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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

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TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS , &c. Article 3
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PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 3
THE MAN OF PLEASURE. Article 4
THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY BEADING A TREATISE ON THE "ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE." Article 6
TO THE EDITOR. Article 8
ON SEDUCTION. Article 9
MASONIC EXTRACT FROM A TOUR IN SCOTLAND. Article 10
TO THE PROPRIETOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 11
FUNERAL ORATION Article 11
ANECDOTE Article 14
TO THE EDITOR. Article 16
A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE GRAND MASTERS OF THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS Article 17
UNCOMMON SENTENCE: Article 19
OLD LAWS. Article 20
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE EARL MOUNT EDGECUMBE. Article 20
DETACHED SENTIMENTS.No. III. Article 21
ANECDOTES OF THE VERY ANCIENT LODGE OF KILWINNING. Article 22
INSCRIPTIONS Article 23
SLAVE COUNTRIES. Article 24
A CURE FOR A SORE THROAT. Article 28
CEREMONY OF A GENTOO WOMAN Article 29
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. Article 31
THE STAGE. Article 36
A LEAP YEAR LOST. Article 37
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 38
RELIEVING THE POOR. Article 39
CHARACTER OF A GENTLEMAN. Article 40
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TO THE EDITOR. Article 43
REAL PHILOSOPHER, Article 44
A CHINESE TALE. Article 46
TO THE EDITOR. Article 48
Untitled Article 48
AN EASY METHOD OF DESTROYING BUGS. Article 48
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 49
INSTANCE OF DELICACY AND PRESENCE OF MIND. Article 49
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MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 50
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 51
POETRY. Article 54
MASONIC ODE. Article 54
ON THE EPICUREAN, STOIC, AND CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY. Article 55
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SONNET TO DELIA. Article 57
PETER PINDAR TO DR. SAYERS, Article 58
ON FORTITUDE. Article 60
SONG. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 61
PROMOTIONS. Article 71
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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

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