now be confidered as the lex loci of the corporation; in refpect of thefe elections, an affidavit was made by the common-ferjeant, and town-clerk, in confirmation of this ufage within their refpective memories. The counfel for Mr. Tomlins preffed the court to grant the man damus ex debito juftitia, but the court declared the granting fuch writ was in their difcretion, and that it must be governed by the particular facts and circumstances of the cafe; that upon the present occafion it was incumbent upon Mr. Tomlins to have made out a cafe, fupported by affidavits to entile him to fuch writ, which he had not done. The affidavits produced on behalf of the mayor and aldermen, ftated the custom in the most fatisfactory terms; they were, therefore, of opinion, there was no foundation for the prefent application, and directed the rule to be difcharged. (See page 27, 31.) Edinburgh, Nov. 18. A country lad, apprentice to a cabinet-maker of this place, lately applied to our mathematical profeffors to be admitted a ftudent into the clafs for the higher geometry. On examination, he was too far advanced to receive benefit from any clafs taught here; and though he had never been at any fchool, he anfwered every queftion with a facility and elegance that aftonifhed the profeffors; and what is more, he deduced demonftrations in a manner entirely his own, and in which no error could be difcovered. The univerfity has conferred upon him the degree of master of arts, and appointed him keeper of the college obfervatory. 20. Laft Friday morning, about fix o'clock, the battery at Brighthelmstone fell down, with a noife like the report of cannon. The deftruction of the battery was occafioned by the late high tide, which flowed with an impetuofity that not only washed away both ends, but alfo fapped the very foundation of it, infomuch that its fall has ever fince been expected From the fall of the battery, the houfe belonging to it, and feveral other valuable ones adjacent, are thought to be in the utmost danger, Sunday fix of the guns belonging to Brighthelmftone battery, were washed from its ruins into the fea. The others have been fince removed out of the reach of the waves. 21. At the bank 471,000l. 3 per cent. ftock was transferred to Mr. Van Otten on account of the landgrave of Heffe, fo much being due on Heffian foldiers loft in the Ame. rican war, at 30l. a man. 22. Yesterday, Edward Aylette, the attorney, food in the pillory in New Palace Yard, Westminster, for wilful and corrupt perjury.. (Sce page 31.) 23. Juft before the fitting of the court of King's Bench lady Strath. more was brought into Westminster. hall; and immediately on the arr rival of the judges, Mr. Law, her counfel, moved, that fhe might be permitted to exhibit articles of the peace against Mr. Bowes and feveral others; which being granted, he then moved for an attachment against Mr. Bowes and feveral of his accomplices, which was likewife granted. Her ladyfhip had been conveyed to her feat at Dur ham, and when the offieers went there to ferve the writ of habeas corpus on Mr. Bowes, he evaded it, by privately conveying her ladyfhip, away; but he was foon refcued by the peafantry, who made Mr. Bowes a prifoner. Her lady flip, in her affidavit, ftated a variety variety of ill-ufage, which the had experienced from Mr. Bowes, fuch as being beat, fcourged, and menaced with death. 27. Mr. Bowes appeared in the court of King's Bench, when his counsel moved, that he should be discharged, on the ground that he had not been legally ferved with the habeas corpus; but the court rejected this motion, confidering the fervice as good. A fimilar motion was likewife made, on the ground, that Mr. Bowes was actually haften. ing to town to make a return to the habeas corpus, but was prevented by the attack upon his perfon, and other unavoidable circumstances; but the court confidering this af fertion as contradicted by the affidavits of other perfons, rejected this motion alfo; and Mr. Bowes was finally committed to the King's Bench prifon till the judges determine what fecurity he fhall be obliged to find to keep the peace. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 10. On Wednesday the 4th inft. arrived here the Pegatus frigate, commanded by Prince William Henry, who landed the next day, and was received by all ranks of people with the greatest proofs of loyalty and affection to his illuftrious parents. (See p. 22.) 29. Letters from Quebec mention lord Dorchester's arrival there, on the 22d ult. in the Thibe frigate, to the great fatisfaction of the gar rifon and inhabitants. 29. A brilliant and highly finished picture of the king of France, fet in diamonds, was prefented by Mr. Eden to his majefly at St. James's. He received it from the French king himself, in order to deliver it in perfon to the British fovereign, as a commemoration of the promifed amity between both potentates, in confequence of the figning of the commercial treaty. 1786. 30. This day being the anniverfary of the Royal Society, the fol lowing noblemen and gentlemen were chofen or the council for the year enfuing, viz. Sir Joseph Banks, bart. prefident. Charles Blagden, M.D. } fe.retaries NEW COUNCIL. DECEMBER. 1. This day Mr. Bowes exhibited certain allegations in the court of arches in lady Strathmore's cafe, and prayed the court for leave to fupport the fame by exhibits upon oath. (See page 46, 48.) 