The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-01 00:00:00

PIGEON SHOOTING.

The great rigejnlll;tclifoi:sol)sovereigns, between Major
Smith and SIX picked men from Hampshire and 'Wiltshire,
against Colonel Mountain and six chosen men, from Ilertford-
shire and Bedfordshire, was decided yesterday, 3t Iladley Com-
mon, Oxtbrdshire, in shooting of! a tie. The first match at
seven birds, each side bagged 30 on Saturday ; and yesterday,
at three birds each, Hants and Wilts won by killing It), and
their opponents seventeen.

.7%LiTCII OVER THE SIX BRIDGES.
Wantley, the pedestrian, undertook yesterday morning, for
20 sovereigns, to go over the six bridges in ;15 minutes, which
is much less time than it has ever been done in. The task has
been often attempted lately, and Want'ey king a ten miles
an hoar runner, the distance can be ascertained to be about
five miles. Front the Surrey side of Vauxhall Bridge the
pedestrian next crossed Westminster Bridge, up the.steps and
over Waterloo, down Fleet.street, and over Maelariats, down
the Stir ley'Aiiid 'and over Southwark, down Thari't ',and
then over lionthm Bridge. The match was performed in 34
minutes and 211 seconds, but with much difficulty. The steps
up the bridges were the greatest task.

Madame CATALAN] having received very kind
and favourable offers to be in Paris doting the
ensuingfdes, ,he intends to arrive there in the
beginning of April ; but before her departure
she is to give some Concerts 'in London, which
will take place during the month of March next.
A report was very prevalent yesterday at the
West end of the town, that a Noble Peer had
been called out. by a country. Gentleman whom
he had injured in a tender point. The story will
no doubt be eagerly laid hold of by the A.-caulks,
as placing their hero on a level with the Peerage.
—(Nero Times.)
A new hall, or guard-room, has been erected
in front of the House of Lords tier the Peers' servants to wait
in. It occupies the space left by the circle for the Royal en-
trance from the Lords' door. The servants, heretofore, had the
piazza and a lobby only.
The Marquis of AYLESBURY has just returned
from a tour through Italy, and brought with him, besides
much valuable iniOrmation respecting the Opera in general,
the score of the Crusaders in Egypt, an opera by Mayerbach,
now performing at nearly all the Italian theatres. His Lord-
ship has presented this piece to Mr. Elie:l.s, and it is intended
to be produced at the King's Theatre early in the ensuing sea-
son, which will commence in a fortnight or three weeks from
the present time.
The commercial house of TAssts, in Orleans,
well known in the Peninsula by their great speculations in
Spanish wool, have just concluded a contract with FERM-
NAND's Government for the new clothing of the Spanish
troops.—( French Paper.)
The case of MA n v Queen of Scots, •which has
been but imperfectly understood by all, save his-
torians and antiquaries, during the two past cen-
turies, is now cleared from its obscurity and the
trammel's of party and prejudiced writers, by
Dr. CAMPBELL, who was the first that plaCed the
authenticity of Ossian's Poems on ratibtuttgrouirds.
The Doctor asks with Terence—
Consens ne to posse reperire ullam mulieram qute careat culpa?
After giving the Love Letters from the Queen of
ScoTs to BOTHWELL, he adds, the adVocacy of
all the distinguished writers on the subject of the
QUEEN'S guilt or innocence respecting the murder
of her husband, and illustrates the whole collec-
tion by a mass of State Papers, which authenti-
cate and render this Work one of the most in-
teresting volumes that have issued from the
press for several years. Dr. CAmPnimr., we
understand, is employed on a new and enlarged
edition •of ROBERTSON'S History
.of Scotland,
which has long been considered capable of emen-
dations, and, indeed, is a desideratum.
Yesterday an English Gentleman arrived in
town from 13oulogne, bringing with him the keel
of the prawn built exclusively for the accommo-
dation of BUONAPARTE, to accompany the flotilla
on his Bobadilean threat to invade Great Britain.
SUlClDE.—Matilda Jennings, who lately
_fi-
gured away in the boxes and lobbies of the
Opera and Theatre, put a period to her exist-
ence, at a miserable apartment in Duke-street,
Oxford-street, on Sunday, by taking acid of
sugar. The deceased, it seems, was much re-
duced in circumstances; which no doubt led to
the rash act.