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ped at the first inn. Shortly after his dog fcratched and barked at the door, and upon admiffion leaped about his mafter, with the greateft figns of joy; although the blood was ftreaming from the feveral wounds he had received. When the day broke, the highwayman was found dead on the road.

SINGULAR ROBBERY.

The 21ft, late in the evening, a woman very meanly habited, went to the houfe of Mr. Meadows in Tottenham court road; and on pretence that her husband was at the point of death, prevailed upon him, as he belonged to a fociety for relieving the fick at their own houses, to go with her to a place called Rats caftle, near Buckridge Atreet, St. Giles's. Here upon fome ftraw in a wretched apartment, with out either fire, or any thing to fit upon, a man was lying, feemingly in much agony, but who, recovering himfelf when Mr. Meadows entered, refused a cordial he offered him, telling him that every thing but his prayers were now too late. Mr. M. upon this kneeling down, the woman threw herself upon him, while the pretended dying man, and another person who came into the room, put the candle out, and rifled his pockets of his watch and money, ufing, the most horrid imprecations. They then left him, threatening to return and do his business, if he offered to tir, which preventing his making an alarm for a confiderable time, they got clear off. It appeared by the teftimony of the neighbours, that a man and woman had taken the room but a day or two before, the man apparently a cripple, as he walked with a crutch.

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The 25th, a young gentleman, an only fon, and heir to a large fortune, endeavoured to put an end to his life, at his lodgings in Bond ftreet. He intended, it is prefumed, to have fhot himself through the heart. The ball did not pafs through the cheft, but is not yet found. The caufe of this attempt to deftroy himfelf, is imputed to his having loft the greater part of a fum of money at play the night before, with which he was under an engagement to have purchased a commiffion the next day.

PASSION.

The following occurrence took place lately at Walworth, Surry: A butcher and his wife having a difagreement, the latter fnatched up a knife, and cut the throat of her husband; and fuch was the violence of her rage, that fhe was in the very act of endeavouring to lacerate the wound, when fome neighbours broke open the 'fhop-door, and fortu nately refcued the man from his impending fate.

PUGILISTIC ART.

In compliance with, the taste of the prefent times, we fhall in future detail fome of the most interefting particulars on the fubject of pugilifm.-Humphreys and Mendoza, each attended by their refpective friends, for the purpose of fettling the agreement relative to their next battle, have had a meeting, and fubfcribed to the following terms:

ft, That they will fight on the 12th of May next, between the hours of

twelve

twelve and two, for the fum of twenty pounds each; the fum of twenty pounds each being depofited in the hands of a mutual friend.

2d, The parties agree to fight on a turf-place containing forty-eight feet fquare. The place to be chofen by Daniel Mendoza, who engages to ap. prife Richard Humphreys of the place for fighting, one month previous to the

battle.

3d, That when the parties fhall fet to, their feconds fhall immediately retire to their places allotted, and not interfere during the round.

4th, That it shall be a fair ftand-up battle, and if either party fhall fall without receiving a blow from his antagonist, he fhall be deemed to lofe the battle, unlefs the fall arifes from accident, which, and all matters of difpute arifing during the battle, fhall be decided by the arbitrators; and if any difference all happen between the arbitrators, they hall choose an umpire to decide the fame, whofe decifion fhall be final.

5th, That there fhall be an enclosed place for fighting; and the money colTected, after paying all expences of ftage or otherwife, be divided as folJows: the half to the winner and the other half to the lofer; and it is agreed that, the lofer fhall, out of the proportion he is to receive, pay to the overfeer of the parish where the battle fhall be fought, fifty pounds for the poor; provided his proportion of the door-money fhall amount to that fum. But if he fhall not receive fo much, then he fhall pay only fuch fum as he fhall actually

receive.

RAPE.

One Duncan Wright was lately tried before the High Court of Jufticiary in Scotland, for a rape on Mary Anne Peter, a girl between fourteen and fifteen years old, with whom he had been dancing at Paifley, on the 27th of October laft: the poor girl having to crofs fome fields in her way home, left the company about midnight, and trufted to the protection of Wright; a fhort time after, her cries were heard from an inclosure, where he had dragged her, and fome people went to the ipot, but he had effected his purpofe, and he was

lying on the ground in a state of infenfibility. He was found guilty, and fentenced to be hanged on the 24th of February next.

ACCIDENTS.

The following melancholy accident happened towards the conclusion of this month, at Mr. Romilly's, Frith street, Soho. A female, upwards of eighty,

who had lived as a domeftic in the family forty years, and nurfed her prefent mafter when a child, ftanding by the nursery stove, by fomne means her apron caught fire; being too feeble to extinguish the flame by her own exertions, her cries alarmed the family, but unhappily too late to afford any relief; her hands, neck, and face were dreadfully burnt, and the lived a miferable fpectacle to the next day, when death put an end to her fufferings.

