Star.
London, England, 1816-12-19 00:00:00

4112 well with' ith eilitiso6os tilbtfi 1114 hlitict to ek-
claim to them, u Now is the time."
Mr. litrinEr.The prisoner *as in II state of in-
toxication.
The City Soliaitor.-=That cannot eicuse his guilt;
the throats of. people are mit to be cut by a drunken
rabble : neither is it necessary to thew that a man is
himself actually consinitting a bad act, in order to,
make km an accessary. •
Mr. Prince.—When I saw the prisoner near the
Exchange, the mob had passed by, and he appeared
to be left as a straggler behind.
The Loan MAYOR.—It Can do no injury to the
party to adklurn the consideration of his case in
order to take the best possible view of it ; let the
prisoner, therefore, be remanded for Monday next.
Richard Gamble was nett put to the bar, and ad-
dressed by the Loan Malmo, who said that there
was a strong case against him, but he had not de-
cided upon committing him at present for trial. His
Lordship ordered him to be remanded until Monday
next.
74izsa$ Presion, the Secretary, next stood forward.'
The Loaf) MAYOR.•—I have endeavoured, Preston,
to give your case the best possible consideration since
you were last before me, but I have not entirely
made up my mind as to the nature of your commit.
ment. The best opinion on this subject which I have
obtained, will, I think, induce me to commit you
for aiding and abetting in the robbery and outrage at
Mr. Beckwith's shop.
Preston.—Would it be impertinent in me, my
Lord, to ask, upon what ground you mean to do
this t The information is quite -new to me.
The Loan Mayoa.—There is evidence to thew
that you were seen with the mob, in Skinner-street,
where the outrage was committed.. .You were also
seen with them in the Minories, where robberies were

perpetrated.
Preston..--The Gentleman, my Lord (Mr. Dow-
ling), you will recollect, whose evidence on a former
day related to the waggon, exonerates me in some
measure. I was indeed throughout the whole acting
only as a citizen. As to another imputation, I
merely advised a wan to take in his goods for their

preservation.
The LORD MATORen..YOU were seen with the hired
waggon in Spa-fields.
Preston.—The Gentleman (Mr. Dowling) did not
say I was in the waggon. I went there for a specific
purpose, and when I heard a misguided youth ad-
dress the people I rose to stem the torrent of mischief
which the orator's harangue was likely to create.
When I had previously cautioned the man to take in
his goods, I came back to my duty in the field. I'
never meant any thing but the good of my fellow
men, and they should be more indebted to me for
what I have done, than that I should be now placed
here as I am. It would be an act of cowardice in
me, could I have done otherwise than I did; and
although I could now fill every avenue of this Court
with friends, I will not do it. I will therefore leave
all in the hands of your Lordship. Thank GOD) I
can appeal to my own experience and say, that when
I awake in the morning, the reptiles and insects who
live upon the vitals of the land, do nut rise with so
happy and so clear a conscience from their bed of
down as I do from my bed of straw.
The Loan MAYOL6—You must be remanded until
Monday.
J. Cashman was then put to the bar.
The LORD MAYOR observed, that the case was
short and clear against him, but he was not prepared
to commit him before Monday.
Several persons present, exclaimed, there is addi.
1 tional evidence against him.
1 Joseph Dynan.—l saw the mob on the 2d instant
in Skinner-street, and among them the prisoner, who
went into Mr. Beckwith's shop, brought out arms,
' and gave them to the men in the crowd. The pri.
soner was remanded.
W. Hooter, the Treasurer,. was next placed at the 11
bar, and the following nevr evidence adduced against
him :
John Limbrick—l am a police officer of Hatton-
'garden, and was in Spafields on the day of the riots ;
the prisoner was in a waggon there alxiut twelve
o'clock : he wore a tai-coloured cockade in his hat ;
Mr. Stafford, the chief clerk of Bow-street, was there,
and tore down a flag which had been erected by the
mob; he was surrounded by the latter; I tore ano.
Liar flag down, and seized a board,, on which were
inscribed the wordi, is the soldiers are our'brothers—
ueat them kindly." Hooper was in the centre of
this mob, and with others tried several times to take'
the board from e; the ihob afterwards separated is
three divisions. -
Edward Goodspeed.—l am a parish officer of St.
Andrew's; and 'was with Limbrick at Spafields, on
the day of the riots. I am confident that Hooper
was it the mob, and retire a tai-coloured cockade. I
carried a flag taken from them to the House of Cor-
rection. The prisoner was struggling at one time
with the officer, Ind I saw him in the waggon.
The Prisoner.—There is, I believe, no particular
charge against me, except what I myself (before,
acknowledged. If there is any thing new, I should
like to hear it.
Limbrick and Goodspeed being desired to repeat
their evidence, the prisoner replied, I deny the whole,
sod shall be able to prove that I was not of the party
where the banner was.
The LORD MAYOR.:—Did you see him with pistols ?
The Witness.—No, my Lord; but his coat was
•
buttoned.
The LORD Mason.—It is certainly in your favour
that no pistols were seen with you at this place.
Witness.—He struck one person down with the
flag pole.
The prisoner was remanded until Monday.
J, Cashman, the saijor, being again brought in,
John Huggin deposed as follows : —I was in corn-,
pany with Limbrick and others, on the 2d, and saw
Cashman struggling to maintain the colours at Spa-
fields. He made a bit at Limbrick, and then a hit
at me with the flag staff. I hit him, and the lag
was taken, bat be was rescued.
Cashrmin.—l deny it—l was only once taken that
day, and that was by Fogg; the Manbaltnan. I was
not at Spafields.
Charles Cooke.—l saw the prisoner in the mob,
while I assisted Limbrick. I saw him use the. 0-
staff.
The prisoner was remanded.
Simmons, the man of colour, was next brought up,
bat the Lon MATos *Ned that the principal wit.

