which eight farmers only, are faid to have fuftained damage in their crops, to the amount of 3000l. Some of the hailftones measured fix inches round, others fell in fquare pieces, and killed crows, lapwings, and other birds. In short, no ftorm, ever appeared fo deftructive and terrible in thofe parts.

At the quarter-feffions held this week at Guildford, for the county of Surry, a motion was made by fir Francis Vincent, and feconded by fir Jofeph Mawbey, for an application to one of the fecretaries of ftate, recommending John Percival as a fit object for his majefty's pardon. The court agreed to this motion unanimoufly; and the chairman, fir Fletcher Norton, was defired to make application accordingly, in the name of the quarter-feffion. The faid John Percival, twelve months ago, was fentenced to two years imprifonment, and to find fureties for his good behaviour for seven years afterwards, for chalking 45 on the back of Richard Capel, efq. one of the juftices of that county.

We hear that the mercers company have fettled an annuity of an hundred guineas a year on Mr. Thickneffe, the late high mafter of St. Paul's fchool, as a reward for his great merits and inimitable affiduity; an act of munificence which reflects no less honour upon the judgment of the company, than credit apon the receiver,

Extract of a letter from Turin, of the 17th ult." On Sunday laft his imperial majefty arrived here, attended by count Dietrichftein, grand ecuyer, and knight of the Golden Fleece, baron Reifcharch and general count Noftitz, two of his imperial majesty's chamberlains. The emperor went immediately on his

arrival to the apartments of the duke of Chablais, and after staying fome time with his royal highnefs, made a vifit to the king of Sardinia. His imperial majefty then retired to the houfe of the count Kevenhuller, his minifter at this court. He dined at court with his Sardinian majefty, and in the afternoon was at the corfo in the fame chariot with the king of Sardinia; where the great number of fine equipages, which amounted to two hundred and forty, had a very grand effect. He fupped that night with his Sardinian majefty."

The king of Denmark has given orders for numbering all the inha bitants of both fexes to be found in any part of his majesty's dominions. They are to be ranged in feveral diftinct claffes; under the firft of which will be comprehended all from eight years of age downward, and under the laft clafs all who are forty-eight and abové.

'The French king is to pay the pope for the county of Venaiffin, the fum of 6,000,000 livres, by way of indemnification for the lofs of that territory to the holy fee. At this price the French reckon themfelves gainers of no lefs than 240,000 livres annually (and of course fo much lofs to the pope, even fuppofing the fum of fix millions to be a fair price for the country), which they used to pay to the court of Rome, on condition of their raifing no tobacco within the said territo ries.

The pope has ordered the city of Rome to be immediately purged of all vagabonds, and appointed two houfes to receive them (as they are to be divided into different claffes); one for the young and healthy who are able to work, and the other for [12]

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the aged and infirm who are unable to procure a fubfiftence.

They write from Gibraltar, that feveral Corfican families, with their effects, were arrived there in their way to Minorca, where they are going to fettle, they not chufing to continue under the oppreffion of French tyranny in their native country.

Holland Fen, in Lincolnshire, being to be inclofed by act of parlia ment, fome defperate perfons have been fo incenfed at what they called their right being taken from them, that in the dead of night they fhot into the windows of feveral gentlemen whom they thought active im procuring the act for inclosure ; but happily no perfon has been killed. They write from Bristol, 18th. that, purfuant to an adver tifement for that purpose, the free and independent citizens met at Guildhall, to confider of a petition to their gracious fovereign, for redrefs of grievances; for which they were fo unanimous, that there was but one diffenting voice; and the petition being produced, and read, it was univerfally approved of.

A fine large marble tomb-ftone, elegantly finished, was erected over the grave of Mr. Aflen, junior, in Newington church-yard, Surry. On the fides are the following infcriptions:

NORTH SIDE.

