clamour arofe; a set of inftructions, in vain fought for. Juft after however, was produced and read, to be prefented to the county members; but a proteft was made againft them, and very little unanimity was obferved throughout the whole. The sheriffs differed in opinion: and one of them only, Alderman Plomer, figned all the refolutions. Prince Czartoryski has not only granted leave for two churches to be built on his eftates in Poland for the diffidents, but has given 80,000 Polish florins towards the expence of erecting them. At the fame time, several of the cities in Poland, particularly Warfaw, Cracow, and Rawa, are taking very fevere meafures to expel the Jews; but the latter, by building houfes for them felves near the bounds of these cities, give the merchants fettled in them just reason to fear, that they will, by their activity and diligence, be of as much detriment to them there, as before within their walls. this they were again confirmed in their opinion of fome fubterraneous hiding-place being near them, by the following circumftance: a trooper's horse happening 'to neigh, a moment after they heard a horfe under ground neigh feveral times. Upon this they renewed their fearch, but could not find the aperture which led to the place where this beaft was concealed: They found, however, a cavern fo capacious, that 100 foldiers entered it. In this, and buried in the fand, were found eighteen bags, and three cafks of tea; two barrels of gunpowder; one box of mufquetcartridges, and one of bullets. The wherries and cutters were then fearched, and a number of carriage and fwivel-guns taken out of them; as alfo a great quantity of muskets, carbines, and cutlaffes. 26th. A detachment of 400 foot, and a troop of horfe, under Col. Luttrell, attended by Juftice Sweeney, were fent to Rufh, near Dublin, to feize the ringleaders in fome late disturbances there; but, though they fecured every avenue to the place, not a man was to be found the women and children only remained, who, on the appearance of the army, uttered difmal fhrieks and cries, though the Colonel and Juftice ufed every means to pacify them. At laft, however, feeing four men enter into a houfe, the foldiers furrounded it, and followed them; but, notwithstanding the most diligent fearch, no perfon was to be found. It was then fufpected they had efcaped through fome, fubterraneous paffage, the entrance of which was VOL. XVIIIt 1775. There was a hearing of 27th. two hours before the LordMayor, relative to a paragraph lately inferted in a morning paper, which it was thought reflected on his Lordship as a magiftrate. Two gentlemen, who were fuppofed to be the authors of it, appeared, and brought with them Counsellor Lucas, who attempted to justify his clients. It appeared on the hear ing, that the two gentlemen a few days ago hired a pair of oars to go to Woolwich, and agreed to give them feven fhillings; they were not to stay a long time there: how ever, the gentlemen dined, and afterwards ordered the watermen to take them further down the river, and put them on board a fhip, where they waited; they then directed them to take in fome goods, and kept them late: when they returned home, the watermen demanded 141. which the gentlemen [L] paid, paid, but fummoned them to Waterman's hall, for taking more than they agreed for; but, as the gentlemen exceeded the bounds of their agreement, they could not obtain any redress there. Upon this they took the watermen before the Lord Mayor, who was of opinion that the affair did not lie before a magiftrate; but that, if they were injured, they fhould feek their remedy at common law, and thereupon difmiffed the watermen. Nothing material was faid in fupport of the infinuation against the Lord Mayor; and his Lordship told the gentlemen, that, if they had not reflected on his character as a magiftrate, he should have taken no notice of it; but, if they thought he had not done them juftice, he was willing to answer them in any court of law they thought proper. One Thomas Bell was charged before the magiftrates, in Bowftreet, with an intended forgery on the bank of Scotland. He firft applied to a paper-maker to make him a quantity of paper with the words Bank of Scotland wrought in it, and afterwards to an engraver to get a plate exactly imitating that of a Scots bank note, which he produced. This done, he produced the paper to have700 copies wrought off; but Mr. Mackey, the engraver, having previously acquainted Mr. Kinloch, agent for the bank of Scotland, with every ftep taken, Bell was apprehended and committed to prifon in order to take his trial. Though but a young man, he was fome time ago imprifoned for a fimilar offence, but releafed for want of fufficient evidence. Was held a fpecial court of the Eat-India Company, when Mr. Roberts, who filled the chair, ac quainted the court, that advices of confequence had been received from Bengal; that an unfortunate difagreement had taken place between the members of the fupreme council; but that it would be neceffary to arrange the papers relative thereto, before a clear ftate of the cafe