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GEORGE THE THIRD, HIS COURT AND EAMILY. A Correspondent observes, that this Work will no doubt soon have a place in every Library throughout tlw Kingdom. 'Since the publication of the Memoirs of Mc Court of Louis XIV. by the Duke de Sr. Si.. mom, on the model of which the present Work seems to be 'composed, no production has appeared that can be compared wish it, in point of original anec dote; and it consequently offers, at the present mo ment, when all minds are so feelingly alive to the subject, a Most agreeable miscellany for desultory or regular reading. The author has not undertaken to writes political history of the late reign, but has given what was much more desirable at the present day, namely, a PERSONAL history of our venerated Dlonarc!. as a King, Statesman, Patron of Litera ture, Art and Science, as a Husband, Father, Patriot, and Friend, developing his character by his own words and actions, and relating an infinity of origi nal anecdotes, not only of the KING himself, but of his Family and Courtiers, collected from authentic private sources during a long period of close obkr ration : the embellishments to the . Work are also unique, comprising portraits of the: whole of the Iloyal Family. The late Mr. WEsr. used to relate, that, being one day in the presence of our late Monarch, his MAJESTY familiarly asked him how old he was? and Mr.WEsr having stated the number of years, the KING rejoined, " then when i die,WEsr, you wilt shake in your shoes!" TbIEATRICAL RIOT.-31r. YouNo concluded his engagement at the Norwich 'Theatre on Saturday se'nnight : and on Monday Miss BiterNTON appeared in the character of Rosalind, and on Tuesday in that of Miss Dorillon ; but notwithstanding the excel lence of her performance, the House was but thinly attended. After the Play on the latter evening, much confusion arose in consequence of part of the audience calling for " GOD save the King," which was sung, whilst others vociferated " GOD save the Queen." At length two regular battles took place, the combatants in one of which actually stripped. At the commencement of the Farce, on Miss Bitux- TON'S appearance, loud applauLes superseded the tones of displeasure, but nothing was suffered to pro ceed. Mr. BELLA= led her off, a lid on his return obtained a hearing ; he stated, that " as the servants of the Public, they were of no party, and could scarcely be asked to do an act to oblige a few, which could not fail to be disagreeable to many of the au dience. A parody, he said, had been handed to him, so ill constructed, indeed, that his own taste would compel him to reject it." Here the yells were again resumed and continued : the Actors were driven from ;he stage, which was occupied by some of the rioters, and the respectable part of the audience immediately left the House. Some of the ringleaders were taken into custody. . . FIRE AT COVENNEY, Buctts.—A most alarming fire broke out in this village at midnight, on Mop day, on the farm of Mr. Shorter, which was occa sioned by the negligence of a boy in setting fire to some straw in the stable, on the return home of his master. In less than ten minutes the stable was con sumed, and seven pigs were burnt in a stye at the back. The flame communicated to two barns, which were consumed in a very short time. A strong wind communicated the flames to the timber roof g.f the dwelling-house, and at this time the fire was seen miles of. A whole range of houses, seven in num ber, fell a prey to the devouring element, but most of the furniture was saved. A man, of the name of Bartholomew, was dangerously hurt, by some tim ber falling upon him. Funious DRlVlNG.—Saturday evening, as an el dcrly Gentleman was crossing the street, near the foot of London Bridge, on the Surrey side, one of the Greenwich stage coaches, loaded with passengers, and driyiug at a very quick rate, unfortunately ran over him, before he could get c•ut of the way. The wheels passed over his head and fractured his skull, besides several bruises he received in various parts of the body, from his being trampled under the horses' feet.. He died soon after.