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London, England, 1813-10-05 00:00:00

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?ALMOUTH, OCIDDIA 2.

' Arrived the Portuguese East-India ship Open,
fronr Plymouth, bound to Li:hon.—Sailed the Lady
Pabells Sfignto for PiWage, with a mail and passen-
xenon:Also arriwed bis Modesty's ship UT/vaunt,
from • crurze.—Wipd E. S. AI fresh keenest onci
cloudy weather.

PORTSMOUTH, ocrollii,*_
Arrived the Queen cimmorre eetteetaromOuern.
sey, with the following ship; 'under !oaVoY
Bulmer, No. 460, and Symmetry transports ; a West
Indiaman ; and several light colliers, Also arrived
a fleet from the Downs, under convoy of his Ma.
jesty's ships EGMONT and. Aiming. Arrived the
CREOLE frigate, from Plymouth. Came into harbour
the SPARTAN frigate, and SIR SIDNZT Sten CUM*
from Guernsey.-,.-The transports Sceptre, Loins, and
Thomas and Mary, were released this morning from
quarantine, being all in good health, having been
first well fumigated, and having been under that rfP.
itraiitt 31 clays.—Wind S,S.W.

DEAL, ocrossa 4.

Remaia all as per last.—Wind S,E. (esh breezes.
HARWICH,

No aysivalc—Sailed the Lady Nepean packet, for
Heligoland i and the Lord Nelson packet, for Got..
tenburgh ; both with {Mils an 4 passengers.--Win4
South-least.

THE ARMY.

Three ships .are under orders to proceed to India,
and we understand that Lieutenant-General litst.or
will go out at the same Orne, to take urn him the
chief command of the fprces at Bombay. The Pita.
stnewr frigate is mentioned as the convoy.
Detachments of the 34th, 74th, and B.4th Regi.
menu, are ordered far embarkation ; and the gd bat.
talif,n of the 38th and S9tb, to hold themselves in
readiness.

The cavalry barracks at Southampton are appro.
priated to the use of infantry detachments, in order
to relieve publicans from the billet.
Sunday, his Royal Highars% the Duke of east.
BRIDGIC arrived at Ipswich, and yesterday morning
inspected the Cavalry of the King's German Legion
stationed in that neighbourirod, consisting of the 2d
German Huuars, and the depots of the Ist and 24
Heavy German Dragoons, and that of the Drunswick
Gels' corps ; the whole of whom made a most re.
spectable appearance. This day hi% Royal Highnesit
left Ipswich for the seat of Lord RiNDLISIKAI4.
Tuesday a detachment of, the Royals, and on
Friday detachments of the 7lst and 924 Regiments.
embarked at. Leith for 44ondon, They are to pro.
, ceeil to their respective Regiment% In Bpnut.
The three Regiments of Infantry on duty its Perth.
were, on Wednesday, inspected and maneenvred oet
the North Inch, by "General Gannett, rorrliensling
this Brigade. The Infantry were accompanied by
some cavalry ; and the whole had a very fine aik
pearince, and the General seemed highly satisfiedt
Tuesday, the troops in gerrison at Edinburgh, too"
sifting of the Northlimptong Noifolk, and Antran
regiments of Militia* together with the 2d regimeet
of Edinburgh Local Militia, commanded
tenant-Colonel CitICHTON, were liritdedqn flume
field Links* under-ttie command Major-General
Jowl Hoe*. The troops went through a number of
evolutions and fermation% with rent eutpess, a$
the firing in general was good.
SPORTING INTALiffiNCII.
NEVINIAILLE'I FtasT og roam harm% 111*
41930431 toCI4IIIII 4.
The Trial Slakes, a sobsertgaios of ioss eark, Ay a rr olds,
7st. 91b. ; 4 yr ow, Ist. fib.; Syr Ws, lat. ob.; • yr olds
and wed. 9,e, Olh, D. Si
Lord 34ekiritin t 117 Alipodez the Oasati I) yrs 44 • h
Perse's b. e. Onyx, fyn old • • •
Mr. Hawke's b. e. by YOung Whisky?, ra al4
Duke of Grokon's b. f Mane, S Telco . I
Lord O. H. Cavendish's b. I. by Sorcerer, S yrs old t I
SU- C. Prtiburfs 1. h. Rival, S yrs old . g
6 to 1 apt Lop Sacksdnes f.. 4 so ft Mgt
Sweepstakes of Int guineas so* b. R. coin, on. alb. U 1..,
OIL ith A. F.
H. it. H. the p. of York's eh. e. AJaddls, by Ones *
Ld G. H. Cavendids'• hr. e, by Abase* the Gown out
a *tor to Sanyo_ -'t *

.iosoliaAkddls.

Mr. YMlnges Don Cossack, Oat. 113 k. bast Ms Batson% Idle
Boy, 7st. alb. It. M. 10Ogeo-6 un Don Commit.
Lord foley's Macedonian, est. 11b. beat Mr. Goddardb ado,
7rt. 121 b. CM. 1001s.-2 to lon Isiacedonbe.
Sweepstakes of 100 Diana each, k. ft. looks, net. 71b. Biles,
Sit. 41b. 1). 1.
I.ord Stawall's c. Malek Adhel, by Oreille . . 1
Lord lielllelts cb. c. Hocvspocus, by Sorcerer - - I
2 to 1 on Hocuspocus.
(Third and law year.) Renewal of the Subscription of Sge sack
for 4 yr °Ads, Tat. 71b.; S yr olds, 80. 61b. i d yr olds, feu 1111h.g
and aged, net. Sib. B. C.
Mr. Lakes b. c. venture, 4 yrs old walked over
The great match betwixt Lord Fast' and Sir
CHAII4.IS BUNAURY, takes place on Tuesday the 19th
instant, in the Second Newmarket Meeting. At pre-
sent the odds are somewhat against Smolentio, but it
is conjectured that if he ttartr, he will become the fa-
vourite. match, it is said, is likewise in agitation
betwixt Lord Fop rit's horsc, and Viscourat, that beat
AV:rialto at Yore.

