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the Tower. The mafter, Mr.
was abfent; but two young men, his
Thompson,
fervants, were taken into custody, and
conveyed to a place of safety.

June 13.

Yefterday judgment was moved for in the Court of King's-bench against the perfon concerned in obftructing the work men employed by the city of London in making a horfe towing path at Richmond. Some objections were made in point of law to the indictment, and over-ruled by the unanimous opinion of the Court, which fet the right of the corporation to improve the navigation of the river in the cleareft light; for the Court faid, that the city was authorifed by act of Parliament to complete the navigation by all ways and means in their difcretion; but as the City of London meant merely to establish their right, and not to infilt on exemplary pus niment, a nominal fine only was inflict ed of 6s. 8d.

June 14

Yesterday Dr. John Parfons was, in full convocation, unanimously elected Chymical Profeffor to the Radcliffe Infirmary at Oxford founded by the Earl of Litchfield. At the fame, was read a letter from Sir Roger Newdigate, dated the first initant, fignifying his intention of declining to be the reprefentative of that learned body, at the end of the prefent Parliament.

The Chymical Profefforfhip in that Univerfity, was founded by the late Chan cellor, the Earl of Litchfield, for which purpose that nobleman devifed his houfe and furniture in Hill-treet, Berkeleyfquare, to be difpofed of after the death of the late Countefs Dowager of Litchfield; the fame was lately fold, and produced 42561. 8s. 20. clear of all deductions; this fum, vefted in the three per cent. Confol. purchafed 70791. 8s. 4d. stock, the intereft whereof amounts annually to 712l. 108.

June 15, This day their Royal Highneffes the Dukes of Gloucefler and Cumberland went to Court, for the first time fince their respective marriages.

The following contains a true account of the number killed and wounded in the late riots, as fent to Lord Amherst : 109 killed by the Military Affociation and guards.

101 killed by the Light Horfe.

75 died in the hofpital of their wounds. $73 wounded prifoners remaining un

der cure.

285 kilel.

458 total killed and wounded

June 16.

Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth,
June 14.

Yefterday the Boatswain of the Blast borough man of war at Spithead, for defirefhip was hanged on board the Marlfertion and attempting to go to France with the fignals of our fleet. The Captain's clerk of the Blaft procured the fig fwain, in a boat, by one of the armed nals, and was taken up with the BoatCutters, brought back to Torbay, tried by Admiral Graves, and being both The clerk however is respited for eight found guilty, are fent here to be executed. days.'

June 17.

have been killed, burnt to death, &c. at the The number of unhappy perfons who late riots, having furnished business for the Coroner's Jury, it may not be amifs to acquaint our readers with the origin of that excellent inftitution:

ving buried fix husbands, found a gentleA gentlewoman in London, after haonce more; for feveral months their hapman hardy enough to make her a wife pinefs was mutual; a circumstance which feemed to pay no great compliment to the former partners of her bed, who, as the faid, had difgufted her by their fottifhnefs and infidelity. In view of knowing the Gentleman began frequently to abfent real character of his amorous mate, the himself, to return at late hours, and when At first reproaches, but afterwards mehe did return, to appear as if intoxicated. naces were the confequences of this condust. The gentleman perfifted, and seemed to become every day more and more addicted to his bottle. One evening, when the imagined him quite drunk, the unfewed a leaden weight from one of the fleeves of her gown, and having melted it, approached to her husband, (who pretended till to be afleep) in order to pour of her wickednefs, the gentleman started it into his ear through a pipe. Convinced ed affittance, he fecured her until the mornup and seized her; when, having procurftrate, who committed her to prifon. The ing, and conducted her before a Magibodies of her fix hufbands were dug up, nible upon each of them, the proof of her and as marks of violence were ftill difcerguilt appeared so strong upon her trial, that The was condemned and executed.

To this circumstance is England indebted for that useful regulation, by which no corpfe can be interred without a legal inspection.

We learn that the French have fixed

June 21.

On Saturday evening Mr. Maskall, apo thecary, in Oxford-Itreet, was taken into cuftody by a warrant granted by the Secretaries of ftate, charged on the oath of Mr. Ingram, a furgeon, and others, for being prefent in Bloomsbury-fquare, exciting the populace to burn and deftroy the houfe, library, &c. of Earl Mansfield. He was conveyed to Tothil-fields. His papers were fecured by the Officers. Monday morning he was brought up to the public office in Bow-ftreet, where he underwent a long examination, and was fully committed to take his trial at the Old Bailey on Wednesday the 28th init.

June 24.

