Star.
London, England, 1816-12-18 00:00:00

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It is reported that Sir Rolizairßaowmtwo is about
return to Europe, and that Sir HINRY TORRINS !II
to mace, d to the Government of Ceylon.
on the teturn of Sir JounSushanooitafromCanadas
E.irl DALisoust Fis to succeed to thatgovernment.
It is slid that the reduction of Second. Maj Ors will'
°et iske hl.,ce till the 21th of March, and then will
roomd to the Battalions serving in France and in
•
About seventy General Officers have died off since
the last promotion.
A reduction is talked of in the number of Cavalry
cow, The Waggon Train and Artillery also are
w be foryher reduced.
b,,id that Government mean to take the cloth-
. ot Reiments into their own hands, and that a
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Nisomeallowance will be made to Colonels in lieu
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THE LATE RIONS.
• FURTHER PARTICULARS.
MAlistok Housa.—lt must be remembered, that
amongst the crowd of rioters was seen a man in the
dress of a brewer's drayman, who was remarkable
for the ferocity of his appearance, and whose stature
;ad activity rendered hint particularly formidable to
the Police. The Loan MAYOR having himielf per-
ceived at the Exchange a person of such description,
who teemed to have a constant eye upon his move-
ments, gave, amongst the first orders he issued to the
fficers, a direction fr'r his :upprehension.
No intelligence was received until yesterday, from
hich there appeared a probability of the execution
this order ; notwithstanding which, the obj-dt, so
far from having t iken the trouble to conceal himself,
.neittcd the places to which he had been accus-
, ed, and upon one occasion boasted that he had
it." in arms."
Mr; Foster, of the house of Calvert and Co. of
attles-street, was the gentleman who waited upon
is Lordship with the intelligence, that a report was
o circulation amongst the draymen of Calvert and
that a man formerly employed by that firm had
dared his participation in the riots, and made some
cknowledgments which would probably be borne out

by evidence.
Braad, the marshalman, was immediately ordered
b the LORD MAYOR to accompany Mr. Foster to the
dace where it was conjectured the drayman could be
readily found. The marshalman apprehended him
in the teighhouthood of the brewery, and imme-
&ately conducted him to the Jtistice.room, at the bar
of.which, the moment the LORD MAYOR saw him,
his Lordship said " I know this man. I remember
well that he was at the Exchange on the day of the
riots, and was looking at me constantly while the
disturbance was going forward. It is impossible that
I should be mistaken as to his person."
The prisoner having 'said that his name was
Williani Gunnell, and that he was not a rioter, the
WV MAYOR desired that the evidence against him
should appear.
Joseph Page, upon whose information, in conjunc•
ion with the public report, and his ewn suspicions
aio the character of Gunnell, Mr. Foster had
pounded his supp•ssition. then came forward and re-
lattibtly gave the following evidence I am em-
poled by Calvert and Company, in Thames-street.
Thessisoner formerly worked there, not as a jobber,
\teethe regular way. I heard of the riots as others
kit but I don't know much about them, nor any of

dee cottcerned in them."
The LORD MAYOR—You remember the day on
rhich the riots took place, and What you heard from
ne prisoner on that day ?
Witness—l don't know on what day I heard any
keg about the riots.
The LORD MAYOR—What did you hear upon the
sbject on any day ?
Witness—l heard the prisoner say, but Ido not
'member what led to the observation, that he was
landling a piece which was too heavy for him. That's
all I I.eerd.
The LORD Mayon—Where did you hear this, and
was the notervation directed to you ?
IViinm It took place in the tap-room of the
horns public-house, in Thames-street, and the worth
sere directed t.i nobody in particular.
The LORD t.iAYOR—Did yen not hear the prisoner
sy the lie had beau handling pieces in. Mr. Beck.
tip's shop, in Skitiner-street, on the day of the riots ?
Witness— I do not remember.
Gunnell, the prisoner, here interrupted the exami-
talon, by " MY Lord, I'll tell you all. I
"Wo and all I said. I was, I admit, amongst the
'eters, but I did nothing in their company. I mi.
ller war in - Mi. BeeitivitliC shop, nor in any other
hop on the day of the disturbance, and I never said
Let I Was. I deny likewise having had any piece
my possession, except for a few moments "
The L-eto Nlayou.—When I saw you at the Royal
66.4.10, you hdd no arms in your possession, at
'fast tlin I could see. You certainly tad no piece.
:our appearance is as strong as possible in my re-
ternbrance. Where did yen obtain posseision of
hat piece ?
Prisoner.-I got it from a young chap who came
le to me near Newgate-street. I took it from him,
iut kept possession of it for a very short time, having
*aught ii the best way to get rid of it. I gave it
b one of the mob, but I don't recollect the man.
was nut at Spa-fields. I met the mob in Newg.tte-
heet moil I reached that street, I did not see them.
The LORD MAYOR.—I apprehend, Gunnell. from
that I have heard, that you were exceedingly active
Skinner-street, when Mr. Beckwith's shop was at-
ticked, but to-morrow we shall know more about it.
'shall have a number of persons here who, I have
coliht, will identify you as an active fellow on
Kit turbulent day. I have myself, I repeat to you,
Imost accurate recollection of you, and shall ask
Mott one question. Did you not change the first gun
Yost got hold of for one of lighter weight. observing
41 the same time, that the first was a foreign gun,
ud d—d he.l vy, and you would take an English
Sts in the place of it ?
l'iisoner.—My Llrd, I swear I did no such
'4l4g. I handled no gun except that which I took
born the boy.
M. Foster, having returned to the. Office at this
Ile. aw.t, cbuerved to his Lordship that Joseph rage,
t?e wit es.. just examined, would contradict the asset-
-481 tit the prisoner.
Upon which his Lordship said, that witness'. has