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Virgin Mary ; the figures as large 

 as life, admirably drawn, and al- 

 ways considered to have been de- 

 signed either by Sebastian de Pi- 

 onibino, or Michael Angolo. 



John Harris, a private in the 

 royal waggon train, quartered at 

 the White Hart at Moulshain, in 

 Chelmsford, picked up a pocket- 

 book in the inn yard, containing 

 Lank notes to the amount of 941. 

 ■which he instantly deposited with 

 the landlord of the house, telling 

 him to deliver it to the owner when 

 enquired for. About three hours 

 after, a I'ich old farmer, who puts up 

 at that house, missed his book and 

 notes, and upon enquiry of the 

 landlord, had it, with the property, 

 safely delivered to him ; when he 

 generously gave the soldier, who has 

 a wife aud four children, a one 

 pound note as a reward for his ho- 

 nesty ! 



18th. To the great surprise of 

 thepublic, SirGeorgeliumbold (late 

 minister at Hamburgh, and whose 

 atrocious seizifre in his funttions we 

 have already mentioned in its place,*) 

 arrived in London from France. — 

 It appears, that on his arrival at Pa- 

 ris he was immediately carried to the 

 Temple, and conveyed to a misera- 

 ble apartment, where he was treated 

 with much rudeness. The keepers 

 having directions to keep out of the 

 way all instruments of destruction, it 

 was with much difficulty he could 

 prevail upon them to lerKl him a 

 knife to cut up a fowl which he had 

 for supper. He was then conveyed 

 lo a wretched flock bed, with dirty 

 sheets and blankets ; and in this si- 



informcd him that there was no 

 charge against him personally ; that 

 the French government Avere satis- 

 fied with the possession of all his pa- 

 pers, which they we^c resolved to 

 keep ; and that he must leave Paris 

 at a late hour that evening. — At the 

 hour appointed for his departure, he 

 was put into a coach, and, without 

 the least idea of his destination, was 

 conveyed to Cherbourg, where he 

 arrived on the IGth; and was imme- 

 diately sent on board a French cut- 

 ter, which sailed with a flag 01 truce 

 for England. The cutter soon fell 

 in with the Niobe frigate, which 

 received Sir George, and conveyed 

 him to Portsmouth. Not a doubt 

 exists, but that his prompt and most 

 unexpedted deliverance was owing 

 to the immediate and spirited de- 

 mand made by Prussia in his behalf: 

 his papers how^^-er have all been de- 

 tained. 



This day the Romney of 50 guns, 

 a fine ship, left Yarmouth with bul- 

 locks fortheTexel Heet, and carried 

 out letters for the officers ; on the 

 following morning at nint, she was 

 wrecked on the South Haak Sand, 

 next the Texel, and on the 20th, 

 most of the officers and crew quitt- 

 ed her on rafts and in the boats. 

 They were made prisoners by the 

 boats of the Dutch fleet, and the 

 ship soon after went to pieces. This 

 unfortunate accident originated in 

 the Romney mistaking three Ame- 

 rican ships, wrecked the night before 

 on the Haak Sands, for part of our 

 Texel fleet at anchor. A tribute of 

 gratitudeis due to the admiral, offi- 

 cers and crew of the Dutch men of 



tnation he remained till 'the follow- war iu the Texel, who sent out five 



ing evening, when he was waited 

 upon by an officer of the police, who 



launches with a flag of truce, to the 

 wreck ; at the hazard of their lives, 



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