THE

FOREIGN

Vienna, Dec. 2.

TRANSACTIONS.

HE late revolt of the Vallachians has thrown the neighbouring states into the greatest confufion. It is now fome months fince 400 of thefe people refuted to work for their chiefs, and wanted to ferve under the emperor. His Imperial majeity would not accept their fervices; whereupon about 13,000 of them affembled, and committed the greatcit outrages on their nobles, having impaled fome of their bailiff, broke the arms and legs of others, and fet fire to their houles: there rufhans have plundered and fet fire to all the gentlemens seats in the road, exsept there belonging to the emperor. The damage done at count Palby's cattle is valued at 20,000 florins. Count de Fancy was obliged to make his escape from his caftle in the unitorm of one of his huifars, to avoid the cruel death they had prepared for him. The rebels were no fooner informed of his escape than they fet fire to his village. In another village they fet fire to, they threw a young lady of 16 into the flames, be caufe they could not find her father. Thele milguided people do not feem to be at all difpleafed with the emperor, but only with their own nobility. Baron Jofeph de Torocakay was obliged to leave all he had to their mercy, and arrived at Coloiwar with his wife and children. Ali the counts, barons, and most of the gentry, have left their eftates, and retired to the towns.

Paris, Dec. 12. A ftranger arrived last night at the hotel of count de Mercy, the Imperial arabaffador, who, it is undoubtedly true, was no other than the emperor Jofeph himself. The purpofe of his vifit, fays the writer, is obvious'tis to prevent the figning the treaty now on the tapis from taking place. He has already had two conferences; and his ftay will be fhort, as he is hourly expected at Bruffels.

Paris, Dec. 20. Curriers are daily arriving from Vienna, London, the Hague, and Beilin thofe, who pretend to be informed by the proceed ings of our cabinet, fay, that the propofals for a

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conpromife of the differences fubfifting between the court of Vienna and the republic, are accepted

Utrecht, Dec. 16. The king of Pruffia has given notice to the princes of the empire, that he fhail look upon it as an act of hoftility on their parts, if they give permiffion to the Austrian troops to país through their dominions, in there way to the borders of the Scheldt. This occafions great embarraffment.

Befton, O. 20. A gentleman at NewYork, excited by curiofity, made a journey lately to Acquakanoch, the refidence of people known in this country by the name of Shaking Quakers. This congregation confifts at prefent of about 90 perfon, under the care of a farmer at the place above-mentioned. When it happens that a profelyte is made, he is advised to convert his entire property into money, and depofit the fame with the farmer, who engages to furnifh a plentiful fupply of provifions and fuck other accommodations as may be necessary : This effential preliminary settled, the pupils fall a fhaking in what manner is moft agreeable to them. Our correfpondent was aftonished at the dexterity with which they performed their parts; one woman, in particular, was fuch an adept as to be able to turn round on her heel a confiderable time fo fwiftly, that it was fomewhat to difficult to diferiminate the object. They are extremely averfe to enter into converfation upon the principles of their novel and apparently abfurd worship, but content themfelves with declaring that they have all been very great finners, and therefore it is that they mortify themfelves by painful exercises.

From the complexion of the new members chofen for the entuing congrefs, we are con vinced that a heavy duty will be laid on all merchandize imported here in British bottoms; and that thofe already laid on goods by our nips will be greatly lellened, or wholly taken off.

INTELLIGENCE.

HE prince of Wales fent a polite meffage to gen. Sloper the evening before his departure, begging to fee him at CarletonHoufe. The general waited on the prince accordingly, when his royal highnels congratulated him on his appointment, withed him a happy voyage, and presented him with an elegant goldmounted fword, which he begged the general to wear as a mark of his esteem and friendship.

procefs of filling the machine lafted from cleven o'clock till half past two.

