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Incidents in and near London, 



fOct. I, 



I.confider Captain King, with the Officers 



cf the marine battalion, fo completely under 

 the report ot General Beresford th.it I (liall 

 wily il.ite to their Lurtliliips my exUeme fatif- 

 lattion on hearing perfojially tVoni the Ccne- 

 l.il how highly he appreciated .every part of 

 their conduct, p.nticularly the celerity with 

 which ihty tra.ifporicJ the artillery and 

 truops acvois the Sio Chuclo after the biidge 

 Avjs burnt by the enemy. 



. Lieutenant 'I'albot ot the Encounter mani- 

 fefted gieat zeal in every inrtance were it was 

 r.ecefiary to call on liim ; Lieutenant Oroves 

 ofthc Diadem was alfo very aitive iii landing 

 the ordnance and ordnance ftores, and 1 ihall 



think it highly proper to rtatejto their Lord- 

 iliips that the mailers and crews of the ditt'cr- 

 eiit iranl'ports '.lehaved with great attention 

 during the whole of this fcrvice. 



I inrlofe a co|)y ot" the terms granted to 

 the inhabitants after the capture oi the city, 

 by which their Lordlliips will fee that tiie 

 coafling vcflels in the river, fupoofcd with 

 their cargoes to amount to one miUioii and ^ 

 half of dollars, were rcftorcd to the proprie- 

 tors ; for an early record to the country of 

 the great liberality of his Majcily's g'-'"""''" 

 ment. 



1 have the I-.onour to he, Sec. 



Home Fop-nAis, 



INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS, ix and kear LONDOIs : 

 With Biographical Memoirs of dijUt^guiJhed Chumflirs reccnl'j/ dcccnfcd. 



Sale ofthc King's Sparlf} Sheep at Kciv. king, and his worthy agent. Sir Jofcph Bankc 



'PHIS year's (hew and fale were held on indefatigable throughout life, in whatever is 



Tuefday, Auguft 19th, at the ufual place, important to fcience, and to the interefts of 



in Kew-lane, near the Pagoda. The fale his country, will rejoice at this temporary 



■was begun by Mr. Farnhani, the king's auc- depreciation of price, fince it will tend to an 



tioncer, between two and three o'clock, the accumulation of public interefl. 



forenoon having been agreeably- fpent in exa- The particulars of the fale were asfollov.'s:— » 



mining the articles for fale, and in conver- Sliearling or two-toothed rams.... i.'(> 



fations among the amateurs on the fubjedl of Four-toothed ditto :i 



the Merino improvement in various parts of Full-mouthed, or aged ditto 'i 



England, and on the ftate of the wool market, — 



The company was not fo numerous this year Hams Si 



as the preceding, nor did the Iheep fetch any — 



thing like the former prices, for which the Full-mouthed ewes iiO 



leafcns are. fufficiently obvious. Tlie demand Prices and Buyers JVt'ims. 



throughout thofe parts of the country where Mr. Houfeman, lots 1, i!, i, 7, 



this improvement has been already adopted, Ihearling rams, at ISJ- guineas, £. s. d. 



(and thofe parts are not numerous) has been 1.'5, 12, and 1'.' guineas j3 6 



in fome degree fatisfied by tlie King's, Lord Col. Fullarton, lots 3, 5, at \'j 



Somerville's, and various other fales, public and Ij guineas 29 8 



or private, and tlie number cxpofed to fale Mr. Mayer, lot 6, lii 12 



this year from the royal llock, is nearly dou- Mr. ElTen, lot ii, 11 11 O 



ble the number of any former fale. Add to Mr. Eden, lots 10, 11, lr3, II, 



this. Dr. Parry's fale coming on immediately 17, 18, 19, 21, 2'J, 23, 24, 



alter. The flatnefs of tlie wool-market this 25, 2(i, each lot at ll-^^ gui- 



feafon, on account of the large quantities im- neas, 10|, 1-'|, 1.3, 12f, llf, 



jiorted from Spain and Saxony, may alfo have Iti, 17, I3j, lyi, 10, 331, 



had fome efleft. Neverthelefs, the royal ami 25 guineas 219 6 6 



commodity exhibited this year was equal, if Mr. Sandford for Cook, lot 9, . . 11 11 



not fuperior, to that of any former fale, the Mr. Wanfey, lots 12, 16, 20, 



ilieep plainly having improved ia fize and eaeh lot at 15, 16, 16 gui- 



form, and the wool in quantity and ijnenefs neas -19 7 



oi flnple. The prices, however reduced, Mr. Compton, lot 15, . . . . . 16 5 6 



ere dill immenfe, and the prefent, and even Mr. Wanley, lot 27, a tvvotooth- 



a farther reduction, may have very beneficial edram,.. 11 6 



eftefts, in affording encouragement to pur- Mr. Whitacre, lots 23, 29, at 14 



thsfers, and conlequentiy fpreading more and 27 guineas each, 43 



widely, a national improvement of boundlefs Mr. Alton, lot oO, full-mouthed 



profpeftive advantages to Old England \ ad- ram (Old Snags) at 18^ gui- 



vantages in her vital concerns, agricuiture neas, and lot 31, a fix-toothed 



and manufaftures, far fuperior and more per- ram, at 31 guineas 51 19 6 



iftanent than any ihe ever did, or ever will ob- ■ 



tain, uvw her moft fuccefsful wars. The Amount of rams fold.... 509 2 & 



£w(s* 



