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The Twelfth Report of the Commissioners of
Naval Inquiry contaiaa il♦ folio paps, and the
appendix to it, 305 ; the whole mounting to 339
pages. It relates to purchase" of hemp, masts,
and fir timber, on eommision, by Mr. ANDREW
LINDEORRN, for the service of His MAJESTY'S
Navy, from 1793 to 1799 ; transfer of contraEts ;
and also contails observations, by way of Supple-
ment to the First Report of the Commissioners of
Naval Inquiry, on the Memorial of the principal
Officers and Commissioners of His Maixsr v's
Navy, in answer to that Report. As it is impossi-
:de to detail so voluminous an article in a news-
paper, without excluding much matter of pressing
❑ecessi';' and impoltai.ce, we must limit ourselves
correct sketch of its substance. The Report
v.'s out with stating, that—

t):i the far of Januat y, 1793, the First Lord
of the Admiralty instruned Sir ANDREW SNAPE
Hammon°, the Comptr,ller of the Islivy, to send
P7l able and contiden it ctrv-n to Rigs, to pur-
chase as much homp ai he cc:lid agree far, on pro-
per terms; which invtruftion; appear to have been
given, in consequence of information which Go-
vernment had received, that the French were buy-
i:-g up large quantities of ltema at Iltat place. His
Lordship appears to have entertained hopes, that
by this measure His t.foo KSTY'S stores would not
only be fmnished with hemp of a better quality,
but that the supply cf the enemy would be foie-
called.

g‘ The person scla'aed by the Comptrol:cr of the
Navy for the pet twmance of this service, was Mr.
ANu Row TANDEGkEN, of FOrtSMolltil. 111 C autho-
rity given to him by the Comptroller, dated the 9th
of January, 1793, is not in conformity with the
mitten imtrunioris of the First Lord of &Admi-
ralty ; but it is stated :ty the ComptrollMsat he
also received verbal elireelions from the First Lord
of the Admiralty, and that the instrudions given by
him to Mr. LINDCOREW, were the result of various
conversations with his Lordship.

" Mr. LINDSGILLN was required, by his instruc-
tions, to proceed without loss of time to Riga, and
autnorisel to purchase from thice to four thousand
tons of t)a best brmp, upcti the most rea.onahle
terms in his polw•er.

" He was direCted to use his best endeavours to
prevent any supply of Riga hemp from going, to
France; and. if it mull not be procured fiom the
superiority of the credit of this country, or by any
other means that might occur t him on the spot,
be was at liberty to give an advance upon the price
which tie enemy might have agreed for, taking can
to hive proper vouchers for such transainicz.

" In case he should meet with any malts of the
size of twenty inches and up Wards at Riga, v, hich
he might Nave reas..n to believe were going to the
er.emy, he was to privnt their receiving such sup-
ply by the means above pointed out, or any other
nn then foreseen.

" In the event of any thing happening to delay
him on his journey to Russia. he was to use
su:l, means by his correspondents on the Cona-
n:E, as niipht prevent may disappointment in pro-
ing the quantity f hemp from Riga, above-men-
tioned ; and it it should appear to bi:n, upon his
arrival there, that such a quaatity could not be ob-
tained, he was at liberty to make it up with the
best f etersburgb hemp, not exceeding It out sive to
six bundled tons.
Fot the due Caren:if-a rf this servic., he was to
be allcwed his traveiiing expences, and a commission
e'f five per coot. on ail the purchases he should
m. ke ter Gnvernment.
" Ai.d, as it was j.idgost absohrel!nesesssry, that
there should be at. establ:shed Russia l.:::chan: in
L "don, appointed so transaa the bu.tio s, in this
cuontry, he Was authorised to engage islesrrs. Gun-
tape Tonanrors and SON, for that put ; who
"'le to be paid a Is...tun:44e commission bare C.Gir
vcibk.

