the Warley, Royal Charlotte, and Triton, have been fitted out as fhips of war, and are employed before Pondicherry.

The Woodcot was difmafted in a gale of wind off the Mauritius, but is fince arrived at Madras, and was going to Bengal.

The Bombay Cattle, Brunswick, and Earl Chesterfield, had arrived at Bombay, and failed thence for China the 24th of July.

The Exeter arrived at Bombay the 10th of Auguft.

We are extremely concerned to state, that part of the crew and pallengers of the unfortunate Winterton Indiaman were taken by a French privateer, and carried prifoners to the Mauritius, where, we are forry to add, that the plague is reported to have made dreadful ravages.

Lieutenant Brownrigg, with 16 recruits, and Mr. Dale, the third mate of the Winter ton, who had escaped falling into the hands of the privateer, were afterwards taken by a Dutch frigate, and carried into Tu

taconn.

Tippoo Saibb had punctually paid his two first kifts, or inftallments, and was preparing to pay his third, in compliance with his last treaty.

Lord Cornwallis has written home, that, in confequence of the war, he has no inten, tion at prefent of returning to Europe.

AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE. Quebec, Oct. 17. His Royal Highness Prince Edward is juft returned to Quebec, after reviewing the Royal Americans, confifting of the 1st and 24 battalions (the latter at Montreal, the former in cautonments on the river Sorrel) and the 26th regiment at St. John's.

Citizen Galbeau, the exiled Governor of St. Domingo, arrived here about a week ago. M. Genet, the Conventional Envoy to the United States, who is faid to be of a different party from Galbeau, detained him as a prifoner, with an intention of fending him to France to be tried; but Galbeau, having made his escape with his Aide deCamp and a French ferjeant, went to St. John's, and furrendered himself a prifoner to Colonel Gordun, who commands at that post. Thence he came to Quebec, where he was allowed by the Governor liberty to walk about on his parole. UnderStanding, however, from fome people here who are inclined to democracy, that he was to be fent to England in the Severn, he made his escape with, the aide-de-camp, leaving the ferjeant behind. He appears to be a man of abilities, but was rather imprudent and unguarded in his converfation when at Montreal. Majon Murray, in a converfation which he had with the aide de-camp, enquired, of him the meaning of the term Jani-culotte, observing that he thought it rather a contemptuous pame to apply to a body

of people. The Frenchman made anfwer that, on the contrary, it was a term of refpectability, as the fams culottes were the most independent people upon earth, acknow ledging no fuperior, either in Heaven or among men.

09. 23. An exprefs from Mr. Hammond,: the British envoy at New-York, was yet terday morning received by Lord Dorchesters: It gives advice of the French fleet having failed thence, and that they were provided with clothing and other · néceffaries adapted for wintering in a northern climates! We cannot think that Quebec can be that object of their destination, as they have onboard only 2000 troops, and the season is: too far advanced for uavigating the river: with fafety. In cafe, however, they should be fo defperate as to attempt this place, everys preparation is making for their reception. -The grand battery has been rebuilt during the last fummer, in a very fshúæerial and handfome style, and they are now mounting! upen it 32 and 24 pounder guns. This hat tery commands the whole balon of Quebecs from Point Levi to the Coaft of Beauport j; and fome of the guns upon traverfing care: riages commanded the river upwards, a con fiderable way beyond Cape Diamond; No fleet conld with impunity come within the reach of the guns in the day-time. In cafer of emergency, the wharfs in the Lower Town would form excellent batteries, as they did daring the fiege in #7896

Philadelphia, No. 10, The diforder which

had long prevailed in Philadelphia is gra dually abating; and, though fome farall remains of the contagion still exift, 'there is: a reasonable ground of expeЯation that it will be effectually eradicated in the course of two or three weeks.

IRELAND.

Dublin, Dec. 16. The following is an authentic account of the horrid murder of: the late Rev Mr. Butler. Shearon, a cotler, who was one of the party, came voluntarily before Robert Waller, of Allentown, Biq a magiftrate for the county of Meath, and refigned himself prifoner, alleging, tha", from the disturbed state of his mind, a fearing that perfons wholly innocent might fuffer, he had refolved to difcover the whole plot. He accordingly gave information againík, three men of the name of Lawles, who, together with himself, waylaid Mr Butler that he [Shearon] was appointed to fiveg but on the approach of Mr. B. was ftruck: with terror, and declined his horrid purposes·

Lawlefs then feized the fatal blunderburis, and perpetrated the infernal deed. Thothee Lawleles were fince apprehended and lodgeds. in Trina gaul. It appears by Shearon's declaration, that neither Lynch, the late ?p=2 prover, nor Mullen, were in the frillat degree concerned in this dreadful confpiracy or had any the least knowledge of their purs

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pose. The tenants and fervants of the bishop of Meath have been particularly active in tracing the plot, by exerting every measure to bring the gang of ruffians to the most exemplary punishment; and there is now fuil proof that the whole confpiracy was planned and executed by a fet of abandoned mifcreants, the very dregs of fociety, who had long infefted the neighbourhood of Ardbraccan.

