round the throne, and guard the religion and laws of the country from outrage and insult."

To this address his majesty returned a most gracious answer, concluding thus:-"You may rely on my constant support in the dis charge of the duties which arise out of the present extraordinary conjuncture. We are engaged in a common cause; and I feel most deeply, that the honour of my crown, and the happiness of my reign, are inseparably interwoven with the maintenance of our established constitution, and with the true interests and welfare of my people."

9.-The lord mayor, attended by Mr. alderman Wood, the recorder, Mr. sheriff Waithman, Mr. sheriff Williams, the city officers, and about 60 members of the court of common council, proceeded from Guildhall about two o'clock, and went to Carlton palace, where they presented an address to his majesty. It concluded thus:-"We therefore humbly pray your majesty to dismiss from your presence and councils for ever, those ministers whose pernicious measures have so long endangered the throne, undermined the constitution, and blight ed the prosperity of the nation." To which his majesty was pleased to return the following answer: "It has been with the most painful feelings that I have heard the sentiments contained in the address and petition now presented to me by the lord mayor, aldermen, and common councilmen of the city of London. Whatever may be the motives of those by whom it is brought forward, its evident tendency is to inflame the passions and mislead the judgement of the

unwary and less enlightened part of my subjects, and thus to ag gravate all the difficulties with which we have to contend."

11. In the court of king's bench, an action was tried, Wright versus Cobbett, to recover a compensation in damages for an injury which the plaintiff's character had sustained from several libels published by the defendant in the Political Registers of Jan. 4, 1817, Mar. 6, 1819, Jan. 6, 1820; in which he described the plaintiff as a wretch whom he intended to hold up to infamy the first oppor tunity-an associate with Cleary in fabricating letters and vouchers -a person who (he had often said) would be hanged for forgery, and whom he had cautioned to beware the jest did not become a prophecy. Mr. Wright and Mr. Cobbett had been concerned in the Parliamen tary Register, and other works published by the latter. Mr. Cob. bett conducted his own defence.➡ The jury, after deliberating an hour and three quarters, found a verdict for the plaintiff-Damages, 1,000.

This being the day appointed, by royal command, for the presentation to his majesty of the loyal address from the university of Oxford, preparations were made for the proper reception of the deputation at Carlton house. The noblemen and gentlemen who formed the procession assembled before two o'clock at the "Gothic hall," in Pall-mall, in great numbers. It was headed by lord Grênville, chancellor of the university, and Dr. Lee, the vice chancellor, in their robes; they were followed by an immense number of the members of the university, attired according to their respective ranks.

We

We noticed amongst them, the lord chief justice Abbott, sir W. Scott, sir Č. Robinson, Mr. justice Holroyd, sir C. S. Hunter, the recorder of London, &c.-His majesty received the deputation on his throne, and surrounded by his cabinet ministers and principal officers of state. The address was received and answered in the most gracious manner.

20.-Mr. Canning resigned the place of president of the board of controul, and his seat in the council. It is said that he will go to reside for a short time on the continent, but not in any official capacity. The reason given for Mr. Canning's resignation is this "Because he could not, with honour to himself, remain in administration, after the turn which the queen's business has taken, and the parliamentary discussion likely to ensue upon it."

BUFFALO HUNT IN LONDON.

Wednesday morning, Dec. 20. About half-past nine o'clock, three buffaloes, consisting of a grown bull and two calves, one of them about the size of a small donkey, and the other of a sheep, arrived at the menagerie in Exeter 'Change in the Strand. They were driven up the Strand by a keeper, moved on slowly, and appeared as tame as any of our domestic cattle. On their arrival in front of the menagerie, a great crowd of people was collected by curiosity to see them, and amused themselves with shouting and other noises, while the keepers were preparing to take them up into the menagerie. The bull, frightened by the strange noise and clamour, darted away, followed by the two young buffaloes and the crowd collected on the

spot. He ran down the Strand,

round the equestrian statue at Charing-cross, and up again as far as Southampton-street, then down again to Charing-cross, and up again as far as the Adelphi theatre. He then turned down Adam-street, along the Adelphi, and to the bottom of Villiersstreet. There his progress in that direction was stopped by an iron pallisade. Foremost among the pursuers was one of the keepers in a chaise-cart, which he drew across the street; but the bull, followed by the calves, made a turn, and rushed along the flagway. The young buffaloes being perfectly gentle and harmless, having no horns, were permitted to accompany the bull, with a view to take him more easily. From Villiers-street they went along the Strand, passed Charingcross, and dashed into Pall-inaÏÏ. They then crossed St. James'ssquare, along Jermyn-street, crossing Piccadilly into Albemarlestreet. From thence they proceeded to Bond-street, crossed Oxford-road, thence to Grosvenorsquare, Portman-square, and thence back into Oxford-street to Tyburn turnpike, where, not paying toll, their progress was stopped at the gate. They then turned down Park-lane, and one of the gates of Hyde Park was instantly opened for the purpose of letting the bull in. At this part of Parklane a horse and cart were standing loaded with hay; the bull refused to enter the park, and fell in close behind the load of hay. Here he stood tired and exhausted, while the carter being provided with a rope having a running noose, succeeded, after several ineffectual attempts, to throw it round his horns; the rope was (K 3)

