The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-02 00:00:00

CO RN EXCHANGE;

Auprit 2.; • .
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THIS day .we have a great many fresh arrivals
of Wheat, Lgreat part of which did nor ' meet
A ready ' sale, and there , was a reduction • of
about 2S. arid 35. pei.,Quarter ; the hie demand
for Barley, causes it to maintain good.p.rices ;—Malt
has a ready sale ;—in Pease,and Beans there 'appears
little alteration ;—there is a goad supply of Oats,
and that article goes off rathr lower 3—Flour Pear-
ly as last. week. , , • ,
Wheat ~,. ses a 62s a c.)s ed -Beans , 30 a 39s od
Fine "do. - 7is a 7,2 s ed Tick ditto - 32$ a iss 6d,
Malt - 46$ a 48s a 53$ od Oats , - iss a zos a 255 od
Ellie (NW' a 54i assad ' Poland do. 2.63 a 17s od
Barley -32 s a 371 od Rape Seed 331 a 371 per last
Ryp - .4 33s a 37$ od Fine Flour 54s a 57s per sack
White Pease 4os a 45$ od Second do. sos a 54s per do;

We arc extremely mitt), to say that we hatie
ceived .an aceonnti " that an armed force on Wed-
nesday night, attacked the factory at Staverton,
belonging to Messrs. TONES, HART, and Joisirs,
and fired from three'diAl'erent points at the centinels
on dilty, who returned the fire, but hearing the
horse patrole coming up, the depredators retreated.
Last night a' dvYeliing-house, itt.nited at Beatfold,
neat Bradford, ihe -prOperty of JOHN Jour.s,
one of the partners in the above firine was destroyed
by fire, and there is every reason to suppose that
it was wilfully done : the premises were unoccu-
pied.—(Hath. Herald, 7ttl, 30.)
The impartation of 4 putter into London during
the last week has been 530 tons from Ireland,. 84
tons from Holland, End 39 from France the great-
etc,part of whieh,' after beingwashed in water for
tlite• purpose'of extracting the salt, and • afterw;uds
iri'rnillc, in order, to freshen it, will be retailed in
po ts its 'the Metro 1- f'-1•11 Niter.

•On Moilday, Justices LAWR ritc t and Lt., Br, 4:-/c
opened the ASsiieS for Berks at Abingdon, when
J, Ryafl, for the wilful murder of Frewin,i.of
Bisham, received sentence of deaths and on li.riday
lie Was executed at Iteading.--a Bolton and
T, Tombs, for robbing two ladies on the highway,
Were also capitally convieted, but have since been

'reprieved.
At the Commission for the County 'Of Oxford,
T. Cammel, for a Burglary in the house of Mr.
PorSOOS of . Dorchester, in the year 1797; received
sentente of death.

ESSEX ASSIZES.

eIILLNISFQRD, JULY 30.

It";rnain Game ark! Datsid Gzid6oNt were indiEted
for feloniously stopping Robert Arnold and William
MOss, on ti,e. Kink's highway, in the morning of
the r6th of June, in the parish of aigenhain, Es
sck, and there violently assaulting and beating-tht
said Robert Arnold, and`taking from his person 35.
in topper money, the current coin of tl:e

The Pri‘oners were both Soldiers, and 'on the.
morning stated in the -Indictment, met-Arnold
ing his waggon. Moss was in the idside. They
came up to him and demanded hiJ money—he swore
he would not be robbed, and called to Moss who
jumped out of the waggon A regular fight took
place, when one of the Soldiers' ,cried out —"
them, why don't cou, shoot ?" The other Soldier
then drew out a h•.3rse pistol, which fortunately
missed .fire. The parties then came to close guar-
ter§, and in the stitlggie Arnold broke the barrel of
the pistol from the szoc,k, and strnck one of the :-.ol-
diers on the head, which gave him A dreadful
wound: in the -end, however, the soldiers were
viBors, and robbed Arnold of all th•z• property he
had about him, having, sunk under the blows he had
received, and the Joss of blood. Moss ran awayi,'
and the soldiers fiAlriwed his eXamplc, though
in A different direEtiOn, both severely wounded:
Arnold and :Moss . the next morning went 'e
,Romrorti rracksi • .stispeding the
ill used then) to be ,oldiers.—They, told their
story and suspicions to the Officers„ who desired the
muster roll.: might he -called, and the soldiers drawn,
out on the parade. Arnold observed, tyat if the man
whom he had engaged with was amongst the nurnber,
he should know, assured that he had marked him on
the head: The inc. seas formed, and on lifting op the
hat of one of the prisoners, a dreadful cut was dis::•
covered on his 13-613.- which Arnold knew to be Lue
tonne he had inflited. it Was then "discovered •
that this. man and his compaction bad been out_
lodgers the preceding night, and that they were,
seen together, arid traced to the spot where the ro',L-
bery was committed. There were other profoi
which rhade the fad extremely clear; and they were.
both round G74111).-L-Peath.

. Tie Assizes ended at ten o'clock on Priday
*hen the following Prisoners were left for ekecu-
tion :7—Will/apt C/aii, for the brutal Odtk•age on
Eleanor Jane Boer ; Steptßvi Let, the Gypsey man,
for breaking into the • dweilinOtouse of Richard
Grout, in December, 1793, and William Gamrs and
David -Gibbons,• for the highway robbery above.
stated.

WALTON 'L'. VANiDPIZZEE..

