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thefe kingdoms. The fubject of India affairs, was again and again recurred to; the benefits to be derived from the territorial poffeffions, and the attention to be paid to the reftraining of abuses, particularly noticed; and it was concluded that the bufinefs would be resumed and completed at their next meeting. The ufual declarations, of wishing the restoration of the public tranquillity, and of endeavouring to bring back the deluded fubjects in America to the happiness and liberty they for.

merly enjoyed, were now made. But, though peace was the earnest with of his majesty's heart, he declared, that he had too firm a reliance on the spirit and refources of the nation, the powerful affift. ance of his parliament, and the protection of a juft and all-powerful Providence, to accept it upon any other terms or conditions, than fuch as might confist with the honour and dignity of his crown, and the permanent intereft and fec rity of his people,

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JANUARY.

December 30, 1780. HE Bishop of Ofnaburgh left Buckingham House, accompanied by Colonel Grenville, on his way to the Continent. Nothing could be more affecting than the parting between the prince and the rest of the royal family. Their majefties both wept feverely: and the Prince of Wales, in particular, was fo much affected with the miffortune of being deprived, for fo long a period, of the fole companion of his youth, that he flood in a state of entire infenfibility, totally unable to speak, or to exprefs the concern he felt fo trongly.

Jan. 1, 1781. His Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales was declared of age, and appeared at court in his new character.

India Honfe. By a report of the committee of proprietors, ap. pointed to examine the Eaft-India company's accounts, the balance in favour of the company on Wednesday the 20th ult. appeared to be 13,458,8771. including the value of the Eaft-India Houfe and warehoufes, as eftimated by the company's furveyor in January

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Rome, Jan. 3. In a confiftory VOL. XXIV.

held the 14th inft. the three new cardinals, Mancinforte, Antamori, and Altieri, received the hat from the hands of the Sovereign Pontiff. Cardinal Pamphili died the 4th inftant at Verona. Cardinal de Simone died the 16th, at his feat at Terni; and the fame day died at Rome, Cardinal de Boxadors, formerly General of the order of St. Dominic. There are at prefent eight hats vacant, befides three that the Pope had referved in petto, two in the confiftory of June 23, 1777, and one in that of July 18, 1779.

A fire broke out at the Temple-hall ale-houfe, in Shire-lane, Temple-bar, which confumed the fame, with the two houses on each fide adjoining, befides damaging two or three others. Two men, a woman, and a child, perifhed in the flames.

A gentleman was taken 5th. into cuftody for treafonable practices, named Henry Francis de la Motte, which he bore with the title of baron annexed to it. He has refided in Bond-ftreet, at a Mr. Otley's, a woollen-draper, for fome time.

When he was going up ftairs at the fecretary of ftate's office in Cleveland row, he dropped feveral papers on the ftair-cafe, which [L]

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were immediately difcovered by the meffengers, and carried in with him to Lord Hillsborough. After his examination he was committed a close prifoner for high treason to the Tower.

The papers taken from him are reported to be of the highest importance. Among them are particular lifts of every thip of force in any of our yards and docks, the complement of men they have on board at the time of their failing, with remarks of their being well manned, when short of the regu lated number, &c. He has even gone fo far as to furnish the moft accurate lifts of the feamen in the different hofpitals at Portfmouth and Plymouth.

In confequence of the above papers being found, Henry Lutterloh, Efq. of Wickham, near Portsmouth, was afterwards apprehended and brought to town. The meffengers found Mr. Lutterloh ready booted to go a-hunting. When he understood their bufinefs, he did not difcover the leaft embarrafiment, but delivered his keys with the utmost readiness. In his drawers were found cash and bank notes to the amount of about 300l. but upon a careful perufal of the notes, it was difcovered they were all drawn payable to the fame person, and dated on the fame day with thofe found on La Motte. Mr. Lutterloh is a German, and had lately taken a houfe at Wickham, within a few miles of Portsmouth; and as he kept a pack of hounds, and was confidered as a good companion, he was well received by the gentlemen in the neighbourhood.

In a few days afterwards, a third perfon, named Ryder, was appre

hended and brought to London, and who is faid to be the perfon from whom Lutterloh derived all his information respecting the state of our marine and dock-yards.

Ryder, the laft war, performed fignal fervices to his country, by his extenfive knowledge of the foundings on the enemy's coaft; and for his active exertions he was rewarded with a penfion of 200!. a-year, which has been regularly paid him ever fince. At the fame time he has been employed in the office at Plymouth; and by being fo capable of giving affiftance to the admiralty, he has been employed by them in contriving fig nals; and it has been through his means that the enemy has been furnished io exactly with our fig. nals.

On the preceding day, a man named Rougee, and a woman named Dobrey (with whom he cohabited), were apprehended at their lodgings in Greek-ftreet, Soho, in confequence of an information lodged against them, charging them with having con veyed various packets of intelligence to France, by way of Margate and Oftend. After a long examination both were committed to prifon.

