mafter always behaved with the greatest humanity to him, and that the two witneffes were influenced by spite or malice, the captain was acquitted, and the two witneffes committed for wilful and corrupt perjury, of which they were convicted at the following feffions. M. D'Eon de Beaumont, fecretary to the embaffy 30th. from France, returned this day to London, and was received by the duke de Nivernois as knight of the royal military order of St. Louis, his moft chriftian majefty having invefted him with that order when he prefented to him the ratifications of the definitive treaty of peace from England. His majefty like wife remitted to the count de Viri, the Sardinian ambaffador at this court, a portrait of his majefty, enriched with diamonds, with a fuperb fuit of tapestry hangings of the Gobelins, and a rich carpet of the Savonerie, by way of acknowledgment for his having made the firft overtures of the peace. Thefe prefents are estimated at 50,000 crowns. The bill to prevent occafional freemen voting at elections of members for cities, towns, and boroughs. The bill for granting 5000l. to Mr. John Harrison, on his difcovering the principles of the inftrument invented by him for measuring the time at fea. The bill to continue the duties, and inlarge the powers granted by a late act, for repairing Scarborough pier. And alfo to feveral bills for inclofing and dividing lands, and repairing roads. Being Maundy Thursday, his majesty's alms were diftributed in Whitehall chapel to twentyfix poor men and women, in the manner following, to each three ells of holland, a piece of woollen cloth, a pair of shoes, a pair of ftockings, twenty fhillings in a purfe, two pences and three-pences, a loaf, and a platter of fish. Much damage has been done within this month or five weeks paft, at fea by violent winds, and in the low lands by heavy rains. In particular, the Admiral Pococke, a tranfport of 600 tons, from the Havanna, was loft near Dartmouth, and all the crew and paffengers perished, amongst whom were the crews of two tranfports that, foundered at fea, and feveral land officers. cheme of a more extended e afed in the rear 1 Though i icular cover, and the tie of o mean ra, tot, er ealt to the praciples of the ti The oppofion tested dating the va that it lays the vend ties, which in tray de la annually, likewife, at Cambridge, by the reprefentatives of that univerfity, For the fenior bachelors; Utrum inftitutio focietatis ad humani generis felicitatem contulerit? [Is man's happinefs promoted by the inftitution of civil fociety?] For the middle bachelors ; Quæ commoda reipublicæ ex artium liberalium cultura proveniunt ? [What advantage does a ftate derive from the cultivation of the liberal arts?] Newcastle, Feb. 26. On Wednefday laft was landed at Winkam Lee Coal Staith, for the ufe af Walker colliery, a fire engine cylinder, the largest that has ever been seen in this country, or perhaps in any other; the diameter of the bore measures upwards of feventy-four inches, and it is ten feet and an half in length: It weighs, exclufive of the bottom and pifton, 130 cwt. or fix tons and an half, and, together with the pifton and bottom, contains between ten and eleven tons of metal. The bore is turned perfectly round, and well polished; and the whole is fo complete and noble a piece of iron work, that it does the greatest honour to the foundery where it was caft, viz. Coalbrook Dale in the county of Salop. When the engine to which this cylinder appertains is compleated, it will have the force to raife, at a ftroke, above 307 cwt. of water. A comedy written on occafion of the peace, entitled, L'Anglais a Bourdeaux, is now acting at Paris with great applaufe. The author endeavours to compliment the English without offending his countrymen; and might be allowed to have perfectly fucceeded, had he not attributed to the English hero of his piece too great a degree of pride, or rather ferocity, expreffed by an unwillingness to receive any favours from an humane and generous enemy. On the 2d inftant the fea rofe at St. Maloes in a furprifing manner, and covered in feveral places the ridge that feparates the two feas, washed away the dyke that leads to St. Severn, and overflowed the whole morafs, to the incredible furprise and terror of the inhabi tants. The French court has declared to the Dutch, that, in pursuance of the 11th article of the late treaty of peace, they muft give up to us the places taken by the count d'Estaing on the coaft of Sumatra, during the courfe of the late war, and then put into their hands, as that daring adventurer was not in a condition to garrifon them himfelf. His moft Chriftian majefty has likewife fignified to all the northern powers in general, that it is no longer confiftent with the duty his majefty owes his fubjects, to allow them the favour (fo he ftiles it) of trading to his colonies, or bringing fifth to the markets of Old France. The king of Pruffia's letter to his minifter at Ratisbon, on occafion of the late peace between him and the queen of Hungary, was in thefe words: "The negotiations of of peace between her majefty the emprefs queen and me have had a favourable iffue: I enter again into poffeffion of my dominions on the fame footing as before the war; I reftore to the elector of Saxony his. You will communicate this event where you are, and let me know what impreffion it makes. The The wife of Mr. Godfrey, of Lambeth, was lately delivered of three boys. The wife of a collar maker at Waltham Abbey, of three girls. Died lately. John New, Efq; at Plaistow, Effex. He has left 1eol. to the Foundling hospital; Jool. to the Magdalen; 100l. to the London; 100l. to the fociety for promoting proteftant schools in Ireland; and rool. to that for propagating the gofpel in foreign parts. Mary Gummerfall, near Wakefield; mother to fourteen children, grandmother to thirty-three, great grandmother to eighty-four, and great great grandmother to twentyfive; in all one hundred and fifty-fix. 3 Elizabeth Sumner, at Greenhithe, near Dartford, aged 1c2. Mrs. Afhton, of St. Paul's Church-yard, aged 103. Mr. Wicksteed, at Wigan, Lancafhire, aged 108. He loft his fight four years ago. 3d. APRIL. All the gibbets on the Edgware road, on which any malefactors hung in chains, were cut down by perfons unknown. William Beckford, efquire, às 4th. lord mayor of the city of London, gave the greatest entertainment ever remembered, and to the moft numerous and fplendid company, there being prefent the ambaffadors from Ruffia, Denmark, Venice, and Holland, two dukes, ten earls, three viscounts, one bifhop, eight barons, together with lord chief juftice Pratt, a great number of ladies of the first diftinétion, befides an uncommon number of gentlemen of family and fortune. The entertainment confifted of 1560 difhes, befides the defert. The ball continued till near five next morning. A man, who stood on the pillory at Bow, for fodomy, was killed by the mob. The coroner's jury brought in their verdict, wilful murder; and fome perfons were taken into cuftody for it. Linen cloth stamped in Scotland for fale, from Nov. 1, 1761, to Nov. 1, 1762; with the decrease in the manufacture that line below." year, in a 6th. Yards. Value fterling. 10,303,237 474,8071. 3s. 5d. 692,257 41,5461. 12s. 4d. The vice chancellor, heads of houfes, doctors, &c. of the univerfity of Oxford, headed by the right honourable the earl of Litchfield, their chancellor, and accompanied by the archbishop of Canterbury, prefented their address on the peace to his majesty. The Palais Royal at Paris, belonging to the duke of Orleans, was almost confumed to the ground. The fire broke out at the opera houfe, and spread with fuch`rapidity, that there was hardly time to apply for affiftance. Some of the furniture, and the gallery of Other paintings are preferved. dreadful fires have lately happened in France, particularly one at Effoyes, in Champagne, that confumed 270 houfes, and left only 31 ftanding; another in the fu burbs of Verrens, that burnt 70 houfes, befides granaries, ftables, and warehouses. James Eyre, of Grays-inn, Efq; was elected, by the 7th. court of aldermen, recorder of London, in the room of the late Sir William Moreton. The right honourable the carl of Bute refigned his [F] 2 8th. office |