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the countryman refufed; but to convince him it was not for want of money, he pulled out a purfe with fix guineas, three half guineas, and fome filver; whereupon the gambler fnatched the purfe out of his hand, and endeavoured to make off, but was fecured, and a conftable fent for, who gave the fellow leave to go to the neceffary, where he dropt down a bag of counterfeit guineas, &c. which was afterwards found; and two watches were discovered concealed under his hams.

Monday, 08. 9. Yefterday morning died in the Middlefex hofpital, the unfortunate man who was wounded by Mr. Jofeph Baretti, on Friday night. This gentleman had been to the Turk's-head tavern in Gerrard-ftreet, to meet fome friends; not finding them there, he left word that he would go to the prince of Orange coffee-houfe, and read the news-papers and come back again foon. On his return he was accofted by a woman of the town, who abufed him with very indecent and provoking language; a bully belonging to her likewife much abused him, upon which he told them he must be obliged to ftand upon his own defence, and took out of his pocket a fmall knife with a filver blade; the bully then ftruck him, and he gave him a cut with the knife, the woman immediately cried murder, which drew a great number of people together by whom he was purfued; the unfortunate man, who is fince dead, laid hold of him, and Mr. Baretti in his defence gave him the mortal wound. He then retreated into a tallow-chandler's fhop, and begged for protection, and was promifed it if he would give up the knife which he instantly complied with; the tallow-chandler then enquiring into the circumftances of the affair, informed Mr. Baretti, that he was a conftable, and in confequence of his office he must be obliged to fecure him: accordingly he carried him before Sir John Fielding, who examined into the matter. Mr. Baretti fent for Sir Joshua Reynolds to bail him, but Sir John told them it was an offence of that nature, that bail could not be admitted, and Mr. Baretti was fent to Tothill fields bridewell.

Tuesday, Oct. 10. This afternoon the coroner's inqueft fat on the body of Mr. Morgan, who died of the wounds he received in the Hay-market on Friday night, from Mr. Baretti, and remaining fitting till ten at night, when they adjourned all Wednefday afternoon, and finished late at night examining the witneffes, when the jury brought in their verdict manflaughter, And in confequence thereof, Mr. Baretti was admitted to bail.

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Wednesday, 08. 11. Mr. Beckford, at the requeft of a committee of the livery appointed to wait upon him, accepted the office of lord mayor for the year enfuing,

to which he had been elected.

Thursday, Oct. 12. Two perfons, fald to be callico printers, were found dead, in the road between Bromley and Bow, fuppofed to have been robbed and murdered by fome villains the preceding night.

Friday, Oct. 13. In the morning, be tween one end two, a dreadful fire broke out in the houfe of Ofborn, Orrice-weaver, Star-court, Temple-bar, which confumed that, together with the houfe of Mr. Ealing, Pawnbroker; Mr. Thompfon, mathematical-instrument-maker; Mr. Talboy, haircutter; and fix other houses in the faid court; with the fhop of Mr. Webb, blacksmith; the flames fpread to Mr Spilbury's printing-house in Newcastle court; that of Mr. Jones, taylor; Mr. Cook, wine-court; and to two others on the right hand fide, which were burnt to the ground. The houfes of Mr. Leddie, jeweller; Mr. Sydebottom, veftry clerk of St. Clement's Danes; Mr. Richardfon, carpenter, and three others, are greatly damaged. In Butcher-row, the back part of theMagpyepublic house; the houses of Mrs. Lawrence, milliner; Mr. Read, oilman; and two houfes in Crown-court are damaged; many of the uuhappy sufferers had not time to fave any thing. A party of guards from the Savoy arrived at three o'clock. No lives are loft. Mr. Ealing, the pawnbroker, in the confufion went into a room to remove a box, containing many gold and filver watches, but miftook another for it of no value; fo that the whole was confumed, with all the flock, partly the property of many poor people.

Saturday, Oct. 14. Was committed to Newgate, a youth under fourteen years of age, for forging a note of 20l. in his mafter's name. He was stopped and taken into cuftody by the banker, who kept cash for his mafter, upon whom it was drawn.

