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THE MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER.

FRIDAY, June 13.

T Middleton colliery, feven men and two boys loft their lives by fome foul or ftagnated air unfufpectedly lodging in fome part of the workings, which it being neceflary to open to let off fome water, the foul air took fire at the workmen's candle, though at a great diftance, and caused a small explotion or two, by which four of the above men were killed; the other five had no marks of fire or violence about them, but were fuffocated by endeavouring to efcape through the fulphurous itife or damp left behind. Eight men made their efcape, but with great difficulty.

SATURDAY, 21.

This day a gentleman had his pocket picked of a pocket book, near the Bank, containing three bank notes to the amount of 1371. and a draft upon a bunker for upwards of 81.

MONDAY, 23.

A flash of lightning, which was inftantly followed by a moit tremendous clap of thunder, ftruck Mr. Norton's houfe, near the gravel pits, at Hinkley, in Leicestershire. The chimneys were entirely demolished to the ridge-trees, the roof in a great meafure untiled, the windows fhivered to pieces, and much of the lead melted, Mr. Norton himself was in one of the chambers; but neither he, nor any one in the house, received the leaft hurt. In the adjoining dwelling, belonging to Mr. Craven, both himself, his maid-fervant, and Mr. Smith, a relation, with three children, fuffered fo violent an electrick fhock, as to throw them down, and caufe a numbness in their limbs, which continued for fome time, and yet the building received no further damage than the breaking of a few panes of glafs.

TUESDAY, 24.

The fervant of Mr. Clemenfon, of the House of Commons, was flung from his mafter's horfe near Richmond, and expired in a few hours after.

Mr. Biggleftaffe, a wine and brandy merchant in the strand, going down the river with his porter in a boat, in fhooting the middle arch of London Bridge, the boat rifing with the fwell of the eddy frightened the porter fo much, that he got up from his feat, and shifting to the fame fide on which his mafter was, overturned it, by which both were drowned.

WEDNESDAY, 25.

A violent ftorm of thunder and lightening happened at Fenftanton, near Cambridge, and that neighbourhood. A fire ball fell on a barn belonging to Mr. Hipwell of Fentanton, to which it fet fire, and the flames were initantly communicated to the house of a poor weaver at fome yards diftance, whofe whole property, together with a quantity of cloth belonging to his employers, was confumed. Six dwelling-houses, with feveral barns, outhoufes, &c. were deftroyed, and a labouring man, going into a ftable to bring out a horfe, received a violent kick, of which he died inftantly. A daughter of the Rev. Mr. Ceanwell, of Abbot's Ripton,

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lightening. A young woman at Hilton, and
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At Stilton the rain was fo violent, that the waters rofe to the height of four feet perpendicular in fome of the inn yards, and great quantities of hay from the meadows were carried away by the flood.

As the company from Woolwich were landbearer's barge, Mr. Ayres, one of the citying at Billingfgate ftairs, out of the fwordwatermen, by fome accident fell into the Thames, and was drowned.

THURSDAY, 26.

An exprefs from Plymouth arrived at the fleet from Jamaica being come into the Sound, Admiralty, with advice of a part of Lord Hood's and that the remainder had pafied on for Spithead, with a fair wind, where they were expected to arrive this day.

Prince William Henry was on board the attendants fet off yesterday to convey his royal Barfleur, and two of the king's coaches with highness to town.

FRIDAY, 27.

Last night the houfe of Charles Caufton, Efq. of Highgate, was broke open and robbed of a a bank note, and feveral papers of value; and quantity of plate and a pocket-book, containing on Saturday laft the fame house was again broke This day, about two o'clock, his Royal into, and robbed of different kinds of apparel. Windfor: a meffenger was immediately deHighnefs Prince William Henry arrived at ing his majefty with his arrival. fpatched to the king, at St. James's, acquaint

Early this morning a black fervant belonging to a gentleman near Kingfland met two of the them for fufpected perfons rathly fired a blunderpatrole on the Kingiland-road, and miftaking bufs, which feverely wounded one of the patrole. The black was immediately purfucd, and the fame day committed to Clerkenwell-prifon. SATURDAY, 28.

