The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-12 00:00:00

SINGLE STICK.

The grand match of Single Stick,- Somerset against
all England, for 3o guineas, took place at Frome,
on Monday and Tuesday last, and afforded much
excellent sport ; if was truly a feast for the amateurs •
of this manly exercise. The principal objea of this
MA tCh was to afford the Somerset and Wiltshire
gamesters an opportunity of displaying their prowess.
The Wiltshire men, after losing six heads, declined
for the first day all farther contest ; and the Somer-
set men of course secured that day's priZe, bdt not
without tirst exciting the admiration of the specta-
tors, by the excellent sport among themselves that
they displayed. The second day a very strong party
from Wiltshire attended, and both parties (though
in the most friendly manner) seemed determined to
uphold the lame their counties have so long enjoyed.
The Somerset men, who on this day met the Wilt-
shire without padding, had six tyes of two heads
each, before their opponents could claim one; at
length, however, the Wiltshire obtained two tyes,
but the odds being so great in favour of the Somer-
set, those-gamesters in the most handsome manner,
offered &its and Maslen (the two Wiltshire tyes)
their portion of the prize, which they cheerfully
accepted, and both parties spent the remainder of the
day together with good will and harmony.

It seems the vaults under St. George's church,
Dublin, are to be occupied by wine: • what an un-
usual circumstance for the Clergy, who in this in-
strznce only will be forced to preach over it!
We have from Kelso the following particulars of
a dreadful tire in that neighbourhood :
" On Tuesday evening last, about six o'clock, a
dreadful fire broke out at the farm of Caverton Mill,
in the neighbourhood of Kelso, possessed by Messrs.
D. and A. M'DouGAL. A servant first gave the
alarm that the dwelling-house was on fire, when
Mr. A. M`DOUGAL immediately ran out, and found
the roof of the house already in a blaze. The wind
blew at the time with excessive violence, so that
every attempt to mitigate the rege of the flames, or
stop their progress, was vain. The dwelling-house
was quickly consumed, together with nearly the
whole of the furniture. The fire then communi-
cated to the stables, barns, &c. and all but one sta-
ble were burnt to the ground. Two horses, unable
to be got out, perished in the flames ; the rest were
saved. The fire next reached the barn-yard, in
which were 53 stacks of corn and bay, 14 of which
were consumed : the prudent precautions and a&ive
exertions'of the people, who flocked from all quar-
ters to tender their assistance, preserved the re-
mainder: These, with the horses and cattle, (me
stable, and a few implements of husbandry, are all
that now retrain. The household furniture and
farm stock are insured in the Sun Fire-Office. The
fire was accidental."

Among the vast national improvements at the,
eastern part of the Metropolis, Shadwell Market is,
now rebuilding upon an extensive scale, and, being
near the shipping, and in the midst of a great papa.,
lation, will open with every prospect of success.—
For this month past several workmen have been em-
ployed to dig a well, to fix a cast-iron pump in the
centre of the market; and, what is very extraor-
dinary, although the neighbourhood of Shadwell
abounds with springs, the well-diggers have been
obliged to dig upwards of 75 feet before they found
water, which has now risen 70 feet, i. e. within five
feet of the surface.

Died, at Touderghie, in the County of Wigton,
in Scotland, on Monday, the 31st of Odober last,
HUGH STEWART, of Touderghie, Esq.—lt is
quested that his relations and friends will accept of
this intimation of his death.

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