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C. Rider, of the Spital, pursued them through two ftables, into a third, where this hungry bird was made to pay dear for his temerity, for being obferved, the door was fhut upon him, and he was taken alive.

His Royal Highnefs the Prince | and chickens, belonging to Mr. of Wales has entered into an agreement for the occupation of the Grange in Hampshire, late the feat of Henry Drummond, Efq. This convenient and elegant houfe completely furnished, with a park stocked with deer, and every article neceffary for a princely refidence, is let for a lefs fum than one thousand per annum. The spot is admirably caiculated for the exercife of hofpitality, without trenching upon that frugal fyftem which His Royal Highness intends to adopt. It is but a few miles removed from the great Portfmouth Road.

The Prince of Wales pays 5060l. for the ftock, fixtures, and ftores, at the Grange; the beer alone is estimated at 5ool. fo good a stock of that British beve.. rage had the late Mr. Drummond in his cellars, and that of the firft quality and age.

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The game laws are about to be altered, as far as relate to the period of beginning to kill game; thus groufe and black game 20th inftead of Auguft 12; partridges 20th instead of September 1; and hares not to be killed from the ft of March to the ift of September.

The ambiguity of the game laws, reminds us of the ftory of the fox. The lion once published an edict, that all the horned beafts fhould inftantly depart the court, (who by the bye are always great favourites at every court) an old friend met Mr. Reynard in full fpeed, as if a pack of hounds were at his heels. He infifted on

knowing the reafon. Why, fa id of the proclamation? Aye, quoth the fox, have you not heard the other, but that is only directed against the horned clafs.

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matter, faid the fox, how do I know, but fome artful lawyer might infift on it, that my ears are horns.

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The late Afhdown courfing | 9555, drawn a prize of 20,000l. meeting in Berkshire, was numeAdmiral Affleck is no ways forroudly attended. Mifs Pickering tunate in the lottery.- -The attended with her ftring of grey-15,000l. prize, falls to Mr. Larrat, hounds, and was fuccefsful in fe- at Uppinghani, and Mr. Hotchkin veral of her matches. Every of South Luffenham. hack in Oxford was prefent on this occafion.

An improvement of a very pleasant nature has been recommended to the Poft mafters General. The prefent coaches in the winter months, are dark within. from eight in the evening, until

The ci-devant Lady Ligonier, now felf-entitled Lady Brown, is become a regular inhabitant of South-end Baths, in Effex, with no less than five immenfe New-eight the next morning, and carry foundland dogs in her domeftic fuite.

but four paffengers. As a corrective to this fituation, a fixwheeled coach, of three feet each, to carry twelve infides, is to be the fubftitute, with a light within. Befides the cheerfulness of a

The ladies faro bank are not fo much frequented as heretofore, confequently the fplendours of their proprietors will diminish:iight, they will travel equally exThey complain terribly of the peditious, and in a diftance of one war; and that they are not only hundred miles, fave eighty horfes, deferted by volunteers, but are not at ten mile ftages. able to prefs a fingle man into their fervice! As most of the dames are veterans, they must content themselves upon half-pay, and retire before they are fuperannuated.

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All the fashionable carriages are now painted yellow, with black or fcarlet wheels. Phaetons are quite out, and curricles as plenty as hackney coaches.

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Sporting Intelligence.

164 bridge. Two boys were contending for the poffeffion of a gun that was loaded, when it accidently went off; a young man of the name of Taylor, paffing by at the moment, received the contents in his fide, and inftantly expired. The unhappy parents of the deceafed, who was of a most promifing difpofition, were fpec

tators of the mournful event.

Nóv. 22. AsRichard Kyrwood, a poor man, was paffing through Hom Park, near Hereford, he was furiously attacked and killed by a ftag, with whom, it appeared, he maintained an unequal conflict for a short time, when at last he was overcome, the horns of the vicious animal perforating from the chin almost to the top of the head. The unfortunate fufferer was going to pay rent for a cottage at Tillington Common, where he lived, and has left a wife and fix young children, totally unprovided for. From a knowledge that the ftag was vicious, he had been for fome time confined, and contrived to escape over a paling of amazing height, during the night preceding the accident. He was fhot immediately after the difcovery of the melancholy catastrophe.

Dec. 9. The many melancholy accidents that happen from the improper or incautious ufe of guns, fhould make parents extremely careful how they entrust them in the hands of children or fervants. Wednesday, as two boys were playing with a piftol, which, contrary to their expectation, was unfortunately loaded; one of them taking it up, afked his fchool-fellow if he would ftand fire, being anfwered in the affirmative, the pistol went off, and lodged the contents in the

right arm of his companion, which we are forry to hear is very badly fractured.

Norwich, Dec. iz.

Tuesday laft, as a fervant of Mr. Thurfton's, of Deopham, was returning home with a loaded gun, the piece, by fome means, went off, and a little girl being in the way, it thot off four of her fingers, and wounded her in the breast.

Dec. 14. Alexander Dickfon, of Fairy Hill, near Swanfea, was found dead in his parlour; his gun was laying by him-the contents of which had entered his head, it is fuppofed, by accident.

