ago arrived in this port, from Palermo, a fmall veffel of only twelve feet keel, with three mafts and all the rigging of a fhip, navigated only by one man. This veffel is the model of a man of war of fixty guns. The man who conducted her is a carpenter, and worked in the arfenal of Trapani, but being diffatisfied with his employers, left them and went to Trieste, where he built this veffel, on which he embarked with two men for Meffina. From thence he failed alone to Palermo, and afterwards came hither, to present his master-piece of workmanship to the king. His majefty, attended by the principal officers of his marine, has been twice to fee the working of this fingular vefiel, at which they have all expreffed great admiration. St. Peter's, in Sardinia, August 12. Our governor has received advice that fome fhips of the religion of Malta, which left Marfeilles the latter end of last month, met upon the coast of Sardinia, fome days after their departure, a xebeck and two galliots from Barbary: that they funk one of the latter, and feized the other, together with the xebeck. Died lately, Samuel Wilfon, efq; of Hatton-garden. This gentleman has left by his will 20,000l. to be lodged in the chamber of London, to be lent out to young freemen in fmall fums at a low intereft, giving fufficient fecurity for the principal. Something of the fame kind was formerly left to the corporation of Reading; but, for want of fecurity, the money was feldom claimed: when claimed, it was generally loft; fo that much of the principal is dwindled away, and what remains is of no benefit to thofe for whom it was originally intended. At Barnley, in York hire; Martha Prefton, aged 123: the had been married to five hufbands, and has had twenty-feven children. Hannah Winter, a widow woman, at Black Hadley Port, who had been tapped 79 times, and had at least 355 gallons of water taken from her in five years. John Chump, of Kildare in Ireland, aged 120 years. NOVEMBER. The recorder made his report to his majesty of the prifoners capitally convicted laft feffion, when William Troy, for robbing Henry Tomlinfoa, in London-field, Hackney; Richard Branfby, for ftealing a large quantity of wearing apparel from Mrs. Fonnereau in Welbeck-ftreet; and George Crowder, and John Symonds, for burglary in the house of John Riborough, efq; at Hoxton; were ordered for execution on Wednesday next. Andrew-Henry Ludgreen, for burglary in the dwelling houfe of William Norman at Limehouse; William Clarke, accomplice with Crowder and Symonds; james Fife. for horfe ftealing; Ma: y Davidson, for privately ftealing 351. from the perfon of John Blois; and John Maycock, for affaulting Luke Sherborn on the king's highway, were refpited during his majefty's pleafure. Doyle and Valine, two of the cutters, are left for a further fentence. It blew a hurricane at Portf4th. mouth, the wind at S. S. E. The ftorm lafted a whole day. The fpray was carried over the whole garrison, the tide was very high, and the fea ran in a most turbulent manner. Nine of the [4] 2 dockmen, dockmen, who lived at Gofport, were drowned in going home to their families. Laft week a young recruit appeared at the Rotation-office in Bowftreet, to be fworn into the service of the East-India company, when a gentleman present obferved, that from voice and features he suspected the recruit to be a woman; on a more particular obfervation, every one prefent was of the fame opinion, and two women were defired to examine the party in an adjoining room. On returning into court, and declaring her to be a woman, the recruit burst into tears, faid that her motives for this action were, her having a husband, whom the dearly loved,at that time in India, that her life was miferable without him, and nothing fhould prevent her in her refolution of going there. Every one prefent was affected with her tears; and on her confenting to return to her parents, who live in reputation in Southwark, Sir John Fielding humanely promifed her, that if the continued in the fame mind, and her happiness depended on it, he himself would fpeak to fome of the directors, and procure her a paffage to India, in character of a lady's maid; the poor creature was melted with his kindness, which fhe acknowledged in the most grateful terms. She is a very agreeable young woman, and seems about 18 years of age. In digging, a fhort time ago, for repairing the turnpike-road, near Eland-hall, not far from Huddersfield, in Yorkshire, was found an earthen vessel, containing feveral hundreds of Roman coins, chiefly of the tyrants, many of which were fold to a tinker at rs. 4d. per hundred. They were mostly the coins of Caraufius, Tetricus the elder 3 and younger, Victorinus fenior and junior, Clodius Gothicus, and also one of the emperor Gallienus. None of the reverses were curious or uncommon. A poor man, a patient in the London hofpital, had his arm amputated at the fhoulder joint. It is remarkable, this operation has not been performed in Englandthefe 20 years. His majefty's frigate Bofton failed from Spithead for Jerfey, with three companies of the first regiment, to quiet the disturbances there. The riots have fince ceased. On the Suffolk great