broken, himfelf declared infamous, and the name of the family to be changed. His Majefty's gracious intercellion in their favour is fuppofed to have produced this mitigation of the punishment decreed by the law for attempts against the King's life.

His Majefty has ordered a monument to be erected to immortalize the memory of H. Butzau, the Huffar, who loft his life in defending his Majesty against the Regicides. The monument is to be of fine marble, on its head the effigy of the deceafed, with an infcription in the Polish language to the following purport: Here refts the body of H. Butzau, who died in defence of King Stanislaus Augutus. The curfed arrows which were thrown by the infamous and wretched Regicides on the 3d of November, 1771, to pierce the heart of the King, he with plea-' fure received in his own breaft; of the fame wounds he died a moit glorious death! for the welfare of his native country, and for the life of his Prince. His King laments in his death the lofs of fo loyal and fo faithful a fubject; and to immortalize this noble deed, has erected this monument, as an instance of heroic virtue that ought to be remembered, to the honour of the deceafed, by latest pofterity."

SUMMER CIRCUIT.

At the affizes at Abingdon, five were capitally convicted, three of whom were reprieved before the Judges left the town.

At the affizes at Aylesbury, one of the Corbets, for the murder of farmer Holt, was capitally con

victed, and left for execution. He declared, the day before his death, that he only wished for liberty to murder his nephew, who was evidence against him.

At the affizes at Bury, one received fentence of tranfportation for 14 years, and four for 7 years.

At the affizes for the town and county of Cambridge, two were fentenced for tranfportation.

At Carlisle affizes, one was capitally convicted.

At the affizes at Croydon, for the county of Surry, no lefs than 15 prifoners were capitally convićted, and five of them left for execution; a circumftance unequailed at that place within the memory of man. Field, otherwise Green, the highwayman, was capially convicted. He would have pleaded guilty, but was diffuaded from it by the Judge.

At the fame affizes, bills of indictment were found by one of the fullest Grand Juries ever known for that county against Hughes and Aftley, for a variety of exhibitions near Black-friars and Westminster Bridges, without licence, and against law. The fuppreflion of thofe nuifances was much commended by the gentlemen of the county.

At Durham affizes, Robert Montreth, for robbing Ann Maughan ; and Jofeph Coltman and Matthew Vafey, for robbing a Polish Jew, received fentence of death.

At the affizes for the Idle of Ely, at Wibech, four were capitally convicted, three of whom were reprieved.

At the affizes at Exeter, three were capitally convicted.

At the affizes at Derby, none were capitally convicted.

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At the affizes at Coventry, Thomas Farn and John How were found guilty of the murder and robbery of Mr. Charles Pinchbeck, late keeper of the Toll-gate, at Binley-bridge, near Coventry. They have declared they did not intend murder; but, knowing the deceased to be a very resolute man, fired in order to intimidate him.

At the affizes for the county of Dorfet, one was capitally convicted, but reprieved; and feven were caft for tranfportation.

At the afflizes at Gloucefter, George Giles, an excifeman, for forging the hand of Mr. Price, fupervifor, by which means he poffelfed himself of two feveral fums of money; and James Markey, for breaking into the houfe of John Wood, and robbing him of 40 guineas, received fentence of death. William Markey, concerned with his brother James, being ill, his trial was poftponed to next affizes.

At Hereford affizes, four were capitally convicted. Jofeph Oven was indicted for the wilful murder of his own mother, who had been a moft tender and affectionate parent to him. On the 26th of May in the morning, the father being gone from home, and no one left in the house but the deceased and her daughter, about 13 years of age, the prifoner came into the house, and with a fpade which he found there, fractured his mother's fkull in two places, of which she instantly died. It appeared in the courfe of the trial, that the pri. foner had been long before in a ftate of infanity; and the strongeft proofs of that fa&t being produced, the jury readily acquitted him of the charge of murder; but proper

directions were given to fecure him, and to prevent other fatal effects of his phrenzy.

At the affizes at Hertford, fix were capitally convicted; three of whom were reprieved.

At Huntingdon affizes, one was capitally convicted, but reprieved,

At Worcester afflizes, Walter Kellon was capitally convicted, for the murder of Obadiah Rollason, and left for execution.

At Lancafter affizes, John Kay was capitally convicted, for breaking and entering the houfe of James Beatly, inn-keeper, and ftealing 2251. 10. 6d.

At the aflizes for Somerfetfhire, fix were capitally convicted,

At Leicefter affizes, three were capitally convicted; but were all reprieved.

At the affizes at Northampton, three were capitally convicted.

At Nottingham affizes, none were capitally convicted.

At the allizes at Norwich, feven were capitally convicted, fix of whom were reprieved.

At the affizes at Newcastle, three were capitally convicted.

At Oakham, the affizes proved maiden.

At Oxford affizes, one was capitally convicted.

Át the aflizes for the county of Northumberland, one was capitally convicted.

At the affizes at Southampton, one was capitally convicted.

At the aflizes at Salisbury, fix were capitally convicted, three of whom were reprieved.

On the Nifi Prius fide at this affizes, a caufe was tried concerning a bond of 300 1. made upwards of 40 years ago, on which no interest had ever been paid or demanded.

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The obligor and obligee had been dead a great number of years, and the plaintiff and defendant were heirs in the third generation. The bond was fet afide.

