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veffe!) whipped one of the negroes himself very cruelly, afterwards put him in irons, and then fet a dog upon him.

Plymouth-Dock, Dec. 29. On Monday laft a cruel murder was committed by one Maunder, a labourer, who has fome time worked in his Majefty's dick-yard, on the body of Mr. Couch, who had the care of the fignals thrown out from the tower there, to denote the shipping pafting by, &c. The faid Maunder was taken into cuftedy on Tuesday, on fu picion, and carried before Frederick Rogers, Efq; commiffioner, where, it is faid, he confefled, that he had it in his thoughts to murder Mr. Couch, for ten days paft, thinking he had a great deal of money about him. It feems he loiterei away a great deal of the day before he could find an opportunity to accomplish his bloody defign. He was up in the tower with Mr. Couch for fome time, then came down and lay in wait; when Mr. Couch came down, this vl'ain gave him a blow with a large flick, which brought him to the ground, and then with more blows beat out his brains, and cut his throat. After this he ftript him of his breeches, flockings, and fhses, and put them on himself, and was taken in them. He was difcovered by a failor belonging to the Fame, who faw him lurking about the church. He was fent to gaol this morning.

Accounts from Aberdeen, in Scotland, inform us of a very melancholy affair which happened the 23d of last month, in that city the week before Chriftmas is their term, or money paying time, when many of the country gentlemen came to town to attend bußneis: feveral of whom being in company at tavern, a quarel arofe betwixt two gentlemen, who went cut into the freet, and firing at each other, one was unfortunately fhot through the bedy, of which he died next day he has left a lady and thee young children: the other has fince abfconded. Another gen 1 man in company was apprehended, and committed prifoner to the town gaol, Oxford Jan 7. One of our correfpondents, who has kept a journal of the weather, affures us that at the place where he lives, fince the ai firth began, in June last, which is about soo days, there have not been above feventy three on which no wet has fallen in the day or night p eceding it; and that for the first fourteen weeks there we never eight and forty hours fucceffively of d y weather in all the time.

The Hereditary Prince dined on the 30th ult. with the Stadtholder at the Hazue, and fupped with the Prince and Princefs of Naf fau Weilbourg. Next day he dined with the Count de Bentinck, and fuped with General Yoke. The firt da of the new year he dined again with the Prince and Princefs of Nallas-Weil.oung, and fupped with the Spa

nifh Ambaffador. Next day he fupped with the French Ambaffajor, On the 3d he dined with the Greffier Fagel, and fupped with Baron Grofeft.ns, deputy to the States-General from the province of Frifeland.

We hear from Edinburgh, that the Lord Provoft and magiftrates have prefented the officers of Lieutenant-General Napier's regiment with the freedom of that city, and have given the non-commillioned officers and private men a gratuity equal to a week's pay, in confideration of their fervices in fuppterfing the late riot there.

Plymouth, Jan. 8. The court martial ended yesterday. At the breaking up of the court theolonel made a polite fpeech, fetting forth how happy he thought him.elt in having gentlemen, whofe fingular virtues and abilities were fo well known in a military life, to be his judges; that fhould the r better judgment deem him guilty, he should kifs the red with pleasure; though he hoped, that through a long feries of years, which he had been an officer, he has acted with a bee coming spirit.

The Charming Kitty fchooner, William Connolly, mafter, frø St. Kitt's to Senegal, was taken by a xebeque of Sallee, off the Weftern Ifles, on the 24th of July laft, under pretence that Capt. Conolly had no Mediterranean pafs, which, as the veel was only on the trade from the West Indies to Guinea, was needless, fince those ships do not come near the Straits. The mafter of the xebeque beat him, to force him to confess himself a Portuguese, and aft rwards he was forced, by threats of death, to fign a cert ficate that the Sallerine had taken nothing from them, though the vetiel had been plundered of every thing of value. On the 28th of Auguft at noun they came to anchor at Barbary, where they were again rifled. On the 2d of Sept. the captain was taken out of his bed, where he had been confined by fick nefs f me weeks, and he and his crew fent naked on shore to an old caftle, and thence carried to Saffee where the young Prince, being affured they were English, fuffered them to go to the Dutch and Danish merchants, where they were well ufed, and from thence Mr. Conolly wrote a very long account to Mr. Popham, our Conful General at Tetuan; but he died the 23d of Sept. at Saffee.

