affair, fee the Appendix to the Chronicle.)

Thursday 6. Capt. Evers of the Sufannah, arrived at Dartmouth from Virginia, in Lat. 38. long. 40. from London, fell in with the floop Peggy, Captain Harrison, from Fyal bound to New-York, who had been out 99 days, and had been without provifions 45 days. Their distress was fo great, that they were reduced to the neceffity of killing one of the fhip's crew and eating him. Captain Evers took the rest of the crew on board; but many of them were fo weak that they could not stand. (For the particulars of this melancholy affair, fee the Appendix.)

8.

Was the anniversary of the Prince of Orange's birth, and of his ferene Highness's attaining the age of eighteen years, the term prescribed by the ftates of the feveral provinces for the period of his minority, and entering upon the functions of his hereditary honours and employments, in his fe. veral qualities of Stadtholder, Cap. tain-general, and Admiral-general of the union. This long-wifhedfor day was ushered in at feven in the morning, by the difcharge of twenty-one pieces of cannon planted within the town; which falvos were repeated at noon, and at eight o'clock in the evening.

The ceremonies of congratulation of all the Generals and Staffofficers, the great deputation of the States-general, and a particular deputation from each province, to the Stadtholder, being over, the Prince was conducted, by two deputies of their high mightineffes, to the affembly of the States-general, where his Highnefs, being

feated in an elbow chair oppofite to the prefident, was complimented in the name of the affembly, to which his Highness returned an anfwer: upon which the oath was adminiftered to him by the prefident; and that done, he was conducted by the two deputies to the Stadtholder's feat at the upper end of the table, and there inftalled.

After the inftallation, their high mightineffes deputed two of their body, with the accustomed ceremony, to wait upon his Britannic Majefty's ambaffadors, to acquaint him with what had paffed, and to defire he would acquaint the King his mafter of it; as they did not doubt of its being highly agreeable to his Majesty.

A like deputation was fent to the ambassador of the Moft Chriftian King; and the agent of their high mightineffes notified this event to the other foreign ministers refiding there.

It is affured, that the ftates of Holland lately took into confideration what prefent they fhould make to the Prince Stadtholder, on his coming of age, and that they agreed to give him a discharge of the 700,000 florins, which the late Princefs Gouvernante his mother borrowed of the province of Holland fome years ago, to enable her to purchase fome eftates belonging to the King of Pruffia in that country. They likewise took into confideration, the prefent to be made to the Prince of Wolfenbuttel, for his care in the education of the young Stadtholder, which it is thought will be 140,0co florins.

On Thursday the King's letter was fent down from the Secretary

of

efs, were dragged promiscuously to the ramparts, and there left naked and deftitute, during the feverities of a dismal cold night.

A Ramfgate fisherman having brought to Billingfgate a cargo of falt-fish, was fummoned before the Lord Mayor, on the complaint of a London fishmonger, for felling the fame by retail; when, upon a full hearing, the man was difcharged, it appearing to his Lordship that he had full power to do the fame, by an act of parliament made in the second year of his prefent Majefty. It feems, however, that fome fishmongers are ftill profecuting the man, to deter others from spoiling the market.

At Eaft-Newton, in Yorkshire, two of the largest elms were felled, that have been known. One contained 13 tons 17 feet, the other 13 tons 13 feet; total 26 tons 30 feet; which, at the very moderate price of 1 s. by the foot, amounts to 531. 10s.

The Right Honourable the Earl of Pembroke made his final decree, as vifitor of Jefus College in Oxford, on an appeal, which was profecuted against that college. by J. Jones, of the Middle Temple, and Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon, in behalf of the defcendents of Henry Rowlands, Bishop of Bangor, who founded fome fellowships in that college, with preference to his relations. His Lordship decreed, that the founder's heirs fhould always have the preference according to the will; and the College was condemned to pay cofts.

Friday laft was heard, before the Barons of the exchequer, a caufe wherein the Vicar of Leach

lade, in the county of Gloucester, was plaintiff; and one of the lords of the manor, in behalf of his tenant, defendant. The principal point in difpute was, whether lands, which formerly belonged to a priory, within the faid parish, were exempt from tithe; and notwithftanding those lands had never paid tithe, yet it being incontestably clear from feveral ancient records, produced on the part of the plaintiff, that there could be no grounds for fuch an exemption, a decree was given in favour of the vicar.

