238 Domestic Intelligence. ordered one of them to be tried, and will give the man a reward for his ingenuity, if it anfwers. A few days fince a farmer at Hatfield was poifoned by eating white arfenick on fome apple-pudding, which appeared to be fugar; three men are now in St. Alban's goal on fufpicion of being concerned in the murder. 13. Mr. Crawley, farmer, at Redburn, in Hertfordshire, having reached his gun to deftroy fome vermin, ftruck it on the floor at the moment he blew in it, by which the gun went off and thattered his head all to picces, fo that he was dead in a moment. On the 14th the following bills were paffed by commiffion. A bill for the importation of wheat, wheat flour, meal, bread, and biscuit, and for prohi biting the extraction of fpirits or low wines from wheat, wheat flour, and meal for a limited time. A bill for the importation of falted provifions from Ireland, and for falt beet, pork, and butter from any of his majesty's plantations in America for a limited time. And a bill for the difcontinuance of the duties on hog's laid and greafe, and for the free importation of hams, bacon, and all forts of falt provifions, from any part of Euope, for a limited time. The comm flioners who fignified the royal affent to the bills yesterday, were the lord chancellor, the archbishop of Canterbury, and lord Gower. Lord vifcount Townshend, late lord lieutenant of Ireland, kifled the king's hand on being appointed mafter general of the ord 15. At the general court at the India houfe, on the 17th, as foon as the petition was read, a debate enfued on the propriety and impropriety of it.- -Those in favour of the petition urged, "that the bringing this bill into parliament was not only the boldet ftep taken against the very being of the Eat-India company, but one of the most unconfiitutional that could be on general grounds. That, omnipotent as parliament is, it neither has, nor ever ought to divest a legal right once invefted; that the East-India company as a corporation, has a fole and exclufive right of appointing their own officers; and, in this inftance, they have done no more than exercife their right, in a fair, legal, manner; and that thefe Gentlemen, to elected, could never be fufpended, but at the expence both of public and private justice.” Thote in eppolition to the petition (not taking the danger of the precedent into their confideration) faid, “ that as they militated again the commiffion of fuperviforfhip in the beginning, and looked upon it to be both unneceffary and illegal, they were glad to find parlament had interfered in checking its pro grefs; that though it was carried by ballot, it ought never to be locked upon as the general affent of the proprietary, all the boufbold troops being mustered upon that occafion; that therefore, for thefe reafons, they fhould diffent from a petition which meant to prevail with parliament to fet afide fo falutary a measure." It was moved, by two proprietors, that, to conciliate the good opinion of parliament, "a refolution fhould be agreed on, at the fame time, by the general court, to fufpend the fu pervifois from going out to India, till the ift of February next.' But this motion was fuddenly over-ruled, by the arguments of governor Johnstone and Mr. Creighton, who infifted, tho' that court had a right, in general, to pay all proper compliment to parliament, in the prefent petition they claimed nothing but their indubitable rights, and therefore had no reason to make any unnecessary conceffions. thefe few days, been fent home from the 16. By the returns which have, within island of St. Vincent, it appears that no lefs than one half of the 14th regiment, that were ordered out to that inhofpitable region, have died by the climate, without having ever seen the face of their formidable enemy. 17. This day carne on in the court of chancery, a final hearing of the lead mine caufe, between lord Pomfiet and Mr. Smith of Gray's Inn, when the court ordered his lordship's fuit to be difmiffed with cofts. During the five years the above caule was in litigation, there were three feveral appeals to the houfe of lords. The two first were actually Births.