The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-22 00:00:00

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in e vety tit:mg tirbtain us, he must he just and
merciful-; and, that when He, ill his, appointed
time, thought proper to summon any living soul
to quit this earth, There could be no return to it.
And, 1 said tb Myself, wLo am 1 that I should
suppose: 1, am.become an object of Almighty ven-
geance Th0u.,,,,.1.1 tie vilight judge. prope,r in his
toidisc.:ver, by alteraticul;of--the
progress7af-nat..ire,, eiii:ex his wrath or his ben c-.
ticence, and therebv.slinv t:let the race of man
is the object of his care '; vet that aliy
of mankind, who, compared to the whole of the
litimanrace, is but iigrain of Ts'and to. this globe
of earth we inhabit, :sliould become the
inasked•victim of his cLastisement, seems neither
probable uor c-misistent. prai.Se*hiip, Jet.
us tnc.rit his divine, protection, and let -us not be

presumpt ui,ns
Reasoning in this manner, scrutinizing into
my own•coneience, anal fiinling nothing in what-
ever had happened that could tend- either to my
edification or eorKection, I have been inclined to
think the whole of what I have related to be the
effects-of chance. I know not the nature of
'chance_; but. this I can to. believe, that
xviiat is so termed, has the greatest influence over
all•that is passing in thig
You are now reica,:cd. This is the whole of,
my.history, and. of my obseyyations on it. Make
what use, of them you please. If it be your in-
tentions to communicate this letter to any one, I
beg, of you only, in that case, to use the initial of
the name ; I have sent it•to you at length, that,
,
you may judge by such confidence, as well as by
the labour which`this letter has cost me in pen-
ning, under my present weakness of body, and,
mind, the perfect attachment and very highes-
teem, with which I am,4c. •

At Ross fair, on 'Thursday, there was but a
small shew aril the' few that were dis-
posed ofsold at reduced prices,: Of good hor.set
and si-tco there was liitewise a -scanty supply ;
and few buyers attending, the same Was extreine
ly dull. Best cheese sold from, 86s, to 1;4. and...-
second from.66s. to 70s. percivt. WTelch Butter, -
in tubs, averaged front Ns:. 6d, to 155.6 d. per
stone. During.. the burry of the fair, a fanner-
bad-hit. pocket-book "stolen,.'. hills.to a
considerable amount ; het the dep:Tliator was'.
soon detected, and sent to Tlerelord gaol. Tie
travelled with a female companion in a one-horse
chaise, •and said his iianie Was Ricb<rl Duncan;

A physician at Naples,. named Faracce, has,
lately published a memoir, in which he under-
takes to prove that the human body may be reri,,
dered insensible to the power afire. He directs.,
it to be rubbed with the following embrocation ;
One ounce and a half of allum, ,dissolved in four
ounces. of hot water-; to 'this must. be added., one.
Ounce of fish glue; and half an ounce of gum al-a:-
bic. We suppose it is recommended, at this pe.-
culiar momentyfor Alpe. use of the French army
amid the burning:ruins of Moscow !
Burglary .--Two tWeves effLcted an eritrßuce
into the shop of Mr. M`Kemzie, of Puitcne7-
street, early onSun4y,even,ing, stole
the till money to the amount of 111L--Thy:w,ere,
seen with a glimmering- light in the shop, be Iz
lodger, who. went APW:I# stairs for an, article. Re
did not su,.peet them to, be thleves, until
ran 0131---and, unfortunately, haye not 'since beets
beard of.

.on, Sunday, evening last,. at eight o'clock, Mr.
iipherte,i, one, of. the 'Common Councilmen' of
Ward of.Farringdon Within, was stopped in Qut-
tcr-!mle, Citcapside, within a fe‘V yards Of leis own
house, by. alang of•genteellv dressed men, .one
whom put a handkerchief 'his, mouth, tiN
laid hold of each arm ; they then tot*, his lvvitch
from his pocket, and made their escape into Cheap-
side- ~ . .

BIRTHS. ' •
On: the Bth ult. at Bowsear Lodge, Cumberland, the Lady
of Colonel Youngson, of a Daughter..
On the 11th inst. at his house in George's-square, Edin-
bu?gh, the. Lady of Gilbert Chisholm, Esq. of a Son. -
On the 12th inst. at Keith-Hous,;, East Lothian, Lady
Margaret-M‘Lean, of a Son.
On Thursday last, in High-street., Portsmouth; Mrs. Read,
wife of Mr. William Read, of a Daughter.
On the 14th inst. in Prince's-street, Edinburgh, Mrs.
Henry Dayid Ershin-, of a Son.
The same day, at Nottingham-place, the Lady of Willizra
Key, Esq. of a Son. • ' •
On the 15th inst. Mrs. Lamhton, wife of John George
Lambton, Esq. of Lambton-Hall, in the County' of Durliam,
of a Daughter.
On Monday last, the' Lady of Quarks Harris, Esq. of
Bourn-grove, Southgate, .of two Daughters.