The Sun.
London, England, 1805-09-25 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINA RY MURDER;

On Monday night last Mr. ISAAC BLIGHT, a most
respe.Etable and opulent Merchant, was murdered;
while he was sitting in his chair in his own house
' Greenland Dock; near Deptford.— '
Mr. 13Liotrr's house is the, first,belei* Greenland
Dock, and fronts the River Thames the back part
is surrounded by a -strong, 'On Thursday
night: last. (at whiclj time Mr. BLIGHT, with his
Lady, were at -?Margate) a friend of their's, a Mr.
Scittprs, was sitting alone in .front • parloui• in Mr.
13LIGIIT'S house; about half past eight o'clock he
was alarMed by a pistol or gun, . loaded with ball,
being tired through the window : the ball lodged in
a part of the room not far frOm where lie sat ; every
search was immediately made, but no person that
could be suspe6ted was to be tbund. The next day
(Friday) Nr.'Sciurrs wrote:to Mr. 1.31.101 yr, to in-
' form him of the circum,tance, when the latter in-
, stantly came to 'town,' but neither he nor Mr.
SCRIPPS, could attach StispiCion upon any one.
On Monday.tiight%these Gentlemen'.Were,sitting-
togcther in a, back parlour in Mr. B.'s house ; and
about the,saMehour (half past 'eight o'cliaek),
S. having Occasion to go out for a few mininesitook
a candle, and left his friend alone. He, had not been
gone niore thantwo or three minutes, when he heard
the report of a.gun, on which he immediately re-
turned, and, found Mr. B. lying shot.thrpugh the
body ; the ball had entered a little below his ribs,
passed through his back, 'and lodged in the wain-
scoting :behind where lie sat. The only person hi
the house when the murder was committed was a j•
female servant, Who also heard' the report of the
piece; but was in a kitchen at some distance;
ther Mr. SCRIPPS; the seNant, nor'those who were
called in,, could findany traces whatever of the mur-
derer ; he got clear off; neither grin nor pistol Was
left behind, nor any thing that could tend in the least
to discover him. -
The unfortunate Gentleman was instantly put to
beili and the assistance of a Surgeon immediately
procured, who soon pronounced the wound to be
mortal, . •,
' Mr. 13Moter, during the night and yesterday
morninq Was sufficiently colleaed to be able to
answer every qUestion relative to the horrid trans-
; aftion. The whole account, however, that he could
give was extreMelY : ,he stated, that after Trlr.i
SCRIPPS left him he sat.. alone, mild neither heard
nor susnkted any one at last, libweVer, he saw
the door of the 'redin.open slowly. (but this ,did not
alarill him), and almost at tjle. sa:fac instant he was
shot ;'.he neither saw nor heard the.person who fired
at him:` r • •
The above particulars Mr. 131,IGHT repeated dis-
tintitY.gtVeral times before he • died •;- 'and declared
that he was net conscious of having an (,:etny in
the world. He. expired at three o'clocl. yesterday
• afternoon.:
The decBased, WO on the point of retiring from
busineu. Mrs. ilt.tonT,had nut returned tiontiMar-
Ote at eight u'elock,yesterday evening.

Afarried, at Lainsha'w, On the 17th inst'. the Right
Hon. Lord AsiInIuRTON, to Miss ANNE CUNINd.•
It AMEO daughter'of the late WILLIAm Ceti ING
Esq. of Lainshaw.
On Thursday last was married, at 'St. George's
Church, Hanover.:gqoare, I the Rev. EI2SEIsY
IS fIAM, ROBS IIAnoN, E,q, of Castlegn, in the
County of Galway, Inland, to Miss Dr,6A BARER,
daughter of Eowmtn E,,q. of Park-street,
Grosvenor-square,

