noise, ran down to the street; and the former seeing the way the prisoners had gone, followed and retook them. They submissively agreed to go with them to confinement; but when they had reached the middle of the street, the officers were surrounded by a great number, who charged them with fixed bayo. nets in every direction. The majordid his utmost to bear down their bayonets on the left, and captain John Grant, jun. was near him on the right, equally active. The mu. tineers, like cowards, were encouraging one another to push on, and had enclosed the three officers in a narrow compass, when one of the most violent approaching the lieu.. tenant-colonel's breast, and threat. ening to run him through, he was under the necessity of pulling out a pistol, and presenting it at his head. The fellow immediately stooped, and the whole fell back, as if they had received the word of command. Many of the officers had by this time joined, and order was soon restored; they were paraded at the dock, the mutiny ar. ticles read, and a forcible speech made to them by the lieutenant. colonel. They were then ordered, as a mark of returning duty and allegiance, to face to the right and march under the colours, which was instantly complied with. The ranks were then opened, and six of the ringleaders picked out, sent to the guard under an escort, and the affair reported to the commander in chief. The regiment has since received a route to march to be encamped on the sea coast. This evening, between 4 19th. and 5, as the workmen were employed in pulling down three houses in Bridewell, New Bridge.

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street, formerly occupied by the arts-masters, but which were to be made into prisons, they suddenly gave way.

This melancholy event was caused, in part, from removing the main beams below without shoring up the buildings in a proper manner, but principally from a violent and momentary gush of wind. It is supposed that between 12 and 15 men were buried in the ruins, six were got out very soon; two of them not much bruised, but the others considerably hurt, who were immediately sent to the hospital. In the evening two more were dug out alive, but very dangerously hurt; and two others have since been found, who appeared to have been killed on the spot. The walls which, from the dangerous state after the fall of the houses, threat ened further destruction, were next morning pulled down.

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This morning, Isdwell, Clarke, and Sharpe, con victed in May sessions of different forgeries, were executed in the Old Bailey. Isdwell, for the forgeries on the stamp-office, died worth upwards of 3000l. He con.. fessed a short time before his death, that he and his associates had committed forgeries on the bank of Denmark to a large amount,

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Birmingham. Yesterday a

bout noon, a mob of 1000 people assembled before the mill and bakehouse of Mr. Pickard, of Snow-hill, in this town, on account of the dearness of provisions, cry ing out" a large loaf; are we to be starved to death?" and present. ly demolished the windows, window cases, shutters, and doors to the front of the bakehouse, which some of them entered. The acting magistrates

magistrates of this town, W. Hicks, and W. Villers, esqrs. however, be ing informed of it, repaired to the place and called out the military; and the riot act being read, the mob were appeased, and order again restored, insomuch that all the mi. litary, except a guard of twelve men, who were left at the mill, were ordered to their quarters, with directions, however, to lie on their arms, and assemble at the sound of trumpet.. About eight o'clock at night the people became more riotous, and threw stones at the guard before the mill, upon which three were taken into custody, and escorted by a file of men to the dungeon. As they were conducting thither, the escort were assailed with stones and brick-bats, and a a rescue apprehended; which two of the soldiers fired and killed one man of the name of Allen, and wounded another dangerously in the breast with a bail, who now lies in our hospital. There are five in custody for being active in the mob.

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A printed hand-bill, of an inAammatory nature, has been cir. culated in the streets this morning. The magistrates have offered a reward of 100 guineas for the discovery of the author.

A murder was committed at Kew, on the bodies of an oid man and his wife, who resided in newlane, and with whom it appears the murderer, who used to work in the gardens about that neigh. bourhood, was in the habits of the greatest intimacy. The old people, who lived on a small independent income, frequently assisted the wretch, who afterwards proved their agassin, with the loan of lit tle sums of money, some of which

not having repaid, the old woman refused to lend him any more, when he went to her for that pur. pose last night, about to o'clock, at which time her husband, being somewhat indisposed, was gone to bed. The villain, finding he could not prevail on her, went up stairs to the old man, who, it is sup. posed, also denied him, as he immediately murdered him in the most shocking manner with a ham. mer, and the old woman, hearing the groans of her dying husband, was hastening to his assistance, when the villain met her, and with the same instrument shattered her head in so dreadful a degree, that she expired soon after. The neigh. bours, alarmed by the noise, got into the house and secured the murderer. He was taken before the magistrates at the police-office, at Union-hall, in the Borough, where he underwent an examina tion, the result of which was, his being fully committed to take his trial for the murders at the next assizes for the county of Surrey.

