did come to the door of the room where I was confined, and faid the Secretary of State was not in town, but when he came my wrongs would be redreffed; but I have had no redrefs. My Lords, is the offence of which I am accufed bailable ?" Ld. K. answered, "It is." "Then, my Lords, I have bail ready. Ld. K." The court can do no lefs now than commit you to Newgnte; if you mean to put in bail, you must give notice of your intention to the Solicitor for the profecution, that due inquiry may be made into the fufficiency of the bail."Lloyd then faid he had fome obfervations to make. Lord K. could not hear any obfervations. "My Lord (faid L.) mine are to the point." Lord K. "The only point at prefent is, whether the court are to commit you both to Newgate; you can have Do obfervation to make that will prove the court ought not to do fo." "My Lord, I'll support my obfervations by authorities." Lord K. "Take them to Newgate, charged with this information." L. then exclaimed, "Are thefe the boafted laws of this country?" To which L. K. anfwered, "The laws of this country afford protection to every fubject, but are not to be trampled on by any D-take them away." The Attorney-genetal faid, he did not mean to take up the time of the court a moment unneceffarily but that, as a public allegation had been made of a petition being prefented to the Secretary of State, he though it his duty to fay, that on the day that peuition was prefented he had himself made inquiry into it, and found that every allegation contained in it was wholly untrue." They were committed to Newgate.

22.] About five minutes before twelve o'clock this day, a moft dreadful accident happened at a cotton manufactory belonging to Meff. Clavcen and Gafkill, Macclesfield. A great part of the roof of that extenfive building fell in, while all the hands were at work, owing to the timber's drawing from the walls. A great number of perfons are buried in the ruins. Several perfons have been taken out dead, and many alive, but greatly bruifed. It is fuppofed that about 50 or 60 men, women and children, were under the roof at the inftant when it fell in. Only 16 are found. The cries of thofe buried are exceedingly diftreffing. All posible means are ufing to liberate the living and dig out the dead. One part of the front wall was apparently falling every moment; which prevented the populace from giving any affiftance for upwards of two hours. The wind being extremely high, threatened every moment to blow down an adjacent part of the building. Several thousands of Feople were affembled on the alarm. A brave Irishman, at the hazard of his life, was determined to liberate two men whom he perceived crying out for help, which was foon afforded them. The populace, animated by his example, lent their affitance. Every furgeon in town chearfully rendered his be fervices. One man and one child were found with their heads fevered from their todies, and bruifed in a fhocking manner.

Lately, in a country town, were married a couple, whole joint ages amount to ico, but were iomewhat unequally divided. The bridegroom was aged 81, and the bride 19.

In the fame place was celebrated a marriaze fill

more fingular. The bride was a young woman? the bridegroom, who was not less than 90, thus addreffed the clergyman, when he was going to perform the ceremony Fifty years fince,” faid he, "in obedience to the first great command to increase and multiply, I was married by your grandfather; at this time I expected to have had a grandson able and willing to fupply my place; but I find myself again compelled to come forward in my own perfon, as my grandfon is too much of a fine gentleman to have any regard for the interefts of fociety, and is too deeply engaged in the career of fashionable diffipation to be qualified for the difcharge of fo important a duty."

Monday fe'nnight, a fellow had the au dacity to make an attempt on the Brighton Banking-houfe, fo early as fix in the evening. He had let himfelf in at the front door, and had locked it, but before he could find his way into the room where the cafh is kept, he was heard and difcovered by a fervant-maid who was in the houfe alone, and who, it is thought, the robber would have fecured, till he had affected his purpose, but for the fidelity of a pointer dog, who feized him as he was following the girl into the kitchen, which afforded her time to get out at the back door and call fome perfons to her affiftance; but before they arrived, the villain had difengaged himself from the dog, and made his ef– стре.

