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drupeds and Birds from Hudfon's Bay," Phil. Tranf. LXII. "Account of Fishes fent from Hudfon's Bav," ib. LXIII. Specimen of the Natural Hiftory of the Volga," LVII. "Account of a new Map of the Volga," LVIII. "Manage ment of Carp in Polish Pruffia," LXI. "Account of Roots ufed by the Indians near Hudfon's Bay to dye Porcupines Quills," LXII. "Flora America Septentrionalis; or, A Catalogue of the Plants of North America, 1771" Svo print ed with his tranflation of Bolu's "Travels through North America, illuftrated with Notes, relative, chiefly, to Natural Hiftory, 1771," 8vo. 2 vol. Alfo, in 1771, a tranf lation of Bougainville's Voyage round the World," with additional observations, and the chart improved. Tranflation of Ofbeck's Voyage to China and the East Indies, 1771,❞ 8vo. 2 vol.; of Kalın's Voyage to North America, Vol. I. Warrington, 1770, 1772, 1773, London, 1771." Tranflation of Baron Reidefel's "Travel's into Sicily, and that Part of Italy formerly called Magna Græcia, and a Tour through Egypt, 1773," 8vo. dedicated to Thomas Falconer, of Chefter, efq. Mr. Pennant's brother-in-law. "Characteres Generum Plantarum, quas in itinere ad Infulas Maris Auftralis collegerunt, 1776," 4to. the firft fpecimen of of the natural productions of thofe remote countries in the South Seas which Dr. Forfier and his fon were fent out with captain Cook, at the national expenfe, to collect and defcribe. It contains feventy-five new genera of plants. "Liber fingularis de Bylo antiquorum, quo ex Egyptia Lingua res veftiaria anuiquorum imprimis in S. codice

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Hebræorum occurrens explicatur. Additæ ad calcem mantiflæ Egyptiacæ v. on Zaphanath Paaneah, Abrech, Ark, Cherub. the Topaz. 1776," Svo.

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during a Voyage round the World, on Phyfical Geography, NaturalHiftory, and Ethic Philofophy, 1778," 4to. tranflated into French, as a 5th volume to Cook's Voyages, Paris, 1778, 4'0. In 1780, Dr. Fortier published a tranflation, from the German, of "Chymical Obfervations and Experiments on Air and Fire,by Charles-William Scheele, Member of the Royal Academy at Stockholm; with a prefatory Introduction, by Torbern Bergman: to which are added, Notes by Richard Kirwan, Efq. and a Letter to him from Dr. Priestley," 8vo. He published at Halle, 1781, in Latin and German, Illuftrations of Natural Hiftory," with fifteen plates, in fmall folio, engraved at the joint expenfe of fir Jofeph Banks, Mr. Loten, a Dutch Eaft India governor, and Mr. Pennant; with the addition of a diflertation on the climate, winds, and foil, of India, and another on the bird of paradife and the phoenix (Pennant's Literary Life, p. 10). In 1786 he published, in German, tranflated into Englifh, the fame year, A Hiftory of the Difcoveries and Voyages made in the North, illuftrated with new and original Maps," 4to. an useful compilation, without much original matter.

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fands near Poole, in a heavy gale of wind at Eaft. There was a tremendous fea running, and a very heavy fnow falling, which rendered it extremely difficult, as well as hazardous, to afford any affiftance to the crew. The boats from his majesty's gun-vessel the Tickler, and feveral other boats, attempted it without fuccefs, and the poor fellows, after cutting away the mafts, and doing all they could to relieve the veffel, were left, without hope, to the horrid expectation that every coming fea would overwhelm them, or to the ftill more dreadful one, that they muft fhortly perifh by the inclemency of the weather. They remained in this fhocking fituation till the middle of the day, when Charles Sturt, efq. of Brownfeacaftle, happily fucceeded in refcung them from the very jaws of death, and brought them to his hofpitable manfion, where every refreshment and comfort was adminiftered to them, which their exhaufled ftate required. Mr. Sturt, on this occafion, merits the warmest thanks of every friend of humanity; regardless of his perfonal fafety, which was endangered in an imminent degree, to his active exertions and perfeverance alone are thefe poor people indebted for their lives.

