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violence of the blows from the 

 bar, and she was left, as Reason 

 supposed, completely dead. He 

 then went up stairs to rifle the 

 rooms, well knowing where the 

 property was kept. In the mean 

 time tiie girl recovered her senses, 

 and escaped from the house to 

 Mr. Griffin's, on Oaklej'-common, 

 -where she made known the busi- 

 ness. She fainted several times 

 on the way, and with great diffi- 

 culty arrived there by an unfre- 

 quented path, in order to avoid 

 the possibility of Reason's over- 

 taking her. As soon as she got 

 into the house she again fainted, 

 and was recovered with mucli 

 difficulty ; on her recovering her 

 senses she related the horrid tale, 

 and several ])ersons were got to- 

 gether. They proceeded to the 

 house, where they found Mrs. 

 Yorke in the situation we have 

 described. In consequence of the 

 information of the girl, tlieythen 

 went to the house of Reason's 

 father, which is about half a mile 

 from Mrs. Yorke's, and inquired 

 for him. The ffither said he did 

 not know where he was ; but 

 they made strict search for him, 

 and at length found him up the 

 chimney. They immediately took 

 him into custody, and he was 

 confined at Oakley, until tlie Co- 

 roner's Inquest was taken on^Mrs. 

 Yorke's body. Mr. King, sur- 

 geon, of Biill, was sent for to at- 

 tend the girl (Elizabetii Hawes), 

 who immediately sent for Mr. 

 Hitchings of Oxford, who did 

 every tiling that could be done 

 for her. She remained in a very 

 dangerous state, although hopes 

 were entertained of lier recovery. 

 IG. On the evening about eleven 

 o'clock, three young men belong- 



ing to East Wemyss, Scotland, in 

 attempting to cross the water at 

 Leven in a boat without oars, 

 were carried away by tlie rapidity 

 of the current. When nearly out 

 to sea, one of them leapeci into 

 the water, and swam ashore ; the 

 other two, not having courage to 

 follow his example, remained in 

 the boat, and were carried out to 

 sea. In this perilous situation 

 they remained till next forenoon, 

 when they were picked up by a 

 sloop between the Bas and Elie 

 Ness, and carried into Largo. 

 They had been in the greatest 

 danger, as the boat was leaky, 

 and they had nothing to cast out 

 the water with but their shoes, 

 three of which they had lost, and 

 both their hats : they were, be- 

 sides, almost de.id with cold. 



18. The following melancholy 

 catastrophe occurred at Battle ;— 

 As Captain James Watson Har- 

 vey, of his Majesty's royal navy, 

 with his youngest brother and 

 sister (two children of five and 

 six years of age) was sailing in a 

 boat on the large mill-pond, at 

 the powder- works, near the dwell- 

 ing-house of their father, a strong 

 gust of wind upset the boat in a 

 great depth of water, when the 

 captain, who was an excellent 

 swimmer, succeeded in getting 

 both his little companions into his 

 anns, with whom he struggled 

 for some time, as if determined 

 to save or perish with tliem ; and 

 although within twenty yards of 

 the pond bay, and in the sight of 

 many of the workmen at the 

 mills, at last sunk, with the chil- 

 dren in his arms, never to rise 

 again ! It was upwards of thi'ce 

 quarters of an hour before their 

 bodies could be recovered, when 



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