The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-25 00:00:00

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Neat had had a benefit at the Assembly-Rooms. on Satc :
day, which was numerously and respectably attenden.
The citizens. on. the entre of their hero, received him
with a thundering burst of applause, which must have
been highly gratifying to him. The. first set-to was
'between Broad and Duffett, which gave general satit,
tion. The second was a raffianing set-to between Cab-
bage and Hall, all give and take. The next was b. -
tween Reynolds and Stephenson the black; and the
quick eye, the humourous and rapid evolutions of th:
latter, excited general mirth, whilst the goo.l.n.itur.•
with which he received, and the force and rapidity of
his returns, kept the room in continued good humour.
Neat and Parsons then set-to, the former apologizi:::c .
for the state of his hand, which had not recovered
from the effects of the blows it had inflicted on th'e
iron frame of Gas. With this exception, his hod v
did not exhibit the slightest symptoms of his late en-
gagement. and he was in as fine condition as avhen be
threw up his hat on Hungerford Conamon.—(BriA4
Mercury.)
MATCH IN HARNESS.—On Saturday a Mr. Parker,
from th e country, was spending his evening, in company
with several others, at Mr. Pledge's, the Castle Tavern,
51oorgate, when be offered for a considerable sum to
drive a horse in harness fifty miles in four hours. Or.
Paige, of Chiswell-street, the eminent farrier of Bello
Alliance. South-gate, took the het, and the money was
immediately deposited in the hands of a rct-peetable
gentleman. The match is to take place this week.—
[Sets to a considerable amount are dependant upon the
result.
The match to ride 100 miles in eight hours, as under-
taken by Captain Smith, of Colesley, on ten horses,
was fitted to take place yesterday morning. It is fir
200 guineas, over a piece of ground on the Winchester
1 road. Betting sto 4 against time.
EXTRAORDINARY eIIASE.—A stag was SOME years ago
turned out from Wingfield-park, in Westmoreland, be-
fore Lord Thanet's fox hounds; at length, by fatigue or
accident, the whole pack was thrown out with the ex-
ception of two dogs, who continued the chase, and they
were seen near Annan, in Scotland. The stag returned
to the park whence it bad been started, leaped the wall,
and died as soon as he had accomplished it ; one of the
bounds run to the wall, but being unable to cet over it,
laid down and died ; the other hound was found dead
about a mile from the park. The distance from Wing-
field-park to Annan is forty-six miles, and by the cir-
cuitous route the stag teok, the distance run could not
be less than 120 miles.
A curious circumstance occurred a few days since
in the parish of Brantford, Suffolk. A husbandman,
in the act of ploughing, disturbed a hare on her seat.
Poor puss. in the fright, attempted to bolt through the
wheel of the plough; in doing which, she met her
death by one of the spokes taking her in contact with
the other part of the implement.

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POACIIIIRIL—We have already stated that on Sun-
day night the 9th instant, between twelve and one
o'clock, Henry Judd, game-keeper to Thomas Asheton
Smith, Esq., accompanied by six aesietants, were at-
tacked in Ashdown Coppice, at Tedworth, in Hamp-
shire, by a desperate gang of poachers, consisting of
fire or six men, armed with guns and other weapons,
one of whom shot at and kith d Robert Baker, one of
the assistant game-keepers—Mr. Asheton Smith made
every possible exertion to pursue the murderers, but not
being able to trace them in the country, he sent an ex-
press to Sir Richard Birnie, at the Police-office, Bow-
street, for the assistance of an active and intelligent
officer. Taunton was dispatched, who has at length
succeeded in apprehending two of the gang, who prove
to be Edmund Steele and James Turner, two well
known men as labourers in that part of the country.
They have undergone several examinations bef.,re the
Magistrates at Andover, and were finally committed
list Wednesday to Winchester prison, on a charge of
the wilful murder of Robert Baker. The prisoner,
Steele, has turned King's evidence, and, from his con-
fession, it appears that the gang of poachers consisted
of five. The other three, not in custody, were all la-
bourers, who worked in and about Andover.
A singular robbery was committed at Maryport one
day last week. Mr. Pollet, a traveller, staying at
Wm. Porter's, Golden Lion Inn, having ordered the
servant to call him early in the morning, retired to
rest, after, as he supposed, locking his chamber dao:-.
The bolt however missed, and it remained nt.fastened.
Ho was awoke before day-break by a noise of foot- .
steps ; expecting it was the servant coming to rail
him, he took no particular notice, but finding th.st
was not the case, after a few minutes had elapsed, he
jumped up, asked who was there, received no answer,
groped for the door, and called up his landlord. On
returning to his chamber, he found his pocket-book on
the stairs, and on examination discovered that six
pounds had been taken from it, but 2001. in &C.
were untouched. His suspicions fell upon a man
who on the preceding evening had been in the tra-
vellers' room without the appearance of a regular • ra-
veller. The supposed culprit's chamber was entered,
but as he appeared to be asleep no search took place.
In the morning he asked for his bill, and said, he
had a little business to do in the town, after which he
would settle it. Three or four hours having elapsed,
and he not returning, the landlord made enquiries,
and found he bad gone to Workington—thither he
pursued him, but on his arrival foand that the thief
bad just embarked in a ship which was then under
sail, and the surf-beating so high that, although he
offered five guineas, none would take a boat and follow
bins.
SUlClDL—Yesterday morning, Mr. Thomas Bar-
rett, cow-keeper, of Mortimer-market, Fitaroy-square,
put an end to his existence in his own house. The
deceased had been noticed for some time past to be in
a low desponding condition, and was frequently he
to complain of his embarrassments. He bad formerly
been a fishmonger. The deceased left home &val.-
nine o'clock in the morning, and on his retur
ceeded to the kitchen, where he fastened hip
by a rope, one end of which was tied to a'
the other round his neck ; in this situation
found him. She immediately cut hint down,
for a surgeon, bat be was quite deid.

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