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ton, efq. About nine o'clock in the morning he rang the bell; on the entrance of the fervant he was walk ing up and down the room, apparently in a difordered state of mind. Suddenly turning round, he faid, "Why do you look at me fo earn eftly? What do you do here?" The man faid, he attended his commands. Mr. B. always drank cold tea for breakfast, which the fervant neglected to make over night, and apologized. Mr. B. faid, "It is of no confequence; I fhall drink no more this year." About two, he ordered his horfe to be got ready to ride in the park; his valet put on one of his boots; he did not like them, and faid, "You may have those boots, I fhall not wear them any more." When in the park, he was obferved to gallop furioufly, which he was never accustomed to do, but, on the contrary, always rode a canter; and in returning home kept up the fame pace over the stones. At the corner of Clarges-freet, in Curzon-street, he got off, delivered the horfe to the groom, and walked home; it was then half past five. Entering the parlour, he defired his valet to attend to the ferving up of dinner at fix: a few minutes after, he went into a back room, placed his right foot on the bed, and a horfe-piftol in his mouth; the explofion blew off the upper jaw and the back part of the head; the ball went through the chimney-glafs, and lodged in the wainscot. Inftantaneous death enfued, and he fell with one foot on the bed, the other under it. The fervants in the kitchen heard a noife, which they conceived to be their mafter uncorking a bottle of fprucebeer; and, had it not been for the breaking of the glafs, they would

the alarm. It was proved before the coroner's jury, that he had beenTM for fome months in a state of melancholy derangement; they therefore returned a verdict of lunacy. He was a very refpectable gentleman, and during his lifetime in the habits of intimacy with the first noblemen in this country. The late duke of Rutland, earls of Carlisle and Derby, and Mr. Fox, were among the number of his particular friends and acquaintances. He was a great fre quenter of the fubfcription-houses, and, from his eccentricity in dress, was ftyled by his friends, prince Boothby, on coming to his eftate at Swaffham, in Norfolk. Mr. B. was the perfon fuppofed to be alluded to by Mr. Foote in one of his farces, as diftinguifhed by his partiality to people of rank, and inclined to leave one acquaintance to walk with ano ther of fuperior dignity. Hence arofe the denomination of prince Boothby. His chief peculiarity in drefs was in the form of his hat, which was uniformly of the fame fhape for the last twenty years, though he mixed with the most fashionable circles, and was conftantly ridiculed by his friends for this whimsical propenfity. He was brother to the wife of the celebrated fox-hunter, Mr. Hugo Meynel; had been poflefled of three large eftates; the firft his own inheritance; the fecond from a distant family alliance; and the third, from Mrs. Clopton Parthericke, whose name he latterly affumed. The value of the last property is faid to be nearly 70001. a year,

AUGUST.

th. A dreadful fire broke out

not have attended immediately to this day at Balaffa, in Hungary,

which barnt with fuch violence, that in less than two hours 568 houfes, the Lutheran church, and the poft-house, were confumed; not more than 50 houses were left ftanding; two women, two children, and a Jew, loft their lives; and the whole damage is estimated at 900,000 florius.

14th. This evening, about eight, two apprentices in Fleet-street, about fixteen years of age, went into the river to bathe from the fteps of Blackfriers-bridge, on the city fide. The tide running very ftrong, they were carried away. One of them, on rifing, caught hold of a chain for fecuring barges, but the other was fucked under, and all attempts to fave him were of no effect.

At nine o'clock, a gun was fired on board the Braakel, captain George Clarke, in Portfmonth-harbour, and the yellow flag hoifted, as a fignal for execnting James Allen, who had been condemned by a court martial with John Watfon, as being concerned in the mutiny on board the Hermoine. The latter had been executed early the fame morning, on board the Puiflant theer-hulk, at Spithead. Armed boats from all the fhips in harbour attended the dreadful icene. James Allen came in an armed boat on board the Braakel, attended by Mr. Howell, chaplain of the Royal William, about half paft eight. The principal witness against Allen was Parrot, late butcher on board the Hermione, who depofed, "That on the night the mutiny took place, he was feated on a cheft in the gunroom. He then obferved a band of murderers dragging the fecond Lieutenant across the deck, who repeatedly ftretched out his hand, crying," Mercy! Mercy!" He

