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any one time with above the number of ten perfons, upon pain of incurring a penalty not exceeding 100l. in money, and three months imprisonment."

Naples, April. The emperor, accompanied by the English envoy the hon. William Hamilton, went to view Mount Vefuvius, and the ruins of Pompeia, which was deftroyed by the eruption of that volcano, in the time of Pliny the Naturalift. The British envoy afterwards dined with his imperial majefty, and in the evening accompanied him to the theatre.

Their majefties, accompa6th. nied by the princes of Mecklenbourgh Strelitz, dined at Richmond, and afterwards went to Epfom, and were prefent at the races there. A fellow, who stood near his majefty, had the audacity to hollow out Wilkes and liberty for ever!' On which fome of the light-horfe drew their fwords, but the fellow made his escape.

The court of King's-bench gave judgment in the caufe of the riot at the last general election at Prefton; when Mr. Juftice Yates, after a moft nervous and pathetic fpeech on the turpitude of riots at elections, pronounced fentence; an officer was fined 1000l. four other defendants 1ool. each, and three months imprifonment; and three other rioters, on account of their low circumftances, fix months imprisonment.

On Wednesday was tried a cause in the court of common-pleas, Guildhall, before lord chief justice Wilmot, wherein the mafter of a north country veffel was plaintiff, and feveral cuftom-houfe officers defendants, for entering his boat, and illegally fearching the fame, and himself likewife; when a ver

dict was given for the plaintiff, with 5ool. damages.

8th.

The grand queftion on the petition of the Middlesex electors was decided in the house of commons, in favour of colonel Luttrell, who was then declared the fitting member, on a majority of legal voices. The firft precedent of the kind in the journals of the house.

9th.

George Williams, for robbing Jofiah Hodgkings on the highway; and Richard Bruce, for forging an indorsement to a note for the payment of 91. 16s. 6d. with an intent to defraud Meffrs. Owen and Foot, linen-drapers in Holborn, were executed at Tyburn purfuant to their fentence at the Old Bailey.

This day his majesty went to the houfe of peers, and gave the royal affent to fuch private bills as were ready..

After which his majefty was pleafed to make a moft gracious fpeech; and the lord chancellor, by his majefty's command, prorogued the parliament to the 14th of June next.

A baronet was convicted, by a bench of juftices at Barnet, in the penalty of 3100l. for making his own candles; but the penalty was mitigated to 110l. before the juftices left the court.

A moft curious watch has been delivered to his majesty, which has a hand that is a year in making its revolution, and points to the month and the day of the month throughout the year; a second hand acts in the fame manner of a regulator, by means of a pendulum, and is adapted to move, or not, at pleasure, without preventing the other parts of the work from going. It has also a plate, on which, by means of

a bril.

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a brilliant, is reprefented the fun, which regularly performs its diurnal revolution, and on which is placed a moveable horizon, to fhew the variation of the days, according to the feafons of the year: and though it has fo many motions, the watch is only of a common fize. A letter from Bristol gives an account of a very deftructive fire at Crediton in Devon; the letter is dated May 2, eleven at night. All the best part of the town (generally called Weft Town) is reduced to afhes; from the top of Bowden-hill to the corn-market, and all BackLane, for about three-eighths of a mile; by which it is fuppofed up wards of two hundred houfes are deftroyed. The person who wrote this account fays, "we have scarce faved any thing, and what little we have is broken in pieces. We have lain in an orchard two days and one night."

This day captain Allan was difcharged from Newgate; the feffion of parliament being ended.

11th. Was held the anniverfary meeting of the fons of the clergy. The collection at the church and hall amounted as follows:

1. s. d. At the rehearsal, 157 16 3 On Thursday at St. Paul's,148 15 0 At Merchant taylor's hall, 487 11 9

794 3 0 which is 1111. 16s. 1d. fhort of laft year's collection.

At Hicks's Hall, a bill of indictment was found by the grand jury of Middlefex against Edward M Quirk for the murder of George Hopkins on the 8th of laft December at Brentford. This is the fame man who was lately tried and convicted for the murder of George

Clarke at the fame time and place' and received his majefty's pardon' A reward of an hundred pounds is advertised for taking him.

13th.

The feffions ended at the Old Bailey. Ninety prifoners were tried, of whom feven received fentence of death, two to be tranfported for fourteen years, thirtyone for feven years, and two branded.

