Star. — London, England, 1826-03-28 00:00:00

THE THEATRES. DRURY-LANK After the performance of the Operatic Play of tenyteoski (which went off most' successfully) a beauti ful little Romantic Piece, entitled Oberon ; or, the Charmed Horn,' from WItLAND'S well:knawn Poem, was produced for the first time.—From the celerity with which the piece was got up, it may be said to have been seen in rehearsel, and- it is only wonderful that there was so little of gaucherie. in managing the com plex machinery of so hasty - a production: indeed every slight failure in Oberon's powers of sudden creation served but to enhance the triumph of the Artist. The audience' were pleased in spite of themselves, as each beautiful fairy vision struck upon their view, and the murmurs of impatience weft only raised to be drowned in the loudest bursti of ,s, , plause. The Piece has the advantage of chaiming music, and some very pretty dancing among the little fairy characters.—The plot may be detailed in a few word.: Sr Assn, heir to the Dukedom of Guienne (Mr. Bensterr,) had the misfortune to kiU Scbarioe, the son of Charlemagne at a tourna ment, and was therefore condemned to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and bound by oath to visit Bagdad, enter the Caliph's Palace, kill his most honoured guest, marry and convert his daughter, and moreover to cat from the Caliph's beard a lock of silver hair. On these conditions alone could he save the forfeiture of his Dukedom, which otherwise was to be awarded to the victor in the next year's tournament. Every part of this arduous task be is enabled to perform by the benevolent interposition of Oberon,' the Fairy King (Miss Voseiner), and the aid of his father's old and faithful servant Sberamnia (Mr. llitowitz,), whom he unexpectedly meets in the neighbourhood of Bagdad. The-charmed horn pre seined by the friendly sprite it the main instrument of his success. As often at his follower• Sheraemin winds it, his enemies are set a laughing or asleep as best suits the occasion; and a laughing fit gives rise to an excellent chorus of Hunters, which vies with the corresponding scene in Der Freischutz. The part of the heroine, I Primal Amanda, was admirably performed by Miss Sasinisou ; and Mr. Nome deserved great praise for his share of the represen tation. The concluding scene, at a small expense to probability, transports the happy lovers, by a voyage of two minutes from Tunis to France, where Charlemagne joins their hands, and King Oberon and his Queen Tdaitia confer upon them a pair of mytle crowns, as the reward of constancy. The scenes which excited most interest were a Fairy LarOscape . —a Palace raised in the course of a Vision-1 a Shipsrecit,4he Harbour of Tunis—and the illumi nated Gardens of the Harem. The whole of these were very effective, and doirifinite credit to the abilities and taste of the respective arti s ts. - - - - - - - As a pageant the Piece is grand and imposing; and as besides it possesses no inconsiderable degree of interest, it promises to become a pernunent favourite of the public. Its annooncetneut for repeti tion every night until further notice was received with cheers, and we have nq doubt but it will meet a still more Battering reception thikeyening. The House was full in all pans. • COVENT-GARDEN. Slf A KUL.. RE'S Play of the Tempest was performed last night with considerable effect : but nothing presented itself that called for ob servation. The Miller and his Moo closed the entertainments of the evening to the satisfaction ot a noisy,blit not very ntunerous audience. ENGLISH OPEP A HOUSE. Matttiws'slnaistatioiss, at his At Howse, last night, were honoured by a numerous and brilliant audience, and the whole entertainment excited the utmost merriment, and was received with repeated burets of applause.