The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-23 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR—In your Paper of Saturday, it is stated
that—

" The Yeomanry Plate of 50 Guineas, given by Col. Keck
and the Officers of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, was
won by Mr. Fowkei's m. Nancy Dawson, beating five others."
If I did not conceive that the above paragraph had been int-
posed upon you to-answer some sinister and unworthy purpose,
I should have looked upon it as a mere hoax; but as the mare
is stated to have been backed by the proprietor and his friends,
to a considerable amount, I cannot but think it is meant to
screen some payments at a distance, and that your Paper may
be the authority produced to elude the payments. It is true
that " NANCY DAWSON" was trained under the eye of a cha-
racter of some hunting celebrity, and that she had the advan=
tape of the haek Jockey of the regiment—but " NANCY" wa s
not in time ; and so far from being up, she wasjifth in the first
heat and third in the last, and upon the whole cut as miserable
a figure as when "JULIA" the year before.

Saxelby, Sept. 22, 1822.

I am, Sir, your's,
LITTLE 80-PEEP.

*.* The Racing accounts referred to by our Correspondeni
were taker. from a Morning Paper.

His MAJESTY, while in the city of Edinburgh,
purchased several Scotch snufie-nzuM, elegantly
mounted with stones, the produce of the country.
The Duke of SUSSEX, while on a visit at Cant-
ley, the seat of M. A. TAYLOR, Esq.; received
an Address from the Corporation of Doncaster,
and the freedom of the Corporation. On Tues-
day last the deputation, consisting of the Mayor,
Edward Cborley, Esq., George Walker and,
John Pearson, Esqrs., two of the Magistrates of
the Borough, William Haigh, John Shepherd,
and James Falconer, Esqrs., three of the Senior
Common Council, in their robes, attended by the
Mace-bearer and two Sergeants at Mace, arrived
at Cantley about o'clock. The freedom of
the Borough was presented with a neat gold box
of the value of fifty guineas.
There will, it is very probable, be a very
spirited election in the County of Fermanagh.--
The belligerents are Lord Contly, son of the
Earl of BELMORE, and Sir HENRY BROOKE, who
has already stood four contested elections in that
county.

LEICESTER, SEPT- 20.—The Duke of RUTLAND, with
the Nobility and Gentry, attended the anniversary meetings,
yesterday, of the Infirmary and National School, when they
proceeded to the general business of audit, and voted thanks
to the Committee of Management, Auditors, &c. &c.
Mr. KEAN, we are sorry to hear, continues
very much indisposed at Edinburgh.
In addition to a strong stock company in Dub-
lin, Mr. HARRIS having engaged for different
parts of the season, CATALANI, LIS'TON; Miss
STEPHENS,' MISS KELLY, KEAN, YOUNG, and
BRAHAM, it is supposed the receipts at his Irish
Theatre will nearly equal those of one of the
most successful seasons, during his management
at Covent Garden. •

A Self-taught Artist.—A young man of, the
name of DREAPER, residing in Waterford, has
constructed an organ containing' WO pipes, for
the Ursuline Convent in that city. He has never
received any instructions, and ranks high in his
profession.

ANECDOTES-=—Mono Duke of MILAN, having
displayed before the foreign- Ambassadors his
magnificence and his riches, which excelled those
of every other Prince, said to them, 44 Has a
man, possessed of so much wealth and pros-
perity, any thing to desire in this world ?"
" One thing only (said one of them), a nail to
fix the wheel of Fortune."