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The bill for redeeming part of the joint ftock of annuities, charged by feveral additional duties on wines imported, and alfo on cyder and perry.

The bill for granting additional duties on certain linen cloth imported.

The bill to allow the free importation of rice, fago duft, and vermicelli, for a limited time, from the American colonies.

The bill for improving and extending the navigation of the river Hall, from Frodingham Beck to Driffield, in the eaft-riding of Yorkshire.

The bill to make Codbeck brook navigable from the river Swale to Thirk in Yorkshire.

The bill for eftablishing an hofpital in Cambridge.

The bill to prevent extortion by fheriffs and bailiffs, in cafes of execution.

The bill for extending the royalty of the city of Edinburgh over certain adjoining lands, &c. and to enable his majefty to grant letters patent for establishing a theatre in Edinburgh.

And also to several road and in

closure bills.

They write from Franckfort on the Mayne, that they had received from Vogeisberg the following account of an obfervation made by two persons in the night between the 12th and 13th ult. on the latter of which days a fhock of the earth was felt at Gotha, Caffel, and Gottingen. Being at midnight in the fields near Ulrickstein, they perceived the fky, which had been before very clear, began to be overfpread with clouds and a violent wind arofe. About one

o'clock, in their return to the town, they obferved a very thick exhalation, which rofe on the weft fide of a meadow, and extended in an oblong form over the whole town, directing its courfe to the north-eaft; but a mountain prevented them from feeing it at a farther distance. When they came to Ulrickstein, they were told there had been three violent shocks of the earth felt there, of which themfelves had perceived no fign, except the cloud juft mentioned.

The ftage waggon that goes from Louth to Lincoln, in which were paffengers Mrs. Cherry and her daughter, was overturned near Claybridge, by which unhappy accident Mifs Cherry, the daugh. ter, was killed on the fpot; and Mrs. Cherry fo violently bruifed, that with what for the lofs of her daughter, and the hurt the received, it is thought the cannot long furvive. The unfortunate Mifs Cherry's life feems to have been attended with a series of accidents: fome time ago the narrowly efcaped drowning, by falling into a well; and by another misfortune, she had both her arms and legs broke at the fame time.

A riotous mob of weavers affembled on the turnpike road near Corke to intercept fome cars laden with goods from Dublin, when they burnt, cut, plundered, and otherwife deftroyed linens, poplins, filk handkerchiefs, &c. to the amount of about 700l.

A poor houfekeeper in Edinburgh being deficient in rent, was feized upon by his landlord, his goods fold when from home, and the door locked against him when he returned. The common people.

people being informed of this act of opreffion, affembled about the landlord's houfe, broke open the door, brought every thing moveable into the street, fet fire to the pile, and burnt the whole to afhes, not fparing money, notes, nor even the poor bird that hung in a cage, having execrated all the curfed things belonging to fo merciless a wretch.

Farmer Matthews was found barbarously murdered near the trooper's. on Broadway-hills. His kull was fractured, and many large wounds and bruifes about his head and neck. A baker in the neighbourhood of Cambden in Gloucestershire is fufpected and apprehended, and it is thought waylaid and committed the murder as the farmer was returning from Evef. ham market, where he had received near zool.

They have had a violent thunder ftorm at Mentz, which broke through the roof of the cathedral church, and fet it on fire; and the whole roof was foon destroyed, and the bells melted. The da mage is estimated at two millions of florins.

At a court of common

22th. council held at Guildhall, a propofal from the lords of the treafury was laid before the court for taking Gresham college, in order to pull it down and build on that ground an excife-office. The plan was agreed to, and a committe is to be appointed next Tuefday, in order to confider of carrying it into execution.

As fome workmen were digging in the road which is now repairing on Clerken-well-Green, they found - feveral coins and medals, among

which were, a fhilling of Charles I. a fmall copper medal of Charles II. the legend QUATVOR MARIA VINDICO; abafe fhilling of king James II. dated 1689; a small copper medal, legend round the head CONST.... POLIS; another fmall medal with a man's head on one fide, and a woman's on the reverfe; a fmall copper piece, a head on one fide, on the reverfe, MLNI. DVX; a small copper coin, on one fide HISP. RE... reverse, DOMINVS MEVM ADIVTO ... 2 German coin, with STAST.OSNABRVCK on one fide, on the re verfe v; together with fome other German ones of bafe metal, the legends of which are moftly illegible.

