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The ftrict eye which will be kept upon those houses which are licenfed, both with refpect to the perfons who frequent them, and the drunkenness encouraged, will, it is hoped, reprefs the enormities which prevail among the lower ranks.

[At Bradford in Wiltshire, the active diligence of Mr. Rayner, the overseer appointed in confequence of an act of Parliament for regulating the poor of that parish, has, by a strict œconomy, but chiefly by keeping the poor out of public-houses, actually faved to that parish within the last three years more than five thousand pounds! The poor-rates of that parith are now near 2000l. a-year lefs than they were before Mr. Rayner came into office, and the real poor not lefs comfortably provided for. An account of his difburtements, with the names of the paupers who receive pay, is published quarterly, and diftributed among the parishioners.] Liverpool, April 24. On Friday laft, at the aflizes at Chester, Peter Steer was tried for the wilful murder of his wife. In the courfe of the trial it appeated from the evidence of the prifoner's daughter, that on Sunday morning, November 20th, her mother made fome frumety for breakfast; that they had fix cups that they eat out of, one for her father, another for her mother, and one for each of the children; that they all knew their own particular cup; that when the frumety was poured into the cups, it was put into the back kitchen to cool; that her father went there when no one was in it, about two minutes, they then fat down to breakfatt; that her mother complained it was not good, that it was made of unfound wheat, and eat only about four fpoonfuls; that the rest of the family eat their cups of frumety, and thought it as good as ufual; that the youngest child having eaten all her's, helped herself out of her mother's cup, and tafted about a tea-ipoonful; that the prifoner thereupon took it from the child, returned it into the mother's cup, and gave the child fome of his own; that the child was fick moft of the day; that the found her mother exceedingly ill when the returned from the meeting houfe; that the languifhed till the Tuesday night, and then died; that the prifoner would not luffer any one to come near her, and though defired would not fend for any of the faculty. The pritoner was found guilty, and ordered to be hanged on the Monday following, and his body to be anatomized.

Salifoury, April 24. On Wednesday morning as George Kelway, a labourer, was filling an old faw pit, which had been dug amidit the ruins of a house at Lyme-Regis, in Dorfet hire, he difcovered three fmall k

chefts, containing an immenfe quantity of gold and filver coin, to the amount, as it is faid, of 2000l. and upwards, chiefly of the coinage of Charles I, and II, and is fuppofed to have been buried there at the time of the Duke of Monmouth's invafion, who landed at or near Lyme, in 1685.

The poor fellow, upon discovering this treafure, immediately loaded himself home with a part, and informing his landlord of the event, they both went and took another loading, but unfortunately having taken too much, one of their pockets burst on the way, and the fecret being thereby discovered, all the neighbourhood flew to the spot, and fu h a scene of disorder and confusion arose, that they may be literally faid to have rolled in money hats, caps, pockets, and every ve. hicle that could be procured, overflowed with the golden harvest, and scarce a perfon was prefent who did not reap to the amount of 60l. or 7ol. in value; even the gleanings were confiderable. Kelway and his partner had fecured about 140 pounds weight, but the next day Kelway having entrusted the major part of his treasure (secured in a strong cheft) to the care of his landlord, whilft he went to a neighbouring town to purchafe cloaths, &c. an artful tinker found means to defraud the landlord of the whole; and poor Kelway on his return home found himself again reduced to poverty. The tinker, whofe name is Rue, was taken into cuftody the fame day, and is now confined in Lyme gaol.

Great part of the money has been re gained and fecured.

Cambridge, May 5. The University in Se nate have agreed to admit of the founding another college, to be called Downing College, and to enjoy the fame privileges as the rest of the endowed colleges.

Boxing Match.-On Wednesday the boxing match fo often mentioned in the papers, between the famous Martin, the Bath butch. er, and Humfries, the Suffolk baker, was decided at Exning near Newmarket. The combatants mounted the itage at ten o'clock, and displayed their dexterity in the art of defence for near an hour before a blow was ftruck.

Before the battle began, the butcher was boafting that he had never, in the many battles he had fought, received a black eye; to which the baker replied, that he would promife him one before he had done with him; and in this he kept his word, for the first blow which took place, was a very vio lent one in the butcher's face, which cut him dreadfully, after which he fought thy, falling down whenever his antagon:ft made a blow at him. At length after a conteft of an hour and forty minutes, the baker gave the Rath

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hero a most violent blow near the short ribs, which obliged him to yield the palm of victory to the Suffolk champion. The odds were very much in favour of the butcher, and the knowing-ones were deeply taken in.

