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fuch as became the munificence and hofpitality of English nobles. The manners of thefe people befpeak them of amiable difpofitions, and fhew the uncultivated nature of man to fo much advantage, that they are favourites with all who know them. Their countenances (never taught to deceive) are faithful to the feelings of their hearts, of which they prefent a variety of interesting pictures, well worthy the eye of the connoiffeur; and their obfervations abound with fine itrokes of nature, never wearing any other than the transparent drefs of pure fimplicity.

The Diffenters bill was zd. this day, after a long debate, rejected in the House of Lords, by a majority of 86 to 28. The speakers in favour of the bill were, the Duke of Richmond, Lord Mansfield, Lord Camden, Earl of Shelburne, and Lord Lyttleton: against it, Earl of Denbigh, Lord Bruce, Earl Gower, Bishop of London, Bishop of Peterborough, the Lord Chancellor, Earl of Suffolk, Duke of Grafton, and Bishop of Llandaff.

It was this day confidently afferted in the public papers, that 85,000l. had lately bees iffued in one year to defray the fupra charge of coinage; and that ever fince the year 1745, there has been annually coined at the tower 1,750,000l. which makes the grofs fum of 49 millions fterling; yet there is ftill a fcarcity of coin for circulation.

The fociety for the encourage ment of arts, manufactures, and commerce; have given the following medals, infcribed, To George Young, M. D. culture of cinnamon in St. Vincent's, gold medal.-To John Sneyd; Efq; for planting Scotch firs, 1772, gold medal.

To Brian Higgins, M. D. for making white copper in England, gold medal.-To John Harrifon, Efq; for planting Scotch firs, 1772, filver medal.

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The Earl of Dartmouth, one of his majesty's principal fecretaries of ftate, this day received a letter, dated Feb. 22, from Major General Dalrymple, commander in chief of his Majefty's troops in the island of St. Vincent, containing an account of the total reduction of the Caribbs, and inclofing a copy of the treaty entered into with the faid Caribbs, by which they fubmit themfelves entirely to his Majefty, and cede to his Majesty a large tract of very valuable land.

Major General Dalrymple tranfmits the following returns of the lofs fuftained by his Majefty's troops, and highly commends their activity, bravery, and patience, in the courfe of this difficult and fatiguing fervice.

Return of the cafualties of the feveral regiments in St. Vincent's, from the time of their taking the field against the Caribbee Indians, in September 1772, to the conclufion of the campaign the 20th of February, 1773.

Killed, one lieutenant-colonel; three fubalterns; three ferjeants; 65 rank and file.-Wounded, one captain; one fubaltern; eight ferjeants; 73 rank and file.--Deceafed, one captain; one fubaltern; eight ferjeants; 100 rank and file.-Deferted, four rank and file.

Sick, one lieutenant-colonel; five captains; 12 fubalterns; 16 ferjeants; 394 rank and file.-—— Total of killed, 72; wounded 83; deceased, 110; deferted, 4; fick, 428.-In all, 697.

Killed, Lieutenant-Col. Walsh,

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I am commanded by the House of Commons to acquaint you, that you are immediately, upon the receipt of this, to fummon the reprefentatives of your county, and boroughs within the fame, to attend their fervice in parliament, on Monday the 26th of this inftant April, the House of Commons intending to proceed, with the utmoft feverity, against fuch of their members as fhall then neglect to attend the fervice of the Houfe: and you are to give me an account of the receipt of this, and what you had done therein, upon pain of incurring the difpleafure of the faid House.

I am, Sir, your humble fervant, FLETCHER NORTON." The Sheriffs, in purfuance thereto, fummoned the feveral reprefentatives for London, Middlefex, and Westminster, and fent the following letter to the Speaker:

SIR,

"In pursuance of your direction ts us, in the Name of the Houfe of Commons, we have given the proper notice to

Sir Robert Ladbroke, Knt.

the Right Hon. Thomas Harley, and Barlow Trecothick, Efq; reprefentatives of London.

"John Wilkes, Efq; and John Glynn, Efq; knights of the hire for the county of Middlesex.

"And to Earl Percy, and Sir Robert Bernard, Bart. reprefentatives of Westminster.

"We have the honour to be, Sir, your humble fervants, RICHARD OLIVER, WATKIN LEWES,

Sheriffs.'