—We noticed Mr. Secretary Plicr., Sir Annasw Bixlriao, Lady DALLAS, Countess de SALIS, and other parties of the first rank, in the dress and private boxes. THE SUMMER THEATRES. Sldler's Welts—the Royal Amphitheatre (Astley's)—the New Surrey Theatre—the Coburg Theatre—and the Royalty, all opened List night, with very aniusing pieces; and the whole are likely to prove•of great attraction.. RASTER DINNER AND BALL AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. • • Yesterditthi grand Easter Dinner and Ball were' gild% the. Mansion House, in a style which has not been exceeded on any former occasion. After havi ng ' visited the several principal chat iiies belonging -to the City;7nd - dispensed the annual bounty to• the boys of the Bluecoat School, the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the. City o ffi cers, returned to the Mansion House at about half-past four o'clock. From that time until half past six; the Noblemen and Gentry invited to the din ner arrived, and weye received by the Lord and Lady IklAyoress, in the state drawing-room. Their Royal Higllnzsses the Dukes of York and Sussex had pro. mi-ed to attend, but about one hour before dinner, a note WAS received from his Royal Highness the Duke of York, expressing his regret that his indisposition had been such that his physicians bad forbidden his at tenslance. A few minutes afterwards a note was received from his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, regretting that indisposition prevented him front doing himself the pleasure of at:ending. Amongst the other distinguished visitors were observed— The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis of Lansdown, the Bislibp of London, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Chichester Sir E. Banker , Lord Vatletort, Sir G. Nay ler, Sir A. Corbet and Lady 'CorbtreLady Edgeworth, Count and Countess 'Munster, Lady hlontford, Sir John Doyle, Colonel Tal bot, and a number of she most eminent characters in the fashion able and. mercantile At seven (Abet the dinner party, which consisted of aboUt SOO, sat down in the Egyptian Hall to a grand dinner;where turtle and the mast choice wines abounded. When the usual loyal toasts had been drunk, The Marquis of LA rispowN rose, and in a neat speech, proposed the health of the Lord Mayor, observing, that the splendid manner in which he had that day sustained t!:e accustomed hospitality of that ancient city formed his least claim to the regard of his leaow citizens. The toast was drank with enthusiasm. The Loin MAYOR returned th inks for the honour done him, and said he could not but feel highly grati fied at the manner in which- his health bad been pro posed by the distinguished Statesman who sat beside him, and• highly delighted at the mode in which his fellow citizens had received it. As it was his pleasure, so it would be his duty, to do all in his power to promote the commercial welfare of the City of London, and 'of the remainder of the country, so far as it was connected with it.—(Appiaiise ) His Loananir then proposed the health of the Marquis of Lans. down, whoa abilities as a Statesman were appreciated by the wbolt country, ;•nd by none more than the citizen; of Lowing, who,were always glad to see him amongst them—(Apiolaust.) The toast was drank with three times three. . _ _ The Marquis of LANSDOWN,(lla:able;ech , returned thanks. The LORD Mmton then proposed the health of the Alalquis olSalisbury, which was drank with becoming honours ; and the Noble Marquis returned thanks, end ' ptopcsed the health of the Lady Mayoress, in an elo q.lent speech. The toast was drank with enthusiasm, tnd General Sir Jahn Doyle retutned thanks on behalf ct her Ladyship. The Marquis of Sstramair.preposed as a toast- 6 Prosperity to the City of Londog."„,. 