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nesday, a nobleman cautioned j Sir Richard has, among other 

 him to be upon his guard, as he i instances of rare magnificence, 

 was very suspicious of there be- ^ built an inn, a church, and a 

 ing some thieves in the room •, '■ town, on the coast near Chi- 

 soon after an atempt %vas made ; chester, exceeded by none but 

 by a person unseen to break the similar buildings of the mar- 

 the guard from the sword, ! quis of Down, 

 which his Royal Highnefs per- j A forgery to a very consider- 

 ceiving, immediately turned, able amount, it is said, has been 



and found it hanging by a mere 

 thread. 



The diamonds that they would 

 have obtalne.1, had they effected 

 their purpose, would have been 

 worth about L. 3000 pounds. 1 

 Rem arka hie instances of industry. 

 IMr Feele, of Manchester, 

 was (to his great credit be it 

 spoken) a porter at i s. a-day. 

 He gave a draft for L. 63,000 

 when he bought tlie borough 

 of Tamworth of the present 

 Marquis of Bath. 



His partner, and Mr Phillips 

 were common workmen also. 



Sir R. Arkwriglvt was a bar- 

 ber at Manchester in 1774. 

 Sir Frank Standiih kept him 

 at Preston, to qualify him as a 

 voter there. 



In 1790, General Burgoyne 

 was not a little alarmed, ex- 

 pecting Sir Richard Arkwright 

 to be a candidate against him. 

 J'jhn WilkinsQn, £.»qj now 

 by his succefsful Ikill, one of 

 the first iron masters and coal 

 miners in the kingdom was, 20 

 years ago, a common clerk at 

 Ruabon and Wrexham. 



Sir R.Hotham, who is so well 

 known for his opulence, and 

 his use of it, was at his outset a 

 domestic to Calcraft, the agent. 



discovered on the" Bank of Eng- 

 land j the parties suspected are 

 two of the clerks ; one is now 

 in custody^ the other is ab- 

 sconded. A private exami- 

 nation took place last night be- 

 fore the Directors and two 

 Magistrates, the result of which 

 was, a committment of the 

 parly suspected, for farther ex- 

 amination. 



On Thursday the price of 

 sugars rose 9 s. per hundred 

 v;eight, and even at this exorbi- 

 tant price there were not many 

 people inclined to sell. About 

 50 hoglheads were sold. 



A person has made some 

 discoveries respecting the fire 

 at the Pantheon, which may 

 lead to strong suspicion, and 

 confirm the idea, that it was 

 set on fire wilfully, but by 

 whom perhaps will never be 

 proved. 



One fhip has sailed, and a- 

 nother is setting out from Bri- 

 stol for the new settlement of 

 Sierra Leona, on the coast of 

 Africa. They are loading 

 v.idi all kinds of implements 

 for building, and with tools for 

 carpenters, joiners, blacksmiths, 

 and oth^r trades, as wcU as' 