The Lords of the Admiralty intend to do away
tho badge now worn in front of the hat by the Offi-
cers of the Royal Marine Corps.
Dr. pug, who was on the Medical Staff in the gar..
rison of Gibraltar, during the prevalence of the yel.
low fever there, a few years since, has recently been
appointed by the Privy Council to inspect the diffe-
rent quarantine Establishments in the kingdom.
In consequence of an application from the French
GOvernment, 5000 Swiss have been ordered to march •
towirds the fruitier on the side of the Tyrol.
A comparative' statement the population and
lapel foeeff pf the difcrvqt Powers eng..ge4 in the pre.
..:( ww,' gives a kadauee in favour of the Allies of
27,206,28 V subjects, and of 407,760 soldiers, beyond
he poPulation and bland fcms, of France ao her vase
sid §tales.

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eowirr OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday.a Court •of Common Council was held
• if Guildhall,. in consequence of a Requisition pre-
tented to the LOUD MAYott by several respectable
Members, requesting his Lordship would convene a
• Court, to take into consideration the present high
Price of Bread, which hai been kept up in 4, most
alarMing degree, unprecedented after so abundant
an Harvest as- P4I)VIDE4'/CE hasbeen. pleased to bless
• us with." .
'• • After the Minutes of the last Court had been read,
• • end some routine business had been disposed of,.
• Mr. S. DIXON mrved, that the new Sheriffs be in-
vited to take their seats on the Bench; which was
agreed to.
The Requisition upon which the Court bid been
convened, having been read by the Clerk,
The LORD 'MAYOR read a letter he had received
from the Lord Mayor Elect, intimating that he con-
'sented to take upon himself the office to which he had
been elected.
• • His Lordship also communicated to the Court,
that he had received letters frem Generals Sir T.

• Graham and Sir R. Hill, acknowledging the receipt
of the letters, conveying to them the Vote of Thanks
- .of the Court.—These letters were ordered to be en-
tered on the Journals.
A letter was also read from Commissioner Palmer,
requesting permission of the Court to have the use of
The Guildhall, for holding his Court for discharging
the Insolvent Debtors confined in the city'Prisons.
The letter having been read, was complied with ; and
it was ordered, that such. parts of the Hall as the
Lord Mayor should think fit should be appropriated
to Mr. Commissioner Palmer's nse.
On the motion of Mr. QUIN, it was ordered, that
the Statutes of the Court shoold be put in order, for'
the perusal of the Members.
HIGH PRICE OF BREAD.

On the motion of Mr. GRIMM, the Requisition
for calling the Court was again read ; when
Mr. GRIPPITHS regretted that it had not fallen to
other hands than his to bring forward this subject,
but as it had fallen to his lot, he should detain the
Court very shortly. He was persuaded, that the Act
regulating the Assize. of Bread was not effective ;
there were many loop-holes through which a bad man
Might escape : this, he believed, was known to all
who heard him. He did not believe the Bakers were
the men who were guilty of the misconduct, or who
had the profits: he considered they were the injured
men; their profits were fixed, and fixed at so low a
rate, it was almost impossible they could live upon
them. Indeed, so poor were they generally, that, al-
though he had known the Corporation of London
near SQ years, he had never known a Baker either
Lord Mayor or Sheriff, or rich enough to fine for
Sheriff ; or had he ever known a Baker even drank
to.— (Hear, hear. )—But such was not the state of
the Mealmen and Flour Factors, they were rich : and
they, he contended, were many of them-combined fcr
the purpose of robbing the public.' These were his
opinions; he wished to protect the Bakerd, but he
wished to put an end to this system of plundei on the
public. He should detain the Court no longer than
to submit the following motion, viz :
4tf That this Coln do recommend to thi Court of Aldermen
to take tratsionlideration the propriety of applying to Parliament
for a Bill-to revise and reduce ail the present Acts relating to the
Price of Bread into ooe Act ; and to consider the propricy of intro-
ducing into that Act a Clause to compel Meal-factors, Comfactors,
Millers, and flour-factors, to make Returns to the Lord Mayor
of the quantity of Grain and Flour sold by them, in the URIC
%latter as the Bakers at present were obliged to do; and that a
Committee, consisting of the Lord Mayor, all the Aldtrmen,
situ! a Commoner from each Woad, should be appointed to carry
Ibis Resolution intd eNeet."
Mr. HARPER felt considerable pleasure in seconding
the motion : he was convinced abuses existed, which
if they were investigated would call most loudly and
imperatively fer the interference of the Court.
' Mr. S. Dom uas persuaded the Court would
pause before they proceeded rashly on this subject ;
and, if they
.should ultimately think it right to inter-
fere with the price of Bread, they would set about it
as.senbible men, and first Consider whether the pre-
sent laws on the subject were inefficient, and if they
were so, in what the inefficiency lay? Having done
this with due deliberation, they knight then apply a
remedy to the evil. He had lived long enough in
London to see that all interference' with the price of
provisions had proved injurious, and so he was per=
;traded it would prove in the present instance. No
Resolution which, the Court could adopt would force
any body of men to sell their commodity under the
price they wished. Nor did• he believe any body of
men would long be able to keep up the price of a
commodity beyond the fair 'value. He was of opinion
-an open competition would be the best mode of ob-
taining the object which all must have -in view,
namely, to obtain, at a fair price, an wholesome and
snort important part of the sustenance of men for the
public. With respect to
_the present' high price of
I'louf, he was of opinion it was owing to the long and
at this season of the year unusual drought, which had ,
prevented the full supply of Fleur reaching the mar.
ket, that evil would soon cease, and a Ind supply
would soon reduce the price.
Mr. Alderman Wows, when he heard of this ques-
tion, was at a loss to conceive how the worthy Moser of
this Resolution would bring the subject forward. He
now found that all the worthy Gentleman intended
to recommend was a Retolution to go to the Court
of Aldermen. This was somewhat strange, for du-
ring 22 weeks that the price of Bread had remained
so high, the Lord Mayor bad never, as his prede-
cessors had done, thought fit to consult the Court of
Aldermen. This was, in his opinion, an insult to the
Court of Aldermen. Sir J. Shaw had done so in his
Mayoralty ; and he had frequently heard that Wor-
thy Gentleman say, that dining his Mayoralty he
had contemplated fixing the price of Bread by the
price of Wheat—but after the most mature conside-
ration be had abandoned it, upon a conviction that
such a measure would only tend to the utter ruin of
the Bakers. Ide had also heard Sir W. Curtis de-
clare his opinion, that such a measure was imprae.
ticable, and that the best remedy would be, to do
away the assize altogether. This was also his (Mr.
Alderman Wood's) ,opinion. He wastonvinced the
London market was, under the present system, as
well and fairly supplied as possible; and that it was
owing, in a great measure, to the long and unusual
drought which had prevailed, and which had pre-
vented the mills working, that the Flour now was
about ss. higher than it ought to be—but there were,