—The Coroner's Jury re. turned a verdict of Manslaughter against the driver. The Coroner immediately issued his warrant against t':e driver; on which he was apprehended, and com mitted to Horsemcnger-lane jail. The Insolvent Debtors' Court has re-commenced its proceedings, and has appointed Sittings for the 1 and Bth of May. Wednesday, a 'turnkey from Stafford iail, arrived at Hinckley at one o'clock, by the Chester mail, with a prisoner, on his road to Leicester. Finding no immediate conveyance, he was obliged to wait Jur Pettitor's evening coach : the coach arriving, A crowd of people rushed forward, to inquire of the coachman how the poll stood at Coventry ? st that instant the Turnkey opened the door of the room at the Bull Inn, to speak to the waiter, when the prisoner immediately threw off his wooden shoes, leap ed out of the window, holding the chain he had on his leg in his hand, and got away; and although the turn key immediately followed, he lost him, and he has not since been heard of. Whe prisoner had been confined in Stafford jail eight months on a charge of horse steal ing, but was to take his trial at Leicester, at the ensu ing Assizes. The Turnkey left Hinckley on Thurs day night fur Stafford, after a diligent search, with out any hopes of ever again seeing him. EXECUTIOX AT Yonc—Monday, Samuel Booth, who was convicted on Friday last of the murder of William Parker, gamekeeper to Mr. STUART WORT.. LET, M.P. underwent the sentence of the law. At half•past twelve he was conducted to the platform behind the Chapel. He was accompanied by the Chaplain_to the jail, with whom he joined in prayer for about ten minutes, during which time, though he appeared, at intervals, to attend seriously to the Rev. Gentleman, he occasionally looked about with an air of composure, almost bordering on indifference.— The unfortunate man, to the last moment of his life, persisted in declaring that the fatal gun went off by accident, while he was struggling with the game keeper. When placed upon the drop, he looked to w ards the immense crowd which were assembled, and said, with the utmost coolness—" Good bye, lads ! I die innocent." The drop immediately fell, and he died, apparently without a struggle. The two young men who were sentenced to death for the same vim; have been respited. ASSIZES, LINCOLNSHIRE, *ARCH t. Philip M'Cap, labourer, aged 22, was arraigned for robbing James Kitchen, of Saxilby , on the way, in the Parish of Morton, on the 16th of Avast. The prosecutor was returning home from Upton,, Notts, and had got four miles east 91 Nesark, when he alighted from his horse, and lity4own close to a gate on the road side to sleep : he was awakened by the noise of three men, one of whom was the pri soner; but some other persons coming up, the men passed, and Mr. Kitchen soon after proceeding on the • road, overtook them : they asked charity ; he said, if they called at Glazier's, the Half-way house between Newark and Lincoln, he would pay for a tankard of ale. Prosecutor rode on to that house, and stopped till the - men came. They were inquisi tive whether he had received any damage, or lost anything, whilst lying on the road ; which in. quiry led him to pull out his purse and colmt his mo..ey. He found it all right, there being £l7 11s. 6d. in the purse, which he replaced in his pocket. The risen, after'drinking their ale, proceeded on the road; and the prosecutor, after sleeping again for a quarter of an hour at Mr. Glazier's, mounted his horse, and also went on ; but feeling sick and ill after he had ridden two miles, he again got off, and lay down and slept, on the high road to Saxilby. His horse's bridle was tied round his arm, and hisddr.r lay by his side. Suddenly, after some time, the 'dog bnrked, and Mr. Kitchen; raising his head, was just in time to see the prisoner draw his (Kitchen's) purse from his pocket, which he had.picked as he lay on the ground. He exd-aimed, " You rascal, you have got my money." Upon which the prisoner said, "If you attempt to stir, blow your brains out ;" and he felt in his pocket, but did not produce a pistol. Seeing the fellow had not any fire-arms, Mr. Kitchen jumped up, knocked him down, and recovered the purse from his hand. The prisoner had also got Mr. Kitchen's hat on his head, which he attempted to recover, and succeeded, notwithstanding the man opened a knife, and threat ened to stab him ; but in the struggle the prisoner pulled off a crape band which had been round the hat. No sooner had Mr. Kitchen got his hat, than he perceived the