The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-30 00:00:00

I1•EK11OUT11,. SEPT. 28.

As soon As the signal was discovered of an F;tte,
my on the Coast, our crutizers in Portland Roads
proceeded to sea with all possible dispatch ; the
Literty Gun-brig in particular, carrying an extraor-
dinary press of sail, was uvertakm by a sudden
squall, and nearly swamped; site providentially right-
ed, and fortunately escaped with only the loss or
her main-top-Mast, but was, of course, ottiged t•.)
give up the chase; and return to Portland-Roads.,
On Saturday last the aieste,fied.Packet, Captain
'Wow), arrived with the Mail and Passengers auto
Guernsey and Jersey, and on the same evening t!a
General Doyle. Packet, Captain PIPER, sailed fur the:'
said Islands.

The Esplanade,. facing Weymouth 'Bay, is nearly
completed. It was, tirst.undertaken: by the late Sig
WILLIOI PI/LTNEY, and extends neatly a mile, in
length to the point bf the Pier, by winch Means it
has acquit'ainanite strength and cltira'ility ; it no.v
forms one •.of the most piauresque and healthy
walks in the Kingdorri, particularly for valetu.lnta-
dans : it has been so constructed, and the• La. b :r
is so formed by nature, that it may be improved,
.tended, and deepened, pi as to admit: Ships of War;
Indiatnen, aod' Vessels of large b,irthen, at an
pence of little consideration when put in compo•..
tition with the public adt'antages to ho derived.
therefrom 10our Navy, Ship-owners, %1
.....er,..l.lats;
--Upwards of twenty ,thouiand pounds h :\r t,r. n
expended ley Lady this undertnkin.;.
We have had repeated instances of omits in 814-
tress, in violent gale, of wind, wt. P ei,•l
vouring to teich Portsmouth h ► hoar; to 'Ail, • I tie.
Atisetve4 and ii.terpivento aolooW
many melancholy events iyt 'this nature ; was Allis
harbour therefore to be Unproved, and receive-the.
necessary alteration, it woukt be ohe of the mo,t
easy of accesi, many ships would escap...! ships reek,
and the preservation of many hundred v3lu.ilile lives
of his Majesty's Subjects would be the happy' result.
The direful late'of the• above ships alone are too
true and painful to dwell on ; but it is to,be hoped
that the repetition of those .fatal catastrophe s tn.)
be the means of attracting the notice of his. .
jesty's Government, and prompt them. to investigate::
a .subject of so much ituportaticep our shpt nig •
interest,' more especially when it, can be carried ink)
e(feei for a far less sum than has already been indi—
vidually laid out in the commencement of the under-.
taking—an assertion .not formed on .speculative Opi-
nion, but *rounded on thejudgmentof that most ex—,
perienced ehaniEter Mr. Jkivrit wxurp., who, by his
inventive skill,' has been the means or recovering
immense property from the wreck of the Atergi,,
venny, and, who has prepared a plan of the above'
undertaking, and offered h;s assistance on the. occui;
sign in the most disinterested andliberal cruitiner:

The following is a more partie'Thr account of the
cp.culmtance which• hvperied at Plymoutkon *Alio
Oa instant, and which put.the whole town and

neighbeurhooe in commotion :—That day being (Ito' •
anniversary of the Coronation, the Men of
-War its
the Sound' ftreflas uanal.at one o'clock, in honour of
the occasion, when a cannon ball of t e pounds
weight entered the: back part of a house belonging •
to a Mr. Roberts. Its. course was . stopped by
cupboard in the front„Of the., house:. Many per-
sons were in Mr. Roberts's . house at the time, but .
fortunately they were all, eXcept.a child, collected at
dinner, out -of the range of the ball, which passed
through three rooms without doing any Mischief,
except to tho house and furniture. It destroyed
many articles, but its
.force was much deadened by
a.vory large quantity of corks, but it afterwards
passed through the floor, and Went by the child,
who was indisposed above stairs, whom it did iic4
hurt, though it produced great havock in the room.
This is the third event of the same kind that has
happened at Plymouth within the last two years,
and it is to be, hoped that particular enquiry will
take place in ordento pst a period to such wanton.,
mischief, which might have been prodUctive of 04
most melancholy consequences. -

The late Mr.-JOHN who died last week_
at Romtbrd, in Essex, was so well known for his
agricultural skill, as well as private worth, that 1;e:
deserves a more respeelful memorial than the meta
statement of his. decease. He was a farmer by pro.:
fession, but he would have done. honour to any sta..'
tion in life_by his good sense, and eager: desire Of
useful knowledge and integrity: His zeal In agri:
cultural pursuits would have raised his name into
high celebrity, if his'fortune had enabled him to
bestow as much attention to those important studies
as the Noblemen, and Gentlemen who are sojtistiv
entitled to the esteem of mankind for ,their liber4
patronage and experiMental diligence in such mat•
tern. Jibe has not, hoWeveri, left a- splendid name'
behind hint, he kit one not less himourable in moral
estimation.

CON-EXCHANGE, Star. 30.—ThPre a mid-
41.;ig supply of Wheat to-clay, though few frelli
,arrivals owing -to the coptrary sales aru
made' heavily, and second with inferior sampleli
at rather lower pricea ; in -Barley and Malt 1404
fitetuatinn ; White 'Tease' fully support the late
great\advance ; Beaus of both sorts are. cheaper ;
Rape Seed at less; Oats and Flour at onr last prices ;
awl Fine Arnerioan 355. to 38S. pttr Barrel.