was drawn up the ladder by the hair of his head, after receiving many wounds. Parrot declared, that at this moment he saw the fecond lieutenant's fervant, James Allen, with a tomahawk or hatchet in his hand, and that he exclaimed, "Let me have a cut at him:" on faying which, he dreadfully wounded his own mafter. On receiving this depofition from Parrot, a general groan of horror was heard in court. Every thing, however, that naval juftice could devife, was exercised on behalf of the prifoner; but the very witneffes called by him ultimately proved of difadvantage to him? Both Allen and Watfon came home to England in the Prince of Wales, but were not recognised till their arrival. Allen, to the laft, denied having ftruck his mafter. As to the particulars of the murder of captain Pigot, of the Hermione, it appeared, "That hearing a noise upon deck, he immediately ran out of his cabin, when, being badly and repeatedly wounded, he was at length obliged to return. He had reached his cabin, and was fitting on a couch, faint with the lofs of blood, when four men entered with bayonets fixed. Crawley headed them. Captain Pigot, weak as he was, held out his dirk, and kept them off. They feemed for a moment appalled at the fight of their commander, when Crawley exclaimed, "What, four against one, and yet afraid? Here goes then," and buried his bayonet in the body of captain Pigot. He was followed by the others, who with their bayonets thrust him through the port, and he was heard to fpeak as lie went aftern.

16th. About a fortnight ago, a refractory fpirit difcovered itself among the felons confined in the

prifon in Cold-bath-fields. On Wednesday night laft it affumed a more ferious afpect; for, on locking up the prifoners, many of them were heard to murmur very loudly, and even to threaten the keepers. The next day, as ufual, about fixty of them were liberated from their cells, and fuffered to take the air in the moft open places in the prifon, but not without a strict eye being kept on their conduct; and they were obferved to whifper frequently among themselves, which gave the governor fome concern left they should attempt any thing serious. When the bell rung as the fignal for locking up, they muftered together inftead of feparating, and appeared to have fome plan to execute, but were afraid to begin their operations. However, after a trifling refiftance, and a great deal of grumbling, they all fuffered themfelves to be locked up in their different cells. It was then that they began to call, and encourage each other to cry out" Murder!"-" Starving," &c. They alfo abufed the magiftrates in the groffeft terms. Their noife was fo loud, as to collect round the prifon a large mob, who answered them in loud fhouts. When they heard the fhouting, they again called to the mob to force the gates and pull down the walls. This kind of conduct alarmed the governor; and he immediately fent for the high-conftable, who readily attended with a number of affiftant conftables; at the fame time the Clerkenwell affociation came to the prifon, but it was nearly twelve o'clock before they fucceeded in difperfing the populace, which confifted of five or fix thousand people. One man only was apprehended for riotous conduct on the outfide, and

taken into the prifon. After the felons had become more filent, fome of them were heard to call to each other, that it would be beft to remain quiet for that night, left they fhould not be let out the next day, which was the chapel morning, and that would be a good opportunity to knock down the keepers, and force the gates. This circumftance being communicated to Mr. Baker and other magiftrates, who had attended to give their advice, it was thought prudent not to let the prifoners out of their cells the next day, as ufual, a few excepted, who were not refractory. Mr. Baker, and three other magiftrates, attended the prifon a great part of yesterday, and infpected almoft every cell, for the purpose of afcertaining the cause of their complaint; but they either could or would not give any explanation, except one perfon, who faid that he was ftarved; but, on examining a basket, in which he kept his bread, there was found a pound and a half, which he had faved from his daily allowance, and what his friends had been permitted to fend him, befides about two pounds of pudding. The Bloomsbury, St. Sepulchre's, St. Clements, and Clerkenwell aflociations, all attenced by turns to watch the prifon; and the Clerkenwell cavalry were parading round the outer gates laft night, to keep the mob off, who had again collected in great numbers, but the prifoners feemed to be quiet.

A fhocking murder was committed this night at Nottingham. Three peace officers attempted to appre hend a hair-drefler, who stood charged with a robbery to a confiderable amount. As foon as the hair-dreffer perceived who they were, he fired a horse-piftol at the officer nearest

him, and killed him on the fpot. The other officers were fo intimidated that he effected his efcape. He was, however, taken the next day near Overtons, but nof till he had bit off the top of a phial of arfenic, intending to poifon himfelf; a fmall quantity of which he fwallowed. The deceafed has left a wife and five fmall children. We have fince learned, that the hairdreffer put an end to his life, by poifon, on the 20th inftant; and that, in confequence of the coroner's verdict, he was buried the fame night in the fand hills on the road leading to Derby.

Water has been fo fearce at Edinburgh, from the failure of the fprings, that the magiftrates have found it neceflary to put fome refrictions on the public wells, which are to be fhut for feveral hours every day. Private families are to be ferved with water only twice a week through the ufual pipes; and they are properly ordered to keep their cifterns in a good state, that no wafte of water may take place while this fcarcity fhall continue.

