The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-10 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STELPLE CIIACE.—The long pending match
for 300 guineas aside, which the late frost bad suspended,
took place on Monday. between Mr. Everard,of Farley Hunt,
in Hampshire, and Captain Smith. It was a match on
which heavy sums were pending, and the distance was about'
19 miles as a bird %could fly. The horsemen started at Heck-
field, near Hartford-bridge, Hants ; the. Captain on his Ara-
bian mare, and Mr. Everard on his horse Acton. Betting 5
and ti to 4 on the mare. The horses started off at speed for
Scuffling. Common, in Oxfordshite, the one crossing the
Thames by Caversham-bridge, and the other over Sunning-
bridge. The umpires were stationed at the house of J. A.
Kreve, Esq., the place to come in at. The Captain, who
woo it, crossed Caveriham-bridge, and made thro' Ihe park.
Everard, in his coursei bad to ascend two of the heavy
Oxfordshire bilk, While his adversary made his play over a
level on the Summit of the hills. Each had many desper.ite
leaps and much rough road • but the winner did the ground,
computed at twenty-two miles the way he took, in one hour
and twenty-eight minutes. Mr. - Everard was ten minutes
behind him.

GaEAT Arricmyr.—Amongst the remarkable feats of pe-
destrianism of late, Mr Arnot, a Somersetshire man, under-
took one, Is) do 264 miles in four days—greater even than the
321 miles in five thiys, done last week. Mr. Arnot started
from the Edgeware,road yesterday,-for Dorchester, in Oxon.
He had done 18 mils in the first three hours. Time is backed
at to 1.

SAIRANTE ET CANONICI M. S. S.—T his singu-
larly rare '.:ad interesting collection of Manu-
scripts, on vellum and paper, in the Oriental,
. Hebrew, Latin, and Italian Languages ; toge-
ther with several superbly illuminated Missals,
were brought into this country by the Abbe
CELovrz, and will, we understand, be sold in
the course of the spring., by order of the present
proprietor. a
• COINS, 'MEDALS, AND ANCIENT SEALs.—The
collectors of these articles will soon have an op-
portmiity of enriching their collections from the
sales which will take place this season. Among
them there are. several ancient Great Seals, and
others equally valuable, from the time of King
EDWARD the First.
THE PRETENDER.-After the battle of Cul-
loden, a-reward of thirty thousand pounds was offered to any
one who should discover or deliver up the young Pretender.
He hail then taken refuge with the Kennedies, two.common
•thieres, who protected him with fidelity, robbed for his sup-
port, and often went in disguise to Inverness td buy provi-
sions for him. A considerable time afterwards one of these
men, who had resisted the temptation of thirty thousand
pounds for a breach of fidelity, was hanged for stealing a cow
of the value of thirty shillings !

The County Court •Of Middlesex is removed
from Fulwood's Rents to King's-gate-street,
Holborn.

CAUTION TO CLERGYMEN AND DISSENTING
MINISTERS.-A.nian of genteel appearance and
pleasing address. has recently been carrying on a
system of fraud to a considerable extent in Lon-'
don and its vicinity, by calling -upon gentlemen
of the clerical profession, and_ representing
self as the friend of the executor of a person de-
ceased, who has bequeathed property to the
gentleman upon whom he calls. He stateshim.;
sell to be a silk-shawl !nanufacturer, from Bol-
ton,: LanCashire.; at other times as a tradesman
from Liverpool ; and at other times as steward to
Lord Prey de Wilton ; and that his friend, the
executor, has written to him, requesting him to
find- out and ascertain the identity of the legatee.
This.he further states he has done, and then pre-
sents the party with the letter he says he has
-received; this appears marked as if with the re-
gular.postfmark, and bears the strongest evidence
of authenticity. lie then represents the neces-
sity of a legal instrument, called an authority,
nearly resembling a power of attorney, to be
transmitted with a legacy...duty receipt, to, some
banker or friend residing near the executor, to
whom he states the bequest will be paid on their
presentation. He then offers to procure a stamp
for the authority, and a blank legacy duty Ye-
'ceipt, which, on a subsequent-interview, be pro-
duces. The tamp appears marked in red ink,
Value 30s. ._4le then dictates the terms in which
the documents . are to be filled up,. receives • the
30s. for the supposed stamp, and also any pre-
sent that
.may be • given for the trouble he has
taken in the business. lie appoints some future
time to
.meet the parties, the non-fulfilment of
til hich has led to the detection of the, imposture.