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again on his departure with 21 
guns. On his landing he went to 
the governor’s house, ” where most 
of the naval and military officers 
went to pay their repe¢ts. 
f Weymonth. Their majes. 
I 8th. . a i on 
ties and their royal high. 
nesses the princesses set out from 
Windsor yesterday morning at a 
quarter before five o’clock, and ar. 
rived at Gloucester-lodge at a quar- 
ter past five the same evening, in 
pertect health. 
Bridgewater. Cn Tues- 
day came on, at our assizes, 
the trial of William White, for the 
murder of Miss Maria Bally, a* 
young school-mistress, of Bath 
(to whom he had for. some time 
paid his addresses, which, in the 
sequel, she had forbidden), by 
shooting her with a pistol, in the 
of her scholars. After 
presence : 
the witnesses for the crown had 
been examined, he was asked if he 
had any thing to say in his defence : 
he replied, that he left his case en- 
tirely to the counsel, who called 
three witnesses to prove the insa- 
nity of the prisoner, but their evi- 
dence went merely to a. dejection 
of spirits he had manifested previ- 
ously to the murder. 
The jury, without hesitation, re- 
turned a verdi&t—Guilty.—The 
judge then, in a most solemn man- 
ner, proceeded to pass sentence. 
‘White was composed during the 
greater part of the trial, and heard 
the sentence with resignation, bow. 
ing submi ssively to the court, and 
particularly to the prosecutor. He 
then shook hands with the witnesses 
that had appeared against him, say~" 
ing they had spoken nothing but 
what was trazh, 
He was taken from the prison 
about half an hour after ten o’clock 
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on Thursday morning ; the cart in” 
about ten minutes arrived at the 
place of execution. He spent half 
an hour, in‘fervent prayer with the 
county cheplain and another mini- 
ster. He afierwards addressed the 
numerous spectators in a clear con- 
pected speech of full twenty mi- 
nutes, in which he quoted many 
from Yourg’s Night 
Thoughts, and cautioned the 
younger part of his hearers to be 
careful how. they formed con. 
nexions, and when formed, not to 
trifle with . ch other’s feelings, — 
When the clergyman left the cart 
he sind composed, and met 
his fate with becoming fortitude. 
‘The body, after receiving some 
incisions from the surgeon, was 
delivered to the friends of the dea 
ceased. 
Bristol. Asa vessel front 
Milford, bound for this port, 
was yesterday coming up our chan- 
nel, the people saw a small vessel, 
appearing to have many persons on. 
board, in great distress, and, beu 
fore they could give her any assist- 
ance, she overset, and every one of 
the crew and passengers unfortu- 
nately perished; the sea running 
so high, that, although the Mil- 
ford vessel was but a short distance 
from her, it was found impossible 
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- to send their boat to the relief of the 
wretched people. And this morn- 
ing the Brothers, Capt. Bert, sailed 
from Padstow for Ireland; but, the 
wind proving contrary, returned 
in the evening; in coming backs 
about a league from land, he saw a 
vesse] that had upset; on getting 
nearer, he found her to be a cutter, 
about so tons burthen, with her 
masts and sails in the water; he 
sailed round her, thinking to take 
her in tow, but was prevented, ow- 
a ing 
