Star.
London, England, 1827-12-15 00:00:00

RUNS I NG' MATCII.

An excellent Running Nines took place yesterday morning, be-
tween two amateurs, ir.lV:lll.tivis and Mr Fairborn, for £lO a. aide,
from TAU; all turnpike to Stockwell. Mr. Fairhurn won by 50
yards in fine style, doing the distanceingßoin. is sec.
' • TANDE si MATCH.
A 'Lando/Rill:etch took place yesterday morning hittwern Captains
Swalne and Ridus. Cold &vanity waa auccessful, heating his at;
iersary by above friar- minutes. It was for five hundred guideas.
aside, to drive twenty miles. Meting was sto S rite Capes Swains.
The match took place upon a four mi'e piece ttf,ground near Epping.

Tlwi riNG Al TC
A Trot ing Matek of ten miles took place yesterday, between
Mr. Longdel and Mr. Illuks, for 200 soya. aside. Betting was
3•ro 4 on Mr. Hinka. It waa decided nn a two milt ricer of ground
near Lewisham, Kent; and was won by Mi. Lungdel in 34 min.
28 see.mtls

GALLOPING MATCH.
An excelli.nt Galloping Match of eight thilta took place on MaOno..
day, tWtweets Capr.Prerntantle and ►ir. Richard., for SO Guys.* side.
Belting, Iron the 'mown celebrity of Capt. Feeeruantle; was 5 404
in his layout.. The match tuok place on a three iptl4.piece of groand'
near liisgleswa.le,and was wuu by Capt. Preituantle.

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Tne excava of s'.44us. as e•eitploted impiovi g the
outfall.l.o .the•Nrie.rhave for some time Aeon great
for rtreinc,-.and on Mrintlay last a r bt cry
',awing been committed by son.e of them, the sus
leered persons plire.talten into custody by the police
4' d .he stpveyor t_qii Works; when a strong. vulg.
.neelvat made by a large body of waskrnem and t'te
three who had been apprehended were •e.cued after a
de-Aerate struggle, in the course of which murder way
threatened, and one of the co staples, mint•cl
aas dreadfully err unded by a 11 ink. kook. So great
was the alarm in the neighbourhood, that the Rev. Mr.
the palish Clergyman, sent an express for the mi.
jury at Wistsecii,when a detachment on its are ival was
immediately put in mo:icn, and were met at the Wash.
by D. M•rore. of Spalding, and Henry James
Esq.ol Wisbeels, twu magistrites,and on Thursday morr -
ing proceeded to spear in several constables, and im-
mediately began to search for those implicated in tl e
riot, and succeeded in apprehending four of them, who
were s. of ff to Spalding gaol, but the rest of the
.liters had escaped during the night. Great praise is
due to the Magistrates fur the promptitude and resist.
slice they excreted ; and also to the commander of the
military, who sent the soldiers the following day :o
‘Visbech. The•man who struck Mills with the plank
h o't is nut )et in custody.7-Caa§bridge Gazelle.
THEATRES.

DRlgtria NV.
Laq night the Tragedy of Doer lap was repeated at
this Theatre. The performance of it went off with sac-
ce;s. though the house washy no means crowded. We
think Mr KEAN, jun. is much implored in his acting
siiice his first appearance, from having a greater fami.
liarity w ith the business of the stage. Mr. Coope*
and Mr. WALLACE performed she characters of Old
Dorval and Glenalvon with the r accu,tomed eicellence.
The Poly was followed' by the Opera of Rob Roy.
With the performance of Mr. WALLACE in this piece
the public is familiar ; but Mr.AIUDE, who appeared on
his o casion in the character or Rash eigh bsbaldistoae.
played excellently, and the piece derived comiderible
support fri,m the manner 'LI which he sustained this
cliacact:r. Miss GRANT sang with much sweetness.
and was deservedly encored in th.e song "A liiislllaad
Lad my Love was born :" indeed, if t';is young Lady
possessed a little more confidence, she would be a great
acquisition to the stage.

