The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-06 00:00:00

A letter from, Vienna of 'the at sr August, to a
house of the first mercantile respectability, states.
that since the French had been in. possession of
7:lieste, they had committed the most wanton acts
Qt, plunder on .the inhabitants, which had been per-
Itnitted by their Commander in revenge for their rea-
dbless 10 permit commercial intercourse with Eng-
land.. Eng-
land.. ',An. order from BUONAPATE directed that
the city should be laid under a contribution of fifty
lot be
offtancsm
' This exorbitant der ci.iiid
be complied with. ,A. remoristrance, in which
the inabilty of the people to pay this demand, was
drawn up and Wnt to NAPOLEON, sived• by the
blast resketabre part of the inhabitants ; but instead
of affording. the relief prayed for, about forty of the
merchants and heads of f,imilles, who,had put their

SPORITNC;: 11V7'ELUCENCE.

RKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 15.9.

THURSDAY, OCT} 5

Sir C. Bunbury's Fair Star, Sst. 71b. beat Mr. Shake-
spear's Nou-descript, .Bst. Last half M. of B. •C.
b. ft.,--2 t 0 lon Fair Star.
D. of Rutland's Volucris, Bst. beat Mr. Lake's Brown
Leas. izib. Acrdss the,Flat, spgs.--5 to ion Volucris.
Mr. Lloyd's Puck, Bst. I ilb.,beitt Mr. Lake's Miss Nlarp-,
ger, 7st. Two. yr. old Course, sogS•—S to 4on Puck.
Gen. Grosvenor's Trump, 7st. 41b. beat, Lord G. H. Ca-
yendiSh's tlyinL:n, Bst. 51b. D. M. .cogs.—t tto .8 agat
Trump.
D. nf.(,rafton's Doleful, Bst. beat Lord Foley!s Osprey,
Bst. 61b. It. M. toogs.-6 to Aon Doleful.

The King's Plate of iciogs. for ;•yr oil's, carrying lost. 41b.
5-yr olds itst. 61b. 6-yr olds tzbt. and aged tzst. zlb.
k. C.

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patties to the remonstrance, were taken into custody - D. of Grafton's hr. c. Vandyke, 4 yrs •
end confined in the fortress, their counting- houses Sir H. Williamson's ch. c. Pan, 4 yrs
Mr. Shakespear's b. c. Discount, 4 yrs
closed, and their property seized. A second depu- 'Majo'r Nilson's ch.
c.luniper, 4yrs -
kation from Trieste bad reached Vienna, where it 6tos on Vandyke. - •
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had been for twenty days, and on the 30th of. Au- . ' Cen.Gower's Mirth, Bst. beat D. of Rutland's Salwator,
gust had not been enabled to obtain an interview with Bst. 61b. Audiey End Course, uogs. h. tt.—s to 4 agst
Mirth. •
either NAPOLEON or his Minister. • • •
.The Town Plate of solb. for 3-yr old colt's, Bst. 71b. and fil-
Mr. \VAITHMAN yesterday, in the Court of C 4,11- lies Bst. 31b. D. I.
mon Council, accused the Administration as the Mr. Shakespear's b. c. Nuncio, by Gohanna
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origin of the proceedings in the City for celebrating Sir C. Bunbury's br. c. Fair-Star -
the fiftieth anniversary of his Majesty's accession to Sir C. Turner's bl. c. Merry Andrew • - - 3
4to rat, Nuncio.
the Throne. - It is not much to the credit of Mr. . , - •
Major Wilson's luniper, to be rode by. Major ' Wilson, art
WAITHMAN; that to promote the celebration of so Mr. Andrew's Thorn, to be rode by a jentlem "t. an, 1 ‘ 41b.s
joy!ul an event should be aeetned-matter of uccu- each. 'll. C. toogs. h. ft. off by consent.
section by him ; but if it be really a crime, it k one
of which the gqi,eral body of Englishmen, with the
exception of a few such men as Mr. WAITHMAN,
are resolutely determined to be guilty,. and are little
solicitous ,of pardon.

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YeSterday' the Earl of HARROWBY .entertained
the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earls of WESTMORLAND,
BATHURST, CAMDEN, CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHE-
QUER, and a party, with a sumptuous dinner, at his
house in Grosvenor-square.
A young Lady of the name of DATCHETT, 'who
resided in South-street, New Road, Paddington,
was burnt to death on Monday last,..by her clothes
taking fire from the light of a candle. She was_sent
up stairs by her mother to look out some artieles, of
dress for washing, and in a few minutes after the
house was alarmed by her shrieks. On two of her
sisters running up stairs, a shocking scene. presented
itself, for the poor girl's clothes were in one flame.
Medical assistance was obtained without delay, but
the unfortunate Lady was delivered from her ago-
nies in the course of the night by death.

