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the court of admiralty. Had it been a cafe of piracy, they would have been hung in chains.

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DIED.-In Portugal, Dr. Lore. ira, author of the Flora Cochinenfis." This celebrated botanist devoted 30 years of close application to the compofition of this work. Sir Jofeph Banks invited him to this country, for the purpofe of publishing it here; but advanced age prevented him from accepting the invitation.

20. At Lancaster, in an advanced period of life, Mr. Alexander Stevens, architect; who in the course of the last forty years, erected more ftone bridges, and other buildings in water, than any man in thefe kingdoms. Among the many works of that kind may be mentioned the bridge over the Liffey at Dublin, and the locks and docks on the grand canal of Ireland. The north of England and Scotland exhibits numberlefs works of his execution. The aqueduct over the river Lune, at Lancatter, is one of the greatest undertakings he was ever concerned in; and, had he lived a few months longer, he would have had the fatisfaction of feeing it completed.

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into lady Harrington's lap. A de pofition on the above business was taken at the duke of Portland's office, before the fecretary of ftate and two of the magiftrates from Bow-ftreet; when fome of the footmen attending on the royal family were examined. A reward of 1000l. is offered for the discovery of the offenders.

18th.

This day came on in the court of king's bench, the caufe of Jeffreys verfus Mr. Walker and others, commiffioners appointed for liquidating the prince of Wales's debts, for the fum of 54,6851. for jewels furnished by the plaintiff for his royal highness. Meffrs. Sharp, Elias, Levi, and Dugden, eminent diamond-merchants, were called on the part of the plaintiff, who proved the value of the articles to be, unset, 50,9971. 10s.; while Meffrs. Crisp, Duval, and Francillon, on the part of the defendants, gave it as their opinion, that, having examined the jewels, they were worth more than 43,800l. exclufive of the fetting of a miniature picture of her highness. The jury, after a quarter of an hour's confideration, found a verdict for the plaintiff, 50,9971. 10s

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Richard England was put 19th. to the bar at the old Bailey, charged with the wilful murder of Mr. Rowlls, brewer, of Kingston, in a duel at Cranford-bridge, June 18, 1794. Lord Derby, the first witnefs, gave in evidence, that he was prefent at Afcot races; when in the ftand upon the race-course he heard Mr. England cautioning the gentleman prefent not to bet with the deceased, as he neither paid what he loft or what he borrowed; on which Mr. Rowlls B3

went

went up to him, called him rafcal or fcoundrel, and offered to ftrike him; when England bid him ftand off, or he would be obliged to knock him down, faying at the fame time, "We have interrupted the company fufficiently here, and if you have any thing further to fay to me, you know where I am to be found." A farther altercation enfued; but his lordship, being at the other end of the ftand, did not diftinctly hear it, and then the parties retired.

Lord Dartry now lord Cremorne, and his lady, with a gentleman, were at the inn at the time the duel was fought they went into the garden, and endeavoured to prevent the duel; there were feveral other perfons collected in the garden. Mr. Rowlls defired his lordhip and others not to interfere; and on a fecond attempt of his lordthip to make peace, Mr. Rowls faid, if they did not retire, he muft, though reluctantly, call them impertinent. Mr. England, at the fame time, ftepped forward, and took off his hat: he faid, "gentlemen, I have been cruelly treated, I have been injured in my honour and character; let there be reparation made, and I am ready to have done this moment." Lady Dartry retired, his lordship ftood in the bower of the garden, until he faw Mr. Rowlls fall. One or two witneffes were called, who proved nothing material. A paper containing the prifoner's defence being read, the earl of Derby, marquis of Hertford, Mr. Whitebread, jun. col. Bishopp, and other gentlemen, were called to his character. They all fpoke of him as a man of decent gentlemanly deportment, who, intead of feeking quarrels, was ftu

dious to avoid them. He had been friendly to Englishmen whilft abroad, and had rendered fome fervices to the military at the fiege of Newport. Mr. juftice Rooke summed up the evidence, after which the jury retired for about three quarters of an hour, when they returned a verdict, guilty of manflaughter. The prifoner having fled from the laws of his country for twelve years, the court was difpofed to fhew no lenity. He was therefore fentenced to pay a fine of one thilling, and to be imprifoned in Newgate twelve months.

