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that place was awoke by the noise 

 of the water running through his 

 house ; but not considering any 

 danger, remained within till day- 

 light, when, at the persuasion of 

 the neighbours, he with his wife 

 and child quitted the premises — 

 which they had scarcely left, when 

 the roof fell in, and the whole 

 house was drifted into the sea, with 

 the furniture, and not an article 

 was saved. The alms-house ad- 

 joining, which had stood the brunt- 

 of many a storm and tempest up- 

 wards of 100 years, was likewise 

 demolished. The beautiful canal 

 at Dawlish with the bridges are so 

 entirely destroyed, that not the 

 least resemblance of its original 

 form can be perceived. 



Some very serious disturbances 

 have taken place at Falmouth. 

 The men on board most of the 

 packets in the harbour mutinied, it 

 is said, in consequence of the seve- 

 rity of the custom-house officers, 

 who persisted in searching every 

 sailor's chest, many of which were 

 burst open before the owners had 

 time to bring the keys. The sea- 

 men handled the officers roughly, 

 and proceeded to other acts of 

 tumult and violence, which called 

 for the interposition of the civil 

 and afterwards of the military 

 power. The riotact was read, whilst 

 the Cornish miners a])proached 

 Falmouth in large bodies, and af- 

 fairs began to wear a threatening 

 aspect, when some of the ring- 

 leaders were secured. Two of them 

 were instantly sent to London, 

 where they arrived on Monday, and 

 were safely lodged in theCompter. 

 They have since undergone an ex- 

 amination at the Mansion House, 

 and stand committed. 



12. Arrived at Yarmouth, his 



majesty the late king of Sweden. 

 Hisintentionofcomingto England 

 has been known for some time. 

 His majesty havingembarked in an 

 American vessel in oneof theRus- 

 siaii ports, fell in with the Ruby 

 man of war, on his passage down 

 the Baltic, and availed himself of 

 that opportunity of coming under 

 British protection. He went on 

 board the Ruby, and afterwards 

 changed from that vessel to the 

 Tartarus, in which he arrived. 

 Parties of French gens d'armes, it 

 is said were in pursuit of him: near 

 Leipsic he was attacked (by rob- 

 bers as the German papers said) 

 but he andhisattendantsfired upon 

 the supposed robbers, and he es- 

 caped. The gens d'armes gave up 

 the pursuit when his majesty had 

 reached Riga. He quitted that 

 place under a royal salute. 



13. Argument between the At- 

 torney-General and Mr. Serjeant 

 Shepherd, on the propriety of post- 

 poning the trial of sir Francis Bur- 

 dett against Coleman, sergeant at 

 arms of the House of Commons, 

 till after the trial of the action of 

 trespass, arising from the same 

 cause, sir Francis Burdett against 

 Abbott, Speaker of the House. 

 After much debate, rule made ab- 

 solute to put oft'this trial, generally. 



The countess de Lisle, queen 

 of France, died at Hartwell. 



11". The remains of her Royal 

 Highness^lhe Princess Amelia [see 

 the obituary in the Appendix] 

 were privately interred this even- 

 ing in St. George's chapel. At 

 eight o'clock a procession was 

 formed from Augusta-Lodge, in 

 the following order. 



Servants and grooms of 



theirmajestiesand the royalfiimily, 



in state liveries, 



