The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-29 00:00:00

DEFENCE OF C.:O;IIYTI'`,

DY:SCHVRCH, OCT. 2.s.—Yesterdsy n ,special
meeting of die Lode and Proprietors of Romiiey
Marsh, and others inierested it. die lands lyin4 in
the line oldie ptopw,ed Canal, rampart, and milif 1-y
road between Stiorneliff and the river Wither, near
Rye:was held at the New Hail, Dymeiturch, at
request of the. Lord Warden of the Cirque
for the purpose Of considering the same, that the
Proprietors of the M ash, and others ioterelteil in
the lands, might' have an opportuoiry of witti,,g,
their objeetions, if any, t:, the general ttlelillte,
far as it may aft et their interest, in order that tLfe
same may be obviated, Government wishing to carry
this great wolk of (lettuce into executiim
injury to private propertv.—The 14:m.14 mt,t
ciseiy at twelve o'clock ; genera's Sir 1), flyzitsAs
and Marotta being prescnt, Bit Jotpr HON y wool)
was called to the chair ; after,which Mr. PrTr'ex.
plaine,!, in the clearest nitotter,the oujeet of fife
Meeting, and stated, with a perspicnirv.pecoliat to
himself,, how this great work tvnttlit aft4t!te last is
in the .Romney Marsh m4l out-levels aThining.
In the course of his speech he explained how the
marshes would be benefited by its .acting as
drain to intercept the fhod, y
rains; that by its means many thousand acre:, of
land now inundated' in wet seasons ev,.tui i be
preserved ; that its dry. seasons, nor only the
whole water which issues from the hills would his'
turned into the matali fir the use or Clittte an 4
other stock, but that the Canal woultj: -4:7 as are,
servoir to supply idle marsh with water WlienOoiei
sources failed; that..by its Means the pr,iduc'<c
country would be conveyed at a che.,p rare to th 5.,.
Coast ; that 'materials for the making of roads wotild.
be okm-ded. in great abundance, at a moderate rX.
pence, and that in general it would he the mean; of
improving the Country to a degree they cnuld scarce.'
ly imagine. In Confirmation of his statement, he.
ex.mneil the ,Enginer emphyed on the world, and
'Mr. CoLcms,N, Expenditur of the Marsh, a perso4
whose age and experience entitle his information to
resped; b ,th of whom confirined his otatetrients:
Afterwards different questions Were asked by the
L:)rds present, all 0 which, were • smisfanorily.
;iris wercil. Sir JOHN HONY'WOOD then pr0p,),..1,
that it is the opinion of this Meeting, that the
tended Canal would be beneficial to the coumry tti
general through which it passes ; and that the I.ords
of Romney- IVlatcli and other Prnprictoh
arc of opioicin that Government should be put
immediate pos...eytion of the hod, withou, waiting
the course of legal proceedings of the Defence .AA;-.
and recommended it to such Proprietors as are not,
.present, rr agree with them ; and that when the
work4is finished, a Jury be summoned to ascertain.
rite value of land and damages sustained while. the
works were in hand.

These Resolutions being passed, the M-eting sch
loopled, and, Mr. PITT returned to Waliner CastiF.

CO Ocr. t 9.

THE .fresh arrivals -of Wllnt are in middling
quantity 4.day, and -itigher prises are a,ked, hut'
tnaoy Foreign being daily itneticd, the trade it noted,
but little dearer i Barley. in' toktrable supply, and.
that with Milli fully keep their prier, as ch the two`
sorts of ('ease anti Bean*; %se have large arri vAlq of
Oats, and they is. and es. per quArter ices in j*ior
in Flour no alteration.
Wheat b6a a o,s a figs oil Pearls - 44$ aso .4;
Fine ditto .. 94a A 91; Ott rick ileum oi a 461 ad
Rye (uew) . 4as a, 43i oil oats 20 a 3154 ig 48", tut.
ti.aloy . -44 s a 49$ C.' Pola,id do. . alio a 3.:'4 telt
1
M 3111 ,' • his aOs ed Rade Se.:(l . . 4tl 4.44
Wllite Pease SO a Oct; ore Fine Fluut - 75$ a 801 pd"
qtey ditto - ,12s 4 464 ed Seconds - - los a 75$ ad

We regret to find that we copiel from a M irning,
Pipet a paragraph stating the death of Col. R CR*
ARDsotto which proves to be entirely crroncutisi,
that Gentlemn being alive and in good health.

