The Sun.
London, England, 1803-02-04 00:00:00

COfiN EXCHANGE, FEE. 4.

FURTHER Importations of Most sorts of Grain
are very considerable ; Wheat sells readily at nearly
last day's prices ; the large supply of B,►rley tie-
duces this article as well as Malt ; Pease and Beans
of both sorts arriving in great plenty; sell something
less ; at Oats there is a good jUpply, and they rather
appear declining ; Flour not yet lower.

Wheat . 46$ a
.52S a 57s od
finF 58s' a -6os od
Nrley 23s A 3.7 s 6d
Malt - - 4os.a Acs 6d
Rye . 355• a 38s od
%%tithe Pease 35s 3 323 od
Bents 32s a 36s od

Tick Beans = ags a 32s al
Oats. - ISS a. as 22S
Poland ditto 233 a 243 ctl
Rape Seed - -30 l a 341.
Fine Flout - a 49$ at
Second do - a 455

Respeeling thy: dreadful fire which took place on
Wednesday night at Mr. Hams Lroces Printing:
Office, whereby the whole premises were destroy-
ed, nothing has Since transpired to discover by
what means the unfortunate affair originated. It
has been stated, that a boy belonging to the Print-
ing-Ofilee set some straw do fire while. feeding a
dog. the youth suspe&ecl of the crime, or rather
the negli4ence, was lodged in the Compter all Wed.
nesday night, and was yesterday taken before the
Sitting Magistrate. at Guildhall, for the purpose
of undergoing an examination, but which was not
entered into, in consequence of the nonattendance
of his Master, whose perturbed state of mind
throughout the whole day, rendered him unfit to
attend the investigation. The hearing, therefore,
stands over till this day., It is much to be re-
gretted, that by this calamitous fire not fewer than
sixty persons are thrown out of employment, many
of whom have large families. Several engines con.
tinued all yesterday to play upon the ruins; which
still harboured a, 'great deal of fire, to prevent the
possibility 'of its being renewed so as to' erred fur-
ther mischief. It is exceedingly distressing to wit.
tress the quantity of paper that is now laying among
the ruins, spoiled and unfit for use. The quantity
entirely destroyed is very great ; a Bookseller in
Paternoster-row had sent in paper to complete some
Works, worth some thousand pounds. A very
valuable work, just finished, would have been sent
to the Binder's yesterday morning, had not the me.
lancholy affair taken place. The agreement for the
binding alone, was made for two hundred and fifty
pounds.
BOW.STRRET.—Yesterday an elderly woman, of
the name of Calvert, cook and housekeeper to Mi.
'froward, of Norfolk-street, was charged by that
Gentleman with wilfully doing damage to some very
handsome furniture in his house. The Prisoner, who
had lived only five weeks in Mr. Troward's family,
had given such repeated cause of dissatisfaction, that
she received warning to quit ; in revenge for winch,
she, with some instrument, made several holes in two
of the cushions of the drawing room chairs, cut two
large holes in the carpet of the dining-parlour, and
mangled the stair carpetting of one flight of stairs in
the same manner; the furniture being quite new, the
damage is estimated at upwards of thirty pounds.
The Prisoner admitted the whole of the charge,
and in excuse for it, pretended she was aauated
by passion, but that she was willing to make
good the damage. The Magistrate lamented
exceedingly, that it was not an offence cognizable
before him, though perhaps it might be inditiable.
Mr. Troward consented to drop all further proceed-
ings, if the Prisoner would replace the darnaged
things with new ones, which she readily agreed to,
and lodged 221. as a security for pertininii.g the
same.