which a worsted mill and other property, valued at 30,000l. were destroyed; and 500 people thrown out of employ. 27. At 7 o'clock this morning, one of the most violent storms of wind ever remembered, accompanied by thunder and lightning, was experienced at Beaumanor park, in the county of Leicester. The wind tore up by the roots many of the immense oak trees, which have stood the shock of seven centuries; many large fir trees, ash, elm, and willows, were broke through the middle, and the tops carried to a distance. The oldest people never saw such destruction, trees lying in all directions; many stacks and barns blown down. Near Beau manor many people left their houses for fear. In Garendon park also many trees were blown down. The storm continued at intervals during the greater part of the day. About seven o'clock, the wind blowing a complete hurricane, the chimney of the house of Mr. Lawson, a respectable butcher of Coventry, was blown down, and fell with such violence as to force its way through the tiling, attic, and into the sleepingroom of Mr. L. who was in bed, and who, it is supposed, was instantly killed by the pressure of the fall, a considerable quantity of bricks and timber being upon him when his body was discovered. Between eight and nine o'clock the wind blew a most tremendous hurricane from the west, by which considerable damage was done to the roofs of buildings, &c. in the town of Bury and its neighbourhood. Two of the chimneys of Orbell Oakes, esq. were blown down, beating in the roof, breaking the glass, and otherwise damaging his dwelling house-the garden wall of Mrs. Palmer, at the back of Northgate street, was blown down, and a child's leg broken by the fall-a chimney at the King's Head inn was blown down, and broke in the roof of the chamber. Numerous other houses in the town sustained similar damage in their roofs. Several beautiful trees on sir Charles Bunbury's lawn at Great Barton were snapped asunder.-A windmill at Wetherden was blown down. The windmill at Cockfield, and several others in the neighbourhood, suffered materially. The great barn at Horning's heath, measuring 112 feet by 40, was nearly all blown down ;— a barn at Rushbrooke; two others at Shedburgh and Shimpling-hall; another at Hawstead; another at Lavenham; another at Thorpe Morieux, and one at Hundon, were either partly blown down or materially suffered in the roofs. The injury sustained by so many barns might, in some degree, arise from their generally being empty. Numerous stacks of corn and clover were blown down in most parishes. Indeed so heavy a gale was scarcely ever before remembered by the oldest inhabitants. A large barn belonging to Mr. Rivers, of Cauldwellhall, was also blown down. The sails of the mill on the Whittonroad, near the king's barracks, were shivered in pieces, and two sails blown off a mill at Westerfield. Two or three chimneys in Ipswich were blown down, much damage done to the roofs of the horse-barracks, and a garden-wall upwards of 140 feet long, belonging to the rev. Wm. Fonnereau, at Christchurch, was thrown down, and considerable injury sustained in the tiling, destruction of pots on chimneys, &c.: also several large trees near were torn up by the roots. At Woodbridge several stone and brick walls were thrown down, and many houses houses unroofed; two of the sails were blown off Mr. Manby's mill, one of which was carried a considerable distance, and the other went through the round-house, shattered the brick work, and was found erect among the wheat. Mrs. Packard's house at Hasketon received considerable injury by the fall of a large stack of chimneys. During the gale the Adventure, Unity, Manchester, Friends, Goodwill, and Deborah and Anne, belonging to Ipswich, broke from their moorings; but it being neap tide, the vessels drifted on the hardway opposite, and sustained very little injury, except in their boats: the two wherries on their passage to Harwich met the squall, one of which had her jib sail split, and was obliged to bring up. FRANCE. In the chamber of deputies, the debate on the law respecting public journals has terminated. It was voted by a majority of 128 against 89. All the journals of France are now, therefore, absolutely dependent upon the king's authority; which sanction may be, of course, at any time withdrawn, and any of them be immediately suppressed. The report on the budget has been brought forward in this chamber; the committee appear to have ably performed their duty, in recommending ministers to enforce economy in every department, particularly as to pensions; the revenue is stated to be 300 millions deficient. ITALY. An immense collection of letters, in number half a million, and seven tons weight, from persons in England, Scotland, and Ireland, to the exiled Stuarts, have been lately discovered at Rome: they begin with James II. and go down to the A letter from Port Louis, in the of the great fire of the 25th SepIsle of France, dated Oct.1, speaking tember, states, that the loss is found to be enormous. The greater part of those who suffered are reduced to the lowest state of poverty. Many who on the preceding evening were very wealthy, were in the course of twelve hours left without a morsel of bread to give their families. The influence of this state of things on trade has been very serious: every one endeavours, as in a shipwreck, to save himself as well as he can. What adds to the general embarrassment is, that a bank, the paper of which had formerly disappeared, now furnishes the only currency, though the security of its paper rests only on notes payable to order. Nineteen streets were entirely consumed, including hospitals, prisons, barracks, magazines, and other public buildings. MARCH. MARCH. Windsor Castle, March 1. His majesty has enjoyed good bodily health, and has been in a very tranquil state during the last month; but his majesty's disorder is unabated. 