Monday, 08. 16. The captain of an oyfter fmack being trufted with a fum of money by the packers to lay out for them, after his veffel had difcharged its cargo at eaft ftairs, he croffed the water to go to St. Catherine's, but was met by two prostitutes, who decoyed him to a houfe of ill fame on Saltpetre-bank, where they got him intoxicated with liquor and then rifled his pockets of 30 guineas.

Tuesday, 08. 17. A gentleman at Roehampton, in Surry, has invented a machine, by means of which fix men can pull up eight large trees, whether oaks,

elms,

elms, &c. by the roots in one day; which was put in execution, in order to open a profpect from the faid gentleman's house. Wednesday, Oct. 18. In confequence of notices fent from Sir John Fielding's office to Mr. Aldermn Hewitt, of Coventry, two more of the defperate gang of cutters have been apprehended in the neighbour. hood of that city; and from the vigorous measures Mr. Hewitt has purfued, there is little doubt but more of them will be taken.

The following malefactors were executed at Tyburn, viz. Jofeph Stackhouse and William Litchfield, for robbing Mr. Jef fop, on the highway; George Low, for fealing fome linen and 51. 12s. 6d. John Allen, for forgery Henry Godwin, for robbing Mr. Savery on the highway of a pair of filver fhoe buckles; and Jofeph Simpfon, for robbing Mr. Snape on Finchly common of 15s. 6d.

A refpite was fent for Jofeph Simpson, but it did not reach the place of execution till after he was dead.

The feffions began at the Old-Bailey, when twenty-five prifoners were tried, five of whom were capitally convicted; Richard Branfby, for ftealing a large quantity of wearing apparel, linen, and divers other things, the property of Mrs. Ann Fonnerau, and her fervants, in the dwelling houfe of the faid Mrs. Fonnerau, in Welbeck ftreet; Andrew Hendrick Ludgreen, for burglary, in the dwelling houfe of William Norman, at Limehoufe, and ftealing four china bowls, and a quantity of halfpence; George Crowder, William Clarke, John Symmonds, for burglary in the dwelling houfe of Niflborough, and stealing fome wearing apparel and other things. Thirteen were convicted for tranfportation, and feven were acquitted.

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Thursday, Oct. 19. Twenty-one prifoners were tried at the Old-Bailey, of whom five were capitally convicted, viz. Willam Troy, for robbing Henry Tomlinfon in the London fields near Hackney, of a filver watch, and fome money. This prifoner no longer fince than last feffions, was an evidence againft Jofeph Goodwin, who was executed on Wednesday. John Doyle, and John Valline, for felonoufly, and wilfully cutting and destroying a quantity of bombazine filk, the property of Mr. Horton, in the loom of Thomas Poor. Peter Perrin, for feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously breaking and deftroying feveral looms, and other tackle and utenfils ufed in and for the weaving filk trimmings, and other goods, about two years fince, the property of John Clare at Stepney. James

Feffey, for wilfully and malicioudy cutting and deftroying a quantity of filk ribbon, the property of Meff. Dickenfon and Co. in the loom of Jofeph Edwards, in the dwelling houfe of John Depree, Bethnal green. Six were convicted for transportation, two were ordered to be whipped, And eight acquitted.

Friday, Oct. 20. Thirteen prifoners were tried at the Old Bailey, two of whom were capitally convicted; viz. James Fife, for ftealing a brown gelding, the property of William Beecraft, of Blackheath; and a chefnut-gelding, the property of William Eterick, of Tunbridge; and Mary Davidfon, for privately stealing 34 guineas from the perfon of John Blois. William Elder, tried for wilful murder, was acquitted. Four were convicted to be transported. One to be publicly whipped, one was convicted of petit larceny, and fix were acquitted.

