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One of their lordships remarked 

 that the charge against the defend- 

 ant, if true, was highly aggravated 

 by the ill-tounded charge he had 

 now made upon that respectable 

 judge ; and, it a verdict were found 

 against him by the juiy» he would 

 not say but he might consider four- 

 tcenyears traiisporlationas too small 

 a punishment to be inflicted. la the 

 case of Ml'. Margaret, he hesitated 

 much whether fifurteen years ouglit 

 to be the punishment, or whether 

 one more severe should be imposed ; 

 for he considered the conduct ot that 

 person, in die course of his trial, as 

 highly reprehensible. The accusa- 

 tion which the defendant now made 

 might originate in malice. Their 

 lodships resumed the consideration 

 of the objection, a:id weie of opinion 

 that it was irrelevant, and ought to 

 be rejected. Upon this, lord chief 

 justice Clerk was called to the chair. 

 The indictment was then read over, 

 to which the defendant pleaded, not 

 guilty. 



Mr. Gillies then addressed the 

 court in defence of Mr. Gerald. 



13th. The High Court of Justi- 

 ciary met, agreeably to adjournment 

 of Monday, on the trial of Joseph 

 Gerald, for sedition. The pleadings 

 on both sides continued till eleven 

 o'clock at night, when the jury 

 withdrew, ami brought in a verdict 

 next morning at eleven o'clock, una- 

 nimously finding the pannel guilty, 

 when the lords passed sentence of 

 banishment beyond seas for fourteen 

 years, &c. The diet against Sin- 

 clair is deserted pro loco el leinporc, 

 on account qf the imbecility of his 

 mind. 



24.th. This erenlng a «et of resur- 

 rectionists were apprehended at a 

 house near the turnpike, Mile-EqJ. 



That morning a coach was observed 

 to stop at the house, and an ill-look- 

 ing fellow came out of it witti a 

 sack, contanung, as was supposed, 

 a body, which he carried into the 

 house, and returned i.-nmcdiately 

 with a large hamper ; — they thea 

 drove off to a ntigh!)ourip.g public-^ 

 house, when, after a short btay, they " 

 took up some others, and were traced 

 to the Launch at Dcptford. In the 

 mean lime the parish-officers were 

 in formed of the circuuijtance. About 

 six in the evening, the coach again 

 returned wiih a oin-iilarlading, which 

 was deposited in the house. Some 

 constables, accompanied by a num" 

 ber of people, surrounded the house, 

 and, forcing an entrance, they found 

 two men and a woman drinking ic% 

 on a bench, at one end of which lay 

 the bodies of two children. They 

 were secured ; and on entering an 

 adjoining room, the bodies of six 

 adults were discovered unmutilated j 

 besides which, the floor was utrewed 

 with limbs in a state too shocking 

 for public description. 



26th. The Brown Bear public- 

 house. Upper Moorfields, was en- 

 tirely destroyed by a drcadlul fire, 

 in which the landlord, his wife, and 

 two children, perished. Two lodgers 

 escaped by jumping out of a two» 

 paIr-of»stairs window. 



Boston, North /Imerica. In the as- 

 sembly of New York, on the 13th 

 January, Mr. Willocks moved, 

 " That the titlfs of excellency, ho- 

 nourable, esc^uire, and every other 

 characteristical designation not vvar- 

 rantedby theconstitution, and which 

 are imncctssary andinconslstent with 

 the plainness and real dignity of re- 

 publican manners, be abolished,"— — 

 which motion was negatived the 1 Jith 

 of the jamc month. 



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