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Feb. 2. At Liverpool, Mr. Roger Fisher, hip-builder, to Mrs. Hazlewood.

3. At Chester, Samuel Hil', efq. fon of the Rev. Robert H. and nephew of Sir Rd. H.bart. to Mifs Anne-Frances Wright, eldut da. of Sam. W. efq. of S anley-place, Chetter. 4. Ather Lady ship's hot'e in Glouceßlerftr. the Hon. Cha. Wyndham, brother to the Earl of Egremont, to Lady Anne Lambton. 5. Capt. Hill, of the Royal Horfeguards Blue, fon of John H. efq. of Preis, co. Salop, and nephew of Sir Rd. H. bart to Mifs Lumley, only dau. of the late Henry L. efq. 7. Mr. W. Rufpini, of Pall Mall, to Mits Lucy Jennings, daughter of Rofs J. efq. of Gharetty, in Bengal.

8. Mr.Incledon, of Covent-garden theatre, to Mifs Howell, dau. of Mr. H. of Bath.

9. At Mary-la-Bonne church, by the Biflop of Chichester, the Rev. Wm. Beville, M. A. chaplain to the Duke of Manchefter, to Mrs. Rochford, relict of the late Wm. R. efq. of Upper Berkeley-ftreet, and dough. of Henry Sterling, efq. of Dynes hill, Effex. 10. At Layton, Ellex, Thomas Green, efq. of Upper Thames-tir. to Mifs Brickwood, dau of Lawrence B efq. of Lime-tr.

II. At Oxford, the Rev. Dr. Sheppard, of Amport, Hants, to Mifs Sophia Routh, fiter of the Prefident of Magda en college.

12. Mr. Games, of St. Paul's churchyard, to Mifs Eliz. Wenman, of Wallbrook. 13. John Torre, e q. of Hatton-ftreet, to Mits Amelia Mainwaring Spencer, only dau. of the late W m. S. e q. of Lynn, Norfolk.

14. Rob. Beville, efq. of the Inner Temple, barrister, to Mifs Santer, of Chancery-12. 15. Mr. W. Scawin, druggift, to Mits Blan 1, both of York.

16. At Whatley, co. Somerset, Sir John Cexe Hippifles, batt. of Warteld-prove, to Mrs. Hippitley Coxe, of Stone Eaton house, relict of H. Hippifley C. e q. M. P. for Somerfetfhire, and only daughter of Thoms Horner, efq. of Mills-park.

17. V. A. Beckett, efq. of Broad Street, to Mis Sarah Abbott, of New Bond-street.

18. At Rochester, Michae! Svmes, eiq. author of the "Account of an Eathally to the Kingdom of Ava," to Mits Pilcher, daughter of the late Edward P. efq.

21. At Hendon, Middletex, M.T. Hagh, to Mifs Dall, of Bond (treet.

24. Mr. Tho. Field, of Lower Thames freet, to Mifs Fisher, of Blandford, Dorfet. 26 Mr. T. Bornell, furveyor, Fleet itr.to Mit: Clay, dau of rien. C. efq of Birmingham.

P. 1219. Lord Rokeby added the name of Morris upon coming, on his mother's death, 1745, to the Horton estate, by the will of his great grandfather, Thomas Morris, who died 1717.

P. 1220, a. l. 16, for "heauty, pleasure, and beccefs," read "beauty, pleasure, and profit."

P. 1294. To Clopton Phrys, efq. of Llondrinio-hall, co. Montgomery, the publick pre indebted for the completion of Llandrinio bridge. His active mind, ever directed to the most patriotic pursuits, foared far above any eulogium his weeping friends can offer. To all the poor in fortune or in fpirit his hand or counfels were uniformly open. "Homo fun; nihil humani à me alienum puto," was his fr vourite motto; and to no mortal being was it more truly applicable. The benefits he diffused around him will be most aptly exprelied in the following parody on his favourite author:

"Who bade yon ftately arches fweep
M jestic o'er Sabrina's deep?
Who taught yon road, that winding ftray'd,
A ne direct across the med?
A Copton, fhout the vallies round,
And Buyddin echoes to the found.
No longer hall the Mate engross
All prafes for her Man of Rofs.
Each pesfant of Llandrino's vale
With heartfelt grief now tel's the tale,
And, teil fheds the grateful tear,

Another Man of Rofs v'd here."