The butcher received only four blows, one of which knocked out two of his teeth, which were with great difficulty prevented going down his throat; the baker did not receive a fingle blow.

Extract of a letter from Peterborough, May 16.
"On Sunday morning laft, about one
o'clock, a most shocking murder was com-
mitted near this place, by a young fellow
named Henry Lowe, on the body of Mr.
Robert Shenftone, a farmer and grafier, at
his own door, three miles from hence, the
particulars of which are as follow:-Mr.
Shenftone keeps an inn, which Lowe ufed,
and was got in his debt, and refufed being
trufted any longer, and knowing Shenftone
was come to this market on Saturday to fell
fome fat beasts, and that he generally return
ed late in the evening, he took that oppor-
tunity of revenging it; for which purpote he
had planted himself on the second itep of Mr.
Shenitone's door with a large wooden ham-
mer. About one o'clock Mr. Shenstone got
home, put his horfe in the ftable, and was
going into his houfe, the family being all
gone to bed: as foon as he came to the first
ftep of his door, feeing a man ftand upon
the next, with a great club in both his hands
extended over his head, Mr. Shenttone top-
ped thort, and faid, "What now?" The
words were scarce out of his mouth before
the blow came upon his head, which felled
him to the ground; after that the villain
ftruck him several times till his brains flew
all about the place, then picked his pockets
of eight guineas, a half-crown piece, and fix
pence, but did not take any bank notes or
bils, though Mr. Shenstone had many about
h.m. During all this time none of the family
were awakened or disturbed, so that Mr.
Shenstone lay weltering in that condition till
his people got up, at their ufual hour, on
Sunday morning.

Lowe was feen loitering about this City all day on Sunday, and obferved to look very Juli, and trembled much, which gave people reason to fufpect that he was the man, as it was well known that he hated Shenttone: however, he went off on the fame evening; but the coroner the next morning after fitting on the body, cupatched two men feveral ways in queit of Lowe, who was found play ing at nine pins, at Market Deeping, on Monday afternoon, and brought to this city

before the juftices, when he confeffed the whole as above related.

"When the two men entered the skittleground in fearch of Lowe, he cried out"Well, my lads, I am the man you seek; come, I will go with you, for it was me that killed Mr. Shenftone."

Canterbury, May 23. On Sunday the 7th inftant, a man with a dog, paffing by a pond in the parish of Halden in this county, faw fomething of a whitish colour floating on the water, and fuppofing it to be a dead sheep or lamb, endeavoured to draw it out with a ftick in order to feed his dog; but as he could not move it by that means, he got a large wooden bar to effect his purpofe; on this fecond attempt to raise the fuppofed dead animal, a human hand was raised to his view; -he procured affiftance to draw out the corpfe.-The deceased had no other clothing when difcovered, than a shirt, breeches and ftockings; around his neck was tied a grindftone, and to his legs was faftened a very heavy stone, with intention evidently to fink the body, and with a vam hope of concealing the murder; feveral fractures appeared on the forepart of the fcull, which are imagined to be caused by fome iron weapon, and many bruifes were feen on the body. Gentlemen of the faculty, who attended the horrid fcene at the Coroner's Inqueft, are of opinion, that the party had been murdered and thrown into the pond about five or fix weeks ago. On the day following (the 8.h) a Coroner's Inqueft was taken on view of the body, and a verdict given of " Wilful Murder by a perfon or perfons unknown;" however, fome people in the neighbourhood were fufpected to have been guilty of the barbarous deed *, and thefe fufpicions were well grounded; the fufpected perfons were apprehended and examined by the Coroner, who ftrangely difmiffed them, as being innocent of the fact.

Here the affair rested-the body was bu ried, and the suspected parties thought the whole matter was blown over by the gentle exculpating breath of a fallible man-but the fame hand of Providence that pointed to a difcovery of the concealed body, pointed out alfo the apparently guilty murderers.

Mr. Coppard (a young gentleman of Tenterden near Halden) from a deteftation of fo bloody a crime, from a native love of justice, and from a firm perfuafion that the accused were the guilty perfons, resolved to apprehend them (tho' at manifest hazard) in order to their being further examined.-Accordingly he applied to John Scott, Efq. one of his Majesty's Juftices at Cranbrook in

From a little boy, who was prefent when the body was taken out of the pond, having observed at the time, that the grinditone round the neck was just like that which used to lie at his uncle's door.

