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leagues from that town. At 11 in the morning of the 17th of March, there fell a violent rain, accompanied by a moft impetuous wind, and followed by a fingle but most terrible clap of thunder, which ftruck the caitle, which is of considerable extent, in almost every part. The walls of this ancient edifice, remarkable for their folidity, and for being from eight to nine feet thick, were in fome places thrown down, and lean in others. In fhort, the whole caftle appears a heap of ruins.

By another account we learn that part of a very high mountain tumbled down, and flopped up the river Ardes, till five o'clock the next day, fo as not to fuffer the, leaft drop to pass through. On the part fallen unfortunately ftood a mill compofed of two buildings, which was fwallowed up.

An account of the receipt and disbursements of Black Friars Bridge, from Lady-day, 1782, to Lady-day, 1783, as delivered in on Friday at Guildhall,

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felle Bay, and gave an account to the council of the Dutch Eat-India company, that the Caffres had come down upon the people, carried off the female pafengers, and had killed feveral of the men who attempted to protect them.

This day there was a ge- 2d. neral change of the miniftry.

Venice. In the night of April 11th, by the most violent hurricane in the memory of the oldest man living, the fea rofe so very high, as to overflow the whole city. Several boats moored in fight of St. Mark's-fquare, were driven by the force of the wind on the quay called the Efclavons. It is hitherto impoffible to afcertain the damage occafioned by the hurricane in the neighbouring iflands; but if we may judge from what we have fuffered here, it must have been very confiderable.

Charlestown, via St. Auguftine.

On the 14th of April, this town was evacuated by the Britifh, and poffeffed by the Ameri

cans.

By letters from Kingston in Jamaica we find the fleet left Charlestown Bar on the 18th of April, confifting of more than 130 fail, great and fmall, part of which 6 having on board loyalifts and their negroes, was conducted to St. Auagutine by the convoy which arrived at Kington; part went to New-York with his majefty's fhips Affurance, of 44 guns, Bellifarius 20, and Carolina 16, having on board troops and inhabitants; many families of the first diflinction in Carolina went to England in a fmall divifion of the fleet, under the protection of his majesty's fhip Adamant of 50 guns; and the remainder of the fleet fepa

Nett receipt 8074 11 Some letters arrived in town, give the following account of the lofs of the Grofvenor Eaft-Indianan, viz. that the fhip was driven on fhore near the river St. Chrif topher's, on the African coaft, about 40 leagues to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, on or about the 10th of October; and on the 11th of December laft, four of her crew arrived at Mo

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rated for St. Lucia, having on board the troops and loyalifts, conducted by his majefty's fhip Narciffus of 20 guns.

About 1600 veteran troops, under the command of brigadier ge. neral Stewart, upwards of 400 white families, many of them of confiderable property, and about 4500 flaves, arrived in the fleet.

Dublin, April 13th. The Privycouncil fat upon the establishment of the Genevefe emigrants, whofe names and numbers being given in, the fettlement of their afylum was then determined upon to be at Paffage, next the confluence of the rivers Barrow and Suir, in the county of Waterford. A very confiderable tract of land in that diftrict shortly retracts to government, which it is intended should be appropriated and granted in fee to the Genevefe.

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About 2000 feamen affembled on Tower hill, and proceeded in a detached body to the Admiralty, to infift on an explicit anfwer from the board, when their arrears of wages and prize-money fhould be cleared off. No proper anfwer being given, they proceeded to St. James's lace, to harangue the king on the occafion; but the leading avenues to the palace being either guarded or fhut, prevented the tumult which might have enfued, and they peaceably dispersed. Report of the State of the City Hofpitals was read before the Governors, April 20.

