Castlehaven, in Ireland. The ancient barony of Audley devolves to his nephew, eldeft fon of Philip Thickness, Efq; an officer in the

army.

29. The Duchefs of Abrantes, aged 32 years, at Madrid: fhe has left eleven children.

Robert Francis Cholmondeley, Efq; fecond fon to the Hon. and Rev. Robert Cholmondeley, in the Eaft Indies.

Sir Robert Fletcher, at the Mauritius, in his way home from Madrafs.

May 2. George Wyndham, L. L. D. warden of Wadham College, Oxford.

6. Sir Thomas Reeves, Bart. 8. Duchefs Dowager of Devonfhire, youngest daughter of the late Earl of Burlington.

9. The Right Hon. Heneage Finch, Earl of Aylesford, in Grofvenor-fquare.

The Hon. Mr. John Bathurst, brother to the lord chancellor, at Saperton, in Gloucestershire.

Lady Thomas, relict of the late Sir Edmond Thomas, Bart.

11. Lady Harriot Needham, fifter of the late Lord Kilmurry, at Datchet.

21. Sir Armine Woodhoufe, Bart. His death was occafioned by a fish bone ficking in his throat.

22. Duchefs of Bridgewater, in an advanced age.

Lady Frances Weft, eldest daughter to the Right Hon. Earl Dela

warr.

25. Right Hon. Theodofia, Countess of Glandore, in the 55th year of her age. Her ladyship was daughter to John, Earl of Darnley, by Lady Theodofia Hyde, Ba

ronefs Clifton, daughter of Ed ward, Earl of Clarendon.

26. Right Hon. Lord de Montalt, of Ireland. His lordship is fucceeded in his title and eftate by his only brother, Sir Cornwallis Maude, Bart.

Right Hon. Nathaniel Cle. ments, one of his Majesty's moft honourable privy council, deputy vice-treafurer of Ireland, and member for Cavan, in that kingdom.

Mrs. Mary Agnes Blount, widow of the late Michael Blount, Efq; and eldest daughter of the late Sir Henry Jofeph Titchborne, of Titchborne, in the county of Southampton, Bart.

June 2. Sir John Glynn, Bart. at Broad-lane, in Flintshire, member in the prefent parliament for the borough of Flint.

3. Lady Mary Cuninghame, widow of Lieutenant-General Cuninghame, Bart. of Livingstone, in Scotland.

6. Sir Frederick Rogers, of Blackford, in the county of Devon, Bart. recorder of Plymouth, and late a commiffioner of the navy, at Bath.

Lady of the Hon. Ponsonby Moore, at Dublin.

19. Lady of Sir William Montgomery, Bart.

29. Right Hon. Earl of Aldborough.

July 8. Right Hon. William O'Brien, Earl and Baron of Inchiquin, and Baron Burren, K. B.

10. Abbot Duke de Biron, peer of France.

15. Hon. Mr. Cecil, grand nephew to the Earl of Exeter.

17. Her Grace the Duchefs of Queenfberry, daughter to Hyde,

Earl

Earl of Rochester, and the celebrated patronefs of Mr. Gay. 20. Rev. Dr. Gower, provost of Worcester-college, in Oxford. 23. Hon. Mifs Maynard, fifter to Lord Maynard.

31. Rt. Hon. Lady Sandes. Aug. 1. Sir Charles Montagu, K. B.

8. Lady Harbord, relict of Sir William Harbord, Bt. and K. B. 20. Rev. Dr. Dampier, dean of Durham.

Sir Bafil Keith, governor of Jamaica.

Sept. 7. The fecond fon of Lord Clifford.

9. Hon. Mr. Hawke, fecond fon of Lord Hawke.

16. The Right Hon. the Earl of Harcourt, at his feat at Newn ham, in Oxfordshire. His lordfhip, who had gone out to take his morning's walk in the park, and did not return at his ufual hour, was found by his fervants in a narrow well, rohing appearing above water but the feet and legs, occafioned, as it is imagined, by his Over-reaching himself, in order to fave the life of a favourite dog, who was found in the well with him, ftanding on his lordship's feet.

20. The Moft Noble and Puif. fant Edward, Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Arundel, Surrey, Norfolk, and Norwich, and hereditary Earl Marfhal of England, &c. &c. in the 9zd year of his age, without iffue. He is fucceeded in honour and estates by his fecond coufin, Charles Howard, of Graystock.

The Right Hon. Phil. Tifdale, attorney-general of Ireland.

The Count de la Lippe Bucke

burg, field-marshal, and generalif fimo of the forces of Portugal. Oct. 1. Sir William Philipfon, Bart.

Her Serene Highness Princess Dowager Anne Charlotte Louifa, of Baden, mother to the reigning Margrave.

Princess Benedicta Erneftina Maria d'Efte, fifter to the reigning Duke of Modena.

Infant Don Philip, eldest fon to the King of Spain, of the fmall

pox.

20. Madame Dillon, lady of Count Edward Dillon, and eldest daughter of Sir Robert Harland, Bart. of Sproughton, near Ipfwich.

The young fultana, Hatige, daughter to the Grand Signor. Rt. Hon. Lady Dowager Forbes, at Edinburgh.

