Star. — London, England, 1816-12-05 00:00:00

2bAt 44mn . of '7Bth Highland Regiment, Attered at Stirling, has joined the Me, marched last week fur Aber ichrnenl at Perth. dial thanks so eminently due to For, their truly laudable conduct on ,rtant and flying orcafiion, is our 'to the whole of the military au irection. The indefatigable exer latider of the Horse Guard, are and the Public are in an eminent that Officer tot the promptness ihich he appears to have exec+it• d uder4t suggestions of the Noble Secre- 'L INIALLIGENCIL .16 PVC ARa. nue. - 0 1 0 1 France - - 1 Hamburgli . . 0 2 i 0 aottenburgh . - 0 "1 O 0 Ma;ta - - - - 0 0 O I Flanders - • - 0 0 (MTH, DECEMBER 2. icy, PATTERS^N, and Fortitude, )011 .—Wind N.W. 'SMOOTH, DECEMBER 4. LECKSSZN, from Hamburgh for led his Majesty's ship BRITOWART, FW.I.EittrIA, for St. Domingo; Jamaica —Wind E. tEAL, DECEMBER 4. irom the River and sailed, the William, -idad. Arrived the American ship it, from Newcastle for New York. t, Ocean, and Alexander transports, rood Hope and Isle of France. DECEMBER 4. ince of Orange . Packet, with a mail Wind N. iURGH, NOVEMBER 22. • ance of the frost the Elbe is full of :h the navigation is interrupted. VESEND. DECEMBER 4. 7. Crawford, from Petersburgh ; Vrow EN row Christina, Dove; Maria, Mellina ' • and , Bole, from Amsterdam ; Charles John, teckholm ; Velocity, Stanton, from Lisbon; Bourdeauz ; Eliza, Duncan, from Dublin ; Hantburgh ; and Luske Margarita, Sloper, ilad the Old Maid, Miller, for Jamaica; and for Dematara. IM-HOUVE, DECEMBER 4. INWARD 4--1 he Lord Nelson, Nesling; opt, Bally; ra.l Two lir:niters, Jay, and Smyrna; Britor, —, from Perersburgh ; from NW]; St', ell), from Ullaberg; _ante, from Plti!adelphia. or:magus— Bro•hers, NI•Nle, for Cadiz; Mary. Dob poi for Uihraltar; Industry , Varrall , for N a p les, Palermo, and iketain; Industry, Roberts, for Limerick; and Greeuwell, lhot. for Bilbos and Lisbon. di% :d tile ti. ml Ii .14 list , nal we little but sap )0m Dabk t. 1 ... There was a heavy gale en the sth ultimo at Lis. , in which thirty - three fishing - boat s foundered, and a bove one hundred poor fellows were drowned. Tiwrapidity with which the gale came on is remark hot more than ten minutes before the fatal ca tastrophe it was a cllm ! - A number of OffiCers attd seamen above the peace establishment have arrived from the Lakes of Canad a, libittsiney left oa the 10th of September. Commo owe Sir tomer HALL arrived at Kingston on the I Ath,•andesumed the Chief Command on the Lakes, to the great sstisfaction of every one. Some misun derstaaing had krisen on Lake Erie, which, however. had bees cleared .up before the departure of the Offi ces.. Sir Roactr s broad* pendant was hoisted on • board the Burlington, of 60 guns. Friday. tnorning, between three and four o'clock, a Loge ball of fire passed over Glasgow, emitting 'pas as it went along. It came from the south ilea to the north-east. Soon after, there were several idepeals of thunder. •, 'Yesterday Captain Richard Nervy Tel of the iteered Regiment . I Life Guards, was taken in cut liady by Lea, a constable, and underwent a very long, Miaenation at Hatton Garden Office, charged with af(omitting a rape on the servant maid at the Bed ford Arms public house, at the corner of Guildford Ind Mi:man streets, Foundling Hospital. It appeared 'that in o r d er to suppress tho Riots there was a party of ie Second Regiment of Life Guards stationed at the Gay Light Horse Barracks in Gray's Inn-lane, in ensepence i f which arrangement Captain Tolson aid another Odicer took up their quarters aethe ledford Arms, where the offence is stated to have Men committed—Mr. ANDAews attended as Counsel I far the prisoner. Martha Elizabeth Field being .sworn, said she is II years of age, and lives servant to Mr. James Crick, d the Bedlord Arms public house in Guildferd nett : she had been there only four weeks, and had character from her last place. On Tuesday de prisoner dined at her master's house, along with lateral other Officers ; he also supped there about 4 1tren o'clock, after which he went up to his room, was the one.pair front room, to go to bed ; ilainant was then warming the bed with a pan ; took improper liberties with her. and her a pound note to induce her to comply with hil wishes, hen she refusei, and she struggled hard ''is hands; he then by force and vio ls purpose, after which he opened the go out ; she went down stairs crying, her master and mistress of what had the landlord of the house said, that