The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-08 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1822.
TUESDAY, MAY 7.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20gs each, for three-yr-oil:, and up-
it ards A.F.
Mr. Bouverie's Tressilian, 4 yrs, list. - . - - 1
Ld Grosvenor's Michaelmas, 4 yrs, tat. - 2
Mr. Williams's Blue Ruin, 4 yrs, 7st. 101. . . - 3
Mr. Neale's brother to Antelope, 4 yrs, Bst. - - 4
One pd..... 4 to 1 agst TreSsillian-2 to 1 agst Michaelmas.
D. of Grafton's Reginald, Bst. beat Ld Exeter's Augusta,
.Bst. 21b. A.F. 200 gs, h. ft.-2 to 1 agst Reginald. • !
Fifty Pounds, for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 7fb. fillies, Bst. 411.
R.M.
D. of Grafton's b. f. Varnish • - - - I
Ld Jersey's b. f Emma - - . . 2
Mr. Williamson's . bl. f. Harriet - - - 3
Eleven started—The Judge placed but three.
7to 4 agst Varnish-4 to 1 agst Ilarriet.
Ld G. 11. Cavendish's Godolphin, Bst. 411, rec. 80gs ft. from
3lr. Fox's Selma, list. T.Y.C. 200 gs, h. ft.

•
BOXING.
The match for. 25 guineas a side between Joe Nash tl.e King-
ston baker, and Emmet, was fought on Monday, before a nu-
merous field of fanciers, near Wimbledon. Josh. Hudson and
Ned Turner seconded Nash, and two of Emmet's friends pick-
ed him up. He was the favourite at 6to 4.
A smashing and sanguinary battle, which lasted an hour and
ten minutes, followed. The first part of it was rather in favour
of Nash, who was the heaviest hitter. In the third round, the
muzzle having been taken off, the turn-to was all slaughter_
work, and the claret besprinkled the bystanders like water from
a Tinge. Emmet was floored by a body hit from the rally.
rhe next seven rounds were all give and take, fearless of con.
sequences • and, although many of Enunet's blows told, yet the
heavy right band of Nash did the most mischief.
The 11th was the best round in the fight.—Emmet never re-
covered the hitting placed upon him. Ile was all abroad and
floored, by a heavy hit under the listener, which chanceried the
nob.
The other rounds were manfully contested ; but Nash had
brought down his adversary's weight, and he kept bins groggi-
fied until 35th round, when he was hit out of tune, and Nash
won it.

A second and a merry battle was now fought, by another
Birmingham youth, a pupil of Ned Turner, who beat a
countryman.
A most sanguinary battle ended the diversions of the day,
between Masters. and Glynn navigators. They fought for a
sovereign, and completely hit each other out of time. The
battle was a drawn one, and the stake money was divided.

GEORGE FAULKNER.—When FOOTE was act-
hag in Dublin, he introduced into one of his pieces,
called the Orators, the character of GEORGE
FAULKNER, the celebrated printer, whose man-
ners and dress he so closely imitated, that the
poor fellow could not appear in public, without
meeting with scoffs and jeers from the very boys
-in the streets. Enraged at the ridicule thus
brought upon him, Faulkner one evening treated
to the seat of the gods all the derils of the print-
ing office, for the express purpose of their hissing
and hooting Foote of the stage. Faulkner placed
himself in the pit, to enjoy the actor's degrada-
tion ; but when the objectionable scene came on,
the unfortunate printer was excessively chagrined
to find, that so far from a groan or a hiss being
heard, his gallery friends partook of the comical
laugh. The next morning he arraigned his inky
conclave, inveighed against them for having
neglected his injunctions, and on demanding
some reason for their treachery, was lacerated
ten times deeper by the simplicity of their an-
swer :----" Arrah, master," said the spokesman,
" do we not know you ? Sure 'twas your own 'weet
self that was on the stage, and shower light upon
us, if we go to the playhouse to hiss our worthy
master." Failing in this experiment, FAULKNER
commenced an action against FOOTE, and got a
verdict of damages to the amount of three hun-
dred pounds. This drove FooTE back to Eng-
land, where he resumed his mimicry, and hu-
morously took off the lawyers on his trial, and
the Judges who had condemned him.

FENELON.—A person talking to Fenelon upon
the subject of the criminal laws of France, and
approving of the many executions that had taken
place under them, in opposition to the arguments
of the Archbishop, said, " I maintain that such
persons are unfit to live."—" But, my friend,"
said Fenelon, 46 you do not reflect that they are
still more unfit to die."

NORWICH, MAY B.—The Rev. HEATON
CHAMPION DE CREiPI GNY has been collated by
the Lord Bishop of•NonwicH to the Vicarage of
Neatishead, in this county, vacant by the death
of the Rev. A. BA RWICK.