Dec. 3.] A fingular inftance of longevity, combined with ftrong health, is afforded in the perfon of Cornet Low, who for half a century has been upon half pay, during almost the whole of which period he has refided at his prefent retireinent at Warley-Bank, near Wednetbury, in Staffordshire. This veteran, who is a hundred and four years of age, rides ten or 30] This da Mr. Blanchard, accompanied fifteen miles every day, when the weather per by Dr. Jefferies, an American gentleman, alcend- mits; and, what is fingular, though he keeps a ed in his aeroftat, at half past two in the afterlivery fervant, he is constantly followed on horsenoon, from Mr. Mackenzie's Rhedarium, in Park-ftreet, Grofvenor-fquare, where the prince of Wales, the duke and duchess of Devonshire, and a large party of ladies and gentlemen were prefent. The balloon made a very beautiful progress over the metropolis; and, at 10 minutes before 4, the two żerial travellers alighted on the banks of the Thames, in the parish of Stone, in Kent, 21 miles from London. The Jan. 1785.

back by a venerable female attendant, who has
been his nurfe upwards of 40 years.
Extracted from the Registry of the Prerogative
Court of Chancery.

In the will of John Barnard, * late of the
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* Son to the late patriotic fir John Barnard, many years father of the city of London.

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parish of St. George, Hanover-fquare, in the county of Middlefex, efq; deceafed, dated the 6th of November, 1779, among other things therein contained, is as tollows:

I give to capt. Thomas Baillie, late deputygovernor of Greenwich hofpital, five hundred pounds, as a mall token of my approbation of his worthy and difinterelted, though ineffectual, endeavours to rescue that noble charity from the rapacious hands of the bafeft and most wicked or mankind.

5] A large fleet, upwards of 150, failed from Yarmouth roads. About four o'clock in the afternoon, a violent ftorm arofe, with heavy rain, which feparated the fleet: the gale in creafing split all their fails into fhivers, fo that it was impoffible to work the thips or keep them off the land, and many were obliged to cut away their mafts. About midnight it blew a perfect hurricane, attended with a very heavy fall of hail and fnow, which continued with unremitting fury till Tuesday noon, when it began to abate: but that night it blew again very hard till Wednesday at noon, when the wind became

moderate.

married parties fhould take place, and that the care of the children fhould devolve on their grandfather, Mr. Wakinfon. Mr. Hardinge, as couniel for the defendant, in a 1peech of expl7 two hours, endeavoured to prove that Mr. Smith had forfeited his annuity, in affuming to himself the care of his children (three fons) by fpiriting them away from their mother, and difpofing of them in life, contrary to the intention of their grandfather. But it clearly came out, by the indefatigable Mr. Erikine, who conducted the plaintiff's caute, as well as from the excellent character of Mr. Smith, as an amiable man, and a most affectionate parent, that he had indeed aflumed and confcientiously discharged that parental office, which he thought too little attended to by thofe who had taken upon themfelves this truft. He had alio, by means of his own intereft, provided for his fons greatly to his own honour, as well as their emolument. When capt. Sydney Smith and his brother were interrogated concerning the goodness and attention of their father, their grateful affection was uncommonly evinced by a gufh of tears, in which many of the audience moft heartily sympathized. Upon Mr. Erkine's rifing to reply, Mr. Hardinge fignified his with to put a stop to the caufe; and defired leave of the judge to confer, for a few minutes, with lord Camelford, who is immediately interested in the caufe by his marriage with the other daughter of Mr. Wilkinson. Upon the return of the counfel into court, it was propofed, instead of fubmitting it to the jury (who probably would have given large damages) to compromife with Mr. Smith, by allowing his arrear of annuity, amounting to 14001. to

10.] By a letter from Newcastle, the fall of fnow was to great in that neighbourhood, that all the roads were completely blocked up, till labourers were procured to clear them for paffengers, particularly the great north road between Felton and Alnwick, and weftward between Harlow-Hill and Exham; at both of which the labourets were numerous: all trade was at a fland, not a waggon being able to arrive in town for several days. "Tis added, that at fea the effects of the storm have been dreadful beyond defcription, all along the coaft being threw-gether with 210l. 9s. intereft. Upon this footed with wrecks, and velfels on ground, fo that from every part we hear of nothing but diftrefs; not upon our own coafts only, but thofe of the Baltic and the coafts of Flanders and France.