It has been slid that BUONAPARTE probably means
to retain possession of Vienna, as lae, has established
a series of. Telegraphs between- that capital and the
French 'frontiers. Such may he the intention of a
man whose ambition is insatiable ; but • as,none.of
the spoils of his usurpation can remain a moment
after his death in the hands of his •family, he is only
preparing, if possible an inceased detestation of. his
memory and hostility against his. odious race.
The Haunted Tower and The Mayor of Garrat
were represented last night to a crowded house at
the Lyceum, and received with great applause:—
The characters were well arranged in, both pieces,
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and in general well supported.
The name of a Mr. O'REILLss- has been introduc-
ed in a public print two or three times, as one of the"
Orators at Covent-Garden Theatre.' It certain
two or three persons have attempted to Speak since
Mr. LEIGH addressed the audiencg, but tithing ha;
been heard like the - speeches imptited to this Mr.
O'REILLY, and iherefore the writer' should imitate-
those Politicians-who publish a speethsai " intend--;
ed to have been spoken."
It is quite shocking to observe the acrimony with
which some writers continue "heir wracks upon the
Covent Garden Proprietors, though they have done
every thing in t heir power to impress the public with •
a full convidion of the state of their atfiirs; and-
though a Committee of five as respectable .men as
this or any country can boast, and who are- pecu-
liarly qualified to decide upon the case, hive given
an unbiassed. judgment in their favour. If those
writers are men of properly, it maybe asked of
them how they would like to be reduced vs the ne-
cessity of exposing their whole concerns to the pub-
lic at large, and whether they derive as little in-
terest front their capital, as, according to the award
of able and honourable judges, the Proprietors de-
rive from -their. Theatre ? We do sincerely hope,
that the Metropolis of this Country is 'Characterized
by too strong a sense 'of -justice, and feelings too
manly and generous, to suffer the outrages which
disgrace the Theatre night after night, to continue,
but wily resolutely exert itself to prevent a herd
of wanton boys, and democratic ruffians, from
disturbing any longer -the puislic peace, and pre-
venting the operation of our great' national amuse-
ment.
It has been insinuated that Sir CHARLES PRICE
had an interest in deciding the investigation into
the concerns of Covent-Garden 'Theatre, on ac-
count of its expenditure in oil. Nothing can be
more despicable and unjust than this insinuation, as
the worthy Baronet has not the least` connexion
with the Theatre iii the way of business. Indeed
the whole of the Committee' have a6ted so nobly in
devoting their valuable time-to the inquiry, that, as
no compensation can be.. made to them, no praise
can be too high for such disinterested liberality.
The most splendid preparations are making to give
effect to the illuminations on the 25th inst. Some
of the public Institutions, are, it appears; to be'bril-
liantly lighted with srahspareticies applicable to the
occasion.

• A most distressing circumstance occured, on
Modday •night, at a Gentleman's house in Gower-
street, Bedford-square. The house-Maid, who had
been 'lately married to a coachman, who lived in
Gower's-Mews, against her parents' consent, drown-
ed herself in a cistern, in the back part of the house.
• GLOUCESTER, Our. 2.-0 a Tuesday last, Charles
Buckinghani,lus Cowper (both'of notorious- cha-
raaet); John Thompson, and James Payne, who
were all capitally convicted at our. last Assties, but
whose sentences have been commuted for transport-
ation, -were sent from hence by the London coach,
in order to their being conveyed to the hulks at
Woolwich, preparatory to their embarkation for
Botany Bay. The four prisoners wereironedichain-
ed together, and hand-cuffed; mid, thus secured,
were placed inside of the coach, accompanied by-
two guards within, and one on the roof, well arm-
ed. On Their null/al at Uxbridge, between five
and six o'clock on Wednesday morning, whilst
stooping ;or toe porpole of changing horses, one of
the keepers came Ott to procure some "inter : he had
scarcely entered the inn-yard, when Buckingham,
Cowper, and Thompson (having contrived- to un-
screw their leg-irons during the night) jumped out'
of the coach, and ran off the *remaining guard,
who was inside, being prevented following them for'
the moment by Payne, who it was afterwards dis-
covered had not succeeded in getting rid of his
irons. An alarm; however, was instantly given,
and they
were followed by the keeper from the roof,
and the one inside (who quickly extricated himself
from Payne) ; but, although the whole three were
still, hampered with double hand-cuffs, they oUt•
stripped their pursuers, and got clear al.
It is a satisfattition to know, that if you buy a

The Party Prints give the most exaggerated ac-
counts of the state of our troops in Wal-
, cheren, though we are assured that the disorder
is abating, and that as our countrymen become
wore used to the place, they are likely to do full
as well as the former hihnbitants who wade no such
complAints previous to our possession of,the Island.
The probabi.ity is that many .of the young Officers •
who have been accustomed to ease and luxury in
this country► and not seasoned to a military We, may
be desirous of returning to their former enjoyments,
but we cannot suspect that any of them would send
home communications intended to teed the malevo-
lence of party writers.
• Letters received yesterday from Holland state, in
very positive terms, that the Emperor Alexander
has interfered in the Negociations at •Altenburgh,
in a manner which has given great offence to.Buo-
oaparte.
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By Letters from the East 'of Europe it appears,
that the Russians in Moldavia and Wallachia have
received considerable reinforcements, and that the
army in Galltcia, lately aging against the Austrians,
has orders to march to those provinces.
On Wednesday evening, a poor young woman,
almost naked, with a child in her arms in the same
condition, was detected stealing a loaf of bread from
a baker's shop in Pimlico ;7and being distovered,
she dropped on her knees, praying forgiveness, de-
claring that neither of them had eat any thing that
day. The Wife of the baker then went with her to
her lodgings; where being well convinced of ,ber
extreme distress, she not only pardoned the Offence,
but allowed her to take the loaf; to which she add—
ed another for the child, and ordered her to call
once a week for a similar allowance, with a caution
never to be guilty of the like crime again.