1800 } 
At Cringleford, Mrs. H. Barker, wife of 
Mr. Barker, farmer. 
At Catton, aged 73, Mrs. Adams. 
At Wereham, aged 77, Mrs. Ann Langley, 
alfo Mr. John Langley, her fon, aged 48. 
At Happon, aged 84, the Rev. Daniel 
Phillips, minifter of the Diffenting congre- 
gation there. °° 
At Itteringham, aged 84, Mrs. Ann Blyth. 
At Eaft Dereham, aged 68; Wm. Cowper, 
efq. the admired author of the Tafk, and 
other poems; and the tranflator of Homer. 
A correct memoir of his life was given in the 
Public Charaéters of 1799—18co, and fome 
additional particulars will be given in our next. 
SUFFOLK. ( 
George Johnftone, efq. fon of the late 
Commodore Johnftone, is elected M. P. for 
Aldborough, in the room of M. A. Tay- 
lor, efq. : 
The inhabitants of Stoke, by Clare, were 
lately much alarmed at the fudden appear- 
ance of a numerous {warm of! animals, of the 
fhape and meagre form of the grub grafs- 
hopper, with long black legs, black heads, 
and gogling eyes. They remained for, fome 
howrs, and were feen the next day, in the 
neighbourhood, grubbing a young hedge-row 
on the road fide. They are confidered. as 
locutls of a very deftruCtive fpecies. 
At Bury ailizes eight prifoners were con- 
victed of capital offences, and condemned ; 
three of whom were left for execution, and 
the others reprieved. 
One of the prifoners left for execution was 
Serab Lloyd, accufed of introducing a man 
into the houfe of her miftrefs, who robbed, 
and afterwards fet iton fire. Being generally 
confidered as the inftrument made ufe of bya 
defgning villain, and having an excellent 
charafter, her cafe excited a very ftrong in- 
tereit in the neighbourhood. A petition was 
accordingly figned, moft refpeCtably and nu- 
meroufly, for her refpite and pardon; .but the 
Duke of Portland deeming the application to 
arife from ill-judged humanity, fent down a 
King’s meflenger to: order her execution, 
Among the.perions who interefted themfelves 
the moft on this occafion was, that very re- 
fpetable magiftrate, Mr. Capel Lofft... This 
gentleman has addrefled a letter to us, which - 
certainly does honour to his heart, and which 
we deem it not improper to infert inthis place. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Maygzine. 
SIR, 
AS your valuable Magazine is as likely as 
"any publication, to be impartially attentive. 
to whatever concerns trutii, humanity, 
and juftice, give me leave to caution you 
againft an implicit credit in the accounts pub- 
lithed in moit of the pagers, refpecting the 
Caie of the unhappy Sarah Lioyd. 
Thus much only I will fay at prefent :— 
a mot extraordinary, and a moft affecting 
cafe it is. I have never heard. of one more 
fo: { lave never known one in any degree fo 
guuch fo. 
MonTHLY Mas, No, 58, 
Novfolk—Sujfaik. © 
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409 
I was on the grand jury, which found the 
two bills of indiétment. I was in court at 
the trial. lam happy (yet, perhaps, I ought 
not to fay fo) that I was not in court, when 
feritence of death was pronounced upon her. — 
I haye vifited her feveral times, fince the has 
been in prifon, with feveral refpectable per- 
fons 3 and particularly with a lady of a very 
fuperior underftanding3 and, who ftruck with 
her mild and ingenuous countenance, the 
modefty, unhefitating clearnefs, fimplicity, 
and ingenuous character of all fhe fays3 her 
meek and conftant fortitude, and her modeft 
refignation, has interefted herfelf greatly in 
behalf of this young and moft fingularly un- 
happy woman. She was indiéted for a bur- 
glarious-robbery, in the dwelling houfe of her 
miftrefs: She was convicted of LARCENY 
ALONE, to the value of forty feillings. And 
under what circumfances it will be proper to 
ftate more fully hereafter. The Jury racquitted 
her of the durelariows part of the chage; and 
thereby megatived any previous knowledge on 
her part of a felonious intent of any perfon. 
The other indi@ment for malicious boufe- 
fring, was not even tried. Unhappily 
perhaps for. her, that it was not. It feems 
but too certain, that fhe will fufter death on 
Wednefday next: and from any thing I can 
yet learn, I fhould fear a numeroufly and moft 
refpectably figned petition, will not even find . 
its way to the king while fhe yet lives. 
I write only thus much at prefent: that if 
you ftate the fuppcofed facts which have been 
fo widely diffufed againft her, and have made 
fo dreadful an impreffion, you may alfo fate 
thefé remarks ; which have for their object 
merely, that the public would fufpend its 
judgment, till a full and correct ftatement be 
laid before'it, as it neceflarily muit; and that 
in the mean time at leaft, the public will not 
conclude her guilty of more than of that of 
which folely the ftands conviGed, and attaint 
on the recordethe /arceny only. And that as 
to the nature and degree of her guilt even 
upon that, they will eftimate it according to 
the circumftances, when fully before them. 
Then, perhaps, they will have no caufe to 
wonder that efforts have been made, as they 
have moft certainly been, with moft perfevering 
anxiety, to obiain a mitigation of her fen- 
tence, fo far as it affects her life: nor that 
the profecutrix, the committing magiftrate, 
the foreman, and feveral others of the grand 
jury, and many perfons of true refpectability, 
have concurred in thefe efforts: and particu- 
larly perfons in whofe fervice the has lived ; 
and who {peak of her temper, difvofition, cha- 
racter, and conduct, in terms every way ho- 
nourable, 1 semain, Sir, your’s fincerely, 
Troficn, April 2%. CAPEL Lorrr. 
Married.| . At Sudbury, Capt. Chinery, of 
the Leyal Su:oik Fencibies, to Mifs Eliz. 
Firmar, )> 
At Long Meiford, Mr: Jn. King, malfter, 
to Milfs Briniley, of Wickkambrook. 
At Barnham, Mr. diaitin Sharpe, of Bury, 
Died. | 
nm 
to Mrs. Cubitt. 36 
