The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-03 00:00:00

SPORTING MAGAZINE.

Pittman, London, 1841.
ravv-
Is,
There are here not less than four eggSs
not one of which but is finished off with neatile.
and elegance of touch. The best, as a Yv°r ,4
art, is the " Deer Stealer," which is a lea
spirited print, with a picturesque back-gretl.,,d,
and a wild, stormy sky hanging over the 13;nd
scape. Among the literary contents, we 'ail
accurate and copious intelligence. resp
the field sports of the month; and under !in:.
head " Irish Sporting Melange," the folloWl
amusing anecdotes of the present chivalrous 3
eccentric Marquis of Waterford :
Mr. K—, of G—, was one night roused from least
of
by a loud knocking at.his hall door. As Whitefere_
Terry Alts rarely are so polite as to. intimate their r
sence by knocking at the door, Mr. K— instantly oputio.
a window commanding the lawn in front, and saw sit
glimmering moonlight a carriage-and-four drawn "13
the entrance ; he inquired " Who goes there ?"
ectiug a
You, have got a horse to sell ?" 0-
" I have."
" Well, I'm come to buy him."
Mr. K— now recognised the voice. "If your Vtrati;
ship will take a bed in my house, you can see hiin into
morning, for it is now near one o'clock, and my ser
are asleep."
" No, thank you," persisted the Marquis ; if you
is e
to sell, let me have a look at him now—as good a
as any other." oroun's
Mr. K— had no option ; so he knocked up his 0 otl
hastily dressed himself, opened the door, and the P
proceeded the stable.
" Puts to
a saddle and bridle on that nag, my I'd' sad
lead him out." a the
The groom obeyed the imperative command, an f the
owner of 100,000 i. per annum sprang on the buck °a himstrange horse in the dark. He cantered and trottP sr.
up and down. " What's at the end of your lawn,
K— ?" demanded his Lordship.
" A good stiff ditch," was the answer. . 90
4, Have you any objection that I ride this horse at oto'
Not the least : if your Lordship is not afraid of y
neck, I have no fear for my horse." r
The stride of the (no doubt) astonished bt; teff the
heard in the quiet night, and his leap up and
bank. In a minute the bold rider returned. ,
" What's the price of your horse, Mr. K— ?
" One hundred guineas.'
- The money was paid, the horse delivered to a Ile'
and the cortege drove off in little more time than„oho
taken to narrate the story, and Mr. K— return
ea
bed wondering at the Marquis of Waterford! t cat-
The trick he played off on one of his visitors s °tied
raghmore was comical enough. The gentleman 'ePoiell
a very handsome gig and black horse, which we told
his
in charge to the Marquis's groom, and, on being „vary-
Lordship was at home, was shown into the
"hat 11e
Some minutes wore away—a quarter of an hour
-IL:roof
Marquis. At length, when the patience of Or suthotr
was nearly exhausted, the Marquis came in, witb:i, 5000
sand apologies for his delay, and after a visit
duration the visitor ordered his gig.
" Your horse is a white one ?" said the Marq
" No, my Lord, a black one !"
rashiP. '
" You must be mistaken," responded his L 43,,, gig'
" for, as I passed the yard, the only horse I saw
was a white one."
Then it was not mine," replied the other.
see''.
" Now, then," said his Lordship be ," we shall eiv
o
The amazeznent of the gig-driver may,.„cd, 0c but
w
when not only was a white horse driven ro•ftteetioll
white gig ! white as the paint with which his,w, bee'
Lordship had industriously painted it, such ha_""Aicait
his employment while his unconscious friend tyli'
ing him in the library.
You see how thoroughly mistaken you werine's tho'
his Lordship to the chagrined visitor, "ill Persist
your horse was a black one !"
Of
UNIVERSITY INTELLI—
CAMBRIrGE, JULY 3.—The Rev. James Presser;ed to (1:
Catherine-hall, in this University, has been Presell 1.000 W:
Vicarage of Thane, with Sydenham, Tetswortikri. the ,f1,;(1/•
in the county of Oxford, vacant by the flog' °value
Timothy Tripp Lee. Patron, Walter LonE, El*
for Ge°,rcof
The Vice-Chancellor has appointed yaws a- 'clsr
Nugee, of Trinity College, and Edward Hen*, soon
Christ College; and Monday, the sth instant, I:OLSrcI
of King's College, and Ds Alexander James tTe-gata“6,.
of Trinity College ; to recite their Essays for ',bales for
Prizes. Tuesday next is also appointed for John,',, poesV
nybeare, of St. Peter's College, to recite his Ever of 5
the Chancellor's Medal ; for Henry Mildreth Bireitiedsi; „st.
College, to recite his Latin Poem for the Camden. Os GTO
Reginald Robert Walpole, of Caius College, to recite
re,cite
do,
ode ; Henry Mildred' Birch, of King's College, inity
Latin Ode; and Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, of stei:l4
lege, to recite his Epigrams, for Sir William 13,r°,., 0)1%44
Medals ; and for George Duce, of St. Peter's Cuheg-
his Exercise for the Person Prize.

CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.--" It will "e
--ime a hundred years hence," is a phrase that 1 . ,
I, all the'
B.„-sect, but perhaps seldom realised. It is h ire .
oi.s
voefteill
, e jun ,
remarkabLq coincidence that in the month 01. oca- .
111, E. s 2 61111-dos Pole, Esq., was defeated L11:000..
tested election fox' the borough of Derby, ty "- 1741, '
J. G. B. Ponsonby, an: that in the month of 1111,.e;,, one,
German Pole, Esq., the great grandfather of 17.0 the:
candidate, was defeated in a contested electiotille' great-
same borough, by the then Lon; Duneanner', the old-
grandfather of the other. We selaPlll gi,ven td'red year
credit for having been so enlightened “ a"-
ago."—Derby Reporter. '
ENGLiSiI
ONE NIGGER EQUAL TO TWO cince
;SIEN.—An English minister happened not long :ea be-
ansuaravebic;se,s jogtiNibYloetjecill,
be ;i: Now York on his way to Was
..'`'essed in
haninddthheins
geraaarrivaaigiey there were two footme,o_ uti`ttenti°.
livery, rrhei- appearance first excited toll,ithe crof.ale
till, at length, shou.ljt-s'crtetr:
boys, who cried out, ~ iltir,:,ah for th-
..fviglislitt,
dedlittilire;•
hurrah for the Englishmen ! It 4akes ' 1,71,,,git5k Ittc, yr
thatt7,.., whici!
___l.
to make one Nigger !" meaning
men were thought necessary •to do the unct:.):___ artort. _
had been always accustomed to see one . giitrc, (~ .1):.
Lady Anne Collin!! Smith, only'. 1: soere,.:.„
iferin' t 1" Yaclisl"
Lnd Po'
IdlsupkoesiotfioWnretlinngatouinp,
to hasu Cbeoeunrtsupida?e: il_vecra, .
_3,ith
within the laSt few days. has greatly it <OOOl he
bahly in a short time wl.ll be restored to P