The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-17 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Ashford races took place on Monday last, and were well s!,
tended. The purse of 50 sous. was won by Mr. Quihampton's
ch. horse, beating four others. The next plate was won by Mr.
Thurston's bay mare, beating three others. There were several
by matches, all of which were well contested.
.51oretonhampstead grand wrestling took place last week, whey.
some very fine double play took place. The match between the
champion, A. Cann, and the celebrated Jordan, on the second by,
was finely contested, and lasted 53 minutes, wherhJeestan resigned
quite exhausted. IVilliam Avery threw A. Cornish, Samuel
Webber threw James Cann, Flower was thrown by J. Stone, W.
I coon by Bolt and Frost by /Hallett ; Avery was thrown by the
Champion, after a severe struggle. There was a great deals/
good play, which terminated In the tint prize being awarded to the
Champion, the second to Webber.
CitiCgET.—On Wednesday se'nnight a match was played be.
tween the Lincoln Cricket Club atid.the Old Club, which was awa
by the former by 45 runs. ' 's
On Monday a grand match will played at the Irellingter,
Cricket-ground, Chelsea, for 100 sow. between the Wcsminster
Plain Club and the Chelsea Wellington Club.
A match was played on Monday last and two following days.
between the Burtgad Nottingham Gobs, Rsagbaill-Ruk•
folios* :
Bury, Ist innings, 79 - second ditto 138—to:al . If 4
Nottingham . . 53 . . 78--total . 131
Majority for Bury 33 runs.
A cover of partridges, about 20 In nuntlatt hlighted on Thu!s-
day on the beach between Deal and Wahlitr. and were so et-
hausted on landing as to be unable to fly, and some of them coshi
searctly move ; several fell an easy prey to the passers-by, Ed
others less exhausted, affiwded no small tlleersion to their purses
before they were taken. They are supperetal to have fled Vow the
opposite coast.

• Stitcinr.—Conneeted with the Eerl of Carlisle's drat,
a melancholy circumstance occurred in York, last week.
Miss Monkton, an elderly maiden, who keep a poulterers
shop in Peter's-lane, was in the habit of supplying to
Lordship's larder, and those of many other great personages,
when in that City, with poultry. She had, for the present
occasion, laid inand bespoke a large stock of fowls—duck!•
gbese, pigeons, &e. when she suddenly heard of her pateor 5
demise, and immediately conceived that herself and tltt
Festival were irretrievably ruined. Not that even if the
latter were injured by Lord Carlisle's demise, she sheid
have been plunged in the abyss of poverty—for she was
passing rich—but she calculated with a gloomy iroagi"3'
tion, that she might probably not make some twenty
pounds profit, which she had anticipated,
than endure the horrors of such a calamity, death had
charms. She accordingly took a strong dose of poison,
and died. An inquest was afterwards held on the body,
and in parts of the City the catastrophe was well known,
but the York papers carefully suppressed all mention of it,
lest so tragical an occurrence might shade, in any respelg,
the brilliancy of the public enjoyment. She left behind
her a considerable sum to be shared among her relations,
to which, in all probability, will be added the kkiniegt
profits whose ideal loss threw the ancient maiden into
despair. and rather
Professor Harding, of Gottingen, on the 43d ult., dig'
.covered a new Comet in Orion, rithout a tail, which
travels rapidly to the south.