" On the Irth of hbruary. 1795, Mr. LINDE-
-42t•-, and Messrs. Guosass raosecos and Sae,
earated into articles of agreement, witne.sed by the
Comptroller of the Navy, by which it was stipu-
lated, that Messrs. Goosast imoaseurs and SoN.
al Anotaies fur Mr. LtsUEGIIIII, should be tor-

t•'►L.J with such sums at money, in Navy Impress
they might, horn time to time, apply frw ;
that the accounts relating to all matters, transaaeil
by them, as Agents for Mr. Lisocoacii, shi,ulJ
1): farniihed to him ; an.,l that, for their trouble in

transuding the basing,. ua freig:-.ting ships. making
insurAncts, conevnisjitsg, kreisiug accounts, and
furnishing the requisite credi:s. they should have a
cleat alLdwaince of two and a b.l per cent. as.a

commission, to be charged at the foot of every in-
voice of stores provided by Mr. I/NOV:RES, and
delivered into His Nfaitsrv's Dock-Yards, such
invoices to contain the amount of the prime cost,
and all the charges and expellees of every kind.
" Under this commission, Mr. Limoec atm made
considerable purchases both of hemp and masts.
He was also employed for the same purpose in
each year, until the termination of the war."
In detailing the result of their inquiries, the Com-
missioners, for the sake of greater clearness, speak of
•tbe purchases of hemp and masts separately, and
into with regard to purchases of hemp
"By virtue of specific dinnftions in a commission
of the 9th Jan. 1795, Mr. LINDEOREN pnrchased
and delivered at His M ...AJ ES I' V% yards, 4.163 tons,
thirteen hundred, three quarters, and four pounds,
• of Riga hemp.

" The cost to the Pub;ic, upon an average of the
whole (plucky, w.te 561. Is. 2.1. per ton.
" The commissions charged m the purchase and
delivery of this hemp, seem as fullow :

Five per cent. by Wr. Lindegren, on the 1.. a. d.
amount of the first coat and charge., at Rita. 11,549 3 0
Two-and a-ha f per cent. by Messrs. Godfrey •
Thornton, and Sun, on the amount of the
first c.ot, and all the charity, except Mr.
Lindegten's commission

" These commissions were hi conformity to the
agreements entered into with Mr. LIN I, Le 4 IS, and
Messrs. GODFR EY THORNTON, and hos ; but
these was, in addition to Mr. Liriuso.,ties corn-
m;ssion on the purchase, a further charge on that
account, of

Two itgr Cent made in elch invoice b? Mesa's. L. a. d.
Tho.ley, Monson, and C0...1 litga, the hos,*
through whom Mr. Lindegion mule his inn-
-3,1i4 11 9

" The amount of these conanissions,beingl7,24sl.
.18s. appearing to us exorbitant, we xxmined
THoatcoN BONA I?, HON.( BROCCI4, and GE°.
TODD. Esquires, RnS5l4 merchants, from whom we
obtained much general idermatkin as to the mole
of contlutling the trade, both in Russia and this
counts y.

" From the evidence of these Gentlemen we learn-
ed, tl.at k is the general praEtice at Riga and Pe-
tersburgh, for the merchants hemp to
charge a commission of 2 pet cent. at the former,
and three per cent. at the I4,ter place, for their
ttouble, in making the purchare auti shipping the
article, and that an Agent sent to those plases,
must employ a resident Merchant, or lak,e }.ii put.
tinder very greet d,sadvant:tger.

" With re•peet to the rate of commission usually
charged by Merchants in this country for procuring
hemp from Riga, and managing the whole of the
business attending the importation, it was sttei to
us by Mr. BOMA 11 and Mr. 13a ourau, t7i.rt the usual
commission charged in such cases was .2 per Cent."
" In consequence of this information, the Cpm-
missioners called upon the Navy Boars!, for an ac-
count of the rates of commission granted to per-
sons employed by them to purchase Naval stores,
daring the American war, when it appeared, that
they were for Riga hemp. II per Cent. to the per-
so.:t at home, and managing the importation, and 2
per Cent. to the merchants purchasing at Rigs. As
the rates of commission on the purchase made by Mr.
Li Nusoit str, exe,:eded, by five and a half per Cent.
what would have been allowed, if the hemp had
been procured through established merchants in the
Russia trade, agreeably to the former praCtice of
the Navy Ward, the Commissioners endeavoured
to ascertain, whether any advantage resulted from
sending an agent.to compensate for this additional ex-
pence ; and they found, that Mr. Linotna ts's first
step after his apppoiotrnent, was to employ Mr.JOHN
hloutsou, a partner in the house of THoaccv, Mo-
s tins, and Co. of Riga, H:10 was then in England, to
part:l.l7.o from 3 to 4000 tons of Riga hemp, tinder
an agr...ement. that he should be allowed the same
ciirtnni;-,ion as was charged by other merchants of
that place. Mr. Moatsus being euthorised.to draw
upon Mtssrs. Gs:storeys. TAI3RMTJX, arid SON, for
th.r amount, accordingly set out for Riga, and ar-
rivad there in the beginning of March ; Mr. Lin-
DE,*ll EN followed him, but did no: arrive until the
beginning of May, at which time Mr. Moutsos
had purchased, or contraeled fur the whole, or great-
er part of the 4000 tons of hemp. "It it evident,
thereore," says the Report, " as far as regards
this esantity, that if the order had been given. in
the first instance, to Messrs. Goof Kau Tmoanyou,
and Soa, and conveyed by them to Mr. Mon:sore,
this hemp might have been obtained as advantage-
ously, and without the allowance of a commission
of rive per cent. to Mr. Li mt., so a EN, which amount-
ed, spun this Firchase, to Emir TiIIOLS•ND. Five
HeIIiDIIID AND FORTT.MINE POUNDS, THILit jai 1,
L MOS ASO Nine-peace."