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this county, for his warrant to take them up, which was immediately granted. On Thurfday evening Mr. Coppard took with him a young man from Cranbrook, to the house of Daniel Standen, at Halden, who was one of the fufpected parties; there they found two men (brothers) who país by the name of Fox, whom they apprehended and brought before the above magistrate on Friday morning. Circumstances of guilt appearing strong against them, he ordered both into fafe cuftody, and then Mr. Coppard and his companion took a poft-chaife to Maidstone in purfuit of Standen, who was fuppofed to be there that day at the fair; he had been there, but was gone before they arrived. In the mean time fome perfons watched about Standen's house, waiting his return from Maidftone, in cafe he fhould not be apprehended there he returned home, and immediately he and one of his daughters were taken into cuftody, and carried the fame afternoon to Cranbrook, and being examined by the faid magiftrate, D. Standen was committed by him that night to Maidstone gaol. Standen perfifted in his ignorance and innocence of the

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April 24,

EING the Anniversary of the Society of Antiquaries, the members met at their apartments in Somerfet-Place, in the Strand, and elected the following Noblemen and Gentlemen as Council and Officers for the Year enfuing, viz.

Old Council. The Earl of Leicester,
F. R. S. Thomas Aftle, Efq. F. R. S. Sir
Jofeph Banks, Bart. F. R. S. The Rev.
John Brand, M. A. Owen Salusbury Brere-
ton, Efq. F. R. S.
Edward Bridgen, Efq.
F. R. S. Richard Gough, Efq. F. R. S.
Michael Lort, D. D. F. R. S. Rev. Wil-
liam Norris, M. A. John Peachy, Efq.
F. R. S. John Topham, Esq. F. R. S.

New Council. George Lord Arden,
F. R. S. John Lord Bishop of Bangor, F. R. S.
John Lord Cardiff. Rev. John Douglas,
D. D. F. R. S. R. Banks Hodgkinfon, Efq.
F.R, S. Richard Jackfon, Elq. George Duke
of Mountague, F. R. S. Sir William Muf-
Richard War-
grave, Bart. F. R. S. V. P.

ren, M. D. F. R. S

Officers. The Earl of Leicester, Prefi dent. Edward Bridgen, Efq. Treasurer. Richard Gough, Efq. Director. William Norris, M. A. Secretary. John Brand, M. A. ditto.

After which the Prefident appointed the following Gentlemen Vice- Prefidents: Owen Salufbury Brereton, Efq. The Rev. Dr Lort. Sir William Mufgrave, Bart. John Douglas, D. D.

murder, and his daughter would not declare any knowledge of the fact to the magistrate, though he had before told Mr. Coppard " that if the had cried her eyes out, fhe could not prevent their killing the man.”

The faid daughter was kept in cuftody on Friday night at Cranbrook, and the said brothers who go by the name of For. Another daughter of Standen lived then near Maidstone, and the magiftrate who had committed the father, very prudently gave the peace officer who conveyed him to gaol, a warrant to apprehend her, and bring her (if there found) back with him to Cranbrook. On Saturday this daughter (faid to be about nine years old) was examined by Mr. Scott, and the confeffed before him, " that one of the two brothers (Fox) knocked down Eal. ing, the murdered party, that her father kicked him about on the ground, and that the other brother affifted in tying the stones on the deceased, and throwing him into the pond.”

On this confeflion and many corroborating circumstances, the two Foxes were that day committed to Maidstone gaol, and the eldest daughter to Bridewell.

CHRONICLE.

25. The American States in New-England have published a BooK OF COMMON PRAYER for the use of the first Episcopal Church established in America, of which a correfpondent has fent us the following particulars :

It is accompanied with a preface, fetting forth, that the Book of Common Prayer, as ufed in England, had long been complained of, as containing many things that favoured much of Popery; and that now the American flates were separated from Great-Britain, they had taken that opportunity of pub. lifhing a Form of Public Worthip, free from thofe exceptions that fome of the most eminent divines of the Church of England had wished to fee fome alteration in.

They then acknowledge their obligation to Mr. Lindfay and other divines, whofe plers they have adopted to form a Book of Common Prayer.

The moft ftriking particulars are, all the prayers are of the Unitarian ftamp, and Christ, the Saviour of the World, is no where mentioned but as the Son of God and the Mediator, and the Litany is confequently much fhortened, and adapted to the prefent regning powers, and their state of Government, inttead of King and Parliament. Chriftmas day is termed The Birth-day of Chrift, and Ash-wednesday much shortened, and curfes and bleffings are left out every where.

