The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-13 00:00:00

ROYAL CHARTER-HOUSE.

Yesterday being the Anniversary, or Oration*
Day, of this ancient Institution, the usual cere-
.monies were observed according to the charter.
The Governors and Friends of the Institution as-
sembled about eleven o'clock, and after partaking
of a slight repast, and transacting the usual annual
business of the day,.Froceeded to the chapel, where
Divine Service was performed,"and.an excellent
sermon preached by the Rev. CHARLES RICHARD
FANSHAW. There were present. the Archbishop
of CANTERBURY, the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord
THunt.ow, and many other persons of distinction.
After Church, the company repaired to the Great
Hall; which was fitted up for the occasion.;--
Master CHARLES C4TENOVE, the senior boy or
Captain of the Grammar,School„delivered a most
excellent oration in Latin, which received the
greatest
.applause. After the examination and
oration, the. young Orator went_ round,
.and the
several Governors and the rest of the company
present gave him their usual donations.

BREAD.--This day the LORD-MAYOR ordered a
reduction of 04d. in the price of a quartern loaf
for the ensuing week, to take place on Thursday.
The quartern loaf-will then be
An extract of a letter from St. Petersburgh,
dated Nov. 12, says—" From Cronstadt the arrival
of his Excellency Lord CATHCART. The Ann
has also reached that station ; it is.a Government
transport, and has brought horses for the sm-
peror. The floating ice is in considerabfequan-
titles, and very strong about the Mole Head ; here
it 'has quite disappeared as well as the snows.
Uur•Exchange is at 11 7-eigths.
On /friday, we hastily and without reflexion on'
the general accuracy of that paper copied from the
Morning Chronicle, a paragraph stating, that the
•` Marquis De FACHIALE, Ambassador for Por-
tugal at this Court, was ordered to Rio Janeiro,
and was to be sacceedpd by his nephew Count
PALONELA." , We are obliged to a Morning Paper
for setting us right in this respect, which it does
in the following words :7.-
. .

" This valuable in form: tt i which the ilforzeinp Chronicle
ostentatiously places in large letters in the front oeits leading
article,•must be intended for the Y'oreign correspondents of
whom it boasti. We in England know perfectly well that
there are no such men alive as either the Marquis De FoN,.
CIIIALE or the Count PALONELa. The Count-De FuNclutt,
indeed, is, as he has been for a great utsinber of years? the
Portuguese Minister at this Court ; and more than a year and
a half ago, the Count PA tmEt..‘ arrived in Englaud to replace
the Count of FtticuAt, who was named Prime Minister at
his own Court :t but thb turn which about that time began to
take place in Continental prospects; induced, we understand,
M. De Funebal to expect the return of his Court' to Europe.
and he in consequence has not resigned his mission in Env.-
land. But all this transaction is more than a /term old;' and
.the Chronicle, we see, continues to deserve its aid reputeith,„
of being as early in its intelligence of facts as lt is accurate
and well-informed of details."

Many parts of Germany, particulary Hanover,
are so much infested with robbers, that it has
been found necessary to send out detachmemts of
military to patrole the great roads, and assign an
escort of troops to the bearers of dipatehes.
An Officer who belonged to the Confiance, in
the' action on Lake Champlain, says that Captain
DowNIE was ,killedhetore the Confiance had fired
her first broadside, by a 42-pound shot passing
close to him, at the lower end of the abdomen;
he fell dead, without even a sigh being beard-front
him. Them was not the slightest appearance of
his having received any injury.

ROBBER AND ATTEMPT AT MU RDhit.—Ohl
Sunday evening, about seven o'clock, as Mr. Natlr,
Crossland, Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, was coin-
ing down Highgate• bill, he heard most distressing
cries ; it was a very dark and rainy night ) he
followed the cries to a lane leading to a firm, up
which he went about 20 yards, where he found a
man lying on the ground apparently in a very dis-
tressed state; he asked him several questions as
to the cause of his lying there, and of his cries.
It was some time before he could obtain an an-
swer that he could understand, but at length.
learned, that he had b, en robbed and wounded,
and left in that helpless state; when just as he
was about to raise the man up, and give him as-
sistance, a man rushed out from behind a hedge,
knocked him down with a • bludgeon upon the
man on the ground, who instantly got up, and nu
doubt had been lying there voluntarily, and
making a noise to excite the attention of passen.
gets. They stopped his mouth with a woollen
cloth, and held him down while they robbed hint
of Bank nbtes to the amount of 131. a watch, anti
other property. They then endeavoured to mur,.
der him by cutting his throat with a knife ; but
Mr. Crossland struggled hard, and having a very
thick neckcloth, they were prevented from effect-
ing their bloody purpose. He tried to wrest the
knife from the robbers, and eventually succeeded,
but not without cutting his right hand dreadfully
the villains then escaped. Mr. Crossland return-
ed to the public road, anti found the patrole
within about thirty yards from the spot Arbere the
daring act had taken place, who denied having
heard him call patrole or murder, and he made nu
attempt to pursue the robbers. Mr. Crosaland,
procured assistance, and was conducted back to
Highgate, when he was supposed to be in a dying
state, frog his throat having been cut, and the
profusion of blood that had flowed ; but on Mr.
Wetherell, a surgeon, being called in, he found
it unnecessary to sew up the wound, as the wind-
pipe had not been completely separated. Mr.
Crossland is now in a fair way of doing well,