Star.
London, England, 1821-07-21 00:00:00

SPORTING IN? ELLIGENCE.

STATE OF THE ODDS—BETTING ROOM, JUT.I 19. .
noNcAsear. ST. LFGER.
3 to 1 agst Gustavus 10 to 1 agst Sandbeck
9 to 2 apt Spinet 14 to 1 agst Colwell
13 to t! agst Annabella 14 to I agst Pastotefia
men SIICII AFL STAXTS.
3to 1 agst Reginald I 4to 1 agst Tbla
Oxman Cer.-6 to 4 apt Strephon.
CHELTENHAM RACES, JULY 18.
The Chekenham St. Leger Stakes of 25gs. each, for three-year-
olds. Six Subscribers. One mile.
Mr. T. Sadler's I'astorella 1
Mr. R. Jones's Valentine -
Mr. Stevens's ch. c. by I'yldoncr - - 3
The winner the favourite.
The Great Gloucestershire Stakes of 25gs. each, 13gs. ft.
Sixty-four Subscribers. Two miles.
Mr. Sadler's Strephon, 6 yrs old, fist. 131 b. - - 1
Mr. Mitton's Claudius, ti yrs old, 7st. 121 b. t
Lord Warwick's Roman, 6 yrs old, 9st. 21b. - - 3
Twelve started, but three only were placed.
2 to 1 apt Shamrock, and 4 to 1 agst
Col. Berkeley's b. m. Chantilly walked over Tor the Berkeley
Hunt Stakes.
firs RRINO• —Ben Ditret's benefit, at the Tennis Court, in
Great Windmill-street, was well attended on, Thursday,:and
the sports kept pace with the patronage bestowed upon the oc-
casion, as, with the exception of Gas and Martin, the whole of
the boxers were present.
The beaten men in the day's play at Moulsey were not able
to make their appearance, but the winners did, both Gyblett
and the Suffolk Champion, with their heads tied up and much
disfigured. The black man, Johnson, received a very dangerous
beating, and he is quite unable to be removed from Hampton.
The white castor fanciers were beat well in pocket, as were
most of the deep ones.
GYMNASTICS AT FORDINGBRIDGE, BERKS.
Thursday being the day en which G. F. Hoene, Esq. of
Q-aycot Ledge, became of age and into possession of consider-
able estates, and personal property to a great amount, as well
as being the Coronation day, it was celebrated by rustic sports,
and the villagers made happy.
The first pastime was a wrestling match, between Benson
(from Wiltshire) and Hargrave (from Somersetshire), which was
won by the former. The prize was a guinea and a new hat.
Neat followed a snatch at single stick, for two guineas, be•
twecn four Berkshire men and foci/from Hampshire, when the
former won, by breaking three heads out of four.
The maidens of the village took the next turn, by running
mile heats for a chemise, gaily decorated with ribands. A Miss
Drew won this prize at two heats, and did each mile under six
minutes.
Gresham (the gypsey) fought George Fordharn, as a wind up to
the sports. It was a hard fight of eighteen minutes, and the
men hit away with round and awkward blows, until Fordham's
day-light was hit from him, and Gresham was proclaimed winner.
Four sheep were roasted whole in a field, and Larrels of ale
unlimited welcomed the villagers, until they could sing God sore
the King no longer !

At a General Meeting of the York Whig Club,
held in that City on Monday last, it was resolved that
the expense of the Coronation is a needless waste of
the public money ; and that although it has been
stated by the Privy Council that her Mar usTv can-
not claim to be crowned as a right, the Meeting are
decidedly of opinion that she ought to be crowned.
Thanks were at the same time voted to Mr..liums,
Mr. VblysTILL, and Mr. CIIA LONER.

A Dinner in honour of the Coronation was given
to the Poor of Croydon, on Duppas-hill, for which a
large subscription had been collected. So great
anxiety was shewn to render the arrangements com-
plete, that the Gentlemen by whom it was planned
were on the hill by four o'clock in the morning. The
company, consisting of about 1000 persons, sat down
by two o clock, in appearance very happy, and plen-
tifully supplied with viands, but suddenly the scene
changed to one of the utmost confusion. A Reverend
Gentleman present having proposed the health of his
MAJESTY, was answered by a call from a great ma-
jority of those present for that of the QUEEN. This
led to a warm contest, and taking the common course
from words to blows, the Clergyman and his sup-
porters were ejected, and driven to their homes, which,
however, they were not suffered to enter till they said
Goo bless the QUEEN." The bells rang at twelve
o'clock, but not a full peal, as the principal ringers
refused, and not a house was illuminated in the even-
ing, although two or three had made preparations.
When the QUEEN was acquitted, every cottage was
lighted up.
Tuesday, while a fisherman was dragging the river
Clyde, at the Peatbog, Glasgow, he brought up the
bodies of a young man and young woman in his net,
and, with the assistance of the keeper of the dead-
house, dragged them out. The woman's face was
towards the man's hack, and her hands were bound
round his neck with his handkerchief. They had
been observed together in a public-house on the pre-
ceding Friday night, a little intoxicated, and it is
believed that they have lain in the water ever since.
They were about twenty-four years of age ; the young
man was a cooper, in Glasgow ; the woman came last
from Ayr, and had been about two years in Glasgow.
At the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh; on
the 14th instant, the Court proceeded, with shut
doors, to the trial of William Montgomerie, accused
of committing, or attempting to commit, a rape on
Ann Dilling, a girl about ten years old, near the
ruins of the Castle of Greenan, in the Parish of
Maybole, Ayrshire, on the 6th of September last.
—The Jury unanimously found the prisoner Guilty
of an assault, with an intent to commit a rape.—
Sentence deferred.
EXTRAORDINARY Elm:T.—The Journal des Dc-
bats says-44 An extraordinary event happened in the
environs of Aubenas, on the 15th of June last. A
loud report was heard, during five or six minutes, to
the extent of six miles round. The inhabitants knew
not the cause, when a very high mountain, called
Gerbier de Jone, at the foot of which springs the
Loire, disappeared;and presentedriothing but a lake.
This mountain was high, and it was difficult to reach
the top, at the extremity of which there was a foun-
tain. The commotion was so strong, that it produced
an earthquake, five leagues in circumference."
MOVING BOG OF KILNIALEADY, KING'S COUNTY.—
We have great pleasure in announcing, that all alarm
respecting this awful phenomenon is now at an end—
its progress having been effectually stopped. The
Mining Engineer of the Dublin Society, RICHARD
GRIFFIrits, Esq. returned to Dublin with the cheer-
ing account.