two other men running to the assistance of their comrade, with naked reaping-hooks in their hands ; on which he cried " Murder !" and catching and mounting his horse with all speed, fortunately he got of, and rode to Mr.Wheatcroft's, a short dis tance, where he saw the' three men go into a wood. Mr.Wheatcroft's servants desisted from their harvest work, and assisted Mr. Kitchen to search the wood for the villains, but in vain. Mr. Kitchen then rode home to Saxilby, but was afterwards sent for to the Halfway-house, where he saw the prisoner and re cognized him. Jane Glazier, wife of the landlord at the above house, corroborated the testimony of the last witness as to what had passed there. W. Roper stated, that he was working for Mr. Wheatcroft on the 16th of August, and heard the' alarm of robbers given by the prosecutor, Mr. Kit chen. After that person had given up the search and gone home, witness found the prisoner hid in some gorse bushes, about four or five in the afternoon ; he seas alone, and held in one hand a reaping-hook (which was produced in Court), and in the other a drawn knife. Witness and others were attracted to the spot by a number of crows hovering over the gorse, and concluded from that circumstance that some vile creature was there, or that a man was con cealed. The prisoner surrendered directly. J. Bentley proved, that he was sitting beside the prisoner at the Half-way-house, after the latter had been taken, when Mr. Kitchen came in, and pointing to him (the prisoner), said, that was the man who stole his money • and his scarf. Prisoner on this put his hand slily into his pocket, pulled out the bit of scarf, and threw it under a table. Witness picked it up, and Mr. Kitchen owned it. The. prisoner said that some men who were scuffling in the house had thrown it there, but witness was sure he saw the pri soner take it from his pocket. It. Talbot, Constable of Swinderby, produced the scarf in Court. The prisoner being called on for his defence, said nothing, and called no witnesses.—Guilty, and sen tenced to seven years' transportation. IV. Chambers, aged 22, was convicted of stealing two heifers from a field called the Willow-bridge Close, at Carlton Scrope, the property of Mr.J. Hardy, of Hougham, which heifers the prisoner drove to Lincoln, and sold in the market on the 25th of Fe bruary. He called no witnesses to his character, but told, in bis defence, a long and improbable story of his having been met, when going to Grantham, by some man who asked him to drive the heifers for him to Lincoln for sale.—lleath.—Reprieved. J. Power, aged 24, was tried on an indictment charging him with robbing Mary Markwell of 5s as she (with two other young women, S and a boy, 14 years of age) was travelling in a cart from Horn castle to Wainfleet, on the 9th of September. It ap peared that the prisoner came out of a lane and walked beside the cart for five miles on the road, until the par ties came to Raithby Beck, when Miss Markwell said, " Perhaps you will have the goodness to lead the hone down the hill for us ?" He said, " Oh yes," and led it down ; soon after which he jumped upon the cart, seized the reins of the horse, and said, " Ladies, I demand your money l" Miss larkwell then gave him ss. John Pickburn Br umby (the boy) gave him ss. 6d. Jane Pickburn 13rumby gave him part of her money, on which he said she had more, and, pre senting a pistol, demanded all ; she, therefore, gave him 6s. 6d. Hannah Best gave him ls. and he re turned it, saying, " That will help you on your way." He then returned also Is. to each of the others, and, jumping off the cart, went away. The party soon met a Mr. Holland on the road, and communicated the robbery to him. When the prisoner demanded the money, witness said, " You shall have mine, Sir,. with pleasure ;" and she added en her examination on this trial„." We parted. with it freely." The JUDGE hereupon observed, that the indictment then was - not sustained, for it stated the robb;ry to be effected by putting Mary Markwell in bodily tear ; and if, as she said, she gave her money willingly, it was not from fear. His Lordship, therefore, directed that the prisoner should be acquitted on this indict ment-1k was then tried on an indictment for rob bing Miss Jane Pickburn Brumby, and she stated, that she would not have given all hez money, had it not lieen for the prisoner's pointing the pistol at her —Henry Holland and William Hill proved the pur -1 suit . and apprehension'of the piisOner...He was found concealed in a ditch ; ISs. 6d. was found on him, also some leaden ballets, gunpowder, and a pistol key, and in the ditch the pistol was found, loaded.