Part of a letter from Alnwick. "There are 11 veffels on fhore betwixt this and Cocket-Inland, befides what are foundered, or gone to pieces among the rocks; the lives of the crews of the 11 are providentially faved. There are 15 ahore to the northward of this, and 30 betwixt the Cocket and Chefswell Point."

At Blythe the English Hero came on shore. The crew, 10 in number, took to their boats, and all perished. They left two boys,on board, one of whom went to prayers, and, when the ftorm abated, was found faft afleep in the cabin, as if nothing had happened.

At the above place a poor man going along the coaft, faw a dead body lying, and in a pocket found 131. in cafh, when taking particular notice of the body, he got it conveyed to the churchyard to be owned by his friends, and put the money into proper hands for their use.

6.] This day came on, before lord Loughborough, a remarkable caufe, wherein John Smith, efq; was plaintiff, and a Mr. Jackfon, executor of the late Pinkey Wilkinson, efq; was defendant. The action was brought for the recovery of feven years arrear and continuance of an annuity of 200l. granted by Mr. Wilkinson to Mr. Smith, who had married one of his daught ers, on condition that a feparation between the

ing Mr. Smith very honourably recovers 16tal. fubmitting to the expenditures and perfecutions he has fuftained during the long ftage of this difagreeable family altercation.

11] This day came on before the lord chief baron and a special jury, a fecond trial of the caufe wherein captain Sutton of the navy was plaintiff, and commodore Johnstone defendant. The commodore, previous to a confeffion of judgment on the former trial, in which the plaintiff got a verdict for 5000l. moved for a new one, as fome effential witneffes were' then out out of the kingdom, and without which it was impoffible for him to fet up a complete juftification; when

Mr. Erkine, in behalf of the plaintiff, after dwelling for a short time on the nature of the charge exhibited by commodore Johnstone againft captain Sutton, and on which he grounded his treatment of his client, premifed to the court and jury, that a very material witnefs, who ap peared on the former trial, was then abfent from the kingdom (lieut. Bruce); but he felt a particular fatisfaction in informing the court, that the very counterpart of that evidence could now be produced, from another refpectable witness, who was on the station with both plaintiff and defendant, during the whole of the tranfa&tion. He then called

Lieutenant Read of the Is, who depofed, that previous to the action with the French fleet off Playa, captain Sutton's veffel (the IG) met

with

oralty of Gr William Plomer, in 1782, were tried,

Nathaniel Newnham, efq. 1783,

Robert Peckham, esq.

Capital convicts in

1784,

1782, 98

683

818 1037

Ditto 1793, 170 Ditto 1784, 149 14.] 4 Caution.-On the regulation of the gold coin in 1774, many guineas, deficient in weight, were fent to America, as prompt payment. Several of these are travelling back again, and will make light gold more plentiful than it has been for fome time paft. There are alfo a number of counterfeit guineas now in circulation, worth no more than fixpence each; they are all in imitation of the coinage of the prefent year. It would therefore be prudent to weigh all of that date.

On Thursday, the 15th of December, the hotel of prince Strembergh at Bruffels took fire; and there being no water to be procured for more than two hours, the upper part of the hotel was by that time all in flames, which being increafed by 130 measures of wood just laid in, every effort made to extinguish them proved ineffectual. Nothing remains but the bare, walks. The monks exerted themfelves, but the common people feemed rather indolent.