1.or.1) 1 1 / 4 1Aroa kitia‘iised thanks, and observed, in reply to some observation s of theeNadi Marquis, that the prosperity of the City of LmAnn stond on too Metre a foandarien to be checked by *ROI a lorrn as had roceody visited it. The healths of the several -ilstraps, the Ambassadors, and visitors of ran!, the magiordtes or Undo% hs Representatives, the Re • Corder, and Sheeffe. were then &ink. • The Lady Mayoress, and sni er quitted the Egyptian Hall, at about haif-past ten. At a I; , tle teore rteven o'clock the Malt was opened in the la/I'e . . by Lord Ye*tem the Morchieeese.et Seiteberp, the Hon. Rot:ert Gordon, aed he • ' • • • • g at!. . • • ZPOING HUNT. • Sweet sylvan 404! where . CJck4fe resorts; For butter, sausages, sad mai sports ! • - Mr. Burton—Those people who aresin the habit of turning up their noses 'at the Epping Hunt should have been in Epping forest yesterday, and they would soon have let their lofty noses down again. There never were, such glorious doings before—not even at glorious E p. ping; and as for the Melton Hunt, the Surrey Hunt, the Caledonian Hunt,nr any other Hunt, they are no more to be compared with it than Pudding-lane with Regent-street. But I shall endeavour to give you a re gular account of it—as regular as may be expected from a man whose wits are in a whirl with witnessing such glorious sport. You know it was a precious cold morning —chid, dry, and dusty; but nevertheless all the prime spirits of the East were abroad by nine o'clock; all trotting down the road, fair and softly, some on great slapping nine-hand skyscrapers; some on nimble daisy-cutting nags ; some on fine Bowling-railed chargers ; some on ponies not a bit bigger than the learned one at Astley's ; some in prime-job coaches, worth at least two guineas a-day—exclusive of bub and grub for the driver ; some in three bodied nondescripts, 64 which, in pint of con tueenyunce, beat his Majesty's double bodied phaeton all to nothing," as Mr. Grubblethorpe (of Laura Cottage, Mile End New Town) observed :--iorne in gigs, some in cabs, some in drags, some in short stages, some in long stages, and some on no stage at all. All the haul ton of Whitechapel—all the most consi derable- est people round about Hounsditch and the Mi nories—in short, all the belles and beaux within the sound of Bow-bells were there, trotting 4 ently down the road, as aforesaid, smothered in dust, like rabbits in onions, and with a black, bleak north-easter smack in their teeth. 66 All the blue noses are over the border!" sung a wicked wag of a toll-taker at the first gate; and iTeith their noses were very blue—blue as a harebell; and in many instances, hung like the harebell on a dewy morning, with a crystal drop, which ever and anon, as the sun broke fOrtbs glittered in his beams, and had a very pretty effect. And then the costume of the company was as pleasingly diversified as their ca tle and other conveyances—none of your old-world scarlet liveries, like a poise of twopenny postmen, but every Gentleman arrayed after his own particular taste, in blue, brown, or black—in dress coats, long coats, short coats, frock coats, great coats, and no coats drab slacks and slippers ;—in gray-tights, and black-spurred Wellingtons;—in nankeen bomb-balloons ;—iir city white cotton-cord unmentionables, with jockey toppers,, and in Russian-drill down-below:, as a memento of the late Czar. The Ladies , all wore a goose skin under dress, in compliment to the north-easter of the day ; and many of the thinner-clad Gentlemen were no doubt provided with the same sort of thing—indeed somebody said goose-skin and blue-noses were all the go. In this state we reached that far-famed spot, the' brow above Fairrnead-bottom ; and by twelve o'clock there could not be less than three thousand of .the King's most merry lieges then and there assembled. It was a beautiful set-out, Mr. Editor—a "real circumstance ;".-- to see such a multitude of 4 , fair dames in purple and in pall," (never forgetting the goose-skin), teposing•in vehicles of all sons, sizes, and conditions, and trying , to keep themselves warm and cornfigr.able 'with cherry: bounce and biscuits, whilst the sfeen or elght-Ilunke4r,' mounted member's of theliiine were winding in , and !Nit continually "in restleaa ecstasy,"-.-somesimes 'ciiattiog and laughing 'with the fair_ though blue-posed bitcuit crackers.