The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-12 00:00:00

ATROCIOUS MURDER.

THE following particulars of a most horrid deed,
which was committed at a small village between
Marquise and Boulogne, in France, may be relied
on :

A written Paper, with three signatures, was
carried to the house of the Mayor of this village,
appointing a meeting upon business, in the evening,
at a fixed place. A neighbour obseived three men
at the door, and the Mayor to go out with his
great-coat on, leaving at home his wile, daughter,
• niece and a maid servant. Early the next morning,
a nephew of the Mayor's calling, found the door
open, and upon entering, first beheld the dreadful
sight of the maid lying murdered in the passage ; the
mother and daughter dead in one room, and the niece
a corpse in another. As soon as he could recover
himself from the horrid spectacle, he, with the assist-
ance of a neighbour, searched the other parts of the
house when it appeared nothing had been taken
away. The written paper was found, containing the
three signatures, which induced the nephew and the
neighbour to proceed to the stated place, w hen, as their
minds foreboded, they discovered the unfortunate
Mayor, miserably mangled. In one of his hands was
a large lock of hair grasped, with a part of the skin
to it, supposed to belong to one of the villains. This
was taken immediately to the Municipality, who, for
a few hours, embargoed all the vessels between Calais
and Boulogne, and a most naive search was made.
The diligences were all examined, and every one
obliged to take off his hat ; but, unhapily; the men-
stersivere not discovered. A person arrived in Vlg•
land.about a week ago, to communicate the shO6t-
ing ad to the English Police, in order.to trace thO
villains, if they should have crossed the Channel. Tt
is imagined that the perpetrators arc three Conscr iptst ,
and that, having left the paper, they. conceived the
hartd.writing might lead to a discovery, and.there.!
fore returner again to the house, to.get it back,,.
which brought on the dreadful catastrophe alluded
to. The Mayor was a powerful man ; he was
very much cut ; and by the hair which he appears
to have torn from one of their heads, it is evident-.
he made a stout resistance. bore an excellent
charader, and was much esteemed. A considerable.
reward was offered, but whether by the Nephew, o,t
from the Municipality, is not mentioned. •

Intelligence from Calcutta, dated June Bth
mentions that the East India Company's frt
Mornington, had arrived at Rangoon on the
May, having on board Colonel S 1 htEs, r,
appointed Envoy to the Court of Ava. The

ington encountered a severe gale of wind
passage, in which she paved from the 11.1yrtt
port, conveying two companies tigrenadiel
composed the escort of the Envoy. The
however, fortunately, got in on the 31 0!
after narrowly escaping shipwreck. Col.oel
was received with every mark of distindi
landed on the zd of June, attended by 1
FIiOST, of the Morni”gto", and the Centime,
Suite, under a salute from the shipping and
tery on shore ; he was
met on
the
9uay
Lieutenent,GoVernor, ' end the. Public .014c(lst
their dresses. of ceremony, and condutted to tkiiLtose •
prepared for him, and which is the best in theta No.
The Archduke PALATINE of 1-loNoARY is, it
is said, to espouse the youngest sister of tbelEg-
PERolt of RUSSIA.

The, marriage between the GRAND DUKE of,
Tusc ANY, and the Elcaoral PRINCESS Of SAXONY,
is to . take place as soon as His Royal Highness II
settled in his new residence.

For the last three days the waters of the.T.Ver
Lea have come down with unusual rApidity ; • from
Waltham Abbey to Old Ford, the ditches are full
to overflowing, and the marshes are deeply flouilCa
in mans' ram:, so that there is hut little comintwica.
tion be,ween Middlesex and Essex, except by the
high. roads.

On Monday night and yesterday morning, in
consequence of the high wind, several ships in thc
Lower. Pool started from their muorinv, seine,
which were very much damaged ; a number ofliargeg,
and boats were stove to pieces on both sides the
River.

