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was loudly hooted and groaned at when he was taken from Bow-street Office.

In the course of the day, further arrests took place. Among others secured is a man of the name of Brunt-who is stated to have been second in command to Thistlewood. He was apprehended at his lodgings in Fox-court, Gray's-inn-laue ; in his room a vast quantity of handgrenades, and other combustibles, were found. These were charged with powder, pieces of old iron, &c., calculated, upon explosion, to produce the most horrible consequences. A great number of pikeblades, or stilettoes, such as were discovered in Cato-street, and a number of fire-arms, were likewise found. The whole of these, together with the prisoner, were taken to Bow-street. He was afterwards sent to Whitehall, and then committed to Coldbath-fields.

Firth, the person by whom the stable was let to Harrison, has likewise been arrested. He admits that he has attended some of the Radical meetings, but denies any knowledge of the conspiracy. Warrants have been issued for securing six others, whose names and descriptions are known.

John Harrison, who hired the room in Cato-street, was apprehended in his lodging in Old Gravel-lane. He was 10 years a private in the Life Guards, from which be was discharged about six years ago.

Robert Adams, who had been five years a private in the Oxford Blues, and Abel Hall, have also been taken. Adams is a middle-aged man, and of respectable appearance.

The lodgings of Thistlewood, and of all the others who were in custody, have been searched, and several important papers, and quantities of arms, have been discovered and seized.

It is a singular fact, that when Thistlewood was arrested, he had not a farthing of money in his possession. The same observation may be made with respect to his comrades, all of whom were in the most wretched state of poverty.

A man was apprehended by Taunton and Maidment, charged with making handles for the pikes which were seized at the stables. He was committed for further examination.

Wm. Symmonds, a footman, at No. 20, Upper Seymour-street, was apprehended by Lavender and Bishop, charged on suspicion of being concerned with the assassins. He is suspected of giving them information respecting the transactions of the higher orders. He was detained.

Since obtaining the preceding intelligence, the following particulars have been received :

A detachment of thirty of the Coldstream Guards was ordered from Port

man-street Barracks a quarter before eight o'clock (the men thought it was to attend a fire); Captain Fitzclarence headed them. On coming into the neighbourhood of Cato-street, Capt. F. commanded them to halt and fix bayonets, and every man to be silent. Almost immediately afterwards they heard the report of a pistol: they were instantly commanded to advance in double quick time, upon the spot from whence it proceeded. On reaching the stable, a man darted out and was making off, but was prevented: finding his retreat intercepted, he pointed a pistol at Captain Fitzclarence; Serjeant Legge broke his aim by knocking the pistol off at the instant of its discharging, and was thus himself wounded in the right arm; the man was then secured. The Captain then ordered the men to follow him into the stable; their entrance was opposed by a black man, who aimed a blow at Captain F. with a cutlass, which one of his men warded off with his firelock: he exclaimed, "Let us kill all the red-coats; we may as well die now as at any other time;" he was then also secured. They then entered the stable. Captain F. being first, was attacked by another of the gang, who pointed a pistol, which flashed in the pan the soldiers took him likewise, to whom he said, "Do'nt kill me, and I'll tell you all about it." The soldiers then mounted into the loft; there they found the body of the murdered officer, and another man lying near him; the latter, who was one of the gaug, was ordered to rise; he said, "I hope you will make a difference between the innocent and the guilty. Don't hurt me, and I'll tell you how it happened." Five more were then secured, one of whom declared he was led into it that afternoon, and was innocent.

Davidson was one of those who, at the last meeting in Smithfield at which Hunt presided, paraded the streets of the metropolis with a black flag, on which was described a death's head.

On Friday afternoon, an inquest was held on the murdered body of Richard Smithers, at the Horse and Groom, in John-street, Edgeware Road. Mr. Stirling was the Coroner. After a long examination of witnesses, who produced evidence of the facts already stated, the Coroner summed up. At a little after ten o'clock, the Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against A. Thistlewood, J. Ings, J. Wilson, R. Blackburn, J. Gilchrist, C. Cooper, J. Tidd, J. Monument, S. Strange, W. Davidson, and divers other persons unknown. This verdict of course includes the whole of those who were on the premises in Cato-street and acting hostilely to the Civil Force in the conflict.

