The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-02 00:00:00

THE STATE;

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la die lime pi Itlaltelh'_tites eNieqelle &aged a
dial tiled have joie., staliirlided spell the mai elt;lts
blearing thi very 'slight& miitt• which, howeree_
uriitinaHy applied, &art, .alladal:te seek a eiroater
stance as is reported of lir.agheat. This dial, acciording
to " Strype's Contineatiba oY Stowe.," Is placed on the
very site where the original clock-House stood.
But it is said by Perham, 1n • his Artiffekl awl-- •
milker, that the eldest clock in this kingdous is in Hemp-
; tunmuart Palace. marked with the letters N. 0.
pre-
muuerd to h.ive been the initials of the maker's name. of
the date of 1540; bat that author is evidently mistaken.
in alleging that to be the °Mesa, because the lieforti
cluck was fabricated seventeen years anterior to that pe.
• rind. With respect to the letters N. O. their weaning
miy not hr of importance. From Shakspeare's 01LrIlo,
i it to proved the ancient name of this instrument was
11nrologe ; which various passages of our poets and old
authors est.iblish.

`• watch the Honours" a double set,
• If drink reek not his cradle."
Chaucer, alro. says of a cork
• Kull sikerer was his crossing in his Inge,
•' %s is a slunk. or any abbei orluere."
Intl.+ tends to show, that in his time clucks had been
confine., to religious houses.
Su I.y.lgate's prologue to thr story of Thebes-
- I will myself he your °nastier",
•• To-morrow early."
The first mention we have of watches is in 1-191), in a
punnet of liagpAr Visconti. At what time they Gyre in-
troduced into England tines not appear very certain,
thonzli there is strong evidence to believe that Henry
VIII. bail one. Tlie watches of early tuautifiscture weer
oval, and much smaller than at present ; and catgut usu-
ally supplied the place ors chain.

