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a Yape, were exeouted before New- 
gate. Soon after they were cut 
down, an extraordinary occurrence 
took place. Between nine and ten 
o’clock a hackney-coach drew up 
to the prifon door, in order'to con- 
“vey-away the body of Bryant; 
which being brought out, a violent 
altercation took place between two 
parties “among the crowd, each 
headed by a woman, as to which 
was beit entitled to the poffeffion 
of the corpfe. Upon the body 
being brought into the ftreet, the 
two contending parties feized hold 
of it, fome dragging it by the legs, 
and others by the headand arms ; 
but all conttibuted to prevent its 
fall to the ground. After an ob- 
ftinate conteft for near half an hour, 
the body was carried into Giltfpur- 
ftreet, where, being put intoa coach, 
it was driven off. The populace 
then difperfed. 
12th. A melancholy accident 
happened in the French prifon at 
Stapleton, near Briftol. The pri- 
“foners being very riotous and dif- 
orderly, one of the centinels, ap- 
prehending that fome of them were 
attempting to break out, fired his 
piece, and unfortunately fhot one 
‘of his companions through the 
body; ‘in confequence of which he 
died in a very few minutes. 
An Atheiftical Society has late- 
ly been formed in Paris, as their 
own papers ftate, called Les Hommes 
fons Dieu, “The Men without a 
God.” Their fole homage is paid 
to Virtue. They renounce all 
obedience to pricfts and magif- 
trates: they are tobe men” of 
blamelefs. lives, and: not lefs than 
fifty years of age.» If a civil.war 
fhould break out, they are to ad- 
monifli the combatants; armed only 
‘with the Book of Virtye.! «If per 
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‘deemed alike unworthy. 
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fecuted, they are to retire to aed 
church-yards, and there, wra 
in their clokes, to meet their- ste | 4 
—Where will this combination of 
madnefs and folly terminate its 
career ! 
Diep. &d. At Norwich, in his 
fifty-feventh year, the Rev. William 
Enfield, LL. D. paftor of the con- 
eregation of Proteftant Diffenters 
meeting in the chapel there, ori- 
ginally erected for Dr. Taylor, and 
formerly leéturer in the delles lettres 
at the academy at Warrington. 
To the public he was well known 
by his many ingenious and ufeful 
writings, which entitled him to a 
refpeétable rank in» the literary 
world. 
10th. About nine o’clock in the 
morning, of a dropfy, at his new 
palace of Sans Souci, near Potfdam ; 
his Pruffian Majefty, Frederic Wil- 
liam the Second. — Since his return 
from Pyrmont,’ the principal phy- 
ficians defpaired of his recovery ; 
yet the king enjoyed fo ftrong a 
conftitution, that ‘his firft illnefs 
was that of which he died. His 
Majefty was born September 25th, 
1744; had reigned eleven years; 
and i: fucceeded by his fon, Fre- 
deric William, born Auguft 3d, 
1770. In whatever light the cha- 
racter of this monarch is to be 
viewed, it will appear not. altoge- 
ther problematical, The ambition 
of the houfe of Brandenburgh ac- 
tuated him, as it had done his pre- 
deceffors; and the meafures he 
took to gratify it, whether by the 
partition “of Poland, the treaty of 
Pilnitz, or the feparate peace: with 
the French republic, will, in the 
eftimation of impartial judges, be 
His. fa- 
vourite miftrefs was, on the accef- 
fion of his fucceffor, immediately 
Sy Pieneraa, 
