cel of timber; Mr. Lyne's, confectioner; befides damaging a number of houfes on each fide, and three which lay backwards, with a quantity of goods. In Sherrard-street, it has deftroyed Ruftat's coffee-houfe; Mr. Schooler's, a filk-dyer; and Mr. Hole's, a taylor; with four others that are greatly damaged.It was faid to be occafioned by the carelefnefs of a boy melting fome rofin for whip-handles. The fcarcity of water for upwards of an hour was amazing; not more than one engine could play, with any effect, till half an hour after nine o'clock. About eleven it was got fo far under, as to prevent any farther fear of its increafe. A party of the guards attended, to keep off the populace. Thomas Mellor, alias Brooks, for a rape; William Dunk, for returning from transportation; and Robert Merry and Richard Belchier, for a robbery, were conveyed in two carts from Newgate to Tyburn, where they were executed, pursuant to their fentence: they feemed extremely penitent, and behaved with great devotion. Mellor died with great refolution. Three of them were very perfonable young men, and very decently dreffed. A new gallows, of an uncommon conftruction, was the ocerected upon cafion. Extract of a letter from Canterbury, July 26. "On Friday laft, a few minutes before twelve o'clock at noon, Sufannah Lott and Benjamin Bufs were taken from the gaol, in order to be executed, pursuant to their fentence, for the murder of Mr. Lott, by poifon. Bufs, dreffed in black,was carried in awaggondrawn by four horfes, and attended by two or three fheriff's officers. Mrs. Lott, dreffed in a fuit of mourning the had for her husband, immediately followed on a hurdle drawn by four horfes. In this manner they proceeded till they came to the place of execution; when Bufs, after joining in prayer with the clergyman, was hanged on a gallows about one hundred yards from the place where Mrs. Lott was to be executed." When he had hung about fifteen minutes, the officers thus proceeded to execute fentence on Mrs. Lott, who was particularly defirous that he should fuffer before her. A poft, about feven feet high, was fixed in the ground; it had a peg near the top, to which Mrs. Lott, ftanding on a ftool, was faftened by the neck; when the ftool was taken away, fhe hung about a quarter of an hour, till fhe was quite dead: a chain was then turned round her body, and properly faftened by ftaples to the poft, when a large quantity of faggots being placed round her, and fet on fire, the body was confumed to afhes. She was very fenfible of her crime, and died entirely penitent. The man did not betray any remarkable concern for his approaching end. It is com puted there were 5000 perfons attending the execution," Extract of a letter from Exeter,' July 19. "Laft Tuesday arrived here his grace the D. of B. He was ushered into Guildhall by a gentleman, to receive the freedom of this city, with hiffing all the way: on his return, he was faluted in the fame manner, with the found of Wilkes and Liberty' joined to it; and, in all probability, would have been worfe treated, had not the mayor, with the fword and staff-officers, in[13] terpofed, terpofed, and conducted him fafe to Bamfylde-houfe. In the afternoon he went to St. Peter's, to receive the compliment of being fung into church by the choir; the bishop, &c. attended in procession. As foon as the coach ftopped at the church-door, the mob furrounded it, and faluted him as in the morning, continuing their fhouts of Wilkes and Liberty' all through the body of the church to the gates of the choir. The church was fo crowded, and the people fo noify, that it was difagreeable and dangerous to be in it. The populace expected his grace's return, but were difappointed, he having gone through the church to the palace. His chief bufinefs here is faid to be to promote an addrefs; but his grace has declared he had no fuch intention, nor did he know that it was the affize week. A paper was fixed up on Heavytree gallows with the following words: " is expected here to-day." Vienna, June 28. Yesterday being the day fixed for the marriage, of the archduchefs Amelia with the infant duke of Parma, the court went to the church of the Auguftines of this city, by the gallery which leads from the palace. Near he grand altar a canopy was erected, beneath which were a chair of ftate, and an oratory for her majefty. At a fmall diftance from this canopy, and upon the fame line, was placed two other chairs of flate for the imperial family, facing the altar and upon a railed part of the floor, two other chairs of ftate, and as many oratories, for his royal hignefs the archduke Ferdinand, who ftood proxy for the infant on this occafion. The emprefs-queen, attended by the captain of her guards, and great officers, led herauguit daughter to the altar, dreffed in a fuit of filver, and having her train borne up by the counte's of Wildent in, as grand-miftrefs. The archducheffes immediately followed her majetty: and the ladies of the court and the city