Francis had expressed his determination not to surrender himself except to actual force: and during the whole of these two days and nights the people were constantly assembling round sir Francis's house, and giving him tokens of their attachment, though the streets were paraded by dragoons. At length, on Monday morning, an immense military force was drawn up before and near the house, and the warrant was carried into execution by Bow-street officers with almost theatrical management and effect. A little before eleven the serjeant at arms, accompanied by messengers, police officers, and a large military force, broke violently into the house. Sir Francis was sitting with his family, and on the appearance of the serjeant, asked by what authority he broke into his house? The serjeant produced the speaker's warrant, which sir Francis refused to obey, and demanded if it was intended to be executed by a military force? The answer was in the affirmative: whereupon sir Francis commanded them to desist in the king's name, and called upon the sheriff for his aid. It was answered that the sheriff' was not there; and sir Francis then said, that they should not take him but by force, which they accordingly did, and hurried him through a double file of soldiers drawn up in his own house, to a glass coach, which they had in waiting for the purpose, and conveyed him to the Tower, escorted by a large body of horse. In the return of the troops from the Tower, they fired repeatedly on the people, and some lives were lost. Concerning some of the eases, the coroner's juries have very properly returned verdicts of wilful murder. In consequence of these abominable proceedings, a very numerous meeting of the electors of Westminster was held in Palaceyard, on the 17th of April; at which it was resolved, to present to the House of Com mone a "petition and remonstrance," stating, among other things, that "the committal of sir Francis Burdett to prison, enforced by military power, are circumstances which render evident the imperious necessity of an immediate reform in the representation of the people:" and concluding with most earnestly calling upon the house "to restore to us our representative, and according to the notice he has given, to take the state of the representation of the people into your serious consideration, a reform in which is, in our opinion, the only means of preserving the coun. try from military despotism." It was deter. mined also to send a letter to sir Francis in the Tower, expressing their full approbation of his general conduct; and speaking of the particular instance in question, in the follow. ing terms:-"We feel the indignity that has been offered you, but we are not surprised to find, that when every excuse is made for public delinquents, that the utmat rigour is exercised against him who pleads for the ancient and constitutional rights of the people. You nobly stept forward in defence of a fellow subject unjustly imprisoned, and you questioned with great ability and knowledge of the laws, the warrant issued upon that occasion; the House of Commons have answered your argument by breaking into your house with a military force, seizing your person, and conveying you by a large body of troops to the Tower. Your distinction between privilege and power remains unaltered; the privileges of the House of Commons are for the protection, not for the destruction, of the people. We have resolved to remon strate with the House of Commons on the outrages committed under their orders; and to call upon them to restore you to your seat in parliament, which the present state of the country renders more than ever necessary for the furtherance of your and our object—a reform of the representation in that house. While so many members are collected together by means which it is not nesessary for us to describe, we cannot but entertain the greatest apprehensions for