15th. A fire broke out in a maltkiln at Burwell, near Newmarket, occupied by Meflrs. Barlow and Wedge, which entirely confumed the fame, with the malting, in which were 351 coombs of malt and barley, most of it damaged; alfo a house and workfhop, the property of Mrs. Brown, fell-monger, widow; a houfe of Mrs. Mary Ifaacfon, another of Richard Bunting, a coal-shed of Mr. Robert Edwards, and part of the premifes belonging to Mr. William Shaw. Fortunately the wind blew from the fouth-eaft, which drove the flames towards the Fen. Bunting is a great fufferer. Being a waterman, he had feveral fums of money belonging to Lynn, all of which were loft in the flames, not having fime to get any thing out of his house,

3d. The inhabitants of Weftmin fter affembled in Palace-yard, and refolved to petition the king to difmifs Mr. Pitt and his colleagues from their offices.

16th. At a court of common countil the Lord Mayor called the attention of the court to a requifition figned by forty-three liverymen, defiring him to call a common hall, "To confider of an humble addrefs and petition to his Majefty upon the prefent alarming state of public affairs, and praying him to difmifs his prefent minifters from his councils for ever, as the firft ftep towards obtaining a speedy, honourable, and permanent peace." That he had anfwered he would confult the Court, and had received a proteft against fuch a meafure. His Lordfhip fubmitted the feveral papers to the court, who were unanimoufly of opinion, that it would be highly improper for them to give any opi

nion refpecting the propriety or expedience of convening a common hall.

19th. This morning about four o'clock a dreadful fire broke out at Mr. Brigg's timber-yard, adjoining Haydon-fquare, in the Minories; which burnt with unoppofed fury for near two hours before water could be procured, and spread fo wide that, notwithstanding the utmoft exertions of the engines, nearly thirty houfes were deftroyed, including fix or feven in front in the Minories. A great quantity of property belonging to the unhappy fufferers was fecured in the church of the Trinity, in the Little Minories, under the protection of parties of the Guards and Weft London militia.

23d. At a numerous common hall, a petition to the purpose before expreffed, was almoft unanimoufly voted; and the fheriffs, with the city's reprefentatives in parliament, were requested to prefent it to his Majefty on the throne.

24th. The fheriffs of London attended at St. James's, to know when his Majefty would be pleafed to receive the petition of the Livery upon the throne; and were informed that his Majefty would receive no petition from the city of London, except in its corporate capacity: but that he was willing to receive it at the Levee, in the ordinary manner of accepting addreffes.

A riot of a ferious nature took place at Derby, on Monday night laft. A number of perfons having affembled in the Baptift chapel to hear Thelwall lecture on political fubjects, a mob collected in the freet with drums, horns, &c. and, after contenting themfelves fome

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time with drowning the voice of the orator in tumult, they at length broke the windows, wounded feveral persons with brick and ftones, and threatened to deftroy the chapel. Thelwall, with a piftol in his hand, declared he would fhoot any perfon who molefted him; in confequence of which he was fuffered to depart without receiving any injury. It was a long time before the mob feparated.

At the affizes for Hampshire (Lent affizes) there were fixty-four prifoners on the calendar for trial, of whom fifteen received fentence of death.

At the affizes for the county of Suffolk fix prifoners were capitally convicted, and received fentence of death; four of whom were afterwards reprieved.

At the Suffex affizes at Eaft-Grinftead, eighteen prifoners were tried, two of whom were capitally convicted, and received fentence of death, viz. John Green and George Mafon, for robbing Edward Whitten of half a guinea and nineteen fhillings on the highway, at Caftle-lane Corner, in the parish of Weft Grinstead, in Auguft laft. They were, however, both repriev

ed.

At York affizes five received fentence of death; one of whom was left for execution, and the other four were refpited.

At Stafford affizes three only were fentenced to transportation for feven years. The trial of Mr. T. Oliver, charged with fhooting Mr. J. Wood, was poftponed.

At Warwick affizes ten prifoners received fentence of death; of whom three were left for execution.

At Worcester affizes eight prifoners received fentence of death.

At Winchefter affizes, out of fixteen prifoners capitally convicted, three only were left for execution.

At the Chelmsford affizes, ten prifoners were capitally convicted; of whom four were left for execution, and the other fix were refpited.

