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she fell on her beam ends, and 

 continued so nearly a minute, then 

 she righted, showing only her 

 quarter-deck ports above water, 

 when gradually and majestically 

 disappearing, the Daedalus sunk for 

 ever. I assure you the sight was 

 sublime but awful. I am happy to 

 add, that every soul was saved, and 

 a great deal of their private pro- 

 perty." 



6. This morning, between twelve 

 and one o'clock, a destructive fire 

 broke out at the house of Mr. Gil- 

 lies, a cheesemonger, opposite 

 Whitechapel church, which at 

 first threatened destruction to the 

 whole of an extensive range of 

 buildings, and so rapid was the 

 progress of the flames (notwith- 

 standing several fire engines were 

 immediately upon the spot) that 

 four houses adjoining were con- 

 sumed. 



This morning, at half-past seven 

 o'clock, Azubah Fountain and G.T. 

 Rowell, convicted, at the late Lin- 

 coln assizes, of the murder of the 

 husband of the former by poison, 

 were taken in a cart to the usual 

 place of execution, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Lincoln, where they 

 joined in prayer with the clergy- 

 man for a short time, and then 

 ascended the fatal steps with more 

 resolution and composure than 

 could be expected from persons in 

 their awful situation. The ropes 

 were soon adjusted, and they were 

 launched into eternity. After 

 hanging the usual time, the bodies 

 were removed to a building in the 

 castle-yard for dissection. Rowell 

 persisted to the last in denying that 



he knew to what purpose the lau- 

 danum was to be applied ; whilst 

 his partner in guilt continued to 

 assert, that they both had frequent 

 conversations upon the subject, and 

 that he knew when he got it that it 

 was to poison her husband. Rowell 

 was a native of Melton-Mowbray, 

 at which place he bore a very bad 

 character ; and, from 1807 to 1809, 

 he worked as a cooper, with Mr. 

 Skinner, of Bingham, who fre- 

 quently told him, when reproving 

 him for his bad practices, " th^t he 

 was fearful when he left his servi- 

 tude, it would be his lot to suffer 

 the vengeance of the law." This 

 vicious and irreclaimable young 

 man was also to have been married 

 to the eldest daughter of the unfor- 

 tunate Fountain, having paid his 

 addresses to her for some time. 



8. Mr. Pitt's monument, in 

 Westminster-abbey, was opened. 

 It is placed in a most eligible situa- 

 tion, over the west entrance, at the 

 extremity of the aile. The con- 

 gregation returning from the choir, 

 have a full view of the figure. The 

 statue is of white marble, repre- 

 senting him in his robes, as chan- 

 cellor of the Excnequer ; his right 

 arm extended, as when declaiming 

 in the House of Commons. On 

 the right sits the figure of History, 

 with a book, recording his worth, 

 attentively looking, with expressive 

 countenance, to the subject of her 

 pen. On the left is the figure of 

 Anarchy, chained — the Sword of 

 Discord, a part of which (the hilt) 

 is only to be seen ; and on the base, 

 in front of the principal figure, is 

 this inscription ;— 