York, Jan. 10. A letter from Yarm saye, this place has undergone a fecond inundation within this month. The former, of the firft of December laft, you are already acquainted with; the latter begun on Thursday the 29th in the morning, and rofe to the height of feveral feet in every house in the town The current of the river through the fleets was very violent, and attended with a terrible wind, which feemed to threaten us with urto deftruction. As the inhabitants had so Lately

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Jately fufered from the cause, they very readily took the alarm upon the firft rifing of the river, and removed their effects and perish able com nodities into their upper rooms, which happily prevented much greater loffes than otherwife they must have unavoidably fuftained, as the flood continued for two whole days. We have hardly a garden wall fanding ab ut the town; and our houses are fo well fteeped with wet, that the confequence may be very bad, especially as coals are very scarce here, on account of the late rainy feafon.

Letters from Hull inform us, that the country adjoining to that town, on the Holderaeis fide of the river Hull, is totally under water for several miles, and that though there are several drains into that river, which carry off a great quantity of water, the inundation rather increates than diminishes; that fome villages were quite deftitute of inhabifants, and that it was not without much danger the country people came to that town, though over the place where there was once a good turnpike road. On the whole, adds our correspondent, one can fcarce conceive a m te melancholy rof,ect than now appears within fifty yards of this place; but happy for us the river Hull lies between us and danger.

We hear from the Wet of England, that three fmall fmuggling floops, which were formerly privateers, are lately discovered, by means of an information, to have conftantly phed for fome months paft, between this kingdom and France, and for fwiftnefs and ftrength are reckoned equal to any three English cruizing cutters in the Channel, which they f nearly refemble, both in fails, rigging, and hull, that feveral of our hips have been deceived in them, and often hailed without fufpicion. Some a med veffels from Plymouth are one in queft of them.

Jan. 13. We are informed that laft week, as one of the workmen at Alnwick-Caftle was taking up the foundation of an ancient tower there, he found a gold-ring, the annuJus of which bears the following motto, or infcrption, ESPERAMS ME COMFORTITHE, As the ring must have been depofited there, ever fince the foundation was laid, it is effeemed a great curiofity, and is preserved by Mr. Robert Maddefon, bailiff of the caftle, for the Earl and Countess of Northumberland.

Whitehall, Jan. 14. His moft Serene Highness the hereditat Prince of Brunswick Lunenburg, having failed from Helvoerfluys, on board his Majftey's yacht the Princess Augufta, on Tuesday laft the 10th in ft. landed at Harwich the 12th in the morning, and arrived last night at Somerfet House.

Lord Chamberlain's effice, Jan. 14.
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Paris, Hotel de Saxe, Jan. 15, 1764, "I am too ill at pre ent to be fure of any fixed time for my return, and I ha better keep my room (as I am forced to do) here, than on the road to Calais, which would be the infalible confequence of my fetting out,

I wrote to the fpeaker laft poft, and inclofed, I believe, an unexceptionable certificate of my ill fate of health. My eager defire is to return to my native country, to vindicate myself from a--charge brought against me. faw Mr.

It is certain that Mr. M Wilkes at Paris, and that he fays that gentieman he believes, fully intended to return to England by the meeting of parliament, but the ill fate of his wound has been the fole caufe which has prevented it.

The executions faid to be entered into a certain houfe in Weftminster on Saturday last, we hear, were removed that fame night.

Jan. 16. Such ladies as defire to dance minueis at St. James's to morrow night, at the ball on ac ount of the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Augufta with his moft Serene Highness the hereditary Prince of Brunfwick, are requented to fend their names to this office as foon as possible before eleven o'clock this evening, and to fend for their tickets the next day between the hours of twelve and two, fetting down their names in a note, and therein diftinguishing whether their fervants are fent for tickets for the wedding-bail, or the Queen's birth-night, or for both.

Extract of a Letter from Dublin, Jan. 17.

