The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-19 00:00:00

EDTATBURCH, MAY 15,

YESTERDAY the Haddington Market 'MRS well
supplied with all kinds of grain, with a heavy sale.
Wheat fell is. 6d. per barley is. oats is.
pease and beans as last week.
Yesterday we had a very heavy fall of snow, and
the weather has been as cold these several days past
as it is usually in the month of January. •
Wednesday se'nnight arrived in the Bay_of Aber-
deen, the Ariadne Frigate, ou a cruize, and sailed,
again on Friday.

Tuesday arrived at Port Glasgow, the Europa,
frOm Sr. Vincent,, Charles M'Arthur master, after
a passage of 56 days,
,the wind being adverse. Left
loading at St. Vincent, the Menie, of Glasgow,
M'Kellar master, who 'would be ready io sail by
thelst of April. In her pas Sage home, spoke upon
the 27th March, in lat. 20. 47. long. 61. 30. the
Sr. Mary's Planter, of Liverpool, ffom Bourdeaux
to Jamaica ; and upon the z6th April, the Nancy,
of Jed from Greenock, for Quebec, Nicol Bain
master, in Jar. 49. 24.. long.- 30.35. all well. The
sugar crop in St. Vincent this year is good.
About five weeks-ago,- a man of the hame of
Alexander Anderson,' on his way from Elgin to
Glasgow, supposed to be taken ill on the road, was
seen to creep into a eart-house, where there was
some'straw, at, Muirhead, near Bedley, about six
miles froth Glasgow, in the parish of Cadder. ' The
people who saw him go into the cart-house, looked
into it next morning, but not seeing him, they
supposed lie had the night before been-drunk, and
that, after refreshing himself- with sleep, he had
proce&ded on his journey; but it now appears that
he had covered himself with straw, upon which a
considerable 'additional quantity had been Jiter-
wards thrown by one of the servants.' In this si_
tuation he remained till Friday last, liner, five
weeks from the time he went into the caraduse.
When discovered., he :was delirious. The straw
round his body was mouldered to dust ; and some
of it about "his head appeared as if it had been chew-
ed. His body wag reduced to a mere skeleton ; his
pulse was lciw and quick ; his skin moist and cool
and his eyes open, wild and staring. -He has lost
the use of his legs. On receiving a little wine, he
began to recover so far as to 'tell a Gentleman who
was present, that the last thing he remembered, was
somebody throwing straw on the top of him. It is
supposed he must have been in a fever, and deliri-
ous.the most of five weeks, the straw admitting
as much air to reach him as allowed respiration.
On the 9th of last month a turkey cock and a
dunghill cock having been missing at Castlemilk, a
careful search was „made for them for some days,
which proved ineffectual, it was 'therefore concluded
that they had been stolen. On the morning of the
loth inst. however, a person happened to look into
the ice-house, which was empty, and heard a noise
in the pit, when one of the servants went down and

found iiieturkey cock alive, though quite weak and
emaciated by a confinement of thirty-one days,
without any apparent probability of having got
either meat or drink during that-period ; as he fed
immediately after he was brought into. the open air,
nd soon after walked about in apparent good health,
there is no reason for supposing that the accident
_will prove fatal to him. The_ dunghill cock was
dead.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.

MONDAY, Ak Y

Fifty Pounds by Subscription, for 4 yr. olds, 7st. 81b.-5 yr,
olds, Bst. 61b.-6 yr. olds, Ssr. v.lb.—and aged 9st',2lb. D. C.

The winner to be sold for zoo gs. if demanded within a
quarter of an hour after the race, the owner of the secolid
horse being first entitled, &c.
Mr. Moorhouse's br. h. Lucan, 6 yrs. old'
Lord Clermont's b. h. Meteor, 6 yrs. old - -
Mr. Goodisson't; b. h. liephestion„ s yrs. old - - 3
Mr. Howarth's b. h. C'htppenham, 6 yrs. old - dr.
Sir C. Bunbiary's h. c. Whirligig, 4 yrs. old - . dr.
Thirteen to 3 on Lucan, and 5 to 2 against Meteor.

