moved, That the judgment be affirmed. Agreed.

Berlin, June 8. The king has paffed fentence upon a counsellor of the regency, which makes a great ftir here. Mr. Glave, counsellor at Konigsberg, being accufed of corruption, his majefty charged the prefident of the chamber of that place to make the neceffary judicial enquiries into the affair, and the delinquent was condemned to two years imprisonment in a fortrefs; the counfellor, not fatisfied with the decifion, made another appeal; the king, after a mature examination, not only confirmed the above fentence, but ordered that the delinquent fhould work at the barrow during the two years of his imprifonment.

Vienna, June 12. The emperor has fuppreffed the chapters of Wigthrengen and Trelergen, in Carinthia; and thofe of Lambrecht, Neuberg, Stanz, Croatman, and Pallau, in Styria. The convents of capuchins, recollets, and dominicans, are also abolished.

Oxford, July 29. At our affizes came on to be tried before Mr Baron Eyre, a caufe of great importance to the public in general, on a queftion, Whether a farmer who occafionally dealt in horses was fubject to the bankrupt laws, as a trader? It was an action of trover, brought on the affignees of John Davis, a farmer of Whitchurch, in this county, against Mr. John Sherwood, of Purley, in the county of Berks, to recover back 2491. 18 s. which he had received under an execution levied on the bankrupt's effects; when the jury, after an hour's confultation, brought in a verdict for the plaintiffs, whereby they established the trading, and

gave the above fum in damages, together with full cofts of fuit."

Gottingen, July 25. The three youngeft princes of Great Britain were entered of this univerfity on the 6th of this month, each of them accompanied by a governor, a preceptor, and a gentleman; their royal highneffes are lodged in one houfe, and the expences of their table fixed at 600 crowns per week, including two grand institution dinners, to which the profeffors and fome ftudents are invited. Profeffor Mayer teaches the princes the German language; Mr. Heyne inftructs them in Latin; the ecclefiaftic counsellor Lefs teaches them religion; and the counfellor Feder inftructs them in morality; these mafters are rewarded by an extraordinary appointment of 1000 crowns per annum each.

The feffions at the Old 26th. Bailey, which began on the 19th, ended, when twelve convicts received fentence of death; among whom was Samuel Burt, for forgery. This man, when he was afked, what he had to fay why judgment to die fhould not be paffed, according to law? addreffed the court as follows: "My lord, I am too fenfible of the crime which I have committed, and for which I juftly deserve to suffer; my life I have forfeited, and with to refign it into the hands of Him who gave it me. To give my reasons for this, would only fatisfy an idle curiofity; no one can feel a more fenfible, heartfelt fatisfaction in the hopes of fhortly paffing into eternity; wherein, I truft, I fhall meet with great felicity. I have not the leaft defire to live; and, as the jury and the court on my trial thought proper to recommend me to mercy, if his ma

jefty

jefty fhould, in confequence thereof, grant me a refpite, Î here vow, in the face of Heaven, that I will put an end to my own existence as foon as I can. It is death that I wish for, because nothing but death can extricate me from the troubles which my follies have involved me in.” DIED. Lately, at Paris, of an apoplexy, in his 114th year, Jofeph Buller, a native of Savoy. He ferved feveral years under Prince Eugene, and had worked near 60 years on the quays at Paris. The only illness he ever experienced was a diftemper in his eyes, occafioned by a fall from a pile of wood when about 50 years of age. He had lived 57 years with one wife, and renewed his marriage at St. Etrenne du Mont. He followed his bufinefs to the age of 105, and would not then have left it off, had not the charitable contributions raised for him enabled him to fubfift without it. A print of him was published fome years ago, at the bottom of which it is faid, that his father died aged 123 years 10 months.

At Ottery, in the county of Devon, aged 119, Mrs. Heath. This lady perfectly recollected the landing of King William at Torbay.

AUGUST.

Dublin, Auguft ift. On the 21ft of July the lord mayor, fheriff, and commons and citizens of Dublin, ordered, that the freedom of their city be granted to the right honourable John Earl of Chatham, and that the fame be prefented to the faid earl by the lord mayor and fheriffs; and the fame was prefented

Caffel, Auguft 8. The king of Great Britain, fovereign of the most noble order of the Garter, having been pleased to appoint the Lord Viscount Dalrymple, his majefty's envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the court of Berlin, and Sir Ifaac Heard, knt. garter principal at arms, plenipotentiary, for invefting his ferene highnefs the Landgrave of Heffe-Caffel with the habit and enfigns of the most noble order of the Garter; they met here the 5th instant.

Kelfo, Aug. 11.

