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Monthly Chronicle.
Sj- The Council met again , when Mr . Joyce , Mr . Adams , Mr . Hardy , and Mr . Thelwall , were under examination for six hours . After the Council closed they were remanded back to the care of the messengers . ' Same day Mr . Isaac Saint , keeper of the Pelican public-house , -Norwich , was brought to town by two King ' s messengers in a post-coach and four—he was . examined on Friday . 16 John Home TookeEsq . was taken into custody at Wimbledon by a special
. , warrant from the Secretary of State ; he was carried before Mr . Dundas , who ordered him to be kept in custody till seven o ' clock in the evening , when he went under an examination on a charge of conspiring against the state . Same day Mr . Lovett , chairman of the London Corresponding Society when lately convened at Chalk Farm ; Mr . Richter , lately clerk in Sir Robert Herries's bankinghouse ; and Mr . Bonney , an attorney , were arrested for supposed treason against tl \ e state .
Many other warrants have been issued ; and a number of seditious persons are expected to be immediately apprehended , both in town and country . Mr . Adams was formerly a clerk in the Auditor ' s office ; and Mr . Hardy is a shoemaker , and lets lodgings in Piccadilly . Their characters ( apart from politics ) have always been considered as unimpeachable . A Gazette Extraordinary announced the capture of St . Lucia , by Sir C . Grey and Sir J . Jervis , without the loss of a man on the part of the British . 17 At ten o ' clock their Majestiesthe six Princessesand soon after their Royal
. , , Highnesses the Prince of Wales , Dukes- of Clarence and Gloucester , and Princess Sophia , came to St . James ' s Palace , where they viewed the French colours that are lately come home from Martinico , Valenciennes , Landrecies , and St . Lucia ( in ail 39 flags ) , after which they adjourned to Lady Finch ' s apartments , from whence they saw the ceremony of receiving the colours by a party of the Guards under command of General Stevens ; and which , after coming out of the court-yard , being joined by two parties of Life-Guards in the van and rear , they carried them to St . Paul's Cathedral , where they were hung up as trophies of victory , with the usual ceremonies ; the
musical band , at their removal from the palace , and also at their depositing , playing Te Deum and God save the King . The order of the procession was as follows -. 1 . One captain , two subalterns , one quartermaster , one trumpeter , forty rank and file of the Life-Guards . 2 . One serjeant , twelve grenadier Foot-Guards , music , 1 st foot ol ditto , twp Serjeants carrying the large flag from Fort Bourbon . 3 . Twenty-eight Serjeants of Foot-Guards , each carrying a colour . 4 .. Four companies of grenadiers of Foot-Guards , commanded by a field officer . 5 . One field-officer , two captains , four subalterns , two quarter-masters , two trumpeters , one hundred rank and file of the Life-Guards to close the march . 19 . Mr . Secretary Dundas , in the House of Commons , presented the following message from his Majesry :
GEORGE R . " His Majesty having received information that the seditious practices wliich have " been for some time carried on by certain societies in London , in correspondence " with societies in different parts of the country , have lately been pursued with in- . " creased activity and boldness , and . have been avowedly directed to the object of " assembling a preiended General Convention of the people , in contempt and defiance " of the authority of Parliament , and on principles subversive of the existing laws and " constitution , directly tending to the introduction of that system of anarchy and
con" fusion which has fatally prevailed in France , has given directions for seizing the *• books and papers of the said Societies in London , which have been seized accor" dingly ; and these books and papers appearing to contain matter of the greatest im' . ' portance to the public interest , his Majesty has given orders for laying them before " the House of Commons ; and his Majesty recommends it to the House to consider " the same , and to take such measures thereupon as may appear to be necessary for " effectually guarding against the further prosecution of these dangerous designs , and " for preserving to bis Majesty ' s subjects the , enjoyment of the blessings derived t (* ( ' tliem by the constitution happily established jn these kingdoms . G . R . "
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Monthly Chronicle.
