The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-28 00:00:00

NORTHAMPTON RACES.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26. -
' The Gentlemens' Purse of 501.—Mite and a h.tlf Efeats.
Gcn. Crosvettor's h. I: Two-Suoc•s,l343t• 71b..
Mr. Abbey's hi. f. Virgin,.Bst. 310. - 3 2
br, 1. Paraplui, Bst. 31b. - 4 3
Mr. Morland's b. 1. Sylph; Bst. - - 2dr
A Subscription of sgs. for Hunters. • •
Mr. WilsOn's ch. g. Chance' c yrs old, test. 7113. I a
Mr. Drake's b g. Fcarnouglit, 5 yrs old, lost. 71b. - 3 2
Mr. Inchley's gr g. by Icelander, aged, I;st. - 2 3
Mr. I Denton's h. h C; ;carter, 6'yrs allb. 'S
4
Mr. U.S. lit uton's b. it. Mr. Merrcrnau, 6 yrs Lost. t Ilb. 4 5

On. Friday morninglast, in Onkevellgate, Gates.
head, Durham, a young woman died in consequence'
afif having. taken a quantity of poison the day ,before.
From motives ofdelicacy, she had always,deelined
giving any information of her family •ot friends,
but, by a note, found in her pocket-book, it is sup.
posed she belonging to Grantham, in Lincolnshire; '
whither advice of the unfortunate circumstance has
been forwarded.' It appears that she had been se.
heed -from her parents only a short time ago, and
kept at Gatishead.hy4 a person belonging to one of
the stagecoaches travelling south. It is said she
Irad-eeleateilly urged Lim, and that he had promiSed
to take her -home • again. For this pUrpose, on
Thursday ~morning she waited on the coach at
Ty ne_hridge cud, which site attempted to mount ; he
..endeaA,aured to. prevent her, till haVing got up, he
`threw her iolently• down on the pavement, when
.the ciiach drove off. As soon as she recovered the
tom of her limbs, in the frenzy of her mind she went
and 'procured the fatal medicine; which she took,
and gemmed to her ludgings—thete .to rest her
weary '.head, and end the troubles of het heart.
•The author of her misfortunes haS not yet been ap..
prehended. She was.'a finelooking young woman,
below the middle gentiiol In:inners and ap.
pearance,. and might be about 19 years of age.—
The .Coroner'S Jury, taw a -minme iovestigation,'
yesterday .re turned. a verdid df-,-Ltinaiic aid Di:.
troaed ; after which the' body Was decently inter.
ledin'GateShead eiurCh.yatd.
The inhabitants di Carlisle (notwithstanding.the
many elegant and useful improvements which are at
'this time taking place in 'that city)'have to lament
the loss of a fiavottrite terraee.walk near the castle, '
and the destrnaion Of some of the M.lst.ash trees in
the North of .Eilland. ..The walk has. been shut'
.up, and the trees Cu'. down, by order of the anper.
intendant of the works going on in Oarlitile.castle.
These tree's were consecrated in the 'eyes 'of every
.friend, of beauty, arid every lover offintiquity,qav-
ing. been planted -by the hand of MARA,
,Queen ;of
Scorsoloring the. time that unfortunate Princess was,
Oisoner iii die castle, after her disastrous defeat at
,I.ongskk Moor. The .terrace... was her morning
promenade, .ausl* it could not. but afThrd the unfortu-
nate exile At;flle plehstfri., commanding, as it dues,
some of the forest views on' the banks of the river
'Eden, and the diitant hills of her distrafted country,
Scotland.
,Since the period of her confinernenr the
tterrace in gu,'sticn has, out of compliment to MARY,
retained the name of " The Lady's Walk ;"
it has been universally the resort of the young, the
sprightly, and she gay„ and constitutt:d the only
-dry walk in •the environs of the city of Carlisle,'
where a number of Apple might parade at one, time.
One of the veneralsle ashes enVered with its extend.
ing arauy the.moulderin.g wallsof the poircullikgate
and the ramptirts, arid cast, its pleasing.sliade over
the walk beneath. This' was the largest ash.tree
in the County., of Cumberland, and contained 220
.square feet oitimber in ;lie but or bldess
Last week the.'hOrses in a waggon, while the
wa.kg,,iiet was a'sleep;_t*an so near the hartlemern Of
the bridge at Yeadem, .Yorkshire, as to precipitate
the wagon, buries, and driver, all into the' tiro
One of the 'horses is rendered trse!ess, and the man
,is severely bruised, 'cawing to his culpable negli.

