The Sun. — London, England, 1816-07-05 00:00:00

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EXCP.t.LENCY THE Lriun LIEtJTENANTV,FIIIF.I.ANI) TO Lour) VISCOUNT 51IYMOuT IT , DA'TP.II STH Julitt, 1816, viz.— A STATEMENT r/f the Nature and txtent of the Disturbantes which have recently prevailed in Ireland, and the Measures which have losenfatiopted by the Government of that ['wintry in eon sequ'ence thereof:—Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed. 14th Juno, 1816. ft oncluded from yesterday/ 1 .1'1 3 (7er) the early part of ti. , c north of September, in come ooice ef the repeated nets of outrage width were committed io tt.a conioirs of Tipperary and Limericii, and the violent finA ~pen manner in which the law was set at tle6ance, I di rect e..! a large additional - military forco, under the comfit:lnd e,".',..at-tiant-cieneralltleyrick, to mercillindthese connties, , oi oo view of aitliog the cit it ,power, and giving that coo s deuce tti the respect able and wel I -disposcil iuhabitmils, se;.i.cl, might induce them to remain in the country, anti en opt., ate with the Covet nment in attempting to maiutain On receiving, on the 25th of September, the memorial which I have insole alltided to, proceeding from on inlaid moo,. , oteeting of forty magistrates, I !net not a moment in isseing t t proclamatioe, with the advice of the Privy Conlicil, deelat ins six t) of the baronies of the county of Tipperary to he in is state of disturbance, and subjecting them to the provisions of the Insurrection Act. Another .2; barony of the votit'y was, in a few d tye after vat do included its this Proclanottion, on the applicatimi of the ela i attest s. ' le the conree of the month of October, aril - Aber memorial Ives pre-voted to roe from thirteen hingistrotee of the Conn'? of Tplicrary, assembled at an extraordinary session of the pence, expressing their opinion, that four additional baronies, ' 00 not incliel eft iii Ilse.preictantatinas, were in a stote of tbs. turbanee, mid praying that they also might lie proclaimed. Not lot Mg had sufficient reason t o think that the !fatuities last mentioned were in such a state of disturbance its to call forthe application of any extraordinary measure, I directed 'the clerk of the pence to he called upon to furnish fro. sworn ill tot te it ions of uutragee committed, upon which the tioos of disturbance vested. Atter a consideration of the documents with'which I was furnished, I Biel not think the necessity for a compliance with the ititattorial .1 have last metitionetl sufficiently established. I ewertaitied a coithdent that if the act wal!elfectital ill tit , baronies in which it hart 'been recently tefforeetl, its intioencv woolit he felt in those immediately adjoihing them. , tt the latter end of September, I received from 47 Magis, traces of the Cotinty of Limerick, assemble:l at a Special Sea sintol i , t) -the ►26th, a rept roentation that tha erkttre it that .otointy teas in a state of dist urlia ere, occasioned by a very ..genteel enilftqfCracy among the lower orders, and praying that the Counts. Might pia proclaimed under the Inserrce'tion Act. A It iat vras also received, concluding with the satire noyer, front the Magistrates of the County of the City of Limerick. s J.las nig had ettflicient, evidence that the ()ph:litre pl eration of the law 'was iiiiideqiiate to maintain traftryifillity in this equity. and that it was in a state of serious di•order, it was" pr~rj :suet el in Council ender the proeisions of the Jostirree tom A r t on the. soth of Sept. end the 'county of the City, wit ii the exception of such parishes as ate within the City, .was proehini,eth on the•nd of October. 4. Jl5 consioptence of the nuMber of prisoners iii . the goat of the comit f timerici;, I deemed it expedient to issue n war- • ram for o slit clap Clonituission, for the puritan! of butioreg • the offenders to trial. In the early part of November it gave me great satisfaction tt;• he enabled to inform your Lordship, that since tile Insnrs rectioti Act had been in force in the counties of Tiliperary and Limerick, comparatively few crimes' in vitilntion of the pablic peace 'had been committed in these counties, and that tiles liad enjoyed a state' of tranquillity to which limy had been unaccustomed for some time past: ,that those provisistos of the insurrection Act which gave facilities