which he gathered in July nine apples; in Auguft it bloffomed again, and is at prefent full of fruit, fome as large as blackbirds' eggs. This may afford matter of curious inquiry to botanifts. 15th.

A moft daring and inhuman murder was committed on the afternoon of this day near the eighteen mile ftone, between Hoddesdon and Ware in Hertfordshire, about four o'clock, the ufual hour that the ftagecoaches from Hertford pafs that fpot. A perfon going to Ware about three o' clock, obferved four Irish haymakers coming out of that town, and upon his return heard the groans of a perfon from the bottom of a pit overgrown with bufhes, close to the road. On examining the place, an unfortunate creature was difcovered weltering in his blood, and fo fhockingly bruifed and mangled about the head and face, as to render any knowledge of him impoffible, unlefs from his drefs. He expired in a few minutes after he was taken up. A fufpicion arofe that he was one of the four men feen coming out of Ware, and that he had been murdered by companions. A purfuit was immediately fet on foot; and through the great activity of fome of the inhabitants of Hoddesdon, three of the four men were taken about eight o'clock, at a private lodging-houfe out of the public road; and after a feparate examination, in which was much variation in their accounts of themfeives, and upon the oaths of very credible witneffes, who faw all four in company near the spot, they were on Thurfday the 16th fately lodged in Hertford gaol, to

take their trial at the affizes.It is generally fuppofed that the unfortunate object of their cruelty had prudently faved more money than the reft, as his pocket was cut off, and above thirty fhillings found upon one of his comrades, the other two having no apparent means of fubfifting on the road,

The Duchefs of Devon17th. fhire, with Lord and Lady Spencer, and feveral other perfons of rank, arrived in town from Spa in Germany, but laft from Oftend, on board the Fly floop. In their paffage they were attacked by two French cutters, which were beat off after a long engagement, in which feveral of the crew of the floop were killed and wounded.

18th.

His Majefty in Council was this day pleased to order, that the Parliament which ftand prorogued to Thursday the 16th of this inftant September, fhould be further prorogued to Thursday the 7th of October

next.

21ft,

This day the feffion ended at the Old Bailey, when the ten following prifoners received fentence of death, viz. Sarah Budge, for stealing goods in the houfe of John Whitfield; James Lake, for robbing William Wheatley on the highway, near NineElms, of a gold watch, half a guinea, &c.; Thomas King, a foldier, for ftealing a quantity of plate in the dwelling-houfe of Robert Anderfon, a publican of Shadwell, upon whom he was quartered; Jeremiah Hetherley, for ftealing five hats in the fhop of Richard Burton and William Bulby; Margaret Creamer, for robbing John Scarlet of two guincas, three fhillings, and a pocket

book,

book, on Saltpetre-Bank; William Chamberlayne, for ftealing out of a letter in the General PoftOffice, in Lombard-street, direct ed to William Cunningham, Efq. Christ Church, Oxford, a certain promiffory note of Thomas Hammerlley, for the partners of the Exchange Banking Company and Self, for the payment of rol. to William Cunningham or order, on demand; on his arraignment he pleaded guilty; John Pears, for ftealing a mare, verdict found fpecial; Mary Jones, alias Wood, for ftealing divers linen-drapery goods, the property of William Jones, in his fhop in Oxford-ftreet; Isabella, the wife of Thomas Condon, and John Field, for coining and counterfeiting fhillings; nine were ordered to be kept to hard labour in raising fand, &c. on the Thames; twelve to be imprisoned in Newgate; and nine to be kept to hard labour in the houfe of correction.

Philip Kiernan was convicted of feloniously killing and flaying Thomas Greaves, a porter in Gray's-Inn, in a quarrel; fined one fhilling, and difcharged.

William Atkins and George Wells, two watchmen, were convicted of killing and flaying Thomas Hughes, who, having made fome disturbance in a public-houfe in George-street, was by the landlord put into their charge, in order to be fent to the watch-houfe; in the way to which being very unruly, on his arrival there he was put into confinement in a room, where in little time after he was found dead.

Mary Adey, alias Lloyd, alias Farmillo, was tried on an indictment, for the murder of William

Barnet, by ftabbing him in the breast with a knife, on his entering with others the apartment of one Farmillo, with whom the cohabited, and, as fhe thought, with intent to impress him. The Jury found the verdict fpecial, and the is referred for the opinion of the Judges.

