The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-02 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

About 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening ieformat!nn was
brought to Mr. Fielding, at Quecitasquate, that an alarming
riot had taken pleat by thesoldiers of the Foot Guards having
itt,teaeil the populace in the Utoailway, Westminster, and
wounded many ; and the householders and shopkeepers, for.
their own safely and that of their property, were obliged to
shut up their hruses. Taelllagistrate dispatched" messenger to the
Guard house, and a Sergeant-n:, jor. with two Serjeants and four
~;:astporats, and a third deimaiment of the :al Foot Guard,, were sent
to take the riagliattlers into custody raid suppress the riot. On their
arr.val at the scene. of action, they Mend all the streets leading to
the Broadway completely bloc:a:it up, and in a general scene el
contusion, and toe pav:ment covered with blood, and no less than
50:Ada:iv engaged with a number of the inch in beating and ill.
treating arty person who came in their way. Every kind of vehicle
passing wits compelled to stop, and was loaded with pettions eager
to view the disgraceful asenta The 'winery, with fixed bayonets.
cleared the way with some nifliculty, and fornied a circle retired
those concerned in the utility, who still kept on regardless el their
appearance ; when the rude,: officers sucecetled in taking IS of the
retractors, soldiers and gave them in citing' to the others in aunt, who
matched theta otr la the t;uard- house. it was past lo o'clock betere•
the riot we, suivpresbed; and about that time deturbances Lroke out
in tliff'eroit other pat t . G. Norris, a painter, was met et the comer
of Dean-street by a patty of the rimotts soldiers, woo beat him se
ve.dy ; but happily t 4e constables, who were patrolling the greet,
came up ana,took uncut them. named K. Ward, into custody. but
the rc .t .ciiiiipAi. Ward was on Waalnestlay examined, and ordered
to Heel bail. It apaeared, that the e•iet.airiginated in a party of
malilitr.. oelcbratina the .annivervary. of.the battle. of Talavera ; when
, a sai!ur iiiaapublic Inane. diseleas.si at tneir hon.aing and mistiming
Mr the needy the shale merit of ending W.W,Clatiktliged ally of tatla
to hi .u. 1)16 Chalk:ll4e was :LaCClWelres Time 10 aeat his ar.ta,;..niat
...id two others; on vrinclathe soldiers began to show foul play, when
I the moll interfered, which led to the general disturbance.,

On ‘trinday ni !ht. shoat It, o'clock, a horse and a chaise-cart. the
property ‘o .:Ir. H of Cleriomw 711. wen; dor • sway from
the door of a house in Blackman-tree;, where : 11. i • war I
taking sln rerre,hine.d. "I oe) nave not Leen heard of.
Two Inca and a woman were olr.etve.,l i.y a watz..to.o. to get into the
cart, hut imagining that they IVUZC the °onus, he did not attempt to
*op

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DRE.4"FUL FIRE.

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I: I EST R ITCT col s' -
or ME 4NR )11.31:4b AND NARDCASI E‘

rrc+e•r WILTON.

The following particular% ut• till:, 4ireatliol •eall..ontion
have beeirroloomniented to a ‘Lnehestos pribon
who wiinessed the (listree4ing WPM"

