The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-11 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES.
Pm PAY, Alio.
The Town Plate for hories of all ages, 3.yr olds, 70. 41b.
four, list.; five, Hit. 111 b.; six, tist. 21h.; aged, fist. 4I1).-
211arei and holdings allowed 31b. Two mile heats. The

winner of plate or stake to carry 71b. extra ; of two plates or
stakes 141 b. extra.
Mr. Broviti's g. m. Gift ..; . -4; t 1
Mr. ilulkes eh. 1. Fortune Teller • - - 4 2
Mr. Pages's ch. nt. Prosody - , - 3 Z.
Mr. Iltli kes's b. h. Yellin() - . . - • . 2dr
.ri. Sweepstakes of sgs each, with 30 added, ,for hoists not
thorough bred, 3-yr olds, list. 4 tine, ttst. i five, 10st. fib. •
six, list. i aged, 12st. Mares and Geldings allowed 31b.
Two mile heats. Winner of one plate or stake to carry 71b.
extra t winner of two stakes 141bs. extra.
Mr. novtard's h. g. Playful - - - 2 1 1
Mr. Justin's b. g. Jerry Irawthorn -
Mr. Friend's ch. h. Grasshopper . 1 2 3
Mr. Ashenden's id. g. Stafford - . - -4 -•
43 bolted Hunter's Stakes of sgs. each, with 30 added, for all ages, car-
rying 1 Ist. Two mile heats, four leaps in each heat.
The winner of a plate or stake to carry 141bs. extra.
Mr. Ilyegate's b. g. Shamrock - - - 1 1
.
Mr. Woollett's b.-1). Fencer - . - 2 2
Mr. Iltilke's br. g. Pat. - . - - bolted
Mr. Ilicktuan's hr. h. . . 6 • • drawn

• CHESTERFIELD RACES.
Titnusnar, AUG. 7.
A Maiden Plate of 64/gs. given by hi* Grace the Duke of De-
vonshire; for three.yr-olds, 7st. 31b. ; four, list. 61b. ; live,
Ilst. 111 b.; six, and aged, list. 131 b. Mares and geldings al.
lowed 21b. Twodmile heats, riz. once round the Course.
Mr. Wigfall's br. g. Little Driver, 4 yrs old - I 1
Mr. Smith's b. tn. Pandora, 3 yrs old . • 2 4
Sir tl.SitWell's eh. g. Portinoak, 4 yrs old - 4 2
Mr. Snibson, b. g..Slituss aged ' . • . 3 2

A Sweepstakes of 6gs each, for all ages ; three-yr‘olds, Ist.
41b.; four, fist. 41b. •, five, fist. 121 b. ; sil, and aged, 9st.
21b. Mares and geldings allowed 21b. To run oboe round
the Course.
Lord Fitawilliam's ch. m. Leonella, 4 yrs old 0 1
Mr. llouldsworth's b. f. Alecto, 3 yrs old - o 2
'rive paid.

SALISBURY RACES.
FttinAY.—(Turnn DAY.) . .11
rm. the County Members' Plate of 50gs, for all ages'.
Mr. Friend's Everipeen, 3 yrs old ~ - . I. 1
Mr. Iresbn's Sir William, aged - - - 0 2
Mr. Farquharion's hi. h. Surprise, 5 yrs old - 08
It was a dead beat between Str %Valiant and Surprise.
The Wiltshire Stakes of 10 soy. each, with 50 soy. added, for
all ages.
Ron. N. Fellowes's Eseapv; 5 yrs old - - - I
Mr. Males Vertigo, 4 yrs old -, • . • . . 2
Mr. Farquhanson'll nr. h. SurprisO, 5 yrs old .: : 3

STAG UIYNTINU.
On Saturdaay !ie'linight the Now Foreat atag hounds met at
Markway Bridge, near-Burley. They aroused a stag near the
spot, and aster an excellent run of about tWo flours and a half;
they killed it near Burley Lodge. A great nundier of gentle-
men were present, 'who: were highly. gratified, having seldom
ever witneruital such fine sport. A numerous party dined at the
Swan Inn,. Lyndhurst, where they spent the evening in glee
anti good humour.

