4 ANNUAL REGISTER, 
tub. It‘was made for Mr. Meux, 
the brewer; and will contain 10,000 
‘barrels, the cost of which will be 
sabout $000]. Mr. Layton gives 
security of 20001. to indemnify Mr. 
»~Meux from any loss that may be 
sustained within the first twelve 
‘months. On a side-table in the 
tab was a china bowl, on a mahoga- 
‘my stand with wheels, which con- 
tained twenty-seven gallons and a 
half of punch. 
16th. At nine o'clock in the 
evening, a gang of twelve men, 
armed with knives and bludgeons, 
assembled on Saffron-hill, and, as 
‘appears, from a spirit of wanton 
harbarity, fell with their bludgeons 
and knives upon every person they 
met with, many of whom were se- 
verely and dangerously wounded, 
_by stabs, they received on the side 
sand face. One poor labouring 
man,, who was quietly passing by 
them, fell a victim to the cruelties 
practised by these desperadoes ; for 
im they pursued; and one of the 
party gave him a mortal. wound ia 
his side, After he fell, this wretch 
kicked the poor man, and stamped 
upon him, and with the rest of his 
companions knocked down the gen- 
tleman who took the wounded inan 
into his house, and demolished his 
windows. The name of the unfor- 
tunate man was Jordan Hosty: he 
was taken to St. Bartholomew’s 
hospital, where he lingered a short 
time, and died. On Friday night 
two of the gang were taken in Hol- 
born, Armstrong and Jones, who 
were on Saturday examined at 
Bow-street, and were by several 
persons sworn to have been very 
active in the above shocking trans- 
action: that Armstrong was there 
with a drawn knife in his hand, 
and, as well as Jones, had a blud- 
geon, with which they knocked 
1792. 
down several persons, who appeat- 
ed and identified them. nse 
17th. Northampton. This morn- 
ing abvut one o'clock, an alarming 
fire broke out at the Shoulder of 
Mutton public-house, on the Mar- 
ket-hill, ia this town, which in a 
short time entirely destroyed the 
same, together with all the furni- 
ture, &c. and what is most shocking 
to relate, out of nine people who 
were in bed, only one (Henry Mar- 
riott, the landlord) escaped the fury 
of the flames. The family consisted 
of the said Henry Marriott, his 
wife, and five children, and a man 
and his wife (lodgers who only came 
the preceding evening). The fire 
began in the cellar, where they had 
been brewing yesterday ; and had 
communicated to the rooms’ on the 
first story before it was discovered 
by the watch, who immediately 
gave the alarm, but too late to save 
the unhappy sufferers. me 
21st. Mr. Donadieu on Saturday 
obtained “a verdict in the court of 
King’s Bench, of 50]. damages, 
against the Earl of Barrymore, for 
an assault on‘ his person, last season 
at Brighton. When the evidence 
was closed, Lord Kenyon left the 
case entirely to the jury. He 
thought the conduct of some people 
of rank in this country a little dis- 
graceful, and suspected there was ~ 
some defect in their education when 
they were brought into a court of 
justice to finish it. 
A verdict against his Lordship 
for 449]. was likewise obtained in 
the same court by a builder, for 
erecting the Wargrave theatre be- 
fore his Lordship came of age. 
The plea of non-age was done away 
by subsequent promises of payment. 
—Lord Kenyon lamented that this 
young nobleman had, in his mino- 
rity, been surrounded by designing 
men, 
