The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-16 00:00:00

CORN EXCIIANGE, APR IL i 6.

Tt#tr importations of Wheat to-day are not very
numerous, but fully equal to the demand ; the
sales are brisk, and higher prices are asked, but
they are at small variation ; Barley has more ready
sale, likewise BeanS ; Pease are I;eavy ;. Ores come
in good supply, and are cheaper ; Flour keeps its
price.

ATheat 27s a 38s a 52s od Tick Beans -2.5 s a 32s oal
Fine ditto - 53$ a 55s 6d Oats - 175 a 19s a 21s od
Rye - -27 S a 3os as Poland ditto 22$ a 24s od
Barley - - I,s -a 23s 6d Rape Seed - - 361 a 391
Malt - . 49s 'a 555 od Fine Flour - 4os a 44$ vd
White PelSe 32s a 395 od Seconds 355 a 4os sti
Beahs - - 3os aPs od

Eight hundred thousand dollars, brought from
Cadiz, by the Manin:uth Man of War, to Ports-
mouth, were on Saturday morning deposited in the
Bullion 014,ce, at the Bank of Englaild.

The RuSi!l6t-i.Ambassador has obtained permission
flr several 'Gardeners to leave this country fot
Petcrsburgh, to be employed in the gardens of the
'E,llperpr ALEXANriER.

We have already noticed the capture of the
Hazard Privateer belonging to Nassau: after she
was taken, the French murdered all the Blacks on
hoard, in cool blood, in.., a mcst savage manner.
Two of those unhappy wretches were kept alive for
ome time, and cut and mangled in a shocking man-
es, for the amusement of time French.
A circumstance in the history of the late John
Binns, Esq. of Threadneedie_street, who died last
Friday, aged7z, demands to be recorded for the Ko-
nour of human nature.—,The noted miser, Jemmy
Taylor, who was so well known in the Transfer
Books at the Bank, sent' for Mr. Binns shortly be-
fore he expired, informing him. (Mr. B.) that he
stood in his will (after bequeathing very handsome
sums amongst his own reiations), in the sum of
50,0001. ; adding, " I know, my dear friend, you
will improve it ; and ILA I left time whole amongst
my relations, they would only have squandered it
away."—Mr. Binns aecered of the executorship,
and thanked Mr. Taylor for his bounty ; but no
sooner did he prove the will, than he distributed the
whole amongst the deceased's legal heirs.
Two Foreigners arrived on Thursday at Harwich.
They came in a Neutral Vessel from Holland, and
represented themselves as private Couriers, with
Dispatches for our• Government. Not being known
or accredited Messengers, it was thought necessary
to send a confidential person with them to town, and
they were sent back on Friday. While at dinner at
the Three Cups, Inn, at Harwich, they fell out.—
They immediately went to a hardware-shop, where
they purchased two knives, with which they at-
tacked each other. Before they could be separated,
one of them received a wound in the shoulder. The
other was stabbed in the side, and the wound is
considered mortal. He is now laying at Harwich'
and his opponent, whose wound is slight, was sent
back to town, where he arrived on Saturday.

On Monday night last an aWray happened be-
tween a Custom-house Officer, assisted by a party
of military, and some smugglers who were unload-
ing a Cutter at Dumpton_stairs, near Ramsgate. The
smugglers, after unloading their goods, attempted to
get uff' the cutter, when they were fired upon. Two
of them were killed, and a third was wounded.

