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province of Languedoc, at their general meeting on the 26th patt, worked up by a fpeech of the archbishop of Norbonne, refolved to appropriate the penfions they receive from the king, to pay the intereft of the money that will be neceffary to build a hip of 74 guns, of which they intend to make a prefent to the king; and their example has been followed not only by feveral of the lay and ecclefiaftical communities of that kingdom, but even many individuals, who have fubfcribed large fums for that purpofe. Perhaps, as the Dutch obferve, the king has put fums of money into the hands of fome wife men private ly, that with fuch fums they might begin a fubfcription, in order to induce fools to follow their example.

A man was executed on 14th. board the Duke, at Spithead, for the murder of the mate of the Burford, captain Gambier, by ripPing up his belly his belly on his ftriking him with a rattan, at grumbling to do his duty.

Johna Ward, Efq; fo well 21ft. known by the name of Doctor Ward, died at Whitehall, aged 76. This gentleman was formerly a member of the houfe of commons: but on account of a particular af fair, was obliged to go abroad, where he remained fome years; but at last received his late majefty's pardon. He then came to England, where, foon after his arrival, he purchased three houfes at Pimblico, near St. James's park, which he converted into an hofpital for his poor patients; over the door of which he had infcribed moft fignificantly in large characters.

MISERIS SUCCURERE DISCO; And very foon became fo eminent in his profeffion, as to be applied to

by all ranks and degrees of people. Meeting with great fuccefs in his practice, and the poor from all parts flocking to him for relief, he took part of a houfe in Threadneedle-ftreet, for the better diftribution of his medicines to the poor, which he gave generously to all who asked his advice: that, as well as his houfe at Whitehall, was every day crowded with' objects of charity, to whom he always gave, with the greatest humanity, his medicines and advice gratis, and often relieved them with money. Of late years he was particularly applied to by the nobility and gentry, even after they had been given over by regular phyficians, upon which account he used facetiously to call himfelf the fcavenger of the faculty; and it is well known that many, who have been pronounced dead, have been restored to life (SubDeo) by his medicines. So that all allow he richly merited the great fortune he died poffeffed of.

Paris, Dec. 14. Of forty prelates to whom it hath been referred by the king to take into confideration the affair of the jefuits, one part is for leaving them on their prefent footing; another part is for giving them a vicar-general independent of the general at Rome, and forming new conftitutions for them free from all dangerous doctrines, and agreeable to the liberties of the Gallican church; and a third part is for expelling them the kingdom.

M. Cambalufier has lately pub. lifhed a very feasonable piece on the Poiton or the Painters Cholic. In part I. is a narrative of a poiton cholic, occafioned by fome lattice wood painted green, which the duke de la Valiere's gardener, at his feat at

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Montrogue, ufed for baking bread and cooking the victuals. Nine perfons were feized with the cholic, and one died before the difcovery of the caufe. The hiftory of the diftemper is followed by that of the cure, with an account of the medicaments by which it was effected. -The count de St. Florentin lately prefented to the queen two young gentlemen, born deaf and dumb, who have been brought to their speech by M. Pereire, à Portuguese, who at the fame time had the honour to be presented.

We learn from Mittau, that the new duke of Courland practifes every method, in order to acquire the esteem, and captivate the affections of his fubjects. He has given a penfion to two learned men, to write the hiftory of the duchies of Courland and Semigalia. He has fent two or three young men to travel at his expence, and is extremely affiduous in the introduction of agriculture, and in all the manufactures to which timber can be applied. But we do not yet hear that he is at all tractable in the point of religion. By letters from Conftantinople we are informed, that Muly Muftapha Aga, first physician to the Grand Signior, viewing, with concern, the valt havock and devaftation lately made in that metropolis and its fuburbs, by the peftilence, had, collected a quantity of laudable matter from fome peftilential eruptions, and tried the effects of inoculation on feveral perfons, of whom fome were perfectly recovered, and the others were in a fair way. This may justly be looked upon as the greatefl, and most valuable difcovery of the moderns; as many thou. fand lives will be thereby annually faved.

Hague, Dec. 10. Yesterday, between eight and nine in the morning the princefs of Naffau, Weilbourg, the ftadtholder's fifter, was fafely delivered of a prince; and both mother and child are as well as can be withed.

