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" Combe, Mayor. 

 '• Mansion-House, Sept. 17, 1 800. 



" Whereas the peace of this city 

 has been, within these few days, 

 very much disturbed by numerous 

 and tumultuous assemblies of riot- 

 ous and disorderly people, the ma- 

 gistrates, determined to preserve the 

 king's peace, and the persons and 

 property of their fellow citizens, 

 by eveiy means which the law has 

 intrusted to their hands, particular- 

 ly request the peaceable and well- 

 disposed inhabitants of this city, 

 u^wn the appearance of the military, 

 to keep themselves away from the 

 windows ; to keep all the individu- 

 als of their fainilies and servants 

 within doors ; and, where such 

 opportunities can be taken, to re- 

 main in the back rooms of their 

 houses. By order of his Lordship, 

 VV. J, Newman, Clerk." 



iGtJi. An especial court of alder- 

 men was held ; who, in the most 

 temperate yet manly terms, deter- 

 mined to protect thepeace of the me- 

 tropolis ; and gave it as their decided 

 opinion, " that from the best infor- 

 mation they were able to procure, 

 had not the access to the Corn- 

 market been yesterda}'^ impeded, and 

 the transactions therein interrupted, 

 a fall in the price of wheat and flour, 

 much more considerable tlian that 

 which actually took place, would 

 have ensued ; and the court were 

 farther of opinion, that no means 

 can so effectually lead to reduce the 

 present excessive prices of the prin- 

 cipal articles of food, as the holding 

 out full security and indemnifica- 

 tion to such lawful dealers as shall 

 bring their corn or other commodi- 

 ties to market." 



20tli. George Thomas, an emi- 

 nent attorney, possesKcd of a good 

 fortune at Brackley, in Northiunp- 



tonshire, was indicted, at the Old 

 Bailey, for an attempt to defraud the 

 navy board. He had been applied 

 to by the executors of a Mr. Cold- 

 ridge, who had been employed by 

 the commissionersof the navy, in car- 

 rying timber from the forest towns, 

 to make out an account ; he did so 

 to the amount of 1200/. and deliver- 

 ed it, accompanied by vouchers, 

 purporting to be the receipts of the 

 workmen. On examining these, 

 many were discovered to have been 

 forged, and others made out in fic- 

 titious names. The prisoner ad- 

 dressed the court, but in too low a 

 voice to be distinctly heard ; he 

 rested his defence on the respecta- 

 bility of his character, to which 

 many creditable witnesses bore testi- 

 mony. After a trial of nine hours, 

 the jury found a verdict — guilty ; 

 but recommended him to mercy. 



The followingmelancholy account 

 of the lossof the Queen Indianian,is 

 extracted from a letter from an of- 

 ficer on board the Kent Indiaman, 

 dated from St. Salvadore, on the 

 coast of Brazil, July 17, 1800. — 

 " We sliould have left this place ere 

 now, but for a melancholy accident, 

 which has befallen the Queen In- 

 diaman, which had put in here with 

 us afew days since for want of water. 

 On the ninlh, between two and 

 three o'clock A.M. our officer who 

 had the watch on deck discovered 

 a smoke issuing from the giui-room 

 ports of the Queen, which was 

 moored a little way from us. Im- 

 mediately we called the captain and 

 officers ; for, although no alarm was 

 given from the Queen, yet, as she 

 was evidently on fire, every exer- 

 ti(m was made to man ourboats with 

 fire engines, buckets, &c. for tlieir 

 assistance ; but, within a few mi- 

 nutes of our discovering the smoke, 



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