On Saturday night, about eight o'clock, a person
of the name of George Friday, in the employ of
Messrs. GIFFORDS, Porter Brewers, Castle.street,
Long Acre, put a period to his existence by hang_
ing himself in their brewery ; he was observed in
the. early part of the evening at his work, but not
corning to the compting-house to receive his wages,
as was customary on a Saturday night, a suspicion
arose that he had drowned himself in one of the large
vats: they were accordingly dragged. On search-
ing the brewery further, he was discovered hang.
ing from one of the beams by small a cord, tied with
a number of knots : he was immediately cut down,
and although he had been missing but a short time,
not the least spark of life remained ; he had lately
been in a very dejeded state of mind.
The horses in a dray, on Thursday, took fright
while passing along the Kent Road, and running
against a post, threw three buts of porter with such
violence into the road, that they stove to pieces,
and the entire of the liquor was lost.
A farmer in Carrick had lately the following ad..
dition to his stock in one night : his wife was deli.
vered of a child ; a cow calved two cylves ; three
ewes yeaned nine lambs ; and a sow farrowed eleven
pigs. - - - -

At Fairnington, a few days ago, an ewe of the
Cheviot breed, brought forth four lambs, which are
all alive and healthy.
A few days ago, a house at the Five Ways, .Bir.
mingham, was struck by lightning, which entered'
the chimney, and passing out at the fire-place with
a vivid flash, burnt some muslin on which a lady was
at work, scorched the chair on which she sat, but
did her no injury ; it then passed out at the win—
dow, to which it did much damage.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Su.
gar, computed from the Returns made for the week
ending the it th day of April, 1804., is Fifty.oze
Shillings and Ten-Pence flalftenny per cs 4 t,

