vourable impreffion upon his al lies. Other advices mention, that, on the 5th of April, the fort of Durwar had furrendered to the English, in conjunction with the Mahrattas. 9. At the quarter feffions at Sudbury, lately, a profecution for an affault was tried, and the jury could not agree in their verdict; they remained together from noon till midnight, and then, compelled by hunger, burst open the door of the room where they were locked up, and made off to their own houses. Next morning they re-affembled; but being then no longer confidered as the fame jury, they were difmiffed by the court, who determined to apply to the attorney-general for his advice in this curious predicament. Glafgor, Oct. 12. In confequence of very heavy rains, which we had for the two preceding days, the river Clyde yesterday, overflow ed its banks, and rofe to fuch a height as to lay all the lower part of this city feveral feet under water. The furniture and goods in the houses which the water reached have been very much damaged; and as the harvest is not yet quite got in in this country, great quantities of cut corn have been fweeped away. by the flood from the lands overflowed by the river. The water rofe fo high as to reach the cells of the madhoufe. The inftantaneous effect which the dread of the water had upon the lunatics, was very remarkable the whole of them, even the most furious, were rendered quiet and tractable, and allowed themfelves, trembling like children, to be conducted to apartments on the upper story, where they remained calm and peaceable, as long as the courtyard remained covered by the wa ter. 12. On Monday Mary Davis, a girl, only 13 years of age, was brought before the lord Mayor, upon a charge of having put fome copperas into fome cold tea, with intent to poifon an infant child of Mr. Wheelright, her mafter. By the teftimony of Mr.Wheelright and his wife, it appeared, that the prisoner was bound apprentice to him by the parish of Camberwell; foon after which her conduct betrayed a miferable depravity of mind. In the courfe of his bufinefs, Mr. Wheelright ufed copperas, which he kept in a bottle, and particularly cautioned the prifoner not to meddle with it; notwithstanding which he took an opportunity to put fome of it into fome cold tea, and gave it to her mafter's child, who has ever fince been extremely ill. The prifoner, upon being clofely taxed, confeffed the fact, and faid her intention was to kill two of her mafter's children. She was committed till the child recovers. Being brought up, on a fubfequent day, and the child pronounced out of danger, fhe was fent to Bridewell, to receive the correction of the house. Windfor, Oct. 17. Their majefties and the princefs royal, princefs Augufta, and princefs Elizabeth, set out from Gloucefter Lodge, Weymouth, on Saturday morning a little before fix o'clock, and arrived here at fix in the afternoon, in perfect health. Lond. Gaz. Vienna, Sept. 7. The ratifications of the treaty of peace, and of the convention between his imperial majefty and the Ottoman Porte, were exchanged on the 23d ult. at Siftova, by the Auftrian and Turkifh plenipotentiaries, in due form. And on the 5th of his month, fir Robert Murray Keith, his Britannic majefty's plenipotentiary at the above con congrefs, returned to this city. Lond. Gaz. 24. On Saturday, at four in the morning, the watch at the Bank difcovered a fire in that part of the buildings which is lately appropriated for ovens to burn the useless papers; a large beam which ran across the chimney took fire, and communicated to the carpenters' workshops, which in an hour were wholly deftroyed. The fire was then got under, and no farther damage enfued. Several bank directors, attended. It may be neceffary to add, that this fire in no way affected, or could affect, the repofitories of the public accounts, &c. which are amply fecured against the poffibility of being injured by fire. 30. A young African prince is come over under the protection of Mr. Falconbridge, who was four or five years ago engaged in the flavetrade as furgeon of a Guineaman, but left that employ from revolt at the fcenes it exhibits, of which he gave a description before the house of commons. The Sierra Leone company, finding this gentleman a man of great integrity and principle, made choice of him to promote their views in Africa, where they have purchased, of the king of Robana, the prince's father, a diftrict of about 20 miles in extent, through which the river Sierra Leone paffes, and gives it a name. Mr. Falconbridge was in fuch eftimation with the king of Robana, that it was in vain the traders in flaves endeavoured to diffuade him from trusting his fon to his care to vifit a foreign country fo remote as Britain. The flave-traders might naturally be expected to oppofe his coming to England, as one of the objects of it is to promote a growing confidence between the two countries, by placing the prince under the protection of a company instituted for the pur 2 [November, pofe of undermining the slave trade, example of the fuperior advantages by giving the African powers an of cultivating their own country to that of felling their people. NOVEMBER. 