SCOTLAND.

A collection of fhillings, coined during the reigns of Elizabeth and James 1. was lately found at Strathblane, in Sterlingshire. Each of them has the head of the sovereign on the one fide, and the national arms on the other. The legend on the one is, ELIZAB. D. G. ANG. FR. ET HIB. REGIN.; and, en the reverse, POSVI DEV ADJVTORE MEV. The legend ou the other is, JACOBUS D. G. MAG. BRIT. FRA. ET HIB. REX, with the number XII. within the circle; and on the reverse NEMO SEPARABIT QUOS DEUS CON1UNXIT evidently alluding to the recent union of the Crowns. Thefe coins were found in an old piece of wood, which the proprietor was cleaving for fuel. This ftump had for many years been made ufe of, near the common church-yard, as a block for fplitting wood, and had afterwards served for a stool in the proprietor's kitchen, without any fufpicion having been entertained of the treafore concealed in it. Befides thefe, we understand, that fome gold coins, of confiderable value, and a number of half-crown pieces, were found the fame repofitory, together with a small crucifix,

COUNTRY NEWS.

Leiceste navigation is now onen as far as Sileby. The first boat from the Loughbo rough balon came up to Mountforrel left week; and as the locks above Mountforiel are fiufhed in the m.fonry, the time which will be required to fix the gates will be the only term of delay before the line from Loughborough to Leicester is navigable for general commerce

A beautiful teffelated floor was lately dif eavered on the farm of Mr. Water, at the Lea, bets een Harwood and Pentefoury, in Salop. It is between 13 and 14 fect (quare, unfitting of small teffela of red brick, whitish marble, and brown, black, and grey stone; and appears to have belonged to the bathing apartments of an elegant Roman villa; mortar floors having been found near it, three feet below its level, with the foundation of fuch brick pillars as ufually fupported the floor of the fudatory : numerous fragments of (quare flues or tunnels of tile, furred within with imike, we alfo found; with fome pieces of traden pine, chaired wood, pottery of blckith earth, and a channel or gufter t carry uff water, corresponding within the descent of the ground.

Barb, Nov. 26. This day the whole body of chairmen, to the amount of 500, ftruck their poles, and proceeded in a mutinous manner to Guildhall, refpecting the granting of their licences. The Act of Parliament having enabled the mavor and justices to licence the chairman of this city, they at tempted to lay fome restrictions on them, when the latter immediately rote, and, fore rounding the Guildhall, infulted Dr. Harrington, the mayor, and broke to pieces the chairs of all those who came forward to obtain their licences; they then refused to carry any one to the place of public amufement. In confequence of these circumftances, the mayor and juftices called a meeting this day at eleven o'clock; when, according to the refolutions of the chairmen, the latter once more fixed their poles, and gave a general fhout of God fave the King'

The difpute arofe moftly from the mayor and juftices wishing to remove the chairmen' from their old stands, and infifting that they should carry their passengers to any diftance in the city, without making an extra charge.

Pilton, Semerfet, Dec. 1. A verdict was this day taken on the wife of one Withy, a labourer, who was found drowned in a pool near this place. They had liyed separately fome time; but on Sunday, the 3d ult. he vifited her, and appearing on friendly terms, fhe was in the evening prevailed on to ac company him part of the way to Evercreech, where he refided. Nothing was feen or heard of the wife till the enfuing Sunday, when he came again to Pilton, and, enquiring for her of the perfon with whom the lodged, he affected great furprize at his not being able to give him information, and faid, the must have made away with herself. He requested the man to accompany him in fearching for her. When they came to the place where he faid they had parted, the man immediately faw her hat among fome brambles, and in the water near the spot he di covered the body. A jury was fummoned ; but, as no pofitive proof could be adduced against the busband, they returned a verdict, "Accidental Death." In Withy's abfence, his landlady at Evercreech found concealed under his bed the cloak and handkerchief, which, it was afterwards proved, the deceafed had on when the left her lodgings with her husband. She directly gave this informaation, and Withy was again taken into cuftody in church, at the very moment when the deceased was about to be interred. other jury was impannelled; when these ftrong circumftances appearing, they in stantly pronounced him, "Guilty of the Murder;" upon which he was committed to Ilchetter gaol.

