barbarously murdered in his bedchamber, (his brains being beaten out) and his house plundered of money, and other effects, by fome perfons unknown, who, it is fup pofed, got down the chimney into the faid room, two ladders having been found the next morning fet against the houfe, and the top of the chimney being damaged.

At a court of com non

9th. council, Mr. Alderman

Wilkes moved, That an humble addrefs of congratulation be prefented to his Majelly by that court, on the fafe delivery of the Dutchefs of Gloucester, and the birth of a princefs, Sir Watkin Lewes rofe, and declared that he feconded the worthy Alderman's motion. Debates arofe, which were continued with great warmth. Mr. Alderman Trecothick oppofed it, as being an affront to the King, his Majefly having never owned the lady for his fifter. To this it was answered, that the `marriage was notorious; and that the Dukes of Richmond and Dorfet, the Bishop of Exeter, Lady Albemarle, and others of the first quality, had been prefent at the delivery. It was, however, carried in the negative, it not being ufual for the city to addrefs, except for the iffue of the immediate heir to the crown..

The Recorder made the report to his Majefty in council of the malefactors who were capitally convicted at the last April feffion at the Old-Bailey, when Collins, Oates, Spooner, Duffey, and Bolton, were ordered for execution. The fix other convicts are refpited during his Majesty's pleasure.

Harrifon, as a reward for his new invented time-keeper.

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At a very numerous meeting of the proprietors of Eaft-India ftock, the Duke of Richmond declared that he would mark the regulating bill as an infamons, tyrannical, and unconftitutional bill, and as fuch oppofe it in all its flages. Governor Johnstone moved, That it be recommended to the Court of Directors forthwith to appoint Governor Monckton Commander in Chief of the Company's forces in India." Major Grant begged leave to propofe Sir Eyre Coote, as better entitled to that office, from the fervices he had already rendered the Company. The Court acknowledged his fervices; but obferved, that in the prefent cafe, Governor Monckton had not only been ballotted for in a former Court, but approved of by his Majelly, yet he was objected to by the Minister, merely because he would have no officer of the Company's appointment. The motion was therefore agreed to without one diffenting voice. Other motions were likewife put and carried, among which the following:-" That a committee do prepare a petition to be prefented to the Right Hon. the Houfe of Lords, praying a reje&ion of the bill just paffed the Houte of Commons, intitled, "A bill for the better regulation of the affairs of the Eaft- India Company, as well in India as in Europe." After which the Court adjourned.

The claufe in the will of the late William Temple, Efq; by which he bequeathed a legacy to Mr. Wilkes of 500l. is couched in the following terms:-" for his firenuous exertions in the caule of liberty, and his glorious and noble

defence

defence of the English conftitution, against a series of defpotic, tyrannical, and wicked miniiters."

On Wednesday the report 16th. was made to his Majefty, by Mr. Recorder, of the prifoners under fentence in Newgate, who were capitally convicted laft feflions; when the eight fellowing were ordered for execution next Wednefday fe'ennight, viz. James Monk, for a burglary in the houfe of John Thitchener, in Newport-ftreet; William Boyd, for fhooting off a loaded pistol at John Morris, a watchman, and wounding him in the cheek; John Waters, for robbing Mrs. Steed, at Marybone; John Johnson and John Gahagan, for forging an indorsement upon a bill of exchange for 100l. ftolen out of the mail in Ireland; Edward Delaney, for robbing John Smith of a watch, and John Kearsley of a pocket-book, and several bills of exchange, on the city road; Jofeph Cooper, for a burglary in the house of Mr. Beaumont, at Cripplegate, and ftealing 100 guineas; and John Cook, for robbing Mr. David Cruffel, of a watch and 6 s. between Stepney and Whitechapel.

The following were refpited during his Majesty's pleasure, viz. William Lufhby, concerned with James Monk in the burglary mentioned in the preceding paragraph; Samuel Plaistow and Charles Evans, for a burglary at the Hercules-Pillars in Great Queen-ftreet; John Smith, for robbing Mr. Chisholm upon Hounflow - Heath; Edward Lade, for ftealing a gelding; James Warby, for stealing a fheep; and Elizabeth Spencer, for privately flealing linen in the fhop of Mr. Foot, linen-draper, in Ludgate

This day was determined in the Court of Common-Pleas, upon a fpecial argument, the cause between the inhabitants and the DeputyPoftmaster of the town of Ipfwich. The question was, whether the Deputy-Poftmafter could legally demand any fum over and above the poftage for the delivery of the letters to the inhabitants of the town or, in cafe of refufal, whether he could oblige the inhabitants to fetch their letters; both which queftions were determined in the negative.

