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ens, eth, P 6 Ilus, aka, TILE 41ii121 th e ,bole of the diseenbodied Staff of gon-iom goistioned Offiters Of the two Regiments of London i t t li t ia have been on permanent duty since the riots • M on day, the 2d inst. firuishi'ng strong guards, d m, at all the principal prism): in the Meti-opolis ; s o these precautionary measures, it is expected, on not be discontinued until after the meeting of Parlioneot. The new dress for the four Regiments of Lancers, is to , be a ssimilated in the manner of the four Regi ons of Hussots,• viz. two Regiments crimson fic i n p, with gold and silver embroidery ; the other t in, stole , facings, ornamented in a similar manner. It is in AgitAtion to raise the standard for this inno "60;1 in our military system, a more powerful de saiption of hien being required, to effectually wield Jesiruc ive weapon. A siTiotiS affray took place in Ray's tanning uunds, near ' l 7eddington , on Thursday, between free 1.41 rAdiers and a deserter who was known to t 4 w o r king in the fields, and whom the military inten ded to ..pprehend. Tne deserter escaped from the resn i, e s with the Men of war in pursuit. The for. p e r was joined by some brother workmen and navi gatOfi 011. 1 were working near the spot, and the sol &II were gverpowered, one of them was seriously he. The deserter effected a safe retreat. for :rev wird I the 11.4! ess6, lora pith n ly re d ;tied; smea .es Penh; 11C The venerable oak, at Northiam, Susses, famed f o rtis size, and having given shelter to Queen ELl fatter's, *ho eace breakfasted under its extensive fo liage, on her way throogh the village to London, bas List week partly blown down. • Much controversy has taken place with regard to the authenticity of the Poems of 0:lion. We can state h ow ever from authority, that these were actually in the Scots College of Douay, and perished with a sass of other interesting documents at the Revolu• tion. Such was the malignity of the Revolutionists of the time, that the greater part of the papers of this thliversity were actually made into ball cartridges I ! The Corporation of Bristol have given directions for the immediate excavation of the ground on which the new gaol is to be erected: it is thought that chid' extensive building will find employment for all the labouring poor of that city and its vicinity. The estimate i't expense for rebuilding Burlington Phone exceeds £lOO.OOO. Mr. HENRY CAVPMDISIef house, which is erected on the site of the dices on the left side, is nearly completed. Among the projects simply charitable, that relat ing to the foreign sailors, whose miserable condition we have so often brought to the attention of the public, is proceeding to be carried into immediate execution. The Houma frigate will be at her sta tion off the Tower on Monday next : and the Lotto M a von yesterday put forth a Proclamation, calling epos all the \iagistrates of the Metropolis and its vicinity to send on board this vessel all distressed Foreigo Seamen and Soldiers found in their Di stricts, to the end that they may be lodged and led there, until they cin be sent home to their native country. The proclamation informs all seamen, na. tiro of the United Kingdom, that if they will apply at the M smite: 1-I oise, they shall be furnished with She means of returning to their native homes. At this time of public distress it becomes the duty of cloy one to give to the public any ideas calcu loot to alleviate, or which may at any future period prevent yr provide against such calamities. We theree fore are desirous of calling the attention of Parishe% to the propriety of petitioning Parliament, for a d' equalization of the poor-rates, by which a provision afoul,' always he at hand fur the deserving poor ; and, RS Mr. Cemotsoo observes is his Treatise on Pau perism, a very considerable sum would be saved which is now expended in law suits, and removals of the poor from one parish to another; and by providing work of same kind in district houses, many appli cants would be got rid of whose desire and expecta tion is to get relief without work, to the injury of the really deserving poor. The idea which the same gentleman throws out of having separate !muses for the abandoned and vile, so as to exclude them from the unfortunate, aro: to give them work and treat me" commensurate to their deceits, might tend to iopsove th