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MORE PARTICULARS OF 11*IRS. Ix consequ ence of Miller, the i Bow street which Mrs. -street Officer, discovering fr:in whence the . chaise, . LEIGH was * conveyed from her house, was hired from, he l earnt t h at the first town they stopped at was Uxbridg e, w h en h e set off in pursuit of iseterrv,aapntds, Who took w ith him one o f M rs. LEIGH'S female took with her some clothes for Mrs. LEIGH_ OfiCer, from perseverance in, his iries, traced e t hem on Wednesday inn, and afternoon to inquiries, Bell Inn, at Gloucester. On the Officer's arrival at the. to, describing the persons he was in pursuit of . the landlord, the latter said, he thought they were in his n house but the Gentleman had just stepped out. the room being pointed out where the Lady was• the Officer entered it, when she screamed, and called out murder, &c.; the Officer told her not to be alarmed, and who h e was, an d his business; and on recover ing herself, she acknowledged her name was a nd that Mr:Lancs NGORDON would return in a few minutes, ' On -Mr. GORDON'S return, Miller took 116 11 into custody. After some conversation, it came out, that Mr. LAUDEN GORDON and Mrs. LEIGH were waiting in hourly expedation of the arrival of Mr. LOCKHART GORDON from London, . with money and Mrs. LEIGH'S clothes, and of course weie ignOrant of his being in custody. Th e parties then dined together, for which Miller was obliged to pay, the stock of cash of Mrs. LEIGH and Mr. Go R '-''-;`*being exhausted. After which they set off on ~s y ay' to LeindOn in a Post-coach and then in two post-ehaies tilt they came to dxbridge from . which place they proceeded -to Londo n in a' post 'coach, where they arrived on Thuriday evening. Their arrival in London was communicated by Mr. PARKINS, MrS.LE IGH'S Attorney, to Mr.BOND,Who requested that Mr. LoCKHART GORDON! mi g ht be brunght to the Public -office Bow-street, from Tot hill-fields Bridewell, for examination yestetdoy, in- Ste ad of Tuesday next, which the Magistrate very readily complied with, and Mr. LOCKHART GOR Do N Wa3 accordingly brought up. At a 1 o'clock yestcr daY morning, Mr. LAUDE N GoRDON was brought from St. Martin's watch-house to the Office. Mrs. LEIGH and her Attorne When the examination ofy rived about th e same t i me. arrived e Prisoners was a b out to commence, M r. PARKINsth applied to Mr. BOND, ' requestingMrs.LElCH's examination might be taken privately, to which the Magistrate consented, and the Parties adjourned to a room on the first ' floor; and no person was admitted but the Magistrate, his clerk, • IVIrs.LEIGH,Mr.Paut Itsts,and a few of M.rs.LEIGH's relations, About a quartet before three o'clock, Mr. BoNo and the parties came into the Office t h e t wo GORD oNs were placed at the Bar. , when Mrs. LEIGH eves concluded into the office by M. P AItKINs, and the ap peare d much depressed. A seat was a ll otted hotn h er near Mr. 1301,113, and she was nearly f a i nt i ng till roc e salts were sent for, when havi ng recovered her- Self, the Clerk peeded to rea d her deposition, Which was as follows : she s a id s h e had been acquaint ed. out With the GoR Doris about 13 or 14 years ; that ab two M onths ago th e i r acquaintance with her was reneWed, by LAUDEN 1301 ton-row, at which time nothing particular passed ; but since this she saw LAUDEN GoRDoN three times, and in company with Mr. LOCKHARTGORDON, pre *ol4„-t StltArly last. That she having hed a dream, 'the communicated Th e sam e to Mr. DON 1 - he - shortl LAUDEN G o a_ the tht . rein S tat i n fterwards 'replied to i t b y letter, received t w g an interp retat i on of the dream. She I o other lett ers a f terwards from M it) Etr GORDO N, test i fying the great regard LAU be 'fad f or h er; and the last of the twuanrs stating d esteem letters that his broth er, LOCKHART GORD O , ro tea her a t t h e r i sk of his life and fortu newould. In p the cou rse of the week p AUD reviou s to S unday last, Mr. LEN GORDON called upon her, when she in vited him to dinner on Sunday last, as, well as his brother* whom she had once seen with him before : and accordingly, a few minutes before five o'clock, they came. Nothing particular passed during din ner, nor until LOCKHART