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Carlton-houfe, in ail their fplendour, ffould he open for 
public infpeftion during the fpace of eight days. On 
each of thofe days great numb- rs were admitted, and de¬ 
parted highly gratified ; but, on the 27th, being tiie day 
on which "the perrriiflion was to expire,’ the crowd, from 
an early hour in the morning, was mimenfe; anti, as the 
day advanced, the fcene excited additional intereft. 
Every precaution had been adopted to facilitate the en¬ 
trance of the vifitors. The horfe-guards paraded in front 
of the houle, and were Rationed at both ends of Pall Mall, 
and the various itreets leading from it. The preffure to 
gain admittance was fo great, that early in the day feveral 
females fainted away; many loft their fboes, and endea¬ 
voured to extricate themfelves from the crowd ; but this 
was quite impoffible. The gates were opened only at cer¬ 
tain intervals; and, when this was the cafe, the torrent 
was fo rapid, that many people were taken off their feet, 
fpme with their backs towards the entrance, fcreaming to 
get out. The fcene at laft began to wear a Hill more fe- 
rious afpeCt; when it was deemed expedient that fome 
meafure fliould be reforted to, to prevent farther mifchief. 
Lord Yarmouth and the duke of Gloucefter appeared, and 
announced to the public, that the gates would not be 
again opened ; and that, for the fake of preventing the 
lofs of any lives, they had to exprefs the ftrongeft wifh 
that the perfons affembled would ceafe from endeavouring 
to gain admittance. This, however, had not the defired 
effeCl ; as many, who probably were ignorant of what had 
happened, remained in the anxious hope of being admit¬ 
ted at laft. The greateft. preffure to obtain admittance 
took place about half-paft two o’clock. About one, the 
crowd in the infide of Carlton-houfe had accumulated fo 
much, that it was found neceffary to fhut the gates. The 
line of carriages now extended the whole length of Pall 
Mall, up to the very top of St. James’s ftreet; and, as 
there had been a complete (toppage for above half an hour, 
hundreds of ladies left their carriages, and haftened on- 
foot towards the gates of Carlton-houfe. At this time 
you might fee ladies and gentlemen coming out of the 
crowd covered with perfpiration, and unable any longer 
to bear the preffure. Thofe who thus made their retreat 
in time had to congratulate themfelves on their fuperior 
prudence. Hitherto all was comparatively well ; and the 
fcene rather afforded amufement than excited alarm. But 
the cafe was molt materially altered when the gate of en¬ 
trance was next opened. It became exactly like fome of 
thofe ruffes at our theatres, which have fometimes pro¬ 
duced fuch melancholy confequences. Thofe behind ir- 
refiftibly puffed on thofe before; and, of the number of 
delicate and helplefs females who were prefent, fome were 
thrown down, and trod upon by thofe behind, without 
the poffibility of bting extricated. When at laft the 
crowd got on the infide of Carlton-houfe gates, four fe¬ 
males were found in a llate of infenfibility, lying on their 
backs on the ground, with their clothes almoft completely 
torn off. One young lady, elegantly attired, or rather 
■who had been fo, prelented a ffocking fpeftacle ; Ihe had 
been trodden on until her face was quite black from ftran- 
gulation, and every part of her body bruifed to fuch a 
degree, as to leave little hopes of her recovery. An el¬ 
derly lady had her leg broken, and was carried away in a 
chair ; and two others were alfo ferioufly hurt; but, on 
being bled, were reftored to animation. One of them was 
able to walk home; the other was led by two men. The 
fituation of almoft all the ladies who were involved in 
this terrible ruff was truly deplorable. Very few of them 
could leave Carlton-houfe until furnifhed with a frefh fup- 
ply of clothes. They were to be feen all round the gar¬ 
dens, moft of them without ffoes or gowns ; and many 
almoft completely undrefted, and their hair hanging about 
their ftioulders. The crowd on the outfide at one time 
made the horfe-guards recede feveral paces, when the ani¬ 
mals became reftive to an alarming degree, rearing on 
their hind legs, and beating down all within their reach 
with their fore ones $ feveral women were trodden under 
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foot, and received confiderable injury ; and five c-r fix men 
were fo overcome, that they fainted, and were carried off. 
