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eame to her residence at ten o’clock 
at night, on the 4th inst. and was 
then inebriated. He insisted on 
sending for three bottles of wine, 
one of which was drunk; witness 
had put the other two on her sidc- 
board, thinking her companion had 
had enough. In the evening, they 
took a coach, and repaired to the 
Key, which house, the deceased said, 
he was well acquainted with. She 
then related the circumstances of her 
going to bed, and being alarmed, as 
described by the waiter. Witness 
said she knew nothing of the de- 
ceased’s name, nor where he lived. 
He had a great deal of paper pre- 
perty about him, which he had 
shewn to her in the evening, She 
always considered him to be a cler- 
man. 
Elizabeth Hannam, chambermaid 
at the Key, corroborated what had 
fallen from the preceding witnesses. 
Mrs. Clark, (the late hostess at 
the Key) only knew the deceased 
personally. 
A Miss Llewellyn gave an ac- 
count of the deceased visiting her ; 
but she knew not his name. He 
was aman of low stature, sometimes 
dressed meanly, and wore his hair 
curled in one curl, with powder, 
There being vo further evidence 
to throw any light upon the subject, 
the jury returned a verdict of—<4c- 
cidental death. 
Tt has been since stated, and it is 
feared with too much truth, that the 
gentleman who was thus burnt to 
death, was a Mr. Garner, who kept 
an academy in Brompton-row, on 
the high road leading to Fulham, 
Mr. Garner was a widower, and, it 
is said, a few months since paid his 
addresses to a young lady of consi- 
derable pecuniary expectations ; 
but meeting with a repulse, it is sup- 
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posed that the disappointment af- 
fected his intellects, as his subse. 
quent conduct evinced strong symp- 
toms of derangement. 
9th. An alarming fire broke out 
this morning, between twelve and 
one, at the house of a baker, in 
William-street, Pimlico. ‘The house 
was entirely consumed, and a child 
in it was burnt to death. 
iith. The following malefactors 
were executed this morning, oppo- 
site the debtor’s door, at Newgate, 
in pursuance of their sentences, viz. 
—G. Calder, for personating A. 
M‘Gogan, a seaman on board the 
Caroline frigate, and by that means 
defrauding ‘1’. Good, navy agent, of 
2231. G. R. Walker, and C, Dodds, 
for forging and uttering a will, pur- 
porting to have been left by major 
Hawkins, G. Hemmings and G. 
Bevan, for extorting money from 
the rev. Mr. Orde. 
By the Leopard, of 50 guns, 
arrived at Portsmouth this day, 
intelligence was received of the to. 
tal loss of the Lady Burgess, out- 
ward-bound East Indiaman, com- 
manded by captain Swinton. She 
sailed in company with the fleet, on 
the 3ist of March, from Portsmouth, 
and continued with them till the day 
she was lost, which happened on the 
20th of April, when she struck ona 
sunken rock, between St. Jago and 
Bonavista, at two in the morning, 
and went entirely to pieces. The 
number of persons onboard the Lady 
Burgess, was 184; 34 out of this 
number perished. Among the latter © 
are, Mr. Cock, the chief mate, and 
Mr. Dick, the purser; as also, 
Messrs. Monk, Binny, and Kidd, 
eadets. All the rest of the passen- 
gers, officers, &c. were saved. 
At the suit of lord Cloncurry, a 
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