A post-master on the great north road, who
was in the habit of delivering• the mail bags
to the guard through his chamber window,
was aroused from a heavy slumber a few nights
ago, by the well-known sound of the horn;
when instead of his bags he handed a pair
of leather breeches to the guard, and it being
dark, the latter did not perceive the dif-
ference. Next morning the post-master was
astonished and alarmed on missing his breeches;
but on finding the bags under his pillow, he dis-
covered his mistake, and immediately sent them
off by express to London.

At Lord Poulett's sale, of farming stock, two
years ago, ewes were sold for 31. each. The
same ewes were sold at the last Somerton Fair
for 16s. each, With these undeniable facts
operating against them, it is not to be wondered
at that tenants are every where supplicating
their landlords for an abatement of 50 per cent.
on their rents, and that in many cases they con..
tend, and offer to prove that they can pay no
rent at all.--(Shcrberne Mercury.)

LIVERPOOL, MAT 6.

DUTY ON RUSSIAN HIDES..

Custom House, London, 19th Dec. 18"I.GENTLEMEN—A cause having been recently
determined in the Court of Exchequer in favour
of the Crown, wherPin a quantity of Russia hides
had been entered as tanned or coloured for the
duty of ls. 3d. per lb., and had been seized fot
having been entered under a wrong denomina-
tion, upon the ground that the hides, having
been shaved and perched after they had been
tanned or coloured, they should have been en-
tered as dressed Muscovy or Russia hides, and
were liable as such to a duty of 751. per cent. ad
valorem, by which it is decided that Russia hides,
which have undergone the process of shaving,
after having been ta. Hied or coloured, are liable
to the duty of 571. per cent. ad valorem --we
hereby communicate the same to you for the in-
formation of yourselN,es and the proper officers
at your port, and direct you to govern yourselves.
accordingly.

Treasury Chambers, Dec. 20.
GENTLEMEN--r am commanded by the Lords
Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to au-
thorise you to allow bison or buffalo wool, the
produce of a British Colony, and imported from
such Colony, to be admitted, on payment of,a
duty of fourpence per lb. and to charge a duty of
sixpence per lb. on such wool the produce of and
imported from a foreign country.

s. R. Ltr.silisoToN.

Custom-Ilouse, London, Feb. 22, 1822:
A difference of practice having prevailed at
the outports, in respect to charging the tonnage
duty on packets and passage vessels 'conveying
the horses, carriages, and effects, of trifling value,
of private individuals, in cases where such
horses, carriages, am are not, accompanied by
the proprietors, we acquaint you that the ex-.
emption from tonnage duty, under the authority
of the order of the Lords Commissioners of his,
Majesty's Treasury, dated the 30th September,
1814, and 11th May, 1816, is to be considered
as extending to vessels bringing in and taking
out the carriages, horses, baggage, and articles
of small value, belonging to passengers, whe-
ther such passengers actually embark on board
the same packets, or otherwise, provided that
you shall be satisfied, after strict inquiry and
due proof, that such carriages and horses, and
other articles of small value, are actually private
property, and not intended for sale ; and we
direct you to govern yourselves accordingly.
To the Collectors and Comptrollers of Outports.

DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Mn. EDITOR—As there are many thousands
(I might with safety say millions) of persons
anxious to contribute their mite towards the
relief of the starving peasantry of Ireland, and
towards procuring for them that of which
they are at this moment completely destitute,
namely—seed for the ensuing season—yet do not
like to take that mite to a Banking-house, 1
take the liberty to suggest—that a Charity Ser-
mon may be preached in every Church and Cha-
pel, of every religious denomination, throughout
the United kingdom, on the first Sunday after
you (and the other liberal Editors, if approving
this idea,) give it a place in your and their
Papers. That the amount collected in England
shall instantly be forwarded to any of the highly
respectable Banking-houses of London, who

have so kindly and so promptly come forward in
this glorious cause to receive subscriptions.--
That all sums collected in Scotland shall be
placed in the Bank of Sir WILIiAM FORDti,
Edinburgh ; and that all sums collected in Ireland
shall be placed in the Bank' of Sir ROBERT
SHAW, Bart. Dublin, to be appropriated by the
" Acting Committee for Ireland," consisting of
thirteen Noblemen and Gentlemen, at the head
of which is his MAJESTY'S LORD STEWARD.
With most anxious desire for the speedy me-

lioration of the sufferings of the peasantry of
Ireland, and the tranquillity that will naturally;
and I trust instantly, follow that melioratiori,
conceiving, as I do, its present disturbance to be
much more " A Rebellion of the Stomach,"
than either of the Head or the Heart, I have the
honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient,
144, Jertnyn-street, St. James's HH DOHERTY.
, May G,UG
1822.