A GENTLEMAN in Kent, where more exertion is used to preserve game, from poachers, than in this county, on the first day of September, shot thirty brace of partridges, fifteen brace of which he unmercifully slaughtered before breakfast!

A BOXING Match for five guineas a side, took place on Tuesday evening, the 19th, at Mile-End, Old Town, between one Williams a ship-carpenter; and Jonas, a Jew; when, after a contest of thirty-six minutes, victory was declared in favour of Williams, who broke the Jew's jaw-bone, and materially injured his eyes.

On Thursday afternoon, October the 14th, some of the amateurs of boxing, near Whitechapel, effected

a match between two well-known females of Ratcliff Highway; from the contrast of their bulk, distinguished by the names of the Farthing Rush light, and the Walking Tun. After a very few rounds, victory declared in favour of the Rush-light; not because the Tun was devoid of bottom, but deficient in breuth.

ABOUT the beginning of the present month, a pitched battle was fought in the Cottager's Piece, near Nuneaton, between T. Cart and James Sidwell. The combatants set too about twelve o'clock. In the first four rounds, there was hard fighting, and many severe blows struck, but Cart had the advantage, which caused the beats to run greatly in his favour; the odds being a hundred guineas to ten: though for several weeks prior to the battle taking place, they were greatly in Sidwell's favour. The contest lasted an hour and ten minutes, during which time they had nearly sixty rounds, when Sidwell, finding the battle was greatly against him, gave in. Considerable sums were lost on the occasion, and the knowing ones were completely taken in. Vol. XXI. No. 121.

A GRINNING match lately took place at Fowey. The prize a roll of tobacco. A Cobler and a Taylor, entered the lists; snob was three grinsa head, when a fellow, who had betted deeply on snip, contrived to tread on one of his corns, which had

such an effect upon his countenance, that he instantly gained the prize.

ON Saturday, the 16th, as Mr. Welsh, horse-dealer, in Oxfordstreet, was attending the operation of nicking a horse, the animal not being properly secured, kicked Mr. W. in the stomach, by which accidence he was thrown to a considerable distance, and died instantly. As the death was sudden, the Coroner's inquest is to sit upon his body.

THREE men were some time ago playing at Ombre in Mecklenburg, when one of them, upon looking at his cards, said, he would play a Sans Prendre-but, at that moment, was seized with an apoplectic fit, and dropped dead from his chair." One of his companions ran out the moment he dropped, to fetch medical assistance the other took up

the cards, which had fallen from the dead man's hands, and having examined them, said, very coolly" If he had played upon that hand, he would certainly have lost.”

ON Sunday night, the 10th inst. as the Moon rose, a large black body was seen, on the Godwin Sands; it was supposed to be a shipwith her masts cut away, and several boats launched from Deal to her assistance, but on a near approach, it was discovered to be a very large whale which measured eighty feet long, and twenty in diameter. The animal was alive a considerable time after it was got on shore, and died through its violent exertions to get into the sea. The return of the tide washed it into deep water, and it has not been seen since. F

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Ar the end of last month, was caught alive, in the nursery garden of Mess. Brown, at Slough, a bird of the blackbird species, with its plumage nearly all of a clear and beautiful white, excepting a black feather in cach wing, and some on the head; it is a very fine young bird, but had the misfortune to lose its tail at the time it was caught, in which was only one black feather, the others were entirely white.

BATTLE OF THE PIKES.

As a gentleman of Lewes, was lately walking by the side of a ditch near Old Malling, he discovered, in shallow water, and in sharp conflict, two hungry pikes, whofe object was to devour each other, but which he prevented by commencing hostilities against both, and bringing them captives to the shore. The one, being wounded in the piscatory engagement, he quickly conquered, but the other was not so soon subdued, though he at length effected it, by the sturdy application of his cane. They were nearly equal in size, and rendered the more voracious, from their boundaries being limited by the lowness of the water. A BEAUTIFUL Antelope, which was lately brought from the Mediterranean, by Captain Paget, in the Hydra frigate, and landed at Portsmouth, has since been brought to

London.

On the evening of Friday the 15th, as Mrs. Woolven, of Moakbridge, near Henfield, in Susss, was retiring to rest, about ten o'clock in the evening, she heard a noise amongst her fowls in a poultry yard adjoining the house, and on going down to discover the cause, found ten chickens lying dead by the side of the hen under which they had been brooding. Alarmed at the loss of so many of her little poultry, she called up her husband, who supposing it must have been

occasioned by a stoat or a rat, concealed himself within sight of the spot, in order to discover, and if possible to destroy the murderer, where he had not stood long, before he beheld a hedge-hog, devouring, with great voracity, one of the fallen chickens; and, from his manner, was thoroughly convinced he was the felon who had killed them all!— The gentleman who favoured us with the above account, asks, whether this animal, (which by writers of natural history, is deemed quite innoxious) may not destroy vast numbers of young pheasants, partridges, and other game?

