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HE laft accounts from Nova Scotia, dated the latter end of February, advife, That Hallifax is divided into 35 fquares, each containing 16 lots, of 40 by 60 feet, one established church, and one meeting houfe, and a small number of Koufes out of the regular frects, which are 55 feet broad. The town is furrounded with pickettings, and guarded by forts on the outfide. Along the river, to the fouthward of the town, are buildings and fish flakes, for at leaft two miles; and to the northward, on the river, about one mile; and behind thefe feveral lots of 15 acres diftributed; alfo a fall Dutch town, and a large pace of land behind the town befides for a common. The river Chebucto is at the town 3 miles broad, and overagainst the town is another fmall town called Dartmouth, up a cove; this is very thinly inhabited, the Indians having often visited it, and done confiderable damage. Thefe are the two only towns as yet.

This river produces incredible plenty of fish in every part, even plenty caught at the wharfs; the chief forts are cod, haddock, pollock, halbot, mackarel, herrings, large flat fifh, maids, lobsters, and many other forts of fmall fish; other rivers the like, befides plenty of oysters, which are not found in this river. Any one can catch in two days as much fish, as, cured or falted, would fuffice to eat 3 days in a week for 12 months. The four-footed creatures of thefe parts are yet unknown, as the war with the Indians hath hitherto hindered the inhabitants going far into the woods. There are vaft plenty of hares no bigger than wild rabbits, fome porcupines as big as a small spaniel, very fine black bears, but fimall alfo a very large fort of deer, very great plenty of foxes, black and red, and many other creatures; vaft numbers of fquirrels, flying ones, and other forts. Up the country are feveral very large fresh water lakes, a few miles from the town, very full of falmon, trout, eels, &c. It is about 17 leagues to Sambro point or head from this town, in which fpace lie a great number of fmall islands, and the many coves and fmall harbours are extremely commodious and favourable to the fishery.

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We had an account from Briftol, that

the colliers were now all quiet, and returned to their work. (See p. 242.)

A person who detained another for of fering king William's plain halfpence, and carried him before a justice for refufing to pay any other, was fined 5s. for the confinement of his cuftomer, and 5s. for refufing the lawful coin of this kingdom, agreeable to act of parliament.

On May 30, his majesty's free pardon came to Newgate for Mary Squires, the gypfey, and in the evening the was difcharged from the faid goal. (See p. 242.)

David Berkley did not die in Newgate, but was reprieved a few days before the execution of the three malefactors mentioned in our last, p. 243.

SATURDAY, June 2.

In the evening, about 6 or 7, there were terrible ftorms of hail, thunder and lightning, at Sherborne in Dorsetshire, Bridgewater in Somerfetfhire, and other parts thereabout. At Sherborne the ftorm lafted near two hours, and fome of the hail ftones meafured 3 inches round They were in all shapes, round, long and flat. At Bridgewater the form was more violent, continuing about an hour, many of the hail ftones measuring from 6 to 7 inches round, and falling with fuch force as broke the tiles and all the windows that were expofed to it. Almost all their fruit was beaten down, and a great deal of other damage done.

MONDAY, 4.

The birth-day of his royal highness the prince of Wales was celebrated, who then entered into the 16th year of his age. THURSDAY, 7.

At ten this morning Dr. Archibald Cameron was delivered by the deputylieutenant of the tower, to the under fheriff of Middlefex, when being put into a fledge he was drawn to Tyburn amidst a vast number of fpectators, Sir Richard Glyn, one of the fheriffs, following the fledge in his chariot to the place of execution. The prifoner was dreffed in a light-coloured coat, red waiftcoat and breeches, and a new bag wig. He looked much at the fpectators in the houfes and balconies, as well as thofe in the streets, and bowed to feverai perfons. About a quarter paft 12 he arrived at the place of execution, and having spent about ten minutes in devotion, he was turned off. After hanging 24 minutes he was

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cut down, his head cut off, and his heart taken out and burnt, but his body not quartered. He behaved with as much refolution as could well be expected from a man in his unfortunate circumstances. His body and head were put into a herse, and carried to Mr. Stephenfon's, under taker, in the Strand, from whence it was, on Saturday night, interred in the large vault of the chapel in the precinct of the Savoy. (See p. 242.)

