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111.TL1P..431 7 - TOUR THROUGH KENT. DOVER,. OCT . . 15.—The defence of this town is confided at present to the followilig regiments of Mi- Lia, and the coinrnand of MajorfGenet al Lord FORBES, viz. : the Ist Royat Surrey, the Essex; the Ci , rt - “t all Miners, the South Lincoln, the Rerrfrew, anti the Fife; besides Strong detachments of aril l.,:ry, engineers, artificers, and dragoons. The works of the Garri-on are completed ; - and this formidable fortress is now in the best possible state of security. The fortifications on the Western Heights continue to be carried on great sprit and activity. To a"inllpt a description of ti.cm would not only pro 4 an 'di-Li:ions task, but, tbr obvious reasons, might also be , - >etrieci an improper. one. Sytffice it to say, that these hills, which command the Castle, and from w hence a bninbardment might heretofore have been effethially direCled against it, are rendered at length so impreu t' nable, as to bid de fi ance to any force that could be possibly brought to take' posseS= sion of them. - The Citadel is proteEted by inaccessible outworks; has an ample supply of fresh w:ater, an is mounted With: several pieces of very heavy ordnance. The port of 'DoVer, therefore, - as well by nature as art, May no be considered (as, from the viciuity to the enemy's coast, it sh6uld - be) one of the btrongest places in the United Kingdom. But, to the East ward of the castle, ,there appears to he some high ground; surmounting the turret, which, " to make assurance doutsiy sure," ought either to he levelled or defended. , The long meditated plan of cutting a new harbour iA intended to be speedily carried ink() execution ; as ako several other proposed alterations and improvements in the town. , , • FOLKSTONE, OCT. i Martello towers, 52 bi y urged and recommended' by Mr. WVINDUAM for the better - defenCe 'of the most exposed parts of oi,coast, commence within a mile of this place, where three of them are ereaed in an.angular po• sition: • • These towers, for the information of such as may have never had an opportunity of 'seeing them, it may not be uninteresting to 'state, are nearly of the following form and'des'cription : They are perfealy Circular their shape, with' two small WindawS, and a' single, door. They present a blank .to the sea, the'side of which is presumed to be exposed to the enemy, the door being inland, and the - windo,wi in lateral direaions, opposite to each other.. They are about 50 feet high, and somewhat broader at bot tom than top. The door is situated mid-way, be tween the summit and base, and is strongly secured with copper fastenings. 2 They are entered by means of a scaling ladder, which is' after Wards drawn up, and deposited inside. They mount three guns each, 0 . '24 pounds calibre, and are bomb:proof, being composed of solid brick-wcirk, six feet deep. The completnetit of men to be attached to them is said to be id to each, Under the command of a serjeant and Corporal ; although they are calculated to bold many more if required. • They are from 30 to 40 feet in diameter, which furnishes you, of course, with their circumference. • They have a magaine under ground within, and are fitted up with cisterns, cookeries, sleeping-rooms, and every other necessary convenience. They are not 'usually erecitr.4 on ele vated situations, but rather on plains. Their pecu liar prOperties seem to be; difficulty bfdircaing, With . e,tri!'6l; any shot againSt them, whieh,lif not hit point blank, must, froM'their rtitUndity,'be glanced off; also the advantage which they exclusively pos sess of 'working 'their oWn guns in all dire&ions, by Means of circular traversing ' platfcmns. This itn, 7 perfe& account is not professed to be given . from 'an accurate hispeCtion of theft), but Merely:fronfa cur sory view:' Notwithstanding; 'perhaps, it 'May en able you to forma tolerable idea of this new species of internal proteaion, whiCh is becoming daily and deA,rvedly - more and more general. SAr' OCT. 16.