The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-24 00:00:00

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Monday ,evening last, about eight'oYlock, as three
Gentlemen were returning to this City from the
Pigeon-house, they were stopped between Rings
end-bridge and the Draw-bridge, by four foot pads,
armed with blunderbusses, who robbed them of cash
and.bills to a considerable amount. The principal
of the gana caused the others to'return the watches
,which had been previously taken.
, Friday evening last, about half past five o'clock,
as a Mr. /4.0 w, of Ilainsford-street, was on his re-
turn from Clontarf, he was met at the corner of Lif-
fey-street, by three fellows, who robbed him of ltis
watch, and then forcibly took him in their arms
and threw him into the river; providentially the
tide was in, and Mr. BLOW knowing how to swim,
got safe to the Ferry-boat slip.

Wednesday se nnight, at eight o'clock in the even-
ing, a most daring robbery was' committed- in
the house of Mrs. Byrne, at Nrewtown, near Health-'
field, Waterford. Three ruffians having entered at
the rear, while she was at tea, immediately seized
her, presented pistols to her head, and threatening,
if she gave the smallest alarm, to take away her life,'
compelled her to tell them where her money was,
which they took, to the amount of 231. y therthen
stripped the house of every article of value, and even
carried off the bed-clothes from the beds : not con-
tent with which, they beat the poor woman in a
dreadful manner, and told her they would thortly,
pay another ;'isit 'to the neighbourhood.
Another Company is to be added to the Royal
Miners' Regiment of Militia. This will, it, is said,
supersede` the plan lately proposed for dissolving
that Regiment, and raising two Regiments for the
County, consisting of miners and other persons in-
disct imina tely.
The house' of Mr. John 'Sandwick, of Morpeth,
was lately entered by some person having false
keys, who, took out of the desk :1 pocket-bopk,
Containing notes and bills nearly to the amount of
pool. On 'Tuesday the pocket-book was found,
which contained all the bills, but the notes were
taken.out.

A melancholy affair happened at the colliery of
Higgins and Jones, near Ruabon, on Saturday se'n-
night : two of the workmen, on descending into a
pit, were met by what is called the damp or foul air,
and were killed in an instant. Neat day (Sunday)
several of their fellow workmen had met at a public--
house in the neighbourhood, when two of them,
more thoughtless and daring than the rest, swore,
they would go down the following morning mid
bring up the unfortunate men who had been killed :
they were accordingly let down, with three others,
on the same rope, but had not proceeded far before
the two fell dead, and a third was so nearly sutfo- ,
cated, that upon being brought up it was with
culty he was re,o% ered.

Oil SatUrday se'nniot, in the 'morning', about
two o'clock; the Cotton Mill at Garliew, near
Cron, was discovered to be on fire; and iu the course
of an hour 'Was' reduced :o ashes.

On Thursday t-tiOrning Last, between eleven 4uld
twelve o'clock, a' barn and stable situate at' Surley •
ifhw, Oicin, the property b 1 0. 'Marsac4 Esc!: of
Caversham Paik, were totally. destroyed by lire.---
The Nun • Nvas dearly full of :corn of different. kinds.
The accident NVIS oceaAiOned by two, little boys light-
fire in -the stable, which cominunicated. to. the
thatch,'

- Early on Friday morning afire broke out in -the
cotton-fielory belonging to Mr. Hind, situate in
George-Leigh-street, 'between Ancoats and New-
toti4ane', which raged with such rapidity, that ,be-
fore any assistance could be procured, the building
was totally destroyed, together with all the ma-
chinery, &e.
On Wednesday last a very alarming • tire broke
out in the 'dwelling-house of. Mr. Smith, butcher,
'at Chichester, situate at the corner of South. and
West-streets, which caused great alarm for the safe-
ty of the adjoining houses.. Providentially it hap-
petted about eleven o'clock• in the morning, when
plenty of assistance was at hand, otherwise the mis-
chief would have been very great. It originated
from'. some ashos which a lodger's a daughter had
taken alongside thebed in a wooden bowl-dish.

On the 6th instant, about a quarter past twelve
o'clock, a most dreaditil fire broke out in the exten-
sive work-shops of Mr. Thomas Woodcock, occu-
pied by Messrs, Wren, Corry, and Wm. Wood-
cock, cabinet-makers, &c. in Fishergate, Preston,
which consumed the whole premises, except the
counting-house, in about half an hour. The da-
mage is estimated at 24001. of which 7001. was in-
sured on the building, and 8001. on the stock. It is
supposed to have been occasioned by,one or the ap-
prentices having taken the glue-pot off the fire pre-
vious to the men's going to dinner, and a live cinder
sticking to the bottom, probably Set the shavings on
fire. Owing to the great exertions of Lieut. Col.
Tomlinson, the Office's and Privates of the different
Corps, aided by the exertions of the Gentlempn and.
Inhabitants of the town,tlie greater part of the cabikt
furnitun, books, papers, &c. were saved. Likewise
an immense qpantity of deals, mahogany, &e. was
removed to the different premises adjoining, which
prevented the flames from spreading, the con,e-
quence of which would have been very serious.—
The workmen lost all their. tools.

On Tuesday last a Waggoner, driving his team
throtigh Bishop's Waltham, was knocked down by
his horse's, and the wheels of the waggon 'ran over
his.body,, which killed him on the spot.. The ae.
cident was occasioned by a person incautiously
ing a gun from a 'blacksmith's shop as the waggon
was paising„ at which the horses. took fright, and
ran away.
In the severely cold dark night of Thursday the
1 2til iIISL two I:l;ciseOfficers lost their way in going
from Luxillian to Lostwithiel, in Cornwall, andafter
wandering a considerable time on the Goss-Moor,
were nearly exhausted, whew they were discovered,
by their groans, by two tinnors going to their night-
ly Lib Oar, ho kindly relieved than, and thereby
mi Ist probably. saved their lives.
On 'Tuesday last- 'John liambly, the industrious
cultivator. of a little farm at Treyvithen, in tbeTa-
rish of St. Kew, Cornwall, had the whole of his
wheat and b.n Icy in the stacks -consumed by Are.-7
Suspicion falls upon his female pari..,ll apprenti::e,
who has absconded.

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