fhould touch there. After fhe had received her orders, fhe ftood to the eastward of the Downs. At first, when the appeared in fight, the hoisted the royal standard half ftaff high, and fired minute guns, which were answered by the Tweed. The minute guns at the Tower are to fire, and his royal highnefs's corpfe is to be brought up the river to the Jerufalem Chamber; but if it fhould not arrive till after three in the afternoon, then to lay in ftate at Greenwich one night.

It is reported, that in the jefuits college at Barcelona, in Spain, were found riches to the amount of twelve millions of crowns. It confifted of feveral tons of gold and filver, a large quantity of gold duft, emeralds and diamonds, crowns of gold ornamented with brilliants and rubies, fome bales of cocoa, and fome rich merchandize from the Eaft Indies.

A dreadful earthquake ruined the ifle of Cephalonia, and almoft deftroyed the city of Zante, in the Levant. The inhabitants had been alarmed by former fhocks, and had taken to tents and boats, to pafs their time in the fields and on the river; by which precaution many lives were faved; but their confternation and diftrefs is inexpreffible.

A law has been published at Stockholm, declaring, that in confequence of the measures taken by the ftates and their fecret committee in the laft Diet, the courfe of exchange should be fixed, for the year 1768, at 42 marks copper for a rixdollar, Hamburgh banco, and proportionably for all other money; forbidding any perfon to bargain for bills at a higher price after the first of January next, un

der the penalties prefcribed by the law which fixed the exchange in 1766.

The laft week has exhibited fcenes of the greatest horror in Italy, the eruption of Mount Vefuvius having continued with great violence. Many fine vineyards are deftroyed, and fome villas; but his Sicilian majefty's palace and the mufeum of Portici have efcaped, by the lava's taking another courfe, when it was within a mile and a half of them. The con. cuffions of the air from the explo. fions of the mountain were fo vio. lent, that many doors and windows, even at Naples, were forced open by them. The explosions and concuffions of the air were moft terrible on Thurfday. The noife generally continued, each time, between five and fix hours, and then ceafed as fuddenly as it began. The ftones thrown up by thefe explosions were of an enor mous fize, and were thrown between five and fix hundred feet high, and many of them fell more than half a mile from the crater. The clouds which iflued from the mouth of the volcano, and hung over it, ftriking one against the other, occafioned continual flashes of forked lightning, the thunder of which was heard when the mountain was filent. The mountain is now calm, and the lavas no longer run. This eruption is univerfally allowed to be the moft violent that has happened this century, both as to the loudness of the explofions, which were heard above thirty miles from Naples, and to the quantity of lava. It is impoffible to defcribe the confufion the city of Naples has been in for a week past.

The

The late general Pulteney is faid to have devised by his will the following legacies: To the hon. William Pulteney, efq. who married his niece, only daughter of the late Daniel Pulteney, efq. the youngest brother of the late earl of Bath, and who changed his name from Johnstone to Pulteney, his two large eftates, one of which is 14,000l. per ann. and the other 12,000l. per ann. To the right honourable the earl of Darlington, 150,000l. in money in the ftocks. To the hon. Frederick Vane, and Raby Vane, efqrs. brothers of the earl of Darlington, 6ool. per annum each, for them and their children for ever. To Mr. Livermore, his gentleman, 1000l. and his wardrobe. To his cook and clerk of the kitchen, 100l. per ann. each during life. To Mr. Thomas Heron, a diftant relation, 1000l. and 50l. per ann. To his coachman, all his carriages and coach horfes. To Mr. Garden, his fteward, 1000l. and a genteel annuity for life. To Dr. Douglas, his library; the faid library was first devifed to the doctor by the late earl of Bath, which the general purchased for 1000l. and now has left to him again, agreeable to the intention of the original devifor. To George Colman, efq. 400l. per ann, for life. To his housekeeper, 100l. per ann. for life. To his two grooms, two years wages, and all his fine ridinghorfes. To all his other fervants, each, two years wages. Befides a great number of charitable and other legacies. The name of the houfe, he died in, in Piccadilly, is ordered by his will to be called for ever BATH HOUSE.

Died, in Virginia, Edward Plea

fants, efq. aged 94 years, who had married feven Indian wives.

Father Rabo, the jefuit, who laft fummer went from Quebec to difcover if any navigable river communicated from the weftward of Lake Superior, in Canada, to the S. Seas.

