Soon after passing Temple Bar, they were attracted by a vast concourse of persons surrounding the shop of Mr.Carlile,{1} from whence upon enquiry they learnt the 1 Perhaps some of the most remarkable occurrences in the City of London have taken place at the house of Carlile.

The whole family have been tried and convicted of selling treasonable or seditious works, and are now suffering the sentence of the law.

But, notwithstanding the combined efforts of a powerful body, the shop is kept open, and it is more than likely that a greater business is carried on now than ever.

In a recent Number of the Re-publican, published by him, he makes the following observations:-- "Since my last went to press, we have thought it prudent to resort to stratagem to defeat the schemes of the Gang, in taking out every new hand from the shop by a warrant.

We now sell all publications, to suspicious and unsuspicious customers, through a hole in a part of the shop, where it is impossible for the purchaser to identify the seller, as there are always two or three serving in the back ground, none of whom can be seen or heard, to be identified individually.