The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-23 00:00:00

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Where the lig,btest load lutist. vier - proire
ing and oppressive.
Our correspondent professes himself incapable of
follot'ving Mr.' Best through the ,particulars of a
long speech,
,which,. for elocution and
.atgument,
surpassed any, that he had ever heard before within
those walls. He concludes bY observing, that the
PlaintifF.was.ordered to be. paid his costs of suit.—
The Parish Officers, who professed themselves dis-
posed to- follow the wish of the court, and said
they.were willing to ta-N Stock in Trade, were or-
dered to refrain from so doing till next Session,
when some new objeCtions made by. the parties
rated, or liable to be rated; are to be fully heard,-
and . a final- deciiiOn=obtained on this important
business..

Sonr.plants of different kinds of hemp, colle&ed
from various parts of the Continent and Islands of
Asia, have recently been cultivated with much suc-
cess at the Cape of Good Rope ; and it is supposed
that this plant will thrive better in that Colony
than in India, the climate hebig More congenial to.
its habit and nature than one of a warmer tempera.
tore.
The Queen, Kennan,from Liverpool to Demerara,
is on shore at the Weather Bank, at Demerara, hut
expeeted to be got off'. •
The Commerce, Lee, from London to Antigua,
is stranded near Figui'era on the coast of Portugal;
part of the cargo saved.
The St. Nicola, Coggia, from.. Genoa to Lisbon,
is taken by an English Cruizer, and carried into
Minorca, where the cargo is condemned.
The Amazon, Cosnahan, from Jamaica for Li-
verpool, and the Amelia, Higgin, from Jamaica to,
London, are put back leaky. The NreneraW,.
Croft, from Jamaica to Liverpool, is put hack; har-
ing sprung her foremast.
The Salley, Blake, from Jamaica for Belfast, is
put back, .having sprung hei; main-mast,
The Ad-venture, Hamilton, from .London to
Tobago.; the Atlantic, Adams, from London to
,
Jamaica, /re put into Lisbon in distress. --
. A few evenings ago, es a Gentleman in a post:
chaise was going along Tottenham.court-road,
Portmanteau was cut from behind the carriage ; hut
the fellow being:discovered, and closely pursued,
droppedit, when-it was taken up by a confederate,
who in his turn was forced to relinquish his prize,
which was seized by a third, but he being wanting
iii quickness,. lie Was'laid hold of, and properly se-

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Cured.
On. Tuesday morning; the 56 inst. -about nine
p'clock, \T fire broke out in a barn and cow-house,
at Goigate, rear La'ncaster, belonging, to Mr.
Preston,. which entirely consumed the same,- and-a,:
small quantity of corn and hay. The elute were'
with .some difficulty saved, excepting one co‘k,,.
which was sufloca'ted. • cause of the fire is not
known, but it is supposed to have been the ad of.
some wicked incendiary, as Ir. Freston was in the
barn about an hour before the accident hnp,...ned,
when all was safe: . .
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CORN LXCHAN

jr;'.N. 22, 18c2

This day our Market was tol
Barley and Malt rather dull
their purchases ; but few Sam
fiStched a g9cd price. •
Wheat - 575 66s a STS ocl
Niue du. - Szs a B.ls ocl
Malt -48 a a 525 6d
Fine do, - a 54s .c
Baley - -38 s a -Ps 6.1
Rye - - 395. a .42s o
White Pease 4c4 a 434 eel

lerabts well. supplied.
, as the Bretvers:;;L: 'sir-4111 g
Iples of best Wheat, and they

Brans - - 'Os
TiO:. do -39 s a 41s 6'3
Oats - - 20.; a 27S 6:1.
;'oland do. -23 s A 29s od
Kap: Seed 361 a 391 per last
lour -65 s a od
Second do. - 6os a '654 ad

SHIP NEJVS.

POO.l.Ei". JAN. 21. . . •
Arrivedthe Charles, Thompson, ' from •Southampton ;
Edgell, Carrot, from NewrZnztdland; Swift, •HullowaYi
from Weymouth ; and Roebuck, Grilli-y., from Biddeford.
Sailed--the. Betsey, 'Bloomfield, fqr Liverpool ; Minejvai
Lander, and Concord, PriVe.rt, for London; -Exeter, Ash-
more, for Lover ; Lark, . Spurrier:: an& Wiliiard and Mary;
Bones, for Port4nouth ; and L'Adelaide, Cartier) and Dirt,
Beal, fur Cherbourg.
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GXAVF.SEND, JAN. 21.
Passed by—the
.Fame, 'Baker, frQm Virinia ; . Bedford,
~from Gifernsey ; Turin Galley, , from Marti-
nique; and Mary .1.-urt,Th6inpsoli, frt,in Tobago.-

BIRTH:
'On. the 20th inst. at Rath, the Lady of Door Ro-
eertsen, Paragou-biu,nings, of a Daughter.