The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-06 00:00:00

SP3RTINC r2vrFfT,IGENCE.

Ttitt well. known pack of ;farriers, kept by that
excellent sportsman, ROBRRT `ANDREW,, Es q.', .4
liarlestone Park, Nqrthamptonshire,..had, yes
se'nnight, one of the severest. days perhaps ever re:
corded so catty in the Seasoti. 'After two v,try
good runs, killing the first hate,- and pressing the
second in such a degree as to compel her to seek re:
fuge in a droin, the Proprietor, with his wonted dis.
crimination (,the ground being•foiled)„ ordered the
bounds to a gOrse covert, in the Lordship of East
Haddon, where they immediately. found-. 'Puss, dis,.
daining the prescribed ci tcle# generally taken by ilek
timid tsce, boldly challenged the fleet warblers •ti).a
trial of - strength over an extent of country appa.
retitly strange to each other, leaving aind dispersing,
for a considersble,period, even the swiftest horses of
the field. Afters:raversing an unusual distance (which
your. limits will not allow. me to describe) she
bent her courselowardsAlthurp Park,making three
desperate efforts to ascend, the..wall, which her
strength not enabling her to accomplish, site diretted
her course to her:once fancied peaceful hAbitation,
btit -where she Was not suffered to remain tuar,y se_
enrols, the 'voice A. her pursuers resouri;itng from all
quarters. Deeming her safety in flight;. again she,
.broke covert, and after an hour and I wenty intothes
most severe running, Entrant decreed her a resintei
in the fall ofa very heavy' alitliNt`r of rain, :Awen-
,brecLvaluable mare, rode by thcHuittionar, dtrd io
a few hours after the last run.

MATCH AG.' I NST TI g.-:—Lieutenant FA lit MAN
is said to be the Gentleman who was lately men..
tinned
.to have made a bet of one hundred guineas,
to go a distance' of sixty milei on foot, in fourteen
successive hnori, a fortnight, having 'choke
of ground, and giving twelve hours previous notice.
The Match, we' understand, was made 'Saturday
sennight ; his time will consequently'. expite
Friday next. He is now at Newmarket, to rt;:lq-
ing, in which neighbotrrhnod, it is rittnouted;he will
perform the undertaking. Beta arc running Digit
apinst him; five to three, and even twu to one,
are offered in all diredions,. ' "

. The City Light Florst,vol. Httaßlll3, with the
,I)i.imounted.Cayalry ; the London Cavalry, C01.A14.
DERTON; an>l the We'sttninster cavalry C,l, FL
LIoTT, mustered yesterdAy .at thejr respettive Pa-
rades, arid pro,fe:!Li6l to Blackheath..' 'The ,Di§.
‘lll44loted Cavalry of Col. Ilettz ois's Light fl.u.se
were conveyed in the 'Ctrayans attached tothe
Troop. The whole roNde a most' gallant and ;plen..
did show. There were' about-4.50 Cavalry, and
they tedcliegi,frOin Packftiars-hrtige'to nearly the
farther erd of the Lnntinn Road. When they ar.
rived at I.l.i4clclteath, they'fo'rrned in open coln:nns,
and receied General „Mut I-Lout INGTUN With (Fie
honours. They afterwards 4.t.ts,ed his Lordship iii
review, and thenTerforrned'sevehl of their evolu.
tionsi but did not go through the ‘ol,de
Theyilisplayed their skill at the sword exetcise, at)tl
pradisea advancing and retreating in s.qttt,lti.ns of
‘six, while the Ditiniounted `froops were sent out to
skirtni!,h, and cover them, They ittaa.ted,
six ti,rw,, the grarid•chtrgtt, highly; to the,
tion of the Noble General. It ;v,h; iin,ol,sil)le for
1114
,C..valry
:to ha ve exceeded them in this, tilt' flit tat
'irriv‘rtailt part of their gervicc. ',AL) piree o'ci"
the 12.cview concluded, awl
,the three Regiments
Wvie dismivxd, and returned r) 1,5%61.

, .
ye,terd:,y, shout one o'clock ' • he afternoon, a
Sill,rpt;,r of a vener:ible app,!a`ranco, ,with grey' S,
'accosted a Country Farms 11,01 horn, kmkt address,
ing 111.11 i very tiniliarly 'as a t6wnsinan'of his, soon
persuaded hi:n that he not,only,was so, but ivell ac.
(painted ith all his oeighbours, As it was 'co cold
10 taik in ihe street,, they tetited to.a PubliC„house in
.Bieittn's Buildings, Filter...lane, where, after a little
conversation, a se4-ond Sharper came in, who,,it was
.1/441‘d, was an uld:G:ntlernati troubled with fits, but
fond of spurring hi. noney, (f which 11,., had plenty.
The first Sharper ancl the agreed • to he Part"
ners, as thOwere titre to ruin ; and another Sharper,
who hY this time 'dropped in, was partner with the
.old Gentleman troubled 'with fits. At length the
old Farmer's stock of lel. was produced, •41141 was
taken
.up by his Partner to stake for the bet; but
he, being taken suddenlY ill, was obliged to go into
the air, with the money in his hand ; thither the
others, one by one, followed Mtn; and marched oft,
leaving the poor credulous man to. lament the loss
occasioned by his, own folly.
Last week the great Pool at Eyewood, One of
the seats of the Earl •of OXFORD, wds.drainei for
thefirst time for many years ; several tons of beau.•
tifully fine carp, eels, &c. were taken out anti dis.
posed of : a vast number of genteel peoele . were
spetlators, who were afterwards most politely and
elegantly entertained by the Earl and 'his beautiful
Countess.

in the unfortunate Spanish Frigate'La Merced4s,
were embarked a Spanish Gentleman, his Lady, four
daughters,.and five sons. He was returning to Old
Spain with his lovely family, the daughters remark.
ably beautiful. (especially so the eldest):, with all
his large fortune,: the gradual savings of twenty.
five years' industry rA little while before the ac.
don commenced this Gentleman, with 'a son (a lad),
went
,on board tjte' Rear.AdmiralPslN by his
.order.. Alas! horrid to relate, in a -few minutes
he became the dreadful SpeCtator of his wife, his
daughters, anti lour ofAtis sans,enw rapt in sulphureous
flames, sinking into .the abyss of water's, with all 100
treasure Neverogain, in this world, to bless his
eyes and cheer his heart l This unhappy vittiin of
calamity (inh,aat as not to be found in the sati records
of human woe) arrived at Plymouth with the Alitit
of his -comforts, in Captain , Mooittes cabin, who
unceasingly► administefedill in his power to his. Al.
iet*iarion.

, • •
The murderer: of Mr, SruLß, on Hounslow
Heath, about two years since, has it is
thought, ,blen discovered ; he prtives to be a cot,
,stOatlands, near Chertsey, in whore houset
upon an alarm of fire .0 pair of: boots stained with
blood were found, and Mr. STE iLE'S name written
within them. The :trtin was absent when the are
h.irrenoi, but on,his'return he anxiously enquired
bows„i4d, swore. be .would cut his wife's
throat if she did
,not instantly tell him where they
were. lie has been delivered over to the hands of