" A tremendoets and sanest Zit iiiinetiro bloke-out in a large.
ratters faetwy. belonging to M. ss's.Oimrud and Hardrastle,.
of Holton.le-Moors, about half-past Its el se on the engin .r
Sunday fast. It was observed hest by is rorrelessionot grade.
man and a workman who resided in a cottage opposite. Tit*
dame appeared on the second story. in the front of th- actor'',
immodiately above the entrance door. where lire is. sever
kept: it estentled its ravages in a very rapid rumsmr, free.
the dryness of the wood, cotton, oil, &c. in spite s.t *very
effort made by several water which arrived within
ten minutes °fits discover s, aided by a populate vt ho :trimmed
with inexpre.ssible energy to stop the progress of the devour-
ing element. The conflagration svr.si so extensive im the space
of an hour, as to preclude all lmpes or possibility of saving
the factory. 'l'lse efforts of the water engines were then di.
rected to save all the adjoining houses, which wero tsiting
fire across a street thirteen yards wide; and the twat wss so
excessive that the window frames were consumed, notwitta.
standing the torrents of water poured on them. Greot danger
was apprehended from a chain of buildings connecting this
factor with another immense one not above 30 yards dis-
tant; but the exertions of the people happily proved effectual,
by stopping its progress at the first cottage. Nothiror eau
be imatzined so awful as this scene presented—people (Aims!
naked) in every direction, removing fits 'ilium, &e. with cries
of doleful apprehension, as it regarded the safety of property,
friends, or relations, rendered wore audible by 11w calmness
of the evening:
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" No lives Were last, bat several revere injuries liappeoP*
to those 4110 con4ticted the water pipes limn the i'-olog of
walls ; most of the cases are tinder the cap../ 51r. Jackson,
a respectable surgeon, and I underso.ou his reports arc fa..
vonrable.

" I regret to state thn the factory is not insured to one.
fourth or the value, st Melt in the whole cannot be less than
36,0001. and of course a considerable loss must devolve upon
the worthy partners, who, 1 am happy to say, met the lost
With beeominl fortitude.

" How the factory should take fire on a Sunday night, and
xt a place where a fire never comes, is insult/cilia mystery.
and must create suspicion.
"The sweepings o the rooms have for n few weeks been
put about the place where the tire appeared to originate;
whether damp cotton intermixed with dirt, is capable of ge .
nerating eke by that fermentative process as exhibited in hay
ricks, is worthy of investigation; soil till some experiment
has determined the question, it should 'ue carefully exclutlexi.
from the file tori ex.

" A great number of persons Quist of course lbe thrown wit
of employ. and an incalculable loss be sustained by the (Lit, •
age oftheir goods in the course of removal.

" There were,l am sorry to say, amongst the et cwd some
of those who disgrace a Citri!:!ian country, by piltnriug, and
sit:Ming, and making a mock at the apparent impending ruira
ut hundreds.

" Bultuu-le-Moors, Tuesday evening, July 21."

COUNTERFEIT PAGODAS.—Thr following ingenious devise
has been practised must successfully upon several tradesmen
in Lambeth and its vicinity within the last week. Tao men,
one of whom is habited as a Seaman, and the other as a Las-
car, have called at various shops where articles of cloathing•
necessary for permit's employed in the Navy are sold, and re.
presenting themselves as belonging to a vessel just arrive'
from an Indian voyage, and as being in want of several ar.,
tides in which the tradesmen dealt, but the vessel not having
been paid oft' they had no money, except a kw pagodas,
which, if the tradesmen will take in payment at seven
shillings each, they will become his customers; and to do
away all suspicion of imposition, some of the pagodas are•
produced, with a request that two or three of them may be seat
to sonic person qualified to ascortain their value ; this being
done, the answer is, that they are worth eight shillings each.
The shopkeeper, upon this information, given by a neighbour.
jug tradesman, no longer hesitates to furnish the gouda re•-
quired, allowing seven shillings for each pagoda; but in
many instancrx; he also becomes a purchaser in his turn, bill—
ing up all the pagodas lie can at that rate :„ one shopkeeper at
Newington thus hecame the purchaser of 110 uagoitev, besides.
those which he took for goods furnished to his ce.foluers,..
Imuridiately after the departure of his custoint rs, he applied
to a neighbouring goldsmith to convert Ida golden treasure
into paper of• time Batik of England ; when to his Otter dismay,
he discovered that his desire of gain hail subjected bum to a,
gross imposition. •He discovered the truth of the oldadage.
that all is not gold which glitters. The pagodas, with the
exception of those sent to the goldsmith originally as a sample,
so far from being winth eight shillings each, turned oat to be
nothing but lead gilt over, eight of them not being worth a
groat. The sailor has very prepossessing mannerii, and ap..
pears to be above the common rank. The lascar is also
well dressed, speaks very bad English, and takes but little
part in the transaction, except proitheing the pagrdas sent
for examinatioti. Several Publicans have also guitkred to a
coosiderahie amount, by being induced.teliecoine dealers its
the g.,:dat trifles.

