The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-06 00:00:00

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1° have been nin from a ship lately arrived from
Amsterdam.
The Three Sisters, JAMES TAYLOR master; bound
to Hamburgh, coal loaden, in going to sea yester-
day se'nnight, went on shore on the Herd Sand, and
is full of water.

Friday a Court Martial was held at Portstizooth,
on board the Neptune, on Stephen Holloway, a
marine, for having deserted from His Majestyi
Ship Camilla, in the month of May last: He was
found guilty, and sentenced to receive ioo lashes...—
Capt. 21/4r.O'BRYEN DaultY, President.
Lieutenant THOMAS STAINES, late of the Fou-
droyant, is promoted to the rank of Commander.
Captain M. Co WAN is confirmed in his rank as a
Commander.

Captalo\V °LYE, of the Galatea, is appointed to
1) Aigle, a fine new Frigate, lying at Portsmouth.
The English Ships Percher' and ray, captured on
their homeward-hound voyage from Bengal, by the
11tliona, French Privateer, after the conclusion of
tne Peace, and sent to the Isle of France, were lying
there on the Bth of July,; and the Admiralty Court
reftsed to proceed to their condemnation until it re-
ceived orders from Paris on the Subjeet.
Four vessels arrived at Liverpool, during the last
atda.,Wholly freighted with cows, from Drog-

r4l/4,'‘,Attount of all the BoUrities paid on the Im-
;,(21-0,-at'," of Corn anclßiee, in the
.yeart endin tie
c„7,t),ioEinber, /801 and I Boz respediVeij distin-
°"""lOg each Quarter.
tim
rt-- ending sch lanuary,
sth April
ith July
loth October

,E• 44,336 13 0!$
30,419 II 9
41,205 i 6 9
4158.1,5 17 I 1

Teat ending tell of Oetober, der Z. 533,2.87 14 6i
ttilitter: eriding sth. January; igoi
sth April
sth -
loth oraober

931,839 ►7 9
270,018 3 91
321,737 12 Ili
t°9,991 14 lok

Year eridioi Loth of 061ober, rEoz ,C. x,633,587 9 4i

~ At ingitestone (Essex), the talit fair of the rear
In the Eastward Counties, there was but a small
supply of cot or Irish cattle, which sold deal.;
there were sotile droves of good Shropshire oxen;
and Welch runts, which alSo fetched high prices.
4; the folloWing is a Statement Of the Revenue and
rorce of the Mahratta Empire
Ret,tntici. Injantti..
Peishivl 4 crores 40,000 20,00. 60,000
Scindea 6 60,060 30,000 qoAco
liolkar 30,000 4,000 34,000
lionnceli 50,000 10,0:.0 60,060
Guyacar 30,000 3c,000

Total i 6 Crorei eic,ooo 64,e00 274.0ci0
. A crore of rupees is equivalent to about one mil:
lion sterling:
This force, however; is rather to be considered
as What Can be brought into the field, in case of
emergency, than as the ordinary permanent establish..
en ;
and the inft
antry; with the exception of Scin.
dews; 4 Intre rabble, without discipline:
Found The folloikirlg
in the dreadful affair happened near Stone
night of Tuesday ladt : An Exciseman,
pers64 wliom he hiied to assist him in the
ek-
lcution of pia datt; On the coast OfSt2ssex, Weft Oa
horseback, for the pilipose of detefting illicit traders,
mat the above place, on Tuesday nigkit„, when tutee
Theni on horseback likewise, whom the Excise.
man conceived were smugglers, appearing on the
hehe instantly crossed and desired them to halt.
foremost of the three, probably mistaking him
for
a highwayman; in lieu of civilly complying
'With his request, , inquired if it was his intention
tt) rob him, And immediately raised a stick, or
te handle of $ whip, to strike him ; when the
Olsciseman's Assistant, levelled and discharged
pistol. The ball entered the stranger's body
.21 little above the hip, on the left side, went direa-
lY through him, and lodged in the skirt of his
Coat on the right. He dropped, and the Excise-
tun and his Assistant, leaving him to the care of his
asionisfied, friends, made or, and the next morn-
'early gavesan lemma of their proceedings to the
~pervisor at Lewes, who it appears most severe-
tY. reprimanded them for their sanguinary con.
daft ; they, greatly alarmed, probably from what
She Supervisor had said to them, for their own
safety, left Lewes with much precipitation. The as.
sisrant took the road' to Rottingdean, and at length
accreted himself in a cavity of the adjoining cliffs,
Where he, the same day, was discovered by a man who
accidentally happened to pass the place of his conceal.
fie", who instantly secured him, and took him to the
1)4°11c-house at RDttingdean; from whence,soon after,
under a strong escort, he was reconduaed to Lewes :
'when dragged from his retreat in the cliff, by a sin-
Pe person only, he was still armed with pistols :
_6c, however, made no resistance. On teaching
they found that the Exciseman had like.
lc been apprehended by the parties who had
rtaken
in quest of him. They were, therefore,
4'ert together before the Aaing Magistrates,
pews SHILLEr and GREEN, who on hearing the
aas stated, committed them both to Lewes Gaol ;
froth whence, it is expelled, they ,will be brought
111) for their final examination in the course of the
Week, and be fully committed for trial. The man
'N.,ho received the injury was living on Friday night,
though no hopes are entertained of his recovery.
Yesterday evening, about seven o'clock, a fire
broke
-, out at a Cooperage, in Allhallows-lane, near
-London-bridge, which entirely consumed the same,
_and damaged the premises adjoining. A Fireman
was run over by an engine, in Tooley-street, and
killed on the spot. He has left a wife and five
children.
Early on Monday morning last the cotton-mill,
tle property of Mr. Denison, and which has been
lately worked by Messrs. Oats, Stevens, and Co.
situatee near Penn foot Stile, Nottingham, was din.
mediate
to be on fire, and notwithstanding the im.
tleate alarm, all assistance was useless, and in
vo hours this beautiful and extensive building was
reduced to a mere shell.
On,Saturday night, spine thieves broke the shop
of a Jeweller's shop in St. Giles's, by
their hand through the glass, and stole a bill-
iiin: diamond ring, and sundry other articles.—
,y took the precaution, to prevent being put-
. '.3.ed' `3l tying the door of the shop to the iron rail-

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