The Sun. — 1802-05-19 (London, England)

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 Dandelion, 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 Flambeau, 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.   - 3  - 4  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 afterwards 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 CailtonHouse., 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 nothing 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 indeed 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 Volunteer, CoHinson, for. Elsinore; Queen, Baker, for Smyrna; Carl. Joseph, —, for Amsterdam ; I.?adstow, Bulling, for Petersburgh ; Vrow justina, Veror, for Havre ; Vrow Elizabeth, Schorr, for Rouen ; Rosetta, Geddes, for Antwerp ; Susan and Polly, Eldred, and Vrow fohanna, , for :Dieppe ; Peter Ludweig, and lynge Hendrik, ------, for Bremen.