His an instance of a decision of this kind having taken place in a great fight, some years since, which had always been acted upon. Sam was conse quently declared the victor. blows received were in the face. Belcher was hit from his kidneys to the top of his head, on the left side. A battle conducted throughout with equal skill, courage, and bottom, has not taken place since the last between the same pugilists. young Belcher fought with his wonted skill, but his strength has decreased. Dutch Sam appeared, on the contrary, to have improved in vigour. Mendoza and Pittone seconded the victor, and Bill Ward and Watson seconded Belcher. [See Aug. 20.] The 2. This evening their majesties and Return of the effective strength the princesses walked on Windsor of the regular forces: British Foreign Total Cavalry 25,295 3,020 26,315 Rank and Infantry-129,263 27,298 156,561 [file H. CALVERT, A. G. Return of the effective strength of the militia forces in Great Britain and Ireland. Great Britain 53,810 Rank and file. Total H. CALVERT, A. G. Return of the effective force of the volunteers of Great Britain, distinguishing infantry, cavalry, and artillery, as far as the same can be ascertained from the latest returns: Infantry-1217 field officers, 3710 captains, 7543 subalterns, 1781 staff officers, 13,473 sergeants, 6623 trumpeters or drummers, and 254,544 rank and file. Terrace, which was much crowded, but not so genieelly attended as usual: many persons were turned off, being intoxicated. The marquis of Thomond, who was waiking near their majesties, seeing a person not uncovered while the king was pass. ing, stepped up to him and took his hat off; upon which he struck the marquis, and kicked him. He was immediately secured by Edwards and Dowsett, the police officers, and kept in custody till their majesties went off the Terrace, when he was examined before colonel Desbrow. He proved to be a Mr. Hodges, residing in Westminster, who said, that he had taken his hat off while his majesty passed, and did not put it on again till his majesty had retired about ten paces. He was set at libarty with a reprimand. The neighbourhood of the Middle Temple, Essex-court, and Devereux-court, have been put into a state of alarm::-On Wednesday a pistol bullet was shot into the dress ing-room window of Mr. Twining; but no report had been heard in the house or in the neighbourhood. The circumstance passed off in mys. tery. On Thursday, about eleven o'clock, while Mr. Gordon, a bar. rister, was sitting in the Grecian Coffee-house, a pistol bullet entered the window, and passed close by his head, to the further side of the room, with great force, and rebounded back. No report was heard, nor any trace could be made as to where the bullet came from, or how it was discharged. Mr. Gordon went to Bow-street, and gave information to Mr. Graham of the circumstance; when he and Mr. Nares went to the places where the bullets had enter ed, examined them, and made enquiries in the neighbourhood, but without being able to get any infor. mation. These exertions to discover them did not dismay those concerned from pursuing a similar conduct on Friday morning at the usual time, when a bullet entered the windows of Mr. Hammond's chambers, in New-court, Temple, with out any report being heard. There is no doubt but they must have been discharged from an air-gun, or a cross-bow, probably by some idle boy. The inhabitants of the neigh. bourhood have however offered a reward to discover the person or persons. PROTEST Entered on the journals of the house of lords on the occasion of the rejection of the bill entitled "An act to prohibit the granting of offices in reversion, or for joint lives, with benefit of survivor. ship." Dissentient, 1st. Because we are of opinion that a bill of such magnitude and importance, sent up by the commons house of parliament as a measure of precaution against the wanton and injudicious expenditure of the money of their constituents, demanded the deliberate consideration of a full house. It is, therefore, with the deepest regret we have seen it hastily rejected, at the instigation of noble lords deep. ly interested in reversionary grants, and in the absence of those whose official situations rendered their attendance in this house more peculi arly a public duty. 2d, Because, with the knowledg that this bill not only commanded the general approbation of the commons house of parliament, but that it appears from the votes of that house to have been the only measure introduced by the committee of finance, of whose exertions his majesty, in his speech at the conclusion of the last, as well as at the commencement of this parliament, so strongly expressed his approba tion; we cannot, without the deepest feeling of alarm, reflect on the serious discontent which the public must feel at this unprecedented manner of rejecting a measure, so deservedly popular, sanctioned by the direct approbation of one branch of the legislature, and indirectly recommended to the favour of this house by the other. 