The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-26 00:00:00

COW/ EXCHANGE,

May 26.

Tilts day our Market had a middling supply of
Grain in general; sales rather dull ; Wheat scarcely
fetched Monday's prices ; some of the Distilleries
leaving off work for the season, rather lowers the
price of Barley and Malt ; nylny Buyers of Uus,
which are something dearer ; Flour but little alteia..
tion.

Wheat • 42s aOs a 66s od Beans - .qrs a 345.6 d
Fine do. -67 s a 69s cd Tick ditto - 30, cd
Malt • - 4os a +4s a sos od Oats - ;ZS a 365 a 223 od
Fine ditto sts a 575 od Poland do. 23s a 255: od
Barley 3os a 355 od Rape Seed 311. a 341 poi- Last
Rye • . • 3os a 34$ ol 1, me Flour jos a-535 per sack
Whitt Pease 35$ a 37s 6,1 Second do. 455 a 505 pet do.

Sunday sennight, in the afternoon, three young
Gentlemen and three Ladies (sisters), of the Ci'y
of Bath, entered one of the quarries on Comb_
Down, with a lanthorn. Two of the young tern,
and one of the Ladies, went before with the light,
which by some accident was extinguished; the three
who were behind soon returned out of the quarry,
thinking their companions had jocularly left theca
in the dark, and had found their way out by another
passage ; after waiting some time, they returned
to Bath, believing their friends had previously got
home; but, when it became very late at night, and
neither of the other three having; returned, a pato"
of seven or eight ..vent to Coomb-Down, and called
up the master of the public-house, who 'attended
them with lights into the quarries ; where; after a
long search, they found their lost friends sitting
down, quite tired with their incessant •toil of more
than eight hours in total darkness, endeavouring to
find their way out ; they were excessive cold, and
inclined to drowsiness. It was half past twelve
o'clock before they were discovered, and it is sup-
posed, if they had continued in their cold damp
prison much longer, they would inevitably have
perished.

• Finely contrasted charafters throughout a plot of
peculiar interest, accompanied lv excellent ivlusic,
and Scenery well adapted and beautifully executed,
are perfeC.tions which seldom unite in one piece;
but such are the acknowledged rr►crit.s of the new
Grand Ballet of Action the Fatal Prediction, or
Midnight Assassin, at the Royal Circus, anti the
exertions of the Performers do the tnnst i1111;11.' jus-
tice to it. the. Birtha of Miss Adams, con cys
amidst the utmost elegance of action, the strongest
impression to the Audience, which is answered by
universal -plaudits. Mrs. Helme, in Elburga, is
admirable ; 'and Mts. Herbert, in the principal
Mystic Sister, charms by her voice and aaion:
the Duetts •of Miss Adams and • Mrs. Roffey are
kewise so highly pleasing as to deserve particular
notice.

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 24.

THE KING V. BOND AND. OTH ERS.

This was a Rule Calling on the Defendants -to
show by what authority .the Defendants claimed to.
ue I..'reemon of the City of Litchfield, against which
there was no cause shewn, and the Rule v,as 'made,
absoiute.

THE KING ,v. GIBBON.

TlfiE. Was a Rule calling on the Defendant to
sllew•C?titse why a CriMinal Information should•not
s's lle.tircd against him, upon,a charge of 1,14)1151141g a
libel on . a person of the name of Shu itletvorth,
who is to he tiled at the Admiralty. Sessions upon
a ChArge of murder. No cause bhewn; and there.
Tote 11:e Rule was made absolute.

KING v. HEWET.

