rectors, who took their leave of his lordship at Godalmin; when he proceeded directly on his journey.

Laft week a noblemen of diftinction dif charged his steward for exacting money from his lordship's tradefmen before he paid their bills it is faid he has made a large fum of money by this practice, moft of which is now in the public funds. The affair was discovered by his lordship by means of a letter from one of the tradesmen, who had paid a pretty high premium, and five per cent. difcount, to get payment of a bill due twelve months.

Monday Mr. Brown, cheefcfactor at Chefter, coming to London, was attacked by two highwaymen, between Chefter and Whicchurch, who robbed him of 121, and two Bank notes, one for 151. the other for 201, with which they rode off towards Namptwich.

Salisbury. The following are the particulars of the murder committed on Thurfday fe'ennight in the parish of Stanton Quinton, near Malmbury, by Wm. Jaques, otherwife Spencer, a failor, on the body of George Harford, a black. About three weeks ago they were both paid off from his majesty's fhip Stag, at Deptford, at which time they received upwards of 28 1. each, the former came down to Stanton to fee his friends, and the latter bore him company, being in his way to Bristol. For four or five days they continued there, when Jaques, having fpent all his money, prevailed on the black to accompany him into a neighbouring wood, when he, with a large flick, knocked him down, and with repeated blows, broke his jaw bone, and beat his fkull quite in. pockets of his money, with which he made off. The body of the black was found before it was cold, and the coroner fent for, who fummoned a jury, that brought in their verdict wilful murder, and from evidence then given, it could not be imagined to be done by any other than the failor, who had been feen in his company for fome days. The next day the Coroner faw a failor anfwering the description given, entering a publick houfe at Devizes, he followed him in, and feized him, fearching his pockets were found fixteen thirty fix fhilling pieces, and the black's handkerchief; and in his hand he had the flick with which he perpetrated the mur der, all bloody, and part of the black's hair flicking thereto. On his examination he figned his confeffion, and on Monday last

He then picked his and an handerchief,

On

was brought to the county gaol at Father

ton.

TUESDAY, June 5.

Yesterday being the anniversary of his majefty's birth day, who entered the 27th year of his age, the morning was ushered in with the ringing of bells, at noon the park and tower guns were fired, and their majesties received the compliments of the nobility, foreign minifters, &c. on the fame occafion at their palace at St. James's.

At noon the ode, compofed for his majefty's birth day, was performed before their majefties, &c. in the great council cham ber, St. James's.

On Sunday night a refpite, during his majesty's pleasure, was left at Newgate for Michael Sampfon, who was to have been executed to inoʻrow.

M. Gefner, first phyfician to the duke of Wirtemburg, has made feveral experiments, by which it appears, that the rind of heathbroom, dried in an oven, and pulverized, anfwers very, well in tanning, except that the operation is longer. There is no need of mentioning the very great advantages of fuch a method.

This morning, about half, paft twelve o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out at the houfe of Melfis Matthewman and Bailey, bookfellers and bookbinders, in Great Wild-Street, which confumed that and feveral other dwelling-houfes in the faid ftreet, and burnt quite through into DruryLane, before it could be got urder. It is computed, that nine houfes in all have been burnt, befides others that are damaged. An elderly woman, a maid fervant (whofe body has been fince found) and a child, perished in the Aames: Mr. Matthewman's apprentice narrowly escaped by getting over the tops of the houses: It is conjectured, that the fire arofe by a fpark from a candle falling among fome paper shavings.

FRIDAY, June 8,

Yesterday a failor who had been to receive his wages at the Pay-Office in Broadfreet, was paid in two Bank notes of 151. each. Upon his coming out he complained of being paid in paper, and that he did not know where to go to receive cash for them. A fharper over-hearing him, offered his fervice to thew him the Bank; they went together, and in the Court-yard the harper told the failor, if he would give him the notes, he would fetch him the money in a few minutes. The poor fellow readily complied, but never faw him afterwards, he having made off with the cafh the back vu 2 way

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way into Bartholomew-lane.

On Wednesday evening, about ten o'clock, as the fon of Mr. Langley, in Glo cefter ftreet, Redlion fquare, was fitting in the parlour, he thought he heard a noife, and on going into the room, faw a man who had broke open a bureau; on which Mr. Langley feized him; but the fellow wounded him in feveral parts of his body, and efcaped, with about 100l. in cash.

