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ing as much liquor as he wished to 

 ilrink at a public-house. He is 70 

 years of as^e, and the deceased was 

 about 60. 



The following cause was tried, in 

 the court of king's bench, before 

 lord Elienborough and a special 

 jury : — Paine v. Fleming^ esq. — 

 The plaintiff in this case was a sea- 

 man belonging to a Greenlandman, 

 and, of course, was entitled, to pro- 

 tection from impress. The defen- 

 dant was captain of the Egyptienne 

 frigate. In defiance of the protec- 

 tion, to which the nature of the plain- 

 tiff's engagement entitled him, he 

 was seized by the defendant, as an 

 impressed man. The plaintiff pro- 

 cured himself to be arrested for 

 debt; the defendant, however, 

 came on Shore, paid the debt 

 and costs, and had the plan- 

 tiff carried on board, where he or- 

 dered him three dozen lashes ; and 

 he was afterwards sent to the West 

 Indies. It was to recover damages 

 for this treatment that the present 

 action was brought. The jury, 

 after some deliberation, pronounced 

 a verdict for 3001. damages. 



4th. Being his majesty's birth-day, 

 who entered his 68th year, the same 

 was observed with the usual demon- 

 strations of loyal affection. The 

 morning was ushered in with ring- 

 ing of bells ; at noon the park and 

 tower guns were fired ; and at night 

 the theatres, public offices, sub- 

 scription-houses, and those of his 

 *ttajesty's tradesmen, as well in the 

 east as in the western parts of the 

 town, were brilliantly illuminated. 

 The company began to arrive at the 

 palace soon after 12, and assembled 

 in the room adjoining the drawing- 

 room, till it was completely filled, 

 so that it was with the greatest dif- 

 ficuKy a passage could be formed fcr 



the royal family. Such was the 

 pressure of the crowd on entering, 

 that a young lady fainted ; but 

 being assisted by lords Westmore- 

 land and Charlemont, she was 

 speedily recovered. The drawing, 

 room was attended by all the junior 

 branches of the royal family, the 

 great officers of state, foreign am- 

 bassadors, the lord mayor and slie- 

 riffs, and a greater concourse of no- 

 biiity and gentry than has been seen 

 for many years. Their majesties 

 did not quit the room till near six, 

 and it was seven before the whole 

 of the company could get away. 

 After the drawing-room, their ma- 

 jesties returned to Buckingham- 

 house, where a very large party 

 were entertained with a concert and 

 refreshments. 



5th. A child, about 12 years of 

 age, returning from a public-house 

 at Wisbech with a glass bottle of 

 ale, it accidentally tripped against 

 a stone, and falling upon the bottle, 

 its throat was dreadfully cut, and 

 it died upon the spot. 



An awful instance of divine cor- 

 rection was experienced by a young 

 man in Stamford. While giving 

 reins io the vehemence of passion, 

 and impiously uttering blasphemous 

 expressions, he was, by the visita- 

 tion of Providence, suddenly struck 

 dumb. 



6th. As a labourer was taking 

 down part of an old wall within the 

 precincts of the priory of Knares- 

 borough, he discovered a large quan- 

 tity of silver coin, amounting to near- 

 ly lO'OO pieces, mostly of the coin- 

 age of Edward 1. The man carried 

 the pieces to sir Thomas Slingsby, 

 lord of the manor, who generously 

 gave him the intrinsic value of the 

 silver. 



A battle was fought on Lalehaia 



Ilurway,' 



