The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-04 00:00:00

EIVNBURGII, DEC. i .

Thursday, the
_Cattasiadt sloop of War, With a
fleet from );armotith, bound_ for Golte,nburgh, vas
driven tip to Leith Roads by contrary winds.
On MoodaY Rigitt and Tui•Sday nfortag several'
French pi isopers artived at Keisoo'lv Lin tr;ered
in the town and neighhourbuotf. 'More ate ex-
• pee.-.ted..
On NY(*,i:ftisday list an accident occurred; about
atquarter of a wile fwm AlOitton, which had newly
proved fat.d in itseo,secitienc..s. •Winleso!ne 'men
were employed cutting drain, which in some
• places vas from tiv'ett.ty to thirty feet deep, the
brow give way, when two :nen, P. -Shields -and•T.
tii•tardiy buried ,lines a .mass of
to considernf",le depth. P. Miller, Esc]. -die
younger, of D4Swinton, happened-to pa„ at the
tittle_, and., on being informed of the circurns:anc,e,
iotrnediately ealloitcd round the .neighbourhood, for
the p rlru,e of itrocuringiassislance, which he 'bad
the !good-forrOne to °bolo. Alter about two nour,
lard labour (from four tin six oVot k) titer- had the
pien•ture of restating the unfortnnite men from their
I.etilons-sittLnicm. Immediately atttrbeing brought
out, the men were blt-d by Mr. Mendell, of Wallace-
hail, and ‘sie are happy to state, that they are now
perteetly re:overed, -

"fliors.l;!v morning, ahoet three o'clock,. a
wattinnaket's sin,p in High-street, -Glasgow, was
brolien•irfio, by boring holes in a back window :,but-
ter -with a center-bit. No sooner had one of the vil-
lains, of the naive ofThoinas Thompson, about lei
years of age, entered, than he wts kilted on thoispot,
by a spring-gun-. His body was soon after carried
to the Police-office. There were found upon 'Jima
loaded pistol, a quantity ot powder, t wn balls, a small
phiil phosphor,,'',, and a gardener's knife, made
Tike a saw. 1:11e bra,!c was totind lying in the back.-
area, and the bit in the w indo,,v;-shutter. The inha-
bitants in the shop beioW, upon hearing the, report
of the gun, itrnediately gave an alarm, when .se-
veral pefsons were heard running away. The pro-
prietor of the shop had, on Saturday last, received
an anonyMous letter from a Friend, informing him
that his shop was to be broken into, and requesting
him to be on his guard. He, along with an ac-
quaintance; watched sev4af• nigh 6, when, worn
out with fatigue, the above successful expedient
wr.tadopted.

A daring burglary was committed on Saturdly
evening soon utter dark, at a house in Grafton-street,
•
East, "L'ottenham-court-road. 'Articles of jewellery,
apparel,. Noe. to• a considerable amount Were stoleo.
Ttie thie%es,contrived tai enter by picklock keys dun-
the oi4eiice of a servant, Who had lift 4 cau.ile
booting 'in a front parlour. The servant is taken
tutu c.-sto.ly upon susi.icion of having been.concern-
fed-in t'.e burglary.
.oit the evening of the 26th ult. the following
melanUtoly accident took place at Purtreath, Corn-
o•Vessels sailed from that-place ; and, as
is usual, a boat, well manned, piloted them out to a '
eel twin distance. The sea rising suddenly, preOented,
the pos.ibility of the boat's return; when Mr BATH,
and three men, got on the pier-head to watch what-‘
. course the boat . would. take. They had not stood
(brie long,. ere a heavy swell and.,sudden gust of
wind swept them all off. Mr. G. lityNoLus, being
near the'spoi, fastened a tone found hiS body, and
launched Wt° the water. He succeeded in s ving
,the lite of -Mr. BATH, just' as he was sinking, but
the other three were unf,rtunately drowned. Two
of. them have, left large f:ttnilies: The bOat and .
crew got safe into St. Ives the same night,
On di'hirriday last the Magistrates of Bath/took np
about sixty unhappy women who ;infest the public
streets, 'and connnitted the di all to the House of
correction, till they could be passed to,their places
ut ,ettletnent. T,ciny-three were taken out a
notorious brothel.

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