4. John Adams efq. the American plenipotentiary, prefented the rev. Dr. White, of Pennfylvania, and the rev. Dr. Provost, of New York, to the archbishop of Canterbury, to be confecrated bithops for the United States. The rev. Dr. Griffith, of Virginia, is to be made a third, to complete the government of the epifcopal church in those States. (See Vol. VI. page 1, 58.) 6. The duke of Athol has, in the moft liberal manner, not only given a perpetual right of property in his eftate fituated on the river Tay, about fix miles from Perth, to the Stanley cotton company, (D) but but has alfo lotted out a large tract of land into a township, where people may build houfes on the molt moderate terms. This new company have erected a magnificent cotton mill, which furnishes employment to three or four hundred women and children; a foundation fuperior to a hundred work houses. The above company, laft fummer, built several streets of finall, but comfortable houfes, in the new town, for the accommodation of the people employed in the cotton mill. The duke beholds the growing profperity of thefe manufactories with pleasure, and constantly affifts the endeavours of his young colony. A few weeks fince, he and his duchefs gave names to new ftreets in his town, fuch as Kingstreet, Charlotte-street, Duchefsstreet, &c. The inhabitants were regaled with cafks of beer, and are to elect magistrates, for the government of their police. A weekly market is to be established. Whoever pleases to settle there is to be .made welcome. Instead of any ex:action for this liberty, great encouragement is given to new and induftrious fettlers; and it is not doubted but in a fhort time this will become a confiderable place for ma nufactures of different kinds. 9. The Belifarius, which, in confequence of a plan lately adopted by government, is to carry out the poor Blacks, to form a new fettle-. ment on the coaft of Africa, dropped down to Gravefend on Friday laft. The intended fettlement is to be established on a much broader bafis than was at first intended. It is not to confit folely of blacks, but of whites and blacks. A regular government, fuch as that of Senegal or Cape Coat, is to be formed, and lands to be allotted to the blacks who are fent out from Europe. They are to be under the protection of a regular fort, fuch as we had at Goree, which is to be built without delay. The Belifarius carries out engineers for that purpofe; and the blacks are to be paid for affitting to carry on the works. The place fixed upon for this fort is a spot near Cape St. Anne, on one of the banks of the Sierra-Leone, a river on the Coast of Guinea, which empties itfelf into the Atlantic Ocean, feveral leagues to the fouthward of the Gambia. At this fort will refide a governor, who is to be vefted with powers civil and military, and to be affifted with a council, without whofe concurrence he cannot act in cafes of capital puniliment. Lerves, Dec. 9. Last Sunday, about two in the afternoon, the Nuestra Segnora de Begona, capt. Antonio de Yebarra, from Bilboa to London, was driven on thore, about a mile to the westward of Newhaven pier, when he was dafhed to pieces. The captain's mate and three others, faved themfelves by fwimming; but the captain and three of his hands who could not fwim, were drowned in the prefence of a great number of fpectators, who could give them no alliftance. The four that were faved, were furnished at Newhaven with clothes and every other neceffary, by Mr. Brown, and others. In this town and neighbourhood, upwards of ten pounds were collected for them, through the interpolition of Mr. Langridge and the poftmafter here, which they receiv-" ed with every poffible mark of gratitude. On Saturday they went on the outfide of the coach for London, in order to get a paffage home. On Wednesday morning, the St. Auttle, capt. Colmer, from East Loo, was driven on fhore near the fame fame place, and dafhed to pieces. The captain and crew, four in number, quitted the wreck in time to fave themselves; but Mr. and Mrs. Giles, a young couple, paffengers, who could not be prevailed on to leave the veffel, perished. The captain fays, fo averfe was Mr. Giles to leave the wreck, that after he (the captain) had got fafe to land, he lathed himself to a rope, fwam again to the wreck, and having boarded her, faftened a rope round Mrs. Giles, for the purpose of having her hauled on fhore; but her husband immediately caft it off again, and exclaimed, My dear Bella, don't leave me!" She ftaid! -This unfortunate lady was a diftant relation of lord Courtney's. The failors were treated with the greatest humanity at Newhaven. 