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114] ANNUAL REGISTER   For the YEAR 1772 [115

street, Golden-square, and Mr. C. in Greek-street, Soho, several hundreds of chairs and sofas, near a ton of curled hair, a large quantity of brass nails, a great number of marble tables, some very rich slab frames, carved and gilt, silk lace, tapestry, &c. The whole of which was immediately conveyed to the king's warehouses at the Customhouse. Although the quantity of these goods is amazingly great, yet they are said to be not above one-fourth of the above before mentioned importation, consigned to Baron Berlendinni, the Venetian Resident. 
This day the act of parliament takes place, by which a duty of one shilling extraordinary is laid upon all green and bohea teas, cleared out of the East-India company's warehouses.
A motion was made in 8th. the court of Exchequer in behalf of the crown, relative to an extent laid by his majesty on the effects of a late bankrupt partnership. It was submitted to the court that the partners had received to the amount of 20,000l. of the land-tax levied in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, and 1,400l. of the duties on windows and lights collected in the county of Middlesex. The counsel therefore prayed, that as by the bankrupt acts of the assignees had possessed themselves of the effects in question, the court might make an order to restrain them from embezzling or making of an improper application of these effects until the true destination of them was legally determined. 
William Siday and William Paris, for breaking into the house of Mrs. Fisher in Goswell-street, and stealing goods; John Adshed and Benjamin Allsworth, for breaking into the house of Mrs. Bellamy at Marybone, and stealing a quantity of goods; Joseph Guyant and Joseph Allpress, for robbing the mail last October, were executed at Tyburn. Both the sheriffs and the under sheriff attended the execution. The four first were delivered to their friends for interment, but the bodies of the two last were carried to be hung in chains near the place where they robbed the mail. They all acknowledged the justice of the sentence; the housebreakers in particular said, that they justly deserved death, having for some time past belonged to a gang of housebreakers and street-robbers; and attributed their unhappy fate to their connection with bad women. 
Yesterday upwards of 60 felons under sentence of transportation in Newgate, were shipped on board the vessel consigned with them to the plantations in America. 
Dudley, who pretended to make some discoveries relative to the fire at Portsmouth, and who was convicted on his confession on an indictment for perjury, was shipped among the other felons.
Dr. Richard Jebb, who attended the Duke of Gloucester when abroad, kissed his majesty's hand on being appointed physician to his majesty. 
All the servants of the late Princess Dowager of Wales have 20l. per annum settled on them for life, with liberty to engage themselves in other services. 
The university of Oxford, in full convocation, voted a letter of thanks under their common seal, inclosed in a silver box, to each of of the four trustees of Dr. Radcliffe's will, for their liberality in building an observatory, and furnishing the same with a complete set of astronomical instruments. The foundation-stone was laid on the 27th day of June last, by the Rev. Dr. Wetherell, vice-chancelor, the Savilian professor of astronomy, and Henry Keene, Esq; the architect; in which was inserted a copper-plate bearing the following inscription:
Pro singulari sua erga, Academiam voluntate,
Georgius Henricus, Comes de Lichfield,
Carolus Mordaunt, Baronettus, 
Gulielmus Bagot, Baronettus,
Gulielmus Drake, Armiger, 
Radcliviani Testamenti Curatores, P.C.
Astronomiae Sacrum.
Anno MDCCLXXII.
This observatory, which will be 175 feet in front, and the elevation of the centre 88, is very advantageously situated near the Radcliffe infirmary, on a spacious piece of ground, containing upwards of ten acres; a benefaction which was very obligingly granted for the use of the university by his Grace the Duke of Marlborough. 
On the inquisition taken before William Clare, Gent. coroner for Wilts, at Studley, a few days ago, on the body of Robert Willcocks, who was killed by his brother, the circumstances appeared to be as follow: the deceased some years since rented an acre of land adjoining to a small garden belonging to the house in which he and his family lived: during the time he occupied this acre, he had inclosed with a hedge about four lug of the land, in order to enlarge his garden. At length the deceased's family increasingly very fast, he was rendered incapable of manuring and stocking, and consequently renting the said acre. Upon this, his brother, who lived under the same roof, and also rented an acre of land adjoining, became a renter of both, and presently demanded the small lot of ground which the other had formerly hedged in. The deceased refused it, and repeated quarrels ensued. The fatal one was on the 20th of May, when the survivor, John Willcocks, was going to destroy the hedge with a tool called a grubbing axe, but his brother meeting him, told him he should not. After some altercation, John made a blow at the head of the deceased with all his force, which he by shifting avoided; on this, John immediately struck him a violent blow on the bone of his left leg, and another with the handle of the axe on his breast, of which he languished till the 30th of June, and then died. The jury adjourned to Friday, and then brought in their verdict wilful murder.

Extract of a Letter from Pontypool, 
July 6.
"This day a rich vicar, and a poor curate, paid into the hands of the proper officer 15l. the first 10l. the latter 5l. having incurred the penalties, by neglecting to read in church, the act against profane cursing and swearing. The vicar, it seems, had, without assigning any reason, dismissed the curate from his church, and the sons of the latter informed against the former, without knowing that their father
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