. INK _ . TRIAL, Al JL:llr. Tuesday, between two and three hundred Gentlemen dined tn. ther in the large room of the Crown snd Anchor Tavern, tti:rand, to celebrate the Twenty eighth Anniversary of the Ac quit:al of Messrs Hardy, tic. to 1:94 0 of the charge of cob stuctive High Treason. The company having assembled. Mr. GALLOWAY proposed, that Mr. W OOLE a should take the Chair. This was ;tweed to amidst warm applause. The cloth having been removed. Mr. Woo Lea said, that he should endeavour to scquit himself as their Chairman with as much promptness u ought tole expected front "a prisoner at Lt-qe.' 'I lie CHAIRMAN. in giving the first toast, "The Mejesty of the People." expressed the hope that they would nails found wanting in loyalty to his Majesty. • The second toast was, " The Trial by Jury." The C/lAIE MAN observed, that the toast was somewhat suspicious, but sdll there were Juries who had done their duty. (Applause.) The CelA iIIMAN said, that the next toast inure immediate ‘pniximated to the business of the day. They had not so m uc hir. reason to applaud the acquittal of Messrs. Hardy, &v. as the ro-eue of the liberties of the country from the most fatal stab tkit had ever been aimed at them e for if the. doetsine of con structive treason had been established, their liberties would have tette completely destroyed. The sword of the people then only have emancipaell them—but from that celamity a trial by Jury had rescued them. The indi v id ua l s e k e had been sera'. isrieularly Nit. Hardy, had existed to prove that they were ainur.gst the best subjects of the country ;_and he therefore gave, with peculiar satisfaction, " The healffi of Meares. Hardy, dm" —(Loud applause.) Mr. HARDY was received with enthusiastic and long continued applause. He felt the deepest gratitude for the manner in which they had received his health; but he wanted words to express the feelings which agitated and delighted his mind at that moment. lie trusted that the would take " the will for the deed." (Loud applause.) tie was most thankful to them fur the manner in which they had honoured the toast. (Applause.) Mr. TRELW.CLL returned thanks in a speech of some length, duelling on the difficulties he had undergone, the meaner in viich he had been persecuted fur endeavouring to serve the public cause, and his constant maintenance of those principles , waich had occasioned the prosecution of him in 1794. He was entitled with the company . he saw before him—the increased r ambers were most promising; he was pleased to observe that the principles so dreadfully persecuted in 1;94 were still warmly sipixirted. He eulogised the " Constitutional Society," and added, if revenge could be indulged, how amply might they enjoy it in the present condition of the laudholders, in their ina filmy to obtain any rents. The nun, it would seem, had over taken them in the must frightful shape.—He was grateful to them t t the manner in which they had drunk his health. Mr. B MYER returned thanks for the manner in which his healdi hid b.en drank. The next toast was, M The memory of John Horne Tooke, and the other deceased Patriots of 1794 " (In silence.) Song. Mr. Murphy—". Rouse, ye Britons." The Cualasiay. in giving tbenext toast, said it was his duty to read a letter which had been received from Lord Erskine, in answer to a deputation of the Committee, who had waited on his Lord-hip. He had read it with peculiar pleasure, because in the cultist of the letter Lord Erskine, who had been the principal ni..ans of vindicating the threattnixl liberties of the Constitution. yornised to be present at the next anniversary, if alive. (Ap -1.:;,n,,:.)-31x. W . then read the following letter;— "To Mr. NICHOLSON. eta,—l beg the favour that you will explain to Mr. revey and Mr. Gardner the cause of my being prevented from t::c pleasure cf receiving them, with yourself. on Wednesday last; and you will further mach oblige me, by expressing to your Orthy friends, when asseirbled on the Sth of November. that I regret my not having it in my power to meet them ; bat OW. they desire U, I tpUl nut fail :o Ge pruent whew they rc-aarart t.L mart year. • When all circumstances are duly considered, no public event can, in my opinion, better deserve to be held in perpttnal .^. r..enibranc.: amongst us than the acquittal of Thomas Hardy, 1.1 tria, from the unfounded charge of constructive High Trea• , n. A great portion of the ordinary period of human life has ',see passed away, and a very short time indeed can now remain 1... me; but I am sure that, even in my dying hour, I shall call t • mind the august spectacle of London on that day, which roved at once the firm foundation of our hew and liberties whilst t..e TRIAL ar JultY shall continue, and the aorthinass of those who knew bow to value such a blessing. " I have the lionotu to be, Fir. " Your faithful humble servant, " Buchan Hill, Nov. 1, lam. " ERSKINE. P.S. I have ever since the trial kept up my acquaintance v Hardy. and believe him to be an sonoceht and worthy 3! inded man, incapable of meditating the destruction of the Constitution. ' Tile letter was received with loud applause. The toasts of—The Memory of Muir, Palmer, dtc.