The National Register. — London, England, 1815-03-12 00:00:00

OA .... of Ab o ut seven o'clock, before the soldiers had •arçived at lord car tiereagles, a mob, consisting e j not above 40 07 010 person*, _broke, the tower windows of leis house, and then ward leisurely messy. We have, however, to lament a melancholy -• occurrence which took owe op p os ite to the house of Mr. Robinson. Our readers will have perivived above, that the windows of the house of that gentleman had been completely demolished on Monday night. Some persons Assembled again this evening, and between nine and . ten o'clock pro ceeded to further. mischief, ,bv flinging stones at the shutters : some soldiers, who, it now appeared, had been stationed in the parlonri. feed from the windows : severs shots were distioctly heard, but five of them were supposed to be the report of blank cartridges. Two s h o ts, however, unfortunately took e ff ect. and a man and woman were killed. The crowd then dispersed ; flue man who was struck wa s quite lifeless, having been shot through the head. His name Vysc, a young midshipman; he was struck by some slugs on the kft side of the head, which broke the skull. The %lowan, who it appears had also been drawn to the spot from idle curiosity, was likewise shot through the head. Upon examination, it was ascer tained that her name was Watson, and that her lodgings were in Chalks street, Long-acre, She was the widow of a sailor, ant had lett her fends with a promise to return in half an hour. k The soldiers fired front the house into the office of Mr. _Eaton, the surveyor, %thieli is opposite, and ►therein five or six clerks were then writing, and a ball is now lodged in the shutters of the drawing, room. It is supposed they filed five or six rounds of blank car, tridges. A servant belonging to Lord Somerville was wounded io the fare, and one man, who apparently from his habit, was a-stone mason, was carried as far as StAird street, and there abandoned to his tide ; he was found lying on the railing of Mr.. Kerby, the honk s seller, covered with blood, being desperately wounded in the head and other places ; he was ronveyed . in a coach to St. George's Ho*, pital, in a very doubtful state. In various parts of town, there were also riotous proceeding* this evening, and doors, windoses, and the railing before the houses. were demolished without mercy.,-Among the houses attacked . were,' those of Lord King and Sir W. Rowley, in Wimpoleadreet ; Los 1, Bathurst, Mansfield street ; and several others whose houses, were. mistaken for those of the supporters of the ob noxious Corn In, no one instance did the destroying parties exceed fifty in num ber. Acting in detachments they distracted and eluded the attesa tion of the Guards, and the whole of the mischief was effected in the momentary absence of the military.. In the City also there was some appearance 6f a disposition to riot. After dark a mob collected soddenly in the vicinity of Fins. bury-square, whence they proceeded down Chiswell-street to Mr. Whitbread's brew-house, where they destroyed the whitlow' with • shower of stones, and instantly dispersed, having heard that some Blakely were at hand. Shortly after the Hopse people proceeded down Si Corn Bill, and threat( supported.. The crown of Cotnmotts, where the that an adjourninent expectation of meeting , menced an attack on the mins which laces St. themPelves hooting the sal amtiseil • Cur■ In the evening, two persons of respectable appearance, assembled in the crowd in Palace-yard, invited the multitude to retire with them into St. James's Park. where they proposed haranguing their friends upon the true nature of the Corit lays. The proposal vas instantly accepted, and a vast collection 01 - pea:sons of every descrip tion followed the volunteer orators until they reached an elm, upon the branches of which they soon mounted. Here they commenced an appeal totlie passions and feelings of the people. Thetrhad not proceeded f ar , however, in their menacing oration, when the arrival of horse qu i c kl y p u t assembly to the road, and taking one of the speakers down from the tree, delivered hint into the safe custody of the peace officers. A minor accident, but of a most, seriotts nature, occurred on Mon day ni g h t , when Mr. Hinrick, of Cecil•street, Strand, who was quietly going to the House of Commons on business, was sabred by one of the Life Guards, and received a severe wound in his arm. A person who was near him had his thigh broke. WEDNESDAY. The rain continued to full during the whole of this day, and there Wetl ver) little crowd in the greets. Mont ten o'clock at atigUt, however, the work of devastation began. again. A small party made a slight attack upon Lord Castiereasb's boose in St. Jantestsitnare, mist of Commons adjottripd, a great body of von St. Martin's-'ape, exclaiming against the toning destruction to those bx whom it was ed increased as it advanced towards the House le rioters learned, mush to their diseatisfaction, had taken place. Being disappointed in the ig any of the obnoxious members, they cow • the windows of that