Francis Burdett had actually left the Tower in a boat, accompanied by two gentlemen.

Mr. John Gale Jones was liberated from Newgate about four o'clock, when he took a hackney-coach, and proceeded to join the procession at Tower-hill. His name was chalked upon the pannels, and he repeatedly addressed the people; but the confusion was so great that we could scarce hear a word he said, excepting that he complained he had been turned out of prison at two minutes notice.

The following letter was received by Mr. Sheriff Wood, while in waiting, on Thursday, at the Tower, in expectation of Sir Francis Burdett:

"Tower, June 21, 1810, half-past four, p. m.

"Sir-At the request of the bearer, John Stock, Esq. of Poplar, I beg leave to assure you, upon my honour, that at half past three o'clock this afternoon, I saw Sir Francis Burdett, accompanied by three friends, get into a boat, and he was instantly rowed down the river. I have the honour to be, "Sir your obedient servant, DANIEL WILLIAMS, "Magistrate at the police-office, "Whitechapel.

"Mr. Sheriff Wood."

British Heroism. - Report by the Minister of War to his Majesty the Emperor and King of France.

"I have the honour to inform your majesty, in consequence of the orders I received, that the number of English prisoners who distinguished themselves at the fire that broke out at the town of Auxone is twenty-one: to wit, twelve of the first class of captains of merchant

vessels; three of the second class; four passengers; one merchant detained as an hostage, and a sailor. Ten of them received hurts; viz. Messrs. West, Humble, Dobbins, Hurst, Fenil, and Topping (rather severe ones); and Messrs. Mosely, Welsh (who had before saved a child from the flames at Arras) Robinson, and Davies, less severely; they are all recovered. Those who appeared to have exposed themselves the longest, without having received any injury, are Messrs. Atkinson (Robert) Macginnis, Pemberton, Delivet, and Smaile. Great praise is due to Messrs. Thornhill, Hollby, Miller, Atkinson (Thomas) and Collins. They also gave proofs of zeal, and afforded great assistance. The account transmitted by the prefect of the Côte d'Or, will put your majesty in possession, if you will deign to look at it, of fuller particulars respecting the conduct of these prisoners, and the nature of the reward which your majesty seems inclined to bestow on them. "Paris.

Duke of FELTRE."

"The minister of war will express to them my satisfaction; will order them to be paid a reward, amounting to six month's pay, and will send them to their own country, under their promise not to serve until they are exchanged. "Antwerp.

NAPOLEON."

Insurrection at Stockholm, on the day appointed for the interment of the Crown Prince. Count Ferzen, who conducted the procession, killed. The cause of this is very obsure; but supposed to be connected with suspicions of the Crown Prince being poisoned : several persons were afterwards arrested and examined on this suspicion.

JULY. JULY.

1. Louis Buonaparte abdicated the throne of Holland, by a rescript of this day's date.

Calamitous féte given at Paris by the Prince of Schwartzenburgh: when many persons were burnt in the building erected for the ball. The following are some of the details received from Paris, concerning this melancholy event :

"The emperor and empress had scarcely retired at the commencement of the tumult, when the crowd precipitated itself towards the three doors which led from the hall. It is impossible to form an idea of the despair and terror which seized upon every body when the cry of • Save himself who can,' was heard; they crowded together, they ran against each other; some persons were trampled under foot. The lustres, the ceiling, and the beams fell, and wounded the unfortunate, who issued frightful cries. The heat caused the glasses and lustres, with which the hall was decorated, to crack with an explosion as loud as that of a pistol. Prince Kurakin was thrown down by a lustre, which broke his arm, and in this condition was trampled upon by those who endeavoured to save themselves. Many ladies experienced the same fate: others were overtaken by the flames, which set their robes of gauze and lace on fire, and either consumed or damaged them. A great number of ladies made their escape to the garden almost naked, and hid themselves in the thickets. Many wished to save themselves by a hole which the fire had made in the wall; but not being able to find the passage, many were suf

focated or burnt. They reckon the number of persons who perished at from sixty to seventy. Diamonds and jewels to the amount of many millions were lost in the tumult. Prince Kurakin had in his hat a superb solitaire, estimated at four hundred thousand franks, which he lost, as well as his epaulets, worth eight hundred thousand franks; besides, at the moment he was thrown down, he was nearly losing a finger on which he wore a superb ring in brilliants. It is suspected that many were at this fête who were not invited.