could be laid before the proprietors. He faid further, that great disturb ances prevailed among the Moratto powers; that Hyder Ally had taken advantage of thofe troubles, and acquired a confiderable increase of power and territory. He alfo read letters from Bombay, in which an account was given of the taking of the islands of Salfet and Ceringa; and that, in ftorming the fort of Tanna, which defended the former, Commodore Watfon was mortally wounded. In confequence of an information given of a confiderable quantity of contraband goods being lodged at a house in Buckridge-ftreet, St. Giles's, Mr. Phillips, a Customhoufe officer, attended by a num ber of peace-officers, and a file of mufqueteers from the Savoy, went in fearch of the goods; and, in one room where they got entrance, they found a bag and eight pounds of tea, which were lodged in the Cuftom-houfe. Immediately after the officers and guards had left the houfe, and got into the ftreet, they were fired at feveral times from the mob, and pelted with brick-bats, &c. but no perfon received the leaft hurt from this outrage but Mr. Phillips, who had his nofe cut by a piece of glafs bottle. Not content with this, the mob followed them; and, after pelting, fired at them; on which the guard returned, and difcharged their mufquets among the mob, when fome, it is faid, were were killed and wounded. One of the ringleaders of the gang was taken before the magiftrates of Litchfield-street, who committed him to Newgate. • Notwithstanding a great drought, eccafioned by the fummer heats in Sweden, it has been obferved, that on the top of the highest mountain in Scania, called Kina Kulle, they have had a continued fucceffive abundance of flowers, of the greatest laftre, whilft thofe at the bottom of the fame mountain, and in the furrounding meadows, were totally burnt up. These heats were likewife attended with very great forms in almost every province of the fame kingdom; and, what was much worfe, occafioned fevers which prevailed for fome weeks, and have carried off vaft numbers in the capital, and many other parts. 28th. About eleven o'clock at night, a fire broke out at a turner's in Ruffel-ftreet, CoventGarden, which burnt with great fury, and confumed feven houfes, and damaged feveral others, before it was extinguished. Two perfons were fuppofed to have perished in the flames. His majefty has been pleased to recommend to the care of the regency of Hanover the fucceffion of the late Queen Matilda of Denmark, for the advantage of her children. In confequence of which, the regency have charged the Baron de Seckendorff with the adminiftration of that fucceflion. At a meeting of the li29th. very of London in common hall, the Lord Mayor informed them, that he had received a letter from the congrefs at Philadelphia. Mr. Stavely moved, that the letter fhould be entered on the records of the city, and the motion was received with only about a dozen diffenting hands. Mr. Stavely next moved, and his motion was carried unanimously, that it should be figned by the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Town Clerk, and printed in the public papers. [We shall give the letter in our Appendix.] Some weeks ago, a mafon and his labourer, having been employed in pulling down Fenwick Tower, near Stamfordham, in Northumberland, found, between the floor and the arch, a confiderable number of gold pieces, of the coin of Edward II. and III. But quarelling over their cups, about dividing the booty, it came to the ears of Sir Walter Blacket, who, as lawful owner, demanded the fame, and received from one 80, and from the other 35 pieces. They are about the fize of a thirty-fix fhilling piece, and as fresh as if just come out of the mint. Chriftopher Nicholson, of Balrath, in Ireland, who died fome time fince, has bequeathed 850l. to Sir Edward Newnham for his public conduct; 350l. to John Wilkes, Efq; and 100l. and his hounds to Meath hofpital. DIED, the 17th inftant, Captain Thomas Forbes, of the royal navy, aged 102, at Harwich. people were in the utmost confternation, fome wading up to the armpits to escape, and others climbing up the roofs of the houses. The cries of women and children were dreadful; houfes, bridges, mills, and furniture of all forts, were feen floating together, and much cattle were carried off by it. Notice was given from the Excife-office, that there were now in circulation counterfeit guineas,dated1775, which nearly resemble thofe iffued from the Mint, and bear their full weight, diftinguishable only by a fainter impreffion of the die on the arms fide, a pale reddish colour, and by a more acute tinkling found in founding them. WE, Chriftian the Seventh, by the grace of God, King of Denmark and Norway, &c. Whereas his Majefy the King of GreatBritain has defired us to forbid our fubjects giving any manner of affiftance to the inhabitants of NorthAmerica, who are engaged in open war against England, and we being difpofed to comply with this friend ly requifition; therefore we will and enjoin, by thefe prefents, all our fubjects, whether traders or others, not to