: obsoiva--
tions froth several other Gentlethen, it was.resalved,
that the Committee should. be .enipow-erict to 'raise
subscriptions to, -defray-the expenses, and thanks were
voted to the Mairman.

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A singular scene was exhibited at Leeds on Satur-
day, whicb drew together several thousands of spec-
tators.—A Dr. John. Bird; (of the Quack fraternity-,)
was publicly flogged, opposite the Court-hoax, for a
most scandalous fraud and imposition. The cincurri:
stances arc briefly these :—The Doctor was in the
habit of figuring away in the provincial papers, ex-
tolling the virtues of his medicine, and pubrishing
long lists of cures. One of his advertisements having
met the notice of an industrious couple of that town,
whose son, (David Marvel, a soldier, who had served
under the Duke of WELLlsurox, and returned with
a broken constitution,) was suffering in the la.st stage
of a consumption, were, unfortunately, induced to
apply to Doctor Bird, who pmmised a speedy care.
Ile assured them that the •young man was not in a
decline, but was labouring under the effects of Witch-
craft, from which he could readily free him by his
consummate skill. Previous to beginning the cure,
however,. he insisted upon being paid Ws. for his in-
cantations, fis. for two bottles of physic, and c2s. for
:he heart of a black hen, .without a white feather in
her! The poor creatures, with the greatest difficulty,
raised the money, and the Doctor commenced his
operations. The young man, however, continued to
grow worse, and the Doctor obtained several other
sums of money, from time to time, !Or more medi.
tines. At last, the poor victim of his deception drew;
near his latter end.. and it.was evident that he would
not exist many days longer. Even the learned Doc-
tor said he knew he would die, and that, if he de-
parted
this life with the spell on him, he would, mo,t
!assuredly, go to Het but that, if they would pre-
' cure him U. he could, •by his, art, charm away the
spell, and assure him of a safe reception in the abate
of the bleised in 116 VE: !:—.This *as t(io strong a
dos.: for even credulity itself; and thc poor folks.
having mentioned all the circumstances to some more

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tgent neighbours,. they caused the Doctor to- be
thended, and, being couvicted, he was sentenced
;publicly and sgs:erety
~floggeda E.enteace
was strictly fulfilled, aid kave great -..lifibfite.
inany'tliousands. "rbelNktor • hid hitherto
.n•.upputieitt respettlibibty Ih. reeeds, and 'Such
the 'Came of hes winihr-veorking ucistrisiN,thitt
.4,9)441041Y foe 04_,t.trhi„ Pl* tr(lnz 4?4:1)01.$
couutLy—r.surne to) mAue:iii..64lce 0,_!" i9l of
'miles. • ' ' '• •

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