GORDON took out his watch, and observed to his broth r, " it is near seven o'clock, the chaise will he here at seven;" upon which y j o rs, LEIGH asked what chaise ? when Loolcuaat 11 Ittioar replied,(adthessing himself to Mrs.LE 1 cti ) befY:roet :ills L r i Aty DEN to.night ;" and that, either ,GoittoN :aiwtiot US. were spoken, or, after, LOCKHART mrs.,lo..ahits brother, " you have got a pre sent for to which Mrs. LEIGH re plied, " I am dttercrnain'e'd. Ge.not to take any present ;" when Mr. Locittimur Roots/ desired his brother to come and fetch it, vvh oc DON prod uce d a plain gold ame i and L O C KHART GOR ring, desi r i ng his brother to put it on IVlrs. LEIG H'S GORDO N att empted to do, finger' whichtefus ed LAUDEN ;O let but sh h im, and th e r i ng was laid upon thee table. Shortly ' after, Mrs. LEIGH arose, and attempted to go ou-t of the parlour, when LOCKHART GORDON went to I, 1•1,.(10.0r• and told her she should not go out ; she IT ht n she wished to go up stairs, but Locx kr HARD GORDON persisted she :should not go out of the roots and sl the though t L o ' c I " e d a - pistol ; at which time' ~t her to go and ":" , GORDON desired his bro .ane then opened see If the chaise was ready. ata itz int * lb" ) , net h erf bed-rootn, where she met DA.. 41 .1 • . letllale Ser v ant, to whom she said, dm atratd the • i my house co.,' re is a plan to take me out of of tonight ;" who replied, '" who can take you out your 0 , . Mr LEIGH observe d s " they are armed with ptstols don't say any Mrs. watch." LE ICH then returned dowmnore, • but her drawing room, where LAUDE N „..,Sotairs into to her, . and requested her to ki Dolt came observ- - ing th e C h aise Was „gad% dow l n . sataifres,;v minutes .ainftge.rr•eoLmo,c Ica H nt a i R -sr GORDONdraw_ atd to his brother, 1 , don't stand came into the there :" when Lo 'Th -OKHART k.zoRDoN took hold of one of Mrs.LEIGH'S arms, and (led her to the door,' pu saying, " you shall go, I am determined ;'' she replied, " I am determined not to go out of my to which house; what right have you to . force me out of my own house.'" To which LOC Kit ART GORDON replied, " I am desperate ;" at which instant she observed I.)a vi nsoN, her f emale servant, coming towards h er' follow e d • b y her other female servant ; whe n Av„ istress from 1 . 1350 N came up bet M istress er , and endeavoured to rescue LOCKHART G ORDON a scuffle 51‘bQN O ; then ensued between Loctutaß : r GottooN and th e riervant, and they we n t d own stairs, leaving LAUDEN with Mrs.L E ICH; LocKHARTGoR DoN(lien I._ calla to `LAUREN GoßneN, and said, " bring her down, or I will shoot you." At this time her mind was in such a distraaed state, she had,no recoliec tion whether LAUDEN GORDON forced her do , -"n stairs or not, and continued in that state Until he found.herself in a post-chaise, into which she, ;) , :t,i been hurried by LOCKHART and LAUDEN GORbrir.l t both of whom she found in the chaise when She came to herself; and the first thing she recolleaed was, hearing LOCKHART GORDON calling out to the post-boy to drive on with speed, or he would shoot him. They changed horses at Uxbridge and Wy_ comb, but could not tell whether they had any refresh ments ; she did not get out of the chaise till they. got to Tetsworth, where they arrived at midnight ; the family at the inn were gone to bed, and they were called up to get them supper, which was or. dered by LOCKHART GoltooN ; she partook of the supper : at this time she was perfelly in her senses, and observed to LOCKHART GOR DON, it was a breach of hospitality to take her from her own house without her consent, and that she thought it one of the most infernal measures that ever was taken ; she entreated to have a chaise to take her back to Lon don, to which LOCKHART GORDON answered it was impossible to be complied with ; Mrs. LEIOH then said she saw it was inevitable, and went to bed un der an impression that her life was in danger from LOCKHART GORDON, and permitted LAUD EN GOR DON to come to bed to her. On Monday morn ing they all breakfasted together, when Locx: _HART GORDON observed, that she would have no cause to repent the measures that had been taken, for that it would be the objea of his brother's life to render her