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Show A COMEf ANli A l'AXIC. that the comet would appear on Wednesday, Wednes-day, I4th Octoter, at live minuUy after five iu'tho morning, and ifiat theworfd would bo destroyed by fire ou the Friday following. . His reputation was high, and the comet com-et appeared. A number of persons got Into boats and barges on the -Thames, thinking the water tho iafest place. South Sea and India Stock fell. A captain of a Duicli ship threw:all Ids powder into thb rivcr; that the. Ship might, not- be' cndangcr;d, At uoou,aftcrFthe comet had.appcarcd, it fs said that more than one, hundred clergyman were ferried over l'o'Lnmbetlif to request thai proper prayers might be, prepared, there being none iri the church cervice. lcopIe,belicved that, the day of judgment was at hand, and. some" acted on this belief, more as if onia temporary evil was iq. bo expected. There was a prodigious run on tho bank, and Sir Gilbert lleathcofe, at that time tho head director, issued orders to all tha firt-imlccrs in London, requiring lliem to keep a good lookout, and have a particular particu-lar eyo upou the Bank of England. |