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Produce Stakes, of 100 guineas, was won by Lord Rossmore's brother to Rubens, and the Breeders' Stakes was won by his Lordship's f. by Castrel.

THE late Wicklow races, were the best ever known on that course, not a single race was won by more than half a neck, and the company was more numerous than at any previous meeting; amongst the persons of distinction present were -Lord Glentworth, Lord Rossmore, Sir W. Cuffe, and Sir C. Burton.

"ANTWERP, MAY 15.-Our town has been this day enlivened by a sight novel to the Hollanders, who were all attracted towards the Boom road, to see a race between two horses, the property of the Hon. Capt. Finch and Lieut. Hunter, both quartered here.

The horses were rode in the Newmarket style, by grooms, in silk jackets. The match was easily won by Lient. Hunter. A poney race succeeded, which afforded much more amusement than the former, it having only the resemblance of a race from the saddles and jockeys, neither horse having an idea of a gallop. A tent with refreshments was liberally supplied by the Officers of the 37th."

BROMYARD Races are fixed for Wednesday and Thursday, the 20th and 27th of July.

THE sport at Ascot Races was particularly good, and the company more numerous than on former occasions. Her Majesty, the Prince Regent, and the Princesses, honoured the course with their presence on Tuesday and Friday the Duke of York attended the course each day.

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Cricket Matches.-The grand cricket match of the Mary-le-bone Club against the county of Middlesex, was decided in Lord's ground, on Thursday, the 25th ult. in fa vour of Middlesex, by 16 runs.Bets at starting, 6 to 4 in favour of Mary-le-bone; it then came to 6 to 4 in favour of Middlesex; afterwards even betting.

On Thursday, the 1st of June, a cricket match was played between the clubs of Whissendine and Cottesmore, in Rutland, which was won by the former.

On Thursday, the 15th June, a match of cricket was played in a ground belonging to J. C. Dunn, Esq. of Chatteris, Isle of Ely, between J. C. Brown, Esq. late of Boston, a well-known player, with

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Mr. John Archer, surgeon, against Jos. Mumby, Esq. belonging to the Horncastle Club, and J. C. Dunn, Gent. of Chatteris, which was decided in favour of the former gentleman, in one innings.

On Thursday and Friday, the 15th and 16th of June, a game at cricket was played at Pattiswick, Essex, between eleven gentlemen of the Pattiswick club, and eleven of the Stock club, which, from the respectability of the parties, excited considerable interest. The game went in favour of the latter by 82 runs.

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On the 27th ult. a cricket match was played at Roydon, Norfolk, between the gentlemen of that place and Banham, which was won by the latter by fifty notches ; and on the 10th inst. the return match was played at Banham, which was also won by the latter, with ten wickets to go down.

Wrestling. On the 12th instant, a wrestling match, for a subscription purse of 51. took place at Kirby Bird-in-Hand, Norfolk.The play was excellent, and afforded a fine treat to the amateurs of old English sports. The contest between Smith and Curtis was severe; as was the fall between Smith and Playford. The prize was won by the latter, a Reedham man; the superiority of the Reedham player was conspicuous throughout the match.—A milling afterwards took place between Chapman, and Ellis, a Newmarket lad, for a guinea: it was strength and ferocity against science and steady courage; and won by the latter, who blinded his opponent in twenty-five minutes.

A match took place at Horrabridge, Devon,. on Monday, the 5th VOL. XLVI.-No. 273.

instant, between Perkins and Webber, two well-known heroes of the foot, for 201. the first three of five falls. After tormenting themselves, and amusing the numerous amateurs present, by the most terrible salutes in the shins and under the ancles, and endeavours to catch and throw each other, in which they displayed uncommon courage and skill, for one hour and forty minutes, it was decided by their friends that one was as good as the other, and that it was best to ter minate the contest. This was agreed to, when the bets were withdrawn on both sides, and the sums

deposited by the combatants (201. a-piece) returned to their proper

owners.

A RACE of a novel nature was run at Shelton, in Nottinghamshire, gentleman of that place proposed on Monday, the 5th instant; a a ton of coal to be run for by as exert their pedestrian powers; the dis many women as chose to tance one mile. Five of the pettistumbled and fell. coat tribe started, one of whom Two of the behind and distanced. Between remaining four were soon left far the remaining two, the contest for some time hung in "dubious scale," and after a hard race, vicwidow woman, whose weight is tory was declared in favour of a

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won the wager in twelve minutes Oxford, and less than the time.

THERE was a grand camping match on Monday, the 12th, at Ranworth, Norfolk, which was so equally contested by the sturdy competitors (twenty-four on each side), that neither party goaled the ball, and it was declared by a bye, It is supposed that there were between two and three thousand persons present.

Sparring. Belcher and Harmer had a bumping reward due to their pugilistic talent, on Tuesday, the 13th instant, at the Fives Court, St. Martin's-street. The matches were the best for some years. That which attracted most notice was between Belcher and Eales, in which the master-piece of science was exhibited. One of a novel kind followed, between a Suffolk farmer, careless of his person, and who bas become a candidate for fighting fame, and Shelton, the formidable navigator: it was a rush against science, and afforded much amusement. There was also a fine set-to between Oliver and Painter, and also between Palmer and Carter, which was something in imitation of earnest. Mendoza and Owen, veterans, gave specimens of the old school now superseded. Belcher and Harmer closed the exhibition by a fine display of science, and the whole afforded a high treat to the amateurs. Scroggins, the late victorious bruiser, set to with a scientific young man. Nosworthy was present, but was not sufficiently recovered to act.