gence.
On Friday night last, Samuel Limond, a sailor
belonging to an Iri%lt Sloop, lying in the. harbour,
'Ayr, when going *from a house at tile shore on
board his vessel, felrnver the quay and .was drown.
ed.
.His hat was gne next mottling:at thelnouthof
the harbour, when search .was made ,for. his body,
'which was found in the ityremion.
•, On Saturday f.,e'nnight a'. boy was, shot on the
links near Alemnuth, Nnrthuitiberland, by a young
rportsm3rt, lie die,ll Wtditesility lost.
TOn uesday' lost a young' lad, a sailor, whose ship
!tad sailed' Ad left hini at Shields, got on board the
Stntiggier sent ii).`there.last week by the Vix,e6un.
-fang, anal drank sttchit quantity of spirits, that it
required alf sk id and attention of a tuttliearGen-
tleman to pfeserve life.
OnXednesday morning a great quantity of heel,
pork, and-landywas' found on the shote near the.
Bull Ring, North Shields.. It had-been. thrtawn out
the preceding night, but luckily,too.near the quay
for the title to take it away, Part of it was phlted
up by the poor inhabitants, and fountl,,ls,‘ for use.
-Theie."wis pulled aless,days ago, a single stock
of barley, in the garden of. Witlialw Scott, of
Siingfieid, Dundee, 4,hiclt.had 2S *talk's. .contain.
ing it: all 6+5 full grown grains, svhich'itthd pru.
duce of 06, single ',grain. What in,lce's.thitt more
wonderful is, that 1r he lame stack tvrrs all.Cut''fur
the cools in July last:. along with the rest Of the
'plot, so.that this is only a secoot..l growth.

Arc intelligent Gentleman jest arrived from Net,
South Wales, gives the kll.Aving interesting ,recount
of that Seitlement, as ascertained by him in Oda.
her last;

" New Sinith .Wales, of which Sydney is the
Capital, contains allout eight thousand inhabitants,
including those of Norfolk Island. The number is
?lso very rapidly increasing, frotn• the great..addi.
,tions sent from England, and from the prolific na.
ture of those who are resident. The climate is
wholesome, and the face of the country delightful,
considering that .the Colony is still in an infant
state. The Ilawkesbury River is beautiful, and
the soil,of the adjacent lands is rich and fertile to a
degree
,scarcely to be-equalled by any other trait of
land of the same extent. It is, however, liable to

one inconvenience, as it is often ovetfiatved by the
floods from the adjacent mountains, where the Ri.
.ver is thought to have its source. This inconve-
nience is seldom felt; however, only when the heavy
rains commence, which generally happens in May,
June,. or July.. The temporary annoyance
.which
this circumstance nceasions, is besides more than
amply compensated by the manure which the Roods
leave on the ground, which, owing to this cause,
is never impoverished. It is evident .frnm this
circumstance, that the overflowing of the .River
may, in the course of improvement, be direped •in
such, a manner as to fertilize a very
.extensive
'country, and New South Wales may, at no very
distant period, rival the exuberance. of ancient
-Egypt.
" Most part. of the land, if well cultivated, will
produce from eighty to otie hundred bushels of Indian
corn per-acre, and thirty bushels of wheat; in ad.
dition to that, as a second crop in the :same year is
''reckoned but a moderate produce. The other parts
'of the country which are cleared, are not equal to
the ground upon Hawkesbbry River, for the pro:
'dation of corn, but are all excellent for pasture.---
The climate is exceedingly favourable for fruit trees,
and in a short time fruit will be more abundant
than the consumption of the inhabitants can re.
quire. Petches are exceedingly .plentiful, and an
attempt has been made, to distil cyder from them,
but I ant informed tipt it is not very palatable. ,
A few hops are also growing in the Lieutenant.
Governor'* garden, which, as it is suppoied, will
thrive very well. The Public Buildings consist of
a Church, nearly •complete, situated at earamatta,
about 16 miles from Sydney ; another %Melt is
building at Sydney ; the buildirrgs- for the Guyer..
nor and Lieutenant Governor, ache ;latter of w,ITom
commands the Troops; Barracks fUr the.oscers and
Soldiers; Hospitals, Store-houses, Gaols, Sec. ke..
These, together with nine.renths of the private
buildings, are but one story high. 'Within a few
years past there' has been, an extensive building
greAed for the education of Orphans, and a,„Fundap. ,
propriated for its support. The increase of the •
stock is surprizing, particularly sheep, which, pro.
duce twice a year. _ •