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he believed, large supplies us their way. to market
the, owners, indeed, would. get the beat price they
'could for their commodity:—wese they to blame ?
The measures proposed to be adopted by . the ,Lord
rlslaYor were such, as would involve the Bakers in
ruin. The Bakers had declared, and declared truly,
that if the Assize had been fixed by the price of,
Wheat, they must have suspended baking altogether,
and the public would then be without a supply of
Bread at aqy price. This eicsald not have failed to
create a disturbance, and the anger of tbe mob would
have been directed* against the unoffeading. Baker.
whose property would-probably have suffered. The
worthy Alderman contended, that *the Baker stood
in a much worse situation than the Butcher, or any
other tradesman ; the Baker, perhaps more than any
other tradesman, was obliged to give credit ; yet his
price was fixed, and however long the credit he bad
to give, he could make no advance in the price of
his commodity ; whilst, if the Butcher was obliged
to give credit, he could, and was, he contended, jus-
tified, 41 putting an additional halfpenny in the
pound on his commodity. He again repeated, that
he considered the Court of Aldermen as having been
insulted, and strongly opposed the motion.
The Loan MAYOR said, his conduct had been per-
sonally alluded to by the worthy Alderman just sat
down. If that worthy Alderman had been in his
place twenty-two weeks ago, he would have beard
him mention the subject to theaAldermen, and ex-
press his anxious desire to reduce, as far as possible;
the price of that article. He had also mentioned the
subject to Sir W. Curtis, who had certainly said, it
was a delicate thing to meddle with the price of
Bread • but expressed his wish that the state of the
poor should be ameliorated by the reduction of the
price of this necessary article of life, if possible, though
the subject must be treated most delicately. Some of
the assertions of the worthy Alderman (Wood) had
much surprised him. The .wol thy Alderman had ac-
cused him of having treated the Court of Aldermen
with neglect ; he denied the charge—he had always
wished to treat that Body with the greatest respect.
(4/1/daran.) The worthy Aides man had also said,
there was no extraordinary difference between the
price of Wheat and Flour, only about ss. per quar-
ter. What would the worthy Alderman and the
Court say, when he stated, that the result of his en-
quiries had proved, that, instead of a difference of ss.
there was a difference of 20s. per quarter N—(ilear,
hear.) The worthy Alderman hau also•said, there
was no combination or collusion amongst the Flour
Factors orMealmen, and that large supplies of }lour
were on their way to the market in London. He
had beeii indefatigable in his enquiries on that subject
in the districts round the metropolis, and the result .
of his enquiries had been a conviction that Flour was
not suffered to find its way fairly to market, even
though the seller was allowed to make the best price
he could of his commodity. Indeed, he could men-
tion an instance, in which a dealer in London had'

written to a miller in the country, desiring him, by
all means, to keep back his supply of Flour from the
market till Christmas. He had been. accused of
wishing to obtain popularity at the expense of an in-
dustrious and highly oppressed body of men (the
Bakers), that he denied—on the contrary, he wished
to protect the Bakers, who he considered as a highly
oppressed body of men—and they, he well knew, by
their own declarations, considered the present Lord
Mayor of London their best friend—(clear, hear.)
He considered himseif, placed in the MO situation
he hat'. been placed, to be the protector of the lower
classes of the' community in particular—and in the
performance of that duty, and not in pursuit of po-
pularity, it was, that he had adopted the steps he had
done on this subject.
Mr. Alderman WOOD rose to explain—when
Mr. WRITE also rose to order. He said, that the
question before the Court was, whether any altera-
uons were necessary to be made in the Assize Laws;
and if so, what they- were ? But the worthy Alder-
man (Wood) had not spoken at all to the question.
Instead of that, he had confined himself almost en-
tirely to making reflections on their worthy Chief
Magistrate. There certainly were abuses in the re-
gulation of the Price of Bread existing, which, under
the present Act of Parliament, could not be amended.
Mr. Alderman Noon explained. He had spoken
only in defence of the Court of Aldermen. He main-
tained, that the opinion which he had stated Sir W.
Curtis to have given there was a correct one. He
still contended, that this question should not have
come before the Court of Common Council, but be,
fore the Court of Aldermen. He was far from wish-
ing to deprive the poor of any thing ; he would give
them all they ought to receive : but it an amendment
was wanted in the Assize Laws, he would rather
have it accomplished by going to Parliament to do
away with the Assize altogether. He knew a man
in the neighbourhood of Shoreditch, who he believed
was a most respectable character; he had carried on
the business of a baker with credit and advantage to
himself for 15 years under the Assize price. The way
he had been enabled to do so. was, by going to the
country markets, where he could get flour at a lower
average price than that of London. He had therefore
acquired, by his industry a larger fortune than the ge-
nerality of bakers.
Mr. QUIN said, that he had never heard a question
which more interested and astonished him than the
one proposed. It was to him a most anxious and aw-
ful question ; but, in the strange,way in which it had
been brought before then', • he wished to know how
the Court could come to a specific determination on
so important a subject,- without having considered it
in all its relations. But it was reserved for his wor-
thy Friend to find out a plan for fixing the price of
corn, alter that subject had puzzled and baffled the
greatest Statesmen of ancient and modern times. He
was sure that most of those respectable persons who
had signed the requisition could not have been aware
of the strange proposition which his worthy Friend
had just submitted to the Court. As bread was the
most valuable of all the articles of life, it was there-
fore that our Legislature had scarcely touched it;
and. where they had done so, they had done it with a-
Most careful hand. He defended the bakers, as be
bug in general a very upright body ; and said, it was
dreadful that a set of men should be stigmatized as
being perjured, because there might be among them
some vicious individuals, who were regardless of the
sacred obligations of an oath. It therefore behoved
them to defend men from the danger of becoming
exposed to an infuriated mob, rather than by unguar.
ded and intemperate language to excite, as it were.,