tot lie 1 hoes to recover arms front persons who arc mil entit.rd hsw topossess !Recto,' hail °vended ry beftefoi..ily ; :trol I felt it doe to the Magistrates' rosidiug in the nisi orited this -Irivts,' In report to your Lordship the great unanimity with winch they had actcd, and the strung dispositoolltey had slisrwo to give eititet, liy their personal exertions,:tollaitottea-' mires of Governmeot. At this period 1t received adds:::,,es from cacti IA the Grind dueler of titteonatityand cif fr, Lott:- rick, assembled et the Special Cotriolission then eiotit to ter mitut rig their isatiafaction with the measures hit'n tolooted for the suppression of disturbaMte, and . conveying an assurance that they hail. been attended with slit ryes. , NOfisitliitanding the'intittiation which I had so recently entiveyed to yam. Lordship, t hat the state of the cotiaty of • perary teat improved, at leasi there hied been of late fewer %Tahiti-ins of the todilic peace, toWards the latter end of the Month of Noremher, Me. Baher,. a Gentleman of consitier 'able fortune, nett of the highest character and respectability, itlittE,attrissineted !tic , return Mime from the. Etpecial Ses sion, at Cashel. where he had been discitartting Ins dilly as a 1 / 4 14Aistrate. The circumstances tinder which thil totirder committed, andwitich were proved - DI evidence on the teinhif t te, persons eoneetned Ist it, are strongly indicative of that depravity and sanguinary disposition, of which this con .• had presentoll err many lamentable proofs. It appear-. (41 in the mootli of September a house to the neighbour b""'l of ?Or. Bak n's residence bad been ettocked by an arm ed body of, men, and after censiderabie resistance on the part of the inhibit:tuts, had been burned. Mr.l3aker had exert ed himself. with great activity and success in, detectpig and colitetiftiwt to prison the perpetrators of this outrage; unit in c""l'lluertee 01 law exertions a conspiracy to Me littler no was formed in the early part of November. rite In:paler was "'omitted on the /70 of lsloventher in the,cloystime, tie a part's - of five persons. It appeared that in consequence of nits order width had been issued (it has not been traced from whom) several persons (pinny of them from :consideralile: •tlistatices) assembled on that day end the evening preceding, -*Tim the different roads'hy which it was possible fur Mr. pia-. err to rettivn from Cashel, mid were stationed in small de tachments in different In.useS and places of eforeculinein, for the purpose of intercepting him; that Mr. Ilaker,was watch ettlthe whole day by persons appointed for the purpose; that Ids departure runup Castle.; was communicated by;lignals, and that when the shouts were tired which deprived him 64: his life, tl ehont of triumph was raised by a number af people who had sesseiffitled in the neighboarltoood, evidently to wititess this barbarous murder. On the 9,d of December I issued a,Proclatuntion in Coun ell, offeiing a reward of 5,6001.. for the discovery of this pers t ill by whom the murder was committed. I shortly afterwards received an Aeldress, signed by 76 Magistrates of the colony of Tipperary, assembled at a special sessions of the peace on the 13th of Deceatber, expressing the strongest itcltowledg ornts for the prompt adwitiistintion of the power's confided to the exectitive got eminent, and assuring me, that netwitii standing the , recent murder of Mr. Baker, and the manifest intention of those concerned in it to intimidate the , Magi:— tram es from the execution of their duty, they were determined to eta-operate with the Government in endcavouting to esin tititi: Aratowillity, and tint to relotelheir exertions from the opprehenslint tit penes - oat- cbtoger., They coucluded by pray ing, that a superintending oweistrate' and police estoldisn= num mi t stit he placed in the haronylet which the uturder of 15,i),,r had been pernr.trateil. • • • !gave immediate effect to the wishes of the Magistrates thus conveyed; and a chief. Magistrate of Police with 50 n co *tables, was placed its the barony of Clatiwilliam. Oii the ' ooth of December- a warrant Pali issued for a special com nii4iion to !m held in the county of _TipperarY. to orderthat I might not interrupt a c.omiectod account of the it:ease:re:l which I teas conrpelled to adopt in the conottes' Tipperary and Limerick, 1 omitted to state, that in , the/month of November, a natatorial, sigatil by several Nlagig., trafes of lite King's County, assembled at Clare on the sti.