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or three empty barges caught fire 

 and were damaged; the dweDing- 

 house and all the premises were re- 

 duced to ashes. It does not appear 

 that any lives were lost. 



3. At the mansion-house a Jew, 

 of the name of De Younge, was 

 charged by the solicitor of the mint, 

 under an act of Qiieen Elizabeth, 

 with the offence of selling the cur- 

 rent coin of the realm called gui- 

 neas, at a higher rate than the cur- 

 rent value. By the statute in ques- 

 tion it is declared, that any person 

 who shall extort, demand, or re- 

 ceive, for any of the current coin 

 of the realm, more than the legal 

 current value thereof, shall be 

 esteemed guilty of felony. It ap- 

 peared that the prisoner had sold 

 fifty-six guineas for a sum amount- 

 ing to about 22«. 6d. or Is. Gd. for 

 each guinea more than the legal 

 price and current value. Evidence 

 being adduced to prove this case, 

 the prisoner was fully committed 

 to take his trial for the off"ence. 



4. The O. P. reconciliation din- 

 ner took place at the Crown and 

 Anchor Tavern, between the ma- 

 jiagers of Covent-Garden Theatre, 

 ^nd the soi-disant town. 



Soon after five o'clock Mr, 

 Clifford took the chair, Mr.Kemble 

 ind iVIr. Harris, juu. being seated 

 <Mi his riglrt liand. 



The first toast, after the removal 

 of the cloth, was — The king. 

 After which followed — The voice 

 of the people — The trial by jury, 

 with three times three-^The stage 

 — The ancient and unalienable 

 judicature of the pit. 



Mr. Clifford then entreated par- 

 ticular attention to the toast which 

 he was about to propose, feeling 

 ,coBfid,ent that no toast could be 



more appropriate to the object of 

 the meeting — 



May this happy reconciliation be 

 of equal advantage to the public in 

 amusement and the proprietors in 

 emolument ! 



The health of Mr. Clifford being 

 given, he rose »nd addressed the 

 company to tl>« following purport: 



'« Gentlemen,--! return you most 

 sincerely my thanks for the honour 

 you have conferred on me, by plac- 

 ing me in this situation, and forthe 

 very kind manner in which I have 

 been treated. Gentlemen, there is 

 a circumstancecollateral with that 

 of the recent dispute, to which, I 

 trust, I may advert without offence 

 to any person present. It was my 

 lot to be the plaintiff in an action 

 at law, of the trial of which all my 

 information is derived from the re-» 

 ports in the newspapers, nothaving 

 been myself present on that occa- 

 sion. In tliose reports it is stated, 

 that during the course of the trial, 

 or after it was over, I do not know 

 which, it was publicly said that I 

 was the leader of an infuriated mob, 

 meetingto injureprivate property, 

 to destroy thegovernment, to sub- 

 vert the constitution, and to over* 

 throw the monarchy. Such, gen- 

 tlemen, is what is stated in the re- 

 ports of that trial in the newspapers 

 to have been said. Gentlemen, I 

 recollect full well that when colo- 

 nel Wardle introduced the charges 

 against the duke of York, into the 

 House of Commons, Mr. Canning 

 made use of this very true, but cer- 

 tainly very dangerousexpression— 

 "That when tliecharactersof others 

 are attacked, infamy must attach 

 somewhere — it must fall either on 

 the accused or on the accuser." 

 Now, gentlemen, I have the honour 



