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church, where an awning was erefted ; their carriages 
then proceeded to the end of Paternofter-row, turned 
round to the left into Newgate-ftreet, and down St. Mar- 
tin’s-le-Grand into Alderfgate-ftreet, where they waited. 
Their majefties were met at the weft door of St. Paul’s, 
by the bifhop of London ; the dean of St. Paul’s, (bi- 
fliop of Lincoln;) the canons refidentiary ; Garter king 
of arms, and the reft of the heralds ; the band of gentle- 
men-penfioners, and the yeomen of the guard. The fword 
of (late was carried before his majefty by the marquis of 
Stafford into the choir, where the king and queen placed 
themfelves under a canopy of Hate, at the welt end of it, 
oppofite to the altar. 
The peers had their feats in the area, as a houfe of lords; 
and the commons were in the ftalls. The upper galleries 
were allotted to the ladies of the bedchamber, the maids 
of honour, and fuch ladies of diftinftion as attended on 
the occafion. The foreign minillers were placed in the two 
lower galleries next to the throne; and the lord-mayor and 
aldermen, with their ladies, in the lower galleries, near the 
altar. 
Immediately on their majefties being feated, divine fer- 
vice commenced. The fermon was preached by the bifhop 
of London ; after which, an anthem, felefled for the oc- 
caficn by the king, was fung by the gentlemen of the 
choir. The whole was finilhed about three o’clock, when 
their majefties returned with the fame ftate to Bucking¬ 
ham Houfe. 
The ftreets through which the proceftion paffed were 
filled with rejoicing fpeffators. Before moft of the houfes 
were placed temporary galleries, crowded with beauty and 
falhion. Every precaution which prudence could fuggeft 
was taken to guard againft the accidents which might 
have been expe&ed from fuch a numerous affemblage of 
people; but they were unneceffary; good humour had fo 
completely taken poffeflion of every individual, that the 
military, who were ftationed to keep the multitude in or¬ 
der, had nothing to do but to fee the proceffion, with their 
fellow-citizens in the rear. 
As foon as was dulk, a general illumination took 
place throughout London and Weftminfter, which, for 
fplendour and magnificence, furpaffed all former exhibi¬ 
tions. All the public offices, the houfes of the nobility 
and gentry, as well as many of thofe of private individuals, 
were decorated with transparencies, or elegant defigns in 
coloured lamps; while even in the humble garret of the 
indigent, the gleam of loyalty and affeflion twinkled as 
cheerfully, if not as brightly, as in the fp' -'did manfion 
of the opulent. 
A dreadful fire confirmed the Opera-houfe on the night 
of the 17th of June. The performers were rehearfing a 
ballet on the ftage, when they were fuddenly alarmed by 
flakes of fire falling on their heads. In a few minutes af¬ 
ter, the whole building was in a blaze, which, from the 
vaft quantity of combuftible materials on the premifes, 
and the calmnefs of the evening, rofe in a fpiral column 
to an extraordinary height. The light was fo powerful 
that, for a few minutes, the w hole weftern front of St. 
Paul’s cathedral was as minutely vifible as at noon day. 
On the 2.5th of February, 1790, a common-council met 
for the fpecial purpofe of taking into confideration the 
fteps taken by the Diffenters and Roman catholics to pro¬ 
cure the repeal of the corporation and teft acts. After a 
calm and difpaffionate inveftigation of the fubjeff, the fol¬ 
lowing refolutions were paffed, which we infert in order 
that our readers may be enabled to compare the difpolition 
of mind prevailing at that time, and the general feeling 
at. this moment: 
Refolved, I. That it is the indifpenfable duty of this 
court, to lupport the rights and privileges of the church 
of England, as by law ellablilhecl ; they being eiientially 
con needed with, and forming a part of, our happy confti- 
tution. 
II. That a full, perfect, and free, toleration, in the ex- 
ercife of religious duties, mu ft be the wifii and glory of 
Vo l; XIII. No. S93. 