The office of Matrimony is shortened, and the word obey is left out in the woman's part. The Lord's Prayer is like Mr, Lindsay's, Our Father

Father who art in Heaven; and in the Belief, all the part about defcending into hell is left out. In the ceremony of Baptifm the child is to have three or more sponsors from the parents and relations of the family, but no god-father or god-mother, and no figning with the crofs.

The Gloria Patri is left out, and fome doxologies introduced, to be ufed inftead of it. In the Pfalms there are particular parts printed in italicks, which the editor fays may be left out in public worship, as they are rather apt to be misunderstood, or want explana. tion to common readers. There are fome other alterations, particularly wherever the Christian system of atonement is mentioned, and the adoration or worship of the fecond perfon in the Trinity. The Athanafian Creed is left out, and the Abfolution.

27. The daughter of the Earl of Salisbury was christened at his Lordship's house in Arlington-ftreet. Their Majesties with the Princess Royal were sponsors.

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury performed the fervice. The Queen received the child from Lady Effex, and the ArchbiThop received it from the Queen, who named it Georgina-Charlotta-Augufta. The prefent which his Majefty gives on this occasion, is a piece of plate one hundred and twenty ounces weight; which is infcribed with the name of the child, the fponfors, &c. Sixteen years have elapfed without a vifit of a matrimonial pledge of felicity between the Earl and Countefs of Salisbury,

29. Since the laft feffion at the Old Bailey, the following paffages of Scripture are written in gold letters over the Bench:

If a falfe witnefs fhall rise up againft any man, to testify against him that which is then fhall ye do unto him as he had wrong, thought to have done unto his brother." Deut. xix. 16.

A falfe witnefs fhall not be unpunished, and he that fpeaketh lies fhall perish.'Prov. xix. 9.

Ye fhall not fwear by my name falfely, neither fhalt thou profane the name of thy

God.'-Lev. xix. 12.

May 1. By an account now lying on the table of the House of Commons, for the perusal of the Members, of the Produce of all the Taxes during laft Year, and to the 5th of April this Year, it appears that the Totals of each Department are as follow:

Customs

Excife

Stamps Incidents

EUROP. MAG.

£. 801,394 1 3 1,405,894 8 8

371,071 7 5 376,219 11 3

£. 2,955,179 8 7

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Dated from the Exchequer,
April 26, 1786.

3. It appears by an account lately taken, that the number of new buildings in the city of London and its districts, commonly called the fuburbs, which have arifen in the courfe of the last 14 years, amount in the whole to 27,500 houses, befides what have been rebuilt. Hence the increase of the rent-roll of fome of our principal landholders.

5. The particulars of the death of Capt. Roberts of Shoreham, who was murdered in France, are as follow: The Captain being on his travels from Paris to Dieppe, had occafion to change his horse, and halting at a house on the road for that purpose, at a time when none happened to be at home, rather than wait the return of one, which was very uncertain, he chofe to walk forward, defiring at the fame time, if one should return foon, that it might be fent after him: he accordingly fet out, but had not gone long before a horfe came home, which agreeably to his defire was immediately difpatched after him by a fervant in the house, who overtaking the Captain, very politely alighted for him to mount, and which he was about to do, when the villain taking advantage of his defenceless posture, drew out a long knife, and with it gave him three mortal stabs in the back, of which he inftantly fell, and died on the spot; when the affaffin robbed the pockets of the deceased of what money they contained, and having dragged the body out of the road to a little bridge hard by, he threw it under, then remounted his master's horse and rode home, faying that he could not overtake the gentleman. The affair had not long been published before fufpicion fell on the perpetrator, who, it had been remarked, was then unufu ally flush of money; he was in confequence taken up, and confeffed the fact as above stated; whereupon he was committed to prifon. Two days after the body was difcovered by fome perfons of fashion, who were led to it by their dogs. By fome papers found in the deceased's pocket, his name and connections were known. The murderer had

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feen Capt. Roberts take out his purfe at his matter's house, which he said tempted him to the commiffion of the horrid crime.