e morals of the people ; and, therefore, is that and other respects, may be worthy of con. sideration. Wednesday night the Brighton patrole took into' custody a person, who had broken into Crescent Lodge, nn the East Cliff, and was ir. she act of car rying off various articles of linen from the premises. Neat day he watbronghtbefore Mr. Boers, at the Town : he proved to be a footman of 'Mrs. roman, a Lady of opulence and fashion residing on the Grand Parade. The fellow could not have been driven to the commission of the burglary by poverty, his standing wages being 1/24 per annnum, besides half-a-gninea a week for board-wages, and perqui sities, amounting to between 42 0 and /60,a year more. When taken he had a BS note, a guinea; and some silver, in his pockets. His mistres, it ap peared, had often missed money, but was unwilling! to attach suspicion to her servants. He was fully committed to Horsham Jail for trial at .the neat As sizes. His name is Ma FM. Wednesday a young woman, of the name of Sher amid, the wife of a carpenter, who lives in Edward street, Brighton, fell down and instantly expired.— The deceased had been married but two months. A letter from Vienna, dated November 28, says,' " We hope to see the Royal Family of Bavaria here by the end of December, when there would be many enteltaintnents at Court. The Emperor of Russia and tie King of Prussia are said to be invited for the Car- Illtal. Their Highnesses Prince Leopold of Sicily, and his Consort, ii e Archduchess Clementine, paid within these f.w days their visits to take leave of all the Menthers of the Impetial Family, and departed to .ktY, with tloir suite, in nine carriages, for Naples, by the way of Ivt•dena, Parma. Florence, and Rome. It is affiroed, that tae Princess is in a state of prep nmicy, and that J..e journey will therefore be made in short statues. It is with heartfelt sorrow that the! P:int.Qss leaves' 'ter native country, which, however. )3 alleviated bithe hope that she will be able to visit Lei fatray again setae years hence; a hope which will probably not be etijoyed by her elder sister, the Archduchess Leopoldiue, who is destined to (teeny in mother hemisphere the splendid Tbrore tb.e'Breo fn y, :c1.341 PM: overri t il 11 Virg fra Is, Co' 1r;:s, :• I amalv arriVl )1, IT(' 'land ea * I r , of tl ,IW, wl ,SCI Ra reat We►tr also : e in t► r►butel 71 1)04 had b ;.d tate of e at '4 iester , ,t) a pal! the bit chaise. both of a I Ch IN burn' c liEn, I Lin in Pr; near I.4tri PORTHEit l'AitTiakAARL Maay furtliel. particulars or th e Sainte and Wended extent of the late riots, have been discovered Mnee our last pnhlicatioik, some of Whith, however, We are not yet at liberty to promulgate. The younger Watson had not been heard of in any authentic shape up to a late hair yetterday evening ; but from the nature of another letter, received yes terday by the Lonti MAYOR. from t he northeast of England, the most sanguine hopes are entertained of his apprehension. Mr. Woniner, the Marshal, who we before stated is gone in purstiit. states, that the individual described as young Watson, had obtained an advance of two miles only, and that the more fre quent his enquiries were respecting the parsuejl party the more satisfied he felt that it was the . person, to whose apprehension the public ansietl , is so much directed. Walter Bracher, the youth already twice examined upon a charge of baying pistols in his possession soon after the riots, was;again yesterday put to the bar, when his story appearing true that he had received them to sell for his mother, he was discharged. The mother acknowledged the fact, but stated that she had received them from the father, who, instead of giving her money for her support, had foolishly squandered his money in the purcbase of pistols. The man now stated that he had bought them from a person named Thomas Gill, and this person not being in attendance, contrary to his own promise, the Louo MAYOR directed a warrant to be issued for enforcing his appearance. One of the Serjeants of the Veteran Battalion, sta tioned in the Tower, waited on the LORD MAYOR, and informed him that he was sent to his Lordship, by the orders of the Commander, to introduce to hi is a Gentleman named Rutledge, and .who gave the following information t He stated, that on the day of the riots, residing at the Crescent, in the Minories, he was endeavouring to make his way home, when he was interrupted by an armed mob, among whom he observed two men ez. ceedingly active. They advanced close to the railing at the Tower, where some of the soldiers were on the wall. These they addressed in inflammatory lan guage, at two different times. He could not dis tinctly understand the precise %torch of their ha rangue ; but perceiving that it had little effect, they presented their pistols in a menacing way to the sol diers. One of them was a tall man, with a thin vi sage—wore a light great coat, light-coloured waist coat, and top boots. 