The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year

children's ftays, fire-engines, china ware, filk and cotton velvets, gauze, pewterers hollow-ware, linfeed-oil, glue, lawns, cambricks, filks of all kinds for garments, malt liquors and cheese. And that a fubfcription for this end be and hereby is recommended to the feveral inhabitants and houfhoulders of the town; and that John Rowe, Efq. Mr. William Greenleafe, Melatiah Bourne, Efq. Mr. Samuel Auftin, Mr. Edward Payne, Mr. Edmund Quincy, Tertius John Ruddock, Efq. Jonathan Williams, Efq. Jofhua Henfhaw, Efq. Mr. Henderfon Inches, Mr. Solomon Davis, Joshua Winflow, Efq. and Thomas Cufhine, Efq. be a committee to prepare a form for fubfcription, to report the fame as foon as poffible; and alfo to procure fubfcriptions to the

fame.

And whereas it is the opinion of this town, that divers new manufactures may be fet up in America, to its great advantage, and fome others carried to a greater extent, particularly thofe of glafs and paper:

Therefore voted, that this town will, by all prudent ways and means, encourage the ufe and confumption of glafs and paper made in any of the British American colonies, and more efpecially in this province.

Then the meeting adjourned till three o'clock in the afternoon; when the committee, appointed in the forenoon to prepare a form for fubfcription, reported as follows: Whereas this province labours under a heavy debt, incurred in the courfe of the late war; and the inhabitants by this means must be

for fome time fubject to very burthenfome taxes: and as our trade has for fome years been on the decline, and is now particularly under great embarrassments, and bur. thened with heavy impofitions, our medium very scarce, and the balance of trade greatly against this country:

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We, therefore, the fubfcribers, being fenfible that it is abfolutely neceffary, in order to extricate us out of these embarraffed and diftreffed circumstances, to promote induftry, conomy, and factures among ourfelves, and by this means prevent the unnecessary importation of European commodities, the exceffive ufe of which threatens the country with poverty and ruin, do promife and engage, to and with each other, that we will encourage the ufe and con. fumption of all articles manufactured in any of the British Ame. rican colonies, and more efpecially in this province; and that we will not, from and after the 31ft of December next enfuing, purchafe any of the following articles imported from abroad, viz. loaffugar, and all the other articles enumerated above.

And we further agree, ftrictly to adhere to the late regulation refpecting funerals, and will not use any gloves but what are factured here, nor procure any new garments, upon fuch an occafion, but what shall be absolutely neceffary.

The above report having been confidered, the 'queftion was put, whether the fame fhall be accept ed? Voted unanimously in the affirmative.

The reprefentatives of the town [4] 4 have

have made humble application to his excellency the governor, that he will convene the general affembly as foon as may be. WILILAM COOPER, Town-Clerk. Married lately, Mr. Chriftian Weftrefs, jeweller, in Weft-ftreet, Seven-dials, aged 40, to Mrs. Sufannah Newbury, of Monmouthstreet, aged 89.

Mr. William Robinfon, furveyor to the city hofpitals, who died lately, has left to Chrift's hofpitals 2000l. to St. Bartholo

mew's hofpital 2000l. to Bethlem Died under two years of age 7668

hofpital 2000l. to St. Luke's hofpital 2000l. to the city of London lying-in-hofpital in Alderfgateftreet 2000l. and to Raine's hofpital, for the apprenticing of girls, 2000l. as alfo zool. to the charityfchool of Bread-ftreet and Cordwainers ward, for which he also in his life-time built a fchool-house, which coft him upwards of 1000l.

Died at Groningen, in Holland, Abel Gerbrands, a wheelright, at the age of 118 years, two months; and ten days.

Mr. Simon Gilliwray, at St. Kilda, in the 113th year of his age, who never was out of the illand.

At Poplar, Mrs. Mary Thomas, aged 102 years.

In Ireland, Darby Neale, aged 117 years.

Thomas Probyn, of Coninfbury hofpital in Hereford, aged 103

Supplement to the bills of births, &c. - for the year 1766, at the end of our Chronicle for last year.

The number of deaths at Venice from the 28th of Feb. 1766, to the 28th of February this year, was 5171; and that of births 4984; fo that the deaths exceeded the births by 187. The foundling children brought to the hofpital of piety, during the fame term, amounted to 204.

Amfterdam. Births 4908. Deaths 6999. Increafed in the births 361. Decreased in the deaths 272.

Copenhagen. Births in this city amounted to 2957, the deaths to 3361, and the marriages to 909. In the duchy of Schlefwig the births were 6971, and the deaths 6384. In the dutchy of Holftein the births were 4771; and the deaths 3736.

Turin. Born in this city 1548 boys, and 1408 girls, in all 2956: And the number of deaths was 5980, viz. 935 men, 886 women, 1169 boys, and 2990 girls. The number of inhabitants in the city, fuburbs, and territories of Turin, was computed to be 79,818; of whom 41,807 were men and boys, and 38,011 of the other fex.

Brunfwick. Births 1241. Deaths

1022.

Births, marriages, and burials in the city of Durham for 1767,

lately published, there were then in this kingdom 1,127,938 men and boys, and 1,255,175 women and girls; in all 2,313,123 perfons. The number of noblemen was 10,045. The clergy, with the fchools and colleges, amounted to 4488, or including their wives and children, 18, 197. And the number of thofe who had a right of freedom in cities and towns, was 162,888. It appeared there had been an increase of 2773 inhabitants fince the year 1758.

BIRTHS for the year 1767.

Jan. 14. Great Dutchefs of Tuf. cany, of a princess.

16. Lady Bellafyfe, of a daughter.

Counters of

Harborough, of a fon.

23. Countess of Suffolk, of a daughter.

Lady Catharine Dubois, daughter to the late earl of Anglefea, of a fon.

of a

Lady of the bishop of St. Davids, daughter.

were as follow: Chriftenings, Feb. 6. Countefs of Shannon, of

males 77, females 72, in all 149. Marriages 65. Buried, males 79, females 76, in all 155.

At Whitby, last year, there were chriftened 298, buried 177, and married 55.

In the city of Chefter, laft year, there were 351 christenings, 143 marriages, and 367 burials. Decreafed in chriftenings, 18. Increased in burials, 17. Decreased in marriages, 10.

Stockholm. According to a calculation made in 1760, and

a daughter.

Lady of Sir Edw. Swin

burn of Capheaton, Bart. of her fifth fon. Lady Halkerton, wife to the Hon. Anthony Browne, of a daugh