knees imploring mercy, and, as appeared to him, was quite infane; he questioned him when he was more compofed, as to the reafon of fuch extraordinary conduct, when he told him of this murder, and begged that he would deliver him into the hands of justice at the next place they should arrive at, for that his life was hateful, his nights without fleep, and full of woe. The man perfifting in his confeffion (though he declined signing it), and thewing no appearance of infanity, was committed to the gaol.

26. Yesterday morning early, fome thieves broke into the public office belonging to the mafters in chancery, in Symond's-inn, Chancery.lane; but not meeting with their expected booty, they fet fire to the chambers in feveral places, which are entirely deftroyed, together with the papers thereof. Fortunately the fire was timely discovered, and the lives and properties of many individuals faved, by the immediate affistance of engines and plenty of water.

30. A very interefting caufe was determined in the cockpit by an appeal to the lords of the council from the court of admiralty. The question related to the prize or capture made by commodore Johnstone, laft war. It was whether the capture was prize or booty, and then confequently whether the property then taken by the fleet and land forces under his command came within the prize act. As the deftination of the armament was against the Cape of Good Hope, and as a confiderable land force under the command of general Meadows, was aboard and flared in the action; their lordships determined that the cafe in question did not come within the prize act. The confequence is, that the whole property is claim

ed by the crown, and the captors must relinquish their hopes of prizemoney, and depend on the royal bounty for whatever com enfation his majefty may think proper.

Paris, June. Yesterday the parliament published an arret, relative to the famous affair of the necklace. (See Vol VI. page 63.) Of this arret the following is the fubftance, viz. the word approuvé, and the fignature "Marie Antoniette de France," were fraudulently used in the bargain which took place relative to the diamonds, and those words are falfely attributed to the queen. The comte de la Motte is fully convicted of contempt of court, and condemned when taken to be whipped and marked with the letters G A L, and to be fent to the galleys for life. Madame Jeanne Valois de la Motte to be whipped, marked with the letter V upon the two fhoulders, with a halter round the neck, and confined for life in the Salpetrierre. Villette is condemned to perpetual banishment from the kingdom. The cardinal de Rohan and M. de Caglioftro are difcharged from all accufation, and Mademoifelle Oliva put out of court.

All Paris applauds the above arret. The cardinal returned to his hotel the fame evening. The memoirs of Madame de la Motte are fuppreffed as falfe.

Paris, June 22. Yesterday at a quarter after fix in the morning, one of the turnkeys of the prison went up to Madame de la Motte's fleeping apartment, and told her in terrible accents, to "rife and follow him." The affrighted female refufed to obey; but when fhe was informed that a royal mandate was fent to require her compliance, fhe, though reluctantly, followed the turnkey, and was by him conducted to the inner gate.

She

Se was only allowed time to put on one petticoat, fo great was the hurry of the magiftrates to execute the arret of the 31st of May. She no fooner defcended the last step of the stairs than fhe was feized by two fatellites of the law, by them handcuffed, and inexorably embraced. When the countefs appeared before the greffier, and her fentence was read to her, the hurried into the most unheard of imprecations against the court, the parliament, and the cardinal; but this fame great fpirit deferted her, when he felt the hangman putting the rope about her neck: fhe was at that inftant feen in tears. The inftruments for her farther punishment, the brand, fome other tools, and an ardent fire, called up all her former cou rage, for fhe then curfed and swore in the most unwoman like manner, and uttered alternate cries of grief and despair. It was with difficulty that the hot iron could be applied to her fhoulder; the executioner must have been an adept to have fucceeded in that part of his profeffion. She rolled herself on the ground, and kicked at him with fuch violence, that fome ftrength was required to perform the ignominious operation. The very infiant the execution was over, fhe was dretled in the utmost hurry, and put into a hackney coach, in which were two tipftaves that conducted her to the Salpetrierre, where fhe is deftined to fpend the remainder of her days. She had the rope about her neck all the time. On her arrival at the place of her deftination, the threw herfelf on the floor, and motionlefs feemed to be deprived of every vital fentiment. When he came to herself fhe appeared quite calm, and without teftifying any vifible anxiety, patiently let herself be unrobed, and with

the greatest eafe put on the coarse ftuff that is to be her future clothing; her hair was cut off. Mr. de la Motte, her husband, was on the fame day burnt in effigy on the Place de Greve, from one to three in the afternoon.

