The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-30 00:00:00

CONSTRUCTION OF THE WET DOCKS

THE rocks are 29 feet deep, built round with
brick work, filie feet in thickness at top, and co-
vered with large square stones as coping to the
wall. About two feet below, the top is a groove
in the brick-wOrk, ab=►ut six inches deep, kind a
foot wide, into which a timber, is inserted to keep the
ships from injuring, or being injured by the brick-
work.

Such are the Wet Docks, or rather the Wet
Dock, at present, for there is only one finished, the
length of which is t 600 feet, and the width p 4..
That which is yet to be made will be of the same
length, but narrower by "too feet.

A magnificent entrance or gateway to the quays
is intended, with allegorical devices, and there will
be a high wall round the whole,. besides' a sloping
ditch. The numbers of houses for the residence of
the clerks and workmen, will convert the marsh in
time into a town ; so that London will really extend
from Paddington turnpike to Blackwell without any
interruption whatever.

The Docks were filled nearly to the height. of
the tide at high water on ThurSdaY. 'The tern.
porary bridge, under ,which was the wooden bar
ricade that resisted the water when the Coffre Dam.
broke,' was_taken away ; and over the first sluice
was erected a horizontal drawbridge, on a new and
improved plan. It divides in two in the middle,
and each half Moves off horizontally on a pivot,
being supported in its horizontal position by an
equal- balance made in • the parts themselves, and
a circular ring of cast iron, twelve feet in dia.
meter,, on which • are rollers that are seaions of
cones, so as naturally to move agreeable to the
curvature of the circle, in a manner similar. to that
in which the roof of a hindmill turns upon the walls.
We had particular satisfaction in examining this
bridge. •

There are two floodgates at the outer lock, be-
tween- the River and the Reservoir, and two more
between the Reservoir and the "Wet Dock. • The
floodgates all open inwards, to resist the pressure of
the water in ;the Docks when the tide is low.
There are at each lock perpendicular windlasses
of cast iron, placed in circular wells dug in the
ground, and built round with brick and stone, for
the purpose of opening and shutting the floodgates;
those ate worked from above by men ; the ropes
which conned the windlasses and the gates being
altogether under water,

-The average price of Sugar, computed from the
returns made, for, the week endiiTg the zsth day of
August.' Soz, is Thirty-three Shillings and Seven'
Peace Halfpenny per hundred weight.

Yesterday afternoon a man-servant of THOMAS
MEYERS, Esq. at Harwict4 bathing, from a quay
at that place, was unfortunately :carried' by ihe cur..•
rent out of his depth and drowned. The body was
found about two hours after; about ;in hundred yaids
from the spot, • and every means used to restore
motion,. but without effeet.

Last Monday, 11;',Kingzett, of Campden,,Gloti-
cestershire, was fined 201. by.tlie Magistrates, for
stealing and killing, a valuable greyhound. The
'dog was found in an out-house with his brains beat
out. The Prisoner was a tanner,iind had .stolen
*the dog for the value of his skin.

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Yeoerkta;, as Fci‘Vi).A.i. reipeEtahle At-
torneY I)oeft,ors Comthuns, and a Mr. TP.LiriS,
Mertlttnt in the City, IVere going in. a one horse.
Chaise', in company with .a .hultieroui, party of tidies
and Get-lat.:mei; on horseback and in carriages, to.
pass the day ai hchiAlkate ; about three qtlarters of a
mile oii 'this side St. P•eter's, the boric in Mi..Po.w-
NALL's chaise took flight, and, ran about half a
mile with the utmost.tpeetl; Mt-oPtWNALL
jurtip-
ed out, and . escaped with a slight bruise on his

arm. ,The horse continued on -:rt frill gallop; and.
While Mi. Tke.vE'; 'endea',4n.iring to. recover
the command of the reins;- the .animal turned ShOft,
and ran uii a.-hede with the, greatest, fury; and
doWn into a dryditch: Mr. TintEVEs Was thio,wn
oUt, hisiiead pittbed againsta tree; and he remained
foir some time in aiipeatance (lead. By the. jerk the
traces broke,, the horse got his liberty, and ran on
until 'stopped about A hundred yards, distant, It

was a providential circumstance for the laud Gen_
tlentan that the traces broke, for had not that been
the case he world probably hate been killed; Hap_
pily he escaped With bo other injury than being
much bruised by the fall.

At New-York, between the i'9th and 20't
only one person died of a lever. At Baltimore, the'
Board of Health tirade a geport on the 22d. 'After
inStanjing eight cases of Fever, the Repirt cabaudes
as follows

In the investigation of the circumstances on the
above cases of Fever, the Board of Health have as-
certained to their entire stitifaetion, two points of
material interest to our Citizens :

Ist. That in no instance has the disease been commun
cated to the attendants or friends of the sick.

20. That from the ditnrent situations of those whd,have
fallen vidirns to the disease, they could'not hive derived it
frgril the same neighbourhood.

The Board are,thertlfore, willing to believe, that those
instances of disease Which have unhappily appeared in our
City, are solitary cases of a. Malignant fever, train which, of
late years, we have ;AM betn Wholly exempt during the hot
months.

