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take the melancholy business, four 

 labourers, who were present, vo- 

 lunteered their services in digging , 

 and about half past two discovered 

 the body of Mrs. Jerams, the el- 

 derly woman, and, shortly after, 

 her youngest son, a fine young man, 

 of 18 years, a postillion, and ano- 

 ther son, a groom, 23 years of age. 

 The bodies, when found, were en- 

 tirely naked, the hair burned otf ; 

 but, from the suddenness of the 

 house falling in, they were not de- 

 faced, but appeared parboiled from 

 the heat. At this moment, a ser- 

 vant in livery appeared, with his 

 wife, and claimed the wretched suf- 

 ferers, as his mother and brothers : 

 but tins was not the measure of 

 their grief; for the next body found 

 was their infant child, 11 months 

 old, who, with its infant brother, 3 

 years old, fell victims to the flames, 

 28th. The ticket 8,004, drawn 

 this day in the Boydell lottery, Mas a 

 prize of the Shakspeare gallery, 

 containing the whole of the large 

 pictures now exhibiting, together 

 with all the estate, right, and inte- 

 rest of Messrs. Boydell in these 

 premises. Mr. Tassie, of Leicester- 

 quare, a gentleman celebrated for 

 lie love of the arts, was the fortu- 

 nate holder. 



29th. A coroner's inquest was 

 held on the body of Mr. Tiffin, a 

 respectable tradesman in Warwick- 

 lane, Newgate-street, who was 

 found dead in his bed, by the side of 

 his wife, at four o'clock on Sunday 

 morning last. It came out in evi- 

 dence, that the unfortunate man 

 had long been in the habit of early 

 drinking to a great excess. Some 

 doubts arising as to the cause of his 

 death, the body was opened by Mr. 

 Ramsden, who declared him to have 

 takpn a pill of an opiate quality, 



that was probably the cause of his 

 death. On this the jury found a 

 verdict of lunacy. 



The same morning, a fine 

 young lad, the son of Mr. Withers, 

 a publican, in Palace-yard, going to 

 shoot sparrows in Tothill-lields, his 

 piece missing fire, he attempted to 

 draw the charge ; while so doing, 

 his companion, playing with a 

 stick, touched the trigger, when the 

 piece went off, and lodged the con- 

 tents in his right hand, which was 

 most dreadfully shattered. 



A letter in this day's gazette, 

 from lieutenant Wallow, of the 

 Swan hired-cutter, announces the 

 capture of the Flip, Dutch priva- 

 teer, with eighteen men, and the 

 recapture of a brig which she had 

 taken. 



30th. Yesterday evening prepa- 

 rations were made for removing the 

 vessel whose head and steru- posts, 

 by fitting into a groove in the walls 

 of the entrance to the London 

 docks, from the river Thames, had 

 served, and can hereafter be re- 

 placed to serve, as a stop-gate 

 against the tide. Some difficulty 

 attended this operation, owing to 

 the swelliii;: of the wood since the 

 vessel was built, in tlic situation 

 above described ; and the aid of 

 screws was necessjjry, besides the 

 amazing buoyancy ot the vessel, 23 - 

 feet deep in the water, to free her 

 from the grooves in the walls. The 

 tide serving about 11, the water 

 was pumped out of her, she rose, 

 and was towed to the north-east 

 corner of the entrance ha?in, where 

 she now lays. This morning, at 9, 

 1.50 trading vessels, in the vicinity 

 of Hcrmitage-bruigc, hoisted their 

 flags and pendants, upon a salute 

 announcing the opening of tiie 

 dock ; and, at 10, the vessel des- 

 tined 



