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fixty loads, the rick, by over- lady, who had refolved "never to fee the light of day again," from a matrimonial difappointment, lived fhut up in darknefs (at least fhe had only a lamp or candle burning) in Charter-house-street; and this lady, like the above, rigidly kept her maiden vow.

weight at the top, overfet upon
them, and fmothered them. Three
women, one man, and a child,
have been got out dead.
The following is an authentic
account of the fummer encamp-

ments:

Salisbury. Ift, 2d, 3d, and 6th dragoon guards.

St. Edmundbury. 3d, 4th, 7th, and 10th dragoons.

Coxheath, Kent, 1ft battalion of royals, 2d, 14th, 18th, 59th, and 65th regiments of foot, 1ft regiment of dragoons, and twelve regiments of militia.

Warley Common, Effex. 6th, 25th, and 69th regiments of foot, and fix regiments of militia, viz. the Somerfet, Wilts, Kent, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, and Pembroke. Winchester. 50th regiment foot, fix regiments of militia.

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Three regiments of militia at Plymouth, two ditto at Portsmouth, and one at Dover.

Vienna, June 10. By letters from Moldavia we learn, that the Hofpodar of that principality, lately, raifed to that dignity, did not long enjoy it, the Grand Signior having fent a perfon to demand his head, which, it is faid, was executed without any obftacle. The good understanding and harmony bebetween that Prince and Ruffia has been the chief caufe of his death.

The Rev. James Hampton, at Knightfbridge, Rector of MoreMonkton, and of Folkton, in Yorkshire, and well known to the learned world for his translation of Polybius.

JULY.

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A court was held at the Eaft-India Houfe in Leadenhall-street, when, among other matters, it was moved and carried, that the next dividend be eight per cent. on the whole ftock, fubject to the determination of the proprietors.

The chairman was much preffed to read a copy of a letter from the Nabob of Arcot (the original of which was in the poffeffion of Lauchlin Macleane, Efq; who, it is fuppofed is gone to the bottom in the Swallow), but oppofed the motion with all his power, and got the better of it. The purport of the letter is faid to be a declaration of the Nabob to throw off the yoke of the Company, and fubmit himfelf as a tributary to the King of Great Britain, confeffing no other fuperior, and determining in future to pay no price for the Com"ne-pany's protection.

DIED, at her apartments in Oxford-street, Mifs Mary Lydia Lucrine, a maiden lady of genteel fortune, and who fome years fince, meeting with a difappointment as to matrimony, made a vow ver to fee the light of the fun again:" accordingly the windows of her apartment were clofely fhut up, and the ftrictly kept her r.fo. lution.-A few years ago, another

Same day, at the final close of the poll at Guildhall for chamberlain, the numbers were, for Benjamin Hopkins, Efq. 1216; and for John Wilkes, Efq. 237; majority 929.

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Cambridge. "The prizes of fifteen guineas each, given by the representatives in parliament for the univerfity, for the best effays in Latin profe, are this year adjudged to Mr. Gretton of Trinity, and Mr. Wakefield of Jefus College, Senior Batchelors; and to Mr. Rennel of King's, and Mr. Taylor of Bennet College, Middle-Batchelors.", 4th.

The feveral depofitions on the part of Earl P-cy, in a libel for a divorce against his lady, were read in the confiftory court of Doctors Commons, when Dr. Bettefworth pronounced immediately for a divorce.

Fahrenheit's thermometer, 8th. on Sunday laft, in town, and an eastern aspect, in the fhade, at half past one, was at 784; at three was at 79, where it remained till the thunder ftorm, after which it fell about two degrees. Thefe obfervations were made on a very correct inftrument, which food near a window which was open; the gufts of wind which occafionally entered, were as hot as if it had come from a furnace.

Ipfwich, July 11. Tuefday the 23d ult. an exhibition was made at Lowestoff of the new invented lamp to give light to fhips out at fea. It confifts of above 1000 fmall mirrors, fed by oil, which reflect the light. It anfwered beyond expectation, and is much fuperior to the prefent light-houfes. A fhip was fent out to fea, when the people on board faw it many minutes before they could the light-houfe; at four leagues diftance it appeared like a globe of fire in the air.

