winning mare drank 12 bottles of wine during the journey, and on Thursday was fo well as to take her exercise on Knavefmire. There is no name difgraceful enough to characterize this fort of diverfion.

Thirty poor housekeepers were entertained at Gunnersbury-Houfe, the feat of the Princefs Amelia, according to annual cuftom, and were afterwards difmiffed with a guinea each, the ufual bounty.

At a meeting of the commiffioners for building a bridge at Richmond ferry, fubfcriptions were received to the amount of 12,000 1. The whole expence of building the bridge is estimated at 25,000l. The proprietor of that ferry has offered to give up his right for the fum of 8oool. or an annuity of 220 1. per ann. and if the commiffioners give him the 6000 1. he engages to fubfcribe the whole towards building the bridge.

By advices this day, it appears, that whilft the Chamber was fitting at Warsaw on the trial of the Regicides, his Polish Majefty came into the court, and being feated on the throne, interceded in the most pathetic manner, not only for the life of the man who faved him, and brought him back, but for all the others, reprefenting them as the innocent victims of the infamous projects of their fuperiors, and being obliged to obey, at the rifk of their lives, the orders of their commanders. Not fatisfied with this ftep, which certainly does great honour to his Majefty's clemency, he fpares no pains or arguments with the judges in their favour. As to his deliverer, there is no doubt of his efcaping, in confequence of his Majefty's promise to VOL. XVI.

him; but it is poffible the Chamber may think it neceffary to make, by the punishment of the others, a ftriking example of fo dangerous and daring an attempt.

A letter received here from Peterfburg mentions, that among the many ufeful eftablishments made by the Emprefs of Ruffia, one is, that of her having benevolently extended her aid to the most useful clafs of mankind, thofe who cultivate the earth in the greatest part of the provinces of tha, empire, as well as in the neighbouring kingdoms; thefe poor creatures have no other habitations than wretched hovels, which are fo low, as not to allow them room to ftand upright, and are real fcenes of wretchedness. Nothing is to be found in them, but a miferable kind of bed for the mafter; the rest of the family lay themfelves down on banks raised with earth,-men, women, children, and cattle all together. Her Imperial Majefty has given orders, that this clafs of her fubjects shall be better accommodated, by building for them more commodious habitations.

Franckfort, July 17. According to the latt letters from Petersburgh, the Grand Duke of Ruffia made choice, the 29th of last month, of the Princefs Wilhelmina of Darmftadt for his confort. The Grand Duke was born the 1ft of October, 1754, and the princefs was born the 25th of July, 1755.

We hear from Hamburgh, that the marriage of the Duke of Sudermania, brother to the King of Sweden, with the Princefs Charlotte of Holftein Eutin, daughter of the Duke of Slefwick-HolteinEutin, Prince Bishop of Lubeck, is concluded.

In Ireland, the revenue, in times of peace, ufed generally to exceed the provifions for the national eftablishment from 60 to 120,000 l. in

every two years. In the last year, ending the 24th of December, 1772, instead of a furplus, the deficiency, in one year only, has amounted to 93,000l. though the taxes, when compared with thofe laid on in 1762, should have left a balance in favour of government of 127,000l. per ann. or 254,000l. for the two years. 31ft.

As the workmen were finking a vault in Difs church, Norfolk, for Mr. Taylor, they discovered a stone coffin, in which were the bones of a perfon quite entire, and near the head was a pewter chalice, by which it is fupppofed it was a prieft; he probably had been buried 4 or 500 years, as the metal was almoft detroyed about fix feet fouth of this coffin, and at the depth of about five feet, they found two large urns, or pots of red earth, one holding fifteen pints, the other fourteen; there was nothing in them but black foetid earth.-Blomfield mentions a ftone coffin being found when Mr. Burton was buried in the north ayle of the chancel (or, as he calls it, the chapel of the Guild of Corpus Chrifti) in 1705, in which was a filver chalice, and which they buried again.

Three men and three women went to the Bell-inn in Edgbastonftreet, Birmingham, and made the following fingular entry in the tollbook which is kept there:

August 31, 1773. Samuel Whitehoufe, of the parifh of Wiltenhill, in the county of Stafford, this day fold his wife, Mary White

houfe, in open market, to Thomas Griffiths, of Birmingham, value one fhilling,

To take her with all faults. Signed, Samuel Whitehouse, and Mary Whitehouse,

Voucher, Thomas Buckley, of
Birmingham."

The parties were all exceedingly well pleased, and the money paid down as well for the toll as purchase.

DIED lately in Oxford-ftreet, aged 81, Mrs. Ann Horthingby, for 38 years the widow of Mr. Horthingby, a native of Switzerland; fince whofe death the lived in a mean apartment, fcarcely allowing herself the common neceffaries of life, clothed with rags, and almost eat up with vermin. On fearching her room after her decease, which fhe had permitted no perfon to enter for the last nine years of her life, there were found in it bank notes and cash to the amount of 4000 1.

At a village near Grantham in Lincolnshire, Mr. John Innis, a farmer, poffeffed of a fortune of 15,000l. who for many years paft fuffered his fon to go as a labouring man to another farmer in the neighbourhood, but has now left him all his fortune.

Mr. Colemill, in Old-ftreet, aged 83. He was much reforted to as a fortune-teller, by which he acquired upwards of 4000 1.

At Stanton, in Cumberland, Mary Smith, aged 104, who was fpinning but two hours before the died.

