feventy-one foldiers, four failors, four women, and one child, unfortunately perished. The following are the contents of a pye lately made at Lowtherhall, in Weftmoreland, and drawn up to London by two waggon horses, as a prefent to a certain great perfonage.-Two geese, four tame ducks, two turkies, four fowls, one wild goose, fix wild ducks, three teals, two ftarlings, twelve partridges, fifteen woodcocks, two guinea cocks, three fnipes, fix plovers, three water hens, fix widgeons, one curlew, forty-fix yellow hammers, fifteen' fparrows, two chaffinches, two larks, three thrushes, one fieldfare, fix pigeons, four blackbirds, twenty rabbits, one leg of veal, half a ham, three bushels of flour, and two ftone of butter. The pye weighed twenty-two ftone. The lieutenants of the royal navy have proposed to the lords of the admiralty, that to provide for near twenty thousand feamen, who will now be discharged, all the king's frigates, armed fhips, &c. which can be properly converted to this fervice, be employed, to the number of two hundred and fifty fail, making one hundred and twenty-five thousand tons of fhipping, manned with feventeen thoufand five hundred feamen, and fifteen hundred non-commiffioned officers, paid by the government as at prefent, and under the fame regulations, and entitled to the fame privileges, as in the Whalefishery at Greenland and Davis's Straits. From an estimate of the gains made by the Dutch in this fithery, it appears, that after all the charges, including wear and tear of the thips employed, there would be a profit of a hundred thousand pounds yearly, belides eftablishing a nursery for feamen. Employing feamen in the government's pay in this branch, would be lefs injurious to the merchants, than employing them in any other, because thips in the Greenland fithery are obliged to carry three times the number of hands required in coafting veffels of equal burthen; and never more than three thoufand have been employed in it in any one season. The grand fignior having requefted the duke de Praflin to fend him a collection of aftronomical books, a fcience he ftudies and cultivates, his grace has fent him a parcel felected by the French king's librarian, as fittest to fatisfy that monarch's curiofity; and his fublime highnefs, accordingly, teftified the greatest pleasure at receiving them. An edict has been lately publifhed in Ruffia, permitting foreigners of all nations and religions, the Jews excepted, to settle freely, wherever they think fit, in that empire. They are not only to receive money, and materials for building, and carrying on their feveral trades, and be exempt from all burthens for a certain number of years, but have full liberty of confcience; and, if they chufe to affociate, and build towns for themfelves in the country, have steeples and bells to their churches, and even be governed by municipal laws of their own making. Notwithstanding all the remonftrances made to theemprefs of Ruffia, by the king and republic of Poland, in favour of prince Charles, his Polith majefty's third fon, folately chofen duke of Courland, her Ruffian majefty continues refolved to have have him fet afide, and the duke de Biron restored to the title and fovereignty of that duchy; for which purpose the ordered her troops to take poffeflion of the country, the inhabitants being very far from unanimous in withing a change, and the whole revenues thereof to be fequeftered; in confequence of which, prince Charles found himself obliged to leave Mittau, and, it is faid, arrived at Warfaw incog. foon after the beginning of last month; fo that Courland can no longer be reckon ed a part of the republic of Poland, but an independent fovereignty, under the protection, and, we may fay, at the difpofal of the empire of Ruffia. This gives great uneafinefs to the Poles, who confider that duchy as a fief of their republic, and therefore folely under their protection. Laft month the Chriftian flaves at Algiers, to the number of four thousand, rofe and killed their guards, and maffacred all who came in their way; but after fome hours carnage, during which the freets ran with blood, peace was reftored. Goree, Nov. 1. On the 15th of October, hetween the hours of two and three in the afternoon, while we were all fitting at dinner at the governor's houle, about twelve in number, the magazine of Fort Elizabeth, containing 8ooolb. of gunpowder, unhappily blew up. The governor's houfe, where we dined, was not above twenty