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doza publicly announced his tri- 
amph, by leaping upon the stage 
and huzzaing to the audience with 
as much spirit and activity as if he 
had not been at all concerned in 
the contest. 
16th. At eight o’clock, about 
zwo hours after the adjournment 
of the House of Commons, the 
clerks in several of the offices were 
(alarmed by the rooms filling with 
smoke. After searching some time, 
a water-closet, at the bottom of a 
small stair-case, on the right hand 
side of the lobby, was found to be 
so full of smoke, that a candle would 
scarcely burn in-it. It was dis- 
covered to proceed from a pair of 
old corderoy breeches, rolled up 
tight, and thrust between the 
ceiling of the closet and the 
flooring of the rooms above, close 
by the pipe of a cistern, the upper 
part of which touches the ceiling 
of the closet. The stuff was partly 
consumed; but had not communi- 
cated the fire either to the Jath of 
the ceiling on which it lay, or to 
the flooring above. It does not 
appear to have been done by de- 
sign. 
20th. Warsaw. The Municipa- 
lity of this city gave a grand din- 
ner to 500 persons, on the 13th 
instant. The King of Poland, who 
was among the company, wlien his 
health was drank as King, rose and 
aid, “ The period is arrived, in 
which artificial distinctions cease, 
except as far as they are conferred 
by the people, and are acknow- 
ledged by those who are honoured 
with them to be so conferred. 
Vive la Municipalite!— Afterwards 
the King drank, Vive la Nation! 
and the hall regounded with the 
shouts of Vive le Roi, Vive le Premier 
Litoyen, vive T Ami des Hommes, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1792. 
20th. Birmingham. Some weeks 
ago, a private of the Blues went to 
a house of ill-fame in this town, 
when some misunderstanding tak- 
ing place, one Busby struck the 
unfortunate soldier so violent a 
blow on the head witha glass bot- 
tle, that, being moved to Coventry, 
he languished for a few days, and 
then died. A coroner’s inquest 
was taken, who gave a verdict that 
he died of a blow received from 
Busby. The coroner’s warrant 
came to Birmingham ; and Busby, 
together with some others present 
at the unfortunate conflict, were 
brought before the magistrates on 
Thursday, when Busby was com-~ 
mitted. This circumstance being 
fully communicated to the lower 
orders of the people by those use- 
ful men called Walking Stationers, 
a certain number, it seems, were 
determined to take ample ven-— 
geance on every house of that 
description in the town, They 
did some little damage to_two 
houses on Friday night; and on 
Saturday night broke the win- 
dows, and did some other da- 
mage to another house of the 
same description in Fleet-street, 
but were dispersed by the mili- 
tary. On Sunday morning, at ten 
o’clock, one of the eonstables 
went to-Flect-street, where the 
mob were assembled, and entirely 
gutted one house; and were. dm 
the act of demolishing the win- 
dows of another. Dreading further 
consequences, the magistrates were 
sent for, who arrived in town at 
seven o'clock in the evening: at 
eight, accompanied by Lord Va- 
lentia, several gentlemen in. the 
neighbourhood, and the peace offi- 
cers, they went to Fleet-street, 
where two houses were gutted; ” 
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