The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-29 00:00:00

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Mr. Btrrett left Worthing. There was not acr
-tore in Worthing who believed one word -of the
:story tabricaced,against gr..l33irett.
' A Gentleinan named Hall said he was prepared
'to state that lie saw and spoke with Mr. Barrett
the morning of the lOth_Of July.
Mr. John Hawley Was also "ready to s%Tvear that'
he was in company with Mr. lisrrett, in his count=
Ing-house until eleven o'clock on the morning of
the

' short, Mr. Barrett declared that he could pro-
duce fitly persons of respectability, who would prove
an alibi beyond a doubt.
It is a circumstance not a little remarkable that
Sarah Lawrence, the servant of Miss Latham, who
was a principal witness, and who could Wye cor-
roborated he testimony in twiny material facts, was
Dot produced as an evidence at any of these uarni-
nations. .

Under all these circumstances, Mr. Barrett was
discharged, and this extraordinary occurrence, if
true, is still concealed under a cloud of obscurity.

MANSION-House.7—Yesterdav John Spealmon was
again brought before the Loan MAYOR, charged with
hating forged and uttered two checks upon a ceriain
Rinker, purporting to be signed by a Mr. Solomon,
to whom the Prisoner acted as Clerk, the one for
1401. and the other for 201. part of the produce of
-which had been found upon the Prisoner whe,n ap-
prehended at Bath. The Counsel for the Prisoner
solicited the LORD MAYOR to remand the Prisoner
for a further examination, a principal witness being
absent, Which, with the consent of the Prosecutor'*
Solicitor, was complied with.

UNION HALL..--.Several persons: Were yesterday
summoned by Mr. Martin, -Surveyor of the Roads,
for riding and driving on the foot-path in the'Kent
Road, and fined 55. each. Among them wasa Gen.
tleman named Cobham, who complained of iosving
been violently assaulted by Mr. Martin, a$ be was
riding in company with a friend along the Kent
Road, on Wednesday, the loth inst.—Mr. Martin,
it appeared, came up to
,him, and, without saying a
word, seized his bridle, and struck his horse over
the head ; he then demanded Mr. Cobham's address,
which that Gentleman, nut knowing hint, retused
to give, and desired to- see Mr. Martin's authority
for detaining him. Instead of showing his autho-
rity, he struck Mr. Cobham. with a large stick, with
which he had just before beaten the horse. A per-
son named Wood was standing by, who also seized
Mr. Cobham's bridle, and assisted in detaining him.
This statement of Mr. Cubpam was supported by.
Mr. Sandals, 'the Gentleman who was with him,
who also stated that Mr. Martin seized Mr. Cob.
ham's horse, and struck at him, before he spoke a
word. • _ _ -

Mr. 'Martin' 'denied having struck at Mr. Cobham
till after be was himself assaulted 3. he told the Gen-
tleman who he was, and why he demanded his ad.
dress, which he rousing to give, Mr. Martin con-.
tended he was • justified, under the Act of Parlia-
ment, in detaining him.
• The Magistrate observgds, that Mr. Martin had
been more violent than upright in the exercise °Oils
.authority, and he should certainly hold him to bail
'for the assault. it appearing, however, that. Mr.
Cobham P.nd his friend were 'riding on the loot-path,
the, penalty must be enforced against hitn. They
were, fined SS. each, and 3s. costs.

FRENCJI Burnt-STONES.--As many of our readers;
.may be ignorant- of the uses to which Burr-stones
(the importation of Which' isto be perMitted for three,
months) are applicable, it may not be wholly useless_
to inform them, thatthey are the materials of which
Mill-stones are formed for grinding wheat. These.
are obtained from France exclusively, as no stone
has yet been disCdvered in this island with which
Wheat can convenkently be ground, aithough a
large premium has 'for many years been offered_ by
the Society of Arts fur the discovery. Formerly
blue stones front. Spain vvete used for grinding wheat."
These stones appear to be of a volcunic origin, are
ektremelyhatd, and are quite honey-Combed on the'
sin-face...with numerous' small cavities;, and when
siruckrare almost as sonorous as .metal. The Spa—
nish stones are in ouesolid piece, and- by some old
millers are yet in use, btit the superiority Ot, burrs is
now ‘sogenerally admitted, that _they are almost the
only stones in use. -The mill-stones made from
French-BurrsZare composed of a very considerable
number of small pieces, curiously united, and form-
ing altogether the large mass,* which to the eye of
the common observer, appears to be one solid stone:
The importation, not only of corn, but of the ma-
terials which by it can be reduced to flour, will; by
posterity, be viewed as a curious fact, when it rff
considered to what a pitch agliculture, and the
Chailie arts, have been carried in England. Ctrcw,
lar iron plates, in the shape of mill-stones, have re,
peatedly been tiled, but nothingyet discoveredcomes
pear the perfedion in grinding obtainedbylthe French
stones.,

SMITIIFIELD-MARKET, SEPT. 39.

This day's,Market was out uiiuly supplied with
different kinds of Cattle; Veal is d,:arer than our
last report ; Beef, Mutton, and Pork, are cheaper ;
and the trade in general was not over brisk.—Tne
sales in the Hay M
Market were not liiely 5 Hay,
Straw, and ClOver, have dropped in price'since Mou-
day's Market.—The undermentioned prices and num-
'hers are an accurate statement

'Co sink the OtLi per stone of Sib.
• Beef 4s. td. to ss. Vi.—Mutton 4s "od. to 53. &I.—Veal
tod. to 7s. od.—Pork ss. Bd. tubs. 6.t.--Lamb os. on. to
os, od.
Beasts, 58 .—Sheep and Lambs, 4,soo.—Calves,
Pigs, z7o.