The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-23 00:00:00

CORY EX''.ilviNGE, juz..x

'lna late high prices of Wheat bay broilght to.
day large imports, the trade is not quite so bri k,
but last prices are, nearly supported ; Barley in
gocid supply, and something lower, with M 3 ;
Beans rather cheaper ; the arrivals of Oats are v y
numerous, and the best. samples have small vari;t.
tion; Flour rather dearer*

Wheat 4OS 51.,S :1 66s 04
fine ditto 676 a 69ts od
275 a 3 .5 Oil
Malt - • - 64$ a 70$ 0(1
Rye . . .Ss a 3os oil
White reae -44 s a sos ecl
Reans -37 t a 43h od

Tick 14:ans - 32$ a
.;8. od
'046 zis a 23, a xss cu
Poland ditto ays a 2lib oti
Rape Seed 01, a 441.
Fine Hour • 43s a sz,
Sccuods -41 s cat

Letters from the Fleet..cfr Brest state, that a!t
Copt. LEWts, Of the Royal Marines, was a f,:w
days since with a party On shore neat the' Cten,,o
Islands, shooting rabhits, a Boatwith'French So!.
diers,•observing them at a distance, rowed,on
and made the whole patty prisoners, and carrieti
thein off to the French Admiral's ,Ship in the outs
Road of. Barest.

On Toe:ldly 1381 an immense number of the deli.
cious fish, called .Ited Wt to taught at the
uouth of the river Exe. The draught wa, gt
that they were sold' fur S., per tii,zeri. It 1,
markahle, that for several years, nut' a ti.h of a.ir
species has beta seen un the th.l4sl.

ESSEX ASSIZES.

CHFLMSYQRD, 11-6.IREDATI PM* 9.

Lot night the Judges arrived in this ,tow-rt, and
immediately ripened their Commission. This Man.
ing after hearing divine service they meeeded to

Ilthille3S.

'CIVIL B IPPON. E BAIVON 130TH AM,

wgßvs‘i,Tit.TH miTNNINGs•

Mr. Gmttterw told the jury that tnts action waS
brvogill „to
.t.eenver damage, from the Defendant
`f,A.r a most unprovoked and *outrageous •assault.
—The Piaintiff was. ColleCtor of the Customs at
the Port of Harwich; and the Defendant, a man
(4 property, who having some business to trans.
ot at the Custom.house, feli himself offended at
the manner in which it •was done, though he should
shew by his witnesses that every thing was done that
could posaibly be done to,accommodoe him. How-
ever, when it was accomplished, he addressed the
Plaintiffas follows " Pray, Sir, have you any thing
Itiote to say to me P' Mr. Wordsworth replied, " he
'had not." " Then Sir, isaid he) I have something
to say to you," and immediately gave him a violcnt
beating, which the Learned Counsel said', he would
rather the juiy shook! hear from the Witnesses than
from himself'.

Fie accordingly called four Witnesses, who proved
the assault nearly as stated. It appeared that the 15e.
fendant had been a seaman, and applied tespeaing the
registering of a ship, of which he was then owner. A
little altercation had: taken.place, and by the cross.
examination of the witnessei, it was clear that the
Plaintiff had, previous to the asiault, Old the De.
frndant, that he bad heard he was a coward, and ad.
viscd him to Inwarp of being hoese.whipped. Bur
they said that Mr. Wordsworth was quite cool,
and nn wayi in a Ossion ; and that when he admi.
itaisteted the oath to the Dflfetcaant,Ate very- coolly
turned him out of his desk (Ace, and made hint stand
at the usual place.
Sut,geon w:A., 61.14, who proved that the
Plaintiff had a black eye, and a scratch up& the
nose,

Mr. Serjeant SKatru It It o.cidea voured to shew that
the assault arose out of circumstances of provocation,
and therefore hoped tli jury would give only no.
darmiges,—Verdia for the ,Plaintiff Da.
wages 711.

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CROWN SNIT.

