ing circumstance :-At the battle of Vittoria, where he served as one of the Duke of Wellington's Aid-de-Camps, he received a severe wound in the head, which never closed, but over which he has since worn a silver plate, that had been let into the fracture. Had any one of the four wounds inflicted upon him by the assassins, been given in that part of his head, the consequences, in all probability, would have been immediately fatal.

-The Gazette of Saturday contains loyal and affectionate Addresses to the King from the bishop and clergy of the county palatine of Durham; the dean of St Peter's, Westminster, with the lord high steward, high bailiff, deputies and burgesses of the city; the mayor and commonalty of Tenterden, Kent; the ministers of the presbytery of Chanonry; the provost, magistrates, and common council of Kirkcudbright; the mayor, aldermen, and inhabitants of Liskeard; the mayor and corporation of Huntingdon; the inhabitants of Trowbridge; the provost and town council of Nairn; the provost and town-council of the royal burgh of Forres, in North Britain; the chancellor, principal, and professors of the college of Aberdeen; the noblemen and freeholders of the county of Selkirk; the provost, magistrates, and other inhabitants of the royal burgh of Dingwall; the portreeve and other inhabitants of Teignmouth; the vicar, churchwardens, and others, of Wellingborough; the magistrates, clergy, ship-owners, and others, of South Shields and Westoe; the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Warwick; the magistrates and burgesses of Inverary; the noblemen and freeholders of the county of Ayr; the noblemen and freeholders of the county of Moary; the magistrates and town-council of Pittenweem; the magistrates and town-council of New Galloway; the magistrates and other inhabitants of the

royal burgh of Tain; and the inhabitant householders of Edmonton.

23d. This morning, at about ten minutes before seven, Admiral Sir George Campbell, G.C.B., commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, was found dead in his dressing-room by his valet, who had left him only a few minutes previous. He was lying on the floor, with a pistol by his side. This melancholy event has astonished the whole town, and caused the deepest concern, Sir George being of a humane and charitable disposition, and of exemplary domestic habits. He had the honour of being highly esteemed by the King. On his going on board the yacht to pay his respects to his Majesty on his arrival here, the King observed, that he did not intend to go out of the yacht during his stay, and, turning to Sir George, added, in a familiar tone, which he always used with this gallant admiral," I shall not even go on shore to see you, George."-We are entirely at a loss to account for this fatal catastrophe. Sir George was fifty years of age; he entered the navy very early in life; was made a post-captain in 1791; rear-admiral in 1804; vice-admiral in 1806; and admiral of the white in 1814. He was appointed post-admiral at this station in 1817; his term would have expired in April next. A coroner's inquest has been held, and it has returned a verdict of Lunacy.

We understand that Lord Melville immediately promoted his nephew, Captain the Hon. G.P. Campbell of the Racehorse, to the rank of postcaptain, as an expression of the high sense entertained by the Lords of the Admiralty, of the character and conduct of the deceased. Sir B. Bloomfield, we hear, has expressed the King's sorrowful feelings, and his kind and gracious wishes, to Lady Campbell, on the deeply afflicting event.

-Anumber of the merchants, bank

ers, &c. of London, having, at a private meeting, voted and subscribed a loyal Address to the King, the political principles of which did not accord with the feelings of many other members of that respectable body, a requisition, numerously signed, was presented to the Lord Mayor, to call a meeting at the Mansion House on the 24th, for the purpose of voting an Address more suited to the views of the requisitionists. On that day, accordingly, most of the merchants who signed the requisition attended, in order to propose or support resolutions founded thereon, but the opposite party, who signed the former loyal declaration, also attended in great numbers, and a more noisy and riotous scene has never been witnessed in the city. The principal speakers were Mr A. Baring, Mr Bosanquet, Sir William Curtis, Mr John Smith, (banker,) and some other eminent merchants; but from the noise kept up by the opposing party, nothing of their speeches could be heard. Resolutions were passed, containing professions of loyalty to his Majesty, attachment to the constitution, and condemnation of the conduct of Ministers. A shew of hands was taken on the previous question, which had been moved by Sir W. Curtis, but it was decided that a majority of three to one were in favour of the resolutions.

27th. At twelve o'clock, the King, according to appointment, received the deputation, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Recorder, &c. of Dublin, charged to present the Ad. dress of the corporation of that city to his Majesty. The members, dressed in their robes, arrived at Carlton Palace in grand style, and were introduced to his Majesty, seated upon the throne. The Address was read by J. Greene, Esq., the newly elected Recorder of Dublin, and most graciously received. This is the first Address from the corporation of the city of Dublin

ever received by the Sovereign on the throne.

