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ccived the rents of the Society 

 to the lateft date, and had bor- 

 rowed money wherever he 

 cpuld ra fe it. He had previ- 

 oufly deftroyed llie books of 

 the Society, and fold every ar- 

 ticle of his own furniture. He 

 had been abfent fome time be- 

 fore his elopement was dif- 

 covercd, under pretence of go- 

 ing to Margate for his health. 



Mr Whitbread, who for 

 many years has offered a pre- 

 fent of ten thoufand pounds 

 to any perfon purchalirig his 

 bre*very at a fair eftimation, 

 has at length found cuftoraers 

 for it. A company of perfons 

 have bought it, at the price of 

 four hundred and fifty tho'j- 

 fand pounds. 



The following fingular cir- 

 cumftance lately happened at 

 E verdon, in Northampton (hire : 

 The houfe of Mr Warr, a far- 

 mer 'of that place, has been 

 greatly infefted with rats ; Mrs 

 Warr, in clearing away the 

 earth they had fcratched from 

 the foundation of a pantry un- 

 der a ftair cafe, difcovered fe- 

 veral guineas ; and upon fur- 

 ther fearch, found a large tea- | 

 pot with upwards of 250 gui- 

 neas more in it. 



On the 1 6th ult. a vefTel oa 

 her way to Scotland from I>on- 

 don, being wind-bound in Yar- 

 mouth Roads, fonie of the paf- 

 fengers, amongft whom was a 

 lady, finding themfelves fca lick, 

 requefted to be let on Iliore, 

 which being complied with, the 

 boat had juft got within a few 

 yards of the ftiorc, whci) a 

 breaker, dafln"ng againft the 

 boat, ovcrfet it, and the lady 

 was unfortunately drowned ; 



the others with difficulty efcap- 

 ed the fame fate. 



On the i6th ult. the pafTcn- 

 gers in the mail coach from 

 Glafgow to Carlide had a very 

 narrow and moft wonderful 

 efcape from deftrudfion, at 

 Kirtlebridge, near Ecclefeclian. 

 By the negligence of the driver 

 converfing with the guard, who 

 had imprudently (hifted from 

 his feat to the coach-roof, the 

 reins flackened, the fore horfes 

 flew over the bridge, and the 

 coach falling at leaft ten feet 

 upfide down, was daflied to 

 pieces ! Of three paflengers, 

 only one, a gentleman from 

 Glafgow, received any perfon,ii 

 injury. One of the fore horfes 

 was killed on the fpot, and the 

 pole of the carriage fliivered to 

 atoms ! 



On tlie 20th of June, came 

 on before the Court of Juftici- 

 ary at Edinburgh, the trial of . 

 John Paul, James Stewart, and 

 Alexander Ballantine, for robb- 

 ing a gentleman in Nicolfon's 

 Street, on the night of the 7,d 

 of May laft, of his watch, hat, 

 and twelve {hillings in money, 

 when they were allfound guilty, 

 and fcntenced to be executed 

 at Edinburgh on the a7th July. 



On the 27th of Jime, Tho- 

 mas Wilfon was broUjjht be- 

 fore the fame Court, for fleal- 

 ing from. a haberdaiher in Edin- 

 burgh, muflins to the value of 

 200I. He pled guilty, and was 

 fcntenced to tranfportation for 

 life, to fuffcr deathif he return. 



On the 2ift ult. an extraift of 

 the will of Baro'.i Vryhouven 

 was received by the Society for 

 Propagating Chriftian Know- 

 ledge in the Highlands and 



