The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-30 00:00:00

B•kßi-lANI 4ttVCES.

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On Monday the followinff races were run on Bar-
harn.Downs,- which drew ;,o.;ether a large concourse
•of spe6tators, but adOrded but itKlitierent sport :
&Sweepstakes of ions. each, for horses the pro-
perty of the• Kent rode by-Of-
cers ;:.Z yr olds caroying qst, 71b, 4y r olds, lost. 71b. 5 yr
olds, I Ist. 71b. 6yr olds, list. 1215. mid aged; i2or.
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Major i':.„ott's br. c Moorcock, 4 yrs old
Coat. I lc,,ry's I)..‘eeprion - 2 (is
Lord Blaney's g. iii. Miss Maggrit, 6 yrs -- - 3dr
A Sweepstakes of togs— each, tree for all poises, the pro-
perti of Officers of the Kentrdi Distrii7l,'at the tillie.of sub-
mcribing ; Ono.thite mile tre:4l.
men to ride-.
11.1:,Or C:::l,l,'S'S b. g. Venture .. ' - t
a; r. IW'Aticster's c. h. Sir Roh,..rt• - - 2
round both horses bolted outof the Cptirse,
and Sir Robcrt len and dis:Lonkteil his tidier ; Nit Ventire
having rektined the COurse, 'anti :2,011e over rlto giotiort,
ice
Stakes- were decided in his ilivour. Mr. :4i'.t.ilt>!v.-r
however, protested against this decision, anti refers ttw case
fo ti:e jockey Club. •

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• • A Purse of,sogs.—A Hawticap Plate:--Tho-irile heat;;.
Colcnci ,v:Divvzit's mare, 9st. 1..,tb. - • - - t 1
Mr:•Henry.'s mare, lost. 3t3. - - - zAr
N;a:,:or Graves's ilt4re, gst., loi,e. - ' . -
- . 3.dr
Mr, Newland's,itor,,e, lost,
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Capt. Siimii;.rp's hof,e, 114. 315: - - - ' 5 .-,4

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READING, TtIASDY, Aca. z 6.
A Plate of 5,..1.' the best of. Three. tv..o.mile Heats.
Mr. Biggs's Margar.zeri;, 4, rs old ' , • ' I i
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Mr.' Lake's ch.. c. Lor,l M. La, 4yrs.old . .2. 2
So,lr. I)Oekeray's bl. I. 1-I,(,e,:sieci;:re; 3) rs . . 3dr
,
Lord Barry wore's. L. 1, by It•iptur,
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Nlr. iluwurti.'s Lai:gem!, 4yrs . 5 dr.
Langton was th.:fa,vourite.
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The Cold Cup, or Sags value---One 4-mile Heat. •
Mr. Ladbroke na:n M i:psoui Lass, 3 yrs , •
Mr. Leievire nawa.i Capias, 4yrs . a
Mr. Holkorth's L.Egton, 4yrs ' . f'.; i
Langton was the tavourite, but tray thi.own down by -a
W•atchinab_to.,Mr. I till, or IViergt(..‘e, ,vho CR,ss,.d the Cetu.A:
at the. moint:nt the horses were pa,;:-.40.1.. 'The hofses and riders
were all" down, ant Langton wa.,., law .
ed. ' ' t

WED:: L 7, 0A y

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A Hunters' Sweepstakes, ul 50 c,...:'ii. The be:4 of Three
z.i:llle 11,.a1,,
Lord Firaybro6k;;', 'firm?. ,:epci. , .1) ;-,, ~id .
1,,,e' th.clidi...i.'s Iv. g. C uid,., by Yencil . 2 2
,fir. 1.4);;,..,t', pc:Len Doilatoila, 6yrs u:d. . 3 dr
Guido was t..e t'avouritc.

Tkitntpny,
A Free Handicap Plate 01 5.j. The best of Three z-mile

cleats.
Mr, Embden's Latitat,syts oid
Lord' ilr.iy iii•ooke's Timekeeper•'
D..y'b Ch.alessTrazie . .

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Latitat was the favourite,.