Sacred to the memory of WILLIAM ALLEN, An Englishman of unfpotted life

and amiable difpofition, Who was inhumanly murdered, near St. George's-fields, the 10th day of May, 1768, by Scottish detachments from the army. His difconfolate parents, inhabi

cel of timber; Mr. Lyne's, confectioner; befides damaging a number of houfes on each fide, and three which lay backwards, with a quantity of goods. In Sherrard-ftreet, it has deftroyed Ruftat's coffee-houfe; Mr. Schooler's, a filk-dyer; and Mr. Hole's, a taylor; with four others that are greatly damaged. It was faid to be occafioned by the carelefnefs of a boy melting fome rofin for whip-handles. The fcarcity of water for upwards of an hour was amazing; not more than one engine could play, with any effect, till half an hour after nine o'clock. About eleven it was got fo far under, as to prevent any farther fear of its increase. A party of the guards attended, to keep off the populace.

Thomas Mellor, alias Brooks, for a rape; William Dunk, for returning from transportation; and Robert Merry and Richard Belchier, for a robbery, were conveyed in two carts from Newgate to Tyburn, where they were executed, pursuant to their fentence; they seemed extremely penitent, and be haved with great devotion. Mellor died with great refolution. Three of them were very perfonable young men, and very decently dreffed. A new gallows, of an uncommon conftruction, was erected upon the occafion.

Extract of a letter from Canterbury,

July 26.

"On Friday last, a few minutes before twelve o'clock at noon, Sufannah Lott and Benjamin Bufs were taken from the gaol, in order to. be executed, pursuant to their fentence, for the murder of Mr. Lott, by poifon. Bufs, dreffed in black, was carried in awaggondrawn by four horfes, and attended by two

or three fheriff's officers. Mrs. Lott, dreffed in a fuit of mourning the had for her husband, immediately followed on a hurdle drawn by four horfes. In this manner they pro ceeded till they came to the place of execution; when Bufs, after joining in prayer with the clergyman, was hanged on a gallows about one hundred yards from the place where Mrs. Lott was to be executed. When he had hung about fifteen minutes, the officers thus proceeded to execute fentence on Mrs. Lott, who was particularly defirous that he should fuffer before her.

A poft, about feven feet high, was fixed in the ground; it had a peg near the top, to which Mrs. Lott, ftanding on a fool, was fastened by the neck; when the ftool was taken away, the hung about a quarter of an hour, till she was quite dead: a chain was then turned round her body, and properly faftened by ftaples to the poft, when a large quan tity of faggots being placed round her, and fet on fire, the body was confumed to afhes. She was very fenfible of her crime, and died entirely penitent. The man did not betray any remarkable concern for his approaching end. It is com puted there were 5000 perfons attending the execution."" Extract of a letter from Exeter, July 19.

"Laft Tuesday arrived here his grace the D. of B. He was ushered into Guildhall by a gentleman, to receive the freedom of this city, with hiffing all the way: on his return, he was faluted in the fame manner, with the found of Wilkes and Liberty' joined to it; and, in all probability, would have been worfe treated, had not the mayor, with the fword and staff-officers, in[! 3]

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terpofed, and conducted him fafe to Bamfylde-house. In the afternoon he went to St. Peter's, to receive the compliment of being fung into church by the choir; the bishop, &c. attended in proceffion. As foon as the coach ftopped at the church-door, the mob furrounded it, and faluted him as in the morning, continuing their fhouts of Wilkes and Liberty' all through the body of the church to the gates of the choir. The church was fo crowded, and the people fo noify, that it was disagreeable and dangerous to be in it. The populace expected his grace's return, but were disappointed, he having gone through the church to the palace. His chief business here is faid to be to promote an addrefs; but his grace has declared he had no fuch intention, nor did he know that it was the affize week. A paper was fixed up on Heavytree gallows with the following words: " pected here to-day."

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Vienna, June 28. Yesterday being the day fixed for the marriage of the archdachefs Amelia with the infant duke of Parma, the court went to the church of the Auguftines of this city, by the gallery which leads from the palace. Near the grand altar a canopy was erected, beneath which were a chair of ftate, and an oratory for her majefty. At a fmall diftance from this canopy, and upon the fame line, was placed two other chairs of ftate for the imperial family, facing the altar and upon a raised part of the floor, two other chairs of state, and as many oratories, for his royal hignefs the archduke Ferdinand, who stood proxy for the infant on this occafion. The emprefs-queen, attended by the captain of her guards, and great officers, led herauguft daughter