}d of November, was laitiThefore me, repiesenting that various acts or violence., viz. the robbery of orals, the indicteen of torttire, , the assemblittg in arms by flight, and the adminiitra. thin of ntslawful oaths, were committed in a small district of quit. county (4), and prnYing that it might be declared itt a ititte of disturbance under t,-e insurrection eels I had previonsly, received a memorial from a numerous nrCi'clitig of the Magistrates of Wehtmeath,itssembled at :emote sin the 24.6 f November, stating, that the-character of the dis tal-bent:es which lied so long prevailed in that comity remain. eel the tiamc r that they were of opinion, that the ordinary p .•. er :tell to the magistracy were totally inadequate to • ensttre security to the inhabitants; and unanimously praying, Blatt the provisiotis of the Insurreetion - -Act miglittle•-put iii force in toot baronies of that county (5) without delay. . • •'• .flavine had cumin-Am; proofs, that in the district=s , pointed .te tit alit KileS CoatitY and - We twit it; th'' toehitint disoo f4lld NO)it'fi Fire i-.iiiignous cos, r,e..s, a very long - premifed,' many instance* having occurred titian all o f. „loc . , ,!; e aoutiterated io a former part of this 07 , , t II trai nittlii inni.l:ven itt whidi i,r Sot, an4svit tibe es and otlicr; orio.c , .1 1 0 , i ,ll srrs , ihie A rtmit . )i,traticu of juitice, had been A In4l,!ertl or melt cruelly tkeetaei ; and lets log !est r y witenssed the uncenting but ineffectual tex,•rtionS en the pleat of many of the Megie.rates is the most disturbed parts of those counties, I deem:seed tit accede to their upplhettion, estil . i;ith the ad vice of the Privy. Council, subjected the contiguous districts of the two cot:wits to the operli!ion of the Insurrection Att, by a ProrlaMetion, which lacers date the 24th November. In the conese.of the present year, the Insurrectiun Act has nut heist enforced in any new instance. In the . neMth of March, in consequence of'a •Iletnorial from 27 Meeieteeree of the cosinty of Louth, it Special Maistrete, with f'.:retti si elites, was appointed, for the purpose of ItSSlStint; them to inasseeitt the peace in four baronies (6) ofthat connty. \'arions note of tun tege were committed in these hat °sties etatit this period.' In the course of ti n e wi•cli; I l honws hi the rtoighbourliond of Dundalk were plundered of arms. The hosete and offices of a farmer, who lied prosecuted some. per eon. by whom he had here robbed :old mealy usurtleresle' Were wilfully sit cm fire . ails! consumed. ' A party of mined. persons, ri‘peeted to he not less than leo in number, attacked the house of another individual, and entered it, after meeting with cunsitierable resistance: after wooseling very severely the owner and two dither inhabitants of ilie lonise, they cam yelled hint to sleben' hie aioat, and to take an oath that he would give up hie faros. • In the utonthoOf April in the preeent wear, , a similar police tetaldishment was also appointed in three baronies ,''"e) of the caulity of Clare, on a tepresentatiini received trios ratei of that comity. For tt considerable time te's cer faits districts in, that county had been in :in ; lint it Ilw course of the precedistes year I had been informed by the Makist rates, 04 the examples made under -the insur rection Act io the tossotties of Tipperary and Limerick _had produced rt very beneseiel effect its the tmenty of Clete. In the teonthe, however, of Fehruary find March of the present tsar, offences of the saute general character with those which . 1 twist• before described were very frequently eumniitteil.