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The fellions ended at the
15th.

Old Bailey. At this {eflion
fifteen priloners received judgment
ofdeath, forty were fentenced to
be tranfportc-d for (even years, fix
crdered to be privately whipped,
two to be publicly whipped, and
fifty-five were dilicharged by pro-
Clamation.
Among thofe capitally convicted
were William Davidlon, for a molt
impuclent robbery in the chambers
ofRichard James, Efq; in the Tem-
ple. This fellow ufcd to {have
Mr. James, and knowing that he
was out oftown, he got accefs by
mean ofa fallie key, and taking a
broker with him, perfonated 1\"lr.
James, and fold his goods.--Wil-
liam Cox, for llcaling bank notes,
value 4:01. from John Kenriclt, a
dealer in hories for the French»-
Francis Talbot, for breztlting and
entering the houfe of \Villiam
Ewer, lift]; and ltealing plate and
bank-notes to a great amount-
_-@'e‘rn.l John Sterling, for forging the
will of Elizabeth Shooter, with in-
tent to defraud‘ the South~Sea Coni-
‘iélltlj/ (ti? 350i. He folemnly de-
clared he intentieCl to replace the
nzonejx, and the Jury recotnmended
him to tnercyn
This day Sir John Fielding in-
formed the Bench oiJulliees, that
lgrll year written to l\/Ir.
Garrick concerning the impropriety
ofperlorniing the Beggafls Opera,
which never was reprelented on the
age ivithout creating an additional
number of real thieves : he begged,
therefore, gentlemen prffltfll
would join with him in requelting
Mr. Garrick to deilzt from perform-
ing that opera on Saturday even-
ing. The Bench immediately con-
fentedto the propofal; and a po-
lite card was dilipatched to Mr. Gar-
rick. for that purpofe. T0 which

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ANNUALIHHHSTEK

1773'

Mr. Garrick returned for anfwer,
that his company was. (o imperfect
and divided, (many of the per-
formers being yet in the country)
that it wouldbe exceedingly in-
convenient, if not inipofiible, for
him to open with any other piece,
than that he had already advertiliéd;
but added, that he would for the
future do every thing in his power
to oblige them. '

Ravze, zfzzgu/l l7. Yefierday at
night a detachment of Corfican fol-
diers went to ‘each of the colleges‘
and other houlies of the Jefuits,
with the following prelates, viz.
Mellrs. Macedonio, Alfani, Serfale,
Zaccheri, Dionigi, Archetti, Ri-
ganti, Paflbnei, Foggoni, and Dei-
la Porta. The loldi-ers having taker!
pelt both within and without thefe
relipeétive houlies, the above depu-
ties afiiembled the community, and
cauled to be read to them, by the
notaries nominanted for that pur-
poie, the brief which oecalionecl
their commifiion, and the bull of
their fuppreffion. After which, they
fuccelhvely put the feal on the ar-
chives, chells of {ilver plate, and
ofprovifions. They then left the
foldiers in the faid houfes and. col-
leges, to have an eye over theft;
individuals, who in the {pace of
eight days were to quit the habit of
their order. The Jefnits com-
menced from this morning to give
up their fchools, and are no longer
to exercife the functions of their
minillry.

Aleppo, Yuly I2. Thelafi ac-
counts from Baflora and Bagdad
are very afflicting, as they mention
that the plague has carried of?
100,000 people in the former of
thofe two places, and more than
twice that number in the latter.
The French conful at Bagdad, and
the agent of the fame nation at
Baflbra,