The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-28 00:00:00

lunteers •proceeded .down the hrigh-street, awl. 1
along the North Bridge to the- Lord Provost's
house, in Abercromby-place, and there deposited
their colours, and were afterwards dismissed.—
We regret to add, that on' their way to Prince's-
street, the fine martial appearance of the volun-
teers did not rescue it from the derision of the
mob, which consisted principally of idle boys,
who pelted them heartilY with dirt. A porter's
basket, commonly called a creel, was fre-
quently flung in the midst of the band, whose
tune was obstructed by it several times. As
a party of the volunteers, who belong to Leith,
were returning to their homes, in company
with the Leith Riflemen, after being dis-
banded, they were again outrageously assailed,
when a regular encounter took 'place, and
several of the mob were seized. On the way.
to the George-street Police-office, to deposit
their prisoners, the soldiers were pursued
and pelted, which exasperated them to such a
degree that a file of the military faced about
and charged upon the mob, who stood their
ground, and in coming in contact with them, the
volunteers unfixed bayonets, and
.cudgelled them
with the butt-ends of their muskets. Many were
much hurt in the scuffle ; several of the volun-
teers were lacerated on the face and hands by
blows from stones and staves, and a rifleman, in
particular, was exceedingly bruised and dis-
figured. Only about Wof the military main-
tained the conflict to th'e last ; and these, on
having succeeded in conducting their prisoners
within the gates of the Police-office, proclaiMed
their victory in several cheers of defiance: In
the whole, eight or nine of the mob who made
this attack are now in custody at the Police-
office."

LIBELS.—Last night Patfick Kelleher, the
Proprietor of the Beal John Bull, was taken into
custody by Gibbon, the Tipstaff, on a Judge's
warrant, for publishing a libel on the King.—
Thursday evening Thomas Dolby, publisher, of
the Strand, was arrested at his own house by two
tipstaffs of the King's Bench, on a- Judge's war-
rant, for publishing a libel on the King.

We understand Mr. Henry Grattan has com-
menced legal proceedings against Mr. John Burke
Fitzsimons, the Proprietor of the Print, called
The Hibernian Journal,, for a libel_ on his late
deceased father, the Right-Hon. Henry Grattan.
—(Dublin Morning Post.)

BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq. the Treasurer, with a
Deputation from the Committee of the Royal
Humane Society, visited. on Thursday last the
Discovery-ships lying at Deptford, the Fury and
the Hecla, about to sail on the. Northern Expedi-
tion. The object of their visit was, in.parsuance of
a Resolution passed at a meeting of the Committee
on the preceding evening, to present to Captain
PARRY and to Capt. LYON some copies of the trans
actions of the Society, andnf the Society's methods
of recovering persons from a state of suspended
animation,. whether produced by submersion, ex-
treme cold, or any other cause ; at the same time
they .begged their acceptance of two uses of the
Socletrb tostrumeuts, as well as drags, poles, &c.
that nothing• might be wanting, in this point of
view, that could in any degree contribute to the
welfare of so many . brave and adventurous men,
who, animated by a laudable spirit,. risk health
and life itself in their endeavours to benefit man=
kind by serving the cause of science and of -coin,
merce. The visitors were extremely grEitified. is
witnessing 'the excellent arrangenients contrived.
for the accommodation of the officers and crew,
and the' scientific adaptation of every thing to
the perilous nature of their voyage.
ST. PAUL'S CR:OSS.—Theie was formerly what
was called Paul's Cross," fronting the' .Cathe-
dral ; but, perhaps, no modern attempt at repa-
ration has surpassed what 'occurred at St. Paul's
on Thursday, when the workmen employed there
succeeded in slinging ropes from the stone gal-.
lery to the railed gallery, and thenCe round the,
pinnacle of the cross, imorder to re.pair•it.. Se-
veral 'hours, we believe from eleven till four,
were. consumed in this undertaking. Two of.the
workmen then ascended by these rope-ladders,
and not only got upon the very top of the cross,
but wrote.their respective names upon it, to the
eastward, .with chalk. Yesterday, as on Thurs—
day, it'was amusing to witness the persons, with
telescopes who were,eyeing the chief workman
while sitting quite astride on the cross, just above
the ball„ and who, when discovered, was no
larger in appearance than a. crow. Repairs, it is
understood, are
.wanted both with regard to the
cross and cupola. It appears that the. 'notion
.of
an internal access frora.the one. to the•other was
entirely wrong. •

On Monday morning: 'as three, sailors were
coming to Canterbury from Dover, where they.,
had been paid at the office of Messrs. Friend and
Co. a quarrel ensued on Lydden Hill, and two
of the party stripped to fight. On putting on
their clothes, one of them missed his pocket-
book, wnich was found on the by-stander, and
on searching he found that the other had also
robbed him of a One. pound note. They made
off, and getting on one of the coackes, proceeded,
it is supposed, to London, taking with them their
shipmate's bundle. also.—(iliaidstone Gazette.)
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Thursday
afternoon, about four o'aock, as Mr. Matthew-
son, of Marshal-street, St. James's, was travelling
in his gig from Chebham, on the forest to Chert-
sey, on his way to London, he was stopped in a
lane, about three miles from the latter place, by 3
fellow's undisguised, two of whom presented .pis:
tols and demanded his money, whilst the third
stood at the horse's head. He gave them 71.
in notes and some silver, all he had about him,
when they took his watch and his brooch. The
villains next cut the harness and turned' the horse
loose, and they compelled Mr. M. to go to the
farther end of a large field, threatening his life
if he did not comply. The three escaped with-
out its being known which way they went.
A young gentleman, ,the son of Mr. S , a
retired tradesman in Oxford-street, attempted to
drown himself early yesterday morning in the
Serpentine River, but he was rescued from his
impending fate by some men going to work.