yards from it; but, thank God, none of us were hurt, although most part of the houfe tumbled down about us. The clergyman who was fitting in my room, which was not five yards from it, was killed, as were alfo two centinels ftanding at the governor's door. The Negro Town took fire, and was confumed. On the 2d of April 1762, Chittagong, in the kingdom of Bengal, and the neighbouring places, were violently fhaken by an earthquake. The weather had been for fome days clofe and hot. The motion was at first gentle, but increased fo much that perfons who where walking found it difficult to keep their feet. Moft of the brick walls and houfes were either damaged or fallen; a new room at the fort, ftrong built of brick, was fhivered on all fides from top to bottom, and great part of the old building was thrown down. In many parts of the town the earth opened, and threw up water and mud of a fulphureous fmell, filling up at the fame time many ditches and small pools which are now level and dry ground. Chafins are left in many places, fome of them unfathomable; and at a place, called Bardavan, a large river is totally dried up by a bank of fand that rofe up in the middle of it. At Bakor Churak, near the sea, a larger tract of ground funk, and out of five hundred people, two hundred are loft with all their cattle. At many other places the brick buildings were entirely thrown down; feveral towns are overflowed with water, and funk feveral cubits; particularly a fmall town, called Deep Gong, which now lies no lefs than feven cubits under water. The water was in fome places thrown up ten cubits high, and fettled in wells and pools of which no bottom can be found. By accounts already received, no less than one hundred hundred and twenty dons of ground (a don of ground contains one thoufand nine hundred and twenty cubits in length, and-fixteen hundred in breadth) are loft in different parts of this kingdom; but thefe, it is feared, will not be one eighth part of the whole damage, as further accounts hourly arrive. -Advice has also been received, that two volcanoes are opened on the Secta Cunda hills, which may, perhaps, give vent to the remaining fulphureous matter in thefe countries. The fame fhock was felt on the 2d at Calcutta, and continued about ten minutes; and three fimart fhocks were felt on the 13th of July following: St. Jago de la Vega, Nov. 13. On Monday morning laft, about fortyfive minutes past eight o'clock, was felt here very plainly a fhock of an earthquake, which lafted about fifteen feconds.; but we hear of no damage fuftained thereby. A Letters from America bring an account of a violent outrage' committed by fome men of war's men at Williamsburg in Virginia, on a party of Spaniards who arrived there from the Havanna in a cartel fhip on their way home. It firft began by a private quarrel, but at laft got to fuch a height, that the poor Spaniards were all driven into a houfe together, and, the houfe being first fet on fire about their ears, were fired upon by their merciless purfuers, who now went fo far as to go for powder to blow them all up; but happily the officers, seasonably interpofing, prevented farther mifchief. Many were wounded, and fome Spaniards even loft their lives on this occa fion. Some of the rioters have been apprehended and committed to prifon. . Died lately, Paul Fisher, Efq. of Clifton 'near Bristol, who has left to the Magdalen hofpital 200l. and to the fociety for propagating the gospel 2000l. 500l. of it to propagate the gospel in America, 5ool. for encouraging the proteftant working fchools in Ireland, and the remaining 1000l. for the ufe of the firft bifhop that fhall be appointed in America, with the intereft of the fame, provided fuch a fee be conftituted in twentyfive years. Monfieur Fontaine, at Geneva, aged 103. Mr. Hill at Banbury, aged rog. Mrs. Blockfum, at Prestbury, Glouceftershire, aged 103. Mr. Heron, of Felton, Northumberland, aged 110. T. Pratt, at Haltwhistle, Norfolk, aged 115. natural hiftory of the animals, vegetables, and foflils of Great Britain, illuftrated with drawings from nature, one volume of which has already appeared. A moft commendable method of providing for their poor, not only without expence to themselves or the public, but by a purfuit fo very pleafing in itself, and which, befides, cannot fail of proving curious, and may, in many respects, turn out extremely ufeful, The prince of Orange have 8th. ing entered into the 16th year of his age, he next day took