fail cloth, from the payment of the Import Duty.

Mr. Vanfittart objected to the amendment, on the ground, that no article had reaped greater benefit, with refpect to price, from the conclufion of the war, and that the manufacturers alluded to would be great gainers by the ultimate refult.

Mr. Dent poftponed his motion concerning Bull-Baiting, in order, as he ftated, to accommodate two Gentlemen, the late and prefent Secretary at War.

Mr. Windham obferved, that the fubject which he intended to call the attention of the Houfe to, was certainly a matter of moment, and materially connected with the Definitive Treaty; and as the Hon. Gentleman had fignified his intention of bringing forward his bullbaiting motion on Tuesday next, he would poftpone his to a fubfequent day. THURSDAY, April 29. In the Houfe of Commons yefterday, Lord Belgrave faid, as he understood an Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Nichols) had given notice of a motion of cenfure upon an Hon. Friend of his (Mr. Pitt), he fhould, in order to fave the Houfe the trouble of twice attending on the fame fubject, bring on his motion of thanks to his Hon. Friend upon Friday next.

Mr. Vanfittart obtained leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the acts in force relative to the poft horfe duties.

The Houfe was informed, by a meffage from the Lords, that their Lordhips had agreed to the Beer and Ale Duty Bill, to the Affeffed Taxes Bill, and to feveral private acts.

Mr. Alexander brought up the report of the Export and Import Bill. Mr. Addington faid, that a confiderable degree of diffatisfaction had been fhewn yesterday upon the exemption of Ireland from the tax. The fubject had been seriously confidered fince the adjournment of yesterday, and it was the intention of an Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Corry), when he brought forward the Ways and Means of Ireland, to propofe that the exports of Ireland fhould be charged at the fame rate as in this country. The tonnage of fhips was alfo to be the fame; but he did not mean to charge the importation of goods. The tonnage of fhipping, however, be begged to be understood, was not yet fully determined upon, as farther information was wanted upon the fubject.

The Houfe then went into a committce of fupply. The King's meffage was read by the chairman.

Mr. Addington moved that his Majefty be enabled to grant, out of the Confolidated Fund, a fum not exceeding 12,000l. per annum to his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Suffex. A fimilar refolution was moved for the Duke of Cambridge. The Houfe was refumed, and the report ordered to be received to

morrow.

Mr. Addington moved that there be laid before the Houfe an account of the land tax redeemed, diftinguishing the ecclefiaftic from fecular property.

FRIDAY, Apr. 30. The Houfe having refolved itself into a committee, the Chancellor of the Exchequer ftated the contract he had entered into for the Lot, tery for the fervice of the prefent year, It had been his object not only to make a beneficial bargain for the public, but to adopt fuch plans and regulations as held forth a fair profpect of interpofing an effectual check to the mifchievous practice of low infurance. It must be obvious to every gentleman, that the inducement and temptation to icfure were in exact proportion to the length of time the Lottery continued drawing In proportion then as the period of drawing was curtailed, in the fame proportion would the practice of infuring fall off. The plan propofed that there thould be three different Lotteries in the courfe of each year, the term of drawing each to be limited to eight days. It had been found expedient not to have any Irish Lottery; for this reafon, that the mifchief of infuring was even more formid. able in Ireland than in England. The annual advantage accruing to the public from the adoption of his plan, would be no lefs a fum than 550,000l. of which two-thirds would be applicable to the fervice of Great Britain, and one-third to Ireland. In this view he fhould move, that it is the opinion of the committee, that, towards raifing the fupply granted to his Majefty, there be raifed the fum of 1,455,000l. by Lottery; of which, 970,cool. fhould be applicable to the fervice of Great Britain, and 485,000l. to Ireland.

