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and after some stay perceiving that she was near her end,
she sent for her supposed husband to come down to her.
As she neglected to comply with her request, she informed
her brother that the person with whom she had cohabited
was not her husband, but a woman ; that they were part-
ners in the business, by which they had acquired between
three and four thousand pounds, part of which had been
laid out in the purchase of Bank Stock. As soon as the
supposed wife was dead and buried, her relations set out
for Poplar to claim her share of the property, which was
accordingly delivered to them by Mary East.
It is remarkable that during the thirty-four years in
which they lived together, neither the husband nor the
wife was ever observed to dress a joint of meat, nor had
they ever any meetings, or the like at their house. They
never kept any maid or boy, but the husband, Mary East,
used always to draw beer, serve, fetch, and carry out the
pots, so extremely solicitous were they that their secret
might not be discovered.
After she had disposed of her house and settled her
affairs, Mary East retired into another part of the coun-
try, to enjoy in peace the fortune she had acquired by
fair and honest means, and with an unblemished repu-
tation.
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.
No. V.

REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.
On Wednesday, June 30, 1744, a dreadful disaster befel
the Balline, of Liverpool, Captain Hughes, bound to
Guinea, of 200 tons, 12 guns, and 44 men, valued at
50001. ; being forcibly struck by a whale on her bow and
main-chains, she sunk in half an hour ; but the crew in her
long-boat