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Morals ànd Manners. BE Lord Mayor being informed-by the water hailifff of the city oſ Lon- don, that ſome fiſn was expoſed tO ſale at Billinigate not fit for con- ſumption,» his lordfhip ordered the: fiſh to be ſeized and deſtroyed, and di- reed the water buliff and his aſúſtant to take care that no bad fiſh ſhould be expoſed at the London rmanket.

A reformation is about to take placé in the Univerſity of very eſſential points 3 the examination of fudents for degrecs, is to aſſume a more ſerious form z ſx examining maſters are to be ele&ed by the Vice Chan- ‘cellor and Maſters, with proper ſalaries, who are to inveſtigate the qualificati- ons of the candidates, and decide on their merit, and alío to grant honorary marks of diſtin&ión on thoſe who excel.“

At Doncatter, a man fas been ſeverely fined for making up of tobacco in the brewing of beer; which- we-hopg- wil ſerve as caution to others, not to of- fend in a like. manRer-(‘‘

„The Duke af Portland is endeayouring to efe a ery. eſſential.revolution and which, conſequently, draws an inſeparable line between the higher At his daughter Lady Mary Bentnick's laſt route, notice was previouſly ¡ven, that all the company would be expe&ed to come in full dreſs; In conſequence of which, the reute, inſéad of bearin the appearance of elegance ad! éafe, had-allthe if formalitiés of the drawing room. Whether this very abſurd faſhon will be followed, remains to be ſeen z but the courtiers thiïnk it-a matter 6f ſuch importance, that they have, wé are told, a&ually réqueltéd the opinión of two very great perſonages«oN the oc- caſion. a C

“At Leicefter, 2 quantity of bad maëat Was ſe by tlie magiſtrates to be burned. This, although very Proper, 2 punifnment adequate to the crime.

Atrnong tlie viciſſitudes of faſhion’in the higher claſſes, none has been more conſpicuous Or various, than thoſe which have taken placée in‘the height of their carriages. Some little time fincé thé cârriagés were élevated to an’ enór- mous height;(o-lew that the pérch almo trails on the

ground, TA z; Some diſtürbancés have happened n ſeveràl country towns, ON account

of the high price of proviſions. At Düdley' thé colliers proceeded-to ſome extremities. Tn the north-alſo müch ditturbance! has been‘occaſioned by thebigh price of provi 1óns, ánd riots at Sheffield, Leeds, Newcaſtle,&c 5 baut, by the military» have eaſily been‘quélled. ‘The very high price of proviſions have occaßoned' riots in various other artéof the country. At Wakefield" the inob diſlodged the corn-dealers» ard ſcattered many ſacks of flour about: the’ ſtreéts. By the vigilance of tha Magiftrates, and Wakefield volunteers, the rioters WCrC diſperſed without any‘further damage. ‘At Pontefras like diſturbances 400k place 3; b ftored by the Mayor. Many of„the rioters Proc being joined by many from the neighbouring villag| laden with wheat, and were proceeding to unload them W

arrived and diſperſed them. In'ſeveral places where the prices have been ſo high as to prevent the poor from purchaſing- the necefſaries of life, the farmers of the neighbourhood have generoûfly ſtepped forward and ſold their commodities at A reduced price, At Birmingham many of the principal inhabitants have come to the very laudable reſolution of not permitting ABY lamb to be eaten in their houſes. On Thurſday‘evening;, May 15, their Majeſties and the Princeſſes went te Drury lane Theatre.—Every loyal heart mut be filled with grief and indijg=- nation on'hearing the danger to which his Majeſty’s life was expoſed 5 and which he ſo providentially eſcaped, Juf as his Majeſty entered his box, and

Oxford, in ſeveral

in dreſs, ind middling orders of people.

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ut tranguillity was ſoon re- ceded to Nottingby» where es, they ſized two boats hen’ the volunteers