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Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c.
Col. King's b. c. Fulford
Mr. Mason's b, c. Shepherd.... 4

Marquis of Queensberry's ch. c. Sir Bellingham, Mr. Lambton's ch. c. Ottoman, Mr. Brown's b. c, Fagleman, General Lumley's ch. c. by Stamford, Mr. Gascoigne's b. c. Little Thomas, Mr. W. Wilson's b. f. Camertonia, Sir W. Milner's b. c. Camaralzaman, Sir W. Milner's b. f. Bansbee, Duke of Leeds's ch. c. Restoration, Mr. Ingale's b. f. Arabella, and Mr. Glossop's b. c. by Staveley, started, but the Judge could only place the first four.-Fifteen paid forfeit.

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Five to 4 agst Filio da Puta, 5 to 2 agst Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c. 10 to 1 agst Fulford, 14 to 1 agst Shepherd.-By no means an interesting race; the two first

horses separated from the rest, and Filio won easy.

The Produce Stakes of 100gs. each, h. ft. twelve subscribers, were won by Mr. Peirse's gr. f. Eborina, beating the Duke of Leeds's b. c. Rodolpho. Three to 1 on the

winner.

His Majesty's Plate of 100gs. four miles, was won by Mr. T. Duncombe's h. c. by Orville, beating three others.-Six to 4 against Jacky-my-Lad.

A laughable subject occupied the Bench at the Middlesex Sessions, on the 12th instant. It was a prosecution, as stated by Mr. Barry, the Counsel, against Ann Espinasse, for an assault on Mary Kale, by throwing stones at her window while she was sitting in the room, and thereby endangering her person. Mr. Alley, on the part of the defendant said, the prosecutor bad educated a cockatoo, and among other accomplishments, had taught it to go into his client's garden and call her a d-d b—b.On the day of what his learned friend had called an assault, this cockatoo came into her garden and insulted her in the manner which has been described. The Learned Gentleman left it to the Jury to say, whether this could be called an assault, and expressed a hope, that in order to prevent the recurrence of such unpleasant misunderstandings among neighbours, some philanthropist would establish a school for the better education of parrots, magpies, and cockatoos. The Jury, after a moment's consideration, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A. B. was received too late for insertion this month.

Several of the pieces of Poetry sent us by another Correspondent, have already

appeared in our Magazine.

VOL. XLVI.-No. 276.

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POETRY.

THE HIGH COURT OF DIANA.

THE ACADEMIC SPORTSMAN. By the Rev. Gerald Fitz Gerald, D. D. Professor of Hebrew in the University uf Dublin.

Th' expanded air with gelid fragrance fan,

Brace the slack nerves and animate the

man:

Swift from the college and from cares I flew,

A New and elegant edition of (For studious cares solicit something

this Poem has been published at Dublin, the reason assigned for which is, "the many errors which appear in the former, particularly in Bell's Fugitive Poetry. The exercise of shooting, which the Academic Sportsman describes, is neither a new, nor, if abstractedly con sidered, an interesting subject. As to the propriety of the exercise itself, an objection founded on the feelings of humanity, it would ill become the author to oppose. To the rigid in this respect, he thinks it sufficient to reply" His life is pure that wears no fouler stains."

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new),

From tinkling bells that wake the tenants fears,

And letter'd trophies of three thousand

years:

Through length'ning streets with sanguine hopes I glide, The fatal tube depending at my side; No busy vender dins with cam'rous call,

No rattling carriage drives me to the wall

The close compacted shops their commerce laid,

In silence frown like mansions of the dead

Save where the sooty-shrowded wretch cries sweep,

Or drowsy watchmen stalk in broken sleep,

'Scap'd from the hot-brain'd youth of midnight fame,

Whose mirth is mischief and whose glory shame

Save that from yonder stew the batter'd beau,

With tott'ring steps comes reeling to and fro.

Mark how the live-long revels of the night,

Stare in his face and stupify his sight! Mark the loose frame, yet impotently

bold,

'Twixt man and beast divided empire hold!

Amphibious

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The morning breeze in milder air res tires,

And rising rapture all my bosom fires. In incense wafted to the throne on high, To him who form'd the earth, the air, the sky;

Who gives me health and vigour to enjoy; Guides me ev'n now, and guarded when a boy.

