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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS#- ,Monda,y,,4priZ 9. MR. fJA 12 JTOSE9. It 8. Romilly said, that a few evenings sine The had given notice of his intention to bring for-' ward on this day, a moticn for the discharge of, TAr. Gale Jones from his unpris jnarent Frotn the events which had taken place, he should postpone his mctiorj to some future day, but tie '.4,0 not prepared to name—Whenever he.should bring it forward, it woiild he on the single ground th--it the prisoner-had suffered sufficient jpunish- inenf'for the offence for which -he -was cbuimit- •<e;t, and not upon any gro&ud 01 dnnbt, in res- "ec't to other principles lately discussed—he be zed. leave to con'radict a statement which had appeared in the newspapers, relative to his t?aving vi-sitedand consumed with Sir- F. Btirdel t, house, since Friday morning last, thetiuth -vas, that he had not visited the Hon. Baronet, that he offered him no counsel,. nor had any -CoiEmunication passed between thein. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. The Speaker rose, an(i said, that half past eight -lAdock ort Friday nrornitvg, he signed the war- fiillt for the of Sir Francis, is obe- dience to the commands at the House, which he ~deii*ered to. the Serjeant at Arms, and desired "brm not 'b delay in the execution of it. At ten the to. execute it, and would himself shortly inform4 the House of what pas. serf nw the orcasio-i.-fle then stated, that he 'b,!(i, an Friday evening received a letter from Sir F. HurdefS and which Sir F desired shoul'i ."be read to the House, but this he would not ven- ■ture to-fi.runtil the ilouse should give him pe.- •mission Tltvad mad!)—It was thea read; the purport of it was, that having been elected in di.,e for,-n, his cons itnents imagined they had Jcriosen' him as their4 trustee in the. flc-use of Commons, to maintain the laws-,Lit,f liberties of the land; that as a dutiful subject, he had taJíen an ostts.^f allegiance to the King to obey hi. jaT'V'arid will never consent by any act of his, to 0>-ev set of ukmu who, contrary to those laws, shall, under any pretence whatsoever, assume the p > tr ui' the h-mg. tie slates, that the speaki-i. ■fvc believes, knows his warrant to be illegal; auo fie declares his determination of submitting only to a superior force, and that he will not, lie dart Tiot, ¡¡'cnr ihe danger of continuing: voluntarily to snake one of an* asso.ciati.on or se' of men, wh ch:dl assume illegally the whole power of the realm, and who have no more right to take him, (>if F.) or any of tin o.ous: linen's by force, tn.i. lie or they possess, (o taiio any one ol those win are now guii^y ol this usurpation. .The Chancellor of flie Exchequer said, it was Smftossible for the House to by this letfei TV! hout some n ii(-e but he thought, that, for the present, it would be expedient that the letter should lie on the fable. Mr. Wynne thought the House would feel this I,c,fter a, a maner of high contumacy and insult and as it was -a subject which called for serious notice, he thought it would be better tq defer any discussion upon it till ro-morrow.-Ordcrcd. The Serjeant at Arms then made his statement to this ettect -On the morning of Friday, im- mediately af'ec-receiving the warrant from the Speaker, I went to Sir Francis Burdett's house J was told by the servants that Sir Francis was not al home I then went to my owu house, and wrote to Sir Francis, to tell him that I had called on hint, to serve a warrant. tor his apprehension and conveyance to the Tower, and stated that it ;Y wish to treat him with ail delicacy, and -execute my duty a« quietly as possible. A little btTore'-fonc, I came to the House of Commons, and while there, was told that Sir -Francis had been seen going to his own house. I then went to Sir Francis, an I had all interview with hiln he ,ai¡\ he should he ready next day at. eleven 6 and that he would write a letter to the F leaker. t thought, it would be sufficient to execute my warrant next morning, having been directed, at the time of my 'receiving it, to execute U with every attention and delicacy to the person arrested. I had conceived thin only a nt-owr respect for a .Member of this House; and had I wished, even at that momen', to put the caption in force, I could not have done so, as a large mob was assembled before the door. I then 'returned to the Speaker, who advised rne to go hack,and ge' my wairant executed immedi- a,Hv. I wer.t to Sir Francis's house, told him I reg'.et'ed I must appoint an earlier hour than tha' -vh:<'h he had chosen, and shewed him the van an' to ta«e him into custody, which he read. ;r r"l\wis (hn ;;aid, that he disputed the legality of the warrant 1 that he bad written to the Speaker upon it, and that nothing should re- jr,-)vp hi.