Mifs Elizabeth Watkins, tried for the murder of her natural child, was acquitted.

Among thofe convicted of felonies was one Richard Mealing, for receiving a quantity of brafs patterns and fhruff, the property of Job Cox, and James Penticrofs; and immediately on his receiving fentence to be kept to hard labour on the Thames for seven years, he drew a penknife unperceived, and in the face of the whole court plunged the fame a little on one fide the throat, somewhat above the collar bone, and worked the fame about for fome feconds before it was known what he was doing, when the knife was wrenched from him: though the wound was terrible, the blade being above three inches long, and he stabbed as far as the handle, it is faid not to be dangerous.

28th.

Thomas Wright, Efq. Alderman and Stationer, and Evan Pugh, Efq. Alderman and Skinner, were fworn into the office of theriffs of this city, and fheriffs of the county of Middlefex for the year ensuing, at Guildhall.

The fame day Brackley Ken nett, Efq. was chofen Lord Mayor of this city.

Rome, Sept. 29. Yesterday, at feven in the morning, the lightning fet fire to the magazine of powder in the citadel of Civita[P] 2 Vecchia.

Vecchia. The roof of the palace of the Governor was blown in the air, the walls rent, the Mount of Piety overturned and deftroyed, and all the churches and houses in the neighbourhood damaged.

The celebrated collection of pictures at Houghton was lately fold to the Emprefs of Ruffia, and was fhipped at the port of Lynn in the courfe of this month.

The Sancte Ineas, Don

goth. Redoffo, a Spanish man of war from the Manillas to Cadiz, laden with gold, filver, filk, coffee, china, cochineal, indigo, &c. which was taken and carried into the Shannon, by the Amazon privateer of Liverpool, and the Ranger of Bristol, after an engagement of two hours is fuppofed to be the richest prize taken fince the Manilla fhip by Admiral Anson.

The number of prifoners of war now confined in this kingdom and Ireland, according to the latest returns, amount to 12,0co, of whom 600 are Spaniards, 2200 Americans, and the remainder French; that is to say, taken in the French prizes.

DIED. John Glynn, Efq. ferjeant at law, Recorder of London and Exeter, member for Middlefex, and one of the most cele. brated conftitutional lawyers of the age. He fucceeded Baron Eyre as Recorder of London in 1772. The old falary is 180l. which the common council have ufually made up 400l. The fervices of Mr. (now Baron) Eyre occafioned an addition of 200l. and thofe of Mr. Glynn were rewarded by increafing the falary to 1000l.

John Armstrong, M. D. a phyfician of great eminence, and not lefs diftinguifhed as a poet.

At Enfield, aged 86, Benj. Boddington, Efq. formerly an eminent Turkey-merchant, and one of the furvivors in the annuities granted by King William the Third, who received 1000l. clear yearly income; they are now reduced to three. For fome years paft the furplus of the intereft, by the original conftitution of the tontine, has been applied to the uses of government.

At Eltham, Mr. and Mrs. Gambrey, brother and fifter, at the age of 96 and 93; a twin fifter to the lady is left a furvivor: the father of the above died a few years fince in the fouth of France, at the age of 109.

OCTOBER.

A Court of Common Council was held, when, according 5th. to the notice inferted in the fummons, the court proceeded to take into confideration the motion, That Cool. be the falary of the perfon who fhall be elected recorder in the room of John Glynn, Efq. deceafed; and on the queftion be ing put, it was carried unanimously in the affirmative.

A motion was made, and quef tion put, that the falary of the late recorder be paid to Michaelmas laft; the fame was refolved in the affirmative.