—ithc Me rcury cf T. Paine—the Liberty of the Press—Radical Reform, eet. folicwed; and after various other toasts the company sepa rsis.l at eleven o'cluck. PIRACY. 1114 1 * * !'' . • .•••• ' Br the followin,g account. extracted from the New Yofi Ga elle of the 11th ult. it appears that the l'eacork American ship of war was at Matanzas in Le middle of September, and that the Porpoise and I.ouisialia schooners sailed from Havannati on the 19th of September, in company with the Soso/ brig of war, in search of pirates ; so that the Americans, with their small navy, had three vessels to ohe British off Cuba; for the protection of trade. —Would such things be credited during any other Naval administration than the present? The following account of piracies is contained in Ilia Charlalon C'ily Ga elle of the iStli of Septem ber, as furnished by an arrival frum Havannuh of f.e 19th A French brig, from Tarragona for liavannah, arrived there or. the Isoh of Setumber. She had been robbed of all her car g o, sails, rigging, cables, cloths. Bc. by pirates. In bcr, Copt.:in Harmon, hue of the schooner Mcnrcr, of Philadelphia, hia crew, seal Mr. Halsey (a passenger in the illentur), arrived.— The Aletfor was floor Port au.Yiatt for llavannah, with a yulet ide avg.) tit:tobacco. ladia geode. specie, &al. and sirs captured by the tame ganc, who kept vessel and cargo—the Captain and itii on board robbed of every article belonging to them ; their per were moat family treated, after which they were put on board the Fiencli brig, with five days' provisions, and arrived in a destitute coivlition. The same gang had also captured two Portuguese brigs how Brazil, loaded with jerked beef, for Ha. e aarals ; and finding no sale for their cargoes, suffered them to I r:oced after robb:k; theen of whatever articles they fancied-- They arivectbetore the Fens sailed. They had also eaptitiol two English schoenen tram Nassau flue N euritit,, with dry goods, web the captrin ranstAard for s,cuo dollars each, end were then alcoved w ;V:se force this piratical tl:ct is tnie • , -15 . THE NATIONAL REGISTER schooner of SO ions. 6 guns. and 01:0 man, and another «imam of PO tons, one gun on a prvot.:and 66 eurn.sthe crews all Spanish and Portuguese. Their rentlkitraull is generally between Key Guijah and Ciiya Rennin&lin the Bahama channel). where they lay at anchor, and capture all vessels that pass through the channel. Captain Harrison and Mr. Halsey informed, that all the cargoes they captured were disposed of to merchants or sooun• drela from Neuritis and Principe, who repair on board with specie, make their purchases, and carry them direct to their places of residence. Hie Britannic Majesty's brig of war Scout. and the United States' schooners Parpuire and Larildain, sailed on the lgth in pursuit of them. Captain Harrison is a volunteer on board the Louisiana, which vessel was to call off Maatansas. to join the Peacock at Mantansas. and geta reinforcement of men from her. New Yon x. OCT. 11.—Captain Murphy arrived at New York from Havannah. whence he sailed on the Yid ult. informs that a pc riot privateer schooner had fidlen in with a piratical schooner alongside of a brig which was anchored on the coast. and not perceiving another piratical schooner a anchor under the rocks, with a view of assisting the brig. which she supposed the first pirate was pillaging. ran alongside and attempted to capture her, when the latter pirate ran out, end both succeeded in car rying ber, .It was supposed every person on board was put to death. One of the pirates mounted three guns, and had 40 meo, ad the other six guns, and had 60 men. Duman, Not•. s.—College-green was crowded to excess throughout the whole of yesterday. At half-put ten in the morning, a stout ferocious ]soling fellow, decorated in Orange trappings, and attended by several of the party, came down Dania street, probably from the lodge in IVerburgh-street, and paraded round the statue. Two police magis trates were present at the time. He was permitted to make his circuit without interruption, but when he had gone round the pedestal, one of the horse• patrole compelled him to fly, and pursued him.— We did not learn that be was taken in custody.— The lower orders of the Orangemen, who were eel lected in con , iderable numbers, were occasionally noisy and troublesome in the course of the day, and from the time the night set in until about hulf-past eleven, when the police compelled the crowd to dis perse, they used every exertion to create riot and disturbance : and actually succeeded in causing much alarm and inconvenience to passengers, and the in habitants tithe neighbonrhoud. New LONDON 1311.4U01L-411 the course of the week, the BridgebouseCommittee, will enter into an exami nation of the 5V plans for a new bridge, sent in for their decis•on. Rehire they entered into their task, the Com mittee adopted an ingenious and effect ial plan to prevent partiality in their selection, and to frustrate the efforts of those whit would have exercised strong interest in favour of particular plans. It W. 15 at first arranged, that each design should have a particular motto. The name and address of the artists were written in a sealed 4otter, which was indorsed with the same motto. It was soon that although the names of the artists were not nientwined, persons were disposed to exert themselves powerfully in favour of those designs having particular mottos. 