Star.
London, England, 1803-11-14 00:00:00

MARGATE, NOP. iI.

I informed you in my lag of the violent outrage
on the laws of this country and the peace of the town,
committed by a pref gang, headed by a naval officer,
on Tuefday night. The following are the particu-
lars of :his very extraordinary affair, as related tome
by the parties vto were the sufferers: about ten
o'clock at night: Mr. LANCELLE, who is a grocer
and tallow chandler in an extenfive line of billinefs,
was going round his premifes with a lantern, as was
his Moat cullom, to fee every part late from the dan-
ger of fire, he heard a voice exclaim, 4, who is that
fellow with the lantern r' Mr. LANCEELS replied,
" who calls me that fellow ?" The Captain inliantly
ordered his men to feiee him and take him to the
boat. Mr. LANCELLE informed him that he was a
constable, and commanded the Captain in the King's
name to keep the peace, and added that he was a
tradefman, a houlekeeper, and a volunteer, and in all
thole capacities exempted from the In.piefs Ad. The
only anfwer was," D— n his eyes, take him on hoard."
He was then dragged from his own door in the
Market Place to the Pier, where he was overrakon by
Mr. GORE, the High Conflable, who is nlfo a Cap-
tain of the Margate Voliinteei s. Mr. Goa E inter-
poled his authority, with his flaff of otlice in his
hand, upon sal id; the Captain ordered his gang to
feize Mr. Goa e, which was done accordingly, and
he was dragged into the boat after Mr. Lasicret.s,
where they were detained near two hours in the rain
under a guard of failors, while the profs gang pro.
ceeded round the tow, and prelied feveral other
peribns as little liable to the imprels as Mr. Got F or
Mr. LANCELLS. Among the perfr.ns fo impreffed
was Mr. Bison, the farmer, of North Down, near
Margate. The civil power was at an end; the offi-
cers of the law being imprelfed, Mr. BRETT had no
-ne to apply to for proteflion, but was obliged to
fiibmit to the fame violence that the other gentle.
men had leered. They were all t;.ken on board the
'Pere!, where Mr. Gots happening to know the pi-
lot, received from him fume civilities. The Captain
of the Tcael was in bed, it being three o'clock in the
morning when they reached the (hip ; but in juftice
to Captain lly w (3, who upon this as upon every other
occaflon, has con:tutted himfelf like an officer and a
gentleman, it mutt be noticed, that he was no fooner
informed of what had happened, than he invited Mr.
GORE arid Mr. LANCELLS to breakfall, and made
them every apolrgy for the outrage that had been
committed, exprefling the deepelt concern for their
fdrerings, and informed them that his boat fhoold
take them on lhore whenever they pleafed to depart
from the (hip. They were accordingly landed at
Margate on the evening of the day after they had
been imp-died.
The town is highly exafperated at this breach' et
the public peace, which endangers not only the fafety
of every individual, hut expofes the public tranquillity.
The Ikeleton dug up in Mr. Maceacur's garden
appears to have been buried there by a young gen-
tleman who-lived in that houfe fame years fence, who
had ufed it tor anatomical purpofes.
Margate Road is fo crowded with (hipping as to
refemble a wood from Margate Pier to Birchington.
They have exit anchor there to be fheltered from the
violent gales which have blown for feveral days front
the South WeR.

The batteries on the Eatland Welt of the town are
now nearly completed. The guns are all mounted
on the eaftern battery, and thofe on the Wetlern fort
will be mounted to-morrow. The batteries at Rain&
gate and Pigwell Bay are completed.

•
On Wednefday fe'nnight a duel took place near
Newbridg_,e the county of Limerick, between
FRANCIS ENRIGHT, Efq. and Lieut. Dntssitoa, of
the Palatine Yeomanry Infantry. The parties fired
by fignAl, and on the firll fire the former was mot*
tally wounded, and expired on the ground.
A duel was fooght on Saturday, near Fulham, by
Lieutenant and Adjutant W—t—x. TM
parties took the ground fifteen yards difiance, they
fired together, Lieutenant M. was wounded in the
left knee, Adjutant W. in the chin. The quarrel
arofe from Tome difference of opinion in military dif.
cipline. The feconds at length interfered and all was
amicably fettled.

On Thurfday fe'nnight. Kinraray Lodge, poireffed
by her Grace the Duellers of GOILDOW, took fire. It
began in the kitchen. while the cook was dreffing elin-
net, and communicating to one of the principal apart-
ments,threatened complete defiruaioe to the whole of
the Lodge, as it is entirely built of wood ; but, fortu-
nately, by the timely alfillance of her Grace's tenants.
it was ettinguithed without walloping very material
damage. Her Grace and Lady Maapaura
Srr-
exara were in the Lodge at the time. Except the
alarm, however, we are happy to learn, they fufiained
no other injury, but were under the neceffity of going
to the inn at Pitmain, at the dillance of eight miles,
where they took up their refidence.
An uncommon luminous meteor was fan IRA
night about 4o minutes pail eight o'clock, which
attracted the notice of all thole who happened to be
out at the time, for a conllderable dillance round the
metropolis. A Gentleman, coming up from Lee-
bridge towards Clapton turnpike, few it very dif-
finely ; it had an oval form, and was followed by
(parks which gave it fomewhat the appearance of haw-
ing a tail. It emitted a very vivid white light. The
efea of the light was indeed fo Broom that any [mall
objea on the road could be readily perceived. It
moved with great velocity in a notth.welt direttion,
and difappeared by entering a thick black cloud; a
few (muds after which a moil awful rumbliagaoik.
like difiant thunder, or a heavy ditchers, of artillery
was heard. and continued a confideralde
It was ken *lib in Whitechapel, Knightfirridge.
Hanimerfinith. and many miles round the Metropo-
lis, the whole of which was illuminated by it. At the
time of its appearance the coegregation were com-
ing oat of the Broadway Chapel, Wefminiter. and
many of them, (truck with fear, ran in again. The
palfencers in Leicdtcr Fields were particularly sleet-
ed by it, and leveret females were fo much alarmed
that they (creamed out. The fuperilitious, as areal,
I entertained a thoufand conjeaures as to the mule of
this phenomenon, which. no doubt, was one of thole
fire balls fo often mentioned by philofisphers. and of
which leveret accounts may be round in the ?hacks.
Oka] Magazine, and particularly in vol. iv. p. sps.
zi.p. 191,701. XVL p. 1911 157 F 234, tB9, ago,

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