ftopt, Mr. Wales, the aftronomer of the voyage, to whole cuftody it was committed, felt himfelf charged with having wilfully ftopped it; and Mr. Forfter not immediately iffuing out, by way of erratum, a declaration that the word was flipt in by miftake, Mr. Wales published, 1778, fome warm "Remarks" on the voyage, which were answered, with no lefs warmth, in a "Reply to thofe Remarks," the fame year, by Mr. Forfter, jun. who, the fame year, addreffed "A Letter to the Earl of Sandwich," to prove that he and his father were not reward violent, and was felt at ten minutes after four in the morning of the 25th of January. Several walls were thrown down, the river was much agitated, and many boats funk. At Rennes the hock lafted only two minutes, and was not fo violent. It happened there a few minutes before four A. M. At Ferté Bernard it was felt about the fame time, and though it lafted little more than a fecond, it was extremely violent. The earthquake was alfo felt nearly at the fame time at Caen and Rouen, but occafioned no damage in either place. It was, we believe, felt on the fame day in Jersey. ed fufficiently, nor agreeably to DIED. 8th, at Halle, in Germacontract, for accompanying captain ny, John Reinhold Forfter, L. L. D. in the univerfity of Oxford, the celebrated navigator. He was a native of Pruffia, and a clergyman; elected F. A. S. 1767, and, at the 'fame time, F. R. S. In the "Archæologia," yol. II. are his "Obfervations on fome Tartarian Antiquities found in Siberia;" In vol. III. "Obfervations on the Parthian Epoch, as found on a Coin in the Imperial Cabinet at Vienna," publifhed by Frelich. Upon Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander declining the fecond voyage with captain Cook, 1772, on account of the want of fome proper accommodation, the board of admiralty, at the fhort warning of ten days, engaged Dr. Forfter and his fon, George, who drew up an account of a voyage round the word, in his Britannic majefty's floop, Refolution, commanded by captain Cook, during the years 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, published in two volumes, quarto, 1777; tranflated into German, Berlin, 1778, 2 volumes, quarto. Mr. Forfter having here faid that Mr. Arnold's watch was unfortunately Cook in this voyage; which ferves but to confirm our general obfervation, that foreigners, however glad to court, even to fervility, the patronage of England, rarely make thofe returns which the liberality and candour of Englishmen demand. If we wanted any other specimens of foreign difcontent with us, we may read the junior Mr. Forfter's philofophical and picturefque tour through England and France, 1787. Dr. Forfter published "Novæ Species Infectorum, 1771," 8vo.. "An eafy Method of allaying and claffing Mineral Subftances; containing plain and easy Instructions for any Perfon to examine the Products of his own Lands, or fuch as are obvious in Excurfions or Travels in foreign Countries, without having a complete chymical Apparatus. To which is added a Series of Experiments on the Fluor Spatofus, or Sparry Fluor; abftracted from the Memoirs of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, for the Year 1771," 8vo. 1772. "A Catalogue of the Animals of North America, 1771," 8vo. "Account of Qua drupeds Hebræorum occurrens explicatur. Additæ ad calcem mantifle Egyptiacæ v. on Zaphanath Paaneah, Abrech, Ark, Cherub. the Topaz. 1776," 8vo. "Obfervations made during a Voyage round the World, on Phyfical Geography, Natural Hiftory, and Ethic Philofophy, 1778," 4to. tranflated into French, as a 5th volume to Cook's Voyages, Paris, 1778, 4'0. In 1780, Dr. Forfter 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 Torber Bergman: to which are added, Notes by Richard Kirwan, Efq. and a Letter to him from Dr. Priestley," 8vo. He pub'ifhed 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 differtation 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 publifhed, in German, translated into English, 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 origi " drupeds and Birds from Hudfon's Bay," Phil. Tranf. LXII. "Account of Fishes fent from Hudfon's Bay," 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," 8vo printed with his tranflation of Bolu's "Travels through North America, illuftrated with Notes, relative, chiefly, to Natural Hiftory, 1771, 6vo. 2 vol. Alio, in 1771, a tranflation of Bougainville's "Voyage round the World," with additional obfervations, and the chart improved. Tranflation of Ofbeck's "Voyage to China and the Eaft Indies, 1771," 8vo. 2 vol.; of Kalın's "Voyage to North America, Vol. I. Warrington, 1770, 1772, 1773, London, 1771." Tranflation of Baron Reidesel'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. Forfter 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 Ift. Yesterday morning a small fingularis de Byflo antiquorum, quo cutter called the Bee, John Nation, ex Egyptia Lingua res veftiaria an-mafter, bound from London to the tiquorum imprimis in S. codice Weft Indies, went on fhore on the nal matter. B 3 FEBRUARY. fands 