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be fixed upon as the perpetrator of this act. The following bulletin on this fubject was iffued from the horfe-guards, in the courfe of the afternoon :

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Horfe-Guards, May 15. "This morning, during the fieldday of the grenadier battalion of the foot guards, in Hyde-Park, a fhot was accidentally discharged from the ranks, which unfortunately wounded a gentlegian of the name of Ongley, who was amongst the fpectators. The hot perforated Mr. Ongley's thigh, but did not injure the bone or arteries. His majefty directed the military furgeon prefent to examine and drefs Mr. Ongley's wounds, and was much gratified by the favourable report made by Mr. Nixon, the furgeon of the grenadiers. His majefty, on coming from the field, fent his command to Mr. Keate, the furgeongeneral, and Mr. Ruth, the infpector of hofpitals, to wait on Mr. Ongley, and to offer their affiftance during the progrefs of his cure."

In the evening a moft alarming, and extraordinary circumfiance occurred at the theatre royal, Drurylane. At the moment when his majefty entered the box, a man in the pit, near the orchestra, on the right hand fide, fuddenly flood up and difcharged a piftol at the royal perfon. His majefty had advanced about four fteps from the door. On the report of a piftol his majefty ftopped, and stood firmly. The houfe was immediately in an uproar, and the cry of "feize him" burft from every part of the theatre. The king, apparently not the leaft difconcerted, came nearly to the front of the box. The man who committed the crime was feized and

conveyed from the pit. The audi ence vehemently called out "thew him!" In confequence of which loyal clamour, Kelly, who, with a multitude of perfons belonging to the theatre, had rushed upon the fiage, came forward and affured them that the culprit was in fafe cuftody. The indignation of the audience was foothed by this intelligence, and "God fave the king" was univerfally demanded. It was fung by all the vocal performers, and encored. The certain drew up for the commencement of the play; but Bannifter, jun. was not fuffered to proceed till fomething more could be learned refpecting the wretch who had made this diabolical attempt. Bannifter and Mrs. Jordan both again affured the audience that the culprit was perfectly fecured, and the play was then fuffered to go on without farther interruption.

Mr. Sheridan, affifted by Mr. Wigftead, the magiftrate, proceeded immediately to examine the man in the room into which he had been conducted, and when he had been fearched, to fee if he had any other fire-arms, or papers. He had none. Mr. Tamplin, a trumpeter in the band, who affified in taking him over the orchestra, recognized the man to be a foldier, and pulling open his coat, found that he had on a military waiftcoat, with the button of the 15th light dragoons. It was an officer's old waiftcoat. On being queftioned by Mr. Sheridan, he faid, "he had no objection to tell who he was. It was not over yet-there was a great deal more and worse to be done; his name was James Hadfield; he had ferved his time to a working filversmith, but had enlifted into the 15th light dragoons, and

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fought for his king and country."- loaded his piftol, and came to the

At this time the prince of Wales and duke of York entered the room, to be prefent at the examination. He immediately turned to the duke, and faid-" I know your royal highness -God blefs you.-You are a good fellow. I have ferved with your highnefs, and (pointing to a deep cut over his eye, and another long fear on his cheek) faid, I got thefe, and more than thefe, in fighting by your fide. At Lincelles, I was left three hours among the dead in a ditch, and was taken prifoner by the French. I had my arm broken by a fhot, and eight fabre wounds in my head; but I recovered, and here I am." He then gave the following account of himself, and of his conduct:

He faid, that having been difcharged from the army, on account of his wounds, he had returned to London, and now lived by working at his own trade. He made a good deal of money; he worked for Mr. Solomon Hougham. Being weary of life, he laft week bought a pair of piftols from William Wakelin, a hair-dreffer and broker, in St. Johnfreet. (Perfons were immediately fent to bring Wakelin and his mafer to the theatre.) He told him they were for his young mafter, who would give him blunderbufs in exchange. That he had borrowed a crown of his mafter that morning, with which he had bought fonte powder, and had gone to the houfe of Mrs. Mafon, in Red-Lionfiteet, to have fome beer; that he went backwards to the yard, and there he tried his piftols. He found one of them good for nothing, and left it behind him. In his own trade he used lead, and he caft himfelf two flugs, with which he

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At this part of his narrative fir William Addington, the magiftrate, arrived, and took the chair: he went over the examination of the perfons who had fecured him, and who had feen the piftol levelled at his majesty. He afked Hadfield what had induced him to attempt the life of the beft of forereigns? He anfwered, that he had not attempted to kill the king. He had fired his piftol over the royal box. He was as good a fhot as any in England; but he was himfelf weary of life-he wifhed for death, but not to die by his own hands. He was defirous to raile an alarm; and withed that the fpectators might fall upon him-he hoped that his life was forfeited." He was afked if he belonged to the correfponding fociety. He faid, "no; he belonged to no political fociety; he belonged to a club of odd fellows, and he was a member of

a benefit fociety." And being afked if he had any accomplices, he folemnly declared that he had none, and with great energy took God to witnefs, and laid his hand on his heart.

