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Monthly Chronicle.
The Magistrates and Sheriff are determined to use every exertion to . suppress such commotions in ' future , and have issued a proclamation to warn the' perpetrators against the practice of such proceedings in future . Yesterday morning a duel took place at the back of the Meadowy between two Gentlemen , Lieutenant W and Mr . M both parties fired , and both were wounded ; the former gentleman slightly on one hand , the latter had a ball lodged in one of liis thighs , which has not yet been' extracted .
Domestic Intelligence.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE .
March 26 . About six o'clock , as Mr . Taylor , Manager of the King ' s Theatre , was passing over Hounsiow Heath , he was attacked by two highwaymen , well mounted . One of them , with a silk handkerchief over his face , demanded his money ; Mr . Taylor said , that what he had about him was not worth a moment ' s hesitation ; but that as he was armed , he would not submit to personal ill treatment . The fellow instantly advanced close up to the chaise window , and swore he would have his life , upon which Mr . Taylor fired and missed him : one highwayman fired , butthe'bail went through the two windowsand broke the lass of each ; the other at the same
, g time coming up fired into the chaise , and the ball stuck in the back pannel . They demanded of him if he would deliver his money ; Mr . Taylor told them that'he had never regarded the money , and after separating irom his cash some small keys , he threw out thirteen or fourteen guineas . The first man , however , still persisted in the most dreadful menaces , that he would have his life on account of his resistance , and coming up to the chaise , clubbed his pistol ancl aimed a blow at Mr . Taylor . MrTfired his second istoland the ball entered the highwayman ' s belly . He fell
. . p , on his horse ' s neck and gallopped off , followed by his companion . On entering Bed-Jbnt , Mr . Taylor overtook a gentleman on horseback , who returned to the place , and found nine of the guineas which had been flung out of the chaise . Some labourers saw the highwayman immediately afterwards going towards Cranford Bridge , seemingly unable to sit his horse much longer , and with great difficulty prevailed upon
by his companion to proceed . The same night , about eleven o ' clock , an alarming and most dreadful fire broke out in the house 0 HVS 1 ' . Nun , the keeper of the Brown Bear public-house , corner of Brokers Row , Mcorficlds , which burnt with such rapidity , that in the course of half an hour the house was entirely consumed ; and , shocking to relate , Mr . Nun , his wife , their two children , the servant-maid , pot-boy , and a man lodger , fell victims to its rage . Three men lod jumped out of a two pair of stairs windowone of whom had
gers , his thigh broken , and his companions were so much bruised , as to leave very little hopes of their recovery . . Mrs . Nun was seven months gone with child , and was observed at the window with one child under her arm ; but it was supposed the shrieks of the other , left behind , was the cause of her sudden disappearance , as she was never seen afterwards .
27 . Several prisoners in the King ' s Bench prison had concerted for some time past a plan to effect their escape from thence by means of a ladder of a most ingenious contrivance . This ladder is the invention of a Frenchman , and could be folded up in the compass of a few feet , but when unfolded it was high enough to reach the top of the lofty walls of the prison . It was on this ladder the prisoners had projected to effect their escape , by getting up to the top of the Walls , and letting themselves down afterwards on the outside , by a sliding-rope . By the activity of the Marshal , who is answerable by law for the debts of the prisoners in case they should escape his custody
, the combination was fortunately discovered last Sunday afternoon , before an attempt had been made to put it in execution . The prisoners concerned were all secured in the strong room . April 3 . A Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall , when , amongst other business , a report from the Committee appointed to enquire into the state of the free quays was received , which set forth , that they had waited on Mr . Pitt , and stated to him the inconvenience which commerce sustains by the great number of holidays
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
The Magistrates and Sheriff are determined to use every exertion to . suppress such commotions in ' future , and have issued a proclamation to warn the' perpetrators against the practice of such proceedings in future . Yesterday morning a duel took place at the back of the Meadowy between two Gentlemen , Lieutenant W and Mr . M both parties fired , and both were wounded ; the former gentleman slightly on one hand , the latter had a ball lodged in one of liis thighs , which has not yet been' extracted .
Domestic Intelligence.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE .
March 26 . About six o'clock , as Mr . Taylor , Manager of the King ' s Theatre , was passing over Hounsiow Heath , he was attacked by two highwaymen , well mounted . One of them , with a silk handkerchief over his face , demanded his money ; Mr . Taylor said , that what he had about him was not worth a moment ' s hesitation ; but that as he was armed , he would not submit to personal ill treatment . The fellow instantly advanced close up to the chaise window , and swore he would have his life , upon which Mr . Taylor fired and missed him : one highwayman fired , butthe'bail went through the two windowsand broke the lass of each ; the other at the same
, g time coming up fired into the chaise , and the ball stuck in the back pannel . They demanded of him if he would deliver his money ; Mr . Taylor told them that'he had never regarded the money , and after separating irom his cash some small keys , he threw out thirteen or fourteen guineas . The first man , however , still persisted in the most dreadful menaces , that he would have his life on account of his resistance , and coming up to the chaise , clubbed his pistol ancl aimed a blow at Mr . Taylor . MrTfired his second istoland the ball entered the highwayman ' s belly . He fell
. . p , on his horse ' s neck and gallopped off , followed by his companion . On entering Bed-Jbnt , Mr . Taylor overtook a gentleman on horseback , who returned to the place , and found nine of the guineas which had been flung out of the chaise . Some labourers saw the highwayman immediately afterwards going towards Cranford Bridge , seemingly unable to sit his horse much longer , and with great difficulty prevailed upon
by his companion to proceed . The same night , about eleven o ' clock , an alarming and most dreadful fire broke out in the house 0 HVS 1 ' . Nun , the keeper of the Brown Bear public-house , corner of Brokers Row , Mcorficlds , which burnt with such rapidity , that in the course of half an hour the house was entirely consumed ; and , shocking to relate , Mr . Nun , his wife , their two children , the servant-maid , pot-boy , and a man lodger , fell victims to its rage . Three men lod jumped out of a two pair of stairs windowone of whom had
gers , his thigh broken , and his companions were so much bruised , as to leave very little hopes of their recovery . . Mrs . Nun was seven months gone with child , and was observed at the window with one child under her arm ; but it was supposed the shrieks of the other , left behind , was the cause of her sudden disappearance , as she was never seen afterwards .
27 . Several prisoners in the King ' s Bench prison had concerted for some time past a plan to effect their escape from thence by means of a ladder of a most ingenious contrivance . This ladder is the invention of a Frenchman , and could be folded up in the compass of a few feet , but when unfolded it was high enough to reach the top of the lofty walls of the prison . It was on this ladder the prisoners had projected to effect their escape , by getting up to the top of the Walls , and letting themselves down afterwards on the outside , by a sliding-rope . By the activity of the Marshal , who is answerable by law for the debts of the prisoners in case they should escape his custody
, the combination was fortunately discovered last Sunday afternoon , before an attempt had been made to put it in execution . The prisoners concerned were all secured in the strong room . April 3 . A Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall , when , amongst other business , a report from the Committee appointed to enquire into the state of the free quays was received , which set forth , that they had waited on Mr . Pitt , and stated to him the inconvenience which commerce sustains by the great number of holidays