In the king's bench, came 20th. on the trial of Kyd Wake, indicted for a mifdemeanour in hiffing and hooting the king as his majefty was going to the parliament-houfe, on the first day of the prefent feffions, and likewife crying, "down with George, no war," &c. Mr. Stockdale, the bookfeller, and Mr. Walford, the linen draper, who acted as conftables on the day, were examined, and fully proved the facts charged in the indictment; upon which the jury without hefitation, found a verdict, guilty. A great number of perfons attended on the part of the prifoner; but as they could only fpeak to his general character, and not to the cafe in point, Mr. Erikine, the prifoner's counfel, declined calling upon them, referving their teftimony to be offered in mitigation of punishment, on the first day of next term, when the prifoner will be brought up to the court of king's bench to receive judgment.

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Hull, After the family were gone to bed, a very alarming fire broke out in the habitable part of Wrefsle Caftle, which

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increased with fuch rapidity that before the engines could be brought from Howden (a diftance of four miles) the entire building was on fire; by which the whole, with the leaden covering, was entirely confumed, except one chamber, with the outer and fome parts of the inner walls. It is fuppofed to have been occafioned by a chimney taking fire, from which no danger was apprehended when the family went to reft. The fouth fide, or principal part of the quadrangle, being the only part left undemolished in 1650, contained the diningroom, drawing-room, and chapel, ufed as the parith-church ever fince the other was ruined in the civil wars. In the two principal chambers were fome beautiful ftair-cafes of fingular contrivance, containing double flights of ftairs, winding round each other, after the defigus of Palladio.

The following melancholy 24th. occurrence took place. As the ferry boat was crofling the river from Common-ftaithe quay to Old Lynn, at seven in the evening, with about 30 perfons on board, it ran foul of the cable of a barge, and was unfortunately overfet, by which accident it is feared that upwards of 20 perfons have loft their lives; four more muft inevirably have fhared the fame fate, but for the active and vigorous exertions of one of the paffengers (John Price, a failor), who at the imminent hazard of his life, and with that humanity and intrepidity which are the characteristics of an English failor, rescued four fellow-creatures from death; he had feized a fifth (a woman), but the rapidity of the tide tore her from him, and he himself had

nearly perished in the attempt to fave her life. Eight only of the bodies have yet been found. It is just 166 years fince a fimilar accident happened at the fame ferry, when 18 perfons were unfortunately drowned.

DIED. 7th.-At his lodgings in Bath, John Sibthorp, M. D. F. R. S. and regius profeffor of Botany in the univerfity of Oxford. He was indefatigable in his researches for new and rare plants, and travelled twice into Turkey and Greece to collect them. The fa tigues he underwent in his laft tour entirely deftroyed his conftitution, and he has fallen a victim to his favourite study. He took the degree of M. A. June 28, 1780, ' of B. M Dec. 8, 1783, (about which time his father refigned to him the profefforfhip), and of D. M. Jan. 20, 1784. Some years ago the univerfity appointed him a travelling fellow on Dr. Radcliff's foundation, and in that capacity he vifited a great part of the Eu ropean continent. At Gottingen his abilities were held in fuch citimation, that he was honoured with a degree in phyfic by the univerfity. In 1794 he published a Flora Oxonienfis, and has left an estate of 300l. per annum to the univerfity, in truft, to defray the expences attending the publication of a Flora Græca, taken from fpecimens in his own valuable collecti

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In the court of exchequer, in Dublin, a jury of merchants, on the 20th of February laft, gave lord Weftmeath a verdict of 10,000l. damages, against Mr. Bradshaw, fon of fir Henry Cavendish (who took the name of Bradshaw for a large eftate), for crim. con. with lady Westmeath.Lady Weft meath was a Mifs Jefferys. She was married to lord Weftmeath in 1784, and has two children by his lord fhip.

