The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-11 00:00:00

coRN ExcitAxut,Ocr.

The supply of Wheat was rather short to-day,
which, and having many Boyers, caused a ready
sale at an adyance'ofablut 2s. per quarter ; there is
a good supply of Barley, the Maltsters beginning to
w•irk causes a ready sale, aqd that article with ALit
nearly keep their prices ; there appears little varia_
tion in Pease and Beans ; we have a plentiful supply
of Oats, these of the best (pith ty are a little cheaper,
and ordinary sorts reinain a heavy sale ; Flour nearly
as last week. •

Wheat 475 a 56s a 64s od Beans - 335 a 36s od
Fine do. -65 s a 66.; od Tick ditto -28 s a 325 od
Malt -43 S a 45; a 46s od. Oats - 145 3 iNs a 22S od
Fine ditto -46 s a 47s 61 Poland do. 235 a 24, 6d
Barley - 23, a 28, oil f Rape Seed 331 a 37l per last
Rye 33; a 36., oil I Fine Flour so, a 54, per sack
New ditto - 435 a 45s 61 Second do. 455 a sos pet do.
White Pease 425 a 475 o

Among the chorges made by a Publican near
Town, fot keeping open hou.e during a late Erec-
Lion of a P.irliamentary Representative, we are told
cf the following whimccal items :

To eating 36 Freeholders up stair
eatnig,l6 ditto down stairs
To eating the Parson, his Wife and two Friends
after Supper _ - • _
- 4 0
To the Churchwardens, Overseers and other Parish
Officrrs, Calves Heads - - - -
To providing Punch for_ the entertainment of the
Cum•)any in the Parlour .
To the Extra Poll Clerk' Chops - -
To Bedding the Freeholders' Wives - -
To paid the Barber for dressing the Oracle.; Wig
Tu a Stool tor the Oracle betbre toe Hustings
To Staves for the sham Constables
To eating the Oracle

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6 o •

i 0 0 0

$ o o
2.0. o o
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2 0 o

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16 o 0

Colonel OGLE, and another Gentleman, were
some nights since thrown from a git!, at Bath Eas-
ton, in consequence of the horse falling over a
heap of stones left in the midd!e of the road
—they were both very much hurt, the- latter dan-
gerously so.

UN loN-HALL—Saturilly the Driver of a Soge_
coach was fined 81. for the off;nce of (wry ing fur
more passengers on the roof than are allowt.-d

Law.

'MANstorr.Flott,r. Saturday Chgriorte Xi ig
was charged by Mr. Dueffdl, a grcetr in /Lshopi-
gate-stt-eet, with having rubbed his hoik.e at Lay-
tonstone, of a quantity -of plate. 'Fix Fii,oncr was
his servant at this house. It appeared, tlia tn the
night of Thursday last, site gave an atarn ut rob_
bery, stating that the house had 1::,e11. broke p,n
and pointed out to her Mistress the place through
which the supposed thieves had entered. Next
she cone to town. with her Mis:tess ; • shortli after
Mr. D. received a letter Iran ROSANQUET,
a Magistrate I, r Es,ex, stating his su•picion, that
this was an in-d4or robbery, and Ow the Piisoth!c
Must have been privy to it. In consequence of this
inforrn.tionhe suit for .t Constab:e, who searcheA
the Prisoner, and found all the stolen plate conce:.ied
upon her, consisting of six rable.spoon,-, six
spoon:, two ,salt.spooi's, a pair of tea. Nuigq, a silt et
ebb-lad:.', a strainer, &c. In her defence site :;a d
she f0u1,..1 these risings tied up in the house. "nle
LORD MAYOR directed that she sib Juid be conveyed
~oake M igtstrate for Essex, in order to be cvrn"
misted h,, trial.

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•••-- PIIILA H
DECPIA,
• • AUG.''

i:,zformed that the house of Mr. Mask:
.Bald,erson., in Bucks.countr, was -struck.
!ling t—ten cleck 9ao,' Wednesd a y evening- last,
his • in the cellar ; and;; at the;
same time, a bairn was truck • and burnt doWn._be-
,l,:,)riging.to Mr.. John. Ely. It is.. said, 'that. the
. house of Mr.. John-Balderson also took tire, and is:
trinc.l) injured.
In-. addition to the preceding melancholy accident,
we were, last night informed, that the. Mail •Stage,-
ow:-:-d hy- Mr. Vandegrift, of Trenton, was struck;
..4,l4,htbine at a late hour on Saturday night last,
while on the road between Princeton and 'Fronton.
The lightning appeal-ed first to have been.attraBt.d.
by the iron on the back part of the, carriage, on the
hind wheels, from whence it descended to the: axle_
tree, and ran along 'the pole under the Carriage,:
and instantly killed the four 11,rses.. Besides the'.
driver, who for a short period stunned by the
shock, there were two or three passengers in the'.
carriage, who providentially •escaped unhurt, al.'
,though the body of- the stage was considerably
;slialtereci.

