The Sun. — 1811-07-08 (London, England)

JULY O.  We feel much re2res in stating the following (3.1!rage which eurtcd at 13.d1yps,ri<ii. uii Zitr.sd .y night. In, consequence of the dis!utbed,,,st ste of 1110 country, a stn ll party of the W,\ ford rptlipPlit has been stationrd there for s-tne time b ck ; .md.on the night above mentioned, tetV th.tinks artur one sit the men bad been ptaceil as'a fired at by some uho had been concvaled, and %vhoto I,e saw miking his escape. The shot unfortunately took efreet in his foot, %41Ach it slotter,d §evervly. The soldier, as 50011 as he cotiki recover himsetf, discharged his piece in the direction iti which the r,,ifian fled; but he was out tit teach. Retald.  O. .Saturday a fanner, narited.Fitzgeraltl, was found in a held; near iiis residence at Nlaglass, with his throat rut, and Lis belly and one arm severelY ounded; Surgic4l aid was immediately LidininisteTd, hut I.ttle hopes are entertained of lii eecovery. Jealousy it the eittl3l aongneit for tt.e.unhappy man's attempt at suicide; and a razor was the initiument Which' he used to elreCt hi, purpose. ,  ehttns.-4omp more pipers have been laid before Parliament, vA Inch prove more acid thore that whilst the d Pacrio s.hava been hunting altergrievances, the alMinister4 have bren thou...h silently, intriOneing amelioiations "into evcry dtivit talent where wanted. 'These' papers' relate, to the proceediogi of the indefatigable Treay.ner of tlic Navy in 'Prite Metiers. There is a lung statement front him to the Lords of the Atithiraily, distributed under distin4.heads. •  . • The'first head ex po4es the abuses to wYeri .the Nivy has been exposed in the atilt:le of Agent's accounts. The zd statU, that there, lids been obtained a sufficient register of prizes to ensure a etgriplete it controul over every case of cApture during the present tvar. The 3d shews the Necessity of investing prize proceeds at interest, which has been done.  'I he rpli head Wates to excess of Agency, and, states, that by the mode according to which the Agency in the net Pro. seeds is now checlieci,und the disallowuncus theAgents'ae. counts for the recall of Prize shares aild incidental Otarges, a large sum will be annualiy saved to the caphit4, cX4.114sive of the advaiiraAes they will 'derive frotri, exatnina.!ion ,of the accouLt sales, which till now, have never been c necked:  The sth refetS to Distribution, and specifies that the' facility with wroth the value of l'tize.pmvc.tV Is now al: ,ettAttlect iinmetinitely att4r the sales, and ty..kiitent commu. nit.ation wits iespe,:lu,g tile apph,..arott of it, tiers it iitipossibl I‘Jr toe pro‘vet,ti to be withneld front ito. nionste ttistribtition, winat the ship is on the h0inv.a,,,,i4,; ; .4c:ci if on d foreign station, the pro„:eLds are insidiitly ordered 'to be laid out in Exchequer to await her return. Ti.e 6th statea, tkat t,sivage or'rec.iptureCan no lo g r nuw •be with -chi toy au) length of nine, nor can there U: .tit large sums reserved as inuctolote in Agent's hands trout wise payincnts. - •  'The beneficial effeq.t4 of this regt.llation have. bertt an great, that upwards of 400 in-z-s made in isug have been distributed to toe No.y !once January fast, more than four times the )ct distributed in any one p.ar Ether cdptpre in the firzit live years alto- war.  A .Meeling of thr:Cotinly of •G Tway was to be held at LOUgtlia, thu day,' fur the purpole of adtif c,ssitig and .tholikii)g Atop' Highness the VRtNett RaGENT, tur having ri.-m:itlick.l his 11-yal Hlghtirss thlko Of Yob Kln the diliCe Oi  n,nitter-in•Ctil.7t of u.4.t Alloy ; and'airto, for rim  ptirvose of voting Thuoki 10 Lild WELLINGT -N, iiiittELSFORD, a,,d the.Furces under their  Arrivod at Cadiz i►► the beginning of June, from Vora Cruz ,atid the Havanna!), the corvette Sebastitqla, the frigate 8. Frnando, and the g Ktiturosn : they brought a .gr.!,ri quantity of South A. ei icao i.rodue.l, and 41 1,,043 dollars. •• leVe7inesday afternoon the town of Profile waa visited by an awful and treinundous ibunder•iuortu, which huog over it for more Wait half an hour, no wind heti% stirring. In the upper part of the town, the lightning rruck nod shAtertd ilie,chininey, roof, and windows ola weaving htal,e &wended tO.t.lio foams below,. Killed one •h in the room ; knocked down into a stale of temporary stupefaction seven oilier persons, who kere at work iir the same house. A valuaule, horse, the 1,r0p,-rty of Mr. Bell; of •Stroud-hoose, near Hnat an, wa, killed by the lightning.--Tabtiton and Brig.lgeivater Jour On Saturday a duel took place in a field near General Hope's house, at Blackheath, bdtween Mr. Ma,hooy and Mr. Robinson, two ()dicers of ;he first Tower Hainlets Militia ; the former seconded by .Lieutenant- „French, and the latter by Lieutenant Dubar, both of the Royal West London ; whom after an exchange of two shuts each, in' which. Mr. Robinson was very severely wounded, :theinattet was amicably adjustod, to the satisfar.tion of panto.. There are strong hopes of Mr.' Robinson's eventual recovery. Yea,e,rdta a wan of ..the name of. Locr: Who lives at Sunning-Hll, for a wriger:of too guineas, under. took to run' a mile in five minutes, which he per, formed in four minutes and firty seconds. The stamp duty on lilts ceased on Priciay. About 9 head of cattle were killed last week by he lightning, at itisby and Walsharn, Norfolk.  . . . The Council. Office was removed on Saturday, from the apaittnentii iu ttse TreaOury.44iJge, to the house in which the-Board of Contrail, near tin:, entl of an'vning-street, was recently held, and is to moil' tticrc.  . _ . . Sorne altorations and improvements are about to take place in Scotiand.yard,Whitehall. St-:.veral houics which have been for years inhabited by ine..,oi.tuds btilooging to the Lind Revenue and Board of %Vial; i,, are to be takcndowo, and a large spaeiou4 buirding. to be ere Ned 011 the site fur tue Stationary liiiii.e that supplies the . whole of the-public edifices with  aper, &c. ‘vhich will be.yetnoved Irotu Palace-yard. The extraordinary law-suit in Scotland has emit. ed much conversation. It has often .been said, that' whatever may be thought of the political condom' of the chief ador in th:ic strange tared, that his ptivitte lite is highly meritorious • brit the case b as stated, Him is an end ti; (lie respettability of his personal, cnaramer ; for even granting him some iolfol; gence on the score of gallanity, in this lice:ll44ns age, what must be thought of him in a pecuniary point of view, in being carekss of a Lady's reputaiion, as well as his own, for the, to him, trifling *am et 50001. ! ! ,  The embankment at Tre .111adoc, ' near Caere narvon in 'North Wales, p.m:coding with -great success, aitil is likely to be protlacli've of great ad. vagilage4 IQ the Public, as well as to the spirited Proj. (Jur, Mr.--MmpocK, the• Mernb;:r for Boston, who hag lett tkiwn, lor the purpov of Supertrittndlug thu oiteratiopi of thiti stuitendous- wvrlc.