6.

Yesterday a body of upwards of two hundred members of the house of Commons carried up the bill to the house of Peers, for repealing the American ftamp-duty act; an inftance of such a number going up with a fingle bill, has not been known in the memory of the oldeft man.

A few days fince two sharpers, the one a Swifs (pretending to be a Frenchman) and the other his interpreter, purchased fixty horfes in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, for which they gave draughts on two great houfes in this city, to whom they were entirely unknown, and who of course refused the payment of the fame, fo that the dealers are taken in to a confiderable amount,

One Richard Parfons of Chalford in Gloucestershire, in playing at cards, wished his flesh might rot, and his eyes never shut, if he loft the next game. At night, in going to bed, he obferved a black fpot upon his leg, from which a mortification foon enfued, and he died in a few days in a very miferable condition.

(For a further account of this affair,

affair, fee the Appendix to the Chronicle.)

Thursday 6. Capt. Evers of the Sufannah, arrived at Dartmouth from Virginia, in Lat. 38. long. 40. from London, fell in with the floop Peggy, Captain Harrifon, from Fyal bound to New-York, who had been out 99 days, and had been without provifions 45 days.

Their distress was fo great, that they were reduced to the neceffity of killing one of the fhip's crew and eating him. Captain Evers took the rest of the crew on board; but many of them were fo weak that they could not fland. (For the particulars of this melancholy affair, fee the Appendix.)

8.

Was the anniversary of the Prince of Orange's birth, and of his ferene Highness's attaining the age of eighteen years, the term prescribed by the ftates of the feveral provinces for the period of his minority, and entering upon the functions of his hereditary honours and employments, in his fe. veral qualities of Stadtholder, Captain-general, and Admiral-general of the union. This long-wifhedfor day was ushered in at feven in the morning, by the difcharge of twenty-one pieces of cannon planted within the town; which falvos were repeated at noon, and at eight o'clock in the evening.

The ceremonies of congratulation of all the Generals and Staffofficers, the great deputation of the States-general, and a particular deputation from each province, to the Stadtholder, being over, the Prince was conducted, by two deputies of their high mightineffes, to the affembly of the States-general, where his Highness, being

feated in an elbow chair oppofite to the prefident, was complimented in the name of the affembly, to which his Highness returned an anfwer: upon which the oath was administered to him by the prefident; and that done, he was conducted by the two deputies to the Stadtholder's feat at the upper end of the table, and there inftalled.

After the installation, their high mightineffes deputed two of their body, with the accustomed ceremony, to wait upon his Britannic Majefty's ambaffadors, to acquaint him with what had paffed, and to defire he would acquaint the King his mafter of it; as they did not doubt of its being highly agreeable to his Majesty.

A like deputation was sent to the ambaffador of the Moft Chrif tian King; and the agent of their high mightineffes notified this event to the other foreign minifters refiding there.

It is affured, that the ftates of Holland lately took into confideration what prefent they fhould make to the Prince Stadtholder, on his coming of age, and that they agreed to give him a discharge of the 700,000 florins, which the late Princefs Gouvernante his mother borrowed of the province of Holland fome years ago, to enable her to purchase fome eftates belonging to the King of Pruffia in that country. They likewise took into confideration, the prefent to be made to the Prince of Wolfenbuttel, for his care in the education of the young Stadtholder, which it is thought will be 140,000 florins.

On Thursday the King's letter was fent down from the Secretary

of

of ftate's office to Sir Robert Ladbroke, appointing his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales, Captaingeneral of the Hon. Artillery company of the city of London.

A meffenger arrived with the ratifications of a new treaty of friendship with Sweden. Other powers have acceded to this treaty, which is faid to be of great importance.

Extract of a letter from Major-Gen, Irwin to Mr. Secretary Conway, dated Gibraltar, February the 3d, 1766.

