The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-09 00:00:00

SPORTING lATELLIGEXCE.

-• • YORK SPRING 'MEETING.
• WEDNESDAY, JUNI 4.
•
..Sweepstakes of rogs. each.. TwO Miles. Four Subsctibers.
Mr. Hutton's Cleveland, by Overton, walked over.
tnURSDAY.
,The Stand Plate for 3yr olds,&e. Four Miles,
Mr. Clifton's josephina' by Sir Peter, s yrs old
Mr; Hutton's Cleveland, 4 yrs old , 2
Mr. Mellish's Flighty, 3 yrs old - 3
Mr. Wentworth's Hyppolitus, 4 yrs old -; 4
Duke of Hamilton'o m. Hasty, S yrs old • - -
Sweepstakes of zogs. each, Colts, &c. Seven Subscribers.
Mr. Clifton's b. c. Vyldene, by Sir Peter
Sir W, Gerard's c. by Alexander , 2
Mr. Walker's Baronet - - 3
Mt. Mel lish's Flighty • - • 4
Lord Fitzw,illiam's b. f. sister to Sir Solomon s
Five to a, and a to a, on Sit W. Gerard's colt. A good
Race.
State of the Cocking after the. Fighting on Thursday ;
Sir F. Boynton, to m. 6 byes Mr. Mellish, 14 m. 8 byes.
York Spring Meeting, 184.
Entering day—Mr, Mellish's Trafalgar, Bst. 71b. against
Mr. Watt's Shuttlecock, Bst: list mile, tongs. h. ft. '

LAST DAY.
Mr. Mel lisp's Trafalgar, gst. 71b. 'agst Sir %V. Cerartl's
Julius Caesar, by Alexander, Sst. last mile and half, songs.

- On Satnrday night between the hours of 9 and 10
o'clock one of the Bath double-bOdied coaches stopt
at. the Castle, in Castle-street, Reading; and while
the
.coachman was gone in. torefesh, himself the
horses set off without him.- Lientenant-Colo_
VELLEY, late of the 'Oxfordshire Militia, was in the
hind 'coach, arid. jumping out came with the back
part,of his head. sq.violently on 'the ground as to OC-
. casiona concussion of the brain;, he has lam insensi-..-
ble ever since, arid, we are sorry to say, there is 'not'
at present the most distant hope of his recovery.
Lieutenant-Colonel VELLEY resides at Bath,-and
:has a wife and five children.- • The horses were
stopt before they get- to the turnpike, without any
injury to the other passengers.. The.: too common
ra&ice of -leaving, the -horses without -some person
standing at their heads 'cannot 'be too :severely ire-
probated; •
• . Irfew days— sinee•Mr.lT.,Lt.oxri; 'Second Lien-
tenant. of itheDrOizcinought Aran of War, lying at
Portsmouth, accompanied some brother -.Officers. to:
Kingstbri, where,.rifter taking a . few
.glagsesbf wine,
Mr. LLoyo Wished his companions to go,with him
to t'e?, church-yard, as ,he had,a' particular desire-to
fix on a spot where heshould like his body to bein-‘:
terred. His wish was,coMplied with, and, after hay-,
ing pointed out a spot •of ground the whole of the
Officers returned on board, soon after which' Mr.
LLOYD was takenill, of 'a pain in his • bowels, •aild
went to bed, having taken, some warm pourishnient.
The next morning he was found dead in his bed,
and the body was interred On Friday, in Kingston
.Cliurch-yard, agreeahly to his wishes when alive.
A shocking accident haPpetied‘ on board the
Dreadnought on the morning.of her entering Ports-
mouth Harbour to be repaired. After, she liad come
to an anchor; the Captain informed the Ship's Corn-
pany that they might all go on shore . after 'get-
ting down the top
_rigging, and safe mooring the
The. Sailors set to work.; but, in lowering
the tOp-gallant-tpast in aburry, some part of the.
tackling gavgway, and precipitated several of them
on-the deck. One poor fellow was dashed to atoms,
and severe others were dreadfully' wounded; one
of whom 'is, since deacle:. A Coroner's inquest•has
sat on the bodies,..anal, of course returned a Herdic
;of Accidental

A. few days ago the body of Rawkley, zone of the
unfortunate fishermen lost On, the 9th of
‘January
last, was cast up at .North Meols, in Lancashire,
,after being nineteen, weeks in the water—but in
such a mutilated state, that no part even of his dress,
could
_be identified bat his boats. •

_ . • On Monday se'nnight Thomas 'Adamson, Otganit
at the Roman Catholic Chapel in Leeds,.was un-
fortunately drowned, whilst bathing ln. theltiver.
Aire, near Hunslet. • • .