1820.] Spring Circuits. Sheriffs.-Theatrical Register.

SPRING CIRCUITS: 1820. NORFOLK-Lord Chief Justice Abbott and Baron Graham: Aylesbury, March 4. Bedford, March 9. Huntingdon, March 11. Cambridge, March 14. Thetford, March 18. Bury St. Edmunds, March 24. MIDLAND-Lord Chief Justice Dallas and Justice Best: Northampton, Feb. 26. Oakham, March 3. Lincoln and City, March 4. Nottingham and Town, March 10. Derby, March 15. Leicester and Borough, March 20. Coventry, March 27. Warwick, March 27. HOME-Lord Chief Baron and Baron Garrow: Hertford, March 1. Chelmsford, March 4. Maidstone, March 13. Horsham, March 20. Kingston, March 23. WESTERN Baron Wood and Justice Bur

rough: Winchester, Feb. 28. New Sarum, March 4. Dorchester, March 9. Exeter and City, March 13. Launceston, March 22. Taunton, March 27. NORTHERN-Justice Bayley and Justice Park: Newcastle, Feb. 23. Carlisle, Feb. 24. Durham, Feb. 29. Appleby, March 1. York and City, March 4. Lancaster, March 20.

OXFORD Justice Holroyd and Justice Richardson: Reading, Feb. 28. Oxford, March 1. Worcester and City, March 4. Stafford, March 9. Shrewsbury, March 15. Hereford, March 20. Monmouth, March 25. Gloucester and City, March 29.

SHERIFFS FOR THE YEAR 1820. Bedf.-Sir John Burgoyne, of Sutton, bart. Berks-Timothy Hare Altabon Earle, of Swallowfield Place, esq.

Bucks-Chas. Shard, of Hedgerley Park,esq. Cambridge and Huntingdon-Thomas Burges, of Benwich, esq.

Cheshire-James France France, of Bos-
tock, esq.

Cornw.-Wm. Rashleigh, of Menabilly, esq.
Cumberland-Wilfrid Lawson, of Brayton
House, esq.

Derby-Fras. Mundy, of Markeaton, esq.
Devon-Robert Hunt, of Sidbury, esq.
Dorset Thomas Billett, of Warmwell, esq.
Esser-Sir Thomas Neave, of Dagnam
Park, bart.

Glouc.-Sir Edwin Bayntum Sandys, of
Miserden Park, bart.

Heref.-Thos. Perry, of Eardisley Park, esq.
Herts-Jobu Earley Cook, of Nunsbury, esq.
Kent-SirThos. Dyke,of Lullingstone, bart.
Lane.-Robert Hesketh, of Rossall, esq.

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Leic.-John Clarke, of Little Peatling, esq.
Lincoln-William Thompson Corbett, of
Elsham, esq.

Monmouth-Sir Robert Jones Allard Ke-
meys, of Malpas, knt.

Norfolk-Geo. Sam. Kett, of Brook, esq.
Northampton-Jn. Cook, of Hoothorpe, esq.
Northumberland-Wm, Clarke, of Benton
House, esq.

Notts.-Sir Robt. Clifton, of Clifton, bart.
Oxford-Thos. Fraser, of Woodcot House,
Rutland-Robt. Shield, of Wing, esq. [esq.
Salop-Thos. Taylor, of Ellerton, esq.
Somerset-Gerard Martin Berkeley Napier,
of East Pennard, esq.
Stafford-Moreton Walhouse, of Hather-
ton, esq.

Co. of Southampton-James Scotts, of Ro-
therfield Park, esq.

Suffolk-Geo. Thomas, of Woodbridge, esq.
Surrey-Hutches Trower, of Unsted Wood,
esq.

Sussex Wm. Jn. Campion, of Danny, esq.
Warwick-Christopher Roberts Wren, of
Wroxhall, esq.

