house and premises situate and being No

street, in the parish of

in

in the county of

-, by

belong to and are the property of A. B. of virtue of an indenture [or bill of sale, as the case may be,] bearing date, &c. whereby, &c. [or as per copy of &c.] AND that the legality of the execution and detention of the goods and effects of the said A. B. under colour of an execution (as against the said goods and effects,) at the suit of one C. D. is meant and intended to be contested; and that if the said goods, chattels, and effects be sold under that or any other execution, or the possession thereof be not forthwith given up to the said A. B. you will be held responsible for the consequences thereof, and an action will be forthwith commenced against you by the said A. B. DATED this

day of
Your &c.

E. F.

18-.

Agent for the said A. B.

To the sheriff of

under-sheriff and officers.

his

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NOTICE on dissolution of Co-partnership.

The co-partnership between A. B. C. D. and E. F. of London, merchants, trading under the firm of "B. D. and F." having this day been dissolved by mutual consent, all persons having any claims on the said co-partnership, are requested to deliver the same to the above-named C. D. at

in order that they may be forthwith discharged; and all persons indebted to the said co-partnership are requested to pay the same to the said C. D.; as witness our hands this

day of

Witness,

G. H.

18-.

A. B.

C. D..

E. F.

See Affidavit as to the signatures to the above,-ante, p. 63.

PETITIONS.

PETITION to the Queen, to continue a Pension to a
Husband, which had been granted to his Wife, she
being dead at the time of presenting this Petition.

TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
THE HUMBLE Petition of A. B. of &c.
Sheweth,

THAT your petitioner's late wife M. B. was nurse in your Majesty's royal nursery upwards of

years.

THAT she conducted herself so much to the satisfaction. of your Majesty, that your Majesty was pleased to superannuate her with a pension of £ a year for life. THAT your petitioner's said wife died between Michaelmas and Christmas 18-, but your Majesty was graciously pleased, on the prayer of your petitioner, to order him to be paid the accruing quarter, which was accordingly paid to him.

THAT your petitioner and his late wife being latterly old and infirm, and having had much expense through illness, and very little to support them except the said pension, which did not amount to much more than £ a year after the deductions made by the persons through whose hands the same came, and your petitioner's said wife having been confined to her bed months previous to her decease, your petitioner was left by her in the utmost distress, with a considerable bill to pay the doctor, and to defray the expense of her interment.

THAT your petitioner's said wife, on her death-bed, condoled with your petitioner, on the lamentable condition she was about to leave him in, and expressed a hope that your Majesty would continue your royal bounty to him when she was no more.

THAT your petitioner is now upwards of seventy years old, very infirm, almost blind, with scarcely any thing to support him, or any friends to relieve him, which has obliged him to run considerably in debt, and he is under the daily apprehension of having his small pittance of goods taken in execution, so that he has no prospect but to go to the workhouse, if he is not sent to prison for debt. THAT your petitioner humbly petitioned your Majesty about months since for some relief, and has waited ever since in hopes of receiving the same from your Majesty, but your petitioner is apprehensive your Majesty never had the petition delivered to you.

YOUR petitioner therefore most humbly prays your Majesty that you will graciously condescend to take his pitiable case into your tender consideration, and continue to him during your Majesty's pleasure the pension you was pleased to allow his late wife, or such other pension as your Majesty shall think proper, as your petitioner's creditors would take their respective demands by instalments, if he had any settled income; but if not, they insist upon being paid the whole immediately; therefore if your Majesty does not think proper to continue the pension, your petitioner humbly hopes your gracious Majesty will order him to be paid such a sum of money as to your Majesty shall seem meet, which will save your petitioner from utter ruin, and from having his grey hairs brought down with sorrow to the grave.

AND your petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray, &c.

PETITION to the Duke of Kent, to augment a Serjeant's
Pension.

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF KENT,
&c.

THE HUMBLE PETITION of A. B. late serjeant in the Regiment of Foot.

Sheweth,

THAT your petitioner has been in the service upwards of years, and has during all that time faithfully and honorably acquitted himself, to the satisfaction of his superior officers.

THAT your petitioner is now a pensioner, but having a wife and four children to support, the eldest of which is not years, and his pension amounting to only

per day, he is under the necessity of troubling your Royal Highness with this short statement of his case, in order to induce your Royal Highness to augment his pension.

YOUR PETITIONER therefore most humbly prays your Royal Highness to take his case into consideration, and to procure him such an augmentation of his pension as to your Royal Highness shall seem meet. And your petitioner, &c.

PETITION to the Duke of Bedford, to get a Person
discharged from the Navy.

TO THE MOST NOBLE JOHN DUKE OF BEDFORD,
MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK, &c.

THE HUMBLE PETITION of A. B. of &c.

Sheweth,

THAT your petitioner is now and has been for many

years one of your Grace's tenants, and he trusts has always

conducted himself to the satisfaction of your Grace's steward and collector.

THAT your petitioner has a son now aged about

years, whose name is I. B. and who has served in his Mayears, chiefly on board the

jesty's navy near

but he has lately

now cruizing off

the

THAT whilst his said son was on board the ship was once in the most imminent danger of being lost, and it having been deemed necessary that some person should venture up aloft and cut away several ropes that held the main-mast, Lord asked the crew which of them was willing to venture his life to save the rest,—seven hundred in number.,

THAT the enterprize was looked upon so dangerous, that no one offered to do so except your petitioner's said son, who went up, but not having an implement sufficient to cffect the object, descended, and after having obtained one ventured up again on the other side and accomplished his purpose, which if he had done the first time he went up, he must inevitably have perished, the main-mast falling on that side: as it was he was thrown with great violence from his hold, but his feet catching in some ropes he remained so suspended till he was relieved from his perilous situation.

THAT on the said I. B.'s descending into the ship, Lord - shook hands with and thanked him, and promised to remember him when he returned on shore; for the present he ordered him to be rated as an able seaman ; but his lordship soon afterwards leaving the ship, the said I. B. has not had an opportunity of applying to him to fulfil his kind promise.