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express to Maidenhead, where a 
part of the 15th regiment of dra- 
roonswas quartered. These troops 
Sei obaered to town, and, having 
marched during the night, they 
arrived on Sunday morning at three 
oclock, proceeding immediately to 
Kennington Common, where they 
remained during the whole of that 
day. The number of guards upon 
duty was also doubled. In conse- 
quence, the Levellers, who, we 
understand, consist of about three 
hundred members, did not pursue 
their intention. 
The minister’s million sinking 
fund, on the first day of Novem- 
ber 1792, which concluded the 
twenty-fifth quarter, had discharged 
nearly ten millions of the public 
debt, as nay be seen in the follow- 
ing statement :— , , 
Atcount of the Total of Capital Stock 
vedeemed by the Commisstoners, 
&c. on the 1st of November 1792. 
Consol. 3 per cent. £3,487,605 
Reduced ditto, - - 2%,971,600 
Old South Sea, “- - 1,667,400 
New South Sea, - - 1,288,800 
South Sea, 1751, - - 396,400 
9,811,805 
To extinguish Fire in Chimneys. 
Put upon the fire in the grate, 
which must be left burning, as much 
salt as you can collect; a peck or 
more will be quite sufficient, which 
will bring down all the soot that is 
on fire in the chimney, and extin- 
guish it before any injury happens. 
Accounts of Sierra Leone of the 
most flattering nature, were lately 
received at the company’s house 
in Laurence Poultney-lane. They 
were brought by the Duke of 
Savoy, ‘a ship chartered to carry 
out stores to the settlement. The 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1792. 
sickness, which had been fatal to 
so many at the commencement of 
the rains, Nad entirely ceased, and 
trade and plantation were making 
rapid progress. Those, on the 
contrary, who are interested in the 
result of the enterprize to Bulam, 
will be concerned to hear that that 
plan is entirely defeated. The 
principal part of the colonists have 
been massacred by the natives; 
and those of them who remained 
alive, took refuge among their 
countrymen at Sierra Leone. Mr. 
Dalrymple, their governor, is re- 
turned to England by the vessel 
which brought this intelligence. 
The government of Sierra Leone _ 
received the unfortunate adven- 
turers with much humanity; and a 
vessel is fitting out there to bring 
them back to this country. 
Bulam is an island at the mouth 
of the Gambia, upon which the na- 
tives of ‘the opposite shore have, 
from time immemorial, made their 
annual plantations of rice :—consi- 
dering, therefore, the arrival of the 
hew settlers as an unjust intrusion 
upon their natural rights, a dispute 
arose, which has exhibited the 
above melancholy issue. 
27th. At a court of Lieutenancy 
the Lord Mayor, Sir Watkin Lewes, 
Alderman Newnham, and a num- 
ber of other members, attended. 
The official business being transact- 
ed, the court resolved, that the offi- 
cersand privates of the London mili- 
tia should hold themselves in readi- 
ness upon a short notice, to be un- 
der arms, if necessary, for the sup- 
pression of riots and tumults. 
Diep, 28th. At Kirkcudbright, 
Scotland, at the great age of 120, 
W. Marshal, tinker. This miracle of 
longevity retained his senses almost 
to the last hour of hislife. He re- 
membered distinctly to have seen 
King 