On Monday evening, about scv.-i' o'clocki when
the wind blew excessively, hard, some premises at
the back of -Mr. I:Er 's house, facing Padifington
Church, occupied by Mr. 13Loc t ELo, an At turner'
as a country cottage, were nearly demolishell.
premises consisted of a small room and a ,ritolten,
built of wood, having a chimney carried tc-) a great:
,
height, to prevent smoke ; during the vi .lenc°,;(-;
the gust, the chimney was thrown on the root 0.:
the upper room, in which Mrs. 13Lortr. I.D) aou
five of her children, were sitting ; and thtc weight
of the .brick. work brought the whole of the ales/
timber,. and rubbish, into the worn, and (:nvelope47.
them in the ruins. One of the children lot Ind means.
to extricate herself, and with great pi :tsence
mind, thrust her hand through the win j,tw, call'
ing, loudly for assistance to some men \£.llo wet:,
working in a shop across the yard : they i rnmetii3tC"
ly gt tended, but it was not without difficultY 111'1
could get to the room where the mischi .tf had
petted, fUr the servant being out upon ;in errandi
and the doors all fastened, they were Zbliged .1°
force their way through the kitchen win dot:.: they
succeeded, however, in relieving the onfortuna,!°,
EtnThrers from their perilous situation. One:of the chi!
dren was under the tubbi;:h nearly half an, hour ; blIr;
when extricated, and a little recovere,3 from her
fright, did not appear to have received ;spy ma teryo
injury. We are happy to find none of the fatutii
were seriously htirt.

A remarkable accident happened a re% v days sinco
to a fine colt in the grounds of Mr. BUR soNwe'°9;
at Hendon, in Middlesex. By some RI .I.trts he g°,l
his head between the bars of a harrow, which.llp
been plhced so as tolean agaiast the stum of a rsreei
and thus encumbered, the terrified an, I distleas
animal continued furiously running abou t the 4c,,,,,t
for more thart_an hour, no person (lotting ...to.‘6o,'worr,
relieving him, on account of. the proj ecliitg
spikes of the harrow at !env!' fell ;111.}tigil 'be
ttgue, and was unable to rise. the sheek •„g
received in consequence of bum ' strilti
against gates, fences, &c. he was so inucl hurt, ho
it was judged proper to kill him.

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144 r PY the babe, whose infant years,
Are free frOM manhood's busy cares,
Which a sad life employ ;
How tranquil pass thy youthful hours,
Nor friends are false, nor fortune lours,
And nought disturbs thy joy.

Eut when with age, thy woes increase,Ah
! bid a sad farewell to peaCe,
Eternally adieu;
No more th' enchantress wilt thou meet,'
It.**Y thou shalt rest thy weary feet,
n:tf • Dettiatb a grove of yew.
1 1 I.
Ah ! much I envy, babe, thy lot,
And envy much the paasant's cut,.
With rose and jasmine twin'd ;
Then would I give the Waves my tears,
Th' ambitious world, my hopes and fears,
My sorrows to the wind.

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SELIMA.

CORN EXChANGE, JAN. 12..

We have tut few fresh samples of Wheat to.
day ; frolp the prospeft of the Thames Naviga.
Lion being. stopped, there were many Buyers, which
caused most articles to sell readily at a small ad.
vance ; Barley and Malt, though plentiful are
brisk, as are Pease and. Beans of both :tOrtsi al.
Clough a good supply of Oats, from the demand,
they go off full s. higher; Flour has more ready
vale.
Wheat 465 a 5254 595 od.
Fine ditto - 6os a 6ts od
Barley . 245 a Alis od
Malt - 4os a 465 od
w 355 a 38s Eqi
white Pease 335 a 405 0(1
I/"M - 335 a 375 Ocl

Tick Beans 3os a 33$ od
Oats - Iss alas 23s
Poland ditto 24s a zss 6(1
ltapeSeed 321 a 351
Fine Flour -45 s a sos od
Secancldo. -
qns a 45s