< bnt actual force I then bid the Deputy Serjeant withdraw, and went to the Secretary of S'a:e s O^ce for a force to couvey the prisoner. On my leaving 'he hotlie, I found a large mob ,wai-!n,, it (inor, ("ouside ing 'he lateness of the hour, (it was then nine o'clock) and also that, as no notice had been aiven 'o (he Lord Mayor, 1 should he left, 011 i1IJ arrival in the city, withl\ot civil or mili- ta-v assistance, and as it would have been im- possible t- proceed with the mis^ai ded coach through <he streets in such a state of the public iuind,~l put off :he ex £ <»»ion of the warrant till half-past six o'clock next moiriine, and_ in the mean time, went to the Secretary of State's Office lor force, and sent Mr. Ciementson to the Lord Major. About half-past six next morning, I vcr,' to Sir France's house, and sent two mes- sengers to the Police-Office for assigtance*. At Sir Francis's house, servants told me, that be was not ai home. 1 then went to the country in search or hifll, leaving a messenger in Ms hall, incase he should return. On going to Wimble- don, I was told that Sir Francis was not there. On cominz back. I left the warrant with tlwi messenger "in the ball, and went 'n my own house, vherr I staid a short time. I faster hat ir' Francis bad been in the streets, and i.uinedi- ately went to his house. On asking f >r Sir F. 33nrdeft, the servant said I diould not pet in, and j glint the door on me. On Sunday mom.rip I wen- with some police officers, and knocked at the door several times, but conJd not get iii. Mr. C'lemenlson and 1 remained near the botigo- all dav, and placed people to watch the avenues by vlsieh Sir Francis rnifjht pass. I should mvntion that on Sa'ttrday, from my having conceived dnnbtshow fir T might he justified in using force io 1 be exfeuti'in of the warrant, 1 sent it to his Majesty's Attorney Genera!, and upon his Qpinion J acted this morning. This morning, in consc- queuce oftlw directions which J had received, I vet with Ih-rty or forty police officers to Sir F. Furdett'g h-MisV. 1 had al<o an escort of cavalry to rj.ur h sn to the Tower. Thinkihsr myself I j .,C¡!;C" in using force, 1 went down with the ( Ticers into 'be area, and from that got in o the h i", whe'-e I let in the guard, and then won1 i-(i,,ni Sir I told 1'rJ that ¡,'w: ¡'xtf'eme!i painfnj to me to hI' obliged t<> arrest him in that way but that I hvl »neh a f.,ice wi'h me, as it would he useless J.» -1;tempt rcsis^n:. He desired to see my au- J 'old him I had already shewn him i)l* tiiiii to come 'v'ti 'iit ;.ci.'ae e. He wen* d the carriage, att. n lei bj ha i>roih«?r, Mr. ClciaeotsOD^ and a uicssea- ¡ ger. "I rode along -with the carriage, anil delivered him up to the Deputy-Lieutenant of the Tower. Sir John Newport wished to have the case ou which the Attorney-General'* opinion was given along with that opinion, laid upon the table. Mr. Whithread wished to put two or three ques- tions to the Serjeant. The Speaker thought that the questions might be better asked after the narrative should have been a secoud time read to the House. Mr. Whitbread 4lesired to know from the Ser- jeant at Arms, at what "hour on Friday he had told the Speaker he could not execute the war- rantt-'Betwecn;fiveand'six'o'clock.. Was the floiise.. sitting ?-It, was. Where did you see Mr. Ryder ?-In this House. Had you any commu- nication with Mr. Ryder, and of what nature was it ?-I do not recollect iiiinutely it was but a? few wordg; I think he said the business was mis- managed,—What was the-substance of ywur ap- plication ? I required a force to escort the pri- soner to the Tower; 1 particularly required a force of cavalry as the Police Officers would not have been able to keep cp with rhe- carnage. When the Speaker tfesired that, you should callatfhe Secretary of State's Office, had you tohthilll thar. you could not execute his warrant ? No-Do. you mean toot he directed you to use force before you told him that. force wast neces- sary.? Certaiuly not. L merely mentioned to him that-I was to wait oi Sir Fraucii, uoxt morning. The Speaker said a few wOTtls on wliat imme-, diatcly referred to himself. Mr, W hi tbread. prnceederl in his-examination ■of the Serjeant. At what time were you called oil to attend the Cabinet Council ? About nine. I %as i](rt at home when the sumnjoas was sent. What passed there? Mr. Perceval said, well 'Mr. CoTuian, have you executed your warrant?" I said I had attempted to serve it, )()t yet quite siltisfiee. ai to tile autho- rity which it give me to use-force. He asked if I had not any precedents in cases,ofthis sort. Did you, in consequence Mibmit a case to he Attorney General?