The Course Was attended by Lords Barrym9reantl Abing_
tact., th.e.Siewaßi 'the Hat:. t,. SI mhtye, Mess:Duna:is,
;:,'lcyrc., 'and sporting nien_in the. cpuniry, butAhe
'l,s;•as vt'ly

/NorA.--"We' learn. by the last accounts
that.new barrikks are nearly completed for a
-full Regiment of Europeans in the Fort: of Bombay::
A great.part of the old barracks was destroyed by a
dreadful fire which happened in FebruarY, 1803, by
which alsO some of the prihcipal looses, public
buildingS, and the whole of the Bizar,: were reduced'
t. t a heap.ofruins: TWe understand it has long been
in contemplation, though of late unaccountaely de-'
.layered;: to abolish that 1-.:rge and very expensive esta-
blishment, the General Hospital at Calcutta. This
edifice was built for the, -reception of the sick of the
gaqison of Fort William; but, like, the establish:- •
.tnehts of the same. kind in: England, it has been
feund to be produ6tiVe of manifest inconvenience'
and prejudice to-the Medield :assistance of the Soldier.
The fall of this cuMbrous and useless'establishment
necessarily: include those of Berhampore; llyna*
pore, illahabad, Benares, Cawnpoor; Futtighur,
ail which, we believe, are almost entirely,dependent
thereon, and under the controul of the same put.,
veyor: Only the non:comMissioned Officers. and
Deummers of the 76th Regiment, under the coin-
maid of the Hon. Colonel AQNS9N.,. have. returned
to•this .country, from' India ;. all the. privateS hay-
. ing, as is gente'..lly the case, volunteered to remain
and serve with the regiments.whichcOntinue in the
country.
At the last Assies of 'Tralee, Ireland, an
aaionwas brought by a:-Mr: IJA:xL against. a Mr..'
HALEY, for the seduaion: of the " step-
&tighter and servant.'' Title 'din-nag-0 were laid at
5001., The Plaintiff's- Witnesses could net prove
that the actual loss sustained on the score of ser- •
.vices was above 51. Rut the Judge (PAY), in
summing up, told- the Jury, that, awarding
damages, " they might wll allow fair vientai
.stttPring of the step-father, if he appeared to,them
to be atfe(itionate.". The verdict of the Jury; as
2001. datnageS.--,Similar actions have'been hereto-,,
fore sustained, and the damages.awarded solely.upen
the ground .of " loss of services." The docarine
sef this Judge is perfectly new, but it is -beneve-.
Tent and wise, and we heartily 'wish. that the
, may be. -universally 'aated upon. The same,
arguments that are used to obtain damages for an
injured husband'
.certainly plead, though, perhaps,
not with equal force, in favour of claims of an
-injured parent; The main object, in both .cases,.
is,"with regard to society; to vindicate morals ; and, •
with regard to the individuals complaining, the feel-
ings of each are almost equally entitled, to considera-
tion.

Yesterday, in hoisting one of the stones up to
form the pedestal for the Statue. in -St. James's
square, it 1a 1 out of the slings, while the-workmen
were under, bUt fortunateirdid not occ:asion ,the
;vailest injury. It was withia'a.short :distance or
crUpli;:;tg three tpeu to death.'

L AND 47. D E

BURLINGTON (VI:1016NT, AMEhIC.q, JULY
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'I he;f-011er.Ving tragi(ai, event occurred at Canaan, h;
Courwetient -on Thurs•daV-the 26111 ult.:
Bfrldivi?i a voiltio. min,. bad been for, soim:
partiallY, tin;;Virainesday the 5'
ho_purcha3ed a. large .two-bladed knite :md a quali-
tity of laudanum, and set out , from Litelifietcl to
Canon), where he" lodged at one Dr. Root's. The
• ifinaor "resides ne'ar hot-,se in which a school is
taught by-1 Nriss Steele. Immediatelv after hersehool
was distnitis,:d at night, Baldwin went to the schc.ol-
- where he found this piling- Lady writing at
her table. alone. I-ic seized her by the hair, and,
1:-! knife "he Lad p:•ep:tre.,l for :hat - purpbse,
cutii,,r throat train ear to etar, seve:iu; tbe Same
t:ne one ear ti-om the head, and, in tiitin-g two deep
and dreadfid wounds in her shoulder. ,As she
sl'rt;.?,:gled to • estape,• he threw her upon the,iioor,
eNn her, and stabbed her in -the bark in•
ten or t..v.Th7i-, dilrerent places. Twice he plunged
the knife sf,) deep in the unhappy girl's that it
perforated the lungs. I- Ter •shrieki a:arnijd I.)ktor
Roo:r,--, who went to her ass;:itance, and foutid her
welterinfr hi her, blood. •

tv;'n lied to the woods, ani-.drank his Linda-
num; but it had not the.. desired etierf. He was
to ken about- midnight, and now Imiged in gaol.,
His delirium Will probably 'screen him trom pnnish-
ment ; bat we are informed there is a strong conea-
tenation of tircumstanoN to prove a deliberate in-.
,tention, and as venomous malice ‘as the Coldest
Jaw could engender. •
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• it is said that several. years, since eac-
quainted wiCa Stoe:e,, and adAcessed but
she &dined his otfers, alitl %vas: soon to be married
to another. Thiq circumstance ii silp1)0 uto have.
wound him up to such.a height of crneli'y and dei.
pcfration. .