The king has been pleafed to approve of Peter Anker, Efq. to be conful-general for his Danish majesty in the kingdom of Great-Britain.

This day the Lords Commiflioners of the Great Seal appointed Mr. Nares, fon of Mr. Juftice Nares to be Secretary of Briefs. A few days ago, as Birmingham, June 28. three labourers were cleaning a pit at Meriden, in this county, they found near 200 guineas of Charles the Second. The impreffion on both than the prefent current coin of George the fides was very perfect, and they weigh more Third. The poor men have large families, and were prudent enough to keep the diícovery fecret it equally. till they had got the whole out, and then divided

MONDAY, 30.

Early this morning the houfe of Mr. Brooks, was broke open, and robbed of bank notes and pawnbroker, in Tooley-street, in the Borough,

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da the evening the Earl of Sandwich and Lord Rodney, in the carriage of the former, were stopped in White-Horfe-street, Piccadilly, by two footpads, and robbed: from Lord Sandwich they took his watch, and the money from both, amounting to ten or twelve guineas each.

Same evening the new born fon of his excellency Baron Nolcken was chriftened at his houfe in Soho-fquare, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lincoln." Their majefties, we are informed, did him the honour of being fponfors, Lord Effex reprefenting the king, and Lady Weymouth the queen.

TUESDAY, July 1.

Thomas Wooldridge, Efq. appeared at the court of aldermen, and demanded his feat as alderman of Bridge Ward Within, but the lord-mayor informed him, that, at the earnest requeft of the ward, the court had thought proper to fuperfede him, and another was elected at a wardmote held for that purpofe; to which Mr. Wooldridge replyed, that he should apply to the Court of King's-Bench, and then withdrew.

Same day was held at Guildhall a court of lieutenancy for the city of London, for the election of a clerk to the faid court, in the room of Mr. Smith, deceased, when Mr. William Wood, of St. Mary Axe, was declared duely elected.

The question "Whether chapels are rateable to the poor?" was argued in the court of king'sbench, and determined in the affirmative.

Between eight and nine o'clock George Foote, Efq. was attacked by two footpads on Larkfieldheath, near Malling, and robbed of his gold watch, and what money he had about him: the offenders being purfued, and overtaken at Bottal, made a defperate refiftance, till one of them was run through the body by a man who had a foldier's bayonet faftened to a stick, on which he immediately dropped down dead. The ether made his efcape. The coroner's inqueft have fince fat on the body, and brought in their verdict-Juftifiable Homicide.

At Witney, in Oxfordshire, there was a most tremendous form of lightening, thunder and rain: a man and woman were feverally ftruck dead in the fields; near Iilip a horfe was killed by the lightening, and in Oxford, which was only vifited by the skirts of the ftorm, the streets were fuddenly inundated.

WEDNESDAY, 2.

At Wanstead, in Huntingdonshire, in a terrible ftorm of thunder and lightening, a ball of fire falling on the fchool-houfe killed three children, and dangerously hurt feveral others; and it was with difficulty the fchool-house was prevented from being burat down; fome other damage was done in the town.

At Sleaford in Yorkshire a barn and hayftack were fet on nre, and a hore killed; near the lordship of Barrowby, by Grantham, feven theep were killed; in Croxton park, a mare and a cow were killed; in a park near Mansfield, John Renfhaw, farmer, of Selfton, and his horie, were both furuck dead; at Knighton, near Leicester, two cows grafing in a pafture, were killed, and a hay-stack set on fre; and at

Loughborough feveral children were knocked

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At Sherrington, near Warminster, eighteen fheep were ftruck dead; they were juft folded, and the shepherd, happily for him, had been driven from his flock, by the feverity of the ftorm, a few minutes before the catastrophe happened.