If thunder, lightning and rain, will tend to,purify _
-the air, our city must he pure indeed ; for we had,
on.S.iturday night last, the heaviest rain and thUnder
_known here for a long time—both in quantity and
aduration.

,AUGUST 31.

The dreadful shock On. Sunday the z9th instant,.
took place about twelve o'clock, and its effeas',
were seriously ielr by several. -persons, particular-
Iv by the family of Mr; John Pollard, of ,Phila-
delphia, who occupy a part of the premises of Mr.
Johnson, Coachmaker. The atmosphere. was at .
that time apparently serene ; Mr. Pollard was
sitting at tile door reading, his wife •was .nursing
an.iniant at the window, and another 'child was.
amusing itself -on the floor, when ,the shock,- as
sudden as it was terrible, struck` him motionless:
for'7several seconds—Ars. Pollard was'.extended
senseless on the floor, and the child thrown a con-
ski-end: distance, but fortunately Withour•anyma-
ierial injury ; her appearance when recovering, WaS,
livid,' and upon animation being restored, she be..
came as spotted as a kapard.--The timely-aid or
, Dr. - B.eynold3., being obtained, we are • happy in
stating,' she is' now, in a fair wayf.of reeovtfy, and
feels no otherwise affeeted, than by the .weakness'
occasioned by.this shoCk. Mrs.' Johnson, also,-' who
was in the garden, as well as.a woman in a
neighbouring lane, were prostrated by the same
flash, and remained sorae time in an• alniost similar'
situation. We are also informed that a coachee
waiting near the Friends' burying-ground t adjoin-
ing Johnson's lot.) was much damaged ; and that
several other accidents occurred, which we shall
state when fully informed of.
In addition to the melandholy accidents recorded
in our last, occasioned by lightning, we have
to add, that the barn 'and coach-house of • Mr.
Lipatier, near Frankfort, were struck on Sunday -
last and wholly consumed ; and, at thesame time,
the coach belonging
_to Mrs. Hannah Lewis of this
City, while standing near
,the Friends' Meeting.
house, in', Frankfort, during the thne.Of worship,
was shattered to pieces by the lightning, and the
driver was so much injured, by the violence of the
shock, as to be deprived for several hours of -the
power of speech. We understand thathe was much
better, yesterday evening.

of rivers, and,in lof lane s, in ratty places there
is a 'total failure.; large straw, .but no wheat. In
the up-lands, in. some-places, it. is estimated that
seven.tenths of the•erops.will fail,•and frpm all' the
,informatiot we can gather, we fear the average
loss in thiineighhourhood, will be, at least, one
third of thewhule crop.

This is truly a heavy blow upon our farmers,
and the Community at• large, especially, as from all
accounts the demand will be very great' in all parts
of Europe. • It would be of great importance, if
Gentlemen, of leisure and observation, in the differ-
ent counties, woliid endeavour to colic& and corn-
. municate the most accurate information of the ex-
..,tent of the failure of the crops.—(Collinfl.)

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EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM 'EiCTI:EMAN IN

NASSAU, (N. P.) DATED: AUG. 10, 1802.

"•A Petition has-been handed about by several
respectable charaders, for the,purpose of procuring
signatures to allow. the .importation of the usual
American commodities, the Governor's Proclama-
tion having expired on the rtst inst. The chief
motive was,from a well-foUnded idea that the trade
in English bottoms would be monopolized by a few
rich individual-vhere; who would;keep up high,
price for every 'article. The GovCrnor, I under-
stand, had paid nO attention to' the Petition when
presented.
" This plaee,,at present, is entirely glutted with.
every article of constuiiption."

FROM A NEW-LONDON MFR.

