The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-08-31 00:00:00

SPORTING INIELIUSPOR.

REDFORD RACES, Wr.rtmrse*v. Ava. 20.
The Woburn Stakes of 10gs eses. with *Hs. added Nos
the Race Fund, Subscribers.) Best uf three two-gsA•
head.
Mr. Fletcher's h. g. Weep, 4 yrs old. est Mb— .. I I
LdGressette' messed Mr.Fleld's b.*. Peter Fin, 8 yru.lst. • t 9
Marc!. Tatistork Maj. Wilson's b. h. 4y, uld; Net. Mb S
The Doke of Bedford's Parse of. 902, was not rem for, fur
want of horses.

THURSDAY.

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The Noblemen sod Gentlemen's Paine of 301. Best of three

four-mile beats.
Mr. Fleeher's b. el Wasp, • yrs old. Bit .. I
bk. Field's h. e. Peter Fin. 4 yrs old. list. 31b... ..
Hr. Peernsek's.br. h. Romulus, sited. itst. . die
Hoe. U. W..Mills' b. m. Lucinda, it yrs old. fist. lelb• duPeter Fin rev on the wrong side of the post

A Sweepstakes of sgs each. with 10ge added from the Race
Pend. (or all ages. Best of three beats, once round the
Course.
MarO.Te vistoek namedM r. Field 's chat. Chew £ sato,
4 yrs. old. Ost. fib._ 1 1
Major Wilson's b. h. Juniper. 4 yrkold. rkt. Vb. 1 t S
C. Inggint, Iraq. named Mr. Field's b. e. Peer Fin, 3 S
A Cup, vane 40gs; given by the Groomes of the Oakley
fluor, tissi Mau. h, speak. by * subseriptles of ass Met. Vas
not rust for, for want of heroes.
GRAND CRICKE f MATCH AND DREADFUL
41,t1DENT, NEAR SHEFFIELD.
•
ulTie.geed- cvleitet meta betimes fifteen Sirefield
and Nottingham players, for which groat preps-
naleasliave lately been making en the new grooed at
Waal. pest Sheffield, commenced on Monday foreseen.
The 'salsa baring excited a peculiar interest is and
amid Slselield. the woman@ of spectators was pro-
pordeastely greet : sever, perhaps, on any weirdest. wee
witeasseil an assemblage at once so numerous and re-
spectabli, Sheffield seemed to peer out the principal
pert of It. pepulatloe, the reads being literally covered
all tbe morning with crowds humming to the scene of
die repeated enjoyment. Little was it then lapelled
that law, the expiration of the day, the pleasure of it
was to he dashed with oaf of the most al cling acci-
dents that we have had to record for some time back.
The playing commenced; the weather, with the gaup-
Roo of out shower, was highly favourable, and all west
on well, till about four o'cloelc, when a largo extent of
seaffeldine, which had heel Stied upon the ground war
the road side, for the SeCOMINANIVIIMI of several amnesia
of spectators, having aloe tier of seats, and being forty
yards long, soddenly gave way, and precipitated its un-
forttseate tenants one over the other to the ground.
Shrieks, screams, and grease rent the air on all sides;
and the setae of confusion which ensued was indescrib-
ably 'Seeing\ Every head was instantly engaged In
esirketiog thrsuffirrerst every possible accommodation
offered; anti every vehicle pat in reqaisitioe to cushy
them away to their homes. It is with piced feelings
that we have to laid, that two persons were killed on the
spot, and between 40 and SO more or less maimed."
The above paragraph is copied from the Sheffield Iris.
published the morning after the accident occurred ; bit
we have great pleasure in stating, that no penes wile
killed on the spot, and that althiogh several were very
seriouly injured, it was oat snpposed that any of the
cases would terminate fatally when our 'planation left
Sheffield yesterday morning. There perhaps was serer
such a maroon. of
.people, at any game of cricket in
the wend, sod the tamest was net so meth cachet, by
the mama •of the ambit, for they were but sixty
guises, aside, es by the weederfal charm of novelty.
that charm which alike imintee_persess to look •), •
Wag, or to whites a game at ball and bat. The hot-
tin glum Club won with ease, and very nearly at one in.
slags.—(icottiaghem Review, Avg. 30.)
We are ourerned to add, that the Sheffield Adore.
Hier of Aug. 27, referring to the dreadf.ll accident,
stain that lets fist preceding night, 23 cases had ben
admitted to the Infirmary, four or firs of which were
proooaneed very dangerots.--slisrrost,;_:ce,""'

