208] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1790. 
word, to give her a cut with a fharp 
inftrument he held concealed in his 
hand, either through her ftays or 
through her petticoats behind. —Sc- 
veral ladies were attacked by him in 
this manner, and feveral wounded, 
and the wretch had always the addrefs 
to efcape undetected. At length, 
on the 13th inft. in the afternoon, 
as Mifs Porter was walking in the 
park, accompanied by Mr. Col- 
man, fhe faw a man whom fhe in- 
formed Mr. Colman was the per- 
fon who had aflaulted her in the 
manner fo often mentioned in the 
news-papers. 
Mr. Colman immediately fol- 
lowed him, in order, if poffible, to 
find out his place of abode; and in- 
fitted upon his going to Mifs Por- 
ter’s houfe, where all the Mifs Por- 
ters declared they perfectly well 
recollected him to be the perfon 
who had affaulted them: He was 
confined in St. James’s watch-houfe 
that night, and yefterday was 
/brought up to the public office in 
Bow-ttreet. 
The four Mifs Porters, Mifs Ann 
Froft, and the two Mifs Vaughans, 
fwore pofitively to the prifoner 
having aflaulted them ons two dif- 
ferent days, namely, the lord may- 
or’s day, and the queen’s birth- 
day. 
The prifoner’s name is Renwick 
Williams; he was originally edu- 
cated for a dancing-maiter, but has 
for fome time followed the bufinefs 
of artificial fhower-making ; he was 
committed to New Prifon, Clerk- 
enwell, for further examination. 
[See his trial in the Appendix to 
the Chronicle. ] 
The high bailiff, confla- 
bles, &c. of Weftminfter, 
proceeded to the huftings before the 
portico of St..Paul’s, Covent Gar- 
6 
44th. 
den, for the purpofe of commencing 
the election of members to ferve in 
the enfuing parliament; when the 
right hon. lord Hood, and the right 
hon. Charles James Fox, foon ap- 
peared, with a numerous retinue, 
and were nominated as candidates ; 
the former, by captain Berkeley ; 
the latter, by Mr. Serjeant Adair, 
And prefently, totally unexpected, 
Mr. Horne Tooke ftood up, and af- 
ter a fhort fpeech, nominated him- 
felf as a candidate for their choice ; 
to give, he faid, the electors of 
Weltminfter an opportunity to affert 
their independence, and not to be 
bartered away by minifterial in- 
fluence, or the man of tranfcendant 
abilities; pledging himfelf, at the 
fame time, to pay all honourable 
expences attending the election. 
Both the candidates embraced the 
opportunity of vindicating their 
charaéters from any fintfter views, 
and protefting to ftand each on his 
own particular merit. 
Being feverally heard, about 
twelve at noon the poll commenced, 
and was not finally clofed till the 
2d of July; when the numbers 
were, 
For Mr. Fox «1 apnG 
For Lord Hood - 3217 
For Mr. Horne Tooke 1697 
The poll being declared, Mr, 
Fox, in a fhort fpeech, returned his 
thanks to the electors for their fup- 
port. 
Capt. Hood next addreffed the 
electors; and, for his father, lord 
Hood, exprefled a ftrong fenfe of 
gratitude for the return of his lord- . 
fhip to reprefent them in pazrlia- 
ment, 
Mr. Horne Tooke alfo attracted 
the attention of the populace by a 
very patriotic harangue, in which 
he complimented thofe worthy in- 
dependent 
