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his brethren, would not attempt to sustain a
combat, fo in a cowardly manner retired
with his tail between his legs. This extra-
ordinary gentleman can tame wafps and hor-
nets with almoft the fame eafe as he does
bees; and is actually engaged to go to a gen-
aleman's houfe near Staines, to deftroy a
neft of hornets which, it is faid, have made
a lodgment in a building near the house,
to the no fmall terror of the family. (See our
vol. for 1751, p. 562, 590; for 1754, P.
450, 451, 498, 499, 551; for 1758, p.
343-345)

TUESDAY, Sept. 2.

A court of aldermen was held at Guildhall, when Robert Darling, Efq; gave bond to ferve the office of theriff, to which he was lately elected.

WEDNESDAY, 3.

Mr. Stephens, having refused to take upon him the office of theriff, James Efdaile, Efq; was elected in his room, at Guildhall. (See p. 376.)

An artift, who was to have acted the part of the Visible Invisible, attended at a tavern in the Strand, where feveral perfons were prefent, and a very genteel collection was made; but just as the performance was expeated to begin, the fellow was observed getting out of the window, in order to drop down into the street, but was pulled back into the room by one or the gentlemen, and on being reproached as an impoftor, he replied, he fhould, if permitted, have acted his part extremely well, for while he was receiving the money he was visible, and if he had got off he should then have acted the invifible part of the affair; he was then obliged to return all the money to the perfons prefent, and on afking pardon, and promifing never more to offend, he was fo lucky as to go away with whole bones. (See our vol. for 1749, p. 34, 35.)

MONDAY, S.

A proclamation was published for putting in force an act of parliament of the 5th and 6th of Edward the oth, and likewife an aft made in the 5th of Queen Elizabeth, against foreftailers, regraters and engroffers of corn, &c. and that all judges, juftices of the peace, mayors, fheriffs, bailiffs, &c., within England and Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed, do put the faid acts (as well as all other acts relating to the fame matter) into execution, on pain of his majesty's highdifpleafure, and of fuch pains and punish

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ments as may by law be inflicted upon the contemners of his royal authority.

Also a proclamation, that the parlia ment, which ftands prorogued to Tuesday the 16th of September inftant, fball be further prorogued to Tuesday the 11th of November next, and that the fait parliament fhall then be held for the difpatch of divers weighty and important affairs.

WIDNESDAY, 17.

M. de Mello, in a private audience, notified the death of the infant Don Emanuel, uncle to his most faithful majefty.

FRIDAY, 19.

Was held, at Guildhall, a committee for building Black-friars bridge, when Sir Richard Glyn was in the chair. The rulers of the watermens company attended, with whom the committee agreed to transfer to the faid company 13,6501. three per cent. Bank annuities, which will produce them 403 1. per annum, and which the said company is annually to receive, in recompence for the ferry at Black-friars, to be removed upon opening the temporary bridge.

The company of Stationers and the company of Skinners have given 5ol. each, and the Grocers 100l. for the relief of the fufferers by fire at Barbadoes: the Carpenters 201. and 201. to the fufferers at Montreal. (See p. 435.)

Three hundred tranfport felons from Newgate and the county goals, fhave been shipped at Black wall for the Plantations.

On the 12th of last July, a fine large fturgeon, measuring about one yard in length, was caught by a fisherman, within the roy alty of the city of London, at Woolwich. It was, by order of the right hon. the lord mayor, prefented by William Dawson, Efq; water bailiff, to his majesty. And about twelve days after another fine fturgeon, of much the fame fize, was caught near Limehoufe; and it was likewife, by his lordship's order, presented to the queen by the faid wa ter bailiff. Note, by ancient rights, all royal fish, such as whales, fturgeons, porpuffes, &c. are the fole property of the owners or lords of fuch royalties, and therefore all the above kind of fish, found or taken within the jurifdiction and royalty of the city of London, are the respective lord mayor's property.

The directors of the hon. Eaft-India company have received a meffage from the right hon. the fecretaries of fate, fignifying that the parliament would meet early in November; that an inquiry would be made into the management of the company's affairs; and that this notice was given that proper papers might be prepared for their infpection. The above meffage caufed a great fluctuation in India flock, which fell from 210 to 156, but got up again to 210, which was the laft price it was done at the next day at two 'clock.