Mr. Recorder made the report to his Majesty of the convicts under fentence of death in Newgate, viz. John Foffet, Thomas Bond, Henry Weft, Kennereth M Kenzie, Wil. liam Harding and James Sheridan, Richard Beazor, John Beazor, and Richard Bilby, Ann Griffiths, otherwife Hall, Francis Mercier, and one Piddock for high-treafon, in coining; when the following were ordered for execution on Friday next, viz,

John Beazor, Richard Beazor, James Sheridan, William Harding,. and Jofeph Piddock.

But after the report was made, the two Beazors received a respite from one of his majesty's principal fecretaries of state.

The following are refpited during his Majefty's pleasure, viz. Mercier, Bond, Foffet, Ann Griffiths, Bilby, Weft, and Harding.

Kennerith M'Kenzie received his

Majefty's free pardon.

The following bills received the royal affent by commiffion, viz.

The bill for the better regulation and government of pilots, conducting fhips and veffels out of the port of King's-Lynn, in the county of Norfolk.

The bill to enable the rector of the church of Stockport, in the county

county of Chefter, to grant leafes of glebe lands in the faid parish.

The bill for better lighting, watching, cleanfing, and paving the town of Brighthelmftone, in the county of Suffex.

The bill to extend the provifions of an act, for the better prefervation of timber trees, woods, and underwoods, to poplar, alder, maple, larch, and hornbeam.

The bill to enable the inhabitants of Bethnal Green to discharge debts for building their workhouse for the fupport of their poor.

The bill for rebuilding the county gaol of Effex.

The bill for making and extending the navigation of the river Bure, from Coltfhall to Aylsham bridge, in the county of Norfolk.

The bill for establishing a plate glafs manufactory.

The bill for better lighting, watching, and paving Birmingham.

And also several road, inclofure, and private bills.. Clifford's creditors held a 13th. meeting at Amfterdam, when 15 per cent. was offered, and 20 per cent. more in fix months. A few figned, but a great majority rejected the propofal with indigna

tion.

The States-General this day agreed to an augmentation of

12,000 men. This day were executed 16th. at Tyburn, attended by Mr. Oliver's under-fheriff, Jofeph Piddock, for coining, and James Sheridan, for highway robbery. Piddock was drawn on a new fledge, by five horses, decorated with ribbons. They behaved fuitably to their unhappy fate. Piddock was fo weak, he was obliged

to fit in the cart during prayers. Sheridan was nineteen years old this day. He had wrote round the cap he was turned off in, his name and the girl's he kept company with. She attended in a hackneycoach, and carried him home in it. Piddock had a hearfe.

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In a letter dated this day, Princes Court, and addressed to Sir Fletcher Norton, Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. Wilkes renews his claim, in the strongest manner, to his feat in parliament for the county of Middlefex. In fupport of his claim he afferts, That while the refolution remains in the journals of the Houfe, That Henry Lawes Luttrel, Efq; is duly elected a knight of the fhire for the county of Middlefex, the House of Commons, in the perfon of one man illegally deprived of his feat in parliament, have disfranchifed all the people of England; and, in the perfon of another, have affumed to themfelves the right of nominating to any county, city, or borough, in defiance of the legal electors. It is fcarcely poffible, fays he, to imagine a precedent more fatal to the free conftitution of any ftate, or more alarming to the members themselves, who, indulging in fupine eafe and luxury, amidst the cries of the ftarving poor, unfeeling as unrelenting, now glory in the rich fpoils of this ignoble victory over their bleeding country, and perhaps their pofterity. He adds, that the majority are abhorred as the inftruments of minifterial tyranny, not revered as the protectors of the rights of the nation; if they continue actuated by the fame fpirit of ufurpation and lawless power, one hope ftill remains, the wisdom and virtue of

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a future independent parliament, which cannot fail foon to give vigour and fuccefs to the honeft efforts of all the real patriots for the reftoration of the conftitution, and to pour juft vengeance on their guilty predeceffors.

zzd. At the anniversary feaft of the London Hofpital, held at Merchant-Taylors hall, the whole fum, collected, and in donatives, amounted to 9191. 15s. 1 d. The Bishop of Carlisle preached the anniversary fermon at St. Lawrence's church, near Guildhall.

Stockholm, March 15. The diftillers of grain, having prefented a petition to the King, to obtain the liberty of distilling from that commodity, his Majesty ordered the following anfwer to be given them: "That he will not acquiefce to a demand fo prepofterous and fo contrary to his intentions; that they who made it deferved to be punished for fo doing; but that his Majefty, from his ufual clemency, is willing to pardon them this time."

