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in Park-street. The military 

 halted when they came opposite 

 to the house, and gave three 

 cheers. The Duke of York con- 

 ducted the military to the bar- 

 racks, and went afterwards on 

 foot to the castle; they left Paris 

 six weeks yesterday. 



Several hundred colliers assem- 

 bled at Tipton, in Staffordshire, 

 on Monday week, determined to 

 resist a further drop of sixpence 

 per day in their wages by their 

 charter- masters. On the appear- 

 ance, however, of a military force, 

 they peaceably dispersed, and 

 their masters have since made a 

 satisfactory arrangement with 

 them. On Friday week a mob of 

 colliers assembled in the vicinity 

 of Dudley, and seizing a Mr. 

 Zephaniah Parker, put a rof)e 

 round his neck, and threatened 

 to hang him, unless he acceded 

 to their demands. A liberal re- 

 ward has been offered for the ap- 

 prehension of the offenders. Se- 

 veral districts in Cardiganshire 

 have also been disturbed by riots. 

 Two or three of the ring-leaders 

 have been apprehended without 

 tiie effusion of blood. 



2.5. Burns the Poet. — The an- 

 niversary of the birth of this dis- 

 tinguished ornament of his coun- 

 try was celebrated at Edinburgh. 

 Upwards of one hundred admirers 

 of the bard were jnesent. The 

 chair was filled by Alex. BosweU, 

 Es(j. of Auchinleck, supported by 

 the Hon. Wm. Maule, M. P. 

 Among the persons of rank wlio 

 were present, were the Earl of 

 Leven, the Hon. Captain Gordon, 

 the Hon.. Captain Na;)ier, Mr. 

 Forbes, M. P. &c. &c. And among 

 tho^e of literary eminence were 

 WaltLM- Scott, Es({. Mr. Jeffiey, 



&c. Many appropriate toasts were 

 given in the course of the even- 

 ing, and the entertainment went 

 off with the utmost hilarity and 

 eclat. It was resohed that the 

 meeting should be in future trien- 

 nial. 



Dublin. — The Enniskillen coach 

 which left town yesterday evening, 

 was stopped, by three carts being 

 placed across the road, at half- 

 past eleven, by an armed banditti, 

 consisting of 14 persons, about 

 three miles beyond Dunshaughlin. 

 The party, stationed behind the 

 hedges on each side of the road, 

 commenced a brisk fire upon the 

 coach, and wounded both the 

 guards, one of them seveiely in 

 the head. The guards, with great 

 spirit, returned the fire, and dis- 

 charged about six or seven shots 

 each, which, it is supposed, had 

 some effect. The banditti in the 

 end, however, having by a sudden 

 rush upon the coach, prevented 

 »ny further resistance, effected 

 their puri)o=e, and the greater 

 part of the mails fell into their 

 hands. Four passengers who 

 were in the coacli, were robbed 

 of about 501. but did not receive 

 any other injury. 



29. A few days since, the over- 

 seers of Horneastle summoned 

 Daniel Collwood, farrier, better 

 known by the name of Dr. Can- 

 dlebags, for I'efusing to support 

 his wife, who had been chargea- 

 ble to the parish of Horneastle 

 for several years. The doctor, on 

 being taken before the magistrate, 

 expressed a sus])Jcion that his 

 wife had concealed a considerable 

 hoard ; and on Monday the 29th, 

 he, acconii)anied by the consta- 

 bles and overseers, proceeded to 

 search his house ; on their enter- 

 ing 