At Birmingham a ftorm of rain, attended with the most vivid lightening, and more dreadful and tremendous thunder than has ever been remembered, did confiderable damage in this and the adjacent counties. The lightening entering the houfe of Mr. White, of Barr, forced out the windows, and broke the glafs into innumerable pieces, melted the fpout which conveyed the water from the top of the houfe, and did fome injury to other parts of the building.-The windmill in Cradley field, belonging to Mr. Eaton, was much fhivered, and the wood-work scattered to a confiderable diftance. young men in the mill at the time this happened one was ftruck down, and remained some time apparently without life; the other was forcibly thrown feveral yards, and rendered for a few moments infenfible, but received no material hurt.-At Hinckley, the roof of one of the houfes was torn off, and the windows of another totally broken. A cow was killed in a field at Perry-hill; and in the farther parts of the county we understand the lightening proved fatal to eight cows and two men.

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At Yarmouth much damage was done by the thunder storm amongst the shipping which lay in that road, and alío a great deal of damage on fhore. Part of a flock of theep within five miles of that town was ftruck dead by the lightening.

At Lynne, in Norfolk, feveral chimnies were thrown down, and the people much hurt; three men who were at work in the fields were ftruck dead by the lightening, as were fome sheep and cows; and a farm-houfe within a mile of the town was burnt down.

At Pool a cow was ftruck dead, and five tons of hay in a stack were burnt.

THURSDAY, 3.

Early this morning, at Swaffham in Norfolk, a man was heard calling for affittance in a well which is upwards of leventy feet deep; the bucket was immediately let down, on which he fattened, and was drawn a confiderable way up, but before he could reach the top of the well, The fell from the bucket, and was drowned.

At Upton, near Southwaltham, a lad about twelve years of age, riding on an afs without a bridle, the afs went between the fails of the mill, which ftruck the lad on the head, and fractured his skull, fo that he foon after expired. SATURDAY, 5.

This week was finished the celebrated tower at Brizlces, built by his grace the Duke of Northumberland: the foundation of this tower was laid near five years ago, upon the top of a lofty hill, within two miles of Alnwick. The whole height of the tower is ninety feet. There is an afcent by winding ftairs to an open gallery, which is very near the top of it, and immediately below the beacon, from whence is one of the most extenfive and commanding profpects in the kingdom. The elegance of the design does honour to the tate and magnificence of the Mi

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noble owner; and the mafterly manner in which the workmanship is executed does equal credit to the abilities and, ingenuity of the undertakers employed on this beautiful piece of mafonry.

This day, at Deal, one John was killed by the bursting of an old fwivel gun which he had loaded with a great quantity of powder, and rammed full of ftones.

At the George inn, at Corfham, Wilts, fome words arifing between a weaver and a woman with whom he cohabited, he beat her, in an adjacent field, fo unmercifully, that the expired on the spot.

This day's gazette contains his majesty's order in council, dated July 2, directing that pitch, tar, turpentine, hemp, flax, mafts, yards, bowfprits, ftaves, heading, boards, fhingles, and all other fpecies of lumber; horfes, neat cattle, fheep, hogs, poultry, and all other fpecies of live ftock and live provifions; peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, flour, bread, bifcuit, rice, oats, barley, and all other fpecies of grain, being the growth or production of any of the United States of America, may (until further order) be imported by British fubjects in British-built fhips, owned by his majesty's subjects, and navigated according to law, from any port of the United States of America to any of his majesty's WeftIndia iflands; and that rum, fugar, melaffes, coffee, cocoa nuts, ginger, and pimento, may (until further order) be exported by British fubjects in British-built ships, owned by his majefty's fubjects, and navigated according to law, from any of his majefty's Weft-India iflands, to any port or place within the faid United States, upon payment of the fame duties on exportation, and fubject to the like rules, regulations, fecurities, and restrictions, as the fame articles by law are, or may be fubject and liable to, if exported to any British colony or plantation in

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A man and woman were killed by the lightening; the former at Windermere-water, and the latter at Hawkfhead, in Weftmorland,

WEDNESDAY, 9. Lieutenant Bourne received judgement in the Court of King's Bench for the affault on Sir James Wallace, and alfo for a libel, for the firft offenfe to be imprisoned in the King's Bench two years, and to give fecurity for his good behaviour for feven years, himfeli in 1000l. and two fureties in 500l. each, and for the libel 50l. fine. A vast number of officers, both naval and military, were prefent during the judgement.

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THURSDAY, 10.

