The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-13 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, OCT. g.

Haldington market jPesterday, wheat was
ut Is. lower ; barley nearly as much higher.;
;'ease, to ‘.l as last week.
On '1 hursday last, arrived in' j,e.itli Roads, the
liarpy sloop of war the Nore, and the Minx
from a. cruize.

Set cif froni Drysda:e's Hotel, the Countess o

'the rcieen, Han. Wittiam Gordon, Mr. Dawson, the

‘r. of Aberdeen, and rise Eton. J. Stewart.Wcrtley,
rLondon; the Hon. "1. and Capt. Dundas, of the
Royal Navy, for Kersc I-louse; William Macdowdll,
of Garthland, M. P., Mr. and ,Mrs.. Baird of
Nt'v.byth,.,a9d Colonel Goldie. _
Arrivea at the snne place, die Earl .of. Selkirk,

. .
it j,,,mes Hall, of I)unglass, Bart,, Sir jaiirs Baird,

Captain Baird, (..;01Onel Renton, of Morning.
J. 'Wilkie, Esq. of Fouhlen, Alexander Louden
`Adatn,-Esq --- Ste,. art, Esq. from London ;
:*lt. Allan, of Erroll, his brother, and Captain
Ross. .

Last week, bis,Grace the Duke of GORDON let
his salmon fi.,hingS in Spey tio the Messrs. ROB TN-
soNs of Banff, upon a lease of fourteen years, at
the sum of seven thousand pounds per annum. The
-rent paid by the fortne-r TaLksman, whose lease was
'just expired, was two thousand pounds per annum,
and was of 'course a pet?), gocd bargain !
On Saturday se'nnight arrived at Greenock, the
Euphrates, Captain GAL.T, from Black River, Ja-
maica, after a passage of eleven weeks; she en-
, countered very bad weather on the coasts-of Ameri-
ca ; in lat. 4(3, long. 52. in a very violent gale from
the N. W. lost her wizen-mast, and fore and main-
top masts; on the 9th September spoke the brig
Fame, Captain ikr7D, of Greenock, from Grenada
bound (Or London, all well. _

.Nlonday, William Maod;e, alias Campbell, was
brought to town from Newcastle, under the charge
a Mr. George Williamson, _Ailessenger, and after
examination before the Sheriff, committed to prison.
He is charged- with the crime of forging Bank-
notes on the Greenock bank. •

On Tuesday evening about eight o'clock, as two
Ladiesl-wera crossing the Cowgate, and just as they
were stepping into Merchant_court, a tallow came
behind and wrested an umbrella from one of them.
Notwithstanding there were several people passing,
at the time, and the cry of " Stop thief" imme-
diately given, he made his escape. ,
- On Tuesday 'seinnight, Alexander Cunningham,
one of the workmen at the Green Coal .Work,
parish of Cambusnethan, fell frOm the top- to' the
bottom of the pit, and was killed on the spot. He
has lett a wife and eight children.
On Friday a woman was brought before the Ma-
gistrates, having been taken up when attempting
to sell a small barrel of gw'po'wder, pretending it
was a barrel of butter:, She said she got it from
.I)tner woman, who toid her it was butter. The
Magistrates committed her to Bridwell, from whence
she had 'been but lately released..
At the General Quarter Sessions for Berwick, on
Monday they 4th instant, the Grand Jury (John
Emblem), Esq. Fore Man), preferred a presentment
against the Mayor, Bailiffs, and liurgesses of the
'Borough, for-having; the street of Hide hill in a con-
dition dangemus to the safety of the community.—
Also another against Richard Hawkins, Esq. of the
Royal Engineers, for having the entrance of Scot's
Gate so narrow And incommodious as to endanger
His Majesty's subjects. • The former of these incon_
veniences, the steepness of Hide-hill, has long been
a subjea of cbmplaint, and it is hoped the Corpo-
ration will now remedy the inconvenience.