beries in the neighbourhood of London; that one of them had 50 guineas due to him for wages when he was apprehended, and that he had frequently been intrufted with effects to the amount of 10,000l. An evening paper fays, there are no less than ferven of thefe youths in cuftody, from 18 to 20 years of age, fome of whofe parents are in eafy, fome in affluent circumftances, all of them overwhelmed with forrow by the vices of their unhappy fons.

A fire broke out at the 13th. timber yard of Mr. Flight, in Tabernacle Walk, Moorfields, which confumed all the timber and the floor-cloth warehouse in the fame walk. The flames fpread fo rapidly, that the London infurance engine was near being burnt, and feveral of the firemen were terribly fcorched in bringing it away. It is fuppofed to have been wilfully fet on fire.

The report was made to 16th. his Majesty in council of the capital convicts now under fentence of death in Newgate, when the fix following were ordered for execution on Wednesday the 30th inft. viz. John Coleby and Charles Jones, William Lewis, John Rann, alias Sixteen String Jack, William Lane and Samuel Trotman. At a court of aldermen it 18th. was unanimoufly agreed to return thanks to the Right. Hon. Frederick Bull, late Lord Mayor, for his indefatigable attention to the duties of that important office; for his upright and impartial adminiftration of public juflice; and for his diligence on all occations to promote the welfare and true intereft of this city, and for his unblemished conduct and exemplary

behaviour during the whole courfe of his mayorllity.

At the auction fale of the late Duke of Kingston's live ftock, at Leeds, the ftud of horses, &c. fold for 582 1. Two pointers, Pounce and Hero, 781. Bull and Bell, 341. Venus and Moggy, 181. Sancho and Betty, 12 guineas; Ranger and Don, 21 guineas; a fetter, 61. and 15 spaniels for 591.

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This day was argued in Court of King's Bench, the cause between the Poft-mafter of Hungerford, in Berkshire, and the inhabitants of the faid town, on the former claiming an extra price for the delivery of letters over and above the postage. It was determined against the post-mafter.

Came on in the Court of 19th. King's-Bench before a Special Jury, the remarkable trial at bar, upon a writ of Mandamus, for fettling finally the long contefted queftion concerning the rights of the freemen of Shrewsbury againft the corporation. After a long difcuffion, which lafted eleven hours, of the written and parole evidence on both fides, a verdict was given in favour of the rights of the freemen, by which the verdi&t obtained in 1771 was fully confirmed. The Chief Justice, after ftating the evidence, left the matter to the Jury, who in lefs than ten minutes brought in their verdict for the plaintiffs, the freemen.

The fixteen Noblemen 20th, elected this day to reprefent the peerage of Scotland in parДiament are,

Duke of Gordon,
Earl of Caffilis,
Earl of Strathmore,
Earl of Abercorn,
Earl of Galloway,

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21ft.

Mr. Williams was brought up for judgment to the bar of the court of King's-Bench, for publishing a letter in the Morning Poft, reflecting on the character of the Hon. C. Fox, when the court fined him 100l. and ordered him to pay all cofts, and to one month's imprisonment in the King's-Bench, to which he was immediately committed.

A grant paffed the great feal to Lord Mulgrave, and the Honourable Conftantine John Phipps, of the manors of Mowgrave and Seton, together with all mines of alum in the county of York, in confideration of the fum of 27,000l. paid into the receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, with the further fum of 1200l. per ann. to be paid half-yearly, with a claufe on his Majefty's part to make fuch further covenants within ten years as may be judged neceffary to convey the fame to them and their heirs

for ever.

25th.

Was held a Court of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com

mon Council, at Guildhall, in order to chufe a town clerk for this city, in the room of Sir James Hodges, deceased. There were feveral candidates, but Mr. Rix was chofen by a majority of 66.