eleven the prosecutrix came down prisoner's apartment, her eyes being ,tg, and she appeared much flurried; her what was the matter ? and she said , as he was called, used her very ill ; her if he effected his purpose, and she he had ; witness irnmed►ately sent for to whom he related the circumstance, the prisoner into custody next morning. • stated, that being sent for, he suffered go to the parade, and return to his ..ter breakfast, when stitness went into the derhand his prisoner, Captain Aickin gave with a poker, and also assaulted the came to witness's assistance. rates told witness, that as the Grand sitting, he might go and indizt Captain assault ; the other charge being iworn equals Tolson, be was coat nutted to thal. PIT-; LOTS' . [l'Vallittt 'PARTICULARS.] Tie incia active and extensive inquiry has — been instituted into the (night rid ' nature of those prg endings, which on Monday last disgraced and alarmed this Treat Metropolis. We steel in our Paper of yesterday th the 01 r I . Vatron was examined at the Office of the Secretary of State. This investigation lasted ne:uly two floors, and we • are now enabled to state, that, although Go vvrnment are in possession of s•;ntt important papers, nothing of a treasonable nature, beyond the fact ot his being engaged with the 44 Soafields Committee.," and his own loose declaratioas. that 44 the e WAS a plot, but it was too precipitately acted upon," ha , , as yet, been produced arainst From the testimony of several respectable indivi duals, who witnessed the cooduct pursued by the younger Watson (not yet apprehended) on tvloilday, !t appears that this misguided character had drank freely of liquor in the morning, and had occ.o.ionally, during the progress of the :Mts. increased his mad ness and folly by inebriety. The Loan Melton, wh not exertions, united with the other Nlagistrates, and the" Secretary of State, are unceasi:lg, went on Tuesday evening to the resi dence of Thttnas Preston, one of the avowed Secreta ries to the Spatields Meeting. This was a miserable dwelling in Greystoke-place, Fetter-lane, and his' Lordship finding the Secretary at home, entered into conversation with him upon the subject of the riots. Proem did nor hesitate to answer all the interroga tories put to him most freely, and the Lone MAtitint feeling satisfied from his conduct, that he was not likely to elope, obtained his promise that he would attend at the Mansion-house, or elsewhere, it called upon—he was not, there'd., taken into custody, as was erroneously stated last evening. Yesterday the LORD MA Ton. wishing to obtain , from Preston such information as lie might be inclined to communicate, dispatched Brand, the Marshalman, to his residence, wh :a the former immediately ac companied him to the Mansion-house. Here an in vestigation took place, which continued for nearly • two hours, and in the course of which Preston ex pressed his sentiments with apparent candour, and without the slightest agitation. He spoke also in a tone of no little consequence, ana declared his readi ness to meet any man in the community, upon the subject in which he was involved, as it was 4 4 wholly constitutional." The substance of all he related is accurately this: That a plan of insurrection was formed; that it was as general as it was good, but that precipitancy had injured its progress, though it had not defeated its object. The plan, he asserted, must :WI be carried into effect—it was too powerful to be resisted when properly undertaken. and the only resource left to Govtriurent, in older to its being averted,. was, by the PRINCE REGENT answering the Petition of the People, :aid the immediate adoption of Parliamentary Reform. 44 'the soldiers," he adde.t, 44 were not firm ;" their friends were starving, but they having-a provision, forgot their 'pledge and duty. He ac. knowledged his connection to the fullest extent with the Spafields Meetings, to which he was a joint Se cretaty. He knew the two Wetsons, and had fre quently acted with them upon the Committees, and, various other occasions. lie denied having taken the slightest past in the riotous proceedings ot Monday, and deprecated in the strongest manner the horrid system of taking away the lie of a fellow creature. He frequently repeated, that the plan was Constitu tional, and delivered the whole ot his account in the most undisguised and enthusiastic manner. The whole' of his information has been transcribed by Mr. Holster, the Chief Clerk, and forwarded to the