—Yes. When lid yen. eceive the opiiMon of that learned Gentleman.- Last night.— Have you the case and opinion here' have. W ill, you jfrotkiee them to the House Yes. l i)w case and opinion were thenhan.ded to the Jerk, and a cry of lLad. readf from varion. arts of the House.) The Attorney General rose and said, that whei ihe case was first sent to him, they had msertec n it a copy of the warrant, which he folitiff was sot the warrant to take the body of Sir Franc" tJurdeit, but. that to the LieutenHnt 'Of the Towc- to receive the body rhrrt"; so that he wa ohligt" send it back, as he could give no opinion 0, such a warrant; the <x-se was ,,¡¡,fterward3 return 'he right, warrant, and he wrote the opinion of it. by >. r. Whitbread to the Attorney General.— was that the first time lOll were consulted as t -he iegality t)f the Speaker's warrant ?I haw no objection individually to answer any ques- tion; but I am not clear whether that questioi ought to be answered. Mr. Whitbread.—" That is for the House tn- determine, I think it is a very I)rol)erquesrioil." The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, that if his Hon. and LearrredFrirnd *as to be examined as a witness, the other caaminatton should first be closed. Mr. Whitbread acquiesced' in the observation, and desisted from questioning the Atttortie).Ge-, neral till the other was closed. The Speaker's warrant was then read by the clerk, and afterwards the opinion of the Attor- ney-General; the purport of which was, I That as there were no cases exactly tr. point, he must argue from such as were nearly ana la- goo's. He cited Tretnoine's case in 2 or 3 Coki?, ou's. He cited Tretnoine's rase in 2 or 3 Coki?, in which the law is stated at consider-ihie length I relative to the breaking npeti the door to come at a.defeticlaut, on the warrantor King,, and argued from them« that the Speaker's war- ran* being, in'his opinion, a instrument, the sariie means may be resorted to'.in order to en- force it-? but warning the Serjeant that it must be in the day-time, and that he must be certain that the person sought "for'is in the house at the time." Acting on this opinion, the Serjeant made ap- plication at the Secretary of States' office, for a military force, the number heTtquired was 300 infantry, and 500 cavalry.—Mr. Whithreadin the course of the debate, proposed as a question to the Attorney General, whe f her these had been a consultation at any time, between him and the rest of his Majesty's Government, previous to the answer he had giveu to the ease submitted for his opinion, OH the part of the Serjeant at arms, touching the Speaker's warrant to arrest Sir. F. Burden ?—■ The Attorney-Gcneral l'ad no objec- tion to answer the question if the House thought he ought to do Ko. He was sent for On Saturday to advise hie Majesty's Ministers, and that advice he gave to the best of his knowledge and abili- ties. After some conversation between the Chancellor of the Exchequer ami Mr, Whitbread, in which the former gentleman conceived it highly improper for the iiouse to request information of what, was going; on at the Council Board, the Speaker, thought it competent for any Hon. Geu- tluman, to put a question to any Member of the House; the Attorney General then said that 'being required to attend to give his opinion, whether the Speaker's warnwt woiild justify the using of force, in case of resistance, to break open the outer door of Sir F. Burdett's house, and the question being perfectly new to him, he cocld therefore, only reason wilhanalogy, to the cases which had been decided by law; the ten- dency of his opiuioa was, that the Speaker's warrant might be executed with safety to the person having it to execute and, in his opinion, the Serjeant at Arms, would be justified in break- ing the door; but, that it being a question which he had never decided, he consequently could not be positive upon it.—Mr. W hitbread moved the printing of the Serjeant's Report; which was objected to by Mr. Jacob, who thought it was net;esi>ary to examine other evidence before the papers be printed. He conceived the House was now upon an enquiry, an i that there were three parties, his Majesty's Ministers, the Serjfant at. Anns, and the prisoner (Sir F. Burdett). He wished that the evidence should not I)e'-ei i reel,, (I merely to crimínatin the Serjeant at Arms, but that the House should also enquire into the cul- pability of the other party (Sir F. Burdett). H he had beeii instigated to the course he had taken by secret advisers, who were Members of that House—(Loud cries of nmne name 1) in such case the enquiry should be more extensive—Crirs nf itante, net?ite !) He did not say that there were such secret advisers; but if (here were, the had as good a right, to violate the confidence re- posed in the/n by Sir F. Burdett, and examine fhem, as it had to examine (he Law Officers, on to them n confidence by Minis- ters. The House should kO'J\V who were their secret advisers. His information on this subject was only from newspapers. Mr. Whitbread said, the Hon. Oentleman had alluded In no very dark terms, and as he thought ii,, n,) very I bctal manner, to some Gentlemen who were members of that House. He took his authority, not from the newspapers, but from niis-quo'inga paragraph which appeared in theln. f'hyt paragraph mentioned, that Sir F. Burdett. had Lcea visited by several members but it did bot slate that they were his advisers. An honor- able and learaed friend of his (iir S. RomiUy) had denied that he visited the Hon. Baronet. He, for his part, was proud to say, that he did visit him once, but it was not for the purpose of givingany secret or bad advice. He-had been re- quested by other Members to call on Sir Francis Burdett, but not for the purpose of giving any badadvice. Fearing that some lives might be lost, he stated to Sir F. Burdett how he should act in his situation, even if he was determined to carry his ppicciipie to the utmost extent. The. Hon. Baronet received him with the utmost po- liteness, and listened to,flira with great attention, but did not act in the manner he had/ecommend- ed. If the Hon. Gentleman alluded to other Members, he ought to name them. Mr. Jacob said that the lion. Gentleman was not one of those he intended, nor did he state that Members of that House were his secret advisers Mr. Ponsonby said, that in that case the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Jacob) was equally unfortunate in his expressions and his deportment; for he was sure that there was not a single Member in the House who could say, upon his honour, that he did not understand him to allude to his Hon. Friend (Mr. Whitbread) and other Members of the flouee.-He thought it, therefore, his duty, to name the persons he so pointedly referred to. After a debate of some length, on the motion of Mr. Whitbread, the minutes of evidence taken If tfce bar,, wert ordered to be priuted.-Art. journeij. 7'uesday, April 10.—The debate on Sir Francis Uurdett's fetter to the Speaker being resumed, a gre, vtry interesting discussion ensued, andagreal number of Members delivered their sentiments. Vlr, Curwen spoke first, and wasfoUowed by Mr. I). Giddy, Mr. Adam, Sir J. Anstrufher, Mr. Perceval, Mr. Whitbread, Lord Temple, the Attorney-Genera!, Sir J. Sebright, Sir S. Romilly, Capf. Parker, Lord Porchestcr, Mr. Sfcphfen, Wr. C. Wynne, Mr. C J. tieresford, Lord Mil- um, Mr. Lyttleton, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Gooch, Lord Cochrane, Mr. Bathurst, Sir C. Burrell, Sir T. Ordc, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Boyic, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Owcn, Mr. Ponsonby, &c. &c. The House wav unanimous in its reprobation of the letter, and of the conduct of Sir Francis sub- sequent to the issuing of the Speaker's warrant, feeling that nothing could justify the conrse he pursued, which had unfortunately caused blood ■a be shed, when be could obtain redress at law. Mr. Lyttieton warmly censured the HOII. Bart, noticing his connection with floger O'Connor, hrorher tu an avowed traitor, and the forfeiture ofbis implied promise to the Serjeant, and de- clared he should for ever abjure him as a poIîtical and private friend. Mr. Ponsonby (during the exclusion of stran- gers) is said to have entirely concurred in the selitili(,iiti of Mr. Lyttiatou, and expressed an opinion, whicii other Gentlemen