their fea coafts and trade free from the infalts of the pirates of Barbary, are now in a fair way of being put in execution. His Sicilian Majesty furnishes feven war of ship, of which BRITISH two are of 60 guns. This alliance is to laft for two years only to try the effc&t, and may then be renewed at pleasure. INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, Oober 1, 1788. HIS day, Mr. Alderman Cartis and Sir ment (hocking to relate) into the body of a fine naked new-born infant, which he brought dowo, impaled alive. The mother is a fervant delivered herself. T Hamett were word in theriffs the and had about half an hour before of this city and county of Middlefex, with the ufual formalities, on the Hutings at Guildhall; after which an elegant entertainment was given by the fenior fheriff, M. Curtis, at Daper's Hall. And this day they will be fworn in at Weltminster Hall, before the Baron of the Exchequer, when Sir Benjamin will give an entertainment at Haberdather's Hall. Origin of the Cuftom of eating Goose en Michael mas Day. 2.] This cultom, like many others of old English cheer, originated with good Queen Bels! -Being at a vifit to one of her tea ports, at the time the fleet went out to meet the Spanish Armada, the had just fat down to dinner, of which a gefe made a part, and had uttered her wishes that her enemies might be beaten, when the news of their total defeat was brought to her. This happy event fo pleafed her Majelty, that, according to her ufual cuftom, the ordered the dith then before her to be ferved up on every twenty ninth of September. A few days ago died at Midhop, in the Chapelry of Bradfield, near Sheffield, Ann Mallifon, aged 109 years. Within a few months, she walked frequently at the rate of three miles an hour, and was in every refpect bealthful and active, excepting a cancer in her mouth, which brought on an indifpofition that terminated in her death. Her memory failed not till death arrefted every other faculty. 4] Laft night two fervants, who it appears made a practice of taking out their mafter's horfes for the purpofe of committing depredations, were committed for highway robbery. While at the Brown Bear, previous to their being fent to prifon, one of them fcizing a cafe knite, actempted to ftab himself; the knife, however, glanced against the breast bone, and bent with the force of the blow. He was fecured before he could make a fecond attempt, and prevented from doing further mischief. 7.] Sunday morning a refpite for fix weeks, from Wednesday the 1ft inftant, the day on which they were to suffer, arrived at Edinburgh for James Falconer and Patrick Buch, who were fentenced by the High Court of Jufticiary on the 14th of August last, for breaking into the Dundee bank. 8.] Yefterday a curious E O table, taken out of a houfe in the city by Mr. Miller, the City Marshal, and fome of the City Patrole, was publicly burnt, by order of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, in ManGon-house street. 9.] Laft week, two men going to work in a barn, at Pentre Halkio, in Cheshire, heard an anufual noife among fome hay near the top, when one of them putting up his hay-prong, or fork, to find ous the caule, forced the inftru Lanerkshire, (Scotland) 0.9] I am very forry to inform you, that this morning about 9 o'clock, the cotton mill, which was the (firth built in this country, was difcovered to be on fire, and by one o'clock was confumed to the ground. I went to Corhoufe grounds, and faw the moft tremendous fight that can be conceived the whole houfe in flames--the roaring of the Lin-the crushing of the joifts and the wheelsand the alarming cries of the people within, formed a scene of the most horrid and tremen dous kind that can be imagined. P: S. I hear no lives were loft, but one of the children." Edinburgh, O. 10] Thursday, about three o'clock, a fire broke out in a tan work, at the Abbey-hill, which was happily foon got under by the activity of the Lord Provost and Magistrate, accompanied by the city guard, who attended on the first alarm. The engine at the Canongate-church was very foon brought, and powerfully fapplied with water by the tanners of that and other works. Comparative Statement of the Produce of the Taxes, for the Weeks ending October 12, 1787, and Oober 12, 1788, as delivered into the Exchequer. Haycock Inn, one of the horfes was alfo killed. It is remarkable, that though there were three gentlemen in the chaile, none of them knew any thing of the accident until the chaife ftopped. Friday two young fellows went to the houfe of Mrs. Caftro, at Inington, under pretence of hiring