The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-27 00:00:00

CONCREIrE ROCKETS.

.•
Ati,extraet from the Moniteur, containing a pre-
tended Analysis of the CUNGREVE Rockets, hay.
been lately 'published in the English Papers; we ar
ltappy',io be_ enabled to state trom authotny; to
.anxious as the French are to,make the world believ:
they pcisess the secret,, their own account urn
Jcompletely gives the lie to the as,;ertion cohtained
it, without the. necessity of any exposure of the reat
art, and elearty proves that they have ;lever yet i, t-d
one in their ,possession. • ,
Thus, the Rocket they pretend to have analyzed
is said to have been made with " brown paper.''—
Now 'we are authorised boldly to assert, that the
CONGREVE Rocket is absolutely made of no. 'a:A
material, no any thing like it. So •f he diamet...r
this Rocket-is stated to be one centiotare, but t
smallet of our :war Rockets is more than ten ttn,L
thnt,diameter.

The Fr4nch Chemist pretends also*tO 'give ap ana-
lysis of the composition and a description of its pt..
.perties.--Now there happens to be two sorts of corn-. ,
positi9.n. in the true Racket, with essentially ent
propOztres. He hasJunfortunately only o le,
and to that has at.tually attributed the property of •
the other, which he has not discovered, for it eon•
tains at least ten ingredients instead of ihree,-as as-
signed by his analysis. But the fai=t is--Ist. That it
is absolutely impossible to ascertain how the peculi:lrly
powerful et&t of these rockets is produced, either lair •
analysis, or by inspection. And 2d.yhat there is this '
singular -advantage in the existing principle origi
weapon, that the very act if iring it a-gcirist the
enemy of necessity destroys all that it could be iintlo! -
twit for him to know, nor can it reach him but by,
the very obliteration of its secret powers ; su that t.
art of making these destructive amenities is not on, ,
,"-
ours exclusively at present, but is guarded against In-
Aure discovery by the two properties above-mentiOn
whicliare peCuliar to this weapon., - •

' Nevertheless it is not pretended.. that the seoiet
may not ll4itlfVety develoße itself to a Frenclinmo
as it has done:to the inventor of it in this country
-but we lrepeat,.that it will not be by any such pio-
cess as that Wlii-Ch the French, chetni,t has instmo-,
ed, or by.analysis at all; and that. therefore all
direct and ordinary clues of discovery are in this case
entirely cut off. If, indeed M. LUSSAd who seems
so ambitious of assaying the powers'of this weapon,
had thoughvfit to hk.tve made Hie arperiment t!<;
during the late bohnbardment of .:Flushing, or if 'hr
should feel so disposed on any similar oceasio'n her e-
after, , he might possibly perceive the error of su.im
of the items of his Report, but we can assure him
he would still be' no nearer the mark of aetual dis-
,covery.

In this mystery, therefore, we shall leave cur
enemies, and in the mistaken notion of their acqui-
sition, rejoicing' thi.is to have been enabled to collate
the falehood without betraying the truth ; and to,
assure the,public that the real art of construaing-ili-
powerful weapon, is thus involved in such myste-
rious security. ' When indeed M. LussA:c can wake-
a Rocket which will range a mile and
.6 hut;
which at that distance possesses all the power of con:,
jlagration of the largest mortars, we shall then; but
not till then, contegs, that he has discovered the
secret of the cONGREVE Rocket.

On Friday last -a-general meeting of the Worsted
and , Silk ManufacfnrerS was lidd iu Norwich,
when it was resolved to increase the wages of the
weavers. It is supposed that the amount to be paid-
by- this advance will be about 50001: per annum.
It was before a melancholy fact, that an industriort
man, with a wife and three or four children, though
willing to work 12 or 14 hours in a-day, could not
maintain his farnily without applying to the parish
for relief, in aid of his earnings'; a hurniiiat,ing state
of dependence, "calculated to debase his charader,
lessen his self-esteem, and to clestrbithose qualities
Which are the best preservatives of his integrity and
virtue.

A fall in the.price of corn, we are confidently as-
sued,-may be looked for, owing to 'the large quan•
tities expe&ed, by license, from France. Certain
Commissioners, who were buying up corn in Corn!
wall, for Bristol, have, in consequence, received or-
ders to stop their purchases; and even to disen.
tangle them Selves from all such engagements as may
not amount to actual colutrads.

Eleven Crown debtors were on Wednesday dis-
charged from prison, in addition to those' libera! t
by the Society for the Relief of Persons imprisoned
for Small Debts.

A few nights 'since the *warehouse of Messrs. Ski-
ney and Co. colour manufaEturers, in Star and Gar.
ter-yard, Ratchtfe4lighway,* was broke open, and
robbed of one hundred weight of colours, &c. Se-
veral houses in that neighbourhood have lately been
attempted to be rubbed.

Coart-ExcHANGE..—,There is a tolerable supply of
Wheat to-day, with .some Foreign Arrivals. Sales
are very heavy and hardly 'maintain last. Prices;
Barley, little variation ; Malt, this week, is•cheaper
'White Peas rather lower; Beans of the two kinds,
likewise ; there are very. large supplies of Oats, Add
SaleS thereof are also named rather lower. Flour at
late Prices ; and fine ,American, to 635. per
bushel.

Wheat -78 s a 92s a ton Tick Beans - -43 s aSO
Fine ditto - - 106,s a itos Oats - - z7s a 3os a jss
Rye - - sos a 56s Poland ditto -37 s a 4,-;,s
Barley - -48 s a 5k Potatoe ditto - ±-s a 41$
Malt - 76$ a 'B4s, Rape Seed - ' 481 a .541
White Pease -86 s a 965. Fine Flour - 9os a 9is
'Grey ditto • sOs a 55s Seconds j liss a 905,,,
Beans - - . 6.0 s a bss•

SMITHFIELD MARKET, OCT. 27.

This day's Market had but a scanty supply. vi
dif-
ferent kinds of Cattle; Mutton is cheaßer' than our
last report; Veal is dearer 5 Beef and Pork support
last prices; and the trade for the most part was not
over brisk.—The sales in, the Hay market Were not
'lively ; Straw fetched a better price than Monday's
Market ; Clover has fallen in price; Hay sold at
last price.—The undermentioned prices • and num-
bers are an accurate statement ;=---