GEORGE III. King of Great Britain, Patronized by his royal confort QUEEN CHARLOTTE, THIS HOSPITAL, For the reception of PENITENT PROSTITUTES, Supporte ted by voluntary Contribution, Was begun to be erected, And the first STONE laid by FRANCIS Earl of HERTFORD, Knight of the most noble order of the garter, lord chamberlain of his majesty's houfhold, and one of his moft hon privy council, the PRESIDENT. Joel Johnfon, Architect. The duke and duchefs of Beau fort, travelling between Arlesford and Winchester, were thrown out of their phaeton, and much hurts his grace had no bone broke, but the duchefs had her leg fractured, and was otherwife much bruifed; it happened by the horfes taking fright. The diftrefsful fituation of this noble family is truly pitiable; his grace confined to his bed from the bruifes he received; his fifter, lady Harriot Wynne, juft buried; one of his fons dead; the duchefs dangerously ill of her leg, broken in two places; and, what adds to the complicated calamity, news has lately been received of the death of the hon. Mr. Bofcawen, her grace's brother, at Jamaica. The high court of jufticiary at Edinburgh finished the trial of Henry Hawkins, a corporal in the 23d regiment, for the murder of one Hindman, a butcher, who was killed in a riot at Glasgow, in which the mob, chiefly butchers, attacked the corporal and his guard, broke the door and windows of the guard-, room, wounded the corporal him felf, and fell furiously on the foldiers who fupported him. Upon this provocation, the corporal, fnatching up his firelock with the bayonet fixed, ftabbed the deceased first through the arm, and then, through the heart. The jury, after hearing the proof, unanimously brought in their verdict, Not guilty. The court, indifcharging the prifoner from the bar, recommended to him tenderness in the future execution of his duty; but with this exhortation, never to be intimidated from acting with spirit against a lawless mob; affuring him at the fame time, that while he continued to defend his rights as a man, and did his duty as a foldier, he would always meet protection from the laws. The clothworkers company fold their eftate in Ireland for upwards of 28,000l. It was formerly let for iool. per ann. but for fome years let at 6ool. per ann. Married lately, Mrs. Rachel Biffet, aged 73, who had acquired near 6oool. by keeping a pawnbroker's fhop near Rotherhithe, to a journeyman wheelwright near Peckham, about 23 years of age. Died lately, Mrs. Milton, a defcendant from the brother of Milton the great poet. She was housekeeper to Dr. Secker. Aged 101, at his houfe at Hampftead, Jacob Pearson, gent. who was clerk of the indictments in the king's bench, in the time of lord chief juftice Raymond. Joshua Bambridge, efq; of Hartftreet, aged 97. At Brompton, aged near 100, William Rivers, efq; formerly a captain in the navy. În St. Catherine's, Mr. John Peter Drewer, merchant, aged 101. He fled fled from France in 1683, and died worth 30,000l. William Wood, aged 113, a keelman in Northumberland. AUGUST. The trustees incorporated zd. for building the new Royal Exchange on Corke Hill, Dublin, accompanied by the great officers of flate and the magiftracy, waited upon his excellency the lord lieutenant, and then proceeded in grand proceffion, and laid the firft ftone of that edifice... About nine this evening 3d. one hundred feet of the abutment of the new bridge at Edinburgh fell down, by which unfortunate accident twelve perfons were buried under the rubbish, among whom was Mr. Fergus, a writer of the fignet, and one of his nieces. One hour before the accident happened, more than a thousand people were upon the bridge, on their return from hearing a popular preacher. The houfe of Pitcullo in Scotland was ftruck with lightning. It entered at the top of the houfe, and pierced to the bottom; an old wo man had her hair and head-clothes burnt, and a little bit of the skin of her head fcarified. The lookingglaffes throughout the houfe were hivered, and scarce a pane of glass was left unbroken in the whole houfe. A duel was fought near Plymouth by a captain and lieutenant of marines, in which the latter was unfortunately killed. The duellifts were infeparable companions, had been together all the preceding day, and were very much in liquor. About three in the morning they came arm in arm to the barracks, when the deceafed dropped down dead. The furvivor, who is committed to gaol, is inconfolable for the lofs of his friend, and protests he knows not how the affair hap pened. A fire broke out at Wil7th. ton, near the feat of the earl of Pembroke, which burnt with fach fury, that 25 houfes were foon reduced to afhes, and the great carpet manufactory fhared the fame fate. At the affizes for the county of York, the theriff and grand jury fent the following letter to their reprefentatives in parliament: We, the high fheriff and grand jury of the county of York, have, with ferious attention, confidered your conduct on the late decifions touching the freeholders right of election; and are happy to find it confiflent with the uniform conftitutional