The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-07 00:00:00

TROTTING.

Matchem and Diadem trotted their match, which should do
most in two hours over three miles of road and turf, adjoining
the Royston inclosures, on Wednesday morning, for a stake of
400 sot., and it was one as follows, betting being 5t04 on
Diadem, a report having gone forth that the new favourite was
amiss :

MATCUEM. M. S.
Ist three tniks - 12 6
2d ditto - - 12 14
3d ditto . 'l2 20
4th ditto - . 13 4

DIADEM. M. S.
Ist three miles - 12 4
2d ditto - . 12 18
3d ditto - 12 31
4th ditto - . 14 0

49 431
Diadem broke into a gallop in tl
way behind, and the race was gi.
of the name of Wilkie, was mal
to run the same three miles in li
pointment of the cognoscenti pr

50 53
he thirteenth mile, when a long
yen up. A Somersetshire man,
Ltehed on the ground for 20 soy.
.6 minutes, and, to the disap-
resent, he won it easy.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE ENSUING WEER.

The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Worms Heath ;
Thursday, at Pratte Bottom ; Saturday, at Locks Bottom.
The Sanderstsad Harriers, on Monday, Wednesday, and Sa-
turday, at the Kennel.
The Somerset Subscription Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at
Bancombe Bottom ; Friday, at Bagborough House.
The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at Newmarket Hill ;
Wednesday, at Lewes Race Course ; Friday, at Tellescombe
Tye.
CHELTENHAM, OCT. 5.--=Colonel Berkeley's Fox Hounds
have been cub hunting the whole of the last month in the sur-
rounding country ; the foxes are plentiful in all the covers.—
The Subscription Pack of Harriers has already taken the field,
and some excellent sport has been afforded even at this early
period of the season. Nearly 400/. a-year has been subscribed
for the support of this establishment. The Hounds are still
under the excellent management of Dr. Townsend, of Cleves.

EGYPTIAN RAT.—The RIVER RAT, found near
the Nile, and named by the learned Egyptians
the Ichneumon, though small, is an animal of an
exteeding bold and fierce nature, and has al-
ways been remarked to have a strong antipathy
to crocodiles. With the assistance of a bird
about the size of a common quail, called To.
chileus, who is said to feed by picking something
from the teeth of the Crocodile, while he sleeps
with his mouth open, the Ichneumon often de-
stroys these his mortal enemies, by slily and
with amazing swiftness passing down their throats,
and with its sharp long teeth gnawing forcibly a
passage through the belly, thence escaping with
the triumph of a sure destruction of his victim.
This antipathy was curiously exemplified, a few
days since, in the Menagerie at the Tower, The
Ichneumon, brought by Major DeszitAm, from the
neighbourhood of the Sharp River, in central
Africa, on two small A ligators being placed in
the room where it was kept, broke through the
cage and killed one of them, the largest, with
surprising rapidity, and it was with great diffi-
culty the remaining one was removed in time to
preserve it from the fury of its diminutive foe.

We are sorry to state, that on Tuesday last an
explosion took place in the workings in Heb-
burn Colliery, Durham, by which sad accident
three poor men and a boy lost their lives.
A fine brass coin of CoziMonus (assassinated
A. D. 192) was on Wednesday last found
in sinking a drain, behind the premises oc-
cupied by Mr. BAGNALL, surgeon, in Foregate-
street. It is about the size of an Irish penny,
but rather thicker. On the obverse is a well-
executed head of that miserable ruler ; on the
reverse a figure of Plenty, holding an erect cor-
nucopite in the left hand. It is in good preser-
vation, and in the possession of Mr. Kearsley, of
the Nag's Head Inn. Yesterday, in nearly the
same.situation, was found a copper coin of Con-
stantine, the head in tolerable preservation.—
(Chester Chronicle.)
The Malaga fruit has been nearly destroyed
this season by the weather, and the crop is very deficient in
consequence.
in Constantinople beef is at 11d. a pound;
mutton, lid. ; butter, sid.; cheese, I id. ; eggs, 2d. per dozen;
bread,
lad. to 3d. per bottle ; and other
articles
ds,tatue of Hebe, by CANOVA,
2i
nd .
proportion. perl bra ;
te wine,
The celebrated
b
will be sold by auction at Vienna on the 21st of December
next.
The paragraph copied from the Southampton
Herald, mentioning the departure of General MINA and
family for Jersey, is incorrect. It was General 1111Laxs who
embarked.
Mrs. SALMON having lost her voice (it is hoped
not permanently), has broken up her establish-
ment in London, and taken her departure for
Italy.
There are at
the thiso
ages
sne
of
9 living9l,
and
i n
7 o: Chichesterand
of
three barbers,
the widow of another who is 97.