The report, after stating that the appearance of
au Euglisb Agent in'tlie Riga market, was likay to
mate as expeastion of an unusual demand, and
that from the statement of Mr. H•LLIDA y, the price
of hemp wet actually enhanced by the appearance

of Mr. Lull:manEtt at Riga, next examines the
advantages expeeted from employing Mr. LitroL-
a EN. On this subjeCt it proceeds thus—
" It is stated by the Comptroller, that the cir-
cumstance which led to the sending of Mr. Lisot-
Gnat( to Riga, was the information which Govern-
ment had received, that the Enemy were talcin,,f
measures to buy tr? large citittitities of Naval S:orcs,
tss effete Ivhich, they had, at that time, an Agent :it
Riga; and as it was understood that they had nearly
exhausted their stores at Brest, in their endeavours
to fit out their fleet, alter the ation of the Ist of
June, 1794, it became a great otica to interrapt
their supplies.
" We are ready to admit the importance of this
ohjeCt ; bat nee d 1 not perceive that any advantage
WAS obtained, by sending an Agent abroad, be-
yond what ralg!lt have been expeeted from the
employment of an established House in London.
whose correspondent at Riga might have performed
every service whicii could have been required from
an Agent.
" It is like.vise stated by the Comptroller, that
considerable advaatage was ex?edel to be •deriased
from having an agent on the spot daring the ship-
ping season, to give info rm %dna of the vessels %Thiel
(right load wit it n Iva' stnres on account of the
French Government. This service is not men-
ti,:aed in :5: in itract:ons which ware Elves to Mr.
; but direaions on this heal were com-
municated to him by the Comptroller verbally; and
it appeari, that Mr. LINDEGRES did frequently, in
the course 'of the year 1793, transmit lists of ships
loading at Riga oat account of the enemy : but we
are of opinion, that even this service might have
been better performed by a resident merchant.
" sPr. LTMDEGAES, under the authority given to
him to prevent any supply of Riga hemp from going
to Prance, purchased two thousand nine hundred
and two tons, ten hundred, one quarter, and eiAhleen
pounds, which were said to have been obtained out
of she hands of agents of the Is'rcnzh G prernm •n:.

•• The cos: of this hem,) to the publir..-, on on
average o:. the whole cpantity, w.is 6)1. 19s.

per ton.

" The invoices, which are all made out by Nlessrs•
TitOß LEY • MO MlSo`;s and Co. state the hemp to has/.
boon sold t:iern to Mr. LINDEORfiti, and each
invoice contains a charge of commission, at the rate
of two per. e-lt. It ;revs, therefore, from these
eirco:nlancei, as well as from the telor of Mr.
Lnrettlar cnrLespvtience with the Navy Board.

that this quan;ity, i wet,' of :14ving been obtained
out of,the hands of AJ,enti i.l the French Gqvern -
merit, was purchatti in the mtr!:^z, opal the
grortail, tkat it would othcwise be bat ght up for
the :apply c.f the enemy.

" It was upon this ground alone, that Mr. Lis-
iienstm could 'atm& his porchases beyond the
four thousand tins specitialy mentioned in his
inttrulions ; and his cindult, is this particular,
seems to have excited the joal.ous7 of the N.lvy
130ard, by their dile:bog him, on the Sth of July,
17)5, not ti purchase any mire hemp, unless it
'tad been previiusly conrcheml for the et:erny, and
was adually shipping, or shipped, on account.,
" NJrvithstandin; this auvar inc.: of suspicion,
and the clause in Mr. LINE/LC:LEN% instruaioac,
by which he was authorised to us, h:s best ended,-
VOiri to prevent any supply of R;gl hemp from
Bing, to France, required that ha sh produp
proper vouchers for such a transaltion, yet the.
Navy glard, on passing his account, slid not requite
any ['Articular vouchers for the purchases said to
be made from French agents.

