William Davis, nephew of the Reverend Mr. Davis, a Baptist
mi- nister in Canterbury, has been arrested in his uncle's house, where he lay iu concealment, and conveyed to Newport, where he will be charged with participation in the riots. The Reverend Mr. Davis is also in custody, charged with secreting his nephew. On Saturday last, Dr. Taylor was arrested by two of the Carlisle Police, at Melmerby, near .Alston, in Cumberland, and taken to Carlisle the same evening. The charge against the Doctor is having delivered a seditious speech in Carlisle on the 24th of August least. On Monday, he was examined by the Magistrates in a room in the Gaol, and com- mitted for trial at the next Assizes. He was informed that he would be admitted to bail, himself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. each.— The Bolton canal was drained on Sunday morning last, between the wharf and the Haulgh Bridge ; and, on removing a portion of the mud, the workmen found eighteen pikes of about sixteen inches in length.— Yoraskireman.
The Chartists of Trowbridge have a bad feeling against the part of the 45th Regiment which is stationed at that town, the remainder being at Newport. They last week beat three of the men almost to a state of
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