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were very uncommon; butt was neceſſary for the world to know that it was {till a miſdemeanour. Mr. Waddington had ſwept all hop-countries like a ſwarm of locuſts; he had monopolized the hops for two crops, and had even purchaſed great part of the next crop. Lord Kenyon exprefſed not the leaſt doubt of this being an offence a@ionable at common law, lamented the dreadful effe&s produced upon the country at large by foreſtallers, and obſérved thar great credit was due to the gentlemen who bad been inſtrumental n bringing the ſubje& before the Court. The other Judges concurring in this ſentiment, the rule to ſhèw cauſe was granted.

Several gentlemen of Birmingham have it in contemplation to bring forward immediately a plan for a Benefit Society, or Sick Club, on a large fcale. Their objeâ is to cut off the abuſes, and to prevent the frauds ſo frequently com- plained of on the plans now generally adopted, and to ſecure to the honeſt and induſtrious poor, at the ſmalleſt poſſible expence to themſelves, an adequate

“ſupport in ſicknefs, and a certain proſpeé of comfortable aſſiſtance in old age.

The Magiſtrates of Bath are landably exerting themſelves in endeavouring to check the vices of gambling and tipplizg, ſo prevalent among the apprentice- boys of the preſent day. They have for this purpoſe advertized to withhold licenſes. from any inn-keeper or alehouſe-keeper in the city for offending by keeping a diſorderly houſe, or ſuering ſuch miſbehavior as the above therein.

Meſſrs. Goldſmid have ſet on foot a ſubſcription in the metropolis for the eſtabliſhment of a Soup Houſe for the ¡zdigent Jews.

An ation was tried. in the court of King’s Bench, February 6, which“for- cibly points out the obligations of maſters towards their ſervants in ſickneſs, It was brought by the Steward of the Eaſt Indiaman, againſt the Captain, Lord Kenyon held that a maſter took a ſervant for better and for wörſe; that if that ſervant, condu&ting himſelf properly in the ſervice of his maſter, and diſcharging his duty with fidelity, ſhould fall fick, the maſter was bound to pay for medical affiſtance, and for other neceſſarics, till he recovers. His Lord- ſhip; however, made this diſtinétion;¡—if the ſervants illneſs was the effe&s ot his own vice aná folly—if he had brought it on himſelf, merely by his own miſcondu&t—for that his maſter was not anſwerable.

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The London Yearly Bill of Mortality, for 1799. Chriſtened in the 97 pariſhes within the walls, 1246;“- Buried, 1289. Ditto in thé 16 parîſhes wichout the walls,- 4552;- Ditto, 52983:

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Dicto in the 10 pariſhes in the city and E Y LE ds Ditto, 4834,

ties of Weſtminſter, E j Ditto males within the bills of mortality, LOLO TN= Ditto, 90946. Ditto females,- Z EE BES Ditto, 9088, ‘Total+ 18/0705.= Lota 2034

Of which two only were above 100 vears of age,

Whereof have died Under 2 yéars of age,

120 204A 40 and 50, 1924.

Between 2 and 5,- 17905 56 and 60, 1758. 5 and 10,= 1644; GO AaNd' 707 2/905)

TO ana ZO= PAS 70 and.$0, I125»

20/and 309,- 1299 3 8zand 909, 45%.

30 and 40, 17243 90 and 100, 63-

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Decreaſed in the burials this. year 27. "Fhere have been executed in Middleſex and Surry25, of which number, I2 only have been reported to be buried.