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'ANECDOTE OF. oxfo,4.FOrre4Qtit r, SP( 117'17,70 ATELLtiIEYCL
+. 'AIM pi iitlitieitiw-tittuaa lutes.olio.
..1116.; I,uliffe's Votlicumdils mileeNtTonlNNGic:nday, at Potrey Ctessi
r • . .. , •
butr:yxFoshou.
hn_ds meet on Monday, at, Prart's Buttorn 1
'....-:11!...ig ~.cilieli eilpit4gsquet is one of the old Noble*
4
or mptitt...,,,• *tied ilk* ranks dining the reign ' Thursday,
dayselnnightt. alitegok;k"titiyideBll"irilliaYi at
Pl 4"
ajtt°lll;
Mon'
4 kviii)4510:;n:11411410‘ the '.
campaign of Moscow, .and
all the suliieqUsto.t , ones. On the King's return be 1; 'lke tsransden Hounds meet on Tuesday, at Gamlingay Park 1
wits Made an °facer of the Garde du Corps, with the I
tWure:neyesd,sauatrykr,,,Fmt_Pii,7itrer,Witi":lt.
on Monday, Wednesday, and Sera
rank Of Mareschal de Camp I and having displayed
i
considerable activity in the detection of the plot of; The Cheshire For-hourids meet on Monday, at Rooky Beach
the 19th of August, was made Lieutenant-General of ' weducsday, at liiii.huir; Thursday, at hisrbuty; Saturday, at
Dwiwdon Heath.
the Persona, in the war department. His military
talents do not rank high ; and his extreme coo n- eraci:p.iac. emit ii/fßS;Olß:hoPut)nxcisilf;utiNemm—Thrtistt;aluabie and staunch
lency (a second Daniel Lambert) will unfit him for Egg. together with 13 Hunters,'
and:e Le Cover Daebs,Y waast
huhlt
active operations, although he is not more than thirty- brought this west to the hammer, by Messrs. Tattersall, ,bats
years of age. • the.degi, -al couples, were sold in seven different lots, for .€1036
,and 'W, hid the horses fcr £1147 17.5. 6d. making a total of
General Count Coetlosquet when serving as a pri-, xtit3 Aix id.
vate soldier, in a regiment of Hussars, became ac- - Lose Gwrzwa's names —This valindik stud was also sold at
quainted with a good-natured fellow, but a spend- Tatteriall's, on Monday last, and brought the followingsams :—.
gluineasoi; Nigel, 140
thrift, .named G--. Coetlosquet having joined. ,
guinnits°,t.L2rso,gru'i•n-easifinelliasibil-11"arewt.h2o1rn5
another regiment, they. lost sight of each other. Blanc, so guineas. 313gaDdJiarti• and Nigel.; 00guineas;
for Tile '
till the other day, when G-- meeting Coetlosquet' majesty. Citizen was bought in 'at 230 guineas, and Squhirsle-.
in plain clothes, in the Gardens of the Thuilleriei, at 150 guineas.
of trricehr. ohaensi ea tia; Ile a
0f5i1,,,,,,,„Tiv-71,,wwetene'rsoyustosinforocrae
dtthahye.htissults.:-.::
exclaimed, " What! Charles, my boy, art thou alive?
ee
What has become of thee these sixteen years ? 'Luanda, in the parish of Swatlinibridge%
thou art as fat and fair as ever ; and bast got a good runs in the early part of the day, w little after nee o'clock, a'
coat to thy back. Allons, my boy, let us go and break- hare was turned out at liurstcott, in the seld-parish. and dm .
' fast together. I will pay for the breAkt.ist and thou running
ki-afossislloVqctl.tiffetsceiTiltathenec°..7M4',-
dzsattlruler. aPP"ito Easoacote Chadigirtt, ant. -!,
Cleaves, where, turning to the eiglie- she. Creased the cover a - '
e
shalt pay for the wine." The General agreed and
they went to a littlecoiree-house in the neighbour- little below Stoke blill, and ran op :kw .Inoke. weer. Tbinoit -I
hood. " Or Fn, my fine fellow," sa?..l G--, " come,
aa‘gbii:,:n:bt inooirtHi nhga
cle
ikt
aohf 0 ttBhdi
ve
andltft
ood 1,
ocs
rh ete can tvee
tell me thy history ; thou bast not remained always
a private soldier ; for I recollect thou always didst known to the Northg Devoe htsg-isuotL.), whenrim (!)turrting agailace. alt n
thy duty well, and besides thou art an allele" Noble to the ieft,she spereted herself in acnw-houseamonpithestraw t—**
of Brittany." " No, I got promoted: " What, Made the hounds coming up she out, ran across a (sell or tWo,.
It
Rivers'
akbioliedot
hianif.thest rfiovead
o'clock,
kng
aftertiom a Gcohoadlee isit to Si
ore te-
serjeant, I'll swear ?" "Yes, I got the rank of ser-
jeant." " Well, m,y boy, here's a bumper to thee, mi.r. three hours, across one of the must difficult huctittlgincounttriel
serjeant; I always knew thou wouldst make thy way. that a sportsman can find.
.4 Yes. lam more than serjeant." " Bah, thou-art STEEPLE CHASE.
not Sub-Lieutenant, surely ?" " Yes, I am, and more A sporting match for 100 sovereigns, which excited a coati.
than that." " Nonsense, Charles, now no humbug ; derable.degree of interest at Cheltenham, was decided a few dari
since. The parties were Capt. Townshend, riding Mr. Pearson
thou knowest it won't do with me.' "I am morethan
Thomson's dark chew= horse ; and Mr. Bushe, who rode a bay
Sub-Lieutenant." " The d-1! what, Captain?" horse, the property of Cot O'Xially. The start was from the
" More." " Major ?" ••••• " More. " Colonel ?n•-•••• two year-old colt post, on Cleeve Race-course, along the straight
" More." Poor G— was struck dumb. aI am mile, over four stone walls and a five-barred gate, then full speed
•Lieutenam-General:' G-- rose; saluted him, and down Cleeve-hill, clearing some high fence.: in taking one of
dropped on his knee to ask pardon for the liberties which Mr. Bushe's horse fell, but without materially injuring
himself or rider. Capt. T. was at this time a little a-head, with
he had taken. The General invited him to sit down ;
a certainty, barring accidents, of winning the match. In fact, •
but he refused, until Coetlosquet insisted on it, say- Capt. T. did the distance, four miles, with some very awkward
ing, " I shall be Lieutenant-General Count Coetlos- leaps, in sixteen minutes,ed ty b
clearingl his lad leap, an 26 feet dkehs
quet for all the world, but Charles to thee. Come iilLngagls'iant
Therestyle,
cone witibfninspecg tasttors,at including
inasan immense
concourse h
ont
to my quarters to:morrow, and thou shalt be pro- many elegant females, and the view from the Race-ground down
vided for." . the hill was remarkably fine.
PICKING UP STONES.
Monday last, a young gentleman, a native of Whitchureh, un-
dertook, for a wager of a rump and down to collect one hundred
stones, placed at one hundred yards distance from each other,
in fifty minutes, which he accomplished lei 47 minutes and 30
seconds. The ground he had to p over in collecting the stones
.was five miles 1300 yards.

