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of England, and thereby endeavour- 
ing to receive the interest thereon, 
with intent to defraud him thereof ; 
W. Randall and J. Leman Baker, 
for feloniously stealing in the dwell- 
ing-house of J. Mole; W. Crop- 
per, alias Cooper, for breaking open 
the house of J. Bateman, and steal- 
ing 30. and upwards, his property; 
and G. Smith, alias Swallow, for 
feloniously forging and counterfeit- 
ing a power of attorney, to receive 
the wages due to Edward Clarke, 
late a mariner on board the Kent 
merchantman, with intent to de- 
fraud Paul Pease; Mary Smith, 
for privately stealing from the per- 
son of John Cogle seven guineas, 
one half guinea, and some silver, his 
property; and John Fitzgerald, for 
robbing John Stanyard on the high- 
way of his hat, were ordered to be 
imprisoned six months: and the 
following were ordered to be trans- 
ported for life, viz. A. Davis, for 
robbing the Right Hon. George 
Marquis of Huntley, on the high- 
way near Cranford-bridge, of six 
guineas and a chaise-seat contain- 
ing a quantity of wearing appa- 
rel; J. Carrol, for robbing G. 
Oliver on the highway of a calico 
handkerchief; and L. King, for 
privately stealing from the person 
of G. Edmonston a cambric hand- 
kerchief. 
24th. An Extraordinary Gazette 
was published, containing Lord 
Cornwallis’s account of the ex- 
change of the definitive treaty of 
peace with Tippoo Sultan, and 
other particulars. 
Diep, at Sawford, in Worcester-. 
shire, aged 103, Mary Annett, a 
cottager. She retained her faculties 
to the last hour of her life. 
Lately at Paris, in the utmost po- 
verty, the celebrated Paul Jones, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1792. 
This noted desperado appeared first 
in the cause of America in April, 
1778, off the coast of Cumberland, 
as commander of the Ranger priva- 
teer, which fired a vessel in the 
harbour of Whitehaven, with intent 
to burn and plunder that town; but 
the inhabitants extinguished the 
flames before they reached the rig- 
ging. The privateer had previously 
taken two prizes, and sent them 
to France. She afterwards landed 
some men on the west coast of Scot- 
land, and pillaged the house of Lord 
Selkirk, near Kircudbright, of plate, 
jewels, and all tie moveables that 
were of value, during the absence 
of the family in London. The plate 
was returned to his Lordship in 
March, 1785, by Paul Jones, free 
of carriage, His next appearance 
was off the coast of Ireland, August 
24, 1779, with one ship of 40 guns, 
one of 36, a cutter of 18, and a brig 
of 14. His memorable action with 
the brave Captain Pearson of the 
Serapis, who became his prize, hap- 
pened soon after; and the next 
vear, having escaped the vigilance 
of our cruisers, he put into Corun- 
na. In December, 1780, he arriv- 
ed in London from Paris, with dis- 
patches from congress to his Excel- 
lency John Adams, Esq. He was 
only twenty-two days on his passage 
from Philadelphia to France; and, 
after delivering his dispatches, set 
out at three in the morning, De- 
cember 5th, for Paris, to proceed 
from thence to America. In 1788 
he was at Copenhagen, and offered 
his services to the Empress of Rus- 
sia, who accepted them; but or 
the spirited refusal of the English 
officers, in her service, to serve 
under him, she dismissed him with 
a handsome present; and not 
finding employment in the derang- 
