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Ham Glover, who was lately com- 

 mitted to Monmouth-gaol, for the 

 shocking murder of his father and 

 mother, destroyed himself in that 

 prison. He was confined during 

 the day in a room with two other 

 prisoners, to whom the turnkey, 

 as usual, delivered their portion of 

 bread and cheese for breakfast, and 

 gave to one of them, as usual, a 

 knife to divide it, which was 

 to be returned after breakfast. 

 This man cut and gave Glover 

 his portion, and then sat down 

 on a bench before the fire 

 to toast his cheese, placing the 

 knife under him, which he sat 

 upon. Glover, seeing the knife, 

 pushed the man forward upon the 

 fire, snatched it up, and with a 

 violent stroke cut his own throat. 

 The other prisoner immediately 

 seized the hand which held the 

 knife, when he raised the other to 

 his neck, and tearing the wound 

 with great violence, became most 

 dreadfully agitated, and shortly 

 after sunk from the loss of blood, 

 and expired. The Gloucester 

 Journal, from whence the above 

 is extracted, adds, that horrible as 

 the latter deeds of this wretch were, 

 he had, within the last twelve- 

 months, given his parents 100/. 

 the whole earnings of his life, to 

 set them up in a small pottery : 

 his master, also, it is said, gave a 

 good character of him : whether, 

 therefore, he was afflicted with oc- 

 casional lunacy, or the victim of 

 violent gusts of passion, cannot 

 now be ascertained. 



19. In the forenoon, John Gib- 

 son, a nailer, in Hawick, was 

 brought to Jedburgh, in custody of 

 a sherifPs-officer, accused of mur- 

 dering his wife. Early in the 

 morning of the above day, a per- 

 son who lodges in the same house 



where Gibson and his family lived, 

 was awakened by an unusual noise ; 

 upon which he jumped out of bed, 

 and went into Gibson's room, the 

 door of which was open, to learn 

 the cause. He found Gibson 

 standing on the floor, in his shirt, 

 and observed, by the light of a 

 lamp which was burning on the 

 table, the shocking spectacle of his 

 wife, lying, apparently lifeless, in 

 front of the bed, with her throat 

 cut, and the floor covered with her 

 blood. It was found, on examina- 

 tion, that the arteries and veins on 

 one side of her neck were com- 

 pletely cut through, by which she 

 had quickly bled to death. The 

 unhappy woman had several chil- 

 dren by her husband, and it is not 

 known that they ever lived together 

 on ill terms. He did not deny his 

 guilt to those who secured him, 

 nor did he attempt to resist ; and 

 it seems he was led to commit the 

 atrocious act by the effects of jea- 

 lousy, which he had of late har- 

 boured against the deceased. 



25. His serene highness the 

 prince of Orange embarked from 

 Deal for Holland, on board his 

 majesty's ship Warrior, of 74 guns, 

 commanded by captain lord vis- 

 count Torrington. His serene 

 highness was accompanied by the 

 earl of Clancarty, and followed by 

 the respective suites of his serene 

 highness and that nobleman. 



On his arrival at Deal, his serene 

 highness was received by a guard 

 of honour, and waited upon by 

 vice-admiral Foley, commander 

 in chief, and the captains of his 

 majesty's navy, then at Deal. The 

 vice-admiral's barge,with an Orange 

 flag flying, conveyed his serene 

 highness to the Warrior; and on 

 his embarking in the barge, the 

 flag-ship of the commander-in 