Yesterday being quarter-day of the Guild of merchants, the freedom of that reputable corporation was voted to be prefented in a gold box to the Rt Hon. Sir Charles Pratt, Knt. Lord Chief Juftice of his Majefty's court of Common Pleas in England, as a teftimony of their sense of his fidelity to his Majefly, at feeing the principles of liberty vindicated and maintained, and the rights of the fubject protected, by the juft determination, and spirited conduct, of this great officer, on feveral oc

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At a general-hall, or quarterly-meeting, of the corporation of barbers, or Guild of St. Mary Magdalene in Dublin, on Monday the 16th inft, it was unanimously ordered,

That the freedom of this corporation be prefented to the Right Hon, the Lord Chief Justice Pratt, for the great learning, matchlefs zeal, and invincible fortitude, with which he afferted the rights and liberties of our fellow-fubjects, on fome late remarkable occafions.

Extract of a Letter from Berlin,

The royal academy of arts and sciences at Berlin aflembled by the King's order, to receive a vifit from Achmet Effendi, the Turkifh envoy, to whom M. Formy, perpetual fecretary, made the following fhort fpeech ;

"SIR,

"This day is one of the most glorious the academy has feen fince its foundation, as it is honoured with a vifit from a minifler of the most potent fovereign of the Eaft. It fits this day by order of its great monarch, as a teftimony of his Majesty's great efteem for your perfon."

Achmet made a very polite answer to this compliment, and then fat down in an elbow chair, from whence he faw fome of the prettieft experiments in natural philofophy; after which he went to fee the academy's cabinet of natural curiofities. On his going from thence M. de Francheville prefented him with a memorial on the Origin of the Turks, and he feemed to receive it with great fatisfaction. Many noblemen affifted at this act of the academy.

The Turkish envoy at Berlin has vifited all the manufactories and fabricks there; and each of the directors of thofe establishments, by order of the King, made him a prefent of one of the most curious pieces of their refpective arts. In return they received a fuperb handkerchief of Turkish filk.

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This day his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland gave a grand entertainment, at his house in Upper Grofvenor-freet, where was his Serene Highness the Prince of Brunswick, the Duke of Newcastle, &c.

On Saturday night the crowd was fo great at the Opera houfe, to fee the hereditary Prince, that the coaches of the quality could not come near the door, which obliged the ladies to get out and walk to the house. Four parts in five of the number of genteel perfons were obliged to go back again, after being in the most imminen: danger of being crushed to death. During the time of the croud, there were quarrels and fwords drawn by the gentlemen who endeavoured to get up; the shrieks of the ladies were very pitiful; a great many caps, ruffles, handkerchiefs, ear-ring, aprons, and cloaks, were loft, and great numbers of people fainted away. In fhort, it is impoffible to express the confufion,

And on Sunday the crowd was as great at St. James's; not one hundredth part of the people, who wanted to get into the palace, could fucceed. Ail the ftreets contiguous, and the Stable-yard, were full of coaches, and a great number in St. James's park, befides the innumerable concourfe of perfons whe walked on foot; among whom were a prodigious number of genteel perfons of both fexes.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25.

Monday a very magnificent coach, deftined for the ufe of their Royal and Serene Highneffes the Prince and Princess of Prunfwick, fet off for Gravefend, in order to be embarked for Germany.

THURSDAY, Jan. 26.

Yefterday his Majesty went in ftate to the houfe of peers, attended by the duke of Rutland and the Earl of Eglington, and gave the Royal affent to the following bills, viz. The bill to exhibit a bill for the naturalizing his Serene Highness the Prince of Brunfwick Lunenburgh. The bill to punish mutiny and defertion, and for better payment of the army and their quarters. And to one inclofure bill.

The Prince of Brunswick attended his Majefty yesterday to the house of peers.

On Tuesday night there was a grand entertainment and ball given to the Prince of Brunfwick, at Mrs. Conolly's concert-room in Scho Square; at which were prefent his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and upwards of 250 of the nobility, and perfons of diftinction. The ball was opened by the Prince of Brunswick and the Duchess of Richmond, and continued till yesterday morning fix o'clock.

Yefterday evening, at four o'clock, the Prince and Princefs of Brunfwick fet out from Leicefter-Houfe for Harwich, in their

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way for Germany; they were to lie laft night at Lord Abercoin's feat at Witham.

Four coaches and fix paffed through the city yesterday between four and five o'clock for Harwich, with the attendants and domesticks of the Hereditary Prince.

It is faid that the Prince of Brunswick has vifited incog, moft of the remarkable places in and about this metropolis.

Lord Chamberlain's office, Jan. 26. Orders for the court going into mourning on Sunday next, the 29th inflant, for the late Elector of Saxony, viz.