1. Yesterday, the feffions at the Old Bailey ended, when fentence of death was paffed on eighteen prifoners convicted of various crimes. At this feffion, a young man was convicted of a misdemeanor, in writ ing and fending an obfcene and fcandalous letter to a lady of reputation and credit in the vicinity of Spitalfields, and received fentence for the fame, to pay a fine of is. and to be imprisoned three months in Newgate. Thomas Chafeland, a capital convict, refpited during his majefty's pleasure, who was laft feffion pardoned on condition of his being tranfported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life, and having then refused to comply with the faid condition, was ordered to remain, but having this feffion accepted the fame, he was yesterday ordered to be transported accordingly. Warsaw, Oct. 1. His majesty, the king of Poland, and his fifters have ftood fponfors to the new-born child of M. d'Engeftroem, the Swedish ambaffador. Hiftory never before furnished us with an example of a king of Poland's standing godfather for a proteftant. 2. This day, the lord mayor, aldermen, and common-council of the city, went to St. James's, with an addrefs to his majefty on the marriage of the duke and duchess of York. 3. Mr. Hippifley, as recorder of Sudbury, has given his opinion refpecting the jury of that place who broke broke out of the room where they were confined, without returning a verdict on the cafe wich which they were charged. They are liable, in judgment, to attachment or indict ment for the mifdemeanor; he recommends, however, that, the circumftance may be paffed over. The trial must be de novo. Bristol, Nov. 7. A monster has lately made his appearance here, charged with having wounded fe veral females. Stockholm, O. 11. A Mr. d'Aiken, a phyfician of Orebo, has invented a powder, which, being infufed in water, will extinguish the moft dreadful fires. A number of experiments have already been made with great fuccefs, and he is to repeat them, in prefence of his majesty, at Drotningholm, where a number of houfes have already been built for that purpose. 11. This day came on, in the court of king's-bench, a long depends ing caufe on behalf of the feamen of the late commodore Johnstone's fquadron, and the troops on board that fquadron, under the command of general Medows. The queftion had been argued fix times. It originated from a meditated attack upon the Cape of Good Hope in the late war, and the capture of a Dutch veffel in Saldanha Bay, which the lords and commiffioners of appeal had determined to be good and lawful prize to the king,' and which the court of king's-bench affirmed. 14. Advices having been received from the earl of Effingham, governor of Jamaica, of a dreadful infurrection, at St. Domingo, of the French negroes, who had deftroy ed upward of 200 plantations, maffacred many of the white people, and threatened the extirpation of the whole colony, the Weft India merchants of London, apprehenfive of the fame spirit in the British iflands, applied to Mr. Pitt, requefting that a reinforcement of troops might be fent to the Weft Indies. After feveral applications, answers, and confequent meetings on the fubject, they received, on Saturday, the follow ing letter from lord Grenville: TO RICHARD NEAVE, Efq. ‹ Sir, I have the honour to inform you, that, in confideration of the late advices from the Weft-Indies, and the application of the planters and merchants, his majesty has been pleafed, for the prefent, to give or ders for fending one regiment of foot from Barbadoes to Jamaica. I am, fir, your's, &c. GRENVILLE.' After fome debates, the mera chants, (although they were far from thinking this letter fatisfactory) came to the following refolu tion: "That the meeting muft approve of any measures which his majesty may be pleafed to direct for the fecurity of the Weft India Islands, but cannot think it adviseable to make a permanent detachment of force from the windward iflands, the fituation of them being fuch, as perhaps, to require an augmentation of troops." This refolution was ordered to be prefented to lord Grenville by the committee, with thanks for the communication contained in his lordfhip's letter. 16. A fhort time ago, a patent paffed the great feal to Mr. Hare, brewer, of Lime-houfe, for his invention of an apparatus for effectually retaining and applying to fe the cffential oil of hops during the boiling of worts for beer, which was formerly loft in the air. By the fame apparatus, water in a vellel of any fize may be heated to boiling (D) heat, heat, without the application of fire, quicker than it could be heated by actual fire. 19. On Tuesday a cafe of confiderable importance to the public, came before the court of king's bench, upon a fpecial verdict. The circumstances were thefe:-An action had been commenced against the defendant, Mr. Smith, as the publisher of a newfpaper called The World, for inferting in it, on the 29th of January 1791, an advertisement, purpoting to be propofals for the houfe of Shergold and Co. by way of scheme for the enfuing lot fery: and another advertisement, to the like effect, for meflrs. Margray and Co. against the form of the ftatute, and by which the defendant forfeited the fum of 100l.