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In confirmation of this narra. we he produced fuch teftimony from Mr. Wyat, the furgeon, who 2002 200- attended Morgan, and from a genctt buttlewoman who accidentally beheld the whole fray, as was fully fatisfactory to the court.

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attefted by feveral gentlemen, with whofe names the world is very well acquainted, and among whom were Mr. Beauclerk, fir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Jonfon, Mr. Burke, Mr. Fitzherbert, Mr. Garrick, Dr. Goldfmith, Mr. Stevens, and Dr. Hallifax, &c. Mr. juftice Bathurst fummed up the evidence on both fides with great judgment; and the jury, after a deliberation of a few minutes, acquitted him of the charge. As it was much to the honour of the country, in which a ftranger not only met with juftice, but even fup port and protection; it was not lefs to his, who, deftitute of natural interest and connection in it, could alone, from the unblameable tenor of his life and actions, procure fuch Endeniable teftimonials to the good nefs of his character.

By an abstract from the minutes of thefhort-hand writers,it appears, that from 1748 to 1760, 10,474 prifoners have been tried at the Old Bailey. The comet was again obferved at the royal obfervatory at Greenwich, in 18 deg. of Scorpio, and in 17 deg. N. lat. with a fhort, broad, faint tail. It will recede flowly from the fun, moving eastward, and pafs through the conftellations of the Serpent and Serpentarius; and may be seen for fome time every clear evening towards the S. W. though gradually diminishing in luftre.

The new navigation of the river Stort being finished, the firft barge came this day to Bifhop Stortford, with colours flying, drums beating, attended by a band of mufic. On this occafion, Mr. Plumer, member for the county, gave an ox, and Mr. Adderly, who formerly kept the Crown at Hockerell, a pipe of wine. The fupporters of the bill of fights ordered zool, to be carried by

Mr. Oliver to Mr. Wilkes, in the King's Bench prison.

Lord Eglington, and lord Kelly, who was at his lord-24th. fhip's feat at Ardall in Scotland, on a vifit, went out in their chair to take the air; they were followed by fervants, who had guns and dogs; near the fea-fide, in his lordship's inclofures, lord Eglington heard a gun go off, and efpying one Mungo Campbell,whom he had long known for a poacher, he alighted from his carriage, purfaed Campbell, and came up to him, and demanded his gun for fhooting on his manor; he was answered by Campbell in very rude language, that he would not deliver up his gun, but, if his lordfhip infifted on it, he would give him the contents." Lord Eglington then took a large stick from lord Kelly, who by this time had come up to the fpot where the fray happened. Lord Eglington was advancing faft with his flick, which the fellow perceiving, leveled and prefented his piece; lord Eglington upon this withdrew a few paces back, and cried out, "Oh, are you for that sport!" and called one of his fervants to reach him his fowlingpiece, which was accordingly brought. Lord Eglington faced about to Campbell, with the gun in his hand, but before he could either cock or prefent it, the fellow fired, and unhappily the whole charge, wadding and all, entered on his right fide, about two inches from the navel, of which wound he lingered about twelve hours, and then expired. The fel low was fo confufed, or fo frightened, that he fell on his back the inftant he fired, but not before. Lady Eglington, my lord's mother, is fo affected with the lofs of her fon,

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And, when it fhall appear on fuch enquiry that H 1—— H has, by unneceffary delays, detained the public money for years in his hands, and appropriated the intereft thereof to his own ufe, and has alfo by various pretences obtained repeated impediments to public juftice, and by various mifreprefentions induced our fove reign to stay the legal proceedings against him, thereby endeavouring to leffen that refpect that is due to his majesty, and introduce a power fuperior to that of law, the ufe and difufe of which create the diftinction between monarchy and tyranny.

Refolved, That then it will become in the highest degree the duty of our reprefentatives in parliament, to endeavour that H

H be impeached, that he may be an example to all future minifters, and fhew them how dangerous it is to enrich themfelves with the public treasure, and fport with the rights of a free people.

Refolved, That thefe refolutions be entered by the town-clerk in the record books of this city, as part of the proceedings of the livery at the election of a lord mayor of this city for the year 1770; and that a copy of thefe refolutions, figned by the fheriffs, be delivered to each of our reprefentatives in parliament.

After which the lord mayor adjourned the common-hall at half an hour paft feven in the evening, the livery having wted with an amazing firmnefs and patience, in a very

uneafy and painful fituation, nine hours without refreshment.

12th.

The theriffs of London, attended by a refpectable deputation from the livery, waited upon Mr. alderman Beckford, at his houfe in Soho-fquare, to request him not to decline, at this crifis, the important office of lord mayor, but to comply with the wishes and defires of the livery to ferve them on this occafion. Mr. Beckford received the gentlemen in the most cordial manner and, after pleading his age and infirmities, wrote the following letter, which he prefented to the fheriffs, intreating them to deliver it to the lord mayor: My lord mayor,

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I cannot refift the importunate requeft of my fellow citizens; their defires have overcome resolutions that I once thought were fixed and determined.

1 The feeble efforts of a worn-out man to serve them can never an

fwer their fanguine expectations.

I will do my best, and will facrifice eafe and retirement, the chief comforts of old age, to their wishes; I will accept the office of lord mayor.

I fhall hope for the affiftance of your lordship, and my brethren of the court of aldermen: the advantage and good effects of their advice were experienced on many occafions in my late mayoralty, by your lordfhip's moft obedient and humble ferant, W. BECKFORD."

13th.

