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their rrseatultes, r ith reaord to the aitoensieog• the
coati:o64l°u, and ilia ratans of discharging them,
have been must buocebodul. The trial of the,e
rockets was tUdde in the Plain of A I fort, in the pre-
btflt:e of Count Larilitsairre. General of Artillery,
avid Nlesiirs. Guyton de Murree% Mongi, mid Ber-
thollct. The first rocket let utf went 000 toibes,
the brcuttil 1,200, and the third lOW. Such a re-
sult evrtsioly could not have heed expected front a
first sittrinid. Still it is not sufficient. It in known
the tilt Ciiiigri.ve rockets gu the length of 1.700 or
even 1,800 wises. His Majesty ha. cx4iressed his
iontii.lisetinii with the proceeding of the Cuinmisrion,
nod soured them, that he will personally attend
their experiments, as soon as they ate.certain of
bring able to throw a rocket to the distance of
1,800 toows.

SIR FRANCIS BUR !)ETA

rIU DAY.

Sir I'lancis came to town 'shout one o'clock,
on Frrila), fr Wool)legion, to Ins house in Pic•
codilly, where he funii.l a cote NOM Mr. Colman,
the Seij...int.at-Arms of the I louse of Coini ))))) is,
informing lain of the warrant for his commitment
having lien' bigtwd, and requesting to know when
lie should wait upon him to aczeompatry I.' to the
Tower. Soon uE er the Baronet's arrival, Mr. COL.
Illall came, lint nos not portnitt,tl, we under-
stand, to see hint. lie war itsfortheil, haw,.ver, that
the Rootlet would be at Irish re to see him at twelve
on Sawn! iv. Mr. Collo retired, and communi-
cated this remit to the Spi aker, who directed him
not to wait the Baronet's leisure, but to execute the
warroot forthwith. Between live mil six o'clock, the
Sri:jean% COMp4l3led by Messrs. Jones and Wright,
two of ti.e Messengers or the House of Commons,
wailed again upon the lion. Bart. He was intro-
duced into Ins drawing room, while the Messengers
waited in the hall, and hail an interview with the
Baronet, whom he endeavoured to prevail on by

remonstracces suit threats to ace pany him to the
'rower, in obedience to the Speaker's warrant, and
the order of the [louse. Sir Francis persisted in his
refusal. The Serjeunt then obverred, " Sir, you
must be aware that I have tn a persons waiting be-
low, who are prepared to take you away by, force."
" Theu, Sir," !septic(' the Baronet, " I hare four
performs waiting abrve, who are ready to resist them
by force." Sir Francis then wrote a letter to the
Speaker, assipoing his -reasons for refusing to sub-
mit to his warrant ; and the Serjeant and lles-en-
gers, not conceiving it prudent to re-ort to force,
went away; and the Baronet remained at home
during the rest of die day ; in the course of which,
he was visited by Colonel Wardle, and several other
political fiends.
Of the conduct of the populace in the front of his
home, we gave an account in our paper of Satur-
day. About eleven at night, a detachment of the
moat (hiring of Chem se Of to attack the house:. of
those Noblemen and Gentlemen, who haul incurred
their displeasure, as the most active in their oppo.
sition to the Baronet, or in the Walchereo Expedi-
tion. Tlity cane.] oni ter lights as they went along,
as a mat k of joy that Sit Francis had not surrendered
hisost If. Consequently all the streets between Ox-
furd•rood, Swallow.street, l'kesolilly, l'ark-luny,
and down to the Unite of Commons, were
Those that del not put up lights land their
windows broken ; hut CO lights sated the oi..dooss
of obnoxious individuals. St. James's sad Grosve-
nor-squares were iu a blaze. The oust end of the
town, at a little distance boat ii, lo 'lied all on fire.
The following were the houses which were most
particularly visited with their indignation iii their
route:—

ISUPUIIt C sulereagh's house in St. limes's-
srpiaro. The entrance door is in King-t.treet. The
lint grated attack took place here: a large stone
was thrown. by the joint strength of three men, into
the hall window, and carried with it sash, frame,
glass, mid shutters ; another large stone WRY thrown
through the larwliglit, over the door. und in its
course tore down a large chandelier which was fixed
iii the hall. On the King-street side of the house
these aro twenty squ ores broken; the front windows
are completely cl6tiollished. The four parlour win-
dows, which contained twelve large plate glass
squares each, are entirely destroyed ; the frames and
aide window blinds hanging in tattered confuNion.
The four drawing-room windows, bring a little store
out of reach, have escaped with shout twenty
large ►quarts being broken. Two squire. en the
*renell floor also shared the same fate—the house is
covered with mud; and large stones, melt as pieces
of Portland or paving stones, still remain on the
window sills. The crowd was very great round
his Lordship's house during the whole day.—llia
Lordship's servants were iu attendance in full livery.
—Lord and Lady Castlereagh were. we believe,
out of town at the time of the courage.
Mr. Yorke's house, in Charles-street, Berkeley-
aquare.—Tiic parlour-winilows were completely
fra.ties and shutters ; they were boarded
up en !..:atiirday. The first.floor windows shared ■
similar fate ; on the second floor, two squares were
broken.

The Earl of Chatham's, iiill-street, Berkeley-
aqinare.—The uuuluwa were all broken on Friday
flight, but were completely repaired on Sawn.4fty.
Mr. kw kes'a house, in Bei krl. y-square, Inn! only
nine pane of gl 1.4 broken. The populace ihi+took
it fur Air. lethltrolgea. On the find atone being
thrown., the porter came out ; he was ituni,di itely
cortred with mud. 31rt, itta.kria water then came