On Thursday se'nnight as Mr. Razert Whiteley,
of Halifax,. Hatter, was fishing in the River Calder,
near Brighouse, he fell into the water, and • was
drowned. •

Saturday, at the Marlborough-street Office, Mary
Johnson was charged with -conduainga private dis 7
tillery, in Gloucester-place, New Road. • It 'appear- •
ed that the Officers of Excise repaired to the De-
fendant by information of her• transaaions, On en-
tering the yard, one'of them was seized by a New-
foundland dog, ,'and was much injured by him.—
They searched the house; and' found .a still at work;
sufficient to contain 100- gallons of spirits, and also
700. gallons of molasses wash, besides a quantity of
low wine, and about
,100 gallons of spirits ; the
whole of which: were seized with the still. 'The.'
Defendant • was committed to Tothill-fields
well for six months.

On Saturday morning a fire broke out at a hairy
dresser's in Greyhound - court, Arundel-street,
whiCh, notwithstanding the prompt attendance of
the engines, destroyed that house and' the one, ad-
joining.
A fire lately broke out in the stables belonging to:
the Salutation. Inn at- Perth, which destroyed a
quantity of hay and other property. In one- of the
lofts which had' taken fire, there was two barrels of
gunpowder in, cartridges ; -when Mr. Miller, - then
proprietoriif the buildings, attempting to get into the:.
window to save them, fell from the ladder; and w-45.,-
severely hurt. Mr. R. Fenton, an inhabitant of the
place, then ascended, "and though the floor was in.
flames in several parts, and'the fare had even caught
the hoops of the barrels, lie got 'them safely out.

,
garlY on, Wednesday morning a fire broke out in
the stables of the Star Inn, Crediton; which 'soon
communicated to the dwelling-honsp, and to the.
house adjoining, ragjpg Violently as to threaten
the destruction of a' considerable portion-of the town..
The inhabitants, hOwever; with great exertion, spre-:
vented the further spreading .of the,conflagration ;-
but the stable's and the two homes mentioned were
entirely destroyed. The French Officers on parole:
in, the town
.(of whom there are 150)•wlere wonder-
fully se-live and courageous giving'their assistance
on, this occasion ; and it is but, justice to these GeA,
tlernan to add, that the whole of their. behaviour,
since they have been at:Crediton; has. been such as.
to gidn the general esteem of the inhabitants. The
Are was caused by .a lighted
_Candle carelessly left in
one of the stables, in•which one horse was burnt,
and several others were. with dittculty rescued.—
Melancholy fo add, a-I,vonian was throWn into. hyste,.
tics on the first alarm of fire, and died of tbefright.

JVNP.

The celebration of the Birth of His MA.Tl'3l",r
(who entered into his 68th•year) was,-observed ye. -
terday with the usual Marks •of loyalty, &u. There
was a militaryparade similarto what took' tilaCe
• two last Birth-days. In the afternoon the Magi
trates and principal inhabitants assembled in the Par,
liament-House, to drink the health of the day;
and the evening coEcluded with an Assembl.
The Mail,Coaches with flags flying, mountedwitlf
Guards and,Coachmen hi full uniform, paraded tii
streets of Edinburgh ; and much .to.'thellotiour of
the" General Post-OffiCe,, and to -66 credit 'of Ur:
DRYSPALE,.. the Contra }or for' them, they 'had
an elegant and noble appearance. The 'Letter—
cai-riers in the Post OffiCe_ appeared, for the first.
time, in scarlet uniforms:. • •

. The Commander-in-Chief has' signified his plep.
slue,. that the Inspe6.tions.-usu'ally made in .thip.
month of the Yedmanry and Volunteer Corps ,
North Britain, may be dispensed with.