The Eft India company was first incorporated

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Porated in the year 1600, and empowered to trade to all countries lying eastward of the cape of Good Hope. Towards the end of King William's reign an act of parliament paffed, granting all private merchants, who fhould ra.fe a certain fum for the fupply of the government, the privilege of trading to these parts. Accordingly a great many fubfcribed, and were called the New East India Company, which foon found it necessary to unite with the old one, and trade with one joint ftock; fince which they have been stiled the United Eat-India Company, and are in poffeffion of many confiderable forts and factories on the Malabar and Coromandel coafts, &c. As the first charter empowered only to trade, the intended enquiry, it feems, is to make a diftinction between conquering and trading.

The charter granted to the above company by Queen Anne expiring, another was granted in the fame reign, which was to continue in force till 170; this, by a grant in the feventeenth of King George II. was to continue till March 25, 1780, when, on three years notice, and repayment of the capital ftock borrowed by the government, and the annuities, the company's right ceases in the Eaft-Indies.

The debt owing to the Eaft-India com pany is as follows:

Advanced by the new company to king William

To Queen Anne, in the fixth year

2000000

of her reign

Lent by the company, at three per

cent. to the government, 17 King George II.

The following is a ftate of the revenues

of Bengal for this year, as made out by Lord
Clive, viz.
Bahar

£.

700,000 1,875,000 625,000 18,750 112,500

Remaining in China

Effects fhipped from London
Coft of our fortifications, &c.

Sept

200,000

650,cod 3,000,000

Total of the Company's effects 5,243,1‍56

From this fair and impartial account (bys a writer, who ftiles himself the Eaft-Inn examiner) both of our revenues and effects in Bengal, may be formad an idea of the prefent flourishing fituation of the company's affairs.

The gentlemen and merchants of Wakefield, the merchants of Lancafter, the guntlemen, merchants and manufacturers f Manchefter, and the gentlemen, &c. of Liverpool, have alfo addreffed the marquis ef Rockingham, on his late patriotic behaviour. (See p. 435-)

At Chefter affizes one criminal was capitally convicted but afterwards reprieved. (Sez P. 435.)

Mr. Beardmore has prefented Mr. Ser jeant Glyn with a handsome piece of plate, whereon his arms are curiously engraved, and underneath, the following infeription :

To John Glynn, Efq; ferjeant at law,
This waiter

Is prefented by Arthur Beardmore,
As a fmall token of gratitude,
For pleading his caufe, and that of his clerk
David Meredith,

Against the earl of Halifax, then fecretary
of fate, for falfe imprisonment, under
his warrant, commonly called a Secretary
of State's Warrant,

That canker of
English liberty,
MDCCLXVI.

Alfo the like to Mr. Serjeant Leigh, Mi.
Stowe, Mr. Baynham, Mr. Dunning, and
Mr. Davenport, his other council.

The Indian chiefs, at prefent in England, are Mohegans, being of the fame tribe as the Rev. Mr. Sampfon Occom, who is now in England, in order to collect money by preache ing, &c. for the fupport of the Rev. Mr. Wheelock's Indian charity school, lately established in Lebanon, in Connecticut. They are alfo Indian christians, having been baptized in America, and well acquainted with the faid Rev. Mr. Occum. They all speak English, and fome of them very well; and alfo can write in that language. Part of their lands lie very near to New York; and in that city they were very converfant. They are our firm friends, having in the laft war, fought under general Johnfon, against the French, our inveterate enemies, &c. (See P. 435.)

Between three and four years ago a cap. tain of a man of war going abroad, and having 1500l. in the Bank, gave a letter of attorney to a perfon in whom he had great confidence, to receive in his abfence the di vidend, and to place it in the flocks to the best advantage: on the captain's return to Eng land

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land a few days ago, he went to the man's
houfe in the Borough, to enquire how his
affairs food; but not meeting with him,
he went to the Bank, and to his great fur-
prife found that all his flock was fold out by
a forged letter of attorney. The captain up-
on this, had the perfon arrefted, and he was
carried to a fpunging houfe in Wood-ftreet;
when the gentlemen of the Bank obtained a
warrant against him, and on Thurf he
was to have been carried before Mr.
man Crofby, but feveral more actions being
lodged against him, the Alderman, went
to the Compter, where the captain and other
perfons gave evidence against him. The pri-
foner as called upon to anfwer to the charge
but defired that he might have it deterred for
a day or two, which was granted.

About the middle of the month a large
flight of wheat ears, from the south downs
in Suffex, about fixty-three miles from Lon-
don, fettled in a gentleman's garden in St.
George's fields, where they fed upon cater-
pillars; they are about the bignefs of a lark,
the body brow, the breaft red, and the
rump white, and exceed an Ortelan in fat-
nefs and flavour. The above circumftance was
never remembered before.