had previously given, that if the Hon. Baronet, were expelled the House, the Electors of Westminster, in con- sequence of his late conduct, would not re-elect him. In the course of (he debate, Ministers were, blamed for not preventing the exces-ics of the populace by an earlier employment of the military, but. ib if. charge was successfully repell- ed by their friends. At length, about one in the morning, the House-came to a resolution, (after disposing of various amendments) without a dis- senting'voice—M That the letter was a high and flagrant breach oftfie of that House, but a-s it appeared from the evitience of the Ser- jeant at Arms, that the warrant for committing Sir Frauds Burdett to the Tower had been ex- ecuted, the House did not think it necessary to proceed further in the business." J; was agrt-ed that neither the letter nor the arnet.tlmenf should apllf>"r (II! the Journals, t
LONDON, j
LONDON, j The papers in the interest of what is termed the Federal Party, iii flit, United Stales, con- [lain some severe, and a ft parent!}' wel'-tneri- ted, slrictures on the conduct Mr. Madison has pursued with regard to Spaiu. One of their journals, which, at the same lime, re- cords ils instautaneoHs defeat by the American legislature, has the following remarks "It was not sufficient to reject a minister from a nation whose greatest crime consists in fighting in self-defence- The American peo- ple are at last petrified with astonishment to find tkat a bill brought into the national legis- lature contained a provisionapproprialing se- veral thousands of dollars to defray the ex- peuce of an ambassador f m America to Ma- drid-to the usurper Joseph Bouaparte. Just can these things be, and not freeze our blood, and harrow up our souls with in- dignalfon and horror What 1 reject an am- bassador from a friendly uation, and then ab. jectly propose to send an ambassador to a robber who i-s endeavouring to usurp thesove- j reignly of that nation, (for certainly this ap- probation would never have beea mentioned If the thing had not been well understood), it 0 was but too palpable even the indignation of Congress was excited, and a majority im- mediately condemned Ille proposition to poli- tical death 1 It wouUl have disgraced the whole nation. it is said Mf. Gale Jones intends to bring an action against the Keeper of Newgate, for detaining him, in order to try the legality of his commitment. In former cases the Courts have beeo accustomed to consider the warrant of the Speaker a sutncient authority for the Gaoler hut, as it is of great importance that the ex-lent of this authority should be defined and understood, it is to be hoped soiiie means will be contrived for bringing the main ques- tion, namely, the ground on which the war- nv:« issued, under legal discussion. Mr. C.nrran, the Master of the Bolls in Ireland, it is said, will-advocate the process which Sir Francis Burdett is ahout to institute in the Court of King's Betuh against the Speaker of I he House of Commons and the Serjeant at Arms, for break ingopclI his house. Mr. Curran is not regularly of the English Bar but a Barrister, who is a Privy Coun- sellor, we understand, may plead in any of the Courts of the tjntted Kingdom. The Gazelle of Swturdayuight contains the appointment of Henry West Betty (file YoLlll, Koscius) to be Cornet in the Shropshire regi- ment of Yeomanry Cavelry and also the ap- pointment of James Scargill, gentleman ca- det, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign in the 91h regiment of foor. This latter gentleman is the eldest son of Mrs. Mndie, aod brother of the celebrated Miss Mudie, the little wonder, who only appeared I a munth too lale at Covent-Garden, to have eclipsed the Young Hosrius. The Gazelle of Saturday night contains all Order in Council, extending to the 25th of March, 18H, the Iwwcrs of a scrit." of Acls of Parliament relative to the lniporUliou into Gfcat Britain, auly fret, of the following *?~ 1 tides of provision, viz.-Beaiis, tares, I en- tiles, calavaticies, and all other sorts of pulse; bulls, cows, oxen, calves, sheep, lambs, and swine; beef, pork, mutton, veal, and lamb (except salted beef and pork) bacon, hams, tongues, butter, cheese, potatoes, rice, sago, sago powder, tapioca, vermicelli, millet seed, poultry, fowls, eggs, game, and sour crout; in auy British vessel, or in any vessel belong- ing to persons of any State in amity with his Majesty due entry being made of all such articles as aforesaid, which shall be imported, with the proper Officers of the Customs at the port where such importation shall take place. British Naval Force.