'the other was shorter—wore a dark coat, was a full-faced man, much marked with the small-pox, and stooped much in the shoulders. The Loan MAYOR. said, he had information that the last man had been extremely active in the riots, but he hid not yet been found. Of both his Lordship said he had witnesses to speak. He advised Mr. Rutledge, however, to wait upon Sir N. Conant, or some of the other Magistrates, and give isiformation • of what he knew. In addition to the above it was stated, that three other Gentlemen, one of whom holds an office in the Tower, not only heard the soldiers addressed, LI order to induce them to depart from their allegiance, hut heard and saw the persons who spoke demand the surrender of the Tower, •w ith presented pistols, draw.i swords, tkc. These Gentlemen also can fully identify the parties. The Lotto Mayoa has traced the hiring of the wag gon us-ci by the speakers in Spafields on the 2d inst., to some of the rioters now in custody. Mr. Platt still continues as we last stated. Private information having been received at Hat ton Garden office yesterday, that young Watson was concealed in a certain place in Liverpool, Mr. Fitz patrick, the second clerk, who has a knowledge of his person, was dispatched there to apprehend him, Lord Cranbourne having returned home on Thurs day, John Butler, whti, as we before stated, was in custody on suspicion of his being young Watson, ap prehended at Hatfield, was brought to London on Thursday night, in the custody of Mr. Beasney, the constable, accompanied by Mr. Mawe, the clerk to the Magistrates of that district. Yesterday he was brought to Ilnw-street Office for examination, when Mr. Mawe, the clerk to the Ma gistrates, produced the written exatrination of the prisoner, which Lad been taken before Lord Cran bourne. Mr, Brume, the Magistrate, went through l it very minutely in his interrogatories of the prisoner, I and in addition to what we stated on Wednesday, it appeared that he denied having been at the meeting at Spafields. What he had said at the Salisbury Arms Inn. et Hatfield, on Monday night, he al leged must have been the effects of intoxication, as he knew nothing of either of the Watson:. He was so much intoxicated that he was not sober on Tues day when he was examined before Lord Cranbourne, and therefore could not b e accountable for what he o r Hat fie. He ld ; a but whenlie hirld not assign any ed reasothen horse why h of Mr s Smurthwalte, the Leaping Bar livery-stables, Black friars-road, he only intended to go to Barnet, and his only reason for going there was to take a tide. He could not assign any reason why he went there, or that road, in preference to going to Ripley, where he said he bad been so fortunate as to find a parcel of Bank notes tied up in paper with white tape, amounting to 426, consisting of a £5, two sit 2, and seventeen et notes; he persisted in this story, and accounted for being there by saying he was going to Guildford for employment, as he had heard a butcher there wanted a man, but he could not t el his name: Mr. Smurthwaite attended, and stated, that the prisoner hired a mare of him on Monday, about 11 o'clock, to go to Barnet. and as be was not known to him, he left MO in Bank notes as a security, and he had kept them separate from any others. He sat up till near one o'clock, expecting him to re Bonet rn, as the prisoner had oily hired the mac to go to and return that day James LitIDACR. a farrier of Hateeld, stated, that on Monday night, between seven and eight o'clock, he was at the Salisbu r y Arms Inn, at Hatfield, when the prisoner arriand there on horseback; he came and joined his company; he had evidently been drinkin g freely. He asked Wm if he knew the Watsonsfat; her he :replied he knew the f ather, but not the son, the , was a surgeon byprofession. The prisoner then said, he knew