The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-05 00:00:00

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

Davis was indicted for robbing Henry
Weller of 120 halfpence and four 11. bank notes, the
Ordperty, of Henry Renirrll.•
It appeared that the prosecutor,, Henry Weller,
Who is, at; apprentice to Mr. •Re,nnell, printer, Pic-
cadilly, had been sent out in the evening of Satur-
day, tile 20th of Octotzer last, to.get change for a
.51. note. On ,hiS return home; and' within a few
doors of leis mrster's house, he was attacked by the
prisoner, who .snatched the money, except fifteen,
shillings in silver,
.ouz, of his. hand. The boy imme-
diately pursued the prisoner up. Air-street, calling our
" Stop thief !" and never lost sight of him till he
was taken into custody:
The prisoner, who-is a, Welchrdan, bore an ex-
cellent
.charkter, and belongs to a respectable family
in Wales. Mr. Richards, the Barrister, and several
other respeaable witnesses; attended in his behalf,•
to prove these circumstances, • •

•
Nr.'l3aron Tno'MPsoN laid'it down, that snatch-
ing the property trout the boy,.in the way. described,
did pot ,amount to such a forcible taking as Sup-.
Ported the charge of highscay robbery. He left it
to the July, however, to say,' if the prisoner had
not been guilty of stealing.
rue Jury accordingly Sound the prisoner guilty of
stealing.
Lawrence Flannegan, for stealing a table, a desk,
and other articlea, the property of Edward Trcsiove
Cox, in his dwelling-house ; and Saniuel Ckn4ents,
'tor stealing-a brown horse, the property of Tbornas
Jarman ; were capitally convicted.

Saturday Thomas Hammett, who was,capitally
dit•ted at the last Old Sessions, for an abomin-
able crime, and acquitted of the capital charge,- but
held to trial for the misdemeanour', was, tried at
Cletkenwell SesSion, found guilty and sentenced
to three years tinprisomnynt iu Newate, whither he
was conveyed,,,followed by a mob of abi)ve 500
-,ersons, who pelted him with mud the whole way,
and would have killed him, but for the proteetion of
the constables. •

General ST. SIMoN, who,was taken prisoner in
Portugal; is gone to_ Odibarn on his parole.
Seyeral trees in Hyde and St. James's Parks were.
bIoWn down on F'rtclay ,by. the Ihigh wind, as were
two'sentry-boxes, which fortunately were'at the in-
stant unoccupied •by. any ci the military.
Daring the gale on Friday a boat was overturned
between the Lower Watergate and Black wall, when
two women and a man were drowned•; and off Pun.'
fleet two men and a
.waterman were drowned' from
the same cause.

LA PE nouSE.—By the Dromedary store-ship; from
New South Wales, some letters are brought over,
which were found by an officer at Van Diemen's
Lmd, in New Holland. The discovery Sias made
from observing an inscription upon a tree in French,
which directed the reader to dig for a bottle
.at the
toot or the same tree. The letters are addressed to
some persdns in Franci, and were written about
seventeen years ago. Upon their arrival in Eng-
land, they were torwarded to the Marquis WEL-
LE4LEY.

CORN-EXCHANGE, Nov. '.s.—Wheat has' arrived
this day in tolerable supply; with. most part of last
week's foreign (upwards of 3500 quarter), and
sales meatly at Friday's prices ; Barley Somewhat
cheaper; but little variation in Matt ;'• White Pease
in plenty,; Beans of the t‘?1,:o kinds nearly at last cur-
rency ; the siippliee of Oats are somewhat consider.:
able, ancl this article at li
our last.

fiuduatioli ; Flour as

Wheat - 7os a 84s a 98s
Fine ditto 7 . loos: a 'lo4s
Rye (new) -36 s A 4Z5
isdrtey -30 s a 455
Malt - -7.4 S a Sus
White Pease- 66:t a 725
Grey din.° -46 i a, sas
JSeans- • Sus a Si 4

Tick Beans -44 s a Sos
Oats • 74s 77s 3 323
Poland ditto.. . 34s a 33s
Potatoe ditto • .43e a— s
Rape Seed . 461 a 571
Hoe Flour ' - 3is a 9N,
Seconds • . • Sos a tics

PiET_ER-S. 'Pi! ly

PA7n, Om'. 29.—0 n tli6 Vith,,,tll.e first or the
1;00A-elites .6f th'e' basiiTio7 sli7ps.,.P.oit Anty.-erp
vi'as,tite4 it) its Thy rist (•>r); be titlish-
ed, aro& froia the ri,(,tive progrlvis Of th
waters .of itii)cilit-obibVbe let irtto
the L6sin ip the st6ce o' a h.
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Nap'oterik;lE;p6mr of the Frtmell, Kirg, of
Italy, Sce,—y;p?p,,tl!s report of our ikliukter of Fi-
nance, advi( c of our GiuLicil of Statep
'we 'hale deereA afid do decit:e as follOccs:-:-: