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main. In the intermediate time 

 water was obtained, and applied 

 with success ; but the premises in 

 which the fire began, could not be 

 saved, nor could others be preserved 

 from damage. The loss to Mr. 

 Baynham, however, is small, hav- 

 ing been insured. The principal 

 sufferers were two French gentle- 

 men, who lodged in the first floor ; 

 they had lately arrived from Ham- 

 burgh, and had only been in the 

 house a fortnight. At the time of 

 this unfortunate affair, one was in 

 the country : the other, as already 

 mentioned, jumped out of the win- 

 dow to preserve his life. They had 

 deposited all their papers and ef- 

 fects in their apartments, no part 

 of which were either saved or in- 

 sured. The above gentleman, in 

 his moment of distraction, declared, 

 that his loss alone, amounted to 

 600/. being the only remains of a 

 large fortune. 



18th. An extraordinary large ash- 

 tree, just cut down at Broughton- 

 hall, near Skipton, in Craven, 

 Yorkshire, contained above 500 

 feet of wood, perfectly sound. 



Si4th. Sarah Lloyd, convicted at 

 the last Bury assizes, of robbing her 

 mistress, Mrs. Syer, of Hadleigh, 

 (iherespiteof fourteen days, granted 

 by the sherifij to give time to trans- 

 mit a petition to the king, having 

 expired) was executed. At the 

 place of execution, Capel Loff't, 

 esq. ascended the cart, and spoke 

 to the multitude for about fifteen 

 minutes, in a very impressive strain; 

 in which he justified the sheriff for 

 grantingthc suspension; commend- 

 ed the i)etitioners for interceding in 

 her belmlf ; and considcrcti the un- 

 fortunate culprit as only tlie instru- 

 ment made use of by u designing 



villain to perpetrate the crime for 

 which she suffered. He said, he 

 rejoiced in the belief, that she had 

 that time for repentance given her 

 which was a happy prelude to fu- 

 ture bliss ; after which he recom- 

 mended her as an example to all 

 around him. He received great 

 attention during his address, at the 

 conclusion of which the unfortu- 

 nate young woman was launched 

 into eternity. 



28th. A short time since, eight 

 members of the society of Cumber- 

 land youths made an attempt to ring 

 15,136 changes of Oxford triple- 

 bobs on Edmonton church-bells. It 

 requires upwards of ten hours time 

 to perform this task, at 25 changes 

 a minute. They had entered the 

 ninth hour, when an unlucky acci- 

 dent befell Mr. Gross, the composer 

 of the peal : making an attempt to 

 slacken his knee-buckle, his leg en- 

 tangled in the coil of the rope, by 

 which he was elevated to a consi- 

 derable height, and, thence falling 

 down on his head, he broke his col- 

 lar-bone. Had it not been for this 

 accident, no doubt the feat would 

 have been accomplished, and the 

 performers crowned with perpetual 

 honour, as nothing to be compared 

 with such an achievement of 

 strength and skill can be found in 

 the records of the campanilogers art. 



29th. Cannons, near Edgeware, 

 was this day put up to auction at 

 Garraway's coffee-house, by Mr. 

 Phipps, and bought in by its pre- 

 sent owner, colonel O'Kelley, at 

 36,700/. It was erected on the site 

 of tlu! centre of the celebrated man- 

 sion of tlie duke of Chandos, by the 

 late Mr. Hallett ; and, on his de- 

 cease, sold by his grandson to the 

 uncle of the present possessor; who. 