The Plaintiff -is the. Post:Master Of • Billericay',
the Defendant an Attorney of the.same place. The
anion was brought tb recover a cbtripensatiOn in
damages for that which the Plaintiff' called a gloss
and seartdalnuslibel on his character and rep`utation.
The libel canted of a leeter.sent by Defendant to
Mr. Bartlett, the.ading. POstlMaster General in
London, and was as follows :—" Sir, I think ,
proper ,t 0 inform you; that a letter -of mine having
beeh opened, I am under the necessity of bringing
a penal naion. against John Walton; the Pose,:
MaSier of Billericay, who' hai been in the habit
of opening letters at that office,. which have come-
through hiS hands, for this twel,,,emonth past:-.=4
I have stispededhitn on several occasions of later
hut could-not establish the raft till a recent instance
occurred." The Defendant was as good as his Word,
and brought
,his.astion, but was nonsuited at
Spring Assizes. On that around the Plaintiff brought
the present adibri, consrdering this nore:uit would
establish-the libel, and prove the representation on
the part of Mr. Vanderzee to have been the ofspring
Of malice ; if it did, not, it Was contended a man's
'reputation would stand on an Lencertein and woful
'foundation. The necessary legal forms of proving
;the letter and its contents to have been received by
!Mr.- Bartlett, and written by, the Defendant, were.
.then
•gone through. The Defendant pleaded a
!justification Of his condua,
.and brought
,several.,
WitnesseS to prove that they had received let..
tills through the Post-office at Billericay, whiCh,
bore the appearance of having been opened, and cor..
roboratedsthe.general suspicion entertained, that an
improper liberty was taken with the letters coming
through Mr. Walton's hand.—The letter which the
Defendant had himself complained of was also put in
as evidence;:. and the party who sent it to Mr. Van..
dezee, and the persons through whose hands it had.
. passed to: the plaintiff; all swore, that it was in a dif-
fererit state, with lesped to- the seal, than when it
was delivered at the Billericay Post-osce.
The Learned' Judge, on summoning up the evi-
denee, observed, that. to- entitle the Plaintiff to a
verdia, 'the Jury most first be of opinion that the
Defendant had no reasonable ground for making the
representation he had done to Mr. Bartlett, and that.
he had acted-purely out-of malice; on Me contrary,
if they were of opinion that the circumstances
attending the letter were such as to create suspi.
cion in the mind of a flit and. candid man, then
the Defendant was .well warranted in making the
communication •he had done, and deserved -the
thanks of the County, and a verdia at their hands.
He Must.confesS the letter bole a very aukward ap-
pearance, and that something had been done' to it
was Manifest ; but in what ways .by whom, and at ,
what place, it was not for him to surmise. Of that
the Jury would decide ; remembering, that .if a
person aced improperly in any public office, another
knowing of it was 'mit bound to keep it a secret.
The jury retired for upwards of four hours, when
they. returned a, verdia for the Defendant.

A catie, respe&trig Corporation of Harwich,
was called on last Batdrday,7at the Essex Assizes ;
but on the declaration being unfolded, it was found
to contain Putentf-five separate pleas, and measured'
ten ydi.ds in-rength. His I..ords-hip observed,. 'that.
as the Assize.,was so far advanced, it would be im.
possible to trarvel through such a Recur& and begged
it-might stand over.

Cha, les Fax has been convicted at the Canterbury
Quaver Sessions, of wing Sediti:us Expressions,
ard "sentenced,. to be imprisoned twelve months,
and to find sectaitie,, for his good behaviour for two
years.

From the LQ.i.V.D9N:GAZETTE,
.7;11) 31, I Sq-z.

yuty 31, Igo2.

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28th Reiitnent or Dr3goons,.Cornet George H. Wal-
ters, from the Bth' Light Dragoons, .to he Livtenant, by
,Rurehltse, vice Lang, prorruned in the7th.Wet India Re-
gmtnt.
Yor;: HusSars, Eitign John Lowther Johnstone, frofn the
Coldstream Foot Guards, to be Lieutenant, by purs:ha;e,

vice Pelt, who retires.
bth Rc,,,iinent of Fobt, Assistant-Surgeon from
the flali-pay of the bad Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
is Waters, who exchanges.
'‘.9th Ditto, Lieutenant Ceorge-Saville Burdett to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Lord Charles Bentinck, prommrd in the
3d West India Regiment.
3oth Ditto, Lieutenant Peter Taylor, from the 84th,Foot, to
be. Captain, by purchase, vice Lahiff. who retires:
313th Ditto, Lieutenant Colonel Robert , from the
5 ist Foot, td be Lieutenant-ColoneW vice Nightinkall;
who exchanges. . „
42d Ditte, Captain David. Stewart; from the 9oth Fpot, to
oe Captain of a Company, vice Muter, -prianaoted in the

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6th Foot. • -
43d Ditto, Lieutenant Francis Glass, from Half-pay of the
gth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Di:, Moulin,„ who ex-

changes: -
sist Ditto, Lieutenant-Colonel Miles Nightingall; from the
33:h Foot,. to be I.,ieutenant-Colonel, vice Pringle, who
ex.:lL:Loges.
77:n Ditto,' Brevet Lientenant-Colonel Alexander. Wright,
;roni titer6-,:th Poor, to be Captain, vice Grant., promoted,.
Royal Waggon Train, Willian,P6ttigrew, Esq. 'from. calf_
pay of Captain, to be Paymaster.
Cities of London and iftestntinstee right Horse Volunteer:.
Cornet josias Stracy to Oct Lieutenant, vice Cornwall, de-

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e..,scct.
c.---Tenner, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Stracyc
Wllid:n itowActc, Gent, to be Curac.ut, vi.-2 Reachcroft, who

resins.

MEMORANDUM.

Lieutenant Gel, of the szd Foot, is superseded, be-
ink ah;;ent'without leave. - ,
Ensign John Dodsworth, of the sui Foot; is superseded,
having never joined the Regiment. - . .