Admiralty Office, Jan. 10. Captain Dacres, of his majefty's fhip Perfeus, and the Fortune floop, arrived on the 7th inftant in the Downs, with the Catherina Wilhelmina, a Dutch Eaft-India fhip of 900 tons, from Rotterdam to Batavia, laden with large mafu and other naval ftores, and having on board one hundred and thirty thousand dollars in fpecie.-The Perfeus has also taken and fent into Portsmouth the Friendship, a Dutch

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a Dutch veffel, laden with fruit. -The Griffin and Rambler cutters have taken Le General Ville Patoux, French privateer, carrying 12 guns and men.-And Lieutenant Furniyal, of the Nimble cutter, has taken La Subtille French privateer of 14 guns and

43 men. The feffions ended at the 12th. Old Bailey, when the following prifoners received fentence of death, viz. James Smith, for robbing Tho. Morris, on Conftitution-hill, in St. James's-park, of two half-crowns; Charles Sheppard, for breaking into the dwelling-house of Jane Weft, in St. Botolph's, Aldgate, with intent to fteal her goods; Abraham Dry, for robbing Janet Atkinson on the highway near the Broad-fanctuary, Westminster, of a bundle containing a quantity of ftockings and other pedlars goods; William Dobey and John Darbey, for affaulting James Bing in a field near Tottenham-court-road, and robbing him of a pair of filver fhoebuckles and fome money; Mary Jones and Anne Gilfon, for ftealing in the fhop of Meff. Allnut and Cox, in Southampton-ftrest, Holborn, 57 yards of Perfian filk; Thomas Maple and Jofeph Maple, for breaking into the dwelling houfe of John Seager, the King'shead, in Gray's-inn-lane, and fiealing a table cloth, a filk cardinal, and other things; Anne Martin, alias Harris, alias Lantdale, alias Jones, for ftealing in the dwellinghoufe of Geo. Eltoft, to whom the day before the had been hired at a fervant, a quantity of filver plate, a metal watch, two counterpanes, and other things; the was also convicted for ftealing in

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the house of Peter Crawford, efq. Clerkenwell, where the had been hired about five hours, a large quantity of filver plate, value 401. and upwards.

13th.

tains a proclamation for a This night's Gazette conpublic faft and humiliation to be Wales, on Wednesday the 2 1ft day obferved throughout England and of February next, and in Scotland month. on Thursday the 22d day of that

The House of Commons

agreed to the report of the 25th. refolution of yesterday, for granting 80,000l. for the relief of the fufferers from the late hurricanes thofe at Jamaica. at Barbadoes, and 40,000l. for

A letter from Shrewsbury fays, "Between twelve and one o'clock of an earthquake was felt by many on Thursday morning laft a fhock inhabitants in different parts of the town, providentially without doing any damage; it was fo ftrong their fleep." as to awaken feveral perfons out of

for the encouragement of arts,
At the meeting of the fociety
manufactures, and commerce, the
following candidates received the
premiums adjudged to them for
drawings:

Middlefex, the leffer filver pallet
Mifs Leonora Deyongh, of Bow,
for a drawing of flowers.

Anne-ftreet Eaft, the greater fil-
Mr W. P. Tompkins, of Queen-
fcapes.
ver pallet, for a drawing of land-

road, the letter filver pallet, for a
Mifs Anne Smith, of Portland-
drawing of landscapes.

judged to Wm. Mellish, efq; for
And the golden medal was ad
having planted on his eftate in
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Notting

Nottinghamshire, 47,000 larch

trees.

24th.

Lord Geo. Gordon was brought up to the bar of the Court of King's Bench, by virtue of a writ of Habeas Corpus, iffued to the Lieutenant Governor of the Tower.

The writ of Habeas being read, and a return made of it, the court ordered the indictment to be read; previous to which Lord George Gordon requested permiflion of the court to be heard a few words. This being complied with, his lordship remarked, "That he was aftonifhed to find, on his arrival at Westminster, that the doors of the hall were fhut, and confequently that the people had not free accefs to his trial. He then enumerated the various hardfhips that had attended his fingu-. lar fituation and long confinement faid he had fuffered much in confequeuce thereof by the force of public prejudice: expreff ed his furprize that fuch a vaft number of jurors should have been fummoned on his trial, as by this means he was deprived of the ufual benefit of challenging his jury he had likewife heard that the very judges of the land had been confulted on his cafe; but he hoped the fact would prove, that he had not been thus prejudged. Witneflès, he found, were brought up from Scotland againft him; what they were to prove he knew not; nor did he know how he was to bring up witneties from the fame quarter to confront them, having been informed, that the jurifdiction of the court did not extend to Scotland.

"He understood by the law of the land, that the overt-act ought

to be fpecially fet forth in the indictment for high treason; but as no particular charge was specified in his, he should find himself at a lofs to meet it with fuch evidence as he might otherwise be enabled to produce. He hoped, however, and trufted, that the court, as was cuftomary in fimilar cafes, would become his counsel in points where he ftood in need of fuch indulgence; adding, that he only withed for a candid and impartial trial."

Lord Mansfield having affured his lordship, that he would meet with every indulgence the court could confiftently grant him, the indictment was read over, and the clerk of the crown afked the prifoner to plead to it; when his lordship faid, "Not guilty."

The attorney-general now moved the court for the prifoner to be again brought up to the bar of the court on Monday the 5th of February, then to be put upon his trial;" which being made a rule of court, his lordship was remanded back to the Tower, under the cuftody of the lieutenant-go

vernor.

The Weft-India mail, 31ft. brought over by the Anna Tereta packet, Captain Crosby, arrived on Monday evening at the Poft office, and brings difpatches to the Admiralty from Sir George Brydges Rodney, dated the 10th of December, with advice, that he arrived at St. Kitt's from New York two days before, with the following fhips of the line, viz. Sandwich 90 guns, Centaur 74, Ruffel 74, Triumph 74, Refolu tion 74, Alcide 74, Terrible 74, Shrewfbury 74, Torbay 74, Suf folk 74, and Intrepid 64: that he

had

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