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GMT MATCU POR Tiro TROIJSAND Otnareas.—The
decision of this great undertaking Wok plan on Moo-
dav, the 12th of August. Lord Kennedy bad taken 4Q
to 1, in fifties, that he would, one day; of the season 1122,
from twelve o'clock of one night, to twelve o'eleek the
following night, kill forty brace of grouse, on his shoot-
ing ground, at Felar, at the bead of Aberdeenshire: and
afterwards ride to his seat at llnonotter, and back to
Felar, a distance of 1-10 miles. Exactly at 12 o'clock on
Monday night, three watches were set together and pot
Into a box by the Umpires, —.Turner, Esq., on the
part of Mr. Farquharson, td Captain Barclay, on the
Pert of Lord Kennedy ; Mr. Cunimiag referee. At fear
in the morning Lord lienoedy commenced shooting, at-
tended by a great body of Highlanders, drawn together
from curiosity. A great deal of rain had fallen in the
night, which made the hills very wee, and the birds
wild. The Ant brace was killed a quarter after four,
and the whale forty brace in loon hours and forty-one
minutes. After shifting his wet clothes and taking was
refreshmara,4se mounted his horse and started for DJ*.
tatter. where he arrived at two o'clock, having rode ;to
Hiles in four hour hours and a half. lie remained about
an hour there, anti get back to Felen four minutes before
eight o'clock at night, performing the 140 miles in ten
hours and twenty-six minutes: and winning the match
by four hours and four etiolates. The whole was done,
shooting, fcc. io Mee° hoar, and tifty•sit minutes.
He reterneo to Csstletown that night, a distance of
fourteen miles by ten o'clock; making the whole din
none en horseback 154 ruiles. This is the greatest feat
otexertion on re:ord, and Lord Kennedy challenges
any man la the kingdom to shoot against bins for a thou-
sand guinea% at any thing that ties, either with ball
or shot. His Lordship did not appear the feast fatigtiest.
Every thing was against him; the grouse arelalloollloolll
strong and forward this season ; the road is any thing
but good, the first four Ogles a mere mountain sheep
tract; aed the remainder very bang and stony. with nu-
Mero2ll abort sharp hills.
A few days ago, the wife of an innkeeper at Csistor,
who is the mother of five children, actually sold the
youngest of them, an infant about three Months old, for
a damask silk shawl, of the value of 21).. to a Herbstd
hawker of drapery goods, &c. who accidentally called
for refreshment. The man took away the child, and
hastened on his journey, apparently well pleased with
the diegrseef al contract: A few hours afterwards, the
occurrence becoming g Hy known throngliont the
town, the neighbours were not sparing 10 uttering ve-
hement and deserved reproaches for the conduct of the
uneaten, parent, which compelled her to attempt the
recovery of the hapless infest. For this porpoise, ac-
companied by two female mends, she'set eat, and suc-
ceeded in finding the child at a house io (irassby, a vil-
lage about three miles on t'le 'Mgr road, where the
man had left it, the elsilti baying bees:tu excessivelt
troebleserne, from the want of its aceti•tbthed nourish-
ment. The party returned safe-bousii tMt4i tbeekelitos
eineo'cletlt seat raernilsk. • r4„i se ,
The workmen have already remlialideii thlh'll.o
Hews at the bask of his Majesty's Itlakirl *ides it
Pimlico. irlsinh are Itailaded foe tfe Kibillifekieb loM
cartlagee, preprints., to the
Kam at Chasiiirerose. he order tlitilltlaberie bleier
tap may be emended esfiLMattlea'l4ll/1111" or
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