Thomas Garbut, at Hurworth, in Yorkshire, aged 101, SE P.

SEPTEMBER.

This day a duel was fought between Mr. Scawen and Mr. Fitzgerald, near Lifle, in the Austrian dominions, in which neither of the gentlemen received any hurt. Mr. Fitzgerald fired two piftols, one by defign, and one by accident. Mr. Scawen fired one in the air, who making fome flight apology for the caufe of the duel, the parties were reconciled this night, and returned highly fatisfied with the iffue of the unlucky affair between them.

John Challoner was executed at Stafford, for the murder of his own father. The circumftances were; the father and the fon, who were both labourers, were at work in a wood near Stone, in Staffordshire; and upon fome words arifing between them, the fon threw a mall iron pot at his father's head, and one of the feet entering his fkull, gave the mortal wound, of which he languished but a few days, and then expired. The above criminal, in a quarrel he had with his wife fome time ago, killed a young child fhe had in her arms, by unfortunately receiving a blow he aimed at his wife. 6th.

The royal regiment of artillery had a great fieldday on Woolwich-common, after which feveral experiments were made on grape-shot, one of which was of a most extraordinary nature, from a gun invented by General Defaguliers, which was fired against a long target of wood; it kept a continual firing whilst the regiment marched 150 yards, in which time it put soo hot through the target, at the distance of 400 yards, having fred 24 times in a minute.

This

is justly looked upon as the greatest improvement ever made on cannon fince the firft invention.

13th.

This morning Elizabeth Herring, who was convicted laft Friday at the Old Bailey of the wilful murder of her husband, (who plied as a waterman at Wappingftairs) by ftabbing him with a cafeknife in the throat, in a quarrel while they were at dinner at a public houfe in King-ftreet, Wapping, was carried on a fledge, drawn by four horfes, from Newgate to Tyburn. She confeffed that her huf band died by the wound the gave him in her paffion, to which fhe was very fubject; but declared the had no intention of murdering him, and feemed to be entirely refigned to her unhappy fate.The method of executing this unfortunate woman was as follows: She was placed on a tool fomething more than two feet high, and a chain being placed under her arms, the rope round her neck was made faft to two fpikes, which being driven. through a poft againft which fhe ftood, when her devotions were ended, the ftool was taken from under her, and fhe was foon ftrangled. When she had hung about fifteen minutes, the rope was burnt, and the funk till the chain fupported her, forcing her hands up to a level with her face, and the flames being furious, he was soon confumed. The crowd was fo immenfely great, that it was a long time before the faggots could be placed for execution.

It was computed that there were above 20,coo people to fee this melancholy fpectacle, many of whom were much hurt, and fome trodden to death in gratifying a barbarous curiosity. [K] 2

The

15th.

The feffions ended at the Old Bailey. At this feffion fifteen prifoners received judgment of death, forty were fentenced to be tranfported for feven years, fix ordered to be privately whipped, two to be publicly whipped, and fifty-five were discharged by proclamation.

Among thofe capitally convicted were William Davidfon, for a most impudent robbery in the chambers of Richard James, Efq; in the Temple. This fellow used to have Mr. James, and knowing that he was out of town, he got accefs by mean of a falfe key, 'and taking a broker with him, perfonated Mr. James, and fold his goods.-William Cox, for ftealing bank notes, value 4001. from John Kenrick, a dealer in horfes for the French Francis Talbot, for breaking and entering the houfe of William Ewer, Efq; and itealing plate and bank-notes to a great amount.And John Sterling, for forging the will of Elizabeth Shooter, withintent to defraud the South-Sea Company of 3501. He folemnly declared he intended to replace the money, and the jury recommended

him to mercy.

This day Sir John Fielding informed the Bench of Juftices, that he had last year written to Mr. Garrick concerning the impropriety of performing the Beggar's Opera, which never was reprefented on the ftage without creating an additional number of real thieves: he begged, therefore, the gentlemen prefent would join with him in requesting Mr. Garrick to defift from performing that opera on Saturday even. ing. The Bench immediately confented to the propofal; and a polite card was dispatched to Mr. Garrick for that purpose. To which

Mr. Garrick returned for anfwer, that his company was so imperfect and divided, (many of the performers being yet in the country) that it would be exceedingly inconvenient, if not impoffible, for him to open with any other piece, than that he had already advertised; but added, that he would for the future do every thing in his power to oblige them.

Rome, Auguft 17. Yesterday at night a detachment of Corfican foldiers went to each of the colleges and other houses of the Jefuits, with the following prelates, viz. Meffrs. Macedonio, Alfani, Serfale, Zaccheri, Dionigi, Archetti, Riganti, Paffonei, Foggoni, and Deila Porta. The foldiers having taken poft both within and without these refpective houfes, the above deputies affembled the community, and caufed to be read to them, by the notaries nominanted for that purpofe, the brief which occafioned their commiffion, and the bull of their fuppreffion. After which, they fucceffively put the feal on the archives, chefts of filver plate, and of provifions. They then left the foldiers in the faid houses and colleges, to have an eye over those individuals, who in the fpace of eight days were to quit the habit of their order. The Jefuits commenced from this morning to give up their fchools, and are no longer to exercife the functions of their ministry.

Aleppo, July 12. The last accounts from Baffora and Bagdad are very afflicting, as they mention that the plague has carried off 100,000 people in the former of thofe two places, and more than twice that number in the latter. The French conful at Bagdad, and the agent of the fame nation at

Baffora,