His majesty went with the ufual state to the house of peers, and gave the royal affent to the following bills, viz. An að to permit perfons profeffing the Jewish religion to be naturalized by parliament. An act for the better preventing of clandeftine marriages (to take place on March 25, next.) An act for the amendment and prefervation of the publick highways and turnpike roads of this kingdom. An act for purchafing of the mufeum or col lection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harlean collection of manufcripts; and for providing one general repofitory for the fame, and for the Cottonian library, by a lottery. An act for granting to his majefty a certain fum, therein mentioned, out of the finking fund, and for applying certain furplus moneys remaining in the Exchequer for the fervice of the year 1753, &c. An act for allowing further time for the inrollment of deeds and wills made by Papifts, and for relief of Proteftant purchafers, devifees, and leffees. An act to render more effectual an act made in the 12th year of Q. Anne, entitied, An act for providing a publick reward for fuch perfons, as fhall difcover the longitude at fea. An act for regulating the manner of licensing ale-houses in England; and for the more eafy convicting perfons felling ale, and other liquors, without licenfe. An act for continuing feveral laws relating to the punishment of perfons going armed or difguifed, in defiance of the laws of custom or excife, &c. An act to explain, amend, and continue the provifions made by two acts of parliament, for the more effectual difarming the Highlands in Scotland, &c. An act for the preventing of the inconveniencies and dangers, that may arise from the prefent methods of digging gravel, fand, stone, chalk, &c. on commons and wafte grounds for the repair of the highways. An act to explain, amend, and continue the act relating to diftempered cattle. An act for opening a new Areet from the weft fide of King-street, Westminster, to Delahaye-ftreet, near St. James's park. To fome other publick bills, road-bills, and private bills. After which his majefty made a moft gracious speech to both houses, (which see,

A very confiderable fhock of an earthquake was felt this night between 11 and 12 at feveral places in the north-west parts of England, as at Skipton in Craven in Yorkshire, at Manchester in Lancashire, and at Knutsford in Chefhire, and in the villages adjacent to thofe towns; of which the account from Skipton may ferve for the reft: Its duration was judged to be about 3 feconds; its effects upon those who were up in the houses were like the fudden and violent paffing of wheel carriages through the streets, which made every thing fake in the houses, and the floors to heave; ond even the moveables, deal planks, &c. to be thrown down Thofe in bed felt their beds heave and vibrate very quick, and the walls and windows rattle as if fhook to pieces: Thofe out in the streets very fenfibly felt the earth heave and thake, which was fucceeded by a rushing noife and explofion, like that of gunpowder fired in the open air. It was very calm, a red fky, intermixed with black clouds.

SATURDAY, 9.

The feffions ended at the Old Bailey, when the 7 following perfons received fentence of death, viz. William Corbey, for a robbery in the Five Fields going to Chelfea; Robert Davis and Thomas Collingham, two outlawed fmugglers; Anne Ellis, for ftealing 14 guineas, the property of her mafter; John Ayliff, for a highway robbery near Pancras-wash; Pcter Tickner, for returning from transpor tation; and Simon Smith, for a fireet robbery.

At the clofe of the feffions, the grand jury for London, after having fpent three days in examining the witneffes for and against Canning, came into court, and returned feveral bills against William Clark and John Gibbon the two Abbotsbury men, Mr. Grevil of Coomb, and Elizabeth Canning, true bills. (See p. 241.)

SUNDAY, IO.

arrived at Clare hall, where he was immediately waited on by the vice chancellor, nobility, and heads of houses. At one lie went to the fenate. houfe, and heard a divinity act: After which he dined with the vice chancellor, and spent the evening with the Rev. Dr. Rooke, mafter of Chrift's. The next day, about ten, arrived there the lord chancellor, At eleven there was a Latin fermon preached by Mr. Garnet, of Sidney college; after which, his grace the chancellor went to the congregation, and fent from thence a deputation of 23 members of the fenate to wait upon the lord chancellor to the fenate houfe, where his lord, fhip was prefented to the degree of doctor of laws.-Several other degrees were conferred by, and honours paid to, his grace the chancellor, during the few days of his flay here.

WEDNESDAY, 20.