the remainder of our liberties; and the employment of a military force against one of their own body, is but a sad presage of what may be expected by those who like you have the courage to stand forward in defence of the rights of the people." Sir Francis, in his answer, speaking of the present state of the representation of the peo ple, says: "From this foul and traitorous traffic our borough-monger sovereigns drive an immense revenue, cruelly wrung from the hard hand of honest labour. I do, however, now entertain an ardent hope, that this degraded and degrading system, to which all our difficulties, grievances, and dangers, are owing, will at length give way to the mo derate but determined perseverance of a whole united people. Magna Charta, and the old law of the land, will then resume their empire-freedom will revive-the caterpillars of the state, coiling themselves up in their own naturally narrow sphere, will fall off and perish-property and political power, which the law never separates, will be re united➡ the king, replaced in the happy and dignified station allotted him by the constitution-the people, relieved from the bitterest of all curses, the curse of Canaan, that of being the servants of servants, and restored to their just and indisputable rights. To effect these great, important, and necessary purpo ses, no exertions of mine shall ever be want ing-without their attainment, no efforts of mine can avail. The people of England must speak out-they must do more-they must act and if, following the example of the electors of Westminster, they do act in a firm and regular manner, upon a concerted plan, ever keeping the law and constitution in view, they must finally succeed in recovering that to which they are legally entitled-the appointment of their own guardians and trustees for the protection of their own liberty and property. They must either do this, or they must inevitably fall a sacrifice to one or the other of the most contemptible factions that ever disgraced this or any other country. The question is now at issue; it must now be ultimately determined whether we are hence forth to be slaves, or be free. Hold to the laws this great country may recover; forsake them and it will certainly perish." The House of Commons, after a very long and adjourned debate, determined to pass over sir Francis's letter to the Speaker, without any particular notice; and allowed the petition from the electors of Westminster to be received, after some attempt at opposing it. Notice has been served on the Speaker, and his officers, by sir Francis Burdett's solicitor, that he has instructions to bring an action against them, at the suit of the honourable baronet. This will bring the important question of the breaking open his house, fairly to issue; and it will be solemnly argued in a court of law. ALPHABETICAL LIST of BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced between the 20th of March and the 20th of April, extracted from the London Gazettes, hill, Gray's inn fquare (Hudfon, (Green Banyon Edward Walfall. Stafford, fadler's ironmonger. (Turner and Pike, Bloomsbury fquare, and Heeley, Walfall Barber William Alnwick, Northumberland, brewer. {ambert, Alnwick and Flexney. Chancery lane Bennett Thomas, Liverpool, merchant. (Houghton, Liverpool, and Windle, John &treet, Bedford row Boyd Thomas, Maida Hill, Edgware road, hopkeeper. Jeyes Charlotte Areet, Fitzroy fquare Brandon Ifaac, and Samuel Cortiffos, Leadenhall freet, merchants. (Swain, Stevens, and Maples, Old Jewry Brown Robert William, Lambeth road, merchant. (Hill, (Cuppage, Jermyn Burt William, Tooley street. oil-merchant, (Sherwood, Cushion court. Broad ftreet Caftic Ambrofe. Furnival's inn, money fcrivener. Rood lane (Hill, Chapman William, Beverley, linen draper. (Hall, Beverley Cloney Nicholas, Liverpool, provifion merchant. (Davies, Liverpool, and Meddowcroft, Gray's inn Collins