A Morning Soliloquy on DEAFNESS. Nature! thy genial call I hear, Which wakes the mon and me, Though deaf to all but thee. To me, the sky-larks poiz'd aloft, In filence feem to play, And hail no more in warblings foft The rifing dawn of day: For me in vain they fwell their liquid throats, Contemplative I mufe, nor hear the jocund notes. To me the shepherd pipes in vain, In vain the mik-maid fings; Loft are the bleatings of the plain; The gurgling of the springs : No more I hear the nightingale complain, When to the moon the chaunts her fad love-labour'd train. And when with me Lucinda ftrays Along the breezy grove, In tranfport on her charms I gaze, And think the talks of love: (drefs'd; THO No waste of perfection can hide : With a mean and a mischievous heart. Yet no youth can refift a degree Of agreeable pain and furprize; But let him once know her, like me, And I warrant he'll quickly despise. Ah! ceafe, dear maid, to talk of love in vain, A SONG, Sung by Mrs. VINCENT, For fmiles alone to me the voice of love ex at Marybone-Gardens. NOW let forrow fly each breaft, And be Pleasure's reign confeft: Tread with grace the mazy dance ; Health with pastime gayly treads, FOREIGN "FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS. THE ceremony of the election of count Stanislaus Poniatowsky to the crown of Poland, the authenticity of which we doubted in our last, actually paffed on the 6th of September with the most perfect or unanimity of the fuffrages of the whole nation, delivered by the different Palatinates affembled for that purpose: and on the 7th he was proclaimed by the name of Staninaus Auguftus. The primate announced the election to all the foreign ministers, who waited on him the next day to congratulate him on his happy acceffion. In short, all the letters from Poland breathe nothing but the marks of joy and fatisfaction on the choice of their new fovereign. Count Brannitzki, prince Lubomirski, count Bielinski, count Offolimski, and almost all the other confederate lords have acknowledged him for their lawful fovereign. preparations are making for the coronation; and the primate has published his Univerfalia for the affembly of the coronation dyet, which it is faid will open on the is third of December next. Great From Petersburg we learn, that M. Mirowitz, who was concerned in the attempt to deliver the late unfortunate prince Ivan, was, in pursuance of his fentence, publickly beheaded on the 24th of September laft. He behaved at his execution, as he had done through the whole transaction, with the greatest refignation. Great interceffion was made that his fentence might be commuted into perpetual banishment: but in vain. Several others engaged in the fame enterprize are to be punished. Letters from Malta, dated August 25, inform us, that a bloody action happened on the fecond of that month, between three of their galleys, and four fhips of Tunis; in which, after an obftinate engagement, the Tunifians were defeated, with the lofs of three of their ships. According to letters from Gibraltar, dated the 22d of Sept. the emperor of Morocco fent an order to the Dutch conful at Tetuan to depart the country in three days, under pain of death on non-compliance. conful, ignorant of the motive of fuch an extraordinary command, retired on board a thip in the road, after having depofited his 09. 1764. The effects at the houfe of the English conful. Cleves, Oct. 13. On the 9th inft. there. ticularly here, a kind of rain of a red cofell in many parts of this dutchy, and parlour, refembling blood, which occafions vafellor of war, has fent a bottle of it to Dr. rious fpeculations. Mr. Bauman, the counSchutte, in order for him to examine it, to know whether it contains any thing pernicious to the health of mankind or of beasts. ferved here, and feveral preceding days, it The day that this phenomenon was ob rained without ceafing in this dutchy. It is affured, that fomething of the like kind was observed the fame day at Rhenen in the province of Utrecht. Genoa, 08. 