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{•.ouse suffered considerably, and a 

 great part of the furniture is de- 

 ftroyed ; fortunately no lives were 

 lost, nor have we htaid of any one 

 being materially hurt. The fire was 

 pretty well got under by day-rbreak, 

 15 The court undtr the special 

 comiTiission was this morning again 

 opened at the Old Bailey^ at nine 

 o'clock ; a jury was impanneilcd pro 

 'hrmd, when Richter and Baxter 

 were put to the bar, and acquittcdj 

 no evidence against them being 

 produced on the part of the crown. 

 The court then aJjourned to the 

 26th. 



17th. The merchants trading to 

 North America gave a splendid en- 

 tertainment to Mr. Jay. envoy cx- 

 taordin^trv from the United States 

 .lasons tavern. The com- 

 pany v.as numerous and respecta- 

 ble ; the lord chancellor, Mr, Fitt, 

 the dukeof Portland, lordGrenville, 

 Mr. IXirids-, Mr. Pini.ney, Mr. 

 Hope of .\ inst -idam, &c. Sec. Mr. 

 Samson, chairman of the committee 

 president. The toasts were receiv- 

 ed with loud acclamation. Among 

 others, " the King and Constitu- 

 tion i" "Princeof Wales;" "Queen 

 and Royal Family}" " President of 

 the United States j'' '•' May the 

 Treaty of Aniity, Commerce and 

 Na\ igat'oti between Great Britain 

 and the United States of Amei ica, 

 bs the Basis of permanent Friend- 

 rliip between the two Countries !" 

 " .■[?.'/ liiritoiis Mild Americans ne- 

 ver forget that they arc of one Fa- 

 ntilv !"' And Mr. Jay having given 

 " '; '. .iiourable peace to llie Bel- 

 b. at Powers of Europe; the 

 f i. '/-.ving was given in return; 

 " May the united exertions of Eng- 

 luad and America iiuhtce Uie In- 

 dian Nations to lury ikcfiatchet for 

 rver !" Miny excehcnt sonas were 

 ^^Z'} ^"^ every person Bteuied to 



feel high satisfaction from the con- 

 sideration that so friendly a meet^ 

 ing should have taken place at so 

 sliort a period from the time when 

 apprehensions sereentertained that 

 the two couiitrie- would be invol- 

 ved in all the horrors of war. 



20th. A bout six o'clock a fire 

 broke out in Buckin^iam-strect, 

 Yoni-buildings, near the Adelphi, 

 by which two larj^'e houses were 

 tolally consumed and burnt to the 

 shell in about three hours, notwith- 

 standiitg every exertion on the part 

 of the firemen. The fire broke out 

 in the house of Mr. Snunders, a tai- 

 lor, and was occasioned by the 

 snufhngs of the tailors' candles ha- 

 ving caught among ths sh reads of 

 cloth in the second floor, and conti- 

 nuing to spr.-adunperceived during 

 the whole of the night. The flames 

 communicated .so rapidly, tiiat it 

 was impossible to save any of the 

 furniture ; but, happily, no hves 

 were lost. 



26th. Mr. justice Lawrence wa'? 

 the only judge who this day appear- 

 ed on the bench, under the special 

 commission. Thecourtopened afew »^^ 

 minutes after nine o'clock, and then '*I^J[ 

 adjourned to Wednesday, Jan, 14, 

 the day on which theusualgoal de- 

 livery is to commence. James Mar- 

 tin the attorney, whose trial was 

 expected to take place, was not li- 

 berated, as being detained also on 

 an attachment for contempt of the 

 courtof King's Bench issued against 

 him on themotionof Mr. Bearcroft 

 previously to the prosecution for 

 high treason* 



Particulars of a late murder iu Nor^ 

 folk. 



It was not tillaftcra week's search 

 thit the body of Mr. John Filbec, 



a re- 