Accept, great God, the fervour of my pray❜r,

And, as before, continue still thy care:
Oft as I view thee in Creation's dress,
Be mine to praise thee, as 'tis thine to
bless.

While fervid flights my rapid fancy takes, The wary woodcock rustles through the brakes,

With hasty pinions wings his rapid course, Till death pursues him arm'd with double force;

Each gun discharged, and conscious of its aim,

Asserts the prize, and holds the dubious claim,

Till chance decides the long contested spoil,

Proclaims the victor and rewards his toil. His luckless fate immediate to repair, The baffled sportsman beats with forward

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The keeper came, how hard my fate to tell,

He fired his gun-and down alas, I fell;
Alarm'd my comrades, off they flew,
Not one would stop to say adieu.
For several years their leader I had been,
But now no more among them shall be

seen;

Farewell to all-there's nothing I can boast,

Except my Haunches which are prime to roast;

Served up with jelly, and some generous wine,

A Prince off such, may condescend to dine!

Sept. 14, 1815.

[We insert these Lines out of complaisance to a Correspondent]

A SWISS RECRUIT,

Saved by the wit of his tailor at the battle of Malplaquet.

AT Malplaquet a Swiss Recruit,

While his new regimental suit
Was yet in hand, procur'd or found
A plate of iron, pierced and round;
With this he to his tailor went,
And to provide against th' event
Robbing his mother of her all,
Of, oh! some damn'd unlucky ball,

Begg'd that he'd tack it in the dress,
"As near his heart as he could guess."
By favour now, of this permission,
Snip exercis'd his own discretion,
And, with th' advantage of his wit,
The place he fortunately hit.

His clothes scarce on-the battle raged;
Our hero was himself engag'd;-
He flies;-and as reports alledge,
Stuck in the middle of a hedge.
A grenadier the Swiss pursues,
And, the occasion not to lose,
With bayonet, memento mori,
Thrust at him, "a posteriori,"
Thinking to spit him like a drake,
Devoted, from Geneva's lake.
In this the grenadier was foiled;
The deadly instrument recoiled,
And, in the twinkling of an eye,
The Swiss was seen again to fly.
Thanks to his tailor, who best knew,
Where his heart lay, and what to do.

* The seat of Sir Gerard Noel, Bart.

INDEX.

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Bathing Bill, outlines of a new, 153.
Bee-hunter, account of the Ame-
rican, 107,

Beggar's Opera, on its mutilated
state, as performed at the Winter

Theatres, 223. 260.

Bettings for the St. Leger Stakes
at Doncaster, 129. 152. 194.

C.
Calcutta, account of the races and
shows at that place, on the
peace, 20.

Chillaby, the mad Arabian, account
of, 175.

Cocker, by W. Sketchly, gent.-ex-
tracts from that work, 23. 57.
Cocking at Chester, 88. Manches-

ter and Newton, 135. Newton,
Lancaster, Stamford, and Pres-
ton, 146.

Combat with Lions, &c. in Africa,
61.

Coursing, remarks on that amuse-

ment, 70. 109. 162.
Coursing meetings, enquiry respect-
ing, 203.

Cross-readings, political, at a whist
party, 39.

Cricket, singular match of, 233.
between G. Osbaldeston, Esq.
and Messrs. Dennis and Hopkins,
279.
Cruelty, fabricated story of, at
Newmarket, 81.
D.

Daphne, and Leucippus, frontis-
piece to the Volume, 241.
Deer, an extraordinary, 216.
Diligence, French, description of,

and the manners and habits of
its conductor, 82.
Doncaster Meeting, first day's sport
at, 280.

Dog and fox, etching of, from
Gay's Fables, 80.
Dwarf, account of an extraordi-
nary one, named Simon Paap,
91.

E.
Eliza Fenning, on the case of, 220.
Elephants, instances of their affec-
tion and sagacity, 160.
Ellenborough Castle, St. George's

Fields, amusements of, 201. 251.
Epsom races, abridged account of,
56.

Escapes, hair-breadth, of M. Cha-
・teaubriand, in America, 161;

F.
Flint, Mr. review of his Treatise on
the breeding, training, and ma
nagement of horses, 113. 157

Fortune

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