Abraham Thornton, whose trial fur the murder of nary
Ashford oseited such deep interest, has since los discharge-
teen living in 41w boase of his parent. at Castle Bromwich.
tic has slot yet returned to any employment, hilt pasoes his
time in. a kind of a moody inactivity, and Almost entirely
alone; ttitiist his miserable fattier (a sisoo.t respectunle man,
Auld steward to a gentlemen of pruporty in Isis neighb‘u rhood)e
is fist o.itiking into a premature grave with. a. consamption,.
ought Oil by inieuse anxiety tit mind.
SHOT FIMED AT A IMLLOONT.—Whet Madcsratisea Cecilia
Gann:tin. made her ascent on Mondav night, a vortug vilepherd„
named Jean iioari.ion. tired v:f a gu:: at ;lie gnomon %hen the
young aeronaut about to &seem, Marseilles. Upon being
ask. d why he bow committed enact so reprou.onoble, he answered.
Coat upon oboerving the u.,1 ova, be ::..ardtrie, and not being able to.
make binnelfheard.:iell:ed diegun by wayofencourmwinenttuthepet...
son in the balloon, and Mahe fir..l iu* wi as main c. tot ground. I t ap—.
Isar., however, Mat thellim sae iirtd in the direction of the tedium,
for ..hat tlarae.in s 1/144:4111. Stat.b that it r..veived till grains
of alto-. nlt. eirplotroLlooovever, nut appearing to have any criminal
dpi;". , ;„ beenliorretall.—t Paris Paper.)
. •
aa the 4:064..1111mi of N. Vana lti Kr!, hay. wab drit ii.g down- the
cl.w.nr at tor Sarre, .1 le of We.r.m.fister.inidge on Tuesday, at a
pace. two %:.li:drk.ll. a boy aati a t;iel, apparentl, amnit ten
a.l(ti, Cie road, mod were trampled.
down by vie horses, the drover being unable to stop the carriage.—
Hareily, the boy only sustained a alight injury. Mr. V. inst..utly
olu•iotoi, and attended tile sufrereg go a *gm*
. 5) Winn: la.; waiuxi,
tuiul achio: could be got,

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ARMY CONTRACTS.
COMMISSARIAT ZAEPANTMENT.
Tressony Chamhers, 24th July. ot.
NOTICE is here6y elven to all Persons deserts of
:o supply the Ativasin,,y Artirks, for i..c Use of the
REEF AND MUTTON

to !di: .'ilajesty. Land Forers in Cantonnteht, Quart:TA, and Bar-
seu•ks, in thehnder-tnentioned Count-kw

Bedford, Berks (including dm Town of Ilungerford). Ber-
wick, Bucks, Cambridge (including the Town of Newmarket),
Chester, Cornwall (including Scilly), Cuniberlund, Derby, Devon,
Dorset, Durham (including H«h• Island), Rama (exclusive of Til-
bury Fort, in the County of Eb,ex), Gloster (including the City of
}lasts, Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Isle of Nlan, El: of
Kent (including Tilbury Fort, in the County of
1.ut::.144.T, Leicester, Lincoln, NLildlisex, Nfonwinuth,
Norliumpronv Northumberland, Nottingliion. Oxford, Rutland,
Salop, Sonierset, Stettin], Sutti,lk, 61.15‘VX. Warwick,
Wi.intnoreland, Wilts, Worcester, Yor%, North and South Wide,,
and in the several Ceutities in North Britain.