The ladies to wear black filk or velvet, fringed or plain linnen, black or white fans, and white gloves.

The men to wear black full timmed, fringed or plain linnen, black fwords and buckles.

FRIDAY, Jan. 27.

'Tis fuppofed the Prince and Princess of Brunswick embarked at Harwich yesterday afternoon, and as the wind has been very fair, it is not doubted but their Highneffes will land in Holland this day.

It is fa'd that a treaty of marriage is agreed on, and will be foon folemnized between the Prince Royal of Pruffia, and one of the fifters of the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick.

Prince John Adolphus of Naffau-Saibruck and Ufinguen, who has been a Colonel in the French fervice, is juft entered into that of the King of Pruffia, with the rank of MajorGeneral of infantry.

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DEATHS.

The Right Hon. Hamilton Bovle, Earl of Cork and Orrery in Ireland, and Lord Boyle of Marten in England. His Lordship is fuc ceeded in his titles and eftare by the Hon. Edmund Boyle, only fon of John late Earl of Corke, by his 2d Lady, Margeret, daughter of John Hamilton, of Caledon in the County of Tyrone, Efq; which Edmund was born Nov. 21, 1742, and is the present and 7th Ear of Cork and Oriery

The Lady of the Right Hon. Lord Lif burne.

M. Luth, apothecary to the court of Sweden, and a celebrated chymist, at Gotten.

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bourg, in the 84th year of his age. He was furpaffed that of all the apothecaries in Sweborn at Pioen in Holftein. His reputation den, whereby he acquired an immenfe fortune; of which he has given by will, 18,cco crowns to the Orphan-house of Gottenbourg, the fame city, 600o to the German church, 6000 and a fuperb picture to the cathedral of 6000 to the alms-house, 6000 to the hofpital, and 3000 to the poor mendicants. This was the celebrated apothecary who embalmed the corpfe of Charles XII. at Udderwaliam, 1718.

fhire of Berwick.
James Lumfdaine, Efq; of Blanerne, in the

John Symens, Eq; member for Hereford

city.

Timothy Rawlinfen, Efq; aged 76, at Inling on.

Mrs. Page, the wife of John Page, Eq

of Putney.

Strange, Lo:d of Man and the Ifles, & . in His Grace James Duke of Athole, Baron the 74th year of his age, at Dunkeld in Scotland. His Grace is fucceed d in his Scotch eftate and dignities by the Hen. John Murray, of Strowan, Eiq; his nephew and heir male; the Peerage of Strange, Lordship of Lady Charlotte Murray, wife of the faid Man, and the Ifles, now develving upon the John Murray.

Sir John Rutherfurd, of Rutherfurd.

Mr. Robert Dick, profeffor of natural hiftory in the university of Glasgow,

Jofiah Norgrove, Efq; at Paddington.

Mr. Jofeph Simpkin, mafter of the Sun at London Wall. He went up about nine o'clock to lay down upon the bed, as was his ufual cuftom after attending his morning bufinefs, but fajing longer than ordinary, his family went up, and found him dead upon the bed.

Henry Price, Eq; fon in law to the late ingenious and learned Dr. Edmund Halley.

Walter Sh rland, Efq; poffeffed of a large fortune, at his apartments in Stanhopefreet, May-Fair.

George Jackfon, Efq; an eminent merchant at Leghorn

John Howell, Efq; at Richmond in Surry,
Thomas Fitz-Patrick, Eng; at Kenfing on

Gravel-Pits.

Richard Lamplugh, Efq;

Mafter Fremoux, fecond fon of James Fre.
moux, Efq; of Hackney.
John Boulter, Efq;

James Watts, Efq; of Huntingdonshire.
Mr. Wallace, aged 112 ye rs, at Paris;
he was formerly a merchant in London.
Richard Woolley, Efq; at Wood-Hall in
Shro fhire.

Dawfon, Efq; the gentleman who got half of one of the 10,ocol. prizes in the last lottery.

Peter

Peter Schurnman, a potter, at Groningen, in Holland, in the 111th year of his age, who followed his bufinefs till within two years of his death.

Jacob Salm, a foldier and penfioner in the Dutch fervice, at Drunen in the neighbourhood of Boifleduc, at the age of 111.