— Nightly meetings of large nutultere of the lower orders took plaits : not• district in the course of the month of Meech, eeverel houses were wilfully Intrusele`asul threetenii',genotices were posted up, directed agssiost the letting of !awls to others than the old proprietors, mid - against' the payment of rents, except neder certain prescribed vegulati.als. • I have risumeretedall the severel instances in which . I have, With the advice of the Privy Council, enforced the provisions of either of those Acts of. Legislature witielt passed in the Set sion of 1814. It will appear, from the dela.' into which (have entered, that the Ineurreetion Act has liten eartrcerl in the county of Limerick, the count Yeif the city of Limerick, in se veral Introttice of the county of Tipperary, two harouiee of the county ofWestmeath and in a district of the King's County; and that in certain district,' of three counties, ripper:try, , Louth, and Clare, SpeeittOlagistrates and Constables have %teen 1►1ac,..11, Itaiisig the ordinary !towers given to Civil rs, and the ee pen - I , es emiserinent on their tippointmeet be ing levietLfrom the ili..triet .withirt they net. I ,hull new state to sone 'Lordship the general vomit of the measures which. have been thus adopted for this preservation of time public peace, Iu aisi of the ordinary operalks of the law ; and it 'gives me great eatisfactien to b e , *1)101,4 l e as sine you, that tr-usqtrillity has been. completely teetered in some of the districts which were the seat tit dieturhenee; stud that in Cued of those distriete in widelt the InstlM aftoo Act was enforced its the -course of fast year, it bas., its conselistftsee' of the improved state of them, been since the commencement of the present year. In the neettli;Of February feet, r received from the'meteise trittes of the ;;eiteee county it tormorial, expressink their Ac knowledgments for the, ad:litional powers which had been given to theta under the Insurrection Act, find for the .indi eisits, distriloutim) of the military form; sta , ing the geed efe het tai the peace of the chanty which had rstmlied frostr*lns:e measures, and giving their opinion. Met the additional powers eittruettri toa thew might he safely withdrawn.. Prom the megiet rates of the city of Limes mitt, tieseilthlecl at stn extraordinaty sessions of the peace on the 1511. day ref April last, a memorial wee , irortstuitted; etatime tbeirepiniun (her the e itcaessevi:Ts which iiid,iced there to apply lot the , pcovkions of the 55th of the King to he put in force in the county of the city of Limerick tau listiger•existcd. I have coast rrceived a memorial from .the eiegietrettes of the county of Weedroe a essembleil eit it special seisiost of 1 the seettce field last Monthe ceproseitig , the deep settle st , hiblt they entertain of the benent which their comity bee expe rienced from the measures which had bas. n' ; ottei huting the tennquillity they HOW to the suceca , f.sl ()Pe- Tatiana of provielutes, of the , Lteurrection' Act ; end adding their wish, that the powers with- 'which it ie. :sled them might be le stisclaawn, , and the outlawry eoutse of law reetored. I - gout immediate e:leet to their erect - el aperoeviens, and the preclaiteitierie ettiorrint - the Itestit reettott Act in certain Obits:lett of file comity of Westoteeth, we's comity, attdolie -.Seiner!? of the city of Limerick, Laec sivereny . revoked be the Privy Council. 'rhe only fttertsfurce an which that Act now remains it, opettatizet, ;kris the counties oi Tip= penny and Lituerich. I have annexed to this dispatch a regort of the proc.eediregt of the special commission•held for the county an'd City of IA- ' nitric:, lit the month of November fete, :tad in the cottutyof Tipperary in tile'monthi of February I t ish• alai it return of persons f ied at the spvci'sl 'seeelen Unite? the InSurte,Ltioii., Act, for offencee against the provisions or fissoAt't. I have added als.s statement, of the pi on-sidings at the s e cer,d ae . siece in lies years 1613, lst.t, And, 615, :and Lent assizes of the year t(,, So hr at ralleg, Its committals and costvict i ons for crietinel acts emulated with the disturbance! , of the, pub lic peace in the following counties : Tippererve County, Qiseetee County, Looeferd, Leath, , , Cis It 6:eniiiition, and It'. I crford. There IssaylAppear to your Lordsltip, a great disparity in • some eases between the sturnher of committals and the slum ber of couvietinos ; and persons unacquainted with the its terted state of this eolnure . roan , infer that committals too frequently , . fake place without „sufficient epelence of guilt' against the parties apprebtinkil, No rush ettnelitsionit;.hOw ever al meats SO CO - its relates to the general :prat:lice of the nsaeistrecy to commit suspected persons on slight and insaiti eieut ground.), ought to ise drawn. The frequeot instancet whichthaVeeetiMe to my knowledge, wherein prosecutors and witnesses hare been intimidated by the menaces o f the friend's , tbeellartire deptieed