happy ; and that as to himself, he would adhere to her as long as he bad blood in his veins, and he would be one of the best friends she ever had. After breakfast, LOCKHART GORDON set off for London, and she, at the earnest entreaty of LAUDEN GORDON, went forward with him to Gloucester. Mr. LOCKHART GORDON pat two very material questions to DAVIDsoN, the female servant. The first was, how long she supposed it was between the time Mrs. LEIGH came Out and said to her the Mr. GortooNs were artled with, pistols, and was afraid they would take her away, and the time they brought Mrs. LEIGH out of the dining-room, and took her into the chaise ? to which she answer. ed, about twenty minutes. The second question was, if the man servant was in the house at the time her mistress came out and said they were armed with pistols, .and was afraid they would take her away ? which she answered in the affirmative. Mr. LOCKHART GORDON behaved in the most insolent manner to the Magistrates. Sir W. PAR SONS frequently remonstrated with Mr. BOND on his submitting ; but Mr. BOND bore it with the greatest degree of composure, and answered him In the coolest manner. He charged the Magistrates with ill-treating him, by bringing him up for etc amination yesterday instead of Tuesday next, as he intended to have Counsel to attend for him. Mr. BO! D replied, that the reason for bringing him up yesterday was, that in case the evidence only amounted to misdemeanour, he might be admitted to hail. Mr. LAUDEN GORDON applied for permission to be sent to Tothill-fields Bridewell, with his bra- . then; but this was objected to by Mr. PARKINS; on which account, Mr. BOND said, the request could not be complied with. Mr. LAUDEN GORDON behaved with a great deal of moderation. The examination was not over till past four o'clock. They were committed for further exami nation. Mrs. LEIGH seems to be about thirty years of ag e ; her fignre is delicate and interesting : her eyes yet expressive ; and her voice is extremely articulate and melodious. She is a natural daughter of the late Lord LE DESP ENC ER, who left het by will the Slim of 40,0001. She afterwards married MATTHEW LEIG H , Esq. known in the fashionable circles by the appellati,in of the " Handsome Leigh." From mutual disagreement, they separated, and her husband receives from Mrs. LEIGH a liberal annual allowance. LOCKHART and LAUDEN GORDON are first and second cousins to the present Earl of Poßrsmourri ; their mother, who was sister to the late Earl, was the Hon. Mrs. GDR DON, and kept a school of some celebrity, next door to FOZARD'S, in Park-lane, in a house inhabited at present by Lady WELL ESLU. The fame of Mrs. LEIGH'S beauty having gone forth, the Duke of Ou E ENSB ERRY WaS waiting in his carriage, in Bow -street, during the exatnination, and remained till Mrs. LEIGH came out. THE THEATRES.-The lively Comedy of The Inconstant, was represented last night at Drury_ lane Theatre, and attended by a very numerous au dience. Mrs. JORDAN performed the part of Bizarre with true charaaeristic spirit, and received the highest applause. The part of Durete te is rendered very humorous in the hands of BANNISTER. BAR. RYNIORE was hardly playful enough in Young Mirabel, but however " bustled through it," as the phrase is, with tolerable spirit. Pleasant as the Comedy is, Cinderella no doubt strongly contri buted to the attraaion of the Theatre. The Tragedy of Othello was last night repre sented at Covent-Garden Theatre. KEMBLE has so often .been seen' in the charaler of Othello, that the Public are well acquainted with his merits.— The same may be said of Mrs. SI ODOMS in Dade-, nova, and Coot t in /ago. The only difference' seemed to consist in the new dresses, which, through. out the Dramatis Personae were very superb and pitacresque. KEMBLE, indeed, restored some pas sages, which, not being familiar to the public ear, excited a spirit of criticism at times when the mind Should rather have been impressed with sympathy. CHARLES KEMBL E made a very good Ca3sio. The third at was so late before it concluded, that the half-price. visitors grew impatient for admission, and forced down the hatch on the Bow-street side of the Theatre. King John, we find, is preparing at Covent Garden Theatre. There are two King 7ohns a; that Theatre, as well as two King. Richards ; but as KEMBLE readily resigned the one, COOKE will, of course; with equal promptitude, relinquish the. other. PARIS, JAN. 7, LEGISLATIVE BODY, SITTING OF TI-IE 6TII jANIT . . THE Mi n i s ter of the Interior preceded by two Messengers of State, four Government Aizissiers, and escort of the Consular Guard arrived at noun.