The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-05 00:00:00

THCRSDILY.

Sixty guineas for five, six, sad aged, lle. four-mile heats. Fite
year olds, fist 21b ; six, tht I Ilb ; aged 9st.
Mr Hunter's eb II !toiler .. .. .. I I
Mr Joyce's br b Friday .. 2 2.. ..
Mr Irwin's hr h Petworth .. .. .. S S

Friday the favourite beforP starting ; after the heat, two to
one on ltol•er.

Hunter's Stakes of tags each, 15 forfeit, for bunters thnt
never won a Racing Plate ow Sweepstakes, to which the
Governor added 5043 to the winner. Four-mile heats. Rode
by Gentlemen. Four year olds, 103 t lelb ; tire, Ilst tO.b;

six, 12st 21b ; and aged, I2st.
Mr Joyce's eh Gasket, 4 yrs .. .. 2 1
IA Donetell'i b h Sir George, IS yrs .. I 2 3
Mr Dinning's hr h Governor, 4 yrs .. 3 Od
Mr Ferguson's br m Miss Stephens, aged .. 4 0 1

PRIDkY.
Sixty Guineas for 3yr olds and 4 yr olds ; 3 yrs, Ost 71b ;
4 yrs Sst.—Two-mite heats.
Mr Savage's b h Sarda. spoils, 3 yrs I I
Capt. de Nlentmorency's ch f Betty, 4 yrs . 9 If

SATURDAY.
King's Plate of 10Arts for 4 and 3 yr obis ; four, 7st I lib 1
five, Ost.—Two-mile beats.
Mr Rattersby's cb We:come, 4 yrs .. .. 1 1
Mr Itunter's bit Lumber, 5 yrs .. .. 2 3
Mr Joyce's c li Gasket, 4 yrs .. .. 3 dr
Mr Irwin's blt Petworth, 3 yrs .. 4 2
..
Sweepstakes of 2gs each, to which the Governor added 200.
and the Ladies' Purse for hunters, race horses admitted,
carrying 12st eat-h.—Two-mile-heats.
Mr Joyce's eh g Bravo, 6 yrs .. . • 1 1
Mr W. 111•Canee's eh g Pedestrian .. .. 2 9
Mr E. Ruthven's b m V.riety .. 3 3
..
A Farmers' Plate is in future to be given by the Corpora-
tion for half-bred horses in the Counties of Down and Antrim,
the property of persons resident in one of the Counties. A
subscription was commenced to build a stand at the Mase
Course.

TIM 1110 MILES MATCH AND FAILUIIE.—Aaron Blenkensop,
the pedestrian, who started on Saturday morning to do the
above distance in 46 hours, over a six mile circle, at Blithe, in
Kent, was heat at eighty miles. He performed that in IP
hours; but from lameness he was unable to proceed. The first
411 miles was done in nine hours, and the failure was attributed
to going too fast at first. The pedestrian was matched for a
hundred sovereigns to win the same match within a fort-
night.
Friday se'nnight a sturgeon was caught in the river Forth.
of the extraordinary weight of lt4llb. It was sent off, next
day, to the E!inburgh market, by Mr. Anderson, tecksinan of
the tishings where it was caught.
CALEDONIAN HUNT.—At the Meeting of the Royal Caledo-
nian Hunt, held •t Edinburgh on Saturday se'nnight. Lord
Strathareu was elected a Member in the room of the late Col.
Renton; and they settled filially every thing relative to
their Meeting, to commence at Aberdeen on the let of Sep-
tember.

EXTRAORDINARY STAO ItusT.—Satnrday se'nnight
Messrs. Upperton, of Wickham, having heard that a Buck
had been seen in the neighbourhood of Leominster, they
proceeded to the spot, accompanied by two other gentlemen,
and Wm. Page, an old sportsman of celebrity, and many
years huntsman of theParham hounds, in order to give him
chase; their pack consisted of but two dogs, Mr. Page's
Piper, and Alr Upperton's Counsellor; they soon found
their game, and compelled him to break cover, when, he
immediately bounded towards the sea, and back again ; he
then led tam a tine pace in the direction for %lichelgrove,
from thence in a northerly direction down the hill, into the
western part of Storrington ; be then took to the east until
he reached Roundabouts, when hr rested, but the dogs were
presently upon him and forced him otf at full sp-ed hark to
Huston SVarren, and thence to Thakehain, onwards to
Steyning, and ultimately to Rock, near Wiston, where he
was taken and killed, after one of the roost ardent and gal-
lant chases ever recorded, over a country of bill and dale of
upwards of 40 miles, its three hours and Iti minutes, with
only about tire minutes fault, during the whole time.

DREA DFUL ACCIDENT AT A ROWING TCR.—Yesterday
afternoon, an immense concourse of persons ass •nibled on
the shore at Chelsea Reach, to witness a rowing match for
a subscription purse and other prizes given by the inhabit-
ants of Chelsea, to be contested for by five pair sof oars.—
Several small guns loaded with pel.bies %%ere placed on the
beach to be fired as a signal for starting, and when the
competitors came in. Two men named Saunders and Site
son, alias Moppy Sisson, were appointed to attend them.
When the men were coming into the Adam and Eve, to
decide the first heat, Sisson applied a hot poker to the
first gun, and it went oft; on coming to the second, the
prime was out of order, and the gun missed Ore; a multi.
tude of persons came running and stood round whilst the
defect was remedied, upon which the other man, Saund-
ers, fired the third gun among the people, and the whole
of the contents entered the right hip of Sisson, The poor
fellow dell insensiblf to the ground, bleeding dreadfully
from the wound. Saunders was instantly secured, and
carried to the cige. The wounded man was assisted to
the house of Mr. Smith, a surgeon in the neighbourhood.
On examining the part, a wound of considerable magni-
tude presented itself, penetrating to the hip bone. Mr.
S. ressed the wound, and the poor fellow was placed in a
co &h and carried to St. George's Hospital, where be now
lies in a very dangerous state.
The execution of Jonathan Cook, at Fisherton Gaol,
which was mentioned in our paper of yesterday, was, (rota
the inadvertency of the executioner, attended with some
shocking circumstances. The rope was nut tied as it ought
to have been, sad the wretched culprit suffered the most
excruciating pain. Two of the attendant* went down 'to
keep bias still,' but it was unavailing; Jack Ketch at
length mounted the scatfu'd, re-alfixed the rope, and ali wet
WOO OW.