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144 Supplemental Lift of Stallions to cover the enfuing Seafon.

frequented horfe races, cockpits, hazard-tables, and other places of fport and gaming, in the arts of which he attained very confiderable skill, and by their affiftance made many good hits; but being one day at the Curragh races with his friend, they both with feveral other knowing ones were deeply taken in. Whether E-gl-nd departed from the Curragh with F, has never been known, but the fact we are going to relate is notorious in Dublin.

of his miftrefs, and without meeting any remarkable adventure, arrived fafely at the Golden. Crofs, Charing.crofs.

At this houfe, for fome years he was always to be found, except when he made excurfions to race-courfes and watering places, and indeed he could not have fixed upon a more convenient fpot for fpeculation and profit, as many of the Chester and Li. verpool coaches ftopped at that inn, and the coffee-room con. ftantly exhibited a variety of characters, and particularly of raw unexperienced Irifhmen, from whom a man of play might fe lect fuch as he thought would prove the best feathered pigeons.

Colonel P. returning from the Curragh, to the town of Naas, which is in its vicinity, was stopped on the road by two highwaymen, one of whom he immediately fhot through the body, on Dick's fuccefs was foon evident which the other put fpurs to his in his appearance; from an obhorfe, and rode off full fpeed, fcure lodging he took an elegant the Colonel pursuing him, but he house in St. Alban's- ftreet; kept efcaped by the fwiftnefs of his a pair of horfes and a fervant horfe, which carried him clear in the most fashionable ftyle; the town of Naas, before the Co-employed masters to improve him lonel could arrive to give the in orthography, reading and wri alarm. ting, and in a few years acquired a fmattering of French.

On examining the dead man, many knew him to be F-; the inqueft fat on his body, but the Colonel not attending, they brought in their verdict "fhot by a perfon unknown," and no further enquiry was made after the fugitive robber.

Soon after this alarming event, which raifed very strong fufpi ́cions in respect to the identity of the perfon who accompanied F, when he attempted the robbery, Dick in company with a perfon long known in the houses of nocturnal feftivity and rendezvous near Covent-garden, and who has lately appeared a confpicuous figure upon the turf, having won a fum of money,refolved to decamp from Dublin, and to make London his head-quarters. He accordingly took French leave

At this period Dick formed new connections, and began to rife in a higher fphere, than he had yet afpired to. We fhall, therefore, from this time, defcribe him as Mr. E-gi-nd, and from a variety of anecdotes which are before us, we cannot doubt but it will afford entertainment to our numerous readers.

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Account of the late Bull-Feaft at Lisbon.

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Hawk, by Woodpecker, at 1g. | mile ftones, Finchley Common. Satellite, at 8gs and 10s. 63.

and 2s. 6d.

At Totteridge, near Barnet, Herts. Bruh, at 2gs. and 5

At Newmarket. 10gs. and 10s. 6d.

Buzzard, at

At Elmfal Lodge, near Ferry. Bridge, Yorkshire. Lurcher, at 3gs. and 5s.

The five following (the property of a gentleman) at Cannons, between Stanmore, and Edg ware. Dungannon, at 15gs. and

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Ar Eher, in Surry, from the ift of February, till the toth of July. Erafmus, at 2!. 7s.

At Mr. T. Izhard's, at Grafton, near Tewkesbury and Evesham, in Gloucester fhire. ing Gib, at 2gs and 2s. 6d.

Fly

At King's Farm, Little Eufton, near Dunmow, Effex. Hollyhock, 2gs and 2s. 6d.

At linpington, near Cambridge, Magog, at 5gs and ros 6d.

The two following, at Mr. Galloway's farm, at Plaistow, in Effex. Pegafus, at 3gs and 55.

Balloon, at 3gs and 5.

The fix following (the property of a nobleman) at Oxcroft, near Balfam, Cambridgeshire. Potfos, ten mares only, befides the owner's, at 20gs and Ig.

John Bull, ten mares, at 20gs. each, and 1g.

Afparagus and Alexander, ten mares each, at 10gs and 10s. 6d. Juftice and Balance, ten mares each, at 5gs and 10s. 6d.

The two following at Cole. harbour, between the 8 and 9 VOL. VII. No. XXXIX.