— Guilty, Death.—Reprieved. YORK. MA.RCH4IS. • At the sitting of the Court this morning, the six teen persons charged with .a riot at Dewsbury, were put' to the bar. They all pleaded Guilty. Mr. Justice PARK then addressed them. He un derstood the prisoners were charged with creating a riot, for the purpose of raising their wages. This was in itself an unlawful act; and he wished them to understand that such assemblies could not procure the redress of any grievances they might imagine, nor even of those of which they might have reason to complain. His Lordship then advised them to return to their homes and families, and to attend to their business, and ordered that they should enter into their own recognizance of £5O each, to appear when called on ; v 1-ich being done, they were all discharged. James Newton and Edward Rothey were convicted of highway robbery, and sentenced to Death. Rickard Coverdate, gamekeeper to R. 0. Gas coigne, Esq. was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Hawkins, on the Bth of November last, near Abertord. It appeared that the pistol went off by accident, and the Jury, after about twenty minutes consultation, returned a verdict of—Aot MAIDSTONE, KENT, MARCH 14 SOUTHERN V. CRIPPS. This was an action for slanderous words, imputing to the plaintiff an attempt to commit suicide. The plaintiff is a distiller, residing at Seven Oaks, and the defendant is a butcher in the same town. Several witnesses were called to prove the words, and one stated, •that he had heard the defendant say in his shop, that " Mr. Southern had attempted to hang himself, and it was a pity that the rope broke." It appeared from the testimony of all the witnesses, that it was currently repotted in every part of the town, that the plaintiff had made the attempt sug gested in the words spoken by the defendant. The plaintiff's Counsel contended, that there was no doubt of the words being actionable; because, if true, the plaintiff was liable to an indictment for a misdemeanour, in attempting to commit suicide.— This being the criterion of the actionable quality of the words, it was a case that required to be marked with sharp damages, inasmuch as the slander was calculated to do irreparable injury to the plaintiff's good name, as well as to his pecuniary circumstances. Mr. GURNEY submitted an objection to the form ofl declaration, which the Learned Judge saidhe would reserve, if the Jury gave the plaintiff a verdict. Mr. GURNEY then addressed the Jury• upon the merits of the case, and contended, that, supposing the words to have been spoken, there was no pre tence for saying that the plaintiff had sustained any injury from the report. The smallest damages would be sufficient to satisfy the justice of the case. The Jury, under - the Learned Judge's directions, found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 20s. THE SAME V. ARNOLD. This was an action by the same plaintiff, against another of his neighbours, a tailor, for circulating the same slander, but the words not being proved, the plaintiff was Nonsuited. POLLINGTON V. BURCH. This was an action upon the case against the de. fendant, who is proprietor of the Chatham and Maid stone stage-coach, for the negligent and careless driving of his servant, whereby the plaintiff, an out side passenger, was thrown of, and seriously injured. The case was this:--on the 28th of August last, a trial at the Assizes having excited considerable inte rest in the neighbourhood of Sheerness, a great num ber of persons came over from thence to Maidstone, and, in consequence, the defendant launched an extra coach, expressly for the purpose of taking to and bringing from Maidstone, so many passengers as would pay the expense. In the evening, after the trial alluded to was over, the plaintiff and his son took places on the outside of the coach in question, which was driven by a man who was not a regular coach man, but by trade a shoemaker; he drove the coach so furiously, as to call for the remonstrances of the passengers, but he jeered them for