P. 1295. The unfortunate man who came to that untimely end at Harpeden, near Wheathamaed, was named Decimus, grandíon to -— Reynolds, ton of Bp. R. of Lincoln, and the Late Mr. Wheildon's predeceffor, and fon to his ton, who acted as bis Culate, At the time of his committing the rafh action he had with him his own for, Octavian, born in Ireland, and just come over with hun, a perfect itrager to all around him.

P. 1209. M. John Jeffereys, attorney, and town clerk of Bath, was aged 75, and formerly on of the people called Quakers. His large fortune he has left to his amiable grand-daughter, about 16 years of age.

Ibid. The Rev. Newcome Cappe was placed under the tuition of the Rev. Mr. afterwards Dr. Aikin, of Kibworth, co. Leicester, nl, 1749, removed to the academy at Northampton, under the care of Dr. Doddridge, who, two years after, was obliged to go to Lifbon for this health. Mr. Vol. LXX. p. 1052. Of Mr. Earle, C. derlined the recommendation of being whofe epitaph is here given, fee an ac-atliftant to Dr. Chandler in the Old Jewry, count in vol. LXVI. p. 353- He was buried at Newton Toney.

P. 1120. The late Earl of Farnham was next brother to Earl Rubert, and, in bis lifetime, was the perfon who former y fo much diftinguished himself in the oppoftion in the 1h Houfe of Commons. as the Hon. Barry Barry.

and finished his ftudies, in three years from 1752, under Dr. Leechman, at Glasgow. He returned to his mother at Leeds, 1755, and, on the death of Mì. Root, one of the ministers of the Diffenting congregatin m St. Saviour's gate, York, was, by the in terest of his friend Mr. Thomas Lee, eluer

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Cohentzel and Jofeph Bonaparte; which is to be ratified by the High Contracting Parties within 30 days. Of the Articles of this Treaty (19 in number), the

m. Engages the Emperor to procure the ratification of the Treaty by the Empire. Thre 2d. Cedes to France the Belgic provinces, and (with the concurrence of the Empire) the county of Falkenftein with its dependencies, and the Frickthal, with all the Auftrian poffeffions on the left bank of the Rhine between Bafle and Zorgack, which Jatter place the French have the power to cede to the Helvetic Republic. The

3d. Confirms to the Emperor the poffefion of tria, Dalmatia, and the late Venetian Inles in the Adriatic dependent thereon, the mouths of the Cattaro, and the city of Venice, the Lagunas, and the country between his Majesty's hereditary States and the Adriatic and Adige, from where it leaves the Tyrolefe to the fea; the Thalweg of the Adige to form the line of demarcation; and, as this line will divide Verona and I egnago on the middle of the Bridges in thefe cities, drawbridges are to Be eftabhihed to mark the line of feparation. The

4th. Gives the Brifgau to the Duke of Modena, as an indemnification for the dominions he hitherto poffeffed in Italy. The 5th. Obliges the Grand Duke of Tuftany to renounce for ever all title to that Duchy and its dependencies, in favour of the infant Duke of Parma; for which he is to receive compenfations* in Germany. 6th. The Emperor (for himself, and in the name of the Empire) cedes to France full fovereignty and property to the connfries on the left bank of the Rhine; and France renounces all poffeffion on the right bank, including Duffeldorff, Ehrenbreitstein, Philipsburg, Caffel, and other fortifications, oppofite to Mentź, on the right bank, the fort of Kehl, and Old Brifach; but all thefe fortreffes are to remain in the state in which they thall be found at the time of their evacuation +. The

