Intelligence from America, Ireland, and Scotland. Dublin, Sept. 22. Being the anniversary of his Majefty's coronation, the fame was obferved at the castle with the ufual magnificence, and a play given by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant for the entertainment of the ladies. Letters Patent have paffed the Great Seal (fince the new regulation of the police has taken place) appointing Alderman Henry Hart for the Barrack Divifion; Alderman Thomas Emerfon for the Workhoufe Divifion; Alderman John Exfhaw for Stephens's Green Divifion; and Alderman Richard Moncrieffe for the Rotunda Divifion. On Friday the 6th inftant, at the affizes held at Billingfloe, the king against James Foy, the clerk of the crown proceeded to arraign the prifoner ùpon an indictment for procuring and exciting Andrew Craig, and others, to murder Patrick Randall M'Donald (fee p. 518). The prifoner pleaded an Autrefois A quit; and, on the 9th, the counfel on both fides joined iffue on that plea, the hon. Sir Samuel Bradfteet and Baron Metge being the judges. The indictment being read, the prifoner's counsel delivered his plea into court, which stated that the prifoner was, at the laft affizes at Caftlebar, indicted for being prefent, aiding, and affifting, at the murder, and that he was acquitted upon that indictment; and it averred, that the offence of which he was indicted, and the offence of which he was formerly acquitted, were the fame. The counsel for the crown maintained the contrary. The former indictment was for being prefent as a principal; this was for procuring Scots' Andrew, and others, to commit the murder; that, the offences being different, the plea was no bar. The counfel for the prifoner infifted that an acquittal as a principal was a bar to an indictment for any offence, relative 901 thereto, committed before the fact. And of this opinion were the judges, who directed the jury to find for the prifoner, which they accordingly did; but admitted the counfel for the crown might bring a writ of error if they thought fit. By the exertions of the right hon. Major General Lord Luttrell, and his properly ftationing detachments of the troops under His command, the outrages of the Right Boys in the fouth of Ireland have been checked, and that deluded people brought to a proper fenfe of their duty and real intereft. It is therefore hoped that we shall hear no more of their cruelties and depredations. By the exertions of the rev. Mr. Townshend, of Clognakilly, an attack on the town of Rofs Carbery, by the White-boys, was prevented: fome hundreds of them, being affembled at Connough for that purpofe, were furprized by a party of the 26th regiment, which that gentleman had taken to his affiftance: and being called upon to difperfe, or give up their arms, they refused to do either, till the military had orders to fire, when feveral of them were killed, and cleven taken prifoners, who were tafely lodged in the gaol at Cork. The reft were totally difperfed. SCOTLAND. Street-robbery, and breaking-open houses, have found their way to Glasgow, where feveral attempts have lately been made to commit the inoft daring crimes. At daylight on the 7th inftant a corporal and foldier obferved two fellows endeavouring to force open a fhop, who on their approach retired to a dark clofe, where the foldiers followed them, and feizing one, the other prefented a piftol, and fnapped it in the face of the corporal, who held his companien, but it providentially miffed fire. The corporal kept his hold; but the other villain proved too powerful for the foldier, and made his efcape. The corporal, being joined by the foldier, fecured his prifoner, and carfied him fafe to the guard-room, where, on fearching him, was found a piftol of exquifite workmanship, loaded with flug-fhot, and fo contrived as to throw out a dagger on being difcharged. The Circuit-Court was opened at Inver, nefs on the 29th of September, when Murdoch M'Donald, from Sky, was charged with stealing a pocket-book, found guilty, and sentenced to seven years banishment, but was allowed the liberty of enlifting for a foldier in the East India Company's fervice, the recruiting officer being bound to carry him out of the country. Some perfons, charged with breaking and deftroying the cruires or wiers belonging to the falmonfisheries on the Spey, were affolzied on a point of law; and one John du M'Rae, who was charged with theep-ftealing, was acquit ed ; which was all the bufinefs before the court. 902 News from the Ports, and from various Parts of the Country. Edinburgh, 08. 