Derby. What particularly 10th. engaged the attention of the public at our affizes was a charge against a woman of the name of Ann Hoon, aged 24, for the wilful murder of her infant child, about 14 months old. The circumftances of this murder were as follows: On Friday laft, this poor creature, who is the wife of a labouring man, was about to heat her oven, and, being thort of wood, had broken down a rail or two from the fencing round the plantation of

a gentleman in the neighbourhood; fome of her neighbours threatened her with a profecution, and told her the would be tranfported for it. This much alarmed her mind; and the idea of being feparated from her child, of whom the had always appeared remarkably fond, fo wrought on her imagination, that the formed the horrible defign of putting it to death, in order that, by furrendering herself into the hands of justice, she might be executed for the murder, and fo be for ever re-united in heaven to that babe whom he had loved more than life. As foon, therefore, as her husband was gone out to his labour, fhe proceeded to put this diabolical defign into execution : fhe filled a large tub with water, when the babe, fmiling in its mother's face, difarmed her for the moment, and the found herself unable to commit the horrid fact. She then lulled the babe to sleep at her breaft, and, wrapping a cloth round it, plunged it into the tub, and held it under water till life became extinct; then took it out of the tub, and laid it on the bed, and, taking her hat and cloak, locked her ftreet-door, and left her key at a neighbour's for her husband, when he should return from his labour. She then proceeded to walk eight or nine miles to a magiftrate, and, requesting admiffion to him, told him the whole ftory, concluding with an earneft defire immediately to be executed. She was tried this morning; and, many ftrong inftances of infanity for fome years past appearing, the Jury found her not guilty.

At Stafford aflizes, a remarkable caufe was tried, in which Mrs. Dockfey, fifter and heir at law of

the

16th.

Were executed oppofite Newgate, pursuant to their refpective fentences, Tho. Kemp, the letter-carrier, Jofeph Francis Bodkin for robbing Mr. Ardefoif, and William Fogden for horse-stealing.

the late Peter Garrick, efq. of the magiftrate, who warned him to Lichfield, (brother to the celebra- beware of his conduct in future, ted David Garrick) was plaintiff, as a strict watch thould be kept and Mr. Panting, furgeon of that over him and all his affociates. town, defendant. The defendant claimed all the real and perfonal property of the deceased, (nearly 30,000l.) under deeds of convey ance executed by Mr. Garrick at the advanced age of 85, to the total difinherifon of all his relations and their families, and in derogation of many wills made in their favour, the laft dated in 1791. Mr. Erikine led the cause for the plaintiff; and after a moft eloquent and impaffioned opening of the cafe, which lafted upwards of two hours, and the examination of feveral witneffes, the caufe was relinquished on the part of the defendant.

11th.
Birmingham. Binns and
Jones, two delegates from
the London correfpondent fociety,
regardless of the laws and peace
of the country, delivered (the one
at the Swan in Swallow-ftreet, and
the other at the Bell public-houfe,
in Suffolk-street in this town) their
inflammatory lectures; informati-
on of which being given to William
Hicks, efq. one of our magiftrates,
he immediately repaired, with the
peace officers, to the illegal affem-
blies. The meeting at the Swan
had broken up; but at the Bell
they found Jones in a room ha-
ranguing about 70 people. As
foon as he saw the magiftrate, he
waş filent; but Mr. Hicks being
made acquainted, by feveral who
were prefent, of the feditious lan-
guage he had held, immediately
ordered the proclamation againft
diforderly meetings to be read, and
the people in a few minutes dif-
perfed. Jones was admonished by

25th.

This evening about fix o'clock, a difagreeable accident happened in Greek street, the corner of Compton-ftreet. Two men intoxicated to a great degree, affaulted every perfon they met; and one of them, who had a hammer in his hand, ftruck a paffenger on the head with it, near the eye, which was beat in by the blow. They were at length fecured, and carried to the office in Marlborough-ftreet, whence they were removed to Tothill-fields bridewell.

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Mr. Halhed has thought proper to difpofe of all his oriental manufcripts, which he acquired with great labour and expence. Thefe manufcripts the British museum has very laudably purchased.

Vienna. On the prefentation of the princess royal of France, a particular circle had been formed for the folemnity, and the court was as numerous as it was brilliant. The empress prefented the princess to the ambassadors and their ladies, and to certain ladies of the first rank. After which the other minifters and nobility were, in their turn, prefented to her royal highnefs, by the grand miftrefs of her Imperial majefty's court, by the grand treasurer of the court, count Dietrichstein, and by prince

Gavres,

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