Letitia, Halfmoon freet, milliner and drefs maker Cox Elizabeth, Olvefton, Glocester, fhopkeeper. (Guet, Britol, and Meredith, Robbins and Tomkyns, Lin coln's Wall Dakey Charles, Manchefter and Nottingham, lace manu. facturer. (Willis, Fairthorne and Clarke, Warn. ford court, and Heflop, Manchester Davies John, Hereford, corn factor. (Browne and Pinniger, Gray's inn fquare, and Bird and Wollafton, Hereford Davies Jaines, Ledbury, Hereford, glafs man. (Pewtrifs, Gray sinn, and Reece, Ledbury Davies William, Coadley, gun-barrel maker. (Strong, Still and Strong, Lincoln's iun, and Ruberts, Wor. cefter, Stourbridge De Joachim, Louis Rene, Bowling green Buildings, dis Iiller. (Wadefon, Barlow, and Grosvenor, Auâin Friars De la Hault, Charles, Birmingham, Spanish leather dreffer. (Roffer and son, Barlett's Buildings, and Hill, Shrewsbury Dixon Mark. Borough. High ftreet, hop merchant. (Day and Hamerton, Lime ftreet Dongworth James. Grove freet, Commercial read, and Thomas Ainer, Stepney, builders. (Rutfon, Wellclofe fquare Drury William, Canterbury, Victualler. (Pierce and Sandys, Canterbury, and Winburn and Collett, Chancery Lane Edward James, Leicester, fhoemaker. (Greaves, Leiceffer, and Wilton, Temple Faon Auguftine, Hart Atreet, Bloomsbury, wine-merchaut. (Chapman and Stevens, St. Mildred's court, Poultry Felton James, Wet Thurrock, Effex, baker. (Aubrey Took's court, Curator ftreet, and Stanley, Billericay, Effex Fildes Benjamin, Upton on Severn, Worcester, boat builder, (Whitcombe, Griffith, and Philpotts, Glocefter Fleming Henry. Hanway yard, Oxford street, jeweller. (Hodgson, Clement's inn Forrest Jimes, Chester, cotton dealer. (Avifon, Liver pool Rutfon, Foulkes Jofeph, Hackney road, builder. well clufe fquare Foy Walter, Beech treet, linen draper. morton freet (Nind, Throg Gough William, Cranbourne freet. mercer. (Turner, Edward freet, Cavendish fquare Griffiths William, Westwood, Wilts. dyer. (Williams, Red Liun quare, and Williams and Buh, Trowbridge, Wilts. Hain Jonathan, Hampton, victualler. freet, Bedford fquare Hamilton John, Briftci, merchant, lane, and Smith, Bristol Hammond John. Macclesfeld, tanner. field. and Kent, Clifford's inn (Vincent, Bedford (Tarrant, Chancery (Cooke, Maccles Henzell George, Litr'e Eaft Cheap, underwriter. Holt Samuel, Manchester, grocer. (Pafs and Reddish, Hooker Thomas, Mary-le-bone-Breet, Portland Place, grocer. (Stevenfun, Chequer court, Charing Crofs Horwood Jofeph, Woodchefter, Park-hill, Glocefterfire, miller. (Whitcombe and King, Serjeant's inn, Fleet &reet, and Bowyer, King's Holm, near Glo cefter Ingham Francis, Norland, Halifax, clothier. (Willis, Fairthorne and Clarke, Warnford court, and Allifon Huddersfield Inman Jofeph, Kent road, broker. (Bryant, Copthali White Auguftus Wefmoreland place, City road, merchant, (Hughes and Chapman, Temple Whitehead Thomas. fen andjun. Filfworth, Lancaster, cotton mufacturers. (Barrett, Mancheter, and Willis Fairthorne and Clarke, Warnfo.d court Wood Robert Margate, grocer. (Clulton, Southwark DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED. Abbot: Jofeph. Piefcut, Lancaster, procer, April 16 Allen William. Chamos freet, fhoemaker, May 1 Alvey Vincent, Spalding Lincoln, brewer and inn keeper, May Armfon jofeph. Eyton. Salon, miller, May 7 Ayres john, Sun ürect, ihopigate, tallow chandler, Banks Richard, Eltham, Kent, victualler. March 31 Bayley James, High Street, Shadwell, hip breaker and merchant, April 14 Chaband Henry, Plumtree freet, Bloomsbury, jeweller, May to Ann, Bredbury, Cheater, hat-manufacturer, Chadwick John, Bredbury, Chefter, hat-manufacturer, May 10 Chapman Elias Tunbridge Wells, carpenter, April 21 Chapman Richard, Thatcham, Be.ks, shopkeeper, April 17 Chapman John, Yarmouth, linen draper. May 8 Chapple James, Grace's Alley, wellciote fquare, hoffer, Charlton Cornelius, Eat Farleigh, Kent, yeoman, May 9 April 14 tanner, Clennell