ANECDOTES OF THE SCOTCH
GREY'S, &c.

THE Scotch Greys, reviewed last month by his Majesty, on Ashford Common, were the favourite regiment of George II. who often took great pleasure in demonstrating his partiality to the corps. When once reviewing them in Hyde-Park, before a French Field marshal, and a Prince of the House of Bourbon, his Majesty asked the stranger-" Did your Royal Highness ever see a finer corps ?” “ "They are a very fine corps, indeed: but I think inferior to the Gens d'Armes-Did your Majesty ever see them?"— The King, somewhat nettled at the abrupt and unexpected question, replied, in allusion to an achievement defeated and driven the Gens d'Arof the Scotch Greys, who had once Scotch Grey's have seen them!” mes into the Danube-" No, but my

WHEN the regiment was quar. tered at Worcester, preparing for the review, and commanded by the late Lieutenant-General John Douglas, then Lieutenant-Colonel, and all the officers had joined; among these were two young gentlemen, who after a long leave of absence, were just returned from France.-" These lads," as Colonel Douglas

called

called them, were very talkative at the mess, extolling the appearance of the French troops at a review near Versailles, particularly the Black Mousquetaires and the Gens d'Armes. The Colonel, some stangers of consequence being present, disliked the conversation so much, that though not addicted to swearing, he broke out, "Well, Sirs, have you done? G-d d-n your Black Mousquetaires, and your Gens d'Armes too-you may praise them as much as you please; but by G―d the Inniskillens and we, have counted the buttons on their backs a dozen times."

Ar a review of the Grey's on Black Heath, then commanded by Sir James Campbell, the late King asked the French Ambassador, if he had ever seen a finer corps. The Ambassador replied he had," much finer troops," and quoted a particu. lar regiment. His Majesty turned to Sir James, and told him what the Ambassador said. Sir James smartly answered, may it please your Majesty, I have beaten that very regiment, at the head of the Greys, and will do so again, whenever your Majesty pleases to command me."

THE above anecdotes reminds us

of another respecting the famous regiment of tall men belonging to Frederic the Great of Prussia, of which he was very proud, and which he was continually reviewing. It consisted of a thousand men. Whilst one day at Potsdam, these men were reviewed by his Majesty, the British Ambassador being present, the King said to him-" Did you ever see a thousand finer men than these? Do you think," continued the Monarch," a thousand Englishmen could beat them?" I really don't know," replied the Ambassador, "but five hundred would try!”

communicated to us by a gentleman recently returned from that place:A servant had been riding a small stallion poney, the property of a physcian at Manchester; and, on his alighting, slackly retained the rein, whilst he stood with his back towards him; the poney directly seized the man, threw him on the ground, knelt on him, and, in the most vengeful manner, worried him to death. The mangled corpse was rescued with difficulty from the devouring beast.

who has been the greatest bettor A DESCENDANT of Mother Cole, at Cricket-matches for some years past, has closed this season by winning, although losing it is paradoxical, and requires explanation, to those unacquainted with gaming. He made what is called cross or hedging bets; so that he received in cash what he won; and gave drafts on his banker for what he lost. General L- -x, Lord F. B- -k, and others, can testify the assertion.

DEATH EXTRAORDINARY.

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A few days since died, in Half Moon-street, Piccadilly, the celebrated Miss Poll, of musical memory. This singular and celebrated parrot was one of the three bequests made by his uncle to Colonel O'Kelly; the other two were the estate of Cannons, and the famous horse Eclipse. This uncommonly gifted creature, sung a number of songs in perfect time and tune; and, if she ever made a lapse, she would stop, and go over the passage until her ear was perfectly satisfied. She could express her wants articulately, and give her orders in a manner approaching nearly to rationality. Her age is not known; since the late Mr. O'Kelly bought but it is upwards of thirty years her at Bristol, at the price of one hundred guineas. The Colonel was repeatedly offered five hundred F 2 guineas

guineas per annum, by persons who wished to make a public exhibition of the bird; but this, out of tenderness to his favourite, he constantly refused. The body was dissected by Dr. Kennedy and Mr. Brooke; when the muscles of the larynx, which form the voice, were found, from the effect of practice, to be uncommonly strong; but there was no apparent cause for its sudden death.

