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audience of the emprefs, at the winter palace, and was conducted thither with the ceremonies used on like occafions towards the oriental embaff dors. The embassador being introduced into the hall of audience, performed the ufual ceremonies; and then, taking from his kiaya the fultan's letter, he gave it to the interpreter Rawitfc', who. holding it with both hands, made a fpeech in the Turkish language, which M. de Koflow, actual counsellor of state, fit mafter of the requests, and knight of the order of St. Anne, read aloud a tranflation of in these terms:

"My most illustrious, most powerful, most high in authority, and moft great lord, the fultan of the earth, the emperor of the feas, the protector of the holy Jerufalem, fultan and son of a fultan, monarch issue of a monarch, sultan Mustapha Khan, fon of the fultan Achmet Khan, born of the fultan Achmet Khan, has condefcended, by virtue of his friendship fubfifting between the two empires, to charge me, moft humbly to prefent this letter to your imperial majesty, the most iliufurious and most powerful empress of all the Ruffias, lady and fovereign of a great number of ftates thereunto belonging, as well to maintain and render more folid the treaty of perpetual peace, as to congratulate you on your happy acceffion to the throne."

The reading of the letter being over, the vice-chancellor, on a fign being made by the emprefs, took the letter, laid it on a table covered with a cloth of goid, on the right hand of her imperial majefty, and made the Ottoman embassador the following anfwer in the Ruffian language:

"Her imperial majefty receives, on the part of the grand feignior, the letter of congratulation on her acceffion to the throne, the object of the miffion of the embaffador, with a fatisfaction fo much the more perfect, as this letter is the re-eftablishing of the friendship and perpetual peace which fubfift fo happily between the two empires; an union, which her imperial majefty will strive to maintain inviolably."

Turin, Nv 20. The prince of Parma being perfectly recovered, the infant has appointed Dr. Trenchin his fiat phyfician, though a protestant; and the corpora ion of Parma, defirous of giving him a mark of their gratitude, have defired leave of his

royal highness to admit this celebrated phy. fician, and his defcendants, into the order of noble citizens; and to erect the doctor's statue in marble in the town-house, with an infcription to perpetuate the remem brance of the fervice done by him to that ftate; alfo to strike a medal in gold, on one fide of which is the doctor's image, and on the reverfe an allegorical emblem, taken from a comparison of monf. de la Condamine, on inoculation, which represents a rapid river, in which several swimmers, endeavouring to cross, are carried away with the Atream, with a man on the banks fhewing a little boat, in which they may fafely get over: the motto from Ovid, TVTISSIMVS IBIS. The corporation of Placentia have alfo defired leave to admit him into the order of noble citizens. The infant has approved of all these proposals.

Copenhagen, Nov. 20. On Monday the 9th inft. her royal highnefs the princess Louifa was publicly confirmed in the chapel belonging to the palace of Frederickf burgh. Their Danish majefties, and the whole court, were prefent at this folemnity, and were greatly pleafed with the manner in which the princefs went through the ftrict examination ufual on thefe occafions.

Genca, Dec. 10. Yesterday the French conful received an exprefs from the French vice-conful at Diano, with advice of the arrival there of 25 vellets, with part of the French troops defigned for Cortica, under convoy of a xebeck of war: he writes, that there were 40 fail of transports when they failed from Toulon the 6th init. in the morning, which were feparated the fame night by bad weather; and it is conje&ured, that the other transports are put into fome other place in the Western Riviera.

Berin, Dec. 25. By an exprefs, juit arrived, we have the difagreeable news that the whole town of Feudenthal, in the Upper Silefia, except 26 houses, is reduced to alhes. The fire broke out the 11th of this month early in the evening, and was not got under til the next day at noon. Even the ramparts are deftroyed, and all the ammunition and provision which Was lodged in the forehoufes is confumed. The town-hall, the public fchool, and church, with its fine altar, piƐu.es, and relicks, among which were the thes of St. Conftance, a'liella prey to t'e tiamīd

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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

THURSDAY, Nov. 29.

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A Melancholy affair has happened

lately in this neighbourhood, owing to the indifcretion of a young lady who was engaged to a young clergyman, and every thing fettled by the parents.