This evening at Leeds there was a dreadful ftorm of thunder and lightening, which continued from ten o'clock till one in the morning; the peals of thunder were very loud and aweful, and the flashes of lightening uncommonly vivid. The lightening ftruck the fpire of Methley church, and confiderably damaged it. A horfe was ftruck dead by the lightening at Lazencroft, two others at Birftal, and a cow at Bierley, near Bradford. At Shire-green, near Sheffield, a laith was fet on fire and entirely confumed. A horfe in Dytch-lane, and another in Sheffieldpark were killed; and much other mischief done in various parts of this county.

At Birmingham a flock of fixteen sheep were found upon the Clent hills, killed by the lightening. A farmer riding in a park near Mansfield was ftruck dead, together with his horse. At Knighton, near Leicester, two cows were killed, and a hay-ftack fet on fire. The steeple of the church at Wimefwould was greatly damaged, and a large door fhivered to pieces. In a barn near Braisford, of nineteen sheep that were driven therein for thelter, ten were killed.

As Mr. Timothy Oxley, merchant, in Wakefield, was riding a young horfe on the road near New Miller Dam, he met a ftage-coach with feveral paffengers on the roof, driving very faft down the hill, at which his horfe took fright, plunged, and unfortunately threw him under the carriage, and one of the wheels went over his body. He languifhed till four the next morning, when he expired.

FRIDAY, II.

Two men went into the queen's head, the corner of Clerkenwell-green and Turamillstreet, and called for fome liquor, which being brought, one of the fellows feiled the landlady, and threatened to murther her if she gave the leaft alarm, the other, at the fame time, ran up ftairs, and ftole a canvas bag, containing twentytwo guineas, fome half-crowns and a dollar, together with a filver watch, which was hanging at the head of the bed. This robbery was committed in less than two minutes, and the villains efcaped with their booty.

The Beer floop, which was funk with the Royal George, and lay clofe along-fide her, was raifed fix fathom from the ground, and towed to a confiderable diftance. The method of proceeding was as follows:-Mr. Tracey and his affittants went down in a diving beil, and faftened large cables round her fides from ftem to itern, it being impofiible to get them under her keel, from the great quantity of fand collected about her; thefe cables were drawn through rings in fuch a direction that the greater the force exerted, the tighter and more firmly they adhered to her; the fwell of the bow, fides, and ftern of the veffel preventing the cables from flipping upwards. After every thing was made as fecure as poffible below, the cables were then made faft to two large lighters at the lowest ebb of the tide; as the tide rofe the floop rofe alfo, to the height of fix fathom from the bottom, the furface of the water being eight fathom above her. A very strong hawfer was then tied to one of the lighters, and the end of it fent on board the Orpheus frigate, and by the purchase or force of her capftern the whole

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SUNDAY, 13.

Lieut. Foliot, of the Baracoota cutter, arrived with defpatches from his Excellency Sir Roger Curtis, Knt. his majefty's ambaffadour to the emperour of Morocco, dated Gibraltar, June 14, in which he gives an account, that the former treaties of friendship and commerce had been renewed and confirmed, and that additional articles, for the better regulation of the commerce between the two nations were concluded and figned at Sallee on the 24th of May last.

In the afternoon as a waterman, his brother, and two fons, were failing in a boat off Cheifea, the boat overiet, by which accident the waterman and one of his fons were drowned; the other fon fwam to the shore, and the brother catched hold of the keel of the boat, and held by it till he got afliftance.

John Annereau, Efq. being on a party of pleasure with fome more gentlemen in Lea river, he unfortunately fell out of the boat, and was

drowned.

During divine fervice, a houfe in Cannonstreet was entered by picklock keys, and robbed of clothes, linen, plate, and cath to the amount of upwards of gol. The family were gone to church, and when they returned, found the door fatt as it was left.

MONDAY, 14.

At Portsmouth a boat, belonging to the Buftier, was overfet in a fquall of wind, by which accident five men and a boy were drowned.

TUESDAY, 15.

Mr. Baftard was elected member of parliament for Truro, in the room of the late Mr. Rosewarne.