A Letter from Waterford, dated the zzd inst.
contains, the following intelligence.
" George. Dickson, a Seaman; landed on the.,
.Great Neck in an open boat this morning. He re—
lates that he was a seaman on board the Brig Mary
of New York, from Boston, bound to New York,
commandedby Captain Newtus,.(a Mr. Penny, pa-ri
'Owner and Supercargo, was on board) that on Wed-.
resday night last they ,ran, on art i4land which he
thinks is called Muskegotibetween N,antucket and
the Vineyard, on the outtlde. Theloremast went
diet- -the side as soon'as-tlise strucki-the boat was
then ordered our, and the informant had hold of
the painter, when a breaker washed overboard the
boar, aad'everi-souliogethcr, except Mr. Penny,
who wasbelotv:i they were all drowned but the in-
formant who had presence of .mind enough to hold
on by the painter, 'and was by the boat drifted
on shore. He afterwards saw Mr. Penny cut the
main sheet-and clear away the boom, to try to get
-on shore' by eoating withiti when a breaker carried
lritn over, and'he saw him no .1
-acre.. One of the
crew was washed ashore holding by the derick,
but-the surf was so-high that the -spar fell on his
-head and killed him he drew him up and felt
hint on the ishind.-- Not finding any inhabitants on
the island, -he-next day got atTbis boat, and, larded
here this morning about ten o'clock, after being
without nourishment four days." . .

A very daring robbery was committed on 'Thurs.
day evening, , about seven o'clock, at the house 'of
Mr. Purdie, a .Sugar-broker,' MarUlane.-=:—A
sirigle; man 'gained admittance into the counting.
house; ~vlfere'he found ..two young Gentlemen, one
the brother, and the other the Clerk of Mr. Pur-
die. He entered with- a pistol in each hand, and,
in broken Engliih asked them for money ; --and
that they might not. 'approach him, he diretted
them 'to put what they had to give him in a certain
part •of the room,:.where they, intimidated hy.the
pistols, depostted.balf-a-guinea and sciine silver. He
them asked 'then fdr-Bank-notes, and ordered theth
to opcf, the desks; still holding the pistols in a
tliciatentna attitude the. desks '.ere therefore
opened,. in whkh there was nothing Valople to be
found, the cash and notes having been sent to the
Banker's. He then mule his retreat, walking back-
wards, and keeping the pistols 'pointed' towards
those whom he had robbed, and thus effeEted' his
escape. It was obserted by. a Gentleman coming
to the house about the time this desperado left it,
that there were four crr 'fiye fe4aws..loiteting about
the door, who were, doubtless i the accomplices of
the robber, and were to have been called in,
.if ne-
c :ssary, • .

-14, robbery was -committed at seven
o'clock on Friday evening by a decent-looking man,•
who went into the counting-house of Mr. Moss,
a Wine and Brandy. merchant; on Newington
Causewiy,,which at that time in the evening is„a
great
.tha?duiflra're. Mr. Moss was sitti"ng alone,
looking over his hooks ; the mad suddenly. pre.,
sented a pistol with each hand to. him-, and told'
he must have s'ol.- of him ; he said he hiid it not.
Give Me 25i. 'then, said he; Mr. Mois said, he
had.rio more Money about him than tw6 guineas
aiici a- seven shilling piece, 'which he gave the
_thief,
.Who iintnidiately left the counting-house, shut the
door after him, and got el6r off.;
At. the early hour of six in. the evening of Thurs_
day.last, the wife of , Mr., Smith, .Sheriff's Officer,
who had left her in. his chaise whilst purchasing
some articles in shop in oodge-street, was-at-
tacked by,ivilMn who succeeded in robbing her of
a bundle, .after having given her so violent a blow
as to render her senseless. A lamplighter, at that
time employed in lighting a lamp, observed the
circuinstance, pursued and secured the villain, who
was rescued by one of the gang coming up and
cuttink". the pobr lamplighter (in thesight of a vast
concourte. people, -not daring to molest them,tearing the same fate);-in so dreadful a manner as to
rend' Alim incapable Of attending his business.
'Rolleiles--are' now become so frequent and &r-
-ill incite streets, in the open day, that all persons
' Trade ought to he' cautious in leaving goods be-
fore their doors without a guard. On Thursday
last a one horse chaise was stolen from before the
open shop of Mr. Green, -coachmaker, , of Great
Queen-street, bttween.one and-two o'clock in the
day. It is hoped the thieveFcoocerned in this robbery
tunay be taken, and made an example of, foi the 'good
of the Public.