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were most exposed; fome were ftript of their tiling, fome had their chimnies blown down, and fome old houses, that were unable to refift the fury of the tempeft, fell to the ground; many trees were torn up by the roots, in the neighbourhood of London, and one old tree in the park was broke off in the middle; fome lives were loft by the fall of bricks from the chimnies, and, in fhort, the damage is incredible.

Whiteball, Sept. 26, 1772. Let ters have been received from Sir Ralph Payne, K. B. his majefty's governor-general of the Leeward Hlands, containing advice, that, on the 13th of July laft, he received an account from Anguilla, that a Spanish man of war of 70 guns, called The Royal Council, and another Spanish fhip of 40 guns, called The Royal Pruffian, were wrecked on the east end of that ifland; that a great part of their cargoes, which were faid to be of great value, were faved; that, by the affiftance of one of his majefty's fhips of war, fent thither by RearAdmiral Mann, and by a timely fupply of provifions fent by Sir Ralph Payne, the crews of thofe fhips had been relieved from the diftrefs they muft otherwife have been expofed to; and that five hundred of them had been accommodated with a paffage to Porto Rico, and the reft were to follow as opportunity offered.

29th. The price of milk was this day raised in London, from two pence-halfpenny to threepence the quart.

There are three Ruffians arrived here in the Queen Indiaman, who travelled on foot from Moscow to Canton in China, through the VOL. XV.

defarts of Perfia, which is upwards of 5000 miles. They were three years on their journey, and endured incredible hardships.

By order of her imperial majefty the emprefs queen, a ftone pillar, about an hundred feet high, has been erected on the outward works of the fortification nearest to the weft fide of the entrance into the port of Oftend. On the top of the pillar, a coal-fire, large enough to be feen a great diftance at fea, is to be kept burning every night throughout the year, commencing on the 15h day of next month, in order to direct veffels into the harbour. There will alfo confiantly lie in that road, both day and night, a boat, with a fullicient number of able pilots, acquainted with the coaft, to be ready to give all neceffary affiftance to veffels arriving there, either in anchoring or otherwife.

Died lately, Lewis Davis, at Llalhyndrid, Flintthire, remarkable for his memory and other natural powers. He could repeat (after a fecond reading) two or three hundred lines, either of profe or verfe, and could converfe agrecably on almoft every fubject of fcience, though he never had a liberal education.

Mr. William Acres, famous for his kill in the Irish, Erfe, and Welth tongues.

Mrs. Redrick, aged 105, at Shrewtbury.

John Symmonds, aged 105. He acquired 20col. by vermin-killing.

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ing at the fpotted dog ale-house, in Clement's-lane, near Clement's Inn, with Mr. Taaffe, a barber, in that neighbourhood, and others, on a fudden left his company, and went to Taaffe's houfe, defired to fee his wife, and after afking her if her husband was come home, he took up a razor, and made two violent attempts to cut her throat; but the holding her head down, he cut her cheek and chin in a fhocking manner; then cut his own throat from ear to ear, and expired immediately. This horrid act is fuppofed to have been occafioned by the German bearing malice against Mrs. Taaffe, at whofe houfe he lodged fome time ago, because the obliged him to leave it, on a fuppofition that he dealt in fmuggled goods.

Extract of a Letter from Algiers, Aug. 6.

"A moft remarkable escape of fome Chrittian prifoners has lately been effected here, which will undoubtedly caufe thofe that have not had that good fortune, to be treated with the utmoft rigour. On the morning of the 27th of July, the Dey was informed, that all the Chriftian flaves had escaped the overnight in a galley; this news foon raifed him, and upon enquiry it was found to have been a preconcerted plan. About ten at night 74 flaves, who had found means to cfcape from their mafters, met in a large fquare near the gate which opens to the harbour, and, being well armed, they foon forced the guard to fubmit, and, to prevent their raising the city, confined them all in the powder magazine. They then proceeded to the lower part of the harbour, where they

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A letter from Stockholm, dated Sept. 8, fays, "The king, to perpetuate the memory of the alacrity with which the body-guards declared themfelves in his favour on the 19th of Auguft, by tying a white handkerchief round their left arm, hath permitted them to wear always for the future a white ribbon."

