ampton-buildings, Holborn, clerk to an attorney, accompanied by a young lady, his coufin, and of his own name, to whom he was foon to be married, was attacked in the fields, near White-Conduit Houfe, by three footpads, who fhot him through the head, and robbed him of his watch and money. The Bow-street patrol, who were with in a fhort distance at the time, on hearing the report of the piftol, made to the fpot, where they found Mr. Fryer weltering in his blood, and who in a few moments after expired. A ftick with a fword in it, and with which it is thought he made fome refiftance, was lying by him.

The following is the anfwer returned by the Lord Mayor to the requifition made to him to call a common hall:

"Gentlemen,

"Having duly confidered the requifition figned by a number of the livery of London, dated on the 29th ult. and delivered to me by you on the 3d inftant, wherein they request of me "to call a common hall on an early day, to take into confideration the report of the fheriffs, communicated to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery, in common hall affembled, on Wednesday the 12th of April - the grievances brought on you by a corrupt fyftem of undue influence, and the incapacity of his Majesty's minifters to fubmit feveral refolutions expreffive of the fentiments contained in the petition of the livery (refolved almoft unanimoufly) to be prefented to the King on the throne; and of a motion that your reprefentatives in parliament be inftructed to move in the Houfe of Commons, or fupport fuch motion, that an humble addrefs be

prefented to his Majefty, praying him to difmifs from his prefence and councils his present weak and wicked minifters, as the most likely means of obtaining a speedy and permanent peace;" I request of you, Gentlemen, to inform those who figned the requifition, that I will immediately direct the usual precepts to be iffied for convening a common hall of the liverymen of this city, on Thursday next, the 11th inftant, for the following purpofes:-to take into confideration the report of the fheriffs, communicated to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery, in common hall affembled, on Wednesday, the 12th of April To confider of feveral refolutions, expreffive of the fentiments contained in the petition of the livery (refolved almoft unanimoufly) to be prefented to the King on the throne; and to confider a motion, That the reprefentatives of this city in parliament be inftructed to move or fupport fuch motion, that an humble address be prefented to his Majefty, praying him to difmifs from his prefence and councils his prefent weak and wicked minifters, as the most likely means of obtaining a speedy and permanent peace.'

"BROOK WATSON, Mayor. "To Me. T. Reeve, John Elfee, S. Miller."

11th. Another common hall was held at Guildhall on the fubject previously noticed, when feveral ftrong refolutions were entered into, declaratory of the rights of the livery; afferting, " that his Majefty's minifters have wantonly plunged this nation into an unjust and unneceffary war, which has produced a feries of calamities unexampled in history; an enormous

increase

increase of public debt; an alarming diminution of our trade and manufactures; an abridgment of our rights and privileges; a fhameful profufion of our national wealth, by fubfidizing allies abroad, and fupporting a fyftem of corruption at home, to the deftruction of public credit-thus evincing a difpofition to facrifice the blood, treasure, and liberties of the kingdom, in fupport of measures repugnant to the principles of the conftitution, derogatory to the dignity and fafety of the King, and inconfiftent with the happiness of the people;" directing their representatives in parliament to move for an addrefs to the King, "to dismiss his present minifters, as the most likely means of obtaining a speedy and permanent peace;" and concluding with a cenfure on the Lord Mayor, who, "by diffolving the laft common hall on a frivolous and unfounded pretence of the irrelevance of the refolution which was moved to the occafion on which the hall was affembled, by refufing to convene another common hall, for all the purposes specified on a like frivolous and unfounded pretence of the livery of London, not being a deliberative body; and, by convening the prefent common hall for purposes fhort of those which are fpecified in the requifition, has violated the rights of the livery, has fuffered his political attachments to warp his official conduct, and proved himself to be utterly undeferving of the confidence of his conftituents."

Thefe refolutions, having been carried by a large majority of the perfons prefent, were ordered to be published once in all the newfpapers in Great Britain.

13th. Tuesday last, his Most Se rene Highnefs the Hereditary Prince of Wirtemberg came to the apartments prepared for the reception of his Moft Serene Highness at St. James's.