A violent ftorm came on from the eastward, by which more than 40 fhips were driven afhore between Yarmouth and the Frith: among others, a Scots brig, the fate of whofe company was very fingular, Between three and four in the morning fhe was ftranded about five miles to the fouthward of Loweftoff, at a place where the coaft is formed by a perpendicular cliff, the bafe whereof is fand, and the fummit ftiff clay. By the furge beating against the base of the cliff at high tides, many caves are formed, in one of which the mafter of this devoted crew, with ten others, took fhelter from the inclemency of the weather: but while one of the company was gone to the affiftance of the only remaining perfon on board, the cliff gave way above, and engulphed the other ten, who were all dug out, as foon as affiftance could be procured; and exhibited a fcene the moft melancholy that can be imagined-a mother with four children round her, the youngeft not two years old; and the mafter with four failors yet warm with life, but paft all hope of recovery.

The lords of police in Scotland have formed a plan for the recovery of drowned perfons, on the model of that at Amfterdam.

Lisbon, Oct. 21. A Portuguese frigate arrived here the 7th, having on board the Ambaffador from the Emperor of Morocco to this court, This is the firft fubject of that state [2] 2

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who has appeared in a public character in this capital fince the expulfion of the Moors.

A memorial from the British court has been circulated throughout the ports of France, in order to discountenance every fpecies of illicit commerce between the fubjects of his Moft Chriftian Majefty, and thofe of the King of Great Britain in America. By this memorial, owners of fhips, or merchandize, who engage in this contraband trade, are given to underftand, that their fhips will be ftri&tly fearched, and that offenders will be rigorously punithed, for their breach of treaties, without involving the two nations in the conteft, or disturbing in the leaft the public tranquillity. A like memorial has been communicated to the Dutch traders.

Paris, Nov. 14. The day be fore yefterday, at nine in the morning, the king, after attending divine fervice at the holy chapel, went to the great chamber of parliament, attended by his brothers, and the Dukes of Orleans, Chartres, and the reft of the Princes of the Blood, the great officers of ftate, &c. &c. When they were arrived, the king ordered them to take their places, and then declared his intention to re-eftablish the ancient magiftrates of Paris.

After this, his majefty ordered to be registered, 1. An edict for the re-establishment of the ancient officers of parliament; 2. An edict for creating M. de Miromefuil keeper of the feals; 3. An edict for fupprefling the officers lately appointed for the new parliament and the fuperior councils; 4. Another for re-eftablishing the grand council; 5. Another for re-eftab

lifhing the court of aids of Paris; 6. Another for re-establishing the court of aids of Clermont Ferrand; and several other edicts relating to matters tending to re-eftablish the power of the ancient parliaments.

Altena, Nov. II. It has fnowed and frozen here for eight days paft, with a violent wind at Eaft, which has made the water in the Elbe fall ` lower than has ever been remembered. A large stone was discovered by this means at the bottom of the river, which had been seen 100 years ago, as appeared by the date which was then engraved upon it; and the date of the prefent year was accordingly engraved upon it, as a proof of the like circumftance.

28th.

Lord Mansfield delivered the opinions of the Court of King's-Bench on the cause between Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Hall, late collector of duties in the island of Grenada. The merits on this cause turned on the validity of an impoft of four and an half per cent. made by his Majesty in council, without the concurrence of parliament, on all exports from the above island. The counfel for the plaintiff contended, 1ft, That the crown cannot, by its own authority, impofe a tax on any coun

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try, though obtained, as Grenada was, by conqueft: and, 2dly, That, even if the crown ever could have exercised such power, yet that by certain proclamations, inviting British fubjects to fettle and colonize in Grenada, and promifing them an established government by council and affembly, as in the other islands, his Majefty had waved that right, and divested himself of that power prior to the date of the order impofing the prefent tax. The judges concurred in the latter propofition, and gave judgment for the plaintiff; in confequence of which the island will be relieved henceforward from the payment of this duty. The writs for calling a 29th. new parliament being returnable this day, his Majefty came to the Houfe of Peers, and being in his royal robes feated on the throne, commanded the attendance of the Houfe of Commons in the Houfe of Peers; who being come, his Majefty by his chancellor fignified his pleasure that they should return and chufe a fpeaker, to be prefented next day for his Majefty's approbation. They returned accordingly, and unanimoufly chofe Sir Fletcher Norton.

