The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-11 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HUNTING.
3IEETTNOS or HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEER.
The Earl of Derby's Stag Hounds, on Friday, at Walton
'oath.. •
The Hatfield Hounds, on Saturday, at Kimpton 31W.

BRIGHTON; Drc. 9.—A brilliant field, including upwards
of eighty fashionable , sportsmen, attended our Subscription
Pack of Harriers yesterday, which threw off, as usual, on the
Monday, at Patchani, at half-past ten in the morning. Needy
three tedious hours were passed before a hare could be started,
but which, at length, was effected near Stanmer. Puss was
sturdy and fleet; slit flew over Hollinghury-bill to Withdean,
and thence skinithed the surface of the Henfield:.road to
Streeter's,mill, and measured Coldstone-t•)ttom to Blatchin*
ton and Aneldtati,, the dogs often running
.with their object in
view. After a' bupt of about eight miles, in twenty-eight
minutes, the pack` rukinto her; in the centre of a deep pond,
near the latter place.
. . .
Tilt IRAND ST IMPLE CHASE.
The Steeple Chase between Mr: Ilanson's Rambler, Capt.
Salter's Ellen, and Mr. Hudson's Pedigree, made after the
Hunters' Sweepstuko at Bagshot-heath on
„Tuesday,. for 45 sow.
took place yesterday, from the Brixton-mill, where the race
was run to Maidenhead thicket. The hunters in the former
race stood thus :
Rambler 4
Ellen .
Pedigree 6 2 ' •
The distance of this race is about ten miles, and Itchm money
was pending upon it. The view across the heath, over the en.
' Canipment ground, on Windsor Forest, was grand, from- the
number of horsemen on full stretch. At Winktield the com.
Petitors were lost in the narrow defiles, where they all separated,
and encountered some daring leaps in a straight direction.
Mr. Hanson got too much to the right, and was thrown out.
Mr. Hudson entered the thicket in the south-west corner, fol.-
lowed closAy by Captain Salter. The race was to a selected
half mile on the llath-road, crossing the thicket, and Pedigree
won it by three minutest, followed. by Captain Salter. The
ground was done in forty-two minutes. •

TROTTING OVER SUNBURY COMMON.
A bay horse, the property of a Oentleman in the Borough,
was started yesterday for 200 sovereigns, to trot in harness
twelve miles'in fifty-nine minutes. The match was won cle-
verly by a minute and a half within time.
The American roan started on the same ground to do one
mile in three minutes and six seconds, upon the trot, for fitly
sovereigns. The match was won with two seconds to spare.

..ADP llama, STANnoee.---Captains IRBY
and Maxtats, in their recent publication, make the following
mention of this eccentric Lady :—" As we were entrusted with
.a letter from Mr. Salt, a packet of English letters from Acre,
and a hook from Jan, we deemed it our duty to wait on her, and
therefore. set out for her usual residence, an old deserted con-
vent in the mountain‘ about one hour and a half distance from
Saida, called Mar Elias Alza ; but her Ladyship had re-
moved, on account of the heat, tot a more elevated spot on the
J
mountains, called Castle eba ; we therefore forwarded the let-
ters, &c. together with a note requesting her Ladyship's permis-
stun to wait on her. The following morning we received a letter,
saying; that she had made her mind up not to receive any more
hlnglishmen, with the exception of ()diem of the army and
navy, 4 nil fine fellows,' as site was pleaSed to express herself.
She is always dressed in the Turkish costume as a man ; her
generosity we heard spoken of in all directions."
Early on Tuesday morning considerable alarm
was excited in the village of the Water of Leith, in conse-
quence of the late heavy rains. Through the neglect of the
man, whose duty it was to let down a sluice and to pre-
vent the stoppago of the grating of the water-course, or
mill-lead, which passes under the road, it overflowed, and
suddenly inundated the houses on the lower side of the
lane, in most of which the water was about three feet deep.
Providentially no lives were lost, although in ,sorne instances
cradles containing sleeping infants were afloat. The inha.
bitants, thus untimely awakened by so unexpected a visit-
ation, rushed from their, dwellings half naked ; and, owing
to the construction of these houses, there being a descent of two
or three steps into them, it WAS necessary to make apertures in
their back walls to let out the water, which has done consider-
able damage. The Corporation of Bakers of Edinburgh, who
are the joroprietors of the mills and granaries, have distributed
a cart of colds to each house to dry them.—(Edinbargit Courant,
Dec. . - =
Last night the house of Mr. Broadbridge,
Stoke Newington, was attempted to be broken
into, but the robbers were disturbed by a dog,
which had but that evening been left there,
They had entered by cutting a pane of glass and
unfastening the window.

MELANCHOLY "ACCIDENT.—On Thursday se'n.
night, Mr. John Hearn, surgeon, left a gen-
tleman's house, about eight o'clock, for the
purpose of making a call in North Leith, but
owing to the darkness of the night, lie
mistook a lane leading into Mr. Syme's dry
dock, opposite to the Custom-house, for Sand
Port-street, and fell to the bottom of the dock, in
consequence of which his thigh bone was broken
and his body otherwise much bruised. He was
found shortly afterwardsland carried to his lodg-
ings, vrherel every medical assistance was pro-
cured; but all was unavailing, and he expired on
the evening following.---(Edenburgh Courant,
Dec. 8.)