The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-24 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

Mr. EDITOR,
In your Paper of August 1, I perceive, under the
head of Admiralty Court, the trial of GoonALL
versus Underwriters, that you make ►lr. HuTcn-
INGS appear ag Mare of the Vessel, when, -in lad;
he was only a passenger on board, and had not any
charge until after the death of.the Captain, which
was not, as stated in. your Paper, on the passage to
Baltimore, , but at Baltimore, and w hen nearly the
Vessel was discharged ; he attet•waras got her loaded
with cotton, and brought her safe to Liverpool.

B. K. C.

FOOT RACING.—A grand match for 1000 guineas
will take place on Monday next, betwixt Jones, the
celebrated Lancashire man, and Jonathan Pollard, i he
known runner. The parties are backed by taro Gen-
tlemen amateurs, antithe distance is twenty miles,
which the winner is backed to do in two hours and
ten minutes.

Mr. DoWNF, the pedestrian, finished a task of 70
miles a day, fcr six days, at Dorchester, on Saturday
last, by which he has %VW; 200
SPORTIxG.—The reports from the moors seem to
he, that the game is scarce; particularly in the Eng-
lish moors, .where the practice of burning the heath,
ftir the pui rose of producing fresh vegetation, pre-
vails. To the birds it is'ir Very destructive method.
In the Scotch moors, the game has been much more
plentiful, .particularly is . those parts which are re-
moved-from conveyance-to great towns.—Partridges
are itigencrsl thought to,be scarce, and the breed-
ing season a bad one ; but the extreme lateness of
the harvest must prevent the ascertainment of this
till the corn is more cut, as there may be many
broods. totally unseen .as-yer.

COURSING.—The possessor of the I:irgest and the
finest stud of greyhounds is said nbw t: be Lord
RIVERS, Who bas nearly 25 brace of running cic,gs.
Some -weeks ago; Major TopnAm, the owner of
Snowball, it is said, was down with his Lt,rdshifei in-
specting them, and dec4ared that he thid never seen
finer dogs in his life, nor any more highly bred.—
Lord limns's celesrated dog Ila as arnongst
the ntlmber. Nothing can exceed the Ligt: order in
which they are-hept.

ColuneflovELAcg is reported to have one of the
fleetest greyhounds now in•Engla,,d, and allowed
to 'be so In Norfolk, by Mr. HAMMOND, and others.
She wa,i got by Mr. Mellish, sot 91 old Suowbull,
and is said to be very beautiful, though very small,
which makes her speed the more femal kable.
• The 'Coursing Meetings are now'grown so numer-
ous in rill the open parts of the southern counties,
and the sport is getting. so much it fashion, that ari
amateur of the diversion finds it difficult to get from
one meeting to another in due time.

Cropley and Powell are matched to fight for 100
guineas within a month, half forfeit.
The following match has been made at the last
Stafford. Agricultural Meeting :—Mr. Vyse to sheur
a Herefordshire bull, the property of Mr. Walker, of
Burton, in Worcestershire, against a long horned
bull belonging to Mr. Meek, fix:one hundred gui.
peas each.'

At Marlborough-street a Mr. DICKONS was held
to ithil'on Monday evening, for meeting to fight a
duel with a Mr. CLOVE, in a field near Chalk Farm,
on Monday morning. Mr. D. was secured by two
peace officers, when preparing to fire ; but his anta-
gonist escaped. A. laJy of the name of FULLER,
on whose account the dispute originated, gave notice
of the intentions of the partie6.
Early on Wednesday morning last, WILLIAM
WHEELER, Esq. of Lewes, one of the Coroners, in
a fit 0; insanity, threw himself into the river near
that town, and was unfortunately drowned. His
body was taken out of the water in less than eight
minutes, but every effort to restore life proved inef-
fe6tual. The deceased was a man univefgaliy re-
speaed both in public and private life. Five csoeli.
dates have already started for the situation.