The mayor, aldermen, and burgeffes of Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, have lately elected David Garrick, efq. an honorary burgefs of that corporation; and this day the proper officers of the corporation waited on Mr. Garrick, with his freedom inclosed in a box of curious workmanship, made from a mulberry-tree planted by Shakefpeare himself. On the front, Fame holding the bust of Shakefpeare, and the three Graces crowning him with laurel, are prettily difplayed; on the ends emblematicalfigures reprefenting Tragedy and Comedy; on the back part Mr. Garrick in the character of Lear in the ftorm fcene; and the top and corners were ornamented with devices of Shakespeare's works, all curiously carved and highly finished, by an eminent carver in Birmingham. This box was accompanied by the following letter:

"TO DAVID GARRICK, Efq.
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"The mayor, aldermen, and burgeffes of the ancient borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, a town that glories in giving birth to the immortal Shakespeare, whose memory you have fo highly honoured, and whofe conceptions you have ever fo happily expreffed-rejoice in an opportunity of adding their mite to that univerfal applaufe your inimi[H] 3

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table powers have most justly merited; and, as a mark of their efteem and gratitude, have refpectfully tranfmitted to you the freedom of their borough, in a box made from a mulberry tree, undoubtedly planted by Shakespeare's own hand, which they hope you will do them the honour of accepting.

By order of the mayor, aldermen,
and burgeffes in common-council,
W. HUNT, Town-clerk.
Stratford-upon-Avon,
May 3, 1769.""

In confequence of the above, a jubilee in honour and to the memoTy of Shakespeare will be appointed at Stratford the beginning of September next, to be kept up every feventh year. Mr. Garrick, at the particular requeft of the corporation and gentlenen of the neigh bourhood, has accepted the stewardfhip. At the first jubilee, a large handfome edince, lately erected in Stratford by fubfcription, will be named Shakespeare's Hall, and dedicated to his memory.

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The great duchefs was 16th, brought to bed of a prince at Florence, between three and four this morning, which was immediately announced to the public by a triple difcharge of the cannon from the fortrefs. The chriftening of the young prince, for which every thing has been long prepared, is to be performed this morning.

Cardinal Ganganelli is 19th. proclaimed pope, and has taken the title of Clement XIV. He was born at St. Arch Angelo, in the diocefe of Rimini, the 31ft of October 1705, is of the order of Freres Mineurs Conventuals, and was created cardinal in 1759. Extract of a letter from Hull, May 2, 1769.

We have this day, from the marshal of the admiralty in Holdernefs, the following melancholy fcene: five failors, who landed at Hornfea a few days ago, are feized and committed prifoners to Beverley goal. Upon a precognition taken before the magiftrates, they confeffed, they belonged to the Ifabella, Alexander Henderson of Leith, mafter; that the master had hired them at Hamburgh, for Dantzick; that they left Hamburgh the 18th of April, and, on the 21t, got near the latitude of the Naze, when one of them ftabbed the captain when afleep, and threw him overboard: Upon which they intended to make for Holland and turn fmugglers: but providentially they were driven on the coaft of Holderness, where they deter mined to fink the veffel, and for that purpofe opened her ports, hove the ballaft to one fide; and then quitted her; but the day after he was difcovered floating about eight miles from the fhore. The ruffians difpofed of the captain's clothes, &c. and befides had got fome pounds in cath. The fhip's boat and fome other trifles are in the marthal's poffeffion."

Four colliers, at work in a pit near Whitehaven, were all fufiocated by the foul air of an old adjoining work. They have left 26 children and four widows unprovided for.

A whirlwind raised up into the air, from a bleach-field at Paifley, 22 pieces of filk lawn, and carried fome of the pieces four miles of and others five.

The petition of the county

of Middlefex was prefented 24th. to the king at St. James's, by the following gentlemen; Mr. ferjeant

Glynn,

Glynn, John Sawbridge, efq. James Townshend, efq. rev. doctor Wilfon, George Bellas, efq. Francis Afcough, efq. and William Ellis, efq..

The petition is figned by 1565 freeholders, who are fuppofed to be poffeffed of above two thirds of the property in the county. The feven gentlemen who went up with it met at the St. James's coffee-houfe; and proceeded from thence to his majefty's levee; previous to the opening of which, they were waited upon by lord Willoughby de Broke (the lord in waiting), who requested their names and bufinefs, which were wrote upon a card, and delivered to his lordship. They were conducted to the royal prefence by the mafter of the ceremonies, and Mr. Afcough prefented the petition to his majesty, who received it very graciously.

Soon after their departure, a cabinet council was held; at the breaking up of which, his, majefty returned to Richmond.