COVENT-GARDEN.
The Marriage of kigaro was performed at this house
last night, %hen Madame SALA, a Lady who had been
heard at some public C incerts, and more eaten ively
in p ivate musical circles, made her debut ,on• the
stage as the Countess isimaniva. In person Madame
Set. is not unlike Mrs. C..liasramr, and her manner
and deportment, although necessarily skewing the con-
straint inseparable from a first appearance, bespeak a
natural ease and gracefulness. Her reception was most
encouraging, and the talent her fist song displayed
fully juAtfied the applause *filch the audience had
given in advance. Madame Vesrats was the Susanna,
and the bills announced that she was to sing " let been
roaming." and some other ballad of the same class.—
Accordingly, after the enchanting duetarf " Sa (aria,"
had been, admirably sung by Mesdames V 5.711111
and SALA, just in the' midst of a lively .dialogre
between those IWO
,agreeahle• pyr,i n and • the
Page, the band, without' rhyme or teas in, struck
up the symphony ef I've been rooming,. A. iststanti-
neous'hiss pared round ihe house. and MadatrzeNaa-
Tim taking it to herself, resented the supprisld.affront
by retiring" roen the stage, and leaving the perform-
ance
at a stand.. An orpruar of app ause ensued, ..nd
Chi. 'Ain* having 'etched Susanna again o her priar,ai e
sang I've been roaming with Much more, pi °proem rt^an
sl e could have uoi.e in the first instance—nnerhowever,
without similar repeated marks of disapptob from
that part of the audience alio tooright they had cayme to
hear the AfarriagiorkiAaro. ,PEsisom and Mrs. Cigar.
TIRLCY played her pars of and Clrernbitro a,i h
their usual spirit, and Wn even ve-is the currut,Atiourviva.

. . . GLASLiUsk , Dr.CEMllilt IS. .
ExEcuttosr.-rYesterday atternoon, James Glen; car.
ter, paid tree forfeit of h•s Isle, at the thual .prace of
execution. It will be in the recollection of our readers, '
that this culprit was convicted at the High -Court
of Jueticiary in November last, of having mintleted
ha own illegitimate child, name! 34mes Gi'elviand
only sevent.rn months old,. by :trantulation.:and
thereafter throwing it into the Can I at -Port Dinsilas,
on Ist May last. A few ttt itiu es pais • SI! . !'tbst
on' appy man made 'is appeara-ce in the "(yip c,ltalls
where no ceremony was performed, a 4 hr pea-ctieded
on to the scaff"ld, wl.ere the Rev. Mr Mum IregSaint
James's, offered up a player; II e !Oise being ittirited,
he gave the signal, and a few convulsive btroggles
terminated his existence. Ever since his condemnation
he has evinced most decided ; roofs of a trim penitent.
He was cairn; refaigned, and paid strict 'aitedtion to
devotional ex-rci es. In these he was assisted by most
of tt e .Establisheil Minittets of this city, who were
ind.fatigable in their exertions to bring the unhappy
man ter a proler set se of his situatiiii. • He admitted
his gui,t, and acknuseleslgei the jo•tic: i f his sentence.
He seas about tsenty4our years of age, upwards of
five fret six inches: high, rather 1;•'n;! 1 (*king, stout
made, and a native . of New Kilpatiick, but has
latterly assisted as a. carter at Port. Dundas, where
the deed was commitied. His patients ale still alive,
and took a patting fareaell with him on,laiebdiy ;
they are decent pesple, and re.ide in the village or
flathead. The.culprit was, a: his own request, dressed
in a white cottcns jacket and tr,,w,e,s, uiromej with
black, although repeatedly. elfeted a suit of black
clothes. Of late. the eircetions have taketi .place
here in the morning, but the present was ordered be-
-1 twist the hours of tw and four in the afternoon"; of
course, a great Crowd- 'ns collected in the nannies&
but on learning this ell, ' :they; soon distersed. The
afternono's assemblage was also great. After hanging
the usual time the body was cut down and transnrtted to
the College for dissection. In June last, 'when .ur Jail
was broken, a number of prisoners escaped, among whom
was Glen,•but in.threr cla,s he gave himself op.