-.sometimes rising in their.stir - rupi to looli - iipt for the long-coming cart of the,stag : and- sometimes:, taking a little cherry bounce themselves—" whilst, with off heel assiduously aside," they " provoked the caper which they seemed to hide ;" and were rewarded wilt it " La, what daring creturs you men are !"Far awayaround the green-sward was covered with ever-moving minis on foot, and the pollard oaks, which skirt. the bo.tomon either side, were filled with men and boys, 1 ,ughing and singing as though there w as no such thing as care in the world. Talk of " distr ess" and " money panics," and " pecuniary crisis," indeed ! nobody, looking upon such a scene, could believe there were any such things in existence. But where the dente is the stag. 'all this while? One' o'clock, and no stag. Toro o'clock, and no stag !--a circumstance easily accounted for by those who are in the secret, and the secret is this. There are btittocks of boiled beef and great fat hams, and beer and brandy in abundance, at the Roebuck public-I,euse, low down in the Forest; and ditto at the Baldtaced Stag,• on the top of the hill; and ditto at the Coach and Horses, at Woodford Wells; and ditto at the Castle, at Woodford ; and ditto at the Eagle, at Snaresbrook ; and if the stag were to be brought out befcre all this beef, bacon, and brandy, were eaten and drank, where Would have been the use of cooking and providing so many good things. SJ they cart the stag from public-house to public-house, and show him at three-pence a head to those Ladies and Gentlemen who never saw such a thing before; and this showing and tatting inducts a consumption of eatables and drinkables—especially as they have a band of music in every house, playing hungry tunes to help the appetite; and when the eatables and drinkable: are pretty well used up, and very a ell paid for, then tl.ey turn out the stag. • _ _ And yesterday, precisely at half past two o'clock,the. stag cart was seen coming over the hill by the• Bald faced Stag, and hundreds urn hundreds of horsemen' and gigmen rushed reliantly forward to Meet ` and escort it to the top of Nirmead-bottom: and presently it was btqught there, amidst such whooping and hal looing as made all the foi est echo again, and would hare done Carl Maria Von Weber's heart good to hear—for the Black Huntsman of Bohemia never kicked up such a devil.of a row in all his practice. And then, when the cart stopped and was turned tail about,. all the horsemen of gallant Cockaigne drew up in long lints , on either side, forming do avenue wide enough for the' stag to run down, but narrow enough for them to get a' cut at him as he passed. And now, for a momeat, all. was deep, silent, breathless anxiety ; and the doors =of the cart were thrown open, and out popped a 'strapping' four-year-old red buck—a fine long legged' fellow, fat, as a porker, with a chaplet of flowers round his neck, a girth of divers coloured ribbons, and a long blue and , pink streamer depending from the summit of his branching horns. He was received, on his alighting, with a shout that seemed to shake Heaven's concave,. and took it very graciou.ly, lo: king round him with great dignity as he stalked slowly and delicately forward down the avenue predared•for him . ; .and occa sionally shrinking from side.to side, as same super valorous cockney nsided Vat' at Mr alp s . ilimpse of theirounas . and the , untsman e wasting tor im at the bottOm of the avenue, • and in an iiiitatilloit ; through . . the itanks,:lcii&king ditrOutand- mailing upon the .Btrifortune Cockneys who crowded, the patb jse ! chtoe to take; and dashing/it once into the cover, he was out of sighaiefore a man could say " jack Robinsonf Their might be seen the gipry of the Cockaigne Hunt —gentlemen running about without their horses, and horses galloping about without their gentlemen; and hati out of, number brushed off their owners! _heads by the rude branches of the trees; and everybody asking whist' Way the stag was gone, and nobody knowing anything about him; and ladies beseeching gentlemen not to be too venturesome; ani gentlemen gasping frr breath at the thoughtt of what they were determined to venture; and myriads of persons on foot running about hither and thither in search of liitle eminences