12. This day the execution of Cashman the rioter took place opposite the house of Mr. Beckwith in Skinner-street. The lord-mayor had taken the most praise-worthy precautions to prevent disturbance. -At eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, Cashman was brought from his cell up stairs to one adjoining the press-yard, in which he was to pass the night. He seemed perfectly composed, but exhibited a good deal of levity. Occasionally he was serious; but he frequently launched forth into comments on the nature of his past life, and talked of his fears of being dragged like a vagrant through the streets. In this sort of converse he remained till twenty minutes after ten, when the Roman catholic clergyman, Mr. Devereux, took his departure, remarking that the poor fellow was perfectly resigned to his fate, but at the same time evidently looked towards it with a levity which bordered on a confusion of intellect. On the morning of execution he expressed his readiness to die; and the door of his cell opening, he stepped forward with great alacrity. He stood with much unconcern while his fetters were knocked off, looking at and assisting in the opera tion. The rev. Messrs. Cotton and Devereux again in vain attempted to administer consolation. He e vinced the utmost impatience, exclaiming, "Don't bother me-it's of no use; I know nothing at all about the matter." The subjects which seemed nearest his mind were, the mode of his death, and the disposition of his little property. The crowd collected exceeded all calculation, extending to every spot from whence a view could be commanded. The multitude was chiefly of an inferior description, and strong symptoms of discontent evidently prevailed. Lest any attempt should be made at rescue, a signal was concerted to call in the military, who were under arms. About ten minutes before eight the culprit took his seat in the cart. His firmness was unabated, and not a muscle of his countenance betrayed the slightest appearance of fear.--Looking towards the prison door, at which one of the turnkeys stood, he said in a laughing manner, "Good b'ye, Bishop-God bless you, my hearty!" and then addressing himself to the others, exclaimed, "This is not for cowardice-I am not brought to this for robbery-I am going to die, but I shall not shrink. If I was at my quarters I would not be killed in the smoke, I'd be in the fire. I have done nothing against my king and country, but fought for them."-As the sheriffs advanced, the mob expressed their indignation by groans and hisses, and attempts were made to rush forward. The officers, however, stood firm to their posts, and being aided in their efforts by the wooden barriers, succeeded in preventing any encroachment. This conduct was frequently repeated before the cart had reached its destination, and Cashman joined his voice to the shouts, crying out, "Hurra! my boys, I'll die like a man!" On his quitting the cart, and mounting the scaffold, the groans were redoubled; he seemed to enter into the spirit of the spectators, and joined in their exclamations with a terrific shout. The executioner then put the rope round his neck. This operation excited fresh excla. mations mations of disapprobation from the crowd. On the cap being put over his face, he said, "For God's sake let me see to the last; I want no cap." In this he was indulged, and the cap was withdrawn. He now turned towards Mr. Beckwith's house in an angry manner, and shaking his head, said, "I'll be with you there," meaning he would haunt the house after his death. The executioner having quitted the platform, the unfortunate wretch addressed the crowd nearest him, and exclaimed, "Now, you, give me three cheers when I trip."And then, calling to the executioner, he cried out, "Come, Jack, you, let go the jib-boom." He was cheering at the instant the fatal board fell. The cap was then drawn over his face, and he died almost without a struggle.-The body was taken to the debtors' side of Newgate upon the shoulders of four men, and it was afterwards claimed by a nephew of the malefactor in the even ing. 18. In the court of chancery, Mr. Hart moved for an injunction to restrain Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, from printing and publishing the poem of "Wat Tyler," a juvenile production of Robert Southey, esq. poet laureat.