MONDAY, the 12th instant, a battle was fought at Campsfield, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, between James Cox, a paviour, of

Green, from London, for a subscription purse of 251. James, of Enham, was se cond to Cox, and Paddington Jones to Green. After twenty-seven well-contested rounds, Cox was declared the victor. Another battle afterwards took place between

Keates, a shoemaker, and at miller. This last battle was most severely contested; Keates was the winner. An immense crowd of people were present, "and such a taste for pugilism (says the Oxford Paper) has been excited by these contests, that several other battles have since been fought, and we hear of many more likely to take place."

Extraordinary Animal Attachment.-A few months since, a mallard, belonging to Mr. Tucker, of Shaftesbury, Dorset, was observed to resort every evening to a dogbox in his yard, and upon examination it was found that a pointer bitch and the mallard passed every night together in the box. The bitch has since had puppies, and at this time the mother, puppies, and mallard sleep in the same box every night; and the mallard protects the puppies, by flying at every strange dog that comes into the yard.

As Mr. Birt, of Puddle Town, Dorset, was fishing for pike, at Woodsford, on the 13th of June, a cormorant took the bait under water, which, after a considerable struggle, Mr. Birt brought safely to the bank. The bird was in fine condition, and weighed about 8lbs.

LATELY, at Coin-house, between Workington and Maryport, a family of foxes, consisting of nine promising cubs, and their two venerable progenitors, were surprised

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and taken, without a gun being fired, by a party of chasseurs.

ONE day this month, some inhuman monster at Brighton, after wetting the hair of a cat with spirits or oil of turpentine, set the poor animal on fire, and turned it into the street, where it ran until it was nearly scorched to death, and until some person who witnessed its suffering, put an end to its misery, by killing it.

A BELUGA, or snow-white whale, was caught a few weeks ago in the Frith of Forth, and brought to Edinburgh. It is a native of the Arctic Seas, and was never known before so far to the south.

A MOST extraordinary circumstance occurred on Tuesday, the 16th ult. on the premises of the New Albion Hotel, Broadstairs: Two ponies belonging to Mr. Payton, being employed treading clay over some new vaults, one of them, by some means, in turning round got its hind legs over a wall just above ground, and fell into a well seventy feet deep; where it remained nearly two hours before it could be got out, and strange to relate, without any broken limbs or serious injury.

THE following curious circumstance occurred on the farm of Mr. J. Welch, of Culham, Oxfordshire. On the 20th of April he had directed a large quantity of straw to be placed in his yard for his cattle, which is gradually to be converted into manure. A few days after a turkey-hen was missing, and as the bird had been seen near this spot it was immediately conjectured that

she had been buried under the straw and of course suffocated.

By degrees, the heap became less, and it was pulled down and spread about the yard, where horses, oxen; men and boys had repeatedly gone over it. On the 9th of May orders were given to level it entirely,' when the turkey-hen was found alive, having been buried three weeks within two days. A considerable portion of the straw around her was bitten into small pieces, and an egg, which she bad lain during the time, was found under her. Her tail was turned aside, and for some days the fea thers did not recover sufficiently to perform their necessary functions. Her appetite was voracious, but care was taken to administer food properly, and she is now completely recovered.

Ir has long been a matter of contention with Naturalists, whe ther the fish (by fishermen and persons in some parts of the kingdom), called the whiting, is of the salmon breed, or a distinct species; rendered difficult of determination by the fact of its spawning, and an idea that it did not increase in size, beyond eight inches in length, and a proportion able thickness. In order, however, to clear up this point, John Armstrong, and some others of the occupiers of the fisheries of the ri ver Eden, in the year 1813 adopted the resolution of putting a quan tity of whiting and salmon-fry into a large pond at Grinsdale e; the average weight of the former, at that time, being between five and six ounces, and of the latter, about two ounces and a half. These fish remained undisturbed in the pond, from the above period, until this month, when the pond was drawn with a net, and it appeared that both the whiting and

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fully stung, that fears were enter→ · tained for his life; by proper treatment, however, after suffering excruciating pain, the horse recovered,

On Friday, the 26th ult. died, at Beaconsfield, Bucks, James Hare, a labourer, of hydrophobia, from a bite on the nose by a mad dog on the 25th of March last. The poor man had repeatedly taken many popular nostrums, had been dipped in the sea, and had caustics applied to the parts bitten, but unfortunately, perhaps, not until the fourth day afterwards. The direct symptoms of hydrophobia came on about thirty-six hours before he died, but had been preceded some days by uneasy sensations of the part bitten, and about the face and head. Notwithstanding the most active means used by two medical gentlemen of the town to preserve the poor man, the dreadful effects of his horrid disease rapidly succeeded each other, until he sunk under them. He retained his senses and was collected to the last, but his agony from the want of drink, and his convulsive but unavailing efforts to take it, cannot be described.-Common soft or tub soap has lately been named as a specific for this dreadful disorder, by washing the wound with it as soon as bitten.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A Correspondent, under the signature of TURF, enquires what is become of those celebrated horses, Mr. Butler's Miss Coiner, Lord Oxford's Victoria, and the late Mr. Dyott's Litchfield, as he does not see any produce of the mares named, nor the horse noticed as a stallion. Perhaps some of our readers can answer the enquiry.

Every one of A. B.'s witticisms has, we verily believe, already appeared in our publication.

We have of late said so much on the subject treated on in Z. B.'s communication, that he must excuse its omission-besides, a short article on the same topic had been admitted into the present Number previous to his letter reaching us.

The song of the Old Hats Club is too incorrect for insertion.

POETRÝ.

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