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and they would perceive that the
arrow was of a peculiar conftruc-
tion. It had points or barbs, which
upon meeting any hard fubftance
collapfed in the head of the arrow,
and afterwards opened again, fo as
to prevent its being withdrawn
when once it had entered the flesh;
and towards the point there was a
fmall hole for emitting any liquid
which might be placed in a cavity
prepared for holding of it. The con-
fideration of one of thefe draughts
might be important in the caufe,
because the dimenfions marked on
the margin were the hand-writing
of the prifoner. When the infor-
mation of Upton was received be-
fore the privy council, as he had
before informed them, the prifoner
at the bar abfconded, and they
fhould be able to trace him to
Briftol; afterwards he returned to
London; then went to Portfimouth,
where he entered on board a veffel
bound for the Southern whale-
fithery, as furgeon. The name of
this veffel was the Pomona; and;
thortly after he came on board,
they failed from Portiimouth to
Falmouth, during which time his
behaviour was in every respect be-
coming and decent. When he was
at fea, however, he told them who
he was, and avowed his having
been concerned in a plot to kill the
king, by an air-gun; and faid, that
if government knew he was on
board that thip, they would fend a
frigate after her, to bring her back.
It fo happened, that two days after
they were at fea, they were cap-
tured by a French corvette, La
Vengeance; and he expreffed the
utmott fatisfaction at the thoughts
of going to France; feeling him-
fuit much fafer there, than while
among an English crew. They

were put on board another fhip, the
Elizabeth, and afterwards again
transferred at Breft to another.
During this time he rather acted as
a fuperintendant of the prifoners
than as one himself. He had fre-
quent converfations with the French
commiffaries, and made feveral de-
clarations as to his former and fu-
ture intentions of killing the king.
It feemed then his intention to re-
main there or go to Holland:
but upon the arrival of a cartel
hip, he came home under the
name of H. Willon, and defcribed
himfelf as one of the crew of the
Hope, and not of the Pomona as
he really was. Upon his pailage
home, he endeavoured to perfuade
the witneffes not to notice when
they got home what paired at Breft,
nor the circumftances of the change
of fhip and name. They were
landed at Fowey in Cornwall, and
upon these men giving information
to the magiftrates of what had
paffed, he was inftantly appre-
hended. In coming to town, he
endeavoured to perfuade the officers
to let him efcape, and told them
they could not expect above 5s. for
their job, but he could reward
them much more liberally. One
asked, if they confented, what they
could do with the poft-boy?
anfwered, the boy might eafily be
fecured by one of the pittols which
the officer carried. Having thus
gone through the circumftances of
the cafe, the attorney general ob-
ferved, there were two points for
the confideration of the jury. The
firft, whether the prifoner was a
party to the fabrication of this wea-
pon; and fecondly, whether it was
defigned for the purpole charged
in the indictment.

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He then proceeded to call evidence to fubftantiate the cafe.

The evidence for the crown being closed; Mr. Adam, counfel for the prifoner, faid, he was afraid his cafe would take up a great length of time; he therefore fubmitted to the court, whether they would adjourn, or whether they withed him then to proceed.

After fome confultation between the judges and the jury, the court adjourned at eleven o'clock at night to the next day.

The trial proceeded; when 12th. the prifoner's counfel addreff ed the jury in his defence. They relied chiefly on the equivocations of the witneffes, on the prifoner's character; and that Upton, in his information, was actuated by motives of revenge, for having been difgraced in one of their clubs.

The attorney general replied in a very able manner; and the learned judge fummed up with candour and

accuracy.

The jury, after retiring about two hours, brought in a verdict of Not Guilty.

Henry Wefton, the un13th. fortunate young man who forged the name of general Tonyn, and thereby got poffeffion of 5000l. ftock, was tried at the Old Bailey, and capitally convicted. He calmly addreffed the court after conviction, acknowledging the juftice of his fentence, and hoping all young men would avail themselves of his example, and avoid the crime (gaming) which had brought him into fuch a miferable fituation. The trial of William Auf14th. tin came on at the Old Bailey this morning at eight o'clock, before Mr. Juftice Grofe, and lafted till half past seven in the evening,

when he was found guilty of being concerned in the forgery of the late Mr. Lewis's will.