— Ile caused it to be notified to the Members of the Legislative Body, that the Hail of their Sittings wa, ready to receive them and when they had taken their seats he addressed theM in tlie inv terms : " Citizeus Legislators, " Bat a few months have elapsed iinee your se pration, and you are suuirrme.d again to'resume the exercise of .the.august ftinaionS which the ConStitii_ tion ha; delegated to you. " This Sessions of the Legislative Body will be marked by new benefits to the People : the Govern.. ment which has matured in meditation that series of salutary and protecting laws, " which establish and consecrate the freedom of persons, the bases of trans affirms, the guarantee of property, will submit them to your wisdom. " You will not sec without admiration, that the Government, in the midst of the immense prepara tions whicti the War has rendered necessary, has not adjourned a single useful expenCe, has not suspended a single enterprize begun, has not withdrawn a sin gle idea of amelioration. It has been able by its genius and providence to connea all the benefits of PeaCe with the important cares of War. " We do not see, in any part of the Republic, those agitations which announce apprehensions, or presage reverses ; we hear no where those stormy discussions which charatterise distrust, or conceal sinistrous projetts.;' every thing is calm around us— every thing is happy—every thing is tranquil I " Our courageous youth range themselves with ardour uhder the standards of the country ; the far_ mer, the Merchant, the manufaaurer, press round the Government to offer it their harvest, their gold, their produce ; and the French People, proud of their Government, confident in their means, and harpy in their Institutions, express but one senti mentlove for the August Head of the State. " Free from fear, from agitation, from disquietude, the French People repose in him the care of their destiny. " 1 shall inform the Government of the resump_ tion of your Sittings." After this speech the Minister ietired, and the Legislative Body was provisionally constituted under the Presidency of the oldest member, Citizen CHA. TRY LAFOSSE. Citizens BORDE, SAP EY, LES. 'PEUIT, anti DoH.Amet. discharged the funaions of Secretaries. The newly eleEted members were called over, and took the oath of fidelity to the Constitution. . The Legislative Body then decreed that a message should be sent to Goveihruent, to inform it of their provisional formation- THE Titi!it.NATE. SITTING OF JANUARY 6. The Sitting was opened'at noon, by the reading of the proces verbal of the last Sitting. The Tri bunate then formed itself into a Secret Committee, and fixed its first Sitting for the gth. MINISTRY OF THE MARINE. Extraa of a Letter from C. Eritow, Capitain de fregate, and C. LOUVEL, sub.commissioner of the Marine : " At ten in the morning of the 3tst ult. an English corvette Was observed on shOre at the isle of Chosey : Citizen Lou- VEL, sub-comtnissioner of the marine, immediately con certed with Citizen ErRON, Capitain de tregate, on the means of capturing this vessel. -Some seamen, troops of the garrison, and Custom-house Officers soon assembled, but a considerable ebb had taken place, and - it was impossible to send out more than /our boats, which carried forty men all armed. At two o'clock, this small detachment, commanded by Captain E ?aux.:, accompanied by the Aid-de-Camp of General VA uFRgLAND, Commandant of Granville, hinded on the Isle of Chosey. An English boat advanced to attack the French boats, but after a brisk firing of musketry, the English on board the corvette, to the number of 34, were made prisoners; and conveyed to Granville without a single Frenchman being wounded. Two sailors of Cancalle, de tained prisoners on board the English corvette, were set at liberty. The English Lieutenant, ABEL Wr.NTNER Tno rd As, who commanded the corvette, and afterwards the boat, was wounded by a ball, which liased through his cheek.