road, near Norwich, a blackbird's neft was difcovered, near feven feet from the ground, with a litter of young mice, almoft full grown, in it. A refpite, during his majesty's pleafure, was, near eleven last night, fent to Newgate, for George Crowder and John Symonds, who, with Richard Brandby, were to have been executed. This morning Richard Branfby, for ftealing goods and apparel, of confiderable value, in the dwellinghoufe of Mrs. Ann Fonnereau, was executed at Tyburn, pursuant to his fentence. The above unhappy fufferer was about 18 months fince difcharged out of Newgate, where he had been imprisoned two years, for affaulting a man with an intent to commit an unnatural crime. They write from York, that about a fortnight ago, as fome men were digging on the mount, near Micklegate-bar, for gravel to mend the adjoining turnpike-road, they found the foundation of a building and a decayed vault, in which was a lead coffin, alfo greatly decayed, containing fome bones. This is fuppofed to be the chapel of St. James, brother to St. John the evangelift, mentioned by hiftorians, hiftorians, where the archbishops of this province ufed to reft a while in their pontifical habits, and from thence to walk upon cloth to the cathedral for installation. In the reign of Henry VIII. there were feveral remarkable fufferers; and it is probable the above-mentioned coffin contained the body of one of them, at leaft of fome great perfon. This day William Beckford, 9th. efq. the fecond time lord mayor, accompanied by the late lord mayor and feveral of the aldermen, went with the ufual ceremony to Westminster-hall, and, at the exchequer bar, took the accustomed oaths, and, having recorded the city warrants of attorney, returned in ftate to Guildhall, where a magnificent entertainment was provided. His ftate coach was drawn by a fet of beautiful horfes purchafed at a great price from abroad; the whole proceffion was grand, and a greater concourfe of people, expreffing their fatisfaction by repeated acclamations, has not been known upon any like occafion. It is, however, not a little remarkable, that only five aldermen, befides the late lord mayor, attended either the proceffion or the entertainment; but whether from fear or diflike, can only be gueffed. The recorder neither went with them to Westminster, nor returned with them, but met them at the exchequer court, and quitted them there. Of all the great officers and minifters of flate who were invited, the lord chancellor was the only perfon who attended; and of the judges, onMy the mafter of the rolls, Mr. juftice Willes, and Mr. baron Perrot; of the nobility, the right hon. earl Temple, lord Effingham, and lord Shelburne; of perfons of quality, and gentlemen and ladies of fortune, a numerous and splendid company. Lady Temple made a moft brilliant appearance, the diamonds and jewels fhe wore, being estimated at no less than 50,000l. The celebrated Paeli, though invited, declined the invitation. Sir James Hodges retired to Bath; and the common ferjeant went out of the way. The aldermen who appeared without dread of popular difg ace, were Stephenfon, Trecothick, Crosby, Peers, and Halifax; the eriffs were, Townshend and Sawbridge. Another turn has been given in the public papers to this general defection of aldermen. "The true fenfe of the city, fays a writer in the Public Advertiser, and their disapprobation of the regular and cuftomary fucceffion to the lord mayor's chair, having been violated by the mean and contemptible practices of Mr. B. and his inftruments, is fufficiently manifefted by the flight put upon him at his festival. The moft refpectable and the major part of the corporation withdrew their attendance on this mock patriot (as they would have done from his imperious tafk-mafter); and havedeclared by that act, in moft forcible language, that they are not the dupes of the lightest bubble the earth has." When the right hon. the lord mayor went to take water at the Three Cranes, a number of boats crowding with paffengers in them to fee him, three were overfet, and feveral perfons loft their lives; in particular Mr. Theophilus Huddletone, cutler in Barbican, his wife and two fons; Mr. Thomas Brown, watch-maker in the Strand, and Mr. Adams, boat-builder at Limehoufe-hole, 10th. Came on in the court of common pleas, before lord chief justice Wilmot, the long-expected trial between lord Halifax and John Wilkes, efq. relative to the feizure of his papers, and the. imprisonment of his perfon. Serjeant Glynn, counfel for the plaintiff, opened the caufe, and, in a very elegant and fpirited manner, explained the unconfitutional nature of the iniury. He was anfwered by ferjeant Whitaker, who endeavoured to prove, that what the defendant did was not of that unconftitutional nature as had been reprefented, but that it was merely official, and authorized by an invariable fucceffion of precedents from the earliest times. Mr. Blackmore, one of the king's meffengers, was the first perfon examined, and honeftly confeffed, that upon Mr. Wilkes's refufing to him the keys of his bureau, he, agreeable to his orders, picked the lock, and swept away every paper he found. Earl Temple was about