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out, not without receiving great
hurt, and {ome broken limbs; a
womrfl, attempting to make her
efcape out at a window, was un-
fortunately jammed therein, and
could not be cleared; lhe wasted
for fume time, but no fuliicient re-
lief bob-g polfible to be given, lhe
Unhappily pe-ilhed.

On Turlday lalt, as two gentle-
men were riding over Hounllotv-
heath, they oblerved a number of
people allembled under two trees
which grow by themfelves, and cu~
riolity leading them to fee what
could be the matter, found that they
were a gang ofgypfies, about twelve
in number, who were boiling and
mailing in the modern talle, Al
Frelco, on account of a converlion.
as they called it: this converlion
conlilted ofrubbing or dying a fine
young girl, about Teventeen, with
walnut-lhell, it being the firlt day
of her entering into the lociety.

Came on at Bedford the e-
‘it ' leélion of mayor of that cor-
poration for the year enfuing, at
which his grace the duke of Bed-
ford attended, as recorder of that
borough. A quellion was firlt pro-
poled to the corporation, VJhethc-r
anynew freemen lhould be admit-
ted? which tvas carried in the a?-
firmative by leventeeti to eleven,
againll the duke of Bedford. After
this relolution, the court proceeded
t0 the choice of the mayor, when
it was agreed that thole in oppoli-
tion to his grace‘ lhould poll firll",
and accordingly they polled to the
number of 456, when the dul<e’s
friends gave up the contell, alter
polling 25 only.

The Academy Royal are ilfuing
out honorary premiums, we hear,
for the emulating of youth to apply
themlelves to drawing.

ANNUAL REGISTER, 1769.

The above are to be given on
fomcthing the lame plan with that
of the Society of Arts, only it is to
be confined to the youth who are
admitted by the council to draw
alter the life, and ltatues in the aca-
demy. The rewards for the excel-
ling are to be lilver medals.

There is another premium oliered
to adults and adepts, which is to be
a gold medal; and to be given to
the perlon who lhall paint the belt
allegorical picture in oil, the fob.
jeét to be given by the prefident
and council.

The medals for the above pre-
miums are now executing from a
delign, and under the direction, of
Mr.Yeo. Theintrinlicvalueofthe
gold medal will amount to near zol.

Befides the lilver medals to be
given to youths who excel their
competitors in drawing; he that is
allowed to have the greatelt merit
will be lent to Italy, with an allow-
ance from a great perfonage, in
order to make a colle€tion of draw-
ings for the ule ofthe academy.

The ballot came on at the 6 h
Ball-India houle, on the fol- t ‘
lowing quellion, viz. “ That this
court doth approve the alterations
propoled by the attorney-general,
the hon. lVlr. Yorke, and Mr. Sayer,
in the luperintending commillion,
and that a new commillion be made
out accordingly,” when the num~
hers were as follows: for the quell
aim, 236; againlt it, 144; ma-
JCJZEf, 92.

Mr. Allen, fat-her to the young
man who was {hot lome time ago
in a eow-houlie in St. George’s-
fields delivered a petition to his
majelly at 5t. _]ames’s.

The jubilee at Stratlbrd-upon-
Avon, in honour of Shakefpeare,

. began this day.

Mr.