The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-15 00:00:00

GRAND PARTRIDGE MATCH.

The great partridge match between the lion. Colonel
Anson and Capt. Ross, for 1,0001. took place on Monday
last at Mildenliall, near Newmarket, commencing at seven
minutes before eight in the morning, and closing at three
minutes past four in the evening, when a compromise took
place, and the parties agreed to make it a draw. The
terms of the match were these :—The parties to walk side-
by-side from sunrise until sunset without dogs, and beaters
to walk between them, and whoever killed the most birds
to be declared the winner. Two guns each to be allowed.
Various arrangements were made as to shooting across each
other, &c. Mr. Osbaldeaton officiated as umpire most of
the day, and Colonel Russell the other part. The time
agreed upon to finish the match was fifteen minutes after
four o'clock, and at three minutes after four, Col. Anson
was one bird. a-head, bnt was so dead-beat that Captain
Rose was 100 yards before him, and thinking the Captain
might kill two birds in the next twelve minutes, sent a
messenger to offer a draw, which was accepted, and thus
ended the most severe walking match ever recorded. The
extraordinary pace Captain Ross kept up to the last, asto•
nished every body, and he appeared at the end to be as
fresh as when he began. At the close he offered to shoot
the match over again, and to shoot any man in the world
on the same terms, except Mi. Osbaldeston. Mr. Os-
bahlestou also offered to shoot Colonel Anson the same
match, but neither• challenges were accepted. Had this
match commenced at half-past seven o'clock, as was ori-
ginally agreed upon, Captain Ross must have won it easily.
The birds were very wild, though not scarce, and the tur-
nips generally were very bad. The number killed was 24
brace, Colonel Anson tilling 12 brace, and Captain Ross
11f, with one bird doubtful.

THE EQUATION OF TIME.

Absent from her I fondly love,
The minutes s'en'd like hours to move;
But, as stern Time exacts his due,—
Return'd, the hours like minutes £ew•
TEMPUS.

LIVERPOOL., Nov. 12.--Our Mayor has re
ceived the following letter, written on the 10th instant :

" Richmond Terrace, Nov. 10,

" Sir—l feel it my duty to lose no time in apprising 1
you of my return to town (where I arrived about an hour
ago) from my late excursion to the Continent. I trust
that the suspension which my absence had unavoidably
created in my relations with my constituents has not been
attended with any prejudice to their interests, or with se-
rious personal inconvenience to any of then► individually.
In offering my acknowledgments for the indulgence which
I have met with on this occasion, I hope you will allow
me to state the satisfaction with which I shall now be ready
to receive any communications with which I may be
honoured by you or the inhabitants of Liverpool, and to
assure you and them of my unabated readiness to do every
thing which may be in my power to promote the objects
to which those communications may be directed.—l have
the honour to be, Sir, your ♦ery obedient and faithful
servant, " WM. ILUSKISSON.
" To NtcnoLas Rostissow, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool."

THE DUCHESS OF ST. ALBAN'S.—The
Stamford News contains a long and indignant article
against the people of Louth, for their rudeness towards the
Duchess of ST. ALBAN'S On the arrival of the re-
tinue at .Louth (says the writer), the inhabitants, to the
amount of some thousands, thronged the streets in such a
manner that the carriages could only proceed at a foot pace
to the inn. This assemblage did not consist of the mob
alone, but chiefly of the inhabitants misuarned gentry
and this assemblage was not for the purpose of welcoming
her. Grace, but for indulging in the vulgar stare to perfec-
tion. On the arrival of the party at the King's Plead inn,
it became necessary to employ constables to keep the mob
out of the house ; and though this plan succeeded in pre-
venting the ingress of the raggamuffinly part of the assem-
blage, still the well-dressed rabble—male and female—
thronged the passage of the hope, gracelessly eager to peep
at her Grace as she passed from one room 41 another.
Such as could not get into the inn thronged the upper v:in-
dows of a grocer's house opposite, in the hope of there
gratifying their curiosity. The rabble in the streets lifted
each other up to look in at the windows. A public break-
fast to the noble visitors was proposed, however, by
gm of the members of the body' corporate, but it was
immediately negatived by the warden, who afterwards
assigned as his reason for so doing' that his ‘oo'
disapprove of it.' The vicar left the feast to pay his re-
spects to their grapes, and invite them to visit his her-
IPIAV, and be Was the only one whose visit could be con-
sidera of a complimentary riatHre: nnlv persOps yrso
called besides were beggars for the publit charities, to
which her Grace contributed liberally. Amongst others
who called were the ringers, requiring ten gitineas for their
steeple music. The Duchess sent them four guineas by
Lord Asigt,tus Bttaucr.unc, whom they mistook for an
old valet; and on Whom they showered a peal of abuse,
telling him that the Duchess had sent tWin 'five 'guineas,
and Zat he htni pocketed one. On visiting the' hermitage
the Duchess was pestered by the curate with a petition,
aral here again tine varate for ved
she (*lined receiving. Oa leaving it the party
which she indignantly threw
thviesnptettoitvioienwonthtchechpuracchhes;
away, without looking at it. The Duchess visited a few
shops in Louth, and would have visited more but for the
conduct of the Louth ladies, who followed her from shop
to shop, staring through the windows at het' dnring the
time she was Making her pitrehaSi.i. On leaving the
town 'she siinffied her 'deterMidatinil never to enterl it
again." •

It is in coptempiation to fo►m all 414-Bruns-
wick Club in the coirnti of Kent, as well as send a coun-
ter-Petition. Where will end the strife and animosity
which then SOLONI have conjured up.—Kent Herald.