The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-14 00:00:00

COUNTRyNE.WS.,..

‘‘ CAST Esq'. newly ,
eleaed Mayor ; John Cookson, Esq.. Sheriff; and
R. H. Williamson; .Esq. Recorder.
Duax.tm..—Thotnas Auston,'Esq. has been sworn
into the Office of Mayor of this City for the en-
suing year. • .
MORPETIT. —Mr. George Fenwick and Mr. T.
Milburne are newly-chosen Bailiffs of this Borough,.
CARLISLE.—Dr. Gilpin, formerly on the Staff of
this Distria, is our new Mayor, Major Ford having
declined the office.
READING.-Martin Annesley, Esq. has been sworn
into the office of Mayor of this town for the. en-

suing year.
STRATFORD.—At our Fair there was but a small
show of cattle. The prices' were much the same as
at recent Fairs. •
LEICESTER.—We had a very good show of fat
cattle at our Fair, hut the prices were .not propor-
tionably good,.
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The folloing Anecdote is repotted on the autho-
rity of the ABBE BARTHELEMY. :
" When the celebrated Abbe Prevot supped one
evening With some friends, he advanced a paradox
which excited their indignation. He insisted on
defenning, and his friends-on'eoinbating his opinion.
He maintained that; it every body would sit in stria
judgment on himself; few would be found undeservl
Mg of the gallows. To begin, then, with yourself,
said hiS friends—What have you done to incur such
a pi,inishment ?. We have all known ycin from child-
hood ; and though -we allow.that ru were always
thoughtless, alt:i even a little free ,in your manner
of living., twine: of us can recoiled a single act which
could 'snbjed tti death •t,--Because you are opt ad-
(painted ‘,;;.ith alltny history, replied he. I.?isten fora
momentt confide in your secrecy, and, my present
cOnfesiion to such intimate friends can be attended
with no bad consequences. What will you say•if
I now declare that I killed my father ?-4s if, for-
sooth (exclaimed:one ,of the company),, t was not
generally known that your father died in conse-
quence of a fall on • the- stair-case. That is true,
continued 016 Abbe, bat it was I who pushed hith.
The fad' is, I was attached to a young. girl, daugh-
ter of a neighbour who lived in the house adjoining
to, our's, and I wished to
_marry her... My father
not'Only refused his consent, but absolutely forbade
me t 9 -see her. As / paid no regard to this prohibit
tion, and my favourite's father would not admit me
into his house, we had contrived to See each 'other,
and converse on the roofs, and I introduced her into
our garret. My' father -perceived it, and came on
us by surprise. Though a worthy man, he, was
subjea, to violent fits of passion ; he not only heap-
ed reproaches on' Me'and this-poor girt, but was
even going to beat her, when I.stepped before him,
and, in the struggle to prevent his approach, I ptish-
ed him towards the stairs. His foot slipped on the
first step, he fell backwards,' and was deprived Of:his:
senses by a dangerous wound on the head. • I raised
him up, called for assistahce, and put
.him to bed.
On recovering his recolleaion, he was sensible of
my grief, and my. assiduities ; and I continued-by
his. pillow as long as he sun ived this accidient. His
extreme kindness for me induced ,him to conceal
from his friends the true cause of his death, and
this only aggravated my sorrow and remorse.
" Thii man, who reproached ' himself with de-
serving capital punishment, was fated to a still more
shocking end. When Walking in the Bois de Bout
logne, -he fell down, apparently dead, in a'fit of apo-
plexy; at the toot of a tree. SOthe peasants, -who
found him in this condition; conveyed him to the
house of surgeon, who ordered a judicial exami-
nation, He was pronounced to_be dead. On the
first incision the unfortunate Man uttered a horrible,
shriek ; but the mortal blow was given, and he
opened his eyes only to, behold the dreadful manner
in which hp was deprived of existence."

Dame Fortune is again at her old tricks : she hag
divided the first-drawn Ticket among her favpurites,
Her Agent on this occasion was SWIFT and Co. iu
the Poultry, and at Chming-erois, and we under-
stand she has promiSed to attend their Offices on
the Second Day of Drawing. MI the Capital Prizes
are afloat, and 2000 Tickets to be Drawn each 1/1.5r
DIVIDENDS AT THE BANIii-,-TllOSe who have to
receive their Michaejniag Dividends, at the Bank,
which are now in course of payment, ,are' informed
they may purchase Tickets and - Shares at all the
Licensed Lottery Offices, warranted undrawn—
Two thousand Tickets are regularly drawn each day ;
and there being no fixed Capitals, renders it-pariicu
lady advantageous to the Public, in making their
purchase before the Second Day of Drawing, which
will be on ThUrsday, October 23„,
TWENTY THOUSAND PouistDg. -The Ticket •
15,462, drawn yesterday a Prize of 20,0001. was •
sold in a whole Ticket at BISEI'S,' on the 7th of this
Month. Tickets and Shares; warranted undrawn,
may It'e had at both of Blgq's Offices; 4; Cornhill, -
and 9, Charing-cross, where sixteen Capital Prizes
have been sold and shared this year.
TEN THOUSAND POUNDS IN SHARES.-Yesterday
the Drawing of the State Lottery began. The
First-dtawn Ticket, No. 7,157, entitled to Ten
Thousand Pounds, was-sold in one Quarter, 'two
Eighth, and eight Sixteenth Shares, by SWIFT and
Co. No. 11, Poultry, and No. 12, Charing-cross. Dr. FOTHERGIL'S NERVOUS CORDIAL DROPS are
strongly.recommended at- this season to the Fair
Sex : they, are pronounced 'to be certain in removing
all Lowness and Depression of the Spirits, the most.
alarming Diseases of the Head and Stomach,' Palpi-
tation of the Heart, horrid- Thoughts, vain Fears,-
frightful Dreams; Loss of Memory, Relaxation from
Miscarriages or difficult Labours, debilitated Habit.
from long residence in Hot Climates and a Seden-
tary Life, Palsies„Porsal Consumptions, and Weak-
nesses incident to-I.!othSexes-; alSo foi Spasms from
an irregular influx of vital heat into the affeEted
Muscles. This.grand Anti•spasinodic Remedy ne-
. ver yet failed in a single instance for eighteen yearS
past in Bilious Cases; Indigestion, slow, nervous,
putrid, malignant, petechial Fevers, and broken
Cor.stitutions.Sold, wholesale and retail, at Mr.
• Butler's, No. 4, Cheapside, corner of '`Paternoster-
row, in Bottles, at 4s. 601. and 1 Is. each, with ample
directions; and may be-had_of most Country BoOk-,
sellers.