Wills-Ambrose Goddard, of Swindon, esq.
Worcester-Rd.Griffiths, of Thorngrove, esq.
York-Henry Vansittart, of Kirk Leatham,
SOUTH WALES.
[esq.
Carmarthen-Ralph Stephen Pemberton,
of Llanelly, esq.
Pembroke-Nath. Phillips, of Slebech, esq.
Cardigan-Henry Rogers, of Gelly, esq.
Glamorgan Rd. Blakemore, of Velindra,
Brecon-Thos. Price, of Builth, esq. [esq.
Radnor-James Crummer, of Harvey, esq.
NORTH WALES.

Anglesea-Robert Lloyd, of Tregauan, esq.
Carnarvon Wm. Ormsby Gore, of Clen-
neney, esq.

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Merioneth-Thomas Fitzhugh, of Cwm-
heision, esq.

Montgomery-John Buckley Williames, of
Glanbafran, esq.

Denbigh-John Lloyd Salisbury, of Galt

vaynan, esq..

Flint-James Knight, of Rhual, esq.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
New Pieces.

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

Jan. 25. The Antiquary; a musical Play, in three Acts. Founded on Mr. W. Scott's Novel of that name. With the aid of most beautiful Scenery, and excellent acting, it has been very successful. The Dramatist, is Mr. Terry, the Comedian, of this Theatre.

PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS.
GAZETTE PROMOTIONS, &C.
Jan. 22. Sir G. Clark, one of the
Lords of the Admiralty.

Major-general Sir Benjamin D'Urban,
K.C.B. to be Governor of the Island of
Antigua, vice Ramsay, deceased.

GENT. MAG: February, 1820.

Jan. 29. 8th Foot Major Browne, from the half-pay of the 98th, to be Major. Jan. 30. Right Hon. John Lord Eldon, Lord High Chancellor, having delivered up to his Majesty the Great Seal of Great Britain, his Majesty was pleased to re

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deliver the same to his Lordship; whereupon the oath of Lord Chancellor was administered to him.

Feb. 5. This Gazette contains a Proclamation by the King in Council, requiring all persons being in office of authority or government at the decease of the late King, to proceed in the execu tion of their respective offices, pursuant to the 6th of Queen Anne, and the 57th of his late Majesty.

CIVIL PROMOTIONS.

Rev. J. W. Niblock, (curate of Hitchin, Herts,) Master of the Free School, in that Town.

Rev. R. Wood, A. B. of Dublin, and Perpetual Curate of Heywood, High Master of the valuable Free Grammar School of Bury, in Lancashire, vice Rev. Edward Bushby, resigned.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rey, T. Fisher, Roche R. Cornwall. Rev. Thomas Garnier, (Rector of Bishop's Stoke, near Winchester,) Bright. well R. near Wallingford, Berks.

Hon. and Rev. Augustus Legge, Chancellor of the Diocese of Winchester, North Waltham R. Hants.

Rev. Mr. Lowe, Hallow V. Worcester. Rev. Edward Graves Meyrick, D. D. Winchfield R. Hants.

Rev. Henry Thomas Austin, M.A. Steventon R. Hants.

Rev. Thomas Dade, M. A. one of the Senior Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Bincombe with Broadway R. Dorsetshire.

Rev. Benjamin Vale, LL. D. late of Christ College, Cambridge, to be afternoon Lecturer of St. Luke, Middlesex.

Rev. Mr. Gough, Rector of Gore'sbridge, co. Kilkenny, to be Dean of Derry, worth about 40001, per ann.

Rev. Hen. W. R. Birch, M.A. Reydon V. and Southwold Perpetual Curacy, Suffolk. Rev. T. H. Ley, Landrake R. Devon. Rev. John Harbiu, LL. B. (Rector of North Barrow) Compton Pauncefoot R. Somerset.

Rev. Henry Southall, B. A. Rector of Kington, Worcestershire, Bishampton V. in the same county.

Rev. David Rowland, (Curate of St. Peter's, Carmarthen,) Tregaron V. Cardiganshire.

The Hon. and Rev. Armine Wodehouse, M.A. West Lexham R. Norfolk.

