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fame place, and dafhed to pieces. The captain and crew, four in number, quitted the wreck in time to fave themselves; but Mr. and Mrs. Giles, a young couple, paffengers, who could not be prevailed on to leave the veffel, perifhed. The captain fays, fo averfe was Mr. Giles to leave the wreck, that after he (the captain) had got fafe to land, he lafhed himself to a rope, fwam again to the wreck, and having boarded her, faftened a rope round Mrs. Giles, for the purpose of having her hauled on fhore; but her husband immediately caft it off a gain, and exclaimed, My dear Bella. don't leave me!" She staid! -This unfortunate lady was a diftant relation of lord Courtney's. The failors were treated with the greatest humanity at Newhaven. 11. On Friday, a curious caufe was tried, before Lord Loughborough, wherein a Jew butcher was plaintiff, in an action of damages fuftained by his being prohibited from exercifing the trade of a butcher, by an order of the rulers of the fynagogue, on a charge by the defendant, of his felling meat to the Jews, unftamped, and improper ly killed; that is, not killed agreeable to the Jewish laws: the plain tiff alledged, that he bought the meat of a carcafe butcher in Whitechapel, who generally killed for the Jews, whom he offered to bring as a witnefs: but the Jewish laws would not permit him to be examined before the rulers, on account of his being a Chriftian, on which account a charge having been made, and no proot of innocence adduced, he was adjudged guilty, and fuffered accordingly. Serjeant Bolton, counsel for the plaintiff, infit ed, that though the Jewish laws prevented the man from Chriftian evidence to prove his innocence,

yet as the plaintiff was a fubject of this country, he was entitled to the protection of its laws.-Mr. Morgan, counfel for the defendant, and rulers of the fynagogue, difplayed a wonderful knowledge of the jewith laws and customs, and infifted, that as the government of this country tolerated the Jews to regulate their own police, especially with regard to matters of religion, the plaintiff having been convicted by thofe laws, could not feek redrefs from that court. A blame was imputed to the defendant, for having informed against the plaintiff; but Mr. Morgan fhewed, that by the Levitical law, expreffed in the first and fecond verfe of the fifth chapter of Leviticus, a perfon knowing of a fin being committed, and concealing his knowledge, was deemed guilty of the fin himself. Lord Loughborough confeffed himfelf en irely of Mr. Morgan's opinion; and the plaintiff was nonfuited.

15. The committee of common council, appointed in July last to enquire into the caufes of the high prices of provifion, have published their report, in which they relare the feveral fteps they have taken in this enquiry. They state, that they received from the city folicitor abftracts of all the acts relative to the practices of regrating, foreftalling, &c of thofe for the regulation of Smithfield and the other markets, and alfo of the feveral enclofing acts fince the year 1775: that they have held a correfpondence with the magiftrates of feveral corporations, and confulted the most refpectable butchers in Smithfield on the business. The refolutions of a meeting held by thefe laft are alfo added; they state the practice of forestalling by the earcafe butchers, as a principal (D 2)

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caufe of the high prices of meat. The refolutions of the committee go in general to the fame effect. They complain of the practice of forestalling at Mile-End, Iflington, Kennington, &c. They propofe, that to rem edy this evil, a committee fhould be appointed by the corporation, for the purpose of controlling the markets that only a licenfed number of falefmen fhould be admitted, none of whom, to prevent collufion, fhould be butchers or graziers that all cattle brought into Smithfield market fhould be duly entered, and a register preferved of the entries and fales; that the hours of fale fhould be from four in the morning until two in the afternoon, &c.

19. The Montega Bay paper, of October 28, mentions a dreadful hurricane at Jamaica, in the night of the 19th, which had done great mifchief in many parts of the island. In Weftmoreland, in particular, the appearance every where denoted the fuperior violence of this guft over all that had been experienced fine 1780. The trees ftripped of their leaves, exhibited an appearance as if fire had devoured their verdure; the flores were covered with duck, teal, and other aquatic birds, that had been driven with irrefiflible imperuofity against the trunks of the mangroves, and dailed to pieces.