to look out frum ; and yet nothing at all to be seen, though mote than enough to be heard, for every man, and every woman too, made as loud, a noise as they coal. Meanwhile the stag, followed by the keepers and about six couple of hounds, took away through the covers towards Wood ford. Then finding himself too near the haunts of his born enemy, man, he there turned back, sweeping down the bottom for a mile or two, and away up the inclosures towards Chingford. Where he was caught nobody knows, for every budy . returned to town as fast as they could, except those who stopped to finish up the beer, beef; bacon, and brandy,and recount the glorious perils of the day, There was a hunt for you, Mr. Editor I Let Hylton JoUiffe, Esq. and all the country 'squires, hide their diminished heads. Yours, SIMON YOUNGBUCK. GLASGOW, ALtacar 25. Wednesday. in consequence of private btforinatioh, William Yl`Kenzie, Sheriff-Officer, assisted by several Criminal Police Offieers, succeeded in apprehending Ro!sort. Hamilton ' Showed APAllenemq and Ales if' Pine. on suspicion of being the individuals who robbed and eventually shot Benjamin Lamont, a private sol dier, belonging to the 71th Regiment, and who, in consequence of the wounds received, died on the I.sth inst. After being all seve rally examined before the Sheriff, they were committed to gaol. Hamilton is a deserter from the 79th Regiment, isnd the two latter Al`Menemy an M' Phie, were weavers in Park head. They have all been before the Circuit Court, and, from what has transpired, very likely to be so again: About four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, Donald Cameron, travelling merchant, from Fort William, was accosted by three men, on a sequestered part of the road between Erskine ferry and Paisley, who, each presenting pistols, demanded his money, on which he tendered a Guinea Note. No, no, said they, that won't do, you have more ; on which they searched his poekets, and find— ing nothing they felt the linings of his clothes, and • discovering something bulky in the waistband of his trousers, they cut it up, and found SOL in Bank notes, consisting of three 9W . notes and twenty 11. notes of the Bank of Scotland, with which they made off. THE ARMY. Detachments of recruits arrived in town, yesterday, from Brix tol,on route to join their respective Corps and Depots. FROM THE JERSEY CONSTITUTIONEL 07 MARCH 18. th eDepot of the 76th Regiment, composed of four Companies, under the command of a Captain arrived here yesterday morning, from Portsmouth, to relieve that portion of the 64:1 Regiment of Royal Veterans which forms our garrison. Colonel COQLAN embark with this last-mentioned corps in the beginning of nest week, fur Chatham, where it is supposed the Regiment is soon to be disbanded-The Authorities of this country owe to this distin guished Officer the most honourable testimony for the order and discipline whick, hy i bis vigilance, be has maintained in the corps doting its residence amongst , us; we do not know a single case which could be cka as a reproach to the Regiment on the con trary, we are blind strongly to praise its uniform good conduct." 't !4 .: NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Corsair, Prrant, from Si ngapore , has arrived of Penzance. - . . She sailed thsk id of December; and from St. Helena the 4th peFebruary. i llie Company's ship Inglis ' Capt. Scuts; Repulse, Elridgewater ' from China, bad arrived at St. Helena, and sailed .again on the Sd of February, for London., Who James Sibbeld, (OM BombVy; and the Miriner (late Foruaaav), from Batavia, were also it St. Helena, aid would sail shortly for 'Loudon. • The Dart, CLAM( ' from Bristoi.to,Marseilles e , boa put back to discharge,:kaving been on More. The Beip.Casadoies, frpeir Amsterdatit to Corunna and • Liibon, was totally lost on Sunday night, oh Margate Sand. ' I The Suzanne, GUICHOX, from Liverpool for Calais, has been 4riven on the sands off tbit irk& and it is feared will be lost. FALMOUTH, Alsace .26.—Wind ' N.B. strong gales.