The Chancellor's prizes in the University of Oxford, for this year, are adjudged, the latin verfes, In mortem luctuolam Viri eximii, et celeberrimi Navigatoris JACOBI Cook', to Lord Vil. Wellefly, Student of Christ Church College, and fon of the Right Hon. Earl Mornington, of the kingdom of Ireland. The English Eflay, on the Study of Antiquities, to Mr. Thomas Burgess, A. B. of Corpus Chrifti College.

June 24.

On Monday Cochran, the noted Irish brnifer, and a Roman Catholic, was committed by Mr. Alderman Wilkes, on a charge of extorting money from feveral housekeepers, threatening, in cafe of refufal, to mark their houfes for public vengeance. After the examination, the Alderman, in a most pathetic manner, requefted the prifoner to make a proper use of the fhort time he had (probably) to live, as, from the nature of the evidence, there was every reafon to fuppofe conviction would enfue, and execution would be the confequence.

June 24

Yefterday about fix o'clock in the afternoon came on in the Court of King'sbench, Weltminster, before Mr. Juftice Buller, and a fpecial jury, the trial be tween the Duke of Richmond and the Rev. Mr. Bate, on an information filed against the latter, for being acceffary to the publication of certain queries addreffed to his Grace in the Morning Poft of the 25th of February last. The evidences adduced in favour of the profecution were R. Hafwell, the printer of the faid paper, and J. Barr, the publisher of the Morning Poft the former fwore that the author of the queries was one Mr. Perryman, of Plymouth, whofe hand-writing he well knew ; but that he verily believed he received the fame through the hands of Mr. Bate. J. Barr fpoke to his receiving the letter on Tuesday by the poft, from his friend Perryman, at Plymouth, and finding it was for the Morning Poft, faid he laid it upon the defk, but never faw it afterwards. The Judge having fummed up the evidence, and left it with the jury, they withdrew for about a quarter of an hour, when returning into Court, they found a verdict against the defendant.

June 25.

The dispatches of the late circumnavigators, Cook and Clerke, brought by the last ships from China, were carried to the King on Thursday laft, with a complete journal of the procedure of both the Captains, in their purfuit of difcoveries, down to Capt. Clerke's death, which is faid to have been in confequence of a confumptive complaint.

June 26.

On Thursday the City Remembrancer waited on Mr. Jultice Gould at his house in Lincoln's-Inn-fields, with the thanks of the Common-Council, when we hear the learned Judge declined accepting the freedom, which was voted him in a gold

box.

BIRTHS. Daughter to the Lady of Thomas Smith, Efq; of Hatton-garden. A fon to the Lady of John Ruffel, Esq; of Pall-mall.

MARRIAGES.

ROBERT Harding, Efq; of Upcott, to Mifs Wrey, fecond daughter of Sir Bouchier Wrey, Bart.

Rev. Mr. Dunn, to Mifs Peggy Cafe. Thomas Kinder, Efq; of St. Alban's, to Mifs Dean, of that place.

Richard Pierce, Efq; to Mifs Fawcett, of Newcastle.

Francis Waring, Efq; of Ford, Salop, to Mifs Wright, of Baldwin's Gardens. Jofeph Scot, Efq; of Bread-street, to Mifs Blake, of Cheapfide.

William Green, Efq; of Chelfea, to Mifs Somerton, of the Hay-market.

Rev. Mr. Henley, of Harrow on the Hill, to Mifs Figgins, of Chippenham,

Wilts.

John Graham, Efq; of Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mifs Altham, daughter of Roger Altham, Efq; of Iflington.

Rev. Mr. Boddily, of Westbury, to Mifs Peach.

Jeremiah Milles, Efq; eldest son of Dr. Milles, Dean of Exeter, to Miss Gardimer, of Pifhobury, Herts.

Mifs Catherine Grenville, youngeft fifter of Earl Temple, to Mr. Neville, of Berkshire.

Richard Payne, Efq; of Coventry-ftreet, to Miss Carter, of St. Giles's in the Fields. DEATH S.

DOCTOR Petit, one of the Phyficians of St. Bartholomew's hofpital. Sir William Harvey, Knt. of Lincoln's Inn-fields.

Rev. Humphry Wifhaw, of the city of Hereford, Canon Refidentiary, and Vicar of Ludwardine of this county.

Freeman Clarges, Efq; of Highgate. Robert Shafto, Efq; of Wrating-park, Cambridgeshire.

Sir Jofeph Montagu, Knt. near Hempftead, Herts.

John Horton, Efq; of Hadley, near Barnet.

Thomas Longman, Efq; of Lambeth. Thomas Vine, Efq; of Woodford. George Alexander Davenport, Efq; of Chelfea.

