The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-05 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE;

111.6- 5. •
Tiltsdak. we
,had a middling supply of Grain in
general ; 'Wheats- little flu6tuatioo; Malt being:
now sold with, the new Duty, causes that arti:.
cle to go off at high prices ; of Oats, the chief of
the importation is of inferior• samples,
,and very,
low ; Pease and. Beans are brisk ; Flour plentiful,
heavy sale and ratherlower.
Wheat 4os a sos a 6os od
Fine dp. - his a 6zs cd
NIAlt - 4os a 44s a sos od
Fine ditto - sis a sas od
Barley 28s a 34s od
Rye - -32 s a 36s od
NV rite Pease 28s a z2s od

Beans - zS.s a 3zs 6d
Tick-ditto -25 s a 3os od
()Ars - -14 s a 21$ Oct
Poland db. 22$ a 23s od
Rape Sced 3:1 a 341 per-last
Fine Flour 4.;!4 a 4Ss per sack
Second do. 4u a 4;s pi- (10. -

'Yesterday the LORD MAYOR ordered the bread' to
he lowered one Assize, or Two.pence in the Peck
Loaf, to take place to.rnorrow. The price of the
Oilal tern Loaf Wheaten, will then be §-id. and
floilsehold Bd.

Saturday's pit conveyed to Major-General thy-
wATEß.,`Colonel Commandant, of the Plymouth
Division of Marines, the welcome news of His
MAJESTY'S gracious intention to constitute ;he
Marine Corps, a Royal Corps, by the style and title
of the Plymouth Division of Royal Marines, as
...a
testimony. of His Majesty's perfed approbation of
the conduft of this truly valuable body of men,
by, and and sea during the late arducus contest...
—4n the evening the Marine Barracks were most
brilliantly illuminated, and (he .Corps fired three'.
excellent vollies on the occasion. Their Colours,
so often bravely defended, were deservedly dressed
with laurel, live oak, and olive branches. .A •
grand Dinner wasgiven at the 'Mess-roorn, at which'
genuine mirth, tempered with sobriety, reigned for
several hours. The toasts and sentiments were
quite appropriate to the business of the.day,
The Royal Ma'rine-.Cloathing, which was faced-
with white, is now ordered to be changed to blue;
but the alteration is not to take place till His MA-
J ESTY'S Birth-day.
On Monday night, agrancl Masquerade was given -
at the Pantheon, in honour of the Peace. The
Ball-room was illuminated with great taste ;• very
beautiful festoons of coloured lamps Were suspended
around the windows and pillars. At the upper end
of the room, two crowns in coloured lamps were
suspended.from the ceiling, and the word'Peace, in
large letters, appeared on the front of /he Gallery:
The company, though not' crowded, seemed very
well plea'.cd with the Entertainment,

Mrs. SI DDONS'S Benefit on Monday night was,
as it should be, a very excellent one. The -House
was crowded with fashionable company, who re-
ceived the highest gratification from the exertions
of her inimitable talents in Lady Macbeth.
Mrs. St DDONS appears at Covent Garden Ththre
once this season, for the benefit of her son.
The DillelantiTheatre had another exhibition on
Monday night,' and, to prove that they were all in
good humour with one another, they dramatically
concluded with a dance.

A son of Lord DEERHTJRST was lost amidst the
crowd on Thursday .night during the illumination,
and the family were in great alarm for many hours.
Yesterday the five persons taken up on Thursday
night last,.for riotously assembling about. Mr. Cob-
bett's house, in Pall-Mall, and breaking the win-
dows, were brought up to Bow-street, for re.ex„
amination ; when the matter was fully investig,ited,
Counsel attending on both sides to argue the merits
of the case; hut Mr. BoND, Sir WILLIAM PAR-
SONS, and several other Magistrates who were pre-
sent at the examination, being of opinion, that the
offence amounted to nothing more than a misdea-'
neanor, the Defendants were admitted to bail, to
answer that complaint at the next Middlesex Ses-
sions.

On Monday night, about ten o'clock, as Mr.
KE AT I NG, of Bloomsbury, in company with another
Gentleman, were passing the Thames in a boat,
nearly opposite Westminster 1-1311, tlrey were over-
taken by another boat in which were five or six
men, who came alongside of then ; when two of
the robbers, armed with pistols, steps into the
boat, and robbed Mr. K. and the other Gentleman
of their watches and money.