The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-26 00:00:00

SErT.

' WEDNEsnAy. last two ere
`raters Av • Pitt into the •
Post.7offices at Dazes and Carmarthen, directed to
MesSrS. 13Alv::FORD and Wi, Mist()) z. the
forther contained bills to the, amount of 4(271..425.
and.the latter 8211.'1iri. 6d. They were delivered
at the Post-Office, in this City, to a Supernumerary
Letter-carrier, William Cuird, who secreted and em 7
liezzled them. Proceeding to Loudon, he presented
a i 01. note for payment At Messrs.'Wurrc Fl A n and
Co.'s banking house; -where lie was immediately
apprehended; and between 7 and-. 8661.
_were found
Upon him. Fie is eipeeted'fi-oin Londoti oti Satin-
day.tb take,his trial at our next Assizes.

SHOCKIiVG 13i18.134K1TY.

• Wednesday se'nnight, about one b'elotiz'id the
"afternoor'a robbery, attended by the most atrocious
ea-S:6f wanton:barbarity we ever heard of, was come
• misted on" •the•Maidstone-road, about a mile fro?ri
Chatham, by a-man in the dress of a soldier. The
unfortunate sufferer was eu infirm old man, upwards
Of 70; teamed Appleby, a resident of Staplehurst,
eteho bad been in the habit of-Lorning to Chatham,
horse and ,cart, to dispose of his goods, for
emany years past.," On the' morning of "Wedeeelay
se'nnight he. came to Chathatn, and - brought with,
him a quantity of apples and pears,•the chief part of
which he disposed, of in the barracks. lleturuieg
-en his way home, a little past twelve o'clock, he
obeerved'a soldier following hill), "and several times,
onlooking behind- him, saw the same man at some
distance from him ; but it being in the middle of the
day, and having so frequently travelled the same
- road without interruption, he did •not feel at a;1
• alarmed at his appearance. When be had ne:ltly
reached that part of the road where a branch of it
leedseto-the Hook and Hatchet, and to Bexley, be
"receiveda- violent blow on his head, which brought
.birretO-elie ground,' when his pocket was picked of
about fifty shillings and some halfpence; old and
infirm- -as'he was, he was little able to make re-
Sistence, even if he had not been violently-struck
down, but by that blow be was rendered still less ca-
pable of resistance eeed after the perpetration of the
robbery, 'any person' wotild have imagined that the
most obdtirate villain would have been incapable c 4.
further-violence. Further and most savage violence
•was.however continued on his aged body,- and it.
Wlls by the wounds- he received from the bayonet of
his assailant, that his fleeting spirits were recalled;
and be: saw, by -his ..habit, that the savage who had
'attacked him was a soldier. Supplications for mercy
were. neeleid vain, they seemed only to inflame the
fury of his-foe.; who, after kicking him in the eyes;
ears, and face, and bruising and wounding him
,inseveral parts of his body, thought to termiliale the
epoor map's existance, and satiate- his own cruelty;
by. one more desperate blow than any he had given;
to effeet-this purpose, the wretch aimed his instill-
ment •of destruaion at • the head -of his enteebled
Iprey, and urging:itwith ak his forte, drove it, from
-want of steadiness, through the old man's cheek,
,into his mouth and tongue, 'breaking away, in its
:passage,. the teeth which obstru&ed it; he then left
him for dead, weltering in his blood, and made his
escape. The old man was discovered, about one
o'clock, by Captain FIGG, and Mr. Peew, of the
Gibraltar, and was then sufficiently sensible to-re-
• late the above particulars. The 'wretched sufferer
experienced every. attention from the above Gen;-
ttlemen, and was forwarded to Kitts Catty Houk,
-from whence he was conveyed to Staplehurst, in a
'very dangerous state. Every attempt to discover
-the perpetrator of this horrid a& has hitherto been
ineffeetual.

•
. Yesterday an accident of a fatal description hap-
pened by the too frequent negligence and precipi-
tate manner in which the Captains of Passage-boats
land their passengers. While, two Gravesend Boats
at Billingsgate were employed in the way above
described, a Gentleman and Lady fell Overboard.
The• bustle and confusion to render them assistance
was consequently very great ; and a person of re-
spetable appearance who stood on the stairs, in
attempting to step over the boats to get near the,
'scene of distress, fell into the River, and getting un-
der•the bottom of one of the boats, rose no more.
The Lady and Gentleman whop fell overboard in the
first instance
;were fortunately saved. • The water-
men were dragging for the body of the drowned
man during the afternoon, and it was not found in
.the eveningc.- The 'deceased was well dressed, and
supposed to 'be ;of respeEtable connexions. His
hat was picked up, which, May, probably tend to .
discover who he was, by • being known to his
friends. •

,Died, at Hull, on the sth inq. Miss JANE Pc-
TRICIA. BERTRAM, 01lif daughter of Dr. BERTRAM,
Physician there.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, SETT. 26.

-
This,day's market afirded Itut a scanty supply of
different kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, Veal, and
'Latrib, support lastpribes ; Pork is somewhat cheaper,
and the trade in general was not over brisk.—The
sales in the Haymarket were rather dull ; Hay has
fallen in price since Monday's market ; Straw fetch-
ed.a better price_; Clover sold at last price.--LThe
,following prices and numbers is an accurate'. state-
ment :

To sink the ofrd per stone of 81b.
Beef ss. od. to Ss. 6d. Mutton 4s. toct. tO ss. o !. --Veal
bs. od. to 7s. od.—Lamb 6s. od. to 7s. od.—Pork ss. 6d. tu
6s. oct.
Beasts, 670. Sheep and Lambs, 470 i,. —Calves, toz.—
Pigs 400.

•SMITHFIRLD HAYMARKET.
Hay 41. os. test. 15s.—Clover 41. os. to 51. los. —Straw
11. 18s. to 21. ss.

CORN EXCHANGE, Sum ,26.--There,are to-day
some ftirther arrivals of Wheat coastwise,- and se-
veral cargoes from the Baltic; prime samples con-
tinue to keep their price, and the'sales of others are
not so ready; Barley iS arrived in very large sup-
plies, and is cheaper ; Malt is rather dell sale ; Pease
and Beans of both sorts remain at little alteration ;
of Oats there are tolerable quantities, and, except-
ing fine samples, last prices are hardly supported ;
and the terms of Flour are as our last.

Wheat sBs a 745 a 88s od Reans 43s a
.Sts od
Fine ditto - 9os a 93s Tick Beans 37s a 44s od
Rye • • ,4-,s a sss Oats -24 s a ZSJ a 32S od
Barley r ;Ss 344 i od Polanddittn 34s a 354 6'l
Malt -74 s a :)(..) od Rope Seed 2.71. 3o:. OS
White Pease ens a 6i3s od Fine Hour 73$ a 23s ed
Grey ditto • 435 a 44.0 d• SC,011(13 65s a yos Oat