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near Warrington, and carried two coal-boats and a flat into a meadow at a confiderable diftance; a great number of hands were immediately employed, and the breach was repaired in a few days. The English frigate the Brilliant arrived at Tangier, having on board Sir Roger Curtis, as envoy from his Britannic majefty to the court of Morocco. He took with him, as prefents to that African monarch, three 26 pounders, and one of 18, with 400 balls, befides feveral other things not afcertained. The emperor appointed a commiffary to conduct Sir Roger either to Mequinez or Sallee, where his majesty was expected to arrive.

The feffions at the Old3d. Bailey ended on the Middlefex fide, on account of the effoign day of Term, when 12 convicts received fentence of death, one of whom, viz. Thomas Littlepage, for ftealing naval ftores, was refpited, and ordered to be tranfported for feven years; fifteen others were likewife ordered to be tranfported for feven years, and one for 14 years; eleven to be imprifoned and kept to hard labour in the houfe of correction, and likewife to be whipped; four whipt and difcharged, and eighteen delivered on proclamation. A petition from the coun5th. ty of Suffolk was prefented to the Houfe of Commons, praying the houfe to take into their moft ferious confideration the prefent inadequate reprefentation of the people in parliament, &c.

The petitions relative to a more equal reprefentation, prefented to the Houfe of Commons this feflion, are from the following places, viz.

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Suffex, Launceston, Poole, Tiverton, Yarmouth, Winchester, Cambridge town, Lynn Regis, north-welt divifion of Devon, Derby county, St. Edmund's Bury, Derby borough, York city, Carmarthen county, Gloucefler city, Somerfet, Southwark, Penryn, Cornwall, Rochefter, Lymington, Scarborough, Surry, Nottingham, Flint county, Denbigh, Droitwich, Southampton county, Portsmouth, Chichester, Montrofe, London, Middlesex, Dumbarton, Kent, Weftminster, freeholders of London, burghs of Irvene, Tower hamlets.

At Pontefract feffions, 7th. John Seaton, Efq. the treafurer for the West Riding of York, delivered to the juftices of the peace there affembled, an account of the number of pieces of woollen cloths made in that Riding from the 25th of March, 1782, to the 25th of March, 1783; when it appeared there had been manufactured 131,092 pieces of broad woollens, measuring 4,563,376 yards; and 108,641 pieces of narrow cloths, meafuring 3,292,002 yards. Increased this year 18,622 pieces of broad, and 11,892 pieces of narrow woollens.

As his royal highness the 12th. prince of Wales was returning to town on horseback this evening, and Mr. Thomfon, furgeon, of Kenfington, was returning from Knightsbridge, they rode violently against each other, and were both thrown a confiderable diftance from their horfes. His royal highness escaped unhurt, and Mr. Thomfon was but flightly bruifed.

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15th. from the Bank was formally delivered at the Stock-exchange, purporting, that the Bank directors had that day refolved not to advance any money upon the new fubfcription, as they had invariably done during Lord North's adminiftration, after the depofit or firft payment had been made by the refpective fubfcribers. The fcrip, on this notice, fell 2 per

cent. 18th.

About no
noon a meffage were fet up by the defendants,
notwithstanding which, a few of
the plaintiffs' witneffes, out of a
great number which were em-
ployed in the framefmiths and ho-
fiery branches, as well as fuch of
the defendants' witneffes, who
were equally culpable for working
the plaintiffs' machine, and were
indulged by the court to give
their evidence, fully proved the
plaintiffs' invention to be new
and complete, and their fpecifi-
cation to be fimple and clear, after
a conflict of four hours, without
any reply, or fumming up of evi-
dence, the jury, without going
out, found a verdict for the plain-
tiffs, to the entire fatisfaction of
the chief juftice and the court.

The following nobility from Paris arrived here, Monfigneur le Duke de Cognies, Monfigneur le Duke de Pollinack, le Marquis de Cognies, Mr. le Compte de Cognies, Mr. le Compte de Danlow, Mr. le Compte Straizes, Mad. la Marqueffe de Cognies, Mad. la Conteffe de Chalons, and Mad. la Conteffe D'Anloic. Many others are foon expected.