—This little retired spot has not been without' its :due share 'of Stuniner visitors. If 'piaUre.sque'se n enery and the bustle of a camp be atttatal s ' it is not to' be wondered that it 'should have bccn so well attended. The Castle hae lately Undergone a thorough repair; - and is put iti a respodable - state of defence. "Of the' enciinprnent on the 'Heights you shall have a - separate account. BZI 11, OCT. 16. A- few days since a serious affray took place at Maribm-ough, between a Fifty of Irish soldiers and some of the inhabitants,..in which several - of the latter were wounded. One man's lite is considered in danger. • Some brutal miscreant, last week, cut out the tonoie of a horse at.the Mumbles, which, it is con jeaured, they. supposed belonged to a Gentleman against whom they entertained some animosity, but .which was the property of tt poor Publican there. • • Th.ursday morning . a daring robbery tyas perpe-t . trated at St. George's, near Pill, -at the house of Mr. Joseph Hook way, by t , ,vo men, who asked Mrs. .1 - lookway for something to eat and drink, tvhich she complied with ; Upon inquiry, finding that her hqs band was from borne - , they, with dreadful impreca tions, threatened to murder her, unless she sheaved them where Mr. H.. kept his money, and one of them produced a knife, and remained with tier, .while the other broke open several boxes, from viiich he took 51. in. notes and cash. They like wise stole wearing apparel, bacon, breld; cheese, &c. and after tying Mrs. Flookway, and a child nine years old. in a dark room, made their escape.—One of the villains was a, short man, had on a fustian waistcoat,,plain brown 'breeches, with a.black patch - behind, was ot'a fair complexion, and aboUt 30 years of age. Tpe other, about 5 feet 10 inches, high, had on a dark coat, and dark breeches ; was coarse looking, about 3q years of age. An elni tree was last week taken to. the hank 'Of t Wye - to . tie cnnvt'yed' to one of our Dock wlach Measured forty feet in :length, by ' thirty inches in ; and, with its"five branches; mprised nearly ninety tons of timher,.employ- Hg . tifteen horses' tci haul it five miles. : ThiS . tree on an e.;tatebt nearNionm . outh, in occup:ith,n 001 VAVGHAN. . POLICE.' BOW-STREET.—The Society for the Suppression . of Vice having tfiscovered that the Publicans in 'Knightsbridge' conduaed, their !louses in a very dis ' orderly manner on Sundays, made complaint to 'Mr. BOND, who very laudably exerted himself to pre vent their continuing such dkorderly conduit, but without efteet ; the Society, - therefore, employed a person to lay informations against four of them.— Yesterday they attended, in consequence, before Mr. BOND, when it being clearly proved that two of them kept open houses during Divine Service on Sunday, they were convicted in the penalty of five shillings each, find three shillings costs: It not he ing proved against the other two, they were dis charged. ' The worthy "Magistrate told them, if they did not reform, he sho'ild advise their houses being in diaed as disorderly. Late on Tuesday night, or early on Wednesday morning, the house of Colonel Bannerman, in Gloucester-place, Portman-square, was broke- open, and robbed of jewellery, plate, tcc.•to the amount of between two and-three thousand 'pounth. - The rob, tkry was discovered on the kitchen maid getting 1.10 iu the morning, and finding the area: door open, with a piece cut out near the bolt. • The Colonel is in Scotland. Mrs. Bannerman slept wall her bed -room door open ; when` she' awoke in the morning, she fbund that the rushlight had been put out, andthat her box of jewels, ValUed at near WOOL had btxn taken away. • It was sooti after discovered that a quantity of plate had been stolen from they Pantry, where the Under Butler slept ; his . watch was • likewise 'stolen.' No trace could be found of the robbers, except the hole being cut. in the area door,_near the bolt, by which means it was supposed they had entered :the-.house.