"The clergyman had for a long time suspected her of other engagemen's, which at times had made him very unhappy, and among his acquaintance he would of en appear little better than a lunatic. The circumftances which appeared to the jury were as follow: fome company had dined with him, among whom was a young gentleman who every one knew was privately favoured then by the young lady. The unfortunate clergyman appeared very much dif. turbed the evening before, and all that morning, but at dinner affumed a chearfulness which lafted for fome hours. About fix o'clock he appeared to be in liquor, notwithstanding very little was drank. He went up ftairs into his bed-chamber, and topping fome time was followed by his company; but on fome account, or other, which does not appear, he was left alone in the dark with the lady and her gallant: if any words paffed between them, or any thing was done to difpleafe him, it is concealed by the parties. They fay he went out of the room, and with violence burst open the door of another room which was locked, and notwithstanding their endeavour to prevent it, fhot himself immediately in the dark, although they had both hold of him at the time. The coro. ner has brought in his verdict, lunacy, from his frequently having made ufe of fome expreffions which threatened his own life, and that of others; and happy was it, as he had another loaded pistol by him, he did not do greater mischief."

FRIDAY, Nov. 30.

Thomas Sewell, Efq; member of parliament for Winchelfea, and one of the king's council, kiffed his majesty's hand on his being appointed Master of the Rolls, when his majesty was alfo pleafed to confer the honour of knighthood upon him: and The hon, Charles Yorke kiffed his ma

next to the attorney-general.

SATURDAY, Dec. 1.

A Scotch fhoemaker has contrived an inftrument of war, by means of which fix perfons are to do as much execution as a whole regiment. This inftrument, if we may believe the projector, will discharge 4400 balls in the space of two minutes; is quite portable and eafy of carriage; in cafe of a furprise may be knocked to pieces in less than a moment's space, fo as to render it entirely useless to the enemy; and if recovered again by any change in the field, may be fet together in about a minute, fo as to be as fit for ufe as before. cafe alfo of any fudden charge either by horfe or foot during the intervals of loading, at the touch of a spring a harvest of bayonets are to arife with their points directed towards the foe. To this the inventor, who though a fhoemaker, is likewife a military man, has added a system of difcipline, relative to the use of his ma chine, perfectly eafy and fpeedily to be learnt. Gazetteer.

MONDAY, Dec. 8.

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Waterford, Nov. 8. Yesterday arrived here the Hopeftill belonging to this place, captain Martin Sybrand from Carthagena, who with his people, in his proteft, maketh oath, That about the 16th of May, on his voyage from Malaga and Cette for this port, he fell in with eight Spanish men of war, who fired on him; on which he, the faid captain, immediately hoifted English colours, which they difregarded, and continued their fire; at this time the velse! lying under the commodore's stern, the captain and crew cried out for mercy, intreating him to defift, declaring themselves to be English; notwithstanding this declaration, they fired feveral broadfides, which cut all the rigging and fails, and carried away both maits, the round house, and every thing above deck, killed a gentleman paffenger, belonging to Madeira, wounded the captain in the arm, shot off capt. Galafpy a paffenger's arm, also mortally wounded John Hamilton, a fupercar4Q2

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go, who died of his wounds a few days after at Carthagena, to which place they towed the faid veffel in.-It is very remarkable, that a Scotch failor on board the commodore during the firing on this veffel, cried out feveral times that they were English; for which he was directly put in irons, and got 500 lafhes. The veffel

that they during the time was fo very near, could not bring guns to bear on her, or The must have been funk. The faid veffel has lain in Carthagena from about the 20th of May, until the middle of October, waiting the daily expectation of fatisfaction being made by the Spanish court; but finding it of no ufe to wait any longer, the captain was obliged to fell a confiderable part of his cargo to pay his men, their wages and other expences, the Spaniards not allowing him a farthing, except the repairing the veffel. The cargo is much damaged, and we hear the proprietors, if not relieved, will be great fufferers.

TUESDAY, Dec. 4.

Brifl. Dec. 1. Saturday was brought to Bridewell the tinker, who was apprehended at Gloucefter, on fufpicion of the murder of Mrs. Rufcombe and her maid. When he was taken up, he gave a detail of his being at Salisbury, and in the neighbourhood, at the time the above horrid deed was perpetrated; but upon enquiry, it appears, that he was not there till four days after it was committed. The fervant-maid who lived at Mrs. Ruf combe's, from Lady-Day to Midfummer, preceding the murder, gave information, that a tinker came feveral times to her miftrefs's in different clothes, and worked for her: our magiftrates had him to the council-houfe, on Thurfday, for examination, and placed feveral other men with him in a room, when the fervant was ordered to go in and fee if the knew the perfon. She accordingly did, and at once fixed upon him and though he denied his ever being there, or that he knew the College. Green, or had been in Bristol fince te beginning of March last, he has been found in many ftories, and a perfon is dispatched to Speenham Land, to look into feme things he has there; mean while he is detained in Eridewell for farther examination.

