The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-12 00:00:00

Ail I NATI ONS, DIVIDENDS, &c,

McFarquhar,' ezimpbell, and Co. merehanti, Glasgow, to•
he•exan►il.u•d in the :ineriff Clerk's °thee there, loth and 29th
becemher, at IL •,
Alexander. Meldrum, junior, merchant, Dundee, to he.
examined in the Sheriff Court Room, Forfar, 13th and J2flit
December, at ie. • • , • • -
John Spence, merchant, *Glasgow, to he examined in the
Sheriff Cleries Office there, 16311 DecetOber and 4th 'January;
at 11. .

Lawrence Loyd. manufacturer, Dundee, to he examined:
in the Sheriff Court I.loo}ll, Forfar, 13th and 27th Decem-
ber. at I'2.
Creditors of Steuart and Ninian,late merchants, Greenock,'
meet, in th,e Mice of Hugh:Crawfurd and Son, writers there,
6th December,' at 1. • -
AndreW Dott, merehant, Perth—John Fraser, merchant,
BritlKoul of Inverness, arid James Fleming, cortwright, Pais-
ley,, have applied for discharges.

A CAUTIOii TO. SERVANT Matns.--eOn Saturday
morning last an'accident.happened at the house of-
Mr. F. NEIL, Princes-street, Hanover-square,
which had nearly proved fatal to his . house-maid-.
She had just lit the fire in the front parlour and
incaatiously placed the candlestick with a lighted
candle OIL the. 'carpet behind w here she stood,
when her clothes coming in contact with the
flare immediately enveloped the poor woman. in
flames ; in this alarming state she ran into the.
hall screaming for the- assistance of her fellow-
servants, when Mr. Nam, whowas then at break-
'fast in an adjoining room, hastened to the:spot,
when he foend the poor creature in the most im-
minent danger ; he immediately tonk Ler in his
arms and carried her to the breakfast room where
he recollected' his great coat hung ou the back of
a chair, and instantly wrapping it round her
:for-
tunately succeeded in extinguishing . the flames,
but not before the poor woman was dreadfully
bernt. It may not,be unworthy of remark, that'
this is the third person whom Mr. NEIL, through
'his humane exertions, has saved frond the ifievs
death. His father, through. the Same laudable'
impulse and nt the risk of his own life, had
rescued that of his most intimate friend from a
watery grave, And his grandfather perished in a
similar praiseworthy attempt.
I NDLE R...-77--A person who calls himself Philip
Chell, has for some mouths past been pursuing- a
system of extensive fettle! in Leeds—he having.
drawn hills and other paper, under the firm of
Philip Chell and Co: and which have not been ho-e
• t:onred. He placed a girl whoin he bad brought.
with him at a boarding-school there, but who has:'
also absconded, having previously thrown her
clothes out orthe window, leaving_ her board un-,
paid for. •.
An ilttempt at Robbery . and Marder.---A. man,.
dressed in ,st blue coats light. waistcoat, 'White
neckerehief,-.high shirt collar, brown pantaleous
and white stockings, with light•leattires aml-cae
roty whiskers,' and about 5. feet 10' inches in
height, called at the office of Messrs. Bigr and
Son, in Stephen-street,. in this city, about seven
-o'clock on Wednesday night, and: inquired of a
clerk,._ whether Mr. Bigg was within. pa 'being
told he was not; lie then inquired-and fonnd from
the clerk, that he was the oniy .person thew in the
office. The villain left the 'office, aud in about
half an hour afterwards he opened the outer office
door and stole quietly tip stairs : the clerk hearing
a noise, immediately went to the upper office, and,
found the man concealed behind the door, who,
imniediately knocked him down with a large stick,
held him to the floor, and drew a clasp knife,
upon hint, threatening to murder hiM if he did;
not tell him where -the money was. The clerk,
having refused, he cruelly beat him and afterwards
`stabbed him with the knife in thc.arm.. A violent
scuffle ensued, when the clerk having disengaged
himself, got hold of the poker, and with it broke,
as be supposes, the villain's right arm, as be ira-
mediately dropped it, and cried out that it was
broken. The villain then stabbed him iii the
breast' with his left. hand. The clerk still resst-
ing witlethe poker. drove the villain off, who an
running 'away threw the knife at him, which' is
now in Messrs. iligg's possession.--(Bristol Jour-,
nal, Dec. 9.) ••
PROVIDEN:TIAL ESCAPE.---On Thursday se'n-
night, as , Mr. Thomas Withersek, butcher, of
Newport, in the Isle of Wight, was leading a
hull with a rope rotund' -his horns, -within about
four miles of Newport, on the Yarmouth road,
he by some accident became entangled with the
rope, 'and the bull, bordering on a state of mad--
ness, got Mr. Withers& under his head• and fore
feet ;. at this critical -moment, Mr; Thomas? Fig-..
gins; of this place, who was. at a little distance•
shooting, fortunately heard
.the poor man's criesS,
and ran to his assistance ; not then knowing
that the- man and-the. animal were entangled_ to-.
gether by the rope, lmgot within ten yards of the
bull and lodged.the whole charge of, his gun is his
:body.; Mr. Figgins now seeing time unhappy
heap
under the bull, entangled. by the rope, he with
proper precaution loaded his-.gun again, and rush-
ing through the hedge ‘took the bull by the horn,
drew his knife with his other hand, and cut the
rope—thus humanely extricating his:fellow-crea-
ture from the truly perilous sitoutiell is 114.14 he
was.placed,' •