The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-30 00:00:00

DUBLIN, JAN. 24►

Last week two men stopped a countryman bn the
back road leading from Inchicore to the Pump-house, •
and robbed him of cash to the amount of 601. which
he received that day for corn lie sold in Dublin.—
They threatened him with instant death if he at-
tempted to look after them. Being elated with their
booty, they suffered him to return into town—where
calling upon an acquaintance at Kilmainham, he
was fUrnished with a horse, a case of pistols; a great
coat, and some dollars: Thus equipped, unattended,
he sct out with a determined resolution, .either to re-
gain his money or lbse hia-life,in the attempt. For-
tunately, near the Pump-house, within a few paces
of the place he had been attacked, the very two
identical fellows who robbed him, rushed forward
,tuitt ordered him to deliver; when, in the sEt .of
giving them a.few.dollars, he let some of ttlein fall
on the road, and the robbers stooping to lift, them
up, the countryman discharged his pistols, and shot
them dead on the spot. On searching them, the
entire money was found on their persons. Thus
fortune imis favoured the brave, and rid society of
two unworthy mem be rs

A person who calls himself James Wood, but
whose real name is supposed to he James Hornsby,
has in the course of six weeks last past, by various
false pretences, obtained several sums of money and
goods from different people in the neighbourhood of
Farm, Stockton, Darlington, &c. , He appears to be
about t 9 years of age, about five feet five inches in
height, much marked with the small-pox, lowering
countenance, light brown hair cut short, light eyes,'
and speaks the Yorkshire dialeEt. He worked sotne
time in a coal mine near Newcastle.-

At the Parish Church of Ormskirk, during the
last year, there have been 238 christenings, 147 bu-
rials, and .50 marriages ; being an increase of 21
christenings, and a decrease Of 42 Itrials, from the
year 1804.
The number of baptisms, burials, and marriages,
at Workington and Harrington, in the year 180.5;
were as follows, viz. _ _

In Wokinglon—Baptisms, 210 ; decrease 52.
Burials, 158; increase 14.—Marriages, 48; decrease
16, from last year,
In Harrington.—Baptisms, 43 ; decrease 17.—
Burials, 21 ; decrease 12.—Marriages, 8 ; decrease!,
from last year.

About six o'clock on Friday evening last an alarm-
ing fire broke out in the drying shed of Mrs. Eliza-
beth and 'William Homersham, tanners, in North-
lane, near Canterbury, which being built of timber,
was in a very short space wholly consulted ; but by
the prompt assistance of the ' inhabitants, aided by
the military, the flames were prevented from spread-
ing to two cottages adjoining, and to the other pre-
mises in the tan-yard. By the same a&ive exer-
tions property also to the amount of four hundred
pounds was removed and rescued from destruetion.
It is thought to have originated from the work-
men incautiously leaving the kiln-fire, which is used
for drying birk, for about half an hour, dUring which
time the wind rising, is supposed to have blown
some'emiders into the building. The. loss is esti-
mated at upwards of seven hundred pounds, and we
are happy to learn the proprietors are insured in the
Kent Fire-office' nearly 'to that amount. Imme-
diately opposite to the building, but separated from
that part of the yard. by the River Stour, which
skirts the City-wall, is one of the ancient towers
now used as a magazine for the ammunition of the
military ; providentially the wind, which was in the
S.W. quarter; blew the flames in, a literal direCtion
from it, and probably prevented the tremendous
consequences which might otherwise have occurred.
On the morning, of yesterday, se'nnight, about six
o'clock, a fire broke out in the stable of Thos.
Bailey, of Finchampstead, Berkshire, which cum-
municating *to two barns, two straw7houses, and
other out-buildings, entirely consumed the same in a
short time, together with two hay ricks, a wheat,
bailey, bean, and oat ricks, and a waggon loaded
with five quarters of wheat. ,The men. had taken
the horses out of the stable to water, or they would
most probably have been burnt from the rapid mane
ner in which, the flames spread„ The dwelling-
house and one barn were saved, the wind being in a
direetion to drive the flames from them. The acci-
dent is supposed to have happened from the snuff of
a-candle falling among some straw.
During the gale, on Friday se'nnight one of the
sils' belonging to the Subscription Mill, ,4t Hull,
NV*Ji blown to the distance of 100 yards. The weight
, of. it has been ascertained to be one ton and a half.