etas agaiest islet was AM Id Itteodinie, Cilia
be retnailded: • " .•
The case of Car*, his Loedthip said, his nog yet
ray determined upod; Ind must also st;hid &err:
The Lottb ordered all the witliesses' Id be'
in' attendance on Monday next to hear and Aga the
dePositicini, when a final itamination will take place;
At the conclusion df the investigation Goff, the
officer Of tinionHall, arrived at the Mansion house, I
having In custody a man charged with being et-
tremely active in the tint*. In consequence .of a let.'
ter from the Magiatiates the Loan MAYOR held a
private examination.
Tuesday evening information was bronght to
Bow-street Office by i young man of a respectable
apppearance, that young Watson had been seen to
go into a barber's shop in Drury-lane. On interro-
gating the young than, it turned out that he only'
knew the father, and that the young man he had
seen go into the barber's shop he only judged to he
the younger Watson, from the description given of
him. An inquiry was made, and it turned out to be
a mistake. Mrs. Humphreys, a respectable woman,
who resides in King-street, Goswell-street, a patient
of Dr. Watson's, attended at the office and spoke in
very high terms of him, as in facie all his patients
consider him a very clever man in his profession, and
very mild and unassuming in his manners: Her ob-
ject in applying, was for permission to visit him in
C.Oldbath.fields Prison, principally for the purpose of
I aying bins the amount of a small bill which she
owed him.— Mr. BIRNIII, the Sitting Magistrate, de-
clined giving her an order, it not being the etiquette,
except for the committing Magistrate to give an or-
der to see prisoners, especially under the peculiar
circumstances in which Mr. Watson is placed. He
therefore referred her to Sir NATHANIIL COMM*, the
committing Magistrate.
The account from Mr. PLATT, yesterday, stated,
that he was rather better—the surgeons have disco-
vered the actual seat of the ball, and they are in ex•
pectation of being able to extract it as soon as the
swelling and inflammation are abated.
Tuesday an American Black, a native of Charles.
town, was apprehended at Gravesend on bard the
General Harris outward-bound East Indiaman, on
a charge of being concerned in the late riots.
The following Letter has been written by the Loan
MAYOR, to Lieutenant-Colonel MANNERS SUTTON,
commanding Coldstream Guards, in the Tower :
• 4, Mansion-house, Dee. 4, 1816.
" request you will accept my best thanks for the very
able and imnsedtate assistance given by you in aid of the civil
power within the Ctiy of London on the late occasion, and I trust
you will have the endures to communicate the same to all the
°dicers and pinnace under your command. I am, &c.
(Signed) " M. Wool), Mayor."

