The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-04 00:00:00

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the Bth inst. Ole Mary spoke the brake Sloop or,
War—all well.

A race was run on Thursday last, oh the Parade at
Ann' etwetn Captain M-'s bay mare and
Alr• chesnut poney, which afforded very
tittle spurt to the amateurs of the turf, but was-=at..
with many serious accidents, and one most
lamentable catastrophe. On starting the mare
Proved. restive, but the ponei went off in good
stYle, and would have distanced the other before
thelook the course, had not a negro boy imprudent-
lY crossed immediately before the poney, by which
the rider, a Gentleman named MAIBEN, was tbrown,
and the negro had 'his knee luxated; by which the
nears had the opportunity of coming up, although
;t still proved a dead heat in favour of the poney.
The fall of Mr. MAIBEN being perceived by his
fa,ther (a very amiable and respectable man in the
Ila'val%Storekeeper's department,) he, with many
others, set off in full gallop to his assistance, but in a
I.4l°trient) a Gentleman coming in contact with
'4ll, he was precipitated to the ground, and the
horse on him; bearing his whole pressure on his
hest, which instantly deprived him of speech,
notwithstanding every medical aid was imme-
diately afforded, after lingering totally insensible
for three bouts, expired without a groan, leaving a
l'crttiour and eight children to lament the irreparable
l'lss of a parent, by a death most accidental, but
toost distressing. The unfortunate fall of Mr. MAI-
kEN was not known, from the immense crowd on
the course, to his son until the second round, which
was won by the 'poney with greaf ease, although
the. mare made a pretty good heat of it ; during
which another negro got his skull fraEured, and a
tentle'man his arm broken.

81% THOMAS, OCT. 14.—The quick re-establish-
trlent of the town of St. Thomas had scarcely made
the inhabitants forget the disastrous night of the
le2cl of November, 1804, when a fresh fire has re-
tlN'ed that painful scene, and consumed a rich quar-
ter of the town.

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The fire broke out about half past seven its the
evening of the Ist inst, in a store situated in the
Market-place, which is about the centre of the
tuwn. Notwithstanding the quick succour which
the civil authorities brought in conjun&ion with
the inhabitants, it was impossible to confine the
flatbes ; they extended in such quickness to a
pretty large 'circumference, that scarcely any
thing was saved. The houses of Messrs. Lange
and Sutfren, construaed with bricks and not yet.co-
Vtred, put a stop to the flames in the eastern pia-
ley ; and those of Messrs. Murphy and Peneke, the
latter being a brick house, and fire proof, happily
74'1,44ded in the western quarter. A light breeze
:ringing up about o'clock, caused the flames to
3 re* out in the northern quarter and spread them-
te4es to a considerable extent. The ravages did
a°t stop in this quarter, but for _some vacant lots
Ltd the demolition of some buildings, which being
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Considerable were soon pulled down. It is sup
how that more than a fourth part of the town has
"cell consumed.. The two extremities' are' fOrtu-
altely
saved, but the centre, which was newly' and
handsomely built, now discovers but the standing
-.- /lA's, and a space covered with the ashes of mer-
chandise, furniture, and precious effeas to a very
considerable amount. The fire lasted till about ten
kinutes past 12, and was perceived at St. Croix.

hThe Officers of the First Regiment entertained the
*-loke of YORK with a sumptuous dinner yesterday;
t~Willis's Rooms. The band of the regiment at-
rided.
As a proof of the utility of the Friendly Societies,
have to record the following instance that has
(:`ctirred in a villJge in Renfrewshire. One of those
moieties, established about 19 years ago, has paid
:a one of its members, lately deceased, during- a long
thiess of 17 years, the sum of 1861. Qs. 6d.—
'l,llch a striking example of the great good done by
e e,4tahlishment of those benevolent institutions,
()tight strongly to recommend the more frequent
Zinption of them among the working class of man-
; and it would add much to their stability and
`46efulness were the humane and benevolent to en-
rol themselves as honorary members.
E4rs. LEE, whose name was rendered so memo-
a°le in the affair of the GORDON'S, g,
fort, re-
'Port, died soon after the event took place ; but it
~1ie.et,•11.4 that she has come to 1/e again, and has ma-
-1,1 ,eisted her existence by a Vindication of her con-
""1 io that mysterious transaelien.
The dread of the hydrophobia being now so pre-
valent, it may be interesting to our Readers to be
:I,equainted with a remedy believed • infallible in the
21.1thern Provinces of Spain, viz. a strong decal*
?I the bark and wood of the celtis australis taken
`inwardly.
0 The Sussex Agricultural Society held a Meeting
21 Thursday last, for the purpose of fixing a day for
awarding the premiums, &c. to the industrious Poor,
when Monday the 22d 'day of February inst. was
"PPointed for that benevolent purpose.
t There are upwards of 10,000 troops now guar-
ed at Athlone, in Ireland, it being one of the first
,p)ots in the United Kingdom • and almost all the
Igla companies of the Irish Militia are brigaded
there.
(ills Thomas Pink, a hackney-coachman, was driv,
T 6 his coach along Little Queen-street, Lincoln's-
ia_no-Fields, on Sunday evening, he fell from his box,
.-trl,cousequence of which he died the next morning.
_t(l,le horses, without a guide, walked gently to the
-ch-stand in Bloonrobury, and fell into the rank!.