280 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



to sustain. Ever since the decline 

 of omnium from par, Mr. Gold- 

 smid's spirits were progressively 

 drooping ; but when it readied 5 

 and 6 per cent discount, vvitliout 

 the probability of recovering, the 

 unfortunate gentleman appeared 

 evidently restless in his disposition 

 and disordered in his mind ; and, 

 as we have reason to believe, not 

 finding that cheerful assistance 

 amongst his monied friends which 

 he had experienced in happier 

 times, he was unable to bear up 

 against the pressure of his misfor- 

 tunes ; and hence was driven to 

 terminate a life, which, till then, 

 had never been chequered by 

 misfortune. The moment intelli- 

 gence of the distressing event 

 reached the city, which was about 

 the period of the opening of the 

 Stock Exchange, the funds sud- 

 denly felt the effects, and consols 

 fell in a few minutes from 664 to 

 63f. Omnium declined from about 

 6f to lOf discount, and then re- 

 mained steady at that price for 

 some time. It is understood, that 

 Mr. Goldsmid had determined, if 

 possible, to perform his contracts 

 at the Stock Exchange, hoping 

 still to have a competency left to 

 retire with into private life from 

 the wreck of his fortune. He had 

 already commenced his retrench- 

 ments, by discharging all the 

 workmen and out-door labourers 

 employed on his extensive pre- 

 mises at Morden. 



SEPTEMBER. 



24-. The Spanish cortes, met and 

 proceeded to enact several regula- 

 tions. 



By a second decree, dated the 

 25th, the cortes arc to be address- 



ed by the title of majesty ; and the 

 executive power by that of high- 

 ness. The publication of the laws 

 which emanate from the cortes, is to 

 be made in the following manner : 

 " Don Ferdinand VII. by the 

 grace of God, king of Spain and 

 the Indies, and in his absence and 

 captivity the council of regency 

 authorised ad interim, to all to 

 whom these presents come : — 

 Know ye, that in the general and 

 extraordinary cortes assembled in 

 the Koyal Isle of Leon, it has been 

 resolved and decreed as follows, 

 &c." The same decree requires all 

 civil, military, and ecclesiastical 

 authorities, to acknowledge and 

 take the oath of obedience to the 

 general cortes of the nation. 



27. Cooke, the publican of the 

 Swan, in Vere-street, Clare-market, 

 and five others of the eleven mis- 

 creants convicted at Cierkenwell 

 sessions, of detestable practices, 

 stood in the pillory in the Hay- 

 market, opposite to Panton-street. 

 Such was the degree of popular in- 

 dignation excited against those 

 wretches, and such the general 

 eagerness to witness their punish- 

 ment, that by ten in the morning, 

 all the windows and even the roofs 

 of the houses were crowded with 

 persons of both sexes ; and every 

 coach, waggon, hay-cart, dray, 

 and other vehicle which blocked 

 up great part of the streets, were 

 crowded with spectators. 



The sheriffs, attended by the 

 twocitymarshals, with animmense 

 numberof constables, accompanied 

 the procession of tiie prisoners 

 from Newgate, whence they set 

 out in the transport caravan, and 

 proceeded through Fleet-street 

 and the Strand ; and the prisoners 

 were hooted and pelted the whole 

 way by the populace. At one 