ready furnished lodgings; Mrs. Caftro thewed them the rooms, when in a back room they pulled out a piftol, and demanded her mo ney, and robbed her of nine guineas, which they obliged her to take out of a drawer, then locked her in the room and went off. 14] The will of the late Duchess of Kingf ton is found to be invalid, being made in France, and not executed according to the laws of that country; in confequence of which the whole of her Grace's property in France has been taken poffeffion of by the King's officers, and notice has been received here for the next of kin to go over and claim the effe&s. ing to London in her phaeton, the was met in the road between Crawley and Reigate by one of the carts employed to convey fish from Brightheimtone to London, the driver of which was faft afleep, while his horfes were on full gallop. Mrs. B. had just time to turn out of the way, which the fortunately effected, and fortunately thus ef caped; but a valuable mare, which her fervant rode, was ftruck on the shoulder by the fhaft of the cart, and mangled in a manner too shocking to defcribe, and it was necessary to have her thot immediately. The furious manner in which these vehicles are conducted by their drivers, being by order of their matters, and to encrease their profits, it is hoped, in this inftance both the one and the other may be made to fuffer the utmoft rigour of the law. At feven o'clock on Monday morning laft, the remains of the late John Winton, of Southover, Elg. were interred in the family vault, in the church of that place. Mr. Winton's age, added to the age of the ftrong beer, that was ferved round at his funeral, make together 152 Colonel Glover, who is one of her peareft relations, is gone to France to put in the neceffary claim in behalf of himself and others who are en-years, Mr. Winter being born in 1694, and his titled to the property. The amount of the Duchefs's effects in France, in eftates, diamonds, and furniture, is faid to be about Three Hundred Thoufand Pounds. Her Grace had also an eftate in Ruffia, and the will being equally informal in that country, her property there is expected to come, in like manner, among her relations in England. The claimaints under this difpofition of her effects are NINE in number, who will, if the eftate in Ruffia be divided among them, with the property in France, receive nearly Fifty Thousand Pounds each. What renders the will invalid is, that it was made there in the English form, and executed accordingly. The laws of France, however, require it to be made and witneffed by a notary, unless it be all in the hand writing of the teftator ; neither of which forms were attended to in the making of the Duchets of Kingston's will. 15.] The blazing ftar, or comet, which is expected, is a fubject of general converfation at Paris; and a lapidary there has contrived a most ingenious method of determining the courfe of this comet mechanically, without any apparatus, or inftruments; and M. Vidault exhibits a very curious machine, which fhews the revolution of the expected comet about the fun. Some comets from their apparent magnitude have been supposed to be equal to fome of the primary planets, and larger than the moon. The diameter of that which appeared in the year 1744, was pronounced about three times the diameter of the earth. The tails of thefe ftars are of various lengths; one, which appeared in 1619 had a tail upwards of 100 feet long; anoiber, which appeared in 1680, had a tail about 20 feet in length on its first appearance, but which grew to 60 and upward; it however, afterwards, diminished very fenfibly. Among fome uses attributed to these phenomena, is one conjectured to be that of recruiting the fun with fresh fuel, and repairing the consumption of light by threams perpetually feat forth in every direction from that great luminary. 17.] Monday last, as Mrs. Benwell was driv trong beer brewed in 1734, which proves the decealed to have been 94 years of age, and hi fuperal beverage 58 years old. 19.] Laft Saturday morning, a race rather of the novel kind, was decided on the Flat, near Brighthemftone. It was between two gentlemen, the one on horseback, and the other on foot, the former giving the latter 40 yards in a hundred, which was the diftance they ran. In running, the odds were greatly in favour of the pedeftrian, till he flipt and nearly fell, which gave the horfe great advantage, and occafioned him to win by about half the neck. Neither of the gentlemen managed their race well, for the winner (who we understand to be Mr. Hoftley, of Eplom) made a very backward start of it; and the