The plan for the difpofal of children out of the Foundling hofpital in the course of last year was fo well received, that a further fupply of 28,000l. is granted for the fupport of thofe remaning for the prefent year; and alfo 4500l. to apprentice children at a proper age.

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Fourteen Spanish veffels, efcorted by three xebecks, arrived at Civita Vechia with the Jefuits from the provinces of Aragon and Catalonia, amounting to 570 in number. A courier was immediately difpatched to Rome, from whence exprefs order was received not to permit them to land. confequence of this order, the go. vernor of the town pofted foldiers, and planted batteries of cannon at feveral places; and thefe difpofitions being made known to the commander of the convoy, they fet fail for Corfica, where the republic of Genoa has offered to receive them.

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An exprefs arrived at Ber27th. lin from Protzen, where young prince Henry (brother to the prince of Pruffia) lay ill of the fmall-pox, with the melancholy news, that that prince died on the 26th, at eight at night. It is not poffible to defcribe the affliction of the whole family, or the general confternation it occafions, as his Highness was extremely beloved. The fortrefs of the island of 28th. Capraias furrendered to the Corficans, after a blockade of an hundred and two days: the garrifon, which confifted of 30 foldiers and two or three officers, had for many days lived upon bread, and water; fo that they were all much emaciated; they were treated with the greateft humanity by the Corfican officers, and were permitted by their capitulation to go to Genoa. Among other things that were found in the fortrefs, there were four pieces of brafs battery cannon, and feven fmaller pieces, with a large quantity of bullets, powder, and other military ftores. Three hundred Corficans have been left in garrifon there; the rest were immediately fent back to Corfica. Lond. Gaz.

At the annual feaft of a

29th. city company held this day, it has always been ufual to have green peas; which were this year with fuch difficulty obtained, that fixteen quarts coft fixteen gui

neas.

The gold medal given annually by Dr. Hope, botanical profeffor at Edinburgh, was adjudged to Robert Urquhart of that univer, fity for his collection of plants.

The Emprefs confort died at Vienna this morning about nine

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o'clock. The fmall-pox was of fo very malevolent a kind, that from the firft moment there was fcarce a glimpse of hope. She herself was foon acquainted with the danger, and met it with the moft exemplary piety, patience, refignation, and fortitude. Her death was very easy, without ftruggle or convulfion, fo that thofe about her fcarce knew when fhe expired. All the imperial family, and the whole court, are under the greatest affliction on this melancholy occafion.

According to accounts from France, the frofts have been lately fo fevere in that country, as to have destroyed all the buds of the vines in many provinces, as well as the fruits which are begining to form, and even the leaves of the mulberry trees; which laft lofs is the more confiderable, as the filkworms were nearly all hatched, and on that account obliged to be deferted.

Leters from Martinico of the 4th of April, by the way of South Carolina, advife, that the effects of the hurricane, which happened there in Auguft laft, continue to be felt very feverely through the whole islands; and that the French king had done every thing in his power to alleviate the misfortunes of his fubjects there, by granting every indulgence that could be wifhed, and ordering large quantities of beef and other provifions to be tranfported and diftributed among the poorer fort; but that there was an evil which they could not overcome, the want of cash, the island having been fo drained of fpecie by foreign veffels, that an ordonnance was fhortly to be

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iffued, requiring the mafters of all fuch veffels, in future, to give fecurity that they will take in payment for their cargoes nothing but molaffes, fugars, and other goods. The legislature of Rhode Island have paffed an act calling in and finking all the money bills of that colony omitted in March, April, and May, 1762, and empowering George Hazard, Efq. with the general treasurer, in lieu of the bills fo brought on, to iffue their own notes, properly printed and decorated, to the owners of the bills brought in, payable in feven years from the date of the refpective bills. And that the notes given in lieu of the faid bills, hall bear intereft till the time limited for their return, at the rate of fix per cent. per ann. That a tax fhall be levied for the difcharge of the faid bills, and that it fhall be death to counterfeit them. The form is that of a common promiffory note, with intereft. None more than 100l. nor lefs than 6s.