zeal, by which you have hitherto, on every criff, been ac tuated. You have always, in your parliamentary character, fupported the power of election in your electors, and thereby vindicated their liberties, as infeparable from your own; and have fupported that connection of interefts between the representative body and the freeholders, on which our mof happy conftitution chiefly depends. You, gentlemen, think the gratitude of your countrymen the best reward of your actions; that gratitude will ever be attended with the approbation of the best of kings: and we defire to exprefs to you our warmest and most affectionate thanks for the conduc by which you have deserved it." York Castle, July 14, 1769. To which the faid representatives returned the following answer: "To the high fheriff and grand jury of the county of York. Gentlemen, Your approbation of our conduct, on the late very effential queftion regarding the rights of the electors of this kingdom, gives us, affure yourselves, the greateft fatisfaction; and very much overpays us for the fimple performance of that firft duty, which we fhould have thought it criminal in the highest degree to have neglected. It would be very ftrange indeed, if, intrufted, as we are, by our conftituents, with the care and guardianship of all their rights, we fhould have been careless of that great, original, and fundamental one, on which all the others are dependant -the right of free election and. true representation. Be affured, gentlemen, that, as long as we have the honour to hold the important truft committed to us by the freeholders of Yorkshire, we will never cease to withstand every measure that tends to fubftitute any right of election upon earth, or any fet of electors, to those which the conftitution has established; nor can we furely be fo regardless of the honour of our own office, as willingly to hold it by any other tenure in the world, than that of the free choice of our electors. GEORGE SAVILE. EDWIN LASCELLES.", At a meeting of the free 9th. holders of the county of Worcefter, held at the Guildhall of the city of Worcester, it was refolved to petition the throne, as the most conftitutional manner to obtain redrefs of grievances, particularly of the violation of the rights of the freeholders in the last Middlesex election. Mofes Alexander, capitally con victed at the Old Bailey for forgery, was carried from Newgate at half paft twelve to Tyburn, and there executed. The sheriffs indulged him to that late hour, in expectation of a reprieve. Great interest had been made for him, and much had been faid in the papers in extenuation of his crime; but, as it was not all founded on truth, they perhaps did him more harm than good. He had formerly carried on a great trade in the Borough, and had failed for more than 60,000l. but had again entered into bufinefs,.without a proper capital to fupport what he had undertaken. He, therefore, like many more in the fame circumftances, had recourfe to bill-drawing; and that led him to the forgery for which he was convicted. He was indicted for forging an indorsement on the following bill: Leeds, Jan. 19, 1768. Six weeks after date, pay Mr. John Brown, or order, 981. 165. value received, as advised. Rich Aked. To Mr. Nathanael Aked, &c. The most favourable circumstances for the prifoner, was the bill's being fo long in the poffeffion of the profecutors; by which it should feem they were not fo folicitous about punishing the crime, as about fe curing to themfelves the fums due to them; and if the delinquent had been able to have satisfied their demands, the public would perhaps have never heard of the forgery. The forgery, however, was proved, and other bills of the fame kind were ready to be proved: the law, therefore, was ftrongly against him, though fomething might be urged to mitigate the punishment; for the forgery was not of the fame kind 16th. with the forgery of a common fplinters, but received no damage harper, who, having obtained his himself. end, has no view to reftitution. This man's forgery was only to enlarge his credit; and he certainly defigned to pay every bill he raifed money upon, had not the unlucky fituation of his affairs prevented his intentions. Indeed this kind of traffic is by no means juftifiable; and what is here faid is only to fhew, that it differs in its nature from that of the abandoned villain. A meeting of the freeholders of Wilts was this day held at the Devizes, in confequence of an advertisement publifhed by order of the grand jury at Salisbury, and figned by William Talk, efq; high-fheriff of the county, when a petition was produced and agreed to. A fplendid entertainment was this day provided at the London tavern by the directors of the EaftIndia company, to which his grace the duke of Grafton and the great officers of state were invited; but all declined coming, except Sir Edward Hawke, first lord of the ad miralty. The citizens of York agreed up. on an address of thanks to their representatives for their fteady refolution and endeavours to fupport the known ancient freedom of the Eng lifh conftitution. To which