The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-15 00:00:00

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. It is rot true, as stated in several pipers, that
the Ma: ership of Downing College Ills been de-
clared limit. At. the late election Mr., Profes-
sor Christian had one vote, that of th 3 Master of
St. John's., and Serjeant Frere r had those of the
Archbishops of Canterbury and York,' and the
Master of Clare-hall, the latter in consequence of
Sir B. Harwood declining in his favour. Against
this election Professor Christian appealed, princi-
.pally n the,•graund that the proxy by which the
vote
,of the Master of Clare-hall was given, was
not written on stamped paper. The Chancellor,
without deciding upon or hearing the petition,
adjourned the appeal; and it is now expected that
the three electors who voted for Serjeant Frere
•will immediately proceed to a second election,
without prejudice to the validity of the former.
The Master's lodge, Sir Busick Harwood's
lodge, and the apartments for the three Fellows,
are -completed. The present salaries are, the
Master 6001. the Professors 2001: anal the Fellows
1007. each , . .

On tike 22d of September inst. there will be a
vacaneV in a Lay Fellowship of Downing College,
open to. all Graduates in Arts, Physic, and Civil
Law; in this .llniversity, and the Univ,ersity of
Oxford, being under. the age
,of twenty-four years,
The election will be on- Saturday; the Gist of
October ; and will be deekl.tet by an examination
on all subjects of aeatseinical learuiag,
:The Rev. G. Vanbrugh, LL.B. has been ap-
pointed to tile office of one of the Ki;:g's preach-
in Lancashire, void bv,the =death of the
I.l"ite Rev. Hutm "' v th` M A
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A let,..k.i:r.froni .13altinibre, Irttg,-; 2,, says_
Yoh the joy I feel; when I state
-that -t-nind( i. sl.en:tei's of the liberty of the
:v.L. out` of danger., The only
tilt: worthy, brave General Linwin—the
co•tis.,:iit'iot of Washington. Men of property, and
all of timid minds are' much alarmed. Vast num-
ber-:,;1-1Aye left 'the city, a considel'able portion of
ivhopi" will remove their establishments perma-
'nently: Daily meetings of the CounCils have been
held--the Mayor tendered his resignation, but
tt as persuaded to remain in office for the present.
The criminal court being in session on Wednes-
day, the grand jury presented—" That the peace
of ythe city Was'yiolated, and 411 law being at 'an
end, they dc'elitted further proceeding, -and begged
a disChfirge; which was accordingly• grAnted.'
&committee of intiiiiry on the disturbances has
just'been appointed.
. ,
Faißs.--Wilton St. Giles's Great "Sheep,Fair,
near Salisbury,;- 'was_ held on Saturday last, and;
thenumber of Sheep and LambS penned; amounted
to 6,6,060.. Sales were brisk op fleshy Wether
and Ewe Sheep. of the South-down and Wiltshire
breeds, but lean Sheep and inferior Lambs of all
descriptions sold very dell: Wethers fetched from
345. to 565, per head ; Ewes from 235. to 38s.
per head ; and Lambs from 18s. to 31s. per head.
The exhibition of the South-down Rams was very
great, from moq.of the.choice stocks. There.was
a tolerable show ofllOrses, and those of the su-
perior cart and nag kinds sold very high..

At St. Giles'i Pair, near Wincheiter,

Horses were few in number, chiefly of the cart
breed, and sold but slowly at exorbitant prices.-
- The quantity of Cheese was great,' and met a dull
salt, at nearly the following prices --New,' from
745. to 86s.—Old, from 84s. to 108 s. per cwt. At
the close of- the Fair there was a considerable
quantity remaining unsold.
At the Annual Sheep Fair, for South Downs,
on Brighton Level, on 10th of this month, be-
tween 5000 and 6000 Wethers, Ewes and Lambs,
were brought for sale ; the Weibers sold from 40s.
to 435. per head ; Lambs. from 16s. to 30s. ; and
Ewes froin 303. to 355. Some pens of Ewes (not
for sale) were exhibited, to.give prizes to the
Shepherds of the flocks from which •'ney were e-
lected. The first and highest prize was adjudged
to the Tepherd of W. CoOnge, Esq.
lAt Norwich cattle fair there was a tolerable

supply of lean stock, for which high prices -were
asked, but. not many purchased,
..,„Few sheep-pens
were occupied. Norfolk ewe lambs. bore a. very
high price, Ibis breed having recovered its plaee
in the esteem of the farmers:
The wheat-grounds in the neighbourhood of
Chichester are now completely cleared, inconse-
quence of the fine harvest weather: Much barley
and oats are still standing, the crop of the latter is
abundant. FlOur has fallen there 2d. per. gallon:
Bread is one shilling and eight-pence halfpenny the
quartern loaf. . - •
Saturday Thpnicts Uollerd was brought up to
Worship,street Office, and underwent- examina-
tion, 'being charged by Thomas Good Win, who
stated, that iii passing along Chequer-alley,.
Whitecross-street, the preceding night, abOut
eleven o'clock, he was accosted by the prisoner
and another man '(not in custody), who forcibly.
took from his, fob a silver watch,. Chain, ,'and two
gold seals. The persOn of :the prisoner being
known by a watchman, who saw him run out of
the alley at the time, he was apprehended the next
morning.; but no property was foUnd upon
The 7 evidence • against the prisoner being very
:strong, and the fact being sworn to, he as fully
committed to Neivgate for trial.—Nnian„ residing
in the neighbourhood of Spitaltields, was brought
up; -being. charged with having part of a'bale of
unwrought silk, sunosed to have been stolen, in
his possession 3 and not giving any satisfactory
account how he came by the sat-lie, he was coin-
!flitted for re-examination.

. Mr. Sadler, it is said, intends to
,cross. the Irish
Channel i4i an air balloon. There is no instance
at all, of any attempt that can be paralleled with it.
Blanchard', indeed, passed from Dover to Calais,
lint What is that compared to the present, under-
taking. The one is little more than six leagues,
the Irish Channel 62 miles, and in many places,
twiceithat breadtli- Mr; S..has already made se,
venal. important aerial voyages—among the rest,
one from Bristol to Wales, a distance of .120 miles.;
'but there was not suclyhazard as in the intended
passage from Belvidere House, Drumcondra,which=-i take-place before 'the termination of the pfe-z-
-sent month.