GLAsnow, DECEMBER 16.
The public mind is here in some state of alarm
from reports of expected disturbance, which have in-
duced our Magistrates to take precautionary measures.
The military force in this quarter has been comide.
rably increased, and about 600 of our Local Militia
have been called out, and are now tinder arms in the
Barrack-yard. From the measures that have been
so promptly adopted for the maintenance of tran-
tkuillity, it is now hoped that the public peace will not
be disturbed. The spirit of discontent which has in
some way or other been excited in this quarter is the
more to be regretted, as, really, our artizans are by
no means in so much distress as they were some time
ago. It is true, that, in common with others, they
suffer from the high, price of bread, and that wages
are not so high as they were a few years ago ; but
at this time the greater part of them are employed :
for our trade here is by no means so dull as in some
other places—extensive sales having been lately effec-
-1
ted to Jamaica (probably for the Spanish Main), and
also to some of the Mediterranean may kets.

Two very respectable and eitensive farm-houses
were on Wednesday and Friday last burnt to the
ground in the vicinity of Calais, supposed to be the
acts of same incendiaries. The flames were distinctly
seen from Dovcr.
I The benevolence of Prince Leorour is worthy of
example. Scarcely had the Gentlemen assembled,
who were waiting on the morning of his Birth day to
offer their congratulations, which he received most
gratefully, than he approached Colonel ADDEUIROICE,
and said—" Let the poor of the village on this day
have distributed amongst them meat and bread"—
and arrangements were made for every po r person
to have a joint of meat and a quarters loaf. Eaeh
female had sufficient flannel given her to make a

petticoat.
Yesterday, about tour o'clock, the Princess Au-
GUST& SALM, the daughter of the Duchess of Cuss-
=WAND, arrived in the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S
landau, at Cumberland House, St. James's Palace,
attended by Madame Duaouao. The Princess was
received by the Duke of CUMBRRLAND, the Duchess
continuing confined to her apartments. Her Royal
Highness came by Calais to England. She left
' Dower on Tuesday, slept at Sittingbourn, and from
thence proceeded. to London. The house : adjoining
Cumberland House, belonging to Mr. GORTON, in
which Prince BLUCHER: resided during his stay in
England,- has been taken for the rebidence of the
Princess and her domestics. Her Royal Highness is
between thirteen and fourteen years of age.
It is said that Mr. WATERS has re-sold the Opera
House to Mr. COUTTS, Lord YARMOUTH, the Mar-
quis of DOUGLAS, Mr. Bottum, and Mr. Earns. It
is also said, that Mr. RAYMOND is to be the Acting
Manager.
The late Earl of EFFINGHAM having died without
issue, the Earldom is extinct, but the Barony descends
to Major• General Sir KENNETH HOWARD, K.C.B.
BOW Lord HOWARD, of Effitlgharli,
The planet Venus shines refulgently in the S. W.
by W. every evening, and is worth the attention of
every lover of astronomy. Mars and Mercury, now
nearly in conjunction, have been both visible a little
before sun-rise during the last fortnight.
A wire bridge for foot passengers, after the model
of those constructed in America, which are so service-.
able in crossing ravines, small lakes, &c. io that coun-
try, has just been erected across the river Gala, at
Galashiels, south of Scotland, and is found to answer
_the purpose extremely well, and to every appearance,
may last for a number of years, at little or no expen-e.
The span, which is 111 feet, and the breadth three
feet, makes it very neat and light in appearance,
though, With safety, 20 or 30 people may be upon it
at a time. The whole expenses of this useful little
- is cairn%

'