6. Advice is received that the malcontents in Corfica continued the fiege of San Fiorenza, and had erected two new batteries to push it with greater vigour. Two days ago the republic fent an armed bark, with 60 foldiers, and two provifions, to relieve the garrifon, and other barks laden with flour, and other bring hither the fick and wounded; they, are to touch at Baftia, to bring back part fome other veffels to go to Corfica, to bring of that garrifon; and the republic has hired the French are put in poffeffion of the hither all the Genoefe troops, as foon as places, which they are to gariifon in that inland. chy, his majefty's ambaffador to the king Versailles, Oct. 3. The count de Guerof England, and the counters de Guerchy, his lady, took leave of their majeflies, and the royal family, on the 30th of last month, in order to return to London. The latest and most authentic advices Eaft India company's affairs wear but a from the Eaft Indies inform us, that the very melancholy afpe&t. Coffim Ali Cawn, the late nabob of Bengal, has purchased at an immenfe price the alliance of Sujah Dowla, a very powerful neighbouring Subah; and this conjunction will naturally prove the fource of fresh trepbles. However, it is hoped that lord Clive's prefence, who will most likely arrive at Bengal fome time this month, will reflore affairs to dition. their former peaceful and flourishing con 4 B DOMESTIC DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, October 1. St. James's, September 28. LAST night one of his majesty's meffen gers arrived from Madrid with difpatches from his majesty's ambassador at that court, tranfmitting a duplicate of the orders, which, in confequence of his ExcelJency's late remonftrances, that court has dispatched to Don Felipe Ramirez de Estenoz, governor of Jucatan; in which orders his Catholick majefty difapproves the proceedings of the faid governor, with respect to his majesty's subjects in the Bay of Honduras; expreffes his defire of giving his majesty the greateft proofs of his friendhip, and of preferving peace with the British nation; and commands the faid governor to re establish the British logwood cutters in the feveral places from which he had obliged them to retire, and let them know that they may return to their occupation of cutting logwood, without being difquieted or disturbed under any pretence whatsoever. On Saturday laft, being Michaelmasday, came on at Guildhall the election of a lord mayor of this city for the year enfuing, where, on a fhow of hands, Sir WilJiam Stephenfon, knt. and George Nelfon, Efq; aldermen, were returned to the court of aldermen, who, by fcrutiny, made choice of Sir William Stephenfon, knt. alderman of Bridge ward Within, for lord mayor. THURSDAY, Oct. 2. Brifol, Sept. 29. On Thursday noon a reJation of Mrs. Frances Rufcombe, in College green, went in order to dine with her; when on opening the door, the immediately faw Mis. Rufcombe dead on the stairs, with her throat cut, a wound in her mouth, one of her eyes beat out, and a wound in her head fo violent, that the skull was beat into the brain. Mary Sweet, her maid, was found in the back parlour, with her bead almost fevered from her body, her jaw broke, a violent blow on her forehead, and her skull cleaved as with a wedge. It is generally fuppofed that the horrid deed was committed between ten and eleven o'clock; but there has not any circumftance yet ap. peared that can fix the leaft fufpicion on any perfon. The houfe, it is faid, is 10t robbed, only fome of the things in the rooms thrown into confusion. The mayor and aldermen of this city have offered Jool. reward for the discovery of the offenders. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 3. Admiralty-Office, O. 2. By letters lately received from commodore Palliffer, dated at St. John's in Newfoundland the first of last month, it appears, that having dispatched a floop with a letter to the French governor at St. Pierre, to enquire into the truth of the reports which prevailed of the French having mounted cannon, and erected works oa that island contrary to treaty, he, in anfwer received assurances from the faid go. vernor, that there was only one four-pounder gun mounted without a platform, and with no other intention than to answer fignals to their fishermen in foggy weather; that there were no buildings or works erected contrary to treaty; and that the guard consisted of no more than 47 men, and had never exceeded 50. It farther appears by the commodore's said letters, that there had not been, or were at that time, at the islands of St. Pierre and Miqelon, more than one French thip of war of 50 guns, one frigate of 26 guns, and another of lefs force, with two large fhips on flute, the destination of one of the faid ships on flute being for Cayenne, and the other for St. Domingo : that none of thofe fhips had, and, the commanding officer affured the commodore, none of them would enter into any of the harbours on the coafts of Newfoundland. And the commodore adds, that the concurrent fishery in those parts of the faid coafts, whereon the French are by treaties permitted to fish, had been carried on in perfect tranquillity. THURSDAY, O&. 