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Murray, that his Lordship was inclined to think one or two bullets had been fired at the coach, but no gun or pistol was seen, no smoke appeared, no report was heard, no bullet has been found.—As soon as the Prince Regent alighted from the state coach, he informed Sir N. Conant, the magistrate in waiting, of the outrage that had occurred, and the Duke of Montrose was immediately despatched to the office of the home department in search of Lord Sidmouth. The prince, after waiting at St James's some time for the noble secretary, went in his private carriage to Carlton House; and whether the mob had relented from their malignant violence, or whether the tumultuous part of them had withdrawn to attend their favourite Hunt, his Royal Highness was saluted with huzzas.—About the time of these violent proceedings, that is, about half-past two, nearly twenty of Hunt's delegates made a procession by Charing-cross through Parliament street, with about half a dozen petitions on rolls of parchment in favour of reform, carried on their arms like muskets, they marching in a military step.—Hunt, it is said, wished the parchments to be unrolled, that the length of them might astonish the passers-by.—His myrmidons, however, did not choose to comply with this request; upon which he observed, that he never had to do with such cowardly persons before.
A proclamation was issued on Wednesday morning, the 29th instant, offering £1000 reward for the apprehension of the person or persons guilty of the late treasonable attempt on the life of the Prince Regent.
On the same day, the joint address of congratulation of both Houses of Parliament to the Prince Regent, on his late happy escape, was presented to His Royal Highness at Carlton House, which he received with all the accustomed state seated upon the throne. The attendance of Lords and Commons on this occasion was very numerous—headed by the Lord Chancellor and Speaker of the House of Commons. From ten o'clock in the morning till five in the afternoon, Carlton House was crowded with the nobility and gentry of both sexes making their anxious inquiries, and offering their sentiments of congratulation; and addresses from all parts of the country will doubtless be speedily presented on this most interesting public occasion.
31.—The livery of London met in Common Hall, and passed some additional resolutions in favour of parliamentary reform; the most important of which was one for triennial Parliaments, which was carried by a large majority against an amendment, by which it was proposed to declare in favour of annual Parliaments.
Lord Exmouth.—After the adjournment of the Common Hall, the Lord Mayor proceeded to the Common Council-Chamber, where Lord Exmouth had been in waiting a considerable time in consequence of invitation, to receive the sword voted to him, as a mark of public approbation and thanks for his splendid victory in the bombardment of Algiers—The noble Lord was attended by ten captains of his fleet who had shared the dangers and glory of that expedition. The Lord Mayor accompanied the presentation by an appropriate speech; to which Lord Exmouth replied by the most cordial expression of his grateful feelings for the honour conferred upon him by the city of London.
After the ceremony, his lordship and his colleagues, accompanied by the Lord Mayors, Sheriffs, and several other members of the corporation, proceeded to Ironmonger's Hall to partake of a banquet prepared for him by the company, who took a peculiar interest in the results of that victory. The circumstance which rendered that event so interesting to the Ironmonger's Company was, that they are the trustees of an estate of £2000 a year bequeathed many years ago by one of their members, a Mr Betton, who had the misfortune to be captured by a Barbary Corsair, and was several years in slavery, from which he was ultimately ransomed. In memory of his own sufferings, and in gratitude for his liberation, he directed that £1000 of the legacy above-named should be annually appropriated for the ransom of British captives, who might chance to be enslaved by any of the Barbary States. The company have religiously obeyed the injunctions of the humane testator, and commissioned a regular agent at Mogadore for the purpose.
Ireland—The Committee appointed to appropriate the general fund for the relief of the poor of Dublin have determined to give premiums, at the rate of £5 per acre, for the planting of early potatoes within two miles of the castle of Dublin. The managers of the Cork institution have voted L.700 for the same purpose; the premiums to be distributed under such regulations as the Committee shall see fit.
Desperate Poachers.—We had hoped that the determined resistance to well known laws had been confined on this side of the Tweed to the pursuit of the pure spirit of malt; we regret to hear, however, that a desperate affray lately took place on Lord Blantyre's estate near Haddington, betwixt three poachers and his lordship's gamekeeper and two assistants. Alter a most determined resistance, in which shots were exchanged and severe wounds given, (one of the poachers having his arm broken) two out of the three were taken into custody. This was mainly effected by the timely appearance of a countryman at the moment when the depredators had the best of the fight (Edinburgh Courant.)