their terror, and made some impertinent remarks. As soon as the' coach reached Rochester, some of the persons on the outside got down, being in apprehension for their lives. The shaking of the coach, in its passage over the pavement of Rochester, knocked out the linch pin of one of the fore-wheels ; the carriage was up set, and the passengers were dashed pn the pave ment. The plaintiff was severely cut, a little above the joint of the knee, and, in consequence of the in flammation which ensued, his life was in danger for three weeks—he did not leave his room for six weeks—and now the joint of his knee is so stiff as will render him lame for life. It was stated, that as soon as the coach got to Rochester, the driver mo derated his pace. Mr. ADOLPHUS contended, that the allegation in the declaration was not made out, for it appeared by the evidence that the coachman was not driving carelessly and negligently at the time the accident happened; and that the defendant was not liable for the injury, unless the carelessness and negligence was the proximate cause of the misfortune, which the de fendant as deeply deplored as any mail. The CIIIEF BARON charged the Jury, that if they were satisfied that the accident arose from the care lessness and negligence of the defendant's servant, they were bound to give the plaintiff a verdict, with such damages as would afford him an adequate cotn• pensation for the itjury he had sustained, and at the same time operate as a wholesome warning to coach owners in the conduct of their business. • The Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff.-- Damages 4:100. Tuesday night, the house of Mr. Stanbury, No. 7, Rockingham-row, near the Elephant and Castle, was burglariously entered,' and fifteen silver spoons, a gold musical snuff-box, a quantity of male and -fe male clothing, and various articles of bedding and linen stolen. —On the same evening, a Gentleman's house, in Lambeth-place, was er,,rred with false keys, and considerable property carried off. A ske leton-key was found in the lock of the door;which the thierws forgot to takc. IRELAND: THE RIBBONMEN: Several of the offenders tried at the Roscommon Assizes have already paid the forfeit of their lives the-violated laws. IVk;arty was executed on Mon day, in front of the new gaol of Roscommon ; Man nun:, on Wednesday, at Shralee, near Ballinasloe ; eight other Ribbonmen, their companions, were sent or from the dock for transportation ; five, found guilty of misdemeanour, are to be Hogged three times at Ballintubber, and imprisoned two yeals ; and Had and Guji are to be hanged this day (Saturday) at Ballingar. Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Paget arrived at Athlone on Thursday. - He is invested, we under stand, with the chief command of the Western Dix:. trict. Several large detachments from the 93d and 48d Highlanders - have, within the last few days, marched - into Athlone, where they are to do duty till further orders. Besides a lam military force ? there are at present in that town between threi• and four hundred able-bodied men, who ate to form a part of the Police establishment for the county c.f Galway. They will proceed thither when joined by Major Darcy, under whose command they a, e to be placed.—Dublin Patriot. Sunday last, the Right Hon. William Vesey Fitz gerald went to Crushed', accompanied by William Butler, Esq. and, after the congregation had come out of the chapel, he addressed them on the dare rous consequences of the late outrages which have disgraced this and the neighbouring County, observ ing' that, as long as they continued obedient to the laws, they would find him a f ieud, always ready to assist and protect then' ; but that if they, or any (.4' them, were found joining themselves to the wretches denominated Ribbonmen, he would bring them to that punishment which their crimes so justly merited. The reception which the Right Honourable Gentle man met was truly flattering ; after the loudest a'- clamations and applause' at the observations he made, the assembly (principally composed of his own tenantry) unanimously declared their determination to resist all attempt* made to mislead them. The Ennis Yeomanry were afterwards drawn up at the parade, by their Captain, the Right Hon. William Vesey Fitzgerald, and addressed by Robert Kean, Esq. of Hermitage, who told them that the reason of their assembling was, to know if they were willing to retain their arms as heretofore, and defend them if necessary. Having answered in the affirmative, they were formed into a square, and addressed at some length by their Captain: His speech breathed a spirit of loyalty, and of attachment and regard to the King and Constitution ; and three enthusiastic cheers were the soul-enlivening approval of his ad dress.