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appear; the butt was upset, and fell 

 on the head of the deceased, which 

 instantly killed him. 



A court-martial was held on 

 board the Illustrious man of war, 

 on the armourer belonging to the 

 Lcda, for having thrust a red hot 

 iron info the left side of a seaman 

 belonging to the same ship, which 

 occasioned his death in about live 

 minutes. Ihe armourer was con- 

 demned and executed. 



9th, 10th, and 11. His majesty, 

 on each of these days, to the infi- 

 nite gratification of an afl'ectionate 

 peojjle, appeared in public : accom- 

 panied by her majesty and some of 

 the princesses, he drove through 

 the principal streets of London and 

 Westminster. 



nth. This morning, about eight 

 o'clock, the eldest daughter of Mr. 

 Bell, confectioner, in Scarborough, 

 was found dead on the sea shore, 

 about a mile below the town, Avith 

 several marks of violence upon her. 

 The coroner's jury sat on the body 

 on Saturday, and brought in a ver- 

 dict of wilful murder against some 

 person or persons unknown. 



Thomas Elhvood, a lad about 17 

 years of age, whose parents lived at 

 Empingham, was discovered float- 

 ing under an arch of the bridge over 

 the Welland at Stamford. He had 

 absconded a week before from a 

 tailor, to whom he was apprenticed ; 

 on being slightly reproved, he ex- 

 pressed a resolution to destroy him- 

 self ; since which period he is sup- 

 posed to have been in the water. — 

 Coroner's verdict, lunacy. 



12th. This day his majesty was 

 pleased to appoint the right hon. 

 William Pitt to the offices of chan- 

 cellor and under-treasurer of the ex- 

 chequer. 



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occurrence took place at Durley, 

 about two miles from IJishop's Wal- 

 tham. Between one and two this 

 morning, a rookrry, belonging to 

 Mr. Edward Houghton, was enter- 

 ed by some men armed with blud- 

 geons, for the purpose of stealing 

 rooks, when they were hailed by a 

 person of the name of Millet, sta- 

 tioned there to protect'the rookery, 

 who endeavoured to persuade them 

 to desist and go away, which they 

 obstinately refused. Millet thea 

 left them, and returned with Mr. 

 Houghton and his brother-in-law 

 Mr. Peter Barfoot; a scufile ensu- 

 ing, one of the men, named James 

 West, received a wound from Mr. 

 Barfoot with a knife, which occa- 

 sioned his instant death ; another of 

 them. Dowse, was wounded. The 

 coroner's inquest has since set on 

 the body of West, and, after an in- 

 vestigation of two days, returned a 

 verdict ol'-^wilful murder. Mr. Bar- 

 foot is in consequence committed for 

 trial. 



16th. A fire broke out in the pre- 

 mises of Mr. Jordan, grocer, ia 

 Spon-street, Coventry, which, with 

 nearly the whole contents, were in 

 a very short time reduced to ashes. 

 Providentially not a single life was 

 lost : Mr. Jordan, his wife, and six 

 small children, with the r6st of the 

 family, having fortunately escaped 

 through the windows from their 

 beds, a few minutes before the floors 

 fell in, whilst devastation and ruin 

 spread witli a most awful effect in 

 every direction. 



As some children were playing, 

 one of them fell into the New River, 

 near Hertford ; the cries of the rest 

 alarmed the neighbours, when two 

 women ran to its assistance : the 

 first plunged in, but, being out of 

 her depth, she nofortunately sunk ; 



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