About two this morning a fhock of an earthquake was felt here; its motion was from weft to eat. The motion was fucceeded by a noise as if the tilés had been tumbling from the roof.

Cockermouth, Aug. 11. About five minutes before two this morning we had a fmart, fhock of an earthquake, which continued three or four feconds, attended with a noife as if a well-packed hogfhead had been thrown with violence on a boarded floor. The ftrings of a fpinnet were heard to vibrate; others thought thieves had broken in.

Whitehaven, Aug. 11. A few minutes before two this morning the fhock of an earthquake was very fenfibly felt in this town and neighbourhood; its continuance' from three to five feconds. The barometer at twenty-nine degrees, the weather clofe and fultry. Its direction fuppofed from fouth to east, accompanied with a rumbling noise in the air. There was not fufficient light to make farther obfervation's : the confternation it caufed was inexpreffible. A chimney was thrown down in Tangren-street; three people, in different parts of the town,

were

were thrown off their feet, and one confiderably hurt. His majesty, the queen, 16th. and their royal highneffes the princefs royal, princefs Augufta, and princess Elizabeth, fet out from Earl Harcourt's feat at Nuneham Court, after divine fervice on Sunday morning laft, and arrived at the Eastern gate of the public fchools at Oxford foon after one o'clock. They were conducted through the Divinity School to the Sheldonian Theatre, where their majefties and the princeffes being feated, the vice-chancellor prefented an addrefs from himself, and the matters and fcholars of the univerfity, which his majefty was pleased to receive very graciously, and to return a most gracious answer.

Their majefties from thence proceeded to vifit the chapel at New College, the colleges of Wadham, Trinity, Lincoln, and Brazen Nofe. They then went to the Council Chamber, where an addrefs was prefented from the mayor, bailiffs, and commonalty, and moft gracioufly received by his majefty, who was at the fame time pleafed to confer the honour of knighthood on Richard Tawney, efq. fenior alderman of the city of Oxford. Their majefties, with the princeffes, then vifited Chrift Church College, and retured to Nuneham the fame evening, at about half an hour after fix o'clock.

Their majefties and the princeffes fet out again from Nuneham between nine and ten o'clock on Monday morning, and arrived at Blenheim between eleven and twelve, having been met, and attended thither, by the inhabitants of Woodftock. Their majefties were received at Blenheim by the duke and

1

duchess of Marlborough, with every mark of attention and refpect. After having viewed the house, and as much of the park as the time would admit of, they returned to Nuneham about eight o'clock.

On Tuesday morning, at Nuneham, his majefty was pleased to confer the honour of knighthood on Charles Nourfe, efq. of Oxford; and an addrefs was there prefented to the king from the gentlemen, clergy, and other inhabitants of the town of Witney, and its neighbourhood, which his majefty was pleafed to receive very graciously.

Their majesties and the princeffes left Nuneham a little after one o'clock, and arrived at Windfor a little before fix o'clock on Tuesday evening.

DIED. Lately, at Smalley, Mary Bailey, aged 106.

SEPTEMBER.

Oxford, Sept. 16. On Tuesday evening arrived here the archduke and archduchefs of Auftria, under the titles of count and countess of Nellembourg; prince Charles Albani, firft coufin to the archduchefs, and his confort; prince Rezzonico, fenator of Rome; count Soderini, the Venetian refident, prince Lichtenstein; and count Rezviefki, the Imperial ambaffador. These illuftrious vifitors, with their fuite, were next morning conducted to feveral of the public buildings.and colleges; and on Wednesday went to Blenheim, the feat of the duke of Marlborough. On Thursday they made the tour of Stowe, the feat of the marquis of Buckingham; and yefterday morning fet out for Nuneham, the feat of the

earl

Earl of Harcourt. Returning about one o'clock, their royal highneffes vifited the reft of the colleges, obfervatory, &c.

In compliment to the arch18th. duke of Austria, his majefty this day commenced the hunting fport on Windfor-foreft. He was accompanied by his highness during the chace.

The royal obfequies of the late king of Pruffia were performed on the 9th inftant, with the greateft pomp. The affluent difplay on this occafion was truly aftonishing. The church was hung in all parts with paintings reprefenting, 1ft, the conqueft of Silefia. 2dly, The war fuftained by his late majefty against fix fovereigns, from 1756 to 1763. 3dly, The embellishments of the towns, and the cultivation of wafte lands throughout the Pruffian do. minions. 4thly, The taking poffeffion of Western Pruffia. 5thly, The late German confederacy. 6thly, The protection granted during the late reign to the arts and fciences. Six trophics were alfo erected within the church, on which, were infcribed the names of the twelve principal battles during the life of Frederic II. viz, Mollwitz, Czalau, Sorr, Hohenfriedberg, Keffelsdorff, Lowozits, Prague, Rofbach, Leuther, Zorndorff, Leignitz, and Torgau. The whole ceremony did not last above two hours, after which a dinner of 600 covers was ferved in different apartments. On rifing from table, his majelty retired to Sans Souci, and in the evening to Charlottenburgh. The chamberlains, Generai Rohdich and Vander Reck, who had the direction of the funeral pomp, were each prefented by the king with an elegant VOL. XXVIII.

gold box, richly fet with brilliants, in token of his fatisfaction.

