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Article MONTHLY CHRONICLE. ← Page 7 of 11 →
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Monthly Chronicle.
, The following ships , under the command of Vice Admiral Cornwallis , with ' - the outward-bound Mediterranean convoy , sailed from St . Helen ' s with a strong £ ale at E . N . E . „„ ., , < - . C Vice-Admiral Cornwallis , Royal Sovereign , - - io J „ .,,.,.-, 61 ° | Captain Whitby . RearAdmiral Waldegrav
Barfleur , .... 8 | - e . £ Captain Dacres . Impregnable , - - ' - - 9 S : Thomas . London , - --- - - . - gS - Griffiths . C _ csar , -. - _ .- s 0 . , Nugent . Pompey .... 7 + . . Vashon . Powerful , - - - - - 74 . Drurv .
. There are 21 , 000 men on board the transports belonging to this squadron . 12 , Dick England , a well-known character , who has been some months in this country since his escape from France , was taken into custody at an hotel in Leicester-fields , by virtue of a warrant from Lord Kenvon , in which he stands charged with having been guilty ofthe wilful murder of Mr . William . Peter Legh Bowlls , of Kingston , Surrey , in the year 17 S 4 . He also stands outlawed for the said felony and murder . Mr . Thomas Wealesheep-salesman in Smithfield-market stopped he
, , was as was returning from market on Hounslow Heath , by two highwaymen genteelly dressed , and robbed of property to the amount of 2000 I . 15 . In consequence of a public meeting in the fields behind Copenhagen House having been called by the London Corresponding Society , an immense concourse of persons assembled there about twelve o ' clock . Five tribunes being raised in different parts of the fields , a Mr . ^ shley , the secretary , informed lha multitudethat at each a member of the society would offer to their consideration
, three petitions , viz , to the King , to the House of Lords , and to the House of Commons ; which hejntreatedthem to hear and to receive with a decorum that ¦ should refute the misrepresentations of their enemies . At two o'clock the tribunes were filled , and a vast number of persons were surrounding them . When they had collected the sentiments of the company on the propriety of the measure , which was accomplished by the holding up of a handkerchief , which was to be considered as an affirmativeand a hat as a negativethe
, , resolutions were all approved , and the assembly dispersed . 17 . A lady of some consequence , grieved , as she said , with a cruel husband , threw herself . from the frame of the center arch of Putney Bridge into the Thames , on Saturday night . She was taken out alive , and afterwards conveyed home ' , in her own coach , perfectly recovered . This is the second attempt she has made on her life from the same cause .
J . Aitkin , a bookseller , for publishing an obscene lib : J , called Harris ' s ' List ofthe Covent Garden Ladies ' , is sentenced by the Court of King ' s Bench to pay a fine to the King of 203 I . and to give security for his good behaviour for three years , himself in 500 I . and his bail in 100 I . each . Edward . Collins , the master of an eating-house at Rotherhithe , who stands charged with throwing a stone at the King ' s carriage on the 29 th ult . as it was returning to St . James's Palace with his Majesty in it , is fully committed to take his ' trial for high treason .
'KiddWake , a journeyman printer , charged with hissing , hooting , and crying , " No war ! " and otherwise insulting his Majesty in going to and from the Parliament House , is likewise to take his trial for a high misdemeanor . . The Lord Chancellor has directed half the income of Richard Brothers , the lunatic , to be appropriated towards the maintenance of his wife and child , both of whom he deserted some years since , leaving them in great distress , and to parish ' charity for relief .
The magistrates in Queen-square had before them one Francis Ward , ' a peruke-maker , for putting up a board before his house , with the words on it , " Citizen Ward , Shaver ( 0 the'Swinish Multitude . " On a second examination , Ward told then . agjstia . es that he had taken counsel ' s opinion ; Mr . Serjeant
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
, The following ships , under the command of Vice Admiral Cornwallis , with ' - the outward-bound Mediterranean convoy , sailed from St . Helen ' s with a strong £ ale at E . N . E . „„ ., , < - . C Vice-Admiral Cornwallis , Royal Sovereign , - - io J „ .,,.,.-, 61 ° | Captain Whitby . RearAdmiral Waldegrav
Barfleur , .... 8 | - e . £ Captain Dacres . Impregnable , - - ' - - 9 S : Thomas . London , - --- - - . - gS - Griffiths . C _ csar , -. - _ .- s 0 . , Nugent . Pompey .... 7 + . . Vashon . Powerful , - - - - - 74 . Drurv .
. There are 21 , 000 men on board the transports belonging to this squadron . 12 , Dick England , a well-known character , who has been some months in this country since his escape from France , was taken into custody at an hotel in Leicester-fields , by virtue of a warrant from Lord Kenvon , in which he stands charged with having been guilty ofthe wilful murder of Mr . William . Peter Legh Bowlls , of Kingston , Surrey , in the year 17 S 4 . He also stands outlawed for the said felony and murder . Mr . Thomas Wealesheep-salesman in Smithfield-market stopped he
, , was as was returning from market on Hounslow Heath , by two highwaymen genteelly dressed , and robbed of property to the amount of 2000 I . 15 . In consequence of a public meeting in the fields behind Copenhagen House having been called by the London Corresponding Society , an immense concourse of persons assembled there about twelve o ' clock . Five tribunes being raised in different parts of the fields , a Mr . ^ shley , the secretary , informed lha multitudethat at each a member of the society would offer to their consideration
, three petitions , viz , to the King , to the House of Lords , and to the House of Commons ; which hejntreatedthem to hear and to receive with a decorum that ¦ should refute the misrepresentations of their enemies . At two o'clock the tribunes were filled , and a vast number of persons were surrounding them . When they had collected the sentiments of the company on the propriety of the measure , which was accomplished by the holding up of a handkerchief , which was to be considered as an affirmativeand a hat as a negativethe
, , resolutions were all approved , and the assembly dispersed . 17 . A lady of some consequence , grieved , as she said , with a cruel husband , threw herself . from the frame of the center arch of Putney Bridge into the Thames , on Saturday night . She was taken out alive , and afterwards conveyed home ' , in her own coach , perfectly recovered . This is the second attempt she has made on her life from the same cause .
J . Aitkin , a bookseller , for publishing an obscene lib : J , called Harris ' s ' List ofthe Covent Garden Ladies ' , is sentenced by the Court of King ' s Bench to pay a fine to the King of 203 I . and to give security for his good behaviour for three years , himself in 500 I . and his bail in 100 I . each . Edward . Collins , the master of an eating-house at Rotherhithe , who stands charged with throwing a stone at the King ' s carriage on the 29 th ult . as it was returning to St . James's Palace with his Majesty in it , is fully committed to take his ' trial for high treason .
'KiddWake , a journeyman printer , charged with hissing , hooting , and crying , " No war ! " and otherwise insulting his Majesty in going to and from the Parliament House , is likewise to take his trial for a high misdemeanor . . The Lord Chancellor has directed half the income of Richard Brothers , the lunatic , to be appropriated towards the maintenance of his wife and child , both of whom he deserted some years since , leaving them in great distress , and to parish ' charity for relief .
The magistrates in Queen-square had before them one Francis Ward , ' a peruke-maker , for putting up a board before his house , with the words on it , " Citizen Ward , Shaver ( 0 the'Swinish Multitude . " On a second examination , Ward told then . agjstia . es that he had taken counsel ' s opinion ; Mr . Serjeant