The powder magazine near the Bruffels gate in Maeftricht, a strong town on the frontiers of Holland, blew up with terrible explofion. The guard of the magazine, confifting of 11 foldiers, were all killed. The houfe of the princefs of Heffe Philipftahl was very much fhattered, and her highnefs buried under the ruins. The houfe of baron Salis, that was nearer the magazine was quite deftroyed, and not one of the family, except the coachman, efcaped. A breach of 130 feet in length was made in the rampart, and fome of the outworks were allo damaged. Stones of two and three hundred weight were thrown almoft a mile from the town. About 18 perfons perished by this disaster, which was occafioned by a cannonier plundering the magazine in the night.

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His majefty went to the houfe of peers, and gave the royal affent to the bill for an additional duty on fpirituous liquors, that for the free importation of Irish falted beef and pork, and Irish butter, for the navy, and to two naturalization bills,

They write from Hamburgh of the 11th, that the froft there is fo fevere, that they begin to compare it to that of 1740; and that the Elbe having been froze over for fome days, the magiftrates thought proper to double the guards, both of the regulars and the trained bands, on account of the shoals of French and Hanoverian deferters who flock

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there, in fo much that they think, that if the frost fhould continue, they should foon have in the neighbourhood of that city above 10,000 deferters of different nations.

The magiftrates of Hamburgh ordered a general collection to be nade in all the churches of that city on the 13th inftant, for the relief of the unhappy fufferers in the war in Germany.

Neufchatel, Nov. 15. The fatal controverfy which has lately diftracted the church of this country (on the duration of the fufferings of the wicked in a future ftate) has produced a very acrimonious paper war: there are, however, not wanting fome who furmife, that a political drift is at the bottom of thefe feuds; and that the commonwealthfman, whatever his private fentiments be, fhould obferve a filent neutrality. One writer concludes in this myfterious manner: "The history of our differences is indeed a very fingular riddle; but the key to it partly lies in the fcheme of fetting up a fchifm long fince concerted, in flow and clandeftine advances to the execution of it by the best means poffible, but the time of its breaking out moft il chof n."

Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Germany to his friend in England.

Magdebourg, Nov. 22, 1761. "I must give you an account, Sir, of a very extraordinary woman we now admire here, and who deferves to be known abroad. Her name is Rarfchin; Heaven has endowed her with a moft aftonishing poetical genius. I really believe there was never any thing like it beard of either among the ancients or moderns. She excels in diffe

rent forts of poems, but chiefly in odes and tales. She is a very dif agreeable figure, was born in Silefia, of the lowest extraction, and had never any kind of education or inftruction. Her parents forced her to marry a taylor, who treated her in a very barbarous manner; fhe compofing verfes while he made fuits. She is now feparated from her husband, and lives at Berlin, from whence the came hither to see the court. Every body is curious to fee her, and a volume of her poems will foon be published by fubfcription. She not only furpaffes by far all our German poets, but even the ancients. The most anmirable ode only cofts her a few minutes, and the one day made twelve in one evening on different fubjects, all alike furprifing. She even fpeaks verses, but without any enthufiafm, ufes the nobleft expreffions, and is full of lofty fentiments. All this is very much like a fable, you will fay; but were you to fee the rapidity with which the writes her fublimeft odes, you would think it ftill more a fable. Cette inconceivable femme donne bien a penfer a nos meilleurs tetes, et detruit les meilleures theories du genie. A great many people think he has a demon, for, I affure you, fhe is a fingular phænomenon."

We hear from Newfoundland, that an ugly accident happened at Carpoon, a little ifland at the entrance into the traits of Belleifle, and the most northern parts of our fisheries.

The Indians from the main come there once every year (the ftraits being very narrow) in order to trade with the Europeans, and to rob them, if they can. Thefe Indians, who are a tribe of the Eskimaux,

coming over with their whalebone, traded for two days with our fifhermen; but the third day obferving them to be off their guard, and their fire arms left at fome distance behind them, and that they were a good way from their blockhoufe, thefe favages thought it a good opportunity for attacking our people, efpecially as it was a Sunday, which is a fort of holiday with the fifhermen, and when every body's curiofity or avarice prompted them to run and meet the Indians, the two preceding days having been spent principally about the fifh.The Indians mixing with our people, traded with each particular man for his knife, or whatever cutting instrument he had, almoft at the fame moment, whilft others brought bows and arrows from their canoes, and diftributed them among their own people and this being done, they inftantly, with one confent, fell upon our fishermen, and ftab. bed many with their knives, which they had parted with, but the very moment before.

