The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-22 00:00:00

C.VPRECEDENTED ier SIVIATLING.

A most atrocious robbery was *committed on a•
number of Gentlemen at the Stock Exchange, on
the Settling Day, by a foreign Jew of -the name
of Joseph. Elkin 'Daniels, who haS for p long time
been a conspicuous cbaraCter in the Allej'. He had
deliberately contrived a scheme'ofplunder perfeCtly
new, but which, by the extreme conAdence .which
is given on the Stock Exchange, was but .toid prac-.
ticable. He was w hat is (enominated a Bull of
Omnium, that is, he had employed a broker (Mr.
Mom-anon!) to buy Omnium .for the account,
which was on Wednesday last. He bad bought all
the -way up to 12i premium, and the average of his
purchases was as high as 10. In the morning of the
Settling Day, he told his Broker that he would take
the whole of • the Olin-limn- he had purchased, and.
pay for it,. as he-was sure it would rise before the
next account; he was enabled, he said, to hold it,
as his relations had agreed to advance the money,
and- take it in pawn for him. • This satisfied the
Broker, and he received from different Gentlemen
-31,0001. Omnium on Daniels's draft for 16,$ I 61. mss.
on the house of Messrs. SMITH, PAYNE.; and SMITH,
and which draft Mr. MoNTEFthat-Siiffered, in the
-usual way of business, to pass to the Clearing, house,
instead of sending directly for the money, while,
in the mean time, he gave his own drafts to the
different Broker, For the Omnium he had received.
The instant. that Daniels got possession of • the Om-
: plum,. he applied to Mr. BATTYE to Sell 12,0001. of
it fix money ; .to another Broker to sell 50001. ;
and from both these Gentlemen he got drafts for
the arn.iunt, which he immediately.received at their'
respettive- Bankers ;, and two of the Bank notes of
0001. each, 'he Changed at the Bank of England,
into no notes of tool. ea,:h. He continued .at the
• Royal Eichange till three o'clock,
.and was after-
wards seen on Ludgate-hill so lase as 4 o'clock. At
that hour his- own cheque. for 16,8161. ss. was re-
fused payment, and the robbery was discovered.
Ile had only 27001. at his Bankers, which was yts-
terday attached in their hands. Some-0141r. MON-
. Tarmat's drafts were paid before the fraud was dis-
covered. It yesterday came out also-L;that he bad_
borrowed considerable sums from differeet Gchtle,-
sten on his drafts, and this accounts for his leaving
a sum in the hands of his Banker, as he thought it
probable that some of them might have been carried
in for payment, instead of, passing through the
Clearing-house.
It is supposed that the robbery may extend to 40
Or 50,0001.. Precautions were yester,lay taken, in
every way, to discover his route, and to prevent his
getting out of the kingdom; but he had laid his
plot with so much circumspe&ion, and went about
it with such arrangement, that it Is feared he will
escape to the Continent, where the notes will, no
doubt, be circulated. , A Committee sat yesterday.
at the Stock Exchange to take steps on the occasion,.
Mr. ABRAHAM GOLDSMID made application, by leti-r
ter, to the Right Hon. Lord Howickrequesting
that he would be pleasedicesend notice bythe Tele-
graph to the out-ports, to endeavour, if possible, to
hrevent his escape out. of the kingdom ; to which
is Lordship replied with promptitude, and, inform-
sd him, that he bad transmitted notice of the fraud to
all the Ports with which the Admiralty corresponds by
Telegraph. The LORD MAYOR dispatched his
officers in all diredions ; and 'some of the principal
sufferers went off themselves express to the most
likely places.

SIR,

TO THE EDITOR.

Woplwicb,‘ iApig, _t

A being erroneously stated in your Pafrer of this
Clay that two men belonging. to-the 4tli.Division 'of
Royal Marines were burnt in the tire Oti board thd
Dover, on the 19th inst. and that otte'bf them NOs'
a prisoner in the hold confined in irons, I am direaleld
by ithe Commanding Officer to beg you will Contra-
diet that account, and to inform you that only one
man suffered, who had been seen. out of the Ship,
and is supposed Co. have returned to save something:
and also that prisoners are never kept in the ship,
but in a proper guard-room in the town..
• I am, Sir, your humble 'Servant,
_ D. GREVI S, Acij want 4th Diiiision Royal, Marines.

A Clear case.--A Countryman lait week brought
a fellow before a certain Justice of the Peace, not k
hundred 'miles from the Metropolis; whom he_
charged with stealing Ins spade. On being asked
how he could 'proVe the theft, he replied, by,the
evidence of a man who saw him take it..: f- Well,
airrah," said the JuStice, addressing himself to the
delinquent, " what have you to say in your de-
fence i" " An't ple'ase your Worship, I can bring
2& men to sweat' they d;cl not see me rake it."
t` 0 ! if that be so," replied the sagacious Ma-
gistrate, " it is a clear case—twenty to one is a clear
case— I .must liberate the Prisoner."

A person of the name of Black has brought an
tEtion against the proprietor of a Coal-pit. This
seems something like a family dispute. On the
face of the business there scarcely seems any colour
for difference.

PALMER, the atior, repeated his satirical and en-
comiastic Leaure on Heads last night before a nu-
merous audience. They are the .composition of
CHERRY, and do credit to his loyalty and patriotism
as well as to his talents for humour and4pfleatiiitij,.
PALMER delivers with such spirit and variety as sliew
an able. and -a versatile ataor. The • chara6teristic
tribute to the memory of NELSON ancl::Prer":.wete
particularly well received last night.
The person who gave the account of the ;Shower
of Shells that fell in Ireland, in some of whiCh it
was stated that there were live inhabitants,. will
perhaps next tell us that the contents of many of
those shells were ready Brest for table,. by nearly
approaching the sun. .
To THOSE AFFLICTED,WITH AN OPHTHALMIA.—
Moisten some lint or dip the finger in rum saturated"
with camphor, and apply it to the eye, closed so as
to admit into the eye little or much, as the patient
finds he can bear; the larger the dose the -speedier
the cure, and though he may suffer for i'thoniefitt,
the smart will be succeeded by the most 'agreeakl
and cooling sensations. Such are the Virtue's- Of 'this,
medicine, that one or two applications, on ;the first
appearance of this disea,se, are sufficient to twios'e
it in less than six hours.—N. B. The nn'oitiot to
be of the first quality.