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beginning of the morning-service ; 
which alarmed some of the con- 
gregation, without doing the least 
injury to any person. 
The parish of St. Anne, Soho, 
have adopted a plan, which, if it 
were extended to. other parishes, 
might Jessen the number of noc- 
turnal depredations. Patrolesparade 
the streets from four to nine o’clock, 
and at nine, when, the watchmen, 
who (instead of sentry boxes to 
sleep in) have an extra great coat 
and warm cap, go their rounds, 
there are other patroles to see that 
they do their duty, and, if neces- 
sary, to assist them. To remove 
the general complaint of a bad 
light. from the lamps,, it'is ordered, 
that three additional threads of cot- 
ton should be added to each of the 
burners. 
9th. A singular accident. hap- 
pened this morning at the Asylum 
during divine service. The wind 
being extremely high, by some 
means, the windows over the com- 
munion-table, fell down just at the 
time the minister was reading the 
service. Many of the congrega- 
tion, being much alarmed at the 
violent crush, hastily left the chapel, 
and others were conducted to the 
vestry-room till the church-service 
was over. We do not hear that 
any particular accident happened, 
but the confusion was great. 
10th. This being the anniver- 
sary of the Royal Academy, a very 
full meeting of the members was 
held in the evening for the various 
urposes of election to offices, and 
of ballotting for the distribution of 
prizes. At eight o'clock the pre- 
sident, council, and academicians, 
&c. assembled in the great lecture- | 
room, where was previously cal- 
lected a very numerous and re- 
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spectable company, ‘cgnsisting, of 
the first characters) in, literature 
and taste in this country. After 
declaring the successful candidates 
to. whom the prizes had _ fallen, 
Mr. West, the president, addressed 
the members of the Academy and 
the students, in a discourse’ of con- 
siderable length, which tended to 
give a very favourable idea of his 
talents in a new point of view.  _ 
10th. Manchester. In consequence 
of the loyal and_ constitutional 
movements which have taken place 
at Manchester, for the purpose of 
forming associations on the plan of ~ 
those in London and other parts of 
the kingdom, a tumult has arisen 
among the populace; which, how- 
ever, has happily been terminated 
with little mischief. fy cath 
A great crowd assembled round 
the Herald-office, some of the win- 
dows of which they broke, and dis- 
persed. The next night they met 
stronger, and paraded the streets, 
singing and shouting ‘‘ God save 
the King!’”? they then proceeded 
to the object of their late resent- 
ment, and again broke the windows, 
They afterwards went to the house 
of Mr. Walker, where they also de- 
molished some of the windows. 
Here, however, they were resisted 
by Mr. Walker, who firing upon 
them, they dispersed. Two men in 
this affair are said to be wounded. 
The next day some friends of Mr. 
Walker waited upon the Com- 
mittee established for protection of 
property, &c. who sent a deputa- 
tion to promise him support, if he 
desisted from the use of fire-arms: 
advising him at the same time, as 
the most prudent step, to leave 
town for a few days, as the mob 
were seriously ciamorous for his 
pevson. No other violence, how- 
ever, 