Capt. Thomas Wilfon, aged 86, who ferved in all the campaigns under the great duke of Marlborough.

Rev. Mr. Tho. Trigge, vicar of Horlie, near Riegate, Surry, and poffeffed alfo of a donative in Suf. folk. He was educated in Christ's Hofpital, and many years fince prefented by the governors to the above two benefices; about fix years ago, he prefented the hofpital with 100l. out of gratitude, and about two years after, with zool. more; upon which the general court voted him a governor; he has by his will added a third gift of 2001. which will make up fool. in re turn for his education and the preferment he received from that royal hofpital.

At Ghent, the famous Jenny Cameron.

At Paris, Anne Louifa Allard, aged 117 years.

John Key, aged 85, in Penfylva. nia. Wm. Penn, the first proprietor, gave him a lot of ground in compliment, being the first child born in Philadelphia.

Geo. Wilford, aged 100, want ing four days, at Penny-bridge in Lancashire. About 3 years ago, died James Roberts, aged 113, near the fame place; where is now living William Rogers, aged 105, in perfect health..

Elizabeth Harwood, at Whitechurch, in Shropshire, aged 10z years. Her husband, a fhepherd,

is ftill living there, aged ninetyeight years.

At his houfe in Thackham's

court Chandois-ftreet in the 100 year of his age, Mr. Wood, who had, for upwards of feventy years, belonged to the Herald's office.

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NOVEMBER.

The Montreal arrived in the river, where the coffin in which his royal highness's remains were brought home, was changed for one made by the king's uphol fterer, on which his highnefs's titles were elegantly infcribed. This day, about noon, the zd. queen was happily delivered of a prince. Her royal highnefs the princefs dowager of Wales, his grace the archbishop of Canterbu. ry, feveral lords of his majefty's moft honourable privy-council, and the ladies of her majefty's bedchamber were prefent.

The remains of his late 3d. royal highnefs the duke of York were depofited in the royal vault in king Henry VIIth's chapel. For an account of the proceffion, fee the Appendix to the Chronicle.

An order was iffued by the lord. mayor for apprehending allvagrants found within the liberties of the city, and pafling them to their refpective parishes.

Some labourers, in finking a well at Benacre, in Suffolk, found an earthern jar, containing near 400 pieces of filver coin, the chief part of K. Edward I. and II. and ftruck at London, York, and Dub. lin.

The workmen honestly carried them to Sir Thomas Gooch,

lord of the manor, who rewarded them handfomely for their trouble. A feffion of high court of Admiralty was held at the Old 4th. Bailey, for trial of offences com. mitted on the high feas, but no material offences came before the court. A commander, charged with wilfully cafting away his fhip, with intent to defraud the infurers, was difcharged of that of.. fence, no indictment having been preferred against him. Another commander of a vessel, charged with cruelty to his apprentice, was likewife difcharged.

The following extraordinary atteftation of the coroner of Bergen county in New-England, was communicated by a gentleman of fuch credit, as leaves not the leaft doubt of its being genuine. "On the 22d day of September, in the year of our Lord 1767, I Johannes Demareft, coroner of the county of Bergen and province of New-Jerfey, was prefent at a view of the body of one Nicholas Tuers, then lying dead, together with the jury, which I fummoned to enquire of the death of the faid Nicholas Toers. At that time a négro man, named Harry, belonging to Hendrick Chriftians Zabriskie, was fufpected of having murdered the faid Tuers, but there was no proof of it, and the negro denied it. I asked if he was not afraid to touch Tuers. He faid No, he had not hurt him, and immediately came up to the corpfe lying in the coffin; and then Staats Storm, one of the jurors faid, 'I am not afraid of him, and ftroked the dead man's face with his hand, which made no alteration in the dead perfon, and (as I did not put any faith in any of thofe trials) my back was turn

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ed towards the dead body, when the jury ordered the negro to touch the dead man's face with his hand, and then I heard a cry in the room of the people, faying, He is the man,' and I was defired to come to the dead body; and was told that the faid Negro Harry had put his hand on Tuers's face, and that the blood immediately ran out of the nofe of the dead man Tuers. I faw the blood on his face, and ordered the negro to rub his hand again on Tuers's face; he did fo, and immediately the blood again ran out of the faid Tuers's nofe at both noftrils, near a common table fpoonful at each noftril, as well as I could judge. Whereupon the people all charged him with being the murderer, but he denied it for a few minutes, and then confeffed that he had murdered the faid Nicholas Tuers, by firft ftriking him on the head with an axe, and then driving a wooden pin in his ear; though afterwards he faid he ftruck a fecond time with his axe, and then held him faft till he had done ftruggling; when that was done, he awaked fome of the family, and faid Tuers was dying he believed.