A letter from New-York, dated April 4, has the following depo. fition of William Harry, taken be. fore Governor de Windt, of St. Euftatia, That he failed from Bristol in June, 1765, on board the floop William, for the coaft of Africa, John Weftcot, mafter, where they continued twelve months, purchafing flaves for a brig, and themfelves, and afterwards proceeded for St. Kitt's; that foon after they left the coaft, the captain, for some reasons, beat and knocked down a feaman named Stephen Porter; that in the night, between eleven and twelve, the faid Porter and Richard Hancock

murdered the captain and mate, with a broad axe, when afleep; that the floop was afterwards caft away on the ifle of May, and the flaves were fold to the Portuguese for 50 dollars a head.'

There are now four brigs, from forty to feventy tons, and fixteen armed deck-cutters on the lake Ontario; by this means the navi. gation of the great lakes, and a mart of trade, will foon be established, equal to that of the Cafpian fea.

There is now living in a village near Lead-hills, about three miles from Edinburgh, a man named John Taylor, aged 130 years. He was born in England, bred to the bufinefs of a miner, in which capacity he worked there fome years before he came to Scotland, and has a difcharge to fhow from the earl of Lauderdale, when the Scots mint was given up at the Union. He lately walked two English miles from his houfe to be prefent at the chriftening of his grand-child, and after spending fome time in merriment on the occafion, returned. home the fame evening without any affiftance.

Died, John Mitchell at Great Bircham in Norfolk, aged 100 years.

Alexander Crawford at Fermanagh in Ireland, aged 99 years. Charles Lapiere, a diamond merchant, aged 93 years.

Capt. Branftone formerly a commander in the royal navy, aged 90 years.

Rene de Triffonier at Bouchain in France, aged 103 years.

Mrs. Corbyn at Worcester," aged 98 years. She was an eminent preacher among the quakers. Henry

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A caufe came on to be tried before Lord Mansfield, in which a poor broom-maker was plaintiff, and the toll-mafter of Hamptonbridge defendant, who had feized the plaintiff's horfe for toll after he had rode him through the river, and had fold him to pay himself the penny and cofts. After a long trial, the jury brought a verdict for the plaintiff.

The marquis de Courtenveaux, honorary member of the R. A. of Paris, embarked on board a fri. gate for Havre, to make trial of fome inftruments, defigned to facilitate the determination of the longitude by fea, and particularly the watch of the Sieur le Roi, and the megametre, or grand measurer of the Sieur de arnieres. fieurs Pengre and Meffier accompany the marquis in the enter prize.

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At the feffions at Guildhall, capt.Yong, who was convicted laft feffions for illegally confining Henry Soppet at a lock-up-houfe in Chancery lane, was fentenced to fuffer imprisonment in Newgate for 12 months; and to give fecurity for his good behaviour for two years, himself in 100l. and two in 5ol. each. One Edward Fielding for charging a young fellow with The guardian of the Cordeliers, a robbery who refufed to lift into at Sifteron, after having fet fire to the Eaft India company's fervice, his convent in eight different received the like fentence. And places, armed himself with a knife Robert Gow and John Ratcliffe and a cleaver, with which he murfor attempting to force a young dered the cook of the house, whom woman at an inn near Fleet-market, he wounded in nine different were found guilty, and are to re- places. He afterwards ran after ceive fentence next feffions. While two religious, with an intent the court was fitting, an over-drove to murder them alfo, but one of ox entered Guildhall, and threw the them made his efcape in his thirt whole court into confternation; out of a two pair of stairs window, but not liking his company, he and the other found means to conturned about, and ran back again ceal himfelf. When the alarm of without doing any mifchief. A A fire drew people to the convent, gentleman paffing by at the fame the guardian was found in his bedtime, and feeing the crowd, afked chamber, and in order to raise safwhat was the matter. Nothing, picion of other perfons, he woundreplied a fellow humorously, ed himself very flightly in the "but an ox that is juft run into throat, and had fet fire to the curGuildhall in a paffion, to com tains of his bed. After under

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