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requisite age; his consecration was 

 in consequence postponed till this 

 day, when it took place in White- 

 hall chapel. The Archbishop of 

 York, OS head of the province to 

 which the bishoprick belongs, pre- 

 sided on the occasion, accompanied 

 by the Bishops uf Exeter and 

 Chester, and other divines. 



9. Monmouth. — About twenty- 

 seven years ago, the body of a 

 young woman, named Mary Pri- 

 chard, was found in a mill-pond 

 in the neighbourhood of Long- 

 town, in the county of Hereford, 

 ■with muny marks of violence 

 thereon, and a coroner's jury being 

 summoned, after a patient investi- 

 gation, delivered a verdict of Wil- 

 ful Murder. The deceased had 

 for some time lived servant with 

 Mr. Gilbert, of Cluddock, and two 

 young men, John Davis and John 

 Jones, being her intimateacquaint- 

 ance, suspicion fell upon them, 

 and they were in consequence, ap- 

 prehended. Jones had formerly 

 lived at My. Gilbert's with her as a 

 fellow-servant ; but his then mis- 

 tress (Mrs. Hopkins, of Irelandon), 

 swearing that he was in her house 

 all the evening, that he went to 

 Led before her, and that he did 

 rot rise till after she was up ; 

 and this being corroborated by a 

 boy, who swore that he slept with 

 him, and that to the best of his 

 knowledge he was not out of bed 

 till he arose with him, to go to 

 their usual employment, he was 

 discharged. Davis also proved his 

 innocence. Sometime after this 

 Jones left that neighbourhood, and 

 took up his residence in Mon- 

 mouthshire, when he married, and 

 had five children, but his wife has 

 been dead some years, and he is 

 pjow in the decline of life. Being 



at length severely afflicted with 

 illness, and fearing the approach of 

 death, he sent a few days since for 

 the Rev. Mr. Sayce, of Trellick, to 

 whom he made a full confession 

 of the murder. He acknowledi;es 

 that he retired to rest with the boy 

 before his mistress went to bed, 

 that when he thought all the fa- 

 mily were asleep (having previous- 

 ly appointed to meet the unhappy 

 girl, who was pregnant by him), 

 he stole out of the house, commit- 

 ted the horrid deed, and returned 

 to his b*'d without disturbing any 

 one, having been but a lew minutes 

 absent. He still lives, though 

 in a very weak state, and ajipears 

 much easier in his mind since the 

 confersion. His present residence 

 is on Penalth Common, near the 

 Hargoed, about three miles from 

 hence. 



10. From the Limerick Even- 

 ing Post. — " We are sorry to an- 

 nounce, amongst the many fatal 

 accidents which occur from the 

 incautious handling of fire-arms, 

 one of a most melancholy nature, 

 which happened lately at Riversdale, 

 in this county, the seat of the late 

 Hugh Massy, Esq. This unfor- 

 tunate gentleman was sitting with 

 his brother-in-law, George Bu- 

 chanuan, Esq. and making some 

 arrangements towards the detection 



of persons concerned in disturbino- 

 111" 1 



the puljlic i)eace, when a loaded 



feather-spring pistol, which one of 

 the gentlemen was in the act of 

 moving to the other side of the 

 table wtiere they weie sitting, 

 went off, and the ball lodged in 

 Mr. Massy's head, who almost in- 

 stantly expired !" 



15. A dreadful accident occur- 

 red at Leominster, by the falling 

 in of a floor in the house of Mr. 