14th. A dreadful fire broke out yesterday morning, at three o'clock, at a tobacconift's fhop in the Highftreet, in the Borough, oppofite the Marshalfea prifon, which raged with great fury for fome hours, and was at length, by the exertions of the firemen, got under with the lofs of the Black Bull public-houfe, a porkfhop, a pastry-cook's fhop, and a mercer's; befides doing confiderable mischief to two rows of houses, one in Maypole-alley, the other in Redcrofs-alley, both immediately adjacent. Verily happily no lives were loft.

A fquadron under the command of Rear Admiral Curtis, arrived at St. Helen's, from Torbay, and the crews of feveral of the fhips immediately declared themselves in a ftate of mutiny, and sent several of their officers on fhore; but on being informed by the delegates of the Channel fleet that Government had complied with their demands, they returned to their duty tho roughly fatisfied.

By the report of the Secret Com. mittee of the Irish House of Lords, it

appears that the first profcribed lift made out by the confpirators, contained the names of 30,000 perfons, moft of whom were to be put to death; and that a traitorous correfpondence has been carried on between the leaders of the United Irishmen and the French government. The following article appears among the papers lately feized at Belfaft

:

REPORTS

Antrim, Down,

COMMITTEE. Men.

Money.

22,922 L. 78 16,000

6

8

40 11

8

Tyrone,

6,860

bury, and Colonel Fane-the organ playing Handel's Overture in Efther.

On his Serene Highness taking his feat, the Lord Chamberlain, &c. returned for the Bride's proceffion.

Her Royal Highnefs (fuperbly dreffed in white and filver, fcarlet mantle, crimfon velvet coronet, with a broad band, and a large plume of diamonds, decorated with the order of Saint Catherine) was fupported by the Duke of Clarence, in a dark brown fuit, richly em

Balance, L. 44 3 24 18th. Yesterday afternoon the ceremony of the nuptials of Frederic William, Hereditary Prince of Wirtemberg Stutgardt, with Charlotta Augufta Matilda, Princefs Royal of Great Britain, Lady of the Imperial Order of St. Catherine, was performed in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.

About one o'clock the proceffion commenced. It was led by drums, trumpets, kettle-drums, the ferjeant trumpeter, and mafter of the ceremonies.

At half-paft one, his Serene Highnefs the bridegroom (dreffed in a peach-coloured fuit, richly embroidered) entered the chapel, conducted by the Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Chamberlain, fupported by the Duke of Beaufort and Duke of Leeds, and attended by Count Zep

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the Hanoverian uniform; her train borne by the bride -maids, Lady Frances Somerfet, daughter of the Duke of Beaufort; Lady Mary Bentinck, daughter of the Duke of Portland; Lady Caroline Damer, daughter of the Earl of Dorchefter; and Lady Mary Howe, daughter of Earl Howe, dreffed in white. Ladies Cathcart, C. Waldegrave, C. Finch, and F. Bruce, were the attendants. During the entrance of her Royal Highnefs's proceffion, Handel's Overture was played in like manner as when that of the Prince entered the chapel.

The next proceffion was that of the King. His Majefty, dreffed in a dark brown fuit, richly embroidered, was attended by the Lords and other officers of his houfehold, Lord Privy Seal, Lord Prefident of the Council, Lord Chancellor, Duke of Portland, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of York, and the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marthal of England.

The Queen then entered, attended by the officers of her household. Her Majefty was dreffed in white, with a profufion of diamonds.

The Prince of Wales was next

in

in the proceffion, attended by the officers of his eftablishment. The drefs of his Royal Highnefs was a fky-blue, richly embroidered down the feams, and decorated with a diamond ftar and epaulette.

· The Princess of Wales, in a filver tiffue train, with purple, lilac, and green trimmings, followed her royal husband, conducted by the Earl of Cholmondeley.

The Duke of York, in a full drefs fuit of regimentals, and his royal Duchefs in an elegant drefs, the body and train of lilac filver tiffue, and the petticoat magnificently embroidered, next appeared, and were followed by the Princeffes, in white,, according to their feniority.