—Mrs. Bannerman gave,notiCe, on Wednesday morning, at Marlborough-street Office, and Goldsmiths' Hall, • and offered a reward of tool. on the commitment of the offender. On Thursday morning she gave information at this Office, when Rivett and Pearkes were dis . i patched to examine the premises. The Officers, after examining the premises, the servants, and those conne&ed with them, were of opinion the servants should be examined before a Magistrate 5 .and yesterday they brought the Lady's maid, the cook, and her husband, the housemaid, and the. under butler, before Mr. BOND,, who very much exerted himself in examining them separately. Tle result was, that the plate having been stolen from the pantry where the under butler -'slept:,. which was a very small room, a-small saw being found in his box, with fresh saw-dust on it, and a variety of other suspicious Circumstances appear ing, Mr, BOND ordered him to be detained in cus tody. , • , The; account he gave of the saw was, that he brought it froM his last place, Col. Nugent's. ' A Waterman, well known upon the River Thames, as Copper Holmes, the fast rower, has for upwards of fifteen years past resided in a covered barge, ' . moored off Hungerford-stairs, or Black Lyon-stairs, with his wife and two children. He made several rooms, by partitions, and besides his family con stantly, residing there, he has kept poultry, pigs, dogs, &c. During that time he resided without the ' least molestation, ,and no fees had been deManded • by the City_ Lately, some of the proprietors of the wharfs in the. neighbourhood, from some unknoWn motive, have objeaed to,.his residing in his barge, L moored off near their wharfs, and accordingly made application to the City Solicitor, who caused Holthes to be indicted for a nuisance, in obstrueling the na vigation s of the River Thames. Holmes', in COnSe-- (pence of. this proceeding, removed his barge opPO • site the-,Savoy ; however, this has not been satis • faEtory, and on Wednesday Adkins apprehended him upon a warrant, issued . by Mr. GRAHAM, for the nuisance, and be was held to bail, himself in 501. and two sureties in 251. each, to appear td an indi&ment for a nuisance upon the River Thames. MANSION-HousE.—Yesterday a man named Ilitchins_ was brought before the LORD MAyoa, charged With having committed a violent assault on a milk-woman. • The Complainant stated, that she served several Persons with milk in the neighbourhood of White chapel, and the day before met the Prisoner driving his cow on her. %talk, and selling the milk hot from it. She spoke to.. him, and requested him never to be seen there again, .but he swore he would go as ofien as be pleased. This produced some- sharp words between them, the consequence of which was, that the Prisoner struck her several times on the head with his stick. Several witnesses appeared, and corroborated this statement to the utmost extent. The Prisoner positively denied having struck the woman first ; be said, when he was driving his cow, he came up to him, and abused:hiM for selling his milk on her walk ; and after.offering to lay him a wager,. that that - which she sold was better than his, she struck him over the eye, and knocked him up against the wall. Several witnesses also appeared, and corroborated this testimony. The LORD MAYOR; its consequence of the contradiaory evidence, dis missed the:complaint, and desired the parties, if they disliked his decision, to go before the Grand Jury, and prefer bills of indiilment. •; William Davis, a boy of ten or twelve years of age, was charged with picking .the . pocket of a fo reigu'Captain. • It - appeared from the evidence of a Gentleman Who keeps a shop in the Minories, that, when look through his window, he saw the boy following the Captain, 'and taking a pocket-bobk out of his pocket. The Witness instantly ran out, and took him into custody. l i The LORD MAYOR being inforMed by the Of ficers, that the Prisoner was connected with persons of bad thara6ter, sent him to'Bridewell, and ordered hhn to be well Hogged.. His Lordship observed, th:it do b a b le bov more service than if he was committed to take his trial at .the Old Bailey. HATTON-GARDEN. - YeSter4ay Mr. Saniur/ Mor ris, who, had been before the Magistrates at this Office, upon a former day, underwent a further examination upon 'a charge of felony, prosecuted against him on-behalf of the other Executors and CO-Leptees of his late father, for carrying away a . - LONDON : Prik , te by It I (:11.