CHRONICLE 
Brodfworth, in the county of York. 
The extraordinary will of this gen- 
tleman, is given in another part of 
the volume. 
PUL y,. 
4th. The body of Parker the mu- 
tineer, which was taken out of the 
new naval burying-ground at Sheer- 
nefs, was brought to the Hoop and 
Horfe-fhoe public houfe, Queen- 
ftreet, Little Tower-hill, on Satur- 
day evening. So large a concourfe 
of perfons affembled before the 
houfe next day, that a party of con- 
ftables were ftationed there, in or- 
der to keep the mob from breaking 
into the houfe; and the corpfe in 
the afternoon was removed to the 
workhoufe in Nightingale-lane, by 
order of the parifh-ofhcers, Mrs. 
Parker was taken before the fitting 
magiftrates in Lambert-ftreet, and 
examined touching the object of 
her taking up the body. Heran- 
fwer was, “ For the purpofe ofa 
more decent interment.” It was 
buried this morning early, in the 
vault of Whitechapel church. 
6th. Lee, Coffy, and Branning, 
three marines, were fhot at Ply- 
mouth for having endeavoured to 
excite a mutiny in their corps. 
M‘Ginnis, another marine, fen- 
tenced to 1000 lafhes for being con- 
cerned with them, received 500 in 
part. 
9th. About feven o’clock in the 
evening, Robert Thornton Efq. 
chief clerk in the Houfe of Com- 
_ mons, put an end to his exiftence 
with a piftol, at his apartments in 
North Earl-ftreet. No motive can 
be conjectured for this rafh and me- 
Jancholy cataftrophe! The coro- | 
; per’s “jury fat on his remains;) and 
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brought in their verdiét Lunacy.— 
Mr. Thornton was a near relative to 
the late-Duke of Rutland. 
The following is a comparative 
ftatement of the porter brewed by 
the twelve firft London brewers, 
for the years 1796 and 1797,.— 
ending on the 5th of July each 
year x 
1796. 
Whitbread - - 202,000 
Thrale - - - + 137,810 
Shum - - - - 110,700 
Hanbury - - + 109,170 
Felix Calvert - - 97,550 
Goodwyn ~ + - 97,580 
Meux - - - - 103,790 
John Calvert - + . 68,000 
Clowes Tale haves TIO 
Elliot - + - - 58,250 
CoxandCo. - - 42,110 
Stevenfon - - =. 45,800 © 
. 1797 
Whitbread - - - 192,740 
Thrale™- = = - 141,590 
| Sham! t<> Shieh 19J8a0"F 
Hanbury ~- -» + 117,180" 
Felix Calvert - ~- . 101,760 
Goodwyn - - - 94,750 ~ 
Meux - - - - 93,400 
John Calvert - - 70,090 
Clowes - - - - 58,680 
Elliot)! nd ine < 1954800: 
Cox andCo. - - 46,100 
Stevenfon - - - 45,810 
13th. The principal trials bein, 
over, the recorder proceeded to pale 
fentence on thofe who had been 
convicted ; namely, that of death 
on fourteen; one. was ordered to be 
tranfported fourteen years, and fe- 
venteen to be tran{ported feven 
yeahs 5 ten to be confined for orie 
year in Newgate, nine for fix 
months, and one for three months. 
The feffions were then adjourned. 
16th. A’ moft melancholy acci- 
dent happened: this. night,” about 
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