CRICKET.
We understand that a grand match of Cricket Will be Played
on Thursday, the I.lth3nst., and following days, at Brarnsiiill
Park, Hants, the feat of Sir, John Cope, Bart., between J.
Willan, Esq. and nine genderen and players of the county of
Hants, with E. H. BMW, Esq. ; and J. %l liadbroke, Esq.
and ten gerttlemen and players of England. 'the players are
as under ;
Foil' 11 At rsn. RE—J. Willan, Esq., E. IL Budd, Esq.; W.
Ward, Esq., T. Price, Esq., Messrs. Howard, Begley, J:
Begley, Brown, Lillywhite, Holland, and Crumble.
Fon EIthLAND—.I. Weller Ladbroke, Esq., T. WflEams,
Eeq., J. !trend, Esq., W. Keen, Esq., Messrs. Saunders,
Searle, Broadbridge, Bowyer, Sparkes, Ashby/ rind 'Flare].
On Monday a singular match of cricket was played at Buck-
lank, in Kent, between ten married an'd ten jingle woraen, em-
ployed in the paper-Mill. The match was contested with un-
common spirit on both sides, the single women beating by about
20 runs; in the last innings the single women got 113 runs.—
A fterwartls the part adjourned to the Cherry -Tree, where a
;upper to be paid for b 2 the losers was adinptuous!y, served
r when the cloth was removed, the buxom party joined in
the merry dance till a late hour.

PEDESTRIA NTSIII,
Ott Friday a considerable number of sporting amateurs mus-
tered On lilitcham Gammen, to witness Defoe, who recently
contlitered Reid in a pyize baffle et Epping Forest., thfovi a
crick-et ball against a picked man for a 1001. a-aide. Defoe won
it in great style, his opponent throwing the ball only 09 yards,
while Defoe placed hat the distance of 104 i yards. Defoe then
for 251. a-aide ran 200 yards against unother picked man from
Croydon, when he defeated his antagonist by seven yards,
whining both the matches. Ben Burns, the pugilist,
.has
n*tcluti a relation of his (not the boxer) for 501. a-rode to run
lUD yards against Defoe, on the 29th Aug.-5 to 4on Defoe.
John Phippa Townsend, the fatuous backward pedestrian
has undertaken to pick up three hundred stones with his mouth,
without touching ally one of them... With his bands, each stone
one yard apart, in eleren successive hOnrs, a distance of fifty-
.ohe miles five hundred yards. This feat is to be performed at
a public-house at Stepney on Monday next, and he will cord-
mance at eight o'clock in the morning.
A female child, eightyears old, is backed to go 30 miles in
eight successive hours tins day, at a cricket *round to Chelsea.
An eitradiclinary feat was performed at Ipswich on Friday
se'nnfght, by 31r. Wilson, clothier of that place, who undertook
for a wager to knock down 7,000 nine-pins in 1,000 bowls,
which he accomplished in 900.

Grouse shooting coinmencew to morrow,
ills INIAJEsTr hai been graciously plearied to grant his
Royal Plate of ltlh guineas to be run for at Alanchester RaCes
every year.

JAMES POWELL, Esq. Collector of the Customs
at Chichester, is appointed to succeed H. Antiatfri, Esq. at
Portsmouth. The Merchants and Ship-Owners of Portsmouth
have presented a very gratifying Addreress to Mr. Auxpup,
on his advancement to the more important situation of
for of the Customs at the Port of Liverpool.
'WORLAND THE ARTIST.—A work lately pub-
lished gives the following picture of this eccentric person :
" fie was found at one time in a lodging at Somers' Town;
in the following most extrionlinary cacumstaneet, ills in.;
fent child, that had been dead nearly three weeks lay in its
coffin, in the one corner of the room ; an ass and !feat stood
punching barley straw out of the cradle; a sow and pigs were
solacing themselves in an old cupboard; and himself whistling
over a beautiful picture that he was finishing at his easel; with
a bottle of ►gin hung up on one side, and a live 111011,1ie
or (if you Please) lucking its Own sliadovi in a looking-ghee.