An extraordinary Faft.-A hound bitch, be longing to the Kivington hunt, near Bolton, during the chace, pupped four whelps, which she carefully covered in a rush aisle, and immediately afterwards joined the pack.-Shortly afterwards the pupped another, which he carried in her mouth during the remainder of a hard chace of many miles, to the great aftonishment of a number of spectators; after which the returned to the place where the had dropped the four.

24.] A melancholy accident happened at Buckfatleigh, Devon: Mr. Tucker, a gentleman farmer, his wife, and four children, dined on fome pork and greens, dreffed in a copper boiler, that had not been properly cleaned by the fervant: the deleterious effect of the verdegrife, which had been extracted from the copper by its being left wet after dreffing fome falt meat, had ite dreadful effect on Mr. Tucker, who died the fame evening, and Mrs. Tucker the next morning. The four children are not expected to fur¬

vive.

A few days ago Mr. Southam, furgeon and man-midwife, of Buckingham, was called upon to attend a woman in labour at fome distance from that town. As night was coming on, he defired the man who came for him to accommodate him as a guide. In paffing over Chetwood common, both he and his horfe were fuddenly encompatted by a very luminous meteor, of a circular form: the fingularity of the appearance artled Mr. Southam a little, and frightened the countryman. Southam, however, being a philofophical mon, with pretty good nerves, contemplated the vapour (if fo it might be called) with coolness, and afked his companion if he faw it? Ele replied, "Yes, I fees it plain enough.

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whilft his own horfe ftood ftill. The man did fo, feveral times, and it ftill furrounded Mr. Southam and his horfe. He then defired the man to go before his hoife; he did, and faw no light; then behind, and faw it clearly. Not knowing how to account for it, Mr. S. fancying it might be electric fire, covered his fpurs with his great coat, they being the only metal appendages about him: but ftill the appearance was the fame, and continued thus for the space of a mile, and never vanished till he got into a lane.

25.] Between five and fix this morning, a terrible fire broke out in the houfe of Charles Schreiber, Efq in the occupation of Mrs. Warden, on Forty-hill, Enfield, which in three hours time deftroyed the whole building, with the greateft part of the furniture. The family providentially escaped unhurt.

27.] At a court of Lieutenancy the Lord Mayor, Sir Watkin Lewes, Alderman Newnham, and a number of other members, attended. The official bufinefs being tranfacted, the court refolved, that the officers and privates of the London militia fhould hold themfelves in readiness upon a fhort notice, to be under arms, if neceflary, for the fuppreflion of riots and tumults.

This day the author of the rights of Man caufed a bill to be filed in his Majesty's High court of Chancery against a perfon, for having defrauded him of the profits arifing from the fale of his publications. Liberty of the prefs and rights of man, operating against himself, do not feem agreeable to this worthy patriot.

29.] The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and common council, of the city of London, have this day approved themselves the firm and decided friends of our happy conftitution. The Lord Mayor, in a speech replete with manly firmness, reprefented to the court the neceffity of fupporting the King and conftitution; and the court, overflow ing with a fpirit of loyalty, felt the force of this recommendation. A feries of refolves was propofed, and unanimoully voted, by which the power of government muft of course be confiderably ftrengthened and the example, we doubt not, will extend to the remoteft corner of the Empire.

30] There is but one European who has ever penetrated China as far as Pekin; and that European is an Englishman, who now refides in the vicinity of Bromley, in Kent. The story is as follows:-This gentleman had fo long refided at Canton in the character of a factor, that he was a perfect master of the Chinese language, and entirely converfant with, and asimilated to the manners of the country. Having formed a ftrict intimacy with fome Chinese merchants who made an anuual vifit to Pekin, it was agreed among them that he should accompany them to theImperial refidence as a Chincfe. He accordingly did fo, and proceeded with them to the metropolis without

obftacle or interruption. The very first morning after his arrival at Pekin, he was disturbed by a noife at the door of his apartment, and the abrupt entrance of fone Chinese foldiers. They thewed him the merchants, his friends, hanging on a gallows before his window; and, without Alying a word to him, they placed him in a kind

of litter, brought for the purpofe, with a fingle aperture at the top for light and air; and in this fituation accompanied by a guard, he was conveyed back to Canton with more hafte than he came. He was treated with no other feverity; but what is very extraordinary is that this gentleman, who is well informed on all fubjects, will indulge no one's curiofity on this, farther than the recital of this anecdote. He fcrupulously avoids all questions concerning China, and the objects which he mut unavoidably have obferved in his journey from Canton to Pekin.