An unfortunate circumftance happened lately at the feat of the duke of Hamilton. The duchefs had lent her phaeton to two ladies for an airing, which by fome accident or other they overturned, when one of them was unhappily killed on the fpot.

REMARKABLE DEATHS.

At Lowther hall, the celebrated piper Mr. Donald Macleod. He was near fifty years a foldier, and at the ficge of Carthagena with general Wenteleven only that remained of the whole worth in 1744, where he was one of regiment. He was likewise in Flanders in general Fleming's regiment, and under the duke of Cumberland at Fontenoy, and ferved afterwards at Falkirk and Culloden.

Mr. Le Fevre, the banker, who lately died, owed his fate to a flip of the knife in cutting his finger nail, which produced a mortification that took place in his arm, and proved fatal in forty-eight hours.

The middle of this month died at Horfeley, Derbyshire, a woman named Frances Barton, at the aftonishing age of one hundred and feven. She followed midwifery upwards of eighty years. It is faid the well remembered the Revolution in 1688, and that the danced at a merry-making on that glo rious occafion.

For FEBRUARY, 1790.

NUMBER XVI.

FRAGMENTS.

CURIOUS ACCOUNT

OF THE GRAND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIAL, HELD IN THE CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME AT PARIS, ON

in her lap; and on either fide, an gels offering her crowns. The altar was crouded around with wax tapers of a vast fize and height, which were

THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIR all lighted up. Standing before the

GIN MARY.

[From a Reflective Tour through Part of France.]

E arrived juft in time to fqueeze into a front place in the gallery, where, fhortly after, the ambaffadors, with a long retinue, appeared, in order to be prefent at the mafs. One of the Indians was dreffed with his hair and cloaths tout à la François, and looked ridiculous enough. The church was very much crouded, and mafs was performed by the archbishop of Paris, the first dignitary in France.

The view of the body of the choir, on looking down from the gallery, was extremely rich and grand; the fine marble pavement was covered, from the altar to the door, with the richest Gobelin tapestry, wrought with the most brilliant colours, and in the most beauti ful forms. In the ftalls around the choir were feated the chief priests and canons of the church, with three bifhops, dreffed in lilac gowns:→→ difperfed over the body, were the different orders, in the richest babiliments. Looking towards the right, you behold the altar-piece, of most exquifite workmanship, reprefenting, in the finest Egyptian marble, the Virgin Mary, with a dead Jefus VOL. 11.

altar, was the archbishop, in his robes and mitre, holding a golden crofier in his hand :-his drefs was richly wrought, of gold and filver, and the finest embroidery; and his mitre was chiefly of gold. Two priefts attended, habited magnifi cently, whofe bufinefs it was to hold out his robes, and to difplay them to as much advantage as poffible to the fpectators. A crowd of other priests in different dreffes, according to their orders, were attending. Elevating your eyes a little above this dazzling fpectacle, to the space between the fummit of the stalls and the ftone gallery, a moft fuperb row of paintings prefented themfelves, executed by Le Brun, and other capital artists. Above, in the gallery, were crowds of people, and in one part, nearly oppofite to me, the ambaffadors, and their attendants. Turning towards the body of the church, we beheld its vait space filled with a fea of heads; an innumerable concourfe of people being affembled, fome for devotion, more out of curiofity, and the greatest. part to have a view of the ambassadors:-in fhort, whichever way we looked, the view was fuperlatively grand.

The archbishop began the service; and, when dreffed in all his robes,

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he looked very majeftic. He appeared to be about forty years of age, wore his own hair curled, and had a particularly gentleman-like look: his figure was large and graceful, and his perfon comely and handfome. The organ ftruck up, and the archbishop walked from the altar, preceded by a golden crofs and crofier, and a long train of priests, in their respective habits, into the body of the church, craffing himself: as he went; after having reached the organ (which is always placed over the grand door at the entrance) and made fome minutes ftay, they proceeded entirely round the church, and returning in the fame long proceffion, the archbishop and the attendant priests took their feats at the right-hand fide of the altar, the priests very carefully holding up the robes of the archbishop, that they might not be deranged or rumpled. The fervice then began, with a concert of mufic, which performed part of the mafs in the middle of the choir: the mufic was compofed purposely for the occafion. It was often interrupted, and again refumed, fometimes by the archbishop, and fometimes by the priests; now in one part of the church, and now in another, which took up a confiderable deal of time. The ceremonies then began at the altar; -the archbishop retired to drefs. himself afresh, in order to be in a fit condition to make a deity. Part of his dress was put on before the altar, the priests repeatedly taking off his mitre, and replacing it again upon his head.