Sj- The Council met again , when Mr . Joyce , Mr . Adams , Mr . Hardy , and Mr . Thelwall , were under examination for six hours . After the Council closed they were remanded back to the care of the messengers . ' Same day Mr . Isaac Saint , keeper of the Pelican public-house , -Norwich , was brought to town by two King ' s messengers in a post-coach and four—he was . examined on Friday . 16 John Home TookeEsq . was taken into custody at Wimbledon by a special
. , warrant from the Secretary of State ; he was carried before Mr . Dundas , who ordered him to be kept in custody till seven o ' clock in the evening , when he went under an examination on a charge of conspiring against the state . Same day Mr . Lovett , chairman of the London Corresponding Society when lately convened at Chalk Farm ; Mr . Richter , lately clerk in Sir Robert Herries's bankinghouse ; and Mr . Bonney , an attorney , were arrested for supposed treason against tl \ e state .
Many other warrants have been issued ; and a number of seditious persons are expected to be immediately apprehended , both in town and country . Mr . Adams was formerly a clerk in the Auditor ' s office ; and Mr . Hardy is a shoemaker , and lets lodgings in Piccadilly . Their characters ( apart from politics ) have always been considered as unimpeachable . A Gazette Extraordinary announced the capture of St . Lucia , by Sir C . Grey and Sir J . Jervis , without the loss of a man on the part of the British . 17 At ten o ' clock their Majestiesthe six Princessesand soon after their Royal
. , , Highnesses the Prince of Wales , Dukes- of Clarence and Gloucester , and Princess Sophia , came to St . James ' s Palace , where they viewed the French colours that are lately come home from Martinico , Valenciennes , Landrecies , and St . Lucia ( in ail 39 flags ) , after which they adjourned to Lady Finch ' s apartments , from whence they saw the ceremony of receiving the colours by a party of the Guards under command of General Stevens ; and which , after coming out of the court-yard , being joined by two parties of Life-Guards in the van and rear , they carried them to St . Paul's Cathedral , where they were hung up as trophies of victory , with the usual ceremonies ; the
musical band , at their removal from the palace , and also at their depositing , playing Te Deum and God save the King . The order of the procession was as follows -. 1 . One captain , two subalterns , one quartermaster , one trumpeter , forty rank and file of the Life-Guards . 2 . One serjeant , twelve grenadier Foot-Guards , music , 1 st foot ol ditto , twp Serjeants carrying the large flag from Fort Bourbon . 3 . Twenty-eight Serjeants of Foot-Guards , each carrying a colour . 4 .. Four companies of grenadiers of Foot-Guards , commanded by a field officer . 5 . One field-officer , two captains , four subalterns , two quarter-masters , two trumpeters , one hundred rank and file of the Life-Guards to close the march . 19 . Mr . Secretary Dundas , in the House of Commons , presented the following message from his Majesry :
GEORGE R . " His Majesty having received information that the seditious practices wliich have " been for some time carried on by certain societies in London , in correspondence " with societies in different parts of the country , have lately been pursued with in- . " creased activity and boldness , and . have been avowedly directed to the object of " assembling a preiended General Convention of the people , in contempt and defiance " of the authority of Parliament , and on principles subversive of the existing laws and " constitution , directly tending to the introduction of that system of anarchy and
con" fusion which has fatally prevailed in France , has given directions for seizing the *• books and papers of the said Societies in London , which have been seized accor" dingly ; and these books and papers appearing to contain matter of the greatest im' . ' portance to the public interest , his Majesty has given orders for laying them before " the House of Commons ; and his Majesty recommends it to the House to consider " the same , and to take such measures thereupon as may appear to be necessary for " effectually guarding against the further prosecution of these dangerous designs , and " for preserving to bis Majesty ' s subjects the , enjoyment of the blessings derived t (* ( ' tliem by the constitution happily established jn these kingdoms . G . R . "