—The report to the 1st of April, is as follows :-Al sea, ships of the line, 91-Fifties, &c. 1-Fr¡¡?;ates,128 -Sloop,i and Yachts, 42-Bomhs, and Fire ships, 4—Brigs, 29-5choou- ers, &c. 67 "Total. 586.-In commission, 838—Building, &c. 61.-Grand Total, 1118, The person upon whom the French Bmpe*- ror's displeasure has fallen, is a brother of Counsellor Arabia, and son of Mr. A rah in, of Doudalkin, a young- lad, now not more than 18 years of age. He i« a midshipman, not a Colonel, as had been stated, and was wrecked on the coast of France, Hear Calais, ahout two years ago, made a prisoner, and sent to Ver- dun, where he was some time upon his parole, but refusing to parade twice a-day, as a pre- caution against his escape, he was confined a close prisoner in ihe castle,iiot far from the town; from whence he contrived to make hi* escape with some ethers, b.ul was retaken and > confined to Valenciennes. His enterprising • disposition suggested him a plan to escape -rom that prison atso but he was again taken, and iii was determined to send him to a for- tress at a considerable distance. For this pur- pose, advantage was taken of a guard escort- ing a number of conscripts (whom the French papers demerters). To this guard the young Midshipman was committed- In the course of their march he contrived to make them all drunk, and while they were so, he escaped from them., and the conscripts ran off. This was the exploit which is described as en- couraging deserters to overpower the guard Unfortunately he was again taken, and is now closely imprisoned, and in irons. This is the whole conduct, of:t youth of eighteen, which has exasperated the Emperor so far as to threaten a trial by his Court Martial.—.( Dub- lin Correspondent)■ Adtlti was lately fought at Paris between two commedians (Mr. Persqueand Mr. Doule) of the Theatre Francois, in consequence of a quarrel occasioned by jealousy, both having for some time paid their addresses to the same lady. It is not a litle singular that both gal- lants are upwards of sixty years of age, and the object of their teder flame on the verge of seventy. They were attended to the field — the former by his son, the latter by his ne- phew. On the first fire, Mr. Doule, was wounded in the arm, when a reconciliation took place. Thomas Ebtall, who was shot in the shop: of Mr. Goodeve, on Monday, was alive last night, but without the smallest chance of re- covery. The Bulletin <>f his health, posted up yesterday, at twelve o'clock, at Mr-Good ¡ eve's shop-window, waq ars follows. I Thomas lib'all, coru-neter, who was "tot tft IhU shop on vnday morning last., sia.ijjerousty Ii" and the b¡¡i! has not heeu ex trade,?."
"itQM TUE LONDON GAZETTE.
itQM TUE LONDON GAZETTE. SATURDAY, ApRiL 14. DOWMNG-STHEET. APRIL 14. 'Extract a Letter from Vircount Wellington to the Karl of Liverpool^ dated f'i^cs, Jl&rih £1, 1810. The French corps under the command of Mars-hail Nc)., and that under Loisou, and KeHermau'-s corps are in Old Castile, and in positions on the Tonnes, with their advanced pasts upon the Agueda. The advanced posts of the British army, under Brigadier- "Geiiern! Cranfurd, are likewise upon the Ag- ueda, and between that river and the Coa. The French allacked the post at Barba. del Puerco, which was occupied by four compa- nies of the 95th regiment, under Lieutenant- Colonel Beck with, on the night of the 19th i lit( t. Immediately opposite Barba del Puerco, on the other side of the rivers is St. Felices, and between these two villages the only bridge on the Alleda below Ciw'ad Rodrigo; and the recent fit! of rain had filled the river, which was no where fowl a hie. The enemy had collected a brigade; of infan- try at Sl. Folices, and crossed the bridge with six hundred men after dark; keeping the re- mainder on the other side. These followed the piquet of the 95th up from the bridge, and immediately made their attack but they were repulsed with the loss of two Officers and seven men killed, six prisoners and tliii-I v firelocks. I em sorry to add, that Lieutenant Mercer of the 95th, and three men, were killed, and ten were wounded in this affair which was highly creditable to Colonel Beckwith, and displayed the gallantry and discipline of the Officers and troops under his command. The Adjutant-Lieutenant Stewart, distinguished himself.
