At Oakham, two were capitally convicted.

At Huntingdon, two were capi tally convicted.

At Monmouth, five were capitally convicted, but were all reprieved.

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At Maidstone, two were convicted of murder and executed. Another was also capitally convicted, but reprieved.

At the above assizes, a bill of indictment was found against twelve ship-wrights, who lately belonged to his Majesty's yard at Woolwich, for unlawfully conspiring and combining together in order to get their Avages increased."

At Nottingham town, two were capitally convicted but reprieved. At Derby, two were capitally convicted, but reprieved.

At Leicester, one was capitally convicted.

At Coventry, two were capitally convicted.

At Bury, four were capitally convicted; one of whom, for the murder of his wife, and two for ́burglary, were left for execution-the other reprieved.

At Warwick, one was capitally convicted,

At Norwich, for the county, three; and for the city, one; were capitally convicted, but were all reprieved.

At Newcastle, two were capitally convicted, and both reprieved. At Lewes, one was capitally convicted.

At Shrewsbury, two were capi tally convicted.

At Durham, three were capitally convicted.

At Croydon, ten were capitally convicted, two of whom were re, prieved. Among those acquitted,

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was Mrs. Jane Butterfield, accused,, of having poisoned William Scawen, Esq, and as the case was very curious and interesting, we shall give some account of the trial in our appendix.

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At the same assizes, a trial came on between Mr. Cawsey, haberdasher, of Guildford, and Sir Joseph Mawbey, Bart. to recover the sum of 1171 6s. for ribands, said to be delivered by Mr. Cawsey, during the late general election in 1774, to Sir Joseph Mawbey's voters: the counsel for the plaintiff were Mr. Lad, M. Mr. Martyr; for the defendant, Serjeant Glynn, Serjeant Kemp, and Mr. Lucas. Three young ladies were called on the side of the plaintiff, who swore they tied up the cockades, and believed that there were 1996 tied up the first day, and that a letter was accordingly sent the first evening of the election to Sir Joseph, acquainting him with the same. The plaintiff called several other people who had ribands of him, but, as they could not prove that any orders were given by Sir Joseph, their evidence was but of little effect. The plaintiff's witness likewise swore, that 350 cockades were delivered the second day, which made in the whole 2346, which, at is. each, amount. ed to the sum charged; they likewise swore, that, after all the ribands were used in Guildford the first night, they sent to Farnham, and purchased all in that town, for which Mr. Cawsey paid 51. 12s. 6d. Mr. Serjeant Glynn remarked on their evidence with great judgment and severity, and observed, that, as Sir Joseph's voters did not amount in the whole to more than 1400, the greatest part of whom

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came from the Borough, Rotherhithe, Lambeth, &c. and all those provided with ribands in town, it was improbable to think, that 2346 ribands could be distributed at Guildford, when Sir Joseph's voters in that town did not amount to more than thirty; he then shewed, that proposals had been made to Mr. Cawsey, either to leave it to three indifferent tradesmen in the town of Guildford, voters against Sir Joseph Mawbey; to pay him for as many ribands as he had in two years, to be proved by his books; or to take 301. which, valuing the ribands at 9d. each, would be more than in reason could be imagined to be expended, and which sum he had paid into court; all which proposals were refused on the part of Mr. Cawsey. That, as to the idea of his having ribands sufficient in his shop to make up 1996, it was preposterous, as the whole town of Farnham had not more than amounted to 51. 12s. 6d. The evidence on the side of the plaintiff could by no means be positive, either to the stock of ribands they had in the shop at the time they began, nor the number delivered, as they very frankly owned they were taken away so fast, that they took no account until the second day; (yet they knew the number on the first day to be 1996). The jury were out about half an hour, and brought in their verdict, that 291. was fully sufficient.' Lord Mansfield therefore acquainted the court, that, as Sir Joseph had paid 301. into court, and a verdict given for only 291. the verdict of course was for the defendant; which saddled Mr. Cawsey with all the costs.

At Abingdom, three, were capi tally, convicted.

At Hereford, a farmer of considerable property in the neighbourhood of Cardiff, was capitally convicted of plundering a wreck on the Glamorganshire coast, and received sentence of death.

At Cambridge, John Stickwood, for the wilful murder of Andrew Nunn, was convicted and executed. James Stick wood, the brother, was admitted evidence for the King, and his deposition circumstantially corresponded with his examination taken before the coroner. The criminal, after his condemnation, made an ample confession of the fact, and solemnly protested that his brother James, whom he saidhe sincerely forgave, was the first instigator of the robbery and murder; that he was equally culpable, and helped to strip the body of the deceased. James, however, was discharged by proclamation.

At Exeter, one was capitally convicted for murder, but recommended for mercy.

At Wells, Reginald Tucker was capitally convicted for the murder of his wife, one of the finest women in that country; and suffered accordingly.

At Lincoln, William Farmery was tried, condemned, and exccuted, for the murder of his own mother. All that he would confess was, that his spite against his mother was because she corrected him when he was a little boy. However it appears, that, having some words with his mother in the morning, on which he committed the fact, he went out, and whetted his knife very sharp; and then, coming into his own room, where

his mother was making his bed, he stuck her in the throat, as a butcher does a sheep, and then left her weltering in her blood. Upon his examination he owned the fact, and even that he had determined to murder her three years ago. He said further, that, while he slept in the round-house (where he was at, first confined), he felt something move within him, and, when he awaked, his mother's shade passed before him. The above unhappy criminal was twenty-one years of age; and had been put apprentice to a shoe-maker at Leasingham.

