ported to Ireland and the plantations.

The bill to allow further time for the inrollment of deeds and wills made by papifts, for the relief of proteftant purchasers.

The bill for making a navigable canal from the river Dee, near Chefter, to Nantwich.

To the bill for lighting, watching, and repairing St. Mary's, Itlington.

The bill to diffolve the marriage of Lord Viscount Ligonier, with his wife Penelope Pitt, and to enable him to marry again.

And alfo to feveral other public, private, and divorce bills.

Extract of a Letter from Cam

bridge, March 28, 1772. "This day the medals annually given by the chancellor to the beit proficients in claffical learning, were adjudged to Mr. Bedford of St. John's-college, and Mr. Field of Pembroke-hall. We are obliged to add in juftice to the unfuccefsful candidates, (who were Metrs. Pretiman, Lane, Humfrey, and Dodwell) that the decifion in Meffrs. Bedford's and Field's favour, was only effected by the cafting vote of the vice-chancellor, (who is by cuftom allowed to have two votes when the numbers are otherwise equal) but four of the examiners being prefent, and two of them declaring in favour of Meffrs. Lane and Humphrey.

The board of trade have 2d. recommended Mr. L. de S. Pierre to the lords of the treafury, as a proper object of their encouragement, in return for that gentleman's having introduced the culture of vines, and the making of filk, at his fettlement of New

Bourdeaux in South-Carolina, which, it is imagined, will be of great benefit to this nation.

This day was held, at Merchanttaylor's hall, the anniversary feaft of the London-hofpital, after a fermon preached on the occafion at St. Lawrence's church near Guildhall, before the governors, by the Hon. and Right Rev. Shute, Lord Bifhop of Landaff, when the collection at the church and hall amounted to 12931. 10s. 6d. which, with a legacy of 20l. paid in at the hall, make in the whole the fum of 1313l. 10s. 6d befides donations of 671. 58. towards building a fecond wing, the foundation whereof is already laid, and towards which fund the fum of 5167. has been paid in before at the bankers of the hofpital.

At midnight two violent

fhocks of an earthquake 5th. were felt at Lisbon, which greatly terrified and alarmed the whole city. This earthquake was preceded by the howling of dogs, and the melancholy crowing of cocks. The inhabitants of the country are well acquainted with these kinds of prefages. Immediately was heard a fubterranean noife, with howlings and whittlings, as in a great ftorm. This was followed by an horizontal fhock, and that by another, ftill ftronger than the firft, which fhook the houses for two minutes, which is a long time under fuch circumftances; but, what is moft wonderful, little or no damage was done by this earthquake.

The famous caufe between Shipley and Mears, in which Mr. Rawlinfon was employed as an attorney, was determined at the laft Kingston affizes, contrary to the

verdict

verdict formerly given by Lofd Mansfield.

At the fame aflizes, an old ufurer in Surry was convicted of taking 20l. per cent. of two young ladies for money lent, befides a premium of ten guineas, for which he was fentenced to pay a fine of 15col.

The Pretender was married the 28th of last month at St. Germains in France, by proxy, to a princess of Stolberg, who fet off immediately for Italy to meet him.

Prince Erneft, of Meck6th. lenburg-Strelitz, attended by Major Wangenheim, fet out for Hanover.

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Anthony Welps, an Italian, was this day executed at Kenningtoncommon, pursuant to his fentence at Kingfton aflizes, for robbing and murdering Antonio Janin, a French gentleman, and afterwards throwing him into the Thames.

'One Kennet was executed at the fame place, and at the fame time, for the murder of his wife, by throwing her out of a window. He denied the fact to the laft moment of his life. Their bodies were delivered for diflection, one to St. Thomas's, and the other to Guy's hofpital.

A waggon coming to Leadenhall-market, from Hertfordshire, loaded with beef, pork, &c. was feized by the populace, and the meat fold for three-pence per pound.

A builder of this city was convicted before the lord-mayor and Mr. Alderman Bird, at the manfion-house, in the penalty of 50l. for building a houfe near the Fleetmarket, with a party-wall not above a brick thick, contrary to act of parliament.

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This day Mr. Sheriff Bull, accompanied only by the

city remembrancer, went to the Houfe of Commons, and prefented a petition from the city of London, for opening the ports for the importation of corn, on account of the high price of provitions.