that fury against them. In 1795, the country was
visited with a real famine, while it was labouring un-
der a state of warfare ; but even at that period, so
awful and alarming, the Legislature did not dare to
interfere with the price of bread. Indeed, there was
nothing so dangerous to a State, as tampering with
that, which should be always as free as air. In IWO,
there was no real scarcity; but an idea one was cre.
ated, with which the bakers had nothing to do ; yet
a cry was set up against them, to which they could
only leply by appealing to the fixed Assize. Riots
were beginning in London at that time, which were
only prevented by the manly and decided conduct of
Mr. Alderman Combe, who was then Lord Mayor.
When he (Mr. Quin) found that the Court was called
on to interfere in the price of provisions (a subject
which the Lords and Commons had not dared to
touch), be was tempted to say that his worthy friend
had not considered the subject at all. The Court,
however, could not agree with the present proposi-
tion, without seeing the outlines properly filled up.
In its present state, it was no better than a mutilated
skeleton. He was aware that the price of bread was
not low enough according to the price of wheat ; but
that was not the way in which it ought to be regula-
ted; and he thought it became us to enjoy the bless;
ings which PROVIDENCE had sent us moderately. It
was in vain to expect any very great fall in the price of
bread or flour for some time ; Tot the prices of labour
and of rents had considerably increased—(A cry of '
" No.")—He said, he was prepared to prove it. The
supply from the large mills had been stopped by the
dry weather; but the present season would soon oc-
casion abundant supplies of flour to be brought to
market in the Metropolis.
. Mr. MOORE proposed an Amendment to the origi.
nal Motion—
" That it be referred to a Committee of all the Aldermen,
and a Commoner from each Ward, to take into consideration the
resent high price of Bread; and to consider whether any, and
what measures can be adopted in relation thereto; and to report
accordingly."
Mr. S. Dam; seconded this Motion.
Mr. Alderman Armes said be was sorry to find a
Motion .of so very great importance as the present in-
troduced into that Court without one fact to support
it. He would therefore caution the Court, how it
impressed the public, in any way, with unfavourable
and erroneous opinions respecting any class of men
in the community. Had it been practicable to have
done any thing to amend the Assize would not the
Legislature have done it ? Yet with all the great
men (and he would say also, men who had the good
of the poor as much at heart as any that had ever
lived), these laws had been but little altered since the
reign of Alfred to the present day. Some persons
.had talked of doing away the Assize altogether, and
the moment that was mentioned almost every one
agreed to the proposition without considering the
danger it would lead to. In his opinion, it was of the
greatest importance there.should be an appeal to the
'Magistrates' in a matter of so great importance as
the price of bread, between the buyer and the seller ;
between the Public and the Bakers: He considered
it would be particularly dangerous to interfere or
meddle with this matter, at a period when the harvest
bad been so abundant, that in case of tumult the ut-
most mischief might be done in a very short time.—
Let the question be thoroughly looked at in all its
ir parts, and if any were inefficient, towards arriving at
the general end, let it be amended with care. Indeed
it must be so done, for it had already been considered
by the best and greatest men of the country. He 4
believed the mealmen as well as the bakers to be as
respectable a body of men as any in the country. If
the present question was to be considered, let all the
Acts on the subject be consolidated, and let due pro-
tection be afforded to the baker and the mealinan.
He deprecated mutual attacks made on each other
by different bodies of men, and considered the Assize
as the most effectual mode of preserving the price of
bread at a fair average.
Mr. GRIFFITHS here consented to withdraw his
motion, to make way for that of Mr. Moore.
Mr. SLADE said, that it appeared to him the great
question was whether the Assize was in itself a good
measure or a bad one ? He certainly was inclined to
think this a most important question, when he looked
round to other countries, and indeed to some parts of
our own, and saw that these matters were very well
managed without any Assize at all. He would there-i
fore propose, as an addition to the motion, to enquire
" whether the operation of the Assize was or was not
beneficial to the people, and to report on it.
Mr. MOORE conceived that he had made the scope
of his motion so general, that it would also include
an enquiry into the consequences produced by the
establishment of an Assize. -
Mr. Junxims (a baker) stated, from a paper which
he held in his hand, that if the Lord Mayor had fixed
the Assize from the average price of wheat for S 3
weeks, the price of the quartern loaf would have been
Is. consequently against the Public ; for nine weeks
it was equal, and for three, since harvest, in favour
of the Public. Until this subject was excited, both
the Public and the Bakers he believed were very well
satisfied. He considered the present attempts as no-
thing more than experiments to try to lower the price
of Bread. He complained that it was a shocking
thing that the trade should have such vile aspersions
cast out against it by the Public Prints, as well as in
songs about the streets. It appeared to him, that the
Public was not sufficiently aware of many things
which would retard the Flour from coming to mar-
ket. In the first place, during former harvests, there
had been some bad weather, when the farmer could

not employ his men out of doors, and then he could
set them to threshing that part of his crop which he
had got in. But the weather has been so favourable'
during the present harvest, and since it has ended,
that the farmer is glad to take advantage of it, for
the purpose of preparing his ground to receive new
crops. Another cause was the convulsed state of the
London market at present. He had himself received
a letter from the North, in which the writer states,
that he will not send his corn to market at present
on that very account.
Mr. GRIFFITHS rose to explain. He said be had
made use of an expression in his former speech—
,l robbed the public"—for which he was very sorry,
and he begged the mealmen's pardon. But he was
sure there was a combination somewhere, but he
would not say where.— ( Hear; hear.)
Mr. Alderman BIRCH said, the Assize had ob-
tained in this country upwards of 700 years ; and
during that time it had gone untouched, because it
was always considered that to meddle with it would

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be to endanger the supply ornread '6l the ttlefropd.
is. .. The baker at Shoreditch, mentioned by
Worthy Alderman (Wood), was a proof din '
Assize did not prevent a competition anicne
bakers under it.
The motion of Mr. Moons was then read,
d to, without a division.
• A Petition from the Debtors in Ludgate was pre-
sented and read, praying for relief, and referred '
the Committee of City Lands.
The Thanks of the Court were unanimously voted
to the LORD Mayott's Chaplain, for his Sermon pre-
vi6us to the Election of Lord Mayor;--after which
the Court adjourned.