From this time he appeared to exhibit fymptoms of derangement. When afked who his father was? He faid he had been poftillion to fome duke; but he could not fav what duke. He talked in a mylterious way of dreams, and of a great commiffion he had received in his fieep; that he knew he was to be a martyr, and was to be perfecuted like his great mafter. He had been perfecuted in France; but he had not yet been fufficiently tried. He knew what he was to endure. He uttered many other incoherent things in the fame ftyle.

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William Wakelin, the perfon from whom he had bought the piftols, being brought to the house, was examined. He faid, it was true that he had bought a pair of piftols of him, and that he had faid that they were for his young mafter, who would give him a blunderbufs for them but he had not yet got the blunderbufs. He knew very little of Hadfield, but knew where he worked, and had heard a good character of him; but that the leaft drink affected his head.

Several perfons from the houfe of Mrs. Maton, his acquaintance, confirmed this fact: and they faid they afcribed this to the very fevere wounds he had received in the head. The leaft drink quite deranged him.

Upon this evidence, he was committed to Cold-Bath-fields for re-examination; and their royal highneffes the duke of Clarence, duke of Cumberland, and Mr. Sheridan, conducted him thither.

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jefty's privy council, however, defiring to examine him forthwith, to difcover if he had any accomplices, he was taken to the duke of Portland's office, where he underwent another examination. The perfons who were inftrumental in fecuring him, and whofe evidence is the moft material, as to directing the piftol towards his majesty's box, if not towards his perfon, alfo attended.

On Friday the privy-council fat on the farther examination of this man's conduct. Several of the prifoner's fhopmates were examined, the tendency of whofe evidence fhewed that he was infane. He told his wife, and others, that, on Tuesday laf, he met a man who affured him that he had had Jefus

Chrift in keeping five years Mount Sion, and that he was foon to vifit this world. This man was one Truelock, a cobler, at Iflington. He was taken before the privycouncil that day, and is much poffefled with an opinion of the speedy return of our Saviour. With this idea he had poffeffed the prifoner allo. Both feem to be religiously mad.

At the privy-council alfo appeared, and were examined, the adjutant, and one of the captains of the 15th light dragoons, who faid the prifoner had been confidered as infane, otherwise he was a brave good man, and much beloved by the regiment. About three months ago, he came down to Croydon to fee the regiment, and, while there, was taken fo ill, it was necessary to put him in a straight waistcoat. They wondered he had not fince been taken care of as a madman.

The fecond flug, which was fired, was found, on Friday morning, by the duke of Clarence, in lady Milner's box. It appears that Hadfield did not fire very wide of his majefty; only about a yard too far to the left. The king flood erect after he fired. The queen came in, and the king waved his hand for her to keep back. Her majefty alked what's the matter? The king faid, "Only a quib, a fquib; they are firing quibs." After the affaffin had been taken away, the queen came forward, and, in great agitation, curthed. She looked at the king, and alked if they fhould ftay? The king anfwered," We will not fir, but ftay the entertainment out."

DIED. 18th. At Peterburgh, the celebrated field-marthal Suvaroff. At this time laft year, his name refounded from every mouth, and

his triumphs frequently graced our Regifter. His blood was inflamed by the painful labours of his glorious campaign; his foul, opprefled with the contradictions which prevented him from crowning it by the total expulfion of the French from Italy; and his heart afflicted with the grief of finding his important fervices repaid by unaccountable caprice and ingratitude. He is faid to have been in difgrace with his fovereign; and fuch is the character of Ruffian manners, that the difpleature of the prince includes banishment from all fociety. The man, fo lately the theme of royal panegyric, was abfolutely abandoned in the ftruggles of ficknefs and death; and the laft moments of Suvaroff were deprived of the offices of friendship, and the confolation of public fympathy. Suvaroff, it cannot be denied, ferved his country with perfevering fuccels, and implicit fidelity, and has contributed to confolidate the power, and to extend the fame of the Ruffian empire. Pofterity will render him that juftice, which his contemporaries refufed him; and we are not afraid to exprefs its language before-hand, by paying this homage to the great talents and virtues of a hero, whofe actions will maintain a diftinguished rank, in the hiftory of the eighteenth century.

25th. In Gower-street, in his eighty-third year, Benjamin Kenton, efq. From an obfcure origin, and an education in a charity-school, he obtained, by frugality, induftry, and integrity, with an irreproachable character, a more than princely forFor fome years, he kept the Crownand Magpye tavern, in Whitechapel; and afterwards, becoming a wine-merchant in the Minories, VOL. XLII.

