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lodgings, Sibers the deluded were 
instantly handeuffed; and about 
three or four o’ciock in the morn- 
ing sent off in coaches, hired for 
the purpose, to the country. Next 
day, several more youths, who 
were cenfined in other parts of the 
fields, were released by ihe magis. 
trates, amtidst the plaudits of a nu- 
merous multitude of sp-<tators. 
‘This even'ng a peace offi. 
cer, with a warrant from a 
Magistrate, went to apprehend a 
footpad in one of the litti¢ public- 
houses which line the quays of the 
i2th. 
river Thames, in that part of the 
Borough called Bankside. On en- 
tering the tap, he immediately dis. 
‘covered the delinquent he was in 
search of, dressed in a seaman’s 
- jacket and trowsers, and tippling 
‘with several other persons in the 
same dress. ‘Lhe officer immedi- 
ately advanced to seize him; but 
- the fellow pulled out a pistcl, and 
_discharged it at the constable, who, 
feeling himself wounded, immedi- 
ately went out of the tap, and 
walked about ten yards to a neigh- 
bouring house, which he entered, 
and sat himself down on a chair, 
and, without being able to ttter a 
word, immediately expired. The 
desperado who committed this atro- 
‘cious deed was, we are sorry to 
find, suffered to escape with his 
companions. The contents of the 
pistol had lodged in the cons:able’s 
breast. 
'. The followin San 
TP oak place by ballot at the 
dndip House, in Leadenhall-street : 
_ That no dire¢tor be allowed 
to trade to or from India in his pri- 
capacity, either directly or in- 
Gly, either as principal or 
agent.” 
Tbe ballot commenced at ten 
o’clock in the morning, and closed 
at six in the evening. At half 
past eight o'clock, the chairman 
entered the general-court room, 
and declared the numbers to be as 
follow : ; 
For the proposition 
Againstit = 
541 
348 
Majority 193 
Sth. . LWo delegates from Ho]. 
~" " Jand waited upon lord 
Grenville, with a remonstrance, 
respecting the detention of the 
Datch Kast Indiamen and cargoes 
in British ports; the following is 
almost verbatim what passed on this 
occasion 
Lord Grenville—“ I would wish 
to be informed, gentlemen, in what 
capacity you wish to be received ?”* 
Delegate—‘* As representatives 
of the sovereign people of Batavia,’’ 
Lord Grenville—‘ I know of no 
+such delegating’ power, and there- 
fore must decline any further cop- 
ference with you.’’ 
About twelve o’clock, 
two vessels broke from their 
moorings a little below London- 
bridge; the tide then running up, 
drove them against the bridge with 
such force, that one of them (a West 
Indiaman with three masts) making 
the centwee arch, carried away all 
her masts close by the board, knock- 
ed down two of the lamps on the 
top of the bridge, bent .the lamp- 
iron in an astonishing manner, and, 
with a crash that’ made the whole 
fabric shake, passed through the 
arch with incredible velocity, and 
drifted up the river with the tide to 
Blackfriars-bridge, which she also 
went through, but, without any 
farther accident; and continued 
her course sill she came above So. 
merset-house, where she drove on 
Ba / shore, 
19th, 
