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 tingle, but most terrible clap of thunder, which ftruck the cattle, which is of confiderable 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 thort, 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 builings, which was fwallowed up. An account of the receipt and difburk ments of Black Friars Bridge, from Lady-day, 1782, to Lady-day, 1783, as delivered in on Friday at Guildhall. Cath paid at Guild- Wages Nett receipt 1. S. d. 6053 I 6 6 6 889 3 45 10 823 18 o 202 17 6 8574 11 o Some letters, arrived in town, give the following account of the lofs of the Grofvenor Eaft-Indiaman, viz. that the fhip was driven on fhore near the river St. Chriftopher'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 felle Bay, and gave an account to the council of the Dutch East-India company, that the Caffres had come down upon the people, carried off the female paffengers, and had killed feveral of the men who attempted to protect them. This day there was a gene- 2d. ral change of the miniftry. Venice. In the night of April the 11th, by the most violent hurricane in the memory of the oldeft man living, the fea rofe fo 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. Augufline. On the 14th of April, this town was evacuated by the Britifh, and poffeffed by the Americans. By letters from Kingfton in Jamaica, we find the fleet left Charles. town Bar on the 18th of April, confiling of more than 130 fail, great and finall, part of which, having on board loyalifts and their negroes, was conducted to St. Auguftine by the convoy which arrived at Kingfton; 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 firft diftinction in Carolina went to England in a mall divifion of the fleet, under the protection of his majesty's fhip Adamant of 50 guns; and the remainder of the fleet fepa rated rated for St. Lucia, having on board the troops and loyalifts, conducted by his majesty's thip Narciffus, of 20 guns. About 1600 veteran troops, under the command of brigadier general 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 diftri& fhortly retracts to government, which it is intended fhould be ap. propriated and granted in fee to the Genevefe. About 2000 feamen af18th. fembled on Tower-hill, and proceeded in a detached body to the Admiralty, to infift on an explicit answer from the board, when their arrears of wages an prize money fhould be cleared off. No proper anfwer being given, they proceeded to St. lames's palace, 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 difperfed. Report of the State of the City Hofpitals was read before the Governors, April 20. Chrift's Hofpital. Children put forth apprentices, and discharged out of this hofpital last year, 10 whereof were inftructed in near Warrington, and carried two coal-boats and a flat into a meadow at a considerable distance; 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 feflions 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 transported for feven years; fifteen others were likewife ordered to be tranfported for feven years, and one for fourteen years; eleven to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the house of correction, and likewife to be whipped; four whipt and discharged, and 18 delivered on proclamation. A petition from the coun5th. ty of Suffolk was prefented to the Haufe of Commons, praying the houfe to take into their moit ferious confideration the prefent inadequate reprefentation of the people in parliament, &c. The petitions relative to a more equal reprefentation, prefented to the Houle of Commons this feffion, are from the following places, viz. Suffex, Launceston, Foole, Tiverton, Yarmouth, Winchester, Cambridge town, Lynn Regis, north-weit divifion of Devon, Derby county, St. Edmund's Bury, Derby borough, York city, Carmarthen county, Glo. cefter city, Somerfet, Southwark, Penryn, Cornwall, Rochetter, Lymington, Scarborough, Surrey, Nottingham, Flint county, Denbigh, Droitwich, Southampton county, Portsmouth, Chichester, Montrofe, London, Middlefex, Dumbarton, Kent, Weftminster, freeholders of London, burghs of Irvene, Tower hamlets. At Pontefract feffions, 7th. John Seaton, Efq. the treafurer for the Weft 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, measuring 3,292,002 yards. Increased this year 18,622 pieces of broad, and 11,892 pieces of narrow woollens. As his Royal Highnes 12th. the Prince of Wales was returning to town on horfeback this evening, and Mr. Thomfon, furgeon, of Kensington, was return ing from Knightsbridge, they rode violently against each other, and were both thrown a confiderable distance from their horfes. His Royal Highnefs efcaped unhurt, and Mr. Thomson was but flightly bruifed. About 15th. About noon a meffage were fet up by the defendants, from the Bank was for- notwithstanding which, a few of the plaintiffs' witnefles, ont of a great number which were employed in the framesmiths and hofiery 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 fpecification to be fimple and clear, after a conflict of four hours, without any reply, or fumming up of evidence, the jury, without going out, found a verdict for the plaintiffs, to the entire fatisfaction of the chief juf 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 Comteffe de Chalons, and Mad. la Conteffe D'Anloic. Many others are foon expected. 23d. A caufe of the utmost importance in the hofiery branch was tried at Guildhall before the Right Honourable Lord Loughborough, Lord Chief Juftice, 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 Meffis. 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 courfe of the trial, feveral artful manoeuvres tice and the court. Vienna, May 31. Our laft accounts from Hungary report, that on the 13th of this month there happened a moft violent form, which has been attended with great damage in feveral parts of the kingdom. The city of Cremitz was entirely deftroyed. The lightning fell in nine different places, and the city was fet on fire and reduced to afhes in fpite of the endeavours of the inhabitants; 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. houfe. He and Mr. Chippendale, a near relation, were failing in a boat of Mr. Howarth's, and had made faft the fheet, when, by a fudden fquall, the boat was unfortunately overfets Mr. Howarth, who was an excellent fwimmer, cried, "Chip, never fear, fear, we fhall do very well!" At this infant, 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 acquaint ance. In Golden-fquare, Count Haflang, envoy from his ferene highnefs the Elector Palatine Duke of Bavaria, privy-counfellor 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 embaffy of 42 years. JUNE. The ingenious Mr. SpaldIA. ing, accompanied by one of his young men, w nt down twice in his diving-bell at the Kith bank, Ireland, where the Imperial Eaft-Indiaman was fome time fince wrecked, for the purpose of recovering fome 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. 4th. This being the anniverfary of his majesty's birthday, the fame was obferved at court. The firft ftone of the new bridge acrofs 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 Lon'don, 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 cornfactors 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 eftablished. The Grand Jury found a true bill againft William 5th. Wynne Kyland, for forgery on the Eat-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 highneffes the princes and princelles, removed to Windfor and Kew, to remain there during the fum mer. 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 majefty's fhip Refiftance ar |