merce. Refiftance and revolt were fubdued; and all British India wore a face of fecurity and fplendour; but fadnefs and forrow reigned in the houses or prifons of our princely allies. And in the feverities inflicted on them,numbers of their faithful fubjects largely participated. Of inferior chiefs, polygars, independent proprietors of the foil, not a few were fent to exile: a punishment to them worse than death; as many of them proved, by throwing themfelves over-board into the fea: while their wives and children on shore beat their breafts, tore their hair, and rent the fkies with their lamentations. But of the state of British India in 180 and 1801, we shall be enabled to give a more particular and authentic account, by the evidence that may be expected to come out in the courfe of the inveftigation to be made in the approaching feffion of parliament, refpecting the conduct of the Eaft-India company towards the nabob and family of Arcott. CHRONICLE. CHRONICLE. MODES CXFORD LIBRARY JANUARY. THE HE first day of the century, being alfo that of the union of the two kingdoms, was ufhered in with ringing of bells, and the new imperial flag was hoifted at the tower, accompanied by the firing of guns there, and in the park. Stafford. About 11 this day, a dreadful circumftance took place in this prifon. One Mr.TheophilusSmith was mentioned in our last year's chronicle, p. 21, to have attempted to murder a Mr. Wainwright, of Liverpool, for which offence he was fome time after apprehended, and committed to the county-gaol in this town for trial, under the Black Act, bat his trial was put off at the laft affizes. During his confinement his wife frequently vifited him; and this morning, about 11 o'clock, fhe went to fee him, but had not been in his room long before the keeper heard the reports of two piftols, one immediately after the other, and, on going into the room, discovered Mr. S. with his brains blown against the wall, and Mrs. S. on the floor, with a defperate wound in her back. It appeared, the horrid deed had been done by two double-barrelled piftols, which Mr. S. procured by fome unknown means, and had first shot his VOL. XLIII. wife and then himself. The unhappy lady is likely to recover. An in-' fant daughter is left to lament this rafh and dreadful act. 3d. This day the members of his majefty's council took the oaths as privy counsellors for the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and his majefty received the great feal from the lord chancellor, and caufing it to be defaced, prefented to him a new great feal for the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. His majefty was allo pleafed to appoint, by proclamation, that, "The royal ftyle and titles fhall henceforth be accepted, taken, and ufed, in manner and form following; "that is to fay, the fanie fhall be expreffed in the Latin tongue by thefe words: "Georgius Tertius, Dei Gratia, Britanniarum Rex, Fidei Defenfor:" and in the English tongue by thefe words :"George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith." 14th. This day a proclamation was iffued, for laying an embargo on all Ruffian, Danish, and Swedish veffels, in the feveral ports of this kingdom; which was afterwards effectually put in execution. The rotation at Bow-ftreet police office has been thus altered: fir WilB liam liam Addington has retired on a penfion; Mr. Ford takes the lead; and Mr. Graham is tranflated from Hatton-garden.-Days of fitting: Monday and Thursday, Mr. Ford; Tuesday and Friday, Mr. Bond; Wednesday and Saturday, Mr. Graham. 15th. A general court of India proprietors confirmed a refolution of the court of directors, granting to the marquis Wellesley an annuity of 50001. for 20 years, to commence 1ft Sept. 1798, the day on which the treaty with the Soubah of the Decan was concluded. The marquis Wellesley, with the concurrence of the Eaft India company, has established a univerfity at Calcutta upon an extenfive fcale, and regulated upon the most useful principles. It will contain profeffors for the ancient languages, with the Perfian, Hindoo, &c. and for every branch of science and literature. The profeflors are to be obliged to read lectures in their refpective departments. 26th. The cafe of the journeymen taylors, who have ftood out fo long for an increase of their wages, from 25s. to 30s. a week, came on to be heard before Alderman Brook Watson (as locum tenens for the Lord Mayor), the Recorder, fir John William Anderson, and three other aldermen. The court having confulted for fome time, the Recorder proceeded to give judgment. He then ordered, that the journeymen fhould be allowed 27s, a week; which is a rife of 23.; and double that fum, or 54s. in case of a general mourning. 28th. Mr. Waddington, for engroting hops, was adjudged to pay a fine of 5001. to be imprifoned for one month, and till fuch fine fhall be paid. 31ft. The fale of fine wheaten bread is prohibited from this day: and brown bread will confequently now be generally used. The deplorable fituation of the French prifoners of war in this country having been for fome time known, to efface any unfavourable impreflion which may have been made against the English government in this country, or on the continent of Europe, a long correfpondence on the fubject has been published by miniftry;-from which it appears, that the chief conful refufes to fupply the prifoners with clothes, although we have paid for the clothing of all our countrymen prifoners in France. Mr. Jefferfon is elected prendent of the United States of America.The election was conducted with great warmth. The ballot was renewed thirty-one times during three fucceffive days. The thirty-fecond time decided the election in favour of Mr. Jefferfon, to be prefident; and Mr. Burr, the next higheft on the lift, to be vice-prefident: the election was declared by a falute of 16 guns from the battery at Washington. The Peterburg court Gazette, of 30th December last, contained the following article: "It is faid that his majefty the emperor, perceiving that the European powers cannot come to an accommodation, and wishing to put an end to a war which has raged 11 years, has conceived the idea of appointing a place to which he will invite the other potentates, to engage together with himself, in fingle combat, in lifts which fhall be marked out; for which purpose they fhall bring with them, to act as their