GENERAL D UMO URIER.

Whatever.opinion may be entertained of the cha-
racter of General Dumourier, and although it would
be difficult to justify his conduct at one period of his
life, it is certain that he terminated his political ca-
reer honourably. This General prevented many de-
predations in Belgium, on the invasion of the French
army. On his own authority he caused to be re-
stored to the Churches the plate, which the Commis-
sioners of the Executive Government had removed.
These Commissioners were even arrested by bit or_
der% iv was also the Chief -of the Company of Sans
Culottes, called Estienne, and he sent them back to
Park under an escort. The four Commissioners on
mission in Belgium from the Convention, repaired to
Louvain in the beginning of March, 170, in order
to find Dumourier. In a conference they reproached
him with his conduct. The General replied to Ca-
mus, this he was astonished that a man who like him
pretended to a regard for religion should wish to
sanction the robbery of the sacred vessels, and the
objects of the worship of a friendly people. " Go,"
said he, " to. St. Gudule, and see the sacred hosts
-trampled under foot, the tabernaclesand confessionals
broken, and the pictures torn in pieces. • Do find
means of justifying these profanations ; and is there
any other than that of restoring the plate, and ex-
emplarily punishing the satellites who thus criminally
executed your orders? If the Convention sanction
such crimes, if the Convention do not punish them,
so much the worse for it, and for my unfortunate
country. Know that, were it necessary to commit a
crime to save the country, I would not commit it ;
but in this case the atrocious crimes which have been
perpetrated turn against France, and I serve it by en-
deavouring to
_efface, them: This anecdote, which
is authentic, has left a recollection full of interest in
theminds of the Belgians, in which all men of worth,
whatever may be their country or their opinions, will.
participate. .