The following is an extract of a sort cif ofgeal
letter on regulating the Assize of Brea.l at Bath :
~ Gisitasit, &velour, Ist:
" tam directed to inform you, that the Magistrates of
CltY (since the operation of the late Bakers' Act) have dett r•
sifted to discontinue setting the A s,ize wi•h a view of yrotr.ot.
log a cosnpetitioa among the trade. Sufficient time has not yet
elapsed to enable the Bench to judge of the effects and general
policy of the measure—but they are led to aliticipate the most
favourable results. Thee are 'cartel Bakers in bath who
now underselling the otNrs." -
Form of Prayer of Thanksgiving, for the recent
abundant Harvest, ordered to be used in all Churches
and Chapels in England and Wales :
" 0 Gon our Heavenly Father, who of Thy bountiful good.
Ma towards Uft has canoed the Earth to give back to the labour
eff man, the fruits of his industry, with an abundant increase,
amps we besec-Cla rime the relies and thanksgivings of a joyful
eople: And of Thy great mercy 0 GOD, teach us so to abounds
that we forget not, by reason of our many fraikies, the mem
from which the 'abundance iloweth. Thou halt looked down
upon us with tenderness, and compaseion ; Thou hest listened t
our supplications, and supplied our wants; dispose us rumor.,
to elevate our beans and minds umo Thee in pious gild grateful
remembrance cf this Thy blessing, and of all other Thy manifold
merclee, through Jesus Cetise our Loan. Amen."
Mr. OAKLEY, the Gentleman who some time since
was so wantonly shot at, and desperately wounded
in Weymotith-street, Newington, is so far recovered
as to be able to quit his house, but be still walks with
crutches.

The subscription for Mrs. CLIFFORD amounts
eight hundred pounds, the chief of which is to be set-
tled on her children.
We regret to state that another of those dreadful
calamities, the blasting of a coal-mine, occurred or.
'Tuesday last, at the Hall Pit, at Fatfield, in the
perish of Chester-le-street. Upwards of 30 men and
boys were killed.
Yesterday, the roof of a public house at Hounslow
was blown off by gunpowder, in rather a singular
manner. A man, who had visited the powder mills
in the vicinity, dishonestly filled his pockets with loose
gunpowder, and afterwards visited the public house
in question. A few grains of the powder having been
observed to drop from his pockets on the floor, same
,persons present, not aware of the quantity he had.
about rim, waggishly set fire to the. powder—an ex-.
plosion immediately took place, and the roof of the
bouse was blown info the air : fortunately, all the
iramaiir furrows escaped with their lives;, some were,
however, considerably hurt.
About noon on Saturday se'nnight, while the work.
-wee employed in repairing the Holy Trinity Church,
in Hull, were at dinner, a young man.of genteel ap-
Liesmance, having, it is supposed, secreted himself in
the church, found his way to the top of the steeple,
and, mounting the battlements, stood upon a short
pillar, where, with 'violent gesticulations, he ha-
rangued the passengers in the market-place, and 'a
crowd whom his perilous siteation attracted towards
the spot, for near 20 minutes. At length one of the
workmen having silently gained the top of the steeple,
cautiously 'caught hold of his arm, and pulled him
from the battlements. He was taken before the.
Mayor, where it appearing, on inquiry, that he wak
in a deranged state, he was forwarded to his friends,
et Hatfield, near Doncaster.
The Commissioners of Public records continue their
labour to methodize, register, and publish the Public
Records of the Realm. In the course of these re-
Searches many important documents have been
covered which had been supposed to be no longer in
existence, or had been lost in the confused heaps of
I unarranged materials. Amongst the charters of the
liberties of England, the Carta de Foresta, 2 Henry
111. concerning which Sir WILLIAM BLACKSTON2 sup-
posed that ,4 the original and all the authentic records
were lost," has been found at Durtiam. In the Tower
there has been formed a voluminous collection of let-
ters missive from the Kings of England, many of
theth in their own hand-writing, beginning with
Henry 111. and extending to the reign of Rich. 111. .
The excavations among the ruins of Pompeii con.
tinueto be prosecuted with much industry. An ex.
tent of about 500 feet of the town wall has been com-
pletely cleared. It is from 18 to 20 feet in height,.
12 thick, and fortified at short distances with square
towers. In the main street, passing in front of the
temple of Isis, has been discovered the portico of the
theatre. Near the same spot, ten feet below the level
of the street, was found a human skeleton, and imme
diately beneath it a large collection of gold and sit.
ver medals, in the finest preservation, chiefly of the
reign of Domitian. Under a superb portico in the
'quarter of the tombs, a number of skeletons were dis..
covered, and among them that of a female and seve.
ral children. Three finger-rings and several ear-rings
were found among the bones. Among the vases dis-
covered, there were two which were full of water,
with a small quantity of ashes at the bottom. In one
the water was limpid and odourless ; in. the other,
of a brownish tinge, and had the taste of lye.

Qn opening a vault lately in the middle aisle of the
west transept of Winchester Cathedral, a stone coffin
was discovered, immediately uilder the surface of the ,
pavement, supposed to contain the remains either of
a Prelate or mitred Abbot. A ring of pure gold,
with an amethyst, about the size and shape of a tur-
key's eye, set therein,' and a part of a crosier, much'
decayed, were found in the coffin, but few vestiges of
the body.remained. The ring was in a good state of
preservation, and -greatly resembles that on the left
hand of the effigy of WILLIAM of Wvanass, as repre-
sented on the beautiful altar tomb in the same cathe-
dral. The crook and ferrule of the crosier were cf
metal, and the shaft of wo•)d, quite plain. This af-
fords internal evidence of its blng of a much earlier
date than that of. WI. Knotm, which was composed of
silver, gilt, of exquisite workmanship, and is now pre-
'served en the chapel of New College, Oxford..

