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son sirpposed to be lieut. Baker's 

 servant, were drowned. 



13th. This night a fire broke out 

 at Brampton, two miles from Hun- 

 tingdon, and it could not be got un- 

 der until the Chequer public. house, 

 with 10 or II other tenements, 

 were entirely consumed. It com- 

 menced at the house of a baker, 

 named Emery. 



18th. This morning, or last 

 night, a bar of gold, value 30,0C01. 

 was stolen out of one of the Spanish 

 prizes lying in Mr. Perry's dock, at 

 Blackwail. 



19th. This morning the principal 

 partners in the houses of Messrs. 

 Goldsmid and co. Curtis and co. and 

 sir Francis Baring and co. waited 

 upon Mr. Pitt, to give in their pro- 

 posals for the Irish loan. Mr. Fos- 

 ter and Mr. Vansittart were pre- 

 sent. On Mr. t'itt being made ac- 

 quainted witli the terms offered, he 

 expressed himself perfectly satisfied 

 with them, and complimented the 

 gentlemen on their liberality. The 

 ofler was as follows : 



For every 1001. to re- 

 ceive 241. of 5 per 

 cents, at 88| equal to ^.21 4 9 



5 long annuities, ditto, 



16{-, 81 5 



Discount, .... 1 6" 



In case of prompt pay. 



^.103 15 9 



ratnt. 



1 6 



103 1 9 

 100 



Bonus £. 5 19 



The days of payment were thus 

 arranged. 



10 per cent. 



10 



20 ■ 



30 



20 



10 



20th April, 

 30th Way, 

 23d July, 

 20 th Sept. * 

 30th Dec. 

 15th Jan. 1805. 



In an account laid before the 

 house of commons, of the extraor- 

 dinary expences of the army, from 

 December 1803 to December 1804, 

 it is stated that the sum of 15,0001. 

 has been paid for the support of the 

 emigrant French. 



2 1st. Lieutenant and paymaster, 

 T. A. Marshall, or the 1st West 

 York militia, for fraudulently charg- 

 ing government with considerable 

 sums, for greater quantities of meat 

 than were delivered to the regiment, 

 viz. 7691. 6's. 5d. was sentenced by a 

 court-martial to repay the same, and 

 be dismissed the service. 



This night, about 9 o'clock, one 

 of the extensive flour-mills of 

 Messrs. John and Charles Millwood, 

 at Bromley, near Bow, in Middle- 

 sex, was discovered to be on fire, 

 and soon communicated to and con- 

 sumed the second mill. The pre- 

 mises, which are completely levelled 

 with the' ground, were situated at 

 the northern extremity of the 

 Limehouse, or Bromley-cut, being 

 an artificial channel connecting the 

 Thames with the river Lee. The 

 mills were in the occupation of 

 Messrs. Millwood, but were the 

 property of J. Lockwood, esq. of 

 Lambourn, in Essex. There are 

 two distinctions of mills near this 

 junction of the cut and the river; 

 the one on the cut consisting of wa- 

 ter-mills, and has received the name 

 of the Four Mills; the other, adja- 

 cent to the river, comprises wind- 

 mills, and is called the Three Mills. 

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