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London, England, 1822-12-05 00:00:00

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BUNTING. .
Wrinntass'a fox-Iwanis vnet at lierritighir4
Shaw on Monday. A 'synth of an hour ensued; but it wai •
eventually spoiled, owing to a butcher's dog obtaining a view of
the fox, and ineffectuttfintriithik ; an event which took the
pack off the scent, and enabled lieynard to escape.
Iltrwntcs Estaiblumasall.--A very curlew's eircumitaace
curred to the Brighton Subscription. Pack of Harriers, on ,Fri-
day last. The dogs, according to we kly.eustrun, threw off at
the Devil's IJ)ke, atid•soon otter gut ukson a strong scent. A
Sharp chace of an hour and twenty minutes followed; over bill
and dale, through woods, and crossing several sheets of water.
'llue. horses were completely fatigued and beaten—and ;One
were in at the der..th. The victim was neither hare nor foz.blit
an animal of dr- canine sliecics, between a spaniel and a terrier,
which, alarmed by the tithed cry of the pack, had afforded the
diversion mentioned, and Whiab was completely torn to pieees;
before the huntsman or any individual of the field could get up
to attempt its reseue. •
Fox HUN/ING t PZITICTION.—Mr. Hill's hounds afforded
an excellent day's spurt on Monday laic to a well attended field.
The hounds them_ off ay Wassattd, and found immediately,
The first fox Was headed, and went into cover; the secondbroke
cover in grand style, nradg fur itiAlield, then Westerby's Winn,
past Trei:don the* fOccatv4sh;-thence to Sigilstone, past
Catloss to N. wikreling. Whini, which he skirted, • immediately to
Ditir.ing's 11114 rhenae to Pringho, through to Bubufts and was
killed uss the Sand Fulls, before he could cross the harnistoa
I)rain—pickily for the horses, for they all had enough of it.
che worthy owner of the hounds was up, and declared "It was
the proudest day of his life!" (it was the finest day.) Among
the many good horses that were out, Mr. Bites bay horte rode
by the whipper-in ' •'and Mr. Lockets's Grey Peter, were the
most distinguished.

STEEPLE. CHACE.
A Steeple Match was ridden on Tuesday, for 50 sovereigns
each, the second to receive back twenty-five, between My *g.
SELL, Captain Paoaarr, and Mr. Litnrritssurkw, and which, for
speed and intrepidity, has scarcely a parallel. The Start was
from Warfield, on the IVokingh.rm road, to go to Winfred
House, four miles from Maidenhead Thicket, and seven from
Henley-upon/Thames. The Captain was first at Winfred House,
by two minutes, from his knowledge of the route, and Mr.
Maarseu. second, by superior speed. s The ground, considered
twelve miles, was perfornuid in forty minutes.

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SIIOt)TING.
The Earl of LONSDALI lately ;hot in one day, near Melkin-
thocpe, three hares, respectively weighing lvellis. nelbs. and
lOilbs. which is rare in the occurrence. •
Bqxt
Tuesday there was a pugilistic contest between two jobbers in
the money market, on the Stock Exchange, in which the popular
candidate was victorious. A respectable broker being asked what
be thought of the business, said, it was favourable to the Bears,
as it was portentous if seer.

PEDESTRIANISM.
Miller,who has undertaken to go 54 miles a day, on the main
nomford road, In 14 bouts, Mr four sutcessive days, last night
acconsplished his third day's task, and ,arrived at the Pigeons,
Stratford, forty minutes within the given time. He is now on
his last day, and it seems very probable that he will win his
wager, having come in much better with regard to.his swollen
legs than he did on Tuesday night. To-night he finishes his
task at the Crown and Barley Blow, Gray's Inn-lane.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CAT!
Last week, while a shoemaker in the south side of Edinburgh
was engaged in cleaning a cage in which he kept a lark, he left
the door of the cage open, of which the bird took advantage, and
flew away by a window at which its owner was then standing.
The lark being a favourite, its loss was much lamented. But it
may be imagined what was the surprize .of the house, when ha
about an hour and a half the cat belonging to the same person
made its appearance with the lark, in its. mouth, which it held
by the wing; over the hack, in such a manner that the bird bad
not received the least injury. The car, after dropping it on the
floor, looked up to those who were observing her, and mewed,
as if to attract attention to the capture. The lark, now occupies .
its wiry prison, with the same noisy cheerfulness as before its
singular adventure.