At Wells, an action brought against the returning officer at the late general election for Taunton, came on in the morning, and lasted till four the next morning; when the jury, which was special, withdrew for about an hour, and then delivered a verdict at the judge's lodgings in favour of the defendant.

At Salisbury, three actions came against an agent to one of the candidates at the late Hindon election, who gave money to the electors through a hole in the wall; when, the charge being fully proved in every instance, the defendant was fined 1500l. conformable to the statute.

At Stafford, four were capitally convicted, but afterwards reprieved, At Dorchester, Mr. Mortimer prosecuted the following persons, for notoriously bribing, and endeavouring to bribe, at the last election for members for Shaftesbury, and recovered damages in every action, viz. Mr. P. Brown 500l. Mr. John Good 1000l. Mr. J. R. Everett 500l., Mr. R. Hunt, 500l. Mr. R. Gough 5001. Mr. B. Buckland 1500!,

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Five horses in a waggon, drawing home a load of barley, at Windrush, in Gloucestershire, about four miles from Burford, in Oxfordshire, were struck dead by lightning. The boy that drove the team, and a woman upon the mow in the barn, were struck down, but escaped further injury. The flashes of lightning were continued, and extremely tremendous, the thunder uncommonly loud, and the rain which accompanied the storm was so heavy as to be productive of many sudden inundations; there being inmediately a flood both on the Che well and Isis. The river Cherwell overflowed all the pastures near Marston, Suscot, Wood - Eaton, Islip, and many other places. Magdalen College water-works, Merton fields, Christ's Church meadows, Hinksey, Isley, Kennington, Standford, &c. were scene of water. In the parish of

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St. Thomas, west of Oxford, the inhabitants were obliged to remove to the second floor, the water being nearly up to the first story; where their food and necessaries were conveyed to them by boats, while part of their houshold furniture was floating in the street. The cattle, in some places, stood up to their bellies in water, and many of the roads leading to Oxford were rendered impassable.

7th. Several gentlemen from Dublin having lately waited on the Right Hon. John Wilkes, Esq. Lord Mayor of this city, at the Mansion House, with the resoJution of the guild of merchants of Dublin, to present him the sincere thanks of that guild, "for the essential services, they say, which he has rendered to his king and country, by his strenuous efforts in the cause of freedom, and for his defence of the rights of the people to petition the throne &c." the Lord-Mayor expressed his thanks for the honour done him by so respectable a body; and desired the gentlemen to transmit the same, most humbly, to the masters, wardens, and brethren of the guild of

merchants.

At the anniversary meeting of the sons of the clergy at Newcastle, the collection at church amounted to 231, which, with 4491. subscription, was distributed to 55 indigent widows, sons, and daughters of clergymen, according to their several necessities.

destined for Dantzick, whether coming in or going out, and insisted on their unloading before they enter the Fahr-Wasser, and paying the custom-house duties, piece by piece, of their cargoes; but none of the burghers of that unhappy place, nor any foreign masters, had, as yet, consented to this; chusing rather to go back with their lading, than submit to such an exaction. In consequence of this and other grievances, the city of Dantzick was now going to ruin apace. Those of the inhabitants who were worth any thing, were daily getting away with their effects; while those who had nothing to lose, exclaimed loudly, against the oppres sion they laboured under. Application had been made to different powers to intercede in their favour, but they met with, nothing but pity. In the mean time, the city was said to be blocked up by the Prussians, and that they had cut off all its communications.

His Swedish majesty, in order to reduce the exorbitant price of provisions, has ordered a bounty to be given to such farmers as shall bring the greatest quantities of pro

visions to market.

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again, it lasted but two or three seconds; in others it is represented as having been of some continuance. Though not attended with any desultory noise, many both in bed and out, and in the upper and lower rooms of their houses, were affected with a violent horizontal agitation or percussion, especially those in bed and above stairs. Several persons perceived their windows shake, and their seats move under them! and most of those who felt it ran out of their houses, for fear of their tumbling about their ears. It proved most violent at Swansea, in Glamorganshire, where several chimnies were thrown down, some houses cracked, and others tumbled in, through the violence of the

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At St. John's, and other 11th. places, in Newfoundland, there arose a tempest of a most particular kind-the sea rose on a sudden 30 feet; above seven hundred boats, with all the people belong. ing thereto, were lost, as also eleven ships with most of their crews. Even on shore hey severely felt its effects, by the destruction of numbers of people; and for some days after, in drawing the nets ashore, they often found twenty or thirty dead bodies in them; a most shocking spectacle? At Harbour Grace, no fewer than three hundred boats were lost.

all in great distress, though but twenty four days on their passage, They sailed from Boston the 20th of August, at which time nothing material had happened, except a notification being posted up; signifying, that such inhabitants as were desirous of quitting Boston might give in their names to the Town-Major, and receive a licence so to do. This, it was supposed, was owing to the scarcity of provi sions, by which Gen. Gage was reduced to the necessity of supplying the people from the king's stores, or suffering them to perish.

A few of the men came on shore, when never hardly were seen such objects! some without legs, and others without arms; and their clothes hanging on them like a loose morning gown, so much were they fallen away by sickness and want of proper nourishment. There were moreover near sixty women and children on board; the widows and children of the men who were slain. Some of these too exhibited a most shocking specta cle; and even the vessel itself, though very large, was almost intolerable, from the stench arising from the sick and wounded, for many of them were hardly cured yet. Two more transports were daily expected with invalids, who sailed from Boston with the above. It was a great hardship on this occasion, though perhaps the nature of the service cannot immediately relieve it, for the men to remain où board till an order from the war-office arrived for their debarkation, especially as the vessel was obliged to go up into Hammoaze to get in a new mainmast, from thence to proceed for the river with the invalids, in order for their examin

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