with proper places to carry on their refpective bufineffes. The two gold medals given 23d. annually by his grace the duke of Newcastle, chancellor of the university of Cambridge, for the best claffical learning, were adjudged to Mr. Poft of Queen's college, and Mr. Maddifon, of St. Peter.s College, batchelor of arts, A gentleman, who had undertaken to ride one horfe 100 miles in 13 hours for 200 guineas, ftarted from Whitechapel church, and rode twice to Market End, and back again (which is 100 miles) in 12 hours. There lately appeared a moft fhocking inftance of the bad ufe often made of private mad-houses; in a caufe brought before a fupreme court of justice, where it was moft clearly proved, that an unnatural father, in order to gratify his cruel difpofition, and to cut off his only daughter from her birth-right, caufed her to be conveyed to one of thefe infernal manfions, and to be kept under the firictest confinement (though in her perfect fenfes) and where he would have, no doubt, foon ended her days, had not her friends, by a moft providential accident, difcovered the place of her confinement, and ftirred in her behalf. They write from Amfterdam, that the Dutch governor of Surinam, finding himself unable to reduce the rebellious negroes of that colony by force, hath wifely followed the example of governor Trelawney, at Jamaica, and concluded an amicable treaty with them; in confequence of which all the negroes of the woods are acknowledged to be free, and all that is palt is buried in oblivion. Six teen negro captains fwore to the obfervance of this treaty in the Chriftian manner; but the negroes infifted, in their turn, that the other fhould fwear in their manner : accordingly each of them had a fmall incifion made in his arm, and blood being received in a kind of cup, in which was a little water and earth, the Dutch chriftians, as well as the heathens, drank of the ftrange mixture: after which a negro priest pronounced a folemn imprecation against the breakers of the treaty. A highwayman having committed feveral robberies 25th. on the Highgate road, the north ftages, to pretect their paffengers, have employed a guard to attend them till day-light, when they generally think themfelves fafe; but this day two thieftakers, in hopes of entrapping the highwayman, and apprehending him for the fake of the reward, fet out early in the morning in a post-chaise, like travellers, upon the fame road, with a view of being attacked by the highwayman at the ufual place. When they had got to the bottom of Highgate-hill, they pafs'd one of the flages already mentioned, and obferving the guard riding towards the coach with fire-arms, concluded him to be the highwayman of whom they were in purfuit, and firing a blunderbufs at him, fhatrered his arm in a terrible manner, and killed a fervant who rode upon the top of the ftage. Information of this affair being given to a proper magiftrate, warrants were iffued out for apprehending the thief takers, one of whom is already committed to Newgate, and the other is faid to have ab→ fconded. The The mill at the Red-houfe 6th. Deptford, with a quantity of flour, &c. was confumed by fire, damage 2000l. it was occafioned by the violence of the wind, which drove the mill with fuch velocity that it could not be stopped. They write from Milan of 27th. the 27th ult. that the farmer general at Mantua endeavouring to raise feveral duties, efpecially on flesh, the citizens got to their arms, and fhot nine excifemen dead upon the fpot; upon which all the rest of the collectors fled immediately to the monastery of St. Francis for refuge. Mr. Willy Sutton, after a trial of nine hours, for the murder of Mifs Bell, was acquitted at the Old Bailey. The feflions ended at the Old-Bailey, when one received fentence of tranfportation for 14 years, 14 for 7 years, and one was ordered to be whipped. 28th. His excellency Mark Milbanke, Efq; his late majeft'ys ambassador to the emperor of Morocco, and commodore of the fquadron employed all laft fummer upon the coaft of Barbary, is arrived at Portsmouth in his majefty's fhip Guernsey, with the Leghorn convoy under his command, after having compleated the redemption of captain Barton, and the crew of the Litchfield man of war, and his majefty's other fubjects, flaves in thofe dominions, and establishing a peace with the aforefaid monarch, infinitely more advantageous than ever fubfifted with his ancestors. The Grand Signior has peremp torily demanded reftitution of the Turkish man of war mastered by the chriftian flaves on board, and brought into Malta the 6th of Nov. laft; (See our Chronicle for laft year, (p. 152.) and the knights of Malta, who are always at war with the Turks have as peremptorily refused to restore her; on which account the Ottoman court