A letter from Ipfwich, dated April 6, concludes as follows: "Friday laft the poorer people, driven to the greateit neceffity, affembled in a body at Colchefter, and feized fome carcafe-carriages, a waggon load of wheat, and the like quantity of barley meal, on

their

way through that town for London. The meat they fold for three-pence halfpenny a pound, the wheat at 4s. a bufhel, and the barley-meal, greatly under the mar ket price; and then gave the money arifing from the fale to the perfons who had the care of the waggons. The foldiers quartered in this part expect to be called out to quell the riot, and are holding themselves in readiness.

Mrs. Mills appeared before Sir John Fielding, and made oath, that on Tuesday in the preceding week, one Gunfton came up to her room, and told her that her hufband was in trouble. As he had been arrested that day, the immediately determined to go to his relief, and accordingly accompanied Gunfion to a hackney-coach, in which he conveyed her to a madhoufe, at Bethnal-green. As foon as the alighted, the declared her furmife of his having decoyed her; when Gunfton pulled her into the fore-court, threw her down, and dragged her up the flone fleps to the door by her legs, and when he had got her into the houfe, he hand-cuffed her, and faftened her hands behind her back with a short chain; the miftrels of the house

being

being prefent, accofted her with the modeft title of mad b-ch, declared the thould foon have her hair cut off, and her head fhaved and bliftered. Enquiring by whofe authority they detained her, the was told, by that of her husband; and at night he was conducted up ftairs into a little apartment, the ftench of which was intolerable, and the appearance beyond defeription wretched here the continued till morning, when a bafon of fomething which appeared like tea was brought her by a woman, who, commiferating her fituation, told her, the had herself been confined there for a confiderable time, by the artifices of her husband, and advised her to make herfelf as eafy as poffible. On the Thurfday her hufband came to her, when the afked him, why he could fuffer her to be fent to fuch a houfe, and to be fo cruelly treated? He declared his forrow, and took her home with him. A day or two after fhe came home, the thought of attempting to relieve the poor wretch the left in the mad houfe, and for that purpofe applied to Sir John Fielding for a warant againft Gunfton, and at the fame time applied to Juttice Wilmot to fend for the unhappy woman defcribed above. The people at the houfe refufed to fend the poor wretch; on which the juftice went himlelf, and infifted on feeing her in the apartment which then contained her; he went up, but declared he would not again have done fo for 5800l. the place was fo intolerably nafty, and the ftench fo abominable; he found her apparently fane, and in a truly pitious fituation, having a hole quite through her hand, which, it is more than pro

bable, was occafioned by fome violence from her inhuman keepers. Upon farther enquiry, it appeared that her name was Ewbank, that fhe had been under confinement one year and three quarters, had been taken out of her dwellinghoufe, her hands tied behind her, and forcibly dragged to the madhoufe, by threatening to rip her belly open if the made the leaft noife, or any way refifted. The perfons concerned are ordered to be profecuted.

This morning a waggon, roth, loaded with feveral packs of veal, containing five carcafes each, which was coming from Sudbury, in Suffolk, for Leadenhall-market, for this day's fale, was flopped by the populace, who difpofed of the whole for zd. per pound under the market price, and gave the money to the proprietor.

A few days ago, a large number of calves for the London markets, was ftopped at Colchefter by the inhabitants of that place, and carried by them to the mayor of the town, who ordered it to be fold for three-pence per pound.

fortnight paft, four times beyond Pancras, by a fingle footpad, who robbed the paflengers; and on Friday morning he attacked the coach again at the fame fpot, was fired at, and dangerously wounded by a person in the coach. On his being fecured and fearched, three loaded piftols were found upon him, one of them double barrelled. He was fent to the Middlefex-hofpital, where foon after he died.

Dublin, March 20. The Houfe of Commons being this day informed that fome mistakes had been made in tranfcribing the revenuebill, which had paffed the houfe, and was ordered to be carried to the lord-lieutenant, to be tranfmitted in due form. On this occafion, Mr. Prime Sergeant moved to have the faid bill recommitted, that these mistakes might be recti fied. Sir Lucius O'Brian, Mr. Ponfonby, and Mr. Burgh, faid, they agreed to have the mistakes rectified, but would have the caufe of recommitting the bill fpecified in the order, that it might not be drawn into a precedent. For it would be very dangerous to the conftitution, if bills once paffed the houfe, fhould be brought into it again, before they were tranfmitted, as in fuch a cafe, an important bil might be carried in favour of any laudable meafure, by a very fmall majority in a full houfe, and then, if it was dif agreeable to adminiftration,it might be brought back, under pretence of rectifying mittakes, when the house was very thin, and the court thereby fure of a majority, and such alterations might be made as would overturn the original intention. The fe ideas feemed fo reasonable, that the

caufes being affigned, the order was made for recommitting the faid bill.

