The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-11 00:00:00

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A foot-race took place yesterday between Lord
FREDERICK BEAUCLERC and Mr. Bums.E. The
distance was too yards, measured on -ground about
half a mile from, this place.. -Mr. BURKE appeared
on the ground about half' past two, in a barouche
and four, with two. out-riders. He was accompa-
nied by Mr. FINUcANE on the box, and in the ba-
rouche were the Countess of 11m,mottE, the elegant
Mrs. MANNERS; and. Lord- F. BEAUCLERC, MS an-
tagonist. The parties soon after, started, by- signal
from Mr. FINUCANE, and the rare, ..vhiclywas very
closely contestedi was won by Lord FREDERICK! both
displayed the utmost activity. All the beauty and
fashion of Ramsgate, Margate, and Broadstairs, were
present, and Several beautifill equipages. There
were also several fair pedestriaus, and-a great crOWd
of the lower orders. .The ladies seemed very: much
interested in the contest. This place has not for
years beet; so brilliant or full of iza4t, ton as it is at
• present.- In the morning there was a fox Chace.

ANECDOTE. —The crowds who assembled at
Doncaster during the races (which have just finished)
were very much amused by- an eccentric chara6ter,
who2appeared upon the Course in a carriage of his,
own construaion, tied togetlir with thongs, drawn
by mules, and m'every respea- so .contrived as to
elude taxation., ft .is far from being an inelegant
vehicle,-and an artist at-Doncaster has made a sketch
of it, which might be valuable—to A • spectlhiting
coach-maker. This odd fellow was •origitially alan-
ner, and boasts of havint, tanned the likle of -a lute
Duke, who was hung for the murder of his female
servant. Among other,whimsicalities fie this made
a will, in which he orders, that, on his death, his
body shall he attended to.the grave by ,twelve old
maids (f so marry tan be finnul),- who shall have
reached tW,a: age of seventy, and who can swear to
their being true virgins ! to each of these a Small,
legacy is allo-tted.

BONAPARTE has by a decree authorised the form-
ation of two companies of French aelors 'fbr the
Kingdom of Italy. One of the companies -" is to
perform in the principal cities of the departments"
united to France,; the 'other will traverse the prin-
cipal cities'of the kingdom of Italy. The former
will remain three, months at Turin, three at 41ex-
' andria, three at Genoa,. and two months at Parma.
One month will be employed in the journey. The
latter company will continue four months -at Milan,-
three at Venice, two at Bologna; and two`at Brescia,
and w‘ill also.spend;a. month on the journey.
-,- On Saturday last a melancholy accident occurred at
.SteVanage :—Two fine little boys,the sons of a cotta-
ger named Freeman, one of them about foul-, the
other- not two years old; having •strayed from their
parents' dOor,were fisund drowned in a neighbouring
pond. It is supposed, strange as it may appear, that
the poor innocents had not been more than five or
six minutes in the water, as they wefeat the cottage
door withinten Minutes prior to their being found;
unfortunately Medical assistance was not at band—
What heightened this scene of distress was, their
unhappy mother was among the -first that discovered
the bodies in the water. It is belieVed the Children
had s'entered on a narrow wooden bridge, iMpro-;
perly -secured by an open from whence,- it
is imagined, that they -fell head-in-hand into the
that shiS: were a caution—foot,
,bridges in-the vicinity of towns, &c. are often most
carelessly construaed, and many valuable lives are
lost in consequence of such iiegle&.
INQUEST.—On-Thursday last an Inquisition was
taken at ColeheAer, on the view of the body of-C.
T. CA.ESKELL',. late a Lieutenant in His Majesty's
28th Regiment Of Foot. A Serjeant in the 2.Bd-
giment of Foot; in the Garrison, stated in evidence,
that :about half past six in the morning, as- he Was
walking towards- Mr.- Hedge's meadows, he heard
the reports of- two pistols, and very soon afterwards
saw five persons coming away in a hurry from the
place from whence the reports proceeded, One of
whom -said to the Witness—" GO crown, Soldier ;
I believe ,a Gentleman has met with an accident,
and is hurt; take all possible care of him."--The
_Serjeant immediately went, and found the deceased
alone, with a wound on: the right side of his face,
lying on his back; quite dead, and a brace Of -dis-
charged pistbls near him. .Two Surgeons were call-
ed in by the Jury to examine tbe body of the de:-
ceased, who' stated, that they found :a wound on the
lower part of the right side of his face, evidently
proo&uced by a pistol ball, which they- had no doubt
was the immediate cause of his death. Verdict-
-Wilful Murder agaiuSt the Awe five per Sons. '
Yesterday, at Marlborough-street, John Nimman
was charged with stealing a favourite lurcher, the
property of a young Nobleman. It appeared' in
evidence, that the Defendant :had followed the
owner of the dog in Hyde Park, on Tuesday se'n-
night, ontil he began to suspect bins. He kneW be
could have no other objet in view but that of steal-
ing the dog, which he attemped.to entice to him.—
When at Grosvenor-gate the Gentleman had biS
animal with him; but the suspicious chargter was
gone, was also his dog, before the Complainant
had arrived at his house in Grosvenor-square. The
different Menageries in the Metropolis were looked
into by the Officers of Justice in- vain, until :the
Gentleman who, had lost the doglecognised, in Pic-
cadilly, on Thnrsday last, the Defendant, who had
followed bins in the Park. - He caused him:, to be
secured, and, on searching his lodgings, in the neigh,
bourhood of St. Giles's, the lurcher was found tied
up with -others. There were also several skins of
dogs in the room: The Defendant was fined 201.
eillen, apprehended by Phi,
lips; on a -charge of burglary and felony, was again
brought up. His guilt was so apparent, -that the
Magistrates .were about to commit him fully, when
he opened, and told where the remainder of the pro-
perty was to be found; and implored pardon, sorry as
he was for what he had done. -He was remanded till
a future day ; and the Officer, Philips, oil going to
the place lie described, found all the articles he men-
tioned.

George Brock, apprellenLd by Glannan, an Off-
Cee, on suspiciOn of being one of the footpath who
have lately committed several depredations 'on the
roads near Dulwich and Camberwell, particularly on
a gill namad Jane Davis, and two Gentlemen, .was
brought up and remanded, that Several persons lately
robbed may have an opportunity to attend,

MARRIED.

. On. the 6th inst. at Weymouth, Major. ..Parry Tones, of att.
Re;itnetit, eldest son of 'lliotnas Parry )(Ales, 'Est]. Qt.
' Carnarvonshire, to Miss Stevenson,- wily ciaugiltt
of Robert Stevenson, Esq. of Morton-Had, Clnistvii k.
On Monday merning 'last, John Dennis Bunion, Esq. of
Black Torrington, Devon, to Miss Elizabeth Burden, eldest
daughter of Abraham Burdor ,} Esq. of the Isle ofAiitglit.
Yesterday se'nmght, at Rattety, Devonshire, Sir Henry
'Carew, hart. of 1-lacconibe, to Miss Palk, burly daughter of
• Walter Palk? Esq. of Marley, Devon.