ground, for acres, was covered with timber, coals, &c. All the partitions, trap-doors, corves, woodprops, and linings, were fwept away, together with the engine for drawing up the coals, and all its apparatus.

New-York. We have many melancholy accounts, from different parts of the continent, of the fatal effects of lightning. Several people have loft their lives by it, fome houfes and veffels have been damaged, barns burnt, and cattle killed; and by the great rains, we have already heard of the lofs of between twenty and thirty mills.

Col. Croghan has held a treaty with the Shawenefe, Delawares, &c. and happily renewed and confirmed the chain of friendship with them.

About 70 men of Wallingford, fent a petition to the county court, fetting forth, That if they were hindered from their farming bufinefs, by any law-proceedings against them during the fummerfeafon, they fhould be abfolutely ruined, and therefore praying, that the court would admit of no proceedings against them during the fummer, for that they were determined no fuch thing fhould be done; and concluded with fomething like a menace to the court, in cafe their request was not complied with. On this, most of the petitioners were taken into cuftody, who declared that they were perfuaded to fign the petition, and knew not that it contained any offenfive or improper expreffions, the court thought proper to difmifs them after the payment of

their fees.

SUMMER CIRCUIT.

At Abingdon affizes none were capitally convicted.

At Bedford affizes, three were capitally convicted, but afterwards reprieved. William Seymour, who was tried at the laft affizes at Cambridge, for robbing the house of Mr. Mann, in Gamlingay Park, of eighteen guineas and a half, and acquitted, was capitally convicted at this affizes, of the murder of Edward Franklin, gardener to Dr. Crane, of Potton, in Bedfordshire, and executed pursuant to his fentence.

At Bucks affizes. five were capitally convicted, but reprieved.

At Cambridge affizes, none were capitally convicted.

At Coventry affizes, two were capitally convicted, but reprieved.

At Carlifle affizes, two were capitally convicted, one of whom was Margaret Davifon, for ftealing a pair of leather-bags out of an inn at Penrith, wherein was contained one hundred and fixty pounds in money, the property of Meffrs. Stephenfon and Wallis, of Newcastle.

At Devon affizes, three were capitally convicted; one of whom was Richard Martley, for stealing a box. and 451. in money, the property of a club at Stoke Damerel.

At Dorchefter affizes, two were capitally convicted,

At Durham affizes, one was capitally convicted.

At Effex affizes, five were capitally convicted, of whom four were refpited.

At Gloucefter affizes, one was capitally convicted.

At

At Hereford affizes, two were tapitally convicted, but reprieved.

At Hertford affizes, one was capitally convicted, but reprieved.

At Huntingdon affizes, two were capitally convicted, but reprieved.

At Lancaster affizes, John Smith, for robbing the custom house at Liverpool, of 400 l. and upwards, was capitally convicted.

At Maidstone affizes, eight were capitally convicted, of whom feven were gypfies, condemned for horfeftealing and many other felonies.

At Norfolk affizes, one was capitally convicted, but reprieved. At Northampton affizes, one was capitally convicted, but reprieved.

At Oxford affizes, four were capitally convicted, of whom two were reprieved.

At Salisbury affizes, three were capitally convicted.

At Southampton affizes, fix were capitally convicted; 5 for highway robberies, and for a forgery.

At Shrewsbury affizes, one was capitally convicted for a rape. At Somerset affizes, four were capitally convicted.

At Stafford affizes, five were capitally convicted, of whom four were reprieved.

At St. Edmund's Bury affizes, three were capitally convicted, but were all reprieved.

At Surry affizes, eight were capitally convicted, of whom John Richards for fhooting at Mr. Woty, Benjamin Stafford for forgery, and two others, were ordered for execution, and the other four were reprieved.

At Suffex affizes, three were ca. pitally convicted, two of whom were reprieved.

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At Warwick affizes, three were capitally convicted.

At Winchester affizes, three were capitally convicted.

At Worcester affizes, one was capitally convicted, but reprieved. At York affizes, none were capitally convicted.

A horrid murder was lately committed in the county of Burlington, on the bodies of two well-known Indian women, fuppofed, from ftrong circumftances, to have been perpetrated by two men travelling to New-York. One is apprehended, and confeffes he was prefent at the murder, and fays his companion is a Scotchman, about eighteen years of age.

A balcony, over which the Dauphin of France was leaning, fell down at the very inftant; but happily it was perceived to give way by fome perfons underneath, and the prince was caught, without receiving any injury. whole court has been extremely terrified at this event.

The

A fire broke out in the laboratory, Woolwich Warren, which burnt very furioufly for fome time, but was at last extinguished by the carpenters and matroffes belonging to the Warren; a man who was at work when the fire began, was burnt to death.

Richard Miles, who was committed to the New-gaol, Southwark, charged with the cruel murder of his brother, Robert Miles, a baker, at Richmond, in Surry, by ftabbing him in feveral parts of the body, of which wounds he died foon after, was formerly a midshipman on board a man of war, and was entrusted to bring a French prize, taken in the laft war, to England; when the [K]

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French Captain artfully made him drunk, clapt him under the hatches, and carried his fhip fafe to France.