Sir Alexander Leith, Bart. 17th. and member of parliament, furrendered himself at the bar of the Old Bailey, to take his trial

on a capital indictment on the profecution of Benjamain Pope, Efq. before the Judges Nares and Buller. Mr. Pope being examined by Serjeant Davy, counfel for Sir Alexander Leith, kept the court in a

continual laugh: it appeared from his own confeffion, that Sir Alexander Leith had inftituted divers fuits in law and equity against him, previous to his criminal complaint; and that thofe fuits, or the dread of their confequences, gave birth to the prefent profecution; for on his being afked, if he did not rely on Sir Alexander's conviction as the only means of barring the feveral fuits against him? he, to the aftonishment of the whole court, calmly replied, that he had been told, if Sir Alexander was hanged the fuits would abate. Here the bench reprobated the profecution in terms of the utmost severity, and mentioning fomething relative to the prosecution to Mr. Bearcroft, counfel for the profecution, he inftantly replied," If I am afked the queftion by the bench, I declare there is not a fhadow of caufe for the profecution." Here the business closed, and the bench granted Sir Alexander a copy' of his indictment.

[The indictment charged Sir Alexander with feloniously stealing, taking, and carrying away, a quantity of plate and household furniture. There was alfo a fecond count in the indictment, charging Sir Alexander with horseftealing, viz. felonioufly ftealing, taking, and carrying away, three horfes, the above plate, household furniture, and horfes, being the property of Benjamin Pope, Efq.]

An indictment was tried in the court of King's-bench, on the profecution of Mr. Davis, against the

Governor

Governor and Council of Bengal, for falfe imprisonment, and fending him home to England. He proved his cafe, and his authority from the company. The defence fet up confifted of three parts; firft, That he was concerned in a confpiracy in 1776; this was advanced by counfel, but not proved; the fecond, That his licence was to trade as a mariner only, and not to intermeddle in the inland trade; and the mistake in his licence was not a juftification, as his petition was for liberty to trade as a mariner, and not to trade as a merchant: the third ground of justification was, the construction of the ftatute juftified the company's fervants taking up any Englishman in the dominions of an Indian prince, where we had no fettlement; this the company's counsel infifted they had a right to do. Lord Manf field faid, That the last justification was of the utmost importance to the company, and if the jury found that the profecutor had acted in India contrary to what he knew he fhould have done, then the queftion of construction fhould be referved for the opinion of the judges. The jury found for the profecution.

The feffions ended at the

20th. Old Bailey, when thirteen prifoners received judgment of death, twelve were fentenced to hard labour on the river Thames, twelve to hard labour in Bridewell, four to be imprisoned in Newgate, fixteen branded, twelve to be whipped, and fifteen discharged by act of parliament.

Lyon Lyons, convicted in January feffions of fhooting at Thomas Goodall, received judgment of death.

21ft.

A caufe came on in the court of Common-Pleas, Guildhall, before Lord Chief Juftice De Grey, wherein Capt. Nicholls was plaintiff, and Governor Verelft, and fome inferior officers, defendants. The action was for. falfe imprifoning the Captain at Calcutta, on charge of carrying on a trade which they deemed illegal. The trial began at nine o'clock in the morning, and lafted till after five in the evening. The jury withdrew about three quarters of an hour, when they returned with a verdict for the plaintiff.

At a burying-place called Ahade, in the county of Donegal, in Ireland, there was lately dug up a piece of flat ftone, about three feet by two, the device on which was a figure of death with a bow and arrow, fhooting at a woman with a boy in her arms ; and underneath was an inscription in Irish characters, of which the following is a juft tranflation:

Here are depofited, with a defign of mingling them with the parent earth from which the mortal part came, a mother who loved her fon to the deftruction of his death. She clafped him to her bofom with all the joy of a parent, the pulfe of whofe heart beat with maternal affection; and in the very moment whilst the gladness of joy danced in the pupil of the boy's eyes, and the mother's bofom fwelled with transport-Death's arrow, in a flash of lightning, pierced them both in a vital part, and totally diffolving the entrails of the fon without injuring his fkin, and burning to a cinder the liver of the mother, fent them out of this world at one and the fame moment of time, in the year of Chrift, 1343."

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The following are fome of the mischiefs done by the late terrible ftorms of lightning, &c. A barn belonging to the rectory farm at Rampton, in Cambridgefhire, was fet on fire and confumed, together with twenty quarters of wheat, ten quarters of beans, a new cart, feveral ploughs, and other implements of husban. dry. A man was ftruck dead near Battle-bridge-Four cows belong ing to Mrs. Laycock, of Iflington, grazing in a field near the New River refervoir, were all ftruck dead.-Seven theep and a heifer were found dead on Hounslow Heath.-At Hanwell and at Laleham a great deal of damage was done, feveral barns being fet on fire. At Weybridge, in Surry, a man and his two daughters were ftruck dead. The turret clock, upon Mr. Green's houft, brewer, at Pimlico, was fet on fire and deftroyed; but, by the timely afliftance of the engine on the premises, further mifchief was prevented.One Cheaphoufe, a carpenter, at Lambeth, driving a horfe over St. George's Fields, in order to draw a piece of timber, was ftruck dead. As Mr. Nelme, jeweller, at Clerkenwell, was crofling his own yard, he was ftruck fpeechlefs, and continued in that ftate about feven hours, when he began by degrees to recover, but remains exceeding weak by the violent ftroke he received. A young woman big with child going along Thames-itreet, was ftruck, and taken in labour in the street. Some people humanely put her into a coach, and went with her, in order to convey her home to Lambeth, but fhe died without being delivered, juft before the reached the place of her