Office of the Secretary of State. We stated in our Paper of yesterday that John Cash more, a sailor, and one of the rioters apprehended at the Exchange on Monday, with a musket in his pos-, session, accounted to the LORD MAYOR, upon his examination. as though he had been standing at the , corner of St. Paul's Church-yard, when a stranger .put a musket into his hand, and requested him to follow. The LORD MAYOR viewing this account as fabricated, had recourse to the following evidence, which he - timely obtained upon his return yesterday from the 0.14) Bailey to the Mansion House : Jam , Pas • that he was a sweeper at the corner of St. Paul's Church-yard, and that he had lost his leg in the service of his country about six years ago ;he was a native of Yorkshire. On Mon day last he was 4raployed, as usual, sweeping the cross way; but the increase of passengers was so great, that he was prevented the exercise of his of. lice. He remembered, about noon, seeing three or fcur sailors together, and afterwards saw a great body of all descriptions issuing from Newgate-street, where, upon their 'entrance, they discharged s vol ley of fire-arms. Some of the persons he previously saw went down Paternoster-row, and some passed •through St. Paul's Church -yard ; but they eventually joined, and again crossed into Newgate•street, down Cheapside, &c. During the whole of the time while the witness made his observations, he did not perceive a seaman stand at the corner, nor did such a circum stance occur :new of one man coming up to ano ther and placing in Ms hand a musket. This witness was ordered to appear again at 'the Mansion House this day. A later was received by the Loan MAYOR from the Magistrates of Union Hall Police Office, stating, that May and GtOf, the Officers, had apprehended one of the Rioters in the Borough, on Monday, and that they conceived the case should be investigated by his Lordship. Richard Gamble, a young man, about seventeen years of age, was accordingly put to the Bar. John Goff deposed, that he was an Officer; and on Monday last, about two o'clock in the afternoon, he was passing through Queen-street, in the parish of St. Saviour's. Southwark, when he saw the prisoner walking along with a musket. The sight of the latter did slot so much attract his attention, as the appearance of the prisoner's face, which was evidently blackened and disfigured. Witness stopped him, and inquired where he got the musket ? when the priso ner replied, he had brought it from Skinner-street. — It was perfectly new, loaded with powder only, but, there was a considerable wadding found beneath the charge. From the appearance of the pan , it seeruesi to have been recently discharged. It had upon it the name of Mr. Beckwith. Here the Lona *Ton remarked that the prisoner was extremely Like the individual who had levelled the pied at Min. at the Exchange, on Monday ; and farther ached, that the Case was a strong one, inas much el ehe prisoner was found retreating homewards ab .ut toe hour (two o'clock) when the Rioters were lonic!.uh the quarter mentioned. prisoner now acknowledged being in Skinner. street, but said he had picked upThe musket. Ablo i n a m Samuel, at person who had voluntarily enrolled himself as a con,table, on Monday, stated, i that ire had se: n the pi isaner pass the talaasiorohouse with the party who carried the flag : at the Eachange witness made an attempt to seize the musket which' the prisoner held, but was prevented by about six of his companions ; he, however, disarmed one, and lodged the piece in an adjoining Coffee-house. The prisoner and his companions fled. He was positiyv as to his person. The prisoner Ming called upon to account far his conduct, said, that i.e was in Skinner street cn the day in q ta..tion, when he saw three or four pieces et inns ketry lie upon the ground, one of their he pecked up, upon seeitig which, one of the mob exclaimed— " lon ought to be shot !" The pr;soeer also ac knowledged that he passed the Exchange. The LORD MAYOR ob.ervetl, he woeld not swear to his person ; but he had little elontit of having seen him snaring those who had tired up in hon and the officers in Sweeting's-alley on Monday last. The prisoner now denied h aloeg been there, mot said he had gone home along Blacktriars.briiv. " I went, it is true, my Lord." continued the pi ironer,' " to Spafields in the morning, to hear a speech. and 'I was not long there until a tall young man, dressed in a light great coat, got into a cart, and addressed