Mr. M. A. Tavlor ftated two circumftances which had fallen within his own cognizance, in proof of the urgent neceffity of providing fome effectual check against infurance. Numbers of infatuated wretches not content with pawning even their very clothes, and the bed from under them, went even the length to pawn the fhoes and fhoe clafps of their children, till their little ones were obliged to go literally naked. He had been in

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formed by an eminent banker, now no longer a member of that Houfe, that during the drawing of the Lottery, a certain períon, who kept cash at his houfe, was in the habit of fending in confiderable fums of money every day, all confifting of fix-pences, fhillings, and half-crowns, which latter was the higheft coin. All this money, he understood, was collected daily from the poorer orders in infurance. Hence then

ACCIDENTS.

About one o'clock on Saturday morning the 19th a' maid fervant at the Duke of Portland's, in Piccadilly, went out of her bed-room window in her fleep, and fell a height of twenty feet into a drain, without being materially hurt. It was, however, with difficultythe girl could be refcued from her horrible fituation.As Mrs. Raikes, with a nurfery-maid, and one of her children, were proceeding in a curricle up North-ftreet, Brighton, a little girl, about five years old, who was fporting with her play-fellows, was run over by them. Chirurgical affiftance being procured, the child's life was declared not in danger, though he is much hurt.-Friday a gentleman unfortunate ly had his leg broke in a moft extraordinary manner. As he was coming up Fish-treet-hill, a horfe fell between the fhafts of a cart, and in the exertions the animal made to recover himfelf, his fhoe flew off with fuch strength and velocity as to break the gentleman's leg inftantanecufly.--Mr. Jellicours, of Howl, near Hintock, was unfortunately killed laft week, while looking at fome labourers at work in a marl pit, by part of the bank falling on him.-On the 8th inft. about five in the morning, a young woman, accompanied by her fifter, and her infant of two months old, left Tourney for the purpofe of going to her husband, who was then at a fair about four miles from that town. She had fcarcely proceeded eighty paces from her own houfe, when one of the traces of the chaile broke, and fo frightened the horfe that he jumped into the Scheldt, dragging the chaife after him. The whole foon difappeared. The driver, however, knowing how to fwim, had the good fortune to efcape. The poor mother, previously to her finking, had the precaution to throw the child out of her arms, and he was immedi

the neceffity of putting a ftop to fuch a mifchievous practice must be admitted by all.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer then proceeded to ftate, that he defigned to extend the number of tickets to be drawn annually to 100,000, to be drawn at three several periods of the year, at 141. 118. per ticket, the payments to be made by inftalments.-Agreed to.-Ad, journed.

ately faved by the driver. One of the females was taken up dead fix hours after, but the other had been fought for in vain. A few days fince Mils Harriet Hutchinfon, daughter of Mr. Gilbert Hutchinfon, of Ticknall, in Derbyshire, a very fine child, aged feven years, took an opportunity of going unobserved out of her father's houfe, to look at fome fish in a pool, with which she had entertained herself during her walk the fame morning with her nurfe, when the wind being high, and the bank fleep, the unfortunately fell in, and finking immedi ately, was drowned, notwithstanding af fiftance was at hand, and every endea vour used to recover her after he was taken out.

OFFENCES.

On the 16th inft. a gentleman and lady returning to town in a poft-chaife, were ftopped on Hampstead Heath by a fingle highwayman, who demanded their money, at the fame time apologizing for his conduct, faying he was in great diftrefs, and begged the lady would not be alarmed; the gentleman gave him five guineas, and the highwayman wifhed them good night, riding off across the common.-On Tuesday a man of the name of Crichton, a publican at Woolwich, furrendered himself to the Commiffioners of Bankruptcy, at Guildhall, when five failors appeared against him, who ftated, that receiving between 300l. and 400l. among them, that they might not be robbed, lodged the whole in the hands of the bankrupt for fecurity, but that the next day he fhut up his house and abfconded, nor could he for fome time be traced. Relating their cafe to a foli-' citor, he advised them to strike a docket against Crichton. Being clofely quel tioned by the commiffioners what he had done with the failors' money, he gave for anfwer that he was robbed by feveral

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rally fufpicious; he thought every one. was inclined to impofe on him, therefore he was ready for every act of oppreffion, to take every advantage, and to cruh his opponents by the accumulating expence of continued fuits. The fums of money which he expended in frivolous litigation must have been immenfe; wherever his power extended, he was dreaded.