, ,/tieses naeNeedlte was indiAed for a highway
robbery, in assaulting and putting in fear William
Withers, and taking from him a .dollar, a half.
crown, and four shillings. Wm. Withers, who was
a. deent-lookiiiig plain corintryman, saki Ire was
walking in the lane from Layton to Laytonstone,
Uhout half past five, on • the elth of May last ; he
saw the Prisoner behind him, and not liking him
he ran away, and the Prisoner let off running too;
oiit.as the Witness was soon out of wind, and the
Prisoner ran the fastest, he stopped, and asked the
Prisoner what he wanted ? He replied, that he
wanted some money, and he must have some. The
Witness then took out a dollar, a half:crown, and,
four shilling, which he gave, him. The Prisoner
looked at them, and asketi• the Witness what the
dollar was? He informed him it Was a new Bank
rinitar... owl it to' him. They then hat%
some conversation about it. The, Witness asked
the Prisoner if he would not give:him a shilling
back to buy a pat of ale. ' The Prisoner said, to
he sure he would, and held out his hand, telling
him to take one. lie did so, and they had some
,more conversation. The. Learned Judge asked the
Witnessif he did not part with his money under
the impression of feir ? He said not. To tie sure
..he was afraid when he ran away, hot when his
wind was gone; and he stopped,. he got. his
-C‘.nrage np pretty wefts The .Prisoner did not
,threaten him, arid they had a little talk together.
so that 'at last he was not ai all afraid;—st Why I
think," said his Lordship, '.'•you.item to.have got
very good friends t" to which the Witness, with
naivete replied, "-Why, my Lord, I think
so too. I assure you we were trite good .friendi
before I gave ltiht the Money.'"f his ansWer pro:
heed a general laugh. The learned Judge imme.
diately mold the Jury that they must- acquit die
s vier, constittitea i6hbery die goods or money
tnost be taken by ,fOrce, or extorted through fear ;
brie it was clear there was no force, and the Prose.
cntor had said he 'did nest part with his money un;
the imprerSion of ,fcar. The Prisoner was ac-
cordingly acquitted.
Thomas Massey, a Soldier of the Third Regiment
of Guards, was toditied for the murder of William
Lislirnan.- It wss'stated in evidence that the Fri.
saner and the deceased were. both Privates in she
Third Regiment of
,Guirds-, quartered at Chelms-
ford. Having had- a slight difference; they lelNie
barracks on Sunday, March 18, about four o'clock ;
they went into igratis 'field, and fought only one
round. The deceased received twO,blows, neither
of -which knocked him down, nor did Min any
ap-
parent injury. They theri. became reconciled,
.and
returned to the HAI-racks, . 'the next day, the de.
ceased exhibited evident marks of a fratture ie the
skull, but the Surgeon cnuld not. discover at what
,part. He died in the course of the day, when,
upori opening the head, it was discovered that the
oil- was frselured its a mnst 'extraordinary, manner ;
the blow had struck just below the eyebrow, and
she fracture had extended to the interior of the
skull, which was pressed ,upwards upon the brain,
while the exterior part of the bone remained ,un:
fraaured. •

The CHIEF %%lota Aummed up very hornanely on
Oe part of the Pri.oner. The Jury found him
Gudiy of *AlaNslaughte'r. He was lined one shilling,
itnondintely dit.charged.

Friday) July 20.

Patrick Whalentvas Uniler-Lurcl
rough's An, fur havipg, on the 'z6thdayof`Decem.
I,er, wilfully and maliciously cut off the-hand of
,rues Clemenson. The Prisoner' Whalen was a
p trole and watchman• in the pitish of West Ham.
Clemenson deposed, that on the z6th clay of De,

arA.-- t. ne rrisoner came in very ITludii
'and abused the witness, telling him he owed him a
grudge for two years, and would pay him some time
or other. He behaved so ill that he was turned out
of the house.—The Prisoner, however, came hack
about eight o'clock, and .then Clemenson was sit-
ting at the door ; the Prisoner immediately laid
hold of him, and swore he would search him, for he
suspeded 1)e had pistols about him. The witness
said he might search if he would.--7-The Prisoner
said, no, he should go before the Constable. He
immediately dragged the witness across the road.
As the Prisoner was very drunk. he dragged the'
witness about a great deal, upon which he laid hold
of a rail the Prisimer immediately made a blow at
him with a cutlass, and cut the hand (If, except a
small piece of skin which held it. Two other
witnesses confirmed this statement : one added, that
the Prisoner's wife was standing by him, and that
she gave him the cutlass, after Clemensor► had laid
hold of the rail.

The defence of the Prisoner was, that he had
given the cutlass to his wife a short time before with
the sheath on, and that ,When she gaveit hack he
supposed it was also sheathed ; and that, with that
impression on his mind,_ he struck at his hand, not
meaning to do the mischief that had happened.
Several Gentlemen of the County said the Pri.
soner was a very excellent Patrole—that in several
instances, he had behaved with_ great spirit, but
never:with any excees.
•.,The Jury found him—Guiliy.