against; the experience I have had a fire danger to which thi.y, and even their relatious, are ex posed; -of Alte necessity which in tilmbst every case occurs, that they should quit the place of their birth and residence of the odium which,nitiversally attaches to the name of slit info/ono; compel me tochnsider the dieproportepte bower') the, number of:committals anti convictions in many districts,. rather as a proof of !lie iliiortlereii state of 'saciely, :sod of the impediments in the way of the administration of instice, that) tit a proof of inutile precipitancy sin the partsof the ma gistracy, in come sitting on the suspiciset of . eilininatity. I may be alloeitell here yo 'aid, than the danger attenslastt on . Cie giving of itiforinntion or evidettee Issas so : notoriees, a niiio 'impeded the conviction of the gotitte it no re msee pisriird, that the Legishitilte 'found it fieres6ry, with the 'view of deterring front the .intirder of witnesses,' fatal -of pree e etine the i-npuisity of the , partiles . whom those' witnesses had deposed, ta'enact,. that if . taity person buying' giyen information upon oath of- any Offence againet the lans %Medd be murdered,,or fnrcibly caviled away before the trial of the pershis deposed rie - ainst, such information Sbn oath should be adMitted as evidence on the trial. It bas been necessary in the disturbed conntiee most instalicee of persona having given information on oath) pc, intendiug.to glee eeie e nee upon he e l) nu twee:ant Of. the St , . • lions ilatiger to wieett such periods are exiite;ed, to remove them to pherce•of security pre vlotta to the . trials, end-. talti estattellete provitle for their-removal fristn . ,their metal :sleeres. toanyceees the witisesses tit. the Crown hat'e, et tf:eir j. ..4ta reeutein,' , beets tat el consolorable periird pre vto the trial in th e ga o l, nt itic ettors as affording thesis tire be , t means of . preteetiess if, kJ , iler I„:11,S they leive teen eterl theyo i r „ , if t I herbt c.. „I A: I t ) Inv., frienthr of the pars:, ri•!.t. • led • hostility l of'tioe 1 fi,,ve t.rrf 1 4 ;.tri 4 rl to lOhOtiOtl : tilt 4 P,P, 1 , 1"11°" `. " to he male, for unsnarl! ass ) stwo , I)inr by . • Lithos, never ~, e 0,00,, the Commander ot.the forces to acce s le to those npvlicail .1,5, without thv orotittest vvi", den.ce_ot.th e ir every ca , ,e, the noli . tory Officer in , :Pintiolo.: di,trict 11400 which the requi sition froceeds, is directeo to inquire persoti3ily itito groonds Ott wl6.:h it it made. I Lioglit not, hoe.-ever, to unlit tp mention, that it veryl:tryforce it t Oiled in giving rv:sl;tance to the I nfirers of Itevenne in the suPpression of illieltilistilLitinit; which prevails to a great extent in several of the flint horn anti ternc:otutics,oftlaiei Kingdom. In con,explence of an order of the Ilon:4; of Com -1 moos. matte 'in the month of . 1. ebroary ill the preie4vear, a retort) has ht , co noole of the 11 - 00p3•Ut that time employed on this service, ivh h, i Wive .111t1tlit'll 1.0 tills dispateit i, and which will give full information with respect to the number.. of ;ten erny:o)eil, the tlet:irinnentl into which they arethe di- . tidcr;, tot tbestatinllS thew are placed. ' i I aro, with great troth anti iegardd,ny • - • - Your Lot dship', most uhodietitlionsble Isctrant, The Viscown Sid:path, ,5‘,„ APPENDIX, - No. P. • _ Eliflence of John Sittt terf p Nicliot4; Sax.ton;ftli thaittvel rola Juba ST:itt y Wlliett, 1'i .. .i1l is. 1114 'EligiiiL Of I lit mid Slipnavests?—.l. I'canikot telt. Q. Yon Allow it perfectly well. Is it not the name of a' party in this country?--.1. It is, . Q. Ily the Chief tiaron.—What is the other party called ? A. Cararats. has there not been a wickedand malicious enmity rub sistinvbetween those who call themselves Shanatests and Coraents?—A. They are often•geiarrellin • Q. D not you believe the titan ,vests took arms by night A. I believe they did. Q. And the Consents ?—A. I believe they did. Q. By virtue of your oath, bus there not: been a quarrel be tween the Shannvests and Carivot,4 ?—A. `there was. . Q.: What issthe cause of go.oTel. between these two par ties, the Shanave,sts and Car :trots ?—A. I do not know. (.1. .What is the true reawn ?—,A. Indeed I cannot tell. Q. Do you knew a man of the name of 'Wren Gar?—.l. I do; (.), Ear, ig your uncle. Was he not the prin^ip'►l rlngleader and commander of the army of tihattarcsts ?