The Sun.
London, England, 1807-11-28 00:00:00

DVBLIN, Nov. 21 .

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Wednesday night, about eight o'clock, CoI..TAL-
IitIT!S, gate lodge, at Malithide, was entered by four”
villains Well armed with.blunderbusses and- pistols,
who robbed Col. TALBOT'S- Bailiff, an old Soldier,
near 80 years of age, Of 401. and afterwards'irthu-
manly discharged a pistol at the poor old man which
drove a,slug: into his body,. and otherwise wounded
him so much, that hi.; life is desPaired.of.
, We are happy to cotaradia a report iluit prevailed'.
in town yesterday. morning, that two Holyhead
Packets were lost on ThurSday night; the-weather
prevented the Packets from sailing from our har-
bour, and We are welt -convinced the :saine.caliSe
'had the same effect 'at Holyhead, ' and except these
two, there could be no other at sea.
The coal Ship the Pleasant, of Whitehaven, which
a few nights since, in a.violent gale, was blown
noon the rocks near the Pier of Dia .eary, we :IN
happy to hear has been :gOt off, with the loss of,
.
nearly thirty or forty tons of her eargo,,and' without
the loss of any of the crew. ,The burden of the
Vessel was-upwards of 150 ions ; the remainder of
her cargo has been disposed Of to the t cial7lattorsi'
in Dunlearr, at a fair price ;, but. the damage done
to. the Vessel, cannot be ascertained until, she be
put. into Dock.
• EXTRACT OF A, LETTER FROM BALLYSHANNON.
-On Saturday the 7th inst. a violent storm and
hurricane came on, and raged a considerable time,
With thunder:and lightning, which struck the glebe-
house of Kilderry 911 the western side, the walls of
Which it .shivered to pieces and beat down three
poor men were also struck by the lightning, two of
whom, it, is hoped, will recmler ;, a horse was also'
struck at the said time and kilkd on the spot; and
on-Tuesday, Following, a new house in Billy'shannon
;was blown down." . • ,

- We have- received the following further accounts
'of losses -sustained in the 'gales of last week :
The Glasgow, TtiomAs Oita Master, of and: tin-
Leith, •from Gottenbiult, - with iron and deals,
cftme on Friday might. last,
,on the ',Rock,
I.called the Boots, near to:Hartley, _The crew (except ,
i a, Boy', who attempted; to swim pb,,shore, and was
Hdrowned) were saved by staying •on board till the
kn. her. The Vessel is tritich-datnaged, _taut it is

expected that the whole of the _cargo will be.saved;
The Master reports, that he left ,Gottenburgh on
the 14th instant; under convoy of the .Zureste and
Meara Brig Cutters, with a large,.Fleet, Amongst
which were several Transports with Troopicon Watch,
and that t* separated :on Monday, whfpn the fo-
rego steered for the Southwurd wit,4 ,-,t,he Traitor

ports under her CUIIVOy. The Alasterfftwvel recol-,
leas being'Out in such dreadful weathikr, as, tlie.Ship
Was under water :he w way overo,4lo that 'when
she Caine on shore,, they had . not a sail but. what
was blown to rags.
.A Pilot, from Dover; who lately . concluavd an
'American Ship to Tonningen, was, on -hi*. wciyal;
committed .to prison. • The American, Captain etas
deavuured to proteo him; as a sailor of the 1.41.it0
'States, but the Officers at. Tonningen saitL they
suspetlecl him to. be an Engliiitimati, awl
tile 'Captain, that if he perseveted in 1,41 st4tummt,
nnd'it should a fterwardsvrove fal)e, the consitquenee
Would be the confiscation
,of his Shit AO. eafitl.
This so alarMed, the Captain, he immediately gave
up the Pilot to the limes, who treated him with
the greatest cruelty. .They, tor* from hiin,his,•ino-
,tny, for • his pilotage, clothe,,
except his under. garment, .and in. thk.sitnation
.threw him into prison,;,Where he had. not-even a
• truss of straw to, lie 'on, or scarcely toad,' .and that
of the worst, possible quality, •sutlicientAg istippOrt
nature: Having learned anortly:aftvr.bi.sJtontipe...
tnent, that he was to be•seut,,inutifeivv;tlays-up, the
country, and that his chance of escape wicid
,be'
afterwards.•diminished ; he..rcselYed to ;attempt
delay,.and fignauately succeeded. kle..then
got en board a neutral vessel, where It! lay congeal-
H,d/ -until shO leftlonningeb, and 01 Soiaday I~tst he
RRrtived sate in.the Downs. , ,

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t is very remarkable, that out of eight - mitres
which have fallen vacant since the commencement .
of the .present .century, tour should have been given
to Prebendariesol. -Durham Cathedral, and what is
, still more so, that two of them should have fallen• to
Ithe possessors of the same prebendal stall within less
t ban three years- . Dr. ,Zouctis .we under Stand, will
. be'allowed to.;hold his prebendal stall along with the
lißiiihopric: • .• '., 1' '
.
,t A tire broke out last night, about half past nine
O'clock, at- Mr. Whinsott's, 'shee-Maker, in-Par-
liament-street, which burnt all the upper part'of
the house before water could-be obtained—a 4 is ever
the misfortune.
Thursday a bricklayer's labourer fell from a seal- •
fold created .against the house.repitiring at the
•Corner
-of N,:w, Bridge-street, 'ands Was killed on the spot;
COIiON RRS . I NI4TIEST.—A poor woman of the •
naturl', Of Eiizat?cttli
,Bever, who was once respea:ibly
situated in. -life, .applied ct Marlborough-street '
Office on Tuesday to be sworn+ to her pandit, of. St..
George,,HanOver-square, and, she left the Office to.•
go into the Workhouse cif the above parish, by the
'desire of the Parish Officers. She, however, was'
. ,
' 110 t: beard of for. two days, ,and it was- at length as-'
calcined that she was foAtod drowned in a pond'
near Sotners Town. itu Inquisition was taken on
'the body, -but there was, no evidence to prove how
she catne in the pond. ,Vertlio--7-Founa Drowool,
NI A ii L Balt °LW li -WfIiLET,----Xoterday a matt ofither,
na1110.4 .14h.non was brought, to this Office, by Slade,
it:COnstablei„
for, takipg lodgings, '47e. Withoutpay-..
Ji'lig m for them. ' it. came' ont in evidence;, that ,the
'PriSont,r used to get -over hislittle difficulties-' hojraf-
feeling, ..duknbness previous to -his -leaving' his: lodg-
liigsk,and having done so in Windmill-street, he was
kion, in charge of the constable, for his rent. fle
was, still dumb when before the Magistrate, bat on
being cOmtnittect as a vagabond,, be u lastiound tire
.use of in 4 tongue, : :',' . ~ - ':. ,: ; , ,'. ~
. DotzcssTEa.—On Monday evening, as tletitg.e---
Clarkson,. butler to J. Woutiyeare, of Crookhi3,
..,:ilf. was.
.1:ILIrili rig home, be .was net by two
:
men on hotseback, near 'Conisborough, and im-
?"itedistely after; passing them, otl a signal being
iiven by, .at - whis!lej ,bis bridle was seized by
ttiro men an feast; they dentanded his mono and
-,_
'took from him five guineas in .gold; and Some Silv&.
'Having polled him ptf his horse, be begged they vote d
not du him any personal injury, when they replied
" Nei iye kl$OW you," and irmediiikely made ett