Star. — 1825-04-07 (London, England)

PARTICULASS. There was an immense deal of betting to day • the sporting visitors assembled before the rooms, the Course at the Abingdon Betting Post (where very brisk on the Oadands), and finally, at the ' the end of Ditch le. At the conclusion of the journed to the Exercise Grounds,where some hea \ betweeri Rufus and Cat for the 200 Guineas Sweepstakes, them Derby hones, and on which rests Rufus'- - pre-eminence in that stake. The day's sports commenced later than usual, , the Duke of Portland having left Newmarket immediate ltiddlesworth yesterday, to be present at the marning, and his Grace not returning till just before His Royal Highness the Duke of York was again and was the winner of the Fillies' Sweepstakes by? We also noticed amongst many other fashionable* Grafton, Rutland, and Portland; the Marquises ITichfield; Earls Vendam, Sefton, Stradbroke, Lt Orford, site. Lords Anson, Kensington, Dunwlch, , Bentinck, G. H. Cavendish, and C. Manners, ley and J. Byng; Honourable* E. Petre, Irby, IN lett, and Grenville; General Grosvenor; Colonels' Synge, Russell, Udny, Thornhill, and Milnes ; J. Douglas, Campbell, site. John Day, who met with so severe an accident a fair way of recovery. In the first Race, Phantom, Bonduca, and together, and kept so till near the cord., when , broke, followed by Bonduca • a severe race ensued until nearly hose, when Bonduca swerved, and .finished a winning race cleverly—rode by Goodison S. Day ; and Sprightly, by Chit. When at the +insisted that he should have won had not his ' amongst the jockles appeared rather laughable, for losing; when a Gentleman high on the turf, duca to win, having heard that Day had lost a inquire if such was not the fact, but the fact enough of galloping, and knew when to leave e. The Race for the Sweepstakes of 50 sov. each, race, until nearly half the length, when Lord Cl out, followed by Wings and Hoprth : these ' Ding until within the cords, when the ground by the two latter, till near the winning chair, .`bead with apparent ease, and won his race cleverly, was rode by Sam Barnard; Wings, by S. Day • 'by Arnull ; Lord Ciszendon's, by Goodison; Robinson.  For the Oatlands Stakes, Longvraist took and made running all the way. At the turn of about half a length in front ; he was then pushed Silkworm, Hurly Burly, and Hannah, each nearly to his haunches, but neither could make ' they contended till within a hundred yards of _ . Law waist let loose, and won cleverly by three good lengths. Joseph was dead beat at the turning of the lands. Longwaist was rode by Sam Day ; Carnival, by Robinson ; Silkworm, by TomosT Lye; Hurly Burly, by Dick Boyce; Hannah, by Mays; Joseph, by Clift ; Verbina, by Routs.  M. GORBRA, the Madrid banker, one of the principal agents for negotiating a Spanish Loan in London, left town on Tuesday evening, on his return to Spain, in consequence of orders to that effect from his Government. . _  The Lisbon Papers received this morning, contain an account of a horrible and mysterious murder, committed at Oporto. —On the 15th alt. a barrel was found in an obscure street, which contained the body of a man in a complete state of dissolution, with his clothes on, and covered with salt. There was a handkerckief in his pocket, and two hundred piece of silver coin in a purse; the skull was fractured, and the bead had bees separated from the body by a sharp instrument. A merchant, his clerk, and porter, who are suspected of being concerned in this horrible affair, absconded as soon as the examination into it commenced; but means were taken to endeavour to arrest them, and prevent their escaping from the Kingdom. Mr. Holm's, one of the most daring riders of the Ashburn Hunt, broke his thigh in taking a six feet rivulet leap, on Monday. The bone missed his etep and fell, and was so Mock injured that he was killed.