FURTHER PARMUhAns Ql:the C.4TO.STREET

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A warant has hen issued fur the apprehension of Har-
ris, the man in whose house Thistletvuoil was arrested.
This itediviiittal as oily readers have lice,. already in-
formed. was employed at Mes-rs. Castoffs type-manu-
factory. 11 has been ascertained that he was the MAllll-
factarer of the conspirators' linnets.
The Whines of Waddington. who formerly assisted
at the various Smithfield anti other meeting, as standard-
hearer. bc. has been !Warriors!. hut nothiteg teas found
to implicate him with the conspirators.
Yesterday morning he pre-sewed himself before Mr.
Birnir, at the Public tidier, and said, Sir, I our
Waddington. Your Wheels se:tr.-lied my premises
yesterday ttttt ming. Sir, and niy landlady. as I live with,
says they left wor•I that you N:itated to are nor.' 'Else
Magistrate assort,' him that lie must leave been
formed, fir be Sid upt Wale so see I • ; and Lavender,
who hai:rnieil to he standing lii, said, that no such
teses4age was 11-ft with his laiollativ.—Watlitiug•on re.
plied, that he LOWilla.4 living time, and
ler could not think that she %%nub! tell him a fib. Per-
haps. he said. she thonaht it probable he would be
wanted. knowing that he bad been sods a prominent
character in the poli:ical world.- The Magistrate again
assured hien that be hat nn charge it hatever aaainst
him. but Wmitiinittoti seemed very ull'illinp, to helie‘e
this ; he evidently n:vl a great hankering to keep up his
tc.hargeelter: and it tins not till the utueers
hail rept-ate-11y reiterated in his ear that he was •• nut
wanted," that he mold prevail upon himetell to torn Isis
face towards the dour; nor dill he withdraw se last
withont informing the Magistrate, that provided he did
happen to r ant It i ttt . he should out he out of the way
adding. that he iii:-rely mole this appliewion, bet:gime
hr liked to ro unencumbered. Ile then retired.
No fresh apprehensions have taltro place.
Yesterday 9-a4 the tar appointed for the second Cabi-
net &inner, to tak:-place at the Earl Ilatieurses house. in
3latistitdeloter-c., Pore! end-place, and as a matter of pre-
catteion, 1.0r.1 Vi-roneet Si:lmonth ordered several of the
principal es4V4eert. ronsisti lig uf Lavender, Bishop, Hulb-
ert'. and hers, t. 3 aatruJ at the Earl Ilathurs..• I 16e.
It is ;Irw•I•Ov .wlapet•tel Otat mast of the as•assitis who
weer in the loft in Cato-street, eseacell from the back
premises. The occupiers of the adjoining premises re-
fused to let them throsigh. except they would say it ho
they were, and what their object was in escaping ; but
having no reasonable excuse to make for the purpose of
gaining admittenre, they endeavoured to du it by force :
the upper of the back door e.scre forced 01f, hut
they did not wait to force the lower ones; feuding they
were closely uttr4tlell, they made their way, it leas been
a-tee:Oa:tied. over a 41:eil, similar to those which are at
the back of all the small lemurs in that neiglehoorlvoil.
and which are used to keep pigs in. &v.: and from, the
shed it is sappri,eil they entered the one pair of stairs
window of a rasterrt able house in Julio-4;reet, where the
aktrat hail oat reached the inhabitants, and they made
their way tleretttsle thr house, out at the frot:t dour, un-
observed, and without disturbing the inhabitants.
We-stride, the eon:lnc:or of thc patrol, was the
olarer
who srivsti !Ufa, the butcher. who was sentinel at the
door of the otahle when the officers etitere4l it, and he
IIW Thistlewood discharge a pistol into the stable at me-
dom. 'flier" is no Junto that he tar armed wills two pis-
tols and a cooed, which his black cloth belt was made to
contain. 'There were Born several candles burning he the
stable. West, ott, who had legs iu eu4toil, in a corner of
the stable. saw 'llsistlewood coining down the Indeler
lie PAW him present his second pistol 19 him, and
at the instant, from the aim taken, the itnpres4hin
upon his mind was, that he should be alto! dead.
which induced him to stoop don n anti hold np his
left arm and liana to defend his head. The pistol
went off, and he observed Thislewood escape tint of the
front dour of the stable into Cato-street. He did not
tlisecreer the injury he had sustained at first tilt he found:
his left hated 14-etling, when on examination betonnet"
that a shot had passed through the cult of his epic,. and
also the &shy part of his hand, between his thumb and
fore finger; immediately after he received tl /Went
blast- on the left side of Isis tcsnple, the Alecto and
swelling of ohich are still very visible, but by whom or
' from what instrument he received this blow, he is not
able to describe. Afterwards three pistol shots_ passetl
I through the crown of his hat, lint from whomor front
whenee the ei•tol% were fired he is not able to deneeibe.
During this attack leis prisoner. logs the ludrher,
seised tor opportunity of tiveltimi his maps out of the
stable into Cato-street, where lie was stopped and
sernred.
l'atu-strut rofltinnes crowded day Earl Oros-
vennr and his son were among the on Tuesday.
The Noble Earl was admitted into the premiOrs, by
boy in the employ of Firth. the eitorkeeper, who is con-
fined in Totbill-fields Bridewril on a charge of high
treason. lie examined. the trimly of the premises eery
partirnlarle; and when he• was in the loft appeared
ettretnely ;bucked at the visible appearance of gee blood
of the unfortunate Smatters open the carpenter a bench.
The funeral of tis emirdered•Stnithers takes place this
afternoon. The procession will .eras oat, on foot. front
his house, Certeiwt-etreer. illescbdwny, Weetmin.
s;l4. between three and %tor Veloric. Tbarpall will be
horse he sit of his brotiser ollircrst Who wife
with Min in Cato-street. -and inett of. the rinelpal
police *Stirs will follovitherogsat; haw* their staves.
:of Office tied with eraser:. - '
stiheyetption Its* eouswormeedist Burr St. Edmund%
in aid of the fitted for the Own". kr.
The subscription is Is.: roamed to that tome liter
say, tint all might have an opportunity of vabncribing.