The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-24 00:00:00

*EDINBURG/I, AUGUST ftik

• ;• • 4,
stttotrkktt Passrieststiots.—On Thursday the 13 h
curt. 'AM four o'clock in the afternoon, a vieli4ut
whirlwind crossed the parish of Mid-cal:ler, id d
dire& line from south to north,,a little to the west-
ward of tliis village. In ha progress it exhibited a-
grand but very alarming appearance. Two cloud:,
one from the north, the other from the south, came •
in eutuad, near the farm of Contentibus, where the
whirlwind began. For some- time 'they seemed to
contend with each other, and then assumed he form
'of a whitish pillar, which appeared to operate like a
syringe, at one time forcing down with great vio-
lence every thing betige it, and at another drawing
up into the air every thing within its reach. As it.
moved along it unroofed h considerable part of some •
houses belonging to that ferni, lifted a cart with its
wheels about 15 paces, till it-was entangled in rt
hedge, and drew the water out of a rivulet-in Calder
Wood to an immense height in the air. When cross!.
ing the evremity of this wood the first blast seem'
ed to level the trees with the ground. In a moment.;
however, they were raised again, and the branches
were seen flying about in every direttion. Its traces •
on the ground c, ere very, visible wherever it pass- •
ed ; it seemed to have been between Go' and 10(1
yards in breadth, and the whole of its course near be
wood was strewed with broken branches. In cross-
ing the West Calder road, about hillf a mile from
this plaCe, one tree was torn up by the roots, and the
tops of many were broken down. Two of them
especially were broken ott about eight feet tro:n
the ground, and some 6f the limbs, a loot in di:tin:-
ter, were carried,•with all their branches, to a consii
derable distance. The noise that accomp•anee this
whirlwind was very loud, and greatly alirmAl cot
only the labourer; in the fields, who witnessed its
visible effeets, but likewise rli-se in the houses neat
which it .passed. So terrible was its appearance
that the -workmen ran in all directions to Lh_.lter
themselves from its f engeauce, and every motutut
expeded death.

An obstinate attempt at suicide occurred at New•
ington, near .Sittingbeurn, yesterday tenniglit
John Cold, a labouring man, seventy-two years of
age, first attempted to 'put end to his existence by
hanging himself; but, by timely assistance, was cut
down, and recovered. Disappointed in this, be,
then jumped down a.‘Vell, seventy-eight feet deep,
and containing eleven feet of water ; :being, how-
ever, observed, he was- drawn up about half way,
when he let go his hold, and fell to the bottom.
He *as, nevertheless, again recovered, and drawn
up, having 'sustained little other hurt than a -slight
bruise on the back part,of hiS head. The came of
these attempts is, sintularly enough, attributed to
jealousy' of an old woman, about his own age.

A shocking accident happened on Friday morn-
ing, in Charlotte-street, Ita.hbone-pl.ice, in con-
sequetwe of a scaffold, ereeled in the front of a
house under repair, giving way. Four or five work-
men sere upon it. At the time, including the mas-
ter. One of thetn fell upon the spikes another
had his leg, and a third his back broken. The
master escaped unhurt, by clinging to the window.:
The
,injured men were carried to the. Hospital.—
One of them, it is said, died onSeturday.
• Mr. KEMP, intl. (I.vhe lately-married Miss BAR/Pra,
Of Sussex,) has just purchased the Herstmonceaut
Mansion, Park, &e. of Mr. HARR NAYLOR, for
65 ,0001.,—Herstmonceaux Castle, novi in ruins, was
once a magnificent seat, near the sea, not far froth
Pevensey Level. •-

On Tuesday, 'a melancholy accident happened at
the buildings at Clifton, • erected by Mr. Watts; the
scaffolding, upon which seven men were at work,
,gave way, and they,xvere -.precipitated from an' im-
mense height., Three were killed on the spot ; ono
taken to the Infirmary,. without hopes of recovery ;
the other.three sustained themselves c:in a projecting
point of t/te building, till rescued from their peril-
ous situation.

On Saturday se'nnight a Ind named Oaks, shot
away part of his ear, in the a& of keeping birds off
corn, at Denver:, near Downhatn, Nurtblk.

On Wednesday, a poor woman of Ipswich, the
mother of two children, having a quantity bf linen
to wash, procured,a pOppy-head, the juice Of which.
she gave to one of her children, a little girl of about
ten months old, to mike her sleep, white iihe pur.
sued her. employment., On the busband'S coming
home,' Ile' enquiredior his little favourite, and was
mach alarmed at her, altered appearance ; when, on
taking the child in his arms, she, fell into convul•
sion.fits, and almost immediately expired,

SMITHFIELD MARKET. Auctisr 24.

This day's market exhibited a large show of Sheep
and Lambs, and the supply of prime Beast.: was very
good ; Veal and Lamb are dearer than our last re-
port ; Beef, Mutton, and Pork are cheaper, and the
trade fur the most part was pretty bri,k,---The sales
in the Haymarket were rather lively ; Hay, Straw,
and Clover fetched better prices than Friday's mar-
ket. —The under:mentioned prices and numbers are
au accurate statement