Yesterday the feffions began at the Old Bailey.

SATURDAY, June 9. Monday last, his majesty's birth day, the queen prefented the king with the portraits of their royal highneffes the prince of Wales, and the bishop of Ofnabrug, in a ring, painted from the life, in enamel, by Mr. Sykes, and curiously fet with brilHants; with which his majefty was highly pleafed.

The particulars of the curious repeating watch fet in a ring, which was prefented to his majesty on Monday last, are as follows, The movement complete is 2 dwts. 2 grs. and an 8th of a grain.

Great wheel and fuzee, 2 grs. 3-4ths.
Second wheel and pinion, 3-4ths of a gr.
Barrel and main spring, 3 gr. and an half.
Third wheel and pinion, a 9th part of a gr.
Fourth wheel and pinion, a toth part of a gr.
Cylinder wheel and pinion, a 16th part of
a grain.

Balance, pendulum, cylinder fpring and
collet, 2 3ds of a gr.

The pendulum fpring, 300th part of a gr.
The chain, 1-half of a gr.

Barrel and main fpring, 1 gr. and 3 qrs.
Great wheel and rotchet, 1 gr.

Second wheel and pinion, 7th part of a gr.
Third wheel and pinion, 8th part of a gr.
Fourth wheel and pinion, 9th of a gr.
Fly wheel and pinion, 17th of a gr.
Fly pinion, 20th part of a gr.
Hour hammer, 1-half of a gr.
Quarter hammer, 1-half of a gr.

Rack, chain, and pully, I gr. and 1-38.
Quarter and half quarter rack, 2-3ds of a gr.
The quarter and half quarter fnail and can-

non pinion, 2-3ds of a gr.

The all or nothing piece, 1-half of a gr.
Two motion wheels, 1 er...

together weigh no more than 5 dwts 7 gra
and 3.4ths.

Thursday morning, a man landing out
of a fhip near the Cuftom-Houfe, with a
loaf under his arm, which he feemed to
pick with the greatest unconcern, was ob
ferved by an officer, who fufpecting fome
contrivance under fo apparent an eafinefs,
topped him, and took hold of the loaf,
which immediately came afundér, and dif-
covered to the great joy of the officer, near
five hundred pounds worth of prohibited
lace, with which he walked off, defiring
the unfortunate smuggler to keep the loaf
for his breakfast.

On Wednesday last an officer and his fon were tried at Hick's Hall for ill-treating a person whom they had arrefted; for which they were fined 301. After the trial was over, a perfon was ordered into cuftody by the court, on fufpicion of perjury in the faid cause.

Yesterday a caufe came on, in the court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall, before Lord Chief Justice Pratt, wherein Mr. Brackstone, of Covent Garden, was Plaintiff, and one of thofe young gentlemen styled bucks, defendant, for affaulting Mr. BrackAtone in his own fhop; when, after two or three evidences were examined, the defendant, by his council, offered to afk: pardon in the open court, and pay cofts: it was then afked Mr. Brackstone, if that would be making him fatisfaction.-But as the outrage was fo great, and attended with bad confequences to the plaintiff's wife, Mr. Brackstone told the court, that he came there as an Englishman, and was defirous it might be made appear, that our laws were made to protect the innocent and punish the guilty; and that he chearfully fubmitted his caufe to the verdict of his twelve worthy countrymen, the jury. Accordingly after the charge was given by the judge, the jury (which was fpecial) withdrew for about ten minutes, and brought in a veìdict of 2001. damages, with cofts.The council for the plaintiff were Mr. Afhurft, Mr. Stowe, and Serjeant Davy.

MONDAY, June rr.

The parliament, which food prorogued to Thursday the 21ft inftant, is, by lus ma

-Steel dial plate with gold figures, 3 grs, and jefty's order, further prorogued to Thurf

a half.

The hour fail and flar, 1-half of a gr. and
the 16th part of a gr.

The fize of the watch is fomething lefs than a filver two-pence; it contains 'one hundred and twenty different parts, and all

day the 16th of August next.

