had committed, he was sent to Bridewell , where he was kept some time to hard Labour; after which, in Consideration of his Youth, by the Compassion of some Gentlemen, he was cloathed, and sent to Sea, where he did not continue long, but returned to London , and to his old Courses; for which he was again sent to Bridewell , and once more had the good Fortune to be equipped out for the Sea; and tho' he did not stay long even this Time, yet he says, that by these two short Trips, he became so much of a Sailor , that he entered on Board the Fleet that went to the Indies , under the Command of Admiral Boseawen, where he remained till the Admiral returned Home. When he came here, he says he received three Years and a Half Wages, which he spent in all Manner of Lewdness and Debauchery, in less Months than he had been Years in earning it; and then he had no other Method than to follow his old villainous Courses of Thieving; and, in order farther to support the Extravagance he had lately been used to, he now began to attack People on the Highway. We have an Account of him in the Sessions Paper in July, in the Mayoralty of John Blachford< no role > , Esq ; where he was concerned in stealing a Clergyman's Portmanteau from his Servant in Stepney Churchyard ; but here he got the Start of his Companions, and was admitted an Evidence, and two of them were hanged; but this proved no Warning to him, he still pursued his wicked Methods, till Justice at last overtook him, and he was condemned on two Indictments of different Robberies, and deservedly executed. He behaved well while under Sentence of Death, and died perfectly resigned to his Fate, acknowledging his own Unworthiness upon Account of his Sins, but hoping for a Share in the Merits of Christ's Blood.

14. JOHN ROSS< no role > , aged 17, was born of poor Parents in Wapping , who gave him but little or hardly any Education; for indeed he seemed a poor ignorant young Fellow. When they had brought him up to a proper Age, he was put out Apprentice to a Silk-Weaver in Spittal-Fields , with whom he served about three Years, till his Master's Business failing he was obliged to leave him, and being a poor ignorant Lad, knew not how to turn his Hand to any honest industrious Calling, and unfortunately for him, being for Cheapness Sake obliged to take up his Quarters in one of those Lodging Houses where all Sorts are welcome for their Money; he became acquainted with some Lads not of the most honest Sort, with whom he frequently went out pilfering and thieving, what they could lay their Hands on, till from one Degree of Theft to another, they came to breaking open Houses; which Practice he and his Companions followed but a very short Time, before the Commission of the Fact for which he suffered, which he owned in all its Circumstances as sworn against him, and said he died in Peace with all Men, and for hoped Forgiveness from God.

15. WILLIAM BAKER< no role > , is about 38 Years of Age, and was the Son of very honest and reputable Parents, who kept a Baker's Shop in Cannon-Street . He was brought up at Merchant-Taylors School , where he had very liberal Education bestow'd on him; and about three Years since he married his own Cousin, the Daughter of a very honest and reputable Clergyman in Northamptonshire, with whom he had a handsome Fortune. He was bred a Grocer , in which Business he set up, with a very good Fortune, in Cannon-Street , upwards of sixteen Years ago; which Business he followed about seven Years, and acquired in that Time a considerable Addition to his Fortune. At the Expiration of this Time he commenc'd Sugar-Baker with one Mr. Carter, to which Business alone had he apply'd himself, he might have been worth some Thousands of Pounds, and lived in Credit and Happiness all his Days; but being in Hopes of encreasing his Fortune, he constantly attended the East-India Company's Sales, where he has bought to the Amount of