CHRONICLE. 
pired. The man who was pulling 
the timber up at top was also pre- 
cipitated to the ground, and died 
the next day. 
Diepv.—Joseph Ritson, esq. a 
conveyancer, of Gray’s inn, deputy 
_ high-bailiff of the duchy of Lan- 
caster, and a man of information, 
but more to be commended for his 
acuteness, than for his good-breeding 
or candour. His first publication 
was, an anonymous quarto pam- 
phlet of ‘* Observations on the 
Three Volumes of Warton’s History 
of English Poetry ;” one of the most 
illiberal productions we ever recol- 
lect to have seen. He wrote, also 
anonymously, three sets of remarks 
on the editors of Shakspeare: 1. 
on Mr. Steeven’s edition, 1778, in- 
tituled, ‘* Remarks, critical and il- 
lustrative, on the Text and Notes of 
the last Edition of Shakspeare.” 
8vo; 2. “¢ The Quip modest,” Kc. 
on Mr. Reed’s republication of that 
edition, particularly illiberal; 3. 
“¢ Cursory Criticisms,” &c. on Mr. 
Malone’s edition. In 1788 he pub- 
lished, with his name, a well-exe- 
cuted translation, with notes, of 
the Hymn to Venus, ascribed to 
Homer. A select Collection of 
English Songs, in 3 vols. Svo. An- 
tient Songs, from the Time of Henry 
III. to the Revolution, 8vo. <A 
volume of pieces of ancient popular 
poetry, 8yo. ‘* The English An- 
thology,” a selection of poetry, in 
3 small octavo volumes. ‘* Robin 
Hood; a colleétion of all the an- 
cient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, 
now extant relative to that cele- 
brated Outlaw. ‘To which areadded, 
Historical Anecdotes of his Life,” 
2 yols. 8vo. 1795. <A Collection 
of Scotch Songs, with the genuine 
Music, 2 vols. 12mo. « Bio- 
graphia Poetica: a Catalogue of 
437 
English Poets of the twelfth, thir- 
teenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and 
sixteenth Centuries ; with a short 
Account of their works, 1801,” 
12mo. He put his name to ** An- 
tient English Metrical Romances ; 
selected and published by Joseph 
Ritson,” 3 vols. 12mo. 1802. 
These two Jast publications are dis- 
figured by an affectation of singu- 
larity in orthography, and are, per- 
haps, the least interesting of his 
publications. 
OCTOBER. 
2d. Between fourand five o’clock 
this morning, a fire broke out at the 
house of George Case, esq. in Ever- 
ton, Liverpool, which totally de- - 
stroyed the interior of the building, 
with great part of the furniture: the 
family had a very narrow escape from 
this dreadful calamity. 
A fire broke out at the sugar- 
house of Messrs. Wersley, ‘Temple- 
back, Bristol; the whole of one wing 
was completely destroyed. ‘The loss 
is estimated at 7000I. 
3d. M‘Intosh, the rehel, was exe- 
cuted in Patrick-street, Dublin ; and 
Thomas Keenan, another of the in- 
surgents, was convicted, and received 
sentence of death: he was executed 
nextday. Keenan, according to the 
evidence adduced upon his trial, was 
one of the wretches concerned in the 
atrocious murder of lord Kilwarden. 
Accounts from Liverpool state the 
loss of the ship Victory, captain 
Morison, of that port. Whilst go- 
ing out of port, she struck on the 
west end of the Hogle: fifty-nine 
persons were on board, of whom 
only twenty-two were saved: the 
captain was amongst the @Sfwned. 
She was a remarkable fine vessel. 
Ff3 5th, The 
