Jan.] 



CHRONICLE. 



Joseph Rhodes with a swonl con- 

 cealed in a stick ; when it appear- 

 ing that Rhodes was not able to 

 swear that the wound was inflicted 

 by design, but rather in a noctur- 

 nal scuffle, Watson was brought in 

 Not guilty. 



The grand jury afterwards re- 

 turned a true bill against James 

 Watson the elder, John Hooper, 

 Thomas Preston, and Thomas 

 Cashman, on a charge of con- 

 spiracy and riot. 



27. The following letter has 

 been sent by the Secretaiy of 

 State for the Home Department to 

 the Lords Lieutenants of several 

 counties : — 



ff'hitehall, Jan. 11. 



My Lord — It being deemed ex- 

 pedient, under present circum- 

 stances, that the civil power sliould 

 be strengthened in the county 

 under your grace's chaige, 1 have 

 to request that you will recom- 

 mend it to the magistrates in the 

 princi|)al towns within the same 

 (in whicli the measure is not al- 

 ready adopted), to encourage the 

 enrolment of respectable house- 

 holders, to act, as occasion may 

 require, as special constables, ft)r 

 a fixed period of time, not less 

 than three months ; and I have 

 fuither to request that your grace 

 will communicate to the command- 

 ing officers of the several yeomimry 

 corps within the county of Leices- 

 ter, the wish of his Maji sty's go- 

 vernment, that they would hold 

 themselves, and the corps imder 

 their respective connnands, in a 

 state of preparation to alToid 

 prompt assistance to the civil au- 

 thorities, in ca?e of necessity. 



1 have, &c. SinMouTii. 

 The Lord Lieutenant of the 



county of Leicester, 



Wednesday morning, about one 

 o'clock, the Leicester cavalry, and 

 a regiment of dragoons, w»-rc 

 called out to quell a riot at Oadby, 

 near Leicester. There were about 

 400 lioters, who dispersed them- 

 selves after three of the leaders 

 were secured : these have since 

 been sent to the gaol of the latter 

 place. Several corn and hay- 

 stack? were set on fire, but were 

 extinguished by the military. 



Her Royal llighnesslhe Duchess 

 of Cumberland having been for 

 some time past in daily expecta- 

 tion of giving birth to a child, 

 the two physicians. Sir Henry 

 Halford and Dr. Clarke (the latter 

 of whom is an eminent accoucheur) 

 have been constant attendants 

 u])on her Royal Highness. In 

 compliance also with the formality 

 maintained at a royal birth, the 

 Archbishoj) of Canterbiu-y and the 

 IJishop of London have remained 

 in town, that they might, when 

 called upon, be present at the 

 shortest notice. The proper ar- 

 rangements being thus settled, ic 

 was announced yesterday morning 

 between nine and ten o'clock, that 

 her Royal Highness was taken in 

 labour. Summonses were pre- 

 sently forwarded to the Archbishop 

 of Canterbuiy, the Bishop of Lon- 

 don, the Lord ChanceUor, and the 

 rest of the Cabinet Ministers. 

 The Duke of Cimiberland sent his 

 own chariot for the Lord Chancel- 

 lor ; and here some delay was 

 occasioned by the coachman driv- 

 ing to Bedford-.-.quare, instead of 

 the Ctmrt of Chancery, where the 

 learned lord was of course silting, 

 it being term-time. In the mean- 

 while, the Archbishop of Canter- 

 buiy, who had kept a carriage in 

 readiness for the occasion, made 



such 