—Arrived his Majesty's ship SHAMIUXK, from a cruize ; Onyx, Lauarrox, from London for Honduras; and City, Foaaasa, from Limerick for Portsmouth. - ErotismOven, MARCH 27.—Wind B.N.E—Arrived the Fa vourite, WAIRWRII, 'from Oporto. The Woodbridge, DRAM, for Sierra Leone, went out of harbour, and remains at Spithead. ' BlAsscu 27.—The wind- has been fresh throughout the 'day, from E.N.B. to N.B. No arrivids or sailing.. lib Majesty's ship RAssmolis remains. Yasstourn, MARCH 27.—The Sarah, SCATS, from Newcastle to London, struck on the Cotton Sand yesterday, and got off, but sunk before she could be mit on shore. Crew saved. HULL, Maacu 25.—The Brothers, Heworsaow, from this port for London, caught Bre in the cabin this morning, when in the act of getting out of this harbour ; but by timely assistance, and scut lling the vessel, bas not sustained very material injury. - Celt Moacit 2.3.—Sailed the Hope transport, with troops, for Deptford. CUSTOM-HOUSE., Masten 27. _ _ Surn Herta= Irma ans—The Britannia, from Cadiz; Tranby, from St. Petersburgb; Salsas, Park, and Britannia, from Ham burgh; Neutral, from Dram; New Harriett, from Smyrna; Hope, from Hayti; &Mona, from Newry; Fly, from Dublin; Commerce du Havre, from Havre ' • Eliza, from Wind; Daniel, from the South Seas ; Flora, from Rotterdam; Active, from Li verpool; and Meridian, from Lisbon. OUTWA ins—The Sir F. Burton, for Vera Cruz; Cortes, for New Yurk; Demerara and Ada, for Demerara ; and Levant, for Belfast. Letter's from Madrid, dated the lsth.inst. state, that the agent for the British claims on Spain was pursuing his object, in which he was strongly supported by Mr. LAMS, our Ambassador at Madrid ; and an opinion was therefore entertained that the negotiations would be brought to a speedy issue. Whether, 'then the claimi are admitted, the money,is likely to be forthcoming is another affair. Letters lire in 'town dawn to ' the beginning of Dec - . from Valparaiso, and to the beginning of Nev. from Lima.. Chili appears to be its* distracted state, owing to the disagreement of panics connected with the Go, vernment. Callao still held out; but provisions were getting scarce even at L;ma, where flour had risen to 19 dollars a barrel on board. We have so often been told of disease prevailing in she castle, that we feel slow in giving credit to such accounts. RODIL is said to be sick, and an epidemic is also said' to rage among the garriion. if this intelligence be true, they cannot hold out much longer. At the Norfolk Assizes, the Rev. John Owen, s Dis senting M.nister, brought an action against one of his followers, named Bolts, for attributing to him some un seemly attentions to his wife, which, constituting the libel complained of, he published as a hand-bill, entitled " Self Defence." The - Jury found the defendant 'Guilty. Thomas Anderson was indicted for au assault on a young girl named Flower, and acquitted. At the Munster Circuit, a man named Lovett, and his wife, were convicted of the murder of Thomas Create, the Lire husband of the female prisoner, and sentenced to be executed. . ; 1n r~ A - Highlander having been asked by a Scotch yentle man, what did he suppose would make kir quite happy ? after peratebisig his bend for vidnit ante, anrwered," Akira/se e neeeskin . "and a tacil elokidree (a ehureb fulb of enuLand a ***of whiskey). " But," said. the other, " if you jot these, what snore would you wash for r-" Muir inteigh° Mid Mar .lAiakey'•'—Olore snuff said snore whiskey)—replied the Highlander. .:" r ••••••• *.s. . • • 14 r BETTING-Rod*ITATTERSALL'S, MA RCH 27. A great deal of heaitY and important betting took place to-day on the Derby, Riddleswortb, tad Oaks, producing sornv interest ing changes. Pank rose for the- Derby 6S to 1, the Moslem 'r eeding rapidly to 16 to 1, double his former odds, in consequence, as it was rumoured, of haviug.retursied to his stable lame. Mo narch, at one time, was declining a little; but 0 to 2 was afterwards taken, eagerly. Advance rose a little, as did Pluto. Henry, for the Oaks, got up-rapidly, and left calm favourite for the Riddles worth, the Moslem basin/ retrogaded in proportion to his decline for the Derby. The odds left off thus Damn'. . .. . 