The l',.;ung Lad-7' Stitt but the pros.,,ca-of
her reevb-ery is by to tneani She says,
t,h,tt v.;hen he entered the house and approached her,
he ".Since, we-cannel. !ive we
will, dist? tot,riqbei !"

seve'F-Irdays ptevionsiy to his committing the.
crim Baldwin was inuOi roore ratio:) t 1 than -ha
.had, 11:,,cri for Aeveral months : but in aidi:sper'iite
mornent ho has riirhl.2sly cut oif a reqpeCtabie -and
at.iiiiil)leyoung:Lsly from all herprose.l3 of happi-
ness in life, and Probably fi-orn lite' itself.

• A circumstance happened .on morniu;
that hA3 ei>cited- mud, notice :ittlrighton. A person,
it seem% went to the seit-side, by a
female v,ho un'der'stood 'to be
'stripy ed.and went into the-warer, !,;;e Lad, rerrulit-
`sing neat him all .the time, and. e.ssist;n7,•him with
pe aN6v the eil-:.!as of his immersion.
The. :134,r0ng sense ofitn.li,;nation which thi4eVent-has
excited Witi most, probably prevent such a praelice
trdru.becoming 2 one of the fashionable amusements

Ilagistrats and Officer, ore
indelatiTable in their exertion to discover the per,.
vet-rotors Of the horrid murder"of the yOung woman
,in the I,lorongh. A-letfer was received on Tuesday,
stating, that'a young noan,'a carpenter, who lives, it!
Kent, was the murderer ; 'hut no reasonable ground
being stated why he should be suSpeeted, rind there
. being strong suspicion that the' writer was deranged,
and the letter likewise being anonymous, it \Vas not
attended to.—Yesterday morning Mr;-Gt4tHAN re-
teived information, against a man and two women
in the Borough: The ground of suspicion Was s'uth,
that he thought hicnself justified,in taking thena into
-6'astddy; and be 'aceortlingly: dispatched Hopwoca
and Lavender,. two of the :patrole,
.to apprehend
t he:n.3 which they aceordin,giy did. Mr. GrAiIAM. .
nt the Office last evening, • and examine:l
privately; not even a Clerk was admitted into
the room. He continued the inveStigationstill near
ten .&clock,*hen there b2,,ing no for any
ground of suspicion, they were diseharged:
, .
MAN,SION-HOUSE.-Yesterclny the wile Saun-
dens, a, journeyman carpenterv,,ho-was• aLfew.even-.
ings since run over, at the corner of Union-street,
by a.dray belonging to Messrs. Whitbread and Co,
appeared before the .Sitting. Magistrate, with her
`husband's employer and, a Clerk of 'Alessrs. Whit-
bread,. and Stated, that as. some 'compensation for
her linsband's injury was -o rated- on the part of
4V.a44, =the drayman, she. was willing to withdraw
, her ,proseetit '

