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if melted the plate on the sideboard; 

 it thca passed through a beaufet, 

 and the chimney, to the bed-cham- 

 ber of Mr. Cheney, where it set 

 lire to the paper, the bed-furniture, 

 and bedding ; it took its next course 

 down the staircase, and evaporated, 

 without farther mischief. The fire 

 in the bed-room ^vas extinguished 

 by Mr. Cheney's workmen. 



8th. A fellow at Taxford sold 

 his wife, in a halter, Avith a child, to 

 one of his comrades, for five shil- 

 lings. — This infamous transfer was 

 made in the public market-place. — 

 It is to bo regretted, that nobody 

 present had the courage to take, the 

 rope from the wife's neck, and lay 

 it on the husband's back. 



9th. Mademois'jllc Eloise Adelaide 

 Bourbon, (daughter of the prince of 

 Conde,) whom the emissaries of Bo- 

 naparte iiave compelled to fly from 

 % convent, in which she had taken 

 refuge, in Bavaria, arrived in this 

 country last week, and this day 

 took the black veil at a convent in 

 Norfolk. In celebration of this e- 

 Tent, high mass was performed this 

 day at the duke de Bourbon's cha- 

 pel. 



Fairlop fair, in Essex, -was this 

 day most numerously attended. — 

 The account of the burning of the 

 famous oak has been considerably 

 exaggerated. The tree was only 

 partially injured. 



nth. The paper-mill of Mr. But- 

 tcnshaw, at Great Pakenhaui, was 

 struck by a Hash of lightning, and 

 materially injured. 



A melancholy affair took place at 

 Brainlree, in Ei^sex. A dispute 

 arising between the master of (he 

 Swan public-house and some sol- 

 diers quartered there, a violent scuf- 

 fle ensued, in which the landlord 

 ^as overpowered. Two soldiew 



stationed themselves at his door, to 

 prevent his escape, while others 

 searched the house for him. At 

 this juncture, a poor man, iiamed 

 Levitt, a hair-dresser, passed that 

 way, to obtain assistance for his 

 wife, she being in labour. Imme- 

 diately on his being observed by the 

 soldiers, who supposed him the ob- 

 ject of their search, (the landlord) 

 they pursued him to his own door, 

 and beat him so inhumanly, that his 

 recovery is doubtful. The wife of 

 Levitt, hearing her husband calling 

 " murder," and entreating assist- 

 ance, was so greatly alarmed, that 

 she fell into violent fits ; and, al- 

 though medical aid was as soon as 

 possible administered, she did not 

 survive the shock that her feelings 

 had sustained more than an hour. — 

 Levitt is left Avith five infant chil- 

 dren. The principals in this horrid 

 outrage have been apprehended, and 

 committed for trial. 



12th. Five of the members be- 

 longing to the Somerset-house vo- 

 lunteer corps were summoned to the 

 public office. Bow-street, before 

 Nicholas Bond, esq. the sitting ma- 

 gistrate, by direction of sir Andrew 

 S. Hammond, the colonel, for refus- 

 ing to pay their fines for non-attend- 

 ance at drills. Mr. Pheney, the se- 

 cretary to the corps, attended, pro- 

 duced the muster-roll, and proved 

 their non-attendance ; when four 

 of thoei were fined in the penal. 

 ty of 8s. each, and one in 4s. with 

 costs. 



Thomas Fisher, gunsmith, in 

 Mount- pleasant. Cold-bath-fields, 

 was indicted at the Old Bailej-, for 

 the wilful murder of his wife Ann. 



From the evidence, it appeared, 

 that, on the 3d of June last, the de- 

 ceased was drinking tea with ano- 

 ther woman^ her tisitor, in the 



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