Mr. Jofeph Baretti, attended by his bail, was brought into court, and indicted for ftabbing Evan Morgan, who died of his wounds in the Middlesex hofpital. He was offered a jury half of foreigners, but refufed it. The council for the king were Mr. Key and Mr. Chetwood; for the pri foner, Mr. Cox, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Murphy. The evidence against Mr. Baretti were, a woman of the town, who admitted that her companion had provoked him by a very indecent outrage; and two men, who confeffed they had joined with the deceased Morgan in acts of injurious violence, and of whom the fecond contradicted, in fome important particulars, the evidence of the first. Another witness from the hofpital repeated the account which he had received from Morgan who feemed to think himself wounded without fufficient provocation. The court then called upon Mr. Baretti for his defence, who read from a written paper his narrative of the whole tranfaction, compofed and pronounced with fo much force as to melt into tears the greatest part of his audience. In confirmation of this narrative, produced fuch teftimony from Mr. Wyatt, the furgeon who attended Morgan, and from a gentlewoman who beheld the whole fray, that the profecutor's evidence lost its credit. Mr. Baretti's character was then attefted by feveral gentlemen with whofe names the world is very well acquainted, and among whom were the following: Beauclerk, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Mr. Burke, Dr. Johnfon, Mr. Fitzherbert, Mr. Garrick, Dr. Goldfmith, Mr. Stevens, and Dr. Halifax. Mr. juftice Bathurst fummed up the evidence on both fides, with great judgment,

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judgment, and the jury, after a deliberation of a few minutes, acquitted him of the charge.

Saturday, 08. 21. Seven prifoners were tried at the Old Bailey. one of whom was capitally convicted, viz. John Maycock, for aflauiting Luke Sherbon on the highway on Bow road, and robbing him of half a guinea and fome filver.

A young man was convicted of making falfe entries in a book of rebates kept by him at the general poft office, whofe judgment was refpited.

And five were acquitted.

After the trials the court paffed fentence of transportation for seven years on twenty convicts, and on one for fourteen years, two were branded in the hand, one ordered to be publickly whipped in Thame-ftreet, and three to be privately whipped.

Monday, Oct. 23. Came on at the feffions houfe in the Old-Bailey, the further arguments in arreft of judgment on the conviction of Peter Perrin and James Feffey, two of the Spital-fields weavers, when fe veral objections made to their indictment were learnedly argued by Mr. Lucas, the prifóners counfel. The principal exceptions on which their fate is likely to terminate were, that a loom is not within the determinate precise enumeration of meaning of the act of the 6th of his prefent majefty, which runs thus: "Inftruments, tools, utenfils, or tackle," for weaving, &c. nor for what particular manufacture looms were employed as specified in the act; that the fact was done contrary to the confent of the owner, and who was the owner is not fufficiently averted or affigned in the indictment, the defect whereof no intendment or inference can fupply. These objections were learnedly answered and fupported by many authorities, cited in reply by Mr. Cox, Mr. Beecroft, and Mr. Murphy, for the crown. The court was of opinion, that it being the first cafe on a recent act of parliament, creating a capital crime, which before at common law was only a trefpafs, poftponed the ultimate determination till it is taken into a more mature confideration against the next feffions.

This day William Horsford was committed to Newgate by Sir John Fielding, for feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously cutting and deftroying a quantity of wrought filk, called bombazine filk, in the room of Mr. Thomas Poor.

Laft week Mr. Hennis, an Effex farmer, was tricked out of 107 guineas by three gamblers, as he was going home from St. Alban's fair. One of the rogues took the

159 farmer's mare, worth 3ol. out of the itable, and left him a hack not worth 50s.

A woman of the town, under the Piazza at Covent Garden, having folicited a young fellow, who had formerly lived with her, to go home to her houfe, fhe pulled out a knife and ftabbed him; and it is thought the wound is dangerous.

As Mr. Broughton, of Bishopfgate-fireet, wine merchant, was going from his houfe to the Bank, he was fet upon in Threadneedle-ftreet by a person who cut and wounded him in a most dangerous and shocking manner, and continues dangerously ill of his wounds.

The feffions ended at the Old Bailey; when I received fentence of death; (the fentence of two of the cutters, viz. Perrin and Feffey, was refpited) one is to be tranfported for 14 years; two branded, and three whipped.