A female did penance in the nsualmannef, in Step-
ney Church, on Sunday last, for defaming a neigh-
bour's character.

Yesterday, at the 3lidilesex Session, Alin Webb Wagon, jun.
Esq. residing in Glouceuer-place, Mary-la-bonne, was convicted
of obtaining the sum of one hundred and twenty-one pounds
from Lewis Harris, by falsely representing himself as the owner
of a house, and giving that house as security for the money. As
the credit of the witnesses was somewhat impeached, the verdict
excited surprised in Court, and the prisoner's Counsel declared
his determination to move for an arrest of judgment.
Bow-svarrr.—Mr. Bradfield, a coal-merchant, appeared to an
information, at the instance of the Principal Meter for West-
minster, charging him with sending out a chaldron of coals with-
out being duly measured, and without the meter's ticket. From
the evidence of Thomas, a sub-meter, it appeared that the third
bushel of the fourth sack was over measure, a large coal project-
ing over the side of the measure, which be therefore ordered to
be struck off. One bushel of the eleventh sack was deficient one
half, from the room containing no more coals. Some more,
however, were put into the sack, but without being first put into
the measure. It was insisted that to give over-measure was as
great an offence as to give too little. Mr. Asimutws, for the der
fendant, called witnesses, who proved that coals were added to
each of the sacks alluded to, so that they were decidedly. over
measure. Mr. Bradfield, he said, had excited the spleen of the
meters by exposing their neglect and misconduct.—The Magis-
trates were quite satisfied with Mr. Bradfield's conduct ; but as
the letter of the law had not been complied with, adjudged a
nominal fine of ss.—To a second information, for delivery with-
out a ticket, Mr. ANDREWS pleaded guilty, and Mr. Bradfield
was fined in the mitigated penalty of one penny, and 21. 64d. to
Mr. Taylor, the informer.
Corporal Geer of the Guards, was brought up by the Over-
seers of St. Martin's Parish, with a view to obtain an order of
affiliation. Previous to the oath being administered to the frail
damsel, the Vestry Clerk observed that she was a dissolute
being ; that she had boasted that the father of her first child was
a Private, the second was a Corparal, the third should be 2,
Serjeant, and so she might go on till she reached the Commander.
in-Chief. This boast the damsel did not deny, and the Magis-
trate animadverted severely on her shameless incontinence. After
the oath was administer...d, in which she swore Corporal Geer
was the man who in this instance had conquered her virtue, the
Magistrate asked the Corporal what he had to say, when he re-
plied he did not know ; these accidents would sometimes happen.
A Serjeant who attended said, the Corporal was in a very awk-
ward predicament, having several of these affaits on his bands;
and within the last three weeks he had married one of the ladies.'
Then all you have to do, observed the Magistrate, is to procure
two housekeepers to be bound to exonerate the parish from ex-
penses. " I cannot procure one," was his reply. The Serjeant
said, the regiment would have nothing to do with the affair.
" Why really, Corporal," said the Magistrate, " you ought to
be ashamed of yourself." • " So I am," he replied, " but what
can I do? 1 have made one all the recompence I can, and ',Auld
marry them all if the law would permit, and provide for the chil-
dren as well as I am able." The .Serjeint again observed, he bad
no bail to offer, and the Corporal was committed to durance tile
till the Sessions.
Mauston House.—sforses Honey:non was committed for pick.
ing the pocket gf Pronice, Esq of Richmond, of £lOO, on the
day of Hunt's entry. The prosecutor had been to the Bank to re-
ceive a dividend, whin on his return his pocket was cut in the
crowd. One of his notes wan traced to the prisoner, whom the
prosecutor swore to have been near him in the mob.
111 A RLDOSOUGH-STRRET: AR kiln Taaeaa.—•An Hibernian
in rags was charged by Jennings, an idficor of the hlendicity So-
ciety, with begging. The officer stated, that about 12 months
ago the prisoner was apprehended and taken to Hatton-garden
(Mice on a similar charge. On that occasion he was questioned
as to what country he belonged ? He !answered, in a broad
Irish accent, that he came from 2hrtirry, In the East Indies. He
was then committed for three moths to the House of Correction.
lie had repeatedly been apprehended since his liberation.. The
prisoner was committed till the Sessions.
A very distinct lunar rainbow was observed at Arundel on
Thursday Winded. Thisphenomenon had the colour of theisolar
rainbow, very distinct and ple;sant, only coosidcrably fainter. •

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