The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-19 00:00:00

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(train the Ilatitpskire Telegraph )

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.TOWNSRND AND OTHERS against itop cuctuziNp.
Our readers Will recollect that see,
ourNer'of the 6111 lust. that thei-e-ithirWceit
executions in Lord 'Cochrane's bouie. We t'3l,
give the following stateaent áf what has happened
since, authority
At the tinie theSileriff'S officers levied the eXe
entioos, and took possession of them.. Lord C. was
not-in the house, nor did he appear t ilviv ouch' last
‘Veduesday week, when aboUt silt in the atterniinn,
%chi* one of sire officers .Was putting some ca:;:e
into the stable, the followittg strarageni.
sorted ro, to get out the Other : the hell at the fi.ont
door was rung violently, When the 'Haul left in
posses,i6o stepped without the kitchen (1.60 i• to
see who it was that 'rung, and the door was, in.
stantly thut.against bins ;:.and, as it has since ap-
peared, by his Lordship himself, Who, upon the
man demanding to he let in again,. threatened
death to the first person who should attempt. to
enter the litii6e.-=-The rie:tt day; Mr. Hollis,'the
Under-Sheriff, went to Holly Hill; and had aeott-
terenee with him through the%virulow, -which he
kept shut down, -arid when he repeatedly Made the
sante threats, notwithstanding the Under-Shtriff
warned him Of the illegality and impropriety of
his conduct, and offered to retake possession by
sufficient force to enable hini to support an Betio!,
for, it trespass, if he should wisluto-do ii). He then .
left him, cautioning himagaitist furtheriesistance-,
and informing him that he shoot(' send a suffieent
unniber of per3ons tot egstio Ilit• poisesdon by force;
and he lannediately issued a warrsaut to the She-
ritt'S Officers at Farellion, Ciosport, and rorts-
mouth, to aid and rissi-J the Officer who bad been
in risiesaion, acid to take such other persons as.
might be necessary to retake possession- of The
goods, &a. They. went the next . morning to do.
so, .but were deterred by Lord C„'s threats, top!
by his having fired off a gun, at one of the
windows, and by seeing what be gave out to be,
and what atiparently were, -bags of gunpowder
laid at the windows anti doori, with trains lead.
tog to them, and notices stuck up in various parts,
"'!'ante notice, explosion bags are set wit hits ;
thieves beware." Several letters passed betWe, •
and the Under-Sherilf,•but he. could not lit.
induced to give tip the possession, and as' his
threats Were cOntinited, and hither apparent pre-
paration 10r resistance was made, it became ne-
cessary to communicate what had happened t )
the Sheriff, then in London, who haViHg ci,n-
sultvd high legal • anthority, as to,
.the. proper
mode of proceeding, imtnediately repaired into
the country, and on Wednesday went to /ltd..
ly attrnded hvl Mr. •Hollis, bis tinder
Sheriff, his Officers,. and a stolicient force to. re-
obtain the possession -in execution of the'liing's
writs ; and basing first ineffeetoally endeavour-
ed to convey' a let rto Lord C.'s hands, and at
the window of the room) in which he hush beets
seen it; the course-of .the morninzi verbally sin!
repeatedly demanded ,entrauce, and no one helps!,
tound ei!tier to take the letter or give ;city altSkl-cr
to the verbal communication, the :windows where
the supposed bags of gunpowder lily were brokeit
with a boat-hook, that ihry might be pulled out,
and.the door Ito ced, when.his Lordship was found
in the libtary;and eS he offered no farther re-
ShtylrecovotApti aheil custody, at he tohir.-
wise must have. been, and the trains that he -gave
'Out were, and supposed to be guallowdrr, Wert!
101111t1 to he only powdered charcoal, and his gist
at that time charged only with' powder lite
Under-Sheriff stayed utter the possession h ut bi..ett
regained, to look over several trunks of papets
'and clothes, which his Lordship wished to take
away, and gave leave for their ,being removed"
and he left the house for London the same

evening.

CORN-EXCIIANOR, MAY 19,---We had a mid-
tiling supply of Wheat this morning from Essex
and Kent, which sold readily at an advance of
from 2s. to 3s, per quarter from this day week
barley is iu demand, and 2s. per quarter dearer.;
Malt is steady Oats have rather a better
sale nt Monday's thices ; Grey Pease are, in, de-
mand, and 2s. per quartet higher ; Boiling ream

and Beans remain file sa
per sack dearer than
Foreign Wheat - tills. 755.

me ; Floor is fixed at si.
day week.

;Int! ditto

- ' - 10Gi.

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Fine Grey Pease - Us. s.
Tick Mans - 83,415.
Old ditto - LW. G 44.
Small Tick Beans as. 451.
Old ditto - 6tis.
Feed Oats - - 174. 245.
Floc ditto - ais.
Poland ditto - 2r4s.
Vine 1354. 4a3.
Polatoe d‘i to des• 52a.
4;11,e. Se4ll. OM per last.
Vim Flour 108 s.
Sentidi 140 s. 10b4.

Enitii4l, Wheat -
Find ditto -100 s.
Old ditto - 1223. 1:103.
Itye
Fine ditto - - 623.

Barley - - - - Ms.
Fine dittO -•- - 48*. 52:,
Malt - 6,1‘,
Fine tlitto 801. 84$.
WhitePease fliullert) 61s. 645.

nn* 4ittu - rids. ilea.
Grey rea4c 403„ 44%

•
A .panter;'. of Portsea, was on Prithty appre..
liended, under a warrant from Lord ELLENBO.
orivott, tar printing PArodies on the Litany, Creed,
'Sic. the same for which Ir. Flora was indicted
hotly' in the Court of King's Bench. tie was ad.
mitred to bail.
Our diming are traitors,
Si An.i wake ut hoe the good we at might gain
By fearing to tittempt."•—
Those persons who may have felt an inclination
to adventure in the present Lottery, but who may
have yet tiefeiveil their purChases, will do well to
consider the applicability of the iiilttVe
HMI lose no time in hastening to either of the Of.
aces of Ce. Camtnt.t.,, 7, Cocithill,or26, Oxford-
street, wilure a few istiKil4l.Tickets and shares may
he had before To•morrow, which will be the
Last. Day, when '1 Pi izcs of 20,000/. niir of
3,001)1. Eigliteenof 1,0001. &c. mutt be drawn.
To-morrow, 'Tuesday, the '2oiti intettnt, the
Lottery finishes, being the List Day,of Deawing.
The Wheel contains the major part of the Capi!.it,
bath as in number and value, eluding Two cif
20,0001. Four of 9,0001 fitc. &o ail ot which lutist
he then decided.—A few Tickets and Sliarcs
rauted.undrawn, will remain on Sale at the ta.
~,uriie oales of T. Brsis, 4, Corniiill. and 9,
Charing-cross, till eleven o'clock this evening. as
the • 4lrttwing begins, us early as nine Tsputotror
Moulin& . .