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others, beset the Exchequer-bill 

 office, in order to put down their 

 names for funding Exchequer- 

 bills. Such was the scramble to 

 get in, that a number of the per- 

 sons were thrown down, and many 

 of them injured; some fainted by 

 the excessive pressure of the crowd, 

 and a few had their coats literally 

 torn from off their backs. The 

 first 14 names (chiefly bankers) 

 subscribed seven millions out of 

 the twelve required ; and very 

 early in the day, notice was given 

 that the subscription was full. 



Although only twelve millions 

 were to be funded, all bills to the 

 end of March were to be taken, of 

 which the joint amount would be 

 twenty millions, The public seem 

 to have deluded themselves, and 

 to have acted upon the persuasion 

 that the whole was wanted, when 

 only twelve millions could be re- 

 ceived. 



The scene at the Exchequer- 

 office would, in France, have given 

 occasion to a flourishing expose of 

 the eagerness of the people to aid 

 the government ; but in England, 

 when considered as the mode of 

 executing a measure of finance, it 

 is neither just nor proper. That 

 the first characters in the country, 

 as merchants, bankers, and others, 

 are to be marshalled by police- 

 officers, exhorted to be patient, 

 cool, and passive, till they can enter 

 the Exchequer through a door a 

 third part opened by a chain, and 

 of which the aperture is scarcely 

 sufficient for a moderate-size man 

 to get in, is disgraceful in the ex- 

 treme. 



After violently struggling with 

 each other, 373 persons obtained 

 numbcrb, which in numerical order 



were called and examined from 12 

 to 4 o'clock; when the No. 184 

 completed the subscription of 12 

 millions. 



11. For the first time this season 

 nine mackerel were brought to the 

 beach at Brighton, which were 

 immediately purchased for the 

 London market at 65. 6d. each. 

 The following day another boat 

 arrived with "-IS more, which were 

 bought with equal avidity at the 

 same price. On Thursday a third 

 boat brought 93, which fetched 

 after the rate of 40/. per hundred. 

 Not a single mackerel has been 

 retailed there, but all have been 

 sent off to the metropolis. 



13. Yesterday being appointed 

 for the Livery of the City of 

 London to present their Address 

 of Congratulation to her royal 

 highness the princess of Wales, 

 on her happy esdape from the con- 

 spiracy aimed against her honour 

 and her life, the liverymen began 

 to assemble at an early hour at 

 Guildhall. Notwithstanding the 

 resolution of the Common Hall, 

 by which the number was limited 

 to one hundred, nearly two hun- 

 dred met before 12 o'clock ; and it 

 was generally supposed that there 

 would have been an addition to 

 this excess, had not the lord 

 mayor entered his coach shortly 

 after 12, and ordered the proces- 

 sion to move forward before the 

 appointed time, which was half an 

 hour after twelve. 



The city marshals, with their 

 customary attendants, led the pro- 

 cession, which consisted of the 

 lord mayor, in his state-carriage ; 

 the sheriffs; aldermen Combe, 

 Wood, Goodbehere, Heygate, the 

 town clerk, and city officers j 