Handicap Sweepstakes of rigs. each, 3gs. ft. If declared
within to minutes after the weights are fixed, for. 2 and
3-yr olds. Y. C.
Lord Milsintown's Pic Nic, 3 yrs'. old, Bst. gib. -
Mr. LadbrOke's Rosetta, 2 yrs. old, 6st. 41b.' -
Mr. Panton's Astronomy, 3 yrs. old, 7st. 131 b.
Mr. Wilson's Comedy, 3 yrs. old, 7st. 91b. -
Eleven to 8 on Pic Nic„ and 3 to r agst Rosetta.
Mr. Panton's ch. c. Ditton, by Buzzard, out of Dande-
lion, beat Mr. F. Neale's Reptile, brother to Humbug, Bst.
each. Two-yr. old C. Bogs.-I'wo to one on Ditton.
Mr. Wilson's Sophia, Bst. 61b bear D. of Grafton's Flam-
beau, Bst. R. M. toogs:—Three to one on Sophia. .
Lord Sackyille's Robin Redbreast, Sat. 71b. rec. ft. from
Mr. Cox's Rigadoon, 7st. 71b. Cl. C. 2oogs.

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Died, at Guernsey, on the 6th inst. aged 40, oft
water in his chest, Serjeant Samuel M‘Donald of
the 931 Regiment, commonly known by the name of
Big Sam. He served during the American War with
his countrymen, the Sutherland Fencibles, and after-
wards as fugel-man in the Royals till 1791, when,he
was takeßinto the Household of His Royal Highness
the Pit 'NCR of WALES, as Lodge Porter at Cailton-
House., and remained in that capacity till 1793;
he wai then appointed a Serjeant in the late Si_
therland Fencibles, and continued to aft in that
Corps and the 93d Regiment, formed from it, till his
death. He was six feet ten inches in height, four
feet round the chest, and well proportioned. He
continued a&ive till his 35th year, when he began
to decline. His strength was prodigious, but he
was never known to exert it improperly. Several
considerable Offers were made to engage him. as a
public exhibition, all of which he refused, and
always disliked being stared at.
Yesterday morning early, the body of a decent
looking woman was discovered drowned at Black_
friars Stairs, on the London side. There was no-
thing about her to discover who she was. She was
.taken to the bone-house to 'be owned, and for the
Coroner's Inquest to take a view of the body.
Thursday week, a four year-old colt, the property
of Mr. CHINERY, near York, for a considerable
wager, trotted one mile in 41ninutes, to the asto_
nishthent of a great concourse of spedators. The
time allowed tot the performance ryas three mi.
nutes.

The new. granXßallet czf'Xclioh; btaitlit olit at
the Royal Circus, named the Fatal Prediaion, or
Midnight Assassin, does great honour to the pen of
Mr. Cross. The scenery is beautiful; and the. music
admirably composed and adapted. Aniid. the va-'
riety of excellent scenes -with which this Piece
abounds, the Cell of the Mystics, fiOtn its various
and awful solemnities to'cherish The root of criminal
ambition, is strongly impressiVe.. The Chamber
Scene, and Murder of Oswal, rivets the attention
and touches deeply every bosom. The Coronation
of Ethwald and Elburga is the height of splendour,
aid the concluding Scene, with the appearance of
the Speetres, Most aptly rouses the imagination; and
finely represent's,supernatural interference;punt.shing
the guilty mind. The Duetts of Miss Adams .and
Mrs. Roffey are very pleasingly execitied. Mrs.
Helme in Elburga, Miss Adams in BiTtha, and in-
deed all the Performers, do the completeSt-ittstice to
this produaion, which is received by the-universal
plaudits of a most crowded and splendid Audience,
and will no doubt prove a very great favourite.,

SHIP NEWS

GRAVESEND, 17

Passed by----the Ealing Grove, Wilson, tFOM St. Vincent's;
Eliza, l'eake, irom Bourdeaux and Hannah, 'Heath, from
Genoa.

Sailed—the Nais, Forster, for ft rehangel ; British Volun-
teer, CoHinson, for. Elsinore; Queen, Baker, for Smyrna;
Carl. Joseph, —, for Amsterdam ; I.?adstow, Bulling, for
Petersburgh ; Vrow justina, Veror, for Havre ; Vrow Eli-
zabeth, Schorr, for Rouen ; Rosetta, Geddes, for Antwerp ;
Susan and Polly, Eldred, and Vrow fohanna, , for
:Dieppe ; Peter Ludweig, and lynge Hendrik, ------,
for Bremen.