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Magistrate enquired what the 'nature of the.
Compensation was ? dr. Whitbread's -Clerk ex.-
plained, that the drayman was willing to make
•-any weekly allowance in his power, provided he
was eniarg-ed and suffer,A to return, to his .em-
.ployrnent.
Alderman HANKEY answered, -that .sitting there
as. a Magistrate to see justice done, he could' not
adyise the woman, situated as she' was, with a fa-
mily of small children, and her husband not only
rendered incapable of earning bread for some limo
to come, but with his 'arm broke; and his life en-
dangered,. to relinquish 'her cause upon any ground
so precarious as that of a ;Weekly stipend from a
drainnan during the chance of his continuing in his
iifessent entploYcnent. a Magistrate, had
two objeas to consider in tins ,case-:.- the one, to
deter, by an, 'exemplary . punishment of the Cehu-
,
4ttent, the future repetition in others of that wan-
ton careldSsness in such persons as Nash, of ridini;
an their drays or carts, and driving furiously day
and night; through crowded -streets always to the
danger,. and often to the destruaien of limb or
life.; the other, to see that. dtle reparation should be
.inade to the sutferer and his ninilv• He could
• therefore admit this, palm' woman to give 'up her
claim in- such a way, without Informing her tikif
it was not on the drayman only that her claims of
reparation rested, for she .had a good action
another place against - the .drayman's• Master, by
whose servant, dray,
.and horses, the injury was
done. He was confident that Messrs. ,
BREAD, BROWN, and Co. were too well appriz.ed.
• of this, and men of too much justice and huil a-.
pity. to push it to a question of law. Upon then;grounds;then; be should hold Nash to bail, tiw his
appearance, at the" next Quarter Session, to ;11.-.,-cr
:•for the. act-Ault, ,arid fine him in the penult;
t x:2ntv-shit,lings for ridog. on. his dray, and leave
it ope:. in the mean time for Messrs. 1‘,7,1n,11-tia,k..,,f,
and 'Co. to mike proper compensaiion to., he un-
fortunate. sufferer. ,NaSh appeared,
.paid his fine,
entered into the necessary recogtlizance, and

IN:SOL:VENT DEBTORS.

SURREY ADIOUttN SESSInNS, 'Auc. 29.

.Before \Vlt;Wamt ONSII,OW, 'Esq. Chairmanisand a
numerous ncf Justices fln% the County of Sur-
rey, held . for the .•pnrpose of discharging Debtors
• from the King's-LuchPrion, under the late
Sl,:rnuel Underhill \1 1 opposed bv, Thon4as
Wrght, to
.wtlorn -he • debtor in the stun of
Gil. ros. for building a c,;tt3ge for him on some•
'taste grdund adioining Mr. William Field's pre-
11115s, on toe moor near Streatham. This Cut
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objeaed to the Prisoner's schedgle, .on the
that it did not set forth the cottage in
a part of his property. On the
Tier hand, however, it appeared, that the Pri-
soner was an horieSt, industrious poor man, With
a wife.. and children, whom he had contrived
to. stiptp.ml by 'following the business, of a gar-
- dener. This Creditor wanted to have the cottage
delivered oVer to him ;, and the Prisoner refusing to

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part With his only home, the Creditor, at the next
Quarter SesSions.Of the Court, Leet of. the Manor,
• represented the poor man's habitation as a nuisance
on,the Manor.- The Prisoner held this cottage .by
speciM, favour, the spot ofground being a voluntary
and charitable gift from the proprietor ; and since he
was in gaol, .the Prisoner made such assignment as
w;ts in his power to make, to Mr. Imas, for a .good
and valuablecOnsideration.
Mr: Irnas proved the fairness .of the transaaion
_between him an i the' Prisoner, and declared that by
would take th, premises, and pay all the poor man's
'debts, if a g6Od title could be made out ' - he knew
to be-an honest industrious man, and bad done
variou acts of friendship for his'present.Creditor. It
_further appeared, that the Prisoner had never re-
ceived a bill from his creditor of the work Alone, nor
any credit for -sums of money. he had received on his
• account ; although the Prisoner had frequently offer-,
-301. in payment, being all he could give him.
Mr. L.-tv-s, for the. Prisoner, intimated to him, that
if a proper representation was made to the Dean and
Chapter of Canterbury, to whom the premise 4 in
question belonged, it was very probable they would
grant a lease to the purchaser. The Learned Coup-
s,:_, joined by the Court, commiserated the-situation
Of the poor debtor: But Mr. Wright persisting in
his epeosition, the unfortunate debtor was remand,
ed until he should amend his schedule.
_Outing this exaunnation, every person in Court
appeared disgusted with the Creditor; so much so,
-that -even 'there they. could not repress their indig-
nation, but vented it- in hisses and groaus;-until re-
primanded .by the Court. When Mr. Wright re-
tired, be was followed by a considerable concourse
f people, who continued hissing and hooting after
him tat out of sight.•
• Mr: Solln Turing, 'a young Gentleman of respetla-
ble lhtely from Calcutta; was &so oppose=d
by Mr.-- LAwS, on the part• of his Creditor, Mr.
Moore, upon the 37th -se6tion of the A&, for mts--
-applying the money of his employer. It was stated,

that Mr. Moore being.abont ,to leave the. East- In-
tries, and the Prisoner holding an office at Calcu::ta,
*under the East India Company, and being a young
man of charater, he entrusted him with the receipt
'of a large sum of money; Which, by his letters, he
, bad acknowledged to have received, but bad after-
wards converted 9201, of it to his own use.
It appeared, however, in behalf of the Prisoner,
lipon'theevidence of lr. l3raham, late Governor of
Bencoolen, :that lie was.reduCed to angst deplorable
state, ofill health, had lost the entire use of pi's HMOs,
and, under,all these ctrcumstances, Was obliged to
make use of the money of Mr. Moore. The-Wit-
neis paid his passage for' him to this country, ,and ori