•' The commis:ions charged on the purchase of
this quantity of hemp were,

Towattl4-bolf per ceat. by Mr. Lindegren,
on tie amount of the Sim cost am charges at
Nina 9,53312 3
Utt«aatd.a•bif per cent, by Mmsrs. rd'rey
Thornton arsi Son, an the amount M. the
fret coo, and all the charges, ♦acept Mr.

cortosission
Two per cent. 011 the mow of the purchase
at Rica, charged in catch invoice Loy Messrs.
Thorley, Morrison and Cotn;any, on such
part vi was not pr.cured frail Messrs. Man

and tiat!idAy

" These rates of commission are considerably less
than those authotized by t!.c criginal agreements
with Mr. LINDIGICN Messrs. GOD/ILLY
Tociattrort and Sort, and which were allowed on
the purchase of the fcur thousand tons; but they
ate still considetAbly greater than would have been
charged by the first houses in the Russia trade for
the performance of the same business."

The Report next notices some errors in the ac•
counts respefting he purchase•, as paned by the
Navy Board. but none o: any magr.stude ; and then
ptoceeds thus :

" The Second Statement made by the Navy Board
of Mr. Livoaosics's accounts for the purchase of
hen,, is for that provided by him under the com-
mission of we 41' of August, 1796, amounting to
ono hundred and silty-seven thousand seven hun-

. .
dyed and fifty-otie pounds', seventeen shillings, and
tour pence. ." .
" In this year, Mr. I..repeonce went to Ft.g.
and by the direetum of the Navy Board, under au.-
then ity from the First Lord of the Adutiraltyg:ven
on the 2d of Aug tr,t, Purchased 24464 coos, 16 bun-
ire?, 2 quarters, and 18 pounds, the cost of 7,144
u?3:1 an average of the whole, including the da-
:aaged, amounted to 551. Ts. 9d. poor ton.
" In the authority given to Mr. Liensoa re, no
mention is Made of the commissions that were
-to 1.6
Allowed on this transadion ; by tire accounts, how-
ever, we find the following were charged:
Tw"-antl-3-I,alf per Ceot. it Mt. Ltedipela 3 •• .
t 1,4 amount of the first Cust and ceases at
f.. 3,249 $
One•:.n.l•s.N.ll( per Cent. by Meollll. Calernie
Thornrou am: Son, so the amount of the first 1•••• • • •
cos., ned all ithe ctarger„ exont Mr. Liad,l-
- CuiniaAon
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Teo I.er an figs amount of the p hue at .
Rica charged io ‘ach invoice, ty '.lle,*rs
Tno,ley, wd Co ^,544 lti
"The whole of this hemp eves purahased by
Messrs. TPICIULIEY, as:d Co. for Mr.
Liens° ace, and the emnr.-:i..sion charged by .
them was overlo..ked by the Navy Board, as itt
the former cue, from the Clerk who drew up
the Abatra& and Statement hieing inserted the
total !mount of the invokes, as the prime rose of
the different cargces, without any distin&ion or
notice of the Commission; and,' by ibis neirlefl.
cannot but consider, that the ;while sustained a
Teas, equal in amount to the commission charged
by Messrs. THORLEY. MOCISON. and Co. being
two thousand five hundred and forty-four pounds,
twelve shi::ings, and seven pence.
" The third Statement, made by the Navy Board,
or Mr. LINDLI3RI.N'S account for the purchase Of
hemp, it for that provided by him in 1797, amount-
ing to 5123 tons, 7 hun:red, 3 quarter., and 9
pane.'., one-third of w! kb was darn t::ed and bite,