Rev. Edward Herbert, B. A. Abberton R. Worcestershire.

Rev. J. Davies, Evington V. Leicestershire.

Rev. Jer. Burroughes, of Burlington St. Andrew R. Suffolk.

Rev. H. Blunt, Clare V. Suffolk.

Rev. J. Williams Butt, Lakenheath V. Suffolk.

Rev. Harrison Packard, M. A. to the Rectory of Fordley, with the Vicarage of Westleton annexed, Suffolk.

Rev. Charles Leicester to the second portion of Westbury, co. Salop, vice Rev. Dr. Lawrence Gardner, resigned.

DISPENSATIONS.

Rev. Edward G. Meyrick, D.D. to hold the Rectory of Winchfield, Hants, with the Vicarage of Ramsbury, Wiltshire.

Rev. William Collins Cumming, to hold the Rectory of St. Mary's, Bedford, with the Vicarge of Eaton Bray, in the same county.

BIRTHS.

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Jan. 4. At Lifford, co. Donegall, the wife of the Rev. John Graham, of a son. 12. The wife of J. Phipps, esq. Montpellier-house, Leamington, of a daughter. 18. At Hawkewell, Yorkshire, the Lady of Lieut.-col. Coore, of a son. - - 21. At Llansanfrede, Monmouthshire, Lady Har. riet Jones, of a son. At Carrah (Limerick), the Lady of Sir Aubrey de Vere Hunt, bart. of a daughter.-23. In Essex, Lady Petre, of a son.- At Edinburgh, Mrs. Johnstone, of Alva, of a daughter, being her 16th child.-31. At Edinburgh, Viscountess Duncan, of a son. At Westport (Mayo), the Marchioness of Sligo, of a son and heir.

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-9. In Hill street, Berkeley-square, the Lady of the Hon. Thomas Knox, of a daughter. - In George-street, Hanoversquare, the Countess Cowper, of a daughter. - - 10. (In the evening), and 11 (early in the morning), at Hampstead, the wife of Wm. Hall, labourer, of three children, two boys and a girl; the mother and children are all doing well. Two years since she had twins, both of which are now living, and one other child.—12. At her father's, Lieut.-gen. Macleod, St. James'spark, Lady Gardiner, of a son. — 18. At Bumpsted Helion Vicarage, Essex, the wife of Rev. Thomas Mills, of a son.

Lately. In Mountjoy-square, Dublin, Viscountess Massarene, of a son. — - At Hipley, near Portsmouth, the wife of Capt. Bashford, of three children; two sons and a daughter, who were doing well, and were baptised on Sunday, Edwin, Henry, and Laura-Anne.

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[ 171 ] MARRIAGES.

1819, Aug. 23. At Calcutta, Henry Manning, jun. esq. of the Civil Service, son of Henry Manning, esq. of Sidmouth, to Caroline, daughter of Lieut.-gen. Russell, of the Bengal Establishment.

Dec. 28. The Rev. Edw. Royds, B. A. Rector of Brereton, Cheshire, to Mary, daughter of Thomas Molyneux, esq. of Newsham-house, near Liverpool.

1820, Jan. 5. At Cassel, Herman Sillem, esq. of Mark-lane, to Wilhelmina, fourth daughter of Professor Waitz, Physician to his Highness the Elector of Hesse Cassel.

7. Robert Langan, esq. of Ballynacourty (Waterford), to the relict of the late Capt. Dudgeon, of the 60th regiment; and, on his return to his seat, the same day, he was taken ill, and died on the 11th.

8. Capt. John Maitland, R. N. son of the late Hon. Col. R. Maitland, brother of the late Earl of Lauderdale, to Dora, daughter of Colth Bateman, esq. of Bedford (Kerry), Ireland.

12. At Marseilles, Robert, son of the Hon. Robt. Leeson, uncle and presumptive heir of the Earl of Miltown, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Ralph Marshall, esq. of Callinaferry (Kerry).