John, Newcastle upon-Tyne, pin maker, May 9 Cliffold Benjamin south's Rents, St. John areet, dealer and thapman. April 14 Colombine Francis, avid, David, jun. and Peter, jun. Norwich, merchants, May 1 Connop Jofeph and Coleman Levy Newton, Red Lion freet, Spitalelas, dyeis, May Cotton Thomas, Cornhill, April 21 Rock broker and banker, Cramend Arthur, Bridge Atreet, Blackfriars, merchant, April 17 Croft William, Leeds a d James Manks, Hunflet, York, merchants May 30 Danfon Kobert, Gulgate, Lancafter coal merchant. May 15 john Folup and Philip Gavey, London, merchants, May 8 Dinsdale Jofeph, Scu.coates. York, grocer, April 17 Dixon hem is Bath, chinaman, Dowland William, Devizes, draper, April 17 Dowie joun, Great James treet, sedford row, scrivener, May 26 Dyer Richard, Bath cornfactor, April 16 Edwards John, stonehoufe, Devon, draper and flop feller, May 1 Every samuel, Liverpool, ship.chandler and merchant, April 16 Faveli Elizabeth April 23 Ferguson John. Burr ftreet, St. George's in the Eaft, ma iner, May 12 Fincham Wiliam, Covent garden, earthenware when, May 1 Fither widiam, Cambridge woollen-draper, May 1 Fortter Pexa Great Yarmouth, book feller, may Freebairn kobert, and joteph Wi.fou, Queca #rect, Cheapliue, warehoulemen, May 29 Fuller John James, Yoxford, Suffolk, draper and grocer, April 17 Gardner William, Newent, Glocefter, baker and malder, May B Garland Charles, Brackley, April 26 Northampton, fale (man, German william. Briftol, tyler and plasterer, May I Gleen William, Kinland road, dealer and chapman, Hall Geo ge, Queen frees, filk manufacturer. April 24 harris Jam el, and John Clarke, worn.wood street, jud. mongers, Арты 20 Hawkins Wam, sirmingham, button maker, April 14 Hach William. Chippenhamn, Wilts, cocher, ay 15 bevert jahn and corge, Grange ruad. Southwark, tanners, May 5 Henby Thomas, obey Place. Bethnal Green read, care penter and builder, April 24 Hey Matthew, cateaton thricet, warehouseman, May 5 Hingston Charles and Robert, Walbrook, Inen's meicord Hughes James Fletcher, Wigmore ftreet, bookseller, Hunt George, Stalbridge, Dorfet, linen draper, May 9 Hutler James, Wefton Colville, Cambridge, farmer, Kemp William, Faversham, grocer, May 15 Killick John Shepherd, Hackney Mills, Lee Bridge, Kinfey William oxford treet, coach maker. May is Leathwood William, Liverpool, cork cutter, April 16 Leroux reary jacob, Canonbury square, Iflington, builder, Levien Solomon, jun Barnes, broker, May S Lifter Thomas, King ftreet Holborn coach plater, May 5 Lowes David, Hart Breet, Covent Garden, rectifier, Ap 1 17 Lythgoe james, iiverpool, merchant, April at Manley Charles, Angel court, Throgmorton Street, mer. Martin R card and James Bain, Fleet @treet, booksellers, Maughan Richard, Brentford, draper, April 18 Mills Samuel, Stamford, Lincoln upholsterer, May 4 Monk William, Parbold, ancashire, lime burner, April 18 Myer David Thompion, Stamford, Lincoln, draper, Naylor Robert, Bafinghall Atreet, merchant, April 21 Nev Ann, Strand hofier, May 5 Ogle John, Pickwick, Wilts, efq. and William Walter, Li ve pool, merchan', April 17 Pain John Peckham bricklayer, April 7 Paine Willam, Manchetter, dealer and chapman, May 8 Parker Nathan. Weft Auckland, Durham, brandy mer. chant, April 17 Pateur J hn Lewis Stoney Stratford, Bucks. grocer and chandler, May 5 Pierce Thomas, Canterbury, brazier. May 5 Potter George, Charing Cofs, haberdasher, May 26 Potter John, and Wiliam Monkman, Silver ftreet, ware Powell Henry John, Uxbridge, builder and carpenter, Preint Margaret and John, Thorney street, Bloomsbury Frefted Robert, Brick lane, Spitalfields, shoemaker Proffer James, Sloane ftreet, grocer, April ar Prynn Al xander Allan, St. Columb, Cornwall. mercer. Rayner Richard, Birmingham, button maker April Rofe J. Road, Somerfet, farmer April 14 Salterthwaite Ifaac, Tamworth, wine and fpirit merchante Schaffer John, London Road, Surry, floor-cloth