The next feffions will begin on Monday the 4th of December, at Guildhall, and on Wednesday the 6th at the Old Bailey.

The following is an abftract from Mr. Gurney's minutes, of the number of prifoners tried at the Old Bailey, from the first feffions in the mayoralty of Sir William Calvert, Knt. Dec. 1749, to the laft of Mr. Alderman Turner, Oct. 1769. Aldermen Calvert Pennant and Blachford 670 Cockayne 615

Janffen Bethel

Prisoners 670

Winterbottom & Allop 555

Gascoyne

523

Rawlinfon

514

400

451

Dickenfon

411

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day afternoon, at the interceffion of the hon. lady M-----n and lady Caroline F---y: but unhappily for the poor convict, the formality of office required that it should be forwarded to the fheriffs through lord W------h's office. It was accordingly carried to him at B---- P---; but his lordship being fome how or other difordered, neglected to forward it, went out on a hunt ing party next morning, and the poor man was hanged.---Another fubject loft to the ftate, and numbered with poor young Allen and Clarke among the dead. It is the more to be lamented as it was his firft fault, and committed in a fit of defpair, owing to domeftic quarrels; the unhappy man declaring he would do fomething to prevent living with his wife, with whom he had quarreled, and cared not how foon he died! This lunatic fit might have fubfided, and he might have lived to be a good and ufeful member of fociety.

Wednesday, Oct. 25. It is well known with_what_indifference a certain premier d--- has hitherto treated every petition that has been prefented both in his m---ft---l department, as well as his political converfation; but when he was told of the Yorkthire petition, and the refpectable names that fupported it, he exclaimed, "This is no petition, this is a demand, which I am afraid must, at length, be complied with."

Being the anniverfary of his majesty's acceffion to the throne, the court at St. James's was very numerous; all the royal family were prefent.

This morning her royal highness the princess dowager of Wales went to compliment their majefties on the occafion of the day, and breakfafted with their majefties. The nobility alfo complimented her royal highness on the occafion at Carletonhouse.

Thursday, Oct. 26. The public has for fome time paft been alarmed with repeated falfe accounts of violences and riots in Spitalfields. The reports of which have been raised and induftriously propagated to ferve the most wicked purposes. The inquiry made by the theriffs into thefe matters has produced a difcovery of the most iniquitous combination and cool deliberate villainy that ever difgraced this country.

The whole will very fhortly be laid before the public to the everlasting confufion of two forts of men; who for the fake of bafe gain, and in the profecution of the most deteftable fyftem of politics, do not fcruple to embrue their hands in the innocent blood of honeft and laborious poor men.

Friday, Oct. 27. What has been faid in honour of the prefent chancellor with refpect to never having had one of his decrees reverfed, will not hold good, we hear, with respect to his predeceffor, who was as famous for the reverfe of that as he is for his remarkable attachment to the extenfion of power and prerogative in the prefent family.

Saturday, Oct. 28. A few days fince a certain popular gentlemen, who has fignalized himself in the caufe of a patriotic prifoner, received a prefent of a 500l. bank note, under cover, from Mr. K. brother to lord K." as a reward of his zeal for his country.”

BANKRUPT S.

