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men, who, instead of storing his 
mind with useful literature, had, 
he was afraid, depraved his_taste, 
and perverted his disposition, With 
_ respect. to the tendency of private 
theatrical entertainments, his Lord- 
ship doubted. extremely whether 
they ever inculcate one single vir- 
tuous sentiment. He had known 
instances where they hada contrary 
effect; and they usually vitiatedand 
debauched the morals of both sexes; 
the performers seldom retired from 
the entertainment but every Romeo 
knew the estimate of his Juliet’s 
virtue, 
Sentence of death was passed at 
the Old Bailey upon Charles Wilt- 
shire, James Kenney, Esther Jane 
Hardy, James Gilthorp, and Wil- 
liam Baker, for sundry highway 
‘robberies, &c. 
La Chevaliere d’Eon’s collection 
of Vauban’s manuscripts was sold 
for 5001. , 
Twelve thousand pounds was 
the purchase-money for Cox’s mu- 
seum. 
Mr. Duberley has gained 5000l. 
damages of General Gunning for 
crim. con. with Mrs. Duberley. 
Lord Kenyon, on this occasion, ex- 
posed the conduct of the guilty 
party, to merited contempt. 
292d. The sessions ended at the 
Old, Bailey, when nineteen capital 
convicts, who had been respited 
during his Majesty’s pleasure, were 
pardoned on condition of their be- 
ing transported to the eastern coast 
of Mew South Wales for the term 
of their natural lives; which condi- 
tion being rejected by Thomas 
Jones, one of the said convicts, he 
was ordered to be confined in.a so- 
. celliuntil the same shall be 
l.to his Majesty. Twenty- 
twe convicts were sentenced to be 
wl 
transported beyond the seas for the 
term of seven years; six to be im~ 
prisonedin Newgate; nine in Cler- 
kenwell Bridewell; twelve to be 
publicly whipped; and two. trans- 
ports were pardoned) on condition 
of their being severally imprisoned 
for the space of six months. 
25th. Information being laid be- 
fore Sir Lawrence Cox, the sitting» 
magistrate at the Rotation-office in. 
Litchfield-street, that a combination® 
had. taken place amongst the jour- 
neymen shoe-makers for the raising 
of their wages one shilling on the 
making of a pair of boots, and»six- 
pence on each pair of shoes, Sir 
Lawrence issued out 170 warrants. 
for apprehending the parties con-. 
cerned, twenty-one of whom were: 
brought before the Honourable» 
Viscount Galway, Sir Lawrence 
Cox, and Mr. Shepherd, vesterday 
morning, at the above office; the: 
report of which having spread: over 
the town, a multitude of shoe-mak- 
ers, &c. in number upwards of 1000, 
assembled in Litchfield-street in a 
riotous manner; on account of 
which Viscount Galway went to 
St. James’s, where he reported the 
same tothe King. His Majesty or- 
dered that a sufficient number of 
horseand footsoldiersshould besent 
toprevent interruption, and that the 
battalion on guardshould hold them- 
selves in readiness, in case of being 
wanted; by which orders a troop 
of horse-guards, and a company andi 
twelve men on foot, went to the re- 
lief of the magistrate :—on appear- 
ance of whom the mob dispersed, 
and the twenty-one prisoners, and) 
one man who had behaved outra- 
geously, were committed to New-. 
gate for'six weeks under a. strong: 
guard, 
A scheme of a very singular na-. 
A$ ture 
