The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-29 00:00:00

EDINBURf;II, OCT. 24.

,SHOCKING ACCMENT.---A gentleman
' along the ,South Bridge, about one o'clock this
. morning, was ,thirm,.(l by the report of a pistol, and
ittimediaely calling the a.;sist,ince of a watchman,
proeeeded towards the place, frOm W4lo.23Ce'therepoit
seemed to come. On
.arriving at the head of
wary-street, the, pticeiVed the body of a aimt lying
stretched on ..the ;round, and beside bun another
man, who, •immediately on their coming up, t.re-,
rented a'pistol to ltis head, fired it, and fell 1.9 the
• ground,. -Assistance was promptly procured, and
they, were carried to the Royal Infirmary—the one
perfeMly lifeless,,and the other (who had fired the
pktol•when the gentleman and iNaichipan cane u;•)
. nealy so; he died in a few noputeS idtei. being
being:brought into the Infirmary.
In the first, the ball had entered a little. above the
lett ear, and kidged in the brain ; in the' other, it
had entered 'a little above the r.ght ear, and pas.ied.
out, at the opposite side•Of the head.
•. :We understand that the gentleman who was oh.'
served to fire the second pistol. was much itlioXiC‘il• d;
that4te left his !edgings with -a brice loaded.pi-
hts band, (a id was follow,el by the other
o;entleman,.in order..to .bring him liyxk, Irritated,
probably, by his solicitations, he c inniitted.the
deed-above mentioned. The interval between, th-
firing of the two pistols might
.be 'about three'inir...,
times. •

EARTHQUAKE..—EXtraa of a Fetter, ditel.
Michael (Azoten), August 24•-One of thosedread-
ful phenomena never Willit'SSVCl w your,conuiry,
01.,pci many. here in unspeakable wretchedne,s
allo ail1li,!*.i101);- and continue's to oCc,!sion L;rt.at ter:-
ror to ,all the inhaoitaws of tins Island. Utz the
th of August, at. ten P. M. slight shocks of
minute
earthquake wire tilt at intervals of a few
tot tour ho ors. During this tune, the "inhatinAtt's,
pnder the influence of alarm tor their personal safe—
ty, as well as pro,ierty, were. running to and fro-in.
the gr,atest_ distress. Bet ween.iwn, and three, a
dreadful rocking was- experienced throughout :(Le
;whole 1-kind; several houses, noabie to :resist its
violence, were thrOwn down, and many others W, re
greatly damaged ; and such rr,ons as sought safety
in the open air were dashed to the grOund
the calamity had 'he,,n 'confined in iis effr! tax
and though great injury had Leen susiaioed,,we had
to congratulate ourselves•on the loss of tew liven-;
'tint we were )et to witness a most drta•!ful soecta-
cle. On the ?th, at midnight, a hollow itunhling
sound Was hertrd, the clouts gathered, -and the wind
was hushed into silence ; the rocking returned, and

in a tew-tninutes after, the viliage oTCoz,ls, situat-
ed on a piain,. cornpri-ing 22 11695Q5,. was s‘%
ed up,"an.l in the spot wiwre it stood'a lake of
oil-
iug water gosheil. to:.th. Marty' of the unfortunate
inhabitants, wtio• had prev-itiusv.rotirt,d to the kLie-
vated (;;rou7id, beheld the zii,..4,11t.V.;:t11 a degree o fior-
rOr and am whic:i enchained add tkeir tacni-
tkis ; :brit weo,ole proik-rty swept -.laway• in a few
nunwes, and in the place 'where tiletrohce

lot gardrns and fiourTlitiing orchards-stoud, ty:)agit
appeared but a V t; expans- of wilier !
32,pri.sogi., it is Calculated,- have lost their lived by
this aiifuil and caii,iiiitous event, ail.! cattle

pro} erty to a cousidw-aple aillotkat destroyrd. A

great idogr.te ,of alarm.. .contiopes to ttervdd-e the.
v‘liote Pitand, as ott tite east side an-oritiee has been
7 been di,scp erect, le•clui)ltng the cr.lierot a voi.catto,
and out of which flames cocas onally burst through.
Hitherto they have .been unaccompanied -by ar.y
eJectio., of. volcanic Matter.". . ,

. .
TUE 'TUE ►T R,F$;77-4.k.
.e!:.y numerous Audience at
tended the represe!, ration of Aling John on Saturday.last at COveiit Gar:!:-ai Thealrc. The repuscnratinn
of Kilig • John by Mr. :h EMBLE May bed ratikeo
anon his very hest protcs.s.bnal.etfow:. fie,uni-
tormly sustain s the:character with all the dinity
whist :it admits, and v ery-skOally,,,keeps,,finward,
through the whole, a kin of inournful arrogance,
resoling'aijoircti'frout his pride And' self
.com!enr-
The ,excellence'ot Mrs. SIDDO NS •
stance was not less conspicuous •; it was a fine,lnix.-
lure of energy and pal hos. Falcoribridge was i7cry
prominent in the hands of Mr.. C, KEMB.LB A
manly spirit and vigorous gaiety pervaded.the whole
Master, Ciftipm AN, in •,Arthur, displayed ability • tar
beyond his 'years, The play is brokight,forwar',l •
with great magnificence, •
A few 'days ago, the following singular scene oc-
ent:red at the Lyceum.--Johnstone was called-upon
for his well-known song of " The Sprig of Shilduh,"
and, prepared to sing it immediately, With the utmost
alacrity and good humour,; but when the baad had
gone through the symphony, he stood sil-nt and
Contused, and apparenklv-in great distress ; the music
went through the symphony again, and the same
silence and contusion appeared ib an increased 'de-.
gree—again the music went through the symphony,
to the utter astonishment of the audience who
knew 'not bow to understand the matter : Johnstone,'
however, came forward and addressed them ,in his
frank and humorous way:—" Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am infinitely 'distressed, but really it seems I have
sung the song. so often that I have forgot the first
line."—The house immedistely rung with a burst
of hearty laughter---teals of applause greeted the
favotnite, and rumoved his confusion, and a .hun-
dred voices rumpled him with the line tor which
he was at a los's, and he went through the song with
great,Tipplause..

PoPe has been performing with very great success
at Bath and. Bristol. The charaders in which he
appeayed in those cities IA ete, Othello, Oakley, Oc-
tavian, Rolla, Leon,
.and Lord Mainly. He at-
traded a numerous audience every night, and at
Bath was patronized by all the distinguished Persons
of that city. He takes the play of King. Lear, with
The Blind Boy, this evening,- and is altogether like-
ly to reap a plentiful harvest. .
'lt is proved by a comparison of the results of se-
veral experiments nude in the cultivation of wheat
and potatoes, that an acre of land planted with the
latter root will produce sufficient food for 16,375
healthy :men for one meal; while an acre of wheat
will mit teed more than 2745. The :-!xppiice of Lul-
tivating and housing the potatoes is estimated „at
121. ls.—and that of the wheat at 11. lis.