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Report of the ftate of the city hof- 8461. 10 s. pitals for 1764.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S.
Cured and discharged from this hof-
pital
3590
Out-patients relieved with ad-
vice and medicines
Truffes given by the hospital to
Buried this year

Remaining under cure
Out patients

3730

405
229

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In all, including out-patients 8300

For about nine weeks past, 10th. the island of Dominica, one of the Caribbee iflands ceded by France to Great-Britain in the last treaty of peace, and mostly inhabited by French, has been seldom a day without feeling many and repeated 21 fhocks, fo violent, as even to make 325 the people failing in the neighbourhood imagine, when in the deepest water, that their vessels had ftruck. The mafter of a ship, who landed there the 6th, and failed from it the 8th, thinks that, in that fmail interval of time, he felt no less than one hundred and fifty fhocks. On this day, the 10th, 292 the windward part of the island, 467 faid to be about one half of it, was reported at St. Kitt's to have entirely funk into the ocean, with all its inhabitants, the number uncertain; but this laft account feems to have been greatly exaggerated. Since thefe fhocks, the inhabitants have been frequently incommoded

ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. Cured and discharged from this hofpital 6296 Buried this year Remaining under cure Out-patients

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In all, including out-patients, 7246

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. Children put forth apprentices, and discharged out of this hof

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with brimftone blafts and a noisome vapour, which prevails moft about fun-rifing, but goes off with the fea-breeze: and much fulphureous and combustible matter has been found in different parts of the island, which, on being mixed up with pitch, is found to make an excellent coat for fhips bottoms, against a kind of worm very prejudicial in the Weft-Indies.

At a ftable in Piccadilly 13th. two coach geldings were fold by weight at is. a pound, and amounted to 571.

The right hon. the lord 19th. chancellor, his grace the duke of Bedford, and the earl of Marchmont, by virtue of a commiffion from his majesty, gave the royal affent to the following bills.

The bill to encourage the cultivation and growth of madder in Great Britain.

The bill for the more effectually preferving of fish in ponds, and coneys in warrens.

And also to fifty-two other public and private bills.

The feffions ended at the zoth. old Bailey, when but one received fentence of death, viz. for ftealing 1400 dollars, the property of the East-India company, in their dwelling-house in Leadenhall-ftr. Five to be tranfported for fourteen years; forty-four for feven years; three to be whipped; and one was branded. Twenty were discharged by proclamation in default of profecution.

At this feffions ten journeymen taylors were tried, on an indictment for confpiring together to raife the wages, and leffen the hours of work, fettled by an order of feffions, pursuant to an act of paliament for that purpose, when

nine of them, who were the prin cipal and committee-men of fevera of the affociations, which raised a fund to fupport each other in fuch unlawful meetings, and who had diftinguished themfelves by the name of Flints, were found guilty, and received fentence according to their feveral demerits, viz. two to be imprifoned one year in Newgate, five for the fpace of fix months, and two for three months; and were, befides, fined one fhilling each, and ordered to find fecurity for their behaviour.

A French quack, named Charles Le Roy, was convicted of an attempt to commit a rape on the daughter of a foreign nobleman, but feven years old, and giving her the foul disease. Another villain, for affaulting his own daughter, a child of nine years with an intent of ravishing her, and was fentenced to 12 months imprifonment, to ftand twice on the pillory, and to find fecurities for his good behaviour.

22d.

Between five and fix in the morning, three fhocks of an earthquake were felt at Genoa; the firft of which was attended with fome violence.

This day twelvemonth, between eight and nine in the 23d. evening, a luminous arch, extending itself from the N. W. to the oppofite part of the heavens, fomewhat refembling an iris, but of a bright white colour, was observed at Oxford, by the rev. Mr. Swinton and others. It feemed to be almost perfectly femicircular, and confequently in a manner to bifect the hemifphere when completely formed. The meteor was not exactly erect, but afcended obliquely, declining a little to the north ተ

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of the zenith, and was in breadth about two degrees. It went off between nine and ten.

His majesty went to the 24th. houfe of Peers, and gave the royal afsent to

The bill to confirm all leafes already made by archbishops, and bishops, and other ecclefiaftical perfons, of tythes and other incorporeal hereditaments, for one, two, or three life or lives, or 21 years: and to enable them to grant fuch leafes, and to bring actions of debt for recovery of rents referved, and in arrear, on leafes for life or lives.

The bill for enlarging the time limited for executing and performing feveral provifions, powers, and directions, in certain acts of this feflion of parliament.

His majefty was then pleafed to make a most gracious fpeech, to acquaint his parliament, that, thro' the paternal affection, which he bore to his children and to all his people, his late indifpofition, tho' not attended with danger, had determined him to propofe to their confideration, fuch measures as he thought might tend to preferve the conftitution of Great-Britain undisturbed, and the dignity and luftre of its crown unimpaired, if it should please God to put a period to his life, whilft his fucceffor was of tender years. [See the fpeech at length amongft our State Papers.]

David Garrick, Efq; patentee of Drury-lane theatre, and his lady, arrived in town from a tour thro' France and Italy.

The late contefted election 26th. for high fteward of the univerfity of Cambridge, was determined in favour of the earl of Hardwicke,

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At Berks affizes, one was capitally convicted.

Át Bucks affizes, one capitally convicted.