abode.-At Millington Hospital, near Shrewsbury, it entered the roof of an apartment where no per fon was, melted the pewter, broke all the earthen ware, &c.-We hear from Ofweftry, that it entered the kitchen of a carrier of that town, and killed the maid, who was rocking the cradle with a child in it; but though feven more people were in the fame room, not one of them was hurt.-A barn belonging to a farmer at Shepperton caught fire by a flash, and was confumed, as were feveral loads of hay.-A cottage, about half a mile from the above place, was alfo burnt down by the fame accident. A hay-ftack, belonging to a farmer on Epping-forest, was fet on fire and entirely confumed.-A man, his wife, and two children, ftanding at the door of a house at Chigwell, in Effex, were all ftruck dead.

25th.

All deferters from any of the military corps are in future to be fent to the Eaft Indies, or the coaft of Africa, for life: this new regulation has been read at the head of every regiment in Great Britain and Ireland by his Majefty's order.

'There is now growing in the garden of Charles Leigh, Efq. of Addington, in Lancafter, a ferpent melon, which meafures in length five feet two inches and an half. The fruit of this curious plant grew to the above length in fourteen days, and for a week paft has continued increafing in thicknefs.

Ipfwich, July 31. On Saturday a gang of fmugglers, confifting, as was reckoned, of 140 men, landed a large quantity of tea and other dry goods, which they loaded into

27 carts,

27 carts, near Orford; they allo had with the above carts, two other carts, which contained 56 half ankers of fpirits. As they were on the road, not far from, and leading to, Melton, they were overtaken by Meff. Planner, Brock, Burdett, and three other officers of excife, who began to feize the foremoft carts, and a smart fcuffle enfued; but the great fuperiority of the numbers of the fmugglers forced the officers foon to defift from their attempt to feize the dry goods, with which the fmugglers got clear off. However, the two carts, and 56 half-ankers of fpirits, fell into the officers hands, and are fafely lodged in the custom-house.

DIED, at a village near Reading, John Jackfon, aged 93, and James Jackfon, aged 87. Thefe two brothers were old batchelors, and afforded a striking inflanc of the infufficiency of wealth to create happiness. Though thefe old men had been bleft with great riches ever fince they were twenty years of age, they abfolutely denied themfelves the common neceffaries of life; and lived in the village for fifty years paft as poor men, and often accepted of charity from rich perfons who refided near them: they never fuffered any woman or man to come into their apartment; (which was only one thabby room) and about three weeks ago were both taken ill, and after languifhing a fhort time, they expired on the fame day, within an hour of each other. It is computed by their writings, that they have died worth an hundred and fifty thoufand pounds.

In his 130th year, John Watson, keeper of Lime park, Chefhire. VOL. XXI.

At Paris, aged 120, Henry d'Arcary de Beaucovoy, Lord of Covicmont, Knight of the Order of St. Louis, Governor of Beauquefne, &c.

In the parish of Kinnef, in Scotland, fabel Guthrie, aged 105; fhe had three husbands, the last of whom fhe faw chriftened in her fecond husband's time; fhe kept a public-houfe in that parifh, ever fince the year 1690.

Letter from Smyrna, July 3. "This day the city of Smyrna, the richest city in the Levant, after being kept in continual agitation by a fucceffion of fhocks, from the 25th of June, was thrown into univerfal confternation by the most violent earthquake ever known in that part of the world. Many houfes were deftroyed, together with four mofques, and three public baths, and many people buried in the ruins; forty men were buried by the fall of one mofque, fome of whom were dug out alive twenty-four hours after; between feven and ten in the morning were two more violent fhocks, which were followed by twenty-four others; between that time and midnight the next day (the 4th) the earth fhook again five or fix times, but lefs violent than the day before: every fhock was preceded by a fubterraneous noife, like the report of cannon. The 5th was a more terrible day than the preceding ones. The earthquakes began on that morning at half an hour past one, and the earth was not fill one moment till eight o'clock; during that space there were nine violent fhocks, which threw down walls and houses, and caused a fire which lafted twenty-eight hours; and as [N]

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