Poor Poll's levees had been for years attended every morning by people of the first rank and fashion, which, from the Colonel's known urbanity of manners, found an easy access to his house. The ear of this extraordinary bird was more correct than many of our vocal performers, and she was so impatient of insult, that she would stop in the middle of a song, if the company did not preserve the utmost silence.

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

A curious examination took place on Tuesday, the 19th inst. respect ing a parrot, which was brought to this office in a cage. When the woman who carried it, was called to bring it in, Poll cried out, "No, no!" which caused a great deal of laughter. However, However, on being brought before the magistrate, notwithstanding her being very talkative, she behaved with great decorum, not uttering a single syllable during the time she remained there. From the statements that were made, it appeared, that on the 11th of August last, a parrot was stolen, with its cage, from the front area of Lady Harriet Gill's house, in Wigmore-street. The following day it was advertised, and posting bills were issued, offering a reward for it. No tidings of Poll were obtained, till about a fortnight ago, when one of the Earl of Wigton's servants, passing through Henriettastreet, observed a parrot in a cage, hanging in an area, which he knew

to be Lady Harriet Gill's, and which had been presented to her Ladyfhip by Lord Wigton. The bird was now in the possession of the Countess of Granard, whose cook brought it to this office. All the servants of the Earl of Wigton were ready to swear both to the bird and the cage. His Lordship himself attended. He asked the magistrate whether he might be permitted to put his hand in the cage, and tickle the bird's side; because, his Lordship observed, if it were that which had been his, it would bite at him, and make a croaking noise. His Lordship did so, and the effect was produced. But the Countess of Granard's cook said, "Excuse me, my Lord, any parrot will do that, when you hurt it so."

Many of the Countess's servants also attended, who were ready to swear that it was her Ladyship's parrot, and had been presented to her by Lord Berkeley ten years ago. On her Ladyship's going to France, four months ago, she left the bird in the care of the cook. Such, and so positive, were the statements on each side. The Earl of Wigton requested he might have poll till the matter was cleared up: but to this Lady Granard's cook objected, as she said the Countess would not take 501. for poll; and, on the other side, it was declared, that Lady Harriet Gill would not part with her for double that sum, though it was stated that poll, notwithstanding her present taciturnity, was remarkably talkative, and frequently bestowed on her Ladyship a great deal of abuse, and many vulgar appellations. There were so many witnesses on each side, and all so extremely certain of the fact they respectively advanced, that the matter was not decided; and it was settled that the Earl of Wigton should call on the Earl of Granard in order to investigate, and, if possible, to clear up the business.

POETRY.

PUSS IN A PARACHUTE. Written by G. Colman, Esq. and Sung by Mr. Fawcett, at the Theatre-Royal, Hay

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market.

LODGES next floor to the skies, And I have a vife of my own; I told her, says I, bless your eyes, Come along, or else let it alone: A Balloon and a voyage are the rigs, To night, at Vauxhall, vat a din; And Molly, says I, please the pigs, We'll see Mounseer and Ma'am Garnerin.

She demanded me vats a Balloon;

You fool, says I, every one knows; 'Tis a thing in the air, vere they'll soon Find that Frenchmen build half their chateaus :

And for that that they calls Parachute,

This here is the meaning of that, Ven a Christian's vone life does n't suit, Vy, they risks the nine lives of a cat.

To Vauxhall then ve scroudg'd to be

sure,

Lord 'twas charming to breathe the fresh

air,

Then the fidlers began for to play,
And the girls fell a hollabalooing;
The men they all fell to huzza,

And the Cat fell a squeeling and mew-
ing.

Poor Puss in a grand Parachute, Who was sent to sail down thro' the air,

Plump'd into a garden of fruit,

And play'd up old gooseberry there. The Gard'ner, transpiring for fear,

Stared just like a hundred stuck hogs, And swore, tho' the sky was quite clear, 'Twas beginning to rain Cats and Dogs.

Mounseer, who do'nt value his life, In the Thames vou'd have just dip'd his vings,

If it vas'nt for vetting his vife,

For vomen are timbersome things. So at Hamstead he landed her dry,

And after this dangerous sarvice, He took a French leave of the sky, And rode back to Vauxhall in a jarvis.

For at least seven thousand vas there:

My vife got a curs'd broken shin,
So she vept; but says I, don't you chat-

ROBBERY.

FROM NATURE.

ONEY, lend us your ears, and a tale I'll recite,

About comical matters that happen'd last night.

Just at two in the morn, a friend had well met me,

So keeping my legs, faith, as well as they'd let me,