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the whole he was reduced to a wretched state. The
-Learned Counsel then db::;erved„ that under such
circumstimces, the young Gentleman's father, who
-was
,an opulent man, might have come forward to
extricate his son. But Mr. Braham replied, that he

understood there were some matters in controversy
bet'xeen the parties. '

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The Learned Chairman obsered, that there was
no-evidence in his case of any absolute agency on
'the hart of the Prisoner, and therefore he did not
come within the -meaning of the Ad, and should ac,
cordingly be discharged.
Mr. Samuel Glover, the husband of Mrs. -Glover.,
the celebrated actress, was next opposed .by Mr.
MARRYATT. on the grounds of an impede& schedule,
in not insOing the profits of his wife's erigage-
ments at the different Theatres, since .hisdinprison-
ment ; but it appearing that these engagements `were
precarious, and he had no controul over.them; he
was di charged.
Mr. Richard Totnkins was next opposed by Mr.
LAWS,, on vorions grounds—a defe6tive schedule,
'obtaining goods under false pretences, being refused.
liberation under the former Ael, for obtaining-goods
,under false pretenceS, &c. .
The Learned Counsel .stated, that there Vas
searcely.a Clause in the Aa upon which he did
'not oppose this Gentleman-; and his present oppo-
_ sitian was on. behalf of Messrs. John, and Thomas
Thompson, Tito Grackey, Chambers, and Cowie,
and-Messrs. Goodwin and Co. Brewers. He con-
sidered this Gentleman the King'of Swindlers; for
-not content -N,vi:sh taking in' several persons in, the
city, where he was Weil: known, he next took a trip
to Scotland, . where he Contrived to get into the
books of those Several Gentlemen for whom he was.
then 4dvocate, 'to the amount of . near 15001: He
said, he should prove that in the.year 1801. the Pri-
soner Vas brbtight up to take the benefit of the In,
solvent ACI at the London Sessions, when he was
remanded for obtaining. goods under false pretenees.

The Clerk of the Peacl.'s books, for the London
SeSsions, being RrOduced, the,entry of this last fad
appeared recorded.- .
Mr. INIARIYA-TT, fOr the Prisoner; ably contended
fhA thisproof was not -snificient, as the nature of
the charge-on which he- was remanded should be
particularly pecifiCally set out,
The Learned Chairtncn,however, considering the
documents, produce& sufficient to ans/erthepur-,
poses- of the 40:_Ol'Parliatnent,. the Prisoner was
consequently remanded..
Robert ken= was remanded for a defeEtive
schedule.

The Adjou'ined Sessions here finished, in the
course of which 316 Insolvent Debtors obrairsed
their discharge.

7IIE BOHEMIA' FORTUNE-TELLSit.

(FItOM THE GERM kN.)

