The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-02 00:00:00

SPORTIAG LVTELIDGENCL'.

NORTEIAMPTON RACES, TUESDAY, Ac.:, 2:9,
The Gentlenlan's Purse of .50L foi 3-yr olds.
Mr. Boltbee's b. f. by Sorcerer
Mr. Andrew's b. f. Canadia - -
Sweepstakes of logs. each for all ages. (7 Subscribers.,
Mr. Andrew's b. it. ('horn, 6 Yrs old
Mr. Rush's Kneebuckie - - (broke do- 'nl
WEDNESbAir.—No Race tOr tl'e,:own Pate.
The Poney Race was vton by Mr. Odell'sb. in. At twd' heats,

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A General Couri Martial has been held at
bill, on Lieutenant, LEwts HELIIIOi,D; of the 2ti
Light Infantry battalion of the King's German.
gion, :upon the folloWing charges, viz.

" For abuse of authority and improper interf: rence,%vith
an officer's guard at Lo Sarca in Spain, in cruel! v a:tl repeat,-
edly striking, without provocation, private Abraham, and the
Acting Serje;int, Corporal Hoffirian, of the zd Eight hart:L_
lion of the King's German Legion, both on guard, and three r_
ening to put Eusign•Denake, the Oificer on guard, under In.,
rest. 2d.- For behaviour uubccoming the cnarit:ter of an
Officer and a Gentleman towards Ensign ft, dcrn,M of the isc
Light Battalion of the - King's German Legion, on board a
transport returning front Spaip, and in making use of il;an-
dalous language to the said Ensign fle.le.ruan, without anv
• provocation, repeatedly striking him, and afterwards endea-
vc tiring tb provoke him to fight tduel."

The Court found the Prisoner guilty of the crimes
laid to his charge, and adjudged him to. be cashiered ;
but considered it incumbent on them to recommend
to his Majesty's notice the long services of the
Prisoner, and his apparent distrac=ted state of mind
when he committed the last crime charged against
him; which sentence his Majesty has ►beep pleased
to conhrtn, Whereby Lieutenant Lewis Efehnoid is
adjudged to be cashiered. The Commander in Chief
has therefore directed, that the charges ahove-rnea-7
tinned, together with the sentence of the Court, and
his Majesty's confirmation thereon, shall be read at
the head of every regiment.

As the statue of the Comic Muse, at Covent'
Garden Theatre, however satisfaCtory to connois-
seurs we admire the pure taste of antiquity, is not
understood by the generality of .people in this coun-
try, it is to undergo some alteration, in order to
adapt it more to the' national sentiments. It
therefore been inclosed again. This conformity- to
the public taste is laudable on the part of the Pro-
prietors, and we rely on the judgment of ElAxtqAt,
while he renders his work more popular, to ad-
here still to the chaste simplicity of the antique.
It was with some humour said by a Gentleman,
in answer to the objeetion,that the figure of COMEDY,
at Covent-Garden, was too grave, that it was Sen-
timental Comedic.

The poor Swiss Republic, like that of Holland, is
it seems destined to endure one of BUONAPARTEr:i
upstart race of Kings. The violation of the heredi-
tary feelings of people, in both instances, who have
been devoted to Republican notions must be classed
among the wanton cruelties which have distinguish
ed the character of the CorsiCan Tyrant. The only
consolbtiOn is, that when he drops into the grave, an
event ardently desired by every friend to the human
race, all his- initikiti-s" will sink into their original
obscurity. -Indeed it is very probable that this sense
of the .instability of 'their elevation, would have
tempted some of those minions to decline such ho-
nours, if"they dared oppose the wtlfbf their relent-
less master.

To FARMERS—A traveller, in passing froth London
through Windsor, Reading, Newbury,MarlhOrough,
Caine, and Chippenham, to Bath, . was extremely
surprised to see no corn hooded during thii rainy
season. In Staffordshire, and the surrounding-coun-
ties, when the wheat is cut in shocks or sheaves, they
place them against each Other to season' iitthe field,
in the same manner as is observed in these.parts of
the kingdom; but; in rainy weather, or:iia any hut
the most settled tine. weather, they spread offen two
sheaves of corn, and place them with the ears down-
wards over the heads or tops Of othersheaves, and
by which means these two upper most sheaves be-
come, as it were,
.a thatching or complete shield
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against the weather, to all • the under ones. This
thq call hooding the corn ; and
.a most eicellent
plan it is, and it would be extremely useful and valu-
able to gentlemen farmers during the prc.sent unfor-
tunate wet weather. Lest the two uppermost
. sheaves should be blown off by the wind, they fasten
them together very firmly, by entwining a smalt
handful of the corn of each sheaf with each .other,
and-giving it a.twist, Which the slightest experience
will be sufficient to teach any one who is inclined
to,bJnefit, by the above praaice.
The accident which occurred near Northumber-
land House: on Thursday evening, has not been so
unfortunate .as first represented. The coach and
horses belonged to Mr. Seymour, who made every
inquiry to ameliorate the condition of the sufferer!".
It was found, that the-fruit-woman had her leg bloke,
but is in a fair.w. ay of recovery. The other vvoutni
that was hurt rs able to quit the hospital, and the two
boys have only received slight contusiofis. No per-
son's life was lost, as first imagined. Mr. Jeremiah
Curtis, the brother of SicWilliarn,,was in the coach,
but escaped unhurt. The riopie that
.was killed was
worth 501. and the other is so much injured as to be
rendered useless, The coachman, wbo has driven
for the Proprietor upwards of 17. years, is, a sober
and sedate tuan? and is unable to account for the
fright of the horses, which were ever before gentle
and tradable.
Mrs. Plunket underwent a second examination
on the chafge of forgery yesterday, at Marlborough-
street Police Otce, but? by the order of Mr. Nares,
the Magistrate, the -examination was private.—
Mrs. P. was again liberated, on bail being given for
her appearance at another examination.
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• :Married, on Thursday last, :it Newcastle, Star.
fordshire, ROBERT WI LLIMSISON, Esq. of Liverpool,
to ANNE,. daUgh!er of TRW' NE KINNELM4fSY, E:qq,
of the forrnex- place.