A fmall piece of ground in Piccadilly, bought fome years ago (when a field) for 301. by a brewer, as a waste place to put bis butts in, &c, was lately fold for the be nefit of his fon, an orphan, for the fum of

25001. fo greatly is that part improved in the memory of man.

On Saturday laft came on to be tried before the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of his majesty's court of King's Bench, at Weftminster, the trial of fome Spital-fields weavers, for combining to raise the price of journeymens wages; which combination being proved beyond doubt, they were found guilty, and will receive judgment next term.

The fame day came on, in the court of Common Pleas, befo e the Lord Chief Juftice Pratt, and a (pecial Jury, a caufe, wherein an eminent merchant was plaintiff, and a Scotch baronet defendant, for an affaul, occafioned by a difpute about the property of a turtle delivered wrong by miftake: when, after the jury had been out a confiderable time, they brought in a verdia for the plaintiff, with 2001. damages, which the plaintiff generously ordered to be paid to a public charity:

TUESDAY, June 12.

Yesterday morning two fervants belong: ing to Mr. Bines, cabinet-maker in Duke's ftreet, Westminster, on going into an uninhabited houfe in Delahay-ftreet, in order to fix up a bed, found lying on the floor, in the one pair of stairs room, a large knife, which furprised them much, know. ing the house had long ftood empty; and liftening for a moment, thought they heard a noife, which they took to be a poor cat fhut up in a closet, and accordingly opened the door; when, to their great aftonifhment and terror, they found two lufty men ftuck up in the clofet, who jumped out, and giving a whiftle, two others came running down out of the two pair of stairs room, one of whom had a large bag upon his back, which he flung over the banisters into the cellar, and all four made their efcape. One of the cabinet-makers being Atruck dumb with the fright, never fpoke till he got home to his master; who, on hearing the story, applied to the fitting juf tice at new Guild-Hall, who fent proper officers to fearch farther into the houfe; when the bag, thrown into the cellar as above, was found to contain livery clothes, and horfe cloths, ftolen only the overnight out of a gentleman's ftable in the neighbourhood; and in the garret, were found, part of a kit of falmon, a bed of ftraw, &c.

Yesterday the feffions ended at the Old Baily. Four received fentence of death (the 5th was executed yesterday.) Thirty

five to be tranfported for seven years; one
whipt, and three branded.
...The next feffions will begin at the Old
Baily on Wednesday the 25th of July.

WEDNESDAY, June 13.

Laft Friday Mr. Jackfon, potter, at Mortlake in Surry, was found hanging in a hayNo caufe loft belonging to Mr. Langton. can be affigned for his commiting this, rath action, as he was a man in very good circumstances.

Extract of a letter f om Plymouth.

In confequence of the new plan adopted by the board of admiralty, for laying the whole navy of England under a thorough infpection, our workmen in the dock yards are busy in exploring the plank and timbers of all the men of war laid up since the peace; and in order to remove every thing which may be the leaft conducive to rottennefs, the infide Lining is opened in divert places, and every part well washed from the upper deck to the keel, and afterwards the whole hip well fumigated with burning tar: this not only removes that difagreeable vapour fo frequent in old fhips, but also prevents the timbers from rotting, and is a fpecial antidote for the fcurvy, We are now employed in ftt ng out five, frigates, which are faid to be defined for Newfoundland."

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FRIDAY, June 15,

Wednesday-evening the coroner's inquest fat, by adjournment from the preceding night, on the body of a publican's wife, ac llington, (who was fuppofed to have died thro' the abufe of her husband) and finished their enquiry that night; when they brought in their verdict, That he died a natural death.

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The fame day there was a great boxing, match at Guildford, for a confiderable fum of money, between Kannan, a butcher in Clare-market, and Dicher, a noted pavior, The odds were fome time in favour of the butcher; but the pavior recovering his wind, gained the victory, after they had fought 46 minute, and a half. Their fer conds were Slack, and Faulkner.

Some advices from Warfaw remark, that there has been more than one rencounter between the armies of the contending par Tres, but none of them fay which fide, has had the advantage.

MONDAY, June 18.

