The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-11 00:00:00

DONCASTER

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6 to 1 agst l'anered
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13 to 1 gst :Iliss Fanny
23 to 1 agst Abron
25 to '1 agst Palas Royale

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16 to 1 agst Yantiva c.
17 to 1 apt Agnes c.
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OFLATI. MAT cii.--The following singulanMatches
thirty sovereigns, with 4 extra bet of forty to twenty, that the
performer would complete the whole, was undertaken yester-
day morning by R. 1314;) KENSOP, Esq. a Gentleman of for.
tune. It was to go on foot twenty.two miles in four hot" to
trot a horse saddled fourteen miles within an hour, and to drive
A horse in harness fourteen miles within an hour. The twti
horses to he the bllng.fide property of the rider, win rode:under
twelve stone. The first,Match was from Wren Common to the
northward:of Ingatestone, ENSOXI over five miles of a circle.
The first five miles was dont:tin42 min. 8 jtsc, ; the second in
46 min. 10. sec. t third, .40 MK' • ne• 'fourth, & tnin. 40
sec., and the last two miles in 31 mitt. sec.--'fatal, 3 hours
M4B min. 50 sec. r, I; next became 'an equestrian at
the expiration of the hour, °ripen of.the same ground, crossing
lenkensop
over to,F,lton, a distance or five miles and back. He did the
five miles in 21 inin. le, see. the horse havin broke twice into
a gallop and turned round t the next five miles was performed
in 22 nun. 12 see., another break having been made. The horse
did the reinaimng four Miles_ in 16 min. 12 sec. winning by 20
sec. The driving Illatch took place over seven utiles on the
Ingatestone road, wait was the easiest tjudt.,..The seven miles
was done in 20 tnin. 10 sec., and the remaining seven miles
in 23 min. 40 sec. winning very easy; with three minutes
to spare.
BOAT RACE.—Yesterday a grand rowing match took place
on the Themes.at ‘Vandsworth, for a wherry, given by the
gentlemen of that village, 'The prize was won by a waterman
named Benjamin Merchant, to whom it wits delivered amidst
the acclamations of the spectators, by Mr. A tley, jun., of the
house of Leader, Ailey, and Co., the distillers, who acted
Umpire. The whele.alruir went off with great eclat.

BA LLO ONe---(HOrShatn, Jul, 9.)—About eight
o'clock this evening the inhabitants of this town
were put in a general, state of movement, in con-
sequence of a balloon making its appearance in a
majestic style, which passed near the town. The
writer of this article vas an eye-witness to its de.,
scent, which took place at Chisworth farm, in
the parish of Horsham, at five minutes past eight,
being but two hours and five minutes in travel-
ling from Bampton in Oxfordshire, a distance of
more than eighty miles. A ticket was, attached
to the car with the underwritten statement upon
it. Some of the good people of Ilorsham were
amusing themselves by playing at cricket at the
time. the balloon was first observed, but such
was the novelty of the sight, that bats, halls,
stumps, and even the landlord's booth, were de-
serted to see what had descended, and 100 per-
sons, consisting of men, women, and children, as-
sembled within the space of ten minutes. The
owner of the balloon may rest assured tilat his
property is in good hands, and will be taken
care of ; it is but little damaged. The following
statement was attached to the car :---" This bal-
loon was launched from tiamptunt Oxfordshire,
July 9, at six o'clock in the evening. Be so kind
as to inform Mr. Leforesteir of the above place,
where, and at what time, it descended. Be
to the traveller, tkod keep tier well."

PItIpSOPIIEItiS STOVE.--A hatter from New
York, dated June t, says—" If the long-
sought-for Philo-
sopher's stone, by 'which baser substances could be commuted
into gold, has not yet been found, an invention of still greater
synthesis failed,
foufilehtils,
of American
importance has at length crowned the efforts
chynusts. It has- hing been known that the diamond, the
Medial lot-
purtancemost precious of all substances, is composed of carbon in its
pure state. But althoUgh the powers of chyinical analysis
carbon' into diamonds. If the
have been sufficient by repeated experiments clearly to einn.
.can be relied On, this dal.
to the world, because the p.owl,ellers of
ias
blish this fact, yet the knowledge of it was of no
and no mode had beers devised of imitating nature hythtneitwina:
the constituents of the precious gem.. 40. other words, the phi;
losopher was able to convert diamonds Into carbon, but'
ignorant of the art of converting
dexerpeatrhimmenhtsasorn Pparorftesltzenr Ssillpimplatiedt
.I°urnat V Science contains an article on the Phikmophical In.
strurnent called the DON,
nistnr, Jnvented by Professor flare, of
Philadelphia, by which it appears that charcoal, plutru,
...sir and
anthracite, have been fusel by, the power of that instrument,
into diamotl4ll
an& transmuted , !‘ ?