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born on the 27th of March, 1785. 
His surviving sister was born De- 
cember 19th, 1780. - Monsieur 
(now Louis X VIII.) has just enter- 
ed the 41st year of his age. 
25th. The Rev.. William Ro- 
maine, re€tor of St..Anne’s, Black- 
friars, and le@turer of St. Dunstan’s 
inthe West, inhis Srst year. Mr. 
Romaine was a native of Hortle. 
poo!, and edueated at Christ Church, 
Oxford, where he took the degree 
of M. A. October 15, 1737. In 
1749, he succeeded Dr. Terrick as 
legturer of St Dunstan’s in the 
West.. In. 1751 he was chosen lec- 
turer of astronomy at Gresham col- 
lege, a place which he soon resign- 
ed. He afterwards became rector 
of St. Anne’s Blackfriars, which 
he held until his death, 
jul y. 
Yesterday Jonathan Jones, 
18t+ William Tilley, George Hard. 
wick, James Haydon, John Henley, 
John Delany, William Heanlon, 
Simon Jacobs, John Solomon, John 
Philips, and Charles Croswell, were 
severally indicted for felony, ia 
aiding -and abetting Isdwell Isd- 
well in an attempt to escape from 
‘New Prison, Clerkenwell. 
- The first witness en the part of 
the prosecution was Mr. Newport, 
head-keeper of the gaol, who proved 
the warrant of commitment against 
Isdwell, Roberts, his deputy, con- 
curred in the same point, and also 
said that he knew not of the plan 
designed between Isdwell and his 
turnkeys, one of whom (Day) on 
his examination, said, that being 
induced by the promise of a large 
sum, he went with Isdwell to Artil- 
Jery-lane, to see, as Isdwell said, a 
“ANNUAL REGISTER; 1795. 
sick aunt, who wished to see him. 
When they arrived there, three of 
the prisoners, James iaydon,’ John 
Heniey, and: William: ” Heanlon, 
scized him, and wrested from him 
a blunderbuss, which was: fired off 
in the dark, by which Isdwe!l was 
killed, and he himself wounded.” 
Rernard Solomon, the next wit- 
ness, said, he lived servant’ with - 
Mrs. Isdwell, that he often went: : 
with messages to Isdwell; that he 
had been sent to Gosport for Jona- 
than Jones, who was Mrs. Isdwell’s 
uncle; that Jones came to town, 
and took lodgings for her in Artil- 
lery-lane.—On Good Friday, the 
day on the evening of which Isd- 
well was killed, he observed that 
Mrs. Isdweli had set out her bed- 
room with a number of phials and 
other apparatus, so as to give the 
room the appearance of a sick per- 
son being there; he saw Jacobs, 
Hardwick, Haydon, and_ Philips, 
in the house previous to the acci- 
dent: he opened the door when 
Isdweil and_ Day came, and some 
time after he heard the report of a 
blunderbuss ; after which, he sur- 
rendered himself to” the people, 
who came into the house in conse- 
quence of the alarm. - 
Many other witnesses corrobo- 
rated this evidence, -and also iden-= 
tified the persons’ of the remaining 
prisoners. ‘ 
The prisoners brought many re- 
spectable people, who gave them 
very good characters. 
When the judge had summed up 
the evidence, the jury, after having 
retired for a short time, brought 
dn their verdict, Jonathan Jones, 
William Tilley, and John Delany 
—Not guilty; George Hardwick, 
James Haydon, John Henley, Wil- 
liam Heanlon, Simon Jacobs, Joh 
Solomon, 