The Duke of Gloucefter, and Prince William, were in full uniforms, and the Princefs Sophia difplayed a neat and elegant drefs.,

The maids of honour, the Peereffes of the royal houfeholds, followed by four Yeomen of the Guard, clofed the proceffion.

Upon entering the chapel, all the perfons that were in the proceffion retired to the feveral places appointed for them. The King and Queen were feated in chairs of state on the right and left of the altar. The Prince of Wales fat next to his Majefty; the Princefs of Wales was on the left of the Queen; and the Princeffes occupied feats arranged on each fide for their accommodation.

The royal family having taken their feats, the marriage-ceremony commenced. It was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, adlifted by the Archbishop of York; at the conclufion of which the bride and bridegroom retired to their feats, when the anthem was per

formed. The proceffion then returned to the drawing-room in the fame order in which it entered the chapel, the band playing the march in Scipio.

The Prince received the hand of his amiable Princess from his Majefty. Her Royal Highnefs was perfectly collected and unembarrafled during the performance of the ceremony, while the Princeffes, her fifters, fhed tears of fenfibility and affection on the occafion. Their Majefties alfo discovered an excefs of parental feelings. The whole of the ceremony exhibited a fcene highly awful and impres five.

The heat, owing to the immense crowd, was fo intenfe, that feveral ladies were overcome by it; and it was with much difficulty that one of the bride-maids was prevented from fainting away.

The Stadtholder, the Princess of Orange, and their attendants, were accommodated in the centre of the King's gallery, facing the altar; the other parts of which were occupied by the Duchefs of Leeds, Duchefs of Rutland, and her two daughters, Lady Buckingham, Lady Stopford, and feveral other females of dif tinction.

The orchestra was much better contrived on this occafion than on that of the marriage with the Prince of Wales, the organ being placed directly over the altar.

After the folemnization of the marriage, the queen held a drawingroom, which was attended by the whole of the royal family, the foreign minifters, great officers of ftate, and a numerous and brilliant affemblage of the nobility of both fexes, who paid their refpects to their Serene Highneffes the Prince

and

and Princess of Wirtemberg, on the occafion of their union. The court clofed at half past five, when their Majefties and the Princeffes Augusta and Elizabeth in one carriage, the Prince and Princefs of Wirtemberg in a travelling postchaife, and the other princeffes in a third, all left town, with their attendants, for Windfor Lodge to dinner.

The coronation of the emperor Paul I. was performed at Mofcow on the 16th ultimo. His imperial majefty was to leave that city on the 14th inftant to make a journey to Aftracan. The emprefs will return to Petersburg, where the emperor will alfo return on the day of St. Peter and Paul. After the ceremony was completed, his Majefty with his own hand threw money among the people. 45,000 pieces of filver money, each of the value of twenty-five copecs, were coined for this occafion.

The following are the rentals of Irish eftates belonging to noblemen who generally refide in England, viz.

per ann Marquis Donegal - L.48,000

24,000

Marquis Downfhire

Marquis Hertford

15,000

Marquis Lanfdowne

13,500

"the Commander in Chief's com "mand, that the military do aft, "without waiting for directions from the civil magiftrate, in dif"perfing any tumultuous affem"blies, or perfons threatening the "peace of the realm, and the fafe66 ty of the lives and properties of "his Majefty's loyal fubjects what"foever."

With fuch method is the mutiny carried on at Sheerness, that there is in every fhip a committee, confifting of twelve men, who determine not only all affairs relative to the internal management of the veffel, but decide on the merits of their refpective delegates; against whom, if any charge can be fubftantiated, they inflict a fevere punishment. Thefe delegates go regularly every day to Sheernefs, where they hold their conferences. They then parade the streets and ramparts of the garrifon, with a degree of triumph. ant infolence, and hold up the bloody flag of defiance as a mark of fcorn to the military. At the head of thefe men marches that perfon who is confidered the admiral of their fleet. No officer has any command or authority what

29. Lord Spencer offered a general pardon to the mutineers at Sheernefs, provided they returned