heat and defraud
the said subjects of divers large sum of money, &c.

[_Third Count._]--That the _Defendants_ on the said 19th of February
unlawfully, &c. by false reports, rumors, _arts and contrivances_ to
induce the subjects of our said Lord the King to believe that a peace
would soon be made between our said Lord the King and his subjects, and
the said people of France, and thereby to occasion _without any just or
true cause a great increase and rise of the public government funds, &c.
and to injure, &c. the subjects of our said Lord the King who should_ on
the said 21st of February _purchase and buy any part or parts and share
or shares of and in the said public government funds, &c._ then and
there, to wit, on the said 21st of February, unlawfully, &c. did
conspire, &c. to make and propagate, and cause and procure to be made
and propagated unto and amongst divers of the liege subjects, &c. in the
county of Kent, to wit at Dover, Deal, and Dartford, and other places in
that county, and also unto and amongst divers of the liege subjects, &c.
at London aforesaid, and places adjacent thereto divers false reports
and rumours that the said Napoleon Bonaparte was killed, and that a
peace would soon be made between our said Lord the King and his subjects
and the people of France.

And that the said _Defendants_ would by such false reports and rumours
as far as in them lay, occasion an increase and rise in the prices of
the public government funds and other government securities, with a
wicked intention to thereby greatly injure and aggrieve all the liege
subjects of our said Lord the King who should, on the said 21st of
February, purchase or buy any part or parts and share or shares of and
in said public government funds, &c. To the great damage of all the last
mentioned liege subjects, &c. To the evil example, &c. and against the
peace, &c.

[_Fourth Count._]--That the said _Defendants_ unlawfully contriving,
&c. to injure and aggrieve divers of the liege subjects, &c. on the 19th
February unlawfully, &c. did conspire, &c. to write and cause to be
written _a certain other false and counterfeit letter_ containing
therein divers false matters of and concerning the Allies of our said
Lord the King, and the said Napoleon Bonaparte and the French people,
and to send and cause and procure the said last mentioned letter to be
sent to the aforesaid Thomas Foley at Deal, the said Thomas Foley then
and there being the Commander