Star.
London, England, 1809-10-12 00:00:00

SURltsr sEsgolvs.

Yesterday John Archer, one of the turnkeys of the
King's Bench Prison, was indicted for assaulting R.
Coombs, an apothecary residing in George-row, Black-
friars-road. The prosecutor was applied to on the
I Ith of December, by a Mr. Rogers, to attend a
person who was extremely ill in the King's Bench ;
he immediately accompanied the /viesseriger. The
defendant was then en duty at the inner door ; Mr.
Rogers was admitted without difficulty ; but on the
prosecutor's attempting to follow, Archer, without
speaking, struck him a violent blow on the stomach,
which, for a short time, deprived him of his senses.
On his recovering sufficiently to speak, he demanded
his reason for the assault? Archer answered—" You
are Doctor Coombs, and it is the Marshal's orders
that you should not be admitted." The prosecutor,
feeling considerable pain from the assault, went home
immediately, and made such applications, both ex-
ternally and internally, as he thought would prevent
any ill consequences from the blows. Either the
physic or the blows, however, in the course of the
night brought on violent spasms, and other remedies
were resorted to, which had the effect of removing
the spasms ; the external marks of violence however
remained visible for a considerable time afterwards.
The prosecutor is a feeble man, near 70 years of age,
and the defendant a powerful man, about 40. The
Jury found him guilty; and the Court sentenced him
to pay a fine of £lO, which he immediately com-
plied with.
E. Atl.;ns was indicted for assaulting R. Yates.—
The parties were journeymen coopers, in the employ
of Mr. Wood, of Lambeth. A quarrel arose be-
tween them, when the defendant having a barrel•head
in his hand, threw it at the prosecutor, with whose
head it came in contact, which proving the harde.rt head
of the two, brought him to the ground : he was
found guilty, and sentenced to one month's imprison-
ment in tl:e House of Correction:

LiVrEirLiGititirE•
Cawraittpumr; Ott: 9.-At our hop market on Sa-
turday little or no business was done, but prices were
called—Pockets 61. 6s. to 71. fine 71. 7s.—Bags
51.105. to 61. 10s:
WORCESTER, OCT. 4.4.1411 Stonrport market on Wed-
nesday, 46 pockets of old and 47 pockets of new hops'
were weighed, prices,--old 80s. to 110 s. new 80s. to •
120s.—Saturday last 140 pockets of new, and 202'
pockets of old hops, were weighed in our market.—
' Current prices of new from flora 41. to 61. old 11. is.
to 51. 12s. per cwt.
Irswieu, Starr. 30.—The harvest in this district
being completed, with the exception of Beans an 4
a few Barleys on the backward lands, the following
may be considered a fair report of the crops :—The
quality of the Wheat this year is much superior to
!the last, the produce per acre will equal a fair ave-
rage crop, and the weight will exceed that of the
growth of 1808 several lbs. per bushel. In some places
the mildew has had a partial effect, in others the smut
prevailed, but neither to any great extent.—Barleys
will amount ti a fair average produce, the quality ge.
nerally stout, some will be stained by the rains, others
from being housed too hastily will be mowburnt.—
Pease, both white and grey, are good crops, and where
harvested early, the quality will be fine, but the num-
ber of acres grown this season considerably short of
the customary quantity.—Beans will be a productive
crop ; but being nearly all abroad we fear they will
he harvested very soft, and many will require kiln-
drying.—Of Rye and Oats our growth is small, the
latter not nearly equal to our consumption.—Clover
Seed is very unpromising, and not expected to yield
one-third of an average produce.—Trefoil is said to
be productive, but the quality and colour injured by
the rain.—Tares are a good crop, and generally well
harvested.—From the repeated rains experienced dur-
ing harvest, all grain is in s(tme degree injured, to
what extent an accurate opinion cannot as yet be
formed. The stock of all old corn both in the growers
and dealers hands was never recollected less at this
season of the year, this added to the unfavourable
weather has caused a considerable advance on all old
grain.