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Yefterday morning the following acci-
dent happened at lady Pakington's, at Per-
difwell, near Worcester. Her ladyship's
two poftilions being in the fervants hall,
where a gun happened to lie upon the
dreffer, one of them cafually tock it up,
not imagining it was charged, and hand-
ling it in a careless manner, it fuddenly
went off, and instantly killed his fellow
fervant John Corfield. The coroner's
inqueft have brought in their verdict ac-
cidental killing by mifadventure.
And on
Wednesday the fervant, in whofe hand the
gun went off, was committed to gaol, in
order to be tried at the next affizes.

TUESDAY, Dec. 25.

This being Chriftmas day, and an high festival, there was a brilliant court at St. James's, when the knights companions of the most noble orders of the Garter, Thiftle, and Bath, appeared in the collars of their refpective orders.

On Saturday laft in the afternoon, a failor accidentally ran against a porter in Threadneedle Street, which the latter refenting fo far as to ftrike him, though the other had very civilly afked his pardon for it; a battle enfued, in which the porter falling with his head against a stone, he fractured his skull, and unfortunately died on the spot. The failor not being the aggreffor, the populace fuffered him to make his escape.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 26.

His majesty has been pleafed to grant letters patent appointing the right hon, John earl of Hyndford to be vice-admiral of Scotland, in the room of the right hon. James earl of Findlater, deceased.

His majefty has also been pleased to appoint the right hon. Hugh earl of Northumberland (lord lieutenant of Ireland) to be vice-admiral of all America.

THURSDAY, Dec. 27.

On Sunday morning, the following unhappy accident happened at Mr. Bailey's, a confiderab e dealer in tripe, &c. in Trotter-Alley, Bermondsey-street. About 8 o'clock his woman fervant was, without any known previous circumstances, fuddenly taken with a fit of lunacy, and immediately ran into a back kitchen,' where The took up a knife and cut her throat. Mr. Capel, a furgeon in that neighbourhood, being fent for, he dire&ly fewed up the woun; but although the wind-pipe was miffed being cut, yet as the knife had

feparated the great carotid artery, the woblood, that the expired in lefs than two man thereby lost fo great a quantity of hours. The only fenfible words the was heard to repeat the whole time were, "O death! death! death!" foon after which the expired in agonies.

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BIRTH.

The dutchess of Marlborough of a daugh

MARRIAGES.

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The bon. Marmaduke Marvel, Efq. to
morganfhire. Thomas Weft, Efq. of Chan-
Mifs Charlotte Morgan of Swanley, Gla-
cery-Lane, to Mifs Greathead of Colney
Hatch, in Middlefex.
Clive, youngest filter of lord Clive. John
to Mifs Sutton.
Duffield, Efq.
Captain Sempill, to Mifs
kenwell, to Mifs Round of that place.
Keding, Efq. an eminent brewer in Cler-
land, to Mifs Harriot Murray, youngest
Henry Wefteora, of Queen's County, in Ire-
daughter of lady dowager Blaney. Charles
Garth, Efq. to Mifs Fanny Cooper, of
Camberwell. Savill Finch, Efq. member
for Malton, to Mifs Fullerton, of Dorset-
Lungstone. Henry Panton, Efq. member
shire. Major Moncrieff, to Mifs Polly
for the city of Winchester, to Mifs Knowles
Pollock, bart. to Mifs Fanny Colquhoun,
of Canterbury. Sir James Maxwell of
of St. Kit's. Mr. Baker of Covent-Gar-
den theatre, to the amiable Mifs Miller of
the fame houfe. Samuel Daniel, Efq. of
of Privy Garden. Rev. Mr. Hays of Dur-
King Street, Westminster, to Mifs French
ham, to Mils Porrett.
Efq. of Alkrington, to Miss Fanny Bayley.
Ahton Lever,
Thomas Walker of Lincolns-Inn, Efq. to
Mifs Baldwyn of Grosvenor-freet.
DEATH S.