The following account i s given in the Dutch
Papers of the number of Births, Deaths, and Mar.
riages, in the Cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam,
daring the year 5802 :
,f, ,
AMSTER 13AM..—B11111S, 4.4.61 ; .yeatns, 7386 ;
657 less than in the preceding year.—Marriages,
1961..
.. ,
49rrekoAm.---.imps, 2021 ; 152 more than in
141.:—Deatlis
P!'ee4lin , 2245; 373 less 'than in the year
g.Mrriages, 663 ; an increase of 107.
At the Hague the number of Deaths'were 1252 ;
being :37z less than in 180 r.
The celebrated Manor of Flixton, in Yorkshire,
'Y an award of the Commissioners for the' Lido.
,Sure, has been determined to belon Free.
foreil
noldrs at larg g to the e. Of course, the greatest Proprie.
l have the greatest share.
A respedable Tradesman in Price's.buildings,
Gravel-lane, Southwark, having with his wife been
to chapel on Sunday evening, _on their return, at
eight o'clock, found their door barricaded against
them by some thieves on . the inside; the shock
threw the poor woman into fits, but the prudent.
conduEt of the husband, aided by some Gentlemen
pension • .4.41,0 - were passing at
' the time, caused the..appi:e.
of the villains, who were concluded to a
plate of safety
examination , from whence they were taken foe and committed.
On Thursday evening last, as' Mr. and Mrs.
Clever, were returning home to Botley, from
sto
hop's Waltham, about, eight o'clock, they were
pped near the gibbet, by a man with a handker.
chief across his face, who held a 'pistol to Mr. C.
anti demanded his money and watch ;' he gave his
purse, and Mrs. C. gave him What money she had
abuilt her ; neither of them had a watch. The man
seemed much agitated.
the
A Master Carpenter was on Monday taken before
his wile Magistrate at
•Marlborough.street, charged by
that with assatthing her. Th,
• they had been married severale, years,woman andstated were
much
place when h used to . wrangling. On Saturday a dispute
took , he seized hold of a knife, :and
Ihttatened to kill her. She said she was afraid ft) re.
lolifl' l'tne. In his defence lie accused he'r of being
. 6.14, ni°st turbulent' nature, that she haul almost:
W.-I'lll4n mad by.her bad condud, having pledged
is pra,,e,.:
r iiy, and made away with his -money. He
11'1educed a
1 the number of duplicates. The Magistrate
lv•iisile" t9e pat ties to make up their differences.—
le woman, however, refused to accept of any'con-
t{ssi". Heis a
,man of property, and several re.
?Ptdable persons came ,forward to give bail for his
iiPPearance to answer the as.saUlt at the next Sessions.
_ YeSterday was inahieti, the Rev. W. BRowN, of
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, to Miss I?, I. tzn F }writ,
,Of Kentish;rown, Mithiles'ix: ' , 'l4: ..
"
thinrile Surrey Sesions.Commenced'yesttrua.l% qut ncL"
g occurred of a public. nainre ;• the. Court ‘.v3F,
owftl;lllrYo,7,iain
ctiPietde:siti.earing and determining subi,a,
Last week several 1
"2"ers in Essex were robbed
of hors'es, tiheeo• and black to Mr. Wood, of ‘yaliping.wao, I,„a.a most valuable
On Friday last,
w...e.t.5,
mare stolen from-him, at Chio.wen-ro ci 1 1
which, it 'vas sus hits,
was rmielo,Colchester, us
a .
quire answering her description was seen there.
Indr, Tuesday morning last between the hours of one
two o'clock, some -villains broke into tbe
t4ivelling.,houe of. mr, Edward Walpole, of Clip-
't(nle, in Northamptonshire.—To effed their. Pur-
P(!se, they took out one of the lights of a. back'
incic)w, in order to reach the' fastenings Of the
num. at which they entered. They were proceed-
irt
up stairs, with a landiorn in their hands, but
w!re.prevented by the stair-case door being barred
‘lllthin.side; anti the gleams of the candle being
ileernea by the family, who had been previously
awakened by the noise, the neighbourhood was in,
st4ntlY alarmed. in order to prevenctimely assist_
,ton being given, the robbers had used the pvicau.
Cll of securing the doors of the neighbouring
t4nlies, by tying stakes across them; but the &it-
ter464es of the family, consisting only of two elderly
4ons and a servant ma.id, brought several ricigh-
,.4'uts to their assistance, who, when they artived,
tlatind that the villains had retreated across the; back
ililnd of the house, without effeding their pu tpose•
tr'l is
the second burglary attempted upors that
-17tIlirlt in the course of the Felten' winter.