22. The feffions ended at the Old Bailey, when 23 prifoners received fentence of death. - In this feffions, Michael Walker, Richard Payne, and John Cox, were tried; the first as principal, for the murder of Mr. Duncan Robinfon, near Smart's buildings, Holborn, by cutting him down the face and fhoulder, and stabbing him in different parts of his arm, of which he died in about three days: and the other two for being prefent,

aiding, and affifting in the faid murder. One of the prifoners had picked the pocket of a Mr. Hunt, who was walking in company w th the deceafed: Mr. Hunt apprehended the thief, and a feuffle enfued, in which Mr. Hunt knocked down his antagonist twice, when Payne attacked him, and Mr. Robinfon coming to his affiftance, received the dreadful wound that occafioned his death. Mr. Baron Hotham, at the clofe of his charge to the jury, made fome excellent obfervations on the law, tending to point out, that when feveral partners are in purfuit of an illegal action, and a murder enfues, all are equally involved in the guilt.They were all found guilty, and executed on Monday the 18th, near the fpot where the murder was committed.

During this feffions alfo Jofeph Woolley, a foldier, was tried for robbing Charles Auftin, of fome wearing apparel. The prifoner had confeffed the robbery before the juftice, and faid, that being tired of the military life and difcipline, he had committed this robbery, in order to be fent to Botany Bay. When called upon for his defence, he refufed to make any, or to call any witneffes to his character. The recorder then faid. that as he preferred the ignominious punishment of tranfportation to that of honourably ferving his king and country, the court would indulge him, but that he fhould not chufe the place; and therefore paffed fentence on him to be transported for feven years to Africa.

Paris, Dec. 5. On the 2d and 24th of last month, an experiment was made at Compeigne, in the prefence of the viscount Laval, and the principal perfons of the town, of a machine invented by the abbé

de Menth, which was univerfally applauded. The artist fixed his machine to a boat of 2co fect in leng h, which it was able to pull, though full laden, without the affitance of a fingle horfe, against the team of the river Ovfe, with greater fwiftness than could have been made with fixt、en horses. But fome labourers and other interested perfons, in order to make the enterprise fail, threw fand and fiones between the wheels, which being clogged, their motion was fufpended for fome minutes, fo that the fuccefs of the attempt was doubtful; but as foon as the effect of this mifchief was discovered, and the fprings were difengaged, the machine fhowed itfelf capable of performing what was expected, and of crowning the indefatigable inventor

with honour.

Conftantinople, O. 12. The divan perlifts in the defign of encouraging the arts and fciences. They have given orders for a tranflation of the Encyclopedia, into the Turkifh language, which is to be fet about immediately; and, in order to facilitate this undertaking, for the benefit of fuch Muffulmans as are lovers of the belles-lettres, all the plates in the Paris edition are to be copied. In confequence, all the plates that could be procured in France and Italy have been bought up. The mufti has opposed this refolution with all his might; but for all that, the project of civilizing the empire will proceed. [See Vol. VI. p. 23.]

31. General bill of all the chriftenings and burials, from Dec. 13, 1785, to Dec. 12, 1786.

BIRTHS in the Year 1786.

Jan. 3. The lady of William Heath, efq. of Stanftead hall, Effex, of a daughter.

8. Lady Georgiana Smyth, daughter of the duke of Grafton, a fon and heir.

Feb. 14. The lady of Alexander lord Macdonald, a fon.

Countefs of Lincoln, a fon. 6. Lady of fir Watkin Williams Wynne, bart. a fon.

March 21. The countefs of Salifbury, a daughter. [See p. 16.] Lady Cadogan, a daughter. 8. Counters of Abingdon, a daughter.

9. Countess of Balcarras, two

fons.

2. Lady of the right hon. Wm. Eden, a son, at Paris.

May 1. Countefs Fitzwilliam, a fon and heir.

7. Lady of fir Thomas Whichcote, bart. a daughter.

14. Lady of the hon. George Rodney, eldeft fon of lord Rodney, a daughter.

29. Duchefs of Beaufort, a daughter.

Viscountess Hinton, a son. 14. Lady Margaret Beckford, a daughter.

June 15. Lady of fir John Lake, bart. a fon.

17. The Infanta Donna Mariana Victoria, of Portugal, confort of the Infant Don Gabriel of Spain, a prince.

July 9. Her most Christian majesty, a princefs, named Sophia.

12. The lady of col. George Auguftus North, a fon.

14. Lady Catharine Graham, wife of fir John Graham, bart. a daughter.

20. Lady of fir William Maxwell, bart. a daughter.

Auguft 22. Lady of fir John Borlace Warren, bart. a daugh

MARRIAGES in 1786.

