then out of town. The action was brought for the recovery of the notes, and the caufe ftands for judg ment next term. The king has been pleafed to appoint the Right Hon. Charles Lord Cathcart, to be his Majefty's High Commiffioner to the General Affembly of the Church of Scotland. At the fale of pictures, this day, by Chriftie, The Feaft of Bacchus, by Molinari, was fold for 90 guineas; David with the head of Goliah, by Preti Genoefe, commonly called Cappuccino, went at 120 guineas; and a fine piece of the Lord's Supper, by Titian, at 130 guineas. MARRIED lately, Mr. Hugh Kethford, at Newbend, in Cornwall, 80 years of age, to a lady of the fame place, aged 36, with a (mall fortune. DIED, at Hackney, Mr. Allen Mutford, aged 93.-He went round the world with the late Lord Anfon. At Hodfdon, in Hertfordshire, Peter Frampton, Efq. aged 107. He has a fon now living, 84 years old. Mrs. Rachael Muns, aged 107. at St. Alban's, who never had a fit of illness in her life. In the diocefe of Evreux, in France, Jane de Quincarnon, Baronefs de Ventes, aged 106. At Woodhouse, near Blakewell, Derbyshire, John Monk Morgan, Efq. aged near 100. At Farnham, in Surry, Timothy Willoughby, aged 107. firous to fee how far the actual state of Edward I.'s body anfwered to the methods taken to preferve it, by writs flued from time to time, in the reigns of Edward III. and Henry IV. to the treasury, to renew the wax about it, feveral of which are printed in Rymer's Fordera. obtained leave to open the large ftone farcophagus, in which it was depofited, on the north fide of Edward the Confeffor's chapel. This was accordingly done this morning, when, in a coffin of yellow ftone, they found the royal body, in perfeet prefervation, wrapt in two wrappers, one of them of gold tiffue, ftrongly waxed, and fresh; the outermoft more decayed. The corpfe was habited in a rich mantle of purple, paned with white, and adorned with ornaments of gilt metal, ftudded with red and blue ftones and pearls. Two fimiliar ornaments lay on his hands... The mantle was faftened on the right fhoulder by a magnificent fibula of the fame metal, with the fame ftones and pearls. His face had over it a filken covering, fo fine, and fo clofely fitted to it, as to preferve the features entire. Round his temples was a gilt coronet of fleurs de lys. In his hands, which were alfo entire, were two fcepters of gilt metal; that in the right furmounted by a crofs fleuri, that in the left by three clusters of oak leaves, and a dove on a globe; this fcepter was about five feet long. The feet were enveloped in the mantle and other coverings, but found, and the toes diftin&t. The whole length of the corpfe was fix feet two inches. As it does not appear that any of the above-mentioned writs were iffued fince the reign of Henry IV. the body must [H] 3 have have been preferved above three centuries and an half, in the ftate in which it was now found, by virtue of the embalment originally beftowed on it; and, as every thing was reftored with the ftricteft care, and the tomb fecured beyond a poffibility of ever being opened again, it may continue, at leaft, as many centuries longer.-Edward I. died at Burgh upon Sands, in Cumberland, in his way to Scotland, July 7, 1307, in the 68th year of his age. The bill for regulating the government of Maffachufett's-bay was read the third time, and carried, 239 against 64. The court of King's Bench was moved by Mr. Dunning on behalf of Mr. Macklin, belonging to Covent-Garden play-houfe, for a rule on fix gentlemen, to fhew caufe why an information should not be filed against them for a riotous confpiracy, to deprive Mr. Macklin of his livelihood, by forcing the managers of Covent-Garden theatre to discharge Mr. Macklin therefrom, on the 18th of November laft, which rule the court was pleased to grant accordingly. This morning a fire broke 4th. out at a mufic-fhop, in Kingftreet, Covent Garden, which entirely confumed the house and all the furniture. Mr. Younger, prompter of Covent-Garden theatre, lived in the dwelling part of the houfe; he had been in bed but half an hour, and had but juft time to fave his life. A young lady, and Mrs. Kennedy, were found burnt in the ruins, Mr. Kennedy was terribly fcorched, in endeavouring to fave the women; but the flames were fo violent, that all his endeavours were ineffectual. Mrs. Lejune, the linen-draper's wife at the next door, had been delivered but a quarter of an hour; the gentleman who delivered her took her away, with the infant, in his carriage. Mr. Younger's apprentice, and one of his maids, made their escape out of the garret window, over the roofs of the adjoining buildings.Two gentlemen, coming from the Pantheon masquerade, dreffed in their babits, used a woman very indecently, when the populace took her part, and they with much difficulty escaped with their lives. At the anniversary meeting of the