Dec. 15. Poor old Walter Jolliffe, who for eight-and-twenty years has held the reins of Cook's coach, and was confequently well known to every traveller between this city and the metropolis, has at length finished his earthly career, and driven to his long home. -He dropped down dead in the ftreet of Basingstoke, on Tuesday läft, with very little previous illness, and only a fhort diftance from the fpot where he had the misfortune to break his thigli by a fall, a few years ago.

A melancholy accident happened on Thurfday, Dec. 18. A young lad, midshipman of the Indefatigable, having had leave to go to Truro to fee his friends, he went into the kitchen, and taking up a fowling piece, which was loaded, it accidentally went off, killed one woman on the spot, and another was dangerously wounded in the eye The fowling piece had but just before been brought into the house by a fervant returned from shooting.

POETRY.

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ONTENTED and quiet, nor heeding who fcorns,

Tame cuckolds, they fay, ever pocket their

horns;

As cowards, who, tremblingly, fear to ftand brunts,

With true chriftian patience will pocket affronts ;

Nor high birth nor breeding this upfhot

can parry,

While daftards, court kicking, and dotards

will marryi

Nor nobility's fhield can ward off the broad flur,

But blots to their 'fcutcheons will ftick like a blur;

And that hiftory's page may the truth herë decide,

We'll look back and appeal to Lord Chan

cellor Hyde;

Who, when Charles was reftor'd to the

fceptre and crown,

On the woolfack, with horn high exalted,' fat down.

And it hap'd on those days when we priz'd regal rule,

That an honeft old thump-cushion, called Doctor Bull,

Who had preach'd for his king, ay, and pray'd like a faint,

For preferment petition'd, in language fo quaint,

That the mirth-loving monarch laugh'd loud at the letter,

And swore that no bishop deferv'd a boon better;

So quickly comply'd with the doctor's demand,

And fign'd him a benefice under his hand;

But the haughty cornuto, who held the

great feal,

A march on his mafter had ventur'd to

fteal,

And before royal hands did the vic'rage

convey,

With his own had bequeath'd the fat living

away;

So the doctor was robb'd of the royal donation,

Nor could the king's hand cancel Hyde's presentation.

Thus baulk'd, and quite beggar'd, by waiting in town,

On a bench, in the Park, the poor doctor fat down;

Like a crest-fallen loser, when fleec'd by the winner,

And lucklessly counting the trees for his dinner;

When putting his hand in his pocket perchance,

He took out the king's grant, at the name gave a glance,

And pennylefs gazing at CHARLES in broad letter,

Quoth he, "not a pick-purfe could da bus'nefs better;

My laft ftiver's gone, I'm for cash at a ftand,

And lo! in my pocket I've found the king's hand!"

As the fates have their frolicks, it fo pleas'd

the TRINE,

That the King was then coming from council to dine;

When the parfon refoly'd to pluck up a good heart,

And the fate of the cafe to the monarch impart ;

For tho' pocketing horns to tame cuckolds belongs,

He determin'd not tamely to pocket his wrongs;

So

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vicar,

Nor plenty, nor peace, follows fafter or thicker,

Lord Hyde, my dread liege, scarce your orders had read,

But a fhadow they prov'd, for their fubftance had fled;

He the fatling tythe pig for another had carv'd,

And, believe me, I ftand a fair chance to be starv'd;

For I dine with Duke Humphry, excepting alas,

I, like Nebuchadnezzar, can dine upon grafs ;

My laft det is fpent, while my mis'ries to mock at,

I ftill find your Majefty's hand in my

pocket;

• That hand, which had fain made my pocket run o'er,

Is all that remains of my pocket's poor ftore !'

Ods fish,' cries the king, has old Hyde

ferv'd thee fo?

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THE PUNSTERS,

A LITTLE TALE.

Ta tavern, one night,

Meffrs. More, Strange, and Wright, Met to drink, and good thoughts to exchange:

Says More, Of us three,

The whole town will agree,

There is only one knave, and that's
Strange'

Yes, fays Strange (rather fore),
I'm fure there's one More,

A most terrible knave and a bite,
Who cheated his mother,
His fifter and brother,'-
'O yes,' reply'd More, that is Wright."

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TINKER'S SONG.

Written and Sung by Mr. Knight, in the operatical Pantomime of MERRY SHER

WOOD.

Μ'

I.

Y daddy was a tinker's fon,

And I'm his boy, tis ten to 'one;
Here's pots to mend ! was ftill his cry,
Here's pots to mend ! aloud bawl I.
Have ye tin pots, kettles, or cans,
Coppers to folder, or brafs pans.
Of wives my dad had near a score,
And I have twice as many more;
And what's as wonderful as true,
My daddy was the lord (upon my foul he
was) the lord knows who.

Tan ran tan tan, tan ran tan,
For pot or can, oh! I'm your man.

II.

Once I in budget fnug had got,
A barn door capon and what not,
Here's pots to mend! I cried along.
Here's pots to mend ! was ftill my fong.
At village wake-oh! curfe his throat,
The cock crow'd out fo loud a note,
The folks in clusters flock'd around,
They feiz'd my budget, in it found
The cock, a gammon, peafe and beans,
Befides a jolly tinker (yes, by the lord) a
tinker's ways and means.

Tan ran tan tan, ran tan tan,

For pot or can, oh! I'm your man.

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