half an hour under examination, relative to his being refufed admittance to Mr. Wilkes when in the Tower. Matthew B.own, who was fervant to Mr. Wilkes at the time his houfe was rifled, and was to have been examined' on the trial in behalf of his mafter, was by fome unaccountable means kept out of the way. The counfel for the plaintiff were ferj. Glynn, ferj. Leigh, and Mr. Leigh. For the defendant, ferj. Whitaker, ferj. Day, ferj. Nares, for the plaintiff with4000l. damages. The damages were laid for 20,000l. fo that the verdict was much less than the friends of the plaintiff expected, and fo little to the fatisfaction of the populace, that the jurymen were obliged to withdraw privately for fear of being infulted. It is reported that they were much divided; fome being for more, fome for lefs; but it feems to have operated in fome meafure, that by the minute-book of the treafury, his majefty's pleasure had been fignified, that all expences incurred in confequence of actions or profecutions relative to this affair fhould be defrayed by the crown; and that, as a farther fecurity to the earl of H-x, his lordship had, previous to his refignation in 1765, obtained a privy feal, that is, a warrant figned by the lord privy feal, by way of indemnification for whatever damages Mr. Wilkes fhould recover, which warrant was figned by his grace of Marlborough, who then held the office. Several gentlemen gave two guineas to obtain admittance into the court early; at about ten the price fell to a guinea, and at three in the afternoon people got in for five and-three-pence. Copy from the treafury minutebook, produced on the trial. "Whitehall, Treafury-Chamber, 31st May, 1765. Prefent, Mr. Grenville, lord North, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Harris. Mr. chancellor of the exchequer fignifies to my lords his majefty's pleafure, that all expences incurred, or to be incurred, in confequence of actions brought againft the earl of Halifax, one of his majefty's principal fecretaries of flate, the under fecretaries and meffengers, and and the folicitor of this office, for procedings had by them in executing the business of their respective offices again the publisher of feveral fcandalousand feditious libe's, frould be defrayed by the cro va; and that a fancient fum of money fould be, from time to time, fed to the folicitor of the treafury, for that purpose. Read a paper from Mr. Webb, flating whatthe expences are Ekely to be, andthata farther fam of 300cl. may probably be wanting for difcharging the fame. Iffue to Mr. Webb, from time to time, as the faid fervice may require, a fum not exceeding 3000l、 directing him to apply the fame, according to his majefty's commands, to discharge the feveral expences above-mentioned." 11th. At a meeting of the burgeffes of Newcastle, fir F. B. Delaval was placed in the chair; a petition was agreed to, and ordered to be ingroffed for figning. There are two petitions to be prefented from this town; one in the name of the burgeffes, the other in that of the freeholders of the town and county. A meeting was held at Derby, in the county-hall, in which a petition was read and agreed to. A premium is offered by his majefty to the ftudents of the Royal Academy in Pall-mall, for the beft painting on the following fubject, viz. Time difcovering Truth. The rewards are, first, a gold medal for the best performance, which is to be determined by the prefident and committee, and the perfon to be fent to Rome to study at his majesty's expence. There are already five candidates for the above premium, whofe pie ces are now placed in the exhibition-room, for the inspection of the committee. One Cartin Hollymore, an offcer on walf-pay, who, for fome time pat, lodged at the Nine-elms, near Vauxhall, has of late, when in perfect health, been heard to fay, that his mother had frequently told him, he would die on the 10th of November, 1769. The captain himfe.f was ftrongly prepoffeted with this notion. On Friday lait, the 10th inftant, without any vifible figas of illnefs, more than apparent depresion of (pirits and a frequent fighing, he made his will; executed it, and gave orders about his funeral: at the fame time affuring his friends that he should die that night. As there was no appearance of illness, more than a depreffion of fpirits, his friends confidered this affair as merely ideal; however, in the morning, he was found dead on his bed, without the leaft figns of his not having died a natural death. 14th, This day both houfes of parliament met at Westmin fter, pursuant to their laft prorogation, and were further prorogued to Tuesday the 9th of January, then to meet for the difpatch of bufinefs. Lottery tickets fold for 121. 16s. which is 4s. under the original price paid for them to government; an inftance scarce ever known before. A precept having been iffued by the fecretary of ftate to the theriffs of London and Middlefex, directing the execution of the two weavers to be in Bethnal-green as this day, the fheriffs waited on Monday night on the lord-mayor, with their doubts of the legality of this extraordinary direction. It appeared that the precept was contrary to the [4] 4 record, |