able, that in the parish where he died, there is neither a tradefman nor an alehouse.

George Lehman, of Camentz, in Upper Silefia, aged 113....

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MARC H.

The flow of the tide was fo little, that the starlings of London bridge were not covered at high-water, a thing not known in the memory of man. Probably owing to an earthquake in fome distant part of the globe.

Theodore Gardelle, was committed to Newgate for the murder of Mrs. King, who kept a lodging houfe in Leicester-Fields. For an account of this murder and the murderer, fee our article of Characters for this year.

It is faid that numbers of perfons have been immediately relieved in apopletic fits, by flashing, with a launcet or penknife, the temporary artery; the common practice of bleeding in the arm, frequently, not reaching the caufe time enough to fave life.

Extract of a letter from Newry. "Laft week our gabbards and lighters began to navigate the new canal from this town to Fadam Point, where the large fhips lie, and it is allowed by all people to be compleatly finished. It was began about two years ago, and executed by Mr. Golberne of Chefter, with the money granted by parliament for that purpose."

His majefty went to the 3d. houfe of peers and gave the royal affent to

mited time, the duties payable on tallow, hogs lard and greafe imported from Ireland.

And, to 40 other public and private acts.

After which his majefty was pleafed to make a moft gracious fpeech to both houses, recommending a law for making the commiffions of the judges perpetual, during their good behaviour, notwithstanding any future demife of the crown; which fpeech, with the addreffes of both houfes thereupon, and his majesty's most gracious anfwers, the reader will find in the article of State Papers.

The next day the judges, having waited on his majefty with their addrefs upon this occafion, were most graciously received. And on the 5th, the houfe of commons came to the following refolutions, nem. con. vix.

That provifion be made for continuing the commiffions of judges, notwithstanding the demife of his majefty, or of any of his heirs and fucceffors.-That his majefty fhall be enabled to grant, and eftablish the falaries of judges, in fuch manner, as to be abfolutely fecured to them during the continuance of their commiffions. And, that fuch part of the falaries of judges, as is now payable out of the yearly rent, or fum, granted for the fupport of his majefty's houfhold, and for the honour and dignity of the crown, be, from, and after, the demife of his prefent majefty, (whom God long preferve) charged upon and payable

of, all or any, fuch duties or es, granted for the ufes of his s civil government, as fhall demife of his ma

is heirs and fucurfuant to thefe

refolutions was ordered to be prepared immediately.

4th.

At a previous meeting of the livery held at Guildhall, for the nomination of candidates at the general election of members to represent the city of London in the enfuing parliament: it was unanimoufly agreed, "That the grateful and refpectful thanks of the livery of London be given to Sir John Barnard, knight, for his eminent and difinterefted fervices to this city, both as a magiftrate and as one of their reprefentatives in Parliament, during a courfe of eight and thirty years: for the dignity, justice and humanity with which he fupported his former station; and for the honour, weight and influence derived to his conftituents from his conduct in the latter; where the integrity of his heart, his moderation, and gentleness of manners, were no Jefs confpicuous and perfuafive than the folidity of his judgment and the powers of his natural eloquence.

Mr. Paterson having waited on Sir John with the above refolution, he returned the following compli

ment.

"It was altogether the favour of the citizens of London, unde ferved, that raised me to any dignity. In my endeavours to promote their intereft to the utmost of my abilities, I only did my duty.

This their last kind acceptance of my fervices, does me particular honour, for which I return them my last thanks.” 5th.

A poor woman at Topfham in Devonshire, was delivered of four children.

Laft Saturday four Welsh women walked from the foot of Westminfter bridge to the Boot and Crown

At the affizes at Oxford, Ifaac Darkin, alias Dumas, &c. was capitally convicted, for robbing Mr. Robert Gammon on the king's highway, near Nettlebed, of his watch and money. See an account of him among our Cha racters for this year.

The court went into third mourning for his late majefty of bleffed memory.

8th.

Being the anniversary feast 12th. of the Magdalen charity, a fermon was preached before the governors, &c. at St. Bride's, by the Bishop of Offory, and the collection at church and dinner amounted to 4401. 2 s. 3 d.

A pretended ghoft, which has lately appeared in the cloisters of Weftminster Abbey, St. John's church-yard, Milbank, MathamStreet, &c. was feized on Wednesday evening, and found to be a fervant to one of the gentlemen belonging to the abbey, wrapped up in a large white fheet, with the corners hanging over his head, in imitation of feathers. He had struck fuch a terror into the credulous inhabitants thereabouts, that thofe who could not be brought to believe it a ghoft, entered into a fubfcription, to give five guineas to the perfon, who would feize him, in order to remove the fuperftitious error adopted by their weake minded neighbours.