4. Yesterday the report was made to his majesty in council of the malefactors under fentence of death in Newgate, when the following were ordered for execution on Wednesday next, viz. John Jourdan, William Hill, George Williams, Thomas Hands, Thomas Fofter, and John Derbin. His majefty was pleased to respite Joha Hands and John Robinson. Yesterday the right hon, the lord-mayor, attended attended by Mr. Recorder, the sheriffs, and other city officers, went to St. Margaret's Hill, and held the general quarter-feffion of the peace for the town and borough of Southwark, within his lordship's jurisdic tion; when William Hamilton, Chriftopher Fofter, and John Storkey, were tried for divers felonies and acquitted. A man and woman, who were committed to the Borough compter on Tuesday night for felony, are ordered to be detained till the next feffion. A gentleman, a prifoner in the rules of the King's Bench, a branch of the family of the Hydes, earls of Clarendon and Rochefter, has got a most remarkable coffin by him, against his interment: it was made out of a fine folid oak which grew on his eftate in Kent, and hollowed out with a chiffel; it is eight feet in length, about four -feet in breadth, four inches thick on the fides, and feven inches and an half at the ends; the lid is three inches thick, made out of the fame oak: when the corpfe comes to be put in, it is to be faftened down with oaken pegs. The faid gentleman often lies down, and fleeps in his coffin with the greatest composure and ferenity. On Thursday Haft, as a gentleman of family and fortune, who has a feat in Berkfhire, was coming to town with his family, one of his carriages broke down within fourteen miles of London, which laid him under the neceffity of hiring postchaifes for the remainder of the journey. The gentleman's daughter, who is twentythree years of age, and reckoned a great beauty, seemed particularly affected with a very smart fellow of a hoftler, who diftinguished himself by his activity, in getting the horses put to the chaifes, &c. ward for his dexterity, the young lady enquired his name, made him a handsome prefent at that time, fent for him on the Friday following, and married him with a fpecial licence on Saturday. It is faid the has 20,000l. independent of her friends. As foon as the ceremony was over, they fet out for Bath. FRIDAY, O&t. 5. In re Count Poniatowsky, the new-elected king of Poland, vifired London in the year 1754, remained in England from the beginning of September to the latter end of December, and, when in town, lodged at one Mr. Croppenhole's, in Suffolk-ftreet, near the Mews. During his ftay in this kingdom, he made a tour through South Britain, and examined every thing worthy the attention of an ingenious and curious traveller. He went two or three times to Westminster-abbey, and copied the most remarkable infcriptions on the ancient monuments there; he was alfo in the Goldengallery at the top of St. Paul's church, where he wrote his name. He liked England, and was fond of the perfons in genteel life with whom be converfed; but confidered the lower clafs in a very unfavourable light, on account of fome mobs which he chanced to be a spectator of, and from thence had too haftily formed his opinion of the behaviour of the whole body of the common people. MONDAY, October 8, Laft Saturday morning the palatines broke up their camp behind Whitechapel church. The treasurer, and fome other gentlemen of the committee, attended on that occafion, and accompanied them to the water fide, and particularly the Rev. Mr. Wachfell, who has been indefatigable during their abode in England. THURSDAY, O&. 11. Tuesday at noon an exprefs arrived from his grace the duke of Devonshire, at the Spa in Germany, which brought advice that his grace was much better, and that there were great hopes of his recovery, which gave univerfal joy; but these agreeable hopes were foon damped by the arrival of lord John Cavendish, the duke's brother, at fix o'clock on Tuesday night, at Devonfhire-houfe, who brought the melancholy news, that his grace had relapfed, and departed this life the 3d inft. at half an hour paft nine o'clock in the evening, at the above place, Yesterday the following malefactors were carried in two carts, from Newgate, and executed at Tyburn, viz. John Jourdan, for robbing the house of Jeffrey Knight; William Hill, for a highway robbery; George Williams, for robbing the house of Anne Baker; Thomas Fofter, for robbing his master's house; and John Derbin, for returning from tranfportation. They all behaved fuitably to their unhappy fituation. After they were cut down, the body of Derbin was put into a hear fe, and carried to Acton; the reft were delivered to their friends for interment. Mr. theriff Crosby attended the execution, and the carts were hong with black cloth, as lat year. Derbin (whose real name was Chamberlin) has left a wife and three children, and the was