efquires, umpires, and heralds, their moft moft enlightened minifters, and able generals; as Thugut, Pitt, and Bernftorff. He will bring, on his part, counts Pahlen and Kutufoff." On this article the editor of the Hamburg newfpaper, after inferting it by order of the Ruffian minifter there, adds the following obfervation on it, written by Kotzebue, the celebrated dramatift, and dictated to him verbatim by the emperor Paul: "It is not known whether this rumour is to be depended upon; meanwhile it does not feem to be altogether without foundation, as it bears the mark of what has often been imputed to him.” DIED-At Berne, of the wounds he received from the French foldiers many months fince, on their irruption into Switzerland, Lavater, the celebrated phyfiognomift: he had loft the ufe of fpeech, and even his understanding, for twenty-four hours before his decease. The death of his fifter-in-law, to whofe house he had cauled himself to be carried in his laft moments, feems to have accelerated his own. A few days before his end he dictated verfes, which were read in the presence of his parishioners. He was an humble country clergyman, of good education, a warm fancy, and a natural acuteness of difcernment. His perfpicuity of intellect was affociated with weakness of fenfibility and imagination, not a little akin to that of J. J. Kouffeau. In this fituation, and with these qualities, he was accidentally led to turn his attention, in a particular manner, to the expreffion of human fentiment and character in the varied conformation of the countenance, head, and other parts of the frame, in the complexion, in the habitual motions and attitudes, in the temperament of health, &c. He perceived, that in all thefe not only tranfient paffion, but even the more permanent qualities of character, are often very diftinctly expreffed. He carried his observations, in this way, much farther than any other perfon had before advanced. Success inflamed his imagination, and he became an enthusiast in the study of phyfiognomy. The opinions relative to it, which he propagated, were a medley of acute obfervation, ingenious conjecture, and wild reverie. They were divulged by him in conversation, and in a multitude of fragments, which he and his difciples foon affembled into volumes. Novelty, myftery, and the dreams of enthufiafm, have inexpreffible charms for the multitude: every one was eager to learn to read his neighbour's heart in his face. In Switzerland, in Germany, in France, even in Britain, all the world became paffionate admirers of the phyfiognomical fcience of Lavater.His books, published in the German language, were multiplied by many editions. In the enthusiasm with which they were ftudied and admired, they were thought as neceffary in every family as even the bible itfelf. A fervant would, at one time, fcarcely be hired till the descriptions and engravings of Lavater had been confulted, in careful comparison with the lines and features of the young man's or woman's countenance. The fame fyftem was eagerly tranflated into the French language: and, as the infight into character and fecret intention which it promifed was infinitely grateful to female curiofity, all the pretenders to wit, tafie, and fashion, among the lively women of France, foon beB 2 came It came diftractedly fond of it. was talked of as a fcience fufceptible of mathematical certainty; and was applauded as capable of endowing man with the power of omnifcient intuition into the hearts and intentions of his fellows. After the first charm had been diffolved, Lavater still retained many difciples. He continued to cultivate phyfiognomy, and was fill eagerly vifited by travellers pafling near the place of his refidence. By fome of his adverfaries he was idly and unjuftly accufed as an infidious Jefuit, who, under the pretence of phyfiognomy, purfaed fome vaft and mifchievous defign. His theological opinions took a colour from his phyfiognomical ones; and he became the abhorrence of the orthodox. His private life was fimple, and even devoutly pious. His wife had become, as well as himself, a great phyfiognomift. He was always an early rifer, and used never to take his breakfaft till he had, in his own mind, earned it by the performance of fome literary talk. He was, at the dawn of the French revolution, not at all adverse to it. Even when it began to penetrate into Switzer. land, he did not paffionately deciare against it; but, when he faw his native country become a prey to the exceffes of Jacobinifm, his indignation was earnestly roufed, and he wrote fome eloquent pieces againft the oppreffions of the French. He favoured the momentary counterrevolution.. He was cruelly attacked and wounded by the French foldiers when that counter-revolution was fuppreffed. His death was in confequence of thole wounds. It may revive his fame, and excite a new curiofity for the perufal of his works. At Venice, Cimarofa, the celebrated compofer. The perfecution he underwent at Naples, for his political opinions, fhortened his days. FEBRUARY. 3d. A fingular occurrence happened this day at Chipping Sudbury. A woman, named Hannah Palmer, lately wrote to a perfon in Bristol, entreating that he or a Mr. C. would come to her, as he had fomething important to difclofe. They accordingly complied with her request, and the informed them that flie was in the deepest distress and horror of mind; that her father had died on the 24th of December last; and that, on the 26th following, the dragged the body down the ftairs, placed it on a wheelbarrow, and conveyed it in the night to the garden behind the houfe, where the dug a grave, and buried it with her own hands. Information of the transaction was immediately given to the proper officers of the town, who fent to Mr. Joyner, of Berkeley, the coroner. The body was taken up, and examined by two furgeons, who depofed that it was their opinion the deceafed died a natural death; after a cool, patient, and impartial inveftigation, which occupied upwards of 10 hours. The Jury returned a verdict--That the deceased died by the vifitation of God: but a deteftation of the extreme brutality of this unnatural and unfeeling daughter ftill remained strongly impreffed on their minds. Dublin. The extenfive fhores on which the Dictator, a rich Liverpool fhip, was unfortunately lately loft, were covered with cotton, coffee, dye ftuffs, puncheons of rum, and |