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Birmingham. Tranquillity

is restored to this town and neighbourhood. The king's own dragoons are returned to their quarters from Dudley, Stourbridge, and Bromsgrove, except about thirty men, who have been left at the latter place on account of its being fair-day.

The following hand-bill was cir. culated, in counteraction of a very seditious one calling the people to arms.

"Brother artificers and fellow townsmen, for our own credit, safe. ty, and happiness, let us reverence the magistrates, and the laws of the land. Rioting can do no good, but may do much mischief, and

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increase the town rates, already too heavy to be borne; and as there is no answering for the conduct of armed men, when insulted on their duty, my advice is, to keep out of the way. It is the sight of a large crowd of curious persons that en. courages the real rioters, who would be afraid to act if left in the street by themselves. Let every peaceable man, therefore, stay in his own house, and there keep his servants and children, and, my word for it, the rioting will immediately cease."

The intense cold which set in on Thursday night the 18th, there is great reason to apprehend, will materially check the progress of vegetation; and from the in. formation already come to hand, much mischief has been done among the flocks, just shorn of their wool, and deprived of that warm clothing which from the unseasonable severity of the weather was then so peculiarly necessary. At Broadchalk, Wilts, near 2000 sheep perished, about half of which were the property of one farmer; and 120 at Downton: 120 were killed at Steeple-Langford, the greater part of which suffered from the hail-storm; Mr. Russel, near Shaftsbury, lost no less than 300; 60 were lost in Coombe and its neigh bourhood; 100 at Place-farm, Swallow-clift; and a great many at Cedford, and on almost all the farms around Salisbury Plain. In short, it is computed that one fourth of the flocks in Wiltshire are destroyed by this sudden and Unexpected calamity.

26th.

Earl Fitzwilliam, attend. ed by lord George Cavendish, and Mr. Beresford, attended by sir George Montgomery, met in

a field near Tyburn turnpike, to settle an unhappy dispute, which had arisen in the late political quarrel about places and pensions. Just as the principals had taken their ground at twelve paces distance, a magistrate with peace offi cers came up and prevented any further proceedings.

DIED.-8 h. At Paris, in his 11th year, Louis XVII. only son of the late king of France. This important event was thus announced to the national convention by Sevestre, in the name of the committee of public safety: "For some time the son of Capet had been troubled by a swelling of the right knee, and an other of the left wrist. His appetite failed, and he was at length attacked by a fever. The celebrated Dessault was appointed to visit and attend him; his talents and his probity convinced us, that none of the attentions due to humanity would be spared. Dessault died on the 16th of this month, June 4; and your committee appointed as his successor citizen Pelletan, a very distinguished officer of health; citizen Demanger, first physician of the hospital of health, was added to the former. Faithful to the principles of humanity, your committee neglected nothing to re-establish the health of the sick youth. The disease, however, manifested alarm. ing symptoms. At eleven yester. day morning, the bulletin delivered to us announced great and immediate danger; and this morn ing, at a quarter past two, we were apprized of young Capet's death.

I propose that the minute in which it is entered may be deposited in the national archives." Decreed, The above report to be inserted in the bulletin. Louis XVII. was

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born on the 27th of March, 1785. His surviving sister was born December 19th, 1780. Monsieur (now Louis XVIII.) has just enter. ed the 41st year of his age.

25th. The Rev. William Romaine, rector of St. Anne's, Blackfriars, and lecturer of St. Dunstan's in the West, in his 81st year. Mr. Romaine was a native of Hartle. pool, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took the degree of M. A. October 15, 1737. In 1749, he succeeded Dr. Terrick as lecturer of St Dunstan's in the West. In 1751 he was chosen lec. turer of astronomy at Gresham col. lege, a place which he soon resign. ed. He afterwards became rector of St. Anne's Blackfriars, which he held until his death.

JULY.

