The Sun.
London, England, 1803-03-30 00:00:00

CORN L)a.:II4NGE, MARCH 30.

THER c are not many arrivals of Grain to.day,
but many of last day's samples being unsold
from Eesex, Suffolk, and' Kent, and Wheat having'
fallen heavily on Mopday, it sells at lesi than
our last day's prices ; the Barley trade is heavy,
and little doing, in Melt ; pats, Pease, and Beans
in full quantity; the Sales made of these articles
may be .observed at •something less ir as also may
Flour.

1 Wheat 44$ a Saga Os ad• ..riCii: Deans -26 s a. 30s opt Fine ditto -54 s a sos ad Oats . -13 s a' iss a los
Harley . .2os a '2.5s ad Paland ditto' ' 205 a xis c 4
Malt - - 405 a' 445 al Rape Seed - - 311 a 341
Rye - - -32$ a 355 at Fine Hour - 445 a 475 00l
White Pease ' 365 a 445 ad Secondtie. - . 4iit. ;4 445
'leans ~ dos a 345 Od . .

Yesterday the Master and Wardens of, the Bakeri•
Company waited npon
.the• Right Hon. the. Lnito
MA-roa, at "the Mansion ` the As 4.
size of Bread,. and it appearing ti. i! C:1-.11f1: ::!tital of
the Mealkt;Tiiihers' Reports* t 11:. v.Jrteits Of
Wheat sold between the t 4.dt IKM t 9th. at the
Corn Exchange: from +os. to per-finarter, aud
924.3 sacks of Flour 6cia. between
,the, 1901 it •z.s.th
inst. at the same place, from, ft+g-to Os. per sack,
forming au average upon the whole quantities
cBs. I*. per charter; and +9g. ald. per sick,
being 28. 9iti, per quarter, and 2•Tid. per rick:dearer
than last week's Report, his Lordship was under
the disagreeable necessity of raising. the Bread,half
an Assize, or id. in the Peck-loaf; to •talcz Place
tii.morrow; The Quartern.loaf will then be
sold for end. Wheaten, and Household lid..
• Monday forenoon, one of Mr.l-lAityt.V's Pow..
der Mills at Battle blew op. The explosion was
great, but we learn with real pleasure that no perp,
son Was killed or hurt. The mill.keeper-was in th
Miff but a few minutes 'before. Mr. HAkvaar's
loss is-considerable. As yet it has'been foUnd im-
possible it) account for the accident.
Wednesday morning last a small Sloop from n Port
up Frith, laden with pitch and rosin, caught time
while at anchr;r ki Leith Rpadh near the Clyde
Frigate ; which being observed by the Oaeets of
that Ship, they immediately, dispatched a boat and
crew to the assistance of the Sloop, by whose
spirited
,exertions the lira was prevented from
spreading, and the Sloop towed ashore to the tast
of the, Harbour of Newhaven, where she now

A very hot Press took place at Bristol on Satur.
day, night. The Press-gangs were uncommonly nu.
rncrous, and attended by some of the military. At
every avenue of the city, parties 91 the Military
were stationed, to revent any escape. Upwards of
Zoo men were picked up ; many ot'whom, not being
seamen,. were discharged on the following morning,.
Sunday afterno-m', as the gmg and a party, of the,
marines were conduaing some of the pressedmen to
LimplietershAtall, in order to put them on board
His Majesty's Frigate in King-road, they were v
leanly atiaulted in Hotwell.ruad, by large tnob,
who fling mud and stones, which so levitated the
Military, that they fired among them, and a boy was
killed, and two or three wounded.
A story is told in the last French Papers, which ex-
ceeds in audacity and desperation 'any thing that has
lately occurred m our own metropolis. In the evening
of the ezd of March, a mart of the name of Makin.,
Itnoeked at the dour of Madame BoNNIAtr, who
keeps a woollen draper's shop, at No. 32., Place St.o
Germain Auxerrois ; being admitted by the Lady,
he went into the lobby, where agentieman WWI Stand,
ing ; 'after the ordinary salutations,' he drew a pistol
from his pocket, whick he fircd,at tie! Gentleman,
anti which wounded him in the -forehead. point_
ed a second pistol at Madame BootlcAu, which
fortueately fiashed inn the pan. At' last Moltet.
hearing a cry of murder rai.,ed, and finding himself
seized by
two men, whom he had att;;lnpted to
shoot; with at third pistol blew out his o.'n brains.
He is said to hate been a unmet husband of Madamt
BONNE AU, from whom he bad been divorced be..
' ten= four and five months,

..Povek z.

PUBLIC-OFFICE BOIY.STREk.T. ,

YEvORDAT a min of respcElable appearance.
was exlmined before Niexot.As BoND, Esq. and
,r Sir Wt 1.1.1 AM PARsoNi, Charged with stealing from
tht stablis ut. Mr. Hall, at Kensington,Giavet Pits;
vey gelding, the property of Mr. Choppin, and a
grey mare, the property of the Hon. Charles Dun-
It app:ared in evidence the stables had been
brc.ke.open on the night of the r9th inst. and the
horses stolen from them ; but upon diligent inquiry
being made, they were traced towardi Oxford, and
betmeen the villages of 'lets-worth and Wheatley
the Prisoner was overtaken riding the mare, and
leading the gelding„ and, was secured. The
soner was tommittedlor further examinati,n
Tl.loSlily, on account of his saying he could prove'
be puiclia,ed them the same morning at High Wy-
comb: .