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The fresheft accounts from Berlin, dated the 24th ult. do not make the damage by the late fire at Konigsberg fo confiderable as it was first given out. But there were 362 dwelling toufes, 41 royal and merchants warehoufes, 36 malt-hotfes, a great

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The following extraordinary accident is faid to have happened at Liddlington, near Uppingham.----A perfon walking through the village, faw a hare cross the road, which he endeavoured to knock down with a flick he had in his hand; but in the fudden fpring he made, threw limfelf down, and diflocated bis fhoulder-bone. Not being able to get immediate relief in the place, he procured a horfe, and fet off as well as he could for a bone-fetter's at Stainford; but within two miles of the town, his horfe chanced to take fright, and threw him down against a ftone in such a manner, that by the firoke his fhoulder bone was reduced to its right pofition, and the man became as well as before the accident happened, except a flight bruife on the part affected by the fall. Camb. Chren.

MONDAY, Dec. 1o.

This day was held, before the lord high chancellor, in Lincoln's-Inn hall, a cauf, wherein a Yorkshire lady was plaintiff, and a noted Antinomian preacher was delindant; the cancelling of an annuity deed of 50 1. for the life of the defendant, fraudulently obtained by him without valuable confideration, of a perfon labouring under a temporary enthusiastic frenzy; and the

refunding a confiderable fum of money, obtained under the like circumstances, were prayed; when, after a full hearing of council, his lordship was pleafed to decree in favour of the plaintiff.

TUESDAY, Dec. 11.

At ten o'clock this morning, came on to be heard in the court of Common Pleas, at Weftminster-Hall, before the lord chief juftice Pratt and a fpecial jury, a caufe wherein Mr. Arthur Beardmore, an attorney at law, was plaintiff, and the right hon. the earl of Halifax was defendant, in an action for falfe imprisonment in a mofenger's houfe; when, after a hearing of eight hours, the jury withdrew, and in about three quarters of an hour they brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, with 15001. damages.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 12.

This morning came on, in the court of Common Pleas, Weftminster, the feveral trials of the rev. Mr. Entick, Mers. Fell and Wilfon, bookfeilers, and Mr. Meredith, clerk to Mr. Beardmore, plaintiff's, and the earl of Halifax and ot crs defendants, by four differ.nt juries; when the first gentleman had a verdict of zo1. the fecond 101. the third of 40 1. and the last of 2001.

This day the feffions began at the Old Baily, when twenty prifoners were tried, one of whom was capitally convi&ed, viz. George Mitchell, for ftealing a brown mare, the property of Francis Manby, Efq; near Burntwood in Effex. Ten were caft for transportation, and nine acquitted.

This night an exprefs arrived at St. James's, with the agreeable news of the fafe delivery of her royal highness the princefs of Brunfwick, his majefty's eldest fifter, of a princefs, the 3d inftant; and the next day their majefties received the compliments of the nobility and foreign miniNers at St. James's on the occation; as did also her royal highness the princefs dowager of Wales at Carlton House.

THURSDAY, Dec. 13.

Eighteen prifoners were tried at the Old Baily, three of whom were capitally convicted, viz. Elizabeth Stanfield, fpinfter, for ftealing thirteen guineas, the property of John Crofts, in his dwellinghoufe in Orchard ftreer, Westminster; William Dun, for robbing Mary Cowell of two qua ter guineas, and five fillings and fix. pence in silver, in Seething Lane; and William Whitton, for stealing a quantity of

wearing apparel, in a dwelling-house, the property of John Sims, a journey man carpenter. Ten were caft for tranfportation, and five acquitted.

FRIDAY, Dec. 14.

Fourteen prifoners were tried at the Old Baily, one of whom was capitally convicted, viz. John Wefkett, for ftealing two bank notes, value 801. three gold fnuff boxes, a gold repeating watch, a filver candlestick, a filver ftandish, and 400l. in money, the property of lord Harrington, in his lordship's dwelling-houfe. Eight were caft for transportation; one of whom was James Cooper, for receiving the goods and part of the moneystolen by Wefkett, to be transported for 14 years; and nve acquitted.

This day at Hicks's Hall came on a remarkable trial of Williams, the famous negro, otherwife King Diego, for defrauding Mr. Dickie, a mafter taylor, in BowStreet, Covent-Garden, of a quantity of gold lace, who being convicted, was fentenced to be transported for seven years. SATURDAY, Dec. 15.

This day eighteen prifoners were tried at the Old Baily, three of whom were capitally convicted, viz. Francis Stoner, for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Antweezle, fpinfter, who for fome years had paffed for his wife; and John Moreton and Thomas Stone, for ftealing fix hundred weight of indigo, the property of Meffrs. James Barel and Peter Tiber. Two were caft for tranfportation, and twelve acquitted.

MONDAY, Dec. 17.