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went very largely into the trade of exporting porter. His property, in the different public funds, exceeds 300,000. and at the prefent market prices, is worth 272,000l., his landed eftates 6807. a year. And he has bestowed it in a manner that reflects honour to his memory. Το the hofpitals of Chrift, St. Bartholomew, and Bethlehem, 50001. each; to the charity for the blind, 20,000l.; to the Philanthropic Society, 3000Z.; to the Marine Society, and the Lying-in Hofpital, 20001. each; to the Foundling Hofpital and Afylum, 15001. each; to the Vintner's Company, 4000l.; to Mr. John Cole, 20,000.; Mr. Smith, (his grandfon, and only immediate defcendant, who was, unfortunately, not much in his favour) 8007. a year; Mr. Usher,

10002.; Mr. Vaughan, 2000.; Mr. Waley, 15007.; Alderman Harley, 10007.; Chamberlain Clarke, 1000l.; his four executors, Meffrs. Baldwin, Till, Holford, and Watts, 20001. each: Mr. Wall, 5007.; Whitechapel charityfchool, 500l.; fifty or fixty other legacies, from 1007. to 5007.; and to his fucceffor in bufinefs, Mr. David Pyke Watts, the refiduum, fuppofed to be not lefs than 6000Z.. a year.

JUNE.

4th. The celebration of this day, on which his majefty entered into his 63d year, commenced with the grandeft fight ever exhibited in Hyde Park. At fix o'clock, all the volunteer corps in London and its immediate vicinity, to the number of 12,000, were under arms, and aflembled in the field before eight. Notwithstanding the immenle C

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crowd of spectators, and their impatient curiofity, the ground was moft excellently kept by the city light horfe, the London, Weftminfter, and Surry cavalry. His majefly arrived at nine, attended by the prince of Wales, the dukes of York, Cumberland, and Gloucefter; prince William of Gloucester; Earls Harrington, and Chatham; Jord Cathcart, and all the general officers, &c. and then the review commenced. Although it poured a torrent of rain the whole time, he continued, without even a great coat, equally expofed as his fubjects. The only oblervable difference, from his ufual conduct, on fimilar occafions was, that, as he paffed the line, he did not keep his hat off quite fo long as in fine weather. The formation of the line, and the various orders of the day, were exccuted with precision, and the firing, under every difadvantage, was excellent. The evolutions ended about two.. His majefty, and the princes, returned to Buckinghamhoufe; then all the corps filed off, after having endured a moft foaking rain for upwards of eight hours, 12th. A chafm, of extraordinary length and depth, was made by the extraordinary great rains of laft winter, in the fide of Bredon-hill, Worcefterfhire, on the fide next Great Comberton. Mr. Parfons, proprietor of the foil, proposed to fill it up, by a floping in the earth, from the edges; but, the continued rains of this fpring have increased it.

The life-boats, eftablished at Shields, have, within twenty-feven months, preferved the lives of the crews of eleven fhips, that have been firanded, or foundered, at the mouth of the Tyne; all of whom muft otherwise have perifhed.

18th. The yeomanry, and volun teer corps of Hertfordshire, were reviewed by his majefty, at Hatfield, the feat of the marquis of Salisbury. His majefty was attended by his whole family, minifters, &c. and moft fumptuoufly entertained by the marquis. The volunteers confifted of upwards of 1500, all of whom the marquis hofpitably dined. The fol lowing is the return of the provifions provided: 80 hams, and as many rounds of beef; 100 joints of veal; 100 legs of lamb; 100 tongues; 100 meat pies; 25 edge. bones of beef; 25 rumps of beef, roafted; 100 joints of mutton; 25 brifkets; 71 difhes of other roaft beef; 100 gooseberry pies; befides very fumptuous covers at the tables of the king, the cabinet minifters, &c. For the country people, there were killed, at the Salisbury arms, three bullocks, fixteen sheep, and twenty-five lambs. The expenfe is estimated at 3000!.

22d. This day arrived, at Blackwall, Mr. Gower's newly-conftruct ed veffel, the Transit. She failed from the Motherbank, on Thursday evening, at fix o'clock, with the wind at weft, and arrived in the downs, at noon, on Friday. Atone, ! on the fame day, the failed for the river, turning up within Margate fands, through the Narrows, and over the Flats, with a double reef top-fail, breeze at weft, and ar rived, at Graveferd, at midnight, on Saturday. On Sunday morn ing, at eight o'clock, the again got under weigh, and turned up to Blackwall the fame tide, to the admiration of the beholders, who were aftonished at the fimplicity of her manœuvres. It appears, by the teftimony of the Downs pilot, Mr. William Norris, that the would

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