It having been humbly reprefented to the king, that on Sunday the 14th, about ten o'clock at night, a perfon coming up Coalharbour into Upper Thames-ftreet, with a lighted Ink in his hand, maliciously threw the fame into a warehoufe, under repair, at the corner of Coal-harbour, which was providentially perceived by a young man then going along, who, on looking into the warehoufe there, faw the link alight and thereupon called the watch to ftop the perfon, notwithstanding which he escaped: his majefty's pardon, a reward of gol. from Lord Barrington, the proprietor, and a further reward of 50l. from Meffrs. Edward and Charles Lindegren, the tenants, are promised to any perfon who may be concerned therein (except the perfon who actually threw the faid lighted link into the faid wharehoufe) that fhall difcover his, her, or their accomplice or accomplices.

Sometime fince the rudder of the Victory a first rate man of war, which was loft twenty years ago, under the command of the Late Admiral Balchen, was towed on fhore by foe fishermen into Brighthelmtone. The rudder meatured 27 feet in length and 223 1. weight of iron was taken off it. It is thought he was loft off the coast of Guernsey. (See our vol. for 17.4, p. 514 and 1745, P 47.)

The commons houfe of affembly, &c. of South Carolina, the governor and company of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, have prefented addreffes on the repeal of the ftamp act. (See p. 43.)

Notice has been given to the British proprietors of Canada Paper, informing them Sept. 1765.

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that the ft of next month will be the last day of receiving declarations, and taking the proofs on them; at which period the French commiffary is obliged to clofe his gifter.

As the feventh feffion of the twelfth parliament of Great Britain will foon come on the following ftate of the nation's reprefentatives, at the end of last fèffion, will not be difagreeable, as there may be many alterations at next general election; when it is hoped the electors will make choice of wor thy conftitutional members to ferve their king and country. At the end of last feffions 230 members had ferved in 1 parliament.

140

2 ditto.

3 ditto.

70

64

4 ditto.

31

5 ditto.

16

6 ditto.

3

7 ditto.

2

8 ditto.

9 ditto.

I

In all 58 members.

10 ditto.

The father of the nation, that now ferves in the 10th parliament, is the old and venerable, as well as right hon. Sir John Rufhout, bart, The Hon. Benjamin Bathurst ferves now in the ninth, and the Hon. Robert Herbert and Velters Cornwall, Eq; in the eighth parliament of Great Britain. The great commoner left the houfe, after ferv. ing his country in five parliaments, with honour and dignity, as well as having the univerfal love of his fellow-tubjects.

next;

On the 25th was held a general court of the governor and company of the Bank of England, at their houfe in Threadneedle. Atreet, when a dividend of 2 1 b per cent. for intereft and profits was agreed to for the half-year ending the 10th of October the dividend warrants for which are to be payable the 16th of the fame month. On Friday the 26th, the ballo. of EaftIndia proprietors, at Merchant Taylors hall, was determined in favour of the question for an encreafe of dividend by a majority; 340 being for and 231 against it.

A violent form of lightening and hail has done great damage at Haltweil, in Northumberland.

Richmond, in Surry, Aug. 7. The fol lowing is a true account of the horrid murder committed by Richard Mihill, on his brother Robert Mihill, both fons of a baker in this

town.

About a month ago Richard Mihili, was under fome difficulty to pay a imalt debt, for which a writ was made out against him, and delivered to two of the officers of Kingfton court, who went to Richmond in order to arreft the defendant; but he judging their bufinefs, retreated, with a pitul in h.s hand, and, with oaths and imprecations, Rrr threatened