The

The fieur de Mirabeau, a member of the French academy, and author of feveral learned and ingenious pieces, was taken up lately by order of the French king, and fent to the caftle of Vincennes, for a book which he lately published, entitled, The theory of the finances: written on the principles of the great Fenelon, archbishop of Cambray, and author of Telemachus; a work penned with too much spirit and freedom for a country, where ministers can with impunity facrifice the real happiness of the fubject to the imaginary grandeur of the fovereign.

They write from Naples, that early in the morning of the 7th paft, twenty-four nuns of the monaftery of the holy Ghoft, after beating the porter and forcing the keys from him, marched out with a crucifix carried before them, and proceeded directly to the palace to complain to the king, that they were almost starved for want of victaals: the officer on duty admitted them into the court-yard, and ta king their memorial, carried it to the prince de San Necandro, who, upon reading it, ordered the nuns to be reconducted with a proper guard to their convent, and reprimanded their fuperior. The young king waking foon after, and being informed of what happened, was fo much chagrined that he had miffed feeing the young ladies, that he ordered his guards to be put under arreft for not informing him; however, in about three hours it was taken off, and orders iffued, that the nunnery should not be molefted, but a ftrict enquiry fhould be made into the management of that monaftery.

Hexham, Northumberland, 16th. March 9, 1761. The deputy-lieutenants and juf

tices held their meeting here this day about the militia; and as many of the fellows, who lately made a difturbance at Newcastle, threatened to be here, four companies of the Yorkshire militia came to town last night to prevent any mischief. This morning thousands came into town in the most defperate manner: we heard them fay, as they went by the windows, they did not regard the militia; they were forty of them to one foldier, and if they dared to fire, they would not leave a man of them alive. At the fame time the cryer was going about the town, by order of the juftices, to defire all the inhabitants to keep within doors; for in cafe any perfon entered the town in a riotous manner, the militia fhould be ordered to fire, This defperateness on one hand, and refolution on the other, gave us a prefage of what we were to expect.

About ten the gentlemen were conducted by the militia from the Globe to the Moot-hall, and the men were drawn up before the gate, to prevent any of the mob going into the hall. The major told them all their complaints should be heard, if they would be peaceable. And they remained pretty orderly, till a large body of pitmen came into the town about twelve o'clock, who were refolved to break through to the hall. The commanding officer was very patient for a long time, even though one of thofe villains knocked down one of the militiamen, who is fince dead. But at laft the rioters forced the line of the militia, fhot enfign Hart, a very amiable young gentleman about twenty, dead, and killed two private men. Upon this the commanding officer, ordered his men to fire over the heads of the rioters; but they, exafperated by the death of

one

one of their officers, and two of their fellow militia-men when once they began, were not to be kept within bounds. Think what a fhocking found! for near ten minutes, fellow fubjects firing one upon another! and what a horrible scene did I behold afterwards, fome carried by dead in carts, others on horfes; and many were led along just dying of their wounds, and covered with blood! and to hear the dreadful fhrieks of the women, whofe hufbands or fons were among the rioters, was enough to pierce a heart of ftone. A poor widow, with eight children, and big with another, going into the market, to look after her fon, was fhot dead, and her fon was fhot through the thigh, and they fay cannot live. Another woman who was with child, was fhot through the belley, as the was ftanding at a window. Befides these I have mentioned, there are feveral ill who came from Britley, Gungerton, Acton, Wall, and fome from the Shire. There are fixteen alfo now lying dead in the church-yard to be owned, most of whom are pitmen. Many have been found upon the road, who had been wounded, and were making their efcape. Among the militia there is only one grenadier killed, befides thofe I mentioned. They reckon in all above 100 killed and wounded, but I am afraid the number will be greater, for they are continually finding more and more, who had run away after being wounded, and had died by themselves in the holes where they lived.

The first firing difperfed the mob, when hundreds ran into the river, being fo terrified they would not wait for the boat. But the miffortune was, the militia kept a con

tinual fire, 'till I believe there was not a creature left in the marketplace."

By other letters dated the next day, there is an account, that the rioters were quelled without doing any more mischief; but a letter of the 12th from Berwick fays, that after they difperfed, all the coalworkers gave over their labour, and it was fuppofed that a body of many thoufands were formed by that time: where it will end, God knows; fo variable is the multitude, that a meafure brought about a few years ago by their clamour, appears now to them the moft oppreffive that ever a free nation was fubjected to! Forty-two perfons were killed on this occafion, and forty-eight wounded, feveral of them men of confiderable property.

The number of the rioters were between 6 and 7000, armed with clubs with fix or feven inches of pointed iron at the end of them, and the number of the militia only about two hundred.

Lord Ligonier has ordered fome light horfe to go immediately to Hexam, to prevent any further mifchief. And Sir Walter Blacket, Sir Bellingham Grayham, and feveral other gentlemen, immediately fet out for the fame place, to quiet the minds of the people, and to endeavour to bring the ringleaders to juftice; but there fuffered but one man on the occafion, who was executed at Newcastle the beginning of October.