—A. H e is a poor old tuNtl, and not able to tic command. Lord Nisrhary.--.Shat scat the first cause of the gnarl-el ?—A. It was the same foolish dispute abont May' Q. By the Chief Tiaiinn.—Which is the ohl,!r:t ?—A. Caravats Wire guitq oh fur twu years betore the Shanit ve,ts - -- . --- -- Q. Vb'br were they called Caravats?—A.A man of the Itatne of i-Ltoly was hanged. lie wag prat-vented by the Sha ttavests, and Padre') Gar stud', he wtotld n:n leave the place of (=onion saw the cravat about the tellow's neck, and Irmo tlvit time they'were called Caravats. Q. For what offence was Hardy hanged ?—.k. For but-obit; the house of a an who had taken land over his tteighbOue4 brad. Q. !lardy was theleailer of the CaravatA ?—A. Before he was . briazcil, party 1V , 14 called the 41Agle Rangers,. Slianatt.its Wert' called Porleve Gar'.y Party. .Q. Why wcre they called Shaaavests?—A. Because they 't=ore otit wai3lcoats. Nichobts .Saxtun, a witness, corroborated the vvitlenee of 'Tames tilattety; his 2vi , !,..0re was exactly smiiiir to that gived by .`;'.utter y. 'He re IA cei ..ely the ',ante history of the - first ori;in of the party of Cat•;ivittri And Shanaersts, and proved that all those connected in their Wool amuciations had no other ohject in taking up aruts than to ,defetid themselves against the attacks of each other. flit Rev. .I , lto 'ltya:t, priest of Fethard, was examined, and said, that at the faii he 3awso.iie of the '' , ltanavests strike the t'arit at,. Q. By the Chief ilaron.—Ts it notorious in the parish who are Slianavests, ani. lio are Ca.avats?—A. it is, Q. From is (;tott,lnan of : ., tor apprkia'hAce and 11131111:4"S. I should wish to be informed .y , ,at is the real cause oiqu4rrel? A. I'never (.641 rioti (.0 the real • Q. By Lord y.--Do the feuds of those insurgents prevent their aiteinin.4 dit mite serOce?- 7 .1. to Lord. hnth ihanav,sts anti 'iit%Lvats attend• divine service iiidis triniitiately. U. tly the S'olicitor-rieueral.—Da you consider those feuds, las they are called', coinined to the: lower order , think 'they ale. 7am nai sti le whether any respectable parishioner has joined them. (1, Cult yo , i furin any opinion whether arty one party is more tha the ether?--:1. I cannot.: they are equally criminal; but the takin4 Ot - Jtrilift I Confined exclusively to the two Tkitlcs concerlivil in I how, fends. Note.—lt howevt.r appeared, on se. , eral trials, that those parties frequently laid 'aside their private animosities, and were imitcd lit a general system of outrage. and upposiiiun to the laws. . CO 'The six hari,nies were those of lklidd!erhird, % ; z1 1 ,,1; 0 4 ry, Ntewantagh, and Compsry, i taut, and tlt taste - en' ha t oily of Ida and On. (1) That, of lira and Oth West. (s) Upper ..,id Lower Ormond, Ikenitt, and Ownay and Arra.• (e) The barony of Kilcourey,.and the par t a kes of burrow, Lentanattan, Cllttputenoise, and Wherry. (1:;) Clottlonan and Moycashel. • • VPPer awl Lower Dundalk, Arden, and Louth,. (7) Cloutlerl.yt, Thrachan, and ikloyar ta. POLICE 'INTELLIGENT. MANSION-11013S E. 1/ATP: Ai.DertsGATE-Srmtr:-7-rester. dav Mr. Dunkin, together with his Counsel, au= tended this oftiee,loil made an application to the Loaf') AixYon;of- the following oat %Ira ;--, 7 „;. lle ,stated, that in consequence of some flint calumnies and insinuations tnat had gone abroad against:lllin, he felt himself co:npellefl: to apply to the Loop MAYOR for protection. The asper-_. sious and insinuations, of which he complmined were unfortunately very general, hot they arose ; principally horn the cirelllllVtitilee ~of a meeting having been held in Aldersgate, fur the pinlnoie of inquiring, IOU) the 'causes of the fire which had kitrOyed , his premises; tire, result of . which meet i'ag was, that without any specific charge, the mnst i iki t oi c i a l reports .reeve diffused against him. ITtt- . der these eiretonstaneeti, notwithstanding the very. laborious . intestigat ion that had already been gircn Co the case by the Loon MAYOR, he was . led to present himself again at the 6ante tribunal, to a uswer any thaig,!, or repel any insinuation,, that might be brought against him. m i .. D un kin, frecording to the 'statement of his Connsel, had been viiited with thi'ealuntity plunder and fire, occasioningloss of at le,ast . 