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such was the pressure of trades- 

 people who had been duped, that 

 at four o'clock all was still in con- 

 fusion. Every officer that could 

 be mustered was enlisted to dis- 

 perse the people, and they were 

 placed at the corners of Berners- 

 street, to prevent tradespeople 

 from advancing to the house with 

 goods. The street was not cleared 

 at a late hour, as servants of every 

 denomination, wanting places, be- 

 gan to assemble at five o'clock. 

 it turned out that letters had 

 been written to the different 

 trades-people, which stated re- 

 comraendfitioiis from persons of 

 quality. This hoax exceeded by 

 far that in Bec^ford-street, a few 

 months since ; /or besides a cof- 

 fin, which was brought to Mrs. 

 T.'s house, made to measure, 

 agreeable to letter, five feet six 

 by sixteen, there were accouch- 

 eurs', tooth-drawers, miniature- 

 painters, and artists of every de- 

 scription. 



26. Conrt of King's Bench. — 

 Mr. John Gale Jones was brought 

 up to receive sentence, to be im- 

 prisoned in the House of Correc- 

 tion in Cold-Batli-fields,for twelve 

 months, and to find securities to 

 keep the peace for three years, 

 himself in 500/., and two sureties 

 in 250/. each. 



O. P. Liverpool rioters. — The 

 persons found guilty of exciting 

 the disturbances at the Liverpool 

 theatre received senttnce. 



Abraham Lemon and Charles 

 Rowlandson, to be confined in 

 the Castle of Lancaster for twelve 

 months; John Robinson Molineux 

 and Thomas Turner, for three 

 months ; Barton Wilson and 

 Matthew Carter, for two months 

 each, in the same Castle of Lan- 

 caster. 



27. Accounts received from 

 Gibraltar of an enterprize, com- 

 manded by lord Blayney, against 

 a number of privateers and gun- 

 boats fitted out at Malaga. 



This detachment, consisting of 

 373 British, 470 Germans (deser- 

 ters) and 630 Spanish troops, was 

 placed under the command of 

 major-general lord Blayney. Part 

 of the expedition was successful ; 

 part was unfortunate; lord 

 Blayney, with many of his men, 

 being taken prisoners. 



The loss of major Grant, of the 

 89th regiment, who was mortally 

 wounded in the first transaction 

 of this expedition, is particularly 

 regretted. 



The total amount of loss sus- 

 tained by the detachment from 

 Gibraltar, consists of one officer 

 and nine privates killed ; an officer 

 and twenty privates wounded ; 

 seven officers, five sergeants, and 

 162 rank and file missing, of whom 

 1 15 were foreign deserters. 



DECEMBER. 



8. In the morning, about three 

 o'clock, an alarming fire broke 

 out in Lisle-street, Leicester- 

 square, in the extensive premises 

 occupied by Mr. Simeon, at the 

 Mexican coffee-house and Ame- 

 rican-hotel. Mr. Simeon and his 

 wife perished in the flames ; and a 

 boy was so dreadfully burnt, that 

 his recovery is doubted. Mr. 

 Simeon was an old and faithful 

 domestic to the late duke of 

 Portland, and attended his grace 

 at his death. 



10. Avery melancholy accident 

 happened in Swan-yard, near Dru- 

 ry-lane. At the head of Swan- 

 yard several houses had been pull- 

 ed down, but the corner house was 

 leftstanding, and was occupied by 



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