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London, England, 1814-10-18 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, OC rOBER 17.

Arrived his Majt•sty's sh:p SWAN, troth the Iliwns.
Sailed his Mai sty's ship PiCKLE on a cruise.—Drop-
ped down to Y,lrmoutli Roads, the &RAKE, with the
ships bound to the Drazilq, Cane, Ike. to the
DCNCAN, at Plymouth. Tile I.enNtoAs tak.:s con.
voy to Bermuda, &c. and o:,t the IPHIGENIA, as be.
fore stated.—Wind weste:ly.
HARWICH, OCTOPER 17.

Arrived the Lord Nelson Packet, with a mail from
Gottenbutgh.—Wind W.

We.have received P.tris Papers of" Fri‘hty. The
Moniteur of Aho.dily contains A lt-yal Decre!, con-
ferring the fionnars of No'Jilily on the v:m-rai)le
father of GEOIt(iLS CACOUDALI who WAS in the fiat
inultrice basely decoyed into France, and afterward'
Asiais7latee, Ly the immediate contrivance and or-
der of the arch villain who is now sufizred to be
at hrge in Liba. ,

rEVTEMBER so.
The dismrhalick:s is Navarre excite much di-tress.
The Govetsment Ives is,u,:d the S?VeTi'at onizrs co
quell the revolt, which, in tLe score of things,
may hive themost awial comequ-nces. The Vice.
roy, Count Eiptieta, is authorilei to march all the
tronpi of the line in NAvarre and the: teti.lining pro:
vinces against Mina and h s adherents. I'lie report
,i)f the speedy arrival of Charles IV. luxe is revived.
The inhabitants of Cadiz arc treatid with the utmost
rigour by the military chiefs.

A Hamburgh Mil arrived to day, but it crr.t.,ins
rto intelligence ut intere-t.
The Qtreenbnrom;ll Packet has arrived at Fat.
mooth.with a Mail`trnm fialifai, from w:!ence she
sailci the 26th ult. Thv l.aJy Artheili P...cket has ; •
also arrived at Falmouth with a Ma.l from Lisbon,.
from whence she s..iled the sth in• tant.—..Neitlrcr of
the above Mails will ba in Trertn until to-morrow.

Advices have been received item the Vforilas to
the beginning of Sertember. The Governor of
sacola had been ~reatly alarmed by the hostile des
montarzelon: of the Republicans in his neighlsopri.•
hood, and had applied for assistance both. to the Brie
tish Commander and to the Havannal:. On the 2ith
of August a number of marines, detached from the
fcrce in the Chesapeake, appeared before Pensacola,
when they sent a message to the Governor requesting
permission to land, and proposing to co-operate for
the protection of the colony. This party, the num-
ber of which was inconsiderable; wat gladly admitted
into the place, and the Commanding Officer irnote
diately commenced a ne:oaciation with the Creek, and
other powerful clans-of Indians of the adjacent coun-
tries. The object I f this negociation was not disap-
pointed, these na ires being induced, by the representa-
tions nia:ie to them, to commence a war with the
United States ; hut it was dew: mined that ac•ive cpc-
rations should not bc undertaken until the arriv..l of
an expedition, fitted out hoder the dirc:..ion of Ad-
mioal APODACA, Governor or the Hasomnah, which
was very shortly expected.
It is reported also, that a disposition had been
:hewn by the people occupying the city and district
of New Oilcans, to favour bur er:Lerprizes, in con-
junction with our Allies the Spaniards in that quarter.
This project scrolls to be connected with another, of
a much more estetrive character, and which is every
favouri:e project with the Court of Madrid, namely,
the conquest of Lott;siana.
ANOTHER TWENTY Triousaso.---The Lottery be-
gan and finished on Saturday last, when Bashi, as
usual, sold' the only Capital Prizir in the St. hew!, viz.
4158, a Prize of r!:.20,0(0 : he also sold 5513, a Prize
of £1000: and the for. unate.holderi may receive
their money on demand, at 4, Con:hill, or 9, Chatnig
Cross.

LOrrERY.-Th? Bidding for a N-w Lottery. tack
place at twelve o'clock this mottling, wh,:ti
SWIFT and Co. bid 814 ss. 71-131,11, £l4 as.
NLWMARKEI SEOOND OCTOBER MEETING, tcl c.
WINDA]. OCIOUSR 17.