part of the Hou s e of Coin- Margaret's Church- yard, where they amused e soldiery, and vociferating curses on the Coro r, -00t&swe , - ' %ll but. they had only broken a few windows Witco the cavalry arrived, and they dispersed. They next proceeded to Mr. - Ponsoiiiry's house,- in (a' irson.strret, May-fair. On their arrival they instantly corn. ineteed a furious attack npen the house, demolished the windows, and bioke the iron paliesede in front. During this, some firing took place, bat we have not heard that any person was hurt. In a &Sr minutes the cavalry made their appearance, and the populates., ac cording to their usual custom, inanedlately dispersed in verities di. rrctions. They had with them a sort of horn, which was occasionally blown, and makes a dismal sound. - Aliont ten o'cltiek, a large mob who lied rendezvoused before Drury-lane Theatre, - .proeeeded to the Mornieg Herald Office. in Catherine-street, where, with glowers of stoves and other missibta, they destroyed the windows and did othetdamage. They then pro ceeded to Mr. Serjeant Best's, in Liocolu's Inn-field, and committed similar ontrages. The mob broke the windows of Mr. Morris, Director of the Bit India Company, who is not in Parliament; and alsO attacked the house of Sir Joseph Banks, the Patron of the Arts of Peace, who* whole life has been devoted to the improvement of the count% without ever having takes a seat in Parliament, or mixed in political affairs. Whet' Sir Joseph was first apprised of the quality of his visitors, lie desired his servants to admit them : but they liad.lll - forced through the doors and windows. In a few minutes the parlour door was demolished, and boxes of valuable papera scat tered in the street and area : the *hole angle of the railing of the square was also levelled with the ground be a detachment of the military arrived. One man wen examined at the Police Office on Thussdrb . ebairted with being concerned in this outrage. ,•• . . THURSDAY. , Nothing took place ei th er at - the eat or west end of the town 141 ceuld,be called, by the name of riot, with the exceptioo of a distur bance in Holles-street. Cavendish-square, bef.;re the house ,ofhlif f Davies Oiddy,M. P. Air Bodmiss., A few disorderly persops,ehielly boys, pas3ed throng!' the street hooting and Whistling, whim qua of them broke a window it' Mr. Giddy's beetle, and this asseekt wastsm mediately answered by a shot from the first flour. Thebreaking, of windows did not discontinue on this account, but increased, and the tirng from the first and second story was repeated to the nombek of five or six shots, but we are happy to state without doing any fur ther nsischief than wounding a boy in the neck. The wound was not considered dangerous. Every other part of the town was per fectly_quiet. The military were in great umbers, pesticide!, the horse ; and at several basses belonging to the members who have supported the Corn Bill, foot soldiers ware statistics& In fact, Lost don was environed with troops on all sides. FRIDAY. . We have great satisfaction in annoencing lbst tranquility is nearly restored to the metropolis. Last night . fiardly a !nub of anj kind was to be seen, and a few persons that were loitefing shout the corner of the streets appeared evidently to be drawn . together from euriesity. The only disturbance we could trace was at the house of Charles Forbes, Esq. M. P. for Beverley, in Fitzroy-square. Here a few panes were broken, but the instant interference' of both civil and military prevented further accidents. Several persons were taken into custody, and carried to the watch house.. The military were considerably increased. On Thursday, a Proclamation was issied by ilie•Prince Regent is Council, for the.purpose of suppressing criminal acts and proceed. ings, and in detecting. apprehending, and bringing to justice, tilt persons concerned. And for the better detection of any pesson or person.; who were or may be concerned in any snch criniinal,acts and proceedings, We are graciously pleased to promise, that if any pct son shall discover any ether person or persona who, directly or indirectly, was or were or may be concerned therein, so as (bat the person or persons discovered may be prosecntod for the sante, snej discfeeerer shall have anti receive as a Reward. upon. convictioe of such Offender or Offenders, the .sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, and also his Majesty's gracious Pardon fur the said e r. fence, in me the person making such discovery shall himself fellab le to be prosecuted t'or the same. • • SumlnE.—Tuesday afternoon about four n'elOck, a man of gen• tlemanly appearance, dressed in a blue coat, Wellington trowsers. and a buff waistcoat, took a boat at Whitehall to cross the river. When lie went into the boat he immediately fell on his knees and began to pray ; and when he got into the middle of the river he made a sudden spring and leaped into the water ; lie almost instant ly rose to the surface again, and took hold of the oar which the' waterman reached to him, but let his hold slip and again suuk. --~,..x -.. --~~ _ loam ~w►~