-- The COrvette was . the. Grappler, mounting so carronades, 18-pounders, and two lE-pouriders. Being completely irn bedded in the sand, so that it was impossible to get her afloat, Captain EPROM, set tire to her and blew her up before lie returned to Granville." Recent accounts from Paris say that the Serrate are s till employed in-discussing the Plan of orga. nising'the Legion of Honour. It is said thrit the Legion will be divided into four Classes, rr fetring to the Civil and Military ranks which the ;Members have held, and on which they ground their preten sions to precedence in this new-privilege.d Corps. The first Class will be composed o't the Grand Officers - ; but to ihis rank, the Cortsorm can appoint those whose 'signal and brilliant services he thinks entitled them to a great;National ree:ompenee. These favotrred personages are to receive.: public honours, similar to those of the second anal third CoNsuLs. It is even said, that they are co be liable to no diced personal contrit4ution but. these distinguish ed privileges are not to he heraVitary, .uldess,.so de steed by a Senatus Consuitum,. on the immediate proposition of the First Consul, : this division of the Letion of Honour are to wear a flame-coloured rib. li . 4. as a mark of distinEtion, surmounted by a dia. mood star. The Members of the Secatni Class are to elchibit a ribbon uf the same colour, - but' their stars (of di. minished lustre) ;ire to be et nbroidered in silver. The Third ,Clays are tc. be distinguished by a silver star suspended at thtg button-hole by a flame. coloured ribbon. And those of the Fourth. Class are to sport a green ribbon at the button-hole, to which is to be attached a little figure in silver, em blematical of the Arms t)1 Honour which are to be decreed them by the Frt:s-r CONSUL. The Members of the Legion of Honour, accord, ing lo their respeCtive classe;, are to enjoy pri vileges, pensions, and exemptions from Taxation. The forms of legal proceeding with respetl to them, are ►+ow tinder con; ideration,—ln short, a new order and description of Nobility has suddenly s!" 6 "g up'.; but cower - tined by the nation at large, and reg . rirded with i*,difFerence or reprobated by all those individuals cia Wilf) . o consideration it is ob. strudcd, ZD 7 / 7 11,1 - LTY S ESS TONS, ~(._ _~ YESTERDAY a Session of, the. High Court of Admitaliy wal held at rho 01,1 w!.:•re Sir W. SCI"-1' presided, and IT)Ctors AR NULL.), SON a,+l other Learned Civilians w e r e rese ,,r.. Biran HoTHANI was dlio . present, for the purpose of trying Prisoners by :he July who were sOmnionel fur that purpose. The Grand Jury being assembled, Sir W. S'corT delivered a short charte to th(7m. stating, that they would rfoceed on die .f3i4, before them according to the evi&nce, in likea6mier as if they were consi:;ering Bills of L, i ,idrnent in any other of , His Majesty's C. , ,,tirtS c>f justice. He said, he tat dot aware of any cases that were tot be laid before them, which required .ctly particular observations from hith, they bin on:y of an ordi. nary npure. The Grand jury I;vithdrew, and while th were Out Peter Lonz was brought to the Ba r, anti the Clerk of the Arraigns addressed him, saying, " You were cow/id:11 and attainted, in the High Court of Admiralty, on the 7th of June, 1798, of felony and piracy ; what have you to . gay yourself,,, why the C.;lart should not award the execution of your judgment ?" • The Prisoner---"obtained His Majesty's park don on condition that I should transport royseif. Alter I had obtained His Mjesty's pardon, on (;:ndition of transporting tnyse'P, ; I went ofF,to my' family, WhO lived in France. “i+•7r.vards tr:tdeti and returned to this country. I :mule several ages. I was here Last May, at the beginnilig of the War, and therefore I was obliged to rem lin in this country until I could get a p.,ssport. - I tvept to the Miyor of ry mouth and made a declaration belote him, sayiyig, riat I lived iii France, and that thy family was there ; that I wanted to go there. There was no suspicion 'if my coming into this country with any bad views. I wanted to go away as soon as I could. I