3d, Because at a time when the unfortunate situation of Europe renders that exertion which pro. ceeds from an union of sentiment so desirable; and when the people of this country are suffering under the pressure of an unprecedented accumulation of taxes, we cannot but feel the deepest concern that this house should reject a measure, 80 intimately connected with that sys. Gg 4 tem tem of œconomy in the expenditure of public money, which the people have a right to expect: we dread that it will extinguish all hopes of deriving any benefit from that committee of finance, to whose exertions the people of this country have been taught to look with favour, and that it will give rise to secret feelings of discontent, at a moment when prudence calls for such measures as are best calculated to produce an union of efforts in the common cause. (Signed) LAUDErdale, VASSALL HOLLAND, CHOLMONDELEY, (For the last two reasons) - 7. A dreadful and destructive fire broke out this morning early, at the house of Mr. Rogers, an opulent farmer, at Cholders, Hants. The lower part of the house was in flames before an alarm was spread by the maid servant, who slept in a brew. house on the ground-floor. Mrs. Rogers, who was bedridden, fell a victim to the devouring clement; as did also her son, a youth of 18 years of age, whose anxiety to save a parent induced him to stop with her until the staircase fell in with him as he was escaping. 8. This day, the lord mayor, attended by four other aldermen and about 80 of the common council, proceeded in state from Guild. hall to Montague-house, Blackheath, where they presented the following address to the duchess of Brunswick: May it please your royal and serene highness, We, the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of the city of Lon don, in common council assembled, most humbly entreat your royal and serene highness to accept our sincere congratulations on your safe arrival in this imperial coun. try. The return to her native land of an illustrious princess, so nearly and dearly allied to our beloved sovereign, and to the royal and amiable consort of the heir apparent to the throne of this united kingdom, cannot but renew the most lively sentiments of affection in the hearts of his majesty's loyal subjects, and a warm participation of those feelings which a meeting so interesting to the royal family must have occasioned. Deeply impressed, madam, as we are, by the extraordinary events which have occasioned your return, we trust that your royal and serene highness will permit us to express the sin. cere joy we feel at your restoration to the shores of a free and loyal people, not more attached to a good and venerable king, by duty to his supreme and august station, than by affection to his sacred person and family. (Signed by order of court,) HENRY WOODTHORPE, To which her royal highness returned the following answer: the battlements of the bridge. At this time, a hackney-coach with six inside passengers, male and female, and, as we have been informed, one child, through the temerity of the driver, attempted to pass the bridge; when, shocking to relate, the coach and passengers were carried by the violence of the flood completely over the parapet wall! the coach upset and instantly filled, where there must have been at least Afteen feet of water, and all miserably perished. On Monday last, an act of suicide, attended with circumstances of a very affecting nature, was commit. ted on board the Thames smack, captain Ballingall, at sea, while on her voyage from Leith to London. This vessel had a great many passengers; and among the rest, one gentleman of very respectable appearance, whose behaviour and unfortunate state of mind attracted the notice of every one on board. He appeared extremely dejected, and paid little or no attention to any one round him. The passengers were, however, under no appre hension of the dreadful catastrophe which was about to take place. On Monday, all the people were on deck, except one person, who remained in the cabin with the gentleman in question. The latter pulled. out his watch, and 2. in money, and without any preface addressed the other person in these words"Young man, have you not some small debts you would wish to pay?" The other replied in the negative; on which he was again urged to accept of the money, the gentleman saying, "You may as well take it; it will be better in your possession than at the bottom of the sea."