9 to 2 apt Monarch (taken) 28 to I apt Prernia 6} to 1 apt Panic 26 to 1 agst Norman 16 to 1 apt The Moslem 30 to 1 agit The Baron 17 to 1 agst Advance . 30 to 1 agbt Barosea 20 to 1 apt Sophist 30 to 1 apt Henry . 22 to t apt Pluto 33 to 1 apt Waterman . 25 to 1 agst Twatty 40 to 1 apt Gramarie 25 to 1 apt Rowena 50 to 1 agst Apelles 25 to 1 apt Goddard - 1000 to 15 apt Syntax 28 to 1 apt The General _ 1000 to lr +t Polk° 6 to 1 agst Mignicinette 6e to 1 agst Fiagree' 7 w 1 apt Problem OA IQ apt_ 12 to 1 apt Elizabeth , 14 to 1 apt 80-Peep 18 to 1 apt Paraphile lb 18 to 1 apt Mbril 20 to 1 agst any other. Doxcanata Sr. Leoza. i 7 to 1 apt Bediamita 18 to i agst Barataria 11 to I apt Crusader 30 to 1 agst Calypso 14 to 1 agst Belzoni 55 to• I apt Panto 15 to 1 agst Faulty HUNTING. His Maiesty's Stag Hounds meet on Thursday, at Wouburn Green ' • and on Monday, at Uxbridge, b e i ng t h e f ait w e e k o f hunt ing this season. 8 to 1 apt Henry 91 to 1 apt Rachel The Earl of Derby's Stag Hoands• meet on Thursday, at Lea- The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Westerham ; and at Limpsfield. 's Hounds, Thursday, at Teddedey; and Saturday, Mr. ileyne IlnarcrosL The H. H. Thursday, at New Inn, Lassam ; and Saturday, at Chawton House. The Hambledon Hounds, Wednesday, at Basing Park ; and Friday, at Chattistleid. The East Sussex Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Cailey South Common • Saturday, at East Heathley; and Mooday,.April 3, at the Sheffield Arms. . The Berkeley Hounds, on Saturday, at Thami Park ; and on Tuesday, April 4, at Boxwood, or Velvet Lawn. Monday, Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds met at Monk's Wool, but the sport was very indifferent, the foxes now having little inclina tion so leave the woods. On. Thursday they threw off at Abbott's Ripton, and after running a short time, killed their first fox in the wood. They then tried some other whoa:, and found one near the North Road. Remand made across the road, as if going for Wey. bridge, but took refuge in a drain in Mr. Clarke's shrubbery.— Spades were however procured, and he was unearthed, sod heal a fresh start given, but being headed, was quickly di3patch4 ,- EXTRAORDINARY STAG RUNT. • :,.;•.,. Wednesday, Robin Hood, aftera severe burst of an hour, =Si the harbour of illsorehans, when the huntsman took boo', c with his lumina, and resumed the chase as far as Lancing, where the deer took the sea precisely at Sae o'clock. Many boonda fob► lowed and were near beingd 'owned. The deer continued to sates a ; south till all had lost sight of hint, and concluding he w. 1.. returned home. Mr. Martin fed his borne and took some . reir went at lAnclog, and about three illock be %Served a V 'at, sea put out a boat : this excited his attention ; he solicited a' tßat from-Lieutenant Jones, of the Coast Blockade, who immediately put . off; and they Succeeded io taking the deer, at about two miles distance; and hauled him ashore at tea minutes before four, he hav ing swam two hours and fifty minutes. The sla g on fee ling land bad lest the use of his limbs ; he was carried by men in .their arm sia Lancing, when every attention by rubbing, &c. soon restored Mmation, and in about an hour he began to feed. F' .. . AIiDLRY-END RACE Masco 21. These Races, at tke close of the ,Hunt, drew together a splendid . assemblage of the best Families in Oxfordshire. The ilurfters' Stake of' Fifty Pounds, to carry twelve stone. Gentlemen riders. Colonel Petrr's Mermaid . 6 • 1 4 1 Mr. Suffield's Ajax 1 • • • 4 1 2 Captain Smith's Mercury • . . . 2 it* S Mr. G. 11. Osbaldeston's Mercury . 5 3 4 Captain nausea's Plicebe . . . . 5 5 4 Mr. 1.. Botiverie's Ajax • . - .. • 6 dr. A good race; six to four on ltlermaid after the first beat. The Oxfordshire Stake of Ten Son. each. (Six subscribers). Mr: blelUsh's e. by Heubens . . '. . 1 • Col. Thorn's Julia . Mr. L. Udney's Matlack • . • Even on the winner. •TROTTING MATCH. • • .