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Dec. 6. This night a fire broke out in the ftables of Mr. Taylor, at the fign of the Dog, and Duck, Stanton, in Derbyfeire,

nately did not keep his word. A most clear, diftinct, and regular, plan was fettled, and the commanding officer of the troops of each nation had a copy of it. The troops moved at four o'clock this morning, and furprized the redoubt moft completely. Never was a fervice performed with more regularity and exactress; but the ardour and impetuofity of the troops led them to ruth after the enemy, near a mile on the other fide, in a very fcattered and it regular manner." An extract of a letter from Sir Gilbert Elliot adds, By the unanimous teftimony of those who either witneffed the action, or were acquainted with the plan, there never was an occafion on which the difpofitions were made with greater ability and judgment, or executed, as long as the orders were complied with, in a more gallant or spirited manner by the troops. It is a real confolation to know that the courage of the British was confpicuous from the beginning of the action to the end, and that an excels in that good quality was the true and only Caufe of the miscariiage."

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
Monday 2.

• This evening, about 5 o'clock, a fire broke out at Hawley's Wharf, near the Hermitage. Three houses, befides several warehouses, three hips, &c. were totally deftroyed, and others confiderably damaged, together with a great quantity of fugars, rum, and hemp.

The fire entirely destroyed the warehouses, befides four or five adjoining houses, amongst which was the Cannon public-houfe; two large veffels that lay along-fide the wharf, and fome craft in the dock, were alfo detroyed. The flames fpread with fuch rapidity, that in the space of two hours nothing appeared of the buildings but empty thells. It is reported, that it commenced through fome negligence in the Compting .houfe. The damage done cannot yet be afcertained, but must be very great. At eight o'clock the flames were fo far got under, as that no further mifchief was apprebend d. Though the tide was ebbing, there appeared no complaints of a want of

water.

The fire was feen very plainly from Maidenhead bridge, which is at least 29 miles diftant, though it was for a long time believed to be only an atmospherical appear ance. At Windfor, from the Terrace, the flames were difcovered very c early.

During this fire a new and astonishing phænomenon ftruck every beholder with awe. The united mafs of near 1450 ciks of fogar were at once diffolved by the irreftible heat of the furrounding fires, and having burst into a fiame, flowed down amongst the populace in one bright ftream of liquid fire. A traveller, who contemplated the fublime appearance, declared that

nothing in nature, but the liquified lava at Mount Etna, could be paralleled with this deftructive current, which at once destroyed the property of individuals to the amount of above 100,000l. Thursday 5.

This evening, about ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the printing office of Mr. H. S. Woodfall, in Pater-nofter-row, which deftroyed the upper ftories. The property of the Publick Advertiser had been lately fald by Mr. Woodfall; but the purchasers had not removed the printing materials, and the fire caufed much confufion among the printers of that paper; but by great exertion, they contrived to convey all the articles necellary for completing it to another houfe, and it was duly published next morp ing. For two hours it obftinately refifted the efforts of the firemen, though there was happily a moft Eberal fupply of water; but before one o'clock it was get under, without any greater damage having been fuftained than that of burning the upper ftories of the houfe, and a part of the roof adjoining.

By this fire the whole impreffion of the first and fecond volumes of Mr. Monk's Agricultural Dictionary, and the MS. of the third, were unfortunately defiroyed. Friday 6.

This morning about eight o'block, a fire broke out in the blacking manufactory near Holywell Mount, which confumed the whole of the premises, together with the flock, to a large amount.

Aboutten o'clock at night a fire broke out at a bed-ftead maker's, in King-street, Seven Dials, which burnt moft furiously for more than two hours, during which time it confumed feveral of the adjoining workshops, and threatened destruction to the whole neighbourhood. The want of water was feverely felt owing to this, the flames made rapid progrefs; but when the fluices were opened, the exertions of the firemen were untemitting, and very foon fuppreffed what feemed terrifick in the extreme. The houfe it broke out in was the only dwelling confumed; the others were workshops. Friday 27.

About nine o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in a varnith manufactory belonging to Mr. Jennings, Bow, which entirely confumed the fame.

Turfday 31.

An order has been illued from the Admiralty, for feizing all French produce in Americau fhips bound to any port in Europe; and alfo all American produce bound from the United States to any of the French Weft, India islands.

A monument is raifing over the fouth door of Westminster Abbey, to the memory of the late Admiral Harrifon, who died about three years fince, and lies at the foot of the feps going into the choir.

P. 936.

P. 936, col. 2, 1. 3?, read "Oct. 26. John Randell, efq. of Queenhithe, to Mifs Mary Brooks, of Wandsworth "

P. 965, col. 2. The Hon. Septimus-Henry Weft, the youngest and laft furviving brother of Lord Delawar, had just entered his 30th year. In digging a grave in the chance! of Newport church, ifle of Wight, for the interment of his body, a coffin was found, containing the remains of the fecond daughter of Charles I. in a leaden coffin. Her name was Elizabeth; and she died Sept. 8, 165c, aged 15 years. (See p. 1001.)