This night, about ten o'clock, a fire broke out at a fugar-baker's, in Wellclofe-fquare, Ratcliff-highway, which confumed the fame, with a quantity of fugars, and damaged fome buildings adjoining.

WEDNESDAY, 16.

This morning, about one o'clock, a fire broke our at the ship alehouse, near the King's brewhoufe, Eaft-Smithfield, which confumed the fame, with the flock in trade and furniture; there being no water to be had for fome time, the flames foon communicated to other houses, and burnt down nine more, a range of warehofes, &c. and Mr. Wyatt, a builder and timber-merchant's workshop, with timber to a very great value, and did other confiderable damage to the adjacent houses.

Same night Prince Carditto was stopped in Hanover-fquare by two footpads, who robbed him of feventeen guineas and his watch, and at the fame time robbed his fervant of about twelve fhillings.

FRIDAY, 18.

Came on, before Lord Mansfield and a special jury, at Westminster-hall, the tryal of Charles Bembridge, Efq. for feveral trefpaffes, fraudu lently and corruptly committed by him, as accountant in the office of the paymaster of his majesty's forces.

After a hearing of five hours Lord Mansfield fummed up the evidence, and having withdrawn for twenty minutes, the jurymen brought in their verdict-Guilty.

Sentence stands over till next term, when it is expected there will be a motion in arrest of judgement.

James Whithed, Efq. having vacated his feat for Cirencester, in Gloucestershire, Lord Apfley was this day elected member for that borough.

This day finally ended the court-martial (which was held on board the Irrefiftible guardhip at Chatham) upon the twelve feamen, for mutiny on board the Raifonnable, commanded by Lord Harvey, when feven of them were condemned to be hanged, three to receive 300 lathes each from ship to thip, and two acquitted. SATURDAY, 19.

Late this evening advices were received by the Fox packet, which failed from Bengal the 17th of February last, that peace had been concluded with the Marattas; that Heider Ali died in the month of December laft; and that his fucceffor, Tippou-Saib, appeared more pacifically inclined towards the English than his father, having permitted fuch as were prifoners in the towns taken by him to have a free communication with the prefidency at Madras, to be better supplied with neceffaries, and to have egrefs and regrefs: that Monf. Suffrein, after watering his fleet at Achin, had croffed over the bay of Bengal to Gangam, with nine fail of the line and two frigates, where he captured the Coventry frigate and the Blandford Eat-Indiaman: that the Medea frigate had retaken the Chafer floop of war, on her way from Trincomale with defpatches from M. Buffy to M. Suffrein, by which it appeared, that the reft of the French fleet was in great distress from a violent dyfentery, having loft a number of men, and was unable to join M. Suffrein as soon as intended; and that M. Suffrein remained only a few days on the coaft, and it was fuppofed had returned to Trincomale, leaving two frigates to cruise from Ganjam to Ballafore-road, which had captured a number of veffels bound to Madras with rice.

This day came on in the Court of King's Bench, before Earl Mansfield and a fpecial jury, the indictment againft Chriftopher Atkinson, Efq. late cornfactor to his Majesty's victualling board, and member of parliament for Heydon, in Yorkshire, for wilful and corrupt perjury.

After a tryal, which lafted feven hours, the jury withdrew for a few minutes, and returned their verdict-Guilty.

Sentence, as ufual in fuch cafes, was poftponed till the enfuing term, Mr. Atkinson giving bail for his appearance.

SUNDAY, 20.

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MARRIAGES.