" The _imports are principally European gnods.
Tea, stig.tr, butter, spirits, and wine are mud) ih
dimand. At present the exports are not great, hot
io ail probability:they will WWI he very considers:
•ble, particularly whale and eleplmnt oil, the trade
in which to Bass, Straits is carried on at present
with some spirit.
".The Harbour of Port Jackson is large .:andii
commodious, and
,capable of containing.aoy number
of shipping, and sheltered from all winds. it is
easy, a access; but about a quarter of a mile from
the entrance has a shoal in mid-channel, which-dries
at low water."

Anotbet Gentleman, who has lately visiteit New
Sonchl,Vales, gives the following account of the
houses of- the 'Conviets

• , .
" The houses of the Crifiv.ifts are in general con.
stroaed of wattles covered
,wish shingles, and
plaistered inside and out with clay, ever which
they but a coat of lime, burnt froth shells, giving
therd a very neat and clean appearanee. it is sel.
irom that two families inhabit one dwelling, there.
fore every man becomes absolutely master of his
house, and when he can afford it Ise weather-1)904s
and paints it. In 'the smallest dwelling I entered,
neyer saw less than two apartment. Many houses
are constructed with bricks,' anti as well finished to.
the eye as. European buildings. In such the apart.
menrs are numerous. In short,' from the very
comfortable manner in-which these peoPle•artiodgc`
ed (dutch more so than the Poor in-England), I can,
not avoid remarking, that it. no &Mist has a ten,•
aeno-10 promote a grear degree of health ankfl.wv,
of spirits, of which'l'observed them to he possessed,.
and 'readily accounts for
,many wishing to remain
whose years of banishment have expired."
FrOth these accounts it would appear, that trans.
portatio4 to New South Wales would cease to be a

pcenishment were it frOm'any other country than
England ; but for the •blPssings of this -country,
nothing can be a
.compensation ; and banishinent.

friUn this to any 'other place in the world would bi

a cure.

• .
On Wednesday tnormogotbout three o'clock, as a
watchisrm of the name of illewer was' gOing his
round, in'St. John.street, Smithfield, he dilicovered
a genteel young female hanging from a railing, at
the corner of a gateway, not aboVe four feet in
height ; she had t'wisted'all the ribbons of her bon.
net, tied to her handkerchief, to mike a cord of ;
she was apparently dead when he cut her down.
D.,dor IT° est; us, in the neighbourhood, was se o t
for, who bled the unfortunate woman ; she was im.
mediately taken to the hospital, without hopes of
recovery.

ATTEMPTS AT SUM 1 Dr.—On Monday night an
unfortunate W.oruan of the Town attempted to
stranple herself in Mount-street :VVfitch_house, by
,ty kng a rope
,ruund her neck. Tier struggles brought
a Constable to the hole, who saved her life.—
Wedoestldy :not fling a young man Will)scrves in LAN.j
C'A TER'4 Spirit Shop, at the, corner of Russel-t:treet,.
Drury-lane, hung himself to a heatn in. the kitchen.
r-One of his fellow-servants. found him hanging,,
and cut him.clown in time to texture suyended
tu.4 tion.