finished the proceffor, which was clofed by a detachment of footguards. After the nuptial ceremony, the court returned to the palace in the fame order as they went, her majefty all the way leading the new duchels of Parma. In the evening a fplendid entertainment was given at court, with a grand illumination at the chancery, which is oppolite to the palace. to the palace. This illumination confifted of upwards of 200,000 lamps, or pots de fea, difpofu according to the orders of architecture; and four chois of mufick, placed at the four corners of the court of the palace, made the air refound with their pleafing fymphonies. About ten fome faivoes of cannon from the rampar and mufquetry were fired, which terminated the rejoicing of the day. Hanover, June 30. His royal highness the duke of Gloucefter arrived here on Tuesday lait, with a fplendid equipage. The princes of Mecklenburgh, and feveral other perfons of rank, received him at the palace of Monbriliant. In paffing near Haftenbeck, his highness examined, with great attention, the field of battle where the French and allied armies fought in the year 1757Yesterday the prince of Brunswick arrived here, to request his hignefs to tand godfather to the young prince of Brunswick. The duke will go from Brunswick to Lubeck, where three Danish men of war are to convey him to Copenhagen, át which city great preparations are making to entertain him. Copen Copenhagen, July 8. His majefty is going to build an hospital, in the manner of that at Chelfea, near London, for the fupport of fuperannuated foldiers, and alfo to form an establishment for foldiers widows and children. expofing my life against the enemies of your empire, of demonftrating my zeal for the fervice of your imperial majefty, as well as the infinite acknowledgment and gratitude I owe to fuch inexpreffible mercy to me.". In purfuance of this petition, The mall-pox rages here at prefent in a very fatal manner. ..her imperial majefty was most graSt. Petersburgh, May 27. Major ciously pleafed to forgive him. general count Tottleben. who was in the fervice of her imperial majefty till the year 1761, and afterwards degraded and banished, prefented a moft humble petition to her imperial majefty, in the following words: Hamburgh, July 9. On Tuesday laft his royal highness the duke of Gloucefter arrived at Harbourg from Brunswick; a grand firework was immediately played off, and he was faluted by the cannon. Yefterday his highnefs embarked upon the Elbe, and was received in this city by the baron de Schimmelmann, treasurer to his Danish majefty. The duke fet out the fame day for Lubeck and Travemunde, where two men of war and a frigate are waiting, to convey his highnefs to Copenhagen. "The most gracious permiffion to return into your imperial majeity's empire, and your capital city, restores to me, the moft unhappy of all wretches, a life, which I could hardly fupport for eight years, as I found myself, during that whole time, in the very abyfs of mifery and affliction, and in a fituation truly worthy of compaffion. But, The right hon. the earl of 28th, wretched as I was, I conftantly de- Hertford, prefident of the clined all proposals made to me, from Magdalen-hofpital, the vice-prefi different parts, to enter into fervice, dents, and governors, went to Charas I flattered myself that your im- lotte-ftreet chapel, where an excelperial majesty's merciful heart, upon lent fermon was preached by the fight of my most humble petition, rev. William Dodd. LL. D. from would permit me to devote my life, Zechariah, chap. iv. the latter part and fpill the very laft drop of my of the 7th verfe: He fhall bring blood, in that of your imperial ma- forth the head-ftone thereof with jetty's moft auguft fervice! Deign to fhoutings, crying, Grace, Grace, fuffer me, your fubject, to lay my unto it. After divine fervice they moft humble petition at the feet of proceeded to St. George's-fields, your imperial majesty, with that where the noble prefident laid the natural goodness and generofity fo firit ftone, at the altar of the chapel highly celebrated through the uni- for the new Magdalen hofpital, one verie; that paft offences may be for- der which was the following infcripgotten, and I may be received again tion on a brafs plate, viz. into the number of your moft faithful fubjects. My duty, joined to my natural inclination, would your imperial majesty but deign to employ me on any service, might perhaps give me an apportunity, by On the 28th day of July, GEORGE III. the PRESIDENT. Joel Johnfon, Architect. The duke and duchefs of Beaufort, travelling between Arlesford and Winchefler, were thrown out of their phaeton, and much hurt; his grace had no bone broke, but the duchefs had her leg fractured, and was other wife much bruifed; it happened by the horfes taking fright. The diftref'sful fituation of this noble family is truly pitiable; his grace confined to his bed from the bruifes he received; his fifter, lady Harriot Wynne, juft buried; one of