very tempeftuous. On Saturday afternoon it blew a perfect hurricane from the S. W. In the new town, and other expofed fituations, many perfons were carried off their fect, and thrown down; feveral carriages were overturned, and in fome houfes the windows were broken and forced in. The ftreets were firewed with chimney pans, by the falling of which feveral perfons were hurt, though we have not heard of any being dangeroutly 10. On Sunday morning the ftorm was equally violent. The gale was from a quarter that is feldom dangerous on this coatt; but, if it was equally violent on the Weft coast, the confequences are to be feared.

Glafgew. By a fudden in26th. undation yesterday at Greenock and Port Glafgow, the tobacco-cellars at the latter place were laid under water from fix to nine inches on the floors, by which means a good deal of tobacco is injured, but to what amount we cannot fay. The lofs on fugar at Greenock will be very great, probably not lets than 30,cool. In fome of the cellars on the Weft Quay, the water was up from eighteen to twenty inches on the lower tier of fugar. The ftorm was alio feverely felt here; a fiack of chitonics was blown down in the High-tireet, and feveral trees in the neighbourhood have been torn up by the roots.

A telegraph was this day 28th. erected over the admiralty, which is to be the point of communication with all the different fca-ports in the kingdom. The nearest telegraph to London has hitherto been in St George's Fields; and to fuch perfection has this ingenious and uteful contrivance been

already brought, that one day laft week information was conveyed from Dover to London in the space of only feven minutes. The plan propofed to be adopted in refpect to telegraphs is yet only carried into effect between London and Dover; but it is intended to extend all over the kingdom. The importance of this ipeedy communica tion must be evident to every one; and it has this advantage, that the information conveyed is known only to the perfon who fends, and to him who receives it. The intermediate pofts have only to answer and convey the fignals.

Earl Cholmondeley has in29th. formed the city remem◄ brancer, that his royal highnefs, from being under the neceflity of difmifling his eftablishment, is unable to receive their congratulatory compliments in a manner fuitable to his rank and with that refpect which is due to the city of London; and that the prince exprofles much regret in not having it in his power to thew a proper regard for the good withes of the city of London towards himfelf and the princefs.

This morning about 10, Michael Blanch, a Spaniard, James Colley, an American, and Francis Cole, a Black, who were found guilty at the late admiralty feflions, of the wilful murder of William Little, the mafler and commander of ant American velel, were brought out of Newgate, and placed in a cart, and conveyed to Execution Dock, where they were executed according to their fentence. In the afternoon the three bodies were brought back to furgeons' hall, there to be dif fected pursuant to the fentence of

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the court of admiralty. Had it been a cale of piracy, they would have been hung in chains.

DIED. In Portugal, Dr. Loreira, author of the "Flora Cochi nenfis." This celebrated botanift devoted 30 years of clofe application to the compofition of this work. Sir Jofeph Banks invited him to this country, for the purpofe of publifhing it here; but advanced age prevented him from accepting the invitation.

20. At Lancafter, in an advanced period of life, Mr. Alexander Stevens, architect; who in the courfe of the last forty years, erected more ftone bridges, and other buildings in water, than any man in thefe kingdoms. Among the many works of that kind may be mentioned the bridge over the Liffey at Dublin, and the locks and docks on the grand canal of Ireland. The north of England and Scotland exhibits numberlefs works of his execution. The aqueduct over the river Lune, at Lancaster, is one of the greatest undertakings he was ever concerned in; and, had he lived a few months longer, he would have had the fatisfaction of feeing it completed.

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This night, after eleven ift. o'clock, as the royal family were returning from Drury-lane theatre, when the carriages had reached the end of John-fireet, Pall Mall, a ftone was flung with fuch force as to break one of the glafs pannels in the coach, in which were their majefties and the lady in waiting; which, after ftriking the queen on the cheek, fell

into lady Harrington's lap. A depofition on the above bufineis was taken at the duke of Portland's office, before the fecretary of fiate and two of the magiftrates from Bow-ftreet; when fome of the footmen attending on the royal family were examined. A reward of cool. is offered for the difcovery of the offenders.

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This day came on in the court of king's bench, the caufe of Jeffreys vejus Mr. Walker and others, commitioners appointed for liquidating the prince of Wales's debts, for the fum of 54,6851. for jewels furnithed by the plaintiff for his royal highnefs. Meffrs. Sharp, Elias, Levi, and Dugden, eminent diamond-merchants, were called on the part of the plaintiff, who proved the value of the articles to be, unfet, 50,9971. 10s; while Mellis. Crifp, Duval, and Francillon, on the part of the defendants, gave it as their opinion, that, having examined the jewels, they were not worth more than 43,80cl. exclufive of the ferting of a miniature picture of her highnefs. The jury, after a quarter of an hour's confideration, found a verdict for the plaintiff, 50,9971. 108

Richard England was put 19th. to the bar af the old Bailey, charged with the wilful murder of Mr. Rowlls, brewer, of Kingston, in a duel at Cranford-bridge, June 18, 1794. Lord Derby, the fift witnels, gave in evidence, that he was prefent at Afcot races; when in the ftand upon the race-courlo he heard Mr. England cautioning the gentleman prefent not to bet with the deceafed, as he neither paid what he loft or what he borrowed; on which Mr. Rowl B3

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went up to him, called him raf cal or fcoundrel, and offered to ftrike him; when England bid him ftand off, or he would be obliged to knock him down, faying at the fame time, "We have interrupted the company fufficiently here, and if you have any thing further to fay to me, you know where I am to be found." A farther altercation enfued; but his lordship, being at the other end of the stand, did not diftinctly hear it, and then the parties retired.