-Sir Samuel Romilly resisted the applica tion, on the ground that it was not such a publication as entitled the author to the protection of the court. He would venture to say that a more dangerous, mischievous, and seditious publication had never issued from the press: clothed in the most seductive language, it was calculated to excite a spirit of disaffec. tion and hatred to the government and constitution of the country, as well as open rebellion against the sovereign. The lord chancellor was of opinion, that if the book deserved the character that had been given of it, he certainly, as a judge of a court of equity, had no right to interpose; it was the province of the attorneygeneral to look to it. He should take the book home with him and read it, in order to satisfy his mind whether it had the pernicious tendency ascribed to it.-The following day the lord chancellor gave his opinion. His lordship said he had given some attention to prior cases on the same subject, and he found in all of them that the court had acted on the principle of not giving protection to the author of a work which was, or must be represented in a legal sense, as immoral or seditious. He had no opinion to give on the character or merits of the publication in question; but it was a principle on which the court uniformly acted, to refuse an injunction in every case where the author could not maintain an action for the infringement of a copy-right. It was a singular feature in this case, that the manuscript should have so long been neglected. With the merits of the publication he, as a public individual, had nothing to do, as it did not lie within his jurisdiction. It was not, however, a work that he could feel himself justified in granting any protection to. The courts of law had the cognisance of all libellous matters, and of all attacks on principle and character, but his jurisdiction as chancellor was solely confined to property.-The injunction was refused. 18. The spinning factory of Mr. Brown, at Knott Mill, Manchester, was destroyed by fire in the short space of an hour. The loss is estimated at 20,0001. abut 14,000%. of which is insured. 20. A meeting of the proprietors of Drury-lane theatre was held in the saloon of the theatre, when, after much much discussion, it was resolved to let the theatre on lease, if an adequate offer shall be made, with competent security for its fulfilment. Thanks were voted to the earl of Essex and other members of the committtee of management, who are to continue to exercise their functions till the end of the season. The following were stated to be the receipts of the theatre since its rebuilding :-First year, 79,9251. 14s.; second, 68,3891. 3s.; third, 61,5857. Ss. 5d.; fourth, 49,5861. 17s. A beautiful silver vase, modelled from the celebrated specimen from Adrian's villa, brought from Rome by sir W. Hamilton, and now the property of the earl of Warwick, has been executed by Messrs. Rundell and Bridge. This piece of plate is one of the finest specimens of art ever finished. The form is truly elegant. The whole is surrounded by fine antique Bacchanalian masks. The handles are composed of vine stems finely twisted, the upper part running round the top of the vase. On the base is the following inscription: "As a testimony of the sense entertained of his services by the friends of true liberty and public tranquillity, this vase is presented to the rev. sir Henry Bate Dudley, bart. LL.D. who, by his firm and decisive conduct as a magistrate, contributed essentially to the sup pression of a sudden and dangerous insurrection at Littleport in the Isle of Ely, on the 24th day of May, 1816." The splendid and extensive stained glass window, ordered by the late .duke of Norfolk, upon the subject of king John signing Magna Charta in the presence of the barons, in the barons' hall, Arundel Castle, has been completed by the present duke, and is now exhibiting by the artist, Mr. Backler, to his friends and the public. It is a singular circumstance, that none of the almanacs notice the now returning direction of the magnetic needle towards the north. In the year 1657 it pointed due north, but has been 160 years increasing in declination westward: last year it attained a declension of 25, and then became stationary, and is now receding back again to the north. 18. This day, between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, when the pump-room, Bath, was full of fashionables, a Mr. Fox, attended by several other Quakers, addressed the company for some time; after which Mrs. Priscilla Gurney, of the same persuasion, commenced an oration, but was prevailed on by some gentlemen to desist. Scarcely any description of property has been more seriously affected by the general distress than the public theatres: even in the capital they have been severely visited; but in the provincial circuits they have been, almost without exception, entirely shut up, or their rents reduced one third; some to half their former produce, and others allowed to be used for the payment of taxes and repairs. 29. Last week a dreadful explosion of the fire-damp occurred in the colliery belonging to Mr. Parsons, near Neath Abbey, by which one man was killed and three terribly burnt. The name of the former was Thomas James, a very industrious and respectable old collier, remarkable for sobriety and seriousness of character. His body was not discovered until after a search of two days. He has left a wife and family. Mr. John Parsons, benevolently anxious to render every assistance in his power, descended into the pit immediately after the explosion |