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bells in the city were muffled, and 

 tolled during the day — the shops, at 

 the instance of the common coun- 

 cil, were shut; all business suspend- 

 ed, and the principal inhabitants 

 engaged to wear mourning for six 

 weeks. After the funeral service, 

 Mr. Morris, the Governor of NeM' 

 York, on a stage erected in the por- 

 tico of Trinity-church (having four 

 of General H.'s sons, the eldest a- 

 bout sixteen, and the youngest about 

 six years of age, with him) deliver- 

 ed, to an immense concourse in front, 

 an extemporary funeral oration, ex- 

 pressive of the merits of the deceas- 

 ed, and of the loss which America 

 has sustained in his death. 



The New York Advertiser says, 

 that no death, since that " of the 

 great and good Washington," has 

 filled the Republic with such deep 

 and universal regret. 



The coroner's inquest held on the 

 body of General Hamilton, have 

 brought in a verdict of " wilful 

 murder against Aaron Burr, Esq. 

 Vice President of the United States ; 

 and W. P. Van Ness, ICsq. Attor- 

 ney, and N. Pendleton, Esq. Coun- 

 sellor, as accessories." 



2nd. Advices of this date were re- 

 ceived from Capt. R. D. Oliver, of 

 his Majesty's ship the Melpomene, 

 off Havre, with accounts of three 

 several attempts he had made on the 

 numerous vessels in Havre Pier, as 

 well as those which were moored 

 outside, with the squadron under 

 his command.* Considerable damage 

 was sustained both by the shipping 

 and the town, but the main object 

 of Capt. Oliver was unattainable. 



7th. This day Richard Shaplcs, 

 about 9 years old, apprentice to 

 Whitfield, chimney-sweeper. Little 



Shire-lane, near Temple Bar, was 

 employed to sweep a chimney at the 

 house of Mrs. Sand well, No. 18, 

 Devereux-coiirt, Strand ; in per- 

 forming which, having climbed into 

 tlie chimney pot, it, with the up- 

 per part of the chimney, gave way, 

 and he fell into the yard of the ad- 

 joining house, Mr. Saville's, tailor, 

 by which fall his head was very much 

 injured, and one arm and one leg 

 broken. In this deplorable condi- 

 tion he was convcyt'd to St. Bartho- 

 lomew's hospital, where he died in 

 the afternoon of flie following day. 

 It is much to be lamented that tlic 

 use of machines for cleaning chim- 

 neys are not universally adopted, 

 by which accidents of this fatal na- 

 ture would be entirely prevented. 

 A society has been formed lor the 

 humane purpose of superceding the 

 necossit)' of employing children in 

 this destructive and dangerous busi- 

 ness, and has voted 501. to Mr. G. 

 Mast, for his useful invention of a 

 machine, which has been most suc- 

 cessfully used in cleaning chimnies 

 for many years past. 



Sth. The poll for (he county of 

 Middlesex was this day closed; but 

 the official declaration of the num- 

 bers was adjourned till the follow- 

 ing day, that due consideration might 

 be had of several votes, which hav- 

 ing been objected to on one side or 

 the other, had been postponed for 

 further consideration. Many serious 

 accidents happened in the course of 

 the day. A gentleman, driving a 

 gig with one horse, in Oxford-street, 

 got jammed in between a cart and 

 a hackney coach, both of which 

 were proceeding to Brentford. By 

 the concussion the gentleman was 

 thrown out, and his skull fractured 



* For the particulars of these dispatches see " Appendix to the Chronicle.' 



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