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BAl\KIWPTS. AllgitsItine Fallon, Hart-street, Blootnsbury, London, wine merchant.—S. E. Mellor, Liver- pool, cotton-dealer.— Forrest, Chester, coin- dealer.—J. Serres, Queen-street, Golden-square, picture-framei-dealer.—T. Palmer, Bristol,jew- eller.—T. Hooker, Mary-Ie-boae-street, Lon-. don, grocer. —rW. G. Russell, Fleet market, Lon- don, dealer,— W. Drury, Canterbury, victualler. G. Prance, Swansea, Glamorgan, linen-draper.— J. Lucas, Bromsgrove, Worcester, timber-mer- chant.-—G. Anderson and G. H. Eades, Bridge- yard-wharf, TooJey-street, Southwark, Surrey, itiercliant.s.A. White, Westmoreland-place, City-road, London, merchant.—J. Brandon and S. Cortissos, Leadenhall-street, London, mer- chaiits.-J. Stevens and Ed. Baker, Whitconibe- street, Middlesex, brewers.—John Ball, Adam I street, Adelphi, Middlesex, au(itioiiee Knight, Calne, Wiltshire, clothier and dyer.— Thomas Waller, Canterbury-place, Surrey, fal- low-chandler.—-Thomas Boyd, Maida-h'11, Edg- ware-road, Middlesex, shopkeeper,—J. Hartley, Manchester, grocer.—James Davies, Ledbury, Herefordshire, glass and eartjienwareraao*
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PROCLAMATION; N The late tumults were on Tuesday Btlitef discussion m the Privy Council, and the fill;, lowing froclamatiou was published on Wed. i uesday GEORGE R. Whereas a great number of disorderly pergoo, have, the tour lasi day s, assembled thi!>n* selves together in a riotous and tumultuous man* tier,and have been guilty of many acts of outrage, having attacked the houses of IUèWV of our toys subjects in ueveral parts of our C-ity of West' minster, and having tired at and wounded several ofotii- subjects employed by ihe Civil Magistrate* in keeping our peace, and in preventing sirch all, lawful proceedings: We, therefore, taking 1.110 same into our most serious consideration, aod fully (ittei-iiiiiie(i oil our j)art to ti,e all means in our power to protect the lives and 1)(1), perties of our loyal subjects, to preserve til8 public peace. and to bring to condign pumshnitt'f the autho^-of such violence, liaie thought by and with the advice of our Privy Council, issue this our Royal Proclamation, and thei-ehl strictly to charge and exhort all our lovalsub" jeets to give their assistance in discoun enaucJ" £ and suppressing all illegal outrages and élSseHI- blies, ami to give aU information to our Mag 5* ■ trates by which the disturbers of otir I)eace ill,,Y be brought to punishment And wc do. herebi enjoin and require all Justices of the Peace, St." Constables, and a;; oiile our lomg subjects, to be aiding and assisting'' f <he utmost of their power in stil) illegal :ifJdtulllulwous as"cmbf¡es, alid j¡¡ detect. ing; 'apprehending, and bringing to justice tM persons concerned m assembling or instigating 1 iiHe same,-and guil ty of any of the violences ab<>vt' j menfiionedi.. And for the better detect ion* of f'lt! i,orgoii,s!-i-iied in firing ut lid j wound ing our said subjects employed b/the Cid ] Magistrates in keeping our peace, and in prevent- pleased to promise, that if any person shalt ¡lIS- cover auy other person or persons who, direc''? i or indirectly, was or were concerned in firing 3 J and wounding any of our subjects as aforesa' so as that the person or persons discovered lH"? I he prosecuted for the same, such discoverer sli^1! have and receive, as a reward, upon conviction0 such offender or offenders, the Sum of JSHGO. a'1 also our gracious pardon for the said otfVnce, I case the person making such discovery shall h'"1' self be liable to be proseeu'ed for the siim-. a"|j slnll not be one of the persons who actually at, or wounded any of our lo ving subjects as a'°'re' said. otir Court at the. Queen's Palace, th1' If)th day of April, IS 10, in the 50th year of olll Reign, GO D SAVE THE K ING.