On Thursday morning the 10. 30th of last month, about four o'clock, it began to thunder, lighten, and rain moft violently, and continued, without intermiffion, the whole day. Sometimes moft heavy showers of hail fucceeded the rain, the ftones of which were of that immenfe fize, as to break many of the windows in the town. As it grew later in the day, the ftorm increafed in every refpect; fo that, between eight and nine at night, the whole hill and town feemed to be on fire, and fpouts of water poured down from the clouds. At once there came fuch a torrent from the top of the rock, with heaps of rubbish and fand, as carried along with it feveral houses on the fide of the hill; and in a few minutes the groundfloors of all the houses in the town were full of water, the hail and rubbish having ftopped up the drains. The fuddennefs and violence of this accident occafioned the lofs of feveral lives. By the zeal, activity, and chearfulness of the officers and foldiers, I foon got the drains opened, and prevented

further mifchief. I muft not, on this occafion, omit telling you how much I am obliged to the officers, for the care and vigilance they fhewed; as alfo to the private men, for their activity and obedience in fuch a time of universal confufion and diftrefs. The ftorm began to abate about twelve at night, but did not go quite off till about eight o'clock on Friday morning. moft every body in the town has fuffered; the merchants very confiderably; fome are totally ruined, the goods in their ftore-houses having been entirely washed away. I thank God the magazines escaped untouched.

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"I cannot now fend you the particulars of our misfortunes, but fhall by the first opportunity. In the mean time I have given, and fhall continue to give, fuch orders as I think beft for the fervice. do not as yet know the number of killed; but judge by the best accounts, they may be about fixty, five of whom are foldiers. It is fcarce poffible to defcribe the melancholy fcene of parts of houses, furniture, men, women, children, and animals of all forts floating in the water, or stuck in the rubbish; and do fuppofe that fince the misfortune at Lisbon, fo dreadful an accident hath not happened to any town; nor could any thing more resemble that than this, many

of the ftreets being entirely choked up with the rubbish, and the inhabitants obliged to come out at their upper windows, and fome to break their way through the tops of their houfes. I fear many of the houses must come down, fome of which are officers. I have had communications made through all the streets, and mean

to

to go on clearing away as faft as poffible."

Sunday evening, about feII. ven o'clock, the young Prince of Brunswick was baptifed at St. James's, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, by the name of Charles George Auguftus; the fponfors were their Majefties, his Royal Highnefs the Duke of York, and the Princess Dowager of Wales.. Yesterday her Serene Highnefs the Princefs of Brunfwick faw company for the first time fince her lying-in, and received the compliments of the nobility on the occafion.

A new comet was difcovered about seven in the evening by the Sieur Meffier of Paris.

At Houghton in Buckingham fhire, the maid-servant of Mr. York having gathered fome hemlock roots instead of parfnips, boiled them under that mistake; and Mrs. York, with others of the family, having eat of them, Mrs. York foon after died, and the reft were in great danger.

One Higginson, a journeymancarpenter in the borough, having laft week fold his wife to a brother workman in a fit of conjugal indifference at the alehouse, took it in his head to hang himself a few days after, as the lady very peaceably cohabited with the purchafer, and refused to return home at his most preffing folicita tions.

They began at the tower to ftrike off a quantity of Irish halfpence, feveral tons of which are to be fhipt for Dublin with all expedition.

At Maidstone affizes a caufe was tried at the Nifi Prius bar, in which

a young lady was plaintiff, and a young gentleman defendant, for the non-performance of a marriagecontract; when, after a trial of fix hours, the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, at the inftance of the defendant, with 600l. damages, and full cofts of fuit.

Letters received yesterday from Dublin inform, that George Gidley, Richard St. Quintin, Peter M.Kulie, and Andres Zekerman, mariners, belonging to the brig Earl of Sandwich, were tried on Monday laft, at the court of King's-bench there, for the murder of Capt. Cochran, Capt. Glas, his wife and daughter, and Charles and James Pinchent, &c. and afterwards robbing the veffel; for which they received fentence of death, and were accordingly executed at St. Stephen's-green, and afterwards hung in chains.

The two gold medals given annually by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, Chancellor of the Univerfity of Cambridge, for the encouragement of claffical learning, are adjudged for this year to Mr. Law, B. A. Tancred ftudent at Chrift-college, and late a scholar at the Charter-houfe; and to Mr. Milner, B. A. of Catherine-hall, and late of Leeds-fchool, in Yorkfhire.

The following is a lift of the fhips that have been entered inwards and cleared out from the ports of Liverpool and Briftol, including only one arrival for the fame veffel for the year 1765.

Liverpool.