fons of the clergy, the 5th. feveral collections at St. Paul's, and at Merchant-Taylor's-hall, amounted to 929l. 1s. At this meeting the Lord Mayor presented the Archbithop of Canterbury with a hundred pound bank note, as a benefaction to the corporation for the relief of the poor widows and children of clergymen, of which bis Grace is prefident. The deficient gold money paid into the Bank, together with the light money at the above place, amounts to three millions four hundred and eighteen thousand nine hundred and fixty pounds. A petition prefented on Wednefday from the corporation of London, refpecting the navigation of the Thames below Staines, fets forth, "that the petitioners being defirous to promote a work of fo great a public concern as the improvement of the navigation of the river 'lhames, are willing, in case all further proceedings in the faid bill now depending before the House be stopped, to apply the fum of 10,0ool. out of their own eftates, if neceffary, towards the improving and compleating the na vigation vigation of the faid river, within their liberties weftward of Londonbridge; and flatter themselves, that the fum of 10,000l. will be fufficient for that purpose, without laying a toll or duty on any perfons navigating the river Thames within their said liberties." Wednesday last a trial came on before the Judges of the Common Pleas, and a Special Jury, confifting of 4 knights and 12 'fquires, all of them ordered to come in their fwords, by the ancient custom of the law, (two of the knights were Sir James Efdaile and Sir James Hodges) relative to a writ of right brought by Francis John Tyfon, Efq. against Mr. Clarke, for being in poffeffion of an acre of ground, confifting of seven houses, gardens, &c. in the parish of Hackney. It appeared on the trial, that Mr. Clarke had been in poffeffion of this eftate for near thirty years, without Mr. Tyfon ever laying claim to it. Mr. Tyfon proved, that his grandfather was the lord of that manor in the year 1706, and was the right heir to the eftate; and after Lord Chief Juftice De Grey had fummed up the evidence, the jury went out of court, ftaid a quarter of an hour, and brought in a verdict for Mr. Tyfon the demandant. This day the royal affent was given by commiffion to the following bills, viz. The bill for allowing to the Eaft India Company a further limited time for the difpofal of their Bohea and Singlo teas. The bill for allowing the exportation of corn to Hudson's Bay. The bill for preventing abuses in the woollen trade. The Scots Bank bill, And to fuch other public and private bills as were ready. The Duke and Duchefs of 7th. Cumberland arrived in perfect health at Windsor Lodge, from their tour to Italy, &c. Laft night a fire broke out at Mr. Jepfon's, haberdasher, in Ormondftreet, Rotherhithe, occafioned by a candle being placed fo near a bed, in which was Mrs. Jepfon, who lay-in, that it fet fire to the curtains, which furprized her fo much that she expired in a few minutes. Early this morning a fire broke out at Mr. Jelling's, hofier, near Ratcliffe-highway, which greatly damaged the infide of the house before it could be extinguished. A young lady who lodged with Mr. Jelling, was fo terrified when the was awakened by the alarm of fire, that the jumped out of her room window into the ftreet, and falling with her head against a poft, was killed on the spot. Edinburgh, April 30.-On Monday laft arrived, at Leith, the Batchelor, of ditto, Capt. Ramage, from Zetland. She failed from Thurfo in Caithness on the 14th of September, with 280 emigrants, for North-Carolina; but, meeting with high and contrary winds, was put back to Stromnefs. Some days after fetting out again, they got as far as the Butt of the Lewis, when, the wind turning against them, and blowing furiously, their longboat was ftaved, one of the rudderbanks broken, and their pumps choked; however, after fome days of great diftrefs, and imminent danger of being wrecked on the weft fide of Yetland, they got into Vaila Sound on the 3d of October: Moft of the paffengers being poor [H] 4 people, people, who had fold all their effects to pay their freight, and the fhip-mafter not being obliged to maintain them on fhore, were now in danger of ftarving, but fortunately for them the Vice-Admiral Depute was prefent at their arrival, and a witness to their diftrefs: moved with compaflion, he wrote to the gentlemen and clergy of the country, reprefenting their pitiful fituation, and forthwith liberal contributions of money, meal, and potatoes, were fent from all corners. On the 24th of October, the fhip being repaired and ready to fail, fhe was driven from her anchors in a high gale, her bottom damaged, and two of her anchors broken: all poffibility of proceeding on the voyage for fome time being now taken away, the poor people were dispersed through the different parishes of that country: they were kindly received, and liberally maintained for upwards of fix months by thofe hofpitable inlanders. The fhip was found infufficient to proceed, and has come to Leith to be repaired; and, as her timbers are broken, it will take fome weeks before they are in a condition to go to fea again. The paffengers are ftill in the fame deftitute fituation. About 200 of them, who have nothing to maintain themselves on, are just now reduced to the greatest extremity, and unlefs fome speedy relief is afforded them they muft certainly perith. Among the refolutions that 10th. were this day reported to the House of Commons, from the committee appointed to take into confideration the state of the gold coin, there is one in which every man in the kingdom will be interefted. It is this Refolved, that there be made, under the direction of the officers of his Majefty's mint, one weight of a guinea, and one weight of a thilling; and alfo other weights, being parts and multiples. of the faid guinea weight and fhilling weight, according to the establifhed ftandard of this realm; which feveral weights, after they have been afcertained by the report of the faid officers, and approved by his Majefty, in council, thall be the ftandard weights for regulating and afcertaining all weights to be made ufe of for weighing the gold and filver coin of this realm, and fhall be lodged in the cuftody of an officer to be appointed for that purpose, with a falary to be paid out of the coinage duties; and any weights which hall from thenceforth be made ufe of, for weighing the gold and filver coin of this realm, fhall not be reputed and taken to be true and perfect, unless they have been fft compared with the faid ftandard aveights, and, in teftimony thereof, marked by the officer to whom the cuf tody of the faid standard weights fball be entrusted." nefday the 25th inft. James Mul lins, for ftealing in the dwellinghouse of John Dodd, New-streethill, Shoe-lane, a table-clock, a filver spoon, and a filk gown, the property of Elizabeth Duchefne; Richard Garret and Frances Hall, for ftealing in the dwelling-houfe of Valentine Guerin a large quantity of China, plates, dithes, &c. the property of Thomas Morgan, which they had ordered there on pretence of buying the fame; Wm. Rice, for burglariously breaking open the house of Mr. Picking, at Bethnal-green, and ftealing fome bedding; George Little, for ftealing in a dwelling-houte in Redlion-court, Ruffel-ftreet, a gold watch,the property of John Cheeke; William Grigg, for robbing. Henry Vevers and Abigail Potter on the highway, near Kenfington Gravelpits. The following were refpited during pleafure: Thomas Withall, for ftealing in the dwelling-houfe of Sarah Weaver, the Bell on Addle-hill, a Bank note for 1ol. and about gol. in cash; Richard Burnett, for ftealing in the dwellinghoufe of Mr. Jacob, in WeftSmithfield, two Bank notes, value Sol. Philip Doughty and John Shirley, for burglariously breaking open the dwelling-houfe of Mrs. Poultney, in St. George, Hanoverfquare, and stealing feveral pewterplates and dithes; Ann Field, for privately ftealing from the perfon of James Bafe two pocket-books and two Bank notes, value 451. and a bond value 401. Mary Barker, for privately ftealing from the perfon of John Jones a filver watch, 4s. and a handkerchief; Charles Green, for ftealing a horfe, the property of John Sherwood; Tho mas Morgan, for robbing Edward Minton on the highway of about 6d. Copenhagen, April 25.-Here is established an office of insurance for the horned cattle in this kingdom. The infured are to pay a fimall fum per head for all their cattle annually, and are to receive ten crowns for each that fhall die of the diftemper. As that country is at prefent entirely free from infection, it is thought a confiderable fum will be paid in, which may enable the receivers to answer any calls in future, if the diftemper fhould again appear in that country. Yesterday's Gazette con18th. firms the death of the French king, who expired, at three o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th inftant, of the finall-pox, at his palace of Verfailles, in the 64th year of his age, and the 59th of his reign. After the late king's death, the princes and princeffes of the blood had the honour to pay their homages to the king Louis XVI. his grandfon, and to the queen. On the 12th inft. at feven in the evening, the corpfe was carried without ceremony to St. Denys, as is customary for princes who die of the fmall-pox. The bishop of Senlis, firft almoner to his majefty, attended the proceffion upon this occafion. Immediately after the deceafe of the king, the friars of the royal monaftery of St. Barnard, near the Tuilleries, were fent for by the great almoner of France to pray day and night by the body of the king till it was removed to Saint Denys. They have had this office ever fince their eftab lifhment |