36 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



£Oth. Tills morning, about half 

 past 9, a fire broke out at a wax- 

 chandler's, in Dean-street, Soho, 

 which consun'ied the whole of the 

 premises, and burnt v ry furiously 

 backwards, ton ards the bijuarcjinto 

 V-hich it made a coniplete opening. 

 In the whole, four hoi.st^ and the 

 workshops of a coach-maker were 

 totally desTro\ed. 



25th. The judges, under the 

 .special commission, at the Old Bai- 

 ley, proceeded to an arraignment of 

 the several persons charged with 

 high treason. On an application 

 from the counsel for the prisoners, 

 the time of trial was extended to 

 Tuesday; one of the ten clear days, 

 allowed by law, having been last 

 week, lost by the removal from the 

 Tower to Newgate. 



28th. The trial of Thomas Hardy 

 ■began at 8 this morning, and con- 

 tinued till 12 at night j when the 

 court adjourned. The jury were ac- 

 comniodated (but very inconveni- 

 ently) with beds and mattresses in 

 the Sessions-house. 



29th. The court was resumed at 

 8 A. M. and sat till 12 at night; 

 when, the counsel for the crown 

 having not quite ended, the court 

 again adjourned ; and thejury were 

 permitted to retire altogether (at- 

 tended by proper officers) to tlie 

 Hummums, Covent-gardc 



The sum total of the sul; , 

 (origin;jlly begun at Lloyd's cottee- 

 house,anil promoted with great zeal 

 in various parts, tor the benefit of 

 the suffeaci's in the late lire, ntRad- 

 cliffe-high way, amount? toJb,(XX)l. 

 and upwards^ which, the commit- 

 tee inform the public, w'lW. they 

 conceive, be sufficient to aujT.cr 

 their benevolent vie-.vs. 



Died; In an apoplect'tc fit, James 

 Adam, esq. of Albemarle - street, 

 architect. Before tlie reform of the 



Board of Works.byMr.Burke's bill, 

 Mr. A^am held theoiriceof architect 

 to his majesty. The Adelphi-build- 

 ings and Portland-phice-are n:onu- 

 niiuts ofhistasteand abilities in his 

 profession. Besides his excellent 

 treatise on agriculture, publishea 

 some year ago, Mr. Adam was pre- 

 paring for ti:e press a history of 

 architecture, \\hich all lovers of the 

 art have reason to lament he didrot 

 live to finish. Several numbers of 

 the works of the two brothers have 

 been occasionally published. 



NOVEMBER. 



5th. The interestirg trial of Mr. 

 Hardy was this day terminated. 

 When the lord-president had con- 

 cluded an excellent charge, thejury 

 were asked whether they wished for 

 a slightrefreshment beforethey pro- 

 ceeded totb.eirown chamber to de- 

 liberate, as they coidd have none af- 

 ter theywerc inclosed. This offer 

 they respectfully declined. Thejury 

 retired at half past twelve. The 

 judges remained on the bench till 

 tlirce, when they retired with the 

 lord mayor and sheriffs to p::rtake of 

 someretreshment. In less than half 

 an hour after,the jury returned into 

 court, having been iirclosed nearly 

 thfee hours. When they were em- 

 panneled with the usual forms, and 

 the judges had taken their places on 

 the bench, the clerk of the arraigns 

 asked — " if they were agreed in 

 their verdict ?'' — Foreman of tlie 

 jury, " Yes.'' — " How say ye — is 

 Thomas Hardy gtiilty of the high ^ 

 treason charged in the indictment, * 

 or not guilty ?" — Foreman of the 

 jury, " Not Guilty." — Mr. Hardy 

 Dowcd rcode.stly to thejury, and, 

 with a voice scarcely audible, said, 

 <'FellQw-countrymen,l thank you.'* 



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