%,:! ) kl:dt ot No. 4, 1; 0 w-street ; 311 it I' . zhlisttedhs WILLI ACI Aa!VIIGER 5C44 ir3, of South Moktork.stit:Ylt, Grosvenor-square; At the SVA-JFFIL. , No. 1'1:4 Strand ; where tis:rnents . , Orders for tiie Paper, Letters' for the .Editor; &c. (tost.vaid), must be-addressrAL considerable part of the property belonging to the deceased. „ , Mr. ALLEY attended, as Counsel, in support of the prosecution ; and Mr. COST for the Defendant. It appeared- that the deceased', til r. S. Morris, had resided at Hendon, :here he left a conside - rable prO perty, which, by his last will, he direCted should be disposed of by public auCtion, and the proceeds thereof divided.equally among his children, leaving a Mr. Charlton, with others, his executors. By order of the executors, the property was accordingly Sold, as directed, and the Detendant, Mr. Samuel Morris, purchased a considerable part of it, and gave a deposit of five guineas; and afterWardi tendered - six more, A Mr. Hoare, • a neighbour, was left in the. care of the v:ro?erty, with instrUdions not to deliver any thing cut of the premises, unless paid for, or on re ceiving an order from the executors to that clfed- Mr. M'mis, the Defendant, resorted to the place, with art cr d2r to take away the goOds, upon payment of the value. This order, by some accident, was destroyed,.and Htiare refused 'to deliver the gobds without pay ment ; but Mr, Morris conceiving he had a right; , as a co-executor and legatee, to carry them aWay, prOeureda cart, arid in Opposition to Hoare, 'rather thrcib!y possessed himself of them. Upon these :grounds the 'charge of felony was' preferred ; and Mr. 'ALLEY, in support of the charge, in *a - Very 'able manne." r, Contended, - that'*the Defendant, altho' a co-executor and Jegatee;liad no right to exercise aer§ of ownership over this property, to the injury of the other legatees. And from the whole of the circumstances, he - submitted that the - Charge of le-* lour was sufficiently made, out. . • • Mr. CON ST, on the other hand, insisted these was no proof whatever of this property being takeh with felohions intent. Mr. Morris Was, ready to . pay the money ;* he might haVe acted under Miscoiicep 7 ' tion, or ,mistake, but there was 'no groands—What ever to suppOrt the charge of felony. • The'presiding Magistrates were unanimous in this opinion, and dismissed•the' charge accordingly. • CALICO PRINTERS. REPORT FflOM THE COMMITTEE - ON THE MINUTES or EVIDENCE R 3 ESPECTING THE CALICO PRINTERS j • PRINTED 4TH JULY, 1804; ' The Committee to whorii it was referred to examine into the matter of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Committee to whom the Petition of the several Journeymen Calico Printers, and others working in that Trade, in the CountieS of Lancaster, Derby, Chester, and Stafford; in Eng-! land ; and .in the Counties of Lanark, Renfrew; Dumbarton, Stirling,. and Perth, in Scotland; (which was presented to the House upon the -22 d day -of February; 1804) was referred ; and to' report the same, together with their observa tions and opinion .thereupon,,to the Bouse":— Have, pursuant to the order' Of the House, prO-, ceeded to the consideration of this subjeEt, with a full impression of the importance of . the, 'Manufac ture to which it referred ; and with a .decided vi6tion that the interest of this or any:ether rnanu laaure is' best consulted by yedressing the griev ances, by promoting the. comforts, by' - securing just treatment and adequate reward to ,all those upon whose industry and skill the success of •such faaure depends. That considerable disbontentillaVe Prevailed, and still exist, amongst the Calico Printers ; that the complaints of the Journey Men are loud and unre mitting, has long been a matter Of notoriety, and frequently mentioned in Parliament. In prosecuting the objea of their enquiries,' your Committee haVe ,naturally endeavoured to ascertain the cause of those discontents, and as far . as they, have been able to eolled froth the "Minutes:of Evidence referred to them, they find that it has 'arisen principally from the multiplication of apprentices. That this has gone to an extent; and that the disproportion of ap prentices to journeymen exists to a degree far be yond that understood tor-prevail in any - other me chanical profession whatever, appears to your com mittee in several instances. -In one 'instance, that of the, shop Of Berry and Co. Lancashire, they find, that 50 apprentices were employed, and only two journeymen ; in another, that of the shop of Tod and Co. of Dumbarton, there were 60 apprenties, a s nq only two journeymen. Such a 'disproportion, your Committee conceive, must strike, as extraordi nary, any :One in the: least