Satnrday, July 2 t.
T}lo KING 1.). WALFOR

The Defendant was indiaed on two indictments
for larcenies, in taking oysters from oyster fares on
the sea banks near this 'County.' The Question to
be tried was, Whether it was. a larcetly or not ?
On one side it was, contended; that oysters were as
much guild animals irr.the sea; as sprats or herrings,
and could nut be the Subjed of latcrny. It was
learnedly disputed, whether an oyster had loco ma.
live powers ? Some insisted he had, others he had
not ; .whether moved by haying, jumping, orflow-
ing, was deeply considered by the advoca!es tUr his
lace moths:. The other side insisted, lie lay where
tumbled, and that he grew up from his being a spa/
until he was fat and fit fof London. To this was
answered, how was he to be identified ? Was, he
marked with a brand mark or any other ? With re.
sped to their being fera natura, it was said, it did
not apply to the present case, for on these oyster
fares they fetched their teal e. spawn) from clic..
ferent coasts, and shot them overboard on those
banks to fatten, anti therefore chase mutt be consi.
ed as reclaimed and not wild:oysters.

The Learned Judge having patiently heard all
these deep dissertations, very shortly observed, that
the Legislature by ,3 t of Geo. 111. c. 51. had made
the taking of oysters from the lares a misdemeinor,
and therefore, he should not rule it to he a felony.
The Defendant was accordingly—Acquitted.
There was one other Special Jury which was re-
ferred, and the .ssizes toneluded,

Letters from Italy, brought by the Gottenburgh
mails, mention the progress of BONAPARTE'S negoti.
anion with the POP s, or rather his requisition of his
Holiness to perform the Revolutionary Coronation
Ceremony., Upon Cardinal Fagot-teas first mention.
ing this subjea, Pius VII. referred it to the Sacred
College ofeardinals, who, except FesCH 2, were una.
nimbus in their advice to their Sovereign to deellite
it, as no such aft has been, performed by a Sovereign
Pontiff for seven centuries—and it would offend the
House of Austria, as Plus VI. in 1790; refused the
same demand by I.eorot.D 11. the bailer of the pre-
sent Eme E ROI& of GERMANY. Informed.of this an_
BoNAPARTE WriOte a letter with his own hand,
in the most abusive language and threatening stile,
telling the Pops, that he owed to him alone, and to
his moderation,hdth the temporal and spiritual power
enjoyed by His Holineas ; that it was an insult to
his glory, and to the high dignity, the Great Nation
had conferral on him, only to hesitate ; and that
as be had made Frenchmen again Christians, so
he cold be able. to make them Musselmen, should
the Jingra le ful condutt, superstitious scruples; or Ito.,
:sillatatmon, fears of his Holiness force him to such an
•an."' In return, Pius VII. ofiered to give full
power,: to Cardinal hesell R to perform oe,6it part,
and in hit name, the Coronition Ceremony; a letter of
recommendation from Madame BostAe ART e, the Jai.
rThant Emperor's mother, accotnpanied this answer.
It had, however, no other effeCi than to entaige
her son the more, who wrote to the Pori& these few,
words "We desire the Holy Father to,choose be.,
tween a retreat to a Convent and a journey to
France. Paris, May 20, Signed NAPOI.EON."--
Copies of these transactions and letters are handed
about alI over, Italy. It is said that the POPE has
demanded the Mediation of Austria, and even of-
fered to resign ; but that his Holiness had been ad.
wised, for the Peace of the Church, to submit to
the circumstances of the times. General CHAR-
P ENTIK R has therefore been sent to Romet to escort
the Pupa to France.

The most* distressing ravages have been -occa.
sioned'hy the late inundations in Silesia. In the
vicinity of LOwen, the Neiss
.broke down several
of its -banks, and overflowing others, laid all the vil.
lages and fields completely. under water. All the
country from Sagau to l'*ubriclt was likewise
covered ; 411 the bridges, and many houses, carried
away, and rteveral entire villages destroyid: About
260 persons are said to have perished by -this dis.-
aster, neat Sagan, as welt as great numbers of
cattle. The town of Christianstadt experienced a
similar misfortune, and the inundation of the Spree
was equally terrific. At. Budissin the water rose
41 the same height as in t 552, and swept away
every mill from that town to Bomisch.Einsierler.
The town of Rumbary also sustained great damage ;
and scarcely had , the waters retired; when a fire
broke.out which destroyed most of the houses that
remained. The inundation.is generally attributed to
a great volcanic commotion ; as some shacks of an
e. laquake .werc -felt in the environs of &dishing
and on several mountains some springs arose 'that
had never been,perceived belore.'