manu- Sellings Samuel, Little Coggeshall, Effex, maitter and Shaw Daniel, Barnsby. York. mercer. April 11 Smith John North Warnb rough. ilants. fack maker. April 23 Smith Thomas, Brandon. Suffolk wine merchant. April 17 Smith Jof ph and Samuel Worthington Hurt. Lancatter muslin manufacturers May 10 Smyth John, Greatrix. Dyer's court. Aldermanbury. in. furance broker. May 5 Squire William Leeds holier. May a Standley William Whertone. Leicester, malter Mays terer April 18 Srokue G. Sun itre. t. p'ane-maker. April 18 Stretton Samuel, Willingdon. Sullix. shopkeepere April Taylor jofeph. Ware. Herts, oat dealer. May 19 Thornton John Law.euce. Poutney lane. merchant. Tidmath Jofeph. New County Terrace. New Kent road. Surry, builder. April 24 Tigweli James. Gofport, linen draper, April 17 Walker David. Holborn, book feler Ma/5 Watki John. Sculcoates. York. rope maker. May 1 May 1 Watts George. fen. Chichefter hatter. May 8 Wild David. Newtown. Montgomery faunei manufacturer. May 4 Williams William. Tofts. Norfolk, carpenter May 1 Winterbottom John. Manchester, merchant. May 16 April 10 Wright Dennis. Saxlingham. Norfolk. miller. May S Young Thomas Machin. Monmouth, dealer and chapman, INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHIS, IN AND NEAR LONDON: With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. THE Royal Naval Asylum, at Greenwich, is expected to be finished in the course of the present year; the back front, towards the park, is nearly completed, and has a beautiful appearance. It has been extended much farther then was originally intended, and when finished, will have a fine effect. both from the park and hospital, which has likewise undergone many improvements lately. is in contemplation to build all offices and houses for the civil officers outside the walls, eastward of the building, in order to admit a greater number of seamen on the establish ment. MARRIED. It Edward Collins, esq captain in the 21st light dragoons, to Margaret, only daughter of the late W. Wood, esq. of Charlotte-street, Fitzroy square. At St. George's, Hanover square, Charles Mills, esq. M.P. for Warwick, to Miss Digby, daughter of the late Hon. Wriothesley D. esq. of Moreden, Warwickshire.-Colonel Stafford, to Miss Spencer. At St. Mary-le-bonne, Frederic Leman Rogers, esq. second son of the late Sir Frederic R. bart. to Sophia, daughter of the late Lieut.. Colonel Deare, of the Bengai establishment, The rev. Dr. Hall, master of Pembroke College, Oxford, to Sarah Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Charles William Cater, esq. of Bath. At Clerkenwell, William Persifull, esq. to Miss Alice Williams. At St Luke's, R. Burton, esq. of Market Harborough, Leicestershire, to Mrs. Hewlett, of Bunhill-row. At St. Pancras, John Martin Leake, jun. esq. to Mrs Lacy, widow of Captain L. of the corps of engineers. At St. Andrew's, Holborn, Edward Barber, esq. of Barston, Warwickshire, to Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Yorke, o New Ormond the rev. Edward William Grinfield, A.M. of Lincoln College, Oxford, to Mary Ann, only surviving daughter of the late George Fillingham, esq. of Upper Seymour-street, Portman square. Mr. Tipper, bookseller of Leadenhallstreet, to Augusta Sophia, daughter of Thoaas Davis, esq. of Trinity-square. Mr. Samuel Hamilton, of Weybridge, to Caroline Mary, eldest daughter of James Heath, esq. of Russel-place, Fitzroy-square. At Hampton Court, the Hon. George Ca dogan, captain in the royal navy, and son of the late Earl of Cadogan, to Honoria, fith daughter of the late Joseph Blake, esq. of Arafry, in the county of Galway. At Isleworth, J. T. Proby, esq. of the 13th light dragoons, to Alice, daughter of the late Thomas Hartley, esq. of Heslington, near York. The Hon. Joshua Vanneck, eldest son of Lord Hunti field, to Miss Arcedeckne, of Clevering Hall, Suffolk. At Hackney, J. Carey, esq. to Harriet, eldest daughter