and, on January 23, 1749-50, Colonel of the King', regiment of Horfe Carabineers, in IrelandIn 1751, he went over Secretary of State to that kingdom; and on February 22, 1755, was promoted to the rank of Major General. On April 5, 1757, his Lordfhip got the command of the 2d regiment of Dragoon Guards; and, on December the 20th enfuing, was declared Lieutenant General of the Ordnance.- On January 26th, 1758, he was conftituted Lieutenant General of his Majefty's forces, and the next day fworn one of the Privy Council.

His Lordship being next in command to the Duke of Marlborough, in the expedition which proved fo fatal, in June, 1758, to the fhipping and naval ftores, at St. Malo, in France, made good the landing, at the head of the grenadiers, in the face of the enemy. The Duke upon his return from the defcent, being fent with a body of British troops to Germany, in aid of his Majefty's electoral dominions, Lord George alfo accompanied hire on that occafion, in quality of Lieutenant General; and, upon his Grace's death, which happened on October 20, was appointed his fucceffor, as commander in chief of the British forces, in Germany, under Prince Ferdinand of Brunf wick, Generaliffimo of the allied army there, in the pay of Great Britain.

In that important ftation his Lordfhip difcovered his great abilities, and promoted the intereft of his country, and of the fervice, with much zeal and firmnefs; but it unfortunately happened, that his Lordhip's behaviour at the battle of Minden or Thron hausen, fought on Auguft 1, 1759, did not give fatisfaction to Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, the General in Chief, which his Serene Highnefs feemed tacitly to imply in his orders of Auguft 2; wherein his Lordship was not mentioned. His Lordship thereupon applied for, and obtained his Majefty's permiflion to return home; and upon his arrival in England, a court martial, by his own repeated defire, was appointed to enquire into his Lordship's conduct. The event of that enquiry, with the fteps previous thereto; under which his Lordship behaved with fuch temper and fortitude, as did him great honour, are too well known to be entered upon in this place. At the general election, in 1761, his Lordship flood fo well with his countrymen, that he was returned both for the town and port of Hythe, in Kent, and the borough of Eaft Grinstead, in Suffex, and chofe his feat for the former, which he reprefented afterwards. On November 10, 1775, his Lordship was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, and likewife Firft Lord of Trade. He was alfo one of his

Majefty's moft Honourable Privy Council, and Clerk of the Council, in Ireland. On the 11th of February, 1782, upon refigning his poft of Secretary of State, he was created a Peer of Great Britain, by the title of Viscount Sackville and Baron Bolebroke.

In September, 1754, his Lordship married Diana, fecond daughter and co-heir of John Sambroke, Efq; only brother of Sir Jeremy Sambroke, of Gubbins, in Hertfordshire, Bart. and by her had two fons; Charles, born Auguft 20, 1767; now Vifcount Sackville, firft coufin and prefumptive heir to the Duke of Dorfet; George, born December 7, 1770; and three daughters; Diana, born July 8, 1756; married November, 1777, to John Earl Glandore, in Ireland; Elizabeth, born July 5, 1762; and Caroline, born June 30, 1764; their mother died Jan. 15, 1778.

Lord Viscount Sackville has left his eftates in perfect condition. Seeing his approaching end, with firmnefs and refignation he deliberately arranged all his affairs, called his houfhold to his bedfide, and took the most affectionate farewell of his fon and relations. By his death, his life eftate of Stoneland, worth 2000l. a year, goes to his nephew the Duke; but the improvements that he has made, the houfe that he has built and furnished, the inclofures that he has made, &c. gives his fon, we under fland, a very confiderable claim. The borough of Eaft Grinstead is now divided between the Duke of Dorfet and Lord Sackville; and the young Lord, who is in his eighteenth year, enters into the poffeffion of a clear 7000l. a year, after paying his fifters their dowers and the feveral legacies.

Thur day, Lord Viscount Sackville was interred in grand funeral pomp at Witham Church, near Stoneland.

