luckily taken about Bow, who got loose, and run into the river, and hid himself in the rushes; and they pursued him with a dog, and the dog got him and held him till he was taken.  But the impudence of this fellow was such, that he denied he ever saw the boys before, or ever knew the Russia House, or that the people knew him; and by and by the mistress of the Russia House was called in, being indicted, at the same time, about another thing; and she denied that the fellow was of her acquaintance, when it was pretty to see how the little boys did presently fall upon her, and ask her how she durst say so, when she was always with them when they met at her house, and particularly when she come in in her smock before a dozen of them, at which the Court laughed, and put the woman away.  Well, this fellow Holmes was found guilty of the act of burning the house, and other things, that he stood indicted for.  And then there were other good cases, as of a woman that come to serve a gentlewoman, and in three days run away, betimes in the morning, with a great deal of plate and rings, and other good things.  It was time very well spent to be here.  Here I saw how favourable the judge was to a young gentleman that struck one of the officers, for not making him room:  told him he had endangered the loss of his hand, but that he hoped he had not struck him, and would suppose that he had not struck him.  About that the Court rose, and I to dinner with my Lord Mayor and Sheriffs; where a good dinner and good discourse; the judge being there.  There was also tried this morning Fielding, which I thought had been Bazilll—­but it proved the other, and Bazill was killed; that killed his brother, who was found guilty of murder, and nobody pitied him.  The judge seems to be a worthy man, and able:  and do intend, for these rogues that burned this house to be hung in some conspicuous place in the town, for an example.  After dinner to the Court again, where I heard some more causes, but with so much trouble because of the hot weather that I had no pleasure in it.  Anon the Court rose, and I walked to Fleet streete for my belt at the beltmaker’s, and so home and to the office, wrote some letters, and then home to supper and to bed.

5th.  Up, and to the office, where Sir W. Batten, [Sir] W. Pen, [Sir] T. Harvy and I met upon Mr. Gawden’s accounts, and was at it all the morning.  This morning Sir G. Carteret did come to us, and walked in the garden.  It was to talk with me about some thing of my Lord Sandwich’s, but here he told us that the great seale is passed to my Lord Annesly [Anglesey] for Treasurer of the Navy:  so that now he do no more belong to us:  and I confess, for his sake, I am glad of it, and do believe the other will have little content in it.  At noon I home to dinner with my wife, and after dinner to sing, and then to the office a little and Sir W. Batten’s, where I am vexed to hear that Nan Wright, now Mrs. Markham, Sir W. Pen’s mayde and whore, is come