CHRONICLE. JANUARY. 1st. THE "SIR, Downing-street, Jan 1. "I have the honour of acquaint. ing you, for the information of the merchants concerned in the trade with America, that the treaty of amity, navigation, and commerce, between his majesty and the United States, was yesterday signed by commissioners, respectively appointed for that purpose by both governments. The treaty will be immediately transmitted to America; but, until the ratification on both sides shall be exchanged, it cannot be made public. "I have the honour to be, &c. &c. "Philip Sansom, Esq. Chairman to the Committee of American Merchants." 2. A curious wedding took place at Holyhead, where the bride was first churched, then married, and, thirdly, had her child chris. tened! 3. About two o'clock, a gen. tleman came from Hungerford, in a post-chaise, to the Globe-inn, Newbury, where he ordered another chaise to take him to Andover. - VOL. XLIX. When he arrived at the Star.inn, Andover, he took a bo tle of wine; in the evening, he walked to the Catharine-wheel at that place, to wait, as he said, for the mail coach, and, in company with some other gentlemen, drank a glass of brandy and water. About eleven o'clock at night they were talking about children; the gentleman said, "He had nine children, and no one knew what trouble they were but those who experienced it," and immediately left the room; within a minute the company were alarmed by the report of a pistol; they immediately went to the door, and discovered that the gentleman had shot himself in the right temple, and was quite dead. In the Surrey calendar there is the following unusual entry: "Sarah Smither, committed the 3d of January, 1807, by the rev. W. Roberts, charged, on her own con fession, with repeated acts of incontinency, for six months." The frail fair-one is in Guildford house of correction, to hard labour. The learned" Francis Moore, physician," in his "Vox Stellarum, or loyal almanack, for the year of human redemption, 1807," has the following notable remark :-April 27. Near this time the Turkish em peror dies; or, it may be, hides his head: his people are tumultuous; A a if if he can save his life, let him ;-I 'He immediately got down and en. give him fair warning of it.” deavoured to stop them, but in 4. About 12 o'clock, one of vain; but luckily succeeded in rethe arches of Baydon bridge, Nor- gaining his seat behind the coach, thumberland, 95 feet in span, fell in till the animals slackened their with a most tremendous crash, at pace ; when he drove the coach in the time that a number of people safety to Thornbury, where he prowere going over it to church. One cured a horse, and immediately man sunk with the ruins to a depth proceeded to the place where the of 40 feet; by which his thigh was unfortunate man fell, whom he fractured, and he was otherwise took up and conveyed back ; surmuch bruised. gical assistance was instantly proOn Christinas-day, owing to a cured; but it was fruitless, as one heavy swell in the river Conway, of the wheels had passed over his the boat conveying the Irish mail, neck, and it is supposed killed him , with eight passengers, the coach. on the spot. man, guard, and a youth about lif- A middle-aged man of respecteen ycars of age, (in all fifteen in tability, who' resided in Orangenumber, including the boatman) street, Leicester-square, put a period , , was upset, and only two persons to his existence a few days since, were savcd. under circumstances which rendered At Liverpool, on Saturday the act truly extraordinary. He , se'nnight between twelve and one had for a length of time paid his o'clock at noon, as captain Alexan- addresses to a female of very respectder Grierson was walking arm in able connections, and the weddingarm with a friend in Paradise-street, day was agreed on. He had been two carts going at a quicker rate with the intended bride the night than usual, in opposite directions, preceding the day fixed, and every came in contact with each other at preparation was made for the event. the corner of the street. Mr. Grier. The intended bride repaired to St. son, who was close to one of them, Martin's church with her friends at attempted to spring from it, failed the hour appointed, but no bridein his effort, and fell; when the groom appeared. . After waiting a cart passed over his head, and he considerable time, they repaired to expired in about ten minutes. The the house of the lover, and were in. owner of one of the carts, riding in formed that he had not been seen that it at the time, was thrown out day. On going into his apartment, by the violence of the concussion, however, the wretched man and the cart passed over his body. discovered with his throat cut, and The following dreadful accident quite dead. happened to John Fishlock, coach A short time since, a lady, op a man of the Bristol and Birmingham visit to the Narcissus frigate, at mail.coach, on Monday night last, Spithead, was safely delivered of a within a few miles of Thornbury, daughter before dinner by the surin Gloucestershire: · The coach geon of the ship; premature labour was going at a brisk rate; when having been brought on by sea. . the guard observed the driver to sickness. The child has since been fall of his seat between the borses. named Narcissa. was A very extraordinary instance of Bath coaches to Bath, accompanied the premature growth of the human by Miss Vyse, his daughter, he sud. body is at present exhibited at Ant. denly dropped from his seat, and werp. A male child, born in the was speechless. He was conveyed neighbourhood of that town, and to