Dec 8.] Yesterday at noon, a board was held at the admiralty office, Charing Crofs, when upwards of 20 captains and lieutenants received commitions which, with thofe given fince Monday, amount to upwards of 100.

The commodore in the Medway is ordered immediately to be in readiness, and on Saturday orders were iffued from the admiralty, for the of ficers of the guard ships to return to their duties.

Four houles of rendezvous are opened for entering failors; two of the houses are on TowerHill, and two in Wapping.

Two houses of rendezvous for entering fails, to man his majefty's ships lately put into com miflion, have alfo opened at Portsmonth.

The hoyfes of rendezvous opened at Wapping and Tower-hill, have as yet only for their objec the railing 5000 feamen, to man the flips appointed for the foreign ftations. Whether mare enlarged and vigorous meafures will become neceffary, remains to be feen.

Yesterday a board was held at the War-office, which fat four hours. The different meilengers belonging to the office were ordered into waiting. The 3d and 11th reg. dragoons were ordered to aflemble on Hounflow-heath, and five other reg. were alfo ordered to be within one hour's march of the metropolis.

On Friday, part of the 10th reg. of lighthorfe arrived at Greenwich, and the remun will follow them in a few days, as the whole reg. is to be ftationed there and at Deptford. And en Saturday morning early, another company of atillery from Woolwich marched into the Tower, to augment that garrison.

Great preparations of defence are making the Tower, which is fortifying on all fies. Three hundred artillery men and engineers here been at work there for the last three days in digging entrenchments, raifing parapets, and mounting the cannon on the walls.

A redoubt has been thrown up at the Towar ftairs, by which the entrance to them is fo much narrowed, that only two or three perfons can pas

at a time,

Several pieces of cannon have been brought from Woolwich to the duke of Richmond's yard, in Privy Gardens, and several others to be brought up from that place, thirty-fix of which will be placed in the Park.

Yesterday morning the London militia were mustered in the artillery ground, and reviewed by the right hon. the lord mayor, and their general officers. The lord mayor gave ten guineus among the men to drink his majefty king George the Third's health.

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The regiment of London militia, confifting of 300 men, are now imbodied for three months, one, hundred of which are on duty at Guildhall every night; this corps can, in cafe of neceflity, be encreased to 600 rank and file.

"Thefe, gentlemen, are my fentiments and it shall be my only boaft, as it is the character of the Whig Club, Never to flacken my efforts in adversity, nor to forget my principles in profperity.'

Lord Simpel, a lieutenant in the 3d regiment of foot guards, received notice on Saturday from the fecretary at war, that the king had no further occafion for his fervice; lord Edward Fitzgerald is alfo difcharged from the military department, they having joined the Revolution Society.

Colonel Dalrymple and colonel M'Cleod have left the army, his majefty having fignified his royal pleasure to this effect. Col. M'Cleod raised a regiment at his own expence while ferving in India, where he received no less than fix wounds. Col. Dalrymple has for a feries of years ferved with eclat, but is now prefident of the Glasgow Affociation.

A most numerous meeting of the Whig Club was held at the London Tavern.

Mr. Fox in the Chair.

Mr. Fox gave the ufual toafts; after which, lord Spencer gave Mr. Fox, whofe health was drank by the company with acclamati

ons,

Mr. Fox faid, "I rife, gentlemen, to thank you for the very kind and flattering manner in which you have drank my health. The circumftances of the times, and the extraordinary meafures of which you have been the witneffes demand, perhaps, of every public man, an explicit declaration of his principles.