7th. Binds the Empire to give to fuch hereditary Princes às are difpoffeffed on the left bank of the Rhine indemnities on the right. The

8th, 9th, and roth, relate to debts and fequeftrations in the ceded countries. The Irth. Declares the prefent Treaty common to the Batavian, Helvetic, Ligurian, and Cifalpine Republics; to which the Contracting Parties mutually guarantee their independence, and the right of their inhabitants to adept fuch form of govern ment as they may think proper. By the

rath. The Emperor cedes to the Cifalpine Republic all the Countries beyond the Adige. By the

So fays the Treaty. Sed quære? That is, we fuppofe, diimantled.

13th. The Emperor (for himfelf, and in the name of the Empire) renounces to the Ligurian Republic all right to the ci-devant Imperial fiefs. The

14th and 13th ipulate the free navigaton of the Adige, and the reftitution of prifoners, hoftages, &c. within 40 days. By the

16th. The property of the Archdukes Charles and Ferdinand, and the Archduchefs Chriftiana, in the country ceded to France, is to be reflored to them, provided they fell it within three years. The 17h. Renews various Articles of the Treaty of Campo Formio. According

to the

18th. All contributions to the French army thall cease on the ratification of the prefent Treaty; which the

roth. Declares hall take place within 30 days, when each army fhall withdraw into its own territory.

Thus we find, that the Adige will be the Italian boundary (from its fource in the Tyrol to the Adriatic fea), as the Rhine (from Switzerland to Holland) will be the German limit, hetween the Empire and the Republic of France.

It is fomewhat remarkable, that in this Treaty not a word occurs refpecting the King of

SARDINIA,

or his dominions; the latter of which are fuppofed, by fome political speculators, to be intended as a boon to the Emperor Paul, to foothe his craving for a port in the Mediterranean.

The meffage in which this Treaty of Luneville was announced to the Legiflative

bodies of

FRANCE

virulently accufes the English government of feeking all means of delaying the accomplithment of Peace, fo highly neceffary to the repofe of the world, by raising pretenfions adverse to the dignity and rights of all nations; and declares, that the French Republic will make common cause with the Northern powers, the independence of whole flags has been fu unjustly, attacked but, at the fame time, will not forget that it ought to combat only for peace. A squadron of feven thips of war, eluding (by favour of a fog) the vigilance of our cruizers, has escaped from Breft harbour under the command of Admiral Gantheaume, and has reached Lifbon (fome fay Cadiz), on. its way to the Mediterranean, ultimately defined, as is fuppofed, for the relief of the colony in

The Court of

EGYPT.

SPAIN

has renewed its application to that of Swe. den to require fatisfaction from England for the infult pretended to have been of fered to the flag of the latter nation in thes harbour of Barcelona. The only informa

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tion that has tranfpired fince our former notice of this affair was contained in a letter to a banker in Cork, from Lieut. Healy, of the Niger frig te, which was concerned in the capture; who pofitively avers, that the Swedith velfel was of no adistance to them whatever; that they ex muned her papers, and that was all the intercourfe they had with her: adding, that the story told by the Spanish Commander to his Court, was a malicious mifreprefentation, to paltiate the most barefaced cowardice and unparalleled neglect of duty that ever difgraced a country or a people.

