Great Britain, and for encouraging, regulating, and fecuring feveral branches of trade of this kingdom, and the British domin.ons in America, as relates to the exportation of non-enumerated goods. The bill for allowing the importation of wheat and wheat flour from any part of Europe into this kingdom, duty free, till the ift of March next. The bill for allowing the free importation of wheat and wheat ficur from his majefty's colonies in America into this kingdom, duty free, for a limited time. The bill for naturalizing Chriftian Van Teylingen. The bill for continuing the duties on malt, mum, cyder, and perry, for the year 1767. ing and entering in the night time, and taking away large quantities of bacon, cheese, and other goods, from the boules of William Morgan, John Deverell, and others, who were found guilty, and received fentence of death. Sampel Purnell, charged with being concerned in the above fact, was alfo found guilty, and ordered to be transported for feven years; and William Oram and William Prior, committed for the fame, were acquitted. James Redman of Bradford, for breaking open in the night time the houfe of William Morgan, and ftealing 35 hundred weight of cheese, was allo found guilty, and received fentence of death. Sarah Pane, otherwife Wallon, for ftealing flour from the mill of William The bill for naturalizing Lewis Agaffiz Beer, at Weftbury, was ordered to be and John Samuel Schutze. The bill for the better protection and fecurity of all perfons who have acted in pursuance of, or in obedience to, the late order, of council for laying an embargo on wheat and wheat flour, and for difcharging all proceedings against any perfons for or on account of the faid embargo. The bill for allowing the free importation of oats, oatmeal, rye, rye-meal, &c. The bill for obviating doubts which have arifen with refpect to the taking of certain oaths by juftices of the peace upon the iffuing of any new commiffions, &c. After the royal agent to these bills, both houfes adjourned for the holidays. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17. Yesterday at a court of common council at Guildhall, it was agreed to prefent the freedom of this city, in a gold box, to his royal highnefs the duke of Cumberland. THURSDAY, Dec. 18. Salisbury, Dec. 15. On Monday laft began to be tried the feveral prifoners in our county gaol, for the late riots and infurrections. The earl of Radnor, Sir Robert Long, Sir Alexander Powel, Mr. Phipps of Haywood, Mr. Penruddock, and Mr. Mortimer, fat in court with the judges during the trials, The prifoners were 42 in number; but as the commiffion was limited to cafes of felony, only the 13 following could take their trials, viz. James Kittlety, Richard Vennell, and Prifcilla Jenkins, for break privately whipt. Four were admitted to give bail, 15 ordered to remain in prifon, and the reft acquitted. The trials ended on Wednesday; and the next morning the judges fet out for Gloucester. Yefterday the feffions began at the Old Baily, when fixteen prifoners were tried, feven of whom were cait for transportation, one to be publickly whipped, and eight acquitted. FRIDAY, Dec. 19. Yesterday ten prifoners were tried at the Old Baily, three of whom were capitally convicted, viz. William Thornhill, for forging and publishing a bill of exchange for the payment of 20l. with intention to defraud Mr. Mathias, agent to the 24th regiment of foot; William Collins, for robbing Walter Cope of a filver dollar and 16 d. on the highway, between Mile-End and Bow; and Samuel Horton for forging and publishing a letter of attorney for the payment of 500l. with intent to defraud the governor and company of the bank of England; four were caft for transportation, and three acquitted. On Wednesday William Walker and William Johnfon, for robbing William Jarvis near Kentish Town, of a filver watch and 5 fhillings in money, were capitally convicted. SATURDAY, Dec. 20. Edinburgh, Dec. 13. We have the following account, in a letter fom Ayr, of the melancholy accident which happened there on the 3d inftant. "This morning (Wednesday) about fix TE fix o'clock, a fire broke out in a tobacco cellar in a close opposite to the meal market, which had made a confiderable progrefs before it was difcovered; however, affiftance being inftantly procured, we were in hopes that it would foon be got under, when on a fudden the whole town was thunderstruck by a most terrible explosion of five barrels of gunpowder, lodged in the fame houfe; inftantly the wall was drove over, and crushed to death John Orr, baker; John Logan, fhoe. maker; and Neil Crook, nailor; who were affifting in extinguishing the fire. The roof of the building being thatch, was drove all in flames as far as the citadel on the one hand, and to Wallace-street (on the oppofite fide of the river) on the other, and part of it left blazing on the tops of most of the houfes in the neighbourhood, till extinguished by the waterworks; a cask of tobacco was thrown over the tops of feveral houses, to the distance of 200 yards; all the windows, and even the ftone walls near it, were broke to pieces, and one of the fire-engines was buried in the ruins. The concuffion was fo great, the most of the houses shook as with an earthquake; feveral people were carried off their feet in the street; John Craig, shopkeeper, was thrown from the mouth of the clofe, where the fire happened, to the middle of the street, and flightly wounded; Mat. thew Hand, John Paterfon, Robert Paterfon his brother, were wounded; the first of these so much hurt, that his life is despaired of. William Smith of Lockmark, John Reid and John Donaldson, were also very much hurt; this laft it is thought cannot recover, befides feveral others, to the number of eleven, though it is impoffible to recount all. The fire bated foon after the explosion. Our magiftrates next day iffued the strictest orders forbidding the fhopkeepers, and others dealing in powder, to keep more than a fmall quantity, either in their fhops or warehouses, and to lodge that dangerous commodity in an outhouse, to prevent the like fatal confequences for the future." begotten, the dignity of a baron of the kingdom of Great Britain, by the name, ftile, and title of Baron Sundridge, of Croombank in the county of Kent: And in default of fuch