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■«Ion in tHe theatre, and these were 

 of course consumed; indeed, no- 

 thing whatever was saved. No lives 

 were lost. The premises and their 

 contents are estimated to be at least 

 worth 25,0001. and were insured in 

 the Globe for 60001. to Midsummer 

 last; but since that period no in- 

 surance was made at that office, in 

 consequence of the proprietors re- 

 fusing to pay the per centage re- 

 •quircd. 



Ihe same morning, about 2, a 

 fire broke out at Mrs Long's, a 

 chandler's shop in Petticoat-lane, 

 Whitechapel. Six houses were 

 •burnt to the ground. 



15th. Fete at Stowe.— The 

 splendid entertainment given by the 

 marquis of Buckingham, at his mag- 

 nificent seat at Stowe, in Bucking- 

 hamshire, has surpassed every thing 

 of the kind that was ever known in 

 this country. It began on Thurs- 

 day the 13th, and ended on Tues- 

 day the 20th. The company, com- 

 posed of the first rank and fashion, 

 amounted to about 400 in one day. 

 Among them were the prince of 

 Wales and the duke of Clarence, 

 the duke and duchess of Bedford, 

 the duke of Grafton, the earl 

 and countess of Carjsfort, lord 

 Grenville, Mr. Fox, who accompa- 

 nied the prince thither, Mr. Wind- 

 ham, &c. Friday was the grandest 

 day of all; when the gardens were 

 illuminated, and a fele with fire- 

 works was given. On Monday 

 there was a magnificent ball, which 

 was led olf by flic prince and the 

 duchess of Ucdford. 'i'iic prince 

 left Stowf on Tuesday ; and on his 

 departure took his noble host by 

 the hand, and declared he never 

 bad been so happily entertained in 

 |iis life. 



19th. Six workmen lo'jt their 



lives at the Barnby furnace colliery, 

 near Cawthorn, in Yorkshire, be- 

 longing to Messrs. Dawson, Jarratt, 

 and Co. by the explosion of the fire- 

 damp. This dreadful calamity is 

 much increased by four of theni 

 having left fourteen orphan childrea 

 unprovided for. Several other per- 

 sons had nearly fallen victims to 

 their humanity in attempting to ex- 

 tricate the unfortunate sufferers. 



At Warwick assises, a cause 

 (Harding, Oaks, and Willington, v. 

 Heath) came on to be tried before 

 Mr. Baron Thompson and a special 

 jury, which excited a considerable 

 degree of interest. The plaintifls 

 are bankers, at Tamworth, in this 

 county, and the defendant is a per- 

 son of property residing in the same 

 place. The defendant was accused 

 of writing and publishing malicious 

 libels against the plantiffs, with in- 

 tent to injure the credit of their 

 bank. The libels were all similiar, 

 and consisted of the words Froiiti 

 nulla fides .J (in English, " appear- 

 ances are deceitful ;") which were 

 written in large characters upon 

 many of the five-guinea and one 

 guinea cash notes of the plaintiffs. 

 The defendant pleaded not guilty, 

 but 61 notes so written upon were 

 produced in court, and his hand- 

 writing was clearly proved. The 

 plaintiiTs did not attempt to show 

 any special damage ; but, from the 

 whole of the evidence, the malicious 

 intent of the defendant was satisfac- 

 torily proved to the court, and the 

 jury found averdict for the plaintids, 

 with oOOI. damages. A clergyman 

 of Warwickshire, another from Lei- 

 cestershire, and a dissenting minister 

 from (he latter, were subpirnaed to 

 explain the meaning of the Latin 

 M Olds ; and a Quaker identitied 

 the Land-writing of the defendant, 



whom 