The will of the Earl of Lonfdale has been opened, and the following legacies have been left:

To Sir William Lowther, now Lord Lowther, all his eltates in Weftmoreland and Cumberland, estimated at 40,000l. per annum,

To John Lowther, Efq. the brother of Sir William, he has left his Yorkhire ettate, worth 4000l, per annum.

To the Counte's of Lonidale, his wife, he has left, in addition to her jointure of 2000l, per annum, 5000l. in money, all her jewels, and the villa at Fulham, which he now inhabits.

To the Duchefs of Bolton and Mifs Lowther, his two fifters, he has left oool, each in money, and his Barbadoes eftate, worth 2000l. a year.

To Colonel Lowther, whom he fo particularly proteffed to favour, he has left only 12,000l. in money; and the Earl of Darlington, his nephew, and heir at law, who would have had the whole if no will had been found, he has cut off with a bequest of 500!.

His eftate at Laleham in Middlefex, the houfe which he left untenanted for years on account of a difpute with the clergyman about tythes, he has directed to be fold.

He had 9000 guineas in his bureau, prepared for the enfuing elections.

Amongst the excentricities of the late Earl of Lonidale, was that of keeping at leaft fix hundred blood horfes and others, in his feveral parks, not one of which had ever been broken, or even bitted.

The prefent Lord Lowther does not mean to conteft either of the counties of Weftmoreland or Cumberland.

Died June 4th, the Honourable and Right Reverend Dr. Lewis Bagot, Lord Bishop of St. Afaph, to which fee he was tranflated from the fee of Norwich. Dr. Bagot was of a very weak and fickly frame, he struggled with many infirmi ties, therefore he could not take fo active

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a part in the government of the church as he otherwife would have done. his conduct as a head of a college, and as a christian bishop, will long be remem bered and refpected at Chrift Church in Oxford; at Bristol, (where he succeeded Bishop Newton) Norwich, and St. Alaph Whenever he entered the pulpit, he claimed no common attention from his unfeigned piety, his folemn deportment, and the great and evangelical truths which he delivered. The writer of this flight fketch has often heard him with uncommon pleasure. His Warburto nian lectures preached in Lincoln's inn chapel rank with fome of the very best which have been produced on that occa fion; his argument from the various prophecies relating to the character, the nature, and the dignity of the Melfiah, is remarkably well handled, and supplies a very neceffary addition to Bishop Newton on the prophecies in general. He alfo appeared to great advantage as a contro verfialist in a very able reply to Dr. Bell's Treatife on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

The Bishop of St. Asaph has great patronage in that diocefe; this was most judicioufly difpofed of by the late Bishop as the reward of merit; he was truly the best friend, the patron, and the fa ther of his clergy; he relieved them in their wants, comforted them in their troubles, fupported them under difficul ties: his pastoral and paternal advice was endeared to them by the gentleness of his tempers, and the urbanity of his manners. He was a pleafing inftance how far the nobleman and the chriftian paftor might be united. He fupported dignity without pride, and displayed zeal without bitteinefs; he was eminently ufeful as a prelate, and in all pro bability would have been more fo had his health permitted him.

