The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-18 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASHTON PARK COURSING.—TUEIDAY, DEC. 15.
A numerous field of Sportsmen attended the Meeting. Eight
couple of Dogs afforded fine sport for the. Silver Bowl, va..
lue 30 sovereigns.
Capt. Itouveric's Logic Mr. Stone's Clara, of Lord
Mr. Harrison's Penelope River's stud
Major Howard's Slim Alr. Udney's Fan
Mr. Goddard's Phantom I Mr. Arrowimith's Joke.
Mr. Jones's Fly
These were the winning dogs the first matches.
TIM TITS.

Logic, Slim, Fly, and Fan, won the matches in this tie.
SECOND TIES.
Slim beat Logic, and Fly beat Fan.
FOIL 'TIE nowt..

Slim beat Fly for the bowl, in an excellent run.
Captain Woodcock's Juno beat 111 r. Lee's Flirt, in a motet
for 15 sovereigns.

110YAL CALEDONIAN HUNT.

At a Meeting of the Royal Caledonian Hunt, held last week,
Sir Alexander Don was elected Preses, and the Autumn Meet-
ing next year was fixed to be held at Kelso, on- the second
week of October ; and that upon that occasion .5151, have been
voted to be given in plates by the Hunt.

HUNTING I NTELLIGENCE.
BnEctni lltTxT.—Sir C. Morgan, with his usual liberality,
lately presented two fine deer to the Members of this hunt,
before whose excellent harriers one of these, a doe, was turned
off on Monday last. In addition to a good field of horsemen,
muck beauty and fashion were attracted to the spot, and the
fineness of the weather acting in conjunction, it formed alto.
gether a most interesting aceae. The deer, however, did not
afford all the sport that was hoped for, or indeed expected, as
it was taken completely exhausted after a very short run.

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Lord ERSKINE AND J. P. CUItRAN, ESQ.-=
Some time after Mr. EUSKINE was raised to the Bri.
titifi House of Lords, he happened to dine at Carlton-hOuse,
where, for the first time, Mr. Cu attar; was a guest. During
dinner, the conversation turned on the Law—and on Lord
Ensioxn obserVingt that he, a younger brother Of a Scotch
Earl, had, through the Law, become a British Peer, a Chan-
cellor, and so forth—Cun ass quick!), added, "The Law, my
Lord, has done still more ; it has raised me, the son of a pea.
sent, to the table of my Prince."
SPOTS ON THE SUN,---A large spot has beeti
traversing the sun's di,k for eight or ten days past, which ,is
rather of an uncommon size. It appeaut to be about
the ninetieth part of the sun's diameter, and is conse-
quently about nine thousand miles in breadth. When , seen
through a telescope, magnifying about eighty times, it ap.
pears nearly of the figure of an irregular pentagon, stir.
rounded with an umbra, or faint shade, of exactly the same
figure; which forms a presumptive, proof, that the spot and
the umbra are intimately connected; and the question Is—
whether such an appearance proceeds from immense excava-
tion
in the sun's body, or from a huge prominence rising from
its surface. This spot is just now verging toward the north•
western part of the disk, and will disappear in two or three
days. It may be distinctly seen with a telescope magnifying
six or eight times, and some persons who have acute organs
Of vision might probably distinguish it with the naked eye 5,.....
Another ipot, of much smaller dimensions, may also be seen
approaching the sun's centre. For some time past few large.
spots have been observed on the disk of this luminary.—
( Perth Courier.)
On Friday, during the trial of a case in the
Court of Exchequer, Dublin, the day being very
COld,Sir WILLIAM STAMER, Foreman of the Jury,
addressed the Court, and stated that the cold
was so excessive, he hoped he would be indUlged
with the liberty to wear his hat. The ,Cnize
BAnoix replied, that he thought a hat looked rather
awkward if worn in Court, but if Sir WaLtAsi
pleased, he might be indulged with a wig
Every body strove to stifle a laugh, but it could
not be kept down—from the Court it was soon
caught in the Ball. The Worthy Baronet sat
down without adopting the suggestion of the
Cunt BARON.--(Dublin Morning Post.)

MIDDLESEX SESSTONS.—(Turs DAY.)

Eleanor Gums iris put to the bar on an indict-
ment charging her with having kept a house of
ill fame in Lisle-street, Leiceste'r:iquare.
The Defendant pleaded Guilty.
The plea excited some astonishment, but Mr.
ALLEY begged leave to call Ivitnesses to prove
the line, of conduct pursued.
• The Defendantettid sha had left the house two
months since.

The Chairman (MrXostsr) cautioned the pri-
soner as to the line of conduct shames pursuing.
The Defendant, however, perskted in her plea.
Mr. ALLEY said, as she waza single woman, if
she would enter Into, a- recognizance to appear
and receive the judgment -of the Court, when,
ever called on, the parish wouldtbercontefited...
After some further observe:U(l4,x, Mr. A LLEY
wished the Defendant to give.up the lease of the
house.
The Defendant said, she had let.the house to a
Mr. Dance, and had not got it. .% •
The CHAIIIMAN again' 'informed' the prisoner
that by persisting in her pleu.she;would do her-
self no good whatever,
The defendant still pessistediks her plea, and
witnesses were called to prove the facts ehaeged,
from which it appeared' that tbe4touse watt' one
of a most infamous kind. .;;,
The CHAIRMAN asked the ,defendant if she
-was now. disposed to retract he.ripitea.
The defendant replied in theAtegative, and
said she had three children,'(.and no father to
protect them. She expressed. a: Willingness to
enter into reeognizances oot to offend again.
The CHAIRMAN expressed a :wish to have it
generally understood that the plea of guilty
would not be played with ; but, as she had given
Up the house, the Court would' take her recog.
nizance in -lOW., and that she, should come up for
judgment when called on.