The extensive pretnises at Milbank, recently em.
ployed in the manufacture of straw paper, were
knocked down at GArraway's, by Messrs. Ron tNs,-
on Saturday, for seventeen thothand one hundred
guineas,

130W.STIt r ET. —For a considerable titue prat the,
female part of the inhabitants of Chelsea,
from girls.
of eleven years of age to ,aged women, have been
as Mach annoyed as the whole female inhabitants of
'London were some years since by the Lasears and
the Monster, by the wanton and indiscrett condutt
of two youths, the sons'nf a very reapenable Gentle.'
man, an inhabitant of Queen's Elm,' Chelsea. Their
ptattice has been to salty forth at the dn'k of the
evening; and to attack every unprote6ted female,
and to force their petticoats over their heads,
a.n.i expose themselves, and otherwise behave in a
very' indecent manner ; they lately served the Lady
of the Cleigyman of the Parish of Chelsea in this
manner; in aonsevence of their begging pardon,
and promising to desist from Ni praffice, she fore
gave them. 1 hey have likewise bee 'n the habit
of sheaving obscene prints to the oldrat girls who
are at the boarding.schools at Chelsea, and behay.'
ing very indecently to them. On the evening of
the 9th instant, they attacked the servant girl be-
longing to Mr. Salisbury, as she was going along
the road on an errand : they forced her petticoats
over her head, and hehand very indecent man.
ner to her.

Lire on Friday evening, a Warrant hitvi:r*prit...
i►iously been issued out avinst them, they'Surren_
tiered themtelves at the Office before Mr. Bomb And
and Sir W. PAasous, when they were held to bail
with two sureties of yol.'each. One of them is 30
years of age, and is an Officer in the Army, and the
other is 18 years of age. These youths were in
custody about twelve months ago, on a similar
charge,

At the Old Bailey, on Saturday, an aged man,
of the name of Berra, was it:dieted for stealing a
pair of breeches from a box in the house where he
lodged ; but
,alltdged, in his defence, that he had
purchased them in petticoat-lane. Found Otsiiry.
Sixty-five years of age,—Philit Marie, and rksotas
Williams, a boy of 13, were intlitlea, as swum-
pikes, in privately stealing, from the person of
v7it lin;4.,ttd.
D,owd.ins, p
pocket-bunk, Value . and were

