CHRONICLE 
The person who called himself 
ke of Ormond, and who fired at 
d wounded a constable at Bir- 
ingham, has been acquitted of 
that indictment, at Warwick assizes. 
fie ground of acquittal was, that 
the constable did not declare on 
what authority and for what pur- 
ose he'forcibly entered the room. 
Other detainers for fraudulently ob- 
taining money are lodged against 
“95th. The sum of 20001. was 
paid at the Exchequer to William 
Russell, Esq. on behalf of the New 
Meeting Society in Birmingham, as 
a recompence for the destruction of 
the New Meeting House in the 
tiots of 1791, and also for the fur- 
niture it contained, belonging to 
the Rev. Dr. Priestley and the indi- 
Vidual members ofthe’ congregation. 
© 27th. Napper Tandy has obtain- 
eda verdict in Dublin, upon the in- 
dictment of an assault preferred by 
him against one Brown, under a 
proclamation offering 501. reward 
for his apprehension. Upon the 
solicitation of Mr. Tandy, the pu-_ 
nishment inflicted on Brown was mi- 
gested to a fine of sixpence, and 
ree days’ imprisonment. It was 
Napper Tandy’s own hair-dresser 
that arrested him. ‘The plan was 
€ontrived between the patriot and 
the frizeur ; and they were equally 
to divide the reward between them. 
Government saw through the du- 
plicity, and left this curious pair to 
ish the business by themselves. 
30th. Lord Gower and the Coun- 
tess of Sutherland arrived at the 
Marquis of Stafford’s, Whitehall, 
‘om Paris. Before the Countess 
Sutherland left Paris, she sent 
ny articles of her own dress to 
the Queen, and of her young son’s, 
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for the use of the Dauphin, which 
were most thankfully received.— 
What a pitiable case for the daugh- 
ter of an Emperor, and the consort 
of the King of France! 
A}l ministerial communication 
with the French ambassadors in Lon- 
don and at the Hague is at an end, 
by order of the respective courts... 
The Prussian General has given 
an acquittance in the name of the 
French people, and of Louis XVI, 
King of the French, for monies paid 
by the receiver-general of the de- 
partment of the Moselle. He has 
also ordered the president of the de- 
partment to convene the primary 
assemblies, according to the regula~ 
tions of the constitution as accepte 
by the King, and then to procee 
to the election of deputies to the 
national convention. 
Diep, 3d, at his seat at Crome 
ford, in Derbyshire, Sir Richard 
Arkwright, Knight; who, by ‘une 
common genius and persevering in= 
dustry, invented and perfected a 
system of machinery for spinning, 
that had been in vain attempted by 
many of the first mechanics of the 
last and present centuries ; which, 
by giving perpetual employment to 
many thousand families, bas increas 
ed the population, and been pro- 
ductive of great commercial advan- 
tage to this country. He has died 
immensely rich, and has left manu- 
factories, the income of which is 
greater than that of most German 
principalities, though derived from 
very Opposite circumstances, those 
that promote the prosperity of a 
country. His real and personal pro- 
perty is estimated at little short of 
half a million. From the humble 
station of a barber at a village near 
Manchester, he gradually roseinthe 
C2 acquisition 
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