Yesterday Jonathan Jones, 1st. William Tilley, George Hard. wick, James Haydon, John Henley, John Delany, William Heanlon, Simon Jacobs, John Solomon, John Philips, and Charles Croswell, were severally indicted for felony, in aiding and abetting Isdwell Isdwell in an attempt to escape from New Prison, Clerkenwell.

The first witness on the part of the prosecation was Mr. Newport, head-keeper of the gaol, who proved the warrant of commitment against Isdwell. Roberts, his deputy, concurred in the same point, and also said that he knew not of the plan designed between Isdwell and his turnkeys, one of whom (Day) on his examination, said, that being induced by the promise of a large sum, he went with Isdwell to Artil. lery-lane, to see, as Isdwell said, a

sick aunt, who wished to see him. When they arrived there, three of the prisoners, James Haydon, John Henley, and William Heanion, seized him, and wrested from him a blunderbuss, which was fired off in the dark, by which Isdwe I was killed, and he himself wounded.

Berard Solomon, the next wit. ness, said, he lived servant with Mrs. Isdwell; that he of en went with messages to Isdwell; that he had been sent to Gosport for Jona. than Jones, who was Mrs. Isdwell's uncle; that Jones came to town, and took lodgings for her in Artil. lery-lane.-On Good Friday, the day on the evening of which Isdwell was killed, he observed that Mrs. Isdwell had set out her bed. room with a number of phials and other apparatus, so as to give the room the appearance of a sick person being there; he saw Jacobs, Hardwick, Haydon, and Philips, in the house previous to the accident: he opened the door when Isdwell and Day came, and some time after he heard the report of a blunderbuss; after which, he surrendered himself to the people, who came into the house in consequence of the alarm.

Many other witnesses corroborated this evidence, and also iden tified the persons of the remaining prisoners.

The prisoners brought many respectable people, who gave them very good characters.

When the judge had summed up the evidence, the jury, after having retired for a short time, brought in their verdict, Jonathan Jones, William Tilley, and John Delany

Not guilty; George Hardwick, James Haydon, John Henley, WilLiam Heanlon, Simon Jacobs, John Solomon,

Some disgraceful tumults, 12th. which commenced at Char. ing-cross this night, originated from the following cause. A fifer, of the name of Lewis, went to the King's. Arms public house, and called for some beer; the man of the house, seeing him in liquor, refused it to him, on which a quarrel ensued, and Lewis was turned out. He scon collected a mob, on whom he imposed a tale of his companion having been crimped in the house, and then con. fined in the cellar, and that he with difficulty escaped. The people, indignant, forgot that respect to the laws of their country which should at all times govern their con. duct, and giving way to the impulse of the moment, broke open the door, and destroyed every article of furniture that the house contained : when thas employed for about two hours the military appeared, and they dispersed. Lewis was, how. ever, taken into custody, and after. examination on Tuesday at Bow. street, committed to Newgate, to take his trial for the offence.

The mob again assembled at Charing-cross, and on being dri. ven from thence and Downingstreet, where it is stated they broke some of Mr. Pitt's windows, they preceeded to St. George's Fields, where they gutted a recruiting house near the Obelisk, and like. wise destroyed by fire the furniture belonging to one Edwards, a but. ther. The horse guards, the City and Borough associations, and Lam. beth volunteers, at length arrived, headed by a magistrate, who read the riot act, but with no effect, when the horse guards gallopped

many, and severely wounded others. The military remained under arms all night.

A very large mob again assembled about the Royal George recruiting house, in St. George's Fields, on Tuesday evening, took from the house that part of the furniture which they had not destroyed on the preceding evening, and burnt it in the road; the timely arrival of three companies of the foot guards, a detachment consist. ing of the life guards, and as many of the Surry fencibles, prevented any further mischief: one had his hand cut off by a life. guard's-man, who was severely wounded by a brick which was thrown at him; and we are in.. formed that a pistol was discharged at the soldiers.

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This day came on, at Chelmsford, the trial of Miss Anne Broadrick, for the mur. der of Mr. Errington, a Barrister. It appeared, by the opening of the counsel for the crown, that she had been kept by Mr. Erring ton for twelve years.-The defence set up was the insanity of the priso ner; and which was very clearly proved by a variety of witnesses. particularly her servants, trades. people, and persons acquainted with her family. The unhappy woman was accordingly acquitted, to the apparent satisfaction of a very crowded court.