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ANNUAL REGISTEH, 1805. 



wounded ; and lOl. to cTery man 

 slightly wounded : in which are in- 

 cluded the militia of the island. 



7th. As a gentleman, accompani- 

 ed by Mrs. Hillier, of the Paiade- 

 •walk^, Bath, with her child, was 

 driving his gig down the hill near 

 Dunkerton, the horse took fright at 

 some soldiers passing by, and grow- 

 ing fu.ious and unruly, kicked the 

 chaise to pieces, by which accident 

 the gentleman was much injured, 

 Mrs. Hillier (who is in an advanced 

 state of pregnancy) had her leg 

 dreadlully fractured and the child 

 was so horribly lacerated, that her 

 death followed in the course of a 

 few hours. 



8'h Thismorning,J.Tnrner,who 

 was last sessions but one convicted 

 oi forging fraudulent transfers, with 

 intfiit to defraud the governor 

 and company of the hank of Eng- 

 lantl and William WaUham esq. of 

 a sum amounting to 40001. and up- 

 wards, was executed on the scaffold 

 opposite the debtor's door New- 

 gate. Turner was the son of a 

 respectable tradesman, who had 

 given him a very proper mercantile 

 education ; he was a good-looking 

 young man, of prepossessing man- 

 ners and gentlemanly appearance, 

 about 34 years of age; he was dres- 

 sed in a black coat and waistcoat, 

 white plush breeches and boots ; in 

 place of having his hands tied with a 

 rope, as usual, he furnished himself 

 with a new muslin handkerchief, and 

 for the girth over his arms a black 

 silk cord. After ascending the fatal 

 scatTold, at eight o'clock, attended 

 by the keeper, the sherifl", under-she- 

 riff, and chaplain, he was tied up, and 

 immediately, at his own request, 

 launched into eternity — he died like 

 a repentant man. Turner had been 



clerk to Messrs. Stonard and Ry- 

 land, cornfactors on Tower-hill. 

 Their connexions with Mr. WaU 

 tham, a wealthy farmer and magis- 

 trate, at Maiden, Essex, furnislied 

 the culprit with the particulars of 

 the stock held by that gentleman in 

 the bank ; and hence he formed the 

 scheme for which he suffered. 



The public had been for many <• 

 years robbed by a noted character, | 

 named Carpenter, alias Hell Fire 

 Jack ; but he has just made his 

 exit at Maidstone, for horse-steal- 

 ing ; and when under ihc gallows, 

 confessed a robbery for which a 

 person had been apprehended and 

 sent to prison. 



9th. The anniversary of the sons 

 of the clergy was held at St. Paul's. 

 The duke of Bedford, and lord 

 Grantham, who acted as stewards, 

 were present ; also a great number 

 of bishops, &c. &c. After the ser- 

 vice, the friends of the charity dined 

 at Merchant Taylor's Hall. The 

 collections at the rehearsal, with 

 what was collected after dinner, 

 amounted to 9151. Os. f)d. 



The following very singular wager 

 was decided : — Mr. Reed, jun. of 

 Westdean, near Chichester, engag- 

 ed, for a wager of 501. to find out, 

 from a fiock of '200 ewes, the lamb 

 w^nich belonged to eaci). The iambs 

 were kept in a separate place from 

 the ewes. Mr. U. completely suc- 

 ceeded, to the satisfaction of all pre- 

 sent, in finding the mother of each 

 lamb. Other considerable bets 

 were depending on the event of this 

 curious undertaking. 



Mr. justice Johnson, the Irish 

 judge, it has been finally determin- 

 ed, will be tried for an alledged 

 libel, under the signature of "• Ju- 

 vcrna," in Westminster-hall. 



10th. 