"I declare then, that I am attached to The houfe of Brunswick'-Because I hope, because I believe, that They will never forget the principles which placed their family upon the throne of Great Britain.'

"For the fame reafon I am attached to The conftitution, according to the principles afferted at the revolution.'

"It follows, therefore, that I am, and I declare myself to be an advocate for The Rights of the people,' upon whofe Rights alone can, in my opinion, be founded any real, found, and legitimate government, fince the very end and object of all just government is the fecurity, freedom and happiness of the people.

"For this reafon I think it the duty of every citizen, whatever may be his ftation, to exert himself in procuring every improvement of our form of government, of which it is fufceptible, and to aflist in meliorating the condition of the people in the utmoft, from which it follows, that I fhall ever act moft cordially and ftedfaftly with The friends of freedom.'

I trust we fhall be ready To bleed like Hampden in the field or like Sidney on the feaffold.'

"Ihearlily wish that the names of Ruffell and Cavendish, may be ever united in defence of the liberties of their country.

Dec. 13.] This day his Majefty came to the Houfe in the usual state, and delivered the following fpeech from the throne.

"My Lords and Gentlemen,

"Having judged it neceffary to embody a part of the militia of this kingdom, I have, in purfuance of the provifions of the law, called you together within the time limited for that purpose; and it is on every account a great fatisfaction to me to meet you in parliament at this conjunc

ture.

"I should have been happy if I could have announced to you the fecure and undisturbed continuance of all the bleffings which my fubjects have derived from a ftate of tranquillity; but events have recently occurred, which require our united vigilance and exertion, in order to preferve the advantages which we have hitherto enjoyed.

"The feditious practices which had been in a great measure checked by your firm and explicit declaration in the laft feffion, and by the general concurrence of my people in the fame fentiments, have of late been more openly renewed, and with increased activity.

"A fpirit of tumult and disorder, the natural confequence of fuch practices, has fhewn itself in acts of riot and infurrection, which required the interpofition of a military force in fupport of the civil magiftrate; the industry employed to excite difcontent on various pretexts, and in different parts of the kingdom, has appeared to proceed from a defign to attempt the deftruction of our happy conftitution, and the fubverfion of all order and government; and this defign. has evidently been purfued in connection and concert with per fons in foreign countries.

"I have carefully obferved a tria neutrality in the prefent war on the continent, and have uniformly abftained from any interference with refpect to the internal affairs of France; but it is impoffible for me to fee, without the moft ferious uneafinefs, the strong and increafing indications which have appeared there, of an intention to excite disturbances in other countries, to difregard the rights of neutral nations, and to purfuc views of conqueft and aggrandifement, as well as to adopt towards my allies the States General (who have oblerved the fame neutrality with my felf) meatures which are neither conformable to the law of nati ons, nor for the pofitive ftipulation. of existing

treaties

or the purpose of enforcing the laws, and prefervg the peace of the neighbourhood, are happy at he opportunity now offered, of testifying our ref✰ and affection for our brethren of the catholic ligion. We come, fir, in the prefence of Him, hom we together have worshipped this day, of im, who is the common father of catholic and oteftant, to offer you, in the fincerity of our carts, the band of friendship-from this moment, ay uninterrupted harmony prevail in the land! ivide and conquer, is a maxim as old as tyranny felf.

<< Who is prefent that has not heard or read of e mifery brought on this unhappy country, by le difunion of its inhabitants? Our forefathers ho were actors and fufferers in the tragic fcene, e gone to reit-with them be buried the diftrufts, e jealoufies, and the prejudices which hurried many of them to an untimely grave, and tailed fo much mifery on their pofterity, &c. C."

Belfast, Dec. 12.] This morning the delegates om the Catholics of Ireland arrived in town, on eir way to London, charged with the petition of at numorous and refpectable body of people › his majesty as foon as it was known they ad arrived, a great number of the citizens waited n them, and after breakfast, the populace being cquainted with the nature of their embafly, afembled in crowds, and, on their departure, took he horses from their carriage, and drew them hrough the town, and over the Long Bridge, on heir way to Donaghadee, and on parting hailed hem with three cheers-wishing them fuccefs, kc. &c.