Feb. 4. Lieut. col. Paulus Irvin, to lady Elizabeth St. Laurence, daughter of the earl of Howth.

13. Henry Drummond, eiq. to mifs Dundas, daughter of the right hon. Henry Dundas, treasurer of the Navy.

21. Hon. Frederick Lumley, to mifs Boddington.

23. John Pardoe, jun. efq. member of parliament for Plympton, to mifs Oliver, daughter of Thomas Oliver, efq. of Laytonstone.

Hon. Mr. Petre, fon of lord Petre, to mifs Howard, niece of the earl of Surry.

March. Earl of Haddington, to mifs Gafcoigne.

Sir Bourchier Wray, bart. to mifs Palk, daughter of fir Robert Paik.

21. At Bruffels, lord John Ruffell, to the hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Byng, fecond daughter of lord Torrington, minitier plenipotentiary at that court.

28. Richard Long, jun. efq. to mifs Florent na Wray, filter to Bourchier Wray, bart.

April 2. Lady Horatia Waldegrave, fecond daughter of the duchefs of Gloucester, to the hon. capt. Conway, fon of the earl of Hertford.

8. Wiliam Bofcawen, efq. of Bufher, in Hertfordshire, fecond fon of the late gen. Geo. Bofcawen, and nephew to the late vifcount Falmouth, to mifs Charlotte Ibbeton, daughter of the late Dr. Ibbetfon, archdeacon of St. Alban's.

12. At Streatham, lord John Ruffell, to the hon. mifs Byng. They were married on the 21ft of March, at Bruffels, according to the Roman and Proteftant form.

May 7. Sir William Twyfden, bart. to mifs Fanny Wynch.

9. Walter Sneyd, efq. to the hon. mi's Bagot, daughter of lord Bagot.

27. Princefs Louifa Augufta of Denmark to the prince of Slefwic Holftein.

27. Sir William Molefworth, bart. to mifs Ourry.

May 6. Lord Malden, fon of the eart of Eff x, to Mrs. Stephenson, of Harley-street.

17. Earl of Cork and Orrery, to mifs Monckton, daughter of the late lord Galway.

27. Sir Godfrey Webfter, bart. to mifs Vaffall.

June 22 Sir H. P. St. John, bart. to mifs Mildmay, of Shanford. Lord Farford, to mifs Sandys, niece to lord andys.

2.

July 1. Ri ht hon. John Fitzgibbon, attorney-general of Ireland, 10 mifs Whalley, daughter of the late Chapel Walley, efq.

12. Drummond Smith, efq. to mi's Cunliffe, daughter of the late fir Ellis Cunliffe, bart.

1. Edward Thurlow, efq. nephew of the lord Chancellor, to mifs Thompson of Norwich.

The earl of Shaftesbury to mifs Webb, daughter of fir John Webb, bart.

29. William Champian Crefpigny, efq. to lady Sarah Windfor.

Auguft 14. Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, barr. to lady Elizabeth Ramfey, daughter of the earl of Dalhousie.

29. Sir George Ramfey, bart. to the hon. mifs Eleanor Frafer, daughter of the late George lord Saltoun.

Sept. 12. Robert Thornton, efq. member of parliament for Bridgewater, to mifs Eyre, of Clapham.

Oct. 5. Sir Samuel Fludyer, bart. to mifs Wefton, niece to the duke of Montague.

E. Brifco, efq. to lady Anne Gordon, daughter of the earl of Aberdeen.

Sir George William Farmer, bart. to mils Sophia Kenrick, daughter of Richard Kenrick, efq. of Nantclyd, in Denbighshire.

6. The hon. capt. de Courcy, brother of lord Kinfale, to mifs Blennerhaffer, niece to major Poole. 9. Sir James Hall, bart. to lady Helen Douglas, daughter of the earl of Selkirk.

12. Robert Covile, efq. of Hemingtone Hall, in Suffolk, to mifs Afgill, daughter of fir Charles Afgill, hart.

14. Hon. col. Henry Fox, brother to the right hon. Charles James Fox, to mifs Clayton, filler to lady Howard de Walden.

29. Lady Anne Maria Arundel, youngest daughter of lord Arundel of Wardour, count of the facred Roman empire, to the hon. Charles Clifford, brother to lord Clifford, of Chudleigh.

Dec. 1. Lord Henry Murray, brother to the duke of Athol, tq (D 4) if