The Sun.
London, England, 1817-04-07 00:00:00

THE 11()YAL lIITNT.

niday mo; at. bait' pait -ten o'clock,
the !loyal hunt took place, upon which occasion,
the PktfNCt -REGENT'S Staff hOmul, tartlet! out at.
rrry- thlt, ther, pea?' ChertSey bridge. —At the
commenccment cif the hunt the sportsmen were
exit cutely nu:ncrous, arturtnting to upwards of
150, wh.`o e.tutetrom vat ions pat ts:to represent at
the sports Of the field. The deer,'at skirting, gave
sonic very excellent sport ; took through the
inclosnres, making towards Hounslow Heath, and
after some time took to the left, in Ilse direction
of Longford, arid crossed the Bath road, taking to
the right, through the open fields, making for
Hallow, and then crossed the Uxbridge road,
Making several turns, and was at length taken
near Hayes, abotit four miles this side of Ux-
bridge, alter a hard (ttlee of upwards of four
hours ; and although. Abe number 'ot sportsmen
were so extremely numerous at 'starting, they
were all, knocked up from excessive fatigue, except
only hix or seven, who were in at the taking of
the &Li, arising from the length 01 time the hunt
lasted, ?Is' well tAs from the heat of the weather.
The horses were also knocked up. The state of
the country fs now eery .ninth against the sport
of hunting, so moth of it being inclosed ; iu het
it is nearly all•so ; but although it is against the
spot tauten, and horse!,, it is in favour of the tleer
and the dOgs; lia.ter Monday there will be
another hunt, when tae deer will be turned OnLon
Wingfield Plain:

Pm.; ttissi.---Saturday Burke and. Leic stet-,
and ~oath. Achim *old Connelly, were to have
fought at Darttord-heath. As they were enter-
ing the ring, the Magistrates prevented the com-
bat. They then -,set off' to a spot near the B irge-
house, Wookeich, and Leicester and Burke,
medimely set•to. The former was seconded by
Harry Harmer atrit*lnter, and Tom y)livcr and,
Clarke waited tlponttrlie., Jr was tor 614 gui-
neas.. Tke braltie lasted two hours ; 66 rounds
were fought. Leicester was conquered and
dieacl-
fully punished about the head. The second bat-
tle was between Josh. Atkins, tlie botchy'', and
Connelly, a coachman. 'They bad. .6'.; rounds.
Coach,V was beaten in an hour and ten minutes.
islaWvott-r .(ist.tt - WIGHT}, Arum s.—The
formation of two troops of Light- DrAgoons,; to
be tommanded by Sir Leonard T. W. HoemeS,
proceeds with great spirit, nearly all the most
active and sespeetuble yeotovry of the iik:ll We.
log. tendered their services. The nunth:4 being
lituited ttsiten troops,-imot tli'Xcnity has occurred
'II making a soleetion agreeable 1i the wishes of
the numerous sod tespecturite aputicents.
ExEcuTioN.—Vonifiree, who was con vieted at
the late Maidstone As4izes, for ndilicionily shoot-
ing his land:ord,.Mr. Bratnlvell,iwas executed on
•ibnoi,tay, atq -j'eueneleu-heath.. He had been
constantly attended by a Clergyman since his
eoivtetion„ nd evned the utmost penitence.
'!'lre
Oi
pe Atki i
a Corps of the Dublin 'theatre,
a.c
amongst svloon are Basnam, Miss L. K Hwy,
and Miss BYRNE, are now pe.rforming.at Cork.—
Joti ess, of Coven.-Garden Theatre, fills op the
vacancy this week, when the house closes for the

seitn,on.
Addreqs spoken by Mr. ICESiftWOR taking
leave of the Edinburgh undiende, is the prthitte-
'ion of Mr. WALTEIt SCOI7,