A very violent storm in the metropolis: its effects felt in most parts of England.

3. The first annual commemoration since the installation of Lord Grenville, commenced at Oxford this day. The morning was ushered in by the ringing of bells, of which there is a profusion in all parts of this city. At nine o'clock the outer gates of the yard of the theatre were opened, when ladies and gentlemen had their clothes actually torn to rags, and lost their shoes, rings, &c. A number of rings and trinkets were afterwards picked up out of the mud. The rising semicircle was reserved empty for the noblemen and doctors who were to be in the procession. Sir Sidney Smith entered the area at ten o'clock, in his uniform: he was soon recognised by the bachelors of arts and under-graduate members of the university in the upper gallery, where an avenue was made for Sir Sidney, by the masters of arts and bachelors of law, when he bowed respectively to all parts of the gallery. The head of Worcester college had the care of the semicircle set apart for the noblemen and

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and doctors, when he very politely admitted Sir Sidney to a seat.

At a quarter before eleven o'clock, Dr. Crotch, the professor of music of the university, announced the approach of the chancellor and the procession, from the vice-chancellor's, upon the organ; and the excellent band under his direction, amounting to about 100 performers, struck up the march in the occasional overture. The six beadles of the university, in their full dresses, entered, followed by Lord Grenville, the chancellor, in his new robes, which for elegance far exceed the lord chancellor's state robes. Dr. Parsons, the vice chancellor, followed his lordship in full robes; there were also in the procession, Earl Spencer, Lord G. Cavendish, Lord C. Spencer, Vis. count Morpeth, the Bishop of St. Asaph, the judge of the admiralty, the speaker of the House of Com mons, Sir J. Hippesley Cox, Sir W. W. Wynne, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. T. Grenville, &c.

After the chancellor had taken his seat in the chair, and all those in the procession, the music ceased. His lordship then opened the high convocation, in a Latin speech, de claring the purposes of the convocation, viz. to commemorate the benefactors of the university, according to the intention of the Right Honourable Nathaniel Lord Crewe, late bishop of Durham; also to confer degrees upon qualified persons. While the chancellor was address ing the meeting, all those who came in the procession stood; Earl Spencer was on the right of the chancellor, and Dr. Parsons, the vice-chancellor, on his left. After his lordship had finished reading the list of names, he sat down and put on his cap; the

proctors did the same, being the only privileged persons to be covered in the presence of the chancellor. The band then played a very charming piece; after which the six beadles entered again in procession, followed by a doctor of laws, and those who were candidates to have that honour conferred upon them. The doctor we understand to be Dr. Heber, of Brazen Nose college: he addressed the chancellor in a long Latin speech, recommending the personages who were candidates for the honour of being admitted doctors of civil law. The chancellor rose from his chair, took off his cap, and answered the doctor.

His grace the Duke of Somerset, was the first candidate proposed, who, being informed by the chancellor he was admitted a doctor of civil law of that university, bowed respectfully, and then approached towards the semicircle, the seat of the doctors, where he was introduced to his seat by Dr. Parsons, the vice-chancellor, and one of the proctors. The next candidate was the Marquis of Buckingham, who, on ascending the steps to take his seat in the semicircle among the doctors, unfortunately fell; he was raised up by the chancellor and vice-chancellor. The noble marquis did not appear to have received any material injury.

The following is a correct list of the noblemen and gentlemen who were admitted afterwards to the degree of D. C. L. The Marquis of Downshire, Marquis of Ely, Earl of Essex, Earl of Abingdon, Earl of Jersey, Earl Fortescue, Earl of Carysfort, Earl Temple, Lord Viscount Bulkeley, Lord Viscount Carleton, Lord Braybrook, Lord Cawdor, Lord Wickham, Mr. George Tierney, Mr. William Elliot, Sir William Drummond, K. C. Sir John Newport, Sir John Anstruther, Mr. Fagel, late greffier of the United Provinces.

The Rev. William Crowe, of New College, the public orator of the university, then entered the rostrum, and delivered a Latin oration commemorating the benefactors of the university, which received great applause. The recitation of the chancellor's prize odes then took place. All the gentlemen were extremely perfect; we did not hear any of them once prompted; and they were all highly and deservedly applauded, particularly Mr. Chinnery, who delivered himself with the utmost effect and grace. The new ode was then performed, written in honour of the new chancellor.