The fea was tremendous beyond defcription, and the fhoals on which the vellel lay extremely dangerous to approach. Mr. Sturt's boat was feveral times filled by the fers, and himself and people once or twice abfolutely thrown out of her into the breakers.

24. Dublin. Laft night a melancholy accident occurred, during a dreadful form, in this bay. Three Scottith outward-bound Weft Indianten were wrecked on the bar, and

every foul of their refpective crews and passengers, to the number of 60, unhappily perished.

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9th. The mail-guards, who arrived in town, declare they never experienced fo fevere a night as that of February 8. The ftorm of hail was fo driven against their faces, as to benumb and fwell them. A gentleman, who fhould have arrived by the Chefter mail, relates, that from Northampton, which he left on Friday night, he got on tolerably well, notwithstanding the violence of the driving fnow, to Broughtonfield, whence the guard, for two miles, explored a paffage for the horfes, which could with difficulty be made to face the ftorm. length, arriving at Hockliff, he found, among other coaches, the Manchester mail; and was told, by perfons who had returned with the heavy Coventry and Chefter coaches, that they and their paffengers were fuck faft in the fnow on Chalk-hill. The dawn having, by this time, broken, he, with one of the fuperintendants of the Poft-office and the guard, fet off on horfes to Dunftable; and, taking a chaise with fix horfes from thence, they arrived with the mail at the General Poft-office at half past twelve, on Sunday. The mail-coach from Shrewsbury, on Saturday morning, ftuck in, the fnow in Tilworth-field, whence the guard carried the mail fome way, and then obtained a chaife, in which being unable to get forward, he proceeded with the mails on horseback to London: nor was the Worcester mail-coach more fortunate. The paffages which had been cut through the former fnow, upon that and other roads, having been filled by the heavy drifts of Friday night, the guard was obliged

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to leave the coach blocked up at Nettlebed, from whence he proceeded, occafionally walking and riding, to London, where he arrived in tolerable time. The fecond fall of fnow fo completely blocked up the Newmarket-road, that three paffengers, coming to town by the Norwich-mail, could not proceed any farther than Bourn-bridge. One of the fuperintendants of the Poft-office proceeded with the guard, on two of the horfes, and, by great exertion and risk, arrived with the mails, in London, though too late for Saturday's delivery.

12th. Plymouth. Yesterday was experienced the most severe hurricane ever remembered here, at N. W. and W. N. W. At four P. M. the Naiad frigate broke from her moorings, and got afhore on the wet mud; but, the tide flowing, fhe was floated off without damage. The Bon Ordre, privateer, in Catwater broke adrift, and got afhore on the Cat-down fide, where the now lies; the New Church partly unroofed, several stacks of chimneys blown down, the flates and roofs blown to a great distance. At fix P. M. a large ftack of chimneys at Ladywell-school, at the east end of the town, broke in upon the roof of the houfe, forced through into the children's bed-room, carried away the beams, flooring, and beds, accompanied by near ten tons, down into the first floor, where near thirty children were working. By the beams refting for a few moments, the miftrefs and twenty-feven of the children efcaped; but the cries of three children were heard under the ruins, and Mr. Rentfree, the mafter, with great exertions, dug them out, almoft fuffocated, and much bruifed. By the interference of Provi

dence, every perfon was miraculoufly faved from apparent and inevitable deftruction.

At night, a man walking home miftook his road, near Catdownroad, (the hedge having fallen in,) walked over a precipice 200 feet high, and was dafned to pieces.

An awful phenomenon occurred in the Ifle of Wight: a large tract of land, containing 130 acres, with a dwelling-house and other edifices upon it, occupied by farmer Hervey, was fuddenly feparated from the adjoining ground, and propelled forwards towards the fea; leaving in the place which it before occupied a flupendous gulph or chafin that inftantly filled with water. The eftate in queftion was fituated on the fouthern coaft of the island, a wild romantic tract of country, which wears every appearance of having heretofore experienced many fimilar lapfes or land-flips."