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- POETRY.
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IRON THE GREEK ANTHO.
would not change for cups of gold
This little cup that you behold;

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'Tie from the beech that gave a shade
At noes. day to my village maid.
I would not change for Persian loom
The humble matting of my room; •
'Tit of those very rushes twin'd
Oft preu'd by charming Roan:awn&
I would not change my lowly wicket,
That opens on her favourite thicket,
For portal proud, or towers that frown,
The monuments of old renown.
'I would not change this foolish heart,
That learns from her to joy or smart,
For his that burns with love of glory,
And.loses life to live in story.
Yet in themselves, my heart; nsy cot,
My mat, my bowl, I value not;
But only u they, •one and
My lovely ROIALINDL
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LORD MELVILLE'S ran:

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The Lords of the Admiralty and the Members of
the. Navy Board have closed their visit of inspection at
Portsmouth, and returned to London. They went
on board his Majesty's ships Barham, 74, Captain
Sprenger, and Rivoli, 80, Captain Hammond, at
Spithead, on Monday, when Lord MeLynt,E mustered
the crews—every individual of whom passed before
him, whilst he was seated under a temporary awning.
The Boards afterwards dined with the Officers of the
Royal Marine corps, at their spacious new Mess-
room.
The next day the Lords of the Admiralty in-
tweeted the Royal Marines at quarters, and very mi-
nutely examined the various departments in the bar-1
racks. The Capteins of the ships at the port after-
wards entertained their Lordships, the Navy Board, ;
Admirals Sir Richard Bickerton, Foote, &c. at an ;
elegant dinner, provided for them at the George Inn. I
At eight o'clock at night, Lord MELviLLE set off for
town, his Lordship having been summoned to at-
tend a special meeting of the Cabinet, at two o'clock
on Wednesday. Lord Henry Paulet, Sir George
Warrender, Mt. Barrow, &c. returned to town on
Wednesday. Sir Thomas B. Thompson and they,
navy Board did not finish their labours until Satur-
day. Their inquiries, we.understand, have been di-
rected co the present state of the Royal Naval College,
the want of residences for some of the superior Offi-
ekrs of the Dock-yard, and the confined state of the
masthouse. It is intended,it is said, to make a con-
' siderable increase in these several establishments. The
mast house, We hear, is to be removed, and Officers'
houses will be erected upon the present spot.
• Lord Melville, previous to his leaving Portsmouth,
was pleased to promote Captain I'. E. Symonds, of
the Tweed, the Senior Commander at the port, to the
rank of Post Captain; appoint Captain Mather, of the
Rapid schooner, to eommand the Tweed ; promote
Lieut. Foote, Signal Officer to Admiral Sir Richard
Bickerton, art. and Lieut. Henry Edwards, of the
Benbow, to the rani of Commander—the former of
whom he appointed to the Rapid; and Mr. Frederick
Franks, of the Barham, and Mr. Joieph Short, of the
Rivoli (Midshipmen of the two ships he visited), be
advanced to the rank of Lieutenant.
Whilst Lord Melville was at Spithead, Lady Mel-
ville, acccmpanied by Lady Alvanley, Lady yarren-
der, the two Misses Arden, and Mr.Warrender, cruised
about in the Commissioners' yacht; and after the cere-
mony of saluting and manning the yards, they went on
board the Benbow, 74, (bearing the Admiralty flag),
and partook of refreshments, which Captain Pearson,
with every attention to the distinguished visitors, had
prodded.

• Tuesday the body of William Duncan, Tide Of-
ficer, was discovered in the west harbour of Greenock.
It is conjectured he had accidentally stumbled in the
dark while passing close by the breast, and by this
means been precipitated into the water.
Tuesday James •'Nea! was fully committed to Car-
lisle gaol, to take his trial- at the next Assizes, on a
charge of being concerned in the burglary at Bird-
hobse, for which itlacCivry was lately executed at
Carlisle.

SWINDLING. —A person of genteel appearance and I
address, calling himself Colonel Verity, accompa.!
nied by his lady, has been at the Crown Hotel in I
Portsmouth for some time past. By his specious ap-
pearance he has succeeded in swindling a great many
persons in that town and ne►ghbourhood, by giving
them drafts for goods, and receiving the surplus in
cash. To a Coachmaster there he gave dt draft on
Messrs. Esdailes, of London, for selso, as payment
for a pair of blood curricle horses to Mk. Kirkman,
for millinery for his lady,. amounting to £5. les. he
gave a bill of £2O on Messrs. Goslings, of London,'
receiving the surplus in cash. From Portsmouth he
" went to Ryde, where he followed up MI plan, giving
bills to Messrs. Williams and Collier, library ;
Yelf ; and Mr. Riddet, grocer; receiving from each
a considerable sum as change. Having committed
those depredations, as well as many others, he de-1
' camped.
An action was tried in the Court of King's Bench,
in the island of St. Vincent, on the 15th of June last,'
which excited considerable interest in that island. It,
was an action for damages, brought by a Mr. Lock•
-
head, late Superintendant of the Botanic Garden, in
St. Vincent, against Messrs. French and Grant, for
having forcibly turned him out of the dwelling house,
which he held in consequence of his official situation.
It appeared from the evidence, adduced on the trial,
that some differences had arisen between the plaintiff
and Sir C. Brisbane, the Governor of St. Vincent,
and that-die latter had been suspended from his situ-
ation. The defendants, the day after his suspension,
(which happened to be on a Sunday) made a forcible
entry into his dwelling house, and ejected him from
it. The defendant, Grant, had been appointed by the
Govern r, the plaintiff's successor. The defence set
• up for French was, that he had acted in a Magisterial
capacity, and could not be called upon for damages,
as the notice of trial served upon him' was informal.
The Jury retired about two hours, and returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £750. A new trial
was moved for by the defendant's Cowell mad a rah
to that effect granted.