In few occurrences do we feel ourselves more interefted than in the dying scenes of those who have figured in the highest de partments of life. The following particulars refpecting the death of Lord Sackville are from unquestionable authority. When Sir John Elliot had been called in and confulted, his Lordship afked him if every thing proper had been done? The doctor anfwering in the affirmative, his Lordship with firmnefs replied, "I am aware of my fate, and am perfectly refigned." He the wifhed to know if there might be time, fend for his attorney from London for the purpofe of making a codicil to his will; an expreffed much fatisfaction on being told there would. Some particulars relating t his youngest daughter's fortune, and othe teftamentary affairs were foon after fettled After which he called his family about him, and defired to fend for the clergyman of Fie Uuua

parish, that they might together receive the facrament. He could have wifhed, he faid, to have seen his fon at age; but adding, that he might in that case have lived to fuffer additional ills, he acquiefced in his prefent lot, believing it to be for the beft.The laft act of his life manifefted a magnanimity rather uncommon; and afforded a circumftance that will be confidered by fome as curious. He called to the bed-fide Mr. Cumberland. "You fee, faid his Lordfhip, the ftate I am in, and I charge you to mind what I now fay to you. I have feen much of life, and have experienced its viciffitudes; but in no one fituation through out my life did I ever feel a failure in my fortitude, any more than I do at this prefent moment." Convulfions foon apprifed him of the approach of death, when he calmly ordered his family to withdraw, and with unfhaken compofure closed the awful scene.

Lord Sackville had been afflicted with the ftone, and was fupposed to have injured the inteftines by diffolvents that had been prefcribed for that diforder. The complaint in his bowels that brought on an inflammation, was thought to be owing to indigeftion from eating fruit,

His Lordship has remembered in his will many friends, and all his fervants. To thofe out of livery he has left annulties of twenty pounds a year.

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Difcoveries and Improvements.

giving a decoction of them to the patient. Prince Galitzin has fent this wonderful plant as a prefent to the French Pliny.

HYDROSTATICS.

The Spaniard, who announced his intention of walking across the Seine, made his experiment yesterday se'nnight in the inclo fure of La Rapee. He placed himself on the water on his clogs, of which the form is unknown, and he advanced into the current, and moved both with and against the ftream. He ftopped at times, and at times stooped and filled a glafs, which he held in his hand, with water; in neither of these fituations did he fink below the ankle in the flood. His motion was flow and apparently painful; in particular by the difficulty of preferving his equilibrium. He remained on the water be tween 15 and 20 minutes. Before he reached the fhore, he left his wooden shoes or clogs (fabots) in a kind of a box, which was afloat for the purpose, and by which he concealed their conftruction. He was ac companied by a boat, which the Adminiftration had provided for his fafety, and the moft diftinguished perfons in the State witneffed his experiment.

It is eafy to conceive the method of his march. He has only to difplace a mass of water equal to his own weight. The cubit foot of water weighs feventy pounds; fo that the difplacing two feet of water will neceffarily fupport on the furface a man of 140 pounds weight. As to the dificity of preferving the equilibrium, it requires no

the celebrated aftronomer and philofopher at Berlin, (who has been for near thir ty years the companion, friend, and penfioner of the King of Pruffia) that every fucceeding year is feveral minutes fhorter than that which went before; and this it seems is proved, by aftronomical experiments of the moft perfect all which tend to convince that the earth makes her annual traverse round the fun in a fhorter time every year. It has not yet been determined however,

juft of the fame eftimation is this new dif covery.

It may be a fort of confolation to john Bull, who is always ridiculed for his curiofity, to be told, that on this occafion there were at least twenty thoufand Frenchmen affembled, and that the tickets of admission were livres.

An Account of the Greenland Fishery.
(Continued from p. 470.)

being encreased, or by her taking a shorter path round the center of our meridian fyftem. Another hypothefis was started by the

late Mr. Martin, viz. that befides her annual diurnal motion, there was a visible retrograde motion of the globe, by which her zenith and nadir have loft that point in the Heavens, which at the first creation fhe pofed. If thefe reports are indeed truth, it may truly be faid, in what a variety of reufes are we imperceptibly moved.

Paris, Aug. 18. The Count de Buffon bas received from Siberia, a plant named Baltz, which poffefies the virtues of being able to cure canine madness in the worft cafes, by applying the leaves to the wound, and

graved to illuftrate it.

it is not the only object of the voyages LTHOUGH the whale is the principal,

to Greenland. The white bear affords frequently fome profit.

The Greenland bear differs greatly both in figure and dimensions from those of more fouthern climates, and grows to above three times their fize, being frequently feen to be from twelve to thirteen feet long, while those of other parts rarely exceed fix feet in length. Tho' it is covered with long hair, and feems very bufhy, it is neverthelefs more flender, both in neck, head, and body. It feems to be the only animal that

being placed in the coldeft climate, grows larger than thofe that live in the temperate zones. All other species of animals diminifh as they approach the poles, and feem contracted in their fize by the rigour of the ambient atmosphere; but the bear, living greatly unmolefted in those defolate climates, meeting no animal but what he can eafily conquer, and finding a fufficient supply of fishy provifions, grows to an enormous fize: and, as the lion is the tyrant of an African foreft, fo the bear remains the undifputed mafter of the icy mountains of Greenland.

When our feamen land upon those Nor thern fhores in parts that have not been frequented, the bears come to view them with a kind of awkward curiofity. They approach flowly, feeming undetermined whether to advance or retreat; and, being naturally a timid animal, they feem to be urged on only by the confcious experience of their former victories. However, when they are wounded, they endeavour to fly, on finding that impracticable, they make a fierce and defperate refiftance till they die. As they live on fish their flesh is too ftrong for food, and the captors have nothing but the skin to reward them for the dangers of an engagement. However, the value of that is an incentive to the attack which is represented in a lively manner, in the annexed, plate.

(To be continued.)

Remarkable Inftance of the Spirit of the People of England, at the Beginning of this Century

T was in the midft of thofe clamours, that echoed through the Kingdom in 1701, and the univerfal diffatisfaction of the people at the proceedings of the House of Commons, &c. that the gentlemen of Kent petitioned them, in a very humble manner, to "have regard to the voice of the people, and provide effectually for their religion and safety," &c.

It was figned by all the Deupty Liutenants there prefent, above twenty Juftices of the Peace, all the Grand Jury, and other Freeholders then there.

This petition was offered to the Houfe on the 8th of May, 1701; the gentlemen who delivered it, and owned it at the bar of the Houfe, were Mr. William Colepepper, Mr. Thomas Colepepper, Mr. David Polhill, Mr. Juftinian Champneys, and Mr. William Hamilton; for fo I find all their names written in the Votes, without the addition of Efq. though four of them were Juftices of the Peace, and two, Deputy Lieutenants of the County. Concerning the petition, the House came to this refolution, That it was fcandalous, infolent, and fedi

tious, &c. The five gentlemen they ordered to be takeninto the cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms. The treatment they had from him was very fingular, and fhewed that they were under the high difpleasure of the Houfe; for when he accidentally faw two of them talk together, he drew his fword upon his Deputy for permitting it: and when, upon one of thofe gentlemens demanding a copy of their commitment, which they reckoned they had a title to by virtue of the Habeas Corpus Act, and he refufing it, the gentleman faid he hoped the law would do him juftice, his reply was,that he cared not a fart for the law." The reverence of the law is fallen very low indeed, when one, who has the honour of being a fervant to the Houfe of Commons, can prefume to make fo bold with it. However this fpeech was of a piece with the declaration he had made the gentleman before: "Tha the had an unbounded liberty of using them at dif cretion; that he could confine them at pleasure, put them into dungeons, lay them under ground," &c.

And indeed, by the miseries and naftiness of their confinement, one would imagine that the power of the Inquifition was at this time fubfifting in the nominally very free country of England. The people however being warned, and taking warning, there came a Memorial inclofed in the following billet, directed toR-t H-y, Efq. Speaker to the House of Commons.

"Mr. Speaker,

"This Memorial you are charged with, in the behalf of many thousands of the good people of England.

"There is neither Popifh, Jacobite, Seditious, Court, or Party Interest concerned in it; but honefty and truth.

"You are commanded by two hundred thousand Englishmen, to deliver it to the House of Commons, and to inform them that it is no banter, ut ferious truth; and a ferious regard to it is expected: nothing but juftice, and their duty, is required, and it is required by them who have both a right to require, and power to compel, viz. the people of England.

"We could have come to the Houfe ftrong enough to oblige them to hear us, but we have avoided any tumults, not defiring to embroil, but to fave our native country.

"If you refuse to communicate it to them, you will find caufe in a short time to repent it."

This was not delivered by a woman, as was faid, but by the very person who wrote it, guarded by about fixteen gentlemen of quality, who, if any notice had been taken of him, were ready to have carried him, off by force.