obtained a passport, and I intended to go to my family in Fr:nce, lwt I could not find a neutral vessel to go ow in. I was obliged to remain at Plymouth, where I was stopt and sent up to London." The Court observed, that whatever efFea this account might have in a higher quarter, they could not give it any, and therefore the Prisoner was or dered to be remanded in execution of his judgMent. The Prisoner was remanded accordingly. The Grand Jury then brought a Bill, not found, against _john Gibson. There •bei: , g no other Bill before them, they were discharged ; as were also the other Jury, who had been summoned for trying Prisoners. Seven Prisoners were discharged, on conditkri they shall appear at the Admiralty S.t-;sion wh en called upon, and give evidence jol.)ll Dcrbj. shire and John Goldsmith, Three Prisoners were discharged u;Ion entering into recognizances of 5001. to appear to take trials when called upon. _ John Gibson was discharged on . account of the Bill against him not being found, and his PrPsf2cn. for being called and not appearing, his recognizt-nce was ordered to be estreated. The Sessions were then adjourned to the Corn. mon Hall at Donors' Commons this day. MANSION-HOUSE.=—Thursday is or 14 Bakers were summoned before the LORD • MAYoa, some charged with making false returns of the Price of Flour which they had purchased the week before, and others for not making returns to the Cocket Office, agreeable to Mt of Parliament. His Lordship minutely inquired into the diff:reUt prices given for flour, by which he was at a loss how to settle the priceof Bread, according to its true standard. From this pra6tice the Public was severely injured. Some complained, that the person they had engaged to deliver,their return at the Cocket Office had negiea ed, and others delivered iri their original bills of par cels for the flour they had purchased the week before.' They differing so much in their accounts of the price, they were severally sworn; while others, not being able with prop' iety to excuse themselves, were fin d in 20s. and 401. each ; and they were informed that, if brought there again for the same ; offence, they would l)e fined in the full penalty of rot. according to the At of Parliament. There is reason to sup.: pose that some give in their returns different from their bill of parcels of flour purchased, on purpose to keep up the 'price of bread) which will be strialy looked into in future. Yesterday a Jew Dealer Was charged before the LORD MAYOR by one of the. City Officers, - who told his Lordship that he had. apprehended the Prisoner the night before in Aldgate, in possession of a bag containing a quantity of fine scarlet cloth, supposed to be stolen. The Prisoner having told different stories how he came by it, and he not giving the LORD MAYOR a satisfaaory account of it, he was • remanded for further examination. Information was received at the ME.nsion-House of a .robbery having taken pLce on Wrdnc.:lay ti:ighror Thursday morning in Lawrence 7 Pountney.. lane, - at the house of Mr. Robert Butcher, brandy merchant, where the thieves had got in at a hack window to' the countinghouse, and broke open all the desks; but being luckily disappointed in the booty thv i y'expeeted, they threw all the papers about, and Ong down to the cellars they broke several wine butles, and what they got clear off with cannot as yet be ascertained. A watchman's stand is close., at the place, and his Lordship was . pleased to order those men before him, to see what account they gave of their stria attention to their duty. A shocking accident happened at Caldewcots, Carlisle, on Tuesday se'nnight. The wife of one David Sinclair, a rope-maker, being unwell, retired, to bed rather earlier than usual. The house rople occupied was built of clay, and divided in the middle by a thin partition wall. About nine, o'clock that evening, an uncommon noise was }mita. in the farther part of the dwelling, and when some of the inhabitants went to examine. the cause of it, they fund that tive gable end of the cottage had given way,. and the whole of that part of the roof had fallen in. Softie of the timbers falling upon the woman in b(=d, bruised her in such a manner as to occasion her immediate death.