30th. The Caxton printing-office, Liverpool, situate on Copperas-hill, has been completely destroyed by fire, with nearly the whole of the stock which it contained.

Between one and two o'clock in the morning, as the captain of the watch was going his round, he discovered fire to issue from a window in the northend of the building. He immediately gave an alarm, and a crowd soon collected on the spot. From the first, the destruction of the premises appeared inevitable. The fire raged with extraordinary violence, and spread with amazing rapidity through the whole range of the building. The paper in the different rooms fed the flames, and, in little more than half an hour after the discovery of the accident, the three upper stories were in a perfect blaze. The devouring element soon worked its way downwards to the third story, and about three o'clock the whole of this immense pile of buildings present. ed one sheet of flame. The roof fell in soon afterwards. Very little of the immense stock on these extensive premises has been saved. The conflagration was too rapid to allow time or oppor tunity for saving any considerable part of it. Copper-plates to a considerable amount have, however, been saved, as well as most of the account-books, bills of parcels, &c. Some paper was also saved, but in so damaged a state as to be unfit for use. All the types and presses are destroyed. We have not heard how this awful calamity originated. The son of Mr Fisher went, as usual, through the different rooms, between eight and nine o'clock, and at that time all was safe. The building was heated by steam, and the man who attended the engine also went round the rooms without a candle, and he too found all safe. It is supposed the ca lamity was caused by the snuff from a

candle, which, being thrown carelessly on the floor, or left burning in the snuffers, after smouldering for several hours, set fire to some paper near to it, and eventually involved the premises in flames. The establishment thus unfortunately destroyed, was the most extensive periodical publication warehouse in the United Kingdom. The stock and premises were insured for 36,000l., but we know not whether this sum will cover the actual loss. By the calamity, nearly one hundred individuals are deprived of the means of gaining a livelihood by their industry.

FEBRUARY.

2d. The tumults among the colliers in Shropshire have led to fatal conse. quences. On account of the reduction of iron and stagnation of trade, the wages of the men were reduced 6d. per day. Discontent immediately manifested itself; and a large body of men marched to Madley-wood, Dawley, &c., stopped all the works, inju red and destroyed the machinery, and compelled the workmen to join the ranks of the turbulent. On Friday se'nnight it became absolutely necessary to call out the two troops of the Wellington yeomanry, under the command of Colonel Cludde, in aid of the civil power; and they proceeded to disperse a body of about 3000 rioters, assembled near the Old Park Iron Works, three miles from Wellington. The riot act having been read, and an hour elapsed, the mob still remaining, some of the ringleaders were taken into custody; but when the consta bles and military were conducting their prisoners towards the town, a general attack with stones and cinders was made by the colliers upon them, from the summits of two cinder-hills, on

each side of the road. The abrupt ascent of the hills rendered a charge impracticable, so that the cavalry were obliged to use their fire-arms; one man was killed on the spot, many were wounded, some dangerously, two of whom are since dead. The cavalry, however, succeeded in securing six of the eight prisoners, who were lodged in Shrewsbury gaol. In dispersing the mob, several of the cavalry were severely hurt by stones and cinders. On the following day the military force was increased. This circumstance, and the fate of some of their companions, intimidated the rioters. from doing further mischief in the iron-works; but parties have spread themselves over the adjacent country, and are begging, while others, more desperate, are committing depredations upon property. Several persons have been stopped and plundered in the neighbourhood of the works. Verdicts of Justifiable Homicide have been returned on those killed or dead of their wounds. Some of the colliers on Thursday last returned to their work.

6th.-COUNTY MEETINGS.-The following is a list of the county meetings in Scotland, at which loyal addresses to his Majesty have been voted :—

Aberdeenshire---For the address
Against it
Majority

91

14

-77

66

15

-51

Ayrshire For the address
Against it
Majority
Edinburghshire-For the address 111
Against it
Majority

27

-84

85

35

-50

52

Fifeshire-For the address
Against it
Majority
Kirkcudbright-For the address
for the amendment 15
Majority

Lanarkshire For the address

for the amendment

Majority

-37

90

94

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6th.-KING'S VISIT TO DRURYLANE.-The King having graciously signified his intention to visit this theatre on Tuesday night, the royal box above the stage, in a line with the first circle, was fitted up in a style of the utmost splendour and magnificence for the reception of his Majesty and party. From the front of the box, covering the centre pannel, hung a representation of the royal arms, emblazoned on a ground of silk, and above was erected a silken canopy surmounted by the crown. The interior of the box was fitted up in a similar style, and a splendid chair of state was placed in front for the accommodation of his Majesty. Two yeomen of the guard, in full state uniform, bearing halberts in their hands, attended his Majesty on this occasion, and were stationed on the stage on each side of the royal box. Nothing could exceed the demand for places, from the moment it became known that his Majesty was to honour this theatre with his presence; and the concourse of persons who assembled in the streets around the theatre, in the hopes of gaining admittance, for a long time before the doors were opened, was great beyond all precedent. The crush in Brydge's-street, Russell-street, and Vinegar-yard, was so great, that it was with much difficulty the shop windows were saved from being broken. It