JULY:

5. Came on before the lords commiffioners of appeals, two caufes against lord Rodney, general Vaughan, and the other captors of Euftatia. - Mr. Lindo and Mr. Ingram, appellants-the first to the amount of about 12,000l. the latter 1000l. Upon both these appeals the captors were caft in damages, and full cofts. The lords who attended were Camden, Grantley, and Mulgrave

Berlin, June 8. The king has paffed fentence upon a counsellor of the regency, which makes a great ftir here. Mr. Glave, counfellor at Konigsberg, being accufed of corruption, his majesty charged the prefident of the chamber of that place to make the neceffary judicial enquiries into the affair, and the delinquent was condemned to two years imprifonment in a fortrefs; the counfellor, not fatisfied with the decifion, made another appeal; the king, after a mature examination, not only confirmed the above fentence, but ordered that the delinquent fhould work at the barrow during the two years of his imprifonment.

Vienna, June 18. On the 13th, fentence was paffed upon count Pod tasky and his accomplices, for forging bank notes; he is deprived of his nobility, and rendered incapable to inherit any legacy whatever; befides which, he is condemned publicly to fweep the streets, and to draw barges up the Danube for ten years; his accomplices, as

principals

principals in the above crime, are to ftand three days in the pillory, to receive 50 laflies, to fweep the freets, and draw barges up the Danube, 20 years. The informer is to receive only the intereft, for his life, of the 10,000 florins, with liberty to leave them to whom he pleafes.

New-York, April 8. We hear from the infant colony of NewBrunfwick, that cultivation and population are carried to the greatest perfection, and that large tracts of the unfettled country are fertile to a degree, and likely to be equally flourishing from the almoft incredible exertions and industry of the loyalifts, who deferve every encouragment from government. Of the old fettlements, the most flourish ing and populous are the townships of Windfor, Norton, and Cornwallis, on the Bay of Mines, between Hallifax and Annapolis. Of the new fettlements, the most remarkable are Shelburne, Parr-town, Digby, and New Edinburgh, and the great number of houfes that have been erected in each, the immenfe labour that has been employed in digging foundations, forming ftreets, and collecting materials, exhibit the most pleating profpect of the magic of human induftry. The natural advantages of this colony are very great, not only in point of foil, but by the number of navigable rivers, bafons, and inlets of the fea.

Lemberg, in Poland, May 25. Baron Wolikohi has invented a gun, which being once loaded, may be difcharged thirty-fix times without interruption. This piece is neither larger nor heavier than a common musket.

Verfailles, June 27. An arret of the council of ftate has been iffued here, revoking the regulations of

the arret of the 13th of November laft, by which perfons importing foreign carriages into France were obliged to depofit a fum of money as a fecurity for fuch carriages not being fold in the kingdom; in lieu of which they are now to fign engagements to convey fuch carriag es out of France in the space of one year, uniefs they obtain a prolongation of that term. [See Vol. VI. page 95.1

Dijon, June 15. Dr. Methenie, of this city, in a memoir publifhed on the fubject of wax, fays, “I mixed a portion of weak nitrous acid with olive oil in a veffel expofed to a gentle fand heat; an effervefcence fucceeded, and a confiderable quantity of fixed air was difengaged; the oil thickened, and foon after affumed a beautiful yellow colour, nothing but pure air feeming to remain in the compofition, which appeared like wax. I fet a part of it on fire, which yielded no fmoke, but emitted a pleasing aromatic odour, refembling that of fine wax." This difcovery may in time become a matter of very great importance.

Cadiz, June 14. M. Sequira, furgeon of the garrifon at Port Mahon, has lately raifed the tea plant from feed, near Ciutadella, in Minorca. The fhrub was in great perfection, and the leaf equal to the finest Souchong imported from China.

Dublin, June 30. Laft week, 67 cak trees of immenfe bulk, and upwards of 150 years growth, were fold on the lands of Shillelah, at an extraordinary price, amounting on an average, to 451. each. Thefe are the last remnant of that once celebrated wood, which extended from Carnew to Enniscorthy, near 30 miles in length. The wood of Shillelah is now totally extinct, and

lives only in the mouth of fame, after having had the honour of fupplying Westminster-hall, Guildhall, and many other noble buildings in Great Britain with timber, which from its prefent foundnefs, feems to put time to defiance.

Vienna June 12 The emperor has fuppreffed the chapters of Wigthrengen and Trelergen, in Carinthia; and thofe of Lambrecht, Neuberg, Stanz, Creatman, and Pallau, in Styria. The convents of capuchins, recollets, and dominicans, are alfo abolished.

Frankfort, June 12. They write from Schleiden, in the diftrict of. Aremberg, that the duke has granted the proteftants the free exercife of their religion, and aligned to their ufe a fpacious hall in his caftle, till a church fhall be built for them.

Oftend, July 2. We now reckon no fewer than five proteftant churches or chapels in the Auftrian Low Countries, and they are likely to increafe, on account of the emperor having tolerated the fulleft enjoyment of religious fentiments, provided they are not mixed with political queftions. The church at Bruges was lately the chapel of the convent of St. Antoine, bestow ed by the emperor as a free gift.