P. 10:1, Col. I, lait paragraph. Lady Hobby was re-married to John, not Francis, Lord Ruffell; and, as he was buried in Westminster-abbey, if he was interred at Bytham, the could not have been buried by her two husbands. There are memoirs of her in Strype's Annals of the Reformation, vol. II. p. 469; III. 277; IV. 49, 52. In vol. III. are inferted her copies of verfes, in Latin and English, on her deceafed lord; and it is mentioned that he wrote another copy in Greek.

P. 103. The Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice was the first perfon that introduced the Irish mode of bleaching linen into this kingdom; his large manufactory for the weaving, and other branches was at the town of Ballymoat, co. Shgo, in Ireland. He had there a large eftate, which he let out on very profitable leafes, with covenants to take the greatest part of the rents in grey linens. This created a fpirit of induftry beyond what is known at other manufactories; plenty imiled around; a great number of familie, were rendered happy. The fame philanthropic and patriotic motives induced him to bring thofe linens over to Wales to be bleached. For this purpofe he had an extenfive green, on an improved plan, near his beautiful feat of Llewenni, in Denbighshire, where he employed between two and three hundred of his poorest tenants and neighbours. He alfo introduced the modern improvements in agriculture into that part of Wales where hitherto they were almoft, if not entirely, unknown. For fome time thefe improvements were laughed at by every one; but their very great advantages becoming obvious, the Welch farmers began to fufpect that their ancestors, whom hitherto they blindly followed, knew not every thing, and they now conûder the wild whims, as they were once termed, of Mr. Fi'zmaurice, the greatest benefits they ever experienced. He propofed feveral very feasible plans to the gentlemen of Denbighshire for the establishment of manufactures, and other modes of employing the poor, who, in that tradeiefs county, are very numerous; thefe plans have not yet been adopted, but, it is to be hoped, are not forgotten; there is ftill too much of the Welsh national vanity remaining; gentlemen (and who knows not that every Wafbman is a gentleman limcally defcended from the great cluthur, or at least Gadwalader,) muft

not engage in trade, many fa&tures, and fuch degrading things, it would taint the noble blood that flows in their reins; we feriously hope however that thefe filly prejudices are wearing away. Mr. F. has done much towards the accomplishment of this very desirable end in Wales, both by example and precept. The Irish have at times fhown, fome jealoufy on account of the vast exportation of grey linens by Mr. F. into Wales, to the inju ry, as they imagined, of their trade; but this has for fome years fubfided, on more coolly confidering the matter; it being obvious, that, if this imporation had been stopped, Mr. Fi could no longer take his rents in RAW linens, which would, nore materially than any thing elfe, injure their manufactures, for Mr. F. payed his work men always in hard cash, and took all his rents, as before observed, and other dues, in raw linens. Mr. F. dew up a reprefentation of this matter, which was printed in fome of the (we believe Irish)newspapers, and it gave univerfal fatisfaction. He was an excellent paymaster, and very pun tual on all occafions. Mr. F. was likewife a very skilful mechanic; he has made feveral, and planned many more, improvements in the various machineries of the linen and cotton manufactories, of great utility; and what renders them the more valuable, is, because they are upon the most simple construction, and, comparatively, of very little expence. He conftructed an under-fhot mill at Ballymoat for bleaching his yarn, which was worked with eate by a very gentle stream of water of no more than one foot in depth, the effects and utility of this mill far exceed what was originally expected; fo that he was not only enabled, to bleach his own yarn, preparatory to the loom, but his tenants and neighbours alfo were permitted to prepare their own family webs at this mili gratis. In thors, his love for the poor, for his country, for real improvements of every kind, his benevolence in general, and his uncommon fill in the management of the great concerns wherein he was engaged, were fuch as meet not often in one perfon; fuch virtues as thefe conftitute true nobility, and ren ered Mr. F. the noblet ornament of his noble family.

P. 1055, col. 1. Inftead of lines 57-59 which plainly crept in by inadvertence, fee the first letter in our present month, p. 1067.

F. Toga. Of the family of Holker it should be remarked, that for fome time previous to the civil wars they were of Eccles, in Lancafhire, near to the town of Manchester.→→

P. 161. Mis Webb died of a worn out conftitution, at the age of 46; her theatrical name had alfo been Day; her real name was Child, of the county of Norfolk. She never had any children; the Miis Wehb who is engaged and gone to Philadelphia was not hers, but by a former lady. income from the theatre, including benefits, was very confiderable, yet she was genteelty Bunted by the Theatrical Fund, and attended

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