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‘tillhe left her for dead. 
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fubfifted between the prifoner and 
the deceafed, which the brother 
difapproving, defired Suffolk to dif- 
continue his vifits. Upon this, a 
_ violent difpute arofe, in which Suf- 
folk declared to the brother, that 
he fhould fee a great alteration be- 
fore night. Accordingly, meeting 
with the deceafed unfortunately in 
the courfe of the day (Feb. 3.) on 
the common near North Waltham, 
Suffolk with a large ftick at- 
tacked her, and repeated his blows 
In this 
ftate fhe was difcovered, and had 
only ftrength to declare that Suf- 
folk was her murderer; who, on 
being taken into cuftody, and foon 
after being informed by the confta- 
ble that fhe was not then dead, de- 
clared that if he thought fhe could 
have ftirred hand or foot, he would 
have beaten her till this time. | His 
body is hung in chains near the 
{pot where the murder was com- 
mitted. 
A moft fhocking murder was 
lately committed in Ireland on the 
body of Dr. Hamilton of Trinity- 
College, Dublin; the particulars of 
which are as follow: Dr. Hamilton 
had a living in the north, near the 
banks of Loch Swilly; and having 
dined a few days fince at the houfe 
of a Mr. Waller, in his neighbour- 
’ hood, the houfe was furrounded by 
a banditti of armed ruffians, about 
ten o’clock at night, who broke 
into the houfe while the family was 
at fupper, calling loudly for Dr. 
Hamilton, and threatening death 
to the whole family. Mrs. Waller 
implored mercy for her hufband, a 
feeble poor gentleman, who having 
loft the ufe of his limbs, was una- 
bl fly from their fury. She 
threw herfelf over him to protect 
“kim from affaflination, when the 
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mifcreants fired three fhots thro” 
her body, and killed hef inftantly. 
They then threatened to raze the 
houfe and put all its inhabitants 
to death, if Dr. Hamilton was not 
produced; and the fervants, to fave 
their own lives, dragged him from 
the wine-cellar to the door. He 
endeavoured to cling by the ftaple 
of the hall door lock, but the vil- 
lains burnt his hand to force him 
to quit his hold, and then dragged 
him a fhort diftancé from the houfe, 
where they, in 4 moft barbarous 
manner murdered him. He has 
lefé a wife and nine children 
wholly unprovided for. His being 
an active magiftrate againft the de- 
fenders, determined them upon the 
horrid act. Mr. Browne men- 
tioned the matter in the Irifh honfe 
of commons, in order to inftitute 
fome public provifion for this help- 
lefs family. 
A very melancholy affair has 
lately taken place at Smyrna. The 
circumftances are briefly thefe :—A 
party of {trolling German rope- 
dancers had arrived, and were ex- 
hibiting their feats on the tight 
rope to a numerous audience. 
As is the cuftom of that place, four 
janiffaries were placed as centinels 
at the door of the theatre, to pre- 
ferve the peace. After the per- 
formance had commenced, a num=- 
ber of Sclavonians entered the 
doors, one of whom infulted the 
Janiffaries, who refented his con- 
du&. A fcufile enfued, which tef- 
inated in the death of one of the 
Janiffaries, who was fhot by a Scla- 
vonian. An enquiry was inftantly 
fét on foot, anda demand fent to 
the theatre to give up the affaffin : 
he, however, from the fidelity of 
his comrades, could not be difco- 
vered. Time was allowed for the 
aifcevery, 
