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plication wa# made to the ArgjjJdffcop for . the Qoor's dcgretf, which ff. ?oipplje4 with imrhediatelfi and in a manner the moil ' honourable to Dr. H^wkefworth. Why ha did not afterwards appear as the advocate of the unfortunate Admiral^ or why he did no% ^ praftice in that profeffion, for which he certainly was qualified, are fubjetfs which we may hereafter difcrSs.The building for the enfuing trial is Wefl* minfter- Hall, is extended above nine feet be* hind the Court of Common Pl^s beyond what has been ufunl on the three la ft trials.It is fnppofed to be able to accommodate the fame number of peribns as the gallery intended for the Hotife of Commons rauft otherwife cxcludc.On Friday 1 .ft Jn'»:rs BoAvell, Efq; of the Inner Ten.pie, BarriNerat Law, waselcftecj Recorder of the City of CarliQe, in the roorr of the Honourable Edward Nortonf dc* ceafed.Mr. Mendosa*s Letter in Vindication of h\iBehaviour at the Lite Conteft between himand Mr. Humphries.Uuderftanding, with no little degree of anxiety, that fome gentlemen haV3 difputed the propriety of my conduct, on Wednefday lall, in the battle txtween Mr. Humphries an 1 myfelf, 1 am induced to exhibit the following fails ; on the proof of which, I will hazard every credit from a generous Public, whom I never have, and never will deceive.At ten minutes after one o’clock, I fetrto with Mr. Humphries; and, for nearly 20 minutes, 1 had molt evidently the fupe-riority. Finding, with eafe, I could flop moft of his blows, and though I was frequently clofed by Mr. Humphries, (a mode of fighting I could wilh to avoid) I found an ability to throw him.My ftrength and fpirits were fuperior to my adverfary, till the laft fall but two, wherI fell dirciftly on my bead9 ind, by the force, pitched quite over. 1 then found mvfelf much hurt in my loins, indeed fo much, that it was with extreme difficulty } could ftand upright \ but, by the lall Fall I received,I was rendered wholly incapable of' Handing ; indeed, I was ienrccly able to breathej and.it was with great pain that I could fie on the knee of ray Second. When Johnfon alked me, if I had dune, I could only anfwer him by a fign.By this untoward accident alone, I a battle, on which rry warmelt hoped were fixed.To my friends ani patrons on that occa-fion I owe much ,* to the public, I owe dill more ; the confidence of which I never have bctrayrd. With this afTur-rce, I fiall only add, that if the world is dcfirous of renewing the confiift, and fhonld Mr. Humphri.f he willing; 1 lhall be more chan happy CQ engage him,D. Mfitvpo**.No 9, V/hit? Jirret Hcundfduch.P. S. Mr. Henry Safrory, Surgeon, Dr? vondiire flreet, Bilncpjgate-ftrect, is the gentleman ufco now attends me. The following atteftatiun Mr. Saffory has permitted me to publlfli;At the immediate rrqueftof fome gentlemen of my acquaintance, J vifited Mr. Daniel Mendoza this morning on ht$ return from Odiham. Hiving very minutely^in^ fpefled lxi8 various bruife$, and fully in'vef-tigated his complaints; £ do declare, frocj every appearance, that it was impoffiblefor him any longer to maintain a conflid, ia which he was fo fcvertly hurt. The /eat of hia complaint is in his loins; and I have nlt;? doubt but the excruciating pains he mull then have experienced, wasXufficient to deprive him of the ability to ftaxjd.Tburfday, Jan. 10 1788. Hbn. SaF?ORY.Devqnjhire Jirtet.Tn the prefcnt national calm, while^othhag of an interelling nature is agitated in do? meftic politics, the public attention, which mud be occupied on fomething, is fixed pa the contefls of others. Abroad, the* King of France and his Parliament, the Tutks and the Ruflpns—at home, Johnfon and Ryan, Humphries and Mcndoz 1.The paragraph inferted in a Morning Paper, Hating 4i That Mr3. Stewart is nj longer under the tuition of Mr. Tenducci, ag he had contraiied matrimony with a young lady,. c.” is totally erroneous. What reo-deis it fufljciently ridiculous as giving it the lie dircft, is, th^t Mrs. Stewart has abfo-lutcly two years to come before fhe fioies her engagement with Teadocci. .The young lady fuppofedi') be alluded to is nutb-r more nor lefs than a pupil placed under the tuition of Tenducci by the Q^ucen of France, and who is pof/rffed ol voice and tafte that wiU erelong makes diftjnguilhcd figure in the vocal world, lo the no/mall credit of her celebrated tutor.Mrs. Stuart, ibe Caledonian Mara, we learn, is folely indebted to Mr, Afhley, for not only her Worceltcr engagement, but for that fort of fcientific patronage that matt veryfoon place her at the top of hsr pro-fcffion.Laft Tueflay was married at St. George’s,Hanover-fquare, by the Hon. and Rcy. Mr. Neville, tlie Rev. Jofcn NichoII, Recftcr of Remenh-m, in the county of Beika, Of the IIo i. Mif M iry Flower, fecond daughter of the late Henry Lord Vifcount Aftir browk, of the kingdom of Ir-hnd.Sunday was nurried at. Kenfington, Mr, Charles Wilfon, wine and brandy m.rehant, of Bifli-’pfj-ite lirce:, to Mila Dailey, of Kenfingtca.
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