delivered of a dead child yesterday. AS 4 B 2 foon 552 DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. foon as he was committed to Newgate, he SATURDAY, Oct. 13. British quartered there immediately marched 10 Newmarket, and came time enough to pisk up nineteen of the wounded, whom they Thursday afternoon, about four o'clock, a fire broke out at Mr. Warrener's, an atput on cars, and conveyed them to Kil kenny gaol, but two of them died in the torney, on the east-fide of Wellclofe-fquare, light horse were in pursuit of the rioters. way. which entirely confumed the said house, and In the evening the remainder of the greatly damaged two other houses. This fire is faid to be occafioned by a girl letting a candle fall among fome chips in one of the rooms. Sunday laft, about two in the afternoon, one Martha Willis was inhumanly murdered in a lane between Datchett and Colnbroke: the coroner's inqueft fat on the body, at the fign of the Oftrich in Colnbroke, and brought in their verdict wilful murder, against person or perfons unknown. Waterford, O. 1. rick, that on Saturday last as a party of the We hear from Carearl of Drogheda's light horse, consisting of a ferjeant, corporal, and 18 private men, were conducting on foot four perfons, charged with being of the rabble, called White Boys, to Kilkenny gaol, they were attacked near Newmarket, by 3 or 400 riotous perfons, who, armed with ftones, clubs, and flanes, charged the foldiery with fhowers of ftones, which knocked down feveral of them; the others no way difmayed, kept up a continual fire 'till their comrades recovered their feet, when they gave them one volley, which killed fix men and a woman, and wounded feveral, four of whom, it is faid, cannot recover. light horfe at first fired only powder to inThe timidate them, but the ring-leader told his credulous rabble they had no ball, which encouraged them to advance, when feveral of them being killed and wounded, they were foon convinced of their mistake, and made a precipitate retreat. prifoners efcaped. In the fray the In this engagement ferjeant Johnson and corporal Sparks were killed, and feveral of the private men dangerously wounded. Johnfon, after receiving a cut on his arm with a flane, and a chop in the fide with a hatchet, drew his piftols, and shot the perfon dead who had wounded him; but as he was reloading, he received a thruft through the body, which put an end to his Jife, having only time to fay, " your fire, my boys, it is all you have for Keep up your lives." The news of this affair foon reached Callan, when a party of the 10th regiment MONDAY, Oct. 15. proclamations by his majesty: one for proroguing the parliament from the 30th inft. Laft Saturday's Gazette contains two to Thursday the 10th of January next. The other for permitting the free importation of falted beef, falted pork, bacon and butter from Ireland into England, provided England, until, on, or before, the 31ft of the fame be landed in any of the ports of all unlawful combinations for the enhancing December next. And in order to prevent the price of provifions, and for an encouragement to all who fhall discover any concerned in fuch illegal practices, and bring the offenders to conviction, his majesty promifes that all perfons who shall difcover and caufe fuch offenders to be convicted, fhall be entitled to a reward of one hundred pounds, the commissioners of the treasury, pounds; which faid fum of one hundred or the high treasurer of Great Britain for the time being, are directed and required to pay accordingly, without any further or other warrant in that behalf. TUESDAY, O&. 16. A letter from Bruffels, dated the 3d inft. mentions, that a young lady of that place, of fashion and fortune, was addressed by an officer, with her father's confent, and, as it is faid, a promise of marriage passed between them. affairs made it necessary for him to go out After this, the officer's abfent, another officer, who knew nothing of town. In the mean time, whilst he was of his courtship, faw the lady, took a liking te her, and addressed her. After a few vipermiffion to marry the lady, (for no offfits he applied to his colonel, and asked his cer there must marry without his colonel's confent;) he was refufed, the bad confequences of the union were represented to him, he having no fortune, and he was confined for fome time; but, when he got his liberty, he could not refrain making another visit to the young lady. What paffed is uncertain; however, when he left her, but, instead of that, he went out of one of he faid he was going to the main guard; the city gates, and at a small distance from young lady, having fome reason to suspect the town shot himfelf with a pistol. The his |