The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-29 00:00:00

COUNTRY NEWS',

SHREWSBURY, MARCH z 6.

At our Fair on Saturday last, the prices of live
stock of every description
,fell considerably, as did
also bacon, which went at iod-. to z !Id; per pound.
Average price of Grain,in our market on Saturday
last : Wheat us. .4d.—Barley 6s. 6d.—Pease
6s. 6d. per bushel of 38 quarts—Oats is. per custo-
mary measure of 57 quarts.
The Shropshire Militia, which have been for
some time quartered in the temporary Infantry Bar-
racks at -Birmingham, marched on Wednesday last
to Dudley and other neighbouring towns. The
Foot Barracks, it is said, are to be generally given.
up.. _ ••

At our' Assizes, which did not end till yesterday
forenoon, 13 persons were capitally convided, and
received sentence of death, four of whom are left
for execution, viz. Francis Jones, William Hooper,
and William Thomas, for horse-stealing, and Samuel
Young,. for a burglary :—the other nine wsre re-
prieved. Six were ordered to be transported for 7
years each ; four for grind larceny, to be imprison..
ed 6 months each ; one for petit larceny, to be
prisoned i z months ; one to be publicly whipt in
this town on Saturday next ; one conviaed of man-
slaughter, fined 6s. Bd. and to be imprisoned_a year;.
another for the like offence, fined Is. and to be im-
prisoned 6 months ; two for uttering counterfeit
money, to be imprisbned 6 months each, and to
find sureties for their good behaviour; one for break-
ing a dwelling-house with intent. to steal, to be
imprisoned 6 months ; one for a iniidenieanor, to
be imparisoned 2 years ; nine not guilty, and eleven
were discharged• by proclamation.
On Monday came on to be tried before Mr. Jus-
tice Chambre and a Special Jury,. a Cause, wherein
Mr. Robert Faulkner, of Whitchurch, was Plainfiff,
and Mr. Joseph Leet of Redbrook, Defendant, for,
diverting a water-course in order
,to irrigates mea-
dow ; when, it appearing to the entire satisfaCtion
of.the Jury, that no injury was sustained by the
Plaintiff, and-st;ient water passing down the ori-
ginal course for watering any cattle that could
possibly be depastured in his field, a verditt was
given for the Defendant. The trial lasted six
hours.

The long depending Cause, Tong against MgMi-
chael, for ereCting flood-gates across the River
Worfe, and thereby pounding the water in the Plain-
tiff'sineadow, was tried on Tuesday, by a Special
Jury, and after a hearing of sixteen hours, a verdict
was given for the Defendant.

A. Cause was also tried an Wednesday, by a Spe-
cial Jury, wherein Mr. Philip
.Ireland, of Wem,
was Plaintiff, and Powell, -Defendant, resped-
ing the right of the Commissioners ere&ing a Turn-
pike-gate in the town of Wem, in this county, when
after a hearing of six hours, a verdia was given in
favour of the Plaintiff.

DERBY, MARCH 24.

•
At our Cheese. Fair on Monday, plain dairies
sold from 575. to 6os. staiged ditto 6os. to 635. per
cwt. -

On Sunday last, as a servant 'girl of Mr. John
Taylor, of Radhorne, in this County, was attempt.
ing to lade some water from a well (which she had
been repeatedly cautioned not to do), she Unfortu-
nately fell- into it, and was drowned.
The day following, as the servants of Mr. Wag-
staff; of Mapperley, were returning from our cheese
fair, in their master's cart, one of the horses un-
fortunately took fright near Little Chester Green,
when the driver (a youth about -x6, who very im-
prudently was riding the shaft mare), was .thrown
under the, near wheel ; which passing over him, oc-
casioned his
.almost instant death. Fortunately the
horses were immediately stopped, and no farther hr_
jury done.
Yesterday morning about ten o'clock, three
houses and some outbuildings were destroyed by
fire, near Openwood Gate, on the Chesterfield road.
It is supposed that some sparks from wood burning
in one of the kitchen fire-places reached the thatched
roof, and was the cause of this calamity.—The
flames were so rapid- that the poot inhabitants could
save but little of their furniture.

Before Sir Robert Graham, Knt. left this town,
he was pleased to reprieve all the eight unhappy
convicts who received sentence of death at our
Assizes, except Samual Tomlinson, for sterling
eighteen wether sheep from Hathersage Common.
Yesterday a respite during His Majesty's plea.
sure was received for the above Samuel Tomlinson.

Wednesday evening an unfortunate accident hap_
pened on the road leading into:Nottingham by-Cha-
pel-bar ;a- miller, somewhat intoxicated, going
staggering home-in the middle of the_ road, was so
unlucky as to fall against the wheels Of a waggon at
that instant -passing, which going over his body,
killed hiin immediately.

SWF NEWS.

POOLE, MARCH 26.

. . .
Arrived—the Dart, Beal, from Ports. uth. ,
Sailed —the Nancy, •Rowe, for LiNerpool ; Lord North,
Brown, for New_ York ; Minerva, Lander, for London ;
Hope, Smedmore, Nancy, Howard, John and Sophia, Hixon,
Swanage, Rossiter, Ann and Mary, Hatchard, George,
Stickland, Race Horse, Davis, and Adiire, -Williams, tor
Portsmouth ; Edward and Mary, Harley, for Cowes,-',