Barzillai Wood, of St. Andrew, Holborn, carpenter. Ifaac Jofeph, Gershon Ifaac, Solomon Levi, and Levi Solomon, merchants and partners. John Wilks, late of Alderfgate-ftreet, innholder. Simon Henry, of St. Mary le Bonne, dealer. Francis Homfray, of Old Swinford, in Worcefterfhire, ironmonger. Thomas Lewis, of the Poultry, London, hardwareman. James Harriot, of Braintree, in Effex, wine-merchant. Peter Francis Maurice de Court, of Artillery-lane, Bishopfgate-fireet, merchant. Thomas Wifden, of Canterbury, Grocer. Samuel Magfon, of Skircoat in Halifax, Yorkshire, dealer. Francis Baker, of Salisbury, in Wilts, mercer. Peter Anthony Reina, of Broad-court, Long-acre, hofier. George Gofling, of Cornhill, London, hofier. Zachariah Houfe, otherwife Zachary Houfe, of Nath Mill, near King's Langley, in Hertfordfhire, paper-maker. Henry Guinand, of London, merchant. John Clark, of Churchcourt, Clement's-lane, Cannon-street, London, merchant and broker. Jofeph Noah, of Red-lion-street, Whitechapel, jeweller. William Lane, of Leman-ftreet, Middlesex, dealer in fugar. John Scourfield the younger, of Gateshead, in the county of Durham, mariner. Ifaac Jarrett, of Bagfhot, in Surry, dealer. Thomas Burch, of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondfey, dealer. Michael Young, of St. Paul, Covent-garden, mer

cer.

MARRIAGES.

Robert Ladbroke, Efq; fon of Sir Robert Ladbroke, to mifs Kingfcote, daughter of Robert Kingfcote, Efq; of Walthamstow. At Afhford in Kent, the rev. Mr. Hearne, one of the fix preachers in the cathedral of Canterbury, to mifs Adcock, of Afhford. At Dundas caftle, George Brown, Efq; of Ellieftoun, to mifs Dorothea Dundas, daugh-ter to James Dundas, Efq; of Dundas.

The Oxford Magazine;

For NOVEMBER, 1769.

For the OXFORD MAGAZINE. THE CENSOR. NUMBER II. (Continued from p, 45.). T the clofe of the laft paper, I of her drefs; nor was there any one

Aleft tone ufeful resections on the thing in it,

minds of the parents of young ladies, refpecting foreign teachers in our boarding-fchools; it is with pleafure the Cenfor finds, that they have not been loft, his Publisher having received feveral complimentary cards, acknowledging the truth of his obfervations, and promifing a ftri& fcrutiny into the merits of the refpective French teachers, who appear to have the leading inflaence, in fome of the most celebrated fchools.

It is now time to give an account of the Governefs, who, with fo much formality and parade, had been announced, and preparing to be fit to appear before the Cenfor. In her perfon fhe was remarkably tall, fiender and genteel; her eyes beamed forth a poignancy of expreffion, which made fome amends for a ftill, inanimate, fheepish fimplicity, diffufed over her whole face, and rather indicating a defect of mental accomplishments. A certain languor and indifference, joined to a fettled itiffness in her carriage, made it vifible that he had not been bred to her prefent station of life; and on enquiry, I found that an early matrimonial difappointment had determined her to take up the two profeffions of an Old Maid, and a Governefs. And the had found the skill of blending thefe two characters fo well together, that it was difficult to discover which had the afcendant in her, the finished Prude, or the felf-fufficient Governess. Every ftudied art appeared in the adjustment VOL. III.

ed in, to denote the attention of the
wearer, to the birth of every new fashion.
Upon the whole, her appearance was
fo formidable, that nothing but a fready
refolution to purfue the duties of my
office, at ali hazards, could have ani-
mated me to begin an attack, which,
in all probability, would occafion me
to pass fome fevere cenfures on a lady'
who did not feem of a complexion to
receive them very patiently, nor dif
pofed to defcend from the lofty cha-
racter of a Governefs, to the humble
fituation of a Pupil.
ceremonies of falutation were over, I
proceeded to bufinefs, addrefling her
nearly in the following terms:

MADAM,

After the ufual

I have done myself the honour of paying you this vifit, on the strength of Lady's recommendation who' exerts herfelf greatly in your favour, and beftows fuch encomiums on your direction of the education of young ladies, as' muft make all parents and guardians defirous of confiding them to your care. I have two nieces whom I wish to render ornaments to fociety, and valuable prefents to thofe with whom they may be more intimately connected in life. I have no reason to doubt Lady 's veracity, but on fome occafions, I have had reafon to queftion her Ladyfhip's judgement, and to obferve that her benevolent difpofition inclines her to a partiality in favour of her friends which carries her too far; you will therefore pardon my X

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