AN Austrian Officer, named the Baron 1-leW•-•-----,
who, served with the Hus:iars of Czeckler in tie last
war against the Turks, resided a few years since at.
He loved to recount the ektraordinaryevelas
which had occurred during his campaign, from which
•we have sele&ed the following,' as • most worthy
.commemoratiou, and shall, give it in the words of
the Baron himself. 2
It was in the spring -of the year 1788, that I
quitted Miclos-Var,.in Transylvania, to condu& se-
veral recruits to my regiment, -which, at that time,
was posted in the environs of Orsal.wr. In a village
cositiguous to' the army hired a Bohemian woman,
who supported herself by selling provisions to the,
soldiers. My recruits being extremely superstitious,
requested her to tell their fortunes. I laughed at ,
their credulity, and, by way-of ridicule, held out my
hand to the Sibyl- " The 20th of Augkst," said.she
to Me, in a very solemn tone, and without adding a •
syllable more. I entreated her'to be explicit; but she
only repeated the same words ; and as I retired to :
my tent, exclaimed in a voice still more emphatic—
" The 20th of August 14. ' It tray be easily -believed,
that' this date was 'indelibly impressed' on' My. me-
mory. We arrived at the army, 'and experienced
our-share of Military danger and fatigue. It is well'
known that in this War the Turks Made no prisoners.
Their Officers had engaged to give a ducat for every
Thad that should be brought into their camp, Conse- •
que.ntly both Janissaries and Spakis were emulous to
obtain' the -tempting prize. This arrangement was'
particularly fatal to our advanced • posts ; scarcely a
night passed, but the Turks came-down in superior
numbers in search of heads,. Their''.expeditions •.‘ ere
condu&ed with such secrecy acrd celerity, that they
seldom failed in their design, and in the morning it
was no.means unusual to discover a part of our
camp guarded oiily by headless bodio. To countera&
this species of warfare, the Prince De Cobeurg or-
dered every night. a strong detachment of cavalry
without the lines, to prote& them. s These piqtlets_.
enerally consisted. of from one to •two hundred,but
the Turkish 'Generals, irritated that their men shOtild.
be disturbed in their/traffic, -seta. w their assistance
detachments still stronger and more numerous than
Or pipets, which, of course, produced ro the Mus-
sulmen a still more plenteous harvest of heads. The
piquet service thus became-so hazardous, that it was
thought .prudent for an Officer -previously to his'de-
;‘ parture to make his will. Atlairs continued in this
State until the month of August. .Several skirinishes
had takers' i lace; but v-vithout altering the position ,
of either 'army. Eight days before the portentous
-201 h, I was surprised-by the appearance-of 'the 13Ct-
heinian Prpphetess, of whom I had freqUently pur-
:chased provisions. _She entered my tent, and ear,
ynesfly entreated that I would bequeath. a_ legacy to
be possessed by her in case I should die on the day
she had predicted, in consideration of which, she
-engaged on her part that 'should I survive the event-
ful period, she would gratuitously present me with a
hamper of Tokay,, which at that 'tune was very
valuable in camp by reason of its scarcity. yeally
thought the 'woman had lost her senses. It was
true that, in my circumstances, a sudden, death was
not at all improbable, but there, was no reason to
suppose-that such .an accident would occur precisely
on the 20th of August. 1 therefore agreedto the pro-
posal, and staked two horses and fitly ducats against'
the Tokay of the antiquated Sorceress. This merry
bargain' waS.draWo bp and formally witnessed by the
Payunasterof the Begiment.
A.t last Came the ominous 20th of August.!
There was not the slightest, Symptom of an engage-
ment; for though it was the turn of our regiment to
furnish the piquet for the night, yet two of my com-
rades were in precedency to me. In the evening,
just as: the Hussars were preparing to tlepart, the
. Surgeon announced to the COmmandant, that the
Officer. appointed to the piquet was suddenly seized
with a dangerous ma)ady. The next in rotation
was• immediately ordered to replace; the Itivalid.
Accordingly he quickly accoutred himself:, and-came
to join his troop;' but his horse, which' had always
been remarkably quiet,,,, turned restive, and reared
and plunged so violently that his rider was dis-
mounted, and had a- leg broken. by, the fall. It was
now my turn, ,and on this mysteriOus 20th of August
I left the camp with my men, but candidly confess,
my thoughts were not free from embarrassment. I
commanded SO men; and being joined by 120 from
another regiment, my whole force amounted to 200.
, Our post was iOOO paces in front_of the line upon
bur right wing, and close to' us was a morass covered
with very lofty reeds. We were withbut Centinels.
Our orders. were not to dismount, but. to 'remain
during an hour and three quarters with sabres drawn
and carbines cocked. • Presently we• heard fond
cries of " Allah ! Allah I" and the next minute all
the horses of our, first rank were thrown to' the
ground; either-by the fire or the attack of from 7to
800 Turks, who also fell iii equal numbers fromthe
•impetuosity of their own charge and the elle& of our
carbines. They were acquainted with the, ground,
and we were.surrounded and defeated. The greatest
confusion ensued, both sides tatting, thrusting-, and
firing at random. I received eight sabre wounds, some
from the enemy, and' Some from my friends.
horse was mortally wounded; and falling -upon my
right leg, fixed me to the goary sand. This gloomy
scene of massacre was only illumined by the flashes-.
from the pistols, by' the aid of which I occasionally
• saw my men defending themselves with the'courage
of despair; but the Turks, maddened with opium, .
made a most horrible 'slaughter. In a 'very little
•not a single. Austrian was left standing. The .
:oonquerors took possession of- the horses which re-
-twined serviceable, first pillaged the dead and wound-
ed, and then 'proceeded to cut oft- their heads and lint
them into sacks,- which 'they had brought for the
purpose. My situation was.far from enviable.; be-,
• ilia tolerably •conversant`Wlth the Turkish language,
I heard'on all sides the enemy encouraging Nell other
to conclude their decapitating employment-before
time arriva' of a -reinforcement,. and -not to miss a
Lsingle head,- by Which means they should obtain, on
their 'return, abOUt two hundred ducats. This
• proved them to be well: informed of our numbers.
In the hurly-burly, my horse, by a Convulsive mo-
*llbn proceeding from another wound,' left my leg at
;-•liberty, and I immediately conceived the idea of en-