'rue C;onintittee, to put a stop to this sy tem, before they examined one of the designs, caused all the moons upon them to be erased by two cm.fidential per sons, and umillsers to be substituted. A private account was taken of the nut/then thus substituted fur the mot tos, which account was immediately sealed up, and it will not be opened until a decision has taken place-- Other precautions have been adopted by the Committee, to the best of whose judgment the public may rely upon an impartial choice. The Committee; however, to whose pursuits matters of ihts kind are loregoi, do not intend to take the whole responsibility of a decision upon themselves. They mane application to the Board of ‘Vorks that they, as a public body of scientific and practical men, would examine the plant for the new bridge, and give their opinions upon them, for the bench'. of the public. Board, however, declined taking upon theintelves the task, and the Committee have, in consequence, determitted upon applying to a number of men of science, architects, engineers, and surveyors, by whose opinions and advice they will be principally guided in this matter, in which the credit of Use city is so much at stake. CAP rORE OF A POACHER —Paul Armstrong, who Mr a considerable time headed a Etaiig of desperate poachers, on the moors in the skinny of Barnard Cas. lie, and for whose ap t reliesssion a loyal proclanumon was issued, otler , tig a reward of too guineas, was in the early part of last month captured and cohteyed to the lirinse of Correction at Northallermit. Ile was, at the last sessions held Mire, arraigned upon au indictment, found attaiost hint nearly six years since, litr a violent assault 111)011 a constable, m the execution of his duty, to which he pleaded No , Guilty, and having been only one day in custody, Mr. William Dan kitis, of B Cas t! •, attended on the part of the prosecution, when the Court was moved to pot MT the trial of the prisoner till the lit xt sessions, the Court Oving him an opportunity of flinliiig hail, lilt git tug 46 hours' notice to the sulichor for the prosecution. A true 1 / 1 11 has been found against him at the lasi Lent assizes at York, for a riot, &c. in the parish of Grimm', by assembling with the 1111111ber ul 4U or mime armed, and cottontails so armed for the space of two hours; on which last indictment he will take his trial at the ensuing assizes at V ol k. On Thursday last, information was given at liaison. garden police office, that John Barris, a private soldier in die 2.1 regiment oh foot, now siatiostesl m Irdatid, but who lived as st 'toot with Col. D.: Burgh, iii Grosivent.r place, hod de-eried, robbing his master of property to the amount of 6Uol. in Bunk of England notes, besides jew ellery to a large amount, among which was a diaoond riug, set, one 51011 C (1i Which weighed be. tweet. kmu and live carats. The villain, of whom a description was given, is a nntite of Dorset, and h ee d as colilior midi !CI% a 111 Wllll his COlOllO for a emisiderable lime, and was in the habit of recessing large sums of 44444 Ilt y tin his master's account at Messrs. Cox and Greenwood. army agents, Craig's-court, Charing-cross. A reward has be offered for his appreheusion. . --- ,1 ...41. _ Sxtract of a totter, dated Hamburgh, Oct. Ir, addregesd to a mercantile-house in Birmingham : 41 I hope you will -endeavour to give me every ad. vantage you possibly can, both in your discount and in moderating the expenses on your goods, as the high exchange is so much against us, and as, at the present moment, it .requires all the foresight of an honest man to get any thing by his business; hiv ing to combat those fine dressed sharpers who are daily underselling in all articles, and who, every four weeks, have public sales by auction of the finest quality of butto.as; only eight days ago more than 1,000 gross were sold in this way at a most ruinous price; and though I have been in business more than 20 years, I never witnessed any thing equal to the degrading state in which business has been conducted by these vagabonds. We are at a loss to know by whom they can be served from your town —fully-convinced that none of the merchants of our acquaintance have any connexions with them, we cannot suppose the respectable manufacturers would expose themselves ; and we have only to hope, whoever they are, they will soon find what difficulty it is too late to procure their payments; but now it is too late to advise them—they must, in the end, feel the consequences of it." Information