The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-23 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EPSOM RACES.
, FIRST DAY, WEDNESDAY, SLAY 22.
The Downs this day were not so numerously attended as we.l
have hitherto seen them ; but the sports were very good, the
particulars of which will be accurately found below, as taken
from the Judge's List.
The Craven Stakes of lOgs each. The last mile and a quarter.
Mr. J. Walker's b. h. Langtonian, 5 yrs old - - 1
Mr. It. Walker's .T. c. Legal Tender, 4 yrs old - 2
Mr. Fielde's b. c. by Crispin, 3 yrs old - - 3
Mr. Sadler's b. f. Pasterella, 4 yrs old - - 4
Won by a length.
The Woodcot Stakes of 30gs each, h. ft. for two-yr-old colts,
Bst. 61b. and fillies, Bst. 31b. The last half mile.
Mr. T. Sadler's b. e. brother to Pastorella - - 1

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Mr. Rogers's br. f. by Selim . - - - - 2
Colonel Synge's f. by Whalebone - - 3
Mr. Curties's b. f. Mum, by Phantom , - 4
Mr. C. Day's ch. c. Ontario, by Soothsayer - - 5

-sto 2 agst the Whiner.—A good race.
The Gold Cup, value 100 gs, the remainder in specie, by a
subscription of lOgs each, with 20gs added by the Race Fund.
Two miles.
Sir H. Lippincott named Norna, 4 yrs old - 1
Mr. Fraser's Champignon, 6 yrs old - - 2
Mr. Whiteside's ch. h.ouverman, aged - 3
A race cleverly won 1.33; Norna.

Mr. Farrall receives-forfeit from Mi. R. Walker.

In the course of the day, an unfortunate accident occurred, by
a horse taking fright and running away with a gig, in which a
Lady was seated. Attempting furiously to leap the wooden paling
enclosing the race couse, the animal smashed the two shafts of
the vehicle, which was overturned on the lady, who had been
thrown from it, and who was seriously hurt. With the excep-
tion of this untoward occurrence, and one or two unskilful
horsemen suddenly finding themselves " on the turf," we heard
of no accident up to the period of quitting the course.

BOXING.
The matches between young Brown and Bunn, the Bow
youth • and Neale, the Streatham youth, and -Deaf Davis,
came Off on Tuesday, in Essex, opposite Woolwich.
Neale and Davis fought 46 gallantly contested rounds, when
Neale won it, weighing more than a stone and a half heavier
than his antagonist. Betting was 7to 4
on Davis, whose out
and out ruffianing game was put on one side by the superior
hitting of Neale with his length.
Brown' and Bunn made a'good manly fight ; Brown won it
again in more than an hour—seconded by Spring and Shelton.
A. third, but uninteresting battle was won by the Young
Gas and Burke, of Woolwich, or rather it was brought to a
wrangle.

DRURY•LANE.--AS Mr. KEAN IS so promi-
nent in the public eye, his appearance in a new
character naturally calls for public attention. He
last night, for the second time, performed the
part of Cardinal Wolsey. It is but justice to him
to say, that, as far as judgment is concerned,
he supported the part with exact propriety, hut
it is not of a nature to draw forth his peculiar
qualities. He fully conceived the part, .and re-
presented it with feeling and temperate discre-
tion ; but as from him strong touches of passion
and sudden transitions are expected, mere criti-
cal propriety was not calculated to make a strong
impression on the audience. Besides, there seems
to be wanting a partly dignity of form in the proud
ambitious churchman, and Mr. KEAN'S person is
by no means fitted to excite such an idea.—We
may therefore say in the words of JOHNSON, As
to his performance, that

" Cold approbation gave the ling'ring bays,
" For those who could not censure scarce could praise."
POPE, who was always admired for his perform-
ance of Barry the Eighth, gave the character
last night not only with admirable precision, in
the personal appearance and costume, but with
the same appropriate spirit and boisterous humour
which marked his original assumption of the
character.

Mr. Kent, who it is said intends walking from Dover to
Calais, appeared on the River Tyne on Thursday last, with his
Marine Velocipede. It being the day that the River Jury sur-
vey the boundaries of the Corporation's jurisdiction, above and
below bridge, a great many people were drawn together. As
a matter of ingenuity, Mr. Kent's invention may be worthy of
notice ; but certainly, for any general practical purpose, the
apparatus, to occasion the buoyancy, appears to be too bulky
and unwieldy to recommend it to Mariners. In rough waters
we should suspect it to be altogether useless.