-that is to fay, two penalties of 50l. each, ipecified by the act. Upon this flue was taken by the parties, and the caufe was tried before lord Kenvon. The facts being proved, the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for rocl. the penalties incurred. It was agreed at the trial, that the opinion of the court fhould be taken on this cafe, on the point of law arifing out of it, namely, "Whether the publisher of a newspaper was liable to the payment of thofe penalties for the infertion of thefe illegal paragraphs or advertifements; or whether the penalties applied folely to thofe who had a beneficiary intereft in thofe fchemes ?" After counfel had been heard on both fides, the court faid, that the defendant was unquefticnably within the meaning of the act.This was not the firft cafe in which the doctrine was laid down, that printers and publifhers of newfpapers were re fponfible for the publication of thofe articles, whether in the fhape of advertisements, or otherwife, from which the public were injured. Public policy required, that the deluded multitude fhould not be ruined by inadvertent publications. By advertifing thofe illegal fchemes, the poifon was widely diffused, and crowds of ignorant people reforted to the fhops of plunder and deftruction; this was a difgrace even to the government of the country. It was fcarcely poffible to raise a doubt as to the illegality of these schemes; they were directly repugnant to the words and intent of the statute. Lord Kenyon faid, it was neceffary that the public fhould underftand, that the diftribution of any hand-bills, announcing these fchemes, was equally contrary to the ftatute. The other judges concurred entirely with his lordfhip. 21. On Saturday, a long depending caufe between the magiftrates of Surry and the city of London, came on before the court of king'sbench, upon a fpecial verdict. Mr. Shepherd, who was appointed to argue the cafe on the part of the profecution, ftated the following facts: A general meeting, in purfuance of the act 26th George the II. was held by the juftices of Surry, on the 4th of September, for the purpose of granting licences to publicans; that the magiftrates of London did not attend this meeting, but met on a fubfequent day, and granted licences to certain publicans, who had been refused them by the juftices of Surry. For this conduct the magiftrates of London were indicted. The queftion for the decifion of the court was, "Whether the city of London had an exclufive jurifdiction to grant licences in the borough of Southwark, or poffeffed only a concurrent jurifdiction with the juftices of Surry?" After the cafe had been argued on both fides, the court declared, that the question before them was, whether the magiftrates of London had acted with decorum? For no man could doubt but that it was indecorous to run a race in order to grant licences. The true queftion was, whether the city of London had an exclufive, or only a concurrent jurisdiction in the Borough? There was no doubt that they had not an exclufive, but only a concurrent jurifdiction, and therefore they had acted illegally; they could not be ignorant of the general meeting, at which they might have attended as co-ordinate magiftrates. As to the formal objections, the city of London, fhould they be advifed, might bring them in argument be. fore the court; but there appeared no foundation for them. This long-depending cafe is therefore determined against the city of London. Whitehall, Nov. 21. On Friday noon, the duke and duchess of York landed at Dover, and, arrived the day following, between five and fix in the afternoon, at York-house, in perfect health. Lond. Gaz. Her royal highnefs was prefented, on Sunday afternoon, at the Queen's palace, by the prince of Wales. On going to kneel, her royal highness was affectionately prevented by his majefty, who faluted her, and then prefented her to the queen and the fix princeffes. After this, their majefties, the duke and duchess of York, the duke of Clarence, and the fix princeffes, dined together. 23. Yesterday evening, at a quarter before eight, the duke of Clarence went to York-houfe, and was followed by the prince of Wales. At ten minutes after eight, their majefties,accompanied by the princefs royal, and princefs Augufta, in one coach, and the princeffes Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia, and Amelia, attended by lady Charlotte Finch, in another, came to the great door of York-house, where they were received by the duke and duchefs of York, the prince of Wales, and the duke of Clarence. After reciprocal falutations in the great hall, their majefties, &c. were led to the lower apartment fronting the park, where tea and coffee, and other refreshments, were prepared. At a quarter after ten, their majefties and the princeffes returned to the queen's houfe, the prince of Wales, the duke and duchefs of York, and the duke of Clarence attending their illuftrious parents to their carriage. After the departure of their majefties and the princeffes, the prince of Wales and the duke of Clarence returned into the house, and fupped with the duke aud duchefs of York. 24. At feven o'clock, yesterday evening, the archbishop of Canterbury, the lord chancellor, and the bishop of London, came to the queen's house. The archbishop attended by two pages and his trainbearer; and the lord chancellor in his full robes, with the great feal of England carried before him, and his train borne. At half past eight o'clock, the prince of Wales, the duke and duchess of York, and the duke of Clarence, entered the queen's houfe, and were immediately conducted to her majefty's drawing-room. The bifhops and the chancellor were in a separate room for near three quarters of an hour, preparing the form of the register At nine o'clock, the bishops and the lord chancellor having intimated that they were ready, they were admitted into her majesty's drawing. room; upon which the proceffion, attended by the officers of the chapel (D 2) royal, |