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Monthly Chronicle.
The army under the command of the Earl of Moira are to be encamped with all convenient speed , on a commodious spot on the common between lichen and Bursledon Ferries , in the neighbourhood of Southampton . It is expected that this encampment will consist Of from 14 , 000 to 16 , 000 men , including the French Emigrants who enlist in England , all of whom are to be under the command of his Lordship . 30 . Two Extraordinary Gazettes were published with accounts from the Duke of York of very great advantages having been gained over the enemy near Cateau , with
the loss to the French of above 1200 men , and 57 pieces of cannon . Loss of the British in both actions comparatively inconsiderable . May 3 . Intelligence was received by Government of the surrender of Landrecies to the Allies . 4 . A Council was held at the Secretary of State ' s Office for the Foreign Depart , ment , in Downing-street , which was attended by all the cabinet ministers in town . The principal business before them was the examination of Mr . William Stone , coalmerchant , of Rutland Place , Thames Street , and of Old Ford , near Bow , who was accused of sedition against the King and Constitution , and of high treason .
% . An unfortunate accident happened to Admiral Macbride at Plymouth , who was » iounting his horse to go to his country residence at Leigham ; the animal being restive plunged seven ! times , and the admiral's foot slipped into the stirrup and he fell , and would inevitably have been trampled to death , had not Captain Clements , of the Spitfire sloop of war , luckily caught him up . The hprse still continued plunging , whereby the admiral's thigh was unfortunately broke four inches above the knee . He was taken immediately to a neighbouring house , and the most eminent of the faculty were instantly called in but the bone could not then be set owing to the swelling . It
; has , however , since been set , and the admiral is in a fair way of doing well , having escaped every symptom of a fever , so much apprehended by the faculty when the accident took place . An almost unparalleled murder has been committed in Gloucestershire . William Reed , Esq . of Swanley in that county , having made his will in favour of his wife , she , with her brother James Watkins , formed , the design of murdering him , which they effected : she first by administering poison , and he afterwards by striking him several blows on the head with a broomstick . The coroner ' s inquest returned a
verdict of wilful murder against Watkins . The wife , upon what grounds we know not , was in the first instance admitted to bail . Since which , however , a ypung man of the name of Edgar , a soldier in ' the Dorset Militia , has come forward at the Public-Office , Bow-street , and disclosed certain circumstances tending to shew that Mrs . Reed and Watkins had , in his company some time before , at Pool , expressed their design to murder the deceased . The officers of justice were , in consequence , dispatched to Gloucestershire , where they apprehended Mrs . Reed . Watkins has since shot himself . Edgar , the soldier , is a favourite of Mrs . Reed , and which led to his knowledge of the murderous intention of the parties .
10 . Mr . William Stone was committed to Newgate on a charge of high treason . Tile charge against Mr . Stone is understood to be , hazarding certain opinions in letters to his brother in Paris , and remitting sums of money to him for his subsistence . It is rather remarkable that Mr . Stone ' s brother has lately been taken up at Paris , and is at this moment confined in one of the prisons of that city . Archibald Hamilton Rowan , Esq . who was committed to Dublin gaol for two years for a libel , and who has lately been charged with high treason , made his escape from prison on the night of the i-st instant . The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has , by pro-Dublin and ihe
clamation , offered a reward of 1000 I . the Corporation of 500 I . keeperef the jail 200 I . for his apprehension . ft had been the custom of the jailer of Newgate to permit Mr . Rowan to hand his lady to her carriage a : the door of the prison in an evening when she left him . Taking advantage of this indulgence , on the night above mentioned , he slipped away , and has since arrived at Dunkirk . . The Rev . Mr . Jackson , formerly the editor of a newspaper in , London , and well remembered as the advocate of the Duchess of Kingston , in her famous dispute with Mr . Foote , is in custody in Dublin , under a charge of high treason , 3 'C .
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Monthly Chronicle.
The army under the command of the Earl of Moira are to be encamped with all convenient speed , on a commodious spot on the common between lichen and Bursledon Ferries , in the neighbourhood of Southampton . It is expected that this encampment will consist Of from 14 , 000 to 16 , 000 men , including the French Emigrants who enlist in England , all of whom are to be under the command of his Lordship . 30 . Two Extraordinary Gazettes were published with accounts from the Duke of York of very great advantages having been gained over the enemy near Cateau , with
the loss to the French of above 1200 men , and 57 pieces of cannon . Loss of the British in both actions comparatively inconsiderable . May 3 . Intelligence was received by Government of the surrender of Landrecies to the Allies . 4 . A Council was held at the Secretary of State ' s Office for the Foreign Depart , ment , in Downing-street , which was attended by all the cabinet ministers in town . The principal business before them was the examination of Mr . William Stone , coalmerchant , of Rutland Place , Thames Street , and of Old Ford , near Bow , who was accused of sedition against the King and Constitution , and of high treason .
% . An unfortunate accident happened to Admiral Macbride at Plymouth , who was » iounting his horse to go to his country residence at Leigham ; the animal being restive plunged seven ! times , and the admiral's foot slipped into the stirrup and he fell , and would inevitably have been trampled to death , had not Captain Clements , of the Spitfire sloop of war , luckily caught him up . The hprse still continued plunging , whereby the admiral's thigh was unfortunately broke four inches above the knee . He was taken immediately to a neighbouring house , and the most eminent of the faculty were instantly called in but the bone could not then be set owing to the swelling . It
; has , however , since been set , and the admiral is in a fair way of doing well , having escaped every symptom of a fever , so much apprehended by the faculty when the accident took place . An almost unparalleled murder has been committed in Gloucestershire . William Reed , Esq . of Swanley in that county , having made his will in favour of his wife , she , with her brother James Watkins , formed , the design of murdering him , which they effected : she first by administering poison , and he afterwards by striking him several blows on the head with a broomstick . The coroner ' s inquest returned a
verdict of wilful murder against Watkins . The wife , upon what grounds we know not , was in the first instance admitted to bail . Since which , however , a ypung man of the name of Edgar , a soldier in ' the Dorset Militia , has come forward at the Public-Office , Bow-street , and disclosed certain circumstances tending to shew that Mrs . Reed and Watkins had , in his company some time before , at Pool , expressed their design to murder the deceased . The officers of justice were , in consequence , dispatched to Gloucestershire , where they apprehended Mrs . Reed . Watkins has since shot himself . Edgar , the soldier , is a favourite of Mrs . Reed , and which led to his knowledge of the murderous intention of the parties .
10 . Mr . William Stone was committed to Newgate on a charge of high treason . Tile charge against Mr . Stone is understood to be , hazarding certain opinions in letters to his brother in Paris , and remitting sums of money to him for his subsistence . It is rather remarkable that Mr . Stone ' s brother has lately been taken up at Paris , and is at this moment confined in one of the prisons of that city . Archibald Hamilton Rowan , Esq . who was committed to Dublin gaol for two years for a libel , and who has lately been charged with high treason , made his escape from prison on the night of the i-st instant . The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has , by pro-Dublin and ihe
clamation , offered a reward of 1000 I . the Corporation of 500 I . keeperef the jail 200 I . for his apprehension . ft had been the custom of the jailer of Newgate to permit Mr . Rowan to hand his lady to her carriage a : the door of the prison in an evening when she left him . Taking advantage of this indulgence , on the night above mentioned , he slipped away , and has since arrived at Dunkirk . . The Rev . Mr . Jackson , formerly the editor of a newspaper in , London , and well remembered as the advocate of the Duchess of Kingston , in her famous dispute with Mr . Foote , is in custody in Dublin , under a charge of high treason , 3 'C .