Star.
London, England, 1827-08-18 00:00:00

HUNTINGDON RAC]

The Huntington Stakes of G soy.. each, and 45 added, were won
in three good heats by Mr. Rogers 's Abigail, 3 yrs, beating Mr.
DaUingham's Skirmisher, Mr. CaPieres St. Helena, and Mr.
Platers Olive.

The Members' Plate of ,E5O was won in two heats by Mr.
Fenton's Upas, beating Mr. Pettit's Tom Tit by half a neck.
The Cocking, for 200 sows. between Huntingdonshire (Flem-
ing) and Cambridgeshire (a Gentleman feeder) was won by Fleming
by two battles.
The weather was unfavourable, but the sport, as on the former
days, was excellent.

There have just arrived at L iusanne three children
of Missolonghi, nine, ten, and fourteen years of age.
At the taking of that city they were made prisoners,
and taken to Alexandria in Egypt. The two youngest
were redeemed for 2 000 and 3,000 francs. The eldest
having succeeded in escaping from his possessor, was
received on board a European ship, and brought back
to Europe. This remarkable child has already given
proofs of his courage. He made several sorties at the
siege of his native town, and received a ball in the lek
foot; he was then only twelve years and a half old. It
'is said that two of these children are intended to be,
kept near the Committee of Lausanne, and that the',
other is to go to Basle. M. EYNARD, has taken all the
expenses of die voyage upon himself...-Frerich Paper.
An Inquest was held onThursday afternoon, at the sign
of the Sun and Dove, Cold h arbour-lane, Camberwell,
on view of the body of Mr. John Mason, a clerk in the
Bank of England. who was found dead in his bedroom
on Monday night last. The deceased had lodged at,
the abovenamed public house for a series of years,
and was a man of very regular habits. He used to
return to his lodgings every night from the City,
drink a glass r f spirits and water, with which he gene-
rally eat tw.) biscuits ( tot eating slipper), smoked a
pipe, and retired to rest. On Slanday night, about
ten minutes before eleven, he went to bed, after
his pipe, and Mr. Watts (the landlord), with the fa-
mily, also retired about half an hour afterwards, *lnn
perceiving a light in the bed-room occupied by the
deceased, Mr. %Vets-called to him but received no
answer. He then Went into the room, and found him
stretched on the floor quite dead. The deceased died
in a fit of apop:exy.—Verdict accordingly.

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NORTHERN CIitCUIT.
• . - AN:
NORTHCMBERLAND, AUGUST 10. ' '
• At ten o'clock this morning Mr. Baron' illym.ocx
took his seat in the Crown Court, and Mr. Josii'ce-BiT-
LIT presided at Nisi Prius.: The usual proclamations
having been made, the following Gentlemen were sworn
as the Grand Jury
Matthew Bell, Esq. M.P. Foreman, Sir Chas. Miles L. Monck,
Bart. Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. M.P. Sir D. W. Smith,
Bart. John Trevelyan. Esq. C. W. Bigge, Esq. W. Burrell, Esq.
Prisleaus John Selby, Esq. John Blenkinsopp Coulson, Esq. Wm.
Clark, Esq. T. G. Smith, Esq. Sanderson Ildeston, Esq. Edward
Colllngwood, Esq. It. L Allgood., Esq. Henry Cc/Dogwood Selby,
Esq. G. T. L. Blenkinsopp, Esq. Charles Bosanquet, Esq. John
Allan Wilkie, Esq. Henry Richmond, Esq. Robert Bell,
William Cuthbert, Esq. Francis Johnson, Esq. and John Rid-
ley, Esq.
His LORDSHIP shortly addressed the Jury, congra-
tulating them upon the decrease of crime in their county,
the Calendar only containing two prisoners. It was
highly creditable to the county and to the police, and
was highly gratifying.