The time of prefenting the petition being known at court, an acting magiftrate, together with feveral petty conftables, were in waiting; but they were not called for, as every thing was conducted with the utmoft fecrecy, decency, and good order. Many people were affembled at St. James's, in expectation of seeing a cavalcade follow the gentlemen who were to prefent the above petition; but it was carried up fo privately, and with fo much decorum, that few knew there was any fuch thing at all done, and many went away fully fatisfied that the report which prevailed refpecting it was fallacious.

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gave bail before lord Mansfield at Guildhall, to answer the complaint of fir William Meredith, bart. who had fworn the peace against him; himself in 1000l. and fir Richard Phillips, bart. and John Bartlet Allen, efq. his fureties, in 500l. each.

Leghorn, April 17. On the 15th inftant the emperor and his royal highness the great duke arrived here about one o'clock. Immediately after, the governor of the town fent word to fir John Dick, his Britan nic majefty's conful, that his imperial majesty and the great duke intended, as foon as they had dined, to go on board his majesty's frigate the Montreal, capt. Cofby, and the Carysfort, capt. Vandeput, which were then in the roads; of which the conful informed the commanders, and foon after went himself on board the Montreal, which capt. Colby had got under fail, and was ftanding clofe towards the fhore. His imperial majefty and the great duke were conducted in barges on board the Montreal. They were faluted by each of the frigates with 21 guns, as well on their going on board, as at their return. They continued on board the Montreal two hours, during which time the kept under fail. On paffing the Carysfort, fhe likewife got under fail, and accompanied the Montreal. The emperor and great duke both expreffed great fatisfaction. The great duke did fir John Dick the honour to prefent him to the empe ror; and the next morning fir John had the honour to prefent capt. Colby and capt. Vandeput to his imperial majesty.

Before the great duke left Rome, the cardinals in a body fent him a prefent, confifting of a piece of the [H] 4 holy

holy crofs, richly adorned with figures and inftruments of the crucifxion, in gold, weighing fixteen pounds; four cafes, with the prints of the churches and principal buildings at Rome, and two pictures of Mofaic work, reprefenting St, Peter and St. Paul: on which occafion his royal highness gave to the maitre de hotel who was charged with it, a gold fnuff-box, and 200 zechins to be diftributed amongst the fervants, The great duke likewife ordered very large fums of money to be given to the fervants of each of the houses where entertainments were made for him; the whole amounting to upwards of 2000 zechins.

They write from Copenhagen, that on the ninth of last month a new hofpital was opened in that city, for the ufe of the poor, in the prefence of a great number of the nobility, &c. The bishop of Harboe made an excellent difcourfe on that occafion, which was followed by a grand concert of mufic. This hofpital is a very spacious ftructure, and will contain 700 perfons of both fexes, Such as are moft infirm, and paft their labour, are to be fupplied with all the neceffaries of life gratis; but those who are able to work are to pay for their fubfiftence out of the profits of their employments, having their lodging at free coft; befides thefe 700 perfons maintained in the houfe, alms are diftributed weekly to 500 poor people who inhabit the city. After the concert a collection was made for the poor, who dined in the halls of the hofpital, and had new clothes diftributed among them. Since the king of Denmark has returned to his own kingdom, many new regulations have taken place in his dominions, but none that gives fuch univerfal fatisfaction as that

lately made, regarding the fharing the eftates and effects among the children of the peasants. It is particularly, by the ordinance lately published refpecting this affair, commanded that the oldest child, fon or daughter, fhall, upon the deceafe of their parents, be entitled to one moiety, or half part, and no more, of their effects and poffeffions, and the other moiety is to be divided equally among the rest of the children, whether male or female; and if there be but two children, then the estate and effects of the deceafed to be equally fhared.

The news brought from 29th. the East-Indies, by the fhips juft arrived, have affected India ftock near 20 per cent. that stock being done on Thursday laft at 267; whereas this day it has been down as low as 248, and it is feared by many that it may fall 40 or 50 per

cent. lower.

There are not wanting fome who infinuate that thefe reports are fpread by interefted perfons, who have great influence in the company, in order to take advantage of the unwary; yet there feems to be no doubt, that the fhips left India at a time when the company's affairs bore a very unfavourable aspect; for it is afferted, that the Marattas were in arms, had joined several other powers, and were ripe for an engagement. They are fuppofed to be fpirited up by the French, who, it is well known, have been privately fending over forces to that part of the globe for fome time paft.

If there is no truth in the above reports, or indeed, if they are true, it feems to reflect upon the gentlemen in power, who fuffer the public to be cajoled for want of proper

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