7. This morning, between one and two o'clock, a fire broke out at the back part of the house of Mr. Gellibrand, hardwareman, in Ludgate-street, which confumed the fame, and the house of Mrs. Newbery adjo`ning, together with one houfe backwards, and greatly damaged the houfe of Mr Shuttleworth, optician, Mr. Wightwick, watch-maker, in Ludgate ftreet, the houfe of Mr. Gould (late Lyon, cutler) in St. Paul's, church yard, and the back of Mr. Wall's cheesemonger, adjoining.

This day Lord George Gordon was excommunicated in the parish church of St. Mary-le bonne.

8. The feffions ended at the Old-Bailey, at which (nine capital convicts having received judgment of death on Saturday) 62 were fentenced to be tranfported, 22 to be imprifoned and kept to hard labour in the Houfe of Correction, feveral of whom are also to be whipped, ro to be imprisoned in Newgate, one to be whipped and discharged, one branded in the hand, and 43 delivered on proclamation.

At the Duchefs of Portland's fale, lot 445, a piece of old gilt Japan, in the shape of a melon, and not bigger than a holus for an Irish giant, was purchased for lady Bute, at the price of two-and-twenty guineas.

At the fame auction, lot 431, viz. a group of purple carp of China-ware, the centre fifh ftanding erect on his tail, looking as if ftewed in claret, and furrounded with unboiled greens, was knocked down at twenty-feven pounds ten shillings.

Several other articles of China, Japan, &c. were difpofed of at prices as ridiculously high,

9. The following gentlemen were drank to by the Lord Mayor for the office of Sheriff for the enfuing year, viz.

James Jackfon, Efq. Citizen and Weaver,
Henry Grace, Efq. Grocer.

Alexander Peter Allan, Efq. Goldsmith.
Nicholas Nixon, Efq. Wax-chandler.
William Mills, Efq. Cooper.
John Webb, Efy. Founder
John Blackall, Etq. Mufician.
William Faffon, Esq. Pewterer.
William Timfon, Efq. Stationer.
Of the above gentlemen the following
have paid a fine of four hundred pounds each,
to be excufed ferving that office:

Alex, Peter Allan, Efq. William Mills, Efq. Henry Grace, Efq. William Timfon, Efq. Nicholas Nixon, Efq. and James Jack fon, Efq.

11. At a meeting of the Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign parts, a de

bate of fome length took place, to determine whether the money which, before the war, was annually fent to New-York, should be continued in that channel, or fent to New Brunswick; which was carried in favour of the latter, by a very confiderable majority.

13. In the Court of Common-Pleas, the trial between Mifs Rankin and Miss Mellish recommenced; when, after hearing evidence for eight hours, Lord Loughborough summed up the whole, and the Jury returned a verdiet for Mifs Rankin.

A late decifion at the Easter Seffions, held at Northallerton, being of great confequence in the doctrine of fettlements, we have been requested to lay the following cafe, with Lord Mansfield's judgment thereon, before our readers: -"On October the 11th, the day after Michaelmas-day, 1775, Dawson, a payper, hired himself to serve until the Michael. mas-day following, Oct. 10, 1776. He gained a fettlement by this hiring, and the fervice under it." Lord Mansfield : " To be fure there must be a hiring for a year; and this is one. Though he were hired on the afternoon of the 11th, yet we fhall fay, that he was hired at twelve o'clock at night on the roth: for it is fettled, that the law will not allow a fraction of a day. He ferved till the 10th, that is a year. If a man is born on the 10th, he is of age on the 9th.

A RECEIPT for SINKING SPIRITS.

TAKE gum-ammoniac one drachm, affa. foetida one drachm diffolved and mixed in 6 ounces of penny-royal water: Add to this mixture half an ounce of fyrup of faffron, and take a spoonful twice or thrice a day.

15. His Serene Highness Prince Charles of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, brother to her Majefty, arrived at St. James's.

Came on to be argued in the Court of King's Bench, a question reserved on a special cafe at the lait Salisbury Affifes, in an action of ejectment, brought to recover poffeffion of a house in Salisbury, from the defendant, who held it as tenant from year to year, upon giving him half a year's notice

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not ending with his year." The point was very ably argued on both fides, and was determined in favour of the defendant. that in all cafes, where a tenant is tenant from year to year, it is neceffary for the notice to end with his year, or an ejectment will not be well grounded,

16. At the Westminster feffions, an Iri witnefs faid" the prifoner is a very bang man, my Lord, and was never in England, till within these three months." When did you firft fee him here? afked the chairman→→ "About half a year ago, my Lord, in Taibili fields Bridewell," replied the witness.

As an inftance of the bewitching nature of

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