degree acquainted , with theAustem of trade, The ,praetice of introducing •such ari increased number of apprentices, which commenced about the year t Too, does not appear fromthe minutes of the evidence to have proceeded from any scarcity of hands to supply the demand of the masters, or make up the work required ; on the contrary ; :it ,appears, that, in the course of the period when this excessive pultiplication of apprentiCes 'went on, a number of journeymen were- seeking in vain for., employment.. •. • Independently of any consideration as to the pe culiar interest of the Petitioners, cause of complaint,: upon public g`roUncls; and well deserving the atten lion of the Honse,arises out of the manner in which 'the business of apprenticeships is sometimes Marrag- • ed in 'this trade. The masters decline entering - into 'any indenture, but merely take the bby upon' a' ver ,:bal agreement to serve : seven years; to enforce the performance 'of which agreement; :he take a bond from the boy's parent for' 501. and, also withholds a • certain proportion of theiboy's earnings in his handS,. 'generally about 101. until the period of - servitude agreed upon shall expire ; and thus' a fraud is com mitted upon the Revenue by evading' the stamp-tax: upon indentures. : • Your Committee feel, themselves ,particularly. bound to call theattention of the House to this prac tice, as it involves a violation of the principles of common equity ; the master taking care. to subjea . himself to no legal obligation :towards: the appren tice, can dismiss him at pleasure, and such dismis7 sals actually take place; on the other hand,appren - tices sometimes serve no less than eight or ten years instead - of seven; for if the master, wants employ ment for the apprentice at any time, be obliges, such apprentice to, serve over again ; that time during which he may' have been unemployed, ,not from any disinclination ~on his part . to work,. but from the inability of his master to furnish him with em ployment. Your Committee felt surprised that any parents corqd bepersuade'd to appientice their, children upoti suell terms ;:bilt their surprise soon ceased when they. found that masters have ectnielled journey- Merl in their service .sue to bind their chirtiren, under the threat of dismissal from empiolment i 1 they re- fused. . _ The rate of Wages .allowed to apprentices, is, ac cording to the minutes of evidence„ as fhllow4 : 3s. Gd. per WeLk thetrst year ; 4s. the•second; 45.6 d. the third ;• ss: the fourth - 3 , Gs. the fifth ; and 75. the si's.th and seventh'; i.vhict, your Committee °la:. serve, comprehends all the allowance granted. The earnings - of the apprentices,. according to the rate of journeyman's wages e is thus described by one of the witnesses" It would'haveamoUnted to il. I is. Gd. 'or ss. 3d. per day- the first-year; in My 'second year I did 34 colours per week, - of a more dalcult sort‘ worth ss. per day, at journeyman's Fices-; the other. five years I should, on an average, have-earned, at journeyman's prices, 255.- per week ; ;the reason why it appears less in these last years is, that the work required more skill, and therefore we had. easier day's work set us.". While such advantages are derived from appren - tices, it is natural thet 'they should be preferied to johrneyMen,and such preference-materidly affeiti the hitter, nat'only at the houses where-the .appren-; tices engage, but throughout the country ; for apprentices are driven to the necessity of search ing', for employment, as welt as the jeurneymen, mine - to. the nature of the .loose agreement beta; e ,referred to. Thus, through the praktice at present. .prevailing in this trjde, the duty which ought to at tach to an apprentice, and the right which ought to •• belong to'a eourneyroaneare altogether extinguiihed. When your coinmittee mention duty and tight, they of course mean the duty of faithful service and. obedience, which should-be imPosed upon the one. by A' regular indenture, and tilts. right -ofpreferenee to employment which the other should acquire by a regular apprenticeship. • Against the consequences naturally 'to be appre hended from the comparative unskilfulness of boys, . the masters take care to provide a remedy; for irt any:Case-when work is spoiled by tlieboys, an equal dedu6tion is