The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-30 00:00:00

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Tl*-. town -of fit. Alban's ins been the scene of
serious tumuli during the latt five days. S,veral
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privates of the Local Militia, now acsemblml there,
it appears made an extraordinary demand of ;shoot
h. per man, which was refused by the ofil-ers.
la consequence, a serjeant wak deputed by the
ireginient to represent their grievaucei :to 144%4
Cothmander, which he did to such a way as to give
great offeoce. Inconsequence, he was arrested
'ind thrown intolhe town jail:. On Sunday affer. •
110fin,."bet*ebalwa and three hundred of the mil!.
Alk assembled in front of the prison, end after
teastaitfnig many. ontragesis they brake
the door with pikes, itc. And 'write(' the pri.
.06144 ''The officers assembled as soon aq pus-
sihit;
,eelled all: the men that would stiod by
•thenty with other Wets, and repairing to the
tetite of disorder &laic the jail, they suce:yded
in taking into custody 19 of the rioters, without
much mischief occurring, On Monday the nun t
refractory of them *erg taken froM the other j til
in thetown where they bed been confinedlllnight,
and tried before a Coort.martial. The result was,
that fire of the ringleaders were sentenced to re.
.ceive a hundred lashes etch, and one was ordered
150: these sentences were put in execution, The •
tumult is not entirely subsided. .The officers were
threatened with violence, and tumultuous tneetings
still take place. The Magistrates, with a struitg
force, are however on the alert, and„ we 'trus't,
tranquillity will speedily be restored.

The Drury-lane Theo:011111, nowln the House
of Commons, 'emonstets a ormber of persons to
raise the Sion of 300,0004 ii a tend to.Boidite
the claims of the creditors' on. the old' mueslis,
and also to' rebuild 'the Titeatre.' 'ft iv 'the purovert
of the Bill to erect thous ihte 5.0.41)06409* told
without tiny elclusive right ; so that there may be
other Theatres built on the same plan;
Though the mysteiy respecting the set of D' rag
'is at length revealed, it is still dilticult tp conceive
the reason that induced him to assume thb female
character and attire, unless, indeed, upon the
supposition that he was concerned in the plot to
excite doubts upon the subject, in order to share
in theprofits of public crednlity. lie • was a man
of spirit. Re fought a duel in Russia, in which
he conducted himself very Well ; Ito was, how.
ever, not distinguished for his strict regard to
veracity. Ile basely accused the Count de
Gunton., a most respettible Nobleman, who
married a sister of the late Lord IlaiscotraT,
of being*cmployed by the Fronelitourt to get hula
kidnapped or murdered ; and though it clearly ap.
peered that no such scheme had been devised, the
Count sunk under the imputation, and died soon
after his return to France. A paragraph which
appeared in the public prints tuf this country, an.
flouncing that a man had confessed on his .death.
1 bed that he was one of tho agents in this alleged
plot, was traced .to D'Box, and was a mere in.
vention or his own, in order to give some colour •
to his former 'story, which had brought considers..
ble discredit on his character. In short, D'Eow
was well fitted to act the part of an impostor on
the stage of life, though he possessed abilities and
attainments which qualified 'him fur a station in
which he might AeSeriedly hate acquired the respect
of mankind. . •

A few days ago, at gpofforth, near Kearesbo.
rough, aged 91, died John Metcalf, commonly
called Blind Jack. lie was born at Knaresbp.
rough in the year 1717, last his sight when only
four years old, soon after which ha was instructed
to play on the violin, and afterwardeattended as
a musician at the Queen's Head, High Harrogate,
for many years, and was the Ord Isersois' who set
up' a wheel carriage, for the conveyance of coin.
pany to and from the pieces of public resold in the
neighbourhood. In the year 1745, he engaged to
serve as musician in Col. Thorn.lon's volunteerg,
and was taken prisoner at the battle of Falkirk.
'Being soon released, he returned to Kisaresbo.
rough, and commenced common carrier between
thit town and York, and often served as a guide
in intricate roads over the forest de ring the 'tight,
or when the tracks were covered with snow; our
was any person more eager iv the choice, which he'
would follow on foot or on horseback, with 'the
greatest aridity. Strange as tliis tub)? appear to,
thoie who can see, employment he followed
for more than forty years was still more extihordi-.
nary, and one of the last to which we club! ',op-
pose a blind man.Wotild tarn his itiiintion(hat
projecting anCeontractlng for the making of high
roads, bidding bridges, house's,. &c. .. With no
other assistance than a toe& staff in his hand, hd
would ascend the precipice; and explore the valley,
and investigate the extent of eadh, its form and
tuition. The plans which he made were done by
•a method peculiar to 'himself, and which he coUlit
not well convey the meaning of to others. Hie
descendants arefour children, twenty gian'tl chit.:
siren, and ninety great and great groat grand chi!.
deco.
On Monday part of thifirst Dragoon, CAM,
Marched feOns Piershill Barracks for Ireland. They
aro to be replaced' by the Skath Dragoou'Ontida,
or Carabincers. •
The body of a miedlo-aged‘womast was picked.
up floating on Sunday near akeltfriati.britige,
and was owned yesterday napping. , Hee name
' was Manders—she had left' hee situation as a
teacher at a lady's seminary, in Sj. James's, about
a fortnight.
' Yesterday afternoon the earriage,of Mr. Mon..
ping, of Curatu.street; was overturned by one of
the long westOro coaches, . a short distance, from
Hyde Perk -corner,' Amt Oil coachman, whops' ,
name 'Was Hinds, was killed oh the spot. 'wii . •
ladies in the carriage est:ood unhurt.
The Lottery .04lices ako.crowded-da:ty,
The present Lea:teeny Will be drawn in a few
days, coo- the usual plied, CoOpeesafatl.
Tickets and Shares art:sedan/I in m; tit variety it
both of 13tia's Old Vistablished Offices, 4, Coen.
hill, and 9, Charing,Cross, where Twelve Capi.
tals were shared. In the lasi Lottery, and Eight
in the . preceding) ineloding Three Prizes of
Rta,ooo, Two of .e 5,000, Ten of .61,000,
and Fire of .€54 W• O The Lottery will byes
and lash on Friday, the Bth of June.

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