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street, Is." This is being very particular indeed, Sir.

Sir Larry. To be sure; I always loved method and particularity.

Carrydot, (reading.)—“ To sundries, £7000!!" This is not so particular, Sir Larry!

Sir Larry. Oh! I was busy that day, and I lump my expences when I'm busy.

Carrydot, (reading.) To a collar for Lady, 10s. 6d."

Sir Larry. A female that belonged to me-of Dutch extraction-a pug, Sir-that's cheap. Carrydot, (reading.)—“ To a necklace for Eliza, £900."

Sir Larry. That's not so cheap. Carrydot. "Tis monstrous!—who was Eliza?

Sir Larry. Another female that ran about the house-but they both left me one day, and I put an advertisement in the newspapers— “Whoever will bring the lady without the collar, or the necklace without the lady, shall be handsomely rewarded."

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Oldskirt. I must say I am very well pleased with your manner, Fir.

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MISCELLANEOUS SPORTING.

MR.

R. James Settle, we are informed, of the Bowling green-house, Chapeltown, near Leeds, has at this time in his possession four as fine colts as, perhaps, can be seen either in Yorkshire, or any other part of Great Britain, viz. a four, three, two, and a one year old; and what is very remarkable, they are all of a fine chesnut colour, two and two alike; the two first without any white, the two younger ones with each a bright star in the forehead, and a far hind leg white up to the fetlock joint; all out of the same mare which is three fourths blood, and again in foal, and all got by young Diomed, son of Sir Charles Bunbury's Diomed, whose celebrity as a stallion is well known in this part of the country. They are well deserving the attention of any nobleman or gentleman wishing to have a fine set for a carriage, being all handsome, strong, and boney, with the finest temper, shape, and action.

Mr. Settle may challenge all England against the same number of colts out of any one mare, and got by one stallion, in four successive years, for any sum not exceed ing one hundred guineas.

MR. CALEB PAYNE, a sporting gentleman of Dublin, has published an open challenge to run a horse, twenty couple of fox hounds, or fight a main of cocks, for a thousand guineas, with any gentleman in Ireland.

MR. MULLINS, an eminent hairdresser, undertook, for a considerable wager, to walk from his house in Rathbone-place, Oxford-street, to Woolwich in Kent (a distance of VOL. XXVI. No. 151.

twelve miles), in two hours, which he performed with apparent ease in seven minutes less than the time allowed him.

THE fashionable game in all the great card parties, at the present period, is four-handed cribbage. Whist, as it declines in the west, rises with increase of splendour in the east. We are told of a city club where the parties play for ten pounds a game, and bet guineas on the odd trick. We have also been informed of another chosen few, on the city side of Temple-bar, who lately played at whist from Wednesday afternoon till Friday night, and only left off then, because two of the party were unfortunately Jews.

INDISCREET SPORTSMAN,

A RURAL ANECDOTE.

AVING been invited, for some

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time, by an old friend of mine, to spend a week with him at his villa, about twenty miles from London, upon the marriage of his only daughter, I was particularly pressed to make my appearance there on the 5th of last month, in order to partake of the nuptial festivities. After a very pleasant journey, I arrived at my friend's elegant habitation, was received in the most hearty manner, and found, what is called, good company. The bridegroom was a tall well-made young fellow, with a regular set of features, and a ruddy complexion : in a few words, he was, in the opinion of most people, a handsome man. He was also much inclined to that sort of mirth which is occasioned by lively strokes of bodily

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wit, and appeared to be far better pleased with a spank on the back, or a slap on the knee, than he would have been with the most refined sentiment or the most acute observation. He was almost always in a broad grin, by which he certainly discovered two rows of fine teeth, though he did not discover any marks of a brilliant understanding. However, the natural cheerfulness of his disposition had procured him the appellation of a good humoured mortal; and it was the deceptive appearance of that disposition which had greatly contributed to obtain my friend's consent to an union with his daughter.

This facetious gentleman made me often recollect, while he was very liberal of his corporal jokes, the following lines of Pope, in his description of an animal of the same line:

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His boisterous behaviour was, in truth, by no means suitable to the mild temper of the too susceptible Harriet, who sufficiently convinced me, that she had not sacrificed her happiness at the shrine of filial affection, but that she had given her hand and heart together. On the Monday after my arrival, I missed my bridegroom at the breakfasttable; and, in answer to my inquiries after him, was told by his lady, that she believed he was gone out with his gun, as he had taken her father's dog with him. His return was every hour expected with additional impatience; and it was easily discernible, that the newmarried lady was hurt by his absence so soon after the bridal day.