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The steam ballast heaving machini, while employed
a few days. since in the-Thamtn, near Waterkio-bridge,
in collecting Whist, brought up, among the sand-ind
rtt nes in dm buckets, from the bottom of ihe river, three
skulls; whith wei e tendered quite white by the lerngth
of time they appeared to have remained in the water.
The Whole of the teeth scented remarkably perfect. '
Tu4day -night the premi;ts.of-Mmsrs. ThOmas and
Cloth, coal mkrZhanis, Mont .gue Close, St.'Saviour's
ch-yard, were broken into and rob-ed or CO )%ictrr-
/Me itirn*tty.' . The thierrekiffected au eat, acre 4 the
rest of the bassi, anal alts rwari4 Woke epee tile delks
In the Mike; MYot 'Which Abe/ progreigns
and .ificr, and some :Thai Were upwlichr of eV.
in bappeace tis,*tie t f the deiies which,* thitetes
Aehiatf tinteechlit• _

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. A CONVaANCI

FROM TOR COURT OV CHANCERY,
A Illalancet. Poen.
See, from the dust a novel,meatere spring.
The serpent's nature with sesiiste:a wing! -
With tooth so sharp. and ppw't to mar as MO
Through all the pathless 'cameo( sophistry !
Conveyancer! se call'd, became his art
Can change and motion to'estatei Impart;
Not by the efforts of mechanic hand,
But ming-legal error for a wand.
In vain the son his grandsire's right displays,
And widowed mother for her dowry prays.
A deed unsign'd, or sign'd too late, too soon,
A secret testament, a prior boon—
No stamp, or one not properly affixed—
An instrument with fraud or weakness mil d,
A marriage, not by proper ritual greed—
A seal by chance dammed or name elfac'd—
A passage interlined, yr falsely crust ;
A fine unkvied, or recoe'ry lost—
Construction varying with the varying mind,
And best opinions changing, like the wind—
A meaning clear, though doubtfully expresed,
A meaning doubtful. though in dearness dresed,
A ride of law, by folly misapplied—
A point, which justice never yet has tried ;
All these, and thousands more the Mute could name,
• The strength enfeeble of possessive claim;
Give to this monster necromantic skill.
And make the law subservient to his will:
Lo! at his bidding money chaned to lands •
And lands to looney, as his voice commands ;
Estates for life a stinted term bewail,
And those in fee are hamper'd by a tall—
Crergrown remainders vanish into dust,
And useless uses take the form of trust.
'Ti. his to conjure doubts, to breed dismay,
And hunt, a jackall, for the lien's prey—
To lend his aid, when crafty villains ask,
And* clothe their purpose in an honest mask !' •
Entire fearlessness and occasional power we cannot
deny this satire; but we doubt whether it will serve the
iaterebts of the public or exalt the reputation of the
math o r.—Literary CAronick.

MEDICO•BOTANICAL SOCIETY.

Yesterday evening the Members of the above Society
Wee Meeting, at their Rooms in Sackville-street.—
Sirl.Gntoon, the President, in the Chair.
Several new members were admitted,' among whom
were the Earl of Stanhope, Lord W. C. Bentinck, the
Governor-General of India; Prince Esterhazy, &c. Ice.
Soule valuable presents were announced, among which
were specimens of drawings of five hundred plants,
natives of the East Indies; some poisoned arrows used
by the natives of South Africa, and several other equally
curious specimens.
• Dr. Stotsmusna delivered a short lecture on the plants
Weil in poisoning arrows, &c.
Mr.'Enoirr; Director of the Society, made a few ob-
servations upon the plants presented to the Society.
The PRUIDENT observed, that it gave him much
satisfaction to observe the progress the Society was
making, not only fromthe distinguished names which
had been added to their Members, but the accession
of talented men who had•become Members. Lord
W. Bentinck, he could state, was most anxious to pro-
mote the objects of the Society, and while in India would
' not forget it. The vast field thus opened to the Society
for obtaining a knowledge of Indian plants was most
Ilinpottant. Lady Bentinck also took pleasure in the
.11oience.

`lt Fife Charges d'Affaires of the Kings of Sweden and
llllnisay were announced to be ballotted for.
President then tetired, with several of the Mem.
beis;lo the parlour, where they partook of some Bras I
tea. In a biter to the Secretary,the Brazilian Ambas-
sador stated, that the culture of tea in Brazil was carried
to some event, and prestnted the Society with a speci-
men. which was escellent.

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