. ,
lle„ey Peefea, was irldi6terl on the !.:‘:tatutt of.
(1,.0. 11. for obtaining, by false pretences, a it.
note from the. Earl of Clarendon, The det.iis of
this cati,e exhibited a system of fraud .which has
•
been unelwilled since the time of the ifsmous Miss
It.!berrsori The Prisoner had carried on his de..,
prechiTilril on the Public' for .a long time without
detettiin ; and from 'a mernorandum book of 'his
own it appeared, to the amount 014881. he had,
duped the credulous Public within the last two
years. Trie plan Which he put in pranice against
the N.,hle Prosecutor was one of the
,most artful that
ingenious wickedness .could conceive..: The Earl of
Oaten(' m being at his seat near, Wade's jt.7ili,
Hertfordshire, in .the month July last, received
a letter, which was read in evidence. It was -
signed by a Mrs. Grant, and stated in substaixe
11,S falloWa
" That the writer having heard from a Lady whose name
she wk.: not at liberty to reveal, the most charming chaeider
of his Laiiship for kindness and benevolence, she was in-
duced to lay before him a statement of her diitressed circuit).
stantfras. The supposed Lady then detailed her case, which
was, that she was a native of Jamaica,. of an affluent and re-
spect4ble family; that a young man, a Scotchman, and Sur.
geon's Mate to a Man of INlat. was introduced at her father's
house, who so tar ingratiated himself with her father, that
be seriously recommended him to tier for a husband. Site
did not like him, because h 4 was proud, and for ever vaunt-
ing of his high family ; but. as her father's will had always
been a la wAtkre consented, on condition that'he'would live at ••
Jamaica.. ;,y were accordingly :Married, and her faille's
save film tom He,. however,. SQQII became discontented
with remaining at Jamaica, and continually importuned
her to go with him to Scotland; and 25 her friends joined
in the' solicitation, she consented. They had now been
six months in England, hitt .her husband 'always evaded
going 'to Scotland, and left her whenever she spoke upon the
subjed. I n short,' he gained, drank, and committed` every
excess, and within the last six weeks he died.in a rapid de.
leavinglier a widow with two children, and hourly ex.
peding to bedelivered of a third. A lady had given her such'
a ellartieteror his Lordship, that. she wasinduced to implore
his assistance. Site was ti ,t al years of age, and neveeknew
want till now, hut she was lett irli,t4 a shilling to support
herselt and miserale children she owed for herhusbind's•
funeral, and the apother,ary', bill, for wirch she was afraid
of being arrested.- To avoid this she was mire. to seek shel-
ter with a poor widow in Essex, and it his -Lordship would
write to her at the Post.office at Ilarlow, if she was put to
bed in the mcgp while. she,would get some safe person to ger
for ins Lordahip's Letter.'
His tordhltip's answer to this letter evinced the
!mast benevolent.hearta He expressed his readiness
to alleviate her disttess, but justly observed it
otiv,l)t to be authenticated .:hy something more than
the recital. of a perieet stranger. He desired to
know who the Lady was who had recommended the
hcations to him, and assured the writer she. need
not conceal. her,. tot he considered it was doing him
a giros kindness, to afford him the means of ren.
Bering se„ vice to the diarressed. On the 14,th of
jtdy,..hissLordship keel yeti a note nearly as follows t
if. "Mn. Smith, widow of Capt. Smith, btaed leave to ine
form Lord. Clarendon, that Mrs. Grant was brought to bed.
It was she who recommend d Mrs. Grant to Lord Claret).
don; white her htisbaridWdS living, she had frequently been
with hitn on the 'teCtliqi24 in
,Hertfordshire, where
she han heard of tie-Benevolent charadier of his Lordship,
sod recommended Mrs. GNAT IQ 'sralt bet'ease tO his Lord.
ship Soe added, that Smith, When in Jamaica, had
frequently visited Mrs. Grant's father, who was a PCOOII. of
great wealth; that she hint herself done more then She.could
;Mid, for an 'amiable. and tr fortunate young woman. She
had DO doubt, that at s ion as'sh,ecould receive an answer
fiertiliarnaica, 'hot that Mrs. Grant's father watilti,tend her'
abundant relief; but till then, site rrtigltt, withouttluetriend.
ship of some one, be totally lost."
In COnstquence of this last note his LotNhip.res
turned an answer, and inclosed, a draft- for ive gui.
neas—ofrei ing at the same time ,to write to a'ny
person at Harlow who might be olassistance to her,
particularly to any medical person. On Ju1y.13,,
the supposed -Mrs. Grant writes again, to his Lotd-,
ship, acknowjedges the receipt of the sl. ss. and
states that she has had the tare of a.passage bome ;
she wishes to see his Lordship, to return het grate-
ful thanks, &c.'at the-shine time she is. extremely
delicate lest their meeting should be misconstrued
by. a malignant world, 'and entreats it. may take
place 'at a 'little distance from town. The an.
swer to this letter ,she begs may be, addressed,
to A.. 8.. C. at. Georges Coffee-house,- to which •
place she will send lot it. His 'Lordship ,stater re,
quest wrote an answer and appointed the Bell
atKilburo. Before,'lloloo4 , the arrival .of the,
day of meeting, his Lordship received another let.
ter from Mrs. Grant, stating that ever since she
came to town site had met nothing but trouble. Her
last child .haddied, and she was seized with a milk
ievet ; that-She had I Z. left of his Lordship's, and
Mrs. Smith's bounty, when site ewe to town ;
that she eras afraid of
rcoming further thin White.
chapel lest leer creditors might arrest lirr, witere she
tV2sat present miserably lodged in only one room ;
she concluded with a 'leeriest of the loan of 51. to,
inclusain a. Note' addressed to Mr. Pau!, to
be left at rite Setacisn's Head Xgn. Aidgatef
Lord Ship in reply to this note sent time Opcy re-
quested, arid with great humanity, condoles on her
supposed bituation. He there puipoies to take her
into the cooritry, where she may live carter anti free
of expence,ontil she hears from 1-or friends. 'The peltt
letter intrailtrees another aanr on the stage, it comes:
from the Rest. ff. PaUl.,--Mr..13,n)1, at to desire:
bf Mts. Grant, who is,theiideliri6us, acknotrndges
the
,receipt of the yl, He will write again and 3.4 y, any
thing Mrs. Granc,inty dictate in.a lucid interval,
Be begs his answer may he left at the Chapter Col.
fee'-house. Hii:Liirdship accordingly writes to the
Rent.H, Paul, with particUlar inquiries after the
ite.of Mrs. Grant, prbpes to:seml her,pre,
.ax.tpeelical assistanv,, The. Rev,,,..Nrs Paul again
..fett4i:in tits tetter-,,tcnd'states the natttfc:of Mrs.
ItrAni's coulpfaiot, which was of a delicate *attire!
lie then states the high nuthms,of Mrs. Grant, who
will not condescend to See arty personfrpm hislLord.
in her tiresent wretched state, She son her
situation, is such that it is not delicate, to, admit
any one to set her but those absolutely necessary.
IVlr. PaUl has therefore promised not to riivulgc, tier
residence, but, in
,her lucid intervals, she expresses
'the utmost anxiety to be enabled to thank-her Irene.
'factor.
This correspondence produced a meeting between
the supposed Rev. H. PAUL Ittla his -Lordship,
to hie lf took place at the Dell Ind, at Kilburn, on
she gib of Angust, The Prisoner then introduced
fiimself to his Lottiship as the Rev. -Henry Paul.
They entered into conversation on the subjea. of