Cormorant, late Mr. Fox's, at 5gs and 5s.

At Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk. Seagull, at 3gs and 5s. At Knowfley, near Prescot, Lancashire. Sir Peter Teazle, at.1ogs and ros. 6j.

At Mr. Robert Boardman's, at the Bay Malton, in Altringham, near Knutsford, Cheshire. Symmetry, all thorough-bred mares, that have won a 50. plate, or that value in matches or fweeptakes, gratis; other mares at 2g¶ and 5.

The two following at Clermont Lodge, near Brandon, Norfolk. Trumpator, at 10gs. and 10s. 6d.

Drumator, Own brother Trumpator, at 3gs and 5s.

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At Petworth, Suflex. Woodpecker, at 12gs and 1g.

Precipitate, at 12gs and 1g. Driver, at 5gs and 10s. 6d. Grey Trentham, at 5gs and 10s. 6d.

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145 Fracas between Adm. C. and Capt. S.-An Odd Fife.

Afiatics, Africans, and Ameri-1 cans, danced in the manner of their countries. Then followed the principal bull-fighter, dreffed in the Spanish mode. Fourteen bulls were brought forward, the laft of which was fo enraged, that feveral of the tilters were

wounded, and one of the keepers

was killed on the spot. During the exhibition, the intendant of the police caufed all the ipe&tators, upon the fcaffolds erected for the purpose, to be plenteously ferved with refreshments. The Prince and Princefs of Brazil, and feveral other perfons of diftinction, were prefent during the whole of the performance,

An ODD FISH.

Legg'd like a man, and his arms like fins a fish, a strange fish; a moft delicate

moniter.

TEMPEST.

[From Mrs. Morgan's Tour.]

Hold, in the parish of Caf

ENRY Reynolds, of Penny.

tlemartin, in the county of Peibroke, a fimple farmer, and efteemed by all who knew him to be a truth-telling man, declares the following most extraordinary story to be an abfolute fact, and is willing, in order to fatisfy fuch as will not take his bare word for it, to fwear to the truth of the fame :→→→→

Particulars of the unpleafant Bufi-to
nefs between Admiral C. and
Capt. S. of the Royal Navy, which
is likely to terminate in a Duel be-
tween the Parties.

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He fays, he went one morning the cliffs that bound his own lands, and form a bay near Linnytack. From the eastern end of the fame, he faw, as he thought, a perfon bathing very near the NAPT. S is purveyor or western end, but appearing, from commiffary-general to the almost the middle up, above waftores intended for the Weft-In-ter. He, knowing the water to dia expedition, and fome delay, be deep in that place, was much in their difpatch, having occur- furprifed at it, and went along red in his office, Admiral C -the cliffs, quite to the western called on him, and in harth terms end, to fee what it was. As he cenfured the neglect. Capt. S. got towards it, it appeared to him replied with warmth, cn which like a perfon fitting in a tub. the other collared him; a fcuffle At laft he got within ten or twelve enfued, in which Capt. S-- yards of it, and found it then to took the admiral in his arms, be a creature much refembling a who bellowed luftily, "Don't youth of fixteen or eighteen ftrike me you rafcal, don't strike years of age, with a very white No,' fays S, but kin, fitting in an erect posture, me." I'll be dd if I don't have the having, from fomewhat about the fatisfaction of roafting a rear ad- middle, its body quite above the miral,' and fo faying, he carried water; and directly under the him towards the fire, on which he water there was a large brown would have thrown him, but for fubftance, on which it feemed to the interference of the clerks ; float. The wind being perfectly as it was, however, he was a good calm, and the water quite clear, dea fcorched. A meeting has he could fee diftin&tly, when the been agreed upon, ás foon as the creature moved, that this fubAdmiral returns from the expedi- ftance was part of it. From the tion he is employed in. bottom there went down a tail, muck

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Extraordinary Sporting Performances.