Lewis, the unhappy fufferer for forgery, was a moft ingenious copyift, and could counterfeit copperplate writing to attonithing exactnefs. He was far from an abandoned character, and died an example of penitence, which, in fome meature, atoned for the injury he had done the public. He compofed a prayer in the cells, which does credit to his underftanding.

The friends of Coleby and Jones, paffing the houfe of Mr. Keat, their profecutor, in order to the interment of their bodies, committed the most outrageous acts of violence that have been known in any civilized country, by breaking the windows, attempting to fet the houfe on fire, and threatening the life of Mr. Keat.

Extract of a Letter from Harwich, Nov. 28, to Anth. Todd, Ffq; Sec. of the Gen. Poft-Office.

"We have had extreme bad weather for ten days paft; hard. gales from the N. to E. with much fnow, and heavy fqualls of wind at intervals. Our harbour is like a foreft; near 340 fail of light colliers and others, put in here, near 50 of them without anchors and cables, and many others have been obliged to run afhore for fafety: there are about 13 or 14 fail on fhore between Loweftoffe and Orfordnefs, and many have foundered the Offing."

By all the accounts which have been received from Bofton during the courfe of this month, we learn that affairs ftill remain in the greatest confufion in that province, and that Gen. Gage finds himself in a very difagreeable fituation. All the labourers and artificers of the colony have refused to affift him in any

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any wife in the erecting of the barracks, which are wanted for the ufe of the troops; and on his fending to New-York for that purpose, nobody could be found who would furnith him either with tools, implements, or their labour.

The following refolution of the General Congrefs now fitting at Philadelphia has tranfpired, and been tranfmitted hither:

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"Refolved unanimously, "That the Congrefs requeft the

merchants and others in the feveral Colonies not to fend to GreatBritain any order for goods, and to direct the execution of all orders already fent, to be delayed or fufpended, until the fenfe of the Con- grefs, on the means to be taken for the prefervation of the liberties of America, is made public.

"Extracted from the Minutes, Sept. 22. C. THOMPSON, Clk." Extract of a Letter from Switzerland, 08.24.

"On the roth of last month an earthquake was felt at the town of Altdorff, the capital of the canton of Uri, which spread confternation and alarm through all its environs. There were in the morning three fhocks, the first of them at three o'clock, the fecond at nine, the third at eleven, which, though progreflively more fenfible, did not occafion any damage.

About four o'clock in the afternoon the motion of the earth recommenced with fuch violence that the great church fuffered confiderably. The fteeple was parted in two. The dome of another church was fplit and fell to the ground. A great number of houfes were thrown down; and the town-houfe greatly damaged.

of heaven.

The earth hath continued fince to be agitated; and the inhabitants, filled with horror, are retired into the country, where they lie under tents."

MARRIED, at Brompton, near Northallerton, Mr. Edward Clarke, widower, to Mrs. Ann Gibbins, widow, both of the fame place, whofe ages together are upwards of 160 years.

They write from Greenock, that laft week a young man, a fhoemaker, who is both deaf and dumb, was married to a fprightly young girl: At the wedding there were, prefent three of the bridegroom's fifters, with two young men, who were all born deaf and dumb; fo that there were fix deaf and dumb perfons convened on this occafion.

DIED, a few days ago, at Alton, in Hampshire, Mr. Henry Furftone; he is faid to have died worth 7000l. in the funds, and having no relation, he has left it to the firft man of his name, who thall produce a woman of the fame name, and it is to be paid them on the day of their marriage.

At Sudbury in Suffolk, an old gentleman, who has been fix times lawfully married, and was that morning