JOHANNES DEMAREST, Cor." Nine young apprentices, the oldeft not 18, having fome time fince formed themfelves into a gang, in order to go on the highway, having committed robberies, it is faid, to the amount of 500l. five of them were this day taken, and diligent fearch is making after the reft. Their principal rendezvous was at a little public-houfe, near Shepherd's Bush, where they ufed to put up their horfes, change their cloaths, and tranfact all their bufinefs. The ringleader of those VOL. X.

hopeful youths, fome time ago, having difcovered a fum of money, to the amount of near zool. which his mother had faved unknown to his father, took the whole, and im mediately laid it out in cloaths, piftols, &c. for the reft of his companions.

At a court of common council, held at Guildhall, a motion was made that the thanks of this court be given to the Hon. Thomas Harley, Lord Mayor elect; Sir Robert Ladbroke, knt. Sir Richard Glynn, knt. and bart. and William Beckford, efq. this city's reprefentatives in parliament, for the conftant and diligent application and attention which they have fhewn, on all occafions (during the courfe of this parliament) to the welfare and intereft of this great metropolis in general; and particularly to the feveral matters which have from time to time been recommended by this court to their care and confideration. Which was refolved, and fair copies ordered to be figned by the townclerk, and one delivered to each of the faid representatives.

The corpfe of the late general Pulteney, after lying in ftate, was carried from the Jerufalem chamber in a grand proceffion, and interred in Iflip's chapel in Weft. minfter Abbey.

faid, I'll get a reprieve before then; fo on the 26th of October he wrote to fome of his friends for one, which accordingly came down on the 3d inftant, of which the following is a copy.

Whitehall, Oct. 29, 1767. Sir, notwithstanding his majefty's royal mandate for that purpofe, you are hereby required to poftpone the execution of Edward Higgins, convicted at your laft affize for burglary, till further orders. Your's, &c. SHELBURNE. To the High-Sheriff of the county of Carmarthen, or his Deputy, the Goaler, or his Deputy.

"On the arrival of this fham refpite, Higgin's wife and fifter, in order to countenance the cheat, dreffed themselves that evening in white, but the under-fheriff fuf. pecting the reality of this refpite, made all the enquiry about it, and finding it a forged one, went to the prifoner the evening preceding his execution, advifing him to prepare himself for eternity, for that he would be executed the following day; to which Higgins faid, you are a fcoundrel for fufpecting fo evident a truth, move me from this place to-morrow if you dare, curf. ing and fwearing moft fhockingly all the time. The clergymen of the town, and especially the Rev. Mr. Rogers, the rector, and his curate, were very affiduous in ad. ministering good advice to him, which he regarded not, ftill in. fifting upon a respite, and offering to bet 1000l. on the reality of it, and faying, you threaten me with the gallows, thinking I will confefs many things, I must be a d-d fool if I do.

"Yefterday, the 7th inftant, about eleven o'clock in the morning, he was fetched out of gaol, and taken to Petfarn, the place of execution; but was very defirous of being hanged within the walls of the caftle, which was denied him. On the road to the gallows he walked fo faft, that the fpectators could hardly keep up with him, ftill curfing and fwearing that the refpite was real, and calling the under-fheriff a scoundrel for taking away his life with the reprieve in his pocket; he further faid, that the lord chief juftice will take the matter in hand, and many will fuffer by it; and it is reported, that he defired his wife to infert his trial, execution, &c. in the London papers; and at the gallows delivered her two letters, but the contents are not known. He made no confeffion at all, but declared he never wronged any perfon of a fhilling in his life, and in a manner denied the crime for which he fuffered. He mounted the ladder boldly, and addreffed the fpectators thus: "Gentlemen, now is the time, do as you pleafe, you have my reprieve in your cuftody." He prayed for about five minutes, and then faid, "I am ready," and was turned off before one o'clock."

This day at noon the prince and princefs of Orange made 9th. their public entry into the Hague. The proceffion was very magni. ficent, and in great order, notwithftanding the prodigious affluence of people, which had crowded from all parts of this country to fee it. The magiftrates of the Hague received and complimented their highneffes under a triumphal arch, erected at the fide they came