Petersburg, March 16. General Sukatm, who commanded the troops in the expedition in Georgia, is returned. He had a very infufficient number of men under his command to act in a country filled with mountains, marshes and narrow paffes. He laid fiege to a place wherein all the wealth of the country was fhut up, having nothing but field-pieces with him. He battered it a long time in vain, and having loft all his men by ficknefs, famine, and forced marches, has brought back with him only twelve officers.

Upwards of 1400 perfons having died here of the fmall-pox lait year, orders are iffued, command

ing the univería! practice of inocu lation.

Dublin, March 27. Laft Thurfday the highlanders, to whom the public have been uncommonly geherous, embarked on board the fnow Britannia for New-York, and yesterday he fet fail from hence with a fair wind. The fubfcription money raised for them amounted to 3341. 7 s. 6d.

LENT CIRCUIT.

At Aylefbury allizes, four were capitally convicted, two of whom were reprieved.

At the affizes at Bedford, Aaron Hern, a black man, for a highway robbery, was capitally convicted, and received fentence of death; but was reprieved before the Judge left the town.

At the affizes at Bury, five were capitally convicted, four of whom were reprieved.

At Bristol affizes, three were capitally convicted, two of whom were reprieved.

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At the affizes at Brecon, one was capitally convicted.

At the affizes at Chelmsford, fifteen were capitally convicted, eight of whom were reprieved.

At the affizes at Coventry, none were capitally convicted.

At Dorchefter affizes, one was capitally convicted.

The affizes at Derby proved a maiden one.

At the affizes at Exeter, feven were capitally convicted, five of whom were reprieved, and John Wilkinfon for horfe-ftealing, and Frances Hallfon for the murder of her baftard child, were both left for execution.

At Gloucefter affizes, nine were capitally

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capitally convicted, fix of whom were reprieved.

At Huntingdon affizes, none were capitally convicted.

At Hertford aflizes, four were capitally convicted.

Of those capitally convicted, one was for murder, viz. William Paffell, fcarce twenty years of age, for poisoning an old man, bailey to the farm at Bramfield, which Paffell worked at, who had refused advancing him a guinea; this inhuman wretch went to a town ten miles off to buy arfenick for a ratcatcher, as he pretended, known there, and took an opportunity by telling his Dame the hens were laying, to mix the arfenick with fome apple-dumplings for their dinner; the old man and woman were instantly seized with convulfions, but by vomiting the woman recovered; the man was too far gone. This villain came into the houfe during this, and never fo much as asked the caufe, or took the leak notice, or offered affiftance, which gave a fufpicion he charged on his trial an innocent man, but at the gal. lows declared him innocent, and that he only did the fact. His body was given to a furgeon.

At Hereford aflizes, four were pitally convicted, two of whom were reprievd.

At the affizes at Kingston, in Surrey, two were capitally convicted. Henry Bricker, alias Gentleman Harry, the coalheaver, who killed William Evans, another coalheaver, in a pitched battle in St. George's Fields in December laft, was found guilty of manflaughter. Another man, who killed his antagonist in a battle at Kennington Common, was alfo found guilty of manslaughter.

At the affizes at Launcefton, for the county of Cornwall, five were capitally convicted, four of whom were reprieved.

At the affizes at Lewes, none were capitally convicted.

At Lancaster aflizes, one was capitally convicted.

At the aflizes at Leicester, two were capitally convicted, one of whom was reprieved.

At the affizes at Monmouth, one was capitally convicted; but reprieved.

At the aflizes at Northampton, three were capitally convicted, one of whom was reprieved.

At the affizes at Nottingham, three were capitally convicted; but were all reprieved.

At Reading affizes, two were capitally convicted; but were both reprieved.

At the affizes at Roche, eight were capitally convicted, four of whom were reprieved before the Judge left the city, and the reft after.

The affizes for the county of Suffex, at Eaft Grinstead, proved a maiden one.

At Salisbury affizes, eight were capitally convicted, one of whom, viz. William Amor, for a murder, was executed, and hung in chains; the others were reprieved.

At the aflizes at Shrewsbury, four were capitally convicted.

At Stafford affizes, fix werę capitally convicted, four of whom were reprieved.

At the affizes at Thetford, for the county of Norfolk, two were capitally convicted, both of whom were reprieved.

At Warwick aflizes, three were capitally convicted.

At the affizes at Wells, twelve

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