The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-07 00:00:00

SPOItT INO INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT TATTERSALL 'S—Nov. B.
Little or no ♦ariati in in the odds since Monday last, of which
a fall account was given in our Paper of l'uesday,

ONE HUNDRED MUSS IN TWELVE }Toms.—Capt. llfanael
undertook this match on Wednesday, over a six miles
in and out of Crampton Park, Huntingdonshire, for a bet of
two hundred sovereizns• He did the first six miles in twenty
nine minutes, and the next six in thirty one minutes. Tlie
eighteen miles were completed in one hour and four minutes,
and the gelloway, bred in Lancashire, Was fed. Half the dis-
tance was performed in five hoursand seven minutes; and after
feeding again, the galloway was started to do the other fifty
miles in six hours, and kept steadily at work to the eighty
miles, when the rider, who is ender nine stone, became dis-
tressed, having two hours and thirty five [ninnies to do the
other twenty miles. The match was won cleverly, with seven
minutes to spare. The galloway never once broke from the
trot, nor was he ever distressed.
HARK HUNT EVER AORDINARY.—OD Saturday morning, a
hare having entered the west gate of the Wet Docks. Leith, a
most ludicrous cheer) ensued. The sailors, armed with hand-
pikes, set up the hailoo, and were soon juioed by all the carters
and porters about the docks, armed with their :mck ,in.,
and whatever else came in the way. After a noble and gallant
chase round part of the docks, her pursuers fact gairing
pooh& the animal sought refuge hi; leaping into the hold of
the Daedalus, waere she was immediately secured by Captaia
Ma k.

H A !mull, Nov. 3.—So great have been the flocks of wood-
coe'vs in their migration to this and other genial climates, that
upwards of two thoisand were caught alive on the island of
Heligoland, towards which they had been driven, exhausted,
by a gale of wind. A great number were sent to the Conti-
nent, and sold at from 01. to Yd. each. Several live ones have
been caught in this town.
Mr. H. Reid, of Doncaster, hes in his possession two birds,
seldom seen in this country, male and female, called the
Great Northern Diver ; the former was found about t:.ree
weeks ago asleep in a fallow field, at Cannon Hall, near
Barnsley, and was kept alive a short time in a garden pond-
--It became so tame by hunger as to receive fish fram
the hand, which it swallowed in a voracious manner, but
by tieing so much exhausted from its long voyage, and not
sufficiently sup plied with food, it died on the fourth day.—
On the same day the male was fouad, the female, sap•
posed to be its companion, was shot neer Galtisborough.--
, These birds are natives of Norway, and of ail the northern
continent of Europe.--The male weighed near nine pounds,
and the female elesen; they were very Iran, and measured
in length three feet, and from the tip of the wings four
feet nine inches. The bill is black, four inches lung, the
head and neck of a deep velvet black, with purple reflec-
tions, the neck appears as if wrapped obliquely round
with a bandage of the seine colour as the bead; the
feathers in the spaces between are white streaked down the
middle, with narrow black lines, and the sides or tke
breast tnarked in the azure way. fhe whole of the niipiFe
parts are black, spotted with n bite; the spots on the sca-
pular are the largest, of an oblong square, placed in rows,.
two on the end of each feather, and the wader puts are
white quills, and black tail.

NEXT FRIDAY, all the PtiYet, all the Capitals, and all the
Tickets and Shares must he drawn, as the Lottery finishes that
day. consequently the 20,000 i. the 10,0001. and all tl.o other
capitals must then be drawn, and it is not because B/Sil has to
boast so splendid a tist of capitals already sold by him, that he
has lees chance for those whic't remain, and many think his
present success is only the forerunner of further good Caton,.
we find he has already soul in the present Lottery,
18.304. tv0.410 in Shares.
3,43....1.000, whole Ticket. It. It I ....3001. in Shares.
6198.... &NC whole Ticket. 9,408. • ..200). in Shares.
13,943.... .50 1. in Shares. 13,547.. • •2001 in Skates.
2794.... 3001. in Shares. I &c. &e.
A codfish weighing 221bs. was bought in the market-
place of this city, by Wu,. Mayes ; on opening it was found
a lobster 12 inches in length, S small crabs, and various
others of a diminutive sise.—(Norecich Mercury.)

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