This was a charge against.the Defendant, for that
he being the Commanderof a trig called the Hardy,
in His Majesty 's sery ice,. aded as purser also Of that
ship, while there was no
.real purser, and that in that
eharatter, he 'cheated the Commissioners by means
of a false charge 'of 81-d. per pound weight, instead
of 7-1d..Al hich he actually paid to a. Butcher at
Cowes in the Isle of Wight while the Brig was in
Clwes Iseais, from November i 800, to January
tBo r. That this over-charge and cheat amounted
in the article of butcher's meat alone, to fozl. 4s.
it being on 2889 pounds weight. There was another
charge, of cheating Government in like manner
On the subjeCt of Pease and other articles of 'pro-
vision with which this ship was provided during
this period, upon which charges he. was tried be.-
fore Mr, Justice 1./twit Ez4cs at the. las.t Assizes
fur the County of Southampton, and 'found guilty,
and he.now came up to receive the Judgment of the
. Court.
The Defendant stated in his Affidavit:the history
of his life in the Navy, which had now been for 28
years, in the course of which he never
,was before
accuseth. Several Affidavits Ivere made ais'o
Officers (if die' Navy, among whom Was: that of Sir
'ANDREW SNAP E HAMMOND, giving the.
_Defendant
-a good charAer.
Mr. Serjeant LENS addressed the Court on behalf
,Crfriwbelcndant, in,mitigation of punishment.—He
said it.i,eould be improper to attempt either. to say
AheDelendant was not guilty, because the Jury had-
decided itor, to say that•the offence was not serious;
all heAvould say was, that in giving the jud,gment
which the CoUrt found itself called upori.thet)_:liinr,
they would give the Defendant the benefit of a
eliaraaer which he 'had been earning for 28 years
in the service of his King and Country. The Affi-
davits in his behalf were made by persons who had
no temptation to represent his Charader otherwise
than as -it, appeared to be from his conduit:. The
judgment, therefore, he presumed, would not be
%Imre rigid than the Court found themselves com-
pelled, under all the circumstances of the case, to
pronounce upon a man at the close of a long life
which had for z 8 years (with one exception only)
been honourably employed in the service of his
Connt ry.
Mr. DALLAS on the part of the Prosecutionoaid
~he felt no disposition to detract from the value of die
Defeedant's charaaer, but he thought he should not
discharge his duty if he did not state that this did
appear to him .to be a case of very great guilt: It
was true the Defendant now before the Court, be.
longed to an honourable profession, and that he had
served zB. years, as represented by ' his Counsel,
and he was willing to believe he so served his King ,
and .Country with honour, the length of time how-
ever must, among othervdvantages, have given the
Defendant ample opportunities of becoming ac-
quainted with the duties he was to discharge. _Ke
rose in the service gradually, and was at last ap-
pointed to an office of trust and confidence, the re-
turn lie had thought fit to make for this was, that
of being guilty of a great fraud, and there were cir-
cumstances of great criminality in this case. • The
Court would perceive, that in order to prevent
these frauds upon Government, the Legislature had
made some curious contrivances, by rendering it
impossible, without involving a number of persons,
so as to render the commission of it difficult.--First,
there mutt be .a voucher of the thing sold ; ,2dly,
there must be a certificate of two respeCtable,inha-
bitants of the place where the goods are sold, speci-
fying the market price of the article at the tune it
was delivered ; 3dly, the Defendant hiMself Must
have signed it all with his own hand.—Here was
a false voucher, a false certificate, and a false re-
ceipt,' and a bill drawn upon the COMmiSsioners
upon these false charges, of which the Defendant
had been found guilty. So that the Court would
see that they had before them three criminals in

one.
Lord ELLEN RO R OUGH.--" This is an offence of
enormous magnitude. Let him stand committed,
and be brought up to receive Judgment on the ad
day of the next term."
Thomas Bahlock, who was convifted of selling to
the Com Missioners at Chatham for the use of His
Majesty', 'Forces there, Bread made of noxious.ma-
terials, he being under contract to make it of whole 4
some Wheat, bur which was so much otherwise as
to have been described by the witnesses at the
trial to send forth a stench similar to that of a dung-
hill, was brought up for Judgment.
Mr. Justice GaosE delivered a suitable address
to the Defendant on the greatness of the offence,
and pronounced the. Sentence of the Court, which
Witsi.. That the Defendant be fined tool. and be
imPrisonv; in Newgate for six calendar months, and
further imprisoned until such fine be paid.

SHIP NEWS.

PCOLZ, MAY 23.

Arrived—the Mary, King, from Granville; Aelive, Baker,
Dart, Beal, and Duke of York, Colgan, from Portsmouth;
Amity, King, from Newcastle.
Sailed—the Venus, Etheridge, for Newfoundland; Omega,
Mallanby, for Sunderland; Hope, Netherwood, Ann and
Mary, Hatchard, Endeavour,Soper, john and Sophia, Hixon,
Hope, Smedmore, Mary Ann, Hawkins, and Unity, Hawkins,
fur Portsmouth ; Prosperity, Mitchell, for Rochester ; and
Thomas and Catharine, Burden, for Southampton.

GRAVESEND, MAY 23.