DON. 
every liberal mind; but, to remove the two bulwarks of 
our facred conftitution, in church and ftate, by a repeal 
of the corporation and teft acts, would tend to produce that 
civil anarchy, which at firfl pointed out to the legiflature the 
neceffity of making fuch wife and falutary reltridlive laws. 
III. That this court do confider themlelves called upon 
to ftrengthen the hands of thofe friends to the eltabliffied 
church, in the houfe of commons, who have, twice, fuc- 
cefsfully oppofed the repeal of the corporation and teft 
aeffs, by exprefling their public thanks for fuch condufi , 
and to folicit the members of this court, who have feats 
in parliament, ftrenuoufly to refift every attempt that lhall 
be made to obtain that repeal. 
On the difeuffion of the queftion in the houfe of com¬ 
mons, the motion, which la It year was loft by only 20, was 
now negatived by 189. See vol.xii. p. 588-601. and 724. 
Soon after this period, the ftreets of the metropolis were 
infefted by a villain of a non-defeript fpecies in this coun¬ 
try, and, for that reafon, known by the appellation of the 
Monjler. It was his practice to follow fome well-dreffed 
lady, whom he found unaccompanied by a man ; and, 
fometimes after ufing grofs language, fometimes without 
faying a word, to give her a cut with a ftiarp inftrument, 
concealed in his hand, either through her ftays, or through 
her petticoats, behind. Several ladies had been thus attacked 
and wounded by this fellow, who had always the addrefs 
to efcape undetefted ; when, on the 13th of June, a Mils 
Porter, who had been aflaulted by him in the manner de- 
feribed, was walking in the Park, in company with a gen¬ 
tleman, and methirn. She immediately exclaimed, “The 
wretch has juft paffed us!” and pointed him out to the 
gentleman, who followed and apprehended him. On the 
8th of July, he wuas brought to his trial at the Old Bailey, 
and found guilty upon the clearefc evidence; but the 
judge referved the Sentence upon a point of law. The 
decifion of the judges on this point being that the indict¬ 
ment was defective in form, he efcaped the capital part of 
the charge ; but was afterwards tried for this and two 
other affaults, and, being convicted of the whole of them, 
was fentenced to fix years imprifonment. 
A caufe was tried, in the ffieriff’s court, at Guildhall, 
on the 21 ft of October, in which John Wilkes, efq. as 
chamberlain of the city of London, was plaintiff, and John 
Pardoe, efq. defendant. The aCtion was brought to re¬ 
cover the penalty of fix hundred pounds, which is ordain¬ 
ed, by a bye-law of the court of common-council, to be 
paid for declining to ferve the office of fheriff, to which 
Mr. Pardoe had been elected, in the year 1783, but re- 
fufed to ferve, on the ground of his being incapacitated. 
As it appeared that Mr. Pardoe, when he was chofen ffie- 
liff, was fixty-nine years of age, in an infirm ftate of 
health, and totally unfit to ferve the office, the jury, which 
was fpecial, gave a verdict in his favour. 
The month of December was remarkable for two vio¬ 
lent ftorms of wind. The firft was on the morning of the 
15th, by which confiderable damage was done ; and the 
fecond, which was much more deftruftive, began between 
four and five o’clock in the morning of the 23d, and was 
attended with fucceffive flafhes of lightning,and continued 
rolls of loud thunder. Part of the copper roofing of the 
new (lone-buildings, in Lincoln’s Inn, wa; blowm over the 
fix-clerks’ office, into Chancery-lane, and fome pieces of it 
over the roofs of the houfes on the oppoli’e fide of the 
lane, fo that it muft have been carried upwards of a hun¬ 
dred feet through the air. Many houfes were much da¬ 
maged by (lacks of chimneys falling through the roofs, 
and fome lives were loft; and, in the country,, the efteCis 
of the (form were equally violent: its feverity was alio 
felt in France. 
A very curious cafe was decided in January 1791, upon 
a writ de ejjcndo quietum de telcnio. (cf being quit or free 
from toll,) brought by the city of London to affert the 
right of their citizens to be exempted from a toll of coni 
demanded by the corporation of Lynn in Norfolk; the 
iifue was in favour ot the Londoners. 
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