"I lieutenant Patrick Ogilvy, brother german to the deceafed Thomas Ogilvy of Eaft-Miln, confidering myself upon the brink of this mortal life into eternity; and as I have but few hours to live, would choose to employ them in the way that would moft conduce to my eternal happiness. And though my years be few, and my fins many, yet I hope, through God's grace, and the interpofition of my bleffed Redeemer, that the gates of heaven will not be fhut upon me, in whatever view I, as a criminal, may be looked on by the generality of mankind; and, I hope, thofe who beft know me, will do me justice when I am gone. As to the crimes I am accufed of, the trial itself will fhew the propenfity of the witneffes, where civility, and poffibly folly, are explained into actual guilt; and which pofftly had the greater effect in making them believed; and of both crimes, for which I am now doomed to fuffer, I declare my innocence; and that no perfuafion could ever have made me condefcend to them.

I freely forgive every perfon concerned in this melancholy affair; and wherein any of them have been faulty to me, I pray God to forgive

them.

My council and doers have done their duty for me, for which I thank them fincerely, confidering the care they have taken of me, and am forry it is not in my power to give them a better reward.

The minifters of this city have

been at great trouble about my eternal ftate, which I have always gratefully acknowledged, and will do to my last breath, for the care they have been pleased to take of me: I am forry, time being fo precious now, I have it not in my power to exprefs my gratitude more fo, for their goodness and attendance towards me; and, I hope, their labours in my behalf will not be in vain.

Captain James Robb, and the other keepers of the prifon under him, have alfo fhewn me great kindnefs fince my confinement, for which I thank them, and thought it my duty to declare the fame.

I defire to die in peace with all men, even my greatest enemies, begging forgiveness to them, as I hope for it from that God in whofe prefence I am foon to appear; hoping for the pardon of my fins, and entrance into eternal blifs, through the merits and interceffion of my Redeemer, to whom I recommend my fpirit: Come, fweet Jefus, come quickly, and receive it.

A narrative of the horrid murder committed by George Gidley and Richard St. Quintin, both Weft of England men, Peter M Kinlie, an Irishman, and Andres Zekerman, a Dutchman, late mariners on board the brig The Earl of Sandwich, belonging to London, whereof John Cockeran was maf ter, on the faid mafter, the reft of his crew, and the passengers; and of the apprehending the murderers, and recovering the treaJure of which they had plundered the faid fhip.

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HIS fhip failed from London in the month of Auguft 1765, laden with bale goods, hard-ware, hats, &c. for Santa Cruz, at which place they arrived and difcharged their cargo. From thence, they failed to Oratava, and there took in a cargo of Teneriffe wine, raw and manufactured filk, cochineal, and a large quantity of Spanish milled dollars, of 4s. 9d. value each, fome ingots of gold, fome jewels, and a small quantity of gold duft. About the month of November, they failed from Oratava for London, and had then on board the faid John Cockeran, master; Charles Pinchent, mate; Peter M'Kinlie, boatswain; Geo. Gidley, cook; Richard St. Quintin, Andres Zekerman and James P'inchent, brother to the mate, mariners; and Benjamin Gallifpey, the cabin-boy; with captain Giafs, his wife and daughter, and a fervant boy belonging to them, as paffengers.

Before the fhip left the Canaries, the faid Gidley, St. Quintin, Zekerman, and M'Kinlie, entered into a confpiracy to murder the mafter and all the other perfons

on board, and to poffefs themfelves of the treasure in the fhip; which on their paffage they, on three different nights, intended to accomplish; but, by fome accident or other, were prevented, till, at length, on Saturday the 30th of November, at eleven o'clock at night; when the four affaffins being ftationed on the night watch, and the mafter coming on the quarter-deck to fee every thing properly fettled, and returning to cabin, the faid Peter M'Kinlie feized him, and held him faft, till George Gidley knocked him down with an iron bar, repeating the blows till he was killed; when they threw him overboard.

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The noife occafioned by this murder, and the captain's groans, having alarmed Charles and James Pinchent, and captain Glafs, they arofe from their beds. The Pinchents, being foremoft, were attacked by thofe villains, knocked down, and thrown overboard. Captain Glafs, feeing what they were about, inftantly turned to the cabin for his fword. But M Kialie obferving his retreat, and imagining that he went arm himself to oppose them, went down the fteps leading to the cabin, and food at the foot of them in the dark, until captain Glais returned; and on captain Giais's afcending the steps to get upon the deck, M'Kinlie, behind his back, feized him in his arms, and held him faft, and called out to his afficiates to affift him, who thereupon immediately rufhed upon capt Glafs, and, with much difficulty, wrefted the fword out of his hand, in which fcuffle, however, Zeker man received a flight wound in his arm. When they got the fword,