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One4bir.l of a Subscription of eSgs rick', fur 5-yr-,l,ls,list e is,
6-yr-olds, 9.t, and apdoest Xi% B. C. Puna lilt tt a prevent
of 4cnbers.
Mt. 1, tc.osi% h. in Pranks, 5 yrs old • 1
:Jr. VW:et-Zit br. h. Merryield. 6yrs sad •

to I apt I:ranks.
Mr. W. Butler's f. by C.rrebral York, eat 71b, against MP. R
Prince's c. by Laglr, out of lirsinwornis dam, eats b. T. Y. C.
Mr. Yr ace to stake Sngs to sOga. (Dead Lem.) —se to 1 ea Mr.
al!y.
General Grosvenor': Cherry Bourne. 7st 91b, brat Mr. Phcb.
ford's Leduna, sst 71b. T. Y. C. luvga. *s4s. ft.—s to 4 are
Chri ry e4.IIIOCC.

swerpraltt sof 20iNgs, ►. ft. D. IL
Lord G. H. Cavendish'. Aleoht.i, KIK bib
tke of itstiststro Muslor.t, 7st .1 ills

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A

DREADFUL. ACCIDENT.

Yesterday evening an immense vat in the brewery
of Messrs. Havav MEITX and Co. containing 1500 bar-
rels of porter, burst with great impetuosity through the
brewhouse. So great was the force of the explosion,
that the bricks of the brewhouse were thrown over the
tops of the hooka of Russell-street, into that street.—
The backs of a number of other houses were also
driven in, the cellars filled, and the servants com-
pelled to seek .their safety on the tops of drawers,
tables, kc. One-man was taken out dead, and ano-
ther is said to have died after he was brought out.—
Two houses in Nevs,street, adjoining the brew-house,
were totally demolished. The inhabitants, who are
of the poorer class; chiefly Irish, were all at home.
In one of them about thirty persons were assembled
at a wake on the body 0(3 chili that died on Sanda y.
Nu account has been obtained of them. Tire cries and
groans which issued from the ruins were dreadful,
and it is feared that a great number of them may have
perished. •In the first. Boor. of an adjoining house,
a mother and daughter w,..re at tea—the mother was
killed on the spot. The 'daughter was swept away.
by the cumin through a partition. and dashed to'
pieces. A little girl, about ten years of age, was suf..
located in the Tavistock Arms, Russeltotreet. These,
are theonly casesof cm al death, atpresentascertained.
It is feared th at there are many •ether sufferers, including
se►eral of Mr. Meux's men employed in the brewery.'
About six o'clock, three of them were rescued with'
great difficulty by the people collected to afford relief,
who had to wade np to their middle through the beer.
The site of the place is low and flat, and there being
no declivity to carryoff the fluid, in its fallit spreadand
sunk into the neighbouring cellars, all of which were
inhabited. The bursting of the brewhouse walls, and
the fall of heavy timber • that had been carried up by
the explosion, materially contributed to aggravate the
mischief, by forcing the roofs and walls of the adjoin-
ing houses. The crowd collected from the time of-
the accident to a late hour was immense. It presented
many distressing scenes of children and others in-
quiring for and lamenting their parents, relatives, and
friends. No-time was lost to set about clearing away
.the rubbish. Great numbers of men were employed
the whole of last night, visiting with links every ac-
.cessible point, in hopes of finding some one to whom
they could afford relief. Early this morning the
bakes of three of the unfortunate sufferers were
.dug
out of .the ruins ; they appeared to have been la-
-bearers employed about the brewery.