his feat in the affembly of the ftates general, and of the council of state, after taking the usual oath of fecrecy. The earl of Sutherland was elected one of the fixteen peers for Scotland, in the room of the late marquis of Tweedale. At the election Henry, lord Borthwick, gave in a proteft, fetting forth the judgment of the houfe of peers, by which the title and dignity was adjudged to his lordship, as lineally defcended of the first lord Borthwick; and defiring that the judgment might be recorded in the minutes of that day's election; and that, as his ancestor, William lord Borthwick, was nobilitated in the year 1424, as appeared from ancient history, and the public records both of Scotland and England, he, as the oldest lord baron, might be first called in the roll, and have his precedence accordingly. A hive of bees fwarmed at a houfe in Kentish Town. Five waggon loads of money, efcorted by a party of foldiers, were lately brought to the bank from Portsmouth, by the Rippon man of war from the Havanna. 15th. Lord Warkworth, eldest fon to the earl of Northumberland, was chofen member for Weftminster, in the room of lord Viscount Pulteney, deceafed, without oppofition. On this occafion, the guard placed over a large quantity of beer provided for the entertainment of the populace, getting drunk, stove the caiks, and in the ftruggle to get at them, a quarrel broke out between a party of failors, and another of Irish chairmen; when the former getting the better drove the others out of the field, and destroyed all the chairs they could meet with, except one, having on it these words "This belongs to English chairmen." The failors affembled again with equal fuccefs the 17th, when a party of the guards was obliged to interfere, and put an end to the dispute. 16th. The orders for performing quarentine were inforc ed by the king and council, on account of the appearance of the plague in Bofnia, Servia, &c. Search being made by 20th. the peace officers at the houfes of ill fame about Tower-hill, feveral women of the town, and fome failors, were taken, and next morning carried before the juftices for examination; but intelligence being given to their fhipmates, a large body of them affembled, and threatened thejuftices if they should proceed for commitment. The juftices applied for a guard to the commanding officer at the Tower, and a few mufqueteers being fent, they were found infufficient to intimidate the failors, whole nnm bers bers increafing, a fecond and third reinforcement was demanded, and an engagement would certainly have enfued, had it not been for the addrefs of a fea-officer, who, by fair words, called off two thirds of the failors, juft as the word was given to the foldiers to fire upon them, and dexterously conducting them to Tower-hill, there left them to disperse of themfelves, which they accordingly did. Upon this, the failors that remained, being thereby weakened, prefently withdrew, and the juftices proceeded to business, and made out the mittimus of eight of the ftreet-walkers; but in the afternoon of the fame day, as they were going to Bridewell under a guard of a lerjeant and twelve men, they were refcued in Chifwell-ftreet by a fresh party of failors, who carried them off in triumph, after one man had been shot in the groin, and another wounded in the foot. At ten o'clock the officers of aris affembled at St. James's gate, properly apparelled, on horfeback; when proclamation of his majefty's declaration of peace was made with the ufual folemnity. From thence they marched to Charing-crofs in the following order, viz. Guards to clear the way. Conitables and beadles, two and two, bareheaded with ftaves. The high conftable. Norroy king at arms, having, on each fide, a ferjeant at arms, with maces. Garter, principal king at arms. A troop of horle guards. At Charing-crois peace was proclaimed a fecond time. From thence they proceeded to Temple Bar, where the officers of Weltminster retired; and within the gate, the lord mayor, aldermen, and theriff's performed the ufual ceremony at their entrance into the city, and joined the proceffion. Then proclamation was made a third time at the end of Chancery lane. Then at the end of Woodftreet in Cheapfide, where the crois formerly ftood. And the fifth and last time at the Royal Exchange, during change time. The fociety for the encourage The officers of the high bailiff ment of arts, &c. have given co of Weftminiter. guineas to Mr. Stansfield, of Bing Jey, |