iffue, to Frederick Campbell, Efq; commonly called Lord Frederick Campbell, brother to the faid John Campbell, commonly called marquis of Lorne, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten: And in default of fuch iffue to William Campbell, Efq; commonly called Lord William Campbell, another brother to the faid John Campbell, commonly called marquis of Lorne, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. The king has been pleafed to order letters patent to be paffed under the great feal of Ireland, containing a grant unto the right hon. Robert Nugent, Efq; and his heirs male, of the dignities of a Baron and Viscount of the faid kingdom, by the titles of Baron Nugent, of Carlanston in the county of Westmeath, and of Vifcount Clare in the faid kingdom. The king has been pleased to order letters patent to be paffed under the great feal of Ireland, containing a grant unto the right hon. Elizabeth Viscounters Grandifon, of Dromana in the county of Waterford, of the dignities of a Vifcountefs and Countefs of the faid kingdom, by the titles of Viscountess Villiers and Countess of Grandifon; and the dignities of Viscount Villiers and earl of Grandifon to her iffue male. TUESDAY, Dec. 23. Norwich, Dec. 20. On Tuesday evening laft an exprefs arrived with a refpite, till his majefty's pleasure should be further known, for James Lincoln, Robert Royce, John Crowforth, James Fleming, Henry Nobbs, and James Codner, condemned at the lait feffions under his majesty's fpecial commiffion, for being concerned in the late disturbances here. There is no time as yet appointed for the execution of Hall and Long. Bristol, Dec. 20. A letter from Wales informs us of the dreadful inundation of the river Uk the latter end of November, by which vaft numbers of cattle of all kinds, ftacks of hay and ricks of corn, were washed away, and feveral farmers thereby utterly ruined: The waters were up to the first stories of the houfes. At At Newcastle, in Cardiganfhire, the bridge and three or four houfes were entirely deftroyed. Reading, Dec. 20. This day one of his majesty's meffengers arrived here with a refpite (during his majesty's pleafure) for the three rioters who were condemned at our affize, viz. John Cheer, Daniel Ecland, and William Stowers. Gloucefler, Dec. 22. Upon the conclufion of our affizes on Friday evening, nine of the rioters received fentence of death; feven were caft for transportation; one ordered to be whipped; fortythree were discharged, and twenty-five admitted to bail upon entering into recognizance for their appearance at next affizes. Detainers have been lodged against eleven; so that now our caftle is pretty well cleared. Mr. Chandler, of Pakenhill, who fhot the rioter, furrendered himself, and took his trial on Thurfday, and was' honourably acquitted. At this affize, Nathaniel Clofe received fentence of death, for the murder of Sarah Vines, of Minchampton in this county, and will be executed here this day. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24. Yesterday the feffions ended at the Old Bailey, when 14 prifoners were tried, one of whom was captally convicted, viz. John Winter, for ftealing a chefnut mare, the property of Mr. James Lylde, out of the fields at Broxborn, in Hertfordshire. Four were convicted to be transported; one to be branded; and eight were acquitted. At this feffions fix prifoners received judgment of death; thirty two were fentenced to be transported for feven years; three were branded in the hand; one ordered to be privately whipt; one to be publickly whipt; and thirteen were difcharged by proclamation. FRIDAY, Dec. 26. Yesterday, being Chriftmas day, their majesties, preceded by the heralds, heard divine fervice, and a fermon preached by the archbishop of York; after which their majefties received the facrament from the hands of the bishop of London: his ma-. jefty afterwards made the ufual offering of the bizant or wedge of gold. MONDAY, Dec. 29. We are told by the Pacific Eaft India man, there is advice that lord Clive is on his journey over land for England; that he travels in a most superb manner, with a great number of Caravans loaded with the richest goods and valuables that country produces, accompanied by many of the rich merchants, who took the advantage of the honour of his company, and the protection of his numerous convoy by the troops of the feveral countries through which he paffes, WEDNESDAY, Dec. 31. It is faid that, foon after the holidays, the right hon. the earl Temple is to have a confiderable employment; and the right hon. George Grenville is to be chancellor of the Exchequer. NEW MEMBERS. Barnstaple, John Cleveland, Efq; Scarborough, Ofbaldefton, Efq; Coventry, Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Lewes, Lord Edward Bentinck. Dover, John Bindley, Efq. Bofton, Charles Amcotts, Efq; A copious lift of Promotions, Marriages, Deaths, &e, will be given in our next. 江 -1 Charity, on; an Eastern tale 512 ABOULCASEM: an Eaftern tale Charles 11. an account of his prefervation 617 Adventure, a humorous one of a Papist 65 Ague, a remedy for 620 429 and escape after the battle of Worcester Ailesford, earl of, genealogy of 129 Chrift and Socrates, a parallel between American stamp-act, abstract of the act for 171 204 Cbriff's hofpital, defcription of 601 Analyfis of the Virtuous Widow 418 Chriftians, the philofophy of the primitive Ancients, obfervations on the veneration 379 561 Chriftianity, a new argument in defence of 126 of Mr. Gay a Chinese 184 157 70 408 of Saladin a Moorish 435 Cbrißimas, obfervations on the custom of 14. 473 526 507 from the revolutions of Perfia 464 365 Ariftotelian philosophy, tenets of 474 art Affes milk, analyfis of the virtues of Clocks, description of two curious Copybold tenures, the origin of Clandeftine Marriage, an account of that 131 653 32 487 646 360 98 B. Bennet, hiftory of Mifs Carola Bites of vipers, an effectual antidote against Disease, an account of a dangerous one the Blondiaux; a tale 661 66 Difpenfations of Providence, chearful re- 172 Braidwood, Mr. account of his fuccefs in Domeftic intelligence 47, 108, 162, 219. Cibber, fome account of the late Mrs. 93 657 17 516 E, Earl of Warwick, fome account of that 27. 527 Febvre, M. de la Marre, account of his G. 313 485 Italian anecdote 97 190 |