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threatened to fhoot the firft man that should endeavour to take hold of him; the officers did not execute the procefs, but went and applied to his mother to fee what he would do; who willingly paid the demand of the officers, to extricate him from, that trouble, as she had often done before on other occafions. Notwithstanding this indulgence, the unhappy man wanted fome more money, and, with a knife in his band, threatened to cut his mother's throat, if the refuted to fupply him, who was thereupon obliged fo to do. ih's affair reaching the ear of his brother the unfortunate deceased, he told his mother the might work for ever to no purpose and all the care be, the deceased, could take, would be of little avail, if the would give way to relieving the prifoner with money every time he would apply. Something of this being told Richard, he publickly declared he would be revenged on his brother Robert, who, very worthily, had the care and managemen, of the business of a baker, for his father, who is much advanced in years. The above declaration of Richard being told o Robert, and being advised to fwear the peace against Richard, he did fo, and get a warrant to apprehend him; but alas! the ufual good-rature of the worthy, unhappy deceafed, induced him, a day or two alter, to go to the officer who had the warrant, and defire him to give it up; alledging, he believed it was only pafiion in the prifoner to drop thofe words; that he was his brother, and fhould it be executed he must be committed to goal, where, in all likelihood; he might long remain for want of bail, which he could not bear a thought of, and therefore cefired to forgive him; upon which the warrant was given up, and a day or two after the deceased met his moft wretched, wicked brother, and generously accofled him thus ;"Dick, I am not afraid to meet you, though you have publickly threatened my life; you are my brother, I never did you wrong, therefore conclude you can mean me no harm; I had got a warrant against you, which I now deftroy; I am no more than a journeyman to my father, there is all the money in my pocket; and gave the prifoner feven hillings: The ungrateful wretch's return for this kindnefs was, the next time he saw the deceased, which was on Saturday the 231 inftant, coming with fome potatoes in his apron into the fhop, the prifoner, without fpeaking a word, with a cafe-knife, firuck the deceafed across his wrift, and cut his arteries, and ftabbed him in the breaft; which wound would not have been morial, according to the furgeon's account, but the bloody villain made a fecond ftab, which reached the main artery of the heart; on which the deceafed endeavoured to cross the way to Mr. Strudwick's, a worthy, good furgeon, and a friend of the decealed, but he could reach no further, thin the port at

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the door, which he hung by with his hands until he dropped fpeechless, and expired. The maid heard the villain fay, as Le ran through the fhop, damn him, I bave done for bim; and as he had heard words often pait between the brothers, the fufpected tomo thing had happened, and immediately went to the door, where the taw the deceased webtering in his blood; upon which an hue and cry was made, and the deli quent taken and brought before Sir William Richardfo knight, where he prevaricated much, fome times conteffing, and at others denying the fact: however he was committed by Sir William, and detained the fame afternoon, by Charles Jenmet Efq; coroner for the town and hundred of Kington, for the wiful murder of his brother Robert Mshill.

P. S. A younger brother is now confined at Richmond, for threatening to et fire to the houfe of Mr. Mihill, fenior, because be was not admit ed as heir at law into the house and trade." [The father is finct dead.)

One Robert Webber, capitally convicted at laft Maidstone affizes, for a robbery ca board the Medway man of War, but repres ed by his majelty to be tranfported, made strong inftances to be rather hanged, proming to make great difcoveries were be permitted to die: However he was tranfported with other convicts, and left behind him the following conteffion.

Maidstone Goal, Sept. 11, 1766, "This is to cert fy whom it may concern, that I could have made a full difcovery of the deftruction of the temporary bridge in April 1758; and in 1757 of a burglary committed in the houfe of Mr. Chriftopher Hay, now

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per of the toultry compter; and of 200ther burglary committed in the houfe of Mr. P. W-1, for which Sir John Fielding offered a reward of 40l. it was committed in January 1764; and another burglary com mitted on the 5th of January 1765, in the houfe of Mr. Moles Criftaise, a Jew, in Leas enbali ftreet, for which a reward was offered by Sir William Stephen fon of col. from the city, and 5ol. from the lofer."

The poor people have rifen in many parts of England, &c. driven to defpair by the ca orbitant prices of the neceffaries of life, and have done fome mischief. (See p. 43.)

There is now growing on the outfide, at the top of Rumley church fleeple, in Hampshire, a large apple-tree, that has borne fruit for many years, but now loaded with two diffsrent kinds, viz. redfreak and golden pippins, which, as curiofities, fell for a penny 2-piece. It is fuppofed a kernel might have falien by accident into a crevice in the wall of the fleeple; but the origin of this frange and uncommon tree is not remembered by the oldest inhabitants in the parish.

Plymouth, Sept, 17. Patrick Feely, a marine, being condemned to be that yefter

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day fentence of death was pronounced against them; Helen Watt to be hanged on Friday the 17th of October next, and her body to be diffected and anatomized; and William Keith to be hanged on the 14th of November, next, and his body to be hung in chains on the gallow hill.

This murder was very providentially dif covered. It was fufpected by George Keith, the eldest fon of the firft marriage, at the time of the death, from the marks of ûrangling which appeared upon the neck of the defunct; but from an excefs of caution in bringing an accufation, which he might not make good, all enquiry, was dropped, till fome years afterwards, when the mother and fon falling into bad agreement, mutually and openly gave each other the name of mutderer. This gave rife to a judicial inveftigation, which has now ended in the above conviction,

Seventy-nine cabbins have been confumed. by fire, near Cork, in Ireland.