a public house near Colnbrook, the register of whose birth proves and died in a very short time. The . that he is only aged five years, deceased was in high spirits, and measures about five French feet, conversing with the other passen. has the voice of a man, and a beard, gers, at the time the catastrophe be. and can lift fifty pounds weight fel him. with each hand. 12. At the Westminster sessions, A splendid monument has been Jamerson Rogers, a prophetess, was erected in the parish church of Han. indicted, on the Vagrant act, for mer, in the county of Flint, to the retailing divination to the credu. memory of the late right honoura. lons. ble lord chief-justice Kenyon. It appeared by the testimony of 7. A court of directors was Miss H. Hall, a young lady under held at the East India house; when twenty, that she had gone to the the right hon. lord Minto was house of the Sybil, in William. sworn in governor-general of Ben- street, Westminster, to detect the gal; and lieut.-general Hewitt, prisoner, in consequence of her second in council, and commander having previously contaminated the . in-chief of all the company's military mind of one of her relatives. She forces in the East lodies. was ushered into the apartments of Captain Larkin, of the ship the seducer by a char-woman; and Warren Hastings, has been present. a pack of cards, a religious book, ed with 500 guineas by the court &c. were placed on the table, by of directors of the East. India com. which the prophetess made her repany, for his gallant defence of searches. Miss Hall was informed, that ship. The officers and crew that she had many enemies of her have likewise been liberally reward. own sex, but all men were friendly ed, by having. 2000 guineas distri. towards her, and she would soon be buted among them. married to the best of good men ; Mr. Edward Humphreys, jun. of for which information she paid one Walcot, near Chirbury, Shrop- shilling. shire, shot a dog.otter on the river Frances Hughes, an interesting Cemblet, which weighed 22lb. and girl of 16 years of age, had also measured from the head to the tail sought information at the hands of 4 feet. There are also now at Gun. the prophetess. She was more ad. ley, near Chirbury, two tame otters, mired than Miss Hall; for the only taken when young from the said enemy she had was a dark woman, river; they are so tame, that they who would strive to injure her, but will follow the servants to the spout she would, ere she was 20 years of when washing, and one so age, be united in wedlock to a man, voracious as to seize a living toad who would revenge her wrongs. and devour it immediately. Mr. Alley undertook, on behalf 9. As Mr. Vyse, of Bentinck. of the defendant, to tell her for. street, was travelling in one of the tune: he could inform her, that A a 2 she was she was born under a better planet than her philosophy had informed her of. The learned counsel objected to the form of the conviction before the magistrates; the word and being substituted instead of or. This objection proved fatal to the cause of justice, and the prisoner was discharged. 14. Was accidentally killed by a fall from his horse, in the roai between Framlingham and Wickham, Suffolk, Richard Arnold, a noted smuggler, well known by the name of Little Dick. When found, he was not quite dead, but soon afterwards expired. The Old Bailey sessions commenced; at which Frederick Smith, aliàs Henry St. John, was tried on a charge of a capital felony. The prisoner had been introduced to the prosecutor as a captain in the army. The prosecutor was a man of weak understanding; and under the pretence of bringing about a reconciliation between him and his wife, who were separated, the prisoner got him to go to Ramsgate, from thence to London, then to Fulham, where the son was said to be at school, in order to work upon the feelings of the mother. The lad was not there; the prosecutor and the prisoner drank together until the prosecutor was overcome with drink, when he missed notes to the amount of 600l. A 3007. note was afterwards changed by the prisoner at Manchester; he came to town, and on going to demand the balance from Messrs. Boldero and co. the agents of Messrs. H. and C. at Manchester, he was stopped, though he then passed by the name of Henry St. John. It was sworn in court, that the prisoner had deposited the 3007. his defence the prisoner said, that all the witnesses swore false against him. The 300l. note, however, was brought home to him, and he was capitally convicted. The trial of William Bridge, Richard Harford, John Hervey and John Fordham, for feloniously assaulting James Spencer, in his dwelling-house at Ponder's-end, putting him in fear, and stealing, lasted for about eight hours. They were all capitally convicted.-A circumstance took place, during the trial, of most unparalleled atrocity, and which at once marks the character of the above gang for depravity. Hartford, while he stood at the bar, actually picked the pocket of the turnkey of his handkerchief; and Mr. Newman, the keeper, having detected him, made him take it from his pocket and restore it. This he did with the most careless indifference. The court were horror-struck. 15. John Hervey and John Fordham were capitally indicted for a burglary in the house of Tho. mas Whitbread, on the 15th of December, at Stamford Hill, in the parish of Tottenham. The two prisoners were capitally convicted on the preceding day, for a burgla ry at Enfield; but as that convic tion was principally owing to the testimony of an accomplice, and as the case was marked by much atro. |