to the altar, dreffed in a fuit of fil. ver, and having her train borne up by the countefs of Wildenftein, as grand-miftrefs. The archducheffes immediately followed her majefty: and the ladies of the court and the city finifhed the proceffion, which was clofed by a detachment of footguards. After the nuptial ceremony, the court returned to the palace in the fame order as they went, her majefty all the way leading the new duchefs of Parma. In the evening a fplendid entertainment was given at court, with a grand illumination at the chancery, which is oppofite to the palace. This illumination confifted of upwards of 200,000 lamps, or pots de feu, difpofed according to the orders of architecture; and four choirs of mufick, placed at the four corners of the court of the palace, made the air refound with their pleafing fymphonies. About ten fome falvoes of cannon from the rampar s and mufquetry were fired, which terminated the rejoicings of the day.

Hanover, June 30. His royal highnefs the duke of Gloucefter arrived here on Tuesday laft, with a fplendid equipage. The princes of Mecklenburgh, and feveral other perfons of rank, received him at the palace of Monbrillant. In paffing near Haftenbeck, his highness examined, with great attention, the field of battle where the French and allied armies fought in the year 1757Yesterday the prince of Brunswick arrived here, to request his hignels to ftand godfather to the young prince of Brunfwick. The duke will go from Brunswick to Lubeck, where three Danish men of war are to convey him to Copenhagen, at which city great preparations are making to entertain him. Copen

Copenhagen, July 8. His majefty is going to build an hofpital, in the manner of that at Chelsea, near London, for the fupport of fuperannuated foldiers, and alfo to form an establishment for foldiers widows and children.

The fmall-pox rages here at prefent in a very fatal manner.

St. Petersburgh, May 27. Major general count Tottleben. who was in the fervice of her imperial majefty till the year 1761, and afterwards degraded and banished, prefented a moft humble petition to her imperial majefty, in the following words: "The most gracious permiffion to return into your imperial majesty's empire, and your capital city, reftores to me, the most unhappy of all wretches, a life, which I could hardly fupport for eight years, as I found myfelf, during that whole time, in the very abyfs of mifery and affliction, and in a fituation truly worthy of compaffion. But, wretched as I was, I conftantly declined all propofals made to me, from different parts, to enter into fervice, as I flattered myself that your imperial majefty's merciful heart, upon fight of my moft humble petition, would permit me to devote my life, and spill the very laft drop of my blood, in that of your imperial majefty's moft auguft fervice! Deign to fuffer me, your fubject, to lay my moft humble petition at the feet of your imperial majefty, with that natural goodness and generofity fo highly celebrated through the univerfe; that paft offences may be forgotten, and I may be received again into the number of your most faithful fubjects. My duty, joined to my natural inclination, would your imperial majefty but deign to employ me on any service, might perhaps give me an apportunity, by

expofing my life against the enemies of your empire, of demonftrating my zeal for the service of your imperial majefty, as well as the infinite acknowledgment and gratitude I owe to fuch inexpreffible mercy to me.".

In purfuance of this petition, her imperial majesty was moft graciously pleased to forgive him.

Hamburgh, July 9. On Tuesday laft his royal highness the duke of Gloucefter arrived at Harbourg from Brunfwick; a grand firework was immediately played off, and he was faluted by the cannon. Yefterday his highness embarked upon the Elbe, and was received in this city by the baron de Schimmelmann, treasurer to his Danish majefty. The duke fet out the fame day for Lubeck and Travemunde, where two men of war and a frigate are waiting, to convey his highnefs to Copenhagen.

28th.

The right hon. the earl of Hertford, prefident of the Magdalen-hofpital, the vice-prefidents, and governors, went to Charlotte-ftreet chapel, where an excel. lent fermon was preached by the rev. William Dodd. LL. D. from Zechariah, chap. iv. the latter part of the 7th verfe: He fhall bring forth the head-ftone thereof with fhoutings, crying, Grace, Grace, unto it. After divine fervice they proceeded to St. George's-fields, where the noble prefident laid the firit ftone, at the altar of the chapel for the new Magdalen hofpital, under which was the following infcription on a brass plate, viz.

On the 28th day of July, In the year of our LORD MDCCLXIX, And the ninth year of the reign of his moft facred Majesty, GEORGE

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