Thal the di liveries are to cot-Loewe un and fir the twenty...fifth
elan of September next; that
jpir9nowl., in writing, 'rated op. aro!
*plead" 'reader far Army..Ssipplieg," will he re ATT.! at this D..-
purrasent on or before lirsdnesury the 21..'h or /big" 1, (hat none
es,h he received after twelve ceehn* an that.day), a•rd, f sent by
ihcpast,tge vust he prt.:ll.
Proposals Toast be triode sepeo-aleln for each count u, er•rot
,fri-
th: Comities comprising North and .1,,,th IVuhs, oil mfwhJ, rarNit
be tri-taded in one Metier; as ul.a mast the site ral coo n!ice in
North Britoil,.

Ebcts proposal must hove the later whi,h is eoinAreil to the rev.
der propL•rly,fliied up. ky t:ro p,..1 property
t bec.mir ;mu id with the porti i.u. :rin,,,;• in the, (,(eusent slut. .1
in therriuted particulars. fur Me doe perfoi•osaive of :le:. contract;
ay., rev prnpusal will be Noticed :sales* via,: ON a 'tinted froecr,
.ant Me priers expressed is 'cord! a lowa ; bold id it so
iirippifi that d,,rtitg, the coistinwhice of the coal triey.r
be :applied ander tkc Co& rem, gle expelo: of Ike stamps
Jo- •I'rc *°',"• —1 mod boNd, psid is the first itt.,lalftC by the wi-
g-h.:yr, hush bergl Icd Iv &mt.
l'iirlicithart of CW11..../: tom/ he ;lad rp.ul opplirathei at
etese Chniabiry, behreedi the hours •,Ipa at the of.
)re Drinfle Commissary t;emerat Yuis g, Adini,u)gb.
14:crru.—home considerable alteration. having beta ibitals in the
Tenders fie- the Supply of Meat to the Troops, midi PLraunit at, arc
desirous of Tendering, arc requested to apply fur the proper l'arti•
CAUL

THE COMMERCIAL HALL, WINE CO NI-
TANY retr.rn'Thanks to their very numerous independent and re-
spectable Eziends for their continued Favours, and beg to inform
theta that tht Company continue to sell the best Port Wines of those
favourite Vintages, 181.1 and 1t,15, at the following Low Prices.
The Cattpany likewise solicit the intention of the Nobility and the
P'Mie, to tbetr gener:,l List of Wines and Spirits : the
which owl be depended upon.
Per Dos. Pet Pipe
mrt wiEci. 1815 Itw, 1161.
Ditto, 1212 54. a.
Ditto a small parcel, Isl., the rnaj tVibe of this Vin-
tage in the node 545. None in
W ood.
... 565. Do.
hfis.
Ms.

Ditto the Company's farourite \!arl, T.n.A.
Fine Old Crusted I'ort
Boris ditto ...
Boni Beteiro ditto
Fine old soft and high ilarounal Sherries 465. I IM.
Ditto ditto East India, matchless 60s. 14(11.
•ferteriffe, of full Ilialeira flavour 481. .1.
Btonti Madeira, v •ry old ..• 60s. Sal.
\Vest India Miilltifi ... 68s. 1241.
East India ditto, matchless 84s. 1501.
The Company al,o offer the following Cars; WI, es as being dis •
tinet in Quality lion any other that have been oared, except what
I as lady bum sold only by the Compaq.
avltite Cape Stein 11 me .•• 28s.
White Cape Wine, made from the finest Madeira
Grupe transplanted
C. r. Cape the only parcel ever imported ms.
lied P,mtac, in French bottle., and far superior to
most French Wines 365.
Rut Cape.—This Wine is from the Madeira Tints
Grape transplanted. and produces a rich full bo-
dietl Isigh brilliant coloured Wine ...
WINE& IN I'INTS.
Per 11,.)L.

... J 2,.

e Welt Main 64,:
Oid Vti.t irsvist Ditto, of the ino,t exquisite Flavour