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aider herself treated, in this novel 

 species of contest, with sufficient 

 gallantry and complaisance by her 

 uncourteous competitor, may be 

 concluded from the following letter 

 to the editor of " the York He- 

 rald," which appeared a few days 

 after the race, and dated from 

 Thornville Royal. 



Mr. Editor : — Having read in 

 your paper, that Mr. Flint paid me 

 every attention that could be shewn 

 on the occasion of the race, I re- 

 quest you will submit the following 

 elements of politeness to the gentle- 

 men of the turf, for them to sanc- 

 tion or reject, upon any future 

 match of this kind taking place. 



Element I. Mr. Baker, who of- 

 fered kindly to ride round with me, 

 on account of the dangerous acci- 

 dent I met with on the Wednesday 

 before, from my saddle turning 

 round, was positively and perempto- 

 rihj lefused this permission. 



Element II. At the starting- 

 post the most distant species of 

 common courtesy was studiously 

 avoided; and I received a sort of 

 word of command from Mr. Flint, 

 as thus — " Keep that side, ma'am." 

 For a morning's ride this might be 

 complimentary ; but it was here de- 

 priving me of the ■whip-hand. I did 

 not expe6l Mr. Flint to shake hands 

 with me ; that I understand being 

 the common prelude to boxhig. 



Element III. When my horse 

 broke down in the terrible way he 

 did, all the course must have wit- 

 nessed the very handsome manner in 

 which Mr. Flint brought me in, i. e. 

 left me out, by distancing me as 

 much as he possibly could. 



If these should be received as 

 precedents, the " art of riding 

 against ladies" will be most com- 

 pJttteljr " made easy." 



After all this, I challexge Mr. 

 Flint to ride the same match in all 

 its terms, over the same course, 

 next year ; his horse, Brown Thorn- 

 ville, against any one he may choose 

 to sele6l out of three horses I shall 

 hunt this season. 



Alicia Thornton. 

 28th. This morning, about two 

 o'clock, a fire was discovered in the 

 back premises of Mr. Metcalfe, ca- 

 binet-maker, in Primrose-street, 

 Bishopsgate. As soon as the alarm 

 was given, the drums of the 6th- 

 loyal London beat to arms ; and a 

 number of the corps attending, the 

 property of the sufferers was pre- 

 served from the depredations of the 

 ill-disposed. The lire was not got 

 under till the whole of the stock of 

 timber, mahogany, finished goods, 

 &c. at Mr. Metcalf 's were destroy- 

 ed ; and the interior part of the 

 house, together with the stock and 

 furniture at tho Fox and Grapes 

 public-house, and part of that in the 

 next house, Mere very much injured. 

 The tools, benches, and whole work- 

 ing apparatus of 15 men were totally 

 consumed. 



About four the same morning, a 

 fire broke out at the Fleur-de-lis 

 public-house in Blossom-street, 

 Norton Falgate, which raged with 

 great fury until that and the ad- 

 joining house were wholly destroy- 

 ed, and a third much damaged. The 

 fire is supposed to have arisen from, 

 a spark dropping from a candle 

 among some chips and shavings in 

 a closet in the tap-room, which 

 must have smouldered some hours at 

 least before it was discovered. The 

 public-house is completely levelled 

 to the ground, but providentially no 

 lives were lost. 



The Gazette of this night an- 

 nounces the capture of the Blonde 



frigate^ 