James Baffet, Efq; of Athford, Kent. Rev. Dr. Amphlet, Prebendary of Carlide.

Mrs. Gibbons, wife of the Rev. Mr. Gibbons, of Featherstone-buildings, Holborn.

Sir Paulet St. John, of Winchester.

Mrs. Luxford, widow of the late G, Luxford, Efq; of Windmill-hill, Suffex. Mr. Francis Newbery, bookseller, St, Paul's Church-yard.

PREFERMENTS.

DR. Noel, to the deanry of Sarum.
Rev. Mr. Keller, to the rectory of
Cottenham, Cambridgeshire.

PROMOTIONS.

ALexander Wedderburne, Efq; to be

Lord Chief-juftice of the Court of Common Pleas, and to the dignity of a Baron of the kingdom of Great Britain, by the title of Lord Loughborough, in the county of Leicester.

John Cumming, Efq; to the honour of knighthood.

John Campbell, Efq; to be Governor of Milford Haven.'

WAR-OFFICE, May 27. FIRST Troop of Horfe-guards. The

mas Roberts, Exempt and Captain. Thomas Lloyd, Brigadier and Lieutenant. Thomas Dufour Eaton, Second Lieutenant and Lieutenant-colonel. William Calderwood, Cornet and Major. Francis Minfhall, Guidon and Major. John Morie, Exempt and Captain. George Mercer, Brigadier and Lieutenant. Sherborne Stewart, Brigadier and Cornet. George Porter, Sub-Brigadier and Corpet.

ift Reg. Foot Guards. Robert Fulke Greville, Captain.

ift Reg. Foot, 1ft Battalion. Jofepha Buckeridge, Captain.

B-K-TS. From the GAZETTE.

HIRAM Heath, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, button-maker.

Thomas Black, of Rainham, near Sittingbourn, Kent, baker.

John Brown, of Great Strickland, Weftmoreland, ironmonger.

Stephen Mear, of Compton - freet, Middlefex, carpenter.

James Parry, of Fleet-ftreet, linen-draper.

John Hunt, of Houndsditch, mercer. John Gilbert the younger, of Ludgatefreet, mathematical inftrument-maker. Jofeph Corben, of Southampton-ftract, taylor.

Timothy Harris and John Stratton, of Wood-ftreet, warehousemen and copart

William Wood, of Princes-Atreet, Surry,

mariner.

BOOKS published in JUNE.

John Shand, of Coldbath-fields, foap- A Treatise on the pleading of Suits in

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Charles Whittingham, of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, carrier.

John Lake, of Thorington, Essex, grocer. Mofes Kittier, of Ringwood, Southampton, mercer.

William Moores, of Little Marlow, Bucks, falefman.

John Lewis Pasteur the elder, and John Lewis Pafteur the younger, of Melborne, Derbyshire, hofiers and partners.

William Garrod, of Hainford, Norfolk, chapman.

Robert Henderson, of Burr-ftreet, Wapping, taylor.

Edward Leppingwell Dodson, of Caftle Hedingham, Ellex, hop-merchant.

John Palmer the younger, of Axminfter, Devonshire, woolftapler.

Enos Whitely, of St. Martin's-legrand, woollen-draper.

Thomas Walker, and Ann Singleton, widow, of Abchurch - lane, drug-merchants and copartners.

Edward Newton, of Morpeth, Northumberland, money-fcrivener.

William Norton, of Hall Garth, Durham, dealer in coals.

William Jennings, of Cheapfide, haberdasher.

Dennis O'Brien, of Craven-ftreet, in the Strand, furgeon.

Jofiah Allen, of Whittle, Lancashire,

tanner.

Peter Cliften, of Lamberhurst, Sussex, dealer and chapman.

George Handford, of Ayton, Yorkfhire, merchant.

Jofeph Hands, of the city of Coventry,

dyer. Richard Hooper, of St. Toles, Berks, barge-mafter.

Thomas Vellam, of Oakham, Rutlandfhire, chapman.

John Wenman, of Maidenhead Thicket, Berks, falefman.

Alexander Robertson and James Robertfon, of Lewes, Suffex, fhopkeepers and copartners.

Alexander Paterfon, of Manchester, Lancashire, linen-draper.

John Booth, of Whaley, Cheshire, and David Clark, of Stockport, Cheshire, catton-manufacturers, callico-makers, and

copartners.

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Euphrofne ; or Amusements on the Road through Life, Vol II. Dodfley, 38. A plain Narrative of the late Disturbances; by F. Vincent. Fielding and Walker,

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An Heroic Epiftle to the Rev. Dr. Watfon. Becket, Is. 6d.

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