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a gentleman, whose affection was too rapid and predominant to admit of expostulation or delay. Overtures were instantly communicated to the lady; applications were made to the uncle, and proposals despatched to the father. The solicitant stood in the city as a factor of good character, and much commercial promise; under which flattering prospect, the matrimonial ceremony soon took place. "A consummation so devoutly wished," was soon followed by a coach, as a matter of family comfort; and, lastly, as a collateral consideration, a a country house, which, with a young and improving family, were supposed to have constituted the very zenith of happiness in this life. In the midst of all, as it were by a pantomimic stroke, or an electrical shock, the coach vanished, the country house was forsaken-bankruptcy ensued -within a few weeks death followed, and without a sufficiency to lay the corpse in the grave: in which dreadful dilemma the widow, with four small children, had no door open to her but that of her aged and affectionate parents, to whom she lately returned: but the sudden shock from a seeming summit of permanent prosperity, to the certain abyss of dreary adversity, so affected the mother, that in a few hours she took to her bed, from whence she no more arose, till death had closed her scene of affliction; and the father's state at this moment, is but little better than mental derangement.

In some degree of coincidence, but not in direct uniformity with the preceding, it may be recorded, that at nearly, or about the same period, a young lady, the daughter

of a gentleman who then was, and now is, at the highest possible professional celebrity, was, with the consent of all parties, united to a young tradesman, at the west end of the town, whose prospects promised every thing that could be wished: but the happy knot was no sooner tied, than prudence was immediately superseded by pleasure: visiting abroad, receiving company at home, operas and plays in the winter-Vauxhall, Ranelagh, and watering places in the summer, with an increasing family, had, when four children were produced, exalted the father to a place in the Gazette, after a computed annihilation of five or six thousand pounds. The father of the lady, one of the most worthy men exist, ing, who never held the parental beam "with an iron hand," and who, with the spirit of true philanthropy, could "forget and forgive," wishing to rescue them from impending poverty, took home husband and wife to his own residence, fit for a prince, with their four children, intending to initiate his son-in-law in his own business, and to bring him into partnership, that he might progressively become his successor to a most profitable and long established concern: but, too indolent for industry, and too versatile for punctuality, he soon eloped; the daughter, after some time treading "upon the light fantastic toe," has done the same. The former is a wanderer upon the face of the earth, and the latter is absolutely cohabiting, in the character of a lady of pleasure, with one of the clerks of a public office; the four children being deserted by both father and mother, and left upon the hands of the grandfather, who has thus, though advanced in years, á second family to bring up.

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NEW PUBLICATION.

fine wool improvement in different countries, is very elaborate and cir

(Continued from page 286 of our Magazine cumstantial, and, in our ideas, en

for February.)

tirely satisfactory: for, in respect to our own country, whereas for

AGENERAL Treatise on Cattle, merly we were obliged to import

the Sheep, and the Swine: Comprehending their breeding, Management, Improvement, and Diseases. Dedicated to the Right Honourable Lord Somerville. By J. Lawrence, Author of "The New Farmer's Calendar, Modern Land Steward," &c. Symonds.

On winter exposure, at page 117, by which such multitudes of cattle and sheep perish annually in the northern parts of this island, and are totally lost to the country, our author remarks as follows:

"In fine, I apprehend the following propositions stand sufficiently clear First, That all countries which will maintain a stock of cattle during the summer season, will also afford a sufficiency of some kinds of food for their winter sustenance. Secondly, That it is the interest of the feeder to provide such winter sustenance. Lastly, That, on the question of going to the utmost extent of number, the balance of profit would rest with superior quality and the smaller number of animals sufficiently winter fed."

On the great question of ox labour, Mr. L. has brought forward the well-known statement of Mr. Culley, in favour of horses, which seems to be totally overthrown by Mr. Lawrence, who disproves their data from facts and actual practice, stating that neither eight nor six oxen are required to do the labour of two horses; and denying the position that oxen are unable to work more than half the day. This appears to be written with as much force as any part of the work.

The detail of the progress of the

our fine wools for broad cloth from Spain, the improvers have now enabled us to grow those wools at home. At the head of these improvers and benefactors of their country, stands his Majesty, who really first introduced the Spanish sheep; and of whose royal exertions as a farmer and improver, this author speaks with a marked and loyal respect. In point of quantity of wool, also, this cross with the Spanish ram on our short-woolled sheep, has turned out a matter of immense consequence; the first cross, in many instances, producing nearly a double fleece, and more than double the usual price, both to the surprise and emolument of the farmer.

The work is not destitute of that cheerfulness and humour generally to be found in Mr. Lawrence's writings. Various anecdotes are given, some of a ludicrous, others of a serious cast. We transcribe the following on fat meat, for the benefit of such of our readers as are desireous of becoming kitchen economists

"A mistress some time since succeeding to a large boarding school, told the cook it was her determination not to allow the perquisite of kitchen-stuff, but a certain sum in lieu of it, at the same time demanding what the annual amount might be. Mrs. Cook answered very reluctantly, about five or six pounds, she believed. Well, then, said the mistress, I shall allow you seven guineas." The kitchen-stuff was sold for thirty-five guineas the first year. Several other tales of this description, but of far more general consequence, might be extracted, where

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