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At Cambridge aflizes, came on before a fpecial jury of gentlemen, a remarkable caufe, wherein Mr. Mart, an eminent filversmith of that place, and Anne his wife, were plaintiffs, and the late vice-chancellor and proctors of the univerfity, defendants. The cafe was this: In November 1763, Mrs. Mart, then a fingle woman, went into a public-houte in the neighbourhood, about feven in the evening, for half a pint of ale; and, whilft the mistress of the house was gone to draw it, the proctor came in, feized her, and forcibly took her to Bridewell, where he was put with a common proffitute, and kept in prison near half an hour. The action was brought for falfe imprisonment; and after a hearing of more than fix hours, in which the privileges of the univerfity were not found a fufficient juflification for the defendants, the jury brought in their verdict for the plaintiffs of zol. and costs, to the great joy of the townspeople, who confider it as no fmall victory gained`over the university.

At Coventry aflizes Richard
Swift,

Swift, a noted felon, was tried for returning from transportation, when the prifoner, pleading poverty, prayed the honourable judge to order him a counfel, which was immediately done; and, in the courfe of the trial, Swift's counfel found an error in the record, and, notwithstanding the oppofition made by Mr. Serjeant Hewitt and another able counsel, the judge declared the error a fatal one, and directed the jury to acquit the prifoner; which being done, Swift was ordered to be difcharged: but the attorney for the crown making an affidavit that he stood indicted as acceffary to a felony in Middlefex, he was detained, ordered by the court to be removed to Newgate; and being brought to the Old Bailey, was ordered back to Newgate, on his former fentence of tranfportation.

At Cornwall affizes, none were capitally convicted.

At Devizes affizes none were capitally convicted.

At Devon affizes five were capitally convicted. At this affizes an action was brought by a baker against an excifeman, for an affault in fearch of fmuggled goods, of which the jury brought the excifeman in guilty, and the damages were referred to the court of King's Bench.

At Dorchefter affizes, one was capitally convicted for murder.

At Ely aflizes, one was capitally convicted.

At Effex affizes, two were capitally convicted, one of whom was reprieved.

At Gloucefter affizes, nine were
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capitally convicted; five of whom were reprieved.

At Hereford affizes, two were capitally convicted.

At Hertford affizes, none were capitally convicted.

At Huntingdon affizes, two were capitally convicted for horfeftealing, and one for the highway.

At Kent affizes, two were capitally convicted.

At Lancaster affizes, fix were capitally convicted, one for murder, and a boy of feventeen for burglary.

At Monmouth affizes, two were capitally convicted; but both reprieved.

At Norfolk affizes, four were capitally convicted; but reprieved.

At Northampton affizes, one was capitally convicted; but reprieved.

At Oxford affizes, five were capitally convicted; but three of them reprieved.

At Salisbury affizes, feven were capitally convicted.

At Shrewsbury afsizes, eight were capitally convicted, but four reprieved.

At Somerset affizes, five were capitally convicted; but were all reprieved, except Mary Norwood for poisoning her husband, who was burnt at Ivelchefter on the 11th of May.

At Southampton affizes, one was capitally convicted for fheep-ftealing.

At Stafford affizes, four were capitally convicted; one of them for defignedly shooting at another.

At Suffolk affizes, two were capitally convicted. [G]

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At Surrey affizes, feven were capitally convicted; one for the marder of his wife, who, fome time after, on fome circumstances appearing in his favour, was pardoned; and three of the other criminals were reprieved. Two indictments were preferred againft Sam. Berry, one for an actual rape on his wife's grandmother, and another for an affault, with an intent to commit a rape. The old woman, who is 91 years of age, would have fworn to the firft; but the grand jury, thinking at that time of life he might not know what was neceffary to be proved to conftitute the first offence, dismisfed the first bill, and found the other on which he was tried and found guilty, and fentenced to pay a fine of 3s. 4d. three months imprisonment, and 401. fecurity for his good behaviour for three years. The old woman was fo weak, that he was held up by her two fons, one aged 65, and the other 58: it was to the daughter of the former that Berry, who was 43 years old, was married.

At the fame aflizes a remarkable action was tried between a reputable tradefman of London, plaintiff, and a noted bailiff to the heriff of Surrey, defendant, for ill treatment under an arreft, by carrying the plaintiff to the defendant's own houfe, &c. contrary to the statute of 32 George II. when, after a long trial, the Jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, of 50l. and treble cofts, to general fatisfaction.

Likewife a caufe, before a fpecial jury, wherein Mr. Greenaway Jacques, bargemaker, at

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Wallingford in Berks, was plaintiff, and the collector of the toll at the towing-path at Ham, defendant, for taking 2s. for the paffage of eight horfes over the path. in order to try the right of fuch toll, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff. This is the fecond toll Mr. Jacques has defeated.

At Suffex affizes, two were capitally convicted for highway robberies, and one for burglary; one of whom was reprieved.

At Warwick affizes, three dragoons were convicted for murder, and were executed as usual.

At Welch Pool affizes, a young man was capitally convicted for the murder of his fweetheart, and the next day executed. It is 28 years fince an execution happened there before, and that was for murder.

At Winchester affizes, five were capitally convicted; but reprieved. At Worcester affizes, five were capitally convicted; but reprieved.

At York affizes, eight were capitally convicted, five of whom were reprieved.

Several pieces of counterfeit gold coin have been lately discovered at Birmingham, fo nicely finished as hardly to be diftinguifhed; most of them 36s. pieces. Thofe are of a pale colour, and the date 1750: the top of the 5 is larger than in the true ones. The guineas are of his prefent majefty, extremely well ftruck in filver, and milled, and fo neatly covered with leaf gold, that no eye can difcern any difference. To obviate any objection which might be made

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