Saturday night a Gentleman was hustled by five
iins, in Coventry-street, knocked .filown, ancrrobbed
of his pocket-book, with its contents.
Mr. Barge, of Islington, was robbed on his way
home from his son's house, in Clifford-street, Ilona-
yreer, on. Saturday evening, by • a genteel-dressed
mono wino accosted him in Russell-square, and ac•
cornpanied him through the blue Lion-passage, lead-
ing to gagnigge Wells, at the end of which the-rob-
berg was committed by another man coming up.
Another robbery was committed Atilt half an hour
after, by persons answering the deaeription of these
two men, and a third person, in one of the bye-streets
leading from the bottom of Gray's lon-lane to the
New.sqoare. Mr. Boles, of Carnaby-street, was re-
turning home, when he was suddenly knocked down,
and ribbed of a silver watch and 02, with which the
tang, three or four in number, got off.
A very alarming fire broke out, between three and
four o'clock, yesterday morning, which entirely On-
stoned the Green Men public house, in Newcastle-
street, together with the giomaker's large shop, in
Castle-alley, Whitechapel ; and, but fur the timely
tartly tlasevekatengines, of which the parish one was
very predominant, the whole of the extensive ware-
)lciu,es, belonging to Mr. Harris and others, would
have' been demolished, the fire having .communicated
across to the roof of the gun-cock shop, which hap-
pily was.got under. A bay had his leg broke from
the falling. of a wall. •
Saturday se'nnight, about three o'clock in the
morning, fi:e was discovered in the farm-yard of
Mr. Ralph Atkinson, of South Goforth, near New-
castle, and, unfortunately, the whole of the hay,
amounting to abiout.l.so tons, togeth ?.r with ten corn
racks, were.destroiyed ; but considering all the cir-
cumstances, and the immense property that was ex-
posed to almost certain destruction, it was matter of
astooisliment to every person present, that no more
was consumed.
Loom-res.—By letters from Nottingham, we are
very wily to learn that the outrages of those deluded
people, called Luddites, still continue. A few weeks
ago i; man of the name of 'idcole, of New 13asford,
was fully committed for frame-breaking, upon the
evidence of Mr. Garton of that place, and was to take
his triai at tire Quarter Sessions. Aware that the
evidence of Mr. Garton could not fail to bring their
accomplice to condign portishmeno the LudiLtes
formed the horrid resolution of murdering him.—
With this view, on Friday night last, a number of
them assembled abut nine o'clock. Fortunately Mr.
Garton had received previous information of, their in-
tedious, and had made application to the Magic
watts, who furnished him with a guard of constables.
On arriving at Mr. Garton's house, they eagerly en-
quilted for him, and, swore they came to ekfor ,kin
and by way of intimidatioo, fired several times, but
without doing any mischief. On forcing their way
into the parlour,• where the constables were waiting
for them, theiudslite ringleader received a shot .is
his head, and. He. dropped down dead on the spot.
a . proved to he Nottingham man, named Bamford,
and had lately returned from sea. The noise brought
many of the neighbours to the doors and windows :
amongst tlie lest was Mt. Gilby, .who .was immedi-
ately shot dead by the ruffians, in revengesas it is
supposed, for the death of &axial-ord. Such confusion
prevailed at the time, that .the villains escaped, al-
though a great assemblage of people were present-
FORTIMIATELLINII.•—A curious circumstance cm.
ainvedat Kingsbridge, a few days since :—A woman
went to a tradesman of that town under pretence of
telling fortunes, and informing him ::oecoulct,hy her
art, double any sum put into her hold, the trades-
man produced twenty pounds,.which she apparently
tied up in a small parcel, and returned to him, telling
him to put it away for two days, without' looking at
it ; at the expiration of which he was to exarnhse the
parcel,
and would find £4O enclosed. We need
scarcely add that, on examination, only blank paper 11
was found, the warm having very adroitly secreted
the money.

POLICE.

4immi•iin

Quitax-sguAnr.—Yesteritlay Robert Kiel:, William.'
King, Sindint and Bentley, ;ere charged on suspicion
of having robbed James Bloomfield, at the Feathers,
Broadway, Westminster, of 2+ bottles of rot wine,
&c. The curious circumstance of the growliug of
the patrole's dog at the cellar door, which led to the
detection of Robert King, ia the cellar, has already
been mtmtioned. They were committed fur further
examination, with the exception of Bentley, who was
allowed to go at large on bail, nothing more suspi-
cious appearing against him than having been In bad
company. Simkins was seen near the Feathers on the
night of the robbery, in company with King; and it
appeared that for months he had not followed his
trade of goldbeater, but had partly lived on a disso-
lute woman in Vine-street.

