The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-13 00:00:00

SPORTING.

STEEPLE CHACE.
The match bet Ween Captain Powis, .Mr. Armsbury, and
Mr. Doubleday, lbr twenty-live sovereigns each, took place
yesterday morning, from Fron►e Hill, Surrey, to the sporting
box of the former at Lower Chigwell. ' The ground is com-
puted at eighteen mil► over a fine open country, but with
some hazardous leaps. The three sportsmen, accompanied by
a numerous field, went off at score, followed by a train of
horsemen. and they separated at Ridge, taking the course of
their guides. Most of the horsemen were left behind, and Mr.
Doubleday's mare fell at a leap. Tito other competitors met
again three miles from home, and the match was won by Capt.
Powis by superior speid, in one hour and thirteen minutes.
'Mr. Doubleday was the favourite at starting, and his friends
attributed losing to his taking the nearest but worst ground.

BOXERS.
.Spring has again challenged Neale to fight him for from two
tofive hundred guineas, half way between London and Bristol ;
but Nixie any' he will not fight. so far from home, and 80 the
tatter at present rests,

The KING has been pleased to patronize some
Concerts, called the British Concerts, at which
English music oitly is to be performed.
Great preparations are making for the departure
of his Excellency Sir. ITENKY WELLESLEY and
Lady, for. Vienna. A very splendid state carriage
is nearly 'finished, painted the Wellesley brown,
and lined with scarlet morocco ; all the orna-
ments are water gilt, and the arms emblazoned
by rich mantles. Superb state harness, richly
chaSed, is nearly finished.
There is a vacancy in the representation of the
County of Dorset, by the death of the late E. B.
PORTMAN, ESC]. The rumour that his son was
to offer himself to succeed him, we have ascer-
tained is without foundation. It is expected
that Mr. BANKES will be returned without oppo-
bition.
The death of Mr. BLAKE makes a vacancy in
the representation of Arundel. An active canvas
was soon-commenced by the partisans of the Blue
interest; their candidate- is a Mr..COPLAND, in
London. No opposition at present appears of
the Whig interest.
There are in the county of Rockingluirm,
ginia, two female children of a most uncommon size. The
eldest 'in March last,' was nine years 'and eight months old,
anti weigbeti 26t1 mends ; the youngest was five years old, and
weighed,l3o pounds; and we have been informed that •their
increase in weight, since that time, has exceeded the increase
heretofore, for the same length of time: What is still 'more
remarkable, their father, M. Jacob 'Wrunkle, is not very
large, and their mother is very small; they hare had several other
children not above the usual size. The eldest daughter is five
teet one inch in height, and the youngest three feet 11 inches.
Woodrtoqc Reread. )
• il*nrKo of the sagacity of the brute cre-
ation wes Strikingly exemplified in the follow-
ing, as communicated to us by a gentleman of
this town :----A few days after the commence-
ment .of the present frost, a pig, which had till
then been- kept a close prisoner to his sty, was
let oat for the purpose of being cleaned and his
bed :replenished. On-opening the sty-door,- he
' anticipated the purpose of his liberation by
running to the stable, from which :he actually
carried, one by one, two-sheaves of straw to his
sty, holding them in his mouth hy the band.
The straw being intended for ~another purpose,
he was not allowed to retain lt,aud it WS carried.
back to the stable; but- Porcus, seizing another,
opportunity, absolutely regained them, to the
amazement of several . persons who were placed
to observe the .extilVardinary instinct of this
Learned Pig.---(Stockport defferti,yer.) _
SIWCKING ACCIbENT.--This morning, soon
after 10 &deck, as a poor. rna,ll was in the act of
repairing the roof of the Salisbury Arms Tavern,
in Durham-street, Adelphi, the ladder on
.Which
he was, standing unfOrtunately tilted up, and
suddenly precipitated him into the middle of the
street, a height of about '4O feet ; in his fall he
carne-in contact with the iron-rails, one of which
was broke short off. On being taken Up, he was
totally insensible ; the body was then put on a
shutter, anti he was conveyed to the.hospital
apparently dead.