A cause of considerable importance to the Public,
came orr,at, the Assizes at Lancaster, in the shape
of an inquiry brAite the Sheriff; to ascertain the
damages.sustained by M. Kirkpatrick, a respeaa-
ble Solicitor, is Liverpool, who had both botrs of
his arm broken, by being overturned in *the Mail
. Coach, at %raid., between Liverpoinl and London.
It appeared on .the evidence, that the accident was
occasioned by the gross neglea of the Coachman and
guard; that Mr. Kirkpatrick had been prevented
attending hi:Cprolessional avoevtions„ had been put
to great expence, and (by the very clear and
.evidence of an eminent Surgeon) that he would
never
.eutirely receiver die use of his arm, but
would always, during his life, suffer considerable
and ineonvenieue from the miSlorturie. The
jury, taking these circumstances into consideration,
&gave Mr. Kirkpatrick. a :vsrdin for zs-01, N'tr
hole the event of this cause will be -a real public
advantage, as the damages will (though no material
objet to the ientlernan; to whom they are given) as
wed enn, ince the drivers of public carriages, that
they ;ire' not tis spore with the lives and limbs of
Ihs M dery's s6bjeels with impunity ; as also the
Propitifirs of suelliconveyanees, that it is not only
nece,sary to- chose civil and careful drivers, but -to
pay some sort of attention to, the application of
those who receive injuries through their means.

At Yotle•Asiizes'a.respeetable-tradesman` was
r tried for Mandat ghter. iTc apreared that the Pri.
sotier,. Upon theseetibration of the Fifth of NOVI:rm.
ber, bad mixed with— the crowd on that occasion,
and a goo Which he •had, went off by'accident,:.and
killed !me Mary Richardson. /It appeared that the
gun was not loaded with ball, but the wadding
struck the decease& The Prisoner was acquitted.
O( •
Saturdaythe drivers of several of, the Black.
Wall and Liniehouse stages, at ere summoned' before
the Lotto MAyoa, for sufFering their Coaches 'to
stand betore'diffe.tent hnuSes Leadenhall:.street.
• One, of, the partika CompJained against, being the
owner (4• the Coach lie drove, was ordered to pay
2057 40 others were.fineLl to*. each.. They were
all cautioned against offending again,
At Tewkesbury fair, there was a fine spew of
cattle, which sold at advanced pr c.nw bred
and fed ,by Mr. Cliftoo4.and a Herefordshire:heitir,
• Were.64C,vn to arnateurs, arsd the curious. The cow
W 43 eminently distinguished fur excessive fitness,
and the heifer was remarkable foc its weight, which
• was upwards of ,two thousand eight hundred pounds.
At Ross fair there was a good 'sbew of fat cattle;
but the sale was. rather doij, and the prices still
continued high. There were , few horses Or, sheep
in the lair, but both scild at good. prices. Best
clieesc, from 6oi, to 64.6',„ and two meal from. S itio
EU 565. 'per 'cwt.
On WesinesdaY ? genteel well.dressed woman was
prevented by two Gentlernen,from throwing herself
into dime Paddington Canal. Proving to be out.of
her senses, she was committed to the care of the
Bei,dte, woh whom she remains. So distracted is
slw, that no inl;fltriation can be obtained from.her
re !,,sting her 1 ;ends ;,but froth broken:sentencei,
there is reas-,n to, suppose she has escaped from a 'Mad
bluse, neat Clapham, or Clapton ; ,that she has been
latFiy,martitd, andl that her husband has run away
with liereroperty, which seems to have been consi.
derable She is in mourning, and WheneVer •it is
asked lir whom lie is in mourning, she,bursts into
, • •

Last wcek, Arney, a journeyman shoe.
tri,lcr. Downton, Wilts, whilst his fellow.
wi,ik men were at dinner, wc4.t.into the next roam,
and wuundeci himself dreadfully with a knife; but
by the skill. of the Surgeon, he was nearly cured of
the wounds, when he refilled us take proper soft-
stance, and was literally starved to death.. Mr,
WHITMARSH, took an inquest on the hady—Jury's
verdid—felo de fe.
A feW days since, a per,son, by trade a plumber,
,an inhabitant of Wellington, Somerset, having been
some time insane, assaulted another and two
sisters with .a stem. hamper,' and fraCtur4d their
skulls in a most shocking manner. The; mother is
not sxpeeted to survive. The unfOrtunate
Asylum, maniac.
is now confined in the Lunatic near t xeter.
A Cingu)ar accident Laiipenedon Friday seinnight
in <the water corn-mill of Mr. Pearce, near Tick.
fiPld. As the, grisders were working their oat.
mill, the upper stone, whilst going with conside(a;
ble velocity, broke, when a portion of it, weigh.
ing about 400 cwt. was cast with great violey,ce
through the hoop to the opposite side, of the build.
ing,, but luckily without injury to any one, or to
the mill, as the stone fell un a tier of sacks, filled
with ground oats.
Wednesday night, •af;out nine o'clock, an alarm.
in tire broke out in the stables; belonging to Mr.
Vra a ics, in firoadmead, Bristbl, which raged with
considerable fury ror some, time; but by timely as.

sis'tance, and owing to. the Sere!) it y of the'eyeiiing,
it was got under without doing Mate.rAiii injury._
fne was occasioned by 'a candle being impru.
debit)! kit burning in the stable irt, the absence
of;t keeper.
nesday se'nnight Thomas I fenniket, cony
ed'for being ,ctive ire destroying-111e premises of Mr.
fetish, c::,thier, at TVo4 biidge, was executed at
Ft,herton, near Salisbury. •••