The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-18 00:00:00

Pram *Jae tO titre- have ,saveverted ro the Wald Foti'
by reason of the 4:lcaths sat N.)mit4te#; And by thr aP"
plicaticin of the accumulated is ritlends of the Capita,
Stock: redeemed thereby.
Also, au Account ofthe whole Amount of 31. pst
Cent. capital Stock, which, op to the period of sc.ch
Account,would have bean redeemed by the cxetistil
in the Amount of the Lie Annuities, Crum toe 14
tune payable to the said Commissional' ;lb' 'we 11)
aturnot of the Dividendi tioin t lute to time recatvii
ble by .them, in respeet of the Bank Annuttiei
transferred for the purchsv of huch Lifts AnnuniO,
in case such excesses bad been intermediately I.pplititi
in the Redemption of 31. per Cent Stncr. ttl th 4
manner prescribed by the I,4ws now in force 19r Os
Redut.tion of the National Daht.

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Boxitto.--It is to be. laniented that the Wag o,t
the trines and the curiosity of the public renilet
necessary for the Nt•wsplpers to insert the disgu,liag
records of pugilktic contests, but the fullowilt t'tl4
servations on the moral and political adirant:sges ape,
i ng from the proclice of boxing; and its iolluence 00
• the national charatier, are worthy olattention.
come (rain Mr. R. P. ;Kelm-cr. a Gentleniao td
well known learning, taste, and urbanity,
" The frequenters of our boxing4tnatchea woo
probably feel as much horror and disgust agearil
other persons, were they to see men deprived of Ilia
power of resistance, or opposed to very unetiall
force, beaten as . the severel combatants beat cult
other; but the display of manly inucpitlity, firm!,
ness, gallantry, streorth, and presence ut
.mind, which these contests cal forth, is an hono4
to she English nation, and such as 110 man neeli. to
be ashamed of viewing with interest, pride, aild
light ; and we may safely predict, that if the
birdies, through a mistaken notion of preset-011g°
public peace:, succeed in suppressing them,
will be- an cud of that sense of honour and qr'l•
at gallantry which distinguishes the C0011)01) rf-1111?
of unit country front that of all otheis; aqd
is not only the best guardian of their morals, bet.
rhaps the only security now left either for our
liberty or political indepet.deneo, ince ere reit
strained from lighting occasionally for prizes 0?
honorary distinaions, ;hey will steel cease 10 lilt
all, and decide their private quarrels with ;dat,Scri i'l,;
stead of blows; in which case the lower ardor
become a base rabble of cowards and a:sassiiii, r°lY,',
st any time, to sacrifice the higher to the avaricvAo'
ambition of a foreign tyrant."
nott-1-414.-.-Yesterday Joseph Pacoce, Jihad":
ney coachman, was brought. up, and uederwcpi•
long examination. charged with having by bi' tl"
Cigence set fire to the premises belonseig to Wr.4l
oates, of Blackfrier's-road, whereby ha- sustOil/
damage to the amount of VQOQI. on the tooriliPg
1 that day week, It appeared, by the l'ie-4eculdi
' statement, that on the tnorning ahuvo slll3dp.i 14.14,
about tour o'clock. he 'Wall alarmed by the cry
r" Fire !" on which he instantly repairitil t‘'
place from whence it proceeded,, and discovery,
that two hacOey-coaebes, in the were.aA
• tire, one of which he pulled out, and in alieti)P4
to get the other out,. whieh the Prisoner load drat'a
the day bofore, it burned with such fury tlia tic 411‘
• not able to do it, in COIISC(pc:II4.It of which Obw
communicated to his Premises, the wholti 01 Ott'?
Wire dratroyed. 'l'hs; Pri.uner Was beta to 144.,,
with two sureties,, in the sum of. t out. each, ;f73r Pr
Opp:mance to answer to this uufartetwe
:it the next Qeueral %nisiens,
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• libreobi-Gbitriza ..-Yesterday Ames Howe,_.,'
who had lived porter to dilferent Aqc;tipite4ra,.lol)•
wetit examination, being char6ed with having
lull Bank Post Bills, dated ie the year 1:804, o'l9
• by M. Clement Nugent, ond payable to Mr, I!'"',‘
arshfield, Lilauce,tershire. The bills haif
hf.tor,
-missing since the anuve period, Trot, the pi, 4
..r,...6,vcred some of them front the ilriSoner,l7lt,
stated, that, as he was lately attending at .010 ii"itb/yo
gerford Collee-hottse, t Siralut, he ipeee
wraped up its, piece of paper in a eio.o.ja,
Titti•Soliciter of the Post-Olike auentle.d forth. V,.
serution:The rrisoutzr was. cc:1041444
minatiOn.