are preparing a fleet, and threaten to attack the island of Malta; in which cafe the court of Spain will probably fend their fleet to defend it, as the Turks have always protected the pirate-towns of Barbary against the Spaniards. The following letter has been wrote to Sir Walter Blackett, Bart. in Charles-ftreet, St. James's fquare, viz. SIR. Febry 26th. 1761, I as your Mos herty well withar take this Liberty to Acquaint you with the Dark difine's Laid againit your Houour's Perfon as I Viery Strangely heard of it by great Accedent I think it my Duty to tell you your Life is ABfalutly agreed upon to Bee taken away upon the Account you have taken the Vails from your Servts thair is A Cartin Earl or Tow that is to Share the fame fate I find when A Convenient OPertunity Sarves thair is Likewife Sir James Lowther & C. in the Lift which I am Much Affraid will End in Evel Concider your honours Life & Fortunes is all at Stake Drop that wrong Profieding & So Advife you'r Friedds I muft Concl'd with Telling you I have no interest in it my Celfe But interle for your hone Perfon & the welfare of the Englush Nation I am with All Dutifull A Trewarth. The following threatening letter has been wrote to Mr. William Goddard, of Watford, in the county of Hertford, viz. "December 4, 1760 Mr. Gorrord if you intend to go an in the manner as you go an you may gefs watt I mean you fhall fhorley have a brafe of Bollots thru your head or your Body, as ever you are borne for if I cant have you by Night I will have you by Day you fhant tell hu aurt you you damd onder minden Roge thar is no ways to manage you But that I think you have run your Rafe long anuff in this Toune but now you have got in to good hands to due your Jobb." His majesty's pardon, and a reward of 201. is offered to any perfon that shall discover the author of the above letter. Letters from Guadalupe, dated the end of September laft," and confirmed by others to the admiralty office, mention, that his majefty,s fhips the Temple, capt. O' Bryen, and Griffin, capt Taylor, being fome thort time before on a cruize, in concert, off the Grenados, received intelligence that his majefty's floop of war the Virgin, (which had been formerly taken by the enemy, her commander, capt. St. Loo, being killed in the engagement) was then lying, together with three privateers of 12 guns and 165 men cach, under protection of three forts, in a bay belonging to Martinico, and were preparing to fail in company to gether on a cruize. Upon which capt. O' Bryen refolved to go in queft of them; accordingly both the faid commanders got clofe with their fhips in fhore, and came up with the faid forts, one of eight 24 and 32 pounders, another of fix 18 and 24 pounders, and a third, flanking the entrance into the bay, of two batteries of two guns each, twelve and fix pounders; that the attack was carried on fo brifkly from both fhips, that notwithstanding a vigorous defence of feveral hours, they filenced all the enemy's guns, demolished, and beat down into the fea, both forts and batteries, and cut out and carried off all the said four prizes that afterwards they attacked another fort on the faid ifland of fix 24 pounders, and after beating down and demolishing the fame, entered the harbour, where they lay four days, firing morning and evening guns all the time; and at their departure, cut out and carried off with them three more of the enemy's fhips: that in their feveral attacks, tho' the enemy made a ftout defence, the Temple had but one man killed and two wounded, befides the first lieutenant, who had loft his thigh by a cannon fhot. On board the Griffin the cockfwain of the Temple was killed, and only five men wounded. Died lately. At Munich in Bavaria, one john O'Farrel in the 99th year of his age, feventy feven of which he was a foldier in the fervi. ces of feveral foreign princes, and died in the elector of Bavaria's. In France, madame Clifton, an English lady, dame of honour to the queen of James II. aged 103. At Nancy in Lorrain, Dr. Cha. Broomgood, an able phyfician, aged 103. He practifed till within ten years of his death. In the parish of Chaldon, near Godtone in Surry, Humphry Saunders, aged 106; he had followed the farming bufinefs, man and boy upwards of 90 years. It is remark able able, that in the parish where he died, there is neither a tradefman nor an alehouse. George Lehman, of Camentz, in Upper Silefia, aged 113. 