A large French army is preparing in the vicinity of Bourdeaux, deftined to fupport a demand that is to be made of

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who, having a feet in the Dardanelles, and an immenfe lang force on the Turkish frontiers, has caufed to be hinted to the Divan, that the Ottoman Court mu permit the landing in Egypt of the English force under Sir Ralph Abercrombie ; which, if inffered to be effected, will be looked upon as an act of hoftility on the part of the Turks against the Court of St. Petersburg. The political confittency of this redoubted Emperor Paul (who is fo frennous an advocate for free bottoms" making free goods") has lately been evinced by an Edict, that all neutral ships carrying goods to England fhall be liable to capture by Ruffian cruizers. Not lefs obvious han his comiency, is the ha

manity of the Grent Autocrat; in the overflow of which, he has driven from his doninions the wretched Louis XVI. and his piece the Duchefs D'Angoulême (daugh ter of Louis XVI. and his co-pritoner in the Temple at Paris), at a time when he knew not that any country in Europe would receive them. The King of

• PRUSSIA,

however, has complied with the unfortu hate monarch's requeft, and granted him an afylum, in which Louis XVIII. will af fame no fanction, nor exhibit any badge, of roval or noble rank. The crue! exputfion of this Prince from Ruffia brings to our recollection a remark of old Robert Burton, that may be thought not altogether inapplicable:" He is a better man (tays he) that is fit to reign, tho' he want a kingdome, than he that hath one, and kuows not how to rule it."

FOREIGN NEWS:

Several thou and houfes in the town of Cachas, in Chine, have been deftroyed hy fire, together with large ftores of fik, &c.

An unlucky circumstance lately occurred to interrupt the mirth of a bail, given by the Swedish minifter, at Berlin. The young Count Orville, an officer in the regiment of Mollendorff, and the iffue of a Proteftant family, which had become refugees after the edit of Nantes, dropped down dead in the middle of the dance. This event had à confiderable effact on the other dancers. On opening him, the furgeon difcovered that his death was occafioned by his having ned his neckcloth too tight, which produced the apoplectic fit in which he was carried off.

NEWS FROM IRELAND AND SCOTLAND;

Dublin, Feb. 3. The extenfive fhores where the Dictator, of Liverpool, ws unfortunately loft, were covered with cotton, coffee, dye-ftuffs, puncheons of rum, and chefts of valuable papers. Their chefts were broke open. Unfortunately, as no magiftrate refides in the neighbourhood of that part of the country, every thing was at the mercy of the people for three days. On the fourth day, Mr. Marthall, the late High Sheriff of the county of Kerry, who lives 40 miles from that place, arrived at the thore, and, at the risk of his life, which was often threatened, fucceeded in recovering a quantity of valuable property, together with many important letters addrefled to the first commercial houfes in Europe, which he immediately forwarded. He alfo recovered nearly 20,000l. in London banknotes and bills. He took from one of the countrymen alone, who could not read, more than 12,000l. in bills; which, it ap

*Anatomy of Melancholy, Partition 2,

* See vol. LXX; p. 1196, tit, BARCELONA, Sect. 3, Mem. 7.

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pears, belonged to a Mr. James Frazer, a refpectable merchant of Berbice, who was paffenger, and one of the unfortunate fufferers. In confequence of a large eward offered by Mr. Marshall, Mr. Fra zer's body was found, many miles from the wreck, by fome country people, which was identified by the three furviving failors, and was decently interred in the church of Inch.

Edinburgh, Feb. 13. Last week the houfe of Invergordon, in Rofshire, was unfor'unately burnt to the ground. The fire broke out in the upper part of the house, and was discovered by the post riding by, who alarmed the fervants, the only inhibitants of the house. This beautiful and valuable manfion was unfortunately not infured.

COUNTRY News.