1. On Friday, a curious caufe was tried, before Lord Loughborough, wherein a Jew butcher was plaintiff, in an action of damages fuftained by his being prohibited from exercifing the trade of a butcher, by an order of the rulers of the fynagogue, on a charge by the defendant, of his felling meat to the Jews, unftamped, and improper ly killed; that is, not killed agreeable to the jewish laws: the plain tiff alledged, that he bought the meat of a carcafe butcher in Whitechapel, who generally killed for the Jews, whom he offered to bring as a witnefs: but the Jewish laws would not permit him to be examined before the rulers, on account of his being a Chriftian, on which account a charge having been made, and no proof of innocence adduced, he was adjudged guilty, and fuffered accordingly. Serjeant Bolton, counfel for the plaintiff, infitted, that though the Jewish laws prevented the man from Chriftian evidence to prove his innocence, yet as the plaintiff was a fubject of this country, he was entitled to the protection of its laws. Mr. Morgan, counfel for the defendant, and rulers of the fynagogue, displayed a wonderful knowledge of the Jewifh laws and cuttoms, and infifted, that as the government of this country tolerated the Jews to regu late their own police, efpecially with regard to matters of religion, the plaintiff having been convicted by thofe laws, could not feek redrefs from that court. A blame was imputed to the defendant, for having informed against the plaintiff; but Mr. Morgan fhewed, that by the Levitical law, expreffed in the first and fecond verfe of the fifth chapter of Leviticus, a perfon knowing of a fin being committed, and concealing his knowledge, was deemed guilty of the fin himself. Lord Loughborough confeffed himfelf en irely of Mr. Morgan's opinion; and the plaintiff was nonfuited. 15. The committee of common council, appointed in July last to enquire into the caufes of the high prices of provision, have published their report, in which they relate the feveral fteps they have taken in this enquiry. They fiate, that they received from the city folicitor abftracts of all the acts relative to the practices of regrating, foreftalling, &c of thofe for the regulation of Smithfield and the other markets, and alfo of the several enclofing acts fince the year 1775 that they have held a correfpondence with the magiftrates of feveral corporations, and confulted the most refpectable butchers in Smithfield on the bufinefs. The refolutions of a meeting held by thefe laft are alfo added; they state the practice of forestalling by the carcafe butchers, as a principal (D a) caufe caufe of the high prices of meat. The refolutions of the committee go in general to the fame effect. They complain of the practice of foreitalling at Mile-End, Itlington, Kennington, &c. They propofe, that to remedy this evil, a committee fhould be appointed by the corporation, for the purpofe of controlling the markets that only a licenfed number of salesmen fhould be admitted, none of whom, to prevent collufion, fhould be butchers or graziers that all cattle brought into Smithfield market fhould be duly entered, and a regifter preferved. of the entries and fales; that the hours of fale should be from four in the morning until two in the afternoon, &c. 19. The Montega Bay paper, of October 28, mentions a deadful hurricane at Jamica, in the night of the 9th, which had done gre t mifchief in many parts of the island. In Weftmoreland, in particular, the appearance every where denoted the fuperior violence of this guft over all that had been experienced fince 1780. The tres ftripped of their leaves, exhibited an apearance as if fire had devoured their verdure; the fhores were covered with duck, teal, and other aquatic birds, that had been driven with irrefifible impetuofity against the trunks of the mangroves, and dafbed to pieces. 22. The feilions ended at the Old Bailey, when 23 prifoners received fentence of death. In this feflions, Michael Walker, Richard Payne, and John Cox, were tried; the firit as principal, for the murder of Mr. Duncan Robinfon, near Smart's buildings, Holborn, by cutting him down the face and fhoulder, and ftabbing him in different parts of his arm, of which he died in about three days: and the other two for being prefent, aiding, and affifting in the faid murder. One of the prifoners had picked the pocket of a Mr. Hunt, who was walking in company with the deceafed: Mr. Hunt apprehended the thief, and a fcuffle enfued, in which Mr. Hunt knocked down his antagonist twice, when Payne attacked him, and Mr. Robinfon coming to his affiftance, rel ceived the dreadful wound that occafioned his death. Mr. Baron Hotham, at the clofe of his charge to the jury, made fome excellent obfervations on the law, tending to point out, that when fever parthers are in purfuit of an illegal action, and a murder enfues, all are equally involved in the guilt.— They were all found guilty, and executed on Monday the 18th, near the fpot where the murder was committed. During this feffions alfo Jofeph Woolley, a foldier, was tied for robbing Charles Auftin, of fome wearing apparel. The prifoner had confeffed the robbery before the juftice, and faid, that being tired of the military life and difcipline, he had committed this robbery, in order to be fent to Botany Bay. When called upon for his defence, he refused to make any, or to call any witneffes to his character. The recorder then faid, that as he preferred the ignominious punishment of tranfportation to that of honourably ferving his king and country, the court would indulge him, but that he fhould not chufe the place; and therefore paffed fentence on him to be tranfported for feven years to Africa. Paris, Dec. 5. On the 2nd and 24th of last month, an experiment was made at Compeigne, in the prefence of the vifcount Laval, and the principal perfons of the town, of a machine invented by the abbé de |