CTR OOM EAN 
ampton-buildings, Holborn, clerk 
to an attorney, accompanied by a 
young lady, his coufin, and of his 
own name, to whom he was foon 
to be married, was attacked in the 
fields, near White-Conduit Houfe, 
by three footpads, who fhot him 
through the head, and robbed him: 
of his watch and money. The 
Bow-ftreet patrol, who were with- 
in a fhort diftance at the time, on 
hearing the report of the piftol, 
made to the fpot, where they found 
Mr.Fryer weltering inhis blood, and 
~~ whoin afew momentsafterexpired. 
_A ftick with a fword in it, and with 
which it is thought he made fome 
refiftance, was lying by him. 
. The following is the anfwer re- 
turned by the Lord Mayor to the 
requifition made to him to call a 
common hall :— 
“ Gentlemen, 
*¢ Having duly confidered the re- 
quifition figned by a number of the 
livery of London, dated on the 
29th ult. and delivered to me by 
you on the 3d inftant, wherein 
they request of me “ to call a com- 
mon hall on an early day, to take 
into confideration the report of the 
fheriffs, communicated to the Lord 
Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery, in 
common hall affembled, on Wed- 
nefday the 12th of April — the 
grievances brought on you by a 
corrupt fyftem of undue influence, 
and the incapacity of his Majefty’s 
minifters — to fubmit feveral refo- 
lutions expreflive of the fentiments 
contained in the petition of the 
livery (refolved almoft unanimouf- 
ly) to be prefented to the King on 
the throne; and of a motion that 
your reprefentatives in parliament 
be inftructed to move in the Houfe 
of Commons, or fupport fuch mo- 
tion, that an humble addrefs be 
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prefented to his. Majefty, praying 
him. to difmifs from his. prefence 
and councils his prefent weak and 
wicked minifters, as the moft likely 
means of obtaining a f{peedy and 
permanent, peace;”’ I requeft of 
you, Gentlemen, to inform thofe 
who figned the requifition, that I 
will immediately dire& the ufual 
precepts to be iffied for convening 
a common hall of the liverymen 
of this city, on Thurfday next, the 
11th inftant, for the following pur- 
pofes:—to take into confideration 
the report of the fheriffs, commu- 
nicated to the Lord Mayor, Alder- 
men, and Livery, in common hall 
affembled, on Wednefday, the 12th 
of April — To confider of feveral 
refolutions, exprefiive cf the fenti- 
ments contained in the petition of 
the livery (refolved almoft unani-s 
moufly) to be prefented to the 
King on the throne; 2nd to con- 
fider a motion, ‘ That the repre- 
fentatives of this city in parliament 
be inftructed to move or fupport 
f:ch motion, that an humble addrefs 
be prefented to his Majefty, pray- 
ing him to difmifs from his prefence 
and councils his prefent weak and 
wicked minifters, as the moft like- 
ly means of obtaining a fpeedy and 
permanent peace.’ 
“ Brook Watson, Mayor. 
* To Meff: T. Reeve, John 
Elfee, §. Miller.’ 
11th. Another common hall was 
held at Guildhall on the fubject 
previoufly noticed, when feveral 
{trong refolutions were entered in- 
to, declaratory of the rights of the 
livery ; afferting, “ that his Majef- 
ty’s minifters have wantonly plung- 
ed this nation into an unjuft and 
unneceflary war, which has pro- 
duced a feries of calamities un- 
exampled in hiftory ; an enormous 
increafe 
