The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-26 00:00:00

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MANCHESTER RACES,
THURSDAY, MAY 22.—Sweepstakes of 30gs each, logs ft.
ttvolear olds; colts, Bst. 21b. ; fillies, Bst. Three quartets
of a mile.

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11r. floldsworth's ch. f. by Blacklock, - . .
Mr. Johnson's b. c. by Octavian, dam by Sir Peter
6to 4 agst Blacklocic, who won easy. Three paid ft.
A Free Handicap Stakes of 30gs 'each, IlOgs .ft. with 20 soya
added, for 4Yr olds.. One mile.and three. quarters.
Mr. Clifton's b. c. Orville, Bst • - . 1
Sir W. Wynn's b. c. Belmont, ilst, • - .1. •
Mr. Benson's br. c. Picton, by
7 to 4 agst. Orville ; 4 to. 1 art. .I.lelmont; evert on Ptcton.
4 paid- ft. -
A Plitte COL for three and ibur year óhfti; three-year oldg to
carry Oat, 10th. ; four-year olds, .Hat. 31b, Mures and gelding
allowed :11b, A winner of one Plate in 11:2;3 to carry alb. and
of two or more 51b. extra. treati,Awice round the Course
and a distance. The second horse to be allowed'
Mr. llottldsworth's br. I. by Filho, 3 yes. - 4 I 1
Mr. Jones's gr. c. Sir Edward, 4 yes. - - 1 n 1
Sir T. Afostyp's b. tr. Malg►wyn, 4 . 33. 3
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Mr. midden sb. t. Faith, by Milo, 4 yr* 2 dr.
5 to 2 agst Fillio; ti to!) agst Sir Edward; t 1 to i apt

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SHAKSPEARE.—Mr. BUNN, whose performance
of Brutus lately at Birmingham created such a
powerful sensation, performs that character this
week at Stratford-on-Avon, in aid of the proposed
Monument to SUAKSPEACIP, of which he is one of
the Secretaries and promoters. We under:4aml
that many of the zealous friends of this grateful
and honourable testimony (of which the absent,
yet ever.present and laugh-inspiring MATnEws
was the founder) go dom! to Stratford on the
occasion.

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The Annual Meeting of the Home Society was
held at Spa Fields Chapel, on Tuesday evening, the 2011 i inst.
Thomas Walker, • Esq. in the 'Chaff. The Report stated that
the Society has twenty.fonr Missionaries, under whose care are
nearly three thousand Sunday School Children, and a &nisi-
denierable number of Teachers. The Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, and
Alessis. Irving, Henry, Lacey, Stuart (of Dublin), 'Golding, A.
Douglas (of Reading), Kemp, Smith of Rotherham.; T. -Wit.
son, Esq.. &c. addressed the Chair in the course of the evening.
The Rev. T. Adkins, of Southampton, preached the preceding
evening at Sttiter's IlnU, and the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw on the
morning of the General Meeting, at Craven Chapel. The re-
ceipts amounted to 260/.
SINGULAR CIRCUII6TANCE.-4t_ Minister of
parish in the South, being lately performing clerical duties for
a reverend brother in a neighbouring church; but who is.at all
times anxious, that his pulpit. be tilled in his absence, pro-
cured a young gentleman to supply his plaee: At the usual
time, the officer, with a countenance! .corresponding to duty,
approached the pulpit, with a sober and measured step, bearing
the holy writ, followed by the minister and precentor, the ep.
pearance of whom instantly caused a general smile on the coun-
tenance of the audience, on perceiving, that the former had the
misfortune of having but one leg and the latter one arm.—..
(Edinburgh Coorityl, May 22.
G mt4LTAIt MAY 5.--Two dispatches, dated
from Alicia, state, that the Government troops
under Colonel MAivitrt had been defeated by
the Malcontents in the environs of TOrrente.—
The Colonel himself was badly wounded and
obliged to leave the field ; and after he had been
curried oil?, a portio6 of his force was surrounded,
and the remainder obliged to retire upon Akira.
The enemy's force was 7(10 men and three pieces
of cannon ; that of the Colonel did nut exceed
600, foot and IQO horse.

CORONET'S INQuEsT.—An Inquest was held on Saturday
night at Bartholomew's Hospital, betbre tp. Smxt.4ron, E,q.
on the body of John Perkins, servant to 114. Baker, pork
butcher, 131, Golden.lanc. It appeared that the deceased was
attending to a fire in the wash-house, for the purpose of heat.. ing water to scald the pork, when his smock truck caught fire
while putting water in the copper, which caused his death; he
was 47 years of age. Verdict—“ Accidental Death."
JAmrs LArant.r.s, a tradesman 'in Alnwick,
during the late years when work was scarce and
provisions dear, found his exertions incapable of
supporting his family, and was forced to apply
for parochial aid. When the times became a
little better for those of his class, he contrived,
by the strictest economy, to scrape together two
pcands, the amount of the money he had ob-
tained, which he repaid to the overseers.