At Reading affizes two were sentenced to be hung, one to be tranfported for fourteen years, four for feven years, and one to four years imprifonment.

At Salisbury affizes four were capitally convicted; who were left for execution.

At Lancaster five criminals were capitally convicted.

17th. Elizabeth Brokeby was executed at Lincoln, pursuant to her fentence, for the murder of her husband by poison. After fentence fhe was taken from the bar in a ftate of infenfibility, and continued in fo entire a state of ftupefaction as to make it neceffary to fupport her on the fledge which drew her to the gallows, and lift her on the platform. Her body was delivered to the furgeon to be diffècted and anatomized.

21ft. Pursuant to his fentence, William Suffolk, aged 46, was exc cuted on the Caftle-hill, Norwich, for the wilful murder of Mary Beck, of North Waltham. An intimacy

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fubfifted between the prifoner and the deceased, which the brother difapproving, defired Suffolk to difcontinue his vifits. Upon this, a violent difpute arofe, in which Suffolk declared to the brother, that he fhould fee a great alteration before night. Accordingly, meeting with the deceased unfortunately in the course of the day (Feb. 3.) on the common near North Waltham, Suffolk with a large ftick attacked her, and repeated his blows till he left her for dead. In this ftate fhe was discovered, and had only strength to declare that Suffolk was her murderer; who, on being taken into cuftody, and foon after being informed by the conftable that the was not then dead, declared that if he thought fhe could have stirred hand or foot, he would have beaten her till this time. His body is hung in chains near the fpot where the murder was committed..

A moft fhocking murder was lately committed in Ireland on the body of Dr. Hamilton of TrinityCollege, Dublin; the particulars of which are as follow: Dr. Hamilton had a living in the north, near the banks of Loch Swilly; and having dined a few days fince at the houfe of a Mr. Waller, in his neighbourhood, the house was furrounded by a banditti of armed ruffians, about ten o'clock at night, who broke into the house while the family was at fupper, calling loudly for Dr. Hamilton, and threatening death to the whole family. Mrs. Waller implored mercy for her husband, a feeble poor gentleman, who having loft the ufe of his limbs, was unable to fly from their fury. She threw herself over him to protect Lim from affaffination, when the VOL. XXXIX.

mifcreants fired three fhots thro' her body, and killed her instantly. They then threatened to raze the houfe and put all its inhabitants to death, if Dr. Hamilton was not produced; and the fervants, to save their own lives, dragged him from the wine-cellar to the door. He endeavoured to cling by the staple of the hall door lock, but the villains burnt his hand to force him to quit his hold, and then dragged him a short distance from the house, where they, in a most barbarous manner murdered him. He has left a wife and nine children wholly unprovided for. His being an active magiftrate against the defenders, determined them upon the horrid act. Mr. Browne mentioned the matter in the Irish house of commons, in order to inftitute fome public provifion for this helplefs family.

A very melancholy affair has lately taken place at Smyrna. The circumftances are briefly these :-A party of ftrolling German ropedancers had arrived, and were exhibiting their feats on the tight rope to a numerous audience. As is the cuftom of that place, four janiffaries were placed as centinels at the door of the theatre, to preferve the peace. After the performance had commenced, a number of Sclavonians entered the doors, one of whom infulted the janiflaries, who refented his conduct. A fcuffle enfued, which terminated in the death of one of the janiffaries, who was fhot by a Sclavonian. An enquiry was inftantly fet on foot, and a demand fent to the theatre to give up the affaffin : he, however, from the fidelity of his comrades, could not be difcovered. Time was allowed for the difcovery,

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DIED at her houfe in Halfmoonftreet, Piccadilly, after having been for fome weeks confined to her bed by a very severe illness, Mrs. Pope, the celebrated actress. She was one of the laft of the legitimate School of Garrick; and had for years maintained, both as a tragic

31ft. About four o'clock, a moft dreadful fire broke out at the old family manfion of the Duke of St. Albans, at Hanworth Park, near Hampton, which, in the courfe of three hours, deftroyed every part of the building, and all the beautiful gallery of paintings, which were in heirloom with the houfe. Very little of the furniture was faved. The fire broke out at the back of the house, near the library, and was occafioned by a girl belonging to a farm-yard lighting her fire too near the windows. Owing to the high wind, the flames caught the fhutters, and the conflagration fpread through the manfion before any affiftance could be obtained,

A boat belonging to a brig, lying in Winchelfea Nook, in its paffage from the fhore to the veffel, with the captain and two men on board, was, by a fudden fquall of wind, overfet. The captain faved his life by fwimming to thore; but the two men, being unable to fwim, were drowned. It is faid the unfortunate men belonged to New haven; but of this we have received no affurance.

