Star.
London, England, 1803-09-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLGENCE.

READING, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30.
Fifty Pounds for 3 year olds.—The belt cf 3 Heats.
Caland Klocreate's ch. e. by Woodpeeka - 4 a a
Mr. Embdes sb. as. Maley - dr
mr. Abbey's b. g. Little Jobs - 2 3 dr
Mr. J. Day's eh. et. Enchanters - - 34 dr
11111011114 DAY AUGUST 31.
Mr. Abbey's eh. so. Masai, by Jobn Ball - I I
Mr. Ladbroak's eh. m. Manna; S years - 2
Wood lUseeate's eh. e. SR. - - 3 3
Csi Gower's deo us. Nut, by TrallEt. 4 ran 4 4'
Mr. g. Gby Trentham. 4 yars. 5 dr
The event of the firft day's race is not yet decided.
The poll was erected without the knowledge of Wood.
prior': rider, while the bones were in (addling to
Ran. frojpeekr, in confequence of that incident,
ran on the wrong fide of the poll. The Stewards al-
lowed him to Ilan again. But, according to the laws
of racing, he ought to have been dillanced. It is,
therefore, referred to sir C. BUIZOILY to determine
between ffiedistier and Gipfq.

• Tbis day, at eleven o'clock, according to annual
caftan, the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and
Sheriffs went in sate from the Manfion Houfe to
Cloth Fair, We Smithfield. His Lordfhip, &c.
flopped by •the way at the houfe of Mr. Lear, the
keeper of Newgate, where he partook of a cool tan-
kard: aftat which his Lordthip proclaimed St. Bar-
tholomew Fair in the ufual manner.

Yellerday the fupplies of partridges came very
roaringly to town. Even the fine breeding counties
of Norfolk and Suffolk are found not to have fo many
birds altogether at the commencement of this (colon
as were left at the doff of the lati.
•• This morning, at nine o'clock, the State Lottery
Wheels were removed from Somerfet Hoare, in the ,
Strand, under the efeort of a detachment of the Life
Guards, to Coopers Hall, itafiegliall-Rreet, prepara-
tory to the Drawing of the Lottery, which will corn-
mance on Monday neat, the sth inftant.
Cover or Cmattcear.—The feveral parties who
on a former day were ordered to attend his Lordfhip I
yellerday, in the matter of the elopement of Mils
Pearce, a Ward of the Coirt, with a perfon of the
name of John Locker, appeared.
From the various affidavits read, it was fhewn that
the young Lady above alluded to, is the daughter of
the late Mr. Pearce, an eminent brewer, in Milbank.
fireet, Wefitninfter ; that by her father's will the be-
comes entitled, *hen of age, to a very handfome for-
tune ; that &only after her father's death, which hap-
pened in the month of November tall, his widow be-
came acquainted with a very young man in one of
the Theatres, and in a few days afterwards married
him, whore name is John Locker Wainwright ; that
he is the nephew of te perfon who eloped with Mini
Pearce, and that her elopement was favoured and
planned by Mrs. Wainwright, who affified Locker in
having a poll-chalk in waiting for the purpofe, near
the Ileac of her guardians Mr. Crutchfield, a very
refpeflable Gentleman, living in the neighbourhood
of Toddington. A variety of collateral matters ap.
peered in aggravation of this cafe; the Clergyman
who pnblilbcd the banns, and who married them,
the Parini Clerk and Sexton, who were the only at-
telling wheelies. and Mrs. Wainwright. together
with the Ward, were all prefect. (Masteries(' who
is confined for debt in the cullody of the Sheriff of the
county of Surry) not appearing, and his Lordthip
having maturely wondered the whole of the eircum•
fiances of the cafe, the difparagernent of ages in the
panics, and the difference of property, and denomi-
nating it altogether a bate and mercenary tranfallion,
raid, that he trolled he Mould be able to render at
lean fume part of the fcheme abortive, and be was
revolved to prevent the commiffion of the like offence
in future s for the prefect, his order to keep Locker
in.clofe cufiody Ihould continue : and as he did not
believe that the matter of imprifonment merely would
operate as a (efficient and adequate puniffimest to
the perfims efpecially concerned in the foul trassfac-
tion. he timid order that all the papers and thee:are
be laid forthwith before the Attorney General, for
the purpofe of infiituting a criminal, and he rroasd,
eft-easel pro Motion for a eonfpiracy. In the mean
inctibeen Sent uay
dre iftedthastwtri scatter
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miletesi to mead.