1:1,-( of whi.:ll, •Inn an avrroge, arm:rested to
fiity-eight pounds and twe.pence per ton. The
different commis-ions, charged and allowed on
Mr. Lisp/cartes accounts, are the same as in the
leer account, although the Comptroller had pre-
viously agreed that Mr. LIaDIICRV4 should be al.
1-wod two and a half per cent. commi:sion on the
purchase at Riga, and Messrs. Coriratr, and Co.
per Cent. for negocieting the business in London.
which two cowirritnons were to include all ripener.'
•• This account," Cie Report says, was passpd by
the C..mmitieeinMarch. 1798. and it is stated by
Mr. G liaise, that it was examined and compared
with the of statement by the Mernby-rs of the
Committee thernselres, so as to satisfy them that
the account was coned!. It may. therefore, seem
surprising, that the charge of commisdon by Mows.
Twat v, MokISON, and Crspany, 0-ieuld hare
been allowed ; the amount ei s.i.ich was, Two
Tisousass• Shy en Hobs:sans AND SartaTT.Nntga
PCVNDS, TWILYC ENILLINOS. Lan TIN PLNC/.."
The Report next says, "It having been &-
coveted. upon an examination of the account of
Mr. Lismecaan, for the. purchase of masts, in
1797, that the invoices contained a charge of com-
mission, by Mews. THORLEY, Moaisosi, and Co.
of 41. per cent. the Committee submitted the pro.
priety of this charge to the llo.ard at large, who
decided, that the charge was right, as Mr. 1A...
Drawls lying detained here, by order of the latar:l„
for the purpose of passing his accounts. was allowed
to employ an Agent at Riga, for the purchase in
question." The Commissioners, on the contrary,
contendin the Report, that if Mr. LINDIGILN was
to be allowed a commission, it ought to have been
a very small one—and adds,

Mr. Ltr4ozofteri himself admits, that nerdy
wril:rg the letter to Messrs. Tao&Lev. Mousui.,
and Company, ordering the hemp, was Al; the ser-
•ice he pet formed for the sum of three th,:usAnd
five hundred and fifty pounds, eighteen shillings, mid
two pence, the amount of his commit,ion on this
trans.i&ion."

The Report next states, " that the Comptt-I:sr,
on the 6th of March, 1799, authorised Mr. 1.:
eats to purchase 2,000 toss of hemp. for tl.e i.t--
formance of v b ch he was to be allies, ..1 a catmints-
'lion of 41. per c'mt. for himself and agents, upon
the amount of the disbursements, under which tra-
de: he purchased 2,244 tons, upon this rate of 'com-
mission of 41. per cent. ; and thus," says the R.port,
" a stop was put to the extravagance in the amount of
commissions." It also states," that in the same ',tar.
the Navy Board purchased at Portsmouth and Ply.
mouth, 1,000 tons of hemp, all of a good qoalityt
upon en average, 481. 7s. 6d. per tcn ; wt ereas that
provided by Mr. La anasotaa, upon an average of dm
whole quantity, con 521. 61. 6411 . natwithatanding
one-fourth of it was daeaaged, or of such quality as
would not have boon received front Contractors "

Here ensis the srsr pa:t of the Report, which or-
clusirelr relates to tie purchase of hemp, from
which ir. appears, that Mr. Limnsoasm receive.:,

upon his several purchases, a sum which might la

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been saved to the public, of I6,1:91. 3s. 73. beh g
the amount of ti.e extraordinary commissions.
The stond r.•t of the Report, which relates to
Masts, 5t3t..:5, " that Mr. Li NDECRLN purchased, by
authority, a large qoantity of masts from the French
agent at Riga; that he put on boarl the ships which
brought home there masts, a large quantity of fir
timber, lath and fire-wood for his own use, without
paying freight; that this proceeding was afterward
sanlione3 by the Navy Board ; that the additional
expence of employing Lim to purchase the masts
was unnecessary, as no advantage was gainei from
it, thit might not be expefte•i from the employment
of any established house in the Rusia trade." This
part of the Report farther states several errors and
inaccuracies in Mr. LIND E 0 it EN'S accounts; charges
him with receiving gratuities from his agcnts,
Mn.a TnoaLty, Mosaisou, and Co. and with
applying the public money to his private advantage ;
sad adds, .. Upon a review of these transaltions,
we feel ourselves called upon to stare, that by a want
d sufficient knowledge (which should have been
previously obtained) of the circumstances attend-
ing the employment of an Agent sent from this
Country for the purchaie of Naval Stores, and the
angles" shewn in the examination of Mr. LINDE•
tsars% Accounts, a very considerable and unne-
cessary expence has been incurred."

