The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-02-19 00:00:00

WEDSICSDAV-♦ !CL-DAY.

Six Matches, for a lag sum, were run this day betwixt Mr
Dar!ey, producing six (;irN liound3, got by Snowball, out of
Dent, againsi Mr Flint, uve Gr•yhounis, got by Major,
brother to Snowball, and .inn old 1. g, purchased some time
ago by Mr. Percival, got by Snowball, which terminated at
under

Mr. Darley 2
Mr. Flint 2
Undecided 2

After this, a Match for 49 guineas betwixt Mr. lAseelles's
red and white d. O 1 and Major To;.haol'i b:ack dog, Ambrosio,
was run ) It was a very short Conn the hare la2ing killed
iminediaWy by Ambroilw trulecided.
Very hoe running was shewn bv Mr. Darley's arid Mr. Flint's
doge (borrowed or Mr. Percival;, hut it appeared the match
ww, made rice on the part of Mr. Fliw, by the very superior
running of the old dog .got by Snowball), who won his Course
in a very grand style.
Sir M. M Sykes's Foxlvourvis, to a large field of abnve one
hundred horsemen, threw off at Helangkey, and kilted a Lacs'
of Foxes

The Mahon Meeting, on the second day, very
numerously attended. •

STATE OF THE MILITARY FORCE.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, in the
Debate en Friday last, displayed to the House of
Lords the precise stare of our Military Force, as
most accurately taken from the Accounts laid on tae
Table. The analysis of those accounts does inflnite
honour to the talents of His Royal Highness ;
we fear we shall not be able, from memory, to do
justice to his statement.
The Estimate was made for the following numbers:
E-ti•natr Actual Forfar. Defic.
Cavalry 'or thrt7i, Nell Kinga. 16,196
Dote Fweip. . . . . 1.548
101,922 8.632
Ditto lota • • • . 2,880 /11,214 ,b 4
Infantry for the tlifited
. . . . . 115,253
Die'. Eines Grrw. n 'lion 3;102
DOM Qaceles Dtrin . . 442

Total lora:dry for
if lose . . . .
Brit sh isrx•try "Abroad, btat

110,597 74,455 45,157

as in In•lia . . . . 46,952
NAtiv, Tr 0,14, Cry4•n 6,401•
1-,41c Hangers, Ba•%a 1.-x; . 97,11
Gibr.'tar . . 5°3
W.tter•lk%, MA, . . 674
17ha:seUrs Brnan•uquei . 457
. . . . 1.15

- - • • . -•.
Cessiean Rulers . . . 464
Itese 1 i,27

'rota lieflotry for Abroad,
Set not fee India . . 5C,224 54,"93 11,38';
• Inf in 'H&J 17,Vi;)
• eAcuroles Ditto

rtP tirantry fnr India , 17,792 13,522 4.170
Anima Engi neen 1,000
Foe cilps Tirol* . . . . 17,386 15,556 1,830

Total Deficirhey of Troops iltuler
Estin.ate for the of the 1 cAt

8A ,360

I),:eav rear.—On Friday last the Earl Lf
Deasy took the diversion of Stag Hunting. His
Lordship met scvetal other Gentlemen at Beale
I+ll, in K at, at ten o'clock, when he gave orders
for the deer to he turned out. At first he made a
turn over ‘Voldighatn-bills, sunk the hill to Oated,
then made a point to Godstioie, leaving Tilburste-
hill to the right towards Lingfield ; from thence to
Crowhisyst, making a strait point to Etombridge. in
Kent, whence be rude back through the large woods
and enclosures. fraying 0 sited to the left, through
Kooknext pal k and Godstone corner, from thence
to Blechingley. Mu:afield, our Bedhills.cortecr, cross-
ing the Brighton. leaving Cawley to the left. He
was taken in a pound in the Parish of Buckling.
after a chats of three bouts, in which time, it is
supposed theeportsmen ran about fifty miles without
the hounds being stopped. The deer was bred by
his Lordship.
*l':,e new bridge at Wilf;rd. near Chelmsford.
has received so much injury, by the vast swell of
water during the last week, that it is expe9ed the
whole mint be taken down and rebuilt. On Tues-
day morning, at tour o'clock.. just as the mail roach
was passing over the bridge, it gave way, anti the
passengers es-coped only by the velocity with which
, the horses were going. A few minines only, and it
would havejseen impoisible but they must have
falley into a charm, occasioned by the bridge be-
coming finetyant ; the motion was felt, and esa snnn
as they were safe over, tact rguard and passengers
returned, fel fOund' the bri-ze totally impassable,
which they isni but a few seconds before passed
over withosu;it,jity.
On Alpe.day la..t, the body of a man was found
floating 'in the river, at Newton-upon-Ouse.
He appeared to he of a middle age, about five feet
or 9 insises high, weli•snade, hair rather long. He
bad on p darJf colnurecicoat, with yellow buttons,
pocket in the inside; an prole and white striped ken.
*mere waistcoat; light coloured corduroy breeches;
plated knee and shoe buckles ; a fine shirt, dot k co-
loured ribbed wasted stockings. In his pockets were
alma morocco pocket book, a small book, entitled
" Dicier Brorhinfo, or a puss soul ttursti4 qtler
Christ," a small almanack for 1804; a Pe'!" yellow
canvass purse, with two pockets, in which were a
sixpence and a halfpenny ; a pair of spectacles with
one glass, two unall keys tied together ; an old silk
handkerchief marked II; two pocket cotton ditto.
blue and white plaided,
,one marked E; the other
I'. E.—two old white neck ditto, one marked E. the
other Ms. 5. A Coronet's inquest sat on the body
(which was in a very putrid state), but could obtain
no evidence to enaide them to form a judgment
whether his death bad beep occasioned by accident
or otherwise.

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