lufer (Mr. Godfrey) ran in the shoes, and in a curved, instead of a straight line. Immediately after the race, a gentleman, whole name we did not hear mentioned, offered to run with Mr. Hottley in like manner, for ten pounds, but he declined it, from a conviction, we thought, that he must have been beaten, had not Mr. Godfrey flipt. This we believe too, but at the same time think that his horfe, which appeared to be a capital hunter, has ability to beat any man the fame diftance, were he rode to the best advantage. The gentleman is himfelf too corpulent to ride races, for after the above thort one, he panted confiderably more than his horse did. 21.] The following is an exact account of the produce of fome of the principal branches of the public revenue, for the quarter ending the 10th day of Odober 1788. Excife Customs Stamps Poll-office s. d. £ 1,619,562 8 2 1,585,552 16 3 360,771 18 4 9,424 2 10 92,000 0 24] One day last week, Lord Barrymore's brother being for fome nouvelle amusement, at laft hit upon one, namely, that of making horfe walk up flairs, and into the garret of Mr Hhhha Fitzherbert 1 Fitzherbert's house at Brighthelmftone; an apartment which the animal, being in poffeffion of, feemed fo well to approve, that he did not chufe to quit it, nor could all the creative faculties of the young gentleman prevail upon him to do fo, until he had obtained the affiftance of a couple of the defcendants of Vulcan, who having obliged the horfe to quit poffeffion and defcend, were for their ingenuity ordered to the Castle Tavern to drink what they pleafed; and after having emptied two crown bowls of punch, ordered another, which the waiter, thinking they had enough, not being inclined to bring them, they, with a true Broughtonian spirit, ordered at their own expence, which being brought, they emptied, and, with their fkins brim full of punch, ftaggered from the Caftle like fift rate bucks of fashion. AT Sept. 16. T Plymouth, Lieutenant Evans, 1788. of the Navy, to Mifs E. Viney; and Lieutenant Mann, in the India fervice, to Mifs B. Viney.—W. B. Jones, Chaplain of Landguard Fort, to Mifs Gordon of Bromley. Middlesex.-17. S Palmer, Efq. of Burton on the Water, Gloucestershire, to Mil's Eliza Wil kins, of Cirencefter.-18. H. Studdy, Eq. of Dartmouth, to Miss Mary Rogers of Pilton. 23. George Morley, Efq. of Boroughridge, to Mi Fletcher.-26. The honourable James Twifleton, to Mils Wattell-08. 11. Marquis of Carmarthen, to Miss Cath, Anguish, of Hanwell.-At Bath, the Right Hon. the Eari of Donegal, to the amiable Widow Moore. ter, to the accomplished Mifs Harriet Bamp fylde, fifter to Sir Charles Bampfylde, one of the reprefentatives for Exeter.At Glasgow, brevet Major James Campbell, of the 42d regi ment, to Mifs Joame Houston, daughter of the tate Alexander Houlton, Eiq. of Jordan Hall. 27.] On Monday laft, an inquifition was taken at the George-inn, in Bugden, in the county of Huntingdon, before Mr. Stephenfon, one of the Coroners for that county, on view of the body of a gentleman, who left his houfe in Hertfordfhire, on Sunday morning, in a poft-chaife with a fervant, and was to fleep at the above inn in his way to Derbyshire, where he was going to vifit a relation. This unfortunate gentleman was extremely addicted to drinking, and had for the laft fix weeks paft been in a continual flate-14. Dr. Daniel, an eminent phyfician of Exeof intoxication. On Sunday evening he was particularly fo, and his fervant had much difficulty in getting him to bed. He, however, effected his purpote, and after fitting up with him for half an hour (a was his cultom) and believing him to be asleep, he himself went to a bed in the same room, and flept very foundly till he awoke almoft fuffocated with Imoke; he immediately got out of bed, and was aftonished to find his matter lying at his length almott under the grate, in which was a large fire; he had on a callico fhirt and a flannel waiftcoat next his fkin, which were both reduced to ashes, and himfelf rendered the most fhocking spectacle. The Jury brought in their verdict, Accidental Death. 