The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-17 00:00:00

lIIINTINOII OF IfOTYXT rot TIM IVVIIr.

Tha North Somerset Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Egar Hill.
Lord Anson's Hounds, on Friday, ut Orbury ; and on Sa-
turday, at Lindley,
Sir T. Sykes's Pox hounds, on Friday, nt Ganthorp.
Sir John Cope's Fox Hounds, on Thursday, nt the Royal
Oak; and on Saturday, at Shiplake.
The Hampshire Hounds, on Thursday, at notherflela Park ;
and on Saturday, at Condover Church.
The Cleveland Hounds, on Thursday, at Hutton Bank Top.
The Sinnington Hounds, on Thursday, at Court (been.
The York and Ainsty Hounds, on Thursday, at Red House ;
and on Saturday, at Whixby.
Mr. Farquharson's Harriers, on Thursday, at Bradley
Wood ; Friday, at fleece Wood ; and on Saturday, at Bun-
ch&

Mr. Wade's Fox Hounds, on Friday, at Ashbriclge.
Mr. Hill's Hounds, on Thursday, at Kilnwiek.
The Northumberland Fox Hounds, on Friday, at Blagdon.
York. City Harriers, on Friday, at Hall Moor.
The Boroughbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Cundell.

The Quern(lon Ilonnas had some of the severest runs within
the last fortnight that the oldest Sportsman can ever remem.
ben ; particularly Thursday and Friday se'nnight, the former
day from Walton Thorns, and the latter day from Cream
()arse : the horses each day were completely done, and distress
was strongly pictured in every countenance There is scarcely
a stall to be had at Melton, and many of the neighbouring
Villages have the stables full of the finest horses.

A LiatoN TAvEnti.---Yesterday Air. KAYI, the
hospitable Proprietor of this place, gave a dinner
to a select party of his friends, in which even
the luxuries of the table were zurpassed by the
intellectual banquet which the company afforded.
Messrs. MATHEWS, MUNDEN, and C. KEMBLE
were present ; and among the literary charac-
ters were Messrs. CROLY, AttlgoLn, LuNN,
GRAHAM,, OAKLEY, Dr. KITCHIN sat, and other
Gentlemen of well-known talents. Mr.MATHEws
gratified the company with some humorous songs,
us well as with someAmfaticArt anecdotes, which
may be considervil us a foretaste of the pleasure
that the Public nmy expect when he is next "Ar
Home' in the Metropolis. Mr. MUNDEN also
gave some diverting songs, marked with all that
vis comica for which he is distinguished. Sallies
of wit, satire, and humour flew about in all
directions, and the whole may fairly be ranked
US an ATTIC EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT, in
which festivity prevailed till a late hour, and
which, in the well-known words of PoPE, may
aptly be styled

`"The feast of reason, and the flow of soul."

LITERARY BLUNDER.—WiIeR Dr. JOIINSON
was compiling his Dictionary, 'he sent a note to
the Gentleman's Magazine, to inquire the ety-
mology of the word curmudgeon. Having ob-
tained the desired ioformation, he recorded in
his work his obligation to an anonymous writer
" Conmono LON., s. a vicious way of pronouncing
cour mOchant. An unknown Correspondent."—
Am copied the word in his Dictionary in the
following whimsical manner :—" Cuttmuuuros,
from the French crow,' unknown,' and ml•ehant,
4 Correspondent.'"
At the close of a tavern dinner, two of the
company fell down stairs ; the one tumbling
to the first landing-place, the other rolling to the
kottom. Someone remarking that the first seemed
dead drank---“ Yes," observed a wag, " but he
is not so far gone as the gentleman below.