7. On Tuesday was held, in the Parliament-house, the annual Michaelmas meeting of the noblemen and gentlemen of this county; when the Right Hon. the Earl of Abercorn was chofen Præfes. Immediately after which, the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, Treafurer of the Navy, moved, that an humble addrefs fhould be prefented to his Majefty, congratulating him on the providential efcape of his Majesty from the attempt made against his facred perfon by the hand of an affaffin. Mr. Dundas then read what he proposed should be fent to Lord Sydney, to be prefented to his Majefly, as the addrefs of the noblemen and gentlemen of the county of Edinburgh; which was unanimoufly ugreed to, and ordered accordingly. Mr Durdas was afterwards chofen Præfes; and Mr. New bigging Clerk of the Commillioners of Supply. PORT NEWS. Dunkirk. The hip Mercury, Thomas Davidfon Mafter, was wrecked on a fandbank, about fix miles off this coaft, on Sunday the 24th of September, about feven o'clock in the evening, and about ten fhe went to pieces. All on board (three men only excepted) perished. There were on board, when he was wrecked, paffengers, men 59; women 28; children 14; Capt. and crew 12: in all 113; bound from Leith to Gibraltar. By the gale on the 7th, a Danish fhip was wrecked near Shoreham, on the coaft of Kent, which being difcovered, fix mer in a boat put off to the afliflance of the crew. Thefe were no fooner taken on board, than all went to the bottom together. Two of them rofe again, and reached the thore. Among thofe who perifhed was Mr. Athman, fhip-builder, who left feven children and a widow pregnant with the eighth. Mr. O'Brian, and fome other gentlemen from Brighton, being at Shereham, fpectators of this melancholy catastrophe, on their return fet a fubfeription on foot in the rooms, and in a few minutes near 200 guineas were collected. His Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales fet the example. A play was afterwards acted for the widows of the four Shoreham men, who left large families, in which three private gentlemen performed three different characters. The Right Hon. Mr. Hamilton wrote the prologue, and acted in the play. COUNTRY NEWS. The rev. Henry Stow, of Ipfwich, has established a school for ten poor boys of the age of 7 years, who are to be cloathed, taught to read, and learnt to fpin, for the term of three years, during which time they are to attend their mafter to church every Sunday morning and afternoon. Their earnings, over and above finding them in cloaths, as an encouragement to induftry, are to be given to them at the expiration ever. of the above period, when they are to give place to another fucceffion of boys of the fame age; and fo on, we may fuppofe, for Were the children of the poor thus to be early initiated in the habits of religion and industry, no other means would be neceflary to effect a general reformation in the police. In the city of Gloucefter, where Sundayfchools first took place, the poors rates have confiderably decreased: while in a neighbouring parith they have increased from TWO SHILLINGS in the pound to FIGHT SHILLINGS, owing, it fecms, to an alehore being licenfed in the parish against which the olic rs complained. At a fitting of Juftices, in September, at Steyning in Suflex, Henry Hammond, of Partridge-green, West Grinstead, was convicted, on the game act, in three feveral penalties: 1. for uting engines for the deftruction of game, not being qualified, 5l. (5 Q Anne). 2. For uing engines, &c. after nine at night (mitigated to) 151. (13 Geo. III.) 3. For ufung engines, &c. for like purpote, without licence (nutigated to), 15. In all 351. Sir Harry Goring, J. Challen, and J. Lloyd, Efqrs. fitting magiftrates. Oxford Univerfry. The Rev. Dr. Chapman, prefident of Trinity College, being a third time nominated by the Chancellor, was in full convocation invefted, on the 6th inftant, with the office of Vice Chancellor for the year enfuing. Cambridge University. The following gentlemen were elected to compofe the Caput for the year enfuing, viz. Dr. Beaddon, D. D. Mafter of Jefus College; Dr. Jowett, LL. D. Fellow of Trinity Hall; Dr. Glynn, M. D. Fellow of King's College; Rev. Mr. Skeeles, M. A. Senior Non Regent, Fembroke Hall; Rev. Mr. Wollafton, M. A. Senior Regent, Trinity Hall. And the following gentlemen were elected officers, viz. Proctors, Thomas Parkinson, M. A. Chrift College; William Wade, M. A. St. John's College. Taxors, Thomas Jones, M. A. Trinity College; Robert Towerfon Cory, M. A. Emanuel College. Moderators, Thomas Jones, M. A. Trinity College; James Wood, M. A. St. John's College. Scrutators: Henry William Coulthurst, B. D. Sidney College; William Johnfon, M A. King's College. In the form of the 7th inftant the fine old fpire of Hinckley church, in Leicesterfhire, was fplit in feveral places, and the lead fript from the chancel and part of the church. Lincoln, 07. 