An action was brought in

16th.
the court of King's Bench,
by lord Valentia againft Mr. Gaw-
ler, for crim. con. with lady Valen-
tia. The damages were laid at
10,000l. Mr. Erikine, with his
ufual ability, ftated the cafe, and
the criminal converfation was clear-
ly proved from the evidence of a
maid fervant, lady Lucy Maxwell
(his lordship's fifter), and others.
The defence fet up was, that lord
Valentia not only winked at, but
in fome measure promoted the in-
continency of his wife. Lord
Kenyon delivered an excellent
charge to the jury, and they brought
in a verdict of 2000l. damages.

On the morning of Friday the 13th of this month, the Peak hills in Derbyshire were covered with fnow near four inches deep, the contraft between which, and the green thorn fruit trees in full bloom, formed a fpe&tacle novel and ftriking.

There has lately been discovered at Wallingford an old painting, on oak, of our Lord's laft entrance into Jerufalem, which has been ufed as a chimney-board, and was near being thrown into the fire; but turns out an original of the great Raphael's. The drawing, expreffion, and arrangement, aftonith all who have feen the picture. Connoiffeurs far and near are going to its owner continually to behold this fine piece, refcued by accident from obfcurity and the flames, and likely to produce no inconfiderable fum by its fale. Several hundred pounds have already been offered for it and refused.

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The triennial Eton feftival 17th. was celebrated with great fplendor. Their majefties and the princeffes, accompanied by the prince of Wales, went to the college at half past one, when the proceflion of the young gentlemen began, preceded by the prince of Wales's band of mufic. Their captain, Mr. Whitfield, being the fenior scholar, led the van, with their ferjeants, ferjeants-major, colonels, corporals, enfign, lieutenant, polemen, musicians, &e. Meirs. Polehampton and Halifax, with twelve fervitors, acted as falt-bearers, and by their legal depredations on the public gained a liberal fupply to wards fending their captain into the world with a good grace. When they came to Salthill, they were met by the king and prince of Wales on horfeback, attended by general Gwyn and colonels Garth and Greville: her majefty and the princeties, with lady Harrington and her ton, were in the royal coaches. The king took on himself the ordering and marthalng the multitude in fuch a manner, as the proceffion might pals freely round the carriages of the royal family; many, however, notwithtanding, preted fo clofe, that his najefty was obliged to call them to order, and asked thofe he thought were Londoners, "if they were members of Eton, as he could not recognize their perfons fufficiently to recollect them." At the clofe of the proceffion, enfign Hatch went to the top of the hill, and difplayed the flag in a very mafterly ftyle, to the fatisfaction of every perion prefent. When the Montem was over, the king requested, that on their return home from the Windmill-inn, where an elegant dinner

was provided, they might appear on Windfor terrace, which they did in the evening. The royal family, after having given their ufual donations, returned to the lodge to dinner. The finenets of the day alfo drew an immenfe concourse of perfons on foot and horfeback to view the fight, which afforded, according to Mr. Halifax the faltbearer's account, on being afked the queftion by his majefty, a very profitable harveft.

This day came on the trial 20th. of John Reeves, efq. for a libel, before lord Kenyon and a fpecial jury, at Guildhall. This profecution was infiituted, in confequence of a refolution of the houfe of commons, on account of a pamphlet publithed by Mr. R. entitled, "Thoughts on the English Government;" and in which were the expreflions, that the kingly government might go on, if lords and commons were lopped off;" and fuch other expreflions as were deemed a libel by the boufe.

The attorney general itated the cafe on the part of the crown, and left it to the jury to confider, whether the expreflions alluded to were merely unadvifed and erroneous; or whether, confidering the whole context of the pamphlet, they were, as charged, libellous, and tending to villify the constitution.

Mr. Plumer, in behalf of Mr. Reeves, admitted the fact of publication; and contended, from the whole tenor of the work, and the known character of Mr. Reeves, and his enthufiaftic admiration, and fupport againfi democracy, of the British confitution, that no imputation of libel could be fixed on him.

Lord Kenyon delivered an admirable

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27th.