On the 28th of December laft, at Que bec, of a lingering ilinefs, which he bore for many years paft with christian patience and refignation, Major Samuel Holland. He had been in his time an intrepid, active, and intelligent officer, never making difficulties, however ar duous the duty he was employed in. He was also an excellent field engineer, in which capacity he was employed in the year 1758, at the fiege of Louisbourg, in the detachment of the army under

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en. Wolfe, who after filencing the batteries that oppofed our entrance into the harbour, and from his own felting fire to three hips of the line, and obliging the remainder in a difabled state to haul out of cannon fhot, that great officer, by a rapid and unexpected movement, took poft within 400 yards of the town, from whence Major Holland (under his directions) carried on the approaches, deftroyed the defences of the town, and, making a practicable breach, obliged the enemy to capitulate: he diftinguifhed himself alfo at the conqueft of Quebec, in 1759, and was made nonour. able mention of in General Wolfe's will as a legatee: he alfo diftinguished himfelf in the defence of Quebec, in 1760, after General Murray's unfuccessful attack on the enemy. After the peace, he was appointed Surveyor General of the province of Quebec, and was usefully employed in furveying the American coafts, from which furvey thofe drafts published fome years fince by Major Debarres have been principally taken.

Sir John Ruffel, of Checkers, in Buckinghamshire, who lately died, is faid to have been a lineal defcendant of Oliver Cromwell. The countenance of - his father bore a very ftrong likeness to the pictures of the Protector, and in the early part of his life he wore his hair, according to the costume of his ancestors, as it was fuppofed by his acquaintance, to ftrengthen the refemblance."

Aged 84, the Rev. Heneage Dering, Rector of Milton, in Buckinghamshire, and fenior prebendary of Canterbury. He was formerly of St. John's college.

At his lodgings in Jefus college, Oxford, aged 94, after a lingering illness of above nine years, the Rev. Jofeph Hoare, D. D. Principal of that Society, prebendary of Westminster, and rector of Turwelton, Northamptonshire. This gentleman attended the late Earl Harcourt to the court of Mecklinburgh Strelitz, in 1761, and had the honour of marrying our queen.

The death of the above rev. gentle. man is mentioned in the London prints as owing to the following extraordinary accident. As he was fitting at tea, fomebody moved the table upon his favourite cat, and gave the animal fuch pain that it flew directly at the doctor, and the wound occafioned by its claws

occafioned a mortification, which put a period to his life.

Mrs. Mills, wife of Capt. Mills, of Hampstead road, formerly an admired public finger, as Mits Birchill, and afterwards as Mrs. Vincent, but quitted the stage on marrying Capt. Milis, and went with him to India: Capt. Mills is fuppofed to be the last survivor of those who were in the black-hole at Calcutta, and fignally displayed his humanity in that scene of horror, by refigning his place near the window to the late Mr. Holwell, when the latter was dying for want of air, and had in vain implored of others the facrifice.

Lately at Rotemburg, in Silefia, aged 115, a widow woman, named Marianne Stanzy. In 1711 the married a farmer, who died in 1776; from this union, which lafted 65 years, fhe had three fons and five daughters, who brought 68 grand-children, 53 great grand-children, and two children of the fourth generation. She retained her hearing and fight to the last, was never ill in the courfe of her life, and expired like a dame which has no more aliment to fupport it.

At her house in Broad ftreet, Oxford, Mrs. Arabella Jackion, in the 89th year of her age, only furviving filter of the late Rev. Dr. Richard Jackson, fellow of Magdalen college.

On the 21ft ult. the Rev. Thos. Probert, Rector of Upper Yeldham, Effex.

The Rev. John Porter, aged 84, many years Rector of Northen, in the diocefe of Chelter, father of the prefent Lord Bishop of Clogher.-The living is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Chefter.

Aged 54, the Rev. Morgan Graves, A. M. Rector of Redgrave, with Botef dale, and of Hinderclay, in Suffolk, both in the presentation of Adm. Willon.

At Bath, Sir Richard Sutton, Bart. of Norwood Park, Noits, in the 69th year of his age.

On Tuesday laft defervedly regretted, Mr. Harding, woo!ftapler, of Harbro';

At his feat at Ruhton Hall, Northamptonshire, the Right Hon. Chas. Cockayne, Lord Vi.count and Baron Collen, of Ireland, in the 92d year of his age; he was born Sept. 2d, 1710, and attained the above advanced period of Z z 2

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