Much injury was fuftained on the river by the tremendous form of laft night. Several veffels, particularly fuch whofe cables had been hurt by the floating ice, were driven from their moorings, and, by getting foul of each other, they received confiderable injury in their rigging, as well as in feveral other refpects. Among the fmall craft there is great havock, both below and above bridge, great numbers of then being dafned to pieces, funk, or driven away. By the overflow of the river, at Weybridge, confiderable tracts of the adjacent meadows and corn-lands are laid under water.

Mr. Johnfon and Mr. Jordan, the bookfellers, convicted of a libel, in publifhing the Rev. Gilbert Wakefield's "Addrefs to the Bishop of Llandaff," were brought up to re

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d. Plymouth. A melanchol dent happened yesterday even gat the gun-wharf in the deckad at this place. Mr. Brace, with son, about 12 years old, G. Newman, R. Herden, and G. Scaries, were employed in removing quantity of bomb-thells, landed rom the different French prizes vely brought in bere, and poncha by Mr. Brace at T wậm, bylome acci

his intention, he faid, "You come of Brackley, in Northamptonshire;

in." Dalton afked for what? To which he replied, "Never mind, but come in." That when he prefented the pistol to Mr. Finch, Dalton called out to him two or three times, "What are you about?" and then went from the door and gave the alarm, which he certainly would not have done had he been concerned.

The jury pronounced him guilty; but his counfel was allowed to make any legal objections to the indictment, which is to be decided by the twelve judges.

William Bryce and Peter Pollard were both found guilty of affifting his efcape: this Turnbull alfo denied.

28th. This day were executed John Haines, for fhooting at Henry Edwards, a police officer, and James Blakeley, alias Patrick Blake, for forging a feaman's will. Haines has been hung in chains on Hounflow-heath, between the two roads; the gibbet ftrongly plated with iron. It is laid, that near 300 journeymen curriers attended the fcaffold to rescue Haines (who was a currier), but that they were prevented making the attempt by the vigilance of the fheriff's officers.

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DIED At Paris, Thomas Muir, the celebrated Scottish advocate, tranfported to Botany-bay, for fedition, but who efcaped thence. A wound he received on board the Spanish frigate in which he returned to Europe, it is faid, never was cured, and to that his death is afcribed.

2d. In his 62d year, Mr. Thomas Payne, for more than 40 years a a book feller of the firft reputation at the Mews-gate. He was a native

and began his career in Roundcourt, in the Strand, oppofite Yorkbuildings, where, after being fome years an affiftant to his elder brother, Olive Payne (with whom the idea and practice of printing catalogues is faid to have originated), he commenced bookfeller on his own account, and iffued "A Catalogue of curious Books in Divinity, Hiftory, Claffics, Medicine, Voyages, Natural Hiftory, &c. Greek, Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish, in excellent Condition, and mostly gilt and lettered," dated Feb. 29, 1740, being almoft the firft of the catalogifts, except Daniel Brown, at the Black Swan, without Temple-bar, and the fhort-lived Mears and Noorthouck. From this fituation he removed to the Mews-gate, in 1750, when he married Elizabeth Taylor, and fucceeded her brother in the fhop and houfe, which he built, whence he iffed an almost annual fucceffion of catalogues, beginning 1755, and, in the years 1760 and 1761, two catalogues during the year. This he continued to do till 1790, when he refigned the bufinefs to his eldest fon, who had for more than 20 years been his partner, and who opened a new literary channel, by a correfpondence with Paris, from whence he brought, in 1793, the library of the celebrated chancellor, Lamoignon. The little fhop, in the shape of an L, was the firft that obtained the name of a literary coffee-house, in London, from the knot of literati that reforted to it; and, fince the difplay of new books on the counter has been adopted from the Oxford and Cambridge bookfellers, other London fhops have their followers.

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