The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-09 00:00:00

BIIVIJ7'O,V, SEPT. 7.

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Last night The Surrender It Catuts. , and The Irish-
man in- London, attract(.d v,-ey lashionable'andience
to the Theatre, for lie tven,.:ctit of Mr. WEI3E. Both
p ces were very %I. cll p;:rtorined, -and the reuipls.
of the House itliolitited to about 701. Tti;s evening,
The Blini Bog,, The ..Ig.eeeahle Sui-prize,,anCi Ray-
mond and Agnes, or liie.ffiecOns,' A'un, are announ-
ttid tor.the'benefit of Mr: 2VIILLER.

Last niz,:ht the •xeLrther was.damp and, tempestu-
ons; but few prom-wders, at any time, were to be
discovered on' the Steyny., but a blaze of rank and
beauty trratliateo the Library -Of;POLLARD ; nor was
DoNALpSON'i less numerously attended. The 4i-tees
for the 22d inSt. on the Course here, are nowo-nucli
talltd of'. Ai there' are (wo Sweepstakei,,of ten
guineas each toe run for, heats, the New Course,
there must at least be four heats in the course of the
day, and, if the horses are well matched, probably
six or seven. The principal families in the. _county
are expected to be on the ground.
The-tide was uncommonly high to-,day,-the'waves
washing the base of the cliff's. The security„.poititeo
out many months ago for the houses- between the
Steyne and the Crescent,. the householders are now
adopting, by constructing groynes,ort the beach, be-
tween the above places. lam app-reftsive, how-
ever, that the.groynes which• are new forming will
not be found to project far enough into the sea ; for
the more the progress of the beach to the eastward
is prevented, of so much the greater utility will they
be found ; a purpose that must be more or less an-
swered, according to theirdepth and extent. It Wog
be recollected, that ce principal part of the beach,
which forms the security of the town against the
encroachments of Lard Neptune, if not the whole, is
brought hither from the Westward ; consequently
that part of it which passes over, or by the Southern,
point of the groyne, to the Eastward, seldomor ever
returns. It may, perhaps, by a strong South East.
wind, be stayed for a time in its progress ;" but the
instant the wind veers to the opposite quarter, we
lose it, to find it no more. At all events, the house-
holders are taking the only effedual means for the
preservation of their property. Though • the tide
was so high, and was attended with an unusual
swell on the Channel to-day, yet, prior to the water
being at flood, the bathers were rather numerous,
nor did any accident mark the..,wholesome practice.
Fish this morning were exceedingly. scarce. It is
hardly necessary to add, that, under such circum-
stances, the delicacies of the deep were inordinately
dear; for the price of such dainties is not sti • Muth
regulated by the quality of them, as' by life Aban-
tit) in the market. As a proof, soles have been dis-
posed of here at four shillings the pound one day,
and four pence the next.. They did not, however,
quite reach tti, former price this morning.
When the PRINCE returns to this place, • is still
uncertain. His Highness's Brighton establishMent
are still at the Pat ilion, thongh they expect not to
see their Royal Master there before 04..-toher: Many
are of opinion, however, that the PitiNce wilr'he at
the Races on the 22d inst. which are right, blue
must determine. The South Gloucester Parade now
generally exhibits a very numerous confluence of
spectators of an evening ; the Officers wear-crape on
their arms, being' in mourning for their late respect.
ed Lieutenant-Colonel WALL.

Yesterday as Mr. JONES, of High-street, South,
wark was driving his tandem near the Circus Turn-
pike, the leading lu.rse started at some scarlet cloth
carried by a dyer, and ran furiously by the Obelisk,
where the gig struck the iron rails, and was shattered
to pieces. Mr. JONES 1.x.-as thrown several yards
from the gig,- but fortunately escaped with only a
few bruises. The horses were stopped without
doing further• mischief.'
Xesterday, .a man of decent 'appearanCF went to
the house of Mrs. TuomPsót,r,of Greek-Str4l, Soho,-
on pretence of looking at an 'avant-tent,-
seen the first floor, he went away, intimating that. he
would call again.. About five Mintres-after he called,
and said he bad let his stick up' stairs, and imme-
diately rau to get it. On his return he gave the ser•
vast sixpence, and scent away. It Was shortly after
discovered that a ,siiver milk pol,• awl a pair of tea
tongs, were missing, which the robber had stolen
from a tea board in the room adjoining the apart-
ment he had examined. . •

TRALEE, AUGUST 30.---We are sorry
that the tranquillity of this county still Conaiiies to
be'disturbed by nightly meetings and assoelatiuns of
intim Boys; a most "flAgrant and audacious instance
of the truth of this statement occurred on Friday
night last, at the house of Mr. T. Halloran, at Pa-
lace, which
,was' attacked by a number of those
ruffians, who knocked at the door and demanded
his arm which Mr.. Halloran refused to deliver,
and told them that unless they immediately with-
drew, he and his sons, who were well prepared for
defence, would insta`ntly fire upon them. On hear-
ing this, the fellows went for a reitArcement (not-
thinking themS,lves strong. enough to force the
house), threatening Mr. H. with the most dreadful
punishment ...on their return. In about two hours
after they made their appearance, greatly increased.
in number, the whole amounting, as well as could
be ascertained, to nearly three hundred ; but Mr. H.
foreseeing their intent, during their absence, pru-
dently retired a ith his sons, well armed, into an or-
chard near the house, where he waited their arrival.
The villains on coming to the house a second time,
iired several shots through the windows, which they
pelted with stones, demolishing the glass, sashes,
Bcc. afer which they placed tire• in the thatch in
order to consume the house: In the tiicaß tithe
Mr. H. and his 'sons, who were waiting 'for au,m-
portunity,..stiddenlydischqrged the contents of their
pieces, and immediately a second discharge, when
the villains, alarmed by the tiring, and not expect-
ing so warm a reception, ran off in the greatest con-
fusion, leaving behind them five horses, two of
-whom were killed, which belonged to people in
that neighbflurhodd ; they also left behind them a
number of Muskets, pistols, swords, great coats,
bats, shoes,. &c. Three of the ruffians, it is said,,
were shot. The houses of several farmers of Bally-
M'EUigott, in the vicinity of this town, %v.ire 4t-
tacked on Sunday ‘night last, by a- party of White
Buys, who robbed them of whatever tire-arms were
in their possession..

LANCASTER ASSIZES, Sur. 5.