his fons dead; the duchefs dangerously ill of her leg, broken in two places; and, what adds to the complicated calamity, news has lately been received of the death of the hon. Mr. Bofcawen, her grace's brother, at Jamaica. The high court of jufticiary at Edinburgh finished the trial of Henry Hawkins, a corporal in the 23d regiment, for the murder of one Hindman, a butcher, who was kil-, led in a riot at Glafgow, in which the mob, chiefly butchers, attacked the corporal and his guard, broke the door and windows of the guardroom, wounded the corporal him : felf, and fell furioufly on the foldiers who fupported him. Upon this provocation, the corporal, fnatching up his firelock with the bayonet fixed, flabbed the deceafed first through the arm, and then through the heart. The jury, after hearing the proof, unanimoufly brought in their verdict, Not guilty. The court, in difcharging the prifoner from the bar, recommended to him tenderness in the future execution of his duty; but with this exhortation, never to be intimidated from acting with spirit against a lawless mob; affuring him at the fame time, that while he continued to defend his rights as a man, and did his duty as a foldier, he would always meet protection from the laws. The clothworkers company fold their eftate in Ireland for upwards of 28,000l. It was formerly let for 100l. per ann. but for fome years let at 6ool. per ann. Married lately, Mrs. Rachel Biffet, aged 73, who had acquired near 6oool. by keeping a pawnbroker's fhop near Rotherhithe, to a journeyman wheelwright near Peckham, about 23 years of age. Died lately, Mrs. Milton, a defcendant from the brother of Milton the great poet. She was houses keeper to Dr. Secker. Aged 101, at his house at Hampftead, Jacob Pearfon, gent. who was clerk of the indictments in the king's bench, in the time of lord chief juftice Raymond. Joshua Bambridge, efq; of Hartftreet, aged 97. At Brompton, aged near 100, William Rivers, efq; formerly a captain in the navy. In St. Catherine's, Mr. John Peter Drewer, merchant, aged 101. He fled from France in 1683, and died worth 30,000l. William Wood, aged 113, a keelman in Northumberland. AUGUST. The truffees incorporated zd. for building the new Royal Exchange on Corke Hill, Dublin, accompanied by the great officers of fate and the magistracy, waited upon his excellency the lord lieutenant, and then proceeded in grand proceffion, and laid the first ftone of that edifice. About nine this evening 3d. one hundred feet of the abutment of the new bridge at Edinburgh fell down, by which unfortunate accident twelve perfons were buried under the rubbish, among whom was Mr. Fergus, a writer of the fignet, and one of his nieces. One hour before the accident happened, more than a thoufand people were upon the bridge, on their return from hearing a popular preacher. The houfe of Pitcullo in Scotland was ftruck with lightning. It entered at the top of the houfe, and pierced to the bottom; an old wo man nad her hair and head-clothes burnt, and a little bit of the fkin of her head fcarified. The lookingglaffes throughout the house were fhivered, and fcarce a pane of glafs was left unbroken in the whole house. A duel was fought near Plymouth by a captain and lieutenant of marines, in which the latter was unfortunately killed. The duellifts were infeparable companions, had been together all the preceding day, and were very much in liquor. About three in the morning they came arm in arm to the barracks, when the deceased dropped down dead. The farvivor, who is committed to gaol, is inconfolable for the lots of his friend, and protests he knows not how the affair happened. A fire broke out at Wilton, near the feat of the earl 7th. of Fembroke, which burnt with fuch fury, that 25 houfes were foon reduced to ashes, and the great carper manufactory fhared the fame fate. At the aflizes for the county of York, the fheriff and grand jury fent the following letter to their reprefentatives in parliament: "We, the high sheriff and grand jury of the county of York, have; with ferious attention, confidered your conduct on the late decifions touching the freeholders right of election; and are happy to find it confiflent with the uniform conftitutional zeal, by which you have hitherto, on every crifis, been actuated. You have always, in your parliamentary character, fupported the power of election in your electors, and thereby vindicated their liberties, as infeparable from your own; and have fupported that connection of interefts between the reprefentative body and the freeholders, on which our most happy conftitution chiefly depends. You, geritlemen, think the gratitude of your countrymen the beft reward of your actions; that gratitude will ever be attended with the approbation of the beft of kings: and we defire to exprefs to you our warmest and most affectionate thanks for the conduct by which you have deferved it." York Caftle, July 14, 1769. To which the faid representatives returned the following answer: |