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Monthly Chronicle.
the day , but they are not more various than contradictory . ' When the prisorticrs" are brought to trial by their country , we shall stale " the substance of the transaction . What might be relatednow , would probably operate to their prejudice in the public mind ; and from the circumstance of the informer Upton having been himself committed for trial , on the ground of prevarication and self-contradiction , we have hopes that the accused may be able to prove themselves innocent of so detestable an intention . . The King has granted to the Riht HonEdmund Burkeas a reward for
g . , feispiiblic services , a pension of twelve hundred pounds a ydar for life , with a iarge reversion to Jvfrs . Burke in case of her survival . In the course of the past month , intelligence has been received of the surrender of Aix- ! a-Cha peIle , Bois-le-Duc ,-Crevec ' ceur , Cologne , aiid Bellegarde , to the French arms . ' ' ' In consequence of the retreat of General Clairfa ) - ! , the whole country westward of the Rhine is now in the hands of the French .
EXECUTION of ROBERT WATT , At EDINBURGH , on WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 15 , 1794 . . Robert Watt was brought from the Castle to the Tolbooth in a hurdle , paint . ed black , and drawn by a while-horse , the Executioner dressed in black , silting in front , and carrying the axe ; he was attended to the scaffold by Magistrates , Sheriffs , Constables , & c , and assisted in his devotions by Principal Baird . About a quarter before three he ascended the platform , and , after praying a short time
, dropped a-handkerchief , as a signal , and the platform went from under him . When the body had hung about thirty minutes , it was cut down lifeless ; and the Executioner , at two strokes , severed the head from the body . "Downie , it is safd , is to transport himself to Botany-Bay . . .. REMARKABLE EVENTS . —A letter from Kingston , in Jamaica , dated August 10 , reports the follow ing remarkable circumstance : " A vessel which lately arrived here from America with a cargo of horsesXclaboured under such
, . very bad weather and contrary winds on her passage , that the master was reduced to the necessity of lightening her , by ordering some of the live stock to be thrown overboard ; among them was a white horse , who , possessing more strength , courage , and agility , than | iis companions , actually buffeted the waves for two days , kept company with the vessel through a sea tremendously heavy , and , at the expiration of that time , the weather then moderating , was retaken
onboard , and brought safe into port , where he is now alive and , well , " The following singular circumstance occurred lately : An East Indiaman , on her passage from Madras , to Bengal , discovered , by the help of a glass , something swimming on the sea , at a great distance . Tlie ship hove to , the boat was let down , and sent alter it ; when the boat some time after returned with a fine buffalo . It is supposed the beast must have swam upwards' of 40 miles . ROYAL ANECDOTES . — The idea of the Prince of Wales ' s nuptials originated
some time . ago with a Great Personage , who had the first interest in seeing the Prince established ; and it was accordingly hinted to him , but in so delicate a manner as to leave it entirely to his option . Juvenile pursuits at that time suspended all-farther discourse about it , until one day his Royal Highness praising the person' and accomplishments of his sister , the Princess Mar }' , before the Duke of Clarence , the Duke observed she was . very like the Princess of Brunswick , whom he had the honour of knowing and conversing much with . The Prince grew more inquisitive upon this subjectand the Duke so satisfied
, him in all particulars , as to afford him the highest satisfaction . Tho affair seemingly dropped for this time ; but on the morning of a late great gala at Windsor , lie mentioned it to a great Personage , who was delighted with the . proposal ; it was instantly communicated to the Queen , who felt equal satisfaction ; it was then agreed to keep the matter entirely out of the Cabinet , until it was in . some strain of forwardness , which was strictly-complied with ; and the firs ^
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Monthly Chronicle.
the day , but they are not more various than contradictory . ' When the prisorticrs" are brought to trial by their country , we shall stale " the substance of the transaction . What might be relatednow , would probably operate to their prejudice in the public mind ; and from the circumstance of the informer Upton having been himself committed for trial , on the ground of prevarication and self-contradiction , we have hopes that the accused may be able to prove themselves innocent of so detestable an intention . . The King has granted to the Riht HonEdmund Burkeas a reward for
g . , feispiiblic services , a pension of twelve hundred pounds a ydar for life , with a iarge reversion to Jvfrs . Burke in case of her survival . In the course of the past month , intelligence has been received of the surrender of Aix- ! a-Cha peIle , Bois-le-Duc ,-Crevec ' ceur , Cologne , aiid Bellegarde , to the French arms . ' ' ' In consequence of the retreat of General Clairfa ) - ! , the whole country westward of the Rhine is now in the hands of the French .
EXECUTION of ROBERT WATT , At EDINBURGH , on WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 15 , 1794 . . Robert Watt was brought from the Castle to the Tolbooth in a hurdle , paint . ed black , and drawn by a while-horse , the Executioner dressed in black , silting in front , and carrying the axe ; he was attended to the scaffold by Magistrates , Sheriffs , Constables , & c , and assisted in his devotions by Principal Baird . About a quarter before three he ascended the platform , and , after praying a short time
, dropped a-handkerchief , as a signal , and the platform went from under him . When the body had hung about thirty minutes , it was cut down lifeless ; and the Executioner , at two strokes , severed the head from the body . "Downie , it is safd , is to transport himself to Botany-Bay . . .. REMARKABLE EVENTS . —A letter from Kingston , in Jamaica , dated August 10 , reports the follow ing remarkable circumstance : " A vessel which lately arrived here from America with a cargo of horsesXclaboured under such
, . very bad weather and contrary winds on her passage , that the master was reduced to the necessity of lightening her , by ordering some of the live stock to be thrown overboard ; among them was a white horse , who , possessing more strength , courage , and agility , than | iis companions , actually buffeted the waves for two days , kept company with the vessel through a sea tremendously heavy , and , at the expiration of that time , the weather then moderating , was retaken
onboard , and brought safe into port , where he is now alive and , well , " The following singular circumstance occurred lately : An East Indiaman , on her passage from Madras , to Bengal , discovered , by the help of a glass , something swimming on the sea , at a great distance . Tlie ship hove to , the boat was let down , and sent alter it ; when the boat some time after returned with a fine buffalo . It is supposed the beast must have swam upwards' of 40 miles . ROYAL ANECDOTES . — The idea of the Prince of Wales ' s nuptials originated
some time . ago with a Great Personage , who had the first interest in seeing the Prince established ; and it was accordingly hinted to him , but in so delicate a manner as to leave it entirely to his option . Juvenile pursuits at that time suspended all-farther discourse about it , until one day his Royal Highness praising the person' and accomplishments of his sister , the Princess Mar }' , before the Duke of Clarence , the Duke observed she was . very like the Princess of Brunswick , whom he had the honour of knowing and conversing much with . The Prince grew more inquisitive upon this subjectand the Duke so satisfied
, him in all particulars , as to afford him the highest satisfaction . Tho affair seemingly dropped for this time ; but on the morning of a late great gala at Windsor , lie mentioned it to a great Personage , who was delighted with the . proposal ; it was instantly communicated to the Queen , who felt equal satisfaction ; it was then agreed to keep the matter entirely out of the Cabinet , until it was in . some strain of forwardness , which was strictly-complied with ; and the firs ^