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Foreign And Domestic Intelligence.
great plenty— -a drove of which he attacked , and killed two , the proboscis of which is excellent food . Several very fine springs of water have been lately discovered ; and he has not the least doubt but this settlement , in a few years will be equal , if not superior to any Colony in the West-Indies , if properly supported . " " The society of Grand and Royal Arch Masons , held their anniversary at Freemason ' s Tavern . The meeting was respectable , at which his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence , Patron of the Order , presided . The day passed with the utmost conviviality and harmony .
Feb . i . On Saturday , Sophia Bacon was charged by John Hog , a pork-butcher in the Borough , with stealing out of his shop a pig ' s face , his property . From the evidence Of several respectable persons who came forward on behalf of the trembling culprit , who was very big with child , the Magistrates had every reason to suppose , that the theft was committed more from a propensity peculiar to a woman in her situation ,-than a dishonest principle ; in consequence of which , she was discharged . 5 Wednesday morning were executed before Newgatepursuant to their sentence
. , , John Babbitts and William Brown alias Bartlctt , two very old offenders . The notoriety Of the men drew together a very great concourse of spectators . The sufferers conducted themselves with much decorum , confessing several robberies , amongst which was that and the murder of Mr . Eaton in Berwick-street , Soho ; of Mr . Woodcock , who was knocked down and robbed of his watch in Bedford-row ; a Gentleman in or near Gough-square , whom also they knocked down and robbed ,
leaving him for dead , but on enquiry next morning they found he was recovered ; and a Gentleman on the south side of Leicester-square was robbed in the same manner , of nine guineas , by Rabbitts alone . They strongly recommended both Mr . Vilette and Mr . Kirby to speak in favour of Bcazley , who was convicted with them , declaring lie was a young thief , and was always averse to going with them , protesting he would enter for a soldier ; but of Driskill , who had turned King ' s evidence , they said , he was the promoter of their enormities . . 6 . A mercantile house in the cityhas received aletter from the Master of the
, . Ant , of Liverpool , which vessel had been captured by a French frigate , and carried into Havre de Grace ; it was dated the 24 th of last month , from Havre , and states that the crew of the Ant had been treated with much humanity ; that the Master had been liberated ; and that , afiermany interrogatories before a committee of Magistrates ofthe town , the command of a small vessel In the service of the Republic had been offered to him- ; that it was intimated to him that the < National Convention meditated a descent on Ireland , ' and that it was the desire of that Assembly , to obtain as many persons as possible that were acquainted with the coasts of that kingdom .
Fie speaks of the armament going forward there as of great magnitude : there were 130 large transports lying in the harbour ready for the reception of troops , with which the town and neighbourhood were crowded , but of whose number he could form no just estimate . The English prisoners at Havre amounted to about 400 , and were on the point of being removed to Rouen , where near 2000 were confined .
Feb . 10 . Mr . F . Palmer was put on board tlie vessel bound for Botany Bay with Messrs . Muir , Skirving , and Margaret . They were all hand-cuffed . It appears by Lloyd's lists , that from the 1 st of February 1793 , to the 1 st of Fei bruary 1794 , 306 ships have been taken by all the Allied Powers from the French ; and that the French have taken from the Allied Powers 400 . The balance , therefore , of captures , in favour of France , is 94 . Some new French guineas have already passed into this kingdomThey are a little
. heavier than ours , and very nearly resemble them , except that there is a small difference in the initial letter ofthe name of the King , which makes the letter G . appear as a C . , Lord Macartney is arrived at Pekin ; he was well received by the Emperor , and his Lordship entertains great hopes of accomplishing his imoorcant mission .
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Foreign And Domestic Intelligence.
great plenty— -a drove of which he attacked , and killed two , the proboscis of which is excellent food . Several very fine springs of water have been lately discovered ; and he has not the least doubt but this settlement , in a few years will be equal , if not superior to any Colony in the West-Indies , if properly supported . " " The society of Grand and Royal Arch Masons , held their anniversary at Freemason ' s Tavern . The meeting was respectable , at which his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence , Patron of the Order , presided . The day passed with the utmost conviviality and harmony .
Feb . i . On Saturday , Sophia Bacon was charged by John Hog , a pork-butcher in the Borough , with stealing out of his shop a pig ' s face , his property . From the evidence Of several respectable persons who came forward on behalf of the trembling culprit , who was very big with child , the Magistrates had every reason to suppose , that the theft was committed more from a propensity peculiar to a woman in her situation ,-than a dishonest principle ; in consequence of which , she was discharged . 5 Wednesday morning were executed before Newgatepursuant to their sentence
. , , John Babbitts and William Brown alias Bartlctt , two very old offenders . The notoriety Of the men drew together a very great concourse of spectators . The sufferers conducted themselves with much decorum , confessing several robberies , amongst which was that and the murder of Mr . Eaton in Berwick-street , Soho ; of Mr . Woodcock , who was knocked down and robbed of his watch in Bedford-row ; a Gentleman in or near Gough-square , whom also they knocked down and robbed ,
leaving him for dead , but on enquiry next morning they found he was recovered ; and a Gentleman on the south side of Leicester-square was robbed in the same manner , of nine guineas , by Rabbitts alone . They strongly recommended both Mr . Vilette and Mr . Kirby to speak in favour of Bcazley , who was convicted with them , declaring lie was a young thief , and was always averse to going with them , protesting he would enter for a soldier ; but of Driskill , who had turned King ' s evidence , they said , he was the promoter of their enormities . . 6 . A mercantile house in the cityhas received aletter from the Master of the
, . Ant , of Liverpool , which vessel had been captured by a French frigate , and carried into Havre de Grace ; it was dated the 24 th of last month , from Havre , and states that the crew of the Ant had been treated with much humanity ; that the Master had been liberated ; and that , afiermany interrogatories before a committee of Magistrates ofthe town , the command of a small vessel In the service of the Republic had been offered to him- ; that it was intimated to him that the < National Convention meditated a descent on Ireland , ' and that it was the desire of that Assembly , to obtain as many persons as possible that were acquainted with the coasts of that kingdom .
Fie speaks of the armament going forward there as of great magnitude : there were 130 large transports lying in the harbour ready for the reception of troops , with which the town and neighbourhood were crowded , but of whose number he could form no just estimate . The English prisoners at Havre amounted to about 400 , and were on the point of being removed to Rouen , where near 2000 were confined .
Feb . 10 . Mr . F . Palmer was put on board tlie vessel bound for Botany Bay with Messrs . Muir , Skirving , and Margaret . They were all hand-cuffed . It appears by Lloyd's lists , that from the 1 st of February 1793 , to the 1 st of Fei bruary 1794 , 306 ships have been taken by all the Allied Powers from the French ; and that the French have taken from the Allied Powers 400 . The balance , therefore , of captures , in favour of France , is 94 . Some new French guineas have already passed into this kingdomThey are a little
. heavier than ours , and very nearly resemble them , except that there is a small difference in the initial letter ofthe name of the King , which makes the letter G . appear as a C . , Lord Macartney is arrived at Pekin ; he was well received by the Emperor , and his Lordship entertains great hopes of accomplishing his imoorcant mission .