They killed 11 on the fpot, and wounded 16 or 17; whereupon all our people that could, fled away to their boats, and got on board a floop which lay in the road (four or five, however, having a little lefs fear than the reft, got into the blockhouse, and brought off moft of the arms, killed one Indian, who was more forward than the reft.) They then weighed one an chor, cut the cable of another, and came away as faft as poffible, leaving their whole feafon's fifh, furniture, trade, whalebone, and every thing behind, in poffeffion of these lavages. Our countrymen were 50 at first, 11 were killed outright, 17 or 18 got of wounded, and of thefe

two died of their wounds within a few days. The Indians had been fo prudent as to fingle out and make fure of the principal people: for they killed two mafters of veffels (one of whom commanded the floop, the other took care of the fishery on fhore, and the mate, and flew or wounded every boat-mafter, fplitter and mafter-voyage, who are the chief people among the fishermen and fhoremen, being the catchers and curers of fifh. Thefe Eskimaux are a faithlefs and cruel tribe, and have often furprized the French in the fame manner, and are, notwithstanding, fo terrified at firearms, that a dozen refolute fteady men, armed, would have deftroyed every one of those wretches, had there been 500, as they were on an ifland, and had five of our men kept themfelves armed, they would never have been attacked at all.

We have had accounts during the courfe of this month, of feveral terrible storms on the coaft of America. At South Carolina, a hurricane arofe Sept. 4, that has been attended with unexpected confequences; for the navigation of Cape Fear river, from being the molt difficult, is changed to the eafieft and fafeft on that part of the continent. A new channel 18 feet deep at high water, and near half a mile over, having been formed by the prodigious influx of the sea, which threatened deftruction to the whole country..

Another ftorm arofe on the 4th of October, which did incredible damage along the coast of New England.

The Griffin man of war, of 20 guns, was loft October 25, off Bermudas, and 50 of her men were drowned.

His majesty's fhip Bidde30th. ford ran on fhore on Hazeborough fand, near Yarmouth; captain Gordon, and above one half of his men perished. Thofe who efcaped were quite exhausted, having ftaid till Friday on the wreck without other fuftenance, than a little raw meat and fpirituous liquor.

His royal highnefs the duke of York, in the courfe of this month, visited Bristol, Bath, and the western parts of England, and by his courteous and frank behaviour, has gained the affection of the people wherever he has been.

The contract for oxen this month by the victualling office, was 11. 35. 11d. for oxen; and 11. 15s. 6d. for hogs.

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Charles Pratt, Efq; attorneygeneral is knighted and appointed lord chief justice of the court of common-pleas.

Murders, robberies, many of them attended with acts of cruelty, and threatening letters, were never perhaps more frequent about this city than during this and last month. One highwayman in particular, by the name of the flying highwayman, engroffes the converfation of most of the towns within twenty miles of London, as he has occafionally vifited all the public roads round this metropolis, and has collected feveral confiderable fums. He robs upon three different horfes, a grey, a forrel, and a black one, the last of which has a bald face, to bide which, he generally hangs on a black cat's fkin; he has leaped over Colnbrook turnpike a dozen times within this fortnight, and is now well known by most of the turnpike men in the different roads about town.

One of thefe threatning letters

was directed to a gentlewoman at Waltham-Abby, vowing death and deftruction to her and hers, with the most fhocking execrations, if she did not leave 500l. in a certain place, or marry her daughter to fome young man at Waltham-Abby in a month.

Five perfons were lately burnt at, Hartley colliery, in Northumberland, by an explosion of foul air.

A whale 63 feet long, was caft on fhore, lately, near Nairn, in Scotland.

A fea eel, 6 feet long, 20 inches round, and weighing 30lb. was lately taken, in a fhallow water, where it had been left by the tide, at Whitstable in Kent.

Heads of a bill for limiting the duration of parliaments in Ireland, have been agreed to by the commons there, and his excellency the lord lieutenant has been requested to tranfmit the fame to his majelly.

Several fhocks of an earthquake were felt at Lima in December, 1760; and one, which happened on the 8th of January 1761, was much more violent than that which happened in 1756.

Accounts lately received of the unfavourable or rather hoftile difpofitions of the Spanish court, have occafioned a very great hurry at both ends of the town. Extraordinary councils have been held, prefs warrants granted and rigorously executed, the royal exchange crowded with merchants,notwithstanding the holidays, which fo many generally fpend in the country. This news too caufed the new fubfcription to fall 4 per cent. The Spanish minifter would have fet out on his return home, if not delayed by his daughter's being dangeroufly ill.

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