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and the unhappy criminal suffered the extreme 

 penalty of the law on Saturday, the 8th of August, 

 on the drop of Cambridge Castle. Nearly 10,000 

 persons were present on this occasion. His last 

 words on the scaffold were to the effect that he was 

 impressed with an idea " that he should ascend to 

 heaven from the drop." 



PRINCIPAL STAKES, &C.j IN 1813. 



Newmarket, Craven Meeting, April 19. — The Craven stakes, won 

 by Lord C. Somerset's b. h. OfFas's Dyke by Paynator. Sweep- 

 stakes of 200 gs., Ab. M., five subscribers, won by Mr. Payne's ch. f. 

 by Selim, out of Zoraida. Sweepstakes of 200 gs , Ab. M., eigbt sub- 

 scribers, won by Lord Suffield's Hocus-pocus by Sorcerer out of a 

 sister to Petworth. Lord Foley's ch.'^c. Soothsayer by Sorcerer beat 

 Sir J. Shelley's b. c. Phantom, 8st. 71b. each, A. F., for 500 gs. 

 The first class of the Oatlands' stakes, fourteen subscribers, won by Mr. 

 Lake's b. c. Venture by Haphazard. Produce Sweepstakes of 100 gs. 

 each, A. F., twenty-three subscribers, won by the Duke of Rutland's 

 ch. c. Solyman by Selim. Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, D. M., five sub- 

 scribers, won by Mr. Ne^dlle's b. f. Redicule by Shuttle. Sweepstakes 

 of 200 "gs. each, Ab. M., four subscribers, won by Mr. Craven's b. c. 

 The Captain by Waxy. The second class of the Oatlands' stakes, four- 

 teen subscribers, won by the Duke of Rutland's b. c. Grimalkin by 

 Chance. Handicap sweepstakes of 25 gs. each,T. Y. C, won by Mr. 

 Batson's ch. f. Pranks by Hyperion. Subscription Plate of £50., 

 T. Y. C, won by Sir J. Shelley's ch. c. Comus by Sorcerer. The 

 third class of the Oatlands' stakes, thirteen subscribers, won by Mr. 

 Pigot's b. h. Mantidanum by Sir Solomon. Sweepstakes of 100 gs. 

 each, T.Y. C, four subscribers. General Grosvenor's Poodle by Po- 

 pinjay ; received forfeit. Sweepstakes of 200 gs. each, A. F., three 

 subscribers, won by Lord Darlington's b. f. by Giles. Subscription 

 Plate of £50., D. M., won by Lord Sackville's b. c. by Young Eagle. 

 The Billingbear stakes, four subscribers, won by Mr. Vansittart's 

 b. f. Pentagon by Selim. 



First Spring Meeting, Mai/ 3. — Subscription Plate of £50, won by 

 Sir C. Bunbury's b. c. Rival by Whiskey. Sweepstakes of 100 gs. 

 eacli, four subscribers, won by Lord Sackville's b. m. Donna Clara, 