Lord Dartry now lord Cremorne, and his lady, with a gentleman, were at the inn at the time the duel was fought they went into the garden, and endeavoured to prevent the duel; there were feveral other perfons collected in the gar den. Mr. Rowlls defired his lordfhip and others not to interfere; and on a fecond attempt of his lordfhip to make peace, Mr. Rowlls faid, if they did not retire, he muft, though reluctantly, call them impertinent. Mr. England, at the fame time, ftepped forward, and took off his hat: he faid, "gentlemen, I have been cruelly treated, I have been injured in my honour and character; let there be reparation made, and I am ready to have done this moment." Lady Dartry retired, his lordship ftood in the bower of the garden, until he faw Mr. Rowlls fail. One or two witneffes were called, who proved nothing material. A paper containing the prifoner's defence being read, the earl of Derby, marquis of Hertford, Mr. Whitebread, jun. col. Bithopp, and other gentlemen, were called to his character. They all spoke of him as a man of decent gentlemanly deportment, who, intead of fecking quarrels, was ftu

dious to avoid them. He had been friendly to Englishmen whilst abroad, and had rendered fome fervices to the military at the fiege of Newport. Mr. juftice Rooke fummed up the evidence, after which the jury retired for about three quarters of an hour, when they returned a verdict, guilty of manflaughter. The prifoner having fled from the laws of his country for twelve years, the court was difpofed to fhew no lenity. He was therefore fentenced to pay a fine of one fhilling, and to be imprifoned in Newgate twelve months.

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In the king's bench, came 20th. on the trial of Kyd Wake, indicted for a misdemeanour in hifling and hooting the king as his majetty was going to the parliament-houfe, on the first day of the prefent feffions, and likewife crying, "down with George, war," &c. Mr. Stockdale, the bookfeller, and Mr. Walford, the linen draper, who acted as conftables on the day, were examined, and fully proved the facts charged in the indictment; upon which the jury without hesitation, found a verdict, guilty. A great number of perfons attended on the part of the prifoner; but as they could only speak to his general character, and not to the cafe in point, Mr. Erkine, the prifoner's counfel, declined calling upon them, referving their teftimony to be offered in mitigation of punithment, on the first day of next term, when the prifoner will be brought up to the court of king's bench to receive judgment.

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Hull. After the family were gone to bed, a very alarming fire broke out in the babitable part of Wrefsle Caftle, which

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increafed with fuch rapidity that before the engines could be brought from Howden (a distance of four miles) the entire building was on fire; by which the whole, with the leaden covering, was entirely confumed, except one chamber, with the outer and fome parts of the inner walls. It is fuppofed to have been occafioned by a chimney taking fire, from which no danger was apprehended when the family went to rett. The fouth fide, or principal part of the quadrangle, being the only part left undemolithed in 1650, contained the diningroom, drawing-room, and chapel, ufed as the parith-church ever fince the other was ruined in the civil wars. In the two principal chambers were fome beautiful ftair-cafes of fingular contrivance, containing double flights of stairs, winding round each other, after the defigns of Palladio.

The following melancholy 24th. occurrence took place. As the ferry boat was croffing the river from Common-ftaithe quay to Old Lynn, at seven in the evening, with about 30 perfons on board, it ran foul of the cable of a barge, and was unfortunately overfet, by which accident it is feared that upwards of 20 perfons have loft their lives; four more muft in evitably have shared the fame fate, but for the active and vigorous exertions of one of the paffengers (John Price, a failor), who at the imminent hazard of his life, and with that humanity and intrepidity which are the characteristics of an English failor, rescued four fellow-creatures from death; he had feized a fifth (a woman), but the rapidity of the tide tore her from him, and he himself had

nearly perished in the attempt to fave her life. Eight only of the bodies have yet been found. It is just 166 years fince a fimilar accident happened at the fame ferry, when 18 perfons were unfortunately drowned.

DIED. 7th. At his lodgings in Bath, John Sibthorp, M. D. F. R. S. and regius profeffor of Botany in the university of Oxford. He was indefatigable in his refearches for new and rare plants, and travelled twice into Turkey and Greece to collect them. The fatigues he underwent in his laft tour entirely destroyed his conftitution, and he has fallen a victina to his favourite flady. He took the degree of M. A. June 28, 1780, of B. M. Dec. 8, 1783, (about which time his father refigned to him the profefforfhip), and of D. M. Jan. 20, 1784. Some years ago the university appointed him a travelling fellow on Dr. Radcliff's foundation, and in that capacity he visited a great part of the European continent. At Gottingen his abilities were held in fuch efti mation, that he was honoured with a degree in phyfic by the univerfity. In 1794 he published a Flora Oxonienfis, and has left an eftate of 300l. per annum to the univerfity, in truft, to defray the expences attending the publication of a Flora Græca, taken from specimens in his own valuable collection. After that work is finished, the fum of 200l. per annum is to be added to the falary of the Sherardian profefor, on condition that he reads lectures on botany in every term. His excellent collection of plants and books he has bequeathed to the botanical library of the univerfity.