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-cIR btr,,rEL/CiNat
tWOititt.riss, sEirrimßint ts.
Atireeo Coital, found guilty of the murder of his
wife, was sentenced to be executed at Inverness on'
the 29th of October next, and his body given for dia.
section.
The Court then proceeded to the trial, of Main.
Vaciassie,Joha lfacketszie, and Roderk& Mackod, from
the parish of Assynt, in the county of Sutherland, ac-
cused of riot and assault, committed at the setdeMent
of the Rev. Mr. M•Arthur, as assistant and successor
to the present Minister of that p!rish. The Jury re-
turned a verdict of Guilty against all the three pri-
-toners. William MaCkenzie was sentenced to two
years' imprisonment, John Mackenzie to one, year's
imprisonment, and Roderick Macleod to, ffix months'
imprisonment. •
bold Jo/autos, late servant to Alexander Wation,
merchant on the Merkinch, new Inversess, accused'
of concealing her pregnancy during the whole period.
thereof, and Rot calling for kelp or assistance at the
birth, the child being amissing, was found not guilty,
and dismissed from the bar.
JEDBURGH, SEPT. !S.
This day the Circuit Court of Justiciary was open-
ed here by Lord Mannowiews..—'lle only criminal
business before the Court was the trial of James Scott,
who was indicted kir breaking into a caravan. at,
Whitehangh, in the parish of Peebles, in the month
of February 1805, belonging to George Tait, a tra-
velling merchant at Broughton, and stealing there-
from a quantity of goods of various kinch, to a consi-
derable amount; and also for breaking into a cara-
van, belonging to the said George Tait, at Lochurd,
in the parish of Kirkurd, in the month of December
1808, and stealing therefrom a quantity of cloths,
hats, and other goods, to the value of £2OO sterling.
j —The prisoner having been committed to prison for
the last offence, broke out of the.tolbocith of reebles,
and made his escape; and having been indicted to
I stand trial at the then ensuing Circuit held at Jod-
i burgh, sentence of fugiudon passed against him on
the 29th of April, 1809, When the prisoner was
brought to the bar, be denied 'the first part of the
' charge, in so' far as regarded the breaking into the
caravan, and stealing the goods therefrom, in Febni-
ary, 1805; but confessed that he received some of
these goods at u so gross an undervalue. that he was
conscious they were not honestly come by ;" and SD
I the second charge, that is, to the crime committed in
December 1808, he pleaded guilty, and threw himself,
on the mercy of the Court, who sentenced him to
transportation for life. During the time the Jury
had retired to make up their verdict, a case of appeal
from the'Sheriff Court of Roxburghshire was brought
j forward, when, after hearing the Counsel for the ap-
? pedant, the Steriff's judgment was affirmed, with
expellees.

Friday se'nnight a box of base shillings, to the no.
minal amount of £175, was detected on its way from.
England to a noted vender in EdinbUrgh.
Friday se'nnight) about eight o'clock at night, Mr.
J. Alcock, of Rusholme, was knocked down by five
footpads, near Manchester, and robbed of various ar-
ticles ; . and a gentleman was' lately stopped on the
Fairfields road, and robbed of considerably property.
Harm has been committed to Lincoln gaol, on
' a charge of having robbed Mr. Kapper, of Kentish
Town, at the Saracen's Head, Lincoln, of notes to
the amount of about £3O. Having observed Mr. C.
to exhibit a good deal of money, he found means to
lodge himself pear his bed-room, and in the course of
the night contrived to get at his pocket-book, and
steal the sum above mentioned; leaving however,mith
a moderation very unusual to jhieves, ten guineas
' behind. He decamped in the morning, inn was ap-
prehended at Retford, and the notes foUnd is his
possession.
MaNstom-Horse.—Saturday a private examination
took place before the LORD MAYOR, respecting an
alledged misappropriation of £lO,OOO in Exchequer
Bills, by a late respectablebbasking-house.
HATTON-GARDEN—Yesterday a baker in the neigh-
bourhood of Coram-street, was fined at the rate of
2s. 6d. per ounce, on a quantity of bread deficient in
weight, which he had expesed to sale, and the Eireadl
given to the poor.—Charles Gnlths, a lad of about
14 years of age, was brought up on a charge of
robbing his master, Mr. Joseph Hoskins, a jeweller,
with whom he lived as an apprentice, of a gold
brooch, and several other very valuable articles of
jewellery. His master forbore to prosecute the juve-
nile offender provided he was received by the Marine
Society, which condition he gladly accepted, and he
was accordingly ordered by the Magistrate to be sent
thither.
UvioN-Hat.L..-.lenier Stan Age was brought before
Mr. Rime, by Goff, charged on suspicion of being
concerned with others in coining penny pieces and
halfpence. The prisoner, it appeared, was one of the
persons in custody on suspicion of being concerned
in the robbery at Lord King's house; and Goff hav-
ing succeeded in discovering his lodging, went there
to search if any of the stolen property was concealed;
he did not indeed discover any of his Lordship's pro-
perty, but in the course of his search he discovered
moulds for making penny and halfpenny pieces ; he
also found some penny pieces in a finished state ; the
crucible for melting the metal, and all the necessary
apparatus for coining, were discovered on the pre-
mises, and under these circumstances the Magistrate
committed him on this charge also.

QUICZN-SQUARE.--Singular manner of rohhing Chil-
dren of their aleser.—Yesterday Irian% King was
brought up by Gillmore, under a binular charge
of stealing shoes from children in Tothilltields.
It appeared the prisoner was in the habit of enticing,
children when they came out of school to run for a
penny, and while they were running he stole their
shoes. On thia occasion, however, he had recourse to
a Novelle mode ; he had purchased a quantity of
penny trumpets, and when the children came out of
school he gathired,thent together, and sheaving the
instrument of music, he requested them to take off
their shoes and; sun ail of we for the prise. There
was one, howeireep. who having heard of his rxidoiti
refused to accede to his proposition ; when the priso•
ner proceeded to cut the child's shoes eff his feet, he
saw a person approaching, and told him if he did not
say that he was him father he would whip him ;—he,
however, discovered that the man was an officer, and
; made a hasty retreat ; he was pursued and taksa;aad
ordered for reAsimpination to-ingrrow,

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• _ auttlats.
iinearre.
AVERASIViedi of CORN itt ENGLAND and WALII,
from the retutii aiding the 25th of Septembir, 1813.
Wheat.
,Rys. Barley. 02FJ. 8,.
s. .1. Is. d.
01 s. Is.d. I Tali I Lea.
IS 1 59 02 0 1 36 Stf6o7‘6s
The average Trice Sopr, computed from the returns made
in the week ending the 20th of September, ii 60s. aid. per cwt.
RITTRII OF WTISAT tN MAU...LAWS, from Sept. 20, to Sept.
25, Total 10,733 89s. 3d. liigber
than lak retire. .4, •
Rairvan • r 14;017111, frOps,lspe. 10, t. Sept. Q4.—Total 14,661
- me&s.—Aterqp 89s. , Od. lower than last return.
01141THPIELE1 IVIARKET, OCTOBER 4.
elm SIOUX OF 81b. TO TINT THE OFFAL.
Se Od to 61 44 Veal Ts Od to 8s Od
A Oct to es ed thoth Is 64 to Ts ad
Lawds Os Od en Or Od.