In the course of this month, most of the counties, cities, and towns of the kingdom, petitioned

don theatres, the most respectable fituation. Her merits and talents, after nearly 30 years experience, are too well known to need any comment; they were univerfally acknowledged and admired: and, while fhe is lamented as a great public lofs, those who knew her domeftic worth, will feel also, in the death of fo eftimable a woman, a fource of much private affliction. In a wide range of characters, in tragedy and comedy, and in the humorous as well as the fashionable walk of the latter, fhe has been uniformly diftinguished with applause. Mrs. Pope was defcended from a good family, of the name of Younge, who left her little befide her education: fhe had her fituation in life to make at a period when moft girls are occupied by no other ideas than their pleasure. In the courfe of her education, the had acquainted herself with the beft English dramatic writers. It was a ftyle of reading fhe always relifhed fo much, that the now began, feriously, to think of putting it into practice; and, procuring a letter of recommendation to Mr. Garrick, he was fo well pleased with her firft effay, that he took the pains of attending her at feveral private rehearsals, when every trial gave fresh proofs of her abilities.

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At the end of three months (in the winter of 1768) fhe came out in Imogen, in Cymbeline: a part, however, hazardous, from the variety of its difficulties; yet, fo ftrongly was the poffeffed of the fpirit of the author, and fo powerfully affifted by her addrefs, and other ftage accomplishments, that fhe obtained univerfal applaufe. At Drury-lane theatre this admirable actress continued till the year She then engaged with Mr. Harris, patentee of Coventgarden theatre, from which fhe has fince been absent but one season. In 1784, during a profeffional excurfion in Ireland, fhe faw Mr. Pope perform at Cork, and approved so much of his powers, that the recommended him to Mr. Harris; and at Covent-garden theatre his fuccefs juftified her opinion of his talents. A mutual affection arofe from this circumstance, and in a season or two afterwards, they were married. Her remains were, on the 22d, conveyed from her house to Westminster-abbey, in a hearfe and fix, followed by feven mourning coaches and her own carriage. In the first were fome particular friends of the deceased; thefe were followed by the School of Garrick (of which refpectable fociety she was an honorary member) and by the principal performers of Covent-garden theatre. The body was interred in the cloifters on the fouth fide, near the remains of Sir Richard Jebb, and on the right of Dr. Dupuis. The funeral fervice was read by the Rev. Weldon Champnefs. Mrs. Pope was born in the year of the rebellion, 1745. The ftone that is placed over her remains is infcribed "In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Pope, of the

Theatre Royal, Covent-garden, who died on the 15th of March, 1797, aged 52 years."

In Bloomsbury square, in a fit of apoplexy, John Boniot de Mainaduc, Efq. M. D. and Member of the Corporation of Surgeons of London. He died after his return from the funeral of Mr. Eyre, of Cecil-ftreet. These two gentlemen were married to two fifters. His "Lectures" are announced to be "published as foon as his papers can be arranged; which, from his fudden and unexpected death, may require fome time."

5. At Tiverton, Devon, aged 52, Capt. J. G. Stedman. He entered in the navy, but relinquished it on the laft peace, and accepted an enfign's commiffion in one of the Scots Brigade regiments paid by the Dutch. He had attained the rank of Lieutenant when the measure of fending a military force against the rebel negroes on the river Cottica, in Surinam, the most important, and now the only remaining, Dutch poffeffion on the coaft of Africa, was projected. Impelled by a defire of exploring a part of the world not generally known, and the hope of preferment in fuch a dangerous fervice, he obtained admiffion into the corps of 500 volunteers, formed into feven companies, embodied as a regiment of marines, and intended for Surinam, and was advanced by the Prince of Orange to the rank of captain, by brevet, under Colonel Tourgeoud, a Swifs, commander in chief. He quitted the Texel on Christmas day, 1772, and anchored in Surinam river Feb. 2, 1773. He foon formed an attachment with a beautiful negrogirl of 15, one of the natural children of a Dutch planter, whose

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