This morning Francis Stoner, for the murder of Elizabeth Antweezle, was executed at Tyburn. He behaved fuitable to his unhappy fituation; and after execution his body was carried to SurgeonsHail for diffection.

This day the feffions ended at the Old Baily, when twenty-one prisoners were tried, one of whom was capially convicted, viz. John Watkins, for breaking open the dwelling houfe of Charles Warner, in Beech lane, and ftealing a quantity of houfhold goods. Twelve were caft for tiansportation, and eight acquitted.

At this feffions nine received fentence of death; one to be tranfported for fourteen years; thirty fix for seven years; and five branded.

The next fiffions begins on Wednesday the 16th of January.

This morning about 11 o'clock, a young lady of family and fortune came to an eminent Laberdasher's in Fleet Streep, and

as he was looking at variety of articles, a lace-dealer came in, and obferved the end of a piece of lace hanging out of her pocket, which happened to be the very piece he had left with the haberdasher as a pattern. Upon this he called the mafter of the fhop afide, and acquainted him with it, who at firft would not believe the could be guilty of the fact, but the lace merchant infifting on it, and defining him to watch her, whilft the fervants were employed in ferving her with other goods, he himself faw her put another piece in her pocket; and examining the drawer in which he had put the first pattern, perceived it was not there. After ordering the fervants to retire, the lace-dealer charged her with the fraud. For fome time the pofitively afferted her innocence; but being clofely preffed, produced from one of her pockets a piece of lace, but not that the master of t'e houfe faw her take, nor that which the merchant faw hanging from her pocket. She then produced a fecond, and a third, all the haberdafher's property, but neither of them the pieces fhe was charged with having fecreted. The merchant fill repeating the charge, and not a little irritated at her behaviour, fhe at laft produced the two pieces in question from her other pocket.-The effect it had on the haberdasher and his family cannot be exprefled; but the Jace-merchant infifted on her being charged with a conftable. About five o'clock in the evening, he was taken to the Old Baily, the lord mayor and court being then there fit:ing. After fome learned arguments, a precedent being produced, the was admitted to bail on the fecurity of a thousand pounds.

TUESDAY, Dec. 18.

A feizure has lately been made at the euftom-boufe of about fifty large prints, beautifully executed abroad, and containing a genealogical account of the royal houfe of Stuart, from its first origin to the present time, divided into two distinct branches, the first brought down to his late royal highness Frederick prince of Wales, and the other to the right hon. the earl of Bute, and his brother the hon. James Stuart Mackenzie. This feizure occafions much fpeculation.

THURSDAY, Dec. 20.

Wednesday laft, one of the name of Hudfon enlisted with a recruiting ferjeant at Edinburgh, received the bounty money, and was attefted by a magiftrate. Some short

time after, as the ferjeant with his party and new recruit were making merry over a bowl, he was informed that the recruit was a woman. This the heroine upon challenge frankly owned, and declared at the fame time, that under the fame difguile fhe had ferved two years aboard one one of his majesty's fhips of war, where the received a gun- fhot wound, and was thereupon difcharged. The fear of the wound is very visible. She owns her name to be Martha Hudfon. This amazon has publickly declared her refolution either to get aboard one of his majesty's fhips of war, or into fome marching regi.nent, and there to ferve her king and country to the lat drop of her blood.

FRIDAY, Dec. 21. The following are the left dying words (if report fay true) of a late great financer. "For God's fake let my fon be bred a Whig !

"Procure him an honeft, fenfible, true Whig tutor, be the expence what it will.

"This poor country 1 am afraid, will be over-run with Tories, Scotchmen, and Jacobites!"

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SATURDAY, Dec. 22.

This day was committed to the Gatehoufe, from the public office in Bow-ftreet, by Sir John Fielding, Thomas Hicks, on a violent fufpicion of the wilful murder of Richard Rix, a farmer's fervant, at Thames Ditton in Surry, the beginning of November laft ---It is very remarkable, that all the day's work that the prisoner did the day on which Rix, the poor lad, is fuppofed to have been murdered, and buried in or near the field, viz. in fowing about an acre of wheat, not one grain is come up, notwithstanding it was fowed with the fame feed, and the ground tilled in the fame manner with the reft of the fame field, which has flourished exceedingly; and that on ploughing up the ground again, left the body of the lad fhould be found ploughed under ground there, the feed was found perifhed, which the farmer declared He looked upon as an act of Providence, therefore was never at eafe till he had caufed the fuppofed murderer to be apprehended, who had fince inlifted into a marching regiment. Gazetteer.

An ingenious watchmaker, near St. Martin le Grand, has invented and made a dye for executing watch-clocks, by which the expence of drilling, engraving, &c. is faved.

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