M. Pignarelli, a Neapolitan gentleman, was beheaded at Rome for his fatirical writings againft the holy fee.

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This day his majefty went in ftate to the Houfe of Peers, and gave the royal afsent to the following bills, viz.

The bill for better preferving his majefty's dock-yards, fhips, fiores, and ammunition.

The bill to amend an act for maintaining and enlarging the harbour of Ramfgate and haven of Shoreham.

The bill for embanking and preferving certain fen and low grounds in Huntingdonshire.

The bill for deepening and preferving the harbour of Ayr in Scotland.

The bill for giving relief in proceedings upon writs of Mandamus, for the admiffion of freemen into corporations, &c.

The bill for more effectually proceeding against perfons ftanding me on their arraignment for felony or piracy.

The bill for more easy and speedy recovery of fmall debts in Scotland. The bill for paving, watching, lighting, &c. the streets in Chatham.

The bill to diffolve the marriage. of George Collier, Efq; with Chriftiana Gwynn, his now wife, and to enable him to marry again.

To the bill for diffolving the marriage of Richard Draper with his now wife, and to enable him to marry again.

And to feveral road, inclosure, and naturalization bills.

LENT.

LENT CIRCUIT.

At Aylesbury affizes, three were capitally convicted.

At the affizes at Hertford, ten were capitally convicted, among whom was the Jew who was concerned in the robbery of Mrs. Hutchins, at Chelfea; and now tried for a burglary in the houfe of Mrs. Deacon, at Wormley, in the faid county.

At Bedford affizes, one was capitallyconvicted, but was reprieved before the judge left the town.

At Chelmsford aflizes, ten were capitally convicted, of whom fix were reprieved.

At the affizes at Kingfton, in Surry, Anthony Whelps, an Italian, was capitally convicted for the murder of Antonio Janin, a French gentleman, by aflaulting and beating him in a cruel manner, and then throwing him into the Thames, near Lambeth, after having robbed him of his gold watch and eighteen guineas. The judges ordered him for execution at Kennington-common. William Lovell, and his wife, were tried for wilfully and malicioufly fetting fire to their dwelling-houfe on Rother hithe-wall,laft September, whereby thirteen houses were entirely confumed. The man was found guilty, and left for execution by the judges; as was a man for throwing his wife out of a chamber-window, which occafioned her death.

At Maidstone aflizes, ten were capitally convicted, of whom fix were reprieved. Among thofe left for execution, was Thomas Theo balds, for ftealing the Tunbridge bag of letters; his accomplice, William Loffett, is to be tried at the Old-Bailey.

At Reading affizes, three were capitally convicted; but were all reprieved.

At Oxford affizes, three were capitally convicted, of whom two were reprieved.

At Winchester affizes, four were capitally convicted; three of whom were reprieved.

At Dorchefter affizes, four were capitally convicted; three of whom were reprieved.

At Salisbury aflizes, four were capitally convicted; but were all reprieved.

At the affizes at Worcester, feven were capitally convicted; four of whom were reprieved.

At Taunton affizes, five were capitally convicted, four of whom were reprieved; and John Lavington, for forging his brother's will, was executed at Ilchefter gallows. So long ago as Lady-day 1771, he went to Axbridge, and applied to an attorney to make his will, telling him his name was Richard (which was his brother's name) and figned the will Richard Lavington, which he kept a fecret till the day of his brother's death, which happened about five or fix months after the will was made, when he published it as a true will, in order to defraud his brother's widow: Richard Lavington was but half-brother to the prifoner. The two brothers were in a field near Wells, and nobody elfe near; it is fuppofed that the prifoner gave his brother a blow on the head with a hatchet, and difpatched him, which when done, he immediately made an alarm, and faid his brother fell from a tree as he was cutting wood with an hatchet, pitched on his head, and died inftantly. At the fatal tree he confefted the forgery, but denied

the