30.] Colonel Cathcart, the late Ambassador from the Court of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, died on board the Veftal frigate in the Streights of Banca, and his remains were buried in a small ifand, the territory of the Dutch, with an infcription to his memory, ftating his rank, Auguftus Robertson Smith, Efq. late of Bengal in the East Indies, to Mifs Penelope Ruffel, daughter of the Rev. George Ruffel, of Spring Park, in the county of Devon.This is the remarkable Eaftern gentleman, who fome time fince advertiled for a wife, and who had fuch numerous offers from the fair fex. The young lady to whom he has united himself is about 19, and the eldeft of fix daughters; her father is a diftant relation to the Houfe of Bedford, and with his curacy, which is but small, enjoys an annuity of rool. a year, bequeathed to him by a noble Duke. DEATHS. HE Prince of the Brazils-Sept. 17. The &c. cut on a wooden pillar, by order of Sir James T Lady of David Parry, Elq. Governor of Strachan, the commander. Upon the unfortunate death of the Colonel, the Vestal returned, and touched at the Cape, where the circumftance was made known to Co. lonel Gordon, the Dutch Commandant: The Council were convened, and to their immortal honour be it known, refolved to dispatch a frigate, with marble ftone, and every other material, to erect a very handfome monument, more durable, on the fpot where the wooden pillar was erected, with the infeription to be engraved both in English and Dutch: a noble inftance of relpect paid to the memory of a great national character, who fell a facrifice to the leverity of elimate, at the very moment when his exiftence might have proved uteful to him:felt, and glorisus to his country! Barbadoes.-18. The hon. Mr. Chichefter, fecond fon of the Earl of Donegal.-Lady of the late Robert Jones, Efq.-25. The Prince Bishop of Fuld.-26. Sir Robert Taylor, Knight, of Spring Gardens.-28. The Lady of Sir James Peter, Conful in the Auftrian Netherlands.Jacob Duché, Efq. of Philadelphia, aged 81, father of the Rev. Mr. Duché, Chaplain to the Afylum.-The Rev. John Shaw, L.L. D. Rector of Wyberton, near Boston, Lincolnshire, aged 71.-29. The Rev. Doctor Backhouse, Archdeacon of Canterbury, Rector of Deal and Ickham, in Kent, and master of Eaftbridge Hofpital, Canterbury.- -October 4. Ms. De borah Chetwynd, daughter of Lord Viscount Chetwynd, and lempftrefs and laundress to her Majesty. DOMESTIC LA DOMESTIC Cork, October 26, 1788. INTELLIGENCE. AST Saturday night, Nicholas Colthurft, Efq. our Town-major, coming from a gentleman's house near Mallow in a chaife with fome others, not liking how the driver executed his business, got on the box, and going down an hill unfortunately fell off, and entangled in the wheel, fo that he could not extricate himfelf, until his leg was shattered in fuch a manner that his recovery is doubtful. Nov. 3.1 Saturday evening, between the hours of fix and feven o'clock, Cornelius Defmond, coachman to Doctor Longfield, was found murdered in a lane near the Barracks; one. Edward Brien, alias Cowlagorow, a publican, fufpected to be concerned in faid murder, was ap. prehended yesterday morning, by Rowland Sharp, city jailer, and lodged in Bridewell. Tuam, Nov. 26. A very unfortunate and fhocking affair happened near this town yefterday, about four o'clock in the afternoon on the lands of Gurannes, between Hyacinth Kirwan, of Gardenfield, Efq. and Mr. Patrick Kirwan, nephew to the faid Hyacinth, of Mariaes, in this county. It appears that these gentlemen had a warm altercation refpe&ting the collection of the rents of part of the lands of Gurannes, and each of them being well armed, attended on the ground in order to affert his claim, where the latter of those unfortunate men réceived the contents of a musket in the bottom of his belly, and inftantly fell and expired. The unfortunate perpetrator of the above melancholy act was immediately apprehended, and committed to gaol by the Rev. Edward Burton, our worthy and active magiftrate, escorted by a party of the 56th regiment quatered here, in order to ftand his trial at the next aflizes, to be held for this county. The Coroner and Jury have brought in their verdict manslaughter at large, fo that we forbear to make further remarks on that matter; but must add, that the fuffering and hardships, and the indigent and wretched circumftances of Mr. Hyacinth Kirwan, though heir to 1500l. per annum, have for a series of years, previous to the committion of this rath action, justly claimed a tear of pity and compaffion from the impartial public. Tralce, 08. 