19. A moft refpectable meeting of freeholders (convened by the high fheritt) was holden at the caftle at Lincoln, to confider of a bill for preventing the exportation of wool, intended to be brought into the next feffion of parliament, and fuppofed to be the production of the Weft Country Manufacturers. The object of HISTORICAL of this bill is to reduce into one act of Parliament the laws now in being, to prevent the exportation of wool, with divers amendments thereto which amendments were unanimoufly condemned, as by no means neceffary to prevent the evil complained of; and, if patled into a law, highly injurious to the landed intereft. It was therefore refolved to petition parliament against the bill in to. A petition for that purpose was drawn up, and figned by all prefent, and a fubfcription was entered into. The conduct of the county of Lincoln ou this occafion, it is thought, will be purfued by all the maritime counties, as by the abovementioned bill the wool grown upon à certain portion, bordering on the fea, of all the kingdom, is intended to be laid under fevere and oppreffive regulations. HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. A plan is faid to be formed, and now actually carrying into execution, for fetting a new colony at Botany-bay in New Holland, at which place Lieutenant Cook, in his furvey of the eastern coaft of that continent in 1770, made fome stay to repair his fhip and to refreth his men. As the oftenfible defign of the projectors is to prepare a fettlement for the reception of felons, no place, in the opinion of many, can be more improper for that purpose than Botany-bay, to which it is impoflible they cau be tranfported at any moderate expence, nor fupported, when they arrive, without a miracle. The eastern cof of New Holland is perhaps the most barren, leaft inhabited, and worst cultivated country in the fouthern hemifphere, and Botany-bay is at too great a distance from any European fettlement to receive either fuccour or friendly affiftance. The establishment is faid to confit of a Poft-Captain, a Governor, with a falary of gool. a year, a Master and Commander, a Lieutenant Governor with 3ool a year; four Captains, 12 Subalterns, 12 Serjeants, and 160 Rank and File from the Marines, a Surgeon, Chaplain, Adjutant, and Quarter-master. The whole equipment, army, navy, and felons, are to be fupplied with two years provifions, and all forts of implements for the culture of the earth, and hunting and fishing, and fome light buildings are to be run up immediately till a proper fort and town house are erected. If this report is true, the expence will be equal to that of an expedition to the South Sea against an enemy; and if it is to be continued with every freight of felons, it will annihilate the furplus that is intended for augmenting the fund appropriated for the payment of the national debt.-It is certainly a most extravigant scheme, and probably will be reconfidered. Friday, 20. A banker's clerk returning from Harrow, with a confiderable fum of money, was fet upon by five footpads, whom he refitted for fome time; but was fo feverely wounded by the villains that the poft-boy,who drove the chaile judged it neceffary to return to Harrow for immediate afliitance. The life of this unfortunate gentleman is defpaired of; but the very chaite in which he was robbed brought the villains to town who wounded him. They were taken up on fufpicion, blood being obferved upon their frocks, and being carried to Bow-ftreet were committed to prifon for farther examination. September 21. His Majefty, after taking the diversion of hunting in the morning in Windfor foreft, went to the Obervatory on the tower, to view by night-glaties the process of a grand experiment which was put to trial at Shooter's Hill and Nettlebed by two experienced engineers, for conveying fignals in the night between army and army in cafe of feparation; in the neighbourhood of Shooter's Hill the light was reflected with fo much splendour, that people might fee to read at a great diftance. It was conducted by means of the rotary metion of a wheel, which gave it the appearance of a twinkling ftar to a diftant fpectator. On the fuccefs of this experiment his Majesty expreffed great fatisfaction. September 25. The Archduke and Duchefs of Auftria, with their fuite, arrived in town from Bath. On the road, as they came through the Devizes, they met with a fingular occurrence, which afforded them fome entertainment. A custom has prevailed in that place, of which the following story is the foundation: a poor weaver, paffing through the place, without money and friends, being overtaken by hunger, and in the utmost neceffity, applied for charity to a baker, who kindly gave him a penny loaf. The weaver made his way to Coventry, where, after many years induftry, he amatted a fortune, and by his with, in remembrance of the feafonable charity of the Devizes, he bequeathed a fum in truft, for the purpose of diftributing, on the anniversary day when he was fo relieved, a halfpenny loaf to every perfon in the town, gentle and fimple, and to every traveller that fhould pafs through the town on that day a penny loaf. The will is faithfully adminstered; and the Duke of Auftria and his fuite paffing through the town on the day of the Coventry loaf, in their way from Bath to London, a loaf was prefented to each of them, of which the Duke and Duchefs were most cheerfully pleafed to accept; and the custom struck the Archduke 904 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. Archduke fo forcibly as a curious anecdote in his travels, that he minuted down the circumftance; and the high Perfonages feemed to take delight in break afting on the loaf thus given, as the teftimeny of gratitude for a favour feasonably conferred. September 27. Being the birth-day of the Princefs Royal, who