'There was a more plentiful supply of prime cheese
at Beading Fair on ',,Saturday than has been known
for some years ; the .quantity pitched was little 'less
th'an 500 totes. The prices were 'on the decline;.
new Cheese geld c i the average from 50s. to 70s: per
cwt. old ditto, 68,;. to 80.--The show of horses
was not so good as.
we have scut;the best Went
(AI at high pr ces i.' • •
There was a good' Fair at St. Tudy on 'Monday
last. Fat cattle, 'in particular,' sold freely at a good
price.
'rhere *ere inspe&ed and stamped at Leeds,
froth the ist of Sept. 1804, to the Ist of Sept. 1805,
the following Hides and Skins 324.2 ; • Calf
Skins,; 43,22 Lamb and Sheep SiMs, 44%263.
A.t Maldon Mr; on Friday and Saturday last,
there 'were large shoWs of sheep, lambs, and lean.
cattle : the two foriner sold freely, but the beasts
met with 'few purchas'eis, though at lower prices
than were asked at the preceding furs of Barnet and
finrlow-Bitsh. Senie pens of SouthAoWn shearling
ewes fetched a 3 high gas :351. 5. creme-eures, :301. ;
anct the pi wether.4illubs, 241. per score.
On' Thursday last an inquisition was -taken be-
tbre JACKSON MASON, ESCI. Mayor of LancaSter, at
the Cross-keys Inn, on the' body of-Jane Black,
04t) had'been tetind suspended.. by a tad 'from the .
etirtain-rod of .a bed hi that-house, about eight
o'clock the same morning. It aPpeared that the
deceitSed .ah'ent yearit 'had be en.a
rivantlia,Maker in Preston, from' vAcifiee she -went.
tt Lancaster, on the ith inst.in;Pursiiit, of a faithless
swain, ,otie of the theatrical corp.S, She' appeared
:3tate of health, said her maiden name was
Douglas; and had a brother of that naine, a -Barrister,.
in Edinburgh and that her_ husbarkd, .who be
to Vivtojoon, had been dead.„eltwen .years,- .ht Apr,
peating.:itgthe Airy that site had wihibited Kvgral
symptun*-- .inNanity, they ruturned a verdia a
Lunar y. ,
The.Levpes usually held at Cooper's Hall, in Bay-
' inghall-street, will reconunence oil Monday ..neXL.
when the good old Lady ForkunA, will, with -her
wual-iraparti4ity, dispenie-, her, fiavolit's to. 4'11104
of people, giving twenty thousands, ten 1h0u541145:,
and other rich Prizes, to such; as have placed..them-
selves in, iteur way by Purchasing a Ticket or. Share in.
the presett rich Lottery.

.
Monday eveninf.f, a' hachney coachman„ who 'b
known' Iy' the nick-name of Geo;se the Brae,
oPght in Piccadilly, near gend-strett, with a.Geu-
tleman's servant, a young null about en 'yearS of
age. Though George the, Brewer is well kfloviti as
a fighting nran, 'and is a most remarkably,powerful
athletic made man, the
Dint of
had so much the
advantage'of.hhn in point of aCtivity, that iii less
than' a quarter of an hour he gave the eitperienced
pugilist two,black eyes, a broken nose, and .severl
bruises about the body, without sustaining any wag
terial injury himself. The coachman finding that it
wai likely he should he worsted, en.lcavoured to lift
him in his arms and dash him, by main fi.)rce,aainst
the pavement. Finding this,, which is a favourite
mode with him, fail, he then took, (Biretta oppprl
tunnies, ,ic. 'hen they closed iir were' on die- grata,
to bite the young man, and:the last bite nearly.'
abled one of the young man's thumbs. The crowd
then expressed•their in at such brutaliy', by
taking .stuumary vengeance of the -444 g,
preventing the., young nun from tit
He had got' into the quarrel from a generons.*,
tempt to defend a Woman against the.insults of Oa
coactnnan.'_.
On Thursday evening as a farmers cart %Ai or'
lying hoMe some shearers; it went over'a pet.ciPi'''
into Biistone Burn,' ne,;eSpringfield Paper-inill, ow-
ing to the eictrerne darktiOitof.‘the nt, the Boa
lias a very.rough. rocky bottom, and le pot)! l'‘'°"l
pie were: shockingly bruiiesl. Otic
~,tri h'a.l !le gill.
broke in two placei, 'and tine bruises of'soul ?t'.4
are thought to-be still.:morc:.dstigerool. •
'Drummer belons‘o'; too
Last -Wedariday a a 3
,„•„vt to .the
Bth Ile,inient of Foot, quartered at- li'lllll6'. '
. - . `i'll 16'. ur-
went to bathe near the So f P' "ad \'" -111.
. ut I let, a , .., . er_
tUnately drowned ; he ‘vas obsorve'l bY.°l;fle P'o`
sons.on the Pier to sink soon :after herbt i'11p,,,,,,t
sea; a most vigilant and ,anxious N WO r'ri,,,;
on the beach for.a cousi4exable time, but he no"
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