2d. MARC H. The flow of the tide was fo little, that the starlings of London bridge were not covered at high-water, a thing not known in the memory of man. Probably owing to an earthquake in fome diftant part of the globe. Theodore Gardelle, was committed to Newgate for the murder of Mrs. King, who kept a lodging houfe in Leicester-Fields. For an account of this murder and the murderer, fee our article of Characters for this year. It is faid that numbers of perfons have been immediately relieved in apopletic fits, by flashing, with a launcet or penknife, the temporary artery; the common practice of bleeding in the arm, frequently, not reaching the caufe time enough to fave life. Extract of a letter from Newry. "Laft week our gabbards and lighters began to navigate the new canal from this town to Fadam Point, where the large fhips lie, and it is allowed by all people to be compleatly finished. It was began about two years ago, and executed by Mr. Golberne of Chefter, with the money granted by parliament for that purpose." His majesty went to the 3d. houfe of peers and gave the royal affent to An act for the better fecuring and encouraging the trade of his majefty's fugar colonies in America. An act to discontinue, for a li mited time, the duties payable on tallow, hogs lard and greafe imported from Ireland. And, to 40 other public and private acts. After which his majefty was pleafed to make a moft gracious speech to both houses, recommending a law for making the commiffions of the judges perpetual, during their good behaviour, notwithstanding any future demife of the crown; which fpeech, with the addreffes of both houfes thereupon, and his majesty's most gracious anfwers, the reader will find in the article of State Papers. The next day the judges, having waited on his majefty with their addrefs upon this occafion, were moft graciously received. And on the 5th, the houfe of commons came to the following refolutions, nem. con. vix. That provifion be made for continuing the commiffions of judges, notwithstanding the demise of his majefty, or of any of his heirs and fucceffors.-That his majesty shall be enabled to grant, and establish the falaries of judges, in fuch manner, as to be abfolutely fecured to them during the continuance of their commiffions. And, that fuch part of the falaries of judges, as is now payable out of the yearly rent, or fum, granted for the fupport of his majefty's houshold, and for the honour and dignity of the crown, be, from, and after, the demife of his prefent majesty, (whom God long preferve) charged upon and payable out of, all or any, fuch duties or revenues, granted for the uses of his majefty's civil government, as fhall fubfift after the demise of his majefty, or any of his heirs and fuc ceffors: and a bill pursuant to these re refolutions was ordered to be prepared immediately. 4th. At a previous meeting of the livery held at Guildhall, for the nomination of candidates at the general election of members to represent the city of London in the enfuing parliament: it was unanimoufly agreed, "That the grateful and refpectful thanks of the livery of London be given to Sir John Barnard, knight, for his eminent and difinterefted fervices to this city, both as a magiftrate and as one of their reprefentatives in Parliament, during a courfe of eight and thirty years: for the dignity, juftice and humanity with which he fupported his former ftation; and for the honour, weight and influence derived to his conftituents from his conduct in the latter; where the integrity of his heart, his moderation, and gentleness of manners, were no Jefs confpicuous and perfuafive than the folidity of his judgment and the powers of his natural eloquence. Mr. Paterfon having waited on Sir John with the above refolution, he returned the following compli ment. Being the anniversary feast 12th. of the Magdalen charity, a fermon was preached before the go vernors, &c. at St. Bride's, by the Bishop of Offory, and the collection at church and dinner amounted to 4401. 2 s. 3 d. A pretended ghoft, which has lately appeared in the cloifters of Weltminfler Abbey, St. John's church yard, Milbank, Mathamftreet, &c. was feized on Wednefs day evening, and found to be a fervant to one of the gentlemen belonging to the abbey, wrapped up in a large white fheet, with the corners hanging over his head, in imitation of feathers. He had ftruck fuch a terror into the credulous inhabitants thereabouts, that thofe who could not be brought to believe it a ghoft, entered into a 5th. in Devonshire, was delivered fubfcription, to give five guineas "It was altogether the favour of the citizens of London, undeferved, that raifed me to any dignity. In my endeavours to promote their intereft to the utmost of my abilities, I only did my duty. This their last kind acceptance of my fervices, does me particular honour, for which I return them my last thanks.” A poor woman at Topfham of four children. Laft Saturday four Welsh women walked from the foot of Westminfter-bridge to the Boot and Crown to the perfon, who would feize him, in order to remove the fuperflitious error adopted by their weakminded neighbours. The |