much resembling that of a large conger eel. Its tail in deep water was ftraight downwards, but in fhallow water it would turn it on one fide. The tail was continually moving in a circular man. ner. The form of its body and arms was entirely human, but its arms and hands feemed rather fhort and thick in proportion to its body. The form of the head, and all the features of the face, were human alfo; but the nofe rofe high between its eyes, was pretty long, and feemed to terminate very harp. Its head was white like its body, without hair; but from its forehead there arofe a brownish fubftance, of three or four fingers breadth, which turned up over its head, and went down over its back, and reached quite into the water. This fubftance did not at all refemble hair, but was thin, flat, and compact, not much unlike a ribbon. It did not adhere to the back part of its head, or neck, or back; for the creature lifted it up from its neck and washed under it. It washed frequently under its arms, and about its body. It wam about the bay, and particularly round a little rock, which Reynolds was within ten or twelve yards of. He ftaid about an hour looking at it. It was fo near him, that he could perceive its motion, though the water was very rapid; and that, when it turned, it put one hand into the water, and moved itself round very quickly. It never dipped under the water all the time he was looking at it, I looked attentively at him, and the cliffs, and feemed to take great notice of the birds Aying over its head. Its looks were wild and fierce; but it made no noife, nor did it grin or any way diftort its face. When he left it,

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it was above an hundred yards
from him; and when he returned
with fome others to look at it,
it was gone. This account was
taken down by Dr. George P-
at Prickerston, from the men's
own mouth, in presence of many
people, about the latter end of
December, 1982.

Extraordinary SPORTING PER

FORMANCES.

(Continued from page 76.),

AY 2, 1788, a horse, thirteen

Myears old, ran thirty-three

miles on Paifleywood Common, near Ongar, in Effex, for a wager of fifty guineas, which was to be done in two hours, but loft by only two minutes.

14th, Mr. Winter, of Weft. Malling, Kent, undertook, for a wager of twenty pounds, to go on foot from Maidstone Bridge to London Bridge, and back again, (near feventy miles) in fixteen hours. He performed the jour ney in fourteen hours and fitteen minutes.

17th, A very extraordinary performance took place on the Bath road; a perfon undertook, tor a confiderable wager, to trot his norfe from Hounflow to Reading, and back, in fix hours; the diftance is fixty miles, which was done in thirty-five minutes lefs than the time allotted, with feemingly great cafe. The rider stopped feven minutes at Reading, to refresh himself and his horte,

25th, Richard Groves, for a wager of ten guineas, gave a proof of uncommon agility, by picking up 100 eggs, placed one yard dif tance from each other, and returning with each separately tó. a basket placed at one end; in doing which, he TUB 10,000 yards, or near five miles and three T2 quarters,

148 Obfervations on fome old-fashioned Games on Cards.

quarters, which he did with ease, in forty-four minutes, which was feventeen minutes within the time allowed him.

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July ift, a young man, footman Sands, Efq. of Canterbury, u dertook, for a wager of ten guineas, to go on foot from Maidstone to Uckfield, which is thirty-two miles, in eight hours, and to ftop and drink at every public-houfe on the road. He accordingly fet out a little after five in the morning, and got to Tunbridge Wells (nineteen miles) at eight; where, having over exerted himself, he appeared ra ther wearied, and the odds, in confequence, were two to one against him; he, however, proceeded on his journey, and per formed it with ease half an hour within the given time, arriving at Uckfield thirty minutes after twelve o'clock.

September 17th, a man, at Thorpe, in Norfolk, undertook, for the trifling wager of 2. 6d. to walk four miles in fixty minutes, with four tone weight on his houlder, which he performed in fifty nine minutes.

October 11th, a race of a novel kind, was decided on the Flat, near Brighthelmstone.

It was between two gentlemen, the one on horfeback, the other on foot; the former giving the latter forty yards in an hundred, which diftance they run. In running, the odds were greatly in favour of the pedeftrian, till he flipped and nearly fell, which gave the horse great advantage, and occafioned him to win by about half a neck.

November 20th, a tradelman of Lincoin, who had laid a wager that he shot a bullet, or fmail ball, from a gun through a butcher's cleaver, at three times trying, made the experiment. The first

fhot battered the cleaver very much; the fecond grazed, and turned off; but the third went through it, and made a hole more than an inch fquare.

December 24th, Lieut. Col. Rofs, having laid a bet of one hundred guineas, that he rode a mare one hundred miles in fourteen hours. It was decided on a level road near Bristol, and the Col. won by performing it thirtyfive minutes within the time. (To be continued.)

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