At a court of Common-council, 1000l. per annum was granted to the Recorder, during the pleasure of the Court; and zool. per ann. additional falary was granted to the Common-Serjeant.

18th.

This morning were executed at Tyburn, pursuant to their fentence, the following convicts, viz. William Collins, Thomas Oates, and Tho. Spooner, convicted in April feffion of a burglary, in the house of Mrs. Baker, at Chelfea; and John Duffey and Richard Bolton, for a burglary in the houfe of Mifs Henley, in Jamesftreet, Bedford-row.-They behaved with great decency. Before they went out of Newgate, they faluted all the under-keepers, and begged they would forgive them; declaring their intention was to have maffacred them all, had they not been detected in making their escape.

Mrs. Gladwin, a lady who was coming home from Bengal, on account of her health, with two young children, and two female black fervants, on board the Ofterly, has, with her two children, been poifoned by thofe flaves, who fince. their deaths have confeffed the

crime,

board the ship.

This day the Houfe of 19th. Commons granted 2000l. as

a reward to Dr. Williams, for his new invented dye of green and yellow for cotton yarn and thread.

On Sunday afternoon, a mot awful and affecting accident happened, on the turnpike road, about three miles from Brandon in Suffolk:-Mr. Greenacre, a young gentleman of Oxbrough, in Norfolk, being on his return from London with his uncle, Mr. John Harvey, they were overtaken with a violent form of thunder and lightning. Mr. Greenacre, who was on horfeback, defired his uncle to give him his great coat out of the chaife, and in a little time after he had put it on, a dreadful flafh of lightning ftruck him and his horfe to the ground. Mr. Greenacre was taken up dead; the horfe was terribly wounded on the head, and many parts of his body appeared as if cut and mangled with a knife. There were no pots, nor any apparent effects from the lightning found on the body of the deceased; the colour in his face was not changed, and for fome time after he was got to Brandon, he feemed to be in a ferene fleep.

A young woman dreffed in man's cloaths, was carried before the Lord-Mayor, for marrying an old woman. The old woman was poffeffed of 100l. and the defign was to get poffeffion of the money, and then to make off; but the old lady proved too knowing.

21ft. This day the following bills received the royal affeat, by virtue of a commiffion from his Majefty, viz.

The bill for eftablishing certain

The bill to prevent paper bills of credit hereafter to be iffued in any of his Majefty's colonies or plantations in America, from being declared to be a legal payment, &c.

The bill for better lighting and watching the town of Kington in Surry.

The bill to explain and amend the laws for the better prefervation of moor or hill game in England.

The bill for the more effectual prefervation of the game in Scotland.

The bill for altering the punishment of perfons fraudulently marking of plate.

The bill to prevent the retailing of fpirituous liquors.

The bill to regulate the affize and making of bread.

The bill to amend the laws to prevent the killing or destroying of dogs. The bill to explain and and amend the laws for the better prefervation of the game in England.

And to fuch other bills as were ready.

The Eat-India regulating bill was frongly oppofed in the Houfe of Lords, and a protest entered against it.

This morning, about four 221. o'clock, his Majefty fet out from Kew, in order to review the fleet affembled at Spithead for that purpofe. He reached Portsmouth about eleven, and dined on board the Barfleur. At fix he defcended into his barge, and went round the whole fleet. At eight he viewed the fortifications, and at night fupped at the Commiffioner's house, where he lay.

Ksw,

Kew, June 26. The king having fet out from the commiffioner's houfe at Portsmouth at three quarters after fix this morning, arrived here about two o'clock this after noon, in perfect health.

[For the particulars of the naval review, fee the Appendix.]

His Majesty, previous to his departure from Portfmouth, was graciously pleafed to order the following fums to be distributed, viz.

To the artificers, workmen, and labourers of the dock-yard, victualling-office, and gun-wharf, 1500l.

To the companies of the Barfleur and Augufta yacht, and the crew of his Majefty's barge, 350l.

To the Poor of Portfmouth, Portfea, and Gofport, 2501.

His Majefty was alfo pleafed to make fome other smaller gratuities; and to release the prisoners confined in Portsmouth gaol for debt. 26th.

This day, the new-born Princefs, daughter of their Royal Highneffes the Duke and Dutchess of Gloucefter, was privately baptized by the Lord Bishop of St. David's, at Gloucefter-houfe, by the name of Sophia-Matilda. The Princess Amelia in perfon, and their Royal Highneffes the Duke and Dutchess of Cumberland being . fponfors.