Rome, July 1. The pope continues to give fresh proofs of a true catholic fpirit, and convinces the world of what had been before afferted, that he would pro e another Gangnelli. The English travel lers are much careffed, and vifit him conftantly indeed, the pope's levees are made up of men of all perfuafions, fo that the fpirit of toleration will in time become univerfal, much to the benefit of religion, and the happiness of mankind.

Birmingham, July 3. A farmer in this neighbourhood, finding his turnips for fome years taken by the

fly, was induced to try many experiments to prevent it. The following luckily proved a remedy: to 6lb. of turnip feed he put 4 oz. of flour of brimitone, and four oz. of black brimitone, which he fowed together; the brimstone effectually deftroyed, or gave fuch a diftafte to the fly, as to prevent their usual ravages, and he has produced great crops.

6. Yesterday the fheriffs declared the numbers on the poll for auditors for the enfuing year, which was made in the ufual form to the court of aldermen, viz.

470

After fome little converfation on the fubject, the court came on the huitings, and declared to the common hall, by the recorder, that although Meff. Tomlins and Loveland were among the majority on the poll, yet it was contrary to the city laws, as appeared on fearching the records for full two hundred years back, to return the fame perfons that had ferved that office the two preceding years. They. were accordingly declared ineligi ble, and Meil. Willon, Thorne, Nettleship, and Stock, declared. duly elected. (See page 27.)

This day came on before the houfe of lords, the hearing of an appeal in the cafe of Edward Aylette, convicted of perjury fome months ago. (See Vol. VI. p. 88.) Mr. Erfkine, in behalf of the plaintiff in error, maintained, that the original indictment which was removed, by certiorari, from the court below into the king's bench, was. defective and infufficient; for that the names of the jurors by whom the indictment was found, were not

ftated upon the faid record, fo as to enable the plaintiff in error to enquire into, or object to the competency or incompetency of them to find fuch indictment.-To this Mr. Bearcroft answered, that it was unneceffary to fpecify the names of the grand jury in the record of the caption, it being enough to aver, that the indictment was found by 12 good and lawful men; that the party indicted has an opportunity of reforting to the original caption, where the names do appear; that this objection has been frequently over-ruled in the king's bench for more than 30 years; and if now allowed, would be contrary to the entries and precedents of record for more than 50 years past.

When the pleadings were finifhed, earl Bathurst left the woolfack, and moved, that the following queftion be put to the judges prefent:

"Whether, in a criminal caufe removed from an inferior court into the court of king's bench, by writ of certiorari, it be cause of error, that the names of the grand jurors are not inferted in the record and proceedings?"

The question being accordingly put, Mr. juftice Gould, after having confulted his four brethren, (viz. the barons Eyre, Hotham, Perryn, and Mr. juftice Heath) declared the unanimous opinion of the judges prefent, that there was no caufe of error in the particular cafe affigned.

Then earl Bathurst moved, that the judgment be affirmed, which was ordered accordingly.

This day was tried in the court of king's bench, before Mr. justice Buller, a caufe wherein Mr. Prof fer, a stable-keeper, of Tottenhamcourt-road, was plaintiff, and William Hyde, efq. a justice of the peace, defendant. The action was brought against the juice for re

fufing to accept the plaintiff's fureties for profecuting an appeal against two of his convictions for not entering horfes, and paying the duty preferibed by the act, and for not returning his convictions to the quarter feffions of the peace, whereby the plaintiff was deprived of his appeal against the faid convictions. It appeared in the course of the trial that two of the plaintiff's horses were ftopped at Hyde park turnpike by the informers, who went about for that purpofe; and in confequence of an information being laid, the plaintiff was convicted by the defendant in the penalty of 201. on each horfe. On the trial it was proved, that the horfes had been entered, and the duty paid. Warrants of diftrefs were granted by the defendant against the plaintiff's goods, and the conftable levied 471. 8s. It was alfo proved, that the plaintiff had made frequent applications to the defendant to let him. appeal to the feffions, which was refufed by the defendant. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with 100l. damages.

The fame day came on before lord Loughborough, in the court of common pleas, a caufe of great importance to fuch perfons as may have the misfortune to have their goods diftrained for rent. The action was brought by William Briggs, a basket-maker, against his landlord, for making an unreasonable and exceffive diftrefs for rent, contrary to a very ancient act of parliament, made at Marlborough, in the reign of Henry the Third. It appeared upon the trial, that the plaintiff being indebted to the defendant in 141. 195. 6d. for a quarter's rent, which it did not suit him to pay, the landlord thought fit to diftrain the plaintiff's goods, of the value of 8cl. to put three

men