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looking inhabitants of St. Jago. He 

 thought that Miss Sadler was in love 

 with him, and, on his part, to shew 

 his respect for her, whenever thev 

 met, he tumbled, touzled, and rum- 

 pled her so much, that she appeared 

 as if she had been draAvn through a 

 hedge, and her muslin torn by the 

 briars. For this aggression, the 

 prosecution was commenced by the 

 father of the girl, the issue of which 

 was, that the jury found the poor 

 barber guilty; but the court, in 

 consideration of a defect in his intel- 

 lects, and of the resplendent charms, 

 (though relentless heart) of the fair 

 lady, discharged him on his giving 

 surety to keep his hands off in fu- 

 ture. 



A hare was this day shot in 

 Surry, by the game-keeper of J. 

 Judson, esq. which, on opening, 

 was found to contain four young 

 ones, all alive ; he wrapped them 

 up carefully, and brought them home 

 to his wife, who has succeeded in 

 rearing three of them perfectly well, 

 being all stout and strong, and 

 likely to live. 



8th. This afternoon, two young 

 men belonging to the Inflexible, 

 captain Bayley, now lying in the 

 Downs, went into a field about a 

 quarter of a mile from Deal, to de- 

 cide an affair of honour. At the 

 first fire, one of them was mortally 

 wounded in the head, and died in 

 about half an hour after. His ad- 

 versary has made his escape, but 

 the two seconds arc committed to 

 gaol. The deceased's name is Saw- 

 yer, captain's clerk of the Inflexi- 

 ble. 



A farmer, at Hampton, for a 

 wager of 25 guineas, rode his poney, 

 a beast under 11 hands high, SO 

 miles, on the western road, in I'i 

 hours ^nd a half, The rider weighs 



at least 14 stone, and the beast per- 

 formed this extraordinary feat in 

 three quarters of an hour less than 

 the time allowed. A number of 

 sporting gentlemen were present on 

 this occasion, and Avere deeply takea 

 in by the performance of this extra- 

 ordinary little creature. 



9th. This day, Mr. common Ser- 

 jeant informed the livery, that the 

 sheriffs declared the votes given for 

 the several candidates for the office 

 of lord mayor were : for Mr. alder- 

 man Perchard, 1781 ; Shaw, 1632; 

 Flower, 687 ; and that the choice 

 of the livery had fallen on Mr. Per- 

 chard and Mr. Shaw. The sheriffs 

 then proceeded to the court of al- 

 dermen to make the return ; and in 

 half an hour, came back, attended by 

 the lord mayor, with Mr. Perchard 

 on his left hand as lord mayor elect, 

 followed by several aldermen. After 

 the usual ceremonies, the recorder 

 declared, that the ele6tion of lord 

 mayor and alderman had fallen on 

 Peter Perchard, esq. alderman and 

 goldsmith, which was received with 

 the greatest applause. 



13th. A singular accident hap- 

 pened at the new church, Dagen- 

 ham, Essex. The society of Cum- 

 berland youths were invited to open 

 the new peal of bells, which they 

 performed in the morning, by ring- 

 ing 7008 changes of Oxford treble- 

 bob-royal, in four hours and fortj'- 

 nine minutes ; but, in the evening, 

 Mr. Channon, master of the society, 

 wished to oblige the inhabitants of 

 the village with another peal, when, 

 unfortunately, his leg got entangled 

 in the rope, which drew him up to 

 the next loft, and falling thence on 

 his head, he was killed on the spot, 

 the upper part of the skull being 

 beat in so, that the bralas oozed out 

 through the cavities. 



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