On Monday, October 2, the new monarch received the homage of his fubjects at Berlin. This ceremony is obferved in Pruffia inftead of a co ronation, and is no lefs magnificent.

Newcastle upon Tyne, Sept. 20. Lunardi's attempt to afcend yefterday from the Spital ground was productive of a very melancholy accident. The balloon was about one-third full, and a great many gentlemen were holding it by the netting, when Lunardi went to pour into the ciftern the rest of the oil of vitriol destined for the purpose. This having caufed a strong effervefcence, generated inflammable air with fuch rapidity, that some of it escaped from two different parts of the lower end of the apparatus, and fpread among the feet of feveral gentlemen who were holding the balloon, and who were fo alarmed, that leaving it at liberty, they ran from the spot.

The balloon now

rofe with great velocity, carrying up with it Mr. Ralph Heron, a gentleman of this town, about twenty-two years of age, fon of Mr. Heron, under-fheriff of Northumberland.

This unhappy victim held a ftrong rope which was fastened to the crown of the balloon, twisted about his hand; and could not difengage himfelf when the other gentlemen fled; he was of courfe elevated about the height of St. Paul's cupola, when the balloon turned downward, the crown divided from it, and the unfortunate gentleman fell to the ground.

He did not expire immediately, having fallen upon very soft ground; he fpoke for fome time to his un[0]

happy

happy parents, and to the furgeons who came to affift him; but his internal veffels being broken, he died about an hour and an half after the fall.

18th.

The Lady Catherine Boccabadati, wife of the Marquis Senator Albergati Capacelli, aged 38 years, ended her life at Bologna in the most tragical manner. Having had a dispute at dinner, about an object of small importance, which The defended with fome heat, and being contradicted by her husband, fhe left the room, taking with her a child of eight years old, with whom he went up ftairs, and after tenderly embracing the child, the took out of a cafe a Venetian dagger, which the inftantly ran into her body. The child immediately crying out, alarmed the family, and the Marquis running up ftairs, the enraged lady with redoubled fury, on feeing him, plunged the dagger through her heart; by which fecond thruft fhe instantly fell dead at his feet.

On Wednesday, Auguft the 3d, about four in the afternoon, as Cardinal Turlone, High Inquifitor of the Holy Office, was coming from the Vatican, he was fet upon by an incenfed multitude, who forced his eminence out of the carriage, and after cutting off his nofe and ears, and mangling him in a most shocking manner, dragged the butchered carcafe to Monte Tiburno, where they hung it on a gibbet 50 feet high, which they erected for that purpose. The reafons affigned for this popular execution are various; but that, which feems to have wrought moft powerfully on the minds of the populace, was the cruelty of his difpofition, which ex

ceeded even that of Nero; for when, by the rigour with which he had exercifed the office of inquifitor, he had filled the gaols throughout the Pope's dominions with induftrious artificers and others, on flight pretences, and a motion was made in the Vatican for an act of grace, inftead of giving that motion his fuffrage, he fent an exprefs order to the feveral gaolers to keep their prifoners double-ironed, left an efcape fhould be attempted. He was originally a Black-friar; but for fome time was a pleader at the bar, and raised to the purple, to the amazement of the people, by a corcatenation of crafty and iniquitous intrigues.

This day Thomas Sainfbury, Efq. alderman of Bil-29th. lingfgate Ward, was elected lord mayor of London for the year enfuing.

DIED. Lately, at Paris, M. Beaujon, the rich financier, the king's banker, &c. faid to be worth two millions fterling.

At his houfe in Red-Lionfquare, Jonas Hanway, Efq. 5th. celebrated for his numerous acts of humanity and benevolence.

OCTOBER.

Weft-Indies. About the beginning of Auguft, a most violent storm laid almost waste the southern coast of Hifpaniola, and had driven out to fea all the fhipping from the port of St. Euftatius, and deftroyed most of the fmall craft in that harbour.

And by advices from Guadeloupe a moft terrible hurricane deftroyed a great part of the plantations on

that