the people. Soon after the speaker jumped down, colours were hoisted, and I followed the crowd." " Young man," said his Lordship; " you stand in a very perilous situation. You state that you picked up the musket found in your possession ; and though it is evidently new, and had not been used, it was found loaded in your possession, while the pan also bears evident marks •of recent use. The lite of an individual, it is feared, will be sacrificed to the abo minable outrage which occurred in the quarter where you confess you had been, and it is for you to account satisfactorily for the possession of the mischievous piece found in your custody." The prisoner, who stated himself to be a shoemaker, was then remanded for a farther examination. Numerous weapons of all descriptions are hourly brought into throMansion House, Ind lying in re mote corners, or seized by spirited individuals from the rioters on Monday. F. Kinnersley, the Officer of Aldgate, has lodged about forty stand of arms, taken from the mob in the Minories, where so much depredation was unfortunately committed. Yesterday morning, a number of guns, pistols, swords, and other weapons, were found in a dunghill in the neighbourhood of Houndsditch ; and the LoKD MAYOR has received private information of the con-1 veyance of a large quantity in the ditection of White drape!, Mdeend, &c. Many of those found and taken bear the mask of Mr. Beckwilo and some are of the most costly description. In our Paper et yesterday we omitted to state that a desperate attack was made upon tto premises of Mr. Wilson, in the Miuoties, where the lodgment of arms and ammunition was immense. Fortunately, the mob were detested in their purpose, chiefly by theieown blunderhig and violence, and thus the most fatal conaequences were averted. We should also have added, in the forma part of this statement, that Preston acknowledges his ac quaintance with Hoofer, the man ulcers at the Ex change by Sir JAMES Saw. HOOper, upon his examination on Tuesday, said,. that previous to the meeting on Monday, he had slept for several niy, , los at the Brown Bear, in Bow-street, Covent Garden. The purpose may easily be con jectured. The most active communications are kept up be •tween the Loan MAYOR. the Bow-street Magistrates, and the Secretary of State. Throughout the Metropolis, yesterday, all was uni-, form peace and good order. . Three of the misguided men who joined in the riots in the City on Monday last, were brought to the London Hospital, each desperately wounded iu the hand. The first that arrived was brought in a . hacknercoach, and was immediately taken into the surgery, where, on examination, his hand was found dreadfully lacerated, and it was thought it would be necessary he • should Ohdergo amputation. , :The: wound being dressed, he was questioned respect* the manner he received it, when he ansvirredr, that on Monday morning he provided himplf• *nth a pistol, which he loaded, conceiving it proper for, every person to be armed In his own inafence, from the peculiar circumstances of the to ; that he joined the mob in Spa-fields, and afterwards proceed ed with a portion of them through the City, where be found it necessary to discharge ,his pistol, which, burst, and injured his hand to that degree. Before further inquiry could be made be contrived to escape, and has not since been heard of. The next brought in gave his name John Roberts. On bein g questioned as to how he received his wound, be replied that he was in the mob, not think ing any harm could possibly result to him, but when they came to 'lower-hill; a fellow desired him to push forward and he should be provided with a mus ket ; he did so, being influenced by the impulse of the moment, but reflecting on the • impropriety of taking arms in such a manner; he flinched back wards; at this moment he received a cut of a sabre across the palm of . his hand, he could not say who. ther from a soldier or from one of the rabble.. This man was immediately put to bed. and is considered in a dangerous state. The third person brought in gave his name J.hn Reily. The account he gave was, that be having promiscuously joined the mob, not dreaming of any danger, but merely out of curiosity, proceeded with' them as far as the India House, where some of them fired many shots, and one fellow's musket, *hick was close to him, burst, and a splinter struck him is the wrist; that he was not at all implicated in any tumult, but merely a spectator. The conjecture, howeser, is, that it was 'his gun which bursted...