10,0001. vettereas tire itistnanee to repair. this im mense loss rcitS not much more titan half that solo. . . The Loan iliAvott said, he had already besioyr ed upon th e ease every consideration and sell the l i thutir in his., power. He was stilt, however, as, an :tail ap before to devote any length of.time, to ii. freshinvestigatinn of so important. a• arse, it he were _furnished with the leust means o f inquiry. It-was not i a his power, he said, to take' cognizance of the reports or insinuations, how ever prejudicial, which might..olotain circulation: against Mr. Donk-in, or any other person. He was retaq, 'however, Catty iotli s r : idual was pre poreti-t o submit either charge or information upon the subject, to hear them with attention, nor shouhl deem lits.time Misspent in any exertion to elucidate the matter in question. Atter remaining..in the Justice-room fOr nearly half an hour, and int person appetring to explain nr. present any tiling upon the subject., Mr. .I)nnkin, his counsel, and a crowd of other per sons, withdrew. n Inn . I n A -Recount of the Mansion-hot:cc exa minations on this subleet, we stated generally that Mr. Dunkin was Seen running, front the door after the ttlarrn of tire.: it tippettrs, hOwever, that he tseaped thief tigh Mr. CockettotPs door, togethat with his servants. . , HATTON-0 Alt9P3, irtt erday J— S—, clf Gnildford-street as examined oo the following charge. About fiver o'cloeLth}it 'morning Mr." was et-tit:sing from Itagnigge-Avelis!CO.Gray's Inti,latie, with a brown paper-parcel tinder his, Om, w,hen he wal met he !butt and Limb' , olrv . 2ers, who were on the Iwik tint ; from the early time of the morning they were induced to ask him sotnerquestioto with, revert to what he had in the parcel, where he brought it . from, and where ho was taking to,, which tines...- Lions% he evaded, so as to cause the officers Sim peet he %Vie an improper pertOn, and that it %Oil 'Sit Dien property. They pulled out their statett, toid tt l eyh ere police officers cm the book Mit, anti. (hat 'they•tvould nor part ivitit him-unless he gave e. better aCCUliut o him J fvr retsorts of. .~ ilk own, not wishing try tell what he had in the parcel, and being desirous to get rid of diem, of. f4ed them five guineas to let him go and not Llt tain'ilie parcel : this only thernore c onfirmed:Ott% officers in their opinion that the. vice' contained': sonic stolen property, and they took Air. 8 q into .custody,,and .brought him into a public.! ItOnse, where they searched him, and found a, great quantity of gold coin in his possession , and a Pocket -book containing upwards of 30001,in bank-notes and - bills of exchange. When t he case came to be heard before the Magistrates, Mt. J. 8 - 18, Banker, and some other Gentlemen OA tended, when it appeared that Mr. J. S. had jait arrived that morning from India, and was ou Ills way to Guildlord-street ; that the parcel con. tanned a valuable India silk shawl and gown-aiettf he was bringing as a present to a L ad y from frientlin India; that the pocket-hook, which coo i ! tanned Bank Notes and Bids of Exchange true his own,Property ; and that his motive for not (elk ing the Officers the contents of the parcel., and his nth:ring them nioney to let him go, For c e: lc a from, the shoal and gown-piece being lantd,,edoyti, he tra ib,i tat(:lllmt wish ;andhe l ing a present intend" for i privet of it. The s h a w f l or a n n t d l g i o n :rpi t e o e ebe " (ete'rs seized by an Excise Officer then present, aild (be locket-book and its contents wer e delivered up to Mr. J. S. snd be was discharged. QUEEN-SQUARE: ' ... A Gentleman applied to the Magi strate, t 0 Pre' evut such shameful scenes as occurred on !"!' 1 " 1 . 1 H Canal ; he e t t last,lll where s lvniefe3 r a t t i n i h e de re cliti n ei 4 :l l s erteln, a t s oli I " t 1 I imarie ; a mob of wen. anti hogs ha); bands, they held across the road, itol every female down that came near, and scat the hay upon them ; the'busbands were beaten most.shamefully, who atzvailit''' rescue them front the mob.—fir: said, that lie would write to the ti fferent Offices, and endeavour to prevent the recutto" of such outrages. BOW-STREET. On Sunday Eleanor Smith was o pprel'en t Hyde Pal k. the act of begging , an d oa 'e'rrth; in be!' I ttlflic nce and pence were found amount of four shillings anti thr,ee"h ali r th s , l u Otte Augustus Martin was apprehended place, for a similar offence ; a gia...tity of lie pence was fOund upon him ; itc ll,u prov e " to o' a Chelsea Pensioner.