Obadiah Rollefon, of Stourbridge, was moit barbarously murdered, as fuppofed, by Walter Kidfon, of Coleborne-brooke, who called him out of bed about two o'clock in the morning, on pretence that a horfe had got into his mowing-grafs. About five the deceafed was found lying across the road, with the back part of his fkull beat into his brains, and mashed in a fhocking manner; a large cut on the fide of his neck,

and feveral other wounds in other parts of his body. The villain's motive was to rob the deceased of a fum of money he had received the night before; but in dreifing himfelf in hafte he changed his breeches, and left the money behind him.

Extract of a Letter from Kingflon in Jamaica, April 1, by Capt. Gitford.

"The 16th of last month was hanged at Spanish Town, one James Hutchinson, the most deteftable and abandoned villain that ever difgraced the human fpecies. He was a native of North Britain, and had a pen in Pedro Valley, in St. Ann's parish: when any of his neighbours cattle ftrayed on his lands, he always fecured them as his own, and by that means had acquired a little fortune; and it is imagined that many people had been murdered by him for demanding their property; and this conjecture feemed but too well founded, as you will obferve in the fequel.-A Mr. Callender (whofe land joined Hutchinfon's) had loft a Jack-Afs, and feeing him wretch's pafture, went to him, and requested that the Afs might be turned into the highway, when he would take care he should trefpafs upon him no more. Hutchinfon told him his command fhould be complied with, and when Callender had turned his back and was going away, the villain took up a gun and killed him on the fspot. A man then lying fick at Hutchinfon's, hearing the report of a gun, crept out of his bed, and asked what firing that was, and said, I believe you have fhot the man that I heard enquiring about the afs. The villain replied, Go inftantly to

your bed, or I'll ferve you the fame fauce. The fick man, however, in the course of the evening, found means to get privately out of the houfe, and immediately lodged a complaint, upon which Hutchinfon was apprehended, and by the information of one of his negroes, the place was discovered where he had conveyed the head of Callender, and where near twenty other human skulls were found; the body was thrown into a cockpit, (as is here called) a place deemed inacceffible, being down a perpendicular rock, that had been split by an earthquake, or fo formed by Nature, the bottom of which could not be difcerned: hanging, however, upon a point of the rock which jetted out, the unfortunate man's body was feen, and well known by his cloaths; by fome daring contrivance, a perfon went down a confiderable length, and discovered a great number of human bodies, but no fkulls; fo that it is to be fuppofed this mercilefs villain had always taken off the heads of those he murdered, in the fame manner he did with poor Callender. At his trial he had several of our most eminent council to plead for him; and during the whole time, from his commitment to his execution, he behaved with the greatest infolence: he employed the whole day before he died, in writing, and told the people he had made his own epitaph, and left 100l. to have it engraved on his tomb-ftone. It is long, and illwrote; but he concludes it in these words, fpeaking of the court and jury:

Their fentence, pride, and malice I defy, Defpife their power, and like a Roman die." VOL. XVI,

James Hutchinfon, hanged at Spanish-Town, the 16th of March, 1773, aged 40 years. Thus was the world rid of this detestable and most execrable monster. Extract of a Letter from New-York, dated the 13th of May, 1773.

"Some time ago, one Sarah Wilfon, who attended the Hon. Mifs Vernon, fifter to Lady Grofvenor, and maid of honour to the Queen, having found means to be admitted into one of the royal apartments, took occafion to break open a cabinet, and rifled it of many valuable jewels; for which fhe was apprehended, tried, and condemned to die; but through the gracious interpofition of her mif trefs, her fentence was foftened into tranfportation: fhe accordingly, in the fall of 1771, was landed in Maryland, where he was expofed to fale, and purchafed by Mr. W. Devall, of Bufh-Creek, Frederick county. After a fhort refidence in that place, the very fecretly decamped, and efcaped into Virginia, travelled through that colony, and through North to South Carolina. When at a prudent diftance from Mr. Devall, she had affumed the title of the Princefs Sufanna Carolina Matilda, pronouncing herself to be an own fifter to our fovereign lady the Queen. She had carried with her clothes that ferved to favour the deception, had fecured a. part of the jewels, together with her Majefty's picture, which had proved fo fatal to her. She travelled from one gentleman's houfe to another, under these pretenfions, and made aftonishing impreffions in many places, affecting the mode of royalty fo inimitably, that many had the honour to kifs her hand: to fome the promised governments, to others regiments, with promotions of all