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A Court of Common Couscil was held yeoerday,
it Guildhall, which was numerously a:tcnded.
The, commissi sn appointing the Commissioners
of Sewers, was scaled for the year ensuing.
The accnunts of the said Commissioners, to
Michaelmas last, were laid before the Court, and
ordered to be printed with the Chamberlain's ac-
counts.
A Petition to the House of Commons for an Aft
for consisiit! nitro the several Coal Laws, was agreed
to, and ordered to he taresentcd by the Sheriffs, at-
,•-• tenslod be the Remembrancio.
Pi • Mr. Karout7ot the Ward of Bi4iopsgate, was
eleied a Governor of Sr. Thomas's Hospital,
in •!,e morn of Mr. LINCOLN, out of Common
Conocil.
Yastird iy a Court of DireCtors was held at the
East India ravt Gcciane WELTDEN
was sworn inn, rronorard of the ship Atha, con.
signed to al,,,je;ta, hiadt as and
Capt. Courant Itootatnsort, of the ship Dore/.
Ca•sie, took his final leave rf the Court, previous
to departing for St. Helena and Bengal.
he Court adjoanrei at sit o'clock till WeJness
day next.
Fissb.ClS Ifocsan, Fsq. is appointed by the Di-
relors 01 the East lodia Company, one of the Com-
mistowoot for liquidating the debts of the Nabobs of
the Carmine, in the room of cue HOES. RICHAED
Avoca.
It is reported, that Mr. Ti r eat, of Cavendish-
square, intends to offer himself to represent the
broach of Colchester, at the neat General EleClion.
No trial of any public importance occurred,
yesterday, in the Cows' of Law.
On Triday.last the Rev. Toot's.% BENNETT, M.A.
wan instituted by the Rev. PRECENTOR GORDON, to
the united rectories of llotonnoc and Braddock. in
the county of Cornwall, and diccese of Exeter, on
the presentation of the Right Hon. WM. WIND.
MAN. Lord Ortomvit it, Baron GPENTiLIr, of
aVooton, under Borne Wood, in the county of Buck-
ingham, and ANNE Lady Gates, ir.ct his wife, void
by the death of the Rev. &NJ* MIN Fotorrot, the
last incumbent.
The Writ from the Shed(/' of Devon, to J. Haw.
ate. Esq. Mayor, and Returning Officer, arrived.
on Sunday last, for the eleCtion of a Burgess to serve
in P.oliament, for Plmouth, in the room of P.
Lirsomaao. Esq. the late Member, who has ac-
cepted the office of Steward fur the Manor of the
Hunoired of Bast, in Berkshire. Col. Tv savant-or
has offered himself (or the vacant seat, and has been
uncommonly successful on his canvas, and has met
with a very flattering and handsome reception from
the majority of the Elethars. The Elearon was
fixed for Thursday last.
The F,5,, --, from Whitby, for London, is
lost near Yarmouth.
The Sort/O, WEIGHT, frorn Riga, for London,
was captured on the 10th of January, and carried
into Holland.
The .Teoaroah, PEAKS, bound to Dublin, has
sunk in Bristol River; cargo landing.
Earl ST. VINCENT is to have three Captains and
eleven Lieutenants on board his lag ship, the Bri-
ts/uses ; the largest establishment of Officers ever
allowed or eemanded by a Commander-in-Chief.
The three Lotteries, for the last year, have pro-
duced a sum, not only much beyond the estimate,
but beyond all former precedent. The first Lottery
produced 175,0001. the second 200,0001. and the
one controlled for yesterday, will produce, within
a very trifling frafnon, 200,0001 ; so that the
profit to the Public, upon the three Lotteries, will
be 575,0001.
At an adloirrnment of the Onarter Sessions for
the city of Bristol, held at the Gutldhall, ou Thursday
se'nnight, ifirmsit Trapwcit, otherwise Low*, was
tried on an in:Margot preferred aooairot her for
keeping a house of ill fame in Bricewell-lane ; of
which she was forma gesite, and sentenced to i• a
ine, and he imprisoned for sx months in the cora-
:non gaol of Ncwgate. The prosecution was insti-
tuted and carried on at the espence of the Society
in that city fur the Prevention and Suppression of
Vice.

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Yesterday, about one o'clock, an alerming fire
broke out at the home of an organ-builder, in
South:imptun-eoust, Tottenham-court-road, which
threatened the refp.le range of buildings with
deviation, from their confined situation. The
engines did not arrive until a considerable time
after the fire te..gan, but by five o'clock the flemes
were eiringuished. Ir *2ll occasioned by leaving 4
fire isciil4.. R is an incautious state, when
• den
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graides the total destruc-
It , • 's the houses opposite are
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