Old Macdonnel, the Irifhothicer, who lately died at the age of 118, at Madrutz, in Croatia, was father to the brave officer of that name, who in 1702, in the war about the Spanish fucceffion, made prisoner at Cremona, the Marthal de Villeroi, who offered him on the spot 10,000 louis d'ors, and a regiment, if he would releate him. Young Macdonnel was then but acaptain; and the offer, though made by a perfon who was fufficiently able to

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keep his word, and which would have tempted many, did not in the leaft ftagger that honeft and faithful officer, who refused it. Such greatnefs of foul fo well established his reputation, that his father interrogated by his friends, "How he managed to look fo fresh and well in his old age," ufed commonly to reply, "That the remembrance of the difinterestednefs and fidelity of his fon, contributed greatly to prolong his days." Providence, New-England, Arg. 1. At the inferior Court of Common-Pleas, held last week at EaitGreenwich, came on the trial of a caufe, wherein Meffrs. Jacob Greene and Co. were plaintiffs, and Lieutenant Dudingston, late commander of the armed fchooner Gafpee, was defendant. The action was brought for taking a small boat, with a quantity of rum and fugar, in Narraganfet-Bay, and fending the fame to Bofton; which rum, &c. was tranfporting from Eaft-Greenwich, in this colony, to Newport. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, with 2951. lawful money, damages. Lieute nant Dudingfton has appealed to the next fuperior Court.

The fudden melting of the icy mountains in the Tyrolefe, fwelled the waters of the rivers Iier and Inn to fuch a beight, that the towns of Brixen, Bolzano, and Moran, were fuddenly furrounded by the inundation; and at Infpruck, the fuburbs were immerfed ten feet deep. What is remarkable, the violence of the torrent moved a mountain; and in the valleys, many houfes and churches, built of ftone, were demolished.

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The numbers being declared, the fheriffs gave notice, that on Thurfday they should make their return.

This day the vice-chancellor, proctors, public orator, and other officers of the university of Oxford, waited on Lord North, in Downing ftreet, and inftalled his lordfhip chancellor of that univerfity.

Gilbert Laurie, Efq; was chofen Lord Provost of Edinburgh.

The duke of Bridgewater has eftablished regular paflage-boats from Manchefter to within two miles of Warrington and other places. Forty, fifty, or fixty people, are conveyed above twenty miles for a filling a-piece, in a fhorter time than they can travel even in a carriage by land. They are allowed to carry with them a certain quantity of goods at the fame expence.

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bales of coffee, have been loft in the contigration. The whole lofs is computed at twenty millions of dollars. It did not affect the Englith quarter."

Lord Carysford attended the 7th. levee at St. James's, and delivered up the enfigns of the order of the Bath, with which his late fa ther was invefted; as did the Hon. Mr. Dillon the staff of the late Earl of Litchfield, which he poffeffed as captain of the band of gentlemen pentioners.

At a meeting of the juftices of Surry, being the quarter feffions for Surry, held at Kingfton, application was made for a licence for a new Sadler's-Wells, when the fame was unanimoutly rejected.

The report was made to his na. jefty of the malefactors under fentence of death in Newgate, when the following were ordered for execution: John Jones and John Sunderland, for burglary; John Chapman, for houfe-breaking; Benjamin Rogers, for forgery; and John Creamer, for returning from tranfportation.

The other ten convicts were refpited. This day a court of al8th. dermen met at Guildhall, for the fheriffs to make their report of the numbers on the poll for the election of a lord-mayor for the year entning, which en led on Tuefday latt; and Metfrs. Wilkes and Townfend were to be returned to the aldermen, as having the majority of votes, for them to make choice of one; but a fcrutiny was demanded in favour of Metlis. Hallifax and Shaketpear.