At the affizes at Stafford, four were capitally convicted, one of whom was John Challoner, for the murder of his father, who was ordered for execution on the following Monday.

At Shrewsbury affizes, three were capitally convicted, one of whom was refpited, and another reprieved. -At this aflizes, came on the trial of Elizabeth Higgs, who had been fervant to Counsellor Fleming, and was charged by the Coroner's inqueft with the murder of her faid mafter by poifon; but after a trial of nine hours, fhe was acquitted.

At the affizes for the county of Suffex, at Horfham, three were capitally convicted, and left for execution. The cafe of Ambrofe Cannon, one of these convicts, is remarkable, who was found guilty of being prefent, aiding and abetting Thomas Green, in the wilful murder of Thomas Cole. This murder was committed near 16 years ago, during Cannon's apprenticeship to the above Green, under whofe immediate direction he acted. They both went abroad; but Cannon, after being abfent thirteen years, ventured to return about three years fince, when he fettled at Haftings by another name, married, and has three children, whom with his wife, he has maintained in credit by his industry.

At the affizes at Warwick, eight were capitally convicted, feven of whom were reprieved for tranfportation, and only James Duckworth, capitally convicted, for counterfeiting and diminishing the gold

coin, was left for execution. This unhappy man ftrongly denies, with the most folemn affeverations, the fact for which he is to fuffer. He was a very eminent hop-factor and grocer at Birmingham, and is fuppofed to be one of the heaviest men in the county, weighing upwards of

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At Winchester affizes, five were capitally convicted, all of whom were reprieved.

At the aflizes for the county of York, John Smith, found guilty of fheep-ftealing, received fentence of death; but on Saturday he was found ftrangled in his cell, which he effected with a string that supported his irons.

Six men who were tried at York affizes, on fufpicion of clipping and diminishing the gold coin, were all acquitted.

Mr. Wingfield, a farmer 16th.

at Hefton, was found murdered near the Hampshire-hog, on the Hammersmith road, with his kull fractured, and his pockets rifled of all their contents; one William Edwards White, a deferter from the Coldstream regiment, has fince been apprehended, and upon the ftrongest evidence committed to Newgate, for being the murderer.

The three daughters of General Thomas kiffed his Majesty's hand, at St. James's, on their having a ftipend of 300l. per annum each allowed them by the government.

The Charming Jenny, Chilcot, bound from Dublin port to Waterford, was wrecked near Holyhead, when every person on board, except the captain, perifhed, and the whole cargo, fave one cask of Geneva, and two puncheons of rum, was

loft.

loft. The neighbouring inhabitants, inftead of affifting the unfortunate furvivor, plundered whatever efcaped the fury of the waves, even to cutting away the pockets from the captain's wife, whofe corpfe was driven ashore on that inhofpitable coaft.

The Duke and Dutchefs

17th. of Cumberland, the Hon. James Luttrell, Gen. Prevoft, Col. Deaken, Col. Garth, &c. fet out from Cumberland-Houfe for Dover, to embark for Calais. Their Royal Highnefles travel through France and Italy as Earl and Coun

tefs of Dublin.

His Majefty has been pleased, by his warrant bearing date the 18th of Auguft, 1773, to declare his pleafure, that the CaptainLieutenants in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and Corps of Engineers, fhall take rank in the army, as well as in their refpective corps, as Captains of foot, from the 25th day of May, 1773, in the fame manner as the Captain-Lieutenants in the infantry and cavalry.

Petersburgh, August 27. The ceremony of he intended Grand Dutchefs's profeffion of the Greek faith was yesterday performed in the chapel of the winter palace. After abjuring her former religion, and making a fhort fpeech to the Archbishop of Petersburgh, he was anointed by him according to the rites of the Greek church, and baptized into that faith, by the name of Natalia Alexiowna.

This morning he was betrothed to the Grand Duke in the Chapel of the fummer palace. This ceremony confifted in the exchanging of rings thefe having firft had the benediction pronounced on them by the Archbishop of Peterf

burgh, were delivered to the Grand Duke and Princefs, and by them to the Empress, who, taking the Grand Duke's, prefented it to the Princefs, giving the Princefs's to the Grand Duke in exchange: they then both kiffed the Empress's hand. After mafs was over (which was celebrated with great pomp and folemnity, on account of its being the feftival of the holy-handkerchief, a great one in this church) the foreign minifters had the honour of kiffing her Imperial Majefty's hand, and making their compliments to her: foon after which her Majefty, attended by the whole court, proceeded to the great faloon, where the dined upon the throne with the Grand Duke and Dutchefs, and was ferved on this occafion by the great officers of the houfhold. The four first claffes of the nobility dined at different tables in the fame room, and the foreign minifters with the Vice Chancellor at his house. In the evening there was a ball at court, and the gardens of the fummer palace were finely illuminated, as was the whole town, and the fhips in the river. It is fcarcely poffible to exceed the fplendor and magnificence which appeared on this occafion.

Hague, August 27. A convention was concluded on the 28th of laft month, between the States-General and the court of Versailles, for reciprocally exempting their fubjects from the Droit d'Aubaine, fimilar to what that court has within thefe two years agreed to with many others of its neighbours.

Earl Ferrers arrived at 20th. Deptford in his yacht, from a cruize of about three weeks,