27. Sunday laft, between three and tour in the morning, a fire broke out in the house of one Arthur Tyter, near the Courthouse, which, in a fhort time confumed the fame, together with the chief part of this poor man's effects; and of the trifle, which the humanity of a few preferved from the flames, the greater part was ftolen, by fome of those wretches, who conftantly attend on all occafions that can afford them an opportunity of plunder. Limerick, O. 30. Laft Monday evening, a fine boy about eight years old, fitting on the wall of George's quay, accidentally fell into the river. The cries of the women foon brought together a vast number of people, who faw the child fink, and carried by the tide under the arches of Ball's-bridge, without being able to afford him any relief. A young man, a fadler, on the oppofite quay, in a moft courageous and undaunted manner, jumped off the wall into the river with his clothes on, and at the hazard of his life fwam up just in time to fave him, The young man, however, very narrowly efcaped drowning, the boy having feized fo falt a hold of him as to prevent his swimming to shore, and had not been for a boat with three men, who providentially came to his relief, it is not unlikely but they would both have perished. 1 Nov. 16.] Saturday fe'nnight, two perfons were convicted before Thomas Tavlor, Efq. one of his Majefty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Galway, or having entered upon the eftate of John Prendergast Smyth, Efq. with guns, dogs, and nets, without his permiffion, and it being generally known that they had often killed the game of that efftate, they were fined ten pounds each, as the law directs for every fuch offence. Kilkenny, Nov. 5. On Tuesday evening the 28th ult. as Walter Walsh, of Thomastown, in this county, was diftraining for rent, lawfully due to him, Thomas Cody, of faid place, fchoolmaster, struck faid Walsh and fractured his kull; the evening fellowing, faid Cody was apprehested, in ftriving to make his escape, between Thomastown and Kilkenny, by Mr. Henry Waters, of Ballyduff, who, without any affiftance, though affailed by a large mob, brought him fafe back to Thomaftown and de livered him (before witneffes) in fafe cuftody to the police of Gowran diftrict ;-but he has fince made his escape from them, and Walter Walk now lies dangerously ill, his recovery being doubtful. Carlow, Nov. 8. Laft Thursday was fold in this market, a monstrous large eelit weighed above 40 pounds, measured in length upwards of fix feet two inches, and round the thickest part of the body 12 inches, with only one eye, and that placed on the back part of the head, with a spike 13 inches long growing out of its forehead, refembling a large cannon. Waterford, Nov. 17. Saturday and Sunday laft, four veffels from Newfoundland, with fith, They bring oil, and paffengers, arrived here. an account of having a very good season. Belfast, Nov. 17. Wednesday the 5th inf being a complete century fince the landing of the Prince of Orange at Torbay, a Prince whe fuccessfully ventured his life to preferve, not only these kingdoms, but Europe from flavery a refpectable number of freeholders met at Dundonald in the County Down, to commemo rate the Tame. DUBLIN, October 28, 1788. THE house of Mr. John Boland, at Rathmines, was attacked by a gang of robbers-a perion in the house hearing them breaking in, alarmed Mr. Boland, who immediately fired on The villains had the audacity to return them. the fire, but Mr. Boland kept it up io well, as to oblige them at last to retreat. Nov. 1 The Nov.1.] The Parliament of this kingdom, which food prorogued to Tuesday the 4th inftant, is further prorogued to Tuesday 20th January, 1789,' A few nights ago Palmerstown Houfe in the County of Mayo, was belglariously entered by fome villains, who took thereout a chaife-box in which was a confiderable fum of money; the box was next day found in a meadow broke open and robbed of its contents; fearch was in vain made after the thieves, until one day last week, when one Bryan Mulkeeran furrendered himself and confeffed that he was the perfon, who in Company with his uncle, Mark Boyle, had come mitted the robbery, he was accordingly taken into cuftody, but as foon as by this means he had affuaged the purfaits, he contrived to effect his efcape, and has not fince been heard of. 3] Saturday aft being fwearing day of the Corporation of gold-fmiths, Mr. Bartholomew De Landre of Skinner-row, was fworn Master, and Mr. George Harkness of Stephen-street, was fworn Warden for the enluing year. 4.] This day being the anniversary of King William's birth-day, the feveral corps of Dublin Volunteers, for the eleventh time fince their inAitution, marched from their general rendezvous to College-green, where having formed round the fatue, their artillery fired three rounds, which were answered by a fimilar number of vol lies from the infantry. General Earl Charle mont, was accompanied by Sir Edward Newen ham as Aid de Camp, and escorted by a troop of horse. After the Levee at the Castle, at which all the great officers of itate, and fuch of the nobility and gentry as were in