young Watson, and where be was, end asked him if he was rsittenneh in the can* He replied'he was. ',l;he prisoner then gave him his ba nd, and, tsid. „ afro is toy Warr (pointing a h." 74e was • husking brandy and water, ana the prisoner wine . •nd water, *hid) tie mixed together; to prove their tunnel attachment. The priconei isid he had been to Huddetilleld, Mansfield; and 'Sheffield. He'asied hide if there was any riotiriii chem?' he replied" ther e . was not to much any wheie as in London—he said ha 6 titiness at Hatfield Was to britig an express to ete Marchioness of Salisbury. Mr. Stratford, a butcher, of the Islington-rOtd, attended, and gave the prisene'r a most unexcep tionable character. He had lived with him three times; and had nut left him for any crime. The last time he left his service it was because he was going to live in the country. He had trusted him with va rious sums of money ; he had brought him the change, and in all other respects was strictly honest. On the day of the riots he was assisting him in his business, and was in the company of him or his family from two o'clock in the afternoon, till past eleven at night. After a full inquiry, the Magistrate was perfectly satisfied that all the prisoner had said at Hatfield arose from the effects of liquor and stupidity, and he desired it to be understood by all present that he left the bar perfectly exonerated from the charge of being concerned with the Watsons, but es to the circum stance of his stating he had found the sum of money, supposing that to b. the ca s e, it was not honest to keep it, and as there bad been a robbery committed near Ripley, he must be remanded for a further in vestigation, on suspicion of stealing the bank notes, the property of some person or persons unknown. Thursday the Pawnbrokers, and all other persons residing in the District, dealing in arms, attended at Union-Hall, in consequence of A summonsissued by the Magistrates, to receive 4 communication of the precautionary measures reconsmmded by his Ma jesty's Government, as fit to be adapted by all per sons having a quantity of arms in their possession. , to prevent a recurrence of the disgraceful s ce n es which passed during the continuanct: of the late riots. The Magistrate (Mr. EvANee) informed the per sons attending, that the Ordnance Board were rend] to receive into their care any quantity of arms from individuals, packed in cases, which cases would be deposited in the Tower for safe custody ; and where persons .preferred, or were obliged to keep large quantities of arms in their own houses, they were strongly recommended not to expose them to public view, and particularly to take off the locks front all fire-arms, and thus render them, in a great measure, useless, in the hands of mischievous persons. These precautionary measures were recommended as well with regard to private safety as to the public good. Wednesday a travelling shoemaker was taken into custody at Hearne Bay, on the Kentish coast, on suspicion of being the younger Watson, from hav ing a mark under one of his eyes, and his dress otherwise answering the description of Watson. The mistake was slon ascertained, and be was imme diately liberated, This day, at the Mansion-house, Hooper, Prestos, Gamble, Cashmire, Carter, and Sinnoru, were again ex.smilsed xt length, and remanded for a final hear ing on Wednesday. The parishes( of Kilgarvan and Coolcarney, in the barony of Tyrawley, in the county of Mayo, are in a state of serious insubordination. It is represented to us that each succeeding night produces some new atrocity, and that night meeting. of ft troops of thrashers." mounted upon borrowed chargers—rob beries, pulling down houses, kting sheep, stabbing horses, &c. are become familiar occurrence:: there. The Ward of Coleman-street was called together on Tuesday, by Mr. Alderman Htvotrr, to consider of the means of relieving the Pour of that District, when a most liberal subscription was commenced. The new coinage goes on with great rapidity : its issue may be looked forward to as likely to promote our internal Commerce. Even the local distresses have given some spur to exertion. In almost all parts of the cottntry we bear of some new undertakings, of which, though the primary object be to find work for the poor, yet the eventual result will be to facilitate and quicken commercial intercourse, and consequently to increase the