UsioN-HAT.L.—John Davit was yesterday charged
under Lord Ellenborough's Act, with maliciously
cutting and maiming Charlotte Wilmot, an unfortu-
nate woman of the town, at her lodgings in St.
George's-fields, on the 21st of September last. It ap.
peAred.that on the day in question the prisoner went
to the 'unfortunate woman's lodgings, about -two
o'clock in the day : she was at that time in bed; but
without any provocation being given, he pulled her
out by the hair of the head, kicked her in the face;
knocked her down, and on her .crying out for help,
he drew a large knife from his pocket, said he would'
have life for life, and struck it with considerable force!
into her side ; fortunately it glanced on the hip-bone,
and did not penetrate far ; had that not been the case,
the surgeon who was called in to attend the unfortu-1
nate girl, stated that the wouud must have been fatal;
as it. was, that and the severe kicks. and bruises she
had received required his attention fur some time.
The cries of the girl, on this cruel and unprovoked
assault being made on her, brought the people of the
house in which she lodged to her assistance. The
prisoner was secured, and the girl being now suffici-
ently recovered to attend, he was examined before Mr.
EVANCE, and fully committed for trial.
BOW-sTAEST.—RoZBERY AT BEDFoNT.--Iresterday!
John Anderson alias Christie, and 2 bolas Dew& alias
Rowney, were placed at the bar, on suspicion of being
two of the footpads who committed the robbery a
short time since at Bedfont. The examination ex-
cited much interest. The Office was crowded.—Mr.
Joseph Longhurst, of Staines, stated, that on the even-
ing of the /thSeptember, returning through Bedfont-
lane, he was met by three soldiers in regimentals,
and armed with bayonets, who seized him by the col-
lar, demanded his cash, watch, &c. They dragged
Mm out of the road about fifty yards, to a gravel pit,
where they took his watch, a £lO note, &c. and took
off all his clothes, and left him naked ; however they
gave him a pair of old trowsers. They then tied his
hands, legs, and knees, with a cord, and continued
their ill-treatment of him till nine o'clock, when two
of them went, leaving one over him, with a bayonet
pointed at hint, threatening him if be made a noise
This man remained over him till ten o'clock ; he
spoke positively to the hour, horn hearing Sir W.
Gibbons's clock strike,. He remained till between
two and three hours, when hearing a carriage pass he
called out—" Help ! Murder !"-Stc. which be repeat-
ed when he heard any thing that passed, but in vain
till six o'clock, when a labouring man heard him.
He made several attempts to extricate himself, and
got on his knees, but could proceed no further, but
tell on his face. The man was afraid to approach,
but -Mr. L. at length prevailed on him to assist him,
and cut the cords : but he was so benumbed that he
could scarcely move; his hands had been tied so tight
as to cut the flesh, and he has not yet recovered the
use of his right hand. He was asked as to his know-
ledge of the prisoners, when he identified the prisoner
Anderson, and said he had no doubt he was the man
who was with the other two, and stood over him with
a bayonet for a hour. He had no recollection of the
person of the prisoner Dewly.—Jubn Stratford attend-
ed Coventsarefen market between three and four in
' the morning, alter the robbery ; went into the Ship
in James-street, for refreshment, when both prisoners,
dressed in regimentals, in company with a man in
plain clothes, came into the house, called for l.quor,
and asked for change of a selo Bank note ; he heard
one Of them say it was a Staines Bank note; it was
not changed. It was a Staines note that Mr. L. was
robbed elf. The man in plain clothes was tried and
convicted last Old Bailey Sessions for the offence, and
the clothes he had been seen in were those which they
had taken off Mr. Lorghurst Stratford, ne-
phew ef last witness, identified both prisoners as being
at the Ship at the time stated.—Mrs. Grigg, pastry-
conk, in Covent-garden, stated, that on the moment;
of the tith of September, the prisoners, in company
with Strangeways, who was convicted for the robbery
at the Old Bailey,. came to her house eh( ut five o'clock
and had breakfast ; they asked for change for a 410
-note, which she did not give. Strangeways then left
the house, returned with silver, and paid for their
breakfast. Charles Stratford, brother to John Strat-
ford, attended Covent-garden market on the same
morning, and breakfasted at Mrs. Griggs's ; the pri-
sonets were there ; their conduct appearing uncom-
mon, he watched them ; he noticed No. 45 on their
buttons and belts; Dewley appeared uneasy while
Strangeways was gone for money to pay for break-
fast.—David Bishop said, that he, and Yearkes. the
officer, discovered Anderson at the White Lion,
in James-street, on Friday afternoon, and found
un his neck a Belcher silk handkerchief, which
Mr. Longliurst proved to be his, and which was taken
from hint with the rest of his clothes. Bishop also
found upon him a pocket-book, a red note-case, and
two canvas money bags. Ile produced a Hue and
Cry, in which he pointed out the prisoners to be adverb
tised as deserters from the 45th regiment, quartered
at Exeter, a few days previous to the robbery, Ander-
son by the name of John Christie, and Dewley by the
name of Thomas kossney.—Committed for trial.

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