The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-16 00:00:00

SPOIt I INU INIsELLItiENCE.

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NEWMARKET ligroNa OCTOBER MEETING. lOU.
TU F.ti OA Y. OCT.
iweepstakts of 10.8 each, for three-yr-Olds. 7sf. I llb. ;
four. Bst. 9:b. D. M.
%fr. Pealna's fittty. 3 yrs old .
Nesle'm f. by llutteng. 3 yrs old . .. 2
Vr. 's Atwood... 4 yrr old .. 0
Mile of flrsflon's Nform. 3 yrs old
Bios.'m Merino, 3 %rs out • • • • 0
The. Judge placed bet two.
.0 2 Rest Betty—ti to I slot Mr. Neale's f.-3 to 1 egst
Pintoutl:e-3 toy mast Nloas—t to I Gest Merino.
Fifty Pounds, (Jr two-yr•old.roitt,bc. 41b.; fillits,Sst.2lb.
T. Y. C.
[Mc.. of Portland's ch. f.
%fr. Wyndham's it. f. by Wander
Thin .11 51,111,11—T0e Judge plse•-d tiot two.
3to I s.;.t tlabriel4--eves on Mr. %Yyndhem's b. f.
Woo by two lengths.

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GAM/E.—Among other instances of cheap provisions
we may mention that game, in this neighbourhood, has
fallen of least 50 per cent. within the last fete days. A
hritt:e of rood plump partridges may now be purchased
for one shilling sterling and a hare at the seine rate,
skin and all. Pussie, to be sere, is not yet,st the trest,bat
• ill this i! *a wonderfully moderate prier., considering
tie drawl:rick which 'Lay be received from any of the
d stets in far, of which this town is so great a mart.—
Wine, in fact, of all kinds, was never wore pleotifal
than at the present moment, and it is no uncommon
thing, even for b:df•hrrd sportsmen, to hog their right
or ten brace of birds before dinner, heriiles pi rlicr,two
or three fall-g. rawn hare+.—(flu:n/i•ies Cuurscr

James Tenney, the pedestrian, who walked 102 miles
in 23 hours, on the Andsley road, neat York, on the 7th
and lith of January last, and walked trno Lincoln to
Stamford, 52 utiles a day, for 20 days together, baying
started nn the 25th of February, a' 20 minutes before
five, and completed his task oa the 16th of Msrch„ 27
minutes past eleven, is engazed to walk front Lnedo
to the Black Swan at York, and hick, in five sweessive
days. lie started yesterday, from Mr. P. •:faith's White
Rear. St. John-street, West Smithfield, at twelve o'clock
for One Hundred

One day lost week AS two old women were collecting
fuel, on Jevington Ilill, Sussex, they observed at no
great distance from them, a bird of uncommon size, en-
deavouring to mike its escape by flight, which (ruin some
apparent hurt that it had received, it was unable to ef-
fect, and the women in consequence, speedily uverrosk
their game, when a desperate conflict ensued, and it was
not until it had been killed by the prongs with whirl'
they were armed, that the object of their pursait mid
be secur►d. It proved to he the Pelicanus bassanns of
Linnteus, thinner, for Sohn (loose, a bird rarely met
with upon oar coast; this species is, however, very com-
mon in the Hebrides, suit other solitary rocky islrs of
North Britain.

Friday, a hen pheasant, supposed to have b►en p•ir•
sued by a hawk, pitched in the market-house,Chichester,
and witeraturist without Niue injured, and presentee to
his Grace the Duke of Itichiu.lini. _ . _

A nest of that highly curious bird, the bearded tit
mouse (pares Unmakes) which was supposed never to
breed in England. fuss been discovered among setae
✓ushes near Tilbury Broad, Yarmouth. The nest eon tin-
ed five young oars, and was built ou the groued. The
old femaleand the young birds are now iu the poss:l,,ivo
of Mr. Harvey, of YArmonth.
ANO fIICR NEW BAIT FOR PIENl.—Tile following fact.
which occurred on the 3d inst., it another instsncoe of
the capricious appetite of this voracious and destructive
fish :—A gentleman of III.• name of Flood, whilst troling
in the water near the Ryelsouse, basing .upended his
stock of bait., was indiced to try IM novel expedient of
ba!ting. Ids honk with a pickled gkerkie, and having
troled with it a abort lime. was agreeably Imrprieed at a
✓un, which mapat,rminatcd in the taking of a very fi.v3
pike, weighing •