This morning, at half an hour past one, a fire broke out in the houfe of Mr. Osborne, orrice-weaverinStar-court,Butcherrow, near Temple-bar, which, in lefs than three hours, confumed that, together with the houfes of Mr. Eal

ing, pawnbroker; Mr. Thompfon, mathematical inftrument - maker; Mr. Talboy, hair-cutter, and fix other houses in the fame court; with the fhop of Mr. Webb, blacksmith: the flames continuing to spread, laid hold of Mr. Spilfbury's printing-office, in Newcastle-court; the house of Mr. Jones, taylor; Mr. Cook, winemerchant; and two others on the right-hand fide, which were burnt to the ground. The houses of Mr. Leddie, jeweller, Mr. Sydebottom, veftry-clerk of St. Clement's Danes, Mr. Richardfon, carpenter, and 3 others, are greatly damaged. In Butcher-row, the back part of the Magpye, a public houfe; the houfes of Mrs. Lawrence, milliner; Mr. Read, oilman; and two houses in Crown-court, are damaged: many of the unhappy fufferers had not time to fave any thing. There was plenty of water, and the firemen and neighbours did their parts, which greatly contributed to ftop the progrefs of the flames. A party of guards from the Savoy arrived at three o'clock, and it is efteemed a fortunate circumstance that no lives are loft. Mr. Ealing, in the firft hurry and confufion, went into a room to remove a box containing 70 gold and filver watches, but miftook another for it of no value; fo that the whole was confumed, with all the valuable ftock in trade, partly the property of many hundred poor people.

A fire broke out at Lime14th. houfe-hole, by which Mr. Grant, at whofe houfe it happen ed, together with his wife, two children, a brother of Mrs. Grant's and a lodger, were all burnt to death; Mr. Lucas, who lived next door, and his wife, with a child in her arms, jumped out of the win

dow to fave themfelves; but the poor woman broke her back, and the man had his jaw fractured in a terrible manner; the child received but little hurt; but two of their children perished in the flames,

At a numerous meeting of the electors of the borough of 17th. Southwark, Sir Jofeph Mawbey propofed to petition his majefty for redrefs of grievances, particularly with refpect to the late determina tion of the hof c-s, in oppofition to the declared fenfe of the county of Middlesex, at the election of a reprefentative. Having explained the motives of that deter mination, he concluded, that the only hope that remained was from his majesty's goodness in a diffolution of p

-t. A petition for this purpofe, ready drawn up, was produced and read, affented to, and approved; and committees appointed in every parish to get it properly figned; but no perions were appointed to prefent it.

Dublin, Oct. 17. His excellency lord vifcount Townsend went in the usual state to open the Irish parliament; when the peers took their feats, and the members of the houfe of commons their proper oaths; after which, they proceeded to the election of a speaker, when the right hon. John Ponsonby was propofed for that important office.

A dreadful fire happened in the town of St. John's, in the island of Antigua, on the 17th of Auguft laft, by which it was almost reduced to afhes, together with the cuffomhouse and ftore-houses. His majefty has given orders for the fum of one thousand pounds to be paid into the hands of Mr. alderman Harley, to be shipped in fpecie for the immediate relief of the pcor fufferers

in that town, and has directed the distribution of it to be under the care of the governor and ten principal merchants there. 18th. JofephStackhoufeand William Litchfield, for robbing Mr. Jeffop on the highway: Geo. Low, for ftealing money and linen; John Allen, for forgery; Henry Godwin, for robbing Mr. Savery on the highway, and Jofeph Simpfon, for the like offence, were all executed at Tyburn.

A very numerous meeting of the freeholders of Somersetshire was held at Wells, when a petition to the throne was unanimoufly agreed on, praying for "a diffolution of the prefent parliament."

Jofeph Prieft, Jacob Sarbow, John Hindmarch, Patrick Murphy, Anne Claxton, alias Darling, alias Underwood, Sarah Haycock, John Hill, and John Stafford, were refpited during his Majesty's plea

fure.

The feffions ended at the 23d. Old Bailey. At this feffions

eleven prifoners were capitally convicted, among whom were two of the defperate gang of cutters. An arreft of judgement was moved in favour of two others of this gang, which is to be determined by the twelve judges. At this feffions alfo Mr Baretti, attended by his bail, was brought into court, and indict ed for ftabbing Evan Morgan, who died of his wounds in the Middlefex hofpital. He was offered a jury of half foreigners, but refufed it. The evidence against Mr. Baretti were, a woman of the town, who admitted that her companion had provoked him by a very indecent outrage, and two men, who confeffed that they had joined with the de ceafed Morgan in acts of injurious

violence, and of whom the fecond contradicted, in fome important particulars, the evidence of the first. Another witnefs from the hofpital repeated the account which he received from Morgan, who feemed to think himself wounded without fufficient provocation. The court then called upon Mr. Baretti for his defence, who read from a written paper his narrative of the whole tranfaction; the purport of which was, that an unexpected violent affault was made upon him by a woman, who ftruck him in the tender parts, which gave him exquifite pain; whereupon he hit her over the hand, when the called him French-bougre, woman-hater, and other opprobrious names; and three men coming up, they fhoved him about and ftruck him. The fuddennefs of the attack intimidated him; it was dark, no refuge at hand, and he being near-fighted, and thereby unable to judge of his danger, endeavoured to get away, but was hard preffed, repeatedly ftruck, and pursued several yards by the populace, who were now increased in number; at laft he drew out his knife (an inftrument which fo reigners generally carry about them) and told the affailants, that he could bear no longer their ill ufage, but would defend himself, and warned them to keep off; but they repeating their infults, he, in the violence of his agitation, did the injury, of which he was fcarce fenfible himfelf. In confirmation of this narrative he produced fuch teftimony from Mr. Wyat, the furgeon, who attended Morgan, and from a gentlewoman who accidentally beheld the whole fray, as was fully fatisfac tory to the court.

Mr. Baretti's character was then attefted

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