Hon. Edward Webley, chief juftice of the island of Jamaica, &c. Sir J. Cunningham, Bart. of Carpington, in Scotland.

Right Hon. Lord Foley. Nov. 1. The Rev. Sir John Caftleton, Bat.

The Landgrave Frederic, of Heffe Philipitall.

His Excellency Prince Maffa

of the late P. Bathurst, Efq; of Clarendon Park.

Langham, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir James Langham, Bart.

27. The Hon. Dr. Frederick Keppel, Lord Bishop of Exeter, Dean of Windfor and Wolverhamp

ton, regifter of the order of the garter, and uncle to the Earl of Albemarle.

28. Sir William Thomas, Bart. Lady of Sir J. Tylney Long,

Bart.

Lady of Sir Thomas Halifax,

APPEN

FR

RIDAY, February 7, Lord North prefented the bill to enable his majefty to fecure and detain perfons charged with, or fufpected of, high-treafon in North America, or on the feas for piracy, which was read the first time. On Friday the 14th, the bill was read a fecond time, and strongly opposed.

During the debate it was announced to the houfe, that the fheriff's of London and Middlefex, attended by the city remembrancer, were in waiting, with a petition to the house, again ft the faid bill's being paffed; the fheriffs were accordingly ordered in, when they prefented the following petition from the city of London against the American high-treafon bill, which was ordered to lie on the table till the third reading of the faid bill.

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in parliament affembled.

The humble Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council affembled,

SHEWET H,

THAT your petitioners have feen a bill depending in this honourable houfe, to impower his majefty to fecure and detain

perfons charged with, or fufpected of, the crime of high treafon committed in North America, or on the high feas, or the crime of piracy.

That, if the faid bill fhould pafs into a law, your petitioners are apprehenfive it will create the greateft uneafinefs in the minds of many of his majesty's good fubjects, and tend to excite the most alarming disturbances: all perfons indifcriminately being liable, upon the ground of fufpicion alone, without any oath made, and without convening the parties, or hearing what they can alledge in their own juftification, to be committed to a remote prison in any corner of the realm, there to remain without bail or main prize.

That the Habeas Corpus act, which is the great fecurity of the liberties of the people, will be fufpended.

That your petitioners are deeply affected with what they conceive will be the dangerous confequences of fuch a law, as from little motives of refentment, and various other inducements, there may be perfons competent to commit, who may be tempted to exercise that power in its utmost latitude and extent.

That measures fo violent and unconstitutional; fo fubverfive of the facred and fundamental rights [P] 4

of

of the people, and fubjecting them to the most cruel oppreffion and bondage, will, in the judgment of your petitioners, be introductive of every fpecies of mischief and confufion, and thereby precipitate the impending ruin of this country.

Your petitioners therefore earneftly befeech this honourable houfe, That the faid bill may not pass into a law, or at least to take fuch care, as in their wifdom may seem meet, to prevent it from being extended in its operation or conftruction to any of his majesty's, fubjects refident in thefe king. doms.'

Monday, Feb. 17. At the third reading of this bill, a warm debate enfued, and, the queftion being put, the numbers for the bill paff ing were 112, against it, 35.

Summary of the Trial of Dr. Dodd, for Forgery, at fuftice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Saturday, Fe. bruary 22.

OOON after ten o'clock the judges (Gould, Willes, and Perryn) and aldermen (about fixteen) being feated, Dr. Dodd was brought to the bar, led in by the Rev. Mr. Butler, when he read a paper to the following purport: That Mr. Robertfon, who was committed with him as a principal, had, by an order from the court, (furreptitiously obtained) been conveyed before the grand jury, to enable them to find the bill; and this being, as he was informed, a thing unprecedented, he therefore requested that he might, by his counsel, be heard thereon,

Meff. Howarth, Cooper, and

Butler, then produced feveral ob jections against Robertfon's evidence, and were replied to by Meffrs. Mansfield and Davenport.

Mr. Baron Perryn expreffed his forrow that fo much time had been taken up, occafioned by a mittake of the officer, which he believed would not have happened had not an ill-judged lenity been fhewn to the prifoner; for had he been removed with the reft, his name would neceffarily have appeared in the Kalendar, and perhaps the former application to the bench might then have been complied with, The baron was of opinion, that either a new indictment fhould be preferred, or proceed to trial; and if the prifoner fhould be convicted, then this matter to be left to the determination of the twelve judges.

The prifoner's counfel agreed that the trial fhould go on.

The indictment being read, Lord Chesterfield was the first evidence fworn: but, as it was neceffary to prove a release from Mr. Fletcher to his lordship before his examination, Mr. Manly was fworn, and produced faid releafe.

His lordship was then examined; he faid, neither the fignature to the bond, nor the receipt for the money, were of his figning.

Lord Chefterfield's gentleman likewife fwore, that the fignatures of both bond and receipt were not the hand-writing of his lordship.

Mr. Manly gave a fubftantial detail of the whole transaction, from the time the bond came into his hands, to the time of the commitment of the prifoner; he faid the bond had been in his poffeffion from the 4th of February to this time; that the blot, by which the forgery was difcovered, appeared

to