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5. The lord mayor went in state, 

 accompanied by the aldermen 

 and sheriffs, from Guildhall to 

 Whitecross-str'eet, to lay the first 

 stone of the new Debtors' prison for 

 the city of London. The Dukes 

 of Kent and Sussex, Mr. Whit- 

 bread, and a great concourse of 

 ladies and gentlemen, were pre- 

 sent at the ceremony. The lord 

 mayor, aldermen, &c. with the 

 royal dukes, afterwards dined 

 together at Albion-house, Alders- 

 gate-street. This prison will re- 

 ceive all the debtors from Newgate, 

 Giltspur-street, and Ludgate pri- 

 sons. It will be calculated to contain 

 500 debtors : a chapel is to be 

 erected in the centre ; and there 

 are to be separate rooms for work- 

 ing in, so that no person will be 

 allowed to work in the bed roouis. 

 Alderman Wood, when sheriff, sug- 

 gested the plan of a debtors' prison, 

 that the unfortunate debtor might 

 not be sent to Newgate ; and from 

 that time he has laboured with 

 great zeal to carry it into effect. 

 When finished, it must tend great- 

 ly to relieve the crowded state of 

 the other city prisons. 



7. A fatal accident occurred at 

 Ipswich races. Towards the close 

 of the first heat, as several horse- 

 men were pushing forward to get 

 in, major Myer, of the German 

 legion, and F. Favier, a young 

 man, servant to Mrs. Trotman, un- 

 fortunately came in contact, with 

 the utmost violence. The major 

 and the servant were both thrown ; 

 the former was considerably hurt, 

 and the latter, the horse having 

 rolled over him, was taken up in a 

 senseless state, and died shortly 

 after. 



8. Between seven and eight 

 o'clock this morning the inhabi- 



tants of Woolwich w6re thrown into 

 consternation in consequenceof pro- 

 digious volumes of smoke which 

 enveloped the whole town. It 

 was soon discovered that the white 

 hemp store-house, in the rope- 

 yard, was on fire. The alarm im- 

 mediately spread, and the engines 

 were quickly on the spot. The 

 drum beat to arms, and upwards 

 of 1,000 artillerymen from the 

 barracks arrived to assist in quench- 

 ing the flames : but notwithstand- 

 ing the most prompt and active 

 exertions, the fire continued to 

 burn with irresistible rapidity till 

 about nine o'clock, when the roof 

 of this part of the building fell in. 

 For some time great apprehensions 

 were felt for the safely of the ad- 

 joining buildings of the royal arse- 

 nal ; but by the prompt supply of 

 water and the great exertions of 

 the military, the flames were pre- 

 vented from spreading, and were 

 got under about ten o'clock. The . 

 greatest intrepidity was evinced by 

 the artillery men, many of whom 

 were placed in the most perilous 

 situations in endeavouring to sub- 

 due the flames. The damage done 

 must have been considerable, and 

 it is supposed that several thousand 

 pounds worth of hemp and oakum 

 have been destroyed. The cause 

 of tiie fire has not yet been dis- 

 covered, though various conjec- 

 tures are afloat as to its origin. It 

 is only a few months ago since 

 a fire happened in another part 

 of the buildings. It has been 

 conjectured that the fire-works 

 exhibited the evening before may 

 have been the accidental cause 

 of the calamity. 



8. The remains of the cele- 

 brated William Huntington were 

 removed from Tunbridge to Lewes, 



