GROUSE shooting commenced on Saturday, the 12th instant, in the North and on the Yorkshire wolds, with every prospect of a successful season. MR. Symonds, gun-maker, of Blandford, Dorset, is described as having produced an improvement in the construction of guns, by which a number of fatal accidents may be prevented; the principle is very simple, and easily applied to guns already in use. It consists of a secure trigger and anti-recoil bolt, by the use of which it is impossible that the gun can go off till it is properly elevated and placed to the shoulder. This must render it peculiarly safe from the accidents CHESHIRE UNION HARRIERS.We understand that a number of gentlemen, belonging to this city, have formed themselves into a society for keeping a pack of har-which so often occur from the inriers, to be called the Cheshire Union Harriers, at their sole expense. They will hunt regularly during the ensuing season. Considerable subscriptions have been entered into already for the above purpose. (Chester Paper.) A SPORTING dispute has occur red between the Earl of Abergavenny, Mr. Powell, and Mr. Osborn Yeats, respecting the right to shoot on a part of the Monmouth-hills; the latter contending that they be long to the joint manor of Park, Lettice-Lanover, and his Lordship being of opinion that they are within his rights and royalties. Several literary shots have already been exchanged between the parties, and the matter will, probably, afford some game to the Gentlemen of the Long Robe. LORD Hawke embarked on Sa. turday, the 12th instant, at Brighton, for France. He took with him no less than four carriages, and a complete set of horses. VOL, XLVI.-No. 275. cautious mode of carrying guns, as (with this improvement) it requires two contrary actions to discharge the piece. The invention is stated to be extremely ingenious, and highly creditable to the inventor. Ar Horncastle.great horse fair during the last week, there was the largest show that has been known for many years past. Though some few with extraordinary recommendations sold at good prices, the generality of horses were with difficulty turned into money on any tolerable terms, and the larger proportion were taken away unsold. CRICKET.-On Wednesday, Aug. 2, a match of cricket was played at Chatteris, in the Isle of Ely, between Mr. John Smith, jun. of Chatteris, against ten gentlemen, of whom eight only appeared. Mr. Smith, at his first innings, gained 34 notches.-The eight gentlemen then went in, and at the first innings gained two notches, and t G g the the second innings one notch, so that this extraordinary game ended by Mr. Smith getting the game by 31 notches, and at one innings. Mr. Smith was not allowed a single person to scout, nor would the above gentlemen suffer him to eross the ball between the striker and the stumps, although the match was made to play the regular game of single cricket. Mr. S. bad also to fetch all the balls that were hit by the strike. The match lasted two hours and fifty-five minutes. A young miller, in the neighbourhood of Godalming, Surrey, a few days since, challenged his man William to play a game of cricket -the miller to use a scrub broom, and his man a cricket bat. The - miller went in first, and kept his wicket for more than two hours, winning in that time seventeen notches: his man then went in with the bat, and won in about the same space of time twenty-three notches, when the bat broke and left the game undecided. On Tuesday, August 8, the return match at cricket was played on Tichborne Down, Hants, between eleven of Alresford, and eleven of the neighbouring village, which was easily won by the latter at one innings. The state of the game was as follows:-Alresford first innings, 40; ditto second ditto, 27; villagers first innings, 99, being 32 runs in favour of the latter. This is the fourth match that Alresford has very lately lost. A match of cricket was played at Chatteris, in the Isle of Ely, on Thursday, the 10th of August, between Mr. Robert Gregson, and Mr. William Fuller, the wellknown pugilists, which was won by Gregson by one ball. On Tuesday, the 22d instant, a atch of cricket was played in Sir Godfrey Webster's park, at Battle, in Sussex (in which the worthy Barouet took an active part), between the married men and bachelors of that town, and after being well contested, terminated twelve runs only in favour of the former. A grand match, for 1000 guineas, between the Epsom Club and the county of Sussex, commenced on Brighton Level, on Monday the 7th of August, and, after three days fine play, terminated in favour of the latter. State of the game :Sussex, 1st innings, 152; 2d ditto, 54.-Epsom, 1st innings, 75; 2d ditto, 110.-At the commencement of the game, the odds were five to four in favour of the county, and during its progress, they increased to ten and twenty to one; but towards the middle of the last innings, these odds were considerably reduced, and some even placed confidence in the success of the Club. The field was numerously attended by spectators, the assemblage each day being computed at four thousand. A whimsical game of cricket was played at Lewes, on Friday the 28th ult. by twenty-two aged, lame, and infirm men, belonging to Hastings, who took their departure together for the field of action, from before the Swan Inn, amid the buzzas of the surrounding multitude, in a waggon arched over with green boughs, and drawn by four oxen, ornamented with ribbons, one of the party officiating as charioteer, with white reins fastened to the horns of the animals, preceded by a car of a minor description (a donkey vehicle) and two Egyptian ponies, which exhibited four musicians, with their faces elegantly besmeared with common rouge, contrasted and va riegated riegated with soot, to the no small diversion of a great number of spectators. After the game (in which two men with wooden legs displayed great alertness) the party returned, in the same manner, to the Swan tap, where a dinner was provided for them. On Saturday, the 29th ult. a game of cricket was played at Udimore, Sussex, by nine brothers and two first cousins, of the name of Whiteman, against the rest of the parish, with one given man; the state of which, at its termination, was as follows:-Whitemans, 98; the parish, 68. The father of the nine brothers was umpire; and the father of the two cousins a scorer. A match between the Gentlemen of Highgate and the Mary-le-bone (2d Club), for 200 guineas aside, was decided on Wednesday, 19th ult. at Highgate, and won by the former by 48 runs. Bets in favour of the Mary-le-bone at starting. Highgate, 130; Mary-le-bone, 82. The grand Cricket Match between the Gentlemen of Eton School, with Lord F. Beanclerk, Messrs. Budd and Slingsby, against ten Gentlemen of England, with Howard, was decided in Lord's Ground, on Friday, 4th instant, in favour of England :-Eton, 184; England, 185. England won by 3 wickets. WRESTLING.