These observationi are not made to lull our CitiZens into a
security that might prove fatal ; but to suggest the,nscessity
of vigilance, without alarm; and of an attention to individual
cleanliness, which no police can sufficiently- enforce; for,
from whatever source the Yellow Fever may be derived, it is
now adniitted that iMpuiv air is necessary to its fatal prof a
gation.

A. ALEXANDER, President.

A young man genteelly dressed, and having the
appearance of a Creole, who said his name was
john Hughes Edey, was Charged on Saturday be-
fore the Sitting Magistrate. at Guildhall, with having
swindled several tradesmen out of goods to a large
amount, under false pretenCes. 'The first charge
was made by Mr. Dark, a partner in the house, of
Jones and Co. No. 65, Holborn-hill, Linen-drop.
ers ; who said the prisoner came there, pretending
to be recommended to Mri Jones, made choice
of two pieces of fine Irish linen, and ordered them
to be sent on Friday morning to his lodgings,
No. 5, Spanish-place, Manchester-square. When
the servant ,delivered the linen at this place, he was
so dazzled with the elegance of the Prisoner's
lodgings, that he was induced to go away with-.
out the: money) though strialy enjoined not to
'leave the goods without it He was desired by
the Prisoner to go hack, and bring
.him some cam-
bric, When the servant returned' he was ordered
to go again direilly, and get the money or the.
cloth. • ‘then he went back to the Prisoner's lodg-
ings he could not see him, and' could only find one
piece of cloth, which he brought away with him.
The people of the house could give no account oldie
Prisoner, and it appeared that near two cart loads
of goods had at this time been sent to his lodging ;
that several livery servants were then waiting at the
door to be lilted by him; that a tailor was- there
with elegant suits of livery for the use of these in-
tended lacqueys : and that a groom had two fine
grey horses in training for his corriele. The. Pr-
isoner in his defence, said the man left the linen of
his own accord,' He said he was the son of
West-India Planter, but could give no reference to
any person in London. who knew him ;. but said he
had a letter of credit on Mr. Fullarton, of Liver.:
pool, from whom by drew money. He had no
document however by him to prove this statement.
He was ordered to be brought up again ona future
day. One of the servants, of Jones and Co. pro.
duced a list of various persons of whom the Prisoner
had ordered goods. Among these was Mr. Bur.
gess, oilman in the Strand, from whom he obtained
about tol. ,worth of pickles, hams, etc.. From a .
Mr. Wedgewood he had obtained goods. to the
amount of 341. ; also a quantity of goods from a
Mr. Davis, in Bond-street,

Saturday, morning there was an Eclipse of the
Sun. The conjunction took place about five minutes
past five, which was scarce visible from the inter-
vention of the clouds. The morning, however,
Was. so fine, that the observation was consitierably
diminished, and the Sun emerged with so much.
splendour from the clouds, that the Eclipse was vi-
sible to the naked eye. The sublimity of the
sight drew an immense crowd of_speftators, and
many persons. slept out of London the preceding
night, for the purpose of beholding what .may be.
truly called a Celestial Speetacle. The digits
eclipsed were s•deg. on the Sun's north limb. The
duration was 61 minutes. •

A house in Norfolk-street, Strand, was robbed
of several valuable articles' about 'nine ck on
Saturday morning, in the momentary absence of the
servant who was cleaning the passage—a caution to
others not to leave their doors open.
On Saturday three of the desperate villains whO
cut, wounded, and robbed so many, persons at Peck-
ham Fair, viz.,John _Haines, James Keele, and John
Collins, 'were fully committed to 'the County Gaol,
for trial at the next Assizes for the County of Sur-
rey, on several capital charges against them. A
number of persons appeared, all of whom swore posi-
tively to the identity of the Prisoners, and bore
evident marks of their._ brutal conduct. Two men
had tficir heads severely cut ; one woman her ear
torn, and her face bruised ; and the other had p her
cloak torn off; her upper garment cut, and her
pockets dragged off while she lay on the ground
stunned with the blows she received.

- - CORN EX Cli ANGIi , • .
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• • . Attliert 30,
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This day we hid A good supply of tpot ?.rtic!es
Of Grain ; Wheat ,iri keiieral. had a dUlfsiilc, and
father lnWet; but 'prime parcels retelied g,-i0.,1 price; •,...
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In Batley and Malt.; there appears little vziriV:oni
,
Peal.ft'and BeauS incline
,illiwards ; t:lere is plenty
Of Oats lt IVl,tik.eti ,i,Vlicci) go off rather at a &deo-
. ,
ion ; - Flour t cintiritiek.utarly as our last. „ ,

„.
Wheat ilss a sss po- od 'leans - 5s a 38s od
Fine do. bis 664 ,oci ditio - 3is a 34s 6d
Mart - 464 a '4Bs a 523 od ()atS - i4s a kBs a zrs od
Fine ditto - a 54i of Poland do. 22s a 23s 6ci
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.32:, otr )tape Seed 331 a 371 per last
P.4e - - 3os a 33$ od Fine Flour sos a 53, per sacY,
White Pease 38$ a. 42s- ad Second do. 45s a sos per do.