The Sun.
London, England, 1823-03-13 00:00:00

SPORTING PIGEON MATCHES.

A match for 80 Sovereigns, at 15 birds each, took place yes-
terday morning on Ascot Heath Race Course, between' Messrs.
Thwaites and Deacon, of the Ashton Club, against,Captain
Smith and Mr. Mills,' two, reputed excellent shots :—Mr.
Thwaites missed his Ist, 11th and 12th birds, and Afr. Deacon
missed his 3d, 4th, ilth,. and 11th birds, the two bagging 23 ;
Capt. Smith missed his 7th and 13th birds, and Mr. Mills
missed his 3d, 4th, litb, and 10th, which won the match bynnc.
The second rnatchi for a Sweepstakes of 5 sovereigns each, by
7 members on each sule, between Oxfordshire and Surrey, with
two picked men on each. side; nil birds each.
Olronnartiter.. Killed SURREY. Killed
Mr. Moulton d Mr. Harrison - - 7
Mr. Matchett - - 5 Mr. Onne - - 5

Mr. Sparks
Capt. Smith
Mr. Coates
Mr. Mellish
Mr. Thorn
Mr. Ilagster
Mr. Maberley

s

. . 5

Mr. Thorpe
Mr. Andrews
Mr. Jolly
Mr, Holt -
Mr. Fonehaw
M r. Gibbs
Mr. Fowler

5
5
- 4

- 4

- - 4

- - 4

- . 4

. - 4

It With altogether a

ine morning's sport.

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A NXCDPTE OE THE LATE Alit.
one day in a mixed convivial party, surrounded by a set of
merry wights, the French language and the pronunciation of
that tongue became.a subject of conversation 'Well I I'll
bet :any man in the room a new hat," exclaimed EMERY,
" and the wager shall be deoideil by the present company,
that -I both speak, pronounce, and niaderstand the French
language better than English." . So extraordinary a declaration
and-. challenge upon such a subject, from the rustic EsiEttY,
greatly astonished the whole party. At length, however, one
of them, not caring so much toe the value of the bet, perhaps,
as he did for the amusement, which he thought would probably
be afforded by putting EstERY to the test, answered, -44 Weil,
E stE ba Mat you can do neither!"—EME ni, putting on
a countenance grave as a Judge, replied with avidity, "Adone
—'tir a kit !" Then getting up, he addressed himself to an
old friend who sat opposite, and who, he was aware, knew
but little of the French language, " Will you, my dear Sir,
do me the favour of just saying Good night in French ?"
The Gentleman, with a pronunciation scarcely intelligible,
_re.
plied, " lion jour." . Upon which. EMERY observed, " You
are wrong, my dear fellow,•that Is Good day; Good night,_ in
French, is Bon soar" (which words he pronounced very correctly)
Then turning round tothe company, he said, " There, Gentle.
men, I think you must undoubtedly admit that I have won my
wager; for from what you have all just now heard, you must,
I am sure, be most perfectly satisfied that I certainly do both
speak, pronounce, and understand the French language het.
ter than ENGLISH." The justness of EMERY'S claim was most
fully admitted on all sides, when, to the great amusement of
the company, it was explained to them, that the name of the
Gentleman whom he had addressed on the subject of the.
French language, was ENGLISII......EMERY, suffice it to say,
got considerable credit for his contrivance of the joke.

At the Theatre Itoyal, Dublin, a young Lady
has made a very successful debAtin the character
of Juliet ; it ,is generally understood that this
fair candidate for histrionic honours is a pupil of
Miss liet.tay. Miss Ytn.NoN, for that is the
name of the debutaiile, was received in a nattering
manner, and warmly applandtid throughout. In
several of the scenes she did ample justice to
the pains bestowed on' her by :her powerful'
instructress, ivho bus been so long and so de-
servedly considered a perfect mistress of her art.
TREAD Mat.—One of these excellent inven-
dons was put into operation a short time ago for the employ.
meat of the prisoners in the County Gaol and. Rouse of Corree.
tion at Reading, Pa. The prisoners, it is stated, perform.
ed the labour apparently well for several days, when thirty-
two mutinied and refused to go upon the wheels, stating,
that they must have extra provisions and leather-bottomed
shoes, or..they would not perform the labour. They con.
sidered confinement in cells was all the punishment that
awaited their disobedience, but in that idea they were de.
ceived ; the keeper and assistants were under the necessity
of having recourse to anus and bludgeons, and compelled.
every man to go upon the wheel to perform the allotted
labour. The efficiency of this mode of punishment is so
very apparent, that we are surprised the legislature of Mary-
land has not before this directed the erection of amill in the
ststcpenitentlary. In the Pennsylvania legislature we observe
a bill for this object has been passed by a large
1)110e Daily Advertiser.)

General HUMB-ERT) the French Officer who
at the commencement of the war landed in Ire-
land, with a small force, lately died at New
Orleans. He emigrated to the United States
►n 1812, and acted under General JAcitson
wl?en New Orleans was attacked by a British
force. For the last five years his mind has been
disordered, a deep melancholy preyed on his
spirits, and he died without leaving sufficient
to defre,► the expences of hislinieral,