At Salisbury Assizes an action was tried, II Sault. .
dcrs v. Audrey, Esq. late High Sheriff of the County."
On the part of the plaintiff, two witnesses were exam
mined, named Brownjohn and Whitehart ; but nei-
,ther of them having proved to the extent expected,
and the fo mer'being diessed in black, and latter hay-
!lig a -brown cerar-oniio professional gentleman of
`,Bath wrote and 'handed to 51r. c. WrLLlalta, the
plaintirs Counsel; the following Impromptu:
la a else each as this-you will surely break down,
Since your B .‘renjohn looksanilyour Whacks;
If lam a prophet it never can do, -
And shortly the vertre. will make you look Hue 1
In a few minutes'afterwards the prophecy was
made mit, thiltry returning a Verdict for defendant. '
A Baitimo:e paper, of; the 20th u7t, says--n It is
understood that Mr. Baoweitto,.. the heir of the fa
roily of Lord Eta LTIMORIS, is about to institute suits
for the recovery of the quit-rents in'the State of Mary...
land, from the year 1774 (from the time they ceased
to be paid), up to the year 1780, and that he has.
already engaged Ir.Witarsn, of Boston, as Cotineet."
Tuesday afternoon an infuriated ox ran wadi?
through the'streeti of Canterbnry.. spreading terror
direction, and in High-street knocked down
ai
youth,evey
but happily passed on without doing, him
any material injury. The enraged animal afterward, •
plunged into the -river, at the bottom of Orange.
street, and swam about for a considerable time, baffling
every attempt to throw a rope over his. horns, when
the owner, to prevent the dangerous consequences ot,
his being at large, directed that, it should be shot,
which a young man, with great presence of mind and
precision, effected in St. Peter's Friars, passing the
!mill through the forehead betireen the horns, whelt
the beast fell, and the animal's throat was cot. •
Yesterday, the daughter of Mr. Brown, of the New
Cut, Lambeth, ran into the street with her clothes on
fire, by which nearly all her dress was consumed,:and -
her legs, face, and arms, burnt in a shocking manner.
It is supposed she had stepped on the fender to get
some article from the mantle-shelf.
Muarica.—Samuel Fallow has been committed,
after the investigation of a Coroner's Inquest, to Ches..
ter Castle, to take his trial at the ensuing Assizes, for.
the murder, on Friday evening the 21it inst. of Betty'
Shallcross, at Butterhouse-green, near-Stockport.--.
The unfortunate woman was a servant to Mr. R. C.
MOrrey, of that 'neighbourhood, and was pregnant
by Fallows. Her parents were very respectable
people, and her father bas occupied the same farm, ,
for more than 40 years. The prisoner is also .a re. .
spectable farmer, and has occupied, for several years,.
• same farm which his father held for above 40
roe. The ronnection.between him.and *ruder...
tunate woman had existed for some tines: ty'the rig!
and. vexation of her- parents.' When the
_body se*
'found, in one of the outbuildings
.belonsing.A9 Sir;
..Morrey, it was in a sad mangled state, aod,ezi4.4
41111tatiotts 'of deep horror.—Stockport Ild
Gerento-Hoops:—A recent transaction with Alibi dides-ag
finning-house in Fraccadidy, has Abroetn'the-Weititnei of Ws
Town into, a. state of confusion, of Whiek mut nioreitibei'Reeders
have no idea. 'The *determined conduct of -a Weer he taking . .
away and itarnining the dree; hisisd to.tbe discover"; of a ape!
jig*. rained. The dice, vk.i. undeessantSere tiptoed nithe Pelt.
tern by which ineny-indiviturthroflespereatillitt aim beim en.
at a shop in iittoeiwteet-. • -A few Nut4aa d *wind, Wine
dbitactirs of the turf, ands a host of idle ye rests base '
Isom been soarers.- To give an'inetanee :—Ont nighgisin sea.
aaP * certain Noble laprdlost:R8000; a Gentleman eseneinown
se Taticrsall's, Xls,oon; and a C-ttewnanei *he hie lately ereasea
ra sentatipo by an eittirsion with- a kreely brunette, At tow,.
Ibis was aws of profit. The earners went.csa with clod
'Prosperity Ibr two acasonee•realfring,-it is *AK. lava
which the three partners disrided: One of theppaatg~oers
leit
-
at the ceastneocronweinf this season; and we ttnderßaiaJ I
yaw proceeding! sekeeintitencid ;spina*, trthievalietilo renew.
sett of large sums, since the discovery that the tike iresi made
with unequal

EFFECTS OF ABSENTEES IN DIMINISH•

MU THE REVENUE:

From a Paper just published by order of Parlia-
ment, we gather the following curious information.
In 1801, 1802, 1803,. the average quantity of Port
wile
wine imported into Ireland was 5,561 tons, the
average quantity of the same beverage imported in
the years 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, was only 1.,113
tons, being a decrease of 4,448 tons in a year, or four
`fifth& 13y a comparison of the same years .the im-
portation of French wines fell off from 642 to 148
tons, or also four-fifths. There has also been a sen-
sible decrease in the quantity of other wines imported,
particularly in Spanish and, Rhenish, though to no=
thing like the same extent as in the above two. At
the same time it must be mentioned, that in the years
1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, there was iniperted on an,
average 561 tons of Cape wine, none "of this article
being imported in 1801, 1802, .1899. -In the latter
four years the rate of.the. duty, on: wines of every
kind'was consideribly more_tbeß6lanblet who ivwps•
the former three years, insi_ yet. the gross average,
amount •of the duty on 'ADE during the four years
was less by £86,940 than during thp._thrcl yens,
From this statement also. we > iy fuitherieitti-tfiat
increage-qf the rate of-taxation is not the heseieufto
angnient the revenue, a larger sum being eolleitiecl.itt
this instance. when the rate,of theAll34#laS•lin tfkaa,
when it was high. TwO and two,, ip thi arithMetic
of the CdStelni, it hai-beetildlog tiniaeiced, sio not
alstiys malt four. 5.
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cc I thiak,7 said a foram, 64 1. should mice a -goad
Partneri:au man, for I use their language. I recasts,
afro Bilk the, other iAyamsquesek.for, immediate
palmate : the oat 141 • to. be tatiloa the
—the abet oaiik ids thit dttratfscr
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