Jan. 27. A dreadful fire broke out in a factory of Meffrs. Littlewood and Kirby in Manchester. The factory was fix ftories high; the three fuft were used for fpinning cotton, the fourth for (pinning Alx, and the fifth and fixth for cotton. From the ground to the fourth story there were regular stairs, but thence to the fifth and fixth the people employed were obliged to afcend by means of step-ladders, through trap-doors. About 'fix in the evening, while all the factory was at work, one of the men belonging to the flax concern wanted a piece of wood which was in the dreffing room, or fome other place where there was a great quantity of flax; he took a candle with him, and foon found the bit of wood, which he took from the floor; in lifting it up, fome loofe flax adhered to it, which unfortunately was fet on fire by the candle, and which immediately communicated to the other flax in the room, and though he, and another man that was with him, threw themfelves upon it, and tried every method they could to extinguish it, their endeavours were quite fruitless, and they were obliged to make the best of their way out; one of the men, however, ran up the first step-ladder to alarm the people in the fifth ftory; but there being a very great noife in the factory, occafioned by the machinery, he had fcarcely made. them understand him, before the flames were at his back, and he was obliged to jump down and run through them. He was followed by about 6 or 7 out of this room, who alfo got through the flames. Some threw themselves out of the windows, where they met with inftant death, in confequence of the great height they had to fall. Only one man (an overlooker) who made this attempt, and who had the precaution to take some light-substance in, his arms, which in fome measure broke his fall, has furvived; but he is badly hurt. Eleven people, who were in the upper itory, were all burnt to death, for they bad not the leaft chance of faving them.

felves. No lefs than 28 dead bodies, have been found under the ruins, nd more are expected to be discovered. The remains of fome of thefe por creatures have been found, but there is not more than one that can be recognized Befides the number that have perished, seven were taken to the Infirmery feverely burnt and wounded; but it is hoped fix of them will recover.

Jan. 29. Another lare factory (Mr. Salfbury's) was this day burnt down at Manchester, and here was great difficulty in faving the people at work. One poor wom fell a vêm to the flames.

Feb. 3. A fingular occurrence happened this day at Chipping Sodbury. A woman, named Hannah Palmer, obferving in the Boftol Mercury of Jan 4, na letter figned C, n account of a young lady, who had been feduced from her friends, and died fuddenly in Loudon, hecame very unhappy m'her mind, and wrote to a perfon of Britol, entreating that he or Mr. C. would come to her, as he had fomething important to difclofe. They accordingly compled with her r qu ft, and the informed them that he was in the deepeft ditref and horror of mind; that her fas ther had died on the 24th of December laft; and that, on the 26th following, the dragged the body down the ftairs, placed it on a wheelbarrow, and conveyed it in the ught to the garden behind the house, where she dug a grave, and buried it with her own hands. Information of the tranfaction was immediately given to the proper officers of the town, who fent to Mr. Joyner, of Berkeley, the coroner. body was taken up, and examined by two furgeons, who depofed that it was their opinion the deceased died a natural death; after a cool, patient, and impartial inveftigation, which occupied upwards of 10 hours, conducted by the truly refpectable Coroner in a manner which does him the greatest honour, as a man and a Chriftian, the Jury returned a verdict-that the deceafed died by the vifitation of God: but a deteftation of the extreme brutality of this unnatural and unfeeling daughter ftill remained itrongly impreffed on their minds. The circumstances of this extraordinary cafe furnish a fresh inftance of the power of confcience even in the most depraved minds; for fure, though this unhappy woman has been cleared from any charge of violence to her father while living, the inhu manity fhewn to his remains has been fuch that the reader will Mudder at the recital.

The

A few days fince a lad aged about 141 only son of a merchant at Minebead, took a gun, with an intent to shoot fome black-birds adjoining the town; to his parents' furprife, he did not return that evening; next morning fearch was made for him, and about a quarter of a mile from the houfe he was found quite dead. It is fuppofed that as he was going over a

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his Majefty's kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Which being referred to a Commitree, and by them prepared, was unanimoully agreed to, and ordered to be prefented by the whole Court.