After the Grand Jury were sworn, the Court
proceeded to the trial of fames Rourke, accused of
High Treason.
The indittme.nt charged him with having, on the
loth of june, in the 38th year of the reign of the
King, 1798, assembled and conspired with others,
to the number of roo and upWards, at Bellair Hill,
in the county of Antrim, to levy war against the
King, they being armed with swords, guns, powder
and ball. That he, the Prisoner, aded-as a Leader,
and did make prisoners of divers subjeds of the
King, and carried them to the rebel camp at Bellair
&c.
The Prisoner pleaded Not Guilty.-.—The Jury
were /hen sworn in. ~ .
Counsellor M'CARTNEY :roses, and opened the
case on the part of the Crown. After descanting
upon the. enormity :of the offence' .at considerable
:length; he recurred more immediately to the Pri--
soner at the liar. He remarked, that he was not
a native. of that county, but of the county of Wex-,
ford, where. he was usually employed in making
jauntingcears. About the .time, however, that the
woods of Glenarin, on the Antrim estate, were
sold, he came into this county to assist, in cutting
them. This was some time previous to the rebel-
lion which ,broke out in May 1798. He then _Coil.
neded himself with the various societies which were
formed, and instilled into the minds of the peasan-
try 'those pernicious dodrineS which proved so
effectual in exeiting.thein.to ads of rebellion. On
the 7th of June preparations were made for attocks
ing part of the King's Army at Larne, which was
accordingly done, by a mob,7of whom the Prisoner
was one. He wrested a firelock from the hands of
the soldier, and several other soldiers were killed.
He then 'proceeded for 'Bellair, and on his way
thither, met a loyal 'man named Wilson, whom he
stopped, and ordered'to surrender his' arms. Wil-
son had a pistol and a sword, which Rourke de-
manded
,of him, saying, " You need not pretend
to withstand—we have taken Maris Camp, Care
rickfergus, and Larne." This, he •well, imagined,
would induce- Wilson to surrender, and he added,
" here is a musket which belonged to a soldier."
Wilson however put spurs to his horse and escaped.
On the 7th day of June he also made several pri.
soners, who were carried to Bellair, and among
them there was a Mr. Howe,, who, after being de-
tained for seventeen hours, was liberated, in con-
sequence of a treaty having been entered into for
the exchange of. prisoners, at which Rourke aded
as a Chief, and assumed all the power of a corn-
minding' officer. The Ad of-Indemnity, which
was passed by Parliament, excepted all those who
ailed either as Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, Ma-
jor, /or Captain, and the Prisoner's condnd strews
that he comes within one or other of, these excep-
tions. After the battle of Antrim, Rourke began
to -apprehend that his camp was not quite secure,
and his personal safety somewhat in danger ; he
therefore attempted' to make his escape, but though
he could not get out of . the kingdom, he so far
ef.ceied his 'purpose as to reach .11ublin. There
he remained undiscovered, until another rebellion
broke Out in that' city on the 23,1 of July last, in
which perished one of the greatest and best of men.
This rebellion was fortunately soon crushed, and.
the leaders in it being afterwards brought to trial,.
it so happened, that Rourke, supposing himself un-
known, -came forward to give evidence in
,behalf
of one of the prisoners. Not haying changed his
name, it was then discovered that he was the same
person who, in this county, had taken so adive a•
part in the rebellion of 1798 ; and thus, Gentle-
men, said Mr. M`CARTNEY, you have the reason
why the Prisoner has not been sooner brought to
trial.
Mr.'Howe, of Blair-mount, being sworn, said, in
June 1798 he listed two miles from Larne, where
an insurredion broke out on the 7th of , that
month.. In the evening of that day he went from
his own hbuse with Mr. Getty, to go to Glenartn
by the short way, but when on the road, they ;saw
a party of about fifteen men armed, and coining
running down the hill. Witness then threw away
a sword which he had, and destroyed some powdei.
The party came forward, and Rourke, who was
with them, desired them to present, and some of
them did not. Witness then asked Rourke by
what authority he stopped him ? He answered,
" by authority of the Republic, and you have been
a long time an enemy to Irishmen, and have per-
sisted to the last." At this time Witness put his
hand in his pocket, upon which some of the;• party
drew back. Rourke said, if he took his hand out.
of his pocket, he would shoot him. He then
d—d some of his people, and bid them search him
for arms ; one of them was about to take his mo-
ney, but Rourke said, don't rob the Gentleman
it is not money, we want, hut arms. Witness was
th4n marched off with a party to where
their camp was. When he entered the camp, there
was a general huzza, and a Lady came up to him,
and said, " I am glad to see you here a prisoner,
you shall be hanged, you was one of the Jury who
hanged any brother Orr." Witness proceeded :
here is a young Gentleman at my hand (pointing
to a young Gentleman in eCourt) who was there,
and told her she was wrong, for I was not on that
Jury—he was at that time a rebel-but I hope he
is:now a loyal man. The party op. this hill were
called a camp, but it was merely an armed mob ;
some were eating bread, some eating cheese, and
some drinking whiskey. James Hunter, who was
sentenced to transportation, ordered a number of
men to be placed behind a ditch, and to fire if the
yeomen advanced. Rourke took no more •adise
part than Aitcheson or Hunter ; and 'when they
were arranging the exchange. of Prisoners, • there
was so little regularity, that it was impossible to
say who commanded. A great shout was given in
the camp, upon which one of the party told Wit-
ness, that an express had just arrived, ovith
intelli-
getiee thatßlaris Camp and Belfast were bo:h taken.
Here the evidence for the Crown closed.
The Counsel for the Prisoner pleaded the All
whiCh pardons all those concerned in that Rebe-