then entered the 21st year of her age, the Royal Family with the Archduke and Duchefs of Austria, and several of the Nobi. lity, dined in St. George's Hall, Windfor Caftle; and at night there was a ball. Sept. 29. This day Thomas Sainfbury, efq. Alder man of Billingsgate Werd, was elected Lord Mayor of London for the year eating. Sept. 30. At the College of Physicians, Sir George Baker was re-elected Prefide t; Sir Lucas Pepys, the Doctors Budd, Wation, and Pitcairne, Cenfors; Dr. Thomlinfon, Treasurer; Dr. Hervey, Regifter; and Sir George Baker, with the Doctors Gilborne, Watfon, Pitcairne, and Knox, Commiffioners for granting licences for keeping houfes for lunatics; the Doctors Auftin and Joddrell were admitted candidates; Dr. Hemmen and Dr. Hamilton Licentiates, and Dr. Squire a Licentiate in Midwifry. A new difeafe, fays Dr. Duncan of Edinburgh, has lately been difcovered, occafioned by the tranfplanting of teeth from the head of one perfon to that of another. The mortality from it is computed at nearly two deaths to ten difeafes. Ulcerations of the throat and goals, with eruptions on the fkin, are its chief marks. A core has been attempted in vain by the Peruvian bark, and it has proved fatal after the use of mercury, although fome cafes have yielded to this medicine. Wednesday, Oober 2. This evening the Rev. Mr. Gilbert, fecretary to the Right Hon. William Eden, his Majefty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minifter Plenipotentary at Paris, arrived at the Marquis of Caermarthen's office, with the Treaty of Navigation and Commerce between his Majefty and the Moft Chriftain King signed at Versailles on the 26th of laft month, by Mr. Eden, his Majefty's Plenipotentary to his Moft Chriftian Majefty. Gaz. The Archduke and Duchefs of Auftria, with the illuftrious perfonages who accompanied them, fet out from London on their return to Germany. The politeness of all ranks of nobility and perfons of distinction to thefe royal vifitors has been very gratifying to them, and does great honour to the Englith nation. of a meteor.-A correfpondent faw it, j great fplendour, in the road from Colcheter to Ipfwich, between eight and ten. Wednesday 18. Sir Richard Bickerton took leave of his Majelly previous to his fetting out for Portfmouth to embark on board the Jupiter, of 50 guns, as Commander in Chief of the Leeword liland fquadron, which is now in rea dinels to il. The Duke and Duchefs of Cumberland arrived at Cumberland Houfe from the Ger man Spa. Saturday 21. A caufe was tried at Guildhall, Weftminster, which occafioned much diverfion to the by-tanders. It was a bill of indictment brought by Mr. Thomas Brand against Lieut. Dods for feveral times fpitting in his tace in the Lobby of Drury-lanc theatre. The quar rel appeared to have originated in a preference given to Mr. Brand in efcorting the celebrated Mrs. Gale to her carriage. This honour Mr. Brand did not accept without throwing fome reflections on Lieut. Dods, which he refented in the terms of a gentleman; but that making no impreffion on Mr. Brand, he fpit in his face. The fact was proved, and fo was the provocation. Mr. Taylor declared, that as he approached the contending parties he heard Lieut. Duds fay in heat, "You take the cockade out of my hat, you rafcal!" These words, evidently implying a preceding threat, firuck the court forcibly with refpect to the fufficiency of the provocation. They therefore advifed the parties to leave the affair to their counfels to accommodate, rather than bring it to the decifion of a jury. This being confented to, an apology from Lieut. Dods was admitted by Mr. Brand, couched in these terms, Having been irritated by Mr. Brand, L was induced to infult him by fpitting in his face, for which I am forry." This affair was fo far important as having twice created a diflurbance at Drury-lane theatre, fira on Tuesday the 27th of September, when it originated; and again on the 30th, when Mr. Brand was turned out of the boxes. Sunday 8. Antiquaries will now have a large field opened for enquiry, if it be true that a diícovery has been made near Nellore, in the prefidency of Madrafs, of a Roman Temple, in which were found a number of coins bearing the impreffion of Trajan, Adrian, Fauftina, &c. in excellent prefervation. The fubftance of the Commercial Treaty with France has been published in all the London papers; but as it cannot take effect till it has received the fanction of the Bri tah Parliament, our readers may depend on an authentic copy after it has been publithed by authority. French wine is to pay the fame as Portugal wine; brandy is to pay 78. a gallon; vinegar about 2s. 6d.; cambrics and lawns 5s. tor every demi-piece of Obituary of confiderable Perfons; with Biographical Anecdotes. 