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Notorious Riot and Assault at Westminster Palace Yard
Alexander Weaver of St. Giles's in the Fields a Soldier was convicted of assaulting a child of about eleven with intent to ravish and sent to the House of Corrections for six months to hard labour. John Clifdell was convicted on an indictment for riot and assaulting militia grenadiers in the Palace Yard by throwing dead cats and filthy objects and spoiling uniforms. fined one shilling for poverty but committed to the House of Correction for three months to hard labour. Notices announce Middlesex General Sessions adjourned across multiple inns in Brentford Twickenham Staines Uxbridge Harrow Endfield Whitechapel Hicks's Hall and the Tower Division with oaths under a late act to prevent forfeiture of real estate. sessions to resume in January. various stock prices and new publications advertised.