they came by their Spoils and Prizes, but only commended and encourag'd them the more, the more they had taken.

He express'd a gladness, that his Relations are in Carolina, and distant from his Ignominy. He said he had been Married, but had not any Children, in the way of Matrimony.

He said, he was the first Person who advised the Malefactors at the Downes to surprise the Master of the Sailors, and to free themselves from Bondage; that they accordingly seiz'd upon them, and bound them, and put them under the Hatches, but offer'd no Cruelty or Babarity towards them. He added, that he was order'd for Transportation, for stealing Deal-Boards, out of a Merchant Ship; but that he believed he could have escap'd the force of the Law himself, had he not taken the whole upon him, and by that means acquitted a poor Man who was concern'd with him in the Robbery, and had a numerous Family that depended upon him wholly.

He told me he perform'd the utmost that was in his power in order to make his Peace with God, and Attone for the many various Sins he had committed in the several Ships he was concern'd in, and especially the Privateer. He said he spent no time in idle Talk, but applyed himself as earnestly as he could to his Devotions, and a due Preparation for the Reception of the Holy Sacrament.

3. JOHN JONES< no role > , of St. Ann's Westminster , was convicted of assaulting Mary Ferguson< no role > in King's-Street , about 6 at Night, (with another in Company) and taking from her a Pocket, and a Prayer-Book, &c. by jostling her up against a Wall, snatching her Pocket, and running to a Bye-Place.

This Malefactor was, as he said, 19 Years old, born in the Parish of St. Andrews Holborn ; He mention'd, that he was put to several Trades on liking, but could not fix or settle to any of them, having an idle Inclination to remain at Home and Subsist upon the Labour and Industry of his Parents. He added that being Unruly and Disobedient, he was sent to Sea , and continu'd there for above two Years, that his Friends were of Opinion, that the Hardships he might meet with Abroad, would wean him from Home, and induce him to make some Application to Business; but he acknowledged that his Mind was so averse to Diligence, and so prone to indolent Pleasures, that when his Friends refus'd longer to Support him with Money, he cast about in his Mind to supply himself by illegal Methods without being sollicited thereto, by any thing, but his own corrupt Inclinations.

When he first was under Condemnation, he foolishly pretended to call the Law unjust, that Sentenced him to Death for so small a Matter, and called his Crime putting the Woman in Fear, when (as he said) she was in no Fear: He also at first Laugh'd frequently at the Prayers, was for playing with his Comrades, and hitting some on the Face as he went down, and the like; but when he found himself included in the Dead Warrant, he was alarm'd, and began to consider more seriously of his End.

Before he died, he said 'twas very fitting that the Law should put a stop to that great Number of Villains who crowed the Streets at Night to disturb and molest the Passers by; and that there was more under-Rogues of that Sort than was imagined, who distributed themselves thro' the several Streets of the City, but lay more in Westminster, than in London.