The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-31 00:00:00

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YORK AUGUST MEETING.
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VianNLSDAY; A.L" c.' 2.6
Fifty Pounds, given by. the City of York, added to a Sub-
scription Purse, for s''yrolcls, carrying Sst., 71b.-each.• . One
four-Mile heat. . • .
Sir H. T. Vane's‘CockfiO4't..r - - , . . I
Mr.--P-eirsee Constantia, by Walnut • _ . _ 2
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1) . of Hamilton's b: h. by Walnut - - 3
Lord Fitzwilliarn's Fanny, by Sir Peter - , - dr.
Lord Darlington's Agonistes, 4 yrs old - - • . dr.
- • —5 to son Cockfighter: won.perfelly easy.
Smile day, Sweepstakes of 2ri,gS. each, for a yr old cots, Sst.
21b. and fillies Sst. * Prods Middlethorpe Corror to. the
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Lord Darlington's li.• colt, by Star. - - - i
D. of Hamilton's h. colt, by Walnut , - - I
Lord Strathmore's b.' colt, by Pipator -, . - 3
Lord Fitz i.villiarn's b. colt, by. Beningbrough -- ~4
Mr..T.•llutchinson's b. f. by,ConstirutiOn -5
Duke of Hamilton's c. by 'Walnut '' ' - - pd.
7to 4 the fiel; to i againSt the DuU;
.5 to z against
Strathmore; and so to t against .Hutcninson.

The following Questions are proposed for dis-
Cussion by the Royal Society of Copenhagen
" P. Is oxygen, or any gas containing it, abso-
lutely necessary, to the growth and expansion of the
chick in the egg of, the common domestic hen-, or of
any other fowl is it-possible for that growth
and expansion to take place in any gas unfit for re-
spiration ?• And what is that gas ?
" 2. What influence has Electricity, positive or
negative, on the state of the air ; and on the ca-pa-
city of the atmosphere to take up water in.the state
of gas or varour ?
" For the best answer to each of these questions
will be given a prize of a Gold Medal, worth one
hundred Danish crowns.- The memoirs must be sent
in before the end of September ißoz.
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" D. BULGE."

We find a circumstance of a very singular kind
.; mentioned in the last French Tapers. M. DES() IC,
a, man of letters, had long been -desperately ena-
moured of a rady, distinguished by her great, per-
sonal accomplishments, as well as her amiable dispo-
sition. Sheyeturnedhislame with equal passion, and
the joyful cbuple' were just on the eve of being united.
in the nuptial tie. At the moment when the con.
\summation of his felicity seemed to be at hand,
_the,
philosopher was suddenly. seized with uneasiness-
. and anxiety; his peace
.of mind 'forsook hirui-and
'he was . agitated beyond description, -by the: hor-
rid Wen; that the marriage 'would prove :only ,a
,s:Arc, of misery to the object 'of his affeaion. ;In
this dreadful 'state -what must he do, what measures
must he adopt to regain his forfeited. serenity ? To
disclose- his
,situation to his lover, was impossible,
with . the least regard to delicacy ; he - resolved
therefore that he alone should suffer, the conseqeences
of his anxiety. He hurried to the. Banks of 'the'
Seine, and;
,after writing a letter, explaining the
foregoing circumstances, he plunged into tare river
and disappeared. In the present age, such a roman-
tic deed seems 'rather the result of insanity than the
suggestion of honour, refined to a Oegree beyond the
usual condition of humanity.
On' Wednesday the 26th inst.. was committed to
York Castle, by virtue of a warrant from Mr. Ed.,
ward Brook, one of His Majesty's Coroners for that
Counfy, William Riley,' of Doncaster, charged by
the Coroner's Inquest: with wilfully . and furiously
driving a single-horse chaise, .at full speed, down
the streets in Wakefield, by which means Abrahath
,Lockwooll, a fine boy of the age of eleven Years,
was drove over, and instantly killed.