The proceedings of the day being concluded, the chancellor rose and adjourned the convocation. His lordship then left the chair, and proceeded throughout the crowded area singly, when he was cheered generally throughout the theatre. All the doctors followed his lordship singly, according to their rank: every thing was conducted with the greatest decorum and regularity. The chancellor, several noblemen, heads of houses, doctors and proctors, to the number of about 200, dined with the vice-chancellor at Baliol College, where every delicacy was provided.

The concert at the theatre was crowded long before the performances commenced. The female part of the audience was most brilliant. The orchestra was directed by the almost unequalled skill of

sor, and Bartleman, Braham, and Catalani, exerted their powers with effect. Catalani was peculiarly excellent in her last song, "O ti muova," and curtsied at every expression of general approbation in the most winning way in the world. At the end, after the coronation anthem, "God save the king" was called for by several. Most of the performers were moving, but she showed a strong disposition to comply with the wish, which was becoming more general. She then sang "God save the king" in better English than one could expect, and was assisted in the last verse by Brabam.

At night a grand ball took place in the town-hall, where about 700 persons assembled, and in which the wealth and beauty of the city and its neighbourhood was mixed with the academics, and graced with the rank and dignity of the nobility. This grand fête lasted four days; but the entertaininents were varied.

9. Holland was united to France by a decree of Buonaparte, dated this day at Rambouillet.

11. The Persian ambassador, Sirs G. and W. Ousley, with Mr. Morier, formally took leave of their majesties, at the drawing-room, previous to departing for Persia. His majesty presented the ambassador with a dirk mounted with diamonds: the queen also made several presents.

The comparative state of poverty to which the once opulent inhabitants of Hamburgh are reduced, may be inferred from the following circumstance:- Mollitor, the French commander, had it recently in contemplation to march the division under his command, amounting to 18,000 men, to the frontiers of Holland, with with the view of encamping there for a limited time. He applied to the senate to furnish the necessary supplies; but they, in reply, declared their finances to be so low, as to be unable to purchase even the wood for building huts and temporary erections for the officers. Mollitor remonstrated, and threatened; but the senate persisted in their declaration; and in consequence, the French general was obliged to relinquish his design.

12. About six o'clock in the evening the inflammable air in a coal-pit, at Grange-colliery, near Bolness, Scotland, exploded; out of twenty-three persons who were in it at the time, awful to relate, only six were saved, seventeen having suffered. This melancholy event, which was altogether unexpected and undreaded (accidents, the effects of inflammable air, having been long unknown in that part of the country) is understood to have been occasioned by one of the suffering women having placed a light in a part of the pit, where, from the late uncommon closeness of the atmosphere, that air had collected in strength, and of which she had been warned by one of the survivors, and there to have set fire to it. The fatal effects were produced, not by burning, as is common in cases of explosion of inflammable air, but by its suffocating quality. Although immediate medical attendance was given, and every means used for restoring suspended animation, only four out of twenty-one were recovered, the other two having got out without receiving any injury. Besides the other calamities attending this dreadful accident, eighteen children have been left un

provided for; for whose relief a subscription was set on foot.

The roof of a barn, which had recently been converted into a meeting-house, at Horne-End, between Christchurch and Poole, fell in, while-Hodges, a methodist, was preaching. There were a hundred people present, many of whom were much hurt, and four persons were killed.

17. The Queen Charlotte, of 120 guns, was lauched at Deptford..

23. The Earl of Northesk and and Sir Richard Strahan, received, at the Mansion House, the swords voted to them by the city of London. They were accompanied by the Earl of St. Vincent. Appropriate speeches were made by the chamberlain, and answered by the admirals. After this ceremony, they staid and dined with the lord mayor.

29. A destructive fire broke out at Mr. Gillet's printing-office, in Salisbury Square, Fleet Street. The premises had been rebuilt, at great expence, after a former calamity of the same kind, in 1805. Several neighbouring houses were greatly damaged.

AUGUST.

3. This was an indictment against the defendant, for selling guineas at a rate beyond their intrinsic value.

The defendant has long been suspected of being the medium by which a vast deal of the gold coin of the realm has been sent out of the kingdom, and the prosecution was carried on by the Mint.

Persons were employed for the purpose