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spot, he shewed every mark of peni-: 
tence, and prayed. fervently for ‘a’ 
considerable time. ‘Then kneeling’ 
on a truss of hay, the soldiers ap-~ 
pointed ‘for the execution marched: 
inj a solemn manner, till they arrived 
withinten yards of him, and then’ 
proceeded to do their duty. ‘The 
first fire wounded him in the thigh, 
the second, it was supposed, missed 
him, and the third deprived him of 
his feelings, though it did not entirely 
kill him ;* when ‘three file marched 
close to him, and instantly dispatch- 
ed him,«— 
‘7th. Inthe court of king’s-bench, 
John and Michael Hedges were in- 
dicted for a conspiracy to defraud 
government, by procuring false 
youchers (obtained from the clerks 
and keepers of the stores at his ma- 
jesty’s dock yards at Deptford and 
Woolwich) for work done, and 
goods delivered ; which, in fact, ne- 
yer was done, nor the goods ever 
delivered. Mr. Erskine stated, that 
the prosecution was mstituted at the 
instance of the lords commissioners 
of the Admiralty, in consequence of 
certain vouchers transmitted to 
them'from the commissioners ot the 
navy. Heshould shew that, for the 
work which, if fairly paid for, 
amounted to no more than 2351. 5s. 
5d. between the periods of the 11th 
of March, 1800, and that of the 11th 
of December, 1801, the contractors 
had charged, and were paid, (it 
~ could hardly be credited) the sum of 
2,650). 18s. 9d. ; thus defrauding go- 
vernment of the sum of 2,415], 13s. 
Ad. in a business whose fair amount 
was not 3001. Mr. Erskine then 
proceeded to state the manner in 
which these frauds were committed ; 
the facts of which being maintained, 
and fully proved in evidence, the 
jury found a verdict of guilty. 
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the pillory. 
465 
9th. "At12 o’clock, Redhead, 
flie brandy-merchant, for defraudo 
me the revenue, was put in the pil- 
lory" at the royal exchange; whence, 
after being exhibited for an hour, he 
was committed to Newgate, where 
he is to be confined for two years, 
and to be a second time exposed in 
10th. In a severe storm, this 
day, in Lincolnshire, two men, re- 
turning from’Caistor, were lost, and 
found dead next morning amongst 
the snow. One of them was war- 
rener to Mr. Smith, of Elkington.. 
11th. Four children playing on 
the ice, on a pond at Great Tew 
Park, the seat of G. Stratton, esq. 
it broke, and they were all unfortu- 
nately drowned. ‘Their bodies were 
not found for two hours: 
Dublin —12th. About six. this 
morning, the chimney of a house in 
Crane-lane, Essex-sireet, fell in, 
precipitating the roof and floors of 
the front rooms to the bottom. By 
this dreadful event, four persons 
have been killed, and six or seven. 
dangerously wounded. Through 
the exertions of the officers and 
privates of the 26th regiment, quar- 
tered at the old custom-house, seve- 
ral persons were got out of the’ 
house, who, otherwise, must inevit- 
ably have shared the same fate ; the 
men with great humanity took off 
their great coats, and carried the 
unfortunate naked sufferers, con- 
ducting them into the guard-roomss 
till other relief could be afforded.— 
Among the persons killed, were an 
industrious man of the name of 
Kelly, a hair-dresser, with his wife 
and apprentice boy, who occupied 
the shop floor. ‘This calamity has 
reduced a number of poor persons, 
chiefly women and children, to the 
greatest misery. 
Glasgow.—- 
