The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-29 00:00:00

them by the neck handkereli-ier, 2nd pulled hii
into the middle of the street. The mob called ni
" shame, do you %%ant to choke the roan ?" Ti
-witness assisted to eitlicate the ,Waiter, who Wel
into the house, and the dooC was shut ; did Hot st
Rogers out of the house. Tlie Plaintitf and Thong
son.made a great disturbance in the street, so muc
so, that the witness was oliotiged to put o.vo men
his windows to prevent them bLing broken, an,
they threatened the men titat. they would take then
to Bow-street, bzeause they kept them off trout hi
windows.

Cross-examined ly Mr. TOPPING.
The application on the
,p:irt of the Delendmits
wag nmde §ubsequent to the kiter of the Piaintiri
Attorney.
Isaac Pike, an evening ,patrole,' deposed, that ltt
was opposite Mr. Rogers's house, saw a mob gather-
ing, and two men dragging out the waiter into the
street ; as he was trying to extricate htmseit; uric&
them made a blow at him, 'Which he missed, 01
fell down, he believed it was-the Plaintiff.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH -here interfered, and re-
commended Mr. Topping to withdraw leis ;talon;
to which he consented, and it was. withdrawn 30
cordingly

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On Sunday se'nnight Lieutenant-General Mon
Hompesch arrived at Aberdeen from the North, 304
, immediately set off past for London.
lie landed
near Peterhead on Sunday 'morning, from ea hoirj
a Privateer of his own, which he lately lined 1!),
cruize against the Danes. His Vessel, which 1"(',.",:
ashy' 20 guns, is now among the Faro Islands, wueT
she has made several captures. He came ash 111
his boat ; and, owing to a fog, had [Owed thirty-
six hours before they made. the land.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.----CI
Candidates at the Ptiblic Exarhiniltion- rhithisTo m (he
ing the second under the. new Statute), se“.3l wet:
admitted ituo the first class, of which Christ Chur"
furnished four, viz. Henry. H. Joy, \-VPidfrjai•
Knatchbull, William Law, and 'Charles itlotim;
University College produced two, John.
4-'l49';;*.aad Thomas D. Allim; and Worcester Col'
1 lege one, viz. John Millet=. TWenty•n%!e Caere
'adnaittecr into the second class Of the Lucie
Humaniores, and five .into the second class of 0!)
DisOpiruice Alathematicce Pkysicca.—That a meastiro
like the New Statute was much wanted,
one who remembers in what manner Degrees
formerly obtained will dispute; nor can it be dour
ed that it has been already attended with beni.ficla
consequences ; but we think it may be Miproved•
A few evenings since a middle-aged. woman,
of
good appearance 41d address, hired a lodging 4c
.Mrs. Corbees, itt. Old Compton-street, SohP,
companied by a girl of seven ears of age—they
a large bundle with them. They slept in the hotoe;
and early in the morning went out, the wozwil
telling Mrs. Corbet they were going to inert
Half.pay Naval Officer, who was her husband, "F
father to the child. Suspicion arisingtie
chara6ter. of the woman, Mts. Curbtit caused tosr
door of the apartment to be opened with anall'u„
key, when it appeared the woman-had siripPO
bed of the counterpane, sheets, &c. and had Po'ith
buisdle she had brought with her in the bed, wl",:".)
on Opening, captained cml y liew bay v cry .14g'4
bound up, which had Reared so much as to.sco4"'
part of the bed, and would to all -tkppearance Nl°
set fire to the house, bot l'or timely prevention.
On Saturday morning next a Gentleman start!',':
six o'clock;at Storey's-gate, tog° all round the N."
lug of St. James's Park, three time over Wcsol;'l/.
ster-bridge, three . times over' Iliaekfriars'-bri6`:
three times round Sr-Paul's, three times.over 114.1,
don-bridge,- and to row through the three atoresv;;
btidges himself, in a waterman's wherry; the %%114"
to be performed in two hours.