Secretary to the Abbe Ricci. The Ex-General's letter-carrier, who was imprisoned, is again fet at liberty, after having been examined feveral times very strictly. The Abbe Granuzzi, who was arrested with his uncle the Abbe Stefanucci, is fet at liberty, with orders, however, to leave this capital. It is affured, that the latter was not arrested for having fet fire to the papers, in the Germanic college, but because fome fymptoms of intanity were discovered in him.

Stockholm, Sept. 14. The crop of corn in this country has turned out fo abundant this year, that the price is already fallen 50 per cent.

Leipfick, Sept. 18. The villages of Putichwitz, Kleinbautzen, Walfwitz, Gleinen, and Kannewits, at about a mile distant from Bautsen, are reduced to a moft deplorable ftate by the ravages of the field mice, who have devoured all the productions of the earth. Befides the above, a fpecies of frogs, different from thofe in the marshes, have caufed great damage among the hemp; and what is most remarkable, none of thefe deftructive creatures have been met with any where elfe in the Margraviate.

William Edwards White, 25th. was this day executed at Tyburn, for the murder of farmer Wingfield. He behaved in a very hardened and impertinent manner, refusing to join in prayers; and, though he acknowledged the robber, he denied the murder. It is remarkable, that on the day of his Majefty's acceffion to the throne in 1760, a man was hanged for murder at the end of Bow-flreet.

In this time of general diftrefs in Scotland, the Earl of Broadalbane has remitted, for his poor tenants,

three years rent, and to make every thing as eafy to them as poffible, he has fet out for Scotland, in order to be upon the fpot, and hear and redress their complaints.

26th.

The feffions ended at the Old-bailey, when feven prifoners received fentence of death; one of whom, (William Edwards White, for the murder of farmer Wingfield) was executed yesterday, as mentioned above; thirty-five were fentenced to be tranfported for feven years, and four for fourteen years; five were branded in the hand; one of whom (Jofeph Wright, for coining a halfpenny), is to be imprifoned twelve months in Newgate; two were ordered to be privately whipped, and twenty-one difcharged by proclamation.

The workmen, in levelling a piece of ground for new buildings at Dunbar in Scotland, dug up 290 pieces of filver coin, moftly of Queen Elizabeth. They are fuppofed to have been buried by fome of Oliver's men, before the battle of Dunbar in 1650.

A barbarous murder was committed near Bradford, in Wilts, on Adam Truftley, by his fon-in-law, who cleaved his fkull with a stone, for interpofing in a quarrel between him and his wife. The murderer was immediately feized, and committed to Salisbury-gaol.

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27th.

The five following malefactors were carried in two carts from Newgate, and executed at Tyburn in the firft, Thomas Afhby and Edward Lundy M'Daniel, for burglary in the house of Mr. Edmund Bailey, in Oxfordftreet, and stealing a quantity of plate; in the fecond cart, William Cox, for ftealing bank notes and cash, to the amount of 4401. the property

Property of Mr. Kenrick, at his apartments in Oxford-street; Emanuel Peele, for breaking into the houfe of William Bakewell, Efq; in Jermyn-ftreet, and ftealing a great quantity of plate, &c. and John Sterling, an attorney, for forging a will, purporting it to be the will of Elizabeth Shooter, with an intent to defraud the South-Sea Company of 3501.. Their behaviour in general was decent: Sterling was remarkably penitent. Juft before Cox was turned off, Mr. Toll, who acted as ordinary, with a loud and distinct voice, acquainted the spectators," that William Cox begged their prayers; that he owned he committed the fact for which he was going to fuffer, and hoped that God would receive his foul." The two fheriffs and under-fheriff attended the execution on horseback, and two perfons, clothed in black, with black ftaves, walked all the way before the prifoners to the place of execution, where they were allowed an hour and a half in their devotions, a circumftance not remembered for a great many years paft. Hearfes attended to take away the bodies of Sterling and Cox. The concourfe of people was greater than has been known for many years.-At the place of execution, Emanuel Peele, in the most folemn manner, declared the innocence of Francis Talbot, who is by his Majesty refpited for feven days only.

The following were reprieved, viz. William Williamfon, alias McKenzie, for ftealing a pair of diamond ear-rings, in the fhop of Mr. Farquharson, jeweller, in the Strand; Francis Simberlen, alias Simberel, for stealing a mare, the property of Mr. Howes; Philip VOL. XVI.

Short, for robbing William Yeates on the highway, at Mill Hill: George Brown, for robbing Charles Jacob Sheffield, on the highway, near Knightsbridge, of a gold watch and fome money; James Devereux, and William Hinds, for robbing Mr. Marth on the highway, near Limehoufe-bridge, of a quarter of a guinea; Samuel Marriot, concerned with Emanuel Peele, (mentioned in the preceding article) in breaking into and robbing the houfe of William Bakewell, Eiq; and Robert Walker, for returning from tranfportation before the expiration of his time; he is now to be tranfported for life.