—Clare Journal. ALARMING EVENTS AT BIRR. Particulars of a meditated attack on the town of Birr, by a body of the county of Galway Ribbon men, have been kindly communicated to us on au thority which is wholly unquestionable. It appears. that-information of an intent to assassin ate Lords Ross' and Oxmantown had been communicated to these Noblemen, and every necessary precaution was therefore taken, with the assistance of the people or Birr, to defeat so horrid a design. The Military were stationed in the house on Wednesiay, and the most zealous aid was further contributed by the Civil Power, and the residents of the town. Oa Wednesday night, at about eleven o'clock, an alarm was promulgated, that the Ribbon banditti were ad- - vancing on the town, in considerable force, from the county of Galway, for the purpose of a general attack. The houses were quickly illuminated, the inhabitants flew to arms, and volunteered their ser vices to repel the threatened danger. Colonel Moffat, of the Ist Ceylon regiment, Major Holmes, late of the 92d, Captain Richard \Voods, of the 3d, and all the Officers on half-pay in Birr and its immediate vicinity, came forward with admirable spirit on the occasion, and an efficient &ice, animated by intrepid loyalty, was soon organized in the town against the expected invaders. Two pieces of cannon, :panned by pensioners of the British Artillery, were bought out; one being placed in Cumberland-square, nearly opposite the house io: . Arthur Robinson, Esq. and the other at the Castle. The conduct of the 44th regi ment was meritorious on the occasion. The regi ment, under the command of Colonels Harding, Gregory, and Nixon, had only arrived on the same evening from Templemore, at the Barracks, which are situated nearly two miles from the town; but the fatigue of the march was disregarded wl:en public duty called forth their services, and they promptly came into town. We are happy to find that the ban ditti, obviously deterred by the spirit and extentpf preparation to meet their attacks, did not dare to advance. Apprehensions are, however, still enter tained, and every arrangement that may be neces sary to ensure the safety of the town has been care fully formed.—A.'ilkenny Moderator. BIRTH. On the Sth of January, at - Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Lody of Major Crawford, Roy.ti Artillery, of a son. MARRIED. On Tuesday, December 28, 1819, at St. George's Church, Kingston, in Upper Canada, lieutenant-Colonel Lightfoot, C. B. Assistant Quarter-Master-Geueral, to :\ liss Cornelia secor.d daughter of Capt. Edward Wiliam:, Royal Naov. • At Taonton, on the 14th inst. Robert Grant, Esq.. of t h e 4th Light Dragoons, yo...ngest sou of Sir Archibald Gran!, • Barr. of ',Jamey gosk, Aberdeenshire, to Charlotte, mows: &tighter of the late Wiliam Walter Yea, Esq. or ryslaa-i Hall, in the county of Somerset. Saturday, the Ilon. Ctlarlcs Augustus Fitzroy, of the Royal Horse Guards 13Itte), to Lady Mary Lenox, daughter of tha . late Duke of Itichnione., _ _ )londaT, at Wells, ii!ezaider Fraser, rsq. of ,Thavics London, to Eliza, second daughter of Hobert Brook*, Esq. Sornersoshiee. DIED. Monday-, at his hisuse in linrton Crescent, James WLite. Eso. March 10, is Claehec-street, Mrs. Augusta Manners, secorfil • and only surviving daughter of the late Lord Manners. • Lately, in St. hlungr.o.treet, Glasgow, in her R.th year, Lawson, widow of the Rev.. Archibald Dawson, Minister kf • kmahoe, Dumfries-shire. • ' Feb. 2P, at Dumfries, the Rev. John Dunn, Aliakter of the Congregational Church - in test place. Jan. 1, at Demerara, Milliken Cr',al Esq. of Baliewan, late Commander in the Hon. East-India C'emrany's Service. March 2, al . Peith, of pultneaary consumption, tae Rev. A. - drew Ramsay, Preacher of the Gospel, aged 27 yeals. • • - • • ------ HIGH-WATER at LONDON BR I DG E TO- aIOR ltzl W. 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