would be vain to attempt to describe the scene which ensued upon the opening of the doors of the theatre. Until seven o'clock the exterior vestibule was thronged with company,-parties of ladies and gentlemen, indiscriminately mixed, struggling to make a passage to the pay-box. Many companies of ladies and gentlemen, who had previously secured places, were obliged to return, after several fruitless attempts to make their way through the crowd. The interior of the house presented a spectacle of an equally novel description. The pit was in a state of overflow on every side. The galleries presented the same appearance; and the lobbies of every tier of boxes were filled with individuals disappointed of obtaining places, endeavouring to persuade, and in some cases to force, the box-keepers to open the boxdoors. Sums of money greatly exceeding the price of admission, were offered to procure seats of any kind ; and such was the unexampled anxiety to obtain a view of his Majesty, that most of the boxes, from the dress circle up to the third tier, had a cortege of the most respectable and genteel persons, contented to occupy standing accommodation, the door of the box being opened for the purpose of affording them a view.

When the doors were thrown open, the rush was terrible; the shrieks of ladies who had imprudently ventured into the thickest of the crowd were heard, and caused the most painful anxiety. Some gentlemen at great hazard mounted the railings, and with much difficulty succeeded in opening the windows which overlook the pit passage, thereby causing a free ventilation, which did much service; by this means also many females, who saw the impossibility of obtaining entrance to the theatre, were enabled to escape from the intolerable pressure within, although not without the loss of their

bonnets and part of their dresses, which were rent in pieces in the confusion which prevailed amongst the parties contending for admission.

His Majesty, attended by the Dukes of York and Clarence, with their respective suites, entered the royal boxes at seven o'clock. Immediately upon his appearance the whole of the immense audience who crowded the pit, boxes, and galleries, simultaneously stood up uncovered, giving vent to their feelings of loyalty and attachment to the person of their most gracious Sovereign, in such an overwhelming torrent of rapturous and tumultuary applause, as must entirely baffle the power of the pen to convey adequately to the reader. This scene of enthusiastic rejoicing, accompanied by the universal waving of hats and handkerchiefs from every part of the house, continued for nearly ten minutes. During this period his Majesty continued standing and bowing to the audience. The curtain rose on his Majesty's entrance, and exhibited the whole company of the performers of this theatre, filling nearly the whole body of the stage. As soon as his Majesty took his seat, the company and the orchestra struck up the national anthem of "God save the King," at the conclusion of each verse of which, a rapturous shout of approbation was set up. His Majesty looked extremely well, and, we are happy to say, appeared to enjoy the most perfect health and spirits. He was dressed in a plain military suit of dark blue, with golden aiguillettes. The Duke of York sat on his right, in a field marshal's uniform, and the Duke of Clarence was on the left of his Majesty, in his uniform as admiral of the fleet. At the back of the box were the lord in waiting, and the master of the horse, his Grace the Duke of Montrose, as well as the other usual attendants forming the respective suites of his Majesty

and royal brothers. The box above that occupied by the royal party, was occupied by a part of the royal suite, consisting of general officers in uniform, and Admiral Sir Edmund Neagle.

At the conclusion of the opera the company again came forward, and sung "God save the King," amidst the most ecstatic bursts of applause, and long and loud continued cheering. The farce was then about to commence, but the performers who appeared were compelled to retire for a time, the audience insisting upon "Rule Britannia" being given; which demand was complied with, amidst the loudest cheers. At the conclusion of the farce, "God save the King" was repeated with unanimous and ecstatic applause, the audience standing up and joining in the chorus. His Majesty remained till the end of the entertainment, with the whole of which he seemed to be much delighted. On leaving the box, he bowed several times in reply to the universal cheers and plaudits of the house.

On the whole, a more gratifying spectacle has never on any occasion been witnessed. It was an ardent testimony of loyal affection and attachment, which does the highest honour to British feeling.

7th.-KING'S VISIT TO COVENTGARDEN.-His Majesty reached the theatre at within five minutes of seven o'clock; and, on passing the iron gates, was cheered with acclamations of "Long live King George the IV. !"

The concourse was excessive; but, in consequence of adopting the wise precaution of opening the doors half an hour earlier than usual, the pressure was comparatively trivial. The theatre was filled immediately on its opening, and the spectacle which it presented was grand. Every seat in every box commanding but a glimpse of that which the King was to occupy,