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THE LATE DiSTLJUiANCSS. A Coroner's Inquest was held at the KW Head, James-street, Westminster, oil day, 011 the body of James Pledge, who di^ in the W est minster Hospital ou Friday ing, in consequence of a wound lie recelVt! April, shot off by a soldier of the Life The evidence on this occasion was given pf"1'' cipally by the companion of the decease'1' who staled, that about half past ten he a'1, the deceased were standing at the top of t-urt'» Court, leading into Jermyiwtreet, ihe str«jc j at his time having been nearly cleared off' people, as far as Ihe top of the Haymarke.' —While they were slant-ling peaceably 'n. situation, two gcuUemcu a¡¡ Gut of J(c:: diily, »nd Raid, Jhu sMtid'^rs nr>.i coiv.ii'S' they ran to the bottom of the court: a sol0'^ rode by the top of the court, but turi> round,' on seeing the people there, he levels his pistol at them, and shot his compaui* The evidence stated, that at the time the p's' tol was fired there was not the least disturÛ" atice in the Court. Mr. White, surgeon, of Parliament-strec/J who attended the deceased, slated, that 11 passing up York-street, St. Jailles,iqual'e, oil Saturday night, he was met by some men running down the street, exclaiming a man was shot in Jerinyn-street. taw a number of people assisting in carry'1'^ off the man, who was taken to an apothe^ ry's house in the street r that he went to 1" house and inquired concerning the accide^ and offered Ins assistance; that he foOH" j' '0' bullet had entered the left side, and he ttlSCI f) vered it lying near the spine, from whence extracted it. Mr. White sent the man to W9 minster Hospital, where every possible ask- ance was administered that for three or If j days the bad symloms yielded to treatment, but on Thursday morning d fieut began to sink, and expired on Fri" afternoon. The deceased was 18 years Y,,Ii.qtrc -The Jury returned a verdict of Wilful 1^" der against a Life Guards-man unknown. The following affidavit was made on Sal' day by Mr. -Ebrall, iiv consequence of the c'^ cuiation of some reports injurious to his racier as a loyal subject :— St. Thomas's lioil)i,al, Abraham's W8JV: St. stan, in 'he city or London, do make oath, r on Monday last, the 9th of April, about the of one o'clock, I was wounded in the breast b? pistol or carbine shol, while standing in thes^ of Mr. Goodeve, corner of Mincing-lane, fe church-st.reef.. And! do further make oath, that I did 0 molest nor provoke the military, eilher by tilroo" ing bricks, stones, dirt, &c. or by hooting hissing at (hem, 01 by any oihei means whai+'v gi nor did I give encouragement to others to do Sworn before uie, one of his Majesty's of the Peace for the county of Surrey, this > cay of April, 1810. JOHxN PiJSHORN. The L THO. X KLiUAi> Witness JOHN TAYLOR. Gno. GOODEVE. Twos. WILTSHIRE.. The hallhy which Mr. libra 11 was shot 1' sed close to the collar hone VMI the right and lodged in a muscle near the shoulder ",hIC.. deprived him of the use of his arm, and counts for hisonly making his miirk. !!J C,ct. sidering his case, the Surgeons H\lc;H),\I II Thomas's Hospilal were of op.ioio.n t'ic !f couid not-be extracted with safely, blit the patient might recover. Every day the week gave fresh hopes of his case vj1 Saturday morning, when a considerable a1 f at ion look place for the worse in the sla'ejO the wound. Those friends who bad ac<tf»s him were denied admittance. The only 1 ,vt he yvas puttered to do was to mnke the allidavit,; but which c-on!d have been pj poiied until a more convenient op.poirtupdy^. j not ihe slate oflns health reuiieiwi it neCi:!> I ry lo he douc al upce-