MISCELLANY.
Sporting Ertraordinary.-A match which
stands unequalled in the annals Of sporting.
was decided IN he High.street. Hammer
smith, about three o'cIock-last Monday after
noon. A master baker living in the town.
had hened guinea with his neighbour. that
he and his mastIff would draw his bresd-bar-
row, with twenty quartern Ioaves ID il,
mile and half, and do tie ground in less
time than any stage coach that passed through
the town The baker TO have his choice) be.
tween one and three O'Clock, provided lhe
horses did not break into gaIlop. The ba-
ker started against the last coach (the Blue
eyed Maid), 10 the infinite amusement of
several hundred spectators, and surprise of
JoTViS, who was not in The secret, and who,
determined not 10 be beat by what lie called
an ass and dog, drove on futiously but
bis horses invariably broke into a gaIlUp,
when be was requested 10 stop and caner,
that being the terms Of the agreement. He
good humonredly complied bot the ground
which he 50 lost enabled the baker 10 get %
far ahead, that Conchee could not oyertake
him, and he finally travelled The ground in a
much shorter time, and won the wager.


NGtaral Curiosity-A tenant of the Rev.
]. Cottle, Of Warwick, has just presented 10
him part Of the solid butt Of an ash tree,
containing within i the skull Of some animal
(Unknown)- II was ID The part Of the tree,
nine feet above The ground, and was perfect.
ly enclosed in solid timber.


The Corporation Of Richmond Yir. instead
Of paying heir debt with cash, Issue handsome
engraved Due Bills, at one years credit, in
sums not less than 100 dollars.


Interesting .henOran&a.-It Is 3q8 year,
since John Cabot first discovered North Amer
ics, 236 since Sir Walter Raleigh mere ner.
iecily explored it. gao since The frst stts-ma-
nent colony was planted in Virginia eoa
since New-Amsterdsm, now New York was
settled, 200 since the landing Of the Pilgrims
az Plymouth, A since the commencement Of
our national existence, and 81 since lbe adop.
ton q or present national goverrmenr. |