they gave capt. Glass two ftabs with it, in the fecond of which M'Kinlie, who held capt. Glass, received a wound through his left arm. When they had thus murdered Mr. Glafs, they threw him overboard. This extraordinary noife foon brought Mrs. Glafs and her child on deck, and fhe, feeing what the villains were about, implored for mercy; but Zekerman and McKinlie came up to her; and the and her daughter being locked up in one another's arms, they laid hold of them and threw them both into the fea. Having thus dispatched all the perfons on board except the two boys, and being then in the British channel, on their courfe to London, they immediately put the fhip about, and flee.red for the coaft of Ireland. On Tuefday the 3d of Dec. 1765, about two o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived within ten leagues of th. harbour of Waterford and Rofs, and then determined to fink the fhip; and, in order to secure themfelves and the treafure, they hoifted out a cock boat, and loaded her with bags of dollars, to the quantity of about two tons, by computation; and then, knocking out the ballaft port, quitted the fhip, and left the two boys in the finking fhip to perish with her.

fhe filled with water and overfet ; and they faw the other boy washed overboard and drowned.

The boat having reached the harbour's mouth, about fix o'clock in the evening, they rowed her about three miles up the river; and being afraid to proceed further with fach a quantity of treafure, they landed in the county of Wexford, within two miles of the fort of Duncannon; and, having left out as much as they apprehended they could carry without horfes, buried on the lands of Broomhill, between high and low water mark, the rest of the dollars, which amounted to 250 bags, and proceeded up the river of Rofs with the remainder of the dollars, the ingots of gold, jewels, and gold duft, and landed at a place called Fisher's-town, in the county of Wexford, within four miles of Rofs, and refreshed themselves at an ale-house at Bally Braffel, and there had a bag of 1200 dollars ftolen from them.

On Wednesday the 4th of Dec. 1765, they proceeded to Rofs, and Tet up at an ale-houfe, and there exchanged 1200 dollars for their a mount in current gold, and bought three cafes of pistols, hired fix horfes, and two guides; and on Thursday the 5th of December fet out for Dublin, where they arrived on Friday ehe 6th, and topped at the Black-Bull inn in Thomas-street.

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Having lavished and expended co ofiderable fum of money Rofs, and an account having arrived there, that a veffel was driven on the coaft of the country of Waterford richly laden, without a living oul on board, it caufed a

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Thofe gentlemen having arrived in Dublin, on Sunday the 8th about three o'clock in the afternoon, and having informed the faid magiftrate of their errand, he, with the affiftance of the lord mayor, and one of the fheriffs, on the night of the faid day, apprehended Richard St. Quintin and Andres Zekerman, who, being examined feparately, each of them confeffed the murders, and other matters before related; and alfo, that fince they arrived in Dublin, Gidley and M'Kinlie had fold to a goldfmith, whofe name they could not tell, to the amount of 300 1. worth of dollars, and were to be paid for them on Monday following. And the sheriff, on the information aforefaid, by direction of the faid lord mayor, and the faid magistrate, went amongst the goldsmiths, and having found out the perfon to whom they were fold, by that means, on Monday evening discovered and apprehended Peter M'Kinlie, and got intelligence that George Gidley had fet out in a poft chaife for Corke, in order to take fhipping for England; upon which the lord mayor fent off the high conftable with proper aftance in pursuit of him.

The faid chief magiftrate of Rofs, on getting an account of

the 250 bags of dollars being hid on the fhore of the river of Rofs, difpatched back, on Monday the 9th of Dec. the two Rofs gentlemen, with directions to the collector of Rofs, and an order from government to the commanding officer of the fort of Duncannon, to aid and affift the revenue officers with the forces quartered there, in making fearch for the bags of dollars. And thefe gentlemen, in their way back, apprehended the faid George Gidley in his way to Corke, at Caftledermot in the county of Kildare, on Tuesday the 10th of December, and had him committed to Carlow gaol, and found upon him 53 guineas, a moidore, and some filver.

In purfuance of the orders fent for fearching the ftrand, in the county of Wexford, the collector of Rofs, with the revenue officers, aided by the commanding officer quartered at Duncannon, proceeded on Thursday the 12th, and Friday the 13th, on which day they found 250 bags of dollars fealed, and brought them to Rofs under a guard, and lodged them in the cuf tom-house there.

There was found in the poffeffion of M'Kinlie, Zekerman, and St. Quintin, fome toys, a few guineas, an ingot of gold, and a fmall parcel of gold duit.

The whole of what was recovered being brought together to the treafury in Dublin, it appeared that not above 500l. of the treasure mentioned in the invoice had been embezzled by the murderers; fo that the rest of what they made away with mufl have belonged to the unfortunate captain Glass.

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