JuneMrs. Dobfon, inn-keeper of the R. John Dobfon of Harlow-Hill, to fame place; it is remarkable, that this is the third brother's fon Mrs. Dobfon has been married to. At the wedding dinner, there dined the bridegroom, bride, and mother, grandmother, aunt, fon and daughter, and two coufins, in all but three perfons.-22. At Antwerp, the Right Hon. Sir Jofeph Yorke, Knight of the Bath, to the Baronefs de Boetzelaer, relict of the late Baron de Boctzelaer, formerly firft noble of the province of Holland.-23. At Old Cleve, in Somersetshire, David Duncombe, Efq. of Jamaica, to Mifs Winter.-24. At Chifwick, Mr. Charles Burney, M. A. to Mifs Rofe.-28. At St. Margaret's church, Weftmintter, Sir William Burnaby, of Broughton-Hall, in the county of Oxford, Bart. to Mifs Elifabeth Molineux, fecond daughter of Crifp Molineux, of Garboldisham, Efq.-30. At Eaft-Knoyle, Wilts, James Cha. Hill, Efq. to Mifs Charlotte Wake.-July 1. At Monmouth, the Rev. Richard Stubbs, D. D. to Mifs Pleafant Bullock.-2. Thomas Eden, Efq. of Wimbledon, to Mifs Jones of ReigatePlace in Surry.-5. At Bath, Jofiah Lucas, Efq. to Mrs. Bennet, of the Crefcent.-7. Colonel Watfon of the Guards, to Mifs Crewe of Lower Grofvenor-street.-9. At St. George's, Hanoverfquare, the Right Hon. the Earl of Chatham, to the Hon. Mifs Townshend, daughter of Lord Sydney.-At Leather fellers-hall, according to the Jewish rites and ceremonies, Mr.

Leyon Levy, to Mifs Benjamin, of Falmouth; the young couples ages united amounted to 3510. At Chingford, Mr. Jones of Hatton-itreet, to Mis Landon of Chingford-hall.-14. At St. Mary-la-Bonne, Lewis Majendie, Efq. captain in the King's regiment of Light Dragoons, to Mifs Houghton, only daughter of Sir Henry Houghton, Bart.-17. The Rev. Dr. Gerard, rector of Monks Rifborough, Bucks, to Mi Temple.-18. At Edinburgh, Captain John Brown, of the 48th regiment, to Mifs Peggy Gardener.-21.At Witton, in Leicestershire, the Right Hon. the Earl of Denbigh, to Lady Halford, widow of the late Sir Charles Halford, Bart. of that place.-Lately in Scotland, Captain Fatrick Tytler, of the 80th regiment, to Mifs Ifabella Erfkine, youngest daughter of the Hon. James Erskine, of Alva, one of the fenators of the College of Juftice.

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Richards, quarter-master in the 15th regiment of Light Dragoons. He had ferved in the army from the age of 13, a period of 55 years.-23. Thomas Gataker, one of the curfitors of the High Court of Chancery.-24. Benjamin Adamfon, Efq. of Oakly, Wilts.-At Wimbledon, Samuel Buth, Efq.-25. In Westmorland-itreet, Anthony Williams, Efq. aged 80.-At Ipfwich, Lark Tarver, Efq. aged 80.-26. Henry Rofewarne, Efq. member for Truro, in Cornwall.Mrs. Goddard, wife of Edward Goddard, Efq. and mother to the lady of Sir William James, Bart.-In Abingdon-ftreet, Henry Pomeroy, Efq.-27. At Weltord, in Northamptonshire, the lady of John Payne, Efq.-28. At Pepper Harrow, in Surrey, the Right Hon. Lady Viscountels Middleton, daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Pelham.-29. John Smith, Efq. formerly a Litbon merchant, and many years one of the directors of the South Sea Company.-John Church, Efq. clerk of the Hanaper in the Court of Chancery.-July 2. In Arlington-street, Lady Vilcountefs Gage.--In Coventry-street, Philip Jefterfon, Efq.-3. Robert Vernon Atherton Atherton, of Atherton-hall, Efq.-At Harleford, William Clayton, Efq. member for Marlow. 5. At Herrings, in Suifex, Robert Randoll, Efq.-6. At Penhow, in Monmouththire, Mrs. Tamplin, who attained the great age of III. At Chilton, in the county of Durham, John Fenwick, Efq.-7. At Brighthelmfton, Lady Catharine Bouverie, daughter to the Earl of Dunmore.--Samuel Symonds, Efq. aged 84, many years a captain in the navy.-At Pendennis Cttle, Brigadier-General Goddard.-8. At. Romford, in Elex, Jofeph Letch, Elq.-12. At Halingbury, in Effex, John Haublon, Efq. captain in the Hertfordshire militia.-15. At Newington, Christopher Goldfpring, Efq. formerly

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