of J. Carey, esq. all of Guern Lieutenant Robert Henry Hexter, royal navy, twenty years an officer in his majesty's service, during which time he had experienced shipwreck, and many other hardships. He was a dutiful son to an amiable mother, affectionate and kind as a brother, a sincere friend, and attentive to those he esteemed; a brave officer, firmly attached to his king and country; charitable and humane to those in distress; cheerful and good tempered; and above all, an honest inan. In Wimpole-street, Sophia, eldest daughter of General Morse. In the Strand, James Ephraim Luke Nealson, esq. Ja Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, Paul Prickett, esq. 81. In Portman-street, Lady Langham, relict of sir James L. hart. Mr. Robert Baldwin, many years an emiment bookseller in Paternoster-row, 72. In St. James's-square, the infant son of Lord Grantham. Lady Elizabeth Villiers, sister of the earl of Jersey. In George-street, Hanover-square, wisCountess Carleton. Frances Martba, daughter of the right honourable Richard Ryder. At Greenwich, Robert Maillaud, esq. 66. At Hampstead, C. Steers, esq. At Enfield, Mrs. Jones, relict of Thomas J. esq. In Gray's Inn, William Barton Beswick, esq. At Hackney, the rev. John Kiddel, tutor at the late Homerton academy, 90. In George street, Portman square, Mrs. Spek:, wife of Peter S. esq. president of the Board of Trade, Calcutta. In Keppel-street, Bedford-square, Mrs. Letitia Clogstown, widow of Robert C. esq. late of the Antigua. In Cockspur-street, Mr. David Halton Morley, of the British Coffee House, 63. In Upper Wimpole-street, in the 79th year of her age, lady Charlotte Wentworth, the only surviving sister of the late marquis of Rockingham, and aunt to earl Fitzwilliam. Mrs. Cobb, wife of T. Cobb, esq. banker, Lombard-street. In Berkeley-square, Mrs. Raikes, wife of Thomas R. esq. At Hackney, Mrs. Stuck, relict of the rev. Mr. S. 79. Mrs. Cherry, wife of the rev. Mr. C. head master of Merchant Taylor's school. ' In Harley-street, the infant daughter of Lord Redesdale, In Little Queen-street, Holborn, Mr. T. Burton, printer. in Portland Place, Theodore Henry Broadbead, esq. In Queen Anne street West, William Sa muel Towers, esq. 52. In Great St. Mary-le-bone-street, aged 74, Christopher Barber, artist. At his seat, near Teddington, James Stop. ford, earl of Courtown, viscount Stopford, baron Courtown, in Ireland, baron Salters. ford, of Saltersford, in the county palatine of Chester, knight of St. Patrick. His lordship was in his 79th year, and is succeeded in his estates and titles by his eldest son, viscount Stopford, member for Marlborough. At his seat at Fulhamn, aged 87. Sir Philip Stephens, bart. one of the oldest servants of the crown, M.P. first for Liskeard, and afterwards, in several parliaments, for Sandwich. In Berners-street, Sir William Bensley, bart. so created in 1771. [Further particulars of the late Caleb Wbitefoord, whose death is announced at p. 286, of our last Number. Ata very early age he was placed under the tuition of Mr. Mundel, then a distinguished teacher in the capital of Scot land, at whose seminary he soon eclipsed all his school-fellows, by his rapid progress in the Latin tongue, and other branches of education, which he completed at the university of Edinburgh, the alma mater of so many eminent literary characters. This uncommon pronciency in classical knowledge induced his father to breed him up for the church; but to the clerical profession he entertained such strong objections that the colonel was obliged to relinquish his intentions, and to send him to London, where he was placed in the countinghouse of his friend, Mr. Archibald Stewart, an eminent wine merchant in York Buildings, where young Caleb remained about four years, and then went over to France, and staid there near two years more, until he became of age. While he remained in Mr. Stewart's count |