Christopher Johnfon, a journeyman fadler, aged 22, and John Stockdale, clerk to a protor in Doctors commons, but 17 years old, were apprehended, and by juftice Fielding committed to Newgare, for robbing and hooting one Gardre a penny post-man, at Winchmorehill near Enfield chace, two days before, the poor man dying of his wounds the fame evening. When before the juftice they both confeffed the robbery, but each charged the other with the murder.

SUNDAY, 24.

This evening, between 5 and 6, was a confiderable thunder ftorm in and about. London, attended only with rain in fome places, and great hail flones in others,. particularly about Iflington, Hoxton, &c., At the former place the hail ftones were. as big as marbles, and at the latter they' moft of them meafured an inch and a half round; whereby much damage was done to windows, gardens, &c. At Newington-green, at the fame time, there was no hail.

Mifs Mary Afton, fifter of the late Sir Thomas Afton, Bart.

June 2. Hon. Mr. Roper, eldeft fon of lord Teynham, to the eldest daughter of Sir Francis Head, Bart.

5. Rev. Mr. Yell, of Cambridge, to Mifs Popham, of Southampton-row.

11. Henry Bankes, of Lincoln's-inn, Efq; memb. for Corfe caftle, to Mifs Wynne, of Dean's-yard, Westminster, and daughter of the late bishop of Bath and Wells.

Dodding Braddyl, of Carshalton, Esq; to Mrs. Jeken. 14. Hon. Lyndford, Efq; of a plentiful eftate in Ireland, to Mifs Southell, of Bloomfsbury.

Richard Effex Wyndham, Efq; of a great eftate in Effex and Hertfordshire, to Mifs Frances Mitchel, of Park-place.. 16. Sir Charles Wake, Bart. to Mifs Jackfon, of Northamptonshire.

Ludlow, Efq; of a large eftate
Lumley, fifter

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in Ireland, to lady to the earl of Scarborough. 21. Jofeph Waring, Efq; of Ham, to Mifs Rachel Dugdale, of Bromley.

23. Thomas Forbes, Efq; merchant, to Mifs Coufemaker, of Petty- France, Westminster.

25. Arthur Onflow, Efq; fon to the Rt. Hon. the fpeaker of the house of commons, to Mifs Shelly, daughter of Sir John Shelly, Bart. and niece to the duke of Newcastle.

28. Mr. Rolfe, of Clerkenwell, to Mifs Lacey, niece to counsellor Lacey.

May 19. The lady of the Rt. Hon. and Rev. lord vifc. Strangford, delivered of a fon, in Ireland.

28. The lady of Sir William Chamberlai, of a fon and heir.

June 7. Marchionefs of Tweedale, of a daughter.

Lady of Sir Robert Ladbroke, of a fon. 24. The lady of Henry Streatfield, Efq; of a fon and heir,

May 25.

DEATHS.

of Naffau, lord of OuILLIAM Maurice, count werkerke and Wondenberg, brother to the earl of Grantham, in Holland. 29. Rear-admiral Gafcoigne, at his house at Stratford.

Henry Villiers, Efq; lieut. governor of Tinmouth castle.

31. Lady Henrietta Beard, only daughter to the late earl of Waldegrave, and fifter to the prefent earl.

June 4. Rt. Hon. Mary counters of Macclesfield, wife of the prefent earl.

Sir Arthur Owen of Pembrokeshire, Bart. lord lieutenant and cuftos rotulorum of the faid county: He is fucceeded in: dignity and estate by his eldet fon Wil

liam,

Rt. Hon. Henry lord vifc. Afhbrook, in Ireland.

8. Daniel Campbell, of Shawfield, Efq; in the 82d year of his age. He was a member of the Scots parliament, and one of the treaters at the union, and for many years ferved his country as a member of the British parliament.

16. Hon. Mifs Digby, only fifter to lord Digby.

John Corbett, Efq; fon of William Cor2 bett, Efq; one of the commiffioners of the navy: He was a principal clerk to the lords of the admiralty.

Henry Bendith, Efq; poffefs'd of a confiderable fortune in Jamaica.

20. John Ford, Eíq; an eminent counfellor at law.

Rt. Hon. the lady vifcountefs Bulkeley, reli& of Richard lord vifc. Bulkeley.

