Annual Register of World Events

fifted in perfon, accompanied by the grand duke, at an affembly held by the Academy of Polite Arts.

As fome labourers were, about two months ago, digging near Cajolar, one of the grand feignior's palaces on the Black fea, they found a moft curious throne and Яatue, cut in fine marble, of the emperor Arcadius, which were prefented to the grand fultan, but his highnefs being an enemy to fculpture and painting, as contrary to the Koran, ordered them to be thrown into the fea. The fultan Mahomet V. was not fo fcrupulous, he made a fine collection of paintings and ftatuary, but his fon and fucceffor Ofman ordered them to be deftroyed

They write from Vienna, that the Georgians become daily more formidable to the Ottoman Porte. The military talents of Prince Heraclius, the chief of that province, are faid to furpafs imagination. He has infpired his countrymen with an invincible courage; has formed into regiments the inhabitants of the respective diftricts; has provided a good train of artil lery; and fortified the avenues into the province according to the prefent art of war; fo that it is thought the Georgians will, under him, defend their liberty to the laft extremity.

They write from Quebec, that one of the most advantageous branches of trade from Canada confifts, at prefent, in the exportation of pit coals to the West India islands.

There is now in the city of York, a boy and a girl, twins, of furprising ftature. For though not

quite feventeen years of age, the brother measures seven feet and three inches, and the fifter seven feet and two inches in height.

Died lately.The fieur Crevier, author of feveral ingenious works, and particularly the Continuation of Monfieur Rollin's Roman Hiftory, aged 73.

The reverend Mr. Mattinfon, curate of Patterdale in Weftmoreland 60 years. The firft infant he chriftened, after he got holy orders, he asked for himself in the church when the was 16, and by her had one fon and three daughters, all of whom he married himself in bis own church. His ftipend, till within thefe 20 years, was only 121. per annum, and never reached to zol. yet out of this, by the help of a good wife, he brought up his four children very well, died at the age of 83, grandfather to feventeen children, and worth 1000l. fterling.

In the workhoufe of St. Laurence parish, Ipfwich, where he had been maintained upwards of 40 years by the said parish, Edward Richman, a deaf and dumb man, aged 73. He had 19 trunks or boxes, full of articles that he had collected and hoarded up; among which were 19 pair of buckles, 15 razors, 8 tobacco-boxes, 40 knives of different forts, 14 forks, 27 hammers, 85 pair of thoemakers nippers and pincers, 33 pegging awls, 37 awls of other forts, 22 rafps, 97 box-locks, befides the fum of 171. 6s. 8d. all in halfpence, and 141. 118. in filver.

At Warwick, Mrs. Abbots, a widow lady of that town, who, by her will, left a legacy of two guineas to her apothecary, on con

dition

dition of his cutting through the Died under two years of age 8073

tkin of her throat after her decease; to proceed no further, if the bled; but, if fhe did not bleed, to cut quite through her wind-pipe; both which operations her maid, agreeable to her promife, faw pun&tually executed, and thereby entitled herself to a very hand fome legacy.

In Benfon's court, Drury-lane, the wife of Mr. Eafon, fhoe.maker, by falling asleep in a close room, in which he had been endeavouring to light a fire of charcoal, but to do it had ufed too large a quantity.

At Brough, under Stanmore, in Northumberland, Mr. John Nicholfon, who the day but one before, foon after he went to bed, fell into a deep fleep, in which he continued that night, the next day, the night following, and till eleven o'clock on the day he died; all which time he was perceived to breathe, but fhewed no other fymptoms of life, though he was twice let blood, and many other means made use of to roufe him from his lethargy.

In Eaft Smithfield, Jane Fordyke, aged 102.

In Holland, Peter Mayer, a fifherman, aged 107.

Supplement to the bills of births, &c. for the year 1764, at the end of our Chronicle for last year.

Amfterdam. Died 8585, being 1921 lefs than in 1763. Born 5896.

Brunfwick. Died 970. Born 1219. Married 361 couple.

Chefter. From Jan. 1, 1764, to Jan. 1, 1765; Died 452; Chriftened 383; Married 149 couple,

Denmark. Died 27,167. Born 25,756. Norway. Died 19,386. Born 21,236. The dutchies of Slefwick and Holftein, lordships of Pinnenberg, and the city of Altena. Died 11,865. Born 13,159. So that, on the whole, his Danith majefty has loft 58,418 fubjects, and acquired 64,151 new ones.

Drefden. Died 1460. Born 1842, of which 152 were illegiti mate. Married 445 couple. Drontheim. Died 4128. Born

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5045.

Increased in the burials this year 28.

Dublin Died 2307. Born 1999. Decreased

Decreafed in the chriftenings 205,

Died

Married

in the burials 298.
Francfort on the Maine.
983. Baptifed 922.
18 couple.
Haerlem. Died 910. Born 880.
Hague. Died 1113.
Hanau. Died 430. Born 457.
Marriages 165.

Leipfick. Died in the city 479, in the fuburbs 520. Born 974. Married 377 couple.

Manchester and Salford. Died 754. Born 886. Married 447 couple.

Paris. Died 17,199. Born 19,404. Marriages 4838. Foundling children 5560.

Ratifbon. Of the proteftant congregation. Died 260. Born 227. Marriages 67.

Rotterdam. Died 1735. Marriages 155.

Koningfberg Married 683. Born 2149. Died 1575.

Leipfick. Married 324. Born 1437 Died 1048.

Liverpool. Chriftened 956. Euried 1151. Married 478.

Munich, capital of Bavaria. Born 816. Died 1063.

Newcastle upon Tyne and Gatef head. From jan. 1, 1765, to Jan. 1, 1766. Chriftened 728. Buried 763. Increased in chriftenings 67. In burials 68. The burials at the Ballaft hills not included, which are reckoned at 300.

Norway. Died 20,241. Born 22,536.

Paris. Born, 19,439. Deaths 18,034; which are 3065 more births and 5196 deaths less than at London. Marriages 4782. Foundlings 5495..

Peterburgh. Died 4198, of which 77 were above 80, and 5

Bills of births, &c. for the year above 100. Born 5049.

1765:

Rotterdam. Married 573. Died

cafe is much the fame in the

Extra from the regifter of Keym, Wanlip register, (a neighbouring

near Leicester.

Mr. Thomas Sampfon, being minifter in the year 1563, had by his wife Tomifon eight children,

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parifh) which is figned by Robert Cooper, rector, for near a century; and alfo in many other registers of that date; which registers, as I am informed, are, for the moft part, figned by the fame churchwardens for fifty or fixty years. bapt. Feb. 12. in 1630 The Keym regifter is figned by May 6. 1632 the fame church-wardens, from 16331565 to 1620, and from that last 1635 year to 1655, by different church1637 wardens every year.

do.

Feb. 6.

1 Joyce
2 Ana
3 Edward do,

4 Francis do.

oa. 11.

5 Thomas do.

Nov. 1.

6 John

do.

Dec. 15.

1639 1641 1644

I imagine the prefent register was in 1620 copied from former accounts of chriftenings, &c. probably on bad paper books, and tranfcribed into a parchment book; and in order to authenticate it, was figned at the bottom of each page by Mr. Sampfon, the minifter at that time, and by the churchwardens of that year.

If this conjecture has any foundation, the wonder will ceafe, as from hence it appears, that Mr. Sampfon might not be more than thirty-two years old at the birth of his child in 1630

Kirby regifter, of about the fame time, is wrote in the fame hand for above forty years, and not that the rector's, for his burial is entered in the fame hand, as employed during his incumbency.