then

then made fast to the cart. Finding himself secured, he kicked and plunged furiously, and from his great strength there was great danger that he would upset cart and horse. It was therefore thought adviseable to secure him by another rope to a lamp post. He was then secured in a more effectual manner by additional ropes to the cart, and drawn to a neighbouring stable, where he was deposited for safety. In this course the young buffaloes, not able to keep up with the bull, were separated from him in Oxford-road; but being taken, they were brought to the stable and left with the bull. In this long chase no very serious injury nor accident occurred. At Charing-cross the bull fell in with a coal waggon, and gored one of the horses slightly with his horn. He never attempted to run at any passenger, nor did any further mischief until he arrived in Parklane, where he upset a gentleman on horseback. The rider and horse escaped unhurt. When tied to the cart he broke one of his horns in plunging and struggling, which bled profusely. When in motion he went at a great rate. It was only in consequence of his stopping occasionally that the pursuers were

able to keep him in sight until he was taken. The bull and calves are very handsome animals of their species. They are of a greyish slate colour.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

December 2.-The Warlock of the Glen, a melo-drama. The scenery is rich, the music appropriate, and the story interesting; and the piece has been often acted with success.

DRURY LANE THEATRE.

Nov. 28.-Justice; or, The Caliph and the Cobler; a musical drama, in three acts, said to be the production of a Mr. Faucit, the manager of one of the provincial theatres. The scene is laid at Bagdad; and the main plot rises out of a whimsical scheme of the caliph to promote the marriage of an unfortunate cobler, who had no relations, by appointing him his vizier pro tempore; which draws upon him the kind attention of all who are even namesakes of his.The piece was well received.

Dec. 15.-Pocahontas; or, The Indian Princess; an American drama, in three acts, founded on an historical fact. Well acted, and much applauded.

A GENERAL

BIRTHS in the year 1820. Dec. 1819. Hannah Davison, a labourer's wife of Winningham, near Malton, Yorkshire, was delivered on the 10th of March 1819, of two children, a boy and a girl, who both died; and on Dec. 28, of three more, two boys and a girl, who, with the mother, are all likely to do well.

January. At Paris, the duchess of Orleans, of a prince, who will bear the name of Penthievre.

At Edinburgh, viscountess Duncan, of a son.

At Westport (Mayo), the mar

February. At Weston-house, Warwickshire, the countess of Clonmell, of twin daughters.

At Buckingham-house, Pallmall, countess Temple, of a daugh, In George-street, Hanoversquare, the countess Cowper, of a daughter.

At Hampstead, the wife of W. Hall, labourer, three children, two boys and a girl; the mother and chil dren are all doing wel. Two years since she had twins, both of which are now living, and one other child, (K 4)

At

Lately, in Mountjoy-square,Dublin, viscountess Massarene, of a son. At St. Helena, the lady of lieut.-gen. sir Hudson Lowe, K.C.B. a son.

In Rutland-square, Dublin, the countess of Wicklow, a daughter. March. In Rutland-square, Dublin, the countess of Longford,

a son.

At Charleville, viscountess Monck, a daughter.

At Hampstead Heath, the countess of Huntingdon, a son, being her tenth child.

In Berkeley-square, lady Harriet Clive, a daughter.

The duchess of San Carlos, a boy.

April. At Putney, lady Sarah Lyttelton, a son.

At Arbuthnot-house, lady Arbuthnot, a son.

At Preshaw-house, Hants, lady Mary Long, a daughter.

Lately, at the Hermitage, Brompton, lady Charles Bentinck, a daughter.

May. In St. James's-square, lady H. Williams Wynn, son and

heir.

At Paris, the lady of the right hon. Edward Thornton, his majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the court of his most faithful majesty,

a son.

Lately, at Lyndhurst, the hon. lady Stopford, a daughter.

June. The hereditary princess of Oldenburgh, a daughter.

In Upper Grosvenor-street, her grace the duchess of Richmond, a

son.

The duchess of Rutland, a son. At Edinburgh, the lady of sir

July. Lady Frances Webster Wedderburne, à son.

In Dublin, the lady of hon. A. Hely Hutchinson, a son.

The lady of hon. col. Lowther,

a son.

Lately, in Hamilton-place, the countess of Shannon, a daughter.

August. In Heriot-row, Edinburgh, the right hon. lady Ann Fraser, of a son.

In Piccadilly, the countess of Roseberry, of a daughter.

September. At Bourn-hall, Cambridgeshire, the countess De La Warr, a son.

At Yester, the marchioness of Tweedale, a daughter.

At Rockville, East Lothian, the lady of sir Thomas Trowbridge, bart. of a daughter.

At Ballygiblin (Cork), the lady of William W. Becher, esq. M.P. (late Miss O'Neill), of a son. We regret to state, the child only lived till next day.

At Bedale, Yorkshire, the lady of rear admiral sir J. P. Beresford,

bart. a son.

October. The lady of sir George Sitwell, bart. of Renishaw-hall, Derbyshire, a son and heir.

The lady of sir R. M'Pherson, bart. a daughter.

At Clumber, the duchess of Newcastle, a son.

In Grosvenor-square, lady Elizabeth Belgrave, a daughter.

At the duke of Clarence's, in Audley-square, the wife of colonel Fitzclarence, a daughter.

Lately, at the rectory-house of Hawarden, Flintshire, lady Charlotte Neville, a daughter.

November. At the Hague, the countess of Athlone, a son and heir.