14. At Edinburgh, W. F. Campbell, esq. to Lady Elinor Charteris, dau. of the Rt. Hon, the Earl of Wemys and March.

17. At Dublin, Sir Stephen May, of Belfast (Antrim), to Frances Stella, dau. of the Rev. B. Nixon, of Paynestown (Meath).

The Rev. W. D. Ridley, to Maria, dau. of Robt. Tidswell, esq. formerly of Oporto. Capt. Forrest, R. N. C. B. to Miss Sto. nor, niece to George Corey, esq. of Tor Abbey, Devonshire.

Robert, son of Major Wm. Potts, Alderman of the City of Carlisle, to MaryCatherine, daughter of Mrs. Whisson, late of Bath.

18. The Rev. Thomas Stephen Hodges, to Julia, daughter of the late Wm. Boteler, esq. of Eastry, Kent.

19. William, son of Wm. Wilberforce, esq. M.P. to Mary Frances, daughter of the Rev. John Owen, Rector of Paglesham.

20. J. H. Adams, esq. Deputy Commissary General, to Esther, daughter of Oitiwell Wood, esq. of Edge-hill.

J. D. Newbolt, esq. son of Sir J. H. Newbolt, Chief Jastice of Madras, to Blanch, daughter of the late J. Knight, esq. of Faerlynch, Devonshire.

Sir James Stuart, bart. of Allanbank, to Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of the late Elborough Woodcock, esq.

Capt. Sir E. F. Stanhope, bart. R. N. of Stanwell, Middlesex, to Mary, daughter of Major Dowell, late of the Commissary Department on the Hon. East India Company's Bengal Establishment.

22. Lieut. George Franklyn, R.N. to Barbara, daughter of the late John Duthman, esq.

24. At Myros Wood, co. Cork, Denny Creagh, Moylan, esq. to Miss Mary King, sister of Lady Jodrell, of Sall-hall, co. Norfolk.

23. At Edinburgh, the Hon. Henry Robert Westenra, son of Lord Rossmore, and M.P. for the county of Monaghan, to Miss Anne Douglass Hamilton.

27. The Rev. Henry Parish, A.M. of Epsom, to Sarah, daughter of the late T. Stowers, esq. of Charterhouse-square.

Alex. Teixeira Sampays, esq. of St. Helen's Place, brother of the baron Teixera, of Lisbon, and Agent to the Royal Wine Company of Oporto, to Harriet, daughter of the late Nath, Kent, esq. of Fulham, Middlesex.

31. Charles James Fox Combe, esq. son of the late Harvey Christian Combe, esq. to Henrietta Anna, daughter of John Church, esq. of Bedford-place.

Thos. St. Felix. esq. of Demerara, to Mary, daughter of J. Osborne, esq. of Upsal Hall, Waltham Abbey.

Lately. James Yonge, esq. of Cardwood, Devonshire, to Miss Margaret Crawley, daughter of the late Sir Thomas Crawley Bovey, bart.

Feb. 1. Robert, son of the late Col. John Hilburton, of the Hou, East India. Company's Madras Establishment, to Anne, daughter of Robert Chamberlain, esq. of Worcester.

3. At Dublin, the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Killala, to Sophia, daughter of the late Sir George Ribton, bart.

4. John, son of J. Hambrough, esq. of Marchwood Lodge, Hampshire, to Sophia, daughter of Gore Townshend, esq. of Honington Hall, Warwickshire.

7. Thos. Nunn, jun. esq. Mistley, to Mrs. Ayles, of Woodford Cottage, both in Essex. 8. John Walker, esq. of Artillery-place, Finsbury-square, to Jessy, daughter of the late John Johnson, of St. Thomas's in the East, Jamaica.

At St. George's, Hanover square, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Chester, the Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquess of Anglesey, to Eleanora, second daughter of the late John Campbell, esq. of Shawfield, having been previously married on the 5th of August last, at Altyr, in Scotland, the seat of her brother-inlaw, Sir Wm. G. Cumming, bart.

14. Henry Eyre, esq. of Botley Grange, Hampshire, to the Hon. Juliana Devereux, daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Viscount Hereford.