national wealth. Thursday Mr. THOS. MOMS, farmer, of Crough. ton, was drowned in the Oxford Canal, near Banbury. Mr. Janes Ronissost. of Sydenhans, farmer, met with a serious accident yesterday evening; in driving a gig in the Walwortn-road, be unfortunately ran against a watch-ho:, by which accident he was thrown out of the vehicle, broke one of his arms, and re ceived a severs fracture in his head. Mr. WHITBREAD has thrown open his Manor of Cardington, near Bedford, for public coursing•matches during the season, highly to the gratification of the neighbouring sportsmen. The body of the celebrated horse Sir Joshus has been dissected, to ascertain the cause of his sudden death. From the examination, it appears that either in lying down or getting up in his stall, be had broken the round bone of die near hind leg, and the pieces of the fracture had cut the 'adjacent veins, and filled his body with extravasated blood. HUNTING.—The hounds of R. S. Lt.o.rn. Esq. meet on Wednesday, at Hitchom Wood Friday, at Leven Heath, near Stock. Each day at ten. A desperate gang of p3achers, six in number, as sailed the pheasant covers of Mr. THARPE, of Chip. penbam Park, near Newmarket, by moonlight, on Wednesday last, and were daring enough to shoot a considerable quantity of silver, as well as common, pheasants, off their perch, within two or three hun dred yards of the manson. Mr. Marty's': two gamekeepers were out, and saw them ; but, from theii nainthets, found themselves unable to oppose them. Saturday last Man Chandler, sen. and lanais Chandler, jun. bin nephew, were committed to Abing don gaol, on the Coroner's inquest, charged with the wilful murder of Francis Chandler, brother to William Chandler, jun. on Wednesday night, the 4th of December. between Bagley Wood and Radler, Berkshire. they had been drinking together till late in the evening at a wood-sale ; the two brothers bad (laurelled, and the murder was committed in their road lame. It is said the brother has confessed his being guilty of the horrid crime. About half-past eve o'clock on Saturday evening last, a fire broke out in tbe malt.kiln belonging Comm" Esq. in New-street, Ipswich ; but by active exertions the fire wail 80t .nd without any very material raiioi. - vci o • COURT OeifreEitir e MINIM as, iscAries V. TMR $41L,0111 *nig ? • • Sir SAmust, Rosnr.t.ir moved that a tan ef e sitinee . tration Nisi, served epon the noble defendanee souse in Stanhope-etreet, May-fair, might he deemed en od service. He was a Member of Parlianient, and on application at his hotise by the Cierk of fee 131anc and Co, Solicitors, he was friformed that nil Lordship WAS in Paris, but in what pare of . it they could not inform him, and it was uncertain *hen be would re. turn, and they (the servants) were sure that no per son in London could inform him. The Learned Counsel said, as the noble defendant was a Member of Parliament, he thought his motion regular. The LORD CHANCELLOR- 1 g Let it be so." Motion granted. CONTEMPT of Mint HERRtHO. Mr. Hera moved that the defendant should he committed to the custody of the Warden of the Fleet for disobeying an order of his Honour the Vice-Chan cellor. It appeared that the plaintiff was in distressed circumitinces in the year 1815, and he applied to the defendant, an old lady living in the same neigh. bourhood (that of Plymouth), for a loan of £2f,O. which be secured to her by making over the furniture of his house, with liberty for her to sell it on the 2d of November in the present year if he did not repay the money on or balore that day but instead of wait. ing for the day of payment, she was ;theta to pro ceed and sell in October, aqd the plaintiff applied to the Vice-Chancellor for an injunction to restrain her. His Honour did not greet an absolute injunction ; but directed the defendant to be served with a notice to shew cause why an injunction should not iskne, at the same time restraining her from selling until she had shewa cause. She was served with this notice ; but by the advice of het, Solicitor, she treated it with contempt, and said she could not believe such a no tice was ever issued from the High Court of Chan• eery, and she proceeded to sell. This was a stiff,. cient contempt of Court to authorize him (the Lear ned Counsel) to move for the defendant's committal. Sir Sesteee Rommel, Counsel for the defendant, Said his Learned Friend had carefully avoided enter ' ing into the merits of the case : but the facts were, that after the plaintir had borrowed the £250 on the seenrity. as stated, another creditor was about to issue an execution on the furniture, and the son of the plaintiff informed her of it, and represented to her, if she .would advance £45 more he would secnre it lot her, by patting a person in possession in her name, She being an ignorant woman, advanced the 414.5, and in the month of. Octolier she learned the plaintiff was about to make away with the furniture, and s) e seized on it, As to the disobedience of the Vices Chancellor's notice, she did not understand it, not having known that a suit Intd been instituted against her in that Court. Zee did 1,o:, however, .sell the goods, but was abate: to remove them, when the plaintiff paid her £ls') in part of the debt due, with a promise to pay the remainder on the 2d of Noversi, ber, which he had not dare. He therefore con:en ded that this could not be con?iciered a contempt of Court, as the plaintiff had agreed to an arrengem,n He therefore had no doubt out li;s Lordship w0i.14 dismiss the motion with costs. Mr. HAI%T replied, and said that the defendant was suing the plaintiff's son in A Court of Law for the £45 which she advanced to him. The LORD CllANCin.toß.—“ I will take home the affidavits and read them to. night, and give you my opinion to.merrow. Jr is a matter of great imp.- tance, so far as it concerns the authority of this Ceurt.'f Decision postponed. COURT OF COTANION PLEAS, DECEMBER IS. OttUESER v. itNATCHBULL. The SOLICIToit-GENERAL stated the case for tee plaintiff, who was a respectable merchant. Mi. Grueber had, in the year 1811, made a contract wi It the defendant, (Sir E. Knatclibtlll) and others, for the purchase of an estate in Kent. This estate was to consist of 700 acres of land, the title of which we' to be completed by the defendant, and in the interim the plaintiff was to enter into possession ; such an en try, however, was not to be understand as compro mising his requisition for a full and satisfactory tile. A deposit of £5OOO was to be paid on the instent, which ores accordingly dose, and the remainder of 4 sum of 4E52,000 was to be paid by instalments agreed upon. In the sequel, however, it was found that the defendant could not make out a satisfactory title to a small part of the estate, and the bargain therefore fell to the ground. The plaintiff refused, of course, to complete his part of the contract, and demanded a repayment of the 05000 deposit money, which was refused. He was turned out of possession, and the present action was brought for the recovery of the deposit money, and his expenses as arising out of the transaction. It also appeared that the defendint co mmenced a suit in Chancery against the. plaintiff, to compel him to make good his purchase; but thu the Vice-Chencellor, saw an reason to compel him to fulfil the purchase part of the contract.-,-T,nie state ment was proved in evidence. Mr. Serjeant Best replied, and censured the con duct of the plaintiff, who took advantage of the de 'predation in the value of landed property to slide out of a contract. Of the' whole estate, there were only eleven acres to the title of which objection was made, end every compensation was offered under this cir cumstance, and in two years the plaintiff knew those eleven acres must come within his general title. The Junes, in summing up to the Jury, observed, that where a party making a contract failed in com pleting his title, and where the other contracting party did not waive his objection to such a departure from the original :contract, it wa; quite clear that the ar rangement mutually entered upon become void a 6 ieitio. It could not be overlooked in the present transaction, that the Court of Chancery hid not thought fit to exercise its extensive jurildiction of making an equitable arrangement between the parties to regulate the eleficieacy in the title, if it appeared trivial and unimportant. The Jury mimed a verdict for the plaintiff of £6,153 for his deposit and costs. Common Pleas, DuElias Monday, in the Court of a. vend of of /1120. 2.5. 7d. and OJ. costa, was re, turned against GEORGIC EtCLIMON, Jsq. High She riff, County of Louth, for a false return made to a Writ of Ca. $4. which had been delivered to hint A tgainst Major MKS, of the Westmeath Militia s , the Nit of Mr. gooPPg, Atopkg9iter• of AthsT. • i ,