- -The annual wrestling match at Chawleigh, Devon, on Tuesday, the 8th inst. afforded most excellent sport. The best players from different parts of the county attended, and being well paired, every match was obstinately contested: the latter play was principally between Flower, Jackman, Cann, and Wreford, first-rate men from Morchard and Colebrooke; opposed to Tolley, Hogg, Cock, and Lewis, from Roborough and Kingshampton; Jackman and Cann were thrown by Hogg and Cock, after a most spirited contest. The Herculean Flower threw Tymling, a very powerful man, and by whom he had been twice thrown at former matches; but he was at length subdued by the champion Tolley, who was declared the best man, and received the prize accordingly, BOXING. Oliver, now the first on the list who has not declined entering the ring, received a challenge lately from Carter, to fight at Carlisle races. Carter had no idea of boxing with Oliver, but this was merely a stratagem resorted to by these sparring men to give themselves importance. Oliver returned an answer to the challenge, and proposed making stakes, but the whole was a finesse for the purpose above alluded to. A well contested battle was fought on Bartlemy Meadows, on the Junction Canal, Bucks, on Monday, 14th instant, for twenty guineas aside, between Joseph Hincksman, a navigator, and Geo. Shelswall, a coachman to I. Winston, Esq. There was also a purse of ten guineas added to the stake. The men were under 12 stone, and betting was 5 to 4 on the coachman, who was better versed in the art of boxing, and stood over his man. The first round lasted three minutes, when Hinksman was knocked down. The second round was as bravely contested, but the coachman (who delivered his hits and broke away) had much the best of it. Three other rounds only were fought, but although the battle lasted only twelve minutes, there was more execution done Gg 2 than 9 than in many combats of two hours duration. In the last round Sbelswall was guided to his adver⚫ sary, who met him with his body in a doubled state, and a blow given by the coachman settled the fight. Both were deplorably beaten. There was a sparring exhibition on Thursday the 17th instant, at the house of the Hon. Berkely Craven, on the Marine Parade, Brighton. Gulley and Scroggins set-to, and exhibited some fine specimens of the pugilistic art. -Several distinguished amateurs were present; among whom were the Hon. Mr. Coventry and Mr. S. Davis. PEDESTRIANISM.-On Thursday morning, 17th instant, Thomas Broughton, upwards of 60 years of age, a tanner residing in Bermondsey-street, undertook, for a wager of ten pounds, to go on foot from the Store's-end in the Borough, to Kingston, and back again, in the space of three hours, the whole extent of ground being 23 miles. He started at five o'clock, at which time the odds were against him three to two; he proceeded as far as Wandsworth, where he stopped to rest five or six minutes, and reached Kingston 17 minutes after six o'clock. After refreshing himself with a glass of rum and water, he set off on bis return, in good spirits; stopped at Putney to change shoes, and arrived at the starting post eight minutes before eight o'clock, completing his wager in two hours and fifty-two minutes.. He was immediately put to bed, greatly exhausted with the effort. A young man named Robinson, run a mile this month in four mi-. nutes and fifty-one seconds, on Colchester race course. This is pearly equalling Rainer, the best ten miles runner the country ever produced. On Leven Links, Fifeshire, on the 11th ult. a gentleman, about 17 stone weight, laid a bet, that he would go 100 yards, carrying a person who weighed 18 stone 12lb. while another ran 300 yards, with. out any burthen.-They accordingly started, and the first mentioned gentleman would have won the race, bad he not unfortunately happened to put his foot on a place under which there was a rabbit hole, which brought him and his burden to the ground, within three yards of completing the distance. He started almost instantly to recover his lusty companion, but who refused to remount, saying, he would not ride any animal that came down if he knew it. THE second edition consider. ably enlarged, and additional cases, price 7s. boards, is just published, of Facts and Observations on Liver Complaints and Bilious Disorders in general; prescribing a new and successful mode of treatment; illustrated and confirmed by a numerous selection of cases. By John Faithhorn, formerly surgeon in the Hon. East India Company's service. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Races, transmitted by a Correspondent, will appear in our next Number. A Juvenile Sportsman is under consideration. POETRY. POETRY. THE HIGH COURT OF DIANA. HUNTING SONG. THE following Song is of very And when they got upon plain ground, Blue Cap for a guinea!" ancient date; the author of it was said to be a Mr. Perry, the clergyman of Nunburnholme, a village in the East Yet Hewitt still undaunted cried, Riding of Yorkshire, and who, resembling many clergymen of the present day, was, no doubt, a good sportsman, a good parson, and a very good fellow after all. The town of Lonsborough, a seat of the Duke of Devonshire, was always celebrated for stout running hares. Come listen all you sportsmen gay, who 'Tis of a famous stout game hare, which At length the Squire of Methills-hall, heard of this hare by hap, sirs, And swore to all his company, he'd single run Blue Cap, sirs; At which they laughed, and jeering said, "He never would come nigh her.' "My friends!" cried he, "whate'er my chance, I am resolved to try her." So off they rode, a gallant band, to seek Who often in a stone-pit lay, and sure For shelter then, to Warter Wood, swift But Blue Cap press'd her skut so close, |