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aeivouring to throw myself among the reeds of the
morass ; Many of our men who had attempted. they
euterprize had been detected, but the firing was re-
laxed, and the increased darkness encouraged me to.
hope success froM the effort. I: had only twenty
paces to 40; mid after many desperate leaps, and
overturning several Turks who tried to: impede my
.progress, at last 'dashed -safely into the morass:
heard a Turk exclaim, " An Infidel has escaped—
letus,Seek him." - Others replied, " It is impossible
that he,should be in the morass." I heard no more,
for the loss, of blood occasioned a'fitinting fit, in 'which
I must have continued fir several hours, for'When. I
reCovered_my recolle&ion, the sun had been long
risen. In this swamp I was up• to the hams. My hair
stood on end at recalling .to my mind the events of
rhe'night, and my 'thoughts were completely oceu-'
pied by the fatal. 20th of August. I..counted my
Wounds to the number of eight, neither of them
Were dangetous, but consisted of flesh wounds by
the sabre.on the arms, back,and breast. The nights
in 'this country being very cold, I wore a thick
'pelisse, which in some measure weakened the;effed
of the.blows. ' I heard the groans of.the mangled
horses froth the field of battle; with respekt to the.
'men, „the Turks hadleft them quiet enough! , 1 en-
deavoured to extricate myself from
~this unpleasant
"situations and after an hour's struggling, at length
succeeded. 'Though a Turkish war may he supposed
to "deaden all sensibility, 'I could not repress ane.mo-
tion of fear at viewing the-desolate scene around one.
I ad), anced, and contemplated the field of slaughter ;
hut what language can truly paint my 'horrorat.find-
ing Myself suddenly' in the 'grasp of a gigantic Turk,
Upwards of_ six feet high, 'who had no doubt return-
ed for the purpose of discovering whether any pitin7
.der had eluded his former Search—never was any
hope so cruelly deceived! I addressed myself to
him in the Turkish language, "Take my watch, my
money, my uniform, but, Oh, do not kill me!" ', He
replied, " All your possessions belong to me, and
I must have yoUr head besides," upon which he un-,
tied the string which fastened my hussar cap under
my chin, and, then loosened my cravat. I was 'Un-
armed and defenceless; at the least •movement 'he
would liave plunged his immense "cutlas into my bo-
som. In the most stipplicattngrnanner I embraced
him by the middle of the body, and implored his cle-
mency, but regardless of my intreeties, he combined
his occupation of baring my neck. " Pity me (I
exclaimed), my family is rich, take me prisoner, and
you shall have a considerable ransom." " That pro-
cess (he rejoined) will, be too tedious, only keep
yourself quiet that I may cut off your head," :and
ithen 'he deliberately took out my shirt pin. • Fie
made • no resistance t? my embracing him, probably
through reliance upon his superior strength, or a
remaining -spark of pity,which; however, the hope
of a ducat for my head entirely extinguished. As
he ,took out my shirt pin, I felt something very hard
at his girdle, it was an ironhammer lie repeated,
"Be' quiet," Which were doubtless the last words I
should have heard in this world, if the dread of \sO
horrible a death had not induced me to. snatch ,the
hammer ! he did not_perceiVe it, and.' had already
got my head in one ttand,, and hiS cutlas in the other,
when by a sudden, motion I disengaged myselffroni
his grasp, and with. all my strength discharged the
hammer, which was very heavy, at hiS face. The
blOw,tOok effed--lbeTurk staggered—l redoubled
the strbke, and ietting'his cutlas slip, he fell to the
grouhd. It is needless, to add 'that I plunged the
weapon several-times into his- body. I ran towards
our-advanced post, whose arms were glittering in the
sun, and arrived in safety .at the camp. My Com-
mander at first fled from me, as if from a speelre
was soon seited with a burning fever, and carried to
the hospital, -whence, however, I returned to camp
in about six weeks, entirely cured both of my ma-
lady and my wounds. On my arrival I was visited
_by The Bohemian Fortune Teller; who plinetualli
paid me the 'hamper of Toka y she had lost.. I was
informed that my absence many Of her pre-
dictions had been precisely accomplished, by which
she-had obtained sag-eral handsome legacies.. To me
this seemed most astonishing !