Manchester, O. 9. During the courfe of the week feveral mobs have affembled in different parts of the neighbourhood, and have done much mifchief by deftroying the engines for carding and fpinning cotton wool (without which the trade of this country could never be poflibly carried on to any

great

great extent). In the neighbourhood of Chorley, the mob destroyed and burned the engines and buildings erected by Mr. Arkwright, at a very great expence. Two thoufand, or upwards, attacked a large building near the fame place, on Sunday, from which they were repulfed, two rioters killed, and eight wounded taken prifoners: they returned, ftrongly reinforced, on Monday, and deftroyed a great number of buildings, with a vast quantity of machines for fpinning cotton, &c. Sir George Saville arrived (with three companies of the York militia) while the buildings were in flames; the report of their intention to destroy the works in this town brought him here yesterday noon. At one o'clock this morning two expreffes arrived, one from Wigan, another from Blackburn, intreating immediate affiftance, both declaring the violence of the infurgents, and the 'fhocking depredations yesterday at Bolton: it is thought they will be at Blackburn this morning, and at Prefton by four this afternoon. Sir George ordered the drums to beat to arms at half after one, when he confulted with the military and magiftrates in town, and fet off, at the head of three companies, foon after two o'clock this morning, for. Chorley, that being centrical to this place, Blackburn and Wigan. Captain Brown, of the 25th regiment, with 70 invalids, and Capt. -Thomafon, of Col. White's regiment, with about 100 young recruits, remained at Preston; and, for its further fecurity, Sir George Saville offered the juftices to arm 300 of the refpectable houfe-keepers, if they would turn out to de

fend the town, which was immediately accepted.

In confequence of thefe prepa rations, the mob did not think it prudent to proceed to any further violences.

An order was made laft 11th. term, in the Court of King's Bench, that all those prifoners who were under confinement in that prifon, and whofe actions. were fuperfedable, fhould, if they did not fue out the fame before a certain day, be ftruck off the books, and turned out of the prifon: the reafon of this order was, that a number of prisoners who were in poffeffion of rooms, remained in the prifon for the purpose of letting them to advantage; by which they gained a weekly income of one pound three fhillings, receiv ing twenty-four fhillings, and pay ing only one fhilling to the marfhall for his rent. As there were not room for thofe debtors who were obliged to be in prifon, the Court thought it a hardship; and on Thursday their order was put in execution, when near 100 were difcharged for the above reafon, to the great joy and comfort of the prifoners, who now will get habitations for one fhilling per week, for which they had paid twentyfour.

Yesterday the report was 14th. made to his Majefty of the convicts under fentence of death in Newgate, when the following were ordered for execution on Wednesday the 27th inft. viz. Ifabella Condon, for feloniously and traiterously making, coining, and counterfeiting the current filver coin of this realm called fixpences John Field, for feloniously and traiterously making, coining, and counterfeiting the current filver coin of this realm called fhillings and fixpences; William Chamberlayne, for stealing out of a letter, which came to his poffeflion as a forter of letters in the General Poft-Office, Lombard-feet, a promiffory note for payment of lol. to William Cunningham, Efq., or order; Margaret Creamer, for feloniously affaulting John Scarlet on the highway at Saltpetre-Bank, and robbing him of two guineas and other money; Sarah Budge, for ftealing in the dwelling-house of John Whitfield, goods, value 40s. and upwards; Thomas King, for ftealing, in the dwelling-houfe of Robert Anderfon, a quantity of filver plate and other things, value 40s. and upwards.

The following were refpited:

James Lake, for felonioufly affaulting William Wheatley on the highway near the Nine-Elms-turnpike, and robbing him of a gold watch and fome money; Jeremiah Hetherley, for privately ftealing in the fhop of Meffrs. Burton and Bufby, three hats, value 5s. and upwards; Mary Jones, alias Wood, for privately ftealing in the fhop of William Jones, in Oxford-street, goods, value 41. and upwards.

Dunwich, in Suffolk, 0a. 19. The violent blowing weather we have had for feveral days has done a great deal of damage amongst the fhipping on our coaft: every tide prefents to our view a melancholy scene of dead bodies, and pieces of wrecks thrown on the fands. It likewife did great havock on shore, blowing down rows of large trees, barns, outhoufes, &c. and unroofed dwelling-houfes; in fhort, the damage done amounts to many thoufands of pounds. A man, his wife, and feveral children, were buried under the ruins of a house, and all killed.

Extract of a Letter from Edinburgh, October 8.

"This morning a mutiny among the Western Fencibles broke out here. Part of those who were in the cattle drew up the bridge and excluded their officers, while another party at Leith threw away their firearms, and drew their fwords, threatening death to all who came near them. The mutiny, it seems, was occafioned by Lord Frederick Campbell's having purchased at London purfes for his regiment, which conftitute a part of the Highland drefs, and on receiving the arrears, 3s. 6d. was ftopped from each man for his purfe, at which the men

were