42 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1704. 



ra reputable farmeratWcstDereham 

 in the above county, was discovered 

 bulled in Uis own giour.d. Various 

 were theconjcctures respecting what 

 was hecom: of him ; by some it 

 •was thought he had left his home 

 i.i conseq'ience of words between 

 him and his wife ; by others, that 

 he was either murdered, or some 

 accident had befallen him. A most 

 diligent search was n.ade, not only 

 in the parish, but thrpughcut':he 

 neighbourhoo'ij and when they hr^d 

 almost despaired of finding liim, 

 s intl'; fresh mjuld v/as obs-:rvcd in 

 the stackyard, within ahundied 

 yards of his house, which being re- 

 moved, the body was discovered, 

 and upon inspection it was found 

 that he had received violent blows 

 iipon the bead and Other parts of 

 the body, which had occasionedhis 

 death. Suspicion feil upon iris own 

 m:m servant, who was immediately 

 taken into cistody, and after a short 

 time confessed him,seli to be the 

 inurdertr, that he had formed t!ie 

 dreadful resolution of destroying 

 his muster about four days previous 

 to iiis accomplishing it; that he had 

 thought of doing it the nightbefo'-e, 

 but his heart failed him ; but after 

 ■words had arisen between h;s mss- 

 ter and mistress, he resolved to dis- 

 patch him : and unfortunately the 

 deceased went into the stable about 

 six o'clo,.k.on Saturday evening, 

 the 8th instant, with this servant, 

 and as soon as he got out of the 

 door, the hardened wretch struck 

 him on the side of the head with a 

 fork, which instantly deprived him 

 of life; he repealed the blow, and 

 then dragged the body into a sta- 

 ble, took the body on his back and 

 buried it, covering the earth with 

 ■^ -^ st-aw, all of which he effected in 

 Jt'^A the space of an hour. Throughout 

 Wifr the whole of this dreadful business, 

 there appears such a degree of 



unparalleled wickedness, as is scarce 

 t.) be conceivedj nor does it appear 

 tliat any symptoms of remorse in 

 the pf-rpctrator were discovered un- i 

 til after thecorpst- was found, since 

 which he has made a mcst ample ^j 

 lonft-ssio:), ijot cn!y of the murder, 

 but of his motives for comn>itting 

 it, which being of a delicate nature 

 charity induces us to draw a veil 

 over them, until the whole affair be 

 I'r.blicly investigated in a Court of 

 Justice. The deceased has left a 

 wife and two children, was a very 

 indnvtiious man, and had been a 

 very kind master to the culprit, 

 wKo had been in his service about 

 three yeais. 



BIRTHS/))- theYcar 1794. 



Jan. 4, Lady of James Bland Bur- 

 gess, esq. under-secretary 

 of state, a daughter. 

 Mar.-^- Lady of sir John Dry den, 

 bart. a son. 

 9. Countess of Beverley, a son. 

 io. Her Catlie^lic Majesty, a 

 prince. 

 14. Lady Arden, a son. 

 May 10. Lady Bruce, two daugh- 

 ter?. 

 24. Lady Susan Thorpe, a son 

 and heir. 

 June 8. Empress of Germany, an 

 atch-duchcss. 

 17. Lady of sir Johtl Sinclair, 

 .-\ son. 

 July 3.LadyDeeThur8t,adaughter. 

 22. CountessCamdeD,ji daugh- 

 ter, ; 

 27. Lady Strathaven, a son, 

 Au"-.2 5. Viscountess Mounistuart, 

 a son. 

 I>ady of sir Alex. Grant, 

 bart. a daughter.' 

 Sept, 20. Lady of sir John Doyley, 



bart. a son, 

 Oct, 5. Lady Cosby, a daughter 



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Lady % 