15. Robt. H. Barber, esq. of Hayton Castles, Nottinghamshire, Barrister - at Law, to the daughter of S. Wordsworth, esq. of Edinburgh.

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OBITUARY.

FUNERAL OF HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE III.

The particulars of his Majesty's death, and an historical view of the principal occurrences of his reign, have been already given. We have now the melancholy task of recording the last sad tribute of respect paid to the mortal remains of our departed Sovereign.

Ash-Wednesday, the 15th instant, being the day appointed for the Royal obsequies, at an early hour on the Tuesday preceding, all the roads leading to Windsor were thronged with carriages, driving forward with the utmost expedition. On their arrival in Windsor they completely blocked up the streets. At one side, and in front of the prin cipal inns, were carriages and four, filled with personages of distinction, eagerly enquiring for any accommodation which could be afforded them, and at any price. The great attraction of this day (if such a term be applicable to a pageant of such mournful grandeur), was the lying in state of our late lamented Sovereign. The publick were to have been admitted to witness this ceremony precisely at 10 o'clock; but owing to the necessity of making some further arrangements which were not originally contemplated, the state rooms were not thrown open until 11 o'clock.

At that hour the Publick were admitted through the entrance to the Castle, called Queen Elizabeth's Gate. The crowd then passed on to the Eastern extremity of the upper court, and entered it at the Tower adjoining the department of the kitchens; after ascending the narrow winding flight of stairs in the Tower, the spectators were ushered into an anti-room, where two porters stood in full uniform, with crapes on their arms and staves. From the antiroom they passed direct into the magnificent apartment called St. George's Hall, the chamber which is dedicated to the Order of the Garter. No sign of mourning met the eye in this splendid Hall, except a black cloth covering the Throne. Its paintings were all uncovered, and the fine allegories which decorate the walls were as fresh and brilliant as during the days of the grand pageants so often celebrated within them.

Passing from St. George's Hall, the crowd entered the King's guard chamber, the left side of which was railed off, so as to form an avenue of about ten feet wide, along which the people passed. Without the railing an open space was

kept, in which several Yeomen of the Guard were stationed in full mourning.

From the guard-chamber the throng moved at once into the King's Presencechamber, which was the first room that directly reminded the spectator of his advance to the funeral bier. This spacious chamber was entirely hung with black cloth.

In the Presence chamber were stationed a line of Yeomen of the Guard in full mourning. The next room, the King's audience-chamber, was that in which the body lay in state. This cham ber was hung with purple cloth from the ceiling to the floor, and lighted with a number of silver lamps and candelabræ filled with wax lights. At the upper end, under the throne on which his late Majesty so often sat in regal state, was placed upon tressels the royal coffin.

The canopy of the throne was on this occasion considerably enlarged, so as nearly to extend over the whole surface of the coffin. The foot of the coffin was the only part exposed; the pall, which was of the richest black velvet, was there thrown aside, and the silver ornaments, richly gilt, lay open to view.

The following is a copy of the Inscription on the coffin plate:

DEPOSITUM
Serenissimi, Potentissimi, et Excellentis-
simi Monarchæ,
GEORGII TERTII,

Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regis, Fidei
Defensoris,

Regis Hanoveræ, ac Brunsvici et Lune
burgi Ducis.
Obiit XXIX die Januarii, Anno Domini
MDCCCXX,

Etatis suæ LXXXII, Regnique sui LX.
Two rows of Gentlemen Pensioners,
in full uniform (six on each side), lined
the approach to the Royal coffin. Ou
the steps of the platform, and on each
side of it, stood pages of his late Majesty
in full mourning, and two Heralds, in
their full uniform, with crape, were
stationed at the foot of the coffin. At
the head of the coffin sat a Lord of the
Bedchamber. The Heralds and Lords of
the Bedchamber were relieved every two
hours. Some Grooms of the Bedcham
ber were also in attendance; among
them were General Sir W. Keppel, Hon.
A. C. Bradshaw, and the Hon. Sir W.
Lumley. This chamber was lighted in
the most tasteful and appropriate man-
ner, by a happy arrangement of the

lamps.

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