The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-11 00:00:00

PIGEON SHOOTING.

Yesterday, some matches at Pigeon Shooting took place
in a field, opposite the Kent Brewery, Kent-road. The
first match was between Mr. Thomas Brown, of Cam-
berwell, and Mr. W. Brown, of Walworth, at 21 birds
each; 21 yards from the trap, the charge not limited, and
the bounds 50 yards before the trap, and 60 right and
left of it ; the amount 20 sovereigns. The match was
decided in favour of Mr. W. Brown, he beating his oppo-
nent by S birds,
.having killed 16. The second match was
between Mr. Osborne and Dir. Lawrence, of the Red
House Club, for the same sum as the first match, and on
similar terms; Mr. 0., however, being allowed 28 birds,
and Mr. Lawrence 25. The match was won by Mr.
Lawrence, who killed 17 birds, and his antagonist only 10.

NEWMARKET, APRIL 9.--Amongst the
Company on the Heath yesterday was the Hon. CHARLES
WYNDHAM. We are sorry to state that he was seized
with an apoplectic fit in his carriage, and was instantly
carried to his residence, where the necessary assistance was
rendered, and he in a great degree recovered. The Hon.
Gentleman was on the Heath to-day, but was again taken
ill, and obliged to quit it.

Or Saturday last the Ayrshire harriers found
a fox at the Duke of PORTLAND'S plantations in the neigh-
bourhood of Loch Brown, which took therm across the
finest country that can be imagined, the hounds running at
the top of their speed for sixty-five minutes without a check,
and viewing their fox about twenty yards before them, when
he went to ground in the rock at Howford, on the water of
Ayr. This was one of the most severe runs that has been
seen with these hounds this season. Many celebrated horses.
were nut, all of which suffered more or less from the dread-
ful pace the hounds went; and we regret to say, that Mr.
ANNEsLgv's celebrated horse Harlequin died on Monday
in consequence...... Scotch Paper.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Plymouth Journal of yesterday.)

The Pike schooner, Lieut. E. Kelly, was paid off
on Tuesday, and re-commissioned on Wednesday,
for Channel service, by Lieut. E. W. Wigley, of
this neighbourhood.
The Mersey, 26, Capt. Branch, sailed yesterday
for Jamaica. Commissioner Inglis, of Port Royal
Yard, is gone passenger in the Mersey.
The Fury and Spitfire, Post-office steam-packets,
from Holyhead, bound to Dover, came in on Tues-
day, and sailed again yezterday.
The Hamoaze lighter sailed on Tuesday for Mil-
ford, with a party of riggers, to bring round the
Leda, new 46-gun frigate.
In Hamoaze—Britannia, Medina, Pyladcs, Pike,
Rinaldo, Royalist, Leveret; Reynard,
At the Island—Vigilant, Nightingale,
In the Sound—Briton, Bramble.

The Wasp, sloop of war, Commander R. Dick-
inson, C.B. was to sail from Portsmouth on Tues-
day for Malta, having on board 18,0001. in specie
for Gibraltar and Malta. Previously to her leaving
Spithead, she was inspected by Admiral Sir If.
Stopford, who expressed the greatest satisfaction at
the appearance of the crew, and the state of dis-
cipline on board, declaring, that had he net known
she had just come out of harbour, he should have
supposed that she had returned from a three V ears'
station, which reflected the highest credit on 'Capt.
Dickinson and his officers.

Capt. G. C. Blake, of Plymouth (though for
some time past a resident of Hampshire), has com-
missioned the Pearl, a fine sloop of 600 tons, lately
launched at Colchester, and now fitting out at
Woolwich. We believe she was built by the
builder of the Marquis of Anglesea's celebrated
yachts.

Lieut. J. Thorne is appointed Commander of the
Barham; Lieut. Sir T. R. T. Thompson, Bart. to
be Commander of the Cadmus, sloop of war; Lieut.
I W. Tomlinson, to the Badger ; .T. Henderson,
Esq. to be Purser of the Ordinary at this port.
ROYAL MARINES.--Major Watson is promoted
to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, vice Lieut.-Colonel
Timins, retired; Capt. R. Owen, to be Pay Captain
at Portsmouth, vice Robyns ; Captain .1_ Uniacke,
from the unattached, to be Captain, vice Owen ;
Brevet-Major Adair, C. 8., to be Major at Chatham,
vice Watson, promoted ; Brevet-Major Robyns, to
be Pay Captain, vice Adair; and Messrs. Holland
and Gascoyne, to be Second Lieutenants of the Ply-
mouth Division.

Capt. Quick, and the crew of the Orwell, of this
port, from Fatal for Hamburg'', have a»•ived at
Cork, in the Narcissus, having abandoned the wreck
of their vessel on the 26th ult. in lat. 43. 30. N. and
long. 21. W.