was not the price," they said, "but the sort of net that they objected to;" and he was forced out of his frame with the blow of a sword, which narrowly missed his head, and which cut asunder nearly the whole of the threads across his frames. The screams of his wife, (which a severe blow on the head with the butt-end of a pistel could not still) brought him down to her assistance, where he found a neighbour, who had come in at the back door to their aid, and who, in conjunction with Mr Noble, seized one of the men in the house, and attempted to disarm him; but he finding himself in danger, called out Ned Ludd, when his companions rushed down stairs, before they had demolished the fourth frame, to his rescue; and in the scuffle, one of them snapped a pistol, which happily missed fire. When their companion was liberated, they found the door fast; but they cut it in pieces in a few seconds, and forced their way through a collected crowd, threatening destruction to any one who should attempt to oppose them.-The house of Mr Slater, of New Radford, was also entered late on Tuesday night; the first man presenting a drawn sword to his breast when he opened the door, suspecting it had been his own apprentice who wanted to come in; but the depredators contented themselves with cutting the warp asunder on the beam of the frame, and with taking away the wheels which are necessary to the formation of the two-course hole mesh. The same night two plain cotton frames were broken at Sneinton; their holders being charged with working at an abated price. On Saturday se'nnight a hay-stack was burnt at Bolwell; and we have just learnt that two frames, belonging to a hosier in

this town, were last night broken in the parish of Westhallam, in Derbyshire. A picquet of an hundred men now parades the streets of Nottingham, in separate parties, headed by the civil authorities, every night.

The spirit of riot that has so long afflicted the town and neighbourhood of Nottingham, is said to have extended to Leeds. On Wednesday night last, at nine o'clock, the magistrates were suddenly convened, and were informed that within about two hours an attack was to be made by a number of persons on some premises at Shipscar, where the dressing machinery, introduced about twelve months since, had been established. After a few minutes consultation, the troops of horse quartered in the town were ordered out, and proper means were employed to assemble the civil power. It was stated, that the men to be concerned in the outrage were to have their faces blackened, and to be armed with short hammers. At the time appointed, a number of persons were seen passing and repassing the spot; but they seemed to have taken the alarm, and not to be disposed to collect for the accomplishment of their design. In this situa tion, the purpose being apparently abandoned for the night, one of them was seized at the bridge, when a hammer and a large piece of burnt cork were found upon him.-He conducted to York Castle.

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Total, 1,614 882 Windsor Castle, January 18. His majesty has had a considerable increase of his disorder within the last week. (Signed) H. HALFORD.

M. BAILLIE. W. HEBERden. J. WILLIS. R. WILLIS. 20th.-OLD BAILEY.-On Saturday the court was greatly crowded in order to witness the trial of Mr Benjamin Walsh, charged with having stolen from Sir Thomas Plomer a sum of money to a considerable amount. The prisoner, on his entrance into the court, was much affected, and it was some time before the trial, owing to his extreme agitation, commenced. The circumstances attending this affair having been already fully detailed, we deem it unnecessary to enter into the mass of evidence adduced on the occasion, and which was precisely similar. Mr Walsh was allowed the indulgence of a chair, which he gladly accepted. During the whole of the trial Mr Walsh scarcely held up his head, but kept

his hands before his face, as if torn with the greatest anguish of mind.

The prosecution was conducted by Mr Garrow, and the prisoner's defence by Mr Scarlet.

'The Chief Baron then addressed the jury. It appeared, he said, that the prisoner had, a long time previous to his receiving the check from Sir Thomas Plomer, bespoke the purchases of some American stock. It also appeared that the prisoner had purchased several articles of dress, stockings, &c. alleging his intention of going out of town; and it also appeared, that as soon as the check was received and the purchase of the stock completed, he left London with the hope of quitting the country and of settling in America. Should these circumstances be sufficient to show that the prisoner had anticipated the scheme of defrauding Sir Thomas Plomer, and arranged his plans accordingly, the jury would say he was guilty. On the other hand, should they consider the evidence not conclusive, they would instantly acquit him.

The jury consulted for about five minutes, and returned a verdict of Guilty, leaving a point of law for the judges to decide whether guilty of felony or a misdemeanour.

LOSS OF THE ST GEORGE AND DEFENCE -Two mails from Anholt have arrived, which, we lament to state, bring certain intelligence of the loss of his Majesty's ships St George and Defence. By accounts from Copenhagen, of the 31st ultimo, it appears that they were stranded on the morning of the 24th of December, on the west coast of Jutland, in the district of Ringkooping. In half an hour after she struck, the Defence went in pieces, and only five seamen

Capt. Main and Lieut. Woodgate of the 52d, and Lieut. Hawkesley, of the 95th, with 14 men wounded. By this success Lord Wellington has been enabled to break ground within 600 yards of the place, the redoubt of St Francisco being converted into a part of the first parallel.

