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lais, when the King of France en- 

 tered the harbour. The quays, on 

 both sides, were lined with spec- 

 tators of the most respectable ap- 

 pearance. Happiness at the pros- 

 pect of a mild and legitimate go- 

 vernment, and joy at the return of 

 peace, obliterated for the moment 

 all sensations of past tyranny and 

 oppression. " Vive le Roi /" re- 

 sounded from all sides, and was 

 succeeded by " Vivent les Bour- 

 bons .'" « Vive Louis XVIII r 

 " Vivent les Anglais /" The fine- 

 ness of the weather, added to the 

 superb appearance of the royal 

 yacht, contributed much to the 

 splendor of the scene. 



MAY. 



2. Bristol, it appears, is the 

 first of the out-ports which has 

 availed itself of the late alteration 

 in regard to the East India trade. 

 Two fine vessels sailed from thence 

 for the East Indies last week. 



4. Between 12 and I o'clock, 

 two old houses, in Lombard-street, 

 Mint, in the Borough, fell down 

 with a tremendous crash. Four 

 persons were killed by this ter- 

 rible accident — two men, a boy, 

 and a girl. These unfortunate 

 creatures were literally bruised to 

 mummies, and were with great 

 difficulty got out of the rubbish ; 

 three others were much hurt, and 

 taken to the hospital. The house 

 had not been repaired for a con- 

 siderable time, and, like many 

 others in the Mint, were moulder- 

 ing with age. 



12. Letters received from Not- 

 tingham represent that the nefa- 

 rious practice of frame-breaking 

 continued to prevail there, to the 



gr^at annoyance and alarm of the 

 town and neighbourhood. Ou 

 Sunday evening, about ten o'clock, 

 two men entered the house of 

 — — Bullock, who lives in a court 

 at Bellagate, with the familiar 

 question of " how do you do ?" 

 and then proceeded up stairs, and 

 broke four frames whilst the door 

 was guarded by eight or ten of 

 their accomplices. A constable 

 who lived next door, hearing a 

 noise, and supposing them thieves, 

 repaired to the spot, when one of 

 the villains presented a pistol at 

 him, and threatened to blow out 

 his brains if he interfered. The 

 constable retired, and the banditti 

 dispersed without the least dis- 

 coveiy having been made as to 

 their persons. 



One of the letters affords some 

 insight into the system of combi- 

 nation and terror pursued by these 

 misguided men. They have formed 

 themselves into clubs and com- 

 mittees, who assemble in the dif- 

 ferent villages, and take upon 

 them the appointing of the dif- 

 ferent sorts of work to be done by 

 the manufacturers, and the regu- 

 lation of the prices which the men 

 are to be paid. If their demands 

 are not complied with, the manu- 

 facturer is placed in alarm for his 

 property, and those of the men 

 who strike are supported by sub- 

 scriptions to a general fund, for 

 which also they issue their requi- 

 sitions. It is supposed, that the 

 frames of the person mentioned 

 above were destroyed, merely be- 

 cause he refused to subscribe to 

 this fund. These villains have 

 now become so bold, that they 

 hold committees at all times of 

 the day, and issue such orders as 

 they wish to have executed at 