* On Wednesday laft an inqueft was taken at Molefworth in Huntingdonshire, by Mr. Stephenfon, oroner for the Hundred, of Leightonftore, on the bodies of Jane Bennet

and

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and her new-born infant, who were drowned
the morning before; the jury brought in
their verdict on the body of the mother,
Felo de fe, and he was accordingly ordered
to be buried in the Crofs-Road. It appeared,
that he was fufpected to be with child
about Eafter laft, but on her fubmitting to
the examination of a midwife, whofe opi-
rion was, that the report was false; a young
fellow who had kept her company, but
who now declares upon oath, that the child
could not be his, married her on Sunday
Taft, and they lay together at her uncle's
houfe in Molesworth that night; on Mon-
day morning the husband went with his
friends to make holiday, and on his return,
about eight o'clock in the evening, found
his wife in bed; the complained of the cho
lick; the husband fat on the fide of the bed
till about eleven, the being fometimes in
bed, and fometimes fat with him on the
fide of
of it; the then perfuaded him to go
into bed, which he did, and left her walk.
ing about the room; the continued very
bad till about one, when the gave a heavy
groan, and immediately after this, the huf,
band hearing the cry of a child, faid, "O
you wicked girl!" Upon which he took
up the child, and ran out of the room, and
the man, as foon as he could recover from
his furprife, followed and alarmed the fa-
mily; the uncle and aunt immediately got
up and went with the husband in fearch of
her; and, to their great amazement, found
her and the infant both drowned in a pond
in the yard.

TUESDAY, June 19.

Yesterday about three o'clock in the af ternoon, the publick were alarmed with fome of the most dreadful peals of thunder ever heard in the memory of man, they were preceded by many strong flashes of lightning, which in particular greatly day maged the Weft and North-weft fides of St. Bride's fteeple in Fleet-ftreet, shattered off part of the fpire, and started one of the ftones on the Weft fide a confiderable diftance from its place; another ftone was driven from the bottom of the fpire, which broke through the roof of the church into the North gallery; and another near three quarters of a hundred weight, torn from the steeple quite over the Eaft end of the church, and cast upon the roof of a house belonging to Mr. Perry, fword hilt maker in Bride Lane, who providentially but a moment before had left the place into which it burft, and stepped into another room. The roof of Mr. Grave's houfe, and the

windows of Mr. Wilmot's on the North-
fide of the church were much damaged, and
feveral large pieces of none were even
blown into Fleet-freet. Part of a column
under the fpire is almoft chipped away, as
is also a large part of the North east-corner
at the bottom of the fpire, with one or two
of the vafes, and one of the iron, chain bars
is fplit afunder. A window in the belfrey
is much injured; and one of the great bells
(which are always fixed in stays with the
mouths uppermoft when the people have
done ringing) almoft filled with pieces of
tone, and the clapper greatly battered,
Several places in the fteeple are cracked,
and there is as large a heap of rubbish in
the upper part of it,, as if a number of ma-
fons had been at work for a week. Hap
pily, however, no lives were loft.

WEDNESDAY, June 20.

It is agreed by the preliminary articles of peace, which have been concluded and figned by Sir William Johnston, Bart. his majesty's fole fuperintendant of Indian affairs in the Northern parts of North America, and colon:1 of the fix United Na tions, &c. and the deputies of Seneca Nation, That the Seneca Nation do immedi ately top all hoftilities, and folemnly engage never more to make war upon the English, or fuffer any of their people to commit any acts of violence on the perfons or properties of any of his Britannick majefty's fubjects. That they forthwith collect all the English prifoners, deferters, Frenchmen, and Negroes, amongest them, and deliver them up to Sir William JohnYon, (together with the two Indians of Kaneftio, who murdered the traders in November 1762) previous to the treaty of peace, and that they engage never to har bour or conceal any deserters, Frenchmen, or Negroes, nor hinder their being apprehended in any part of their country. That the lands from the fort of Niagara, extending Eafterly, along Lake Ontario, about four miles, comprehending the Petit Marais, or Landing place, and running from thence Southerly, about 14 miles, to the creek above Fort Schloffer, or Little Niagara, and down the fame, to the River or Strait; thence down the River or Strait, and a-crofs the fame at the great cataract; thence Northerly to the banks of Lake Ontaria, at a creek, or small lake, about two miles Weft of the fort; and thence Easterly along the banks of the great Lake Ontario, and a-crofs the River or Strait to Niagara, comprehending the whole Carry