106 Sporting Intelligence. Nov. 4, a handsome young woman, about nineteen years of age, was discovered among the recruits of a regiment of horse now quartered at Carlisle. She had enlifted at London, and had joined the corps about five weeks ago, fince which he had conftantly attended her duty in the riding lounge, and undergone all the other hardships of military difcipline with cheerfulness and alacrity. Her reluctance to fleep with her comrades, and certain circumstances in her behaviour when the arofe from bed in the morning, at laft created fufpicions, which led to the discovery of her fex. It is faid that the was bred a milliner in London, and that a quarrel with fome of her relations impelled her to abandon her profeffion, and embrace that of a foldier. We have known many inftances of the Fair becoming foot foldiers, but we do not remember any, where they voluntailry fubmitted themfelves to the laborious profeffion of a horfeman. At the laft Swaffam courfing Meeting, the annual cup in ho nour of the memory of the late Earl of Orford, was won by Mr. Coppin's Caroline, beating Mr. Poppin's Xcufe, Mr. Pottinger's Drone, and Mr. Holt's Bardolph. The week afforded very fine fport, and it is expected the meeting next year will be more numer• ously attended. In the Tower, a lionefs whelped on the ift of June, 1794. She brought forth 3 females. They were all, in honour of Lord Howe named thus: the firft, Mifs Charlotte Howe; the fecond, Mifs Mary Howe; and the third, Mifs Fanny Howe! Mifs Charlotte is dead; but the other two young ladies are very bounding and lively girls! One of them has fuch wonderful agility, that were it not for her high rank, the would make a good Opera-dancer! Mr. Wilfon, of Martley, in Worcestershire, has in his pof- . feffion, a mare which was the property of his great grandfather two years, his grandfather ten years, his father fifteen, and himfelf 12 years. A man who for many years paft has been blind, is daily feen in the neighbourhood of Gray's Inn, playing on the fticcado; he is 95 years of age, and what is remarkable, he is led about by his wife, who has attained the 98th year of her age: faving the infirmity of his optics, they neither of them experienced a day's illness. His Grace of BEDFORD'S political corps of CROPS is daily increafing-at their inrolment, they pledge themfelves, on their honour, neither to tie up, nor powder their hair, until they, and their illuftrious commander fhall fee more profperous days! Sporting Intelligence. Mr. Fish, at the Bald Face Stag, Epping Foreft, a fhort time ago had a favourite horfe killed, that to all appearance had lived in great mifery for a long time, when opening, a ftone was found, which weighs fourteen pounds, and measures twenty-feven inches in circumference; the ftone is thought to be the greateft curiofity ever seen of the kind. Among the curiofities in the Univerfity of Leyden, is the effigy of a Ruffian peafant, who fwallowed a knife ten inches long, and is faid to have lived eight years after it was cut out of his ftomach. The way in which he happened to fwallow it, was by putting the handle of it down his throat, in order to produce vomiting; but in the reaching thus excited, he happened to let go the blade, on which the whole handle flipped down into his ftomach, part of the blade remained in the gullet. An incifion was made upon the handle, which was diftinctly felt, and no very remarkable fymptoms took place. There is alfo a fhirt made out of the entrails of a man. 107 a box by fome children at play, was, eighteen days afterwards, the third of the prefent month, found therein and alive, although there was not a poffibility of its getting at one grain of fuftenance. When firft difcovered it was too weak to ftand, but owing to great care and attention is now in a state of recovery. CASUALTIES. At eleven o'clock on Monday night, October 5, on the arrival of the Bath Coach, at the Golden Crofs, Charing Crofs, the coachman having difmounted, in order to collect his fare from the paffengers, and to deliver fome parcels, a thief availed himself of the opportunity of feizing his great coat, which was thrown on the box, and, at the fame time, of lafhing the horfes, they proceeded in full gallop along the Strand, through Holywell Street, into the Angel Yard, St. Clement's, with two outfide, paffengers, a man and a woman. What is remarkable, several scaffolding for the repair of houses, were erected in Holywell-ftreet, and there are two gateways to pafs into the Angel Inn yard; three of the horfes were blind; the paffengers received no damage,. except the man who loft his wig, which he lamented very much, as he faid he had worn it thirty years without powder. The following melancholy accident happened at Monmouth, on November 3. The driver of a poft-chaife, belonging to the King's Head Inn in that town, after returning from a journey, went down to the Wye, with his carriage, in order to wash it, but being unacquainted with the ri ver, he backed it into a place helow the bridge, called the Pond, Q 2 From 108 Sporting Intelligence. From the extreme depth of the water, the carriage was