The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-11 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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Orewille's two.
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to 4 agst Swap-13 to 9 agst Waatou-7 to I agst
to I agst Ajai.
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to I agst Tinker—l 4 to 1 agst Miss Faulty—lS to I agst
Palsis loyal-23t0 1 agst br to Violet-24 is I ligst Fa-
natic-24 to I agat Columbus-30 to 9 agat Barefoot-3G to
I agst Honest John-3.5 to I agst Claude Lorraine-33 to I
agst L'Huile de Venus-49 to 1 apt Abron-40 to 1 nit
, Mercandotti.

At the Fives Court yesterday the sets-to were for the
benefit of the widow Roe, whose husband was killed with
Hickman by the overturning of a chaise. The profits of
the Court produced a trifle under 1001. The sets-!o were
choice and good ; the beat of them was between Crawley
and Shelton. Greeley was hit wbra on his knees, but
he got op and floored his adversary. Eales and Tom
Belcher set-to; and Richmond and Harry Harmer made
a good and right earnest set-to. Spring and Ward male
a very tine art-to, hut the length of the former gave
him decidedly best; Scroggins finished by rapping about
a nonce.

Letters from Monte Video of the 29th of November,
announce the arrival of the Imperial squadron from Rio
de Janeiro, consisting of two frigates and a sloop of war,
which are to convoy the troops acrlys the Line, in order
that they might not go to Bahia. Commodore Lobo had
joined the Imperial squadron. The frigate Theriss was
aground.
EDINBCROH, MARCH 7.—Wheat, which was selling a
fortnight ago at 201. per boll, on Wednesday brought
30s. in our market.
The ground for the new building, destined for the ac-
commodation of the Royal Society, &c. at th end of the
Mound, has been marked out, and the incio-ure was yes-
terday morning begun to be erected. We believe the
other. buildings will be carried on at the same time, if in-
dividuals be inclined to feu the stances.
On Saturday last the passage-boat recommenced ply-
ing on the Union Canal, after being obstructed for some
weeks by the ice.
On Monday night the wind was very boisterous here,
but not so violent as it seems to have been in the west
country.
The melting of the late snow on Arthur Seat has
brought away a quantity of earth from the brow formed
by cutting the road along the side of the hill, at the place
Where Duddingeton Loch commences, and brought to
view as irregular deposit of small marine shells, most of
which are the common wilks, and some of them convo-
luted. They are greatly decayed, though their forms
ire perfect; and, penetrating the earth, more of them
are discovered.
DuNDEE, MARCH EL—James Menzies, formerly Gsh-curer
in Glasgow, accused along with others, of embersting the
cargo of the Friends of Glasgow, on a voyage from Pm':
Dead's to Hamburg, in 1516. and then scuttling and si itieg
the vessel off the island of Jutland, with the intention of
de-
frending the underwriters, was apprehended here on Wed-
nesday se'nnight, by Mr. Patrick Mackay, messenger at
arms. Menzies was secured in Glasgow sometime aft :r the
occurrence, but escaped from the officers after being two
days and a half in confinement. A reward of 7001. was then
offered to any person who should apprehend him within a
twelvemonth ; but he bad hitherto eluded the vigilance of
those in pursuit of him. For a considerable time past, he
has lived in Cupar Angus and Lochee, under the assumed
name of James Murray. As he stoutly denied that his real
name was Menzies,snd as he was unknown in this querter,a
warrant was granted for detaining him in the custody of Mr.
Mackay, till witnesses could arrive from Glasgow. Me was
identified on Saturday ; and being delivered over to the She-
riff of Perthshire, was lodged in Perth gait. James Mac-
dougall, merchant in Glasgow, tried on the above charge
before the Court of Admiralty, was convicted, and trams-
ported for life ; and another accomplice was also transported
fur a number of years.
NEWCASTLE, MARc.I 5:-011 Manthy night a most vio-
lent ga'e of wind from the westward was experienced in
this district. The gusts of wind were occasionally ex-
cessively violent. Much damage has been do ie to the roofs
of houses and chimnies, and several trees have been blown
down to the westward. • Three of the vanes on the mai-
ler pinnacles of St. Nicholas' church were blown down,
end part of the fine but decayed tracery in the large Go-•
this oindow in the north transept of the church was
blown out. The four pinnacles of the new chorcli at
llcworth were blown off, and two of them have pas' ed
through the roof. Several summer houses and hot
houses in the gardens round this town have also uns-
tained much injury.. At North Shields the family of Dr.
Oxley w re throws into-great alarm by a stack of chita-
cies filling through the skylight, and breaking through
the floors. We have not heard of any one suutaioing
injury.
During the violent wind on Tuesday last, several
chimnies and roofsuf houses in Sunderland were blown
don is.but happily without the occurrence of any accident.
From the violence of the wind durin,tr the night of
Monday last, a house was nearly unroofed in Frame/el-
gate, Durham, and a chimney fell on the workshop of
Mr Rains, watch and clack maker, in Silver-street, and
did con itlerable damage.
EFFECTS •Y THt LATE Snow St oest.---Although
fewer sheep have been lost during the late dorm thou
might have been expected, yet we are sorry to learn from
various quarters that numbers of them are dying, owing
to the continued severity of the season, and the difficulty
of procuring them food. Of a small flock in the parists
of Menmuir, twelve lately died in one night, and in
some flocks, we are told. the loss has been very great.
Although the snow has mostly disappeared in the low
parts of the country, very.little impression has yet been
made on the higher districts;, many extensive tracts of
land at the foot of the Grampians are still completely
covered, and though the snow on these mountains has
become closer and more compact by the action of the
wind, hardly any of it has been dissolved. In many of
the lower districts of Kincardine, the roads are very tad,
and the har,ly peasants may be seen following their carts
laden with grain and other farm prodac ~ wading among
the water. It is to be hoped the length of the day awl
more tenial weather will clear away the snow, and dry
the ground, nom very much saturated with moista C.
if this is not the ease soon, vegetation mast sqtter very
much, and every operation in farming Kibbe retarded.
—(I1os:role Chronicle.)