The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-02 00:00:00

CRICXET.

On Saturday, a match was played on. Kennington Common,
between the Saturday's Kennington Chib, and the Blackheath
players. In the first innings, the Kennington got 162 runs.
The Blictheitit 'first Innings, O. At the contusion of the
first innings, the match was given up in consequence of the wet
weather. At six o'clock, the whole party sat down to an ex-
cellent dinner, provided by Mr. Briant, of the Horns tavern,
where the evening concluded with conviviality and harmony.
A 3latch was plgiyed last Wednesday, on Woodhouse-Moor,
near Leeds, at wiliCh a dispute arose, which is to be referred
to the Marylebono Club, London, for their decision. The ques-
'non to be asked, is—Whether a bowler may 'deliver his ball
with both feet behind the bowling crease ?
A Match is concluded between Halton and Ashton, for 104)
sovereigns a-side—to run three times round Doncaster race-
ground, on the Ist of October next.
DONCASTER.--On Wednesday last a match at Cricket was
played between eleven married Gentienlert and eleven Bache-
lors, Members of the Club, was won by the latter in
one innings ; Bachelors 162, byes 4 ; Married, let innings, 74,
byes S Second innings; 72 ; total, 14g, byes 5.

ROWING AIATC
Yesterday afternoon the inhabitants of Itankslde gave their
annual gift of a handsome wherry, and minor prizes, which
were rowed for by eight free watermen, who had never won a
boat before, and decided in three heats. The winner received
the prite Wherry ; the scCond man received 41. ; the third 31. ;
and the fourth 21.

The Loan CIiANCELLOft possesses strength
and activity equal to any man of his age. His
Lordship is in his seventy-fourth year. During
his residence at Encom, his seat in Dorsetehire,
his Lordship breakfasts regularly at eight / • and
goes shooting (as soon as the season commences)
at nine—a sport to which his Lordship is very
much attached, and is allowed to be as good a
shot as any Nobleman or Gentleman in the
country. Ills Lordship walks over so " much
ground in the course of the day, WO his game-
keeper is frequently knocked. up.
RoDEnT BLoosirrimb.-A short time after the
Poet emigrated front his native county to Bedfordshire, the late
Mr. WHITIIIIEAD, in whose immediate vicinity the author of
" The Parrner's Boy" resided, invited.hini to his seat at South-
bill; , With considerable reluctance the Pdet acquiesced, and
tßii, on his arrival, that he was to join a select party of gen-
Millen at the_ dinner-table. After the cloth seas removed, the
conversation turned on agricultural subject*, toiWhich the Bard
listened with fixed attention, and when an appeel was made, he
gave his modest opinion. Some time afferWar4the company
dilated 'on the "Peninsitlar war, then in its Xeffitli. BLoom.
FIELD, averse to the "din of arras,!! became more pensive
guished character.
than ordinary, and requested to be allowed to retire, *lnch was
of course acceded to. Ile was frequently visited. aftetieards,
but he could not be Vomited on to desert the rural shades of
his humble retirement. It is almost raiTerfluous to add that
during the life of Mr. WHITBREAD, BLOOMFIELD did not
escape the benevolent eye of that distill
BEN JONsOK THE POET. --As the workmen
the bead down.
were lath week excavating a vault, to receive the remaine of the
Hither illegible. On in-
of the hole
Lady of Sir Ronxicr Wit.sow, to the north aisle of West-
minster Abbey, they discovered at the hcad of it a leaden coffin
gst4oet groundoin NVestmin-
wplaarcaeds,
iinnatlhuiolegraobuoluidt
tpweorifiewlisigliulaarerly.,. Aeitththe
tor:,
was a square atone, about 18 inches wit,l6, on which were the
initials 4 11. J. cut in chamcters
quirY amongst the old Men of the Abbey, they state, that when
poet,
upon intipection,
RES Jowsox was seriously ill, he w" "Iced where he would
Wag entire, and
be Intried ? He said, " If 1 can
ater Abbey, I will be interred there:' I.lnd the Dean of West-
ininster being applied . to, he gave suffieient ground to admit
the corpse in a perpendicular position, as
,t wits foutid. The
skeleton of the deceased
in a singular state of preservation.
Yesterday, the attention 01 a COffsideruble
crowd of persons was attracted, it' consequence of the sue e
ti. tote of 'L p i pn-
sion of a man in a basket, on .le 1 8- - au.la, who was
employed laying some sheet cePll ftl9rn• Intt
}ii, ins petilous
situation, he
erformed
hiztosk ~t the utmost coolness, oc.
casionaley looking around, while using his mallet, and at times
apparently couversiqg with two of his suspended
were
holding the ropes, by which tit.; basket waswithin
the railings.