Cork, Dec. 17.] Some days ago, a porter, amed Daniel Bryan, who lived on the Courfe, and had been ill for fome time of a fever, being fuppofed to have died, was laid out and waked in the ufual prepofterous manner; when, to the great aftonishment of the bye-ftanders, he revivd, after being apparently dead for near two days. He however died in ten days after, in confequence, probably, of the treatment he met with. This is mentioned as a caution against hafty burials, for which this country is fo infamous.

We hear from Charleville, that a young woman was buried there, within twenty-four hours from her fuppofed death, which had been rather fudden. The day after the interment, a female friend having vifited her grave, heard a noife in it; upon opening it, he was found warm, with a high complexion, and drops of fweat trickling down her temples; yet she was inftantly re-committed to the grave by her unnatural relations, without the leaft effort to recover her.

DUBLIN, Dec. 3, 1792.

THE catholic delegates met at the Taylor's-hall Back-lane, to confult on the best mode of carrying into effect the measure for which they were chofen. To prepare a petition to the Legiflature, aying before them the humble request of all the atholics of Ireland, that in confequence of their ried loyalty, and long-continued uninterrupted good conduct, they may be admitted to the rank of

citizens, and fhare, in common with their countrymen, the advantages of the conftitution. 4] Saturday morning, Mr. M. Dowling, an eminent attorney, and Mr. Burrough, private Sec. to Mr. Hobart, failed for Holyhead, to fettle an affair of honour, and this morning Mr. Dowling arrived at his houfe in Longford-Areet, perfectly fafe.-Two shots were fired by the parties happily without any ill effect-The combatants acquitted themfelves in every inftance like gentle, men and men of courage.

A. H. Rowan, Efq; acted as a fecond to Mr. Dowling, and Major Cradock, as the friend of Mr. Burrough.

The origin of this affair is faid to have arofe at the Theatre fome weeks fince.

Shortly after the caufe of quarrel took place, the friends of the parties got them bound to keep the peace. Thus it became neceffary to decide the affair in another kingdom.

10.] Lord Vif Clonmel came to the commif fion court of Oyer and Terminer, in the King'sBench, to pafs fentence of death upon the two Walshes, father and fon, for opening letters that had been put into the post-office, and taking bills. thereout which they negociated.

The cafe of thefe unfortunate people lay over from the laft commiflion, on a point of law made by George J. Browne, Efq. " that the crime of the prifoners having been made a felony fubfequent to the date of the commiffion, under which the court fat, it was incompetent to pronounce fentence upon them."

This motion in arreft of judgment was overruled by his lordship. Walsh the younger affect. ed to be in a high fever,-but as the phyfician of the jail declined to certify, and as he had availeḍ himself of a fimilar complaint before, his lordship was pleased to order him up, when he palled fen tence of death on the father and fon.

11] The right hon. the lord mayor received an official letter from Mr. Hobart, informing hi lordship that a commiffion is now making out to array a militia in the city of Dublin, which com miffion fhall be directed to his lordship and the other magistrates, and the plan will be put into effect with the utmost expedition that legal forms will admit.

It is now upwards of forty years fince there was a militia in this city, though it must be admitted there is an exifting act of parliament for that express purpose. The embodying them, however, will induce an additional expence on the inhabitants for the fupport of the establishment.

13.] Yesterday one hundred and twenty-three convicts (ninety-two male and thirty-one female) were conveyed in carts from the new prifon, under an efcort of two troops of horse and two companies of foot, to the end of the North wall, where they were put into lighters, which carried them below the Pigeon-house; they were embarked on board the Hibernia, belonging to this port, which has been chartered to deliver them in the harbour of Cork, on board a king ship, in order to be tranfported to Botany Bay.

As they were conveying from the new Frifon to the water's fide, one of them leaped out of the

cart