lord Frederick, lord Charles, and the witnefs, who being indifpofed, was permitted to ride along with them, fet off, in a chaife and four. Their converfation was the most friendly, generally upon the election bufinefs. On their arrival at Beccles, the firft ftage from Yarmouth, lord Charles propofed that the witnefs fhould ride outfide.-The carriage, however was crowded and uncomfortable, but he rode according ly with lord Frederick's fervant on horfeback. They dined at Wood-bridge; had a plain beefftake dinner, and flop. ped a very little while. On their arrival at Colchester, the election mob in the streets feemed to affect his mafter much and his conduct appeared very ftrange. Saddle horfes not being to be had, they followed in a chaife and pair, but never overtook them after.

At Brentwood, the poft boys that had driven their mafters met them, and gave the witness a watch which they faid lord Frederick defired them to take, and alfo to take a guinea a piece from his fervants when they met them.

Lord Frederick Townshend's fervants corroborated the former witnefs's teftimony; and added, that his maf ter, lord Frederick, about two years ago, was deranged in his mind, and for the fpace of eight or nine months, was -under the care of Dr. Willis.

James Aires, poft boy at the Angel Inn, Ilford, faid a chaife and four arrived at four o'clock on Friday morn-ing, the horfes were put to immediately, and he drove the wheel horfes, that he obferved but one gentleman in the carriage who ordered him to drive to Hanover fquare; he did not get out at all; that the gentleman paid the turnpike at Stratford, and defired them to drive on when at Mile End he heard the report of a piftol, and inftantly turning round obferved it thrown out of the chaife, but thinking the firing of it a frolic, on arriving in town he did not ftop the chaife, but drove on till they were in Oxford ftreet; between Mile End and this spot he had obferved extraordinary behaviour in the gentleman in the chaife, fuch as holding his hat out of the window, as if in the act of buzza!-Upon his opening the

chaife oppofite to Argyle-ftreet, he quitted his horfe, went to the fide of the carriage on which the gentleman fat, and asked, "what part he was to go to," he replied," to the Bishop of Norwich's," the witnefs pleaded ignorance of the place where he lived, was d-d for a rafcal, and defired to inquire. On turning his back towards the pave ment for the purpofe, the gentleman opened the door, and quitted the chaife in a violent paffion, running up to the witnefs, and ftruck him a blow in the face and infifted upon fighting, and in a very few minutes ftript himself to the skin. The witnefs then obferved for the first time, the deceased in the carriage; he called for affiftance, and the gentleman very peaceably affifted, in putting his own cloathes on again; feveral people coming up he was fecured and taken to Mary-le-bone watch house, accompanied by the witnefs. On his return the body was taken out of the chaife.

The other poft boy remained upon the fpot, and ftrictly agreed with the former, that he never faw, during the whole ftage, any more than one gentleman in the carriage, nor had he an idea there were two until the discovery of the unhappy circumftance.

Mr. Barnham, chymift, corner of Argyle-freet, Oxford ftreet, received the body into his houfe between five and fix o'clock, it was then warm but no pulfe; he obferved a fracture on the upper part of the head feparating the hair; he extracted a ball which lay very near the furface: proceeding in his examination he obferved it had perforated at the roof of his mouth and taken a direction up to the crown of his head; he had no doubt the pistol barrel muft have been placed immediately againft the roof of the mouth, none of the teeth or lips being the leaft injured.

At twelve o'clock at night, the Jury returned the following verdict:

Upon the view of the body, and from the evidence obtained, that lord Charles Thomas Frederick Townfhend's death was occafioned by the piftol fhot, but they have no proof by whofe hands the piftol fhot was fired."

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James May, I ord Charles's valet, as we have before stated, never wit neffed fuch extraordinary conduct in his mafter; and from his manner and converfation at Yarmouth, he conclud ed he was infane. When they left town, lord Charles's piftols were taken with them, whether they were or were not loaded, he cannot pofitively recollect. Lord Frederick took no piftols.

Airy, one of the poft boys, who drove from Ilford, in addition to our former ftatement, obferved but one gentleman (lord Frederick) in the chaife, who fat on the off fiue, and remained fo all the way. The chaife door was never opened at Illford; but he obferved on the gentleman's check a fpot of blood, about the fize of a fixpence. He had then no idea there were more than one in the chaife; looked back at the carriage feveral times as they drove along, and had a fecond perfon been fitting up in the chaife, thinks he muft have feen him.

On hearing the pistol fired at Mileend, he turned about, and obferved it fying towards the ground from the near fide of the chaife; but whether it came out of the front or fide window he cannot tell, nor did he then fee any other than the one gentleman, whole conduct he thought ftrange, but concluded it was the effect of liquor.

The poft boys that drove the carriage to Ilford never made to him or his companion a fingle obfervation of any thing particular having happened the flage they had drove.