Richard Hardwick, at Spilsby in Lincolnfhire, Efq; after a few hours illness. He has by his will left the bulk of his eftate, faid to amount to near Icocl. to his Grace the Duke of Ancafter, and appointed his Grace his fole executor.

Edward Clarke Parish, Efq; a Weft-India merchant.

Chriftopher Haughton, Eq; at Ketton in Staffordshire.

Jonas Thompson, Efq; at St. Vince t, Major of the 4th regiment, Gen. Duroure's.

Charles Townshend, Efq; fen of Ifaac Townshend, Etq; Governor of Greenwich hofpital.

Joshua Freke, Efq; at Walton upon Thames

Nehemiah Wood, Efq; at Wandsworth.
Thomas Stevenson, Efq;
Sir Juftus Dennis Beck.

Richard Bridgman, Efq; deputy of Portfken ward, and one of the governors of St, Bartholomew's hofpital.

Mrs. Jane Barker, aged near ico, at her houfe in Kingfland Road, who had acquired a handsome fum by gathering fimp'es for the apothecaries. Her daughter, who was her only child, is living, and in the S4th year of her age.

The revd. Mr. Jcha Ruffel, minister of Ditton in Kent, and mafter of the grammar fchool at Maidstone.

Alexander Haldane, Efq; junior, of Lamerk in Scotland, at Lanerk.

Dryden Walter Pigott, Efq; the fon and heir apparent of Robert Pigott, Efq; at Chetwyn in Shropshire.

Lady Gafcoigne, at York, daughter and he refs of Sir Francis Hungate, of Huddlefton, Bart.

Mrs. Cole, wife of Mr. Cole, Engraver, in Holborn.

Mr. Shrimpton, Stock-Broker, at his houfe in Baker's Buildings, Old Bedlam: About two months ago, in fcraping his shoes at his own door, his foot entangled in the fcraper, by which accident he was thrown down and broke his 1 g.

PREFERMENTS. Hs Majefty has been pleafed to confer the honcur of knighthood on Major Robert Fletcher, Lelonging to the Hon. Eaft-India

Company's forces, for his military fervices in the Eaft-Indies during the late war.

His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Thomas Davenant, Efq; to be a Capt. Lieutenant in the Coldfream regiment of foot guards, in the room of James Craig, Efq; promoted

And William Bowyer, Efq; to be a Lieutenant in the faid regiment, in the room of Thomas Davenant.

Mr. Arton is appointed one of the Gentlemen of the King's chapel, in the room of Dr. Bofwell, deceased.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Suffolk, Deputy Earl Marshal of England, has appointed Mr. Jofeph Edmonfon, Mowbray Herald Extraordinary, which office has long been

vacant.

The Bishop of London has appointed Mr. John Rynolds to be one of the choir of his Majefty's Chapel Royal, in the room of Mr. Cox, deceased.

His Majefty has been pleafed to confer the title and dignity of a Baronet on William Horton, Elq; of Chaderton, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and his heirs.

John Holded, Eia; Surgeon to the Royal Hofpital of Greenwich.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Maidman, Efq; one of the Commiffioners of Bankrupts, in the room of Carlton clayward, Efq; deceased.

The king has been pleased to grant unto George Bridges Rodney, Efq; Vice Admiral of the blue, and his heirs male, the dignity of a Baronet of the kingdom of Great Britain.

The King has been pleased to conflitute and appoint George Cokburne, Thomas Slade, William Bately, Edmund Mafon, Timo.hy Brett, Robert Osborn, and William Bateman, Efqrs. Sir Richard Temple, Bart. Frederick Rogers, Richard Hughes, and Thomas Hanway, Efqrs. principal officers and com. miffioners of his Majefty's navy.

The King has been pleafed to appoint Andrew Eliot, Efq; collecter or receiver of all dutjes, dues and revenues whatsoever in New York and its dependencies in America, (the revenues of cuftoms only and always excepted)

The Rev. Mr. Lloyd, refidentiary of St. Pau's, in the room of the b fhop of Brido!, who is now Bishop of Rochester. And,

Mr. Smith is appointed fecond mafier to the faid school, in the room of Mr. Lloyd.

The univerfity of Aberdeen has conferred the degree of doctor in phyfick, upon Mr. James Wyke Parrott, Surgeon and Manmidwife, in New-hall-Walk, Birming ham.

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