A caufe of the utmost im23d. portance in the hofiery branch was tried at Guildhall before the Right Honourable Lord Loughborough, Lord Chief Juf tice, and a moft refpectable jury of merchants, refpecting an exclufive right to an invention, for which a patent was granted for a machine to be added to a stockingframe, for making knotted and double looped work, which invention is the property of Meffrs. Horton, March, Wright, and Kemp. Thefe ingenious manufacturers had to contend with a moft formidable combination, entered into by fome opulent Nottingham hofiers, for working the plaintiffs machine, which they formerly announced under their hands. During the course of the trial, feveral artful maneuvres 5

Vienna, May 31. Our laft accounts from Hungary report, that on the 13th of this month there happened a moft violent ftorm, which has been attended with great damage in feveral parts of the kingdom. The city of Cremnitz was entirely deftroyed. The lightning fell in nine different places, and the city was fet on hire and reduced to afhes in fpite of the endeavours of the inha

bitants; 70 perfons loft their lives.

DIED. Henry Howarth, Efq. a gentleman of high reputation at the bar, about 36 years of age, one of the king's counfel, and member of parliament for Abingdon, Berks, was drowned near Mortlake, within fight of his own houfe. He and Mr. Chippendale, a near relation, were failing in a boat of Mr. Howarth's, and had made fatt the sheet, when, by a fudden fquall, the boat was unfortunately overfet. Mr. Howarth, who was an excellent fwimmer, cried, Chip, never

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fear, we shall do very well!" At this inftant, the maft ftruck Mr. Howarth on the head, who immediately funk, and was not found until about three quarters of an hour afterwards. Mr. Chippendale, by clinging to the fide of the boat, happily faved himself. Mr. Howarth was univerfally beloved, and is greatly regretted by all who had the honour of his acquaintance.

In Golden-fquare, Count Haflang, envoy from his ferene highnefs the Elector Palatine Duke of Bavaria, privy-counsellor and chamberlain at both courts; likewife knight of the illuftrious order of St. George. His excellency died in the 83d year of his age, after an embassy of 42 years.

JUNE.

The ingenious Mr. Spaldift. ing, accompanied by one of his young men, went down twice in his diving-bell at the Kish bank, Ireland, where the Imperial Eaft-Indiaman was fome time fince wrecked, for the purpose of recovering some of her materials. He did nothing more, however, than examine her fituation, &c. determining to go to work next morning. Accordingly, Monday morning, about fix o'clock, he and his young man went down, and continued under water about an hour, in which two barrels of air had been fent down for the fupply of the bell; but a good deal of time having elapfed without any fignal from below, the people on deck, apprehenfive that all was not right, drew up the bell, and Mr. Spalding and his young

man were both difcovered to be dead.

This being the anniver4th. fary of his majefty's birthday, the fame was obferved at court.

The firft ftone of the new bridge across the river Thames at Kew was laid by Michael Decker Saunders, Efq. proprietor of Waltonbridge.

The long contefted caufe between the free cornfactors and the corporation of the city of London, under the name of Cockfedge and Fanfhaw, was finally determined in the House of Lords, upon the unanimous opinion of all the judges, delivered by Mr. Juftice Gould, by which the right of the freemen corn factors to the toll or duty of one farthing a quarter, upon all corn configned to them for fale and imported coaftwife eastward of Londonbridge (except from the Cinque Ports or the county of Kent) is for ever established."

5th.

The Grand Jury found a true bill against William Wynne Ryland, for forgery on the Eaft-India company. His trial, however, at his own requeft, was put off.

6th.

Their majefties, his royal highness the prince of Wales, and their royal highnesses the princes and princeffes, removed to Windfor and Kew, to remain there during the fummer.

Admiralty-Office. Extract of a letter from Rear-admiral Rowley to Mr. Stevens, dated Port-Royal, Jamaica, April 4." I have to defire you will acquaint their lordships, that on the 13th ult. his majesty's fhip Refiftance ar

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