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expressing thanks. Young Taylor died at the work- 

 house after losing his leg, although Mr. Park was the 

 Burgeon. 



<l Friday, \th. Mr. Amherst buried at Milton. 

 Last night, one Barnet, a biscuit-baker, died. Re- 

 ceived present from Miss Lousada. 



"Saturday, 14th. Paid Mr. Salcote 2s. for two 

 sheets of paper written out, which he thought reason- 

 able, and which I thought was too dear ; yet to him it 

 was a charity. This afternoon I was called on a jury 

 at the Town Hall, and appointed foreman thereof, to 

 inquire about the death of a young man, George Polley, 

 who fell from the masthead of a ship, bound to the 

 West Indies, and was killed, his brain being injured 

 and his skull dreadfully broken. Mr. Park, the sur- 

 geon, attended at the Custom House Tavern, where 

 the body lay; and the jury brought in accidental 

 death. The young man was taken to London by his 

 father, who came down on this sad accident. Golden 

 wren shot. 



tf Sunday, \btli. Received letter from Shadrach 

 Pocock, Ketley Bank, Salop, saying beef was Hd. to 

 2d. per Ib. ; mutton, 2^d. to 4d. ; flour, 7s. per bushel ; 

 eggs, eight a groat ; fowls, 2s. per couple ; and that the 

 weather was so mild that wallflowers, cloves, stocks, 

 carnations, and primroses were in bloom ! 



"Monday, 16th. Miss Man's sale. She was called an 

 old maid ; but she said, ' It is not my fault, no person 

 has asked me to marry/ This she said in my pre- 

 sence (R. Pocock, Gravesend). At this sale a sword 

 was sold for 6s. which belonged to Mr. Israel Harri- 

 son, storekeeper at the blockhouse, who said it was 

 given to him by the Duke of Marlborough when 



