The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-27 00:00:00

AN IRISH HURLING mATcra.

On Kennington Corptnon there %vas played on'
Monday' evening, a grand Hurling Match. The
Match wits instituted by some Irish Gentlemen,
in honour of their Illustrious Conatrynian, the
Duke of. WELLINGTON, supported by many re-
spectable. Publicaus Of. the two opposite parties,
which were thOse of St. Giles's against Wapping,'
for a bet of 200 gnineas; and v.dlo, to use, their
own words, were des•irous " to encourage, to re-
ward, and to honour bravery and hardihoOd, from
whatever part of Ireland they might co:ne." .lAt
Rbotit three o'clock the people began to, ariive to
all directions, and before six o'clock; the-hon-r sip-•
pointed for-beginning, there,were at le,(st 20,000
persons assembled.
The St..• Giles men- were distinguished by red
caps and Bashes, and the tVapping party by green
caps and sashes. The Gentlemen who acted as
umpires wore beautiful green silk caps, lined with
white satin, trimmed with geld lace, and gold tas.,
sels, .1.): W. iii large gold letters in front, for the
Duke of Wm..ntNe-roN, and 'on each sole,
,gold
letters " Irish Hurlers." The Gentlemen who had
the management had
,hurles mounted with silver.
At six: o'clock precisely, the wickets being pre-
viously put up, the Hurlers, IS on a side, march-
ed; two and two; from th'e hotyling=green into the
COmmoin; each took their stand,; Gentlemen On
horseback gallopped round to clear the ground ;
they 'tossed imp for the choice of ground, Avhich
was won by the Wapping men the ball was
thrown up and the -play commenced, and finer
sport' or better pay we never, witness;.-211;'
Giles's then played 'Well; they were all strong,
active, and brave—but on this occasion the
ground and the sun, was against them,. The dex,:
teriiy ill striking the ball, without taking it in'
their hantk, was much admired by. the English.
It' getting late, and no likelihood to play out the
game, the umpires judged it prudent to sake up
time ball. The game was considered. as a tlraWn
one, .and the honour was equally divided bet Ween
the combatants'. A similar match is-to be played
on Monday the Sth of August, but the spot is not
agreed on., •

BOXIN.7I.—A severe pitched !mule,' for 20 gul-
neas a-side, was fought on Monday, at Ridge
Common, Oxiordshire, between ,T3enjamiii Fcri-es-
tcr, a,farrner, and Sconueb a butcher,—
The combatants were cousins, hoth .said to be af-
fectionateiv'attached to a yonnc—. widow in the
village, and it was this which led ;o the first.dis7
ptite._ They
.were athletic young men of thirteen
stone. Tbe,batile was maintained with the most
deterMitted 'resolution. one hour and a quarter,
when Porres-ter gave in., Both were blind after
.half•au . hoar's_ fighting, and above one .hundred
heavy hits were exchanged:
SuiciDE.H.Marg.ard Seceie, under nursery-
maid in the family 'of Lord La DEGPENCEP,
drowned herself- in the cistern on Sunday morn-
int*. .On the Coroner's Inquest, it MIS adduced
in evidence, ,thttt the:dttceased had been- rebuked
by an upper servant, for some. negli;2,-ence, and
threatened to be discharged., it was proved also,
that her conduct • had of late . appeared strange;
and her inconsistencies led some to. suppose she
teas insane, and a verdict ,of insanily was deli-
vered. . •

The Vice-Chancellor and Mayor of Oxford halv=e
published an addret-,s, •requesting the inhabitants
of tbat,city to abstain from' giving alms to street
beggars, an office having been esta:Asf!ed t:t tlit:
Town Hall for investigating the cases or persons
asking alms, and affording relief to such as really
require it ; those who are found to be beggars by
pro`fession-are taken into custody, and dealt with
according tolo.v. This is a most laudable mea=
sure, and if generally followed, could not fail of
clearing the kingdom of those swarms Of street-
beggars which are every where to
,he met with,
and, who, perhaps, in nine cases out of ten, are
entitled to no relief.

List week, two men in a one-bors6 gig,. put
up at Mr. LontY.,hton's; inn-keeper, EpWorth', in
the county' of j,incoln, aild stopped all night ;
theit:
.expences the next morning amounted to
ten shillings, when they . offered Mt. I.Ough-
ton a
.five pound note, drAwn on the ll'affiCS of
Thos. Pakcey, Downing, and Co. of the, Worthing
Bank, in Sussex, payable to Messm Jones, and Co.
hankers, in London. On. Mr. L. refusing to take it,
they told 'him they could not give him any think
else, in consequence he changed it, tlncl on its
being sent London it proved. a fok;gerv; there
being no bank of that description at Il'orthing,
or !Inv of thenames of Jones and Co.•, bankers, iu
LoildCm ; it is supposed these .sWindie!s arc tra-
velling through this and. the neighbouring
counties, for the same fradulent purpose, it
will be well for the inn-keepers in particUlar to
be cautious of those worse-than highwaymtn. •

LAW INTELLIGENCE:

tOUV.LT OF CHANCERY, •L; LA 26

Tlfl ;,O:TORNEY--OENERAL FOR "IfiE DUKE. OF CORN-

WALL, V, STEVENS, PA E:SONSy AND 9THEIti•

Sir A. PfGOTT, Sir S. IttIMILLV.; and Mr.
•
moved for an injunction iii. this eAe, to restrain
cert:4o-persons.from digging„and expmaing stones-
from the manor of Kingston Down, in the Duchy,
for the purpOse of building the Strand Bridge, un-
less they paid a certain rate for the same. It was
alleged, that the right of digging without sue!,
paym►ment was confined to stones for the private
use of the tenants of the manor. The Lord Chmt-
tenor granted the Injnotti6n, subject to an argu-
ment on the law of the case.