M.. Alderman Curtis lamented the ne farious practes lately adopted by millers, in adulterating meal, notwithstanding the early and pratfe-worthy exertions of the Lord Mayor; and introduced a motion, for the City Solicitor to be ordered to pro fecute them; which was agreed to. Thursday, Feb. 12.

hedge, the gun accidentally went off and the very important event of the Union of lodged its contents in his ftomach.-Verdict, Accidental Death. Bath, Feb. 19. "We are happy to un derf, that the patriotic fpirit is about to be manifested in this city, in a manner the most likely to ameliorate those local inconveniences which its inhabitants experince from the conduct of the bakers, who have of are excited fo much juftifiable complaint. This s by the erection of a public mill and ovens, upon the plan of the Union-mill at Birmingham; an establish ment, which has not only produced much general good, but great individual benefit ; the fubfcribers having been paid 10 per cent for their fpeculations. This is beating the enemy with their own weapons; and (indeed, the only method of deftro,ing that many-headed hydra wicked monopoly is, by a general combination, built upon the principle of public good, against thefe partial confederacies, which have for their objectprivate emolument refulting from the diftreffes of the community

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At the beautiful newly-erected church at Stubfon, co. Lincoln, the first couple married were Mr. J. Gilbers, grazier, to Mils M. Laughton; and the first perfon buried was Mrs. Weaver.

Some men digging gravel half a mile above Lovington-creek, near Ipfwich ver, difcovered an urn, containing fome hundred coins of Gordrun, Maximus, Pofthumus, and other emperors and empiefles of that period.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

Sunday, Jan. 11.

This morning, between 2 and 3, the inhabitants of Gofwell-Place were much aJarmed by a dreadful explofion, which occafioned feveral perfons to thart from their beds greatly terrified. Upon e quiring into the canfe, it appeared to have proceeded from Mr. Eldridge's Brafs-Foundery, fituated at the bottom of the Place, whofe meu had been employed all night in melting down old pieces of ordnance, in one of which was a charge of powder and ball. When heared it exploded, and the ball went through the gates of the premiffes, right over Mr. Holmes's garden-ground, Gof, well-street read, and entered a houfe in Brackley-treet, near Bridgewater-gardens, a diftance of about half a mile, without doing any material damage. The shock was fo great from the explosion, as to shatter the back-windows of two or three adjacent houfes; the ball was an 18-pounder. Toursday, Feb. 5.

At a Court of Common Council, Mr. Deputy Birch, in a pertinent fpeech, called the attention of the Court to the circumstances of the Union with Ireland; and moved, that an humble and dutiful Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty by this Court, expreffive of their congratulations on

This day the Ld Mayor, attended by feven Alderm n, the two Sheriffs, the Recorder, and a felect number of the Common Council, proceeded from Guildhall, at one o'clock, to St. James's; and prefente! the following A drefs.

To the King Moft Excellent Majely. The humble Audrets of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Councd allembled,

"Moti Gracious Stre,

"We, your M-jefty's moft dutiful and loval fubjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, an Commons, of the city of London, in Common Council affemoled, approach the Throne with the livelieft fentiments of congratulation on the very important event of the Legiflative Union of your Majesty's kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Unthaken as we are in our firm allegiance to the best of Kings, we contemplate with peculiar fatisfaction every circumftauce which, in its design or operation, can tend to the fecurity and honour of your Majefty's Crown, and, thereby, to the declared firit object of your Majeity's heart, the welfare and profperity of your people. The accomplishment of this great measure, founded in wildom, and demonstrative of that paternal regard which your Majefty has ever evniced for every clafs of your fubjects, the Union of the two kingdoms, particularly affords, at this momentous.crifis of public affurs, the gratifying profpect of confolidating the joint interes, energy, and refources, of the Empire, and of confirming, by a mutual participation of the peculiar bleffings of e. ch, the profperity and happinefs of both kingdoms. Long may your Majefty wear the diadem, which, through unexampled difficulties, has maintained its dignity and prete ved its luftre ! and long may the fubjects of your United Empire, with one heart and one voice, confefs with gratitude the loyalty and veneration due to a Soverein, whofe honour must be the pride, and on whofe fecurity is engrafted their immediate welfare! and, may the most complete fu cefs, under Providence, crow their determinations to fabdue your Majesty's enemies, wherever they may be found!"

To which his Majefty was pleased to return the following mott-gracious Answer:

"I thank

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