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houfe in Pall-mall, from the illand
of Minorca, in the Mediterranean.
He landed at Pottfmouth in the
morning from on board the Venus,
refrelhed himfelf a little at the
houfe of rear-admiral Sir john
Moore, and then fet out immedate~
ly for London. p

This morning between two and
three o’clock, a fire broke out at
Mr. Barnard’s, leather-cutter, in
Widegate-alley, Bilhopfgate-fireet
Vfithout, whofe houfe and work-
giop were confumed; and the

ames communicated to the work-

lhop of Mr. Decaux, painter, in the
fame alley. The lire was very
violent, but, by the vigilance of the
firemen, its progrefs was itopt with-
out further damage.

The York fiage-coach was un-
happily overturned; there were fix
palTengers in it, among whom was
major Weddel, who loll: his life;
two ladies were taken out vfpeech-
lefs, and without hope of recovery;
the other three were much bruifed.
The major’s fervant, who was upon
the roofof the coach, had his thigh
broke.

loth- At a court of ‘common

council, it was refolved to
prefent the king of Denmark with
the freedom of London, in a gold
box; and the lord-mayor was de-
fired to wait on his majelly, to know
in what manner it lhould be tranf-
mitted to him.

His majefty the king of Den-
mark gave a molt luperb mafked
ball at the Hay-market, at which
were prefent-the greatelt number
of nobility and gentry ever affem-
bled together upon any occafion of
the like nature. It is computed,
that not lefs than 2,500 perfons of
dillinftion were prefent. The illu-
minations were particularly lplen-

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did and elegant. His Danilh ma-
jefiy went in a private manner to
the theatre, accompanied only by
his excellency count Holke, in his
own coach and pair, and afterwards
robed hirnfelf in mafquerade in
one of the drefiing rooms. A little
after ten, the noblemen of his ma-
jelly’s retinue followed in chairs,
in their mafquerade dreffes, ex-
tremely rich and elegant. The ball
was opened by his Daniflt majcliy
and the duchefs of Ancaller. The
principal grotefque characters were
the conjurer, the black, and the
old woman; there was alfo a me-
thodifl preacher, a chimney fweep-
er, with his bag, fhovel, and fcraper,
and a boar with a bull’s head, all
which were fupported with great
humour.

A noble duke had the misfortune
to loie a particular {huff-box in the
crowd, on which was the king of
France’s picture, fet with diamonds,
for which a reward of 5o guinea:
has fince been ofFered.

The king of Denmark h
had a numerous levee at “t '
his apartments at St. jamefis, at
which were prefent molt ofthe no-
bility, foreign minillers, and great
ofiicers of llate, t0 take leave of his

majelty.
The lirll {tone of the general
irfirmary at Leeds was laid by

Edwin Lafcelles, efq. one of the
knights of the {hire for the county
of York. .
The rev. Dr. \Vetherell, vice-
chancellor of Oxford, together
with Dr. Durcll, principal of Hert-
ford college, had the honour of
being admitted to his Danilh ma-

. jefly at St. _[ames’s, and prelentecl

the diploma of his degree of doc-
tor in civil law. His majelly was
pleated to receive them very graci-

oully;