905 P. 713. The gentleman who married Mrs. Hayley, is not George, but Patrick Jefferys, efq; and is father a refident at Edinburgh. He was fome years ago clerk to a confiderable houfe in London, which he exchanged for a feafaring life, in which he was in fome adventures rather unfuccefs: ul. He is a man of extraordinary mental abilities and good na ture. P. 717. The late Mr. Tyrwhitt had two brothers; one fellow of Jefus coll. Camb.; the other of Bromfield, near Chelmsford. See an excellent letter of Mr. T. in vindication of himself and his Chaucer against Mr. Bell, in our vol. LIII p. 460.On the rebuilding of Queen's coll. Oxford, 1778, Mr. T. was a benefactor of 100l. P. 808. In Dr. Stuart's epitaph, read acceperunt and oratorum. The following is the fum and fubftance of the Addrefs in whi.b LORD BUCHAN announced the death of Dr. Gilbert Stuart to the Society of Antiquaaies of Scotland. Gentlemen, I AM forry to be obliged to acquit myself of the melancholy duty of informing you, that our eminent affociate, Dr. Gilbert Stuart, died at his father's houfe in Fisher row, of a dropfy and deep decline, on the 13th of this month [Auguft, 1786.] It is fit that I fhould do honour to the memory of a man who was attached to this Society in its infancy, and was ufeful to it in its progrefs; and I fhall acquit myself of this daty with pleasure, for I think myself peculiarly fortunate in being able either to praife or to cenfure without being fufpected of partiality; and this happy pofture I have obtained by having been the uniform friend of Learning wherever I have found it, and by fhunning the prejudice and the violence of party. Dr. Gilbert Stuart, Gentlemen, was a man of great abilities and of high attainments; but he was unfortunate, and his misfortunes and nis difappointments preffed upon his genius, his temper, and his character. Is it poffible that it should be otherwife? Shew me the man who is not irritated by infidious jealousy and oppofition, and by lofing the road to profeffional fame and fo-tune, and I will fhew you that he is not worthy of your care. It was Stuart's misfortune to miss a fituation in the univerfity of Edinburgh for which he was highly qualified, and in which, I think, he would have outfhone his allociates. This disappointment drove him to difplay his talents at the expence of a groupe of our literary men in Scotland, who, by puffing one another, had contrived to damn every man of letters who was not willing to range himself under their fandard. These men bore down every thing before them, and forced their enemies either to leave the country, or to fabmit to be pointed GENT. MAG. October, 1786. at in the freet as literary Drawcanfirs. How difagreeable is it to remember, that the good-natured Hume, whofe claffic works will be read after the memory of thefe little men, who abused his friendship, fhall be completely washed away by the tide of time, was at the head of this defpicable club! After having thrown away his time and talents for fome time in writing a Scotch Review at Edinburgh, Stuart went to London, and became a profeffional writer, en gaging himfelf in feveral periodical publications, in which, though he feemed to write for bread and for a party, he never deviated from his principles, which were friendly to the rights of humanity and to the liberties of his country. He lived in London without a patron, and yet preferved his independence without the means of fortune. It was his happiness to love and to culti-vate letters, and to be too proud to have any terror of his enemies. His view of Society in Europe, in its progrefs from rudeness to refinement, his Hiftorical Differtation concerning the Antiquity of the English Conttitution, his Obfervations concerning the Publick Law, and the Conflitutional Hiftory of his own country, and his Hiftory of the Establishment of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland, though written without that compleat leifure which is neceflary to the production of great and claflical undertakings, do all of them evince a bright underftanding, a mafculine genius, and a careful examina ion of the truth, for which time only was wanting to poffefs him compleatly of his fubject. Of his Hiftory of Mary, it is needlefs for me to fay much; its reception by the world after men were fuppofed to have made up their minds about that period of the Scottish annals, and the guilt of the Queen, and that fuperficial readers were fatisfied with Dr. Robertfon's hiftory, are fufficient proofs of the merit of Dr. Stuart's. The book is now printing in Germany in the German language, and will be received on, the Continent, where hitlorians are required to fupport their reputation by laborious inveftigation, and are not allowed to write novels for the entertainment o ly of the ladies. In the year 1783, he had begun to write the lives of John Kaox, George Buchanan, and Sir Thomas Craig, for a Biographia Scotica. To the laft article he meant to have fubjoined fome thoughts upon the eudal and canon law; and to that of Knox, fome reflections on religious establishments. At that time be alfo formed the refolution of compofing a history of Scotland, from the earliest accounts of time till the rebellion in the year 1745. Soon afterwards his engagements in the English Review and Political Herald diverted him from thefe nobler purfoits; and it is to be regretted that a man of his eminent abi. lities thould have been forced to lend himself LO |