CORN•EXCIIANGE, OCT. IG.—Sinee last Monday the
arrivals b.ive linen confined to a few vessels and t'io4o
from the cuast,...with Wheat and Barley, and there is
not much tither grain fresh np. Good dry rumples of
Wheat ,eil this morning readily at lar Monday's pr;eo
Ent other quatiuies are neglected.—Barley sells nearly
at our last quotatine.—lleans and Peas are without al-
teration in the price.—The Oat market remains still
short, and supports last Market day's prices.
The Assessors of Taxes at Birmingham have been
required, under a severe penalty, to charge all persons
keeping dogs with the Window Duty and Dog Tax.

Last week, a pear was gathered in the garden of Jas.
Anthony, Esti, of St. lees, whirl. weighed twenty °wires
and direr quarters, and measured thirteen inches awl
half round. Several of the fruit from the same trod
weighed a pound.
As a proof of the mildness of the season, there was
pulled, on the 2.1 of this mouth, in Southhar Garden, a
dish of the rose strawberry, measuring two and three
quarter inclit.s in circintif,:rence, and equally higlidla-
vunred as those pulled in July.—(Glosiferie Paper.)
LONOEVITY.—A few days ago four ladies ilrark tea
Mealier at Preston, whose united ages made the •nin of
Xi; years. They were respectively 92, 83, S 2, and 2141.
Annihrr interesting eiret ttttt tance is, that they were all
nearly related to eaeli other. Two of them were sisters,
and uses. were lirst cousins to the other two, who were
ale s sisters.

El.o r: ENT. story, neither very necnree, nor
soth acidly Prairie to prevent injurious mistakrs, has
found i s oov into the newspapers, regarding an elope.
meld from liarrowgate, the leading particulars of which
it is now proper to rela'e, It appears, that too yossalr
women in the shop of Mrs. Overton, the milliner, nem
sent house to Leeds from flarrotegate about three weeks
elf... mounted upon a palfrey ; but from SOIDP cause not
explained. they missed their way and strayed to %%e-
-therbv. flcre, quitting their bond& conveyance, tbwy
proceedad to Doncaster Races, accompanied by own mi.
litary gentlemen, and from thence to London. Os e,-
eriving this distressing intelligence, the father and bro-
ther of on t of the young %omen posted otf from the
neighbourhood of Derby, where they reside, and alter
a dilis:ent search, at length succeeded in finding. the
poor infatuated girls, elegantly attired, in handsome
!Aging,. and on the high road to min. With some
difficulty they were persuaded to quit the protectiva of
their paramours, and to return to the tune snore whisk.
some. though less Attractive protection of their slistrens-
NI friends. Vie abstain fur the present from puldishin4
the mums of the &rum who have achieved this victory
over frantic infirmity, and parental care.—(Leeds .L'er.
cu:•q
P Ell ENT.— In the early part of lad week, a genth-
melt slid Indy. who passed for man and wife, cam, to
CAIII4. 1:.0111. and took up their abode at one of the inns
At that place. The next day a gentlemen who had the
appearance of a clergyman came to the town, and speed.
ily reetiguised the lady as his wits., the mother of
childrets,who had eloped with a married insp. the tither
of a large faintly. The distressed husband used every
atteansof persuosion in his power to induce the infatuated
811411 to return to her In sue, but in tame ; eke eased
not be persuaded to quit her paramour. and the nitro,.
Innate OEVI was compellei to leave her to her fa'e Ibe
.flair becoming known. the inhabitants expressed eta
much indignation at this atrocious I ate, that the olic,r
sod his companion felt it necessary to change their qn. r.
ten., which they did on Thursday evening.-1 he
parties are the Rev. Mr. L—, Bideford. and
lieutenant S—, a natal tillicre on half pay. malaria
b err.—(Wrrt Britom)