The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-01 00:00:00

Mr. Perks'sgr. h. Comet, aged

Several otgers'started. lii consequence of Mr. Beaumont's
dismounting before he came to the weighing stand, the race was
adjudged to the second horse.

The Town Plate of £5O. Three-mile heats.
Mr. Painter's b. h. The Main, by Haphazard, 5 yrs I I
Sir G. Pigot's b. m. Loyalty, 5 yrs - - - 2 Jr
Fifty Pounds, for all ages. Two-mile heats.
Mr. Painter's b. g. Coxcomb, by Fitzjames; 4 yrs I 1
Canning's bl. c. Gleaner, 4 yrs - ' - 2 2

Wm. Russell, Esq. M.P.• of Brancepeth Castle, has prc-
videci a pack of Harriers for the amusement of himself and
the Gentlemen of the neighbourhood. He commenced the
hunting season 'yeSterday.—(Mirltam, Advertiser, Sept. 27.)

HONEST RISING FROM AN lIUMBLE ORIGIN.—
The following is from The Edinburgh Courant of Thursday
last Died, at Whitefield,. Peebles-shire, on the 17th List.
James 31‘Dougal, farmer, at the age of 'eighty-two. his
first outset in life was as ploughman to the late William
Dawson, Esq. of Frogden, the father of the improved
system of husbandry in Scotland, who after a regu-
lar apprenticeship. in Norfolk, commenced his farming ope-
rations, on an extensive scale, in the neighbourhood of
Kelso, about the middle of . last century. In the Agri-
cultural Report of Roxburglishire, by the late Reverend
Dr. „Douglas, it is stated, in justice to lll‘Dougal,' at the parti-
cular desire of Mr. Dawson, that M`Dougal was the first
ploughman in Scotland that formed a straight turnip drill with
a two-horse plough, without the aid of a driver. In 1778, after
having been f0r.14 years mverseer to Mr. Dawson, during which
time he had the charge of the apprentices, who from various
parts of Scotland came to Mr. Dawson for instruction, lie took
in lease a small &rim, In the neighbourhood of West Linton, in
Peebles-shire,
own risk,
example, as a farmer paying rent and
acting at his own risk, occasional the ready adoption and rapid
diffusion of the turnip and artificial grass husbandry; among
praCtical farmers in that part of the country, as noticed in the
Agricultural Report of Pceblesshire, by the Reverend --
Findlater. After bringing up and putting in a way of decently
settling in life 'a numerous family, he retired upon a compe-
tency, the fruit of .his industry. His strong rough sense and
sound judgment mode him to be much esteemed among the
country gentlemen, notwithstanding of ainantier rather blunt ,!
and tincourtly ; and such was the general opinion of his judg-
ment and integrity, that, in matters of referenceas : to country-
transactions, he was oft.cia chosen by the parties as sole arbiter.
His 'attention to his religious duties wasunostentatiouts,and alto-
gether free of either superstition or enthusiasm. Possessed of a
friendly, cheerful,. and contented disposition, and of great com-
mand of temper,.he passed through life easily and happily, en„
joYing it to the end, when he met with what was his wish—a
speedy death, being carried off by a stroke of apoplexy.!'

FILIAL. PlETY.—Several years ago, the' pro-
prietors of an old but spacious mansion, not a
hundred miles from the end of St. James's-street,
assigned some spare apartments in it to a favou-
rite lady, Mrs. • , whom they had previously
condescended to honour with their friendship.—
During the rest of their lives this lady conti-
nued to enjoy the regard of those personages,
together with the privilege already mentioned.
Upon their demise, possession of the old house
descended to their heir, who, either from a pious
attention to the wishes of his parents, to one of
whom he was said to be greatly attached, or to
the pressure of domestic and other concerns of
great moment upon his mind, allowed Mrs.--
to inhabit her usual apartments unmolested,
for the space of two or three years. A t
length, however, having nothing, it would
appear, of more importance to attend to, he
issued orders that Mrs. -- should quit the
apartments in question forthwith. A sister of
the heir, on hearing the circumstance, waited
upon her brother, and took the liberty of inquir-
ing if it were true that so old a favourite of the
,family, and particularly of her departed mother,
was to be deprived of her apartments? The heir
coolly replied, " Yes," and Mrs. -- has ac-
cordingly been sent adrift

THE ARMY.

A squadron of the KING'S Dragoon Guards
will arrive, on the sth instant, at Manchester,
from Sheffield.

A squadron of the Bays will arrive at YOrk on the 7th inst.
from Leeds.

One squadron of the 31 Dragoon Guards will arrive at New-
castle on Tyne, on the 9th instant, from Carlisle.

The above squadrons will return to Sheffield, Leeds, and
Carlisle, after their respective corps have been inspected by
Major-General Lord Edward Somerset, K.C.B. and M.P.
One company of the 66th Regiment of Foot will march from
Sunderland for Carlisle t-- norrow, where it will arrive on the
43 17th instant.