" At length there.came to. us two deserters from
the enemy ; tliey were Christians from Servia, who
had been .employed in carrying the baggage of the
Turkish army, ancthad deserted to escape a punish-
ment they had incurred. The very instant they- saw
the Fortune Tellei• they recolle6ted her, and declared,
that she had ,frequently come by night to the Turkish
camp, and discovered to the enemy. the motions of
our-army. We were all amazed; for, this woman
had been serviceable to-us on many occasions, and
we had often admired the dexterity with which she
executed the most perilous commissions. '..The de-.
serters persisted in their accusation, and•-declared
they .112. d been present several times when she had
revealed our positions to ,the Turks, had disclosed
our Schernes, and encouraged,the attacks which had
.beeu,made. upon- us; and that as a passport she was
furnished with a Turkish-cypher. This convincing
proof of - her treachery being found upon her, the
Bohemian Fortune Teller was condemned to death as
a spy ! Before execution; I interrogated her upon
the''prediCtion she" had. made respecting me. -She
confessed; that aaing.as a spy to both armies, she
received a double profit, and had frequently disclosed
to each the intentions of the other: infor tune telling
she drew many. anecdotes frorn the simplicity of the
persons who consulted her,. and not. unfrevently.
was indebted to chance for the accornplishmerit of
her predielions: In what regarded me; she .said that
it was to 'strengthen ;her influence that she fixed the
period of my decease at so distanta period; and
that as the tithe appreached;sheprevailedupon the
Turks to.attack piquet -of our regiment on the
might -of -the 20th ;of August. Understanding that
two. Officers- were: before me on the list for this ser-
vice; she sold the first adulterated wine, which ren-
dered him.indisposed, and as thesgeond was mount-
ing, she privately insinuated into the nostrils of his
horse, a piece :of burning charcoal;
.which produced
the conseqUences before related:" „ .

The-oily e-only State Lottery this year, begins dr'Awillg-
OEtOber 13, contains advantages that have not been
offered to the..Yoblic for many-years past. .The'Pur.-.
chaser. of 'Tickets and. Shares" before the Drawing
commences, has.a.fairopportunity. of obtaining all
the Capital Prizes.. The first-drawn Ticket will be
.10,6001. All other Capifals.afloat, and only 20,000
Tickets.

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AGRICULTURE, &c.

MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST.

The Harvest has. proceeded so rapidly through all
the principal earn Distil&ls, that but little of the
white crops remain unhoused, or unstacked. The
new WheatS brought to Market !mire been very
Coed, weiohing Considerably beyond the standard
weight.: Those in most of the Shires are remarkably
fine-Yein quality, as well as large in produce. The
Barleys-are improved:to a full average
,crop, but.the
Oats, on account- of the-long, drought- in the latter
part of the Spring,- are- found defedive in
Pease are a yielding, prodnaive crop ; and Beans
in spils genial to them bid fair to rise well; indeed
the year, has proved h favourable one to every article
of the pulse kind. '..The Turnips have every where
planted' so we.:l, and continue so thrifty, that an
abundant produce of seed may, reasonably !be looked
for. The Northern Crops are backi.vard,.and not of
so gdodiapromise in gc:neral'as thpse.of the last sea-
son.--The grazing Di ti-f6ts haVe been -much bene-
rue fine rains in the 6.4 part of the month.
The Hap Plantations of 'Sos'sex and' Kent have
abundant crops„ and thoge of Worcester, Hereford,
&c., are- likewise-so good, that the duty' is speculated
Upon as the largest mitt bin the last seven year S—
. has had large supplies of all kinds of
Meat, at reasonable prices: The Cattle Fairs of the
Eastern and Midland ConntieS have had great Shows
of Live Stock, which have gone otrbut slowly, on
-reduced terms. , Sheep and Lanibs are likewise
cheaper. Hogs and Store Pigs are also cheaper.—
Useful Horses; both for draft and Saddle; continue
dear.—The Wool—Market remains 'dull, at last
month's prices.