CHRONICLE. 



FEBRUARY. 



1 ] th. A fire broke out between 

 six and seven o'clock this evening, 

 at Lingham's brandy and sugar 

 warehouses, in Lower Thames- 

 street. The flames extended with 

 great fury to the surrounding 

 houses, particularly the custom- 

 house, which seemed to be in great 

 danger. It is computed to have 

 destroyed property of above 

 300,000/. in value. Of this, a large 

 proportion consisted in prize goods, 

 deposited in the warehouse by go- 

 vernment. The flames communi- 

 cated to some small houses in 

 Gloucester-court, behind the ware- 

 house, and destroyed four or five of 

 them. The wind blew fresh from 

 the eastward, and the fire raged 

 tremendously for some time. The 

 weather-cock at the top of the cus- 

 tom-house, which is on the other 

 side of the street, was twice on fire, 

 as well as the frames of the win- 

 dows ; and two ships in the river, 

 that lay off" Bear-wharf, were da- 

 maged materially by the flames 

 communicating to their rigging. 

 Happily, however, about twelve at 

 night, the whole was got under, 

 and no lives lost. 



A bill, just passed into a law, for 

 regulating the sale of bread, enacts, 

 " That it shall not be lawful for 

 any baker or other person or per- 

 sons, residing within the cities of 

 London and Westminster, and the 

 bills of mortality, and within ten 

 miles of the Royal Exchange, after 

 the 2f)tli day of February, ] 800, or 

 residing in any part of (ireat Bri- 

 tain, after the 4th day of March, 

 1800, to .sell, or offer to expose to 

 sale, any bread, until the same .shall 

 have l)een baked twenty-four liours 

 at the least ; and every baker, or 



other person or persons, who shall 

 act contrary hereto, or olfcnd here- 

 in, shall, for every ofience, forfeit 

 and pay the sum of 5l. for every 

 loaf of bread so sold, offered, or ex-, 

 posed to sale." 



On Saturday, February 8, the 

 duke de Montpensier and the count 

 de Beaujelais, the younger brothers 

 of the (iuke of Orleans, arrived at 

 their residence in Sackville-street, 

 from Clifton, where one of them 

 had been confined several days by 

 iUness. The duke of Orleans had 

 arrived in town three days before ; 

 and his first visit was made to Mon- 

 sieur, of whom he had requested an 

 audience. On Thursday, the duke 

 waited on his royal highness, and 

 being introduced into his closet, he 

 addressed him by saying, " that he 

 had come to ask forgiveness for all 

 his faults, which he hoped would be 

 forgotten. They were the effect 

 of error, and were chiefly to be at., 

 tributed to the evil counsels of an 

 intriguing woman, (madame de 

 Genlis) who had been intrusted 

 with the care of his education." 

 He added " that he was ready to 

 shed the last drop of his blood in the 

 reparation of his errors, and in de- 

 fence of the rights of his lawful so- 

 vereign. My brothers (continued 

 he) whom I have left indisposed 

 at Clifton, participate in my sen- 

 timents, and will hasten to offer to 

 your royal highness the same pro- 

 testations of repentance." Monsieur 

 then embraced the duke and re- 

 plied, " that he had no doubt of the 

 sincerity of the professions he had 

 just heard. He received them with 

 pleasure ; but he recommended to 

 the duke to repeat them to the king 

 himself, and he should have great 

 satisfaction in forwarding his letters 

 to Mitlau." As soon as this con- 



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