On the 20th of December, in the dead of night, a fire broke out in the hotel de Thoulouse at Paris, which lafted near four hours, and was not got under till the whole angle of the left wing was burnt to the ground. The linen wardrobe, the collection of medals (the rarest perhaps in Europe), and part of the library, fell a prey to the fury of the flames. The chapel, veftry-room, and all the riches they contained, were likewife reduced to afhes. The lofs is eftimated at 360,000 livres. It was occafioned by the fervants over-heating the ftoves. The duke and the princefs de Lambole were in the houfe that day, and his highness with great prefence of nind gave the neceffary orders for extinguishing the flames. His highnels, who joins to his other virtues a profound piety, was next day feen at his church, rendering thanks to the Almighty, for his mercy that the whole building was not confumed.

During the month of December, the Elector of Saxony had a very narrow elcape for his life. While he was engaged in the chace, he had taken a bye-road, which led to fome frightful precipices. Fortunately two women, who were at work in the woods, apprized his highness of his miftake; and on taking a view of the country, he was ftruck with horror at the danger he had eleaped. After rewarding his deliverers, he returned as directed by the women, and fortunately joined his affoiciates without hurt.

A young African prince has been lately brought over, and introduced at the court of Veriales, probably with a view to give a turn to the coffee-houte converfation in the city of Parts. He is allowed 1000 Louis d'ors a year during ins flay, and is faid to be lon to the king of Dogria, a country united to the kingdom of N O T E.

In the 170 this year were comprehended a number of returned transports.

Benin, and watered by the river Formofa, which runs under the line. His father's fubjects amount to upwards of four millions, and his army confifts of 80,000 negroes, and upon the whole his people feem to have more civilized ideas than their neighbours.

Extract of a letter from Bristol, Dec. 22.

The following is lately received from a very competent pilot, and the knowledge of it may be of much fervice to the leafaring part of the community:

Between the Land's End and Rundle-Stone lie four funken rocks, three of which are in the fair way, and the other nearly in the fame direction with the ftone, which renders that frequent paffage exceedingly dangerous; and notwithtanding the great number of veffels that pafs and repafs that way, it is reafonable to fuppofe not many captains in the coafting trade are apprehensive of that hidden danger. At low water, on one of the above-mentioned rocks, is fix feet; on a fecond, but four; the third, on particular spring tides, the oar-weed has been feen above; the fourth is nearly as the third. On the 26th of May, 1782, captain Puddicomb, of the NewtonButhel, from Liverpool to Plymouth, ftruck on one of thefe rocks, but the weather proving fair, and wind favourable, by the immediate affittance of a pilot, with a number of hands to work the pumps, the veffel was kept above water, and brought into a port in Mount's Bay. Thefe rocks ought to be laid down in the charts.'

31.] It was reported, but on what authority we know not, that a waiter at one of the gaming houfes in St. James's-street, got in Chrittmas-boxes, from the members of the established clubs above 500l. A nobleman, who in the courfe of the week had won 80,000l. gave him rool. of his winnings. Early one evening the peer loft all his money, and, as it is not unufual, borrowed a fum from the waiter to begin again, and, as has been faid, afterwards won the above fum.-This ftory, whether true or falfe, fhould awaken the attention of the legis lature, in order to preferve from abfolute ruin young men of fortune, who fet no bounds to their extravagance at play. Whoever could be proved to have won above a certain fum in any one year, fhould forfeit double to the crows. This perhaps might be one mode of putting a ftop to ruinous gambling among the great.

A gentleman and his wife in Cheapfide, being without a fervant, requested an acquaintance to let their daughter, a young girl of 16, be with them till they could provide themfelves. The gentleman having occasion to stay out late, the girl was left to fit up for him, who unfortunately falling afleep, fome of her clothes took fire. Awakened by the flames, fhe strove in vain to extinguith them. In her fright the ran up to her mittreis's-room door, who, terrified by her . fhrieks, role and opened it, but, feeing the girl in flames, fuddenly that it again. Some other people in the houfe, hearing her, haftened to her affiftance. The fire had icorched her in fo dreadful a manner before it could be extinguished, that the languished five days and then expired.

Chester, Dec. 1. A thermometer expofed on the north aspect, in a low situation in this city, on

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