• Prep Arlen, the fast trotting mare belonging to . Major Thous, of Wycomb, started over two miles of Nerstead Course, OxtoO r . shire, to trot with feather weight 17 mike within an hour, for" SOO sovereigns, on Saturday. The mare is' siting six' years old, ilisl was rode by young Stubbs, of Stoken Church, as follower • ' " b In. Sec. . . Mist. Rte. 4 24 Fifth ditto . , 7 I. r 6 26 Sixth ditto t 7 24 6 2$ Seventh ditto . • 7 ke 6 50 Eighth ditto ' - ' ' 7 12. First two miles . Second ditto . . Third ditto . . Fourth ditto • . _ • . • The last mile was performed in i minutes and 50 seconds, malaise a total of 59 minutes 21 seconds. Friday, the first race for the Union Steeple Chase Cup was run over as beautiful a Course as was ever witnessed, in the neighbour hood of Arcath. The racing exceeded any Steeple Chase ever sui in that part of the Country ; and the fineness of the day, along viltbi the number of respectable people, made it truly. delightful. Ww are happy to hear no serious accident occurred, Ohl* a Iftimber. of falls took place. The first heat, the horses ran the wrong side of the post, and the Stewards decided them all distanced; • Mr. Smith 's b. m. Marie, 6 yrs old - t . ' 0• ft 1 l' Mr. Langan's ch. m. Bossy, 4 yrs old . . 1 It dr Mr. Reynnld's b: m. Comply, 6 yrs old . • f.• •0 3 3 2 Mr. Camble's b. g. Chanter, aged . 0 4 4 dr. The Races of Killarney will take plate lithe ensuing summer— probably In the month of June 'et of• July.• The preli minary preparations are complete. - • •• • • W REIITLINtt ,L; ;••11 Friday, a grand Wrestling Match took place at asellees. between the youths of Cumberland and Westmoreland, fur a silver vase, gold and silver snuff-boxes, Ste., The candidates were Gentlemen of respectability, admirers of their native field-sports. The mode of wrestling was novel. The candidates do not, as is usual, take hold by the collar and elbow, or by the collar alone, but place their arms respectively one over the shoulder, wad the other underneath the arm of each other , and grasp their hands across the loins it What i called a sailor's grip. Tim principoileigennky and anxiety maned to be exerted in making this grip tiMmusikelesly, and on it aptpears chiefly to depend the fate of the wiggler: Another siagultrity at tending this mode of wresdingb is mr extraordinary protrusion of the body, and in some instances so far was carried that the frames of the candidates formed a very obtuse angle With the grnund.— The sports continued, owing to the number of candidates, till twi light.--The contest at the close was confined to Messrs. Dodson and Hall, and so confident, from the masterly manner in which he threw all his former competitors, were the spectatOrs of his (Mr. D.'s-success), that very long odds were offered in his favoor, and in many iiiStabelti taken; the anticipation, however, much to. the dis comfiture orb!. backers, and the surprise of the spectators was nut realized, for after a smart contest Mr. Hall proved the conqueror, and Was declared the winner of the cup. The other prizes were then adjudicated. and the Westmoreland and Cumberland Gentlemen adjourned to finish the evening at the Duncan Coffee-horse, Cbaring-cress. PE DESTRI AN IS M. Saturday evening, for a trilling wager, a young .gentleman of Winchester performed the feat of running Ix miles within an hour. He started at half-past Ave on a quarter of a mile measured ground, on the Airesford road ; be' completed his task in 32 miasma =4 29 seconds. • PIGEON SHOOTING. '• • A match for its sous. aside was shot on Hounslow Heath on Saturday, between seven Gentlemen, picked from . Bieltinghams shire. against seven of Oxfordshite, at 13 birds each. West killed 73—Buskingbam kiged 72. _ . 4 THE RING. : - . • • . Dsaster AAI.IO MIO Dice Ceara--,Barney hawing received the battle money foe his late contest with Dick Ayres, has lost no timi ' in calling upon the' Pet" of the Fancy to make a match with him foi one hundied pound's a-side, and proposed to meet Mm this west for the purpose of settling the preliminaries. . .