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Remits; annul W4O-.Asse and _Lambs, 15,580.
. , • Calves, 170Plgs, 820.
PRICE OF HAY AND tITRA%V IN SMITHFIELD.
Meatkow Hay 111.104 to 51 Os Clover 51 5s to 61 105
Bowen fd b 5 t 4 st Os Straw 11 ifs to 21 Os
NEWOATE AND LEADENHALI; MARKET.
Beef,pet Mose, 4s Od to Ss Od. Veal 4s U to 6s 4111
Mutton • 44 Od to re 44.. Pork is ad to ea 4d
Lamb Ss. Od. to 6s. 04.
PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW.
ST. JAUSS'S•
Hay 21. 101. to 41. 155. Ott. Hay 41. 01. to Si. .01
itraw 11. Itts. to 11. Iles ea; Clover 61. es. so 71. Os
• Straw/ IL 145.:0 11. 165
MCI 0,11001361 THE BOROUGH MARKET.
Bags. Pockets.
flo, Oa 91 Os Kent ,81 Os to 121 Os
SI Ifs Io 81 Os Shuts 71, Os to id 105
IS is to 91 Os Fartlam 141 Os to 161 OS
RAW HIDES.
Best Heifers and Steers (pet Ordinary 2s. Od. to 41.
stoat) Ss. 9d. to 3s. 4d. 1 Market Calf 18s. Od. each.
Middlings, 2s. 6d. to 2s. Bd, Eng. Horse 14s. Od. to 16s. Od.
Shearlinp, 30d. to 42d.-Lamb Skins 241 to 36d.
PRICE OF LEATHER IN LEADENHALL MARKET. I
Bata 234 284 Calf Skins ' 324 38d
Ditto 28d 28d Ditto 40d 45d
Merchants' Backs Itsd 280 Ditto 40d 44d
Dressing Hides Lid 22$ Small Seals 94d 38d
Fine' Coach Hides 22ed 241 Large ditto, per doz. 12os 1865
Crop Hides for emu 23d 25d Tanned Horse Hides 21sid 241
Dicta 45 to SO lbs 4led 113 d Goat Skins 115 50s
PRICE OF TALLOW.
St. hums's Market Se 9d Town Tolima 98s 6d
Clare Market 5s 8d Yellow Russia lits od
Whim:lmpel Market Ss 6d White ditto 87s Od
per otone,of Sib. Soap ditto 875 041
lei lid Melting Stuff 82s Od
Aven ' Ss 7td Ditto rough 59s Od to 00$
Soap-1025--Mostied, 114s-Curd, 118a-Palm GOs.
Price.f Candles per cloaca, t4s. 6d-Moulds, 16s 01-
CnICHISTIR good supply of grain, sells heavy
at the following prices :-Whear, .224 to £25 per load; Barley,
465. to 505.; Oats 395. to 41s. per quarter; Flour, 78s. per sack.
There was a good shew of Stock, which experienced a dull ask.
Beef and Mutton fetched 6s. Bd. to 7s. per stone. Pigs continue
dear.,-The Magistrates have determined to set an assize of bread
for the division of the Lewes Rape, and an order has been issued
to all corn factors, millers, bakers, &c. to make returns every
Friday, of the quantities and prices of wheat and wheaten flour,
bought and sold by them-during the seven days preceding in each
weak. TiseAmise will be fixed at the Town Hail every Monday.

Kent
Susses
F.sset

There is at this time, in a garden in the Isle of
Wight, in the open ground, a primrose plant in full
bloom ; a •ery unusual thing at this season of the year.
Wednesday, a, —'H'owell, gardener to the Rev.
Mr. NORTH, at the Deinery, Canterbury, was gather-
ing elber-berries, he unfortunately fell from the lad-
cltr, an 4 was so severely hurt as to expire shortly
afterwards.

A letter from Cawnpour, one of the stations of the
British army in the East, mentions, that in January
last Yorkshire hams were selling at 7s. 6d. per lb. ;
beer at 2s. 9d. per bottle ; and claret at seven guineas
and a half per dozen ! _ _

THE CROUP —A prize of 12,000 francs was offered
in 1807, by the- French Government, to that Physi.
cian who should produce the best memoir on the
disease called the Croup: two have shared she prize,.
being of equal merit ; three are distinguished as ex-
tremely honourable to their authors ; and a sixth me-
moir is marked by the proposal of a remedy that is
said by the writer to be a specific in this malady, and
in the pooping-cough. It is liver of sulphur alca-
lized, a sulphat of pot-ash, recently prepared and
brownish. It is usually given mixed with honey, and
sometimes with sugar. The dose, from the attack of
the croup to the decided diminution of the disorder,
is ten grains, morning and evening, to be diminished
as the disorder abates ; and, towards the close, the
morning dose only to be given. The mixture of sul-
phat and honey to be made at the moment of using.
Young children will suck it off the end of a finger ;
but it may be given in a spoonful of milk, or of syrup
thinned with water, or as a bolus • grown children
take it best in this form. It usually relieves in two
days; but it must be continued till the cure is com-
pleted, and often beyond that period, for fear of
relapse.

BIRTH.
At the Bishop of Ki'Belot's, in Merrion4quate, Dublin, Lady
Roben Tottenham, of a son. •

. MARRIED.
Monday sennight, David Turnbull, Esq. writer to the signet,
Edinburgh, to Elizabeth, daughter of the deceased John Logan,
Esq. of New £droa.
• July 1, at Buenos Ayres, Mr. John M'Neile, merchant, to
Dona Pasqualla De las Talegas, with a fortune of 400,000 dollars.
At St. Mary's, Lambeth, on the 23d ult. James Chas. Grant,
Esq of Tavistock-place, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Capt.
Wm. Kent, of his Majesty's ship Union, and niece. to John Kent,
Esq. of the Royal Navy Hospital, Plymouth.