-The young man im. mediately went on deck to commu. nicate his suspicions of the unfortunate gentleman's intention; but before any precautions could be taken, he had thrown himself from the cabin-indow into the sea. The boat was immediately hoisted out, but, as if aware that such would be the case, he had previously cut his throat; and when the boat reached him, and had taken him on board, the people saw that their efforts were too late. An accident of a singular nature took place about a week ago, between the city and the cove of Cork. As Mr. Jeremiah Murphy, & merchant of that city, was driving in a post-chaise, together with a lady and a child, near the small village called Passage, the horses suddenly took fright towards the cliff near Giant's Stairs. The post-boy saved himself by throwing himself sudden ly on the ground. At that instant the horses and the chaise, together with the company in it, were precipitated to a depth of at least 200 perpendicular feet to the bed of the river. It happened to be low wa. ter; and the carriage, by striking in its fall against the mast of a small Tessel, which was then aground close in shore, was dashed to pieces. It is most surprising to relate, that after this severe shock, the lady and gentleman escaped with only a slight personal injury, and the child entirely unhurt. The poor ani. mals were much bruised. A few evenings since, as some people were boiling a pot close to a corn-field at Hampstead, some of the sparks set fire to the standing corn, and destroyed some acres of it be fore the flames could be extinguish. ed. Early on Thursday morning a fire 1 fire broke out in the premises connected with the water-works at South Lambeth. The steam-engine was entirely consumed, and other damage done, to the amount of several thousand pounds. Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, a fire broke out in Mr. Pearson's feather-bed warehouse, Pitfield-street, Hoxton, which in a short time consumed it, as well as the dwelling-house and the whole of the premises. When the conflagration was at the height, it communicated to the north wing of the Haberdashers' Alms-houses, which were totally destroyed. Three new houses in the King of Prussia's walk were nearly burned to the ground. The building was insured to the amount of only 1,6001. at the Union office; and Mr. Pearson's stock and furniture for 3,0001. only, although his loss is estimated at four times that sum. 11. At Surrey assizes, William Wilson was indicted for feloniously ravishing and carnally knowing, against her will, Elizabeth, the wife of J. Palmer, at the parish of St. Nicholas, Guildford, on the 10th day of June last. Mr. Lawes, as counsel for the prosecution, stated, that this case was attended with most peculiarly distressing circumstances. The prosecutrix was a young woman just turned of the age of 21 years, who had been married about a year and a half, having had one child, which was dead. The husband kept a small inn, at Guildford, known by the sign of the Greyhound; and it happened, that on the 10th of June last a cricket-match was played in the neighbourhood of the town. After the field sports of the day were finished, the party, among whom the prisoner was one, adjourned to the Greyhound, where they spent their evening. The parlour in which they sat was detached from the house by a small yard. At about eleven o'clock the prosecu. trix and her maid went to bed, leaving the master of the house to wait upon the company. They sat late, and between the hours of one and two they were alarmed by a vio leut screaming and a cry of murder. Some of the company ran to the house; and at the foot of the stairs they met the prisoner, who was running away. Mrs. Palmer then stated what had passed, and which she would detail to the jury in eridence. It had been observed, that the prisoner had left the room not many minutes before, and it was thought for some temporary pur pose; but he had actually forced his way into Mrs. Palmer's bed room, and had perpetrated that fact, for which he now stood at the bar to answer with his life, if the jury and the court should think that, under the circumstances, it amounted to the crime of a rape. Elizabeth Palmer deposed, that her husband kept the Greyhound at Guildford. On the 10th June last, there had been a cricket match in the neighbourhood, and some of the party spent the evening at their house; she retired to bed about eleven o'clock; she did not know the prisoner, except from seeing him at the house once or twice; she knew him by the name of "the Taylor," that being the trade which he followed. After she had been a-bed some time, she was awakened by finding some one in bed with her; she then described that, finding the person had his clothes on, she supposed it was her husband, whe |