The pavemetft immediately in front of the flay-
market Theatre, on Friday morning, sunk, owing
to the sewer giving way.- One el-the.iiiiiars.sup.
porting the porelt of the Theatre fa into t he chasm.

A burglarioai conspiracy,of an audacious and ex.
tensive nature, on the property of Messrs. Pitcher,
of Margate, .was detected a few days ago,
and t 7 of the depredators have been, apprehended.
It appears that the propietors have for upwards of
two yearsheen defrauded of vast quantities of flour,
meal, Sec. The foreman of the mills has turned
King's evidence, and.exertfons are making to dis.
covet many mote .61 the plunderers.

LONDON : Prinso fiA22,1%, (nt No. 4, Martlet-court ltovv-Sticeti „ and l'untished by WlL:.tav Akmtuza Scitztrat lot South Multno.stitrto
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Grosve.nor..squarc)i

34.:rttitnay.. 1
' Atio $ i
Bank 1., Ann, 16 34". i
. I Ai. rotha i ' • . , . . i.
India Stock, 11l
FExcheaner 11i,1!..,,,,ittit
fftiptii9l 3 Per ( el,'''
Ditto Ann. Zi11t.,..',..,1it1ik.
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—• ' -- : . the' - ' 's4loo ~ !
TOprevent Frau,i, Hon.- tlieorntlii eroilie ~
of His niajeitY'S Stamp 'Office have irancetli 14:14(1'
st:ens':thliCs, Thaw, tagharitts..ilizi iiJillt ill .111 lOW '. :40.0
oh the Stamps or his hiciLlit6,''via.. Wm. Broll,o'fjoe
Albi°""strect, Blackfriarscroad, to imitatc.Vvbtc,lk,°,oo`llj
The Medicines are not ent *ate unics the above 1
be'.
.A certain PrelfelltiVe Ot Map)/ DiSOrderS"--44°Itluiliplikor(11
int,inore Wanting at this season .c f theyou thin ifroi'l,,a
the blood, that will effectually eradiote tly)id to, :4
which now generally mike tli,,ir a! 1,
jotop
aTAiZte.k.Wittl a Stanbutic Complaint, it tiatteedol.ot
Pleasure We announce the success Ilia 11;01141, ri,eti/itjo
4dministracOn of the l3otaniCal Sy;UP, A!r/ttlie Oicedo. o'4
us to reient this Adiirc3s trt the Public is, .., viol y`,llii
that it the Botanical Syrup is 11l ie4.l`,„,ii if! ,iif
thosd severe tirs of illtiess:whi,....h ally) i`'orrrt',, elßeiii ts'
awl Lite ausuing months. The llotanto, . ~ ',,,itil.lie
CUITS Ev i Is, CallerS, LeprOsY, 311tt SClollllu,io9.bytiOl 0o
The many thousand cures performed by this in ,5 th I ~T; 0
tibiecihiladl, itiaaty.t.lbice rucatoluilsye,se:o.ill the 1.00,f00 I ,'jCs4lri•
'KO Rotatueal Syrup and Restorative NeTli.,cittr'•
road.
ttn°aNitbBcF.eco-111°At:v SaltedD
i:tSh;revoimi °t7e4l' 11! . tt(1:-.9i 1 lij 1 Pt: el4‘lll:l'e:°,6i etri:
i:rh: (:);.;°„.5:4:t'ilcIr'IS.:1;61:1r:::51'1%:1:::1:
he usual Fee. A Five Culotta Bottle coo"
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