The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

PETTING-ROOM., Arum
D

!4.—STATE OF THE ODDS
tRY.
11 to 1 agst Fanatic
11 to 1' agst Tancred
29 to 1 agst Lamia c.

7 to 4 agst Endlius
0 to 1 sgst Cinder
0 to I agst Aladdin c.
14 to 1 agst Pantina
The above odd; were all taken.
PONCASTEIt 6T. LEG Kit.
sto 1 asst Sherwood I II to 1 not Tinker.

TWIT 11 LE iivrs.
3tol&g at Etniliut4 and Sher. 17 to 1 agst Mullins and Tip
wood winning both Derby kern ditto.
and St. Leger

OAKS.

3, to I agst Zinc 9 to I art Tint
•l to I agst Whalebone f. out 11 to 1 ogst Olivera.
Sister to Wanderer.

HESTON PARK Hurgr RACES, Aran. N.
Hunters' Stake of W. by a Subscription of. V. each, with 15,
added; lleats two miles, and to carry list.
Captain Stone's Corinthian . . . .
Mr. James's Mountebank - •
Mr. Howard's Frisky - - ..
Mr. P. Udney's Amy .. - -
Six started.-6 to 4 agst the winner..
Sweepstakes of 10 sovereigns each for horses not thorough-bred.
One two-mile heat.

Mr. Owen's R - Radical . .. - -
Captain Smith's b. in. - - - -
Mr. Harvey's Frolic - - - -
Five started, hut the other two were not placed.

MATCH from LONDON to BATH and BACK.
Mr. JACQUES, the pedestrian, undertook
.to accomplish the
above match last week, in seventy-two hours, for an hundred
sovereigns, but time beat him by nearly twenty miles. A Mr.
lloldsworth started on the same kind of match on. Tuesday, for
two hundred sovereigns. He reached Marlborough Forest at
ten o'clock at night on the first day (seventy-two miles.)--
After halting two hours, he proceeded on his herculean labour,-
and touched- the )Oath mile-stone in thirty-four hours. Ile
arrivetrat Hungerford on his return, keeping time nearly two
hours in his favour. He had the last 32 miles to do from Hare:
hatch in 8 hours, and he won the match with much difficulty,
and had 12 minutes to spare. Time was backed at t 3 to 4.
TowNsuEND completed his task of 60 miles per day: of
12bonrs, balf backwards, yesterday evening, at a few minutes
before eight. - •

FUNERAT;-01, -rum, BART.
—Yesterday morning, at eight o'cloch, the re•
mains of the above unfortunate deceased gentle-
man, who lost his life by assassination, were re-,
moved from his late residence in Montague-
square forinterment at Huntington, in Somerset.:
shire. The procession consisted of several at-
tendants on horseback, a heaise and six horses
carrying the body ; Olive mourning coaches and
four, containing the relations and intimate friends
of the deceased. Upwards of twenty gentlernato
carriages next followed, which proceeded at a
very slow and 4olemti pace along the western
road, and thus closed the melancholy scene. A
crowd of spectators were assembled, who ap-
peared much affected on the occasion.
Co-Nei MAT lON.--011 Saturday morning the walls of Dub.
lin were placarded with the followmf, and similar sentences, in
print and manuscript Plunket a Triumph"—" Defeat of
the Gone..." Down with the Protegants"—The Orangemen
to Brownlow defeated."--4 Dublin Payer.}
ratifyi
From the sources of information open to us, we are enabled
to communicate to our numerous frielols connected with the
Linen Trade, the g
intelligence that the Transit
Duty will Temki unrepealed.ng
This is, in a great degree, to
be attributed ton the vigilance and timely Interference of Sir
George Uill,--(fdent.)
The Rpv, fuloTy, we learn, read his solemn recanta-
tion of the errors of the Church of Rome,. in Cork,on yesterday
sennight. ,On coming from the House of God, where he had
made his' solemn abjuration. he was assailed by a mob, who
violently assaulted him !---lidenb
Ont. theatrical campaign commences on the 12th
of May, under the most favourable auspices.
The company already engaged comprises names
of the very highest talent. Mr. Wrench, Mr.
Oxberry, and Mr. Salter (from Manchester),
are the leaders; Mr. Hooper (a considerable
favourite here two years ago), returns; as also
Mr. Butler, Mr.
Thorne, and Mr. Shuser.-
-Among the Ladies, our distinguished favourite,
Mrs. Way lett, takes the 'lead ; together with
Miss Brunton, so long known in this town,-and
Miss Haminersley, a first rate singer from Liver-
pool.7(Birminghom Chronicle.)