The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-03 00:00:00

IMPROMPTU.

Your complaints,dear Sir Sammy, are all a mere fudge,
For you oft combine the 4ccuser and Judge.
No longer then GARROW with niceties pester,
He can try you and judge you in London or Chester.

A certain political Nobleman cannot employ
his talents More suitably, at present, than in an
Elegy upon a departed character. '
Miss STEPHENS is at present too much indis-
posed to be able to resume her professional duties
at Covent-garden Theatre.
A Subscription has been opened at Edinburgh,
under the sanction of the LORD PROVOST, and the
Magistrates of that City, for the completion of
the Monument on the Calton-hill, to the memory
of Lord NELSON.

It must be highly satisfactory to the Pitt Club,
the Founders of the Scholarship, that Mr. LAW-
SON, who was the first elected Member, is a warm
admirer of Mr. PITT, as a man, a statesman, and
an orator.

STEEPLE CHACE.—A match of this kind, which
created much sport, took place on Monday from
Storford, Herts, to Coleshill, a distance of 21
Miles, in a straight - direction, between • Messrs.
Reynoldson, Harbinger, and Duckett,. celebrated
fox-hunters, fora sweepstakes of 50 guineas each.
The ground chosen was in a woody country, with
other obstacles of rivulets, inclosures; &c. The
sportsmen kept pace with each other the first four
miles, when they separated on their different routes
to avoid a rivulet. MrAlarbinger arrived at Coles-
bill first, having performed the distance, after
many daring leaps, in one hour and nineteen mi-
nutes. Mr. Duckett ran the winner closely, and
was within three minutes of him, and Mr.. Rey-
noldsou, who was supposed to be the best mount-
ed, broke down at a leap.
There is now at Moretonhamstead, Devonshire,
a boy, only seven years and•a half 91d, of a indst
astonishing genisis ; indeed, as a calculator, quite
a prodigy. Give him a sum to any aMounti such
as six, eight, or ten hundred pounds, and in less
than a minute, he will tell- you how many peace
and farthings are in it. A Gentleman asked him',
how many eyes and toes six score of bullocks
had ? and how many minutes in a year ? each of
which questions he answered with, the smite ease
and quickness. Another person put many diffi-
cult questions to him in arithmetic, to the whole
of which he immediately replied correctly. The
boy cannot account how. he does it, and till with-
in a few weeks did not know a figure. His name
is BIDDERS, and his father is a mason at the above
place. We have received our information from
bever al respectable persons, who have seen and
conversed with this eitraordinary child.--(Exeter
Paper.)
A Correspondent informs us- of a most miracu-
lous escape which Mr. PETER M'CoWAN, Officer
of Excise at Barra, lately made from a watery
grave. He and sonic other persons were cross-
ing, in an open boar, from Uist to Bara ; they
were overtaken by a gale of wind, which-overset
the boat. Mr. M'CowAN swam until be got
hold of the keel of the boat, and hung with a
hold of it for some time,,when, a heavy sea right-
ed her. With difficulty lie got into the boat,
which was almost full cif' water. He' observed
• the body of one of his companions floating near,.
and got it into the boat—but the slight symptoms
of re-animation soon .fled. Mr. M'CowAsv re-
mained in this, 'dreadful situation for 15 hours,
when fortunately a signal which he made was ob-
. served by souse Barra men; who came to his relief,
and found him, almost lifeless, beside the dead
body of his companion. -Three men were lost by
this accident, and one woman ; two of the Allen
and the woman have left families.—Scotch Paper.
On Monday se'unight the counting-house 'o,f
Mr. JAMES WORTHY, in the Exe Island of Exe-
ter, was broken open, and several bills of ex-
change, promissory -notes, bank mites, and other
papers, stolen therefrom, to the amount of 5001.
A reward of 201. was offered for-the discovery of
the offenders. On Thursday two boys, of the
names of Win afield and /lowland, tvot•A opprp_
hended, on suspicion of the above felony. On
examination, they made a full 'confession, and
told where they had concealed' a draft for 3191.
2s. Bd.: they said they were not the only persons
concerned in the various ,burgleries committed in
that neighbourhood, but have implicated a man
named Taylor. They were committed for trial on
their own confession. Hoxland stated,' that he
took out a square of glass, by which both entered,
and that Winfield, with a poker, • beat in the up,.
per part of the desk, and took out its contents. '
Friday a woman, residing in the West Bow,.
put an end .to her existence. She had been •se-
duced, and afterwards basely deserted, which, we
bear, was the cause, of her committing this rash
act.—(Edinburgh Courant.)
Detachments of the South Cork and Monaghan
regiments last week took the duty of the Dart-
mook depot, and a detachment of the South •De-
von that of the prison-ships.
Last week, a centinel-belonging to .the South
Devon-militia, on duty at the Dock-yard, Ply-
mouth, had the misfortune' to fall over the jetty
head, and was drowned before any msistance
could be rendered him.