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and four, overtook a friend in a 
barouche, drawn by the same num- 
ber of horses; and a deterinination 
being manifested to try the speed of 
the horses and the skill of the dri- 
vers, arace was the consequence. 
At Ewel, on turning a corner, Mr. 
Buxton’s phaeton was upset, and 
he and Mr. Hugh Atkins, a Russia 
broker, were thrown with such vio- 
lence, that each gentleman, strange 
to say, had a thigh broken and 
three ribs. 
25th, This morning, about two or 
three o’clock, a man and woman 
were seen walking, arm in arm, de- 
Jiberately down Bridge-street, Black- 
friars, and separated at the stairs of 
the bridge. The woman, soon after, 
walked on the projection under 
the coping of the bridge, as far as 
the third lamp, and then threw her- 
self on the bed of the river; and it 
being low water, she was killed on 
the spot. 
An unfortunate affair happened 
in Falmouth this day. As some men 
attempted to escaped from the hired 
armed ship Humber, in contempt of 
the threats of the lieutenant of that 
ship, who repeatedly declared he 
would fire upon them if they did not 
return, that officer discharged a mus- 
ket, and shot one of them through 
the heart. The coroner’s jury who 
investigated the affair returned a ver- 
dict of accidental death. 
27th. Last week a dreadful hur. 
ricane occurred at Sunderland, ac- 
companied with thunder and hail. 
The shipping in the harbour, which 
amounted to nearly 500 sail, were 
thrown into extreme danger and 
confusion 5; many were damaged, 
and several driven ashore and wreck- 
ed, as were a number of boats, 
This day, at a bear-baiting in 
Tothill-fields, one of the bears hav. 
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ing broke loose, fastened upon 2 
person of the name of Shawe, whom 
he tore very much with his paws, 
and would have destroyed him, but 
for the assistance of the people. 
Mr. Exwyn’s Pictrurrs.—A se- 
lection of the choicest pictures of 
this celebrated collector was brought 
on Friday to the hammer ; annexed 
are the prices of the principal pic- 
tures :—— 
Guineas. 
Teniers—A landscape, with 
the Chateau of the painter, 
to Mr. Slater, for . . 460 
Wouverman—Agrand Hawk. 
ing, to Mr. Duncombe . 906 
P. Veronese — Mars and 
Venus united by Love, to 
Lord Breadalbane ., . 320 
L. Da Vinci —Madona and 
Child, toditto . . . 670 
N. Poussin——-A Landscape . 430 
Rubens—His. old Nurse by 
Candlelight, to Mr. Beck- 
ford oa hele Shi ie SOR 
Ditto — Conversion of St. 
Paul, to Mr. Beckford . 4000 
Quapruervs. — On board: the 
Union East Indiaman, lately ar- 
rived in the London docks, is adog 
from St. Helena with two noses ; 
and on board the Kolus, lying along 
side her,are a beautiful young lioness 
and tigress, the latter is fastened by 
a rope on the quarter deck, and is 
so tame, that a stranger may with 
safety handle it. ‘There are also on 
board the same vessel, a black sheep 
with six horns, anda great variety 
of birds, all from the river Plata. 
The whole atford delight to the 
lovers of natural history. 
A -REMARKABLE HEN.—For the 
three last summers, a hen, the pro« 
perty of Charles Ranken, at Auchs 
mairn, parish of Cadder, has tre- 
quently laid eggs of an extraordi- 
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