prefume, till our plea fure be farther made known, to fend, for the purpose of traffic, either for their own accounts, or that of others, unto our islands and colonies in America, on board fhips carrying our flag, or provided with our fea-paffports, any ammunition, or other commodities whatever ferving for warlike armaments, and confidered as articles of trade; or to take part in any fuch contraband trade, which is difagreeable to us, and liable to many misfortunes to themselves: the whole on pain of arbitrary and severe punishment for thofe who fhall prefume to infringe this our gracious ordinance. To which all and fingular our custom-houfe officers, in our kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, and in our principalities, as also our governor-general, regency, and council, in our West-India islands, are refpectfully to conform themfelves, and by fo doing will be indemnified for all damages. Given under our royal hand and feal, in our royal caftle of Fredensburgh, the 4th of October, 1775CHRISTIAN R. a (Counterfigned) 6th. Molcke. Proeterius. Erichfen. Trant. This morning, about one o'clock, a fire broke out at block-maker's, near Rotherhithe church, which confumed that, a fail-maker's adjoining, and feven. teen other houfes, befides workfhops, warehouses, large quantities of timber belonging to boatbuilders, &c. The flames spread fo faft, by large quantities of combuftibles being in the warehouses, that most of the inhabitants loft all their goods, &c. and with difficulty faved their lives. It burnt down to the water-fide, and several veffels were unmoored to fave them from the flames. At the first break, ing out no water could be got for near an hour. Two engines were continually kept playing on the church, as it was in danger of taking fire, and feveral of the ftones in the fteeple cracked by the exceffive heat. The parliament of Ireland 10th. met.[We shall give the fpeeches, addreffes, and answers,on this occafion, in our article of State Papers.] 12th. Joannes Baptifta Pele, a native of Genoa, was executed at Lisbon, for having plotted against the life of the Marquis of Pombal. He was drawn in quarters byfour horfes,after having his hands chopt off; and afterwards burnt to afhes. The villain had been there fome time under pretence of learning to paint, and had taken the upper part of a house, where he was every night vifited by three men with long cloaks, flouched hats, and armed. Their defign was to put a box full of gunpowder under the feat of the marquis's ftatecoach, in which he was to appear in public at the putting up of the ftatue of his Majesty. They had contrived it fo as to contain a match, which would burn fome time before it fet fire to the powder. All the preparations for this villainous plot, together with feveral letters and papers, and the models of the keys of the coach-house, belonging to the Marquis, were found in the rooms of the mifcreant, who was first detected by a phyfician, who lived in the under part of the houfe, and had found a note on the ftairs, which first raifed his fufpicion, Pele was thereupon immediately taken up; but, though the abovementioned proofs were brought against him, he perfifted to the laft in his innocence. It is even reported, that, though he fuffered the ordinary and extraordinary torture, from the beginning of his tortures to his dying moment, not fo much as a figh efcaped from him. The King of Prufa has given proofs to the Poles that they have loft nothing by changing mafters. His Majesty's first act of benevo lence to his new fubjects was a gift of 1,500,000 crowns, to build 200 villages in that part of Poland which fell to his share. The deplorable fituation of the city of Dantzick feems to interest the republic of Poland very ferioufly; in confequence of which complaints have been made to the ministers refiding at Warsaw from Vienna, Petersburg, London, and Copenhagen, of the behaviour of the court of Berlin to that place, with a request to them to engage their refpective courts to employ their good offices with his Pruffian Majefty, on the prefent melancholy occafion. By a memoir lately published at Bruffels, concerning the commerce established fome time fince, between Triefte and Oftend, it appears that the funds destined to carry it on amount to 3,400,000 florins iffuing from the effects of the former fociety, and 500,000 florins in different manufactures. The remaining million and half is to be divided into actions, of which the Baron Fries is faid to have already taken 500,000 florins. In the evening, one of the moft dreadful itorms arofe 19th. that has ever been remembered, accompanied with a great fall of rain, which raifed the rivers in many places to an unufual height. This form continued at Leeds, in Yorkshire, for thirty-fix hours, without the leaft intermiffion, and became in the highest degree alarming to the inhabitants, hundreds of whom durft not lie down in their beds the first night, and many de ferted their houses, expecting nothing lefs than to find them in ruins the next morning. The fucceeding night proved equally alarming: the |