We are assured that the Society for the Suppres-
sion of Vice, in publishing a moniticai on the subjea
of. vending mackarel on the Lord's Day, had no
other intention than the correftion of a great abuse
which prevails, of crying that article so near to
Church-doors, during the time of divine service, as
ro annoy the congregation ; and it is to be hoped
that the Parish Officers will exert themselves in-fu-
ture to put a stop to so indecent a pratlice. The
Society never intended that the poor _should-suffer
by a prohibition in the sale of mackarel, even on the
Lord's Day, it being well known that
.this article
of provision is of a perishable nature, and therefore
calculated for the most speedy use only.
PUBLIC-OFFICE, QUEEN-SQUARE.- Sallltd:ly
Joshua ►P hitipg was charged with murdering his
wafe, by Mr. •Ryde, of Parliament street, who
stated, that he saw a hackney coach draw up opposite
to Privy Gardens, and two men take out some per-
son and convey it through a breach in the wall into
'Privy Gardens, which induced him to follow, when
be saw four or five men standing together, and a wo-
man lying on the ground, apparently in a dying
state. On inquiring the cause, he was answered by
the Prisoner, that she was a drunken woman. The
Prisoner stated himself to be a labourer in the East
India Watehouses, and had been married 12 years
to the deceased: that she was a very drunken wo-
man, and he had only lived with her three days;
returning home from his labour, he found that two
men 'had brought home his wife in a coach, very
drunk, with an intention to take her to. Covent-
Garden workhouse,, which she properly belonged to;
but judging she would not•be taken in, took that
method w get rid of her. •When the case came be-
fore-the Cormer, the jury brought in a .verdict--
Died a Natural Death ; but that Joshua Whiting,
the• reputed husband, a!ted with great inhumanity
towards the deceased. He was detained in custody.
SUDDEN DEAThis.---Mrs. Smith, of -Burrow.
berry-Barns, near Peterborough, died suddenly on
Tuesday morning, in the 25th year of her age : she
attended a friendly parry on. the preceding evening
in perfect health.—A-few evenings since, Carring.
ton, a carrier, of Stamford, was found dead in a
chair by his wife, who had left' him well a short
tine before.—Mr. Goodall, a farmer, of Market.
Drayton, Shrewsbury, was lately found dead on the
road leading to that place.—On Tuesday morning
T. Chatterton,,a young man of Lincoln, was found
dead in the cabin of a sloop, to which he had re-
tired on the preceding evening in perfea health.
An old man, who had for many years been em-
ployed in the Tower, some days since hanged him-
self in the Work-house, Whitechapel, in conse-
quence of a charge of having stolen some King's
btores. The Coroner's Jury on Friday found a vet.
dia —Lunae y. An Inquest was afterwards held on
the. body of a foreigner, who suddenly died in bed
at a house of ill-fame in Black Lion-yarcl.—Ver-
dia—Died,lty the Fisitation of Gad. And on Satur-
- day night anotherlnquest was held on the body of a
woman in Plough-street, Whitechapel, who the
preceding day had put an end to her existence, by
cutting her t.jiroat with a carving-knife.
A number of female servants, at Bath, have formed
A Club, for the purpose of -supporting each other
while out. of place, and at which they contrive to
meet every •Monday evenir. Their fund is esta-
blished by conttibutions levied on the larders of
their employers, as appears by the following cir.
cumstance, which led to their detediOn Thurs.
day morning, a Lady in the vicinity of Belmont
being awakened at an early hour by the • incessant
barking of a small dog, went down stairs, and
found her servant cutting off pieces of undressed
meat, &c. for a strange woman, who, on being
discovered, made a precipitate retreat. The ser-
vant was apprehended, but refused to discover her
associate, though she confessed the particulars rela-
tive to the Club:
A: the Sessions for Leicester, on Tuesday last, J.
Sotterell, of Kincote, fratnework.knitter, was con-
vitted of ill-treating his apprentices, particularly
W. Soden, who had in consequence lost six of his
toes, and part of two others. He was sentenced to
• 12 months imprisonment in a solitary cell, and to
ply 101.
J. Head, a man deaf ard dumb, has been com-
mitted to Norwich Castle for a criminal • assault on
the person of Mary Skipper, of Grest Melton. W.
Walpole, a young Man of. IS, has also been corn-
mitred for horse.stealing : he is A. deserter froth the
Army of Reserve,
.and received 4.5 -guineas bounty
at 'Norwich, but neirer joined the Regiment.
Tuesday last, as. Mr. Bradley, of Womenswold,
JeKent, farmer, was returning home from the Monthly
Meeting at Wingham, in company with two more
Gentlemen, his llorse took fright aro,l ran away with
him, when he was thrown off, and had his thigh
broke and his skull fractured ; he was taken to Mr.
Heritage's of Goodnestone, where every assistance
was speedily procured that was necessary, and he is
now happily in a fair way'of recovery.

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