DIED lately, the Rev. Mr. Luke Imber, aged 90, at Christchurch, in Hants, and one of his Majefty's juftices of the peace for that county. Though he poffeffed a genteel income, he affected the drefs of the loweft indigence. At the age of 83 he married a country girl of 13. He defired, in his will, that he might be buried in an old cheft, which he had for fome time kept by him for that purpose; and that the bearers fhould have each of them a pair of tanned leather gloves, and a new pair of fhoes, which were given accordingly.

Mrs. Hatton, in the 105th year of her age, at Brainsford, in the parish of Killcoo, near Cattlewellan, Ireland.

Mrs Leavefield, an English lady, aged 107, at Bologna, in Italy. She went over from England at the age of 15. It is faid he has died immenfely rich, and has left great part of her money to convents. She has left 15,000l. to one. John Leavefield, who went as a common foldier to the Eaft-Indies eleven years ago.

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At Chesterfield, aged 107, Mr. Andrew Eckstain.

At Athborne, in Derbyshire, Ellen Hitchcock, aged 118.

At Deptford, Mrs. Rebecca Widmear, aged 115.

NOVEMBER.

The coroner's inqueft fat

ift. on the body of Philip Ave*nal, who died in Worcester gaol of the gun-fhot wounds received from farmer Edward Newland, of Hurfley, about one o'clock in the morning, after he had committed a felony, and refufed to furrender ; they all unanimously brought in their verdict, Juftifiable Homicide, agreeable to the opinion of the late Serjeant Hawkins, folio 70, being a fettled point in law, That if a perfon having actually committed a felony, will not fuffer himself to be arrested, but ftands on his own defence, or flies, fo that he cannot poffibly be apprehended alive by those who purfue him, whether private perfons or public officers, with or without a warrant from a magiftrate, he may be lawfully flain by them. The poor man was attended by an able furgeon and phyfician, and every proper method was made ufe of for his recovery.

A letter from Orkney gives the following account of an extraordinary efcape of fix perfons in the North-fea. Some time ago the ferry-boat, which plies from the ifland walls across the Pentland Frith, in her way from Caithness loft her course, occafioned by thick weather, too much of an ebb-tide, and a strong gale of wind from S. E. They did not perceive their miftake for fome time; but not fee

ing the oppofite fhore in an hour more, they began to be very uneasy. The fog ftill continuing, and the gale increafing, they were obliged to put before the wind, and were drove into the North-fea, which ran fo very high, that it was with the greateft difficulty they could keep their fmall yawl from being overfet. Such was their melancholy condition for two days, when happily they were discovered by a jagar coming from Iceland. with fish. By this time the wind had abated, and the weather was clear. The jagar was commanded by Capt. Peter Pahvis, belonging to Maefefluice in Holland, who took the men on board, put them into warm beds, and treated them with every degree of care and humanity. He took their small fhalop upon deck, and three days afterwards landed them on the fouth part of Shetland, and at the fame time furnished them with money, tobacco, and provifions, fufficient to carry them to their own homes. It appears by a certificate which this humane Dutchman fent along with them, that they were 55 leagues N. W. from Orkney, and 16 leagues W. S.-W. from the Faro iflands, when he fell in with them. There were fix men in the boat, without any nourishment,, (not even water) without a without a compafs, or the leaft knowledge of navigation: fo that. their deliverance was effected by the only means which, in all hu man appearance, could poffibly have happened for their prefervation."

The 10th of October being the day appointed for the celebration of the marriage of his Imperial Majefty, the Grand duke of Russia, with the eldeft. Princefs of Heffe Darmstadt,

the nobility affembled in the Cafan-Church, at Petersburgh, the streets of which were lined with guards, and fome regiments of foot. About noon, upon a fignal being given, the proceffion fet out from the winter palace, and proceeded to the church, in the centre of which, was a throne richly decorated for the Emprefs, and on the right-hand a gallery for their Imperial Highneffes, and their royal attendants; and on the left, another for the foreign minifters. The body of the church was filled with the four first claffes of nobility. The Archbishop of Petersburg performed the marriage ceremony, and afterwards preached a fermon fuitable to the occafion. The conclufion of the whole was proclaimed by a running fire of the mufketry, and the proceffion returned in the fame order in which it came. The festivities on this occafion, were continued from the 10th to the 21ft, with only three days intermiffion.