-. Several of the Police Officers attended to see the two last persons, who are intended to be examined before the Magistrate when 'their health will permit, and strict search is making after the man who escaped. Much as the pot& sympathy has been wicked by the distressing ease of Mr. Platt, yet there are varien. particulars immediately and collaterally conntetini with it which will, perhaps, turn out to be mere in portant than the wound itself. Some of these cir• comstences have appealed in evidence before Sir N. CONANT, who has reported them to Goirernment.-- The hallowing may be relied on : Mr, Beckwitles shopmen state, that the man who attempted to assassinate Mr. Plan woe in the first instance accompenied by five comrades: when he :aliened the door and denianded arms, he had not the pistol concealei with which he shot Mr. Platt, but held it openly in his hand. Mr. Platt, wile had' finished his bu,iness at Mr. Beckwith's, was goittee• •out of the door, when the villain entered and called Asst " Aries, arms !" Mr. Platt, in a conciliatory mintier, laid his hand on the man's shoulder, and reminded hie) that he was about to do a great deli of misceief ; and was pro.ieeding to use further pet.' suasion. nano the assassin presented the deadly: weapon, and &ed. Mr. Platt was placed in a chair, and addressoof hi, sseao,e assailant, ohs... Eye— d" You have shot in-, and 1 W3S no enemy of yours." I ":Then." replied th . m so, o I am sorry cur it." Mr. Plitt now le. , ircr.l .hit a surgeon might be sent for to examitor lids w tend, u hen the assassin stepped forward and :hived him that he was a professional max, and would wittingly attend to him s &little i o n• mediately began tti prepare' for the eziminatina of me wouad in a wiy that left no doubt on the minds of those present that whit be had said was perfectly correct. Mr. Platt, however, declined his attentions; and was taken up o Ors till a thrryervi of eminence was sent for. A 1:(: we may as well state what our Readers will be ililpiq ro learn; that though the ball has obi yet been ex ratted, Mr. Pratt is not worse, nor considered to be in immediate danger. }le, however, suffers notch paid, which vrill easily he imagined, when it is stated, that the ball, which perforated two coats, his waistcoat, and several folds of paper in his waistcoat pocket, carried with it all these substances into his boiy. The shopmen lest no tine! in seizing the murderer; who made no resistance. His comrades had tied ..tt the first report of the pistol, under the iinpression, as it is supposed, that their leader himself had bees shot. A beadle ot the name of Warrels was at hand, and the prisoner was committed into his custody. His pocket book and various papers were taken from hint. Amongst the latter was a copy of a circular letter, calling for subscriptions. There were other scraps of paper, with the mimes of the Treasurer and Secre. tery of the Spafields Sitiety. While the shopmen were thus employed in this useful investigatioa, the con.table was not equally prudent in the execution, of his duty : instead ot confining the assassin to some close apartment, he safsered him to range hom one Mom to another. Meantime that portion of the mob which surrounded the Hag carne up. and having been apprized of the detenioin of their leader on acc..tiet .1 shooting Mr. Plan, they loudly demanded his libera tion. One of 111 e shopmen answered, 'hat in the scat the man had escaped, and WAS not en the premises.-e This well intentioned answer pacified the not.= for the nioinent, and they had actually mined away, and sere proceeding t; the Royal Exchange, when the be idle allowed Llsi pi isuaer to appioazh the win dow, and piesent himself to the view et his friend : the mob became liiricus—the hoose aid its c:nitents were denounced for Jeseructioa —and the murderer was immediately, and ot necessity 'restored to hie liberty. • The mob, however, were not contented with this triumph, but listened with greedy attention to the suggestions of a ruffian, in 'the garb of a brewer's servant, who called upen them to destroy the property -around. them. The • windows were in stantly demolished, and all fireoirms• in the wingews arid shop were tarred eff. The assassin, feeling him self secure among these desperate plunderers, thoueht proper to .give a pr .of of hi's c'lolners and courage oetore he left this scene of murder and devest-tiotv. He aecordingli took up a brace of pistols. (which were about ten