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 majefty's gun-veffel 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 vellel, 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 refcuing them from the very jaws of death, and brought them to his hofpitable manfion, where every refreshment and comfort was administered to them, which their exhausted state 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 cxertions and perfeverance alone are thefe poor people indebted for their lives. The fea was tremendous beyond defcription, and the foals on which the vellel lay extremely dangerous to approach. Mr. Sturt's boat was feveral times filled by the feas, 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 ftorm, in this bay. Three Scottish outward-bound Weft Indiamen were wrecked on the bar, and every foul of their respective crews and paffengers, to the number of 60, unhappily perished. At 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 should 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 paflage for the horfes, which corld 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 Chester coaches, that they and their passengers were ftuck 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 horfeback 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 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 horses, and, Ly great exertion and rifk, 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 eaft 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 escaped; 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 dashed to pieces. An awful phenomenon occurred in the Ifle of Wight: a large tract of land, containing 130 acres, with a dwelling-houfe 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 ftupendous gulph or chafm 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 them being dafhed 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 B 4 ceive ceive judgement. The former was ordered to be confined fix months, in the King's Bench prifon, and pay a fine of 507. the latter to be in prifoned one year, in the houfe of correction, in Cold-Bath-fields. 18th. Bath. The rapid thaw, accompanied, on Sunday, by a heavy rain, produced the greateft flood on our river that has been experienced fince 1774; Monday night, when at the higheft, it was more than ten feet above its ufual level. A moft diftreffing fcene prefented itfeif in Horfe-ftreet, Avon-ftreet, and on the quay; the kitchens, cellars, &c. in thofe places, were nearly full to the ceilings; and in the lowest part of Horse-street the inhabitants were driven for fhelter to the upper ftories. The road to Briftol was fearcely paffable, the water being in many places as high as the bellies of the horfes. Accounts from the country ftate, that fimilar inundations have almoft generally taken place, and much damage has been fuftained by hay-ricks, timber, &c. having been carried away. 21ft. In the court of King's Bench, this day, Mr. Cuthell, the original publisher of Mr. Wakefield's addrefs was tried before a fpecial jury; and, after calling feveral refpectable perfons to his character, who all concurred in ftating that he dealt in old hiftorical, philofophical and other learned books, and not at all in political or other pamphlets, and that he was a man of excellent moral character," was found guilty. Mr. Wakefield was alfo tried, as the au hor of the work; which, having been proved in evidence, he defended himself, and read a written fpeech upwards of two hours long, full of invectives against his majel ty's minifters, and particularly a gainft the attorney-general, who did not condefcend to make any reply to it. The fingle queftion, which the attorney-general put to the jury, was, whether Mr. G. Wakefield was to be governed by one law, and all his majesty's fubjects by another law? Lord Kenyon treated Mr. W. with great tenderness and humanity and the jury found the defendant guilty. Bail was immediately given for his appearance to receive judgement, himself in a 10001. and Mr. J. T. Rutt, merchant, in Thames-fireet, and Mr. Samuel Lewin, in 500/. each. 23th. James Turnbull was tried upon the capital charge of putting Thomas Finch in fear, and ftealing from his majesty's mint the fum of 2380 guineas. By the evidence of T. Finch, it appeared that, on the 20th of December, Turnbull and Dalton, and two of the Tower Hamlets militia, were employed to work at a prefs ufed in the mint; at nine o'clock Finch told them to go to breakfaft; they all went out, leaving him and a Mr. Chambers in the room; in about a minute Turnbull and Dalton returned, and the latter ftopped at the door while the former preferted a piftol, forced the keys of a cheft from Mr. F. and then locked him in an inner room; he afterwards ftole 2380 guineas, and then efcaped. Turnbull, in his defence, went into all the particulars, which he faid, though it would injure himfelf, was due to the innocent. He faid, being all ordered to go out, on the morning of the robbery, he went out laft, and found Dalton waiting for him at the door, to whom, with out giving the fimallest intimation of |