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nerally known that the men were 

 living, many hundreds of persons 

 assembled in the vicinity of the 

 work, and at half-past four in 

 the afternoon, the first man was 

 brought up the shaft of the pit, and 

 ■when three of the others were 

 brought up, they, were conveyed 

 in a coach, accompanied by two 

 medical men, to their respective 

 homes: the others were also after- 

 wards brought out, and conveyed 

 home in a similar manner; and 

 thus, after a dreadful confinement 

 of nearly seven days, without light, 

 without the smallest morsel of 

 food— shut up in the bowels of the 

 earth, with only the droppings of 

 water which fell from the roofings 

 of the cavity in which they were 

 confined, and which they caught in 

 an iron pot, accidentally left in the 

 pit; were these nine human be- 

 ings providentially preserved from 



I a premature grave ! They are like- 

 ly to do well." 



18. OnSundaylastapartyoffive 



I young persons, consisting of the 

 son of Mr. Hales, piti-maker, in 

 the Borough ; the son and two 

 daughters of Mr. Bates, saddler, in 

 the Borough, and the nephew of 

 Mr. Hales, went down to Graves- 

 end in a small boat. On their re- 

 turn home, when opposite Erith, 

 the sail of the boat being up, a 

 Budden squall upset the vessel, and 

 four of the party perished, namely, 

 the sou of Mr. Hales, and the son 

 and two daughters of Mr. Bates ; 

 the fifth was preserved, when al- 

 most exhausted, by a barge, which 

 bore down to the spot on seeing 

 the accident. 



At the Truro assizes, in an ac- 

 tion brought by Mr. Williams, a 

 London merchant, against the pro- 

 prietors of the mail-coach, between 



Exeter and Falmouth, for having 

 had his leg fractured, and some ot 

 his ribs broken, in consequence of 

 the overturning of the coach on 

 Poison-bridge, owing to the negli- 

 gence of the coachman, a special 

 jury gave a verdict of 251/. da- 

 mages. 



19. An order in council was 

 signed on the 15th of July, con- 

 firming to the inhabitants of the 

 island of Jersey their antient rights 

 and privileges relating to the elec- 

 tion of jurats, and requiring, "In 

 the name and on the behalf of his 

 Majesty, that the Royal Court of 

 the island of Jersey do forthwith 

 proceed to the election of new ju- 

 rats, to supply the present vacan- 

 cies in the said court ; and as any 

 other vacancies shall hereafter hap- 

 pen, that they do proceed, from 

 time to time, to the election of 

 new jurats to supply the same ; 

 provided that as well the present 

 as all future elections be made 

 according to the order in council 

 of the 19th of May, 1671 , whereby 

 it is directed, that none should be 

 admitted to vote at the election of 

 jurats and constables, except such 

 as contribute to the public taxes 

 and to the provision made for the 

 poor, and are masters of fami- 

 lies." 



In consequence of the above or- 

 der, the Royal Court of the Island 

 of Jersey assembled at the usual 

 place on Saturday, the 31st of July, 

 when the order of the Prince Re- 

 gent was read, and an election ap- 

 pointed at the different parishes of 

 the island,' for Sunday the 1st day 

 of August following. The elect- 

 tion throughout the island was 

 conducted in a peaceable and or- 

 derly manner: and on Saturday, 

 the 7th instant, the Court met 