.Tuesday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock,
as two young men were 'crossing the fields going to
Depttord from Peckham Fair, they were
,attaAted
by three men, who attempted to rob them, and
whom they beat off. •
On Tuesday se'nuight, the noted James Mallon,
alias Maguire, alias Wilson, alias 'Dunn, who had
been admitted a pensioner of Greenwich Hospital,
was executed at 'Armagh, in front of the prison there,
for cow stealing, pursuant to his sentence. This. on-
fortunate man became, at the last extremity, peni-
tent, and shewed a sense of religion becoming a
more improved,•Mind : he acknowledged his guilt,
'and that be had been concerned in almost every rob-
bery and bad crime (murder excepted) that, had
been committed, for several yea7-s past, in the
counties of Armagh and Antrim he lamented much
that it was the inconstancy of his wife that first pro-.
duced in him thii.abandonment.

At the late Gloucester Assizes, Messrs. Pitt and
Co. proprietors of the brass-mill on the river Avon,
near Bristol, obtained a verdi6t, with 10,0001. da.
mages, against the Bristol lkck Company, as co:a.
pensation for the loss sustameti by having the whole
of the water drained from their mill by the r:cent
improvements in the port of Bristol.

Tuesday- night, about ten o'clock, a young nrm
about 20 years ot,rge, put an end to his existence
hanging himself in a cellar of 3,1 r. 4zt.i*d, Groctr,
on Liu

SPORTIA'G lATELLIGEACE.

RE.A.DING, ‘L:QUAT Z.

. ~. TUESDAY.
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d.ola c,..iii of 80- (.3,i4inei.s.*V aloe, acid soil in speck.
Mi-. Oeily's C;n'atito • • •r- _ - - /
Mr. CrotE's Bat.chanal-' ' . - ..., , . T.
mr. 1,,,,-,,,li's Nli.,,onainter - - • 3
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Gen. Gt.),Yttr'S ch. h. Centines , - - 4
lidceltun.n was the :avottrite, at about even ; 2 to i against
Gnatho A guo‘l race;-and won by Halt a teligth.
A ie.'. Plate. Two Mile licats.
Sir F..Evel;,n's cu. h. by Gqbanna -
Mr. Cr,ncn's b i. Inconstant -
Mt. 1.14;3un% Knavery •
Gen. (tower's l'entwes - • -
3 to i on the in:la—famously contested heats.

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YORK AUL, UST NILLTYNG, Auc. zr.

MON DA Y.
Match for soolo. il. tt. Tworniles.
s:r C. Ttun.n's Titontasina, Bst. zib.
Fitzwiiitaneb b. tn. Paulina, 2Sst. Sib.
to lon Nultna. Won easy.

The Produce Stakes of toogs h, ft. fur four years old, colts,
list„ 71b. fillies, dst. 4ib. I
Lord Strathmore's br. t. alloo,ed 31ia. , - . i
Sir M. M. h)kes's b. f. Theresa -- - 2
Mt. l'orse's b c. Delusion, allowed 31b. . - 3
Lord kitiwbilain's b. I. Charcoal • - • - 4
Sir L. Turiier's b. c. bramble, allowed 31b. - 5
•
Mu paid toi tot.
7to 4 agbt Theresa—s t, 2 agst Ld Strathmore's filly--3 to I
_ dAst Ociusion. A line race. ,

The Second Year of a Subscription of Twenty-five Guineas
each, 101: 4.1 ages.
The Hamilton's b. c. Petronius. 4 yrs. old - -
Sit l Tit ,4t'S cit. ni. liumasula. 5 rs of . - 2
...unibea, b. t. to:res, 4 yrs ci.!d 3
or ,e. La4ton, 4 YrS old - • 4
Lit liarinibruii's b. U. Al,i,ktuke, 5 yrs old - . s
Fire piaci :or tot.
letromus the favourite, 10 4on the held. —A very fine race.

1 its King's elate of sogga. tur uil ages.
Mr. Shatto's o. c. ‘Vititwortii. }ors old
M(. liervin's c. c. "l Ca/le El/at:it, 4 yrb o d.
• 5 to 2 OIL kVilltWOrtli.-I,lkill easy.

HEREFORD RACES.

• WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16,
The I' Late ul h iy I'oL.c..lb, tor all ages.
r. Terre, g. Suhriu.k"
Mr. Ja)'a r. kJulia.oo.l

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A•syvt:cebt.k:e., 101 11121it.:(*, Sgs. each, eight Subscribers,
w!tii 5-1. 4.,dueu , fot.c; 0 y CztliLik:lllcl,l.-1. WO. Calle heats.
?btt. I.cticWs Of it. kcf6uSOSl - - i I
Ni. firraag'.> g. VVonacr - - .2. Z
Mr. V cvcr' ch.-g. Wavv:ck. - . • 3 3

TALIASDAY.
A Plate of sot. lor 3 and 4 years old.
sr. Day's i. Si►uv,,trup - - ... I I
11,1/. hid,utt a .-:. by A►nbrosia . - 3 2
A S,.cpsl4l..es of rods. each, nine Subscribers.—One sour.
nine near—
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Mr. Goulburn's Komeo .
Lord Grdy's b. rd. Dclinda
Lord OxturU's br. m. Victoria
Mr. bc LlUiUlit.. sb. g. Swan6ca

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The Plate or sot. for all ages.
Mr. Freeman's Duanigo - • 4 4 1 I
Mr. Panitet's All Baba - . 2 i 3 s
Ali 1.5,,04 .ttici Gui/elord Nan .were the-favourites at 6tiat-
jag; and eve.. 6 to t I.v.i bettc4 that I%onaitnito would nut get
a 1164 ; du.; last of %Ouch IN.O run about nuie at ruzAL, steel
quite (wk.
&tweet& the heats, a match for •500. rode by ..-&
owners,
was wu cas;l.l. by Lapta4.ll BlOWiler ot Worcester, beating
Mr. Guulnurn,

At Britford Fair, near Salisbury, On Saturday,
35,000 steep and iambs were Penned, and but few
remained unsold. The prices were full 4S. per head
dearer than last year; ewes fetched from .245. to
des. wet hers 3es. to 465. lambs tea. to 235. The
preference was in favour of South-down stock. .
At Lensdown Fair, on Thursday last, a large quan-
tity of cheese was pitched prices from 565. to 635.
InaeY loads were carried od unsold. Very few good
horses, and even inferior ones sold high. One Gen-
tleman missed his pocket-book, which contained
nearly 9001.
At Worcester Laminas Fair therewas a very large
stipply of cattle and sheep; the former were rather
Upon the decline in price, the-latter maintained the
same prise as at the last fair, and many of both were
driven away for want of purchasers. Good horses
were scarce, and sold, at very high prices. Severity
pockets of hops were weighed; current prices 41.
to 51. tYs. per csvt.
Two fine fields of barley, belonging to Messrs.
Samuel. Wilson and Jiinets Mason, farmers in the
Perish of Cambuslang, were cut down on the 15th
inst. The crop is exceedingly good,
Lord Viscount ANSON continues to :give a- silver
Cup, the %aloe of 20. guinea, to
,the person, who
(being a tenant) shall plough and prepare for sow-
ing the greatest quantity at land upon his farm, not
less than 30 acres, with :'only
.two horses or oxen
abreev, and without the assistance or a diiver, be-
tweea the „present time and this time next year.
Accounts have been received from persons who
have the best tne:ins of making a correct report, that
ee Wiltshire Downs, in the lower part of Somerset,
and in Dorset and Devonshire, there is .a pros Pea of
a plentiful harvest, and that corn in general never
bore a more healt4 appearance, or a,feller ear.
. • Tile shew. of horses at Lincoln, Which was held
the 12th and 14th instant, was
,very numerously at-
teeded, most or the principal dealers and breedere
belonging to the adjoining counties, and London,
being present, and the spew was far superior to what
might have been expeaed on the first meeting.
There was a number of high-priced horses which
sold well, and a good deal of business was done in
the nag. and black-colt line. From the manner in
which this shew has been supported, and the num-
ber of dealers and breeders who have promised their
eerereatiendance, the next August Meetiug, it is
expected, will be very. fully attended.
A correspondent, who. lately made the tour of se-
veral English counties, informs us, that the crops
of corn iu general appear good, and the ears well
filled. In sonic few places blight and mildew have
made their appearance.; but the
_wheat was so far.
advanced to maturity before they came on, that the
produce will be little deteriorated by them. Dry
weather, however, is now much wanted, in order
to harvest the different kinds of grain. Asfull average
crop is expelled, and rather .more in many places.
The turnips are very **unequal. The fly has been
very busy in- certain distrietse
: On Wednesday last, as the. infant daughter of
John Petman, master of an Ordnance Hoy, at
Sheerness, was lying in a cradle near the fire, a spark
from the same Hew into the cradle, and set fire to
the bed clothes, which burnt the child in so shocking
• a manner that its life is despaired of.