Morch, the leading poft-boy from Ilford, held the following thort converfation with the gentleman (lord Frederick) in the chaife, previous to coming off, while tying his great coat to the forebrace of the carriage, the gentleman afked him, if he drove the firft horles. On his reply in the affirmative: "Here, my lad, are two guineas for you then (laid lord Frederick) you perhaps may fee fome poor perfon or a widow with a diftreffed family," (and here offering with his other hand, feveral thillings and copper.) The oft

ler came up, and faid to lord Frederick, "Sir, you had better take your money, and put it in your pocket:" on which obfervation, he replied, "I believe I had better," and did fo. He then defired them alfo to drive to Hanover-fquare, and they immediately let off. At Stratford, the only turnpike they had to pay at, the gentleman gave fixpence, and then defired them to go on; that he had never observed a fecond perfon in the chaife. When he heard the piftol go off, obferved it had been fired from the chaife; he thought the report a faint one.

When the deceased was difcovered in the chaife in Oxford ftreet, he was lying along the feat, with his head towards the horses, and must have been immediately behind lord Frederick as he fat. A great deal of blood was about the feat of the chaife, which was dried in feveral places. The flaps behind the great coat which lord Frederick had on were very bloody, and dried on, when the body was taken out. The witnefs found in the bottom of the chaife a piftol that had been fired off, and a loofe piftol ball.

The last time the two brothers were feen together, was at the Blue Pofts, at Witham, about half after twelve o'clock on Friday morning here lord Charles changed a 10l, bank note: at the fpread Eagle Inn, at Ingatestone, they flopped for poft-horfes but could not procure them; then lord Charles got out, and attempted to wrelt the lanthorn forcibly from the oftler.

They proceeded to the Crown at Burntwood, and just as they flopped the wheel poftillion heard a pittol fired, which he then imagined was done only to let the foldiers and other people who gathered round, know they were armed: this was no doubt the fatal hot; for on the poftillion going up to receive his money, and endeavouring to open the door, lord Frederick prevented him faying, he had no money. and immediately gave him his gold watch, adding, "you will hear of fomething thocking- but it is done, and I could not help it." From that time lord Charles was never seen till he was difcovered dead in Oxford-road.

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The body, it was their opinion, would at this time of the year, inclofed in a carriage, keep warm for two or three hours-it was fo when taken out of the chaife, but no fymptoms of life appeared; and from Ilford, to the time it was taken out, was exactly one hour and a half.

Lord Frederick Townshend remained at the watch-house on Friday morning üll ten o'clock, at which time he was conducted to the office in Marlborough-freet. He was found then to be in fuch a ftate of mind, that it was not judged prudent to examine him. He remained there with a keeper until the Coroner's Jury had brought in their verdict at twelve o'clock at night; and was then removed to a private lodging in Beaumont ftreet, where he remains under the care of two perfons fent by Dr. Willis.

The keeper, who was with him at Marlborough Street, fays, that he betrayed evident fymptoms of infanity; femetimes laughing for five minutes together, then crying, and conftantly talking wildly, frequently exclaiming "ah, poor Charles, I'm forry for him; but I hope to be with him in a day or two." He put a ball into his piftol

I put only paper into mine, and the paper has given me a fore throat-I was obliged to fwallow it, and eat a bit of bread to get it down." "Poor Sophy, the is the beft hearted girl in the world."

The two unfortunate young noblemen were both fons of the Marquis of Townfhend, by his former lady, Charlotte, Baroncis De Ferrars, of Chartley.

Lord Frederick Townshend is a cler

gyman, having been ordained at the particular requeft of his father, about two years ago. His deceafed brother, lord Charles, was a Student at Law. Snails.

prejudice were not a tyrant, Snails F would do more towards the relief of the poor, than any thing that has been recommended to their notice. Their wholefome and nutritious qualities are well known; they are eaten as a luxury in fome countries; and in Spain, particularly, their foup is confidered as a delicacy.

During one of the famines to which the Highlands of Scotland were frequently liable, before the ufe of potatoes was introduced into that remote part of the ifland, two women who lived together in the fame hut, and who were its only inhabitants, being remarked to preferve their fleeknefs, and wonted mien, while their wretched neighbours, on every fide, were wafting, with famine, fuperftition promptly fuggefted that thefe pampered high fed dames muft have improper dealings. Their hut was in confequence forcibly entered; and its terrified inmates, to escape the fury of their fanatick affailants, gave up their good genius- a cafk of pickled Snails? A Highwayman and Chimney Sweeper,

Or, no Diftinction at the Gallows.

A HIGHWAYMAN and a chim

ney fweeper were condemned to be hanged the fame day at Tyburn, the firft for an exploit on the highway, the latter for a more ignoble robbery. The highwayman was dreffed in scarlet, and mounted the cart with alacrity; the chimney fweeper followed him flowly. While the clergyman was praying with fervour, the gay robber was attentive; and the other approached near to his fellow-fufferer to partake of the fame benefit, but met with a repulfive look from his companion, which kept him at fome diftance. But forgetting this angry warning, he prefumed fill to come nearer; when the highwayman, with fome difdain, faid," keep farther off, can't you?" "Sir, (replied the fweep.) I won't keep off; and let me tell you, I have as much right to be here as you."

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