inflantly carried by the ftream beyond the reach of help, and in a few minutes the horfes were drowned. The poftillion got upon the roof of the chaife, but being unable to retain his feat, fwam about for a fhort time, but notwithftanding feveral boats put off to his affiftance, he perifhed in the presence of many spectators. A notorious fowl ftealer was laft week burned to death, at a lime kiln, near Wefton, in Somerfetfhire; he went, it is fuppofed there to warm himself, and falling asleep, was fuffocated, after which the burnt lime fell on him. October 31. A party of the Life Guards being ftationed in King ftreet, Covent Garden, while his Majetty was at the Theatre, laft night, one of the horfes became reftive, and making a violent plunge, one of the loaded pistols in the front of the faddle went off in fuch a direction, that the contents lodged in his fhoulder. The report created much alarm in the neighbourhood, and it was not difcovered from whence it came until the rider difmounted and found out the cause. The horfe fell in a few minutes, in confequence of the lofs of blood, and was fhortly after carried off in a cart. Mr. Orme, of Edith Wefton, Rutland, being in purfuit of plovers, with a double barrelled he killed, and immediately without waiting to take it up, follow. ed the flock, as it was his intention to discharge the other barrel at them, but was prevented, by their being at too great a diftance; on taking the gun from his fhoulder, the right hand barrel was perceived to be burst nine inches from the breech, feven inches of the external part of the barrel blown out, the tail pipe forced entirely away, and part of the barrel turned nearly over the ramrod. It is prefumed had not this been discharged on horfeback, very ferious confequences might have happened, which was prevented by the position at the time of firing. A few days ago a melancholy accident happened at Llanymy-gun, fhot at a fingle bird, which nech, in Shropshire. A young gentleman, who had been out a hooting with a companion, on calling in the evening at a friend's houfe, diícharged his fowling piece, as it was his conftant prac tice to do; but his friend neglecting this precaution, it occafioned a most unhappy mistake. The young gentleman on his departure taking his. friend's gun inftead of his own, and calling on his way home at the Cross Keys in Llanymynech, whilft he was fitting there in company, with his gun under his arm, it accidentally went off, and killed one Roberts on the spot. This unfortunate man had been many years a fervant to the father of the young gentleman; the latter had a particular regard and kindnefs for him, and his distress at the fatal catastrophe may be more readily conceived than defcribed. The Coroner's Inqueft brought in their verdict Accidental Death. -- One day laft Month as Mr. Bishop of Iflip, near Oxford, was hooting with fome friends, his gun burft, and tore off three of his fingers. It is feared an amputation of the whole hand must take place. POETRY. 110 POETRY. he fped, While the poor Frenchman crawl'd again to bed; But King, refolv'd not thus to drop the jeft, So the next night, with more of whim than grace, Again he made a vifit to the place, To break once more the poor old French man's reft. He knock'd-but waited longer than before; No footstep feem'd approaching to the door, Our Frenchman lay in fuch a fleep profound; King, with the knocker, thunder'd then again, Firm on his poft determin'd to remain ; And oft' indeed he made the door refound. At laft, King hears him o'er the paffage creep, Wondering what'fiend again disturb'd his fleep; The wag falutes him with a civil leer; Thus drawling out to heighten the furprife, While the poor Frenchman rubb'd his heavy eyes) "Is there a Mr. THOMPSON-lodges hore ?" The Frenchman faulter'd, with a kind of fright "Vy, Sare, I'm fure I told you, Sare, last night (And here he labour'd with a figh fincere) "No Monfieur TONSON in devarld I know, "No Monfieur TONSON here-I told you fo ; "Indeed, Sare, dere no Monfieur TonSON here!" | Some more excuses tender'd, off King goes, And the old Frenchman fought once more repose. The rogue next night purfu'd his old career 'Twas long indeed before the man came nigh, And then he utter'd, in a piteous cry, "Sare, 'pon my foul, no Monfieur TON SON here!" Our fportive wight his ufual vifit paid, And the next night came forth a prattling maid, Whofe tongue indeed than any jack went fafter Anxious fhe ftrove his errand to enquire, He faid "'tis vain her pretty tongue to tire, "He fhould not ftir till he had feen her mafter." The damfel then began, in doleful state, The Frenchman's broken flumbers to relate, And begg'd he'd call at proper time of day King told her fhe muft fetch her master down, A chaife was ready, he was leaving town, But first had much of deep concern to fay. Thus urg'd, fhe went the fnoring man to call, And long indeed was the obliged to bawl, E'er the could foufe the torpid lump of clay At laft he wakes-he rifes-and he fwears, But fcarcely had he totter'd down the ftairs, When King attacks him in his ufual way. The Frenchman now perceiv'd 'twas all in vain |