In the beginning of this month died William Fowler, well known in the town and neighbourhood of Sheffield, as a driver of Mr. Nicholfon's machine (of Cawood) from York to Sheffield, and back again. He travelled for thirtyfeven years fucceffively without having all that time met with any illness to obftruct his journies, till the cold which he caught of late, and which proved fatal. In one week, he must have travelled 244 miles, in one year 12,668, and in the whole thirty-feven years, 469,456 miles.

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A few days ago a man who had the appearance of a labourer, was found ftrangled in a field Camberwell, in Surrey. peared that he had ftolen a fheep, the hind legs of which he had tied together and put them over his forehead, in order to carry it away, but it is thought that in getting over the gate, the fheep ftruggled, and by a fudden fpring flipt his feet down to his throat; for in that pofture they were found, the animal hanging on one fide of the gate, and the dead man on the other.

Mrs. Ifabella Bampton, who lately died at Middleton, was aged ΙΟΙ. It was her conftant boaft that he knew old Macklin four score and ten years.

The inhabitants of Windfor have been much alarmed by the appearance of a mad dog, belonging to a baker at Eton, which ran through the town, biting several people in his paffage. The circumftance is the more to be lamented, as this is the fecond of the fame kind which have happened at Windfor, within thefe few weeks, when feveral perfons as well as dogs, were bitten.

MISCELLANEOUS.

December the 26th, during the market at Haverfordwest, the people were much furprised by the appearance of a fox, clofely purfued by the hounds and gentlemen of Lambfton Hunt. Poor Reynard, after running through two or three ftreets, got a retreat from the dogs by leaping unhurt, though almost fpent, through a pane in the parlour window of Mr. Perkins, High-ftreet, where he was immediately fecured for another day's sport.

BATH, Dec. 29. Wm. Hall, of this city, undertook to run against John Thomas, a noted Welshman, for a wager of twenty-five guineas a-fide, from the Old Bridge, in Bath, to Temple Gate, Bristol, (12 miles,) which was won by the latter, by about feven minutes; he run the ground, notwithstanding the badnefs of the weather, in an hour and twenty-two minutes!

Laft week, a couple of equeftrians ftarted from the infirmary, in this town, to go twenty miles

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for a wager of eighty guineas:but, forry are we to add, fo violent were the exertions of one of the riders, in driving the animal beyond its natural fpeed, that, after going a few miles, it dropped down and died upon the spot.

Dec. 30.

A bay mare, of Mr. Byron's, trotted from York-houfe, in this place to the Bush tavern, Bristol, in lefs than forty-nine minutes, for 100 guineas, carrying 13ft.

A iweepstakes of twenty guineas each, one two-mile heat, was run on Thursday, December 31, on Lanfdown, near this city, between Captain Thornhill's b. h. Murcutio, Captain Nesbitt's b. m. and Mr. 's b. g.. Won with eafe by Mercutio. A match for one hundred guineas, one four-mile heat, was afterwards run betwixt Mercutio and the bay mare. The horfe to beat her a distance, which he likewife did with eafe.

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big with lamb, the property of Mr. Mullins, of Henstridge, in the county of Somerset, was found dead in the field, occafioned, as it is fuppofed, by her falling into a trench: on opening her, fhe was found to contain fix lambs, all perfectly formed, but materially differing in fize and maturity; one of the couples was as large as lambs ufually are at the time of falling, and covered with wool, the fecond couple was fmaller, and without wool, and the third appeared about half grown probably, therefore, the effect of the three diftinct concep-' tions.

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The removal of an old cheft, a few days ago, at a refpectable farm-houfe in Denbighshire, produced a hint which may be useful to the fagacious fraternity of mifers-a fortunate jerk, in removing it a new fituation, fhook out of one of its wormeaten feet, near a dozen emaciated guineas, of different reigns, from Charles II. to George I. which have hitherto been artfully confined (in a hole in the bottom, vifible only when the cheft was on its fide) by a flide; but Time, that arch informer, has brought the hidden things of darkness into light," to the furprife and fatisfaction of the finder; it is rumoured, however, that the neighbourhood has been much disturbed ever fince by the groans of the antient poffeffors, occafioned (no doubt) by this fudden and unexpected ejectment of his foul!

A Jewefs, of St. Mary Axe, who died lately, made a fingular will;

fhe directed her body to be buried in Jerufalem, and twelve Jews, who were to accompany it, to have 400l. each for their trouble -two on departure, and the other two on their return to England, after executing their commiffion. This will is to be literally obeyed, and the body is now ready for departure, with all its funeral honours.

A fine four-year old bull was last week killed at Cardigan, each quarter of which weighed 35616. befides 112lb. of tallow, which was taken from the hind quarters. It was univerfally allowed to be the finest of the kind ever seen at that place, and was fed at Blaenpant, the feat of W. O. Brigstoke, Efq.

HORSES.

The prefent mild and humid weather is extremely unfavourable to horfes, many of which have been lately attacked with diseases of a very malignant nature.

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January 17th, Major Rooke, for a bet of one hundred guineas, drove a whiskey and pair from Temple-gate, Bristol, to Salt-street, Bath, a diftance of rather than twelve miles in forty-feven minutes. He was allowed fifty to perform it in. Near Keynham, one of the traces broke, which hindered him near a minute and a half in repairing.

A few days ago, the fervant of a Mr. Quested, at Broughton Lees, in Kent, for a wager of fix guineas, undertook to carry a fack of wheat, weighing two hundred and a half, one mile, in twenty minutes; he won the stake, with apparent eafe, in nineteen minutes.

POETRY.

The daisy a carpet makes for our fine hall,
And our roof is the greenwood tree,

In town let 'em wear filk hofe,
And gold on their Sunday clothes;
Our deer, every day of the week,
Wears a doublet brown and fleek;
The ram has a coat most rough,
But cold does he look in his buff,
And that's when his back is fhorn,

Let the bow cry twang
Twang dillo go lang,

Then fweet founds the bugle horn.

We take from the rich and we give to the poor,

And we feaft on the well fatted deer: Our business is game, of our game we are fure,

As our table does make it appear.

Our merry men all are fout and bold,

And thus are they chofen d'ye fee;

The man that's not able our fides to baste, Comes not in our company.

CHORUS.

In town let 'em wear, &c.

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For thy fword and thy bow, 1 care not a

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Nor all thy arrows to boot,

If thou gets a knock upon the bare fcop Thoul't not be inclin'd to fhoot.

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I AM a friar of orders grey, And down the vallies I take my way: I pull not blackberry, haw or hip, Good ftore of venifon does fill my fcrip.. My long bead roll I merrily chaunt, Wherever I walk no money I want; And why I'm fo plump the reafon I'll tell→→→ Who leads a good life is fure to live well. What Baron or Squire,

Or Knight of the Shire,

Live's half fo well as a holy Friar.'

Myfelf by denial I mortify-
With a dainty bit of a warden pie
I'm cloath'd in fackcloth for my fin;
With old fack wine I'm lin'd within;

A chirping cup is my matin fong,
And the vefper's bell is my bowl ding
dong.

What Baron, or Squire, &c.