Boston in New England, June 8. While our affembly had it under confideration to vote a marble ftatue, from England, to the honour of Mr. Pitt, this city was agreeably furprifed with the arrival of an elegant monument, to be erected in our new chapel, to commemorate the character of an eminent patriot of the last century. The infcription contains feveral very curious hiftorical facts.

Sacred to the memory of Samuel Vaffal, Efq; of London, merchant, one of the original proprietors of the lands of this country; a fteady and undaunted affertor of the liberties of England. In 1628, he was the first who boldly_refused to submit to the tax of tonnage and poundage, as an unconftitutional claim of the crown, arbitrarily impofed: for which (to the ruin of his family) his goods were feized, and his perfon imprisoned by the ftar-chamber-court. He was chofen to represent the city of London in two fucceflive parliaments which met April 13, and Nov. 3, 1640. The parliament, in July 1641, voted him 10,445 1. 12 s. 2 d. for his damages; and refolved that he should be further confidered for his perfonal fufferings: but the rage of the times, and the neglect of proper applications fince, have left to his family only the honour of that vote and refolution. He was one of the largest fubfcribers to raise money against the rebels in Ireland. All these facts may be seen in the journals of the h ufe of commons. He was the fon of the gallant John Vaffal, who,

in 1588, at his own expence, fitted out and commanded two fhips of war, with which he joined the royal navy, to oppose the Spanish armada. This monument was erected by his great-grandson, May, 1766.

York, Aug. 26. Laft Tuesday the lord-mayor, recorder, aldermen, and theriffs, waited on his Royal Highnefs the Duke of York in their formalities, to congratulate him on his arrival, and were very graciously received. On Sunday his Royal Highness went to the minfter, where he was received at the weft door by the refidentiary and choir, the lord-mayor, recorder, and aldermen, who ushered him up to the archbishop's throne, where he heard an excellent difcourfe from the Rev. Mr. Sterne ; and yesterday he fet out for Mr. Cholmley's feat at Houfham, where, we hear, he was to dine, and from thence to go to Scarborough.

Conftantinople, July 1. The damage fuftained by the late earthquake is computed at near 1,500,000l. fterling. [Lond. Gaz.

Mr. Wildman, of Plymouth, who has made himfelf 29. famous through the weft of England for his command over bees, being come to town, gave notice to Dr. Templeman, secretary to the fociety for the encouragement of arts, &c. that he would pay him a visit this afternoon in his bee drefs. Several gentlemen and ladies were affembled at the doctor's. About five o'clock Mr. Wildman came, brought through the city in a chair, his head and face almoft covered with bees, and a moft venerable beard of them hanging down from his chin. The gentlemen and ladies were foon

man,

convinced that they need not be afraid of the bees, and therefore went up familiarly to Mr. Wildand converfed with him. After having ftaid a confiderable time, he gave orders to the bees to retire to their bive that was brought for them, which they immediately obeyed with the greatest precipitation.

This afternoon the cère31. mony of the dedication of the new-built fynagogue in Duke's Place, was performed with the greatest pomp and folemnity, in which the chief and other eminent Rabbies belonging to the Portuguefe Jewish nation affifted; when the prayer for their Majefties and the Royal family, which was always read in their liturgy in Hebrew, was at this time pronounced by the chief Rabbi in English, and followed by Handel's coronation anthem, performed by a numerous band of the most eminent muficians. The proceffion and other ceremonies on that occafion in the fynagogue, were accompanied with feveral anthems, choruffes, &c. by the fame performers.

The gentlemen, merchants, and manufacturers of Manchester, waited on the Marquis of Rockingbam, at York, on Wednesday fe'nnight, with an addrefs, expreffing their grateful and refpe&ful fenfe of his Lordship's conduct during his fhort continuance in the adminiftration; to which his Lordship returned a very polite answer.

On Tuesday laft a woman was brought to bed of three fine girls, at the Lying-in hofpital in Alderf gate-ftreet, who are all hearty, and likely to live.

Died. At his houfe near Clap

ham, Redmond Sibthorpe, Efq; who for twenty-five years paft never eat a morfel of butcher's meat, nor drank a drop of any thing stronger than water.

At his feat in the county of Tip. perary, Colonel Thomas Winfloe, aged 146 years: he was a Captain in the reign of King Charles the Ift, and came with Oliver Cromwell, a lieutenant colonel, into Ireland.

At Hatfield, Mr. Thomas Dobfon, an eminent farmer, aged 139 years. He has left three fons and feven daughters, all married and living in that, neighbourhood, who, together with their children and grand-children, amounting to 91 perfons, attended his funeral.

At Aicklington, near Warkworth, Mary Humphrey, aged 193 years.

In Allen-street, Westminster, Mr. Fennel. He acquired 4000l. by cutting of corns.

Mrs. Grey, in Tothill-fields, aged 104.

John Hayner, at Whitney, aged