-Marriages. actually heard, and the third withdrawn only a few days ago; befides which, there have alfo been two trials at law, one of them at bar, each of which lafted two whole days; and the whole costs of each party are said to amount to little lefs than 10,000l. 18. Letters received from the Hague fay, that the accounts which have been published of the regiments in garrifon ar Berlin, being ordered to be in readiness to march, are confirmed by the laft letter which the States general received from the count de Verelit, their minifter at Berlin. In the morning of the 21ft a fire broke out at Mr. Owen's, jeweller, in Fenchurchftreet, which confumed the infide of the houfe (leaving only the front fanding) with all the flock in trade and furniture; it likewife burnt the greatest part of Mr. Viner's houfe, chymift, next door, and two backwards. A woman fervant was greatly hurt by forcing her way through a fky light; the man fervant was much burnt by running naked through the flames, and was fent to the hofpital; one perfon is miffing. On the evening of the fame day, about feven o'clock, a fire broke out in a carpenter's workfhop, backward of Fetter-lane, and did confiderable damage. 24. Lord viscount Stormont is, we hear, By the general bill of mortality from Deeem- Males Females In all BURIED. 9172 Males 17916 In all 1006 Under 2 years 12868 239 filver polisher, in Cornet-court, was fafely delivered of two boys; and next morning about four o'clock, the was delivered of a girl; the children and mother are likely to do well MARRIAGES. Thomas Charles Bigge, Efq; of Bentonhoufe in Northumberland, to Mifs Ord, daughter of the late William Ord, Efq; of Fenham in the fame county-Richard Tudor, Efq; of Garth in Montgomeryshire, at Guilsfield, in that county, to Mifs Maria Lloyd, of the Old-hall, in the fame county-The rev. Mr. Leake, one of the chaplains of the garrifon at Gibraltar, to Mis Anderson of the fame place-Captain Cummings, of the navy, to Mifs Wallace of Royal-hill, Greenwich, in Kent-Mr. Quick, comedian, to Mifs Ana Parker, daughter of the rev. Mr. Parker, in the Lower College-green, BristolRobert Wellings, Efq; of North-Audleyftreet, to Mifs Amelia Harbourn of Leicefter-fields-William Danie.. Efq; of Goldenfquare, to Mifs Young, of Gloucefter-street Dr. Relhan, of Great Marlborough-ftreet, to lady Hart, of St. James's Place-The rev. James Rudd, B. A. minifter of St. Paul's eitapel, in Edinburg, to the hon. Mrs. St. Clare, widow daughter of the late Lord Duffus The rev. Mr. Buxton, of Dartham-hall, in Suffolk, to Mifs Harthington, of Park-place, St James's-James Smith, Efq; of Norwich, to Mifs Jackfon, of Spitalfields Comber, Efq; of Lewes, in Sudex, to Mifs Woodgate of the fame place- i he rev. Mr. Filewood. rector of Mickleham, in Surry, to Mifs Bridges, daughter of the rev. Mr. Bridges, of York - George Poyntz Ricketts, Efq, of the island of Jamaica, at Winchester, to Mifs Watts, daughter of the late governos Watts, a molt am able young lady, with a 13185 fortune of 20,0col.-John Hooper, Efq; of Potton, in Bedfordshire, to Mils Alice Mafon, daughter of George Mafon, Eiq; of Bishopfgate-street-Francis Tomlinfon, Efq; of Golden-fquare, to Mifs Ruling, of St. James's Atreet-John Southwell, Efq; of Great Ruffel-street, to Mifs Hannah Holmes, of the fame place-John Mackworth, Efq, of Henrietta-ftreet, to Mifs Elizabeth Barlow, of Marlbrough ftreet-Mr. Rafhleigh, attorney, of Bartlett's-Buildings, Holborn, to Mifs Lawry, daughter of the rev. Mr. Lawry, prebend of Rochester-The rev. Mr. Beriy, of Eaftcheap, to Mils Deborah Winchester, of the Borough. 26053 1619 1205 473 84 2 Thirty and 40 2307 100 and 3 1905 100 and 5 Fifty and 60 Increased in the burials this year, 4273. BIRTHS. 1 The reigning duchefs of Saxe-Gotha, of a prince, who was baptized by the name of Emilius Leopold Auguftus-The countefs of Dumfries of a daughter at Dumfries houfe, in Scotland- Mrs. Manfel, wife of Mr. Manfel, at commander of the north battery, in New En- inhabitants are Share-lane, and clerk of the papers in the Jofeph Ellifon, Efq; at Clapham, in Surry, John Blackburn, Efq; in Henrietta-street, --- Dr. Martin Lifle, phyfician, in James- In the OXFORD MAGAZINE for January next will be |