The Right Hon. Simon 9th. Earl Harcourt was this day declared by his majefty, Lieute

nant-general and General-gover nor of his majesty's kingdom of Ireland.

Lord Vifcount Stormont was appointed his majefty's ambailador extraordinary to the court of Verfailles.

At the general feffions of 13th. the pcace for King's Lynn, in Norfolk, William Pulling, near fixty years of age, found guilty of ravishing a child under ten years of age, received fentence of death, and was ordered for execution.

The ftatue of his majefty on horfeback, erected in the center of Berkeley-fquare, was opened, and makes a fine appearance.

Several workmen were this day employed at the Old-Bailey, in making a new ventilator, and other neceflary precautions, to prevent the effects of any malignant diftemper at the enfuing feflions, feveral perfons having died who attended the laft feffions. Among other precautions, a contrivance is made by a pipe, to carry the fumes of vinegar into the feflions-house, while the court is fitting.

Extract of a Letter from Paris.

"A Swifs, who had been hired before the vintage, in a neighbouring province, to take care of the vines, took advantage of the abfence of the husbandman to attempt the feduction of his daughter; but, not being able to effect this by perfuafion, he fatisfied his brutal appetite by force. To prevent detection, he then killed the young woman and fled. Being immediately purfued, he was overtaken, and delivered up to the juftice of his own nation; (for the Swiss nation, by treaty, have a fovereign right to decide in all caufes civil

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John Jones, John Creamer, John Sunderland, and John Chapitan, were, purfuant to their fentence, executed at Tyburn. Rogers, who was to have fuffered the fame punishment, died in Newgate.

His Grace the Duke of Marlborough was chofen prefident of the Radcliffe infirmary at Oxford, in the room of the late Earl of Litchfield.

A poor man at Waterbeach, in Cambridgeshire, being very defirous of his children having the fmall pox, got fome matter for that purpote, and putting it be tween two pieces of bread-andbutter, gave it them to eat. They took the fmall-pox, and are now perfectly recovered.

Rome, Sept. 20. The Romish feminary fo well known, which has fubfifted 200 years under the direction of the Jefuits, and where four popes and 96 cardinals were educated, befides great numbers of bithops, generals, doges, and men of learning in every rank of life, was fhut up the 17th inftant. The

debts of this houfe amount to 378,000 feudis. The Jefuits and their fcholars were fent away very humanely, except five of the latter,

who wait for an answer from their relations, to know how they are to be difpofed of,

Extract of a Iett r from Stockholm, Sept. 28.

"The pardon which the kings of Sweden have been accustomed to grant, on occafion of their coronation, had been hitherto fufpended, on account of the difficulties arifen with regard to fome public officers, who had been accufed of having prevaricated at the election of deputies of the diet. Circumftances having changed by the late revolution, a pardon hath at length taken place, and the act has already been figned by the king."

The finthing ftone was laid of the tower near Sutton, Wilts, erected by Henry Hoare, Efq; in memory of King Alfred, who, on the fpot it ftands upon, erected his ftandard in the year 871, to make head against the Danes, and foon after gained a great victory over them. It is a building of brick, 155 feet in height, and commands a moft fine and extensive profec; over the door-way, in a niche, properly ornamented, ftands the ftatue of Alfred; and urler, the following infeription cut in marble: “In ` memory of Alfied the Great who on this fummit erected his standard against Danish invaders. Heinttituted juries, established a militia, created and exerted a naval force: a philofopher and a chriftian, the father of his people, the four fer of English monarchy and liberty."

A prodigious concourte of people attenbled on Tower- 230. hill, where a temporary tage had been built, with back feats, on which appeared eight divines, leven of whom had been educated at the

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