milies, till some more than two Years ago an Uncle of his (after long solicitations) got him to come up to Town, where he serv'd Mr. Schavang, a Mercer of London , without breach of Trust till some Months past, yet being out at Night, and very much intoxicated with Liquor, he (by advice of another young Fellow in Company who shar'd with him in the Spoil) went strait to his Master's Shop in Pater-Noster-Row , open'd the Counter and took the Money, and what other Things were found upon him; but he said that the Sum of Money was not so great as was alledg'd, having been only about 50 l. of which he got the one half (of the most of which, as he said, he was cheated, neither did he know any good that it did him, God having as in a Moment blasted all of it) and his Partner who made his Escape the other. He said that he never was guilty of any Capital Offence, excepting that one for which he suffer'd; that he had liv'd always innocently and virtuously, without giving just cause of Offence to any Person. He seem'd to 've been a young Man of a good, quiet, natural Temper, and his Ruin was bad Company and Counsel. He was very sick and weak (while under Sentence) yet never absented from Chapel, and was very devout, and apparently sincere, in time of Prayers and Exhortations. He begg'd God and the World pardon for the great Crime he had committed; declar'd himself an unworthy Member of this Church; that God in justice had afflicted him, he having sinn'd against so much Light and Knowledge, and conviction of the Truth, which appear'd in the manner of his being apprehended; for having escap'd to Monmouthshire in Wales , and stay'd there two Months, he was taken up upon suspicion, and sent to London to undergo condign Punishment for so notable an Offence. He commended the Gentleman whom he robb'd for a civil, good Master, which aggravated his Ingratitude. He complain'd of the unkindness of some near Relations, while under his Calamity, but freely forgave them, dying in Peace with all Mankind, and in the Faith only of being sav'd thro' the Merits of Jesus Christ.

2. WILLIAM ALLISON< no role > , was indicted for stealing a black Gelding val. 20 l. the Goods of John Ginger< no role > , August 16 .

William Allison< no role > , 25 Years of Age, came to Chapel four or five times, but afterwards he was confin'd to the Hold by reason of a most violent Distemper. While he attended in Chapel he was very grave and attentive, and appear'd to be penitent; when I visited him in the Hold he was so afflicted with sickness that he could not speak much, but acknowledg'd the Fact for which he suffer'd, and the justice of his Sentence. He seem'd to 've been a harmless Country young Man, but having fallen into this Snare by reason of Covetousness or Want, I exhorted him to repent of that Sin in particular; he said he did so, expressing his Sorrow and Grief for the same, behaving himself in his sickness with full resignation and attention to the reading of God's Word, other Religious Books, and Prayer in the Hold (as I was told) evincing great signs of Penitence and Contrition for Sin, dying in Peace with all Mankind, and in the Faith of being sav'd only through the Merits of Jesus Christ.

3. FRANCES< no role > alias MARY BLACKET< no role > , was indicted for assaulting William Whittle< no role > on the Highway, taking from him a Watch, val. 4 l. and 6 d. in Money, August 6 .

Frances< no role > alias Mary Blacket< no role > , 34 Years of Age, had education when she was young suitable to her Station, being descended of mean Parents, who put her to School, and instructed her in the necessary Principles of Religion. She said that she went to Service when she was a single Person, and behav'd herself to the Satisfaction of those with whom she had to do; and that afterwards she married a Sailor, who is now at Sea, and by whom she has one Child living, and that it griev'd her much, fearing that the Child would be neglected in its Education after her Death. As to the Robbery of which she stood convicted, she absolutely denied her knowing any thing of it, affirming, that she was always Honest, and never guilty of Theft or Robbery in her Life, and that she wrought as hard for her Bread as any Woman in London . I ask'd her why, at her Tryal, she call'd no Body to her Reputation if it was so? she said, that being a poor Woman she had no Body to come near or stand by her. I urg'd her to be ingenious in her Confessions, as not having Man, but God who trieth the Hearts, to deal with, and to whom in a very short time she was to render an Account. She answer'd, that she knew she was to appear before her Almighty Judge in a few Moments, and as she was to answer to the Great Judge of the Quick and Dead she did not commit the Robbery of which she was accus'd; that she never was a Thief or lewd Liver; and as for the Man who had sworn away her Life upon a mistake, she freely forgave him. She constantly mourn'd and lamented most bitterly when in Chapel, declaring herself truly penitent for all her Sins, believing in Jesus Christ the only Saviour of Sinners, and dying in Peace with all Mankind.

4. JANE HOLMS< no role > alias BARRET< no role > alias FRAZIER< no role > , was Indicted for privately stealing 20 Yards of straw ground brocaded Silk, val. 10 l. the Goods of John Moone< no role > , and Richard Stone< no role > , June 1 . She was a second time indicted for privately stealing 40 Yards of Pink colour'd Mantua, val. 10 l. in the Shop of Matthew Herbert< no role > , May 1 . She was a third time indicted, in Company with Mary Robinson< no role > , for privately stealing a Silver Cup, val. 5 l. the Goods of Esther Dobbins< no role > , January 7 . She was a fourth time indicted, with Mary Robinson< no role > , for privately stealing 80 Yards of Cherry colour'd Mantua Silk, val. 5 l. the Goods of Joseph Bourn< no role > , and Mary Harper< no role > , December 24 . & c.

Jane Holms< no role > , alias Barret< no role > , alias Frazier< no role > , descended (as she said) of honest respected Parents, in a Northern County, Aged 35 Years, had good Education, and understood the Principles of Christianity pretty well, so that it may be wish'd her Practice had been answerable. When she came to divine Worship, which, till the Sunday before her Death, she attended very punctually, she behav'd herself very Christianly and Devoutly: But at other times she was so taken up with thoughts of a Reprieve, that she was in a manner demented and could give heed to nothing. She said she came to London when she was but 15 or 16 Years of Age, to an Aunt, much against her Father's Will; and some time after Marrying one who prov'd but a naughty Husband, yet by her following the Hollands trading , she liv'd in good Credit, and kept a good Family, till her former Husband dying, she married another Man about two Months before Christmas last, who, when she was taken up, dispos'd of her Goods, and every thing which he could lay hold on, particularly her Purse of Gold, which was given to him as she was ex