19th. This day, when about two miles out of Colchester, one of the carriages, conveying the attendants of the Turkifh ambaflador, on his way to Yarmouth, broke down; which circumftance being immediately communicated to the ambaf fador, he ordered the whole of them to ftop, and, with his retinue, retired into an adjoining wood for nearly two hours, till the carriage was repaired. A carpet being fpread, the poftilions were ordered to prepare fuel for a fire; which done, coffee was got ready, and ferved to the amballador, who was

feated in the Turkish ftyle, under a canopy, affixed to fome trees; and afterwards, his attendants partook of the fame. The amballador was not in the leaft difcomposed at the accident, but feemed happy in the opportunity, thus afforded him, of fmoaking his favourite pipe, with his attendants, in this rural retreat.

Ludlow. A perfon who owns part of Radnor foreft (that is a fheepwalk) wanting to dig out fome pitmar (that is coal), fet fire to the heath and mofs to clear the top; but the fire burnt fo rapid, as to be out of his power to flop its fury; and it burnt for 30 miles in circumference, to the deftruction of thoufands of fleep, and the diftrefs

many poor cottagers, whofe huts became a prey to the flames. There being no water, and the fire having burnt as low in the ground as 18 feet, no trench could be cut to ftop it. The people were fearful it would reach to the wood; if fo, the whole country would have been ruined. After the fire had been burning for more than eight days, the flames had fpread themfelves, in different directions, to an alarming extent. On that fide the vale adjoining fir W. W. Wynne's ef tate, at Wynftay, it was fuppofed to extend from eight to ten miles, and, on the oppofite fide, about four. After having raged upwards of five weeks, it was at length extinguifhed by the late providential falls of rain, after having burned about four miles in extent over feveral hundred acres of land. The fire had raged with great violence, during the above period, and the flames were feen, at night, from the hills in the neighbourhood of Ludlow, diftant about 17 miles, rifing in columns to an

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Between five and fix P. M. there fell, at Upper Heyford, in Oxfordfhire, a moft violent ftorm of hail, accompanied with thunder and lightning, and fucceeded by a tremendous guft of wind: a form fo dreadful in its effects, and fo alarming to the beholder, was feldom or never experienced in that country. The hail, or, more properly fpeaking, large irregular pieces of ice, of the fize in general of a hen's egg, broke the windows of many houses that were in the direction of the form; and the whole of Heyford affords a fpectacle truly fhocking The corn, the greater part of which was barley, and very little of it cut, appeared entirely threshed out by the violence of the hail; fcarcely an ear remained whole on the ftraw, and the ground was totally covered by the thattered corn. The violence of the ftorm lafted about a quarter of an hour, during which time, the poultry fuffered much; and the fmaller birds of every defcription were found dead in great numbers on the ground.

22d. Woburn. On Tuesday afternoon the weather was uncommonly hot; clouds came on from the north-weft, and diftant thunder was heard, which continued inceffantly till near feven o'clock, when the most tremendous ftorm of hail, ever known in the memory of the oldeft man living, in this county, came on. Its ravages feem to have begun at Broughton; then, pafling over by Cranfield, Lidlington, Crawley, Ridgmont, Ampthill, and

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23d. Edinburgh. Mifs Ayres, only daughter of Mr. Ayres, and Mils Anderfon, a young lady refiding at Yarrow, were laft week on a vifit to the family of Mr. Scott, of Singlee, near Selkirk. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Scott being from home, thefe ladies, accompanied by two Mifs Scotts, went into the garden to walk, having previously enquired at what hour dinner would be ready. The river Ettrick runs paft the bottom of the garden. Having been abfent confiderably beyond the ufual hour of dinner, one of the maid-servants went out to inform them that dinner was on the table. On entering the garden, fhe was ftruck by the fight of their clothes lying on the bank of the river; and, on rufhing forward, the difcovered the hapless victims four lifelefs corpfes at the bottom. She flew back to the house, and immediately returned with affistance. The bodies were taken out of the river, but every effort to restore animation was ineffectual. This cataftrophe is as fingular as it is afflicting. The young ladies had gone in to bathe; the Ettrick, where it paffes the garden of Singlee, is, in general, remarkably fhallow; but there is one fmall part of it which is very deep. Into this fatal fpot, it is fuppofed, one of the young ladies, (perhaps, one of the ftrangers) had, by fome unhappy means, been conveyed; and the others, witneffing her ineffectual ftruggles, had either loft their lives in attempting to refcue their com panion, or, deprived of all confcioufnefs, by the dreadful fcene, had

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