—They-were brought t ° Office; and' Mr. litaNts committed 00145 vso grants. kw.° , c oft EXTRACT OP. A LRTTER.--i 4 Afire .') (11)" Saturday listin the premises of Mr. ''' o P a at of the Member • ofParliament of that rtan' e ' o l 'Milford; near Godalming, in Surrey, whie. ll is lytt' confidently attributed to soul e incendiaries. A din' half-past twelve o'clock at noon the fire covered to 'proceed front the out-houses and ht`ll,,,r rifrilir. Gooch, and post-horses were instalitlY lot in requisition to convey engines from and the surrounding neighbourhood, in e6 ,''ar quence, ,however, of the necessary delay, scanty supply of water, the firs spread end atte whole of the out-house*, homy, with the whole of the corn, flay, straw, 6tc'',; tti flail. were consumed llee arras re l i r n ° space o f ri the mutises, and ibis, it it supposed, anal , indocedosotne misguided persons to outrage in queition. A reward of 5 001. is ouc fOr the apprehension of'the ()fenders." A destructiee fire broke out at Thorverton,l3,c • Exeter, on Saturday week, at four o'clock in e t ; ( 1 Morning, in the stable of Mr. James, an d s P r e o , so rapidly that it could not be arrested until se rc ' st teen Cottages'*ere demolished; wberebY a f is eti nornber of poor industrious families were r i t ' - c ir'' to great distress. In the Exeter papers, rite cuntstance has been at tr;huted . to accident-, td r4 C o l •: the carelessness of a boy; but GrettileW e .",,fa Thot aerial) state, that not 'any doubt, r et r a t ' tlist the minds of the respectable inhabitants it _ , was wilfully set on fire, as not the It'n't,:tarti faeiorrprooi cm) . be made of any light heii'l7a, in the stable during the whole: night ; ot tl ' lo ot Was detached from :Inydwelling-house,. fir't have : been earriol into it for i ncen diary lo t y P n oti Ihreati had been 'made 'use of for a moat}, that the town should lie burnt; and v b.eert. , sttOta ntiated , before \l r. Fursdoa 81"lij Il e Carew, Alaglit lays , agaiUst (HOs w af t wit ° bolt would littro the town. A subscription bas opeoed- for the relief of alit poor soffererS• DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. c:9,l da.;', in Portland! l it ß aC r : l t S h . e Lady 01J. P -11°1°144 " On 'lll lO i E lln u ' i r d oo lla ilaf:itt r i'its foy-square, the Lady Of L'' ' ' Filrbes° s'. Of i' F.). , ;. 'l.l'. of a datthter ' Dot , On the 3d inst. the Lady tiof Sir William lo l k' 1 lIP ' 30f1. - • ~ t tit Ou the T 941; of June, irt Stephen's c . . p .publ'l l i m,,... p . , , I,le , , ( - ;:t th u e ' 79 u tt Y :trt: A .kt ‘" l l t u t g ll l :l l tu er. the Latil• of solo G 0.4301 Barrister aL. w,. of a son. ' __ -----: , isTARItt W. ,„ lO r ilb t:t . l r t , he .ttlt iLtst.ll . ! :it, margatet's, W c.sl " l . s"r ill : ' ' ''s4l ricte r s , tertlav, Barron Field, Esq of the Inner T i-11' , P 10 6°I to :lane, second tiaughte ' r of the Eire -V. 4 p Esti'. of XI ontAgtfv-iitreet, Russell-square. J 4 .lto:i . Lou, of Old Palact-y u a i r S d t .. ja'":""et' t° l'l4l'' itSt:g i ti* t itorton, r,sil. ~, ~ Oath, the it ' I. ti n s Nitutillan at Qitetn-tquare Chapel, **4 ' ll - ' 3u f ill, to Niles Nangreavc, filliV di" "f tile _ t o. trttant-Co oriel Nangreare' of the E. i. C.YSeroc6' fpt , c,"e 04 the iSt alik * eV :4 'l, /, simeell l m s , n t .. , _, . , tohottown Coon. , A idgro ll ~ , 1 I imbitn, hut. to Anne. eldest daug lion . °I A 116° '°. Gtr, Ttiesday, at Brighton, the ft mew - 14 P 4 ' el— ~ ,,,s . ill 11 • ‘l.y Ana, second daug hter of the late 41# ‘' ...11- that place. S, DIED. Cir - 0 1 1 4 i pt, O . 1 / 4 n , rWete:nueiscti:sarye,:cri.est:tuean:en.t.Getteral the 1 - 1 011 : e$. tercutila Heanther, Dart. ot Newtcul-flali, f, , ici,: ia to" .. :1 , e v. :a r n e e luu ll g ay h , ti tl , l K e i l - l id : e . , %5 . . u . 1 4. 1n . 'Ifv.00wift11:;::: : . 1 . : Li .it s: t ''" the tate Colonel Wolfe'. 0 tiLt' I.i. ()Is the Ottt ult. a pumice, Mr. 1-lenty f3 , 1, 4 ,_'''...' l ;WPOS many lear an Equestrian Ptrion-nrr at the ''''' 7 4 ; o bl.' thea t re, Westminster-bridge maw rmerly Ittv ) appeltatioss of " thenas'ical't'hiltl: --------; ,f =.' ;instil by aT. 11. CARSVAirtg. Na' I}:tildiags; andl , l:Wished b W y .A. srrtirPg. 0,, 1 „rr St , V-OPtICI. No. I Strand where ;f or cht:,-..Ti4,l4Altscs :pait-rtstd) fits Xiiit ;