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two parties was as great as in real 
action. ‘The numbers who attended 
were incredible. As an exhibition 
of curiosity or interest for the mul- 
titude, the review fell very far short 
of general expectation. The ar- 
tangements were so extended, and 
the evolutions so rapid and dex- 
terous, that it was impossible for any 
but good horsemen to keep pace 
with them, and those were in such 
numbers, as to render it hazardous 
to mix with the crowd, and there- 
fore four-fifths of the visitors might 
as well have been in London as 
on Bagshot-Heath. They could 
only be warranted in asserting to 
their friends that they saw a great 
deal of smoke, much dust,and many 
soldiers, but at a great distance. 
The Duke of Richmond, as com- 
mander in chief, was attended by 
two running footmen, dressed in 
white, who conveyed his messages 
to the parties near his person, while 
his aids du camp flew with them 
to the distant stations. The mili- 
tary operations of this small army 
have been by veterans most highly 
spoken of. The King and the com- 
mander have in a very particular 
manner expressed their satisfaction 
to the troops. It was in the after- 
noon that the great mine was 
sprung, which is described as fol- 
lows: One of Colonel Moncrieft’s 
square redoubts was erected upon a 
round hill, that the effects to be 
produced by blowing up the mine 
might be more discernible. The 
miners broke ground against the 
side of the hill, 152 feet from the 
redoubt, and about twenty feet be- 
low the summit of the hill. The 
first gallery was driven 112 feet in 
length, about three feet wide, and 
three and a half high; from which 
commenced a turning only twenty- 
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two inches wide and three feet high, 
reaching under the redoubt: a se- 
cond turning of six feet was made 
for the chamber, into which was 
put a wooden box of gunpowder, 
and lined with pitched canvas. This 
box contained 720 lbs. of powder, 
and was exploded by means of a 
wooden trough, containing a canvas 
pipe of gunpowder, which was 
lighted by means of a small box of 
the same article, which gave the 
first explosion, so as to cut off and 
light the canvass pipe which was to 
make the communication with the 
chamber. At the explosion the 
whole redoubt rose about forty 
feet, and vanished in dust and 
smoke, leaving a large excavation 
where it stood, of near forty feet 
wide, and twenty feet deep. The 
small mine was exploded a few days 
before, for the purpose of determin- 
ing the resistance of the ground,— 
Thesuttlers at Bagshot-Heath reap- 
ed a plentiful harvest on Tuesday 
last: for a single mutton-chop, a 
cucumber, and a pint of bad wine, 
they modestly charged eighteen 
shillings! and five shillings for tea 
or coffee, with two thin slices of 
bread and butter. 
10th. Powell started at Brighton 
to walk a mile, which he perform- 
ed in nine minutes, and ran it back 
again in five minutes and fifty-two 
seconds, which was eight seconds 
within the time allowed. This ex- 
ertion was for the sum of fifteen _ 
guineas, exclusive of which a hand- 
some collection was made immedi- 
ately after the wager was decided. 
Dr. Willis returns from Portugal 
loaded with bars of gold, and adorn- 
ed with diamonds. What rewards 
would have been bestowed on him 
had he proved successful! But the 
Queen’s malady is incurable. Her 
Majesty 