General Hill entered Merida on the 30th December. He had hoped to surprise General Dombrowski, but his approach was discovered by a patrole. The French general retreated from Merida, leaving magazines of bread and wheat, and several unfinished works. On the 1st, General Hill marched to attack Drouet's corps d'armee at Almandrelgo, but the enemy retreated to Zafra, abandoning 450,000 pounds of wheat, &c.

On the 3d, a detachment of our cavalry beat a body of the enemy's horse at Puenco del Maltro, taking two officers and thirty men prisoners, Gen. Drouet retreating to Llerena. Gen. Hill found it useless to pursue him, and returned on the 5th Jan, to Merida.

28th. Capt. O'Donahue, aidede-camp to Col. Skerret, arrived this morning, with dispatches from Major-General Cook, and Colonel Skerrett, containing the satisfactory intelligence of the complete repulse of a strong detachment of the French army under Victor, in an attempt to take Tariffa by storm, on the 31st December, and that on the morning of the 4th January the whole of the French army retreated from before that place, leaving in possession of the allied troops the whole of the artillery, ammunition, and stores.

The French force employed under Marshal Victor, in the attempt to reduce Tariffa, appears to have consisted of 10,000 men, and the allied force opposed to them not more than 1000

British, 700 or 800 Spanish troops. Colonel Skerrett speaks in the strongest terms of the admirable conduct of the troops under his command. He particularly praises Colonel Lord Proby, second in command, and Lieut.Col. Gough, of the 2d battalion 37th regiment, and Captain Smith of the Royal Engineers.

The British loss consists of two officers, Lieut. Longly, R. E. and Lieut. Hall, 2d batt. 47th, and 7 rank and file killed :-Three officers, Lieut. Hill, 2d batt. 47th, Lieutenant Carrall and Ensign Waller, 2d batt. 87th, and 24 rank and file wounded.

The late Lord Newton, whose death was announced in our Register for 1811, was descended of the Hays of Rannes, one of the most ancient branches of the family of Hay. He was born in the year 1747, and was called to the bar in 1769. He had so thoroughly studied the principles of the profession on which he now entered, that he used often to say, "that he was as good a lawyer at that time as he ever was at any future period." His strong natural abilities, assisted with such preparation for bu siness, could not fail to attract notice, and he became soon distinguished for his acuteness, his learning, and his profound knowledge of law. It was remarkable of him, that he always appeared as much versed in the common and daily practice of the court, and even in those minute forms that are little known, except to the inferior practitioners, as in the higher branches of legal knowledge, that are only understood by the greatest lawyers. The great simplicity of character which he carried with him through the whole of life, was no where more conspicuous than in his appearances at the bar. His pleadings exhibited a

plain and fair statement of the facts, a profound and accurate exposition of the law, and very acute and solid reasonings on both; but there was an entire absence of every thing merely ornamental, and especially of those little arts by which a speaker often tries to turn the attention of his auditors on himself. He seemed full of the cause in which he was engaged, and not a word escaped which could lead any one to imagine that the thoughts of the orator were ever turned to his own performance.

Though his reputation continued always to increase, he practised at the bar without obtaining any preferment till the beginning of the year 1806, when, on the death of the late Lord Methven, he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court, by the ministry of which Mr Fox was a member, and was the only judge in the Court of Session appointed while that great statesman was in power; a distinction on which he always professed to set a high value.

Lord Newton's talents never appeared to greater advantage than after he took his seat on the bench. As a lawyer, the opinions he gave were probably never surpassed for their acuteness, discrimination, and solidity; and, as a judge, he now shewed that all this was the result of such a rapid and easy application of the principles of law, as appeared more like the effect of intuition than of study and laborious exertion. The clearest and most comprehensive view of every question seemed naturally to present itself, and his opinions, at the same time that they were readily and decisively formed, were considered, by professional men, as being perhaps less liable to error than those of any other judge who has appeared in our time. He was unremitting in

his exertions, and it is certain that, for his dispatch of business, and the correctness of his judgment, Lord Newton has been rarely excelled.

In his political sentiments, Lord Newton was an ardent and steady Whig. Owing to the great openness and sincerity of his character, and the entire absence of the least approach to art or duplicity, he passed through a period remarkable for the hostility which political opinions engendered, with fewer personal enemies than any other man equally unreserved in condemning the measures which he thought wrong, and equally inflexible in supporting those which he thought right.

In private life he was extremely amiable, and his social qualities, as well as his great worth, endeared him to his friends. He possessed an extraordinary fund of good humour, a disposition extremely playful, great simplicity of character, with the entire absence of vanity and affectation. A few peculiarities or little eccentricities, which he possessed, appeared with so good a grace, and in the company of so many estimable qualities, that they only tended to render him more interesting to his friends.

Lord Newton appeared to possess two characters that are but rarely united together. Those who saw him only on the bench were naturally led to think that his whole time and thoughts had, for his whole life, been voted to the laborious study of the law. Those, on the other hand, who saw him in the circle of his friends, when form and austerity were laid aside, could not easily conceive that he had not passed his life in the intercourse of society. With great gentleness and kindness of heart, he had a manly and firm mind. He had hardly any feeling of personal danger,