made from their wages, and-such -de= due ions, together with a- ,reduetion of the boy's wages, which is occasionally made at the discretion of the-mastersein prOportioneto a similar; redudion of the wages•of the journeymen, are the principal, causes of the turn-outs, and the quitting of the em- - - ployments of their'masters, 'Which 'sometimes take place among the. apprentices.' To this description of the state of the apprentices, I t l your Committee. think: it necessary to - add a fad disclosed by one of the witnesses—that he has known - of apprentices being- d.istnissed immediately. opoa the,expiration of their apprenticeships, altho' -their work was unfinished, the' masters . b e ing unwilling to pay •thern journeymen's wages even until siren work 'was finished. • ' The consequence resulting from this systerti hay been a great difficulty, nay, as soir._ of the Witt - testes state, an absolute impossibility, on the part of the journeymen, to procure employ Meri t ,.... One of the witnesses indeed asserts, that the'calico printing bu siness-is overstocked completely • with: hands ; and further, that•it must, continue. so, if the system of multiplying apprentices be allowed to, go' on. '" • • The distress of journey arising, •oet. of their inability to find work, appears from several parts of the . evidence ; and -this distress is aggravated- by the following. circumstances, as,&%-scrined by one of the witnesses e.—" The- excessive heat Of the print ing-shops affe&s the workmen so as-to debilitate the journeymens' . constitution, it promoting • too great & quantity of perspiration, as printers are in general obliged to work neatly naked, and confined nearly eleven ortwelve hours,in the clay, which tends to weaken the constitution in such a manner as .to able them from procuring: a livelihood at any out- , • doof work."—Again, " That the effluvia of the drugs used in printing adds'to the bad effects of the beat, and produces, among the generality of jour neymen printers, a great difficulty of breathing, dis , eases of the lungs, &c."—lt is also alledged, that their sight is apt.to fail them at any early age, and that the period of old age very soon reaches them. Next Thursday Dame Fortune will re-assume, for the second time. this. season, her favourite Aniuse ,ment:of dealing out Capital Prizes to her votaries,. at her Temple, Cooper's Hall.; and from the Speci inen she gave the first Day • of Drawing, there Tis -every probability that those who purchase Tickets or Shares-previous to that, day, will be most liberally rewarded with her golden favours. ' BIRTHS. . . . On Wednesday evening last, at Sydney-place, Bath, Mrs. Jopp, wife of-Keith jopp, •Esy. of a Daughter. • On Thursday ;norning, Mrs . . Blackshaw, or a Daughter_ MAR R mn On the Bth inst. at St. Michael's, Corn:ill', Mr. A L COt -tipos, • to Miss" Runic, of Stantnore. On• Saturday the 9 th inst. at Lanford, J. Dawson, Esq. of the Ist Royal Surrey Regiment, to Miss •%V hittby, 'llathatiipton-House, Wilts'. " WED. . • •.• . Oa Thursday last, at Worcester, John Girdles, Esq. of NaSsau-strect. --The same afternOol , ., at five o'clock,' at' , his Lordshiyz - house in Portrrian , square; - the Countess of , Kenmore. "Chi, same day, after a lir,, ,, criag i!iness, Mrs. Smith, wife - . of Mr. SrMth,' of New Benci-st:Te; - . On , Friday the loth 7 -a t • his Inoue in Hertford-street, ritzroy-square„ in the 72d year of his pgg,..tile,Rev...Robe.rs Anthony _Brumley, B. 0. Rector et Si:. and Lecturer -Yesterday , se'nnigilt; at 'Weiverbanipton, °atter a.shart rtess,•the wife 91 she Rey. Shaw Hillier, of that .plake. Qn Sunday ,se'l44,llt, aged 67, Robert' Mynors, S.u-r -. geon, - : of Birmingham. • Lately, .Gee rge-Welleans, - Esq. of Woolen • - I r ately, at ‘Vooler, Mrs. Burn, 'Widow of George Burn, Esq. late of Milltiefd. PR IC 1E Y ESTE .3'1 1 063K. LPDAY -Bank Stock, Jai is Stock, 183 .183 Navy c per Cent. 94-1! • 11;ilia Bonds, 2S. 3s. pc. 5 per Cert. Exchequer bills, is. dis. 4s. Irish 5 per C€it. prem. 4 per Cent. 78 Omniurtl, 4.it • 3 per Cent. Red. tioiC 3 per Cent. Deferred '3 'per Cent. Con. -61 i • Imperial 3 per Cent. Brink L. Ann. 17 3 -'Wasik Ditto Ann. Ditto Short Ann. I Cons. for asth Nov. 6t HIGH WATER AT.LONDON BRIDLE TO-MOR. Morning, 2 min. after 8. Afternoon, 33 mitt. after 8. I