lord Cavendish and Mr Turner made anfwer, that they no longer expected to preferve the favour of their conftituents, than they continued to adhere to the true principles of the conftitution. A flash of lightning fell upon the theatre at Venice, in which were more than 600 perfons. Its effects were truly remarkable; befides killing feveral of the audience, the lightning put out the candles, finged a lady's hair, and melted the gold cafe of her watch, and the fringe of her robe; the ear-rings of feveral ladies were melted, and the ftones fplit; and one of the performers in the orchestra had his vigloncello fhattered in a thoufand The duke of Marlborough paid a debt for the city of Oxford, which had lain heavy upon the inhabitants for more than half a century, a.. mounting in the whole to 5983h 7s. 2d. On this occafion the bells were fet a-ringing, and the freemen were entertained by the liberality of his grace at more than fifty houses. About nine o'clock, a fire 18th. broke out at the houfeof Mr. William Dell, an orrice-weaver, in Bridewell-hofpital, which entirely confumed the faid house, and three more, A fire broke out in the houfe of Mr. Brittle, an eminent 22d, brazier in Mount- ftreet, Grosvenorfquare, that was let already furnished to perfons of fashion. The last family having left it a fortnight, a maid fervant of Mr. Butler's left fome linen to dry before a fire while she went to dinner, which is fupposed to have taken fire. In a fhort time the house and furniture were confumed; the houfe of Mr. Digby, breeches-maker, on one fide, and the houfe of Mrs. Fylow, on the other, were very much damaged. A farmer at Granchefter in Cambridgeshire was bound over to the quarter-feffions, by the humanity of the rev. Dr. Plumtree, for forcing a poor woman of Caldecot into the water to prove her a witch, and otherwife maltreating her. Sir John Lindsay received his commiffion of commander in chief of the fquadron defined for India; and yesterday kiffed his majefty's hand, on occafion of the above pro motion. The new body of cutters, that have made a fre difturbance in the neighbourhood of Spital.fields, are handkerchief-weavers, who, think ing themselves oppreffed in their prices, entered into a fubfcription of fix-pence on every loom, to fup port their caufe against the mafters, one of whom, that paid fatisfactory prices, infifted notwithstanding that his men fhould not belong to the fubfeription-fociety, nor pay fuch fix-pences, and armed his people to defend theirloomsagainft the body. The club,determined to fupport the plan they had fet on foot, affembled themfelves to compel the faid maffter's men to pay the fubfcription, which occafioned a bloody fray, when many on both fides were much wounded. On Thursday night laft they affembled again, when they cut the work out of upwards of 50 looms belonging to the faid mafter-weaver, though by a late act it was made death to any rioters that fhould fo deftroy looms. Laft night they again affembled in great numbers, and cut the work from above 100 looms more. Piftols were continually kept firing during the whole night, but only to deter, it is thought, any perfon from oppofing them, as we do not hear of any mifchief being done by the firearms; the neighbourhood, however, are greatly alarmed, being appreh five of ftill further riots. George Wood was brought be fore the right honourable the lord mayor, for being concerned in mu tinying, and running away with a fhip, called the Black Prince, in the Atlantic ocean, and was committed to Newgate, on the oath of William Greenwood, a boy, who was in the fhip, and was compelled by the mutineers to ferve on board. The account he gave before his lordship was, that about feven weeks after they had failed from Briftol, one of the gang knocked the chief mate down, and bound him on the deck; they then proceeeded to the cabin, firft beat, and then bound, the captain and the reft of the officers, and then held a confultation what they should do with the prifoners, when it was agreed that they should be all thrown overboard: but the captain begged hard that they might be fet on the first, fhore they should arrive at; however, this was thought rather too great, a favour, and they were all put into a fmall boat, with fome little provifion, and left to the mercy of the waves, which, it is fuppofed, foon fwallowed them up, as they have never fince been heard of. The rioters immediately proceeded to chufe their officers, whom they pitched on according to their merit, or rather demerit, in obtaining the fhip; afterwards called a council to confider what courfe they fhould fteer, and determined to fail for the Brazils. In their course thither, they hoifted the black flag, and chaled a fnow, which out-failed them, and got off. They fold part their cargo at the Brazils, and then failed to a little island near that fhore, where they refreshed a little. Immediately after their departure from the Brazils, a rumour was Spread that one of their gang had an intention of running away with the fhip, and cheating the reft; and in confequence thereof, a court martial (as |