The Duke and Dutchefs of Cumberland arrived at Strafburg, on the 5th ult. when Marthal de Contades being indifpofed, the Baron de Wurmfer, Inspector-general of the foreign troops, was charged to do all the honours, and order all amusements which they were willing to accept. The next day his Royal Highness was on the parade, and in the evening with his Dutchefs at the comedy, ordered on purpose to entertain them; after which they fupped with the Baron, who had invited the principal perfons in the place to be prefent. On the 7th, the Duke waited on Marfhal Contades, and informed him how much he interested himself in the restoration of his health. In

the comedy, and afterwards accepted of the invitation of the Sieur Blair to fup with him. The 8th Baron Wurmfer drew up all the foreign troops of the garrifon to perform their manoeuvres before their Highneffes, after which the Baron again entertained them with a magnificent fupper. The 9th, all the troops were drawn up, and lined the streets from their lodgings to the gate from whence they went out, at ten in the morning, and refted in the evening at the caftle of Olwillar, where Count de Waldner had the honour to receive them ; and next morning they fet out for Bafle, to continue their route. When they left Strafburg, they were faluted by all the cannon on the ramparts, and detachments of the Corfican legion accompanied them as far as Kerich.

In Bow-street, W. Kidwell 3d. coach-carver, charged a woman, who calls herself the Honourable Elizabeth Harriet Greeve, with defrauding him of 361. on pretence of procuring him the place of clerk to the dry ftores in the victualling office.-William Kent, of Streatley, in Berks, charged the fame woman with defrauding him of 301. in cafh, and obtaining his conditional bond for 2301, more,' which was to be the confiderationmoney for her procuring him the office of a coaft-waiter, and, in confequence of a letter from the prifoner, Mr. Kent quitted his bufinefs in the country, and brought his wife and three children to London.

Eliz. Cooper charged this offender with defrauding her husband of 62 1. on a fimilar pretence; in confequence of which he died of a broken heart. Mrs. Greeve was to [4] 2

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have procured the place of a fet tled-tidefman for Mr. John Smith, who paid his money to the deceafed Mr. Cooper, for the prifoner's ufe; and Smith owes his ruin to this tranfaction. Mr. James Tiley, who had retired from bufinefs, advertised for place, the employment of which might fill up his leifure hours. Mrs. Greeve anfwered by letter, and he was likewise to be provided for; but it ended only in his lofing 10 1.-Francis Crook, who acted as an agent for the prifoner, at a time when he did not know she was an impoftor, deposed, that he had agreed for the fale of many places with the people whom he took to his miftrefs, who received and kept the advance-money. Some of the above-named parties, would probably not have fallen a facrifice to her artifices, but that the fight of gilt chariots, almoft perpetually at her door, feemed to confirm her account of her great intereft and connections. She was first coufin to Lord North, fecond coufin to the Duke of Grafton, nearly related to Lady Fitzroy, and the intimate acquaintance of Lord Guildford, and the Honourable Charles James Fox; yet have all these noble alliances in blood and friendship vanished in a moment, and it appears that Mrs. Greeve was tried for a felony about two years ago, and sentenced to be tranfported. 6th.

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This day Sir Henry Bankes, Knight and Alderwas elected Prefident of Chrift's-Hospital, who being then at the treasurer's houfe, was waited upon by Mr. Harley, and Sir James Eldaile, and being by them introduced into court, had his charge read to him; after which Sir Henry

Bankes addreffed the court on the honour he had received, and then the Lord Mayor quitted the chair.

The report was made to 10th. his Majefty in council, of the convicts under fentence of death in Newgate; when the two following were ordered for execution, viz. Holdsworth Hill, for breaking open and robbing the house of Mr. Parker in the Rolls-buildings; and James Childs, for robbing Samuel Lamb, in Hackney road.

The following were reprieved, viz. Richard Bradley, for a burglary in Cow-crofs; and Thomas Keatley, Thomas Hall, and Robert Rivers, for ftealing a fheep from Stepney-fields.

16th.

About one o'clock at noon, a most violent hurricane happened at Oxford, which greatly damaged feveral of the public buildings: the beautiful church of All-Saints, in the High-ftreet, was totally unroofed, and many tons of lead blown a confiderable diftance in the treets: the stone balluftrade all thrown down by the violent gufts of wind. The ftorm came very fuddenly from the northweft, and did not last twenty minutes happily no lives were loft.

This day the Dutchy of Holstein was, by the Grand Duke of Ruffia's principal commiffary, transferred to his Danish Majefty, with all the rights, privileges, and territorial fovereignties thereunto belonging.

They write from Abbeville in France, that a terrible accident happened there on the 2d instant, a holiday called All-Souls. In the afternoon the powder magazine blew up, which destroyed about 100 houfes, and it is fuppofed that no less than 120 people were killed