A very melancholy and extradidinary tranfaction took place. Lord Charles Townshend, andhis brother lord Frederick Townfhend, fons to the marquis To vnthend, had been to Great Yarmouth, for which place lord Charles had been jaft chofen reprefentative; they arrived in town yefterday morning about fix o'clock. and when they had reached Oxfordfeet, near the Pantheon, the poft boys ftopped to enquire where the bishop of Bristol, to whofe houfe they had been ordered to drive, lived; when lord Frederick jumped out of the chaife, and ftruck one of the boys, which gave rife to an altercation, that drew together feveral perfons who were paling by. Among thefe was a coachman, to whom lord Frederick particularly addrefled himself; infitting upon it that he knew where the bishop lived; and on the man protefting that he did not, his lordthip abufed him with great violence; and, with the moft deplorable marks of infanity, threw off his coat, waiftcoat, and thirt, and challenged him to fight. Unable to provoke the man to a conteft, he walked leifurely way towards Hanover-fquare,when fome perfons who had been at tentive to the whole fcene, looked

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into the carriage, and faw a lifelefs body on the feat, which proved to be the corpfe of lord Charles. Lord Frederick was immediately purfued, and being taken near the end of Swallow-threet, was conducted to a neighbouring watchhoufe, whither the body of his brother was alfo conveyed. foo as the magiftrates at the police-office in Marlborough-street were apprized of the circumstance, they ordered lord Frederick to be brought before them, together with the poftillions who drove him to town. His lordship, when interrogated on the melancholy fubject, betrayed the moft unequivocal fymptoms of mental derangement, and it became neceffary for the magiftrates to apply to the poftilions for the information they wanted. From their evidence it appeared, that about feven miles from town, in the vicinity of Ilford, one of them had beard the report of a piftol, when, looking round, he jaw lord Frederick throw a piftol out of the chaife window; but he did not flop to inquire the cause of it. This was all that could be collected till the evening, when the agitation of lord Frederick had fubfided, and he had recovered a confiderable degree of compofure. Lord Frederick then, on being asked concerning his brother's death, faid, they had been difcuffing a religious fubject, and lord Charles took a pittol and blew out his own brains, and that he had endeavoured to deftroy himself, but his piftol failed, The mayor of Yarmouth was prefent, and declared that their lordfhips' conduct at that place appeared that of madmen, which induced him to follow them to town, being fearful fome accident might happen.

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The evidence of the fervants, refpecting the conduct of their lordships, was fimilar to the above. A piftol was found unloaded in the carriage, which appeared to have been juft fired. The pittol which had put an end to the life of lord Charles had been placed in his mouth, and loaded with two flugs or balls, one of which perforated the fkull, and the other was extracted from the mouth. Neither the teeth nor tongue were injured, fo that it is evident that no violence had been used in the introduction of the fatal inftrument, and the death of lord Charles might not improbably be an act of his own, committed in a paroxyfm of phrenzy. Iaft night the coroner's inqueft fat on the body; when, after along examination, the jury brought in a verdict-"That the deceated had been killed by a piftol-ball, but from whofe hands unknown." Yefterday and this day 30th. there was a very heavy gale of wind from the fouth-weft, which blew in gufts with uncommon violence. Much damage was fuftained in many parts of the metropolis by the blowing down of chimneys, untiling houtes; and in fome of the environs of the town many trees were torn up by the roots. In Dean's yard, Wefiminfter, part of the old ruinous buildings came down by the violence of the wind with a great crash. Luckily it had been fome time fince railed and paled in, fo that no perfon was near enough to receive any damage. In St. James's Park more than a dozen large trees were torn up by the roots, and the foliage of others were feattered in every direction. The paffage to Spring Gardens was as thickly

ftrewed with leaves as any orchard in autumn. A part of one of the ftands, erected in Covent-Garden for the accommodation of the fpectators of the election, was blown down: there were, however, no perfons on it at the time, as from its elevation it was not confidered fafe. Part of the roof of a house at the corner of College-hill, Dowgate, was thrown down; which, falling upon a poor woman patling at the time, bruifed her fo feverely, that the was carried to St. Bartholomew's hofpital, without hopes of recovery. Several buildings in the neighbourhood of Houndíditch, Bifhopfgate-fireet, &c. were alfo unroofed, and fome trees in the quarter of Moorfields were torn up by the roots. In Lambeth-marth, an empty houfe, condemned by the commiflioners of the road, was blown down; as were the roofs from fome of the buildings in the fame quarter.

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