town, attended, the ufual proeffion took place, and the different regiments of our garrilon went through those evolutions appointed for the anniversary ceremony. The brig Hawke of Belfalt, was loft on the 3d of October last, of Maefterland, near Gotten burgh-the hands were all faved, but the veffel (in baliaft) is entirely lost. The Hawke was built in the year 1763, and was for twenty-five years a remarkably fortunate veffel, having to long efcaped capture and the danger of the feas. 11] Yesterday, being the day appointed for the trial, by a ipecial jury, of Mr. Thomas Humphreys, for forgery on the bank of Ireland, and proclamation made tor his appearance in court, he was not forthcoming; upon which his bail, to a confiderable amount, was ordered to be eftreated. On Saturday night laft, between ten and eleven o'clock, two gentlemen in a post-chaile, paffing the Curragh of Kildare, were attacked by five highwaymen well mounted, and robbed of above 30 guineas in cafh.-The fellows were proceeding to ranfack the gentlemen's portmanieaus-when fortunately the fellows alarmed by the found of a whittle, a private lignal of approaching danger, from fome of their gang it is tuppoted, rode of precipitately, and left the traveliers to proceed in their journey to town. Friday night latt, about ten o'clock, a fellow went into the shop of Mr. Whitehoufe, grocer, in James's-ftreet, and called for a dram of rum, ich would not be given to him; -the fellow, however, fwore he would not quit the shop without fomething, and during the altercation, 100ther fellow was feen going through the hall up ftairs, but was feized by Mr. Whitehouse's brother, upon which two fellows more, with a pftol and large knife, rushed in and refcued their comrade. The alarm being given, the fellows made their efcape, but one of them has been fince apprehended, and committed to the New Prifon. The following incident, which happened on Saturday evening laft on the Coombe, though only relative to a fcene in low life, will pois out one of the deceptions frequently practised to obtain charity from the well-difpofed, which is afterwards perverted to the worst purposes.-Two women, both maudlin or tiply, quarrelled toge ther and fought ;-:he one demanding her week's lodging money, which the other retufed, upon the principle, that he had lent her child to her to beg with for a fortnight paft. They were both wretched looking creatures, and feemed able to earn their bread. Thus, it is difficult to dif criminate, in many instances, between the real object of diftrefs, and the drunken impoftor, who prefers a life of idlenets, floth, and rags, to any kind of honeft industry, and thus becomes a ufelefs burthen on the community.. 12.] On Sunday laft, in St. Peter's church, the Rev. Dyonyhu. Taaffe, a Romish clergy man, conformed to the established religion, agrees able to the form prefcribed by law. The reprefentatives of fourteen of the corporations of the city of Dublin, met yesterday st Guild-Hall, when the resolution of the corpora tion of tailors, refpecting the admiffion of freee men by grace especial, was unanimously agreed to, and an amendment alio made, to render the purport of the whole more plain and comprehen five to the corporate bodies, who either had not meetings as yet, or rejected the proposal by an idea of its being calculated to reduce the fine of admiffion into their bodies, though its only tendency was, with refpect to the fine of the city at large. The eleven corporations, who did not lend in members to that affembly, are to be ferved with copies of the refolution as aforefaid, and required either to do fo, or to fend in their reasons to the contrary, before the 24th of this month, when they are to affemble again, and a committee to be appointed tor forwarding the business, by drawing up and prefeating a petition to the board of aldermen, previous to the next affembly. Tuelday morning, as a poor countryman from Portarlington, who the preceding day had arrived in town to difpofe of fome butter and other productions of a small farm, was preparing to return in one of the paffage-boats at the canal, he un fortunately fell, in his hurry to overtake the boat, into that part of the navigation outside the dock, and was drowned before any affiftance could be obtained. After fome fearch the body was found, too late, however, to relume the vial spark. On examination of the deceated, the cath he bad received the preceding day was difcovered tied up! in his fhirt under one of his arms. Some of his townfpeople, who had reached the beat before the accident, provided a coffin, and took charge of |