At the latter end of July arrived at Liverpool, from 
Sierra Leone, a brig called the Traveller, perhaps the firft 
veffel that ever reached Europe entirely owned and navi¬ 
gated by negroes. This brig is owned and commanded 
by Paul Cuffee, the foil of a negro-ffave imported into 
America. Her mate, and all her crew, are negroes, or 
the immediate defeendants of negroes. Captain Cuffee 
is about fifty-fix years of age; has a wife (a negrefs), and 
fix children, living at New Bedford, Maffaciiufetts, of 
which ftate he is a citizen. When captain Cuffee’s father 
(who had acquired his freedom) died, he left a family ai- 
nioft unprovided for; but he laboured hard to fupport 
them. He began trade in a fmall boat, and, after a while, 
almoftLy liimfelf, built a larger veffel, in which he worked 
fome years with afliduity. Having met a perfoii wiffing 
to impart fome knowledge of navigation, his ideas were 
enlarged, and with his profpects he enlarged his efforts to 
fucceed. Happily for him and his family, his mind re-, 
ceived religious inftruflion from the fociety of friends, 
and he attached himfelf to that refpeCtable body, adopted 
their drefs and language, and is now a very refpeCtable 
member of that community. When Clarkfon’s Hiltory 
of the Abolition of the Slave Trade fell into his hands, 
it awakened all the powers of his mind to a confideration 
of his origin, and the duties he owed to his people. 
With the view of benefiting the Africans, he made a 
voyage to Sierra Leone, and with the fame object came to 
England. Capt. Cuffee is of an agreeable countenance, 
and his phyfiognomy truly interelting ; he is both tall 
and ftout, fpeaks Engliff well, drefles in the quaker-ftyle, 
with a large flapped white hat. He came to London, to 
confer on his favourite topic with the directors of the 
African Inftitution j and loon after returned to America 
with a cargo. 
A reward of one hundred pounds having been offered for 
the difeovery of a theft committed on-board the Archduke 
Charles, recently arrived in the river from Lima, with a quan¬ 
tity of 111ver bullion, indigo, &c. a publican, who had been 
accuftomed to ferve beer in the London Docks, came for¬ 
ward on the 3d of Auguii, and offered to difeover his 
accomplices in the robbery in queftion, provided he fhonld 
be admitted king’s evidence, and be entitled to the reward. 
Some doubts being fuggefted as to his knowledge of the 
faCh, he propofed to take the gentleman, broker to the ftiip, 
to the feveral places where the ftolen filver was fecreted. 
He accordingly took him to the coal-hole of the ffip, 
where was concealed a bag of filver weighing 4.71b. Un¬ 
der a watch-box in the docks, and amongft lome flax, he 
pointed out further quantities, all of which were to be 
conveyed out of the docks the firft convenient opportu¬ 
nity. Befides thefe, a quantity was traced to Uflier- ftreet. 
Water-lane, Fleet-ftreet, which had been conveyed from 
the docks in the infide of porters’ knots, without the 
leaft fufpicion. The publican, having difeovered the pro¬ 
perty to the parties concerned, next directed the Thames- 
police officers to the thieves, who turned out to be la¬ 
bourers in the London Docks, and a watchman, one of 
our faithful guardians of the night, befides himfelf.— 
They were all fecured the fame night; and were after¬ 
wards brought to trial and convicted, and the greatelt part 
of the property recovered. 
A comet, which had been obferved for fome months 
previoufiy in France, became vifible to the naked eye in 
England at the beginning of September, and continued 
to be a fplendid and linking object during all the clear 
weather of the autumn.—The following obfervations on 
this comet were made at Gottingen, and publifhed the 
20th of September. 
“ The comet which is now vifible on the horizon in the 
northern part of the heavens, is one of the molt remark¬ 
able that has ever been obferved, None has ever been fo 
long vifible; and, confequently, none has ever afforded 
fuch certain means of information with refpect to its orbit. 
Accordingly,. 