The death of lieut. gen. Churchill was inferted in the papers by mistake. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. From the LONDON GAZETTE, NTHONY Cope, M. A. appointed

A by his majefty dean of Ardmagh;

Hill Benfon, M. A. dean of Connor; and William Nethercoat, dean of Kilmacduagh, all in Ireland.

From the other PAPERS.

Mr. Lowe, prefented by the earl Fitzwilliams, to the vicarage of Somerton in Effex.-Anfelm Bayly, L. L. B. by the dein and chapter of St. Paul's, to the rectory of Langdon-hills, in Effex.-Mr. Hay, B. D. by the earl of Bath, to the rectory of Sutlidge in Suffex.-Mr. Lewis, chefen lecturer of St. John at Hackney.Abraham Chaning, M. A. prefented by the earl of Shaftsbury, to the rectory of Guffage St, Michael in Dorfetshire.Richard Hardy, L. L. B. by lord vifc. Howe, to the rectory of Langar in Nottinghamshire.-Mr. Charles Venner, by the earl of Lincoln, to the rectory of Malden in Lincolnshire. Mr. Heatherly, by the governors of Christ's Hospital, to the vicarage of Clavering cum Langley, in Effex.

PROMOTIONS Civil and Military.
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
JOHN vifc. Fitzmaurice, created an earl

end earl Cornwallis. George Collingwood, Efq; made lieut. governor of Jersey. -Thomas Lacey, Efq; lieut. governor of Tinmouth caftie.-Alexander Trapaud, Efq; deputy governor of Fort Auguftus in Scotland. His grace Charles duke of Richmond, made capt. of a company in lord Bury's reg. of foot.. -Sir Danvers Ófborn, made governor of New-York. From the other PAPERS.

Major Robert Spragge, of col. Treiawney's reg. of foot at Jamaica, made lieut. col. of that regiment; and capt. Park Pepper major in his room.-William Archibald Somner, Efq; made a capt. in the royal reg. of Scotch greys; as was alfo Ralph Carderoy, Efq;-Capt. Clavering, made a col. in the 2d. reg. of foot guards. -Commodore Coates, elected a brother of the Trinity- houfe, in the room of admiral Gascoigne, deceafed.-Capt.Pett and capt. Pringle, alfe elected elder brothers of the faid houfe.-Col. Julius Cæfar, of the 2d reg. of foot-guards, made a field officer of the faid reg. and col. Barrington, col. of the company in his room.-George Norbury, Efq; made conftable of Cheftercaftle.-John Cleveland, jun. Efq; made one of the chief clerks of the admiralty, and the Hon. Barrington, Efq; fecretary for the affairs of Greenwichhofpital; both in the room of John Corbett, Efq; deceased.

B-KR-TS.

OSEPH Mordecai, of St. Martin's le

J Grand, merchant. John Edwards,

of Newgate Street, bacon butcher.-Henry Bolney, of St. Giles's in the Fields, innholder. - Leonard Tymms, of Kingston upon Hull, ironmonger.-James Jaques, of Leeds, mercer. - Robert Magfon, of Knaves-acre, baker. William Sandys, of Fleet-ftreet, dealer in tea.-John Gray, of Bishopsgate-street, grocer. William Lovejoy, of St. Mary Magdalen, Ber mondfey,woolftapler.- Michael Malcolm, of St. Martin's in the Fields, cabinetmaker. Thomas Clark, of Knightsbridge, tiresmith.-William Whately the younger, of Birmingham, fadler and ironmonger. Peter Shaw the younger, late of Scarbo rough, mafter mariner and victualler.William Mackenzie, of Portsmouth, mer chant. Thomas Leedham, of Wirkf worth, in Derbyshire, flax-dreffer.-John Hadur, late of Goodman's fields, flockbroker. Chriftopher Bourn, late of Brentford, cheefemonger-Evan Jones, of Marygold-court, St. Martin's in the Fields, taylor. Shardlow Whightman, late of St. Andrew's Holbourn, brewer.

Thomas Dixon, now or late of Monk wearmouth, in the county of Durham, ship carpenter and coal-fitter. Edward White, of Lambeth, timber-merchant.

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