1800.] 
fwered, fhe did not know whether there was 
any (meaning, certainly, in court) except it 
were Mrs. Syer. 
And the jury, under the circumftances. of 
no evidence being given againtt the other party 
indiéted, had not the ufual means, which 
where two perfons are indicted a jury almoft 
conftantly has, of forming fome e{timate of 
the proportion of guilt which may belong to 
either; nor could they even fee, or perhaps- 
under thofe circumftances imagine, how pe- 
culiar her cafe was, even as to that on which 
fhe was convitted, infinitely the fmalleft part 
of the charge which the two indiétments con- 
tained. 
I do not therefore arraign the verdi&t of 
the jury, the verdié could not be otherwife: 
it was juft, it was difcriminating, it was hu- 
manely confiderate. And I think J fay no- 
thing which is unbecoming, when I fay this, 
that although the verdict and the confequent 
fentence were according to law, DEATH 
being the fentence under the ftatute of 
ANNE, the cafe was fuch as had a ftrong, 
and { think almoft fingular, plea for the exten- 
fion of MERCY. The force and nature of 
this plea, which appeared'imperfetly at the 
trial, and, at the time of paffing fentence, 
more and more developed itfelf progrefiively 
to the laft. I fhall ever deeply regret that it 
did not fo appear tothe yupGe; and moft of 
all, that when by the BILt of RIGHTS it is 
declared, that it is the r1cHT of the fubjeét 
to petition, tlatin this inftance there is reafon 
te conclude, that a PETITION, though in 
behalf of LiF, and numeroufly and moft 
ref{pectably figned, was, notwithftanding, ne- 
ver prefented tothe King. I would rather 
fuffer any thing than have this omiffion -to 
impute to myfelf. J remain, Sir, 
Trofion, Mouris, acc. 
May 19, 1800. Carpet LorrT. 
) ESSEX, 
The Effex Agricultural Society have, at a 
late meeting, offered premiums for the beft 
cart ftallion, bull, cow, or heifer; South- 
down, Leicefterfhire, and half-bred rams and 
ewes; and the beft fat ox, wether, and the 
beit boar, 
The Royal Humane Society has lately 
extended its benefits to Chelmsford, and its 
neighbourhood. 
At the late annual wool fair, at Bufhfair 
Common, it was refolved to afk the following 
prices, which the growers confidered as under 
the market, viz. Southdown, 22d. Weftern 
and Herts 17d. Welch 20d. per lb. 
The clerk of Chelmsford market has late- 
ly detected a perfon of regrating pigs, by 
buying and felling them at the fame market 
at an advanced price. The magittrates in 
this, and almoft every other principal town 
inthe kingdom, have come to a determina- 
tion ftri¢tly to enforce the exifting laws 
againit all engroffers, foreftallers, and re- 
Braters. 
The act lately paffed for rebuilding Chelms- 
Monrury Mac. No. 62, 
Effex. 
89 
ford church, empowers truftees to raife soool. 
for that purpofe, at the rate of 4s. in the 
pound, per annum. The organ to be re- 
erected, and a falary of 20]. per annum to be 
allowed to the organift. No vaults or graves 
to be within a certain diftance of the walls, 
either within or without. By this aé, the 
banns of marriage publithed in the wifi prius 
court, in the Shire Hall, are to be good and 
lawful. . 
Married.| At Waltham Abbey, Mr, Ane 
drew Hills, of Ofpringe, Kent, to Mrs. 
Plommer, widow of the late Mr. D. Plome 
mer, of Faverfham. i 
At Rayleigh, Mr. John Gladwin, to Mifs 
Mary Porter. 
At Witham, Mr. William Jobnfon, fad-. 
dler, of Rayleigh, to Mifs E. Johnfon, of 
Blant’s Hall. 
At Stebbling, Mr. Jofeph Smith, to Mifs 
Nancy Kettle, of Boreham. 
At Broxted, Mr. W. Wilfon, of Alder- 
manbury, London, to Mifs Leader. 
At Braintree, Mr. Philip Ager, baker, 
to Mifs Conftable, of Bocking, Mr. Wale 
ford, to Mifs Button, 
At Ravenhall, Mr. James Hufe, to Mifs 
Anna Baker, of Crefiing. 
At Colchefter, Mr. John Bridge, to Mifs 
Harbert. Mr. J. Gardiner, to Mifs Sarah 
Bacon, both of Maldon. 
At Pentlow, Mr. Tho. Orbell, to Mifs 
Bird, of Cavendith, Suffolk. 
At Halftead, Mr. Hughes, to Mrs. Baron, 
of Halftead Lodge. 
Died,|] At Wanftead, Geo. Farquhar, Kin- 
loch, efgq. a refpeétable Scotch merchant, 
who was thrown from his horfe through the 
fhameful condué&t of the rival drivers of twa 
{tages, near Lea. Bridge, and died in confes 
quence. 
At Maldon, Mr. John Pond, corn andcoak 
merchant. 
At Romford, Mr. John Webb, grocer, 
At High Eafter Bury, Mr. W. Saltmarfhy 
farmer. ; 
At Ongar, Mr. Patmore, Surgeon, whofe 
death was occafioned by a fall from his horfe 
in a fit of apoplexy. 
At Colchefter, Mifs Mary Ann Cowley. 
Alfo Mifs Sharp, aged 17, only daughter of 
Major Sharp, of the Marines. 
At Chelmsford, Mr. Samuel Merritt, fon 
of Mr. Charles Merritt. He was drowned 
when bathing in the Thames. 
At Bocking, aged 64, Jof. Smith, gent. 
At Writtle, Mrs. Riley, wife of Mr, 
Riley, of Sudbury, Suffolk. 
At Foulnefs Ifland, Mr. Philip Going, 
farmer. 
At Sible Hedington, Mrs. Mead, wife of 
Mr. Mead. Mifs Edwards, an elderly maiden 
lady. 
AL South Ockendon, Mr. John Weftcott, 
formerly a refpe¢table tarmer there, 
At Great Baddow, aged 88, Mrs, Com- 
bers, relict of the late Brown Combers, efq- 
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