was brought to Bow-street office, on Thursday, of a daring robbery committed oil the carria4e of Lady ..tary Taylor, the Ludy itt Waiting on the Princess Augusta. Her ladyship was travellina to LOU. don from Froatuore on Tuesday evening, and on her arrival at the King's Palace, at Pimlico, it was discovered that her large trunk was cut front behind her carriage—. it contained a very numerous assemblage of articles of jewellery, a large quantity of wearing apparel, atul other property to a considerable amount, packed up, in readi ness to accompany the Princess Augusta to Hanover. The trunk was safe at Hounslow; it is possible Mr it to have been cut at Hyde•park-corner, the carriage having been kept waiting there a considerable time, die gate being locked.-4k 'arat number of similar robberies have lately been committed near Piccadilly. A stage coact► was robbed a tew evenings since nearly opposite the Pulteuey Hotel. The package fell °tithe coach into ilse street, and the robber who had stolen it threw it ov,:r the railing of the Green Park, where hue of the gang were in readiness to receive it, and made off with it. FIRES IN V ORlL.—Aboist seven o'clock on Monday sennient, a considerable alarm was spread through this city, by a report that the warehousesof the Hight Hon. the Lord Algol., in the Fast-water-lane, which a short time ago were on fire, had again suddenly appeared in flames. 'the bells of the adjoining church were rung, as customary on such occasions, and thousands of people thronged from all parts of the city. The fire, however, was riot so serious as at the first was apprehended. It originated in a stable adjoi ll ll g the said warehouses, and had 'lattice conintunicated with some straw in the park log room. There it was fortunately got under, without spreading further, and before any material dam. ge. The poor inhabitants of the adjoining houses were, however greatly alarmed, and well they might, for so COII6IIIICIeII and MI circumstanced are the buildings in those lams, that if once a fire should make there any great prores, no power on earth could save any part of the buildings one common destruction. It is a most extraordt. nary circumstance, that about 10 o'clock on Wednesday night a similar report was spread, that the same ware houses were again on fire; the alarm thus created was not altogether groundless, but by timely assistance the second fire was also got under. Strange and unfor. ti. mite as the preceding may appear, the nirprise of our readers will be still greater, when we add, that the fol lowing Thursday evening, about half past five, the sante warehouses were pronounced to be a third time on lire; the mos , prompt can- ions were used to procure engines, water, Lim sold we are happy to say that those exertions were also again successful. How the fires originated we know not—but, we understand, the probable cause is, that as the two places were filled with oat straw, which had been thrathed out in the open field, the straw hail heated and taken fire. DARING ROBYERIES IN BYDFORDSHINE.—OIa Tues day last au inhumation was received at Nlarlboronah strvet Office, by Nit'. PI ink, the chief officer, of a most desperate gang of burglars, who have been most success ful In their depredations at Wootton, Deadman's CiUsS, Woburn-road, Dunstable, Hanchl.ft, and other voyages distant froth London, on the HAMM hi d. The g consisted of several persons, who travelled in a taxed cart, and generally met, as it were, by accident. They acted tinder the direction of a mulatto. Wultirt a ...Mat period, the information stated, they had plinitlend sclera! houses and stables, and iu one night robbed the boils: of Mr. Smith, NIL D.:vis, and also attacked and plunder , d the dwelling in Mr. 13 aid, b u t the faintly being eisturbed, the robbers were attack, d while com mitting the burglary by the servants, -mid the itiolaro was snot, and another was also wounded by the blow of a crow bar, arid one, named Tans'. y, was se. curd, and lodged in Billfold gaol. 'I lie Mulatto and like tither wounded mad were iI,SISIed oil, and although pursued and tracked by marks of Wood for a considerable thstancr, yet tiley succeeded in eluding the then made. enquiries; tint, on a subsequent search ing made, they were seen 'KU lianchliff and Deaden io's Cress—ilte naua Lino henna scarcely able to proceed, his bead, lace, and back being boomd op, where he had received the shut; and the other wounded robber was also labouring under great pain, and was not able to put 011 Iris coat. They accounted fur their appearance by saying they had belt lighinig a prize battle. The cart the) brought with t ho u was seized, but they succeeded in getting clear of t , it Is supposed to London. Front many circunistancas, tiny are sii•peceil to Ise toe perpetrators of bollit very cruel ' acts, anti also of being concerned rte tot 1111 l ieratile bity lag te• and roblieri.s, dad sheep and gorse-stealing. party is him gate the into:voatioti is a respectable gentleua.n of Bedford, and inquiries were directed to be mode. __ i