The archbishop then put fome incenfe in a large filver encenfoir, which immediately diffufed a fragrant fmell over the whole church, and was received by a youth of a moft fingular appearance. His head was thaved, and his white gown was fastened very high round him, with a geftus, that left his long fkirts

hanging loofe, like the drefs of a lady in a pregnant late. There were feveral other youths in the fame habit, who flood with their arms folded, when difengaged; and, instead of bowing, always curtfied.

The archbishop and the priests were every inftant employed in bowing, kneeling, and rifing. The youth then began to incenfe the altar, and afterwards the archbishop. The mode of doing it was, by throwing the encenfoir, pendant to a long filver chain, towards the perfon incenfed, and then catching it again fhort in the hand. A very rich gilded bible was next presented to the archbishop, which he kiffed: the incenfor went round the church, with an attendant, who carried the bible, and incensed every priest three times, even to the little mutes. They afterwards faluted the bible, and each returned a number of complimentary bows.

After this ceremony, the archbifhop himself incenfed the altar; and, having finished, held out his hand to the priests, who approached, and kiffed a ring upon his little fin ger; all the choir then did the fame, except the bishops.

This concluded, which took up af confiderable time, the archbishop began to prepare the facrament. The process was eafy enough, being to all outward appearance nothing. more than a few bows, and repeated kneeling, which was continued for a length of time, retiring every now and then a few fteps backwards. On the altar was placed a large golden fun, the back of which was turned towards the people; the wafer, being fanctified and tranfubftantiated, was placed by the archbishop, with great folemnity, in the center of the face of the fun. He then turned it round, and lifting up the hoft, expofed his deity in all his glory to the congregation, who, at the ringing of a bell, fell down

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upon their knees, with the pro-, gent family. They made their comfoundest reverence and adoration. plaints to the chapter: the canon I looked, at this moment, to fee was profecuted, and condemned "not how the ambaffadors would conduct to appear in the choir for a year. themfelves: the old one having had The young fhoemaker, having ata pre-intimation of it, rofe up, and tained to man's eftate, was fcarcely withdrew; the reil kept their places, able to get a livelihood; and, overbehaving in the fame manner as the whelmed with wretchednefs, fat other part of the fpectators. The down, on the day of a proceffion, wine was next made, with as much at the door of the cathedral of Seceremony-the archbishop then ville, in the moment the proceffion moft uncivilly devoured his maker, paffed by. Amongst the other caand gave a little one to each of the nons, he perceived the murderer of priests, who partook before the laity. his father. At the fight of this man, A cloth was drawn across the en- filial affection, rage, and defpair, got trance of the altar, and held up on fo far the better of his reafon, that either fide ;-on this all the com- he fell furiously upon the priest, municants rested their chins, as they and ftabbed him to the heart. The received the wafer, that no part young man was feized, convicted of of the facred effence might fall on the crime, and immediately con the ground, and be polluted. The demned to be quartered alive. Peter, priests alone partook of the wine ;- whom we call the Cruel*, and whom too good a thing to be thrown away the Spaniards, with more reafon, call upon unholy laymen. After the arch- the Lover of Juflice, was then at bifhop had emptied the cup, he rinfed Seville. The affair came to his it out with water, left any might be knowledge; and, after learning the left behind, and drank it: he then particulars, he determined to be rinfed it again, and drank what was himfelf the judge of the young floeleft; and afterwards wiped out the maker. When he proceeded to give chalice with a clean linen cloth. judgment, he first annulled the fenThe bleffing of the archbishop con- tence juft pronounced by the clergy; 'cluded the ceremony. and after afking the young man what profeffion he was, "I forbid you," faid he, "to make fhoes for a year to come!"

SINGULAR ACT OF JUSTICE. [From Bourgoanne's Travels in Spain.] IN the days of Peter the Third of Caftile, a canon of the cathedral of Seville, being affected in his dress, particularly in his fhoes, could not find a workman to his liking. An unfortunate shoemaker, to whom he applied, after quitting many others, having brought him a pair of fhoes not made to please his tafte, the canon became furious, and feizing one of the tools of the fhoemaker, gave him with it fo many blows upon the head, as laid him dead upon the floor. The unhappy man left a widow, four daughters, and a fon fourteen years of age, the eldest of the indi

REMARKABLE INSTANCES
OF TURKISH INSOLENCE.

[By the Abbe Seftini.] WHEN the Turks at Conftantinople wifh to offend the Hebrews, or Jews, they call them Cifud; a word corrupted from Jabud, which properly fignifies a Jew. The Perfians are infulted by the words Kizil-Bafcè, or red heads; becaufe thefe people really wear a red cap, which is their kalpak. They ridicule the Armenians, by giving them

* For a sketch of this prince, fee Vol. I. page 136. the

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