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osed to be the heaviest man known 
im the kingdom. He weighs upwards 
of 46 stone, and is only 45 years of 
age. 
A singular cheat was practised by 
a person at the Near Bank in Leeds. 
A hen laid eggs, on which were 
legible charaéters, announcing the 
coming of Christ. Great numbers of 
credulous people were attracted to 
the spot, and many of them, no 
doubt, departed with the idea that the 
world would soon be at anend. Some 
gentlemen, hearing of the matter, 
took great pains to discover the 
trick; and, it has been actually 
ascertained, that, after the charac- 
ters had been badly scrawled on a 
common egg, it was cruelly forced 
again into the hen’s body, and that 
she of course parted with it in the 
above-méutioned state. 
15th. Last week two men were 
killed by an explosion of inflamma- 
ble air in a coal-pit at Boyles-Hal] 
eblliery, near Audley, in Stafford- 
shire; this is the second accident of 
a similar kind in a very few months, 
in the same pit; by the former, 
eight were the unfortunate sufferers. 
16th. A male infant,'((newly born) 
was fonnd in Bellam Dyke, next Uf- 
| ington Ford, with a cord tied roand 
itsneck, and another round its body, 
to which a stone was attached, 
evidently, with an intention of sink- 
ing the same—The coroner’s inquest 
sat on the body on ‘Tuesday, and 
brought in a verdict of wilful murder 
against some person or persons unknown. 
18th. A boy, son of Mr. Cuthbert, 
fisher, Newton, Ayr, was drowned 
in the dam at the head of that town. 
He was not missed till the miller 
jobserved that the water did not flow 
: through the grate tothis mill-wheel, 
aid on examination, found the body 
ef the child. 
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19th, The ponderous iron bridge 
that had been just erected over the 
new cut at Bristol, near the Bath 
road, fell down, with a tremendous 
crash and was shivered and separat.” 
ed into thousands of pieces. ‘T'wo 
men were killed upon the spot, and 
others severely injured. 
William Bontein, late purser of 
the Trusty, (for forging the signa 
tures of the captain, &c. for the 
purpose of defrauding the Victual- 
ing Board of ship stores) stood in 
the pillory, opposite Somerset. 
house. 
Holywell, in Flintshire, has been 
the scene of several distressing acci+ 
dents.—A boy had his thumb carried 
off by the explosion of a gun he was 
firing. —On the same day, a woman 
fell into St. Winifred’s well, and, in 
spite of every exertion, was drowned, 
A young man was drawn in amongst 
the cog-wheels in a corn-mill, had 
one hand split, one foot torn through 
the heel, and the other leg so crushed 
as to require immediate amputation. 
—A boy riding on a cart, drove 
against a turnpike-gate and broke 
his leg —A boy and girl’s clothes 
took fire, in consequence of which 
they languished but a few hours, 
and expired.—A poor woman, who 
had been in a state of derangement 
for some time, went into an out. 
building, and, by the use of a small 
cord, put an end to her existence. 
An attempt was made about four 
o’clock, to carry off several dead , 
bodies from the church-yard of the 
parish of St. Anne, Westminster, 
by three or four depraved wretches, 
who, it is supposed, had got over 
the brick wall next Princes-Street, 
Soho. In consequence of an alarm 
being given at the watch-house, the 
constable of the night, the watch. 
house-keeper, and as many assis- 
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