Her grace the dutchefs of Roxburgh.
Lady Amelia Hotham. Dr. George Stone,
a.chbishop of Armagh, primate of all Ire-
land.
The hon. lieut. gen. Thomas Mur-
ray. Philip Baynton, Efq. Capt. Patrick
Okilvie. Mr. James Leake, bookfeller at

Batin Wm. Mabbott, Efq. Capt. James
Strangeway. Thomas Drummond, Efq:
Efq. capt. in the Gloucestershire militia.
Rev. Mr. Barnard Mills. Wm. Merrick,
Efq. Mr. Orpin, engraver.
Rev. Mr. Ben. Took, Edmund Bowyer,
Lieut. Alex-
lip Dution, Esq.
ander Gordon. Hon. Mrs. Lowther. Phi-
Thomas Kentish, Efq.
of Granada, John Woodward, Efq. Sir
Col Graham, at Barbadoes. At the island
John Sinclair, bart. The hon. Mr. James

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PROMOTIONS.

Thomas Sewell, Efq. Mafter of the Rolis. Montfort Browne, Efq. lieut. gov. of Weit Florida. His grace the duke of Marlborough, elected a governor of the CharterHouse. Samuel Gibbs, Efq. nominated a capt. in the 10th reg. of dragoons. Capt. Wm. Harcourt, lieut. col. of the 31ft reg. of foot. Thomas Sandby, Efq. fteward to his royal highnefs the duke of Cumberland. Robert Wood, Efq, groom-porter to his majesty. John Richmond Webb, Efq. member for Boffinney, in Cornwall, appointed one of the Welch judges. Major Alexander Duncan lieut, col. of the 55th reg. of foot. Rachel Lloyd, housekeeper and wardrobe-keeper of his majesty's palace at Kensington. Ulyffes Brown, Efq. fub brigadier and cornet in the 24 troop of ho fe guards.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. Mr. Pinnock, rec. of Letham in Hants. Rev. Mr. Stinton, rec. of Martinhoe, in Devonihire. Rev. Mr. Drake, rec. of Layer-Marney in Effex. Rev. Mr. Talbot Harris, rec. of Upton-Warren in Worcestershire, Rev. Mr. George Budd, vic. of Moulders in Northamptonshire. Rev. Olmond Beauvoir, res. of Milton in Kent. Rev. Wm. Harley, canon of Chrift-church in Worcester. Rev. John Salkeld, vic. of Savil-Bottle in Northum berland. Rev. Robert Harding, rec. of Grafton-Kings in the fame county. Rev. Jofeph Backhoufe, rec. of Aldrington in Northamp.onshire.

BANKRUPTS.

John Morkins, of Ely, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. John Ireland, of King-street, in the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, Middlefex, peruke maker. Hugh Rofe, now or late of Eaft Cowes in the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, merchant. George Morris, late of Duke-ftreet, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, Middlefex. grocer. John Pearce, of the parish of Eaft Moulfey, Surry, victualler. Samuel Wells, late of Addlethorp, Lincolnshire, dealer. Henry Gardner, late of the parish of St. Ann Limehoufe, Middlefex, mariner. Charles Hart, late of Richmond, Suriy, grocer. John Beardmore and Alexander Mainstone, both of Thames-ftreet, London, oilmen. Mary Blake, of Winchester, milliner and haberdasher. John Warner Phipps, late of London, merchant. John Jefferson, of Cheapfide, London, brazier. John Ha

milton, of St. Giles's in the Fields, Middlefex, painter, glazier, and bicker. Jofeph Cawthorne, late of the inland of Madeira, but now of London, merchant, (copartner with Wm. Cawthorne). Sir Thomas Ridge, of Portfta, in the county of Southampton, kat. brewer, diftiller, and winemerchant. Wm. Hill, of Little Walfingham, Norfolk, watch-maker. Robert Maddern, late of Virginia America, but now of Bristol, linen draper and merchant, (furviving partner of Wm. Hale, late of Briftol, linen-draper and merchant, deceafed). Thomas Howfon, of the parish of Clerkenwell, Middlefex, falefman. George Mills, of the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, jeweller. Francis Tilley, otherwife Francis Albert Tilley, now or late of the parish of St. Ann, Westminster, Middlefex, jeweller. Richard Reeves, of

the parish of St. James, Westminster, Middlefex, victualler.

