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which takes place upon the meet- 
ing of every new parliament. His 
grace the archbishop of Canterbury, 
the bishop of London, the bishop of 
Rochester, and several other digni- 
taries of the church, assisted. The 
procession consisted, first, of the 
choristers and gentiemen of the 
cathedral, the archbishop and 
bishops, the judges and civilians, 
of Doctors Commons, with the 
proctors in their full robes. The 
whole was conducted with great 
solemnity. Prayers (according to 
the usual custom) were read in 
Latin, by bp. Horsley, and a Latin 
sermon was preached by doctor 
Radcliffe. Two anthems were per- 
formed in English, The ceremony 
lasted, about two. hours, and was 
attended by a numerous and elegant 
company. 
cence eee 
OCTOBER. 
6 The cotton mills at Hunslet, 
th. aa : 
near Leeds, belonging to 
Messrs. Beverley, Cross, and co. 
were discovered to be on fire, 
which raged with such fury as to 
destroy the works and buildings in 
little more than 40 minutes.’ ‘I'he 
damage is estimated at 100,000/. 
The premises and stock were in- 
sured in the Sun and London insur- 
ance offices, for only 80001. 
10th, Pymouth. The Court mar- 
* tial which was held last» Sa- 
_ turday on board the admiral’s ship 
Cambridge, to enquire into the 
cause of the lost of his majesty’s 
ship Amphion, which blew up on 
the 22d of last. month, in this har- 
bour, after an examination of all 
the surviving crew, very honourably 
acquitted both the captain and 
officers of every idea of remissness 
or neglect upon that occasions” It 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1796. 
must have been particularly gra. 
tifying to capt. Pellew, after the 
court martial was over, at the re- 
quest made to him by the whole of 
the ship’s company which survived 
thigunhappy affair, that he would 
suffer them to be partners of _his 
future fortune, when he should 
obtain a ship, having so long sailed 
with him; one of the best testi- 
monies this to the character of an 
officer, 
12th About nine o’clock at 
"night the house of Richard 
Timson, of Halleton, Leicestershire, 
was discovered to be on fire, which, 
with four others, was entirely con- 
sumed before any assistance could 
be procured : but the fury of the 
flames was happily chécked by. the 
activity of the inhabitants, who 
stripped off the roofs of the two 
adjoining houses. 
16th This evening a very me- 
* Jancholy accident happened 
at Ilfracombe: a ship called the 
London, from St, Kitt’s, having on 
board a considerable mumber of 
blacks, (French prisoners,) was 
driven on the rocks, near the en- 
trance of the pier, during a violent 
gale of wind, by which about fifty 
of the “prisoners were drowned ; 
those who got on shore exhibited 
a most wretched spectacle ; and the 
scene altogether was too shocking 
for description. The wind was 
blowing directly fair for the har- 
bour. ; 
20th. Mr. Macpherson put an 
end to his existence on En- 
field chace. Dragged by the rude 
hands of a runner and a constable 
before a justice of peace as a 'rench 
spy, it appeared, on.a short exami- 
nation, that he had been an usher 
in several schools, which was con- 
firmed by letters and bills same an 
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