The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-26 00:00:00

i‘tISaLf..INEOUB.

ATTEMPT AT Saturday night Irst
,
abont twelve a; James Pople wa's return-
ing home t4i his lOdging, in Great Ann4treet, he
was attacked nearhis own door by the following
desperado s, who have lOng infested the neigh-
bourhood of Lawford's Gate, viz. Joseph Clark,
Joseph Mathews, and Davis, of West-street;
John Williams. (late corupanion of the notorious
George Groves) Naney Williams (sister of the said
Williams) Susaa Williams, their niece, and a man
at present unknown.- These wretches first began
to ktstle Pople, will), on making a slight resist-
ance,. was surrounded by 'the whole, and the two
,females caught hold of him, whilst Williams, With
a knife, cut off one of his breeches poeklets. At
this Pottle cried " murder !" when Williams again
attacked hint with the knife; and stabbed him in
various 'arts of the face and body,, and then ab-
sconded. 'f he watchman found hint on the ground
bleeding profusely, and he had just strength left
to tell Who were'the villains. He was taken tiotne
immediately, covered with'wounds and blood, and
every surgical advice afforded him, but he still
lies without hopes of recovery. We have the hap-
piness, however, to state,* that three Of the print-•
eipals of the gang are already taken, and) after
Laving undergone an examination; viz. Clark and
the two females, were yesterday morning fully
committed to Gloucester gaoi.--(Bristol Journal,

At the late Somerset Sessions, Thonzls Draper
was brought up to receive further punishment as
•
a' rogue and a iagabond, haying disgustedlite in—
habitants of !Os impudent pretensions
to cure all manner of hy virtue of his
it is it but ir never-
dieless, true, t:ifa,-3
house, in the-, firm p.."rsoasion of

iti (,i p-i so:Is P.

keel to ixis

S. int :f

skill. nvnia his f)ii,)tvcil's
a height which is seil-;,117 wheiv the

'Magistrates, v:,ry mach to, th.c:r credit, caused
the Doctor to .be apprehended and 'sent to
-.41,141.d0n Manett goat as a rogue` and -vaga-
bond, and. 'lle was brought up at this .-session
to receive farther punishinent.
.The former con-
yiction, however, iu.ing,• been made on paper
instead of, parchment, which is necessary f0r,u1.7
tcrior proceedings, the Doctor was .luckily ac-
quitted: .He had-no sooner joined the expectant
crowd of believers out of court, than he told there
that-the defect in the pro.ceedings which led to
his escape was dictated by God,_ who had thus
happily restored him to the service
D.REAnFuL ACCIDENT.,—About ten. o'clock, on
;ast Tuesday morning, the -following dreadful ac--
cidene occurred at the Powder-Mills of. Mr. Lavr

rence, of Battie, in Sussex.' A quantity of powder
explodeel in the corning and drying ho6e, by which
the. building and thre, men who were at work
there-in; were blown, comparatively, to atoms.---
The' other erections, employed in the tnanaae-
-tory, were but little damaged. In• collecting the
mangled remains of the unfortunate sufferers,
named" John Sinder, Philip Man,, and John Eld-
ridge, , sen. the, heart of one of them was found
entire, and suite detached from any othei• part of
the hotly. They were all married men, and one'
had worked in the mill upWards of thirty years.—
The concussHn produced by the explosion '(which
no one can acconntsfor) was' felt several milesTrom
t he ,spot.. •

o; Saturday evening, a meSsenger belonging to
the Custom-horse, while in the possession of some
official letters and papers, hating drank too freely
at the- Coach and Horses public house, in-Blooms-
'bury, a soldier of the Guards was observed taking
the dccuruents from hini, and Breaking open the
seals. lie Was in consequence taken into custody,
and yesterday be was ,brought.to Bow-Street, and
underwent an examination. ire was recommitted
on suspicion of having stolen the messenger's
-watch: The official
,papers were sent to one of
the Commissioners of the Customs.
Ox roan, Juts 23.—The Rev. Joseph Gill, B. D. Vicar of
Swaff hath Bulbecli, Cambridgeshire, and one of the Senior
Fellows. of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been presented,
by the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the Rectory of
Staplehurst, in. Kent. The Rev: John Dirt; M. A. Vicar
Choral of Hereford Cathedral, to the Rectory,of Putley, He-
refortkliire., 'On Saturday Townsbend Selwyn, Clerk, A. M.
was instituted to the Prebend of Gloucester Catbedral,yacant
by the death of Joseph Attwe!l S.uatl, D: D. on the presen-
tation of the King; and Was afterwards installed.,