inches long in the barite), aea •tteis loaded them with great cafe and deliberetionee- His comrades followed this heroic exettpl?, and load ed their pieces with powder. and with whatever ma terials suited their purpose. One of the shopmen tired with this disgusting exhibition, and wishing to rid his master's premises of inch dangerous ruffians, mixed among the rabble, and immediately called out, ui.known to them—" Now, my lads, we have plenty of guns, let us to the Tower." This device sue ceeeed, and this ferocious rabble went in quest of further plunder, and breathing other massacres. . •eeit is very satisfactory to find, that, while the out rages of Monday were doubtless checked by lie com mendable usejmade otthe military, the tiorets wire in almost evilly instance overcome by the civil force alone. The conduct of the Loan MAYOR and of. Sir Janus SHAW was admirable... In the accounts hitherto published, the occurrences in the /vlinories were too hastily passed over. About halt-pest five on Monday, the mu') pruceeded al:r; Leadenhall.street into Aldgate, whet e a party of ttir Ist Life Guards, under Lieutenant Toter, came-up, upon which the snob. many of whom were armed, stoppeii, and the lost line ,ut them presenting their pieces, tired at tide troops. None, however, were woundrd : a hall struck one horse. lieut. TeltilY then charged the mob, one of whom had iiis he: delft, by a.chop from the sword of a g.ra , d,man. Thetneb recited into the cattle-pens in Whirechapel, and were preparing to fire mu,ketry, &c. on the s , ldias, wl., .1 Lieutenant TERRY immediately d :amounted be vci al of his men, and pursued them into the pens. '1 he soldiers . had their calbines, which they loaded, and on the word " /warm" being given, the mob fled, ',leaving about one hunched maskers Lenind them. —Twenty of the nr.:b were secured by the ni;lit try, and the whole were c• mpletely put to the rou . 'Lieutenant FERRY, though a very young man, con ducted himself in his difficult situation with extraor dinary presence of mind, courage, and firmness. One of the mub made a dash at his brittle, but he spurred on his horse, dragged on the man, and delivered him to a City Officer, from e how he escaped. It having been said that an application to the Tower for assis tance was refused, we have to say eel (Wirt were given for 200 men from the.'rower to be placed. at' the dispeitiun of the City Authorities, if they thought it necessary to call fur them. This morning, the accounts of Mr. PLATT'S health still continue I svour.thle—he had a pretty good night, and the symptoms dire sAtibfictory, Instills ball is a t yet extracted. • ma - ttetichneet heel' gust • Perth. Thi 'paving a :ittat lips to the col di p,,yetnm, ot for fete most impor geed gratitude antler their din ' of the Ce.mm. d prise; a f ee iniebl,ll to effect with whit • wise and pruder4 of State. NAW4L r • • d 1 P 0 - 0 PLYMC Ssiled the Nam A rrs, for Londol r PORTstv arrived the Cub; Weston. Sailk • Plymouth ; Uni gbiginf y, for ttt DE, "I Came down from p for Trinid la, TABoUR, 7 ilcd the London, the Cape of Go HARM Arrived the Frill o Holland.—% • itAMM. Bt the continua re. 'ft ice, by which GRAIN al Arrived the Trusty, Wo —13, - Swart ; Vrow Zoinge 1 06 , from stocih _ Me, Vblkie, from 11 , Kent, from Hi • Groningen. &ail bergeant teg • CUS lON . stun ENTILILD IN hem, i4e/011; Eurot 11 4 Dorn, gaud, born We Fletcher, fr lel arra, WMIAmz, 'se. Mein : she had been there *toad character from her 1 de prisoner dined at her m din literal other Officers ; he ads, been o'clock, after which sor •' *Lich was the one•pair frc is complainant was then warn n de prisoner took improper hie* *fired her a pound note to i n hi wishes, when she refuse: Ane 'eget out of his hands; I ntge• kee effected his purpose, a trail dee and let her go out ; she haat. ad informed her master a wale lactened. Tkf James Crick, the landlot rs, stout half past eleven the gem , airs from the prisoner's a 1.0 lid from crying, and she !dila! *was asked her what was Valh that the Major, as he was • *lmes; asked her if he effei raid him that he had ; wit t c . v the consuble, to whom he c lic ' and he took the prisoner ini o Walter Lea stated, that iii t' **prisoner to go to the 1 lire.tklast ; after breakfast, o Parlour to demand his rill( 000 0 'kiw is a blow with a poke laidlord, who came to wit' of,• '' The - Magistrates told isei sin 11 *7 was then sitting, he m 00g J k'tkia• for the assault ; ths .1 " against Captain Tolat 411 gate , -