YEARLY BILL OF MORTALITY.

A general Bill of all the Chriftenings and Burials, from Dec. 13, 1763, to Dec. 11, 1764.

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A.

Charles XII. of Sweden, anecdotes of 413

BINGDON, earl of, genealogy of 405 Churchill, Mr. memoirs of

under fnow without eating any food
188 of the modern Athenians 303-of
the poetry of the ancient Welsh bards
313 of the heroic compofure of the
late king of Pruffia at his death 325-of
the prefent king of Pruffia's being made
a free mafon ibid.of the precautions
ufed in electing a king of Poland 350
-of Pandolpho's deliverance 368-of
new books, pamphlets, &c. 376, 433,
-of Mr. Harrison's longitude time-keep-
er 421-of the furprifing effects of the
rattle-fnake's poifon 466-of a young
lady's return to life 524-of an experi-
ment to render wood lefs combustible,
628.

Addrefs of the Irish parliament to the king
13 of the city of London to the royal
family 40

71

Affectionate wife and heroic daughter 356
Agumas, Thomas, anecdote of
Almena: an English opera; plan of 569
Ambition: an allegory
507
Ancients, reflections on the imitation of the

532

Anecdotes, two military 18-of fome Dutch
and Flemish painters 298
Anglefea, Annelley, earl of, genealogy of

Apology for high fauces
Appeal of a North-American and a Weft-
India planter
28

B.

Berkley, earl of, genealogy of
Bankrupts, 500, 556, 612,
Baobab tree, natural history of
Bashfulness, essay on

Births, 107, 332, 388, 555, 611,
Boiffi, M. remarkable anecdote of
Boyfe, Mr. Samuel, life of
Breeches, the; a tale

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Domeftic intelligence, 47, 103, 162, 218,
272, 326, 382, 440, 494, 550, 606,
663

Doncafier, Scot, earl of, genealogy of 201
Dorfet, Sackville, earl of, memoirs of
Double affignation: a novel
Dublin, description of

85

296

357

I
600
153
Dye, account of the difcovery of a new
540
E.
Eaft-India affairs; pamphlets relative to

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481
Egypt, defcription of the pyramids of 485
Elephant, diverting inftance of the fagacity
489
Elm-boards, experiments for ftaining of a
mahogany colour
657

Canadian chief, surprising resolution of a

157

Capricious Lovers; an opera : plan of 637
Cardigan, earl of, genealogy of
Carlife, earl of, genealogy of
Cafe of a gil born without a tongue
Cafimir II. king of Poland; anecdote of

Chaldean philofophy; account of
Charles V. remarkable story of

Endowments requifite for the ftudy of the

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Elays, 30. 62, 72, 126, 136, 188, 333,
391, 51, 590, 618, 633

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429

Events, pricipal, in the year 1763 23
Every man his own phyfician; ¡ecipes ex-
tracted i om
96, 142, 186

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Fruits, directions for gathering and pre- Journey thro' a writer's head: a dream 595
ferving

G.

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Gainfeorough, earl of, genealogy of 469
Government, effay on the three different
forms of
30
Gratitude, extra& from Dr. Watkinfon's
effay on
258

remarkable inftance of the force of
369

Greek water recipe for the preparation of
96
Grofe, Mr. affecting flory from his Voy-
ages
94
Guardian Outwitted: an opera: plan of

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of Elvira and Jacintha

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Liberty of the prefs; effay on the

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187

323

Otagon fociety, letter concerning the
Opium, remarkable inftance of the ftrange Roe-buck that produces mufk; defcription

Royal Shepherd; story of the opera of 127
Riches, reflections on the univerfal defire
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effects of

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