ported to have coft upward of 30,000l. The whole lofs fuftained is estimated at 45,000l. only 14,000l. of which will be reimbursed by infurance. A great quantity of cotton was destroyed.

The committee appointed to infpect the models for Mr. Howard's monument met on Friday, and have determined that it fhall be done under the direction of the Royal Academy, and that Mr. Bacon fhall be the architect. It is to be placed in St. Paul's; and being intended as a companion to the monument of Dr. Johnfon, will be a full-length figure of the Philanthropist, placed upon a pedestal, with a baffo relievo allufive to his virtues. The estimate given in for the figure is 1100 guineas; for the pedestal and relievo 200.

FEBRUARY 13.

Mr. Fox's bill for fettling the rights of juries, on the trial of libels, has paffed both houses. It is very fhort, and, verbatim, as follows:

'Whereas doubts have arifen, whether, on the trial of an indictment or information for the making or publishing any libel, where an iffue or iffues are joined between the king and the defendant or defendants, on the plea of not guilty pleaded, it be competent to the jury impannelled to try the fame, to give their verdict upon the whole matter in iffue:

'Be it therefore declared and enacted, by the king's most excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That, on every fuch trial, the jury fworn to try the iffue, may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in iffue upon fuch indictment or information; and shall not be required or directed, before the court or judge before whom fuch indictment or information fhall be tried, to find the defendant or defendants guilty, merely on the proof of the publication by fuch defendant or defendants of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense afcribed to the fame in fuch indictment or information: provided alfo, That nothing herein contained shall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to prevent the jury from finding a fpecial verdict, in their discretion, as in other criminal cafes:provided alfo, that, in cafe the jury fhall find the defendant or defendants guilty, it fhall and may be lawful for the faid defendant or defendants to move in arreft of judgment, on fuch

ground, and in fuch manner as by law, he or they might have done before the paffing of this act; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.'

On this fubject it need only be remarked, that by this bill the power of juries is not enlarged. It is only accurately defined.

FEBRUARY 14.

Letters have been received from on board the Pitt, captain Manning, bound to Botany Bay, dated Rio Janeiro, October 20, 1791, by which there is intelligence that foon after they quitted St. Jago, a dreadful fire broke out on board, which carried off 47 of the fhip's company and convicts. Some of the latter having fo far abufed the indulgence of the captain (who permitted them to go on fhore) as to endeavour to escape, he has been under the neceffity of confining them to the fhip.

The thip failed from Rio Janeiro on the 31st of October.

FEBRUARY 18.

Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out at the Shoulder of Mutton public-houfe, on the Markethill, Northampton, which in a fhort time intirely destroyed the fame, together with all the furniture, &c. and what is more fhocking to relate, out of nine people, who were in bed, only one (Henry Marriott, the landlord) efcaped the fury of the flames. The family confifted of the faid Henry Marriott, his wife and five children, and a man and his wife (lodgers) who only came the preceding evening. The fire began in the cellar, where they had been. brewing on Thursday, and had communicated to the rooms on the firft ftory brsfore it was difcovered by the watch, who immediately gave the alarm, but too late to fave the unhappy fufferers.

The increase of the brewery of this kingdom is prodigious. In the year 1796 fix or eight barrels of that kind of porter which the London brewers call Brown Stout, were sent out as a fample to Petersburgh; the liquor proved fo well adapted to the taste of the Ruffians, that last year the orders for that article were nearly 2000 barrels from one brewery alone, and the demand, it is fuppofed, will increase in a tenfold degree. Poland alfo offers another extenfive market for our brewery. Attempts are now making to introduce this kind of porter into that kingdom. The Poles have by the late revolution in their conftitutional government, obtained a degree of liberty that will encourage

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them to make the natural exertions of that induftry of which they are now to enjoy the fruits, and excite them to attain comforts they never thought of in a flate of vaffalage.

FEBRUARY 20, Yesterday afternoon a committee of Weft India Planters had an interview with Mr. Pitt, when the minifter agreed to clear them of all the drawback money on exporting fugars, in order to lower the prefent exorbitant price of that article. FEBRUARY 21.

Yefterday the lottery began drawing at Guildhall, when No. 2935 (a blank) was the first drawn ticket, and therefore entitled to roool.

On Saturday was tried in the court of king's bench, an action for the recovery of 4491. the amount of a bill for building a theatre for lord Barrymore, at Wargrave, before he came of age. The plaintiff was warned by lord Barrymore's guardian not to execute this building; but it was proved, that lord Barrymore had acknowledged the debt, and promifed payment after he came of age.-Verdict for the plaintiff.

The fame day, a perfumer of Brighthelmftone obtained gol, damages for an affault on him by his lordship in Septem▾

ber laft.

Oxford, Feb, 18. By a ftatement of the earnings and fupport of the criminals under confinement, and fentenced to hard labour, in our gaol and houfe of correction at the caftle, delivered in by the committee of magiftrates, at the laft general quarter feffions, and by the bench ordered to be printed, it appears, that their earning, during the laft year, have been as follows:

By labour of different kinds in works carried on within the walls

Cash paid into the hands of

the treasury for labour on
the river navigation, and
the repair of the Battley
turnpike road

297 10

This day, the feffions ended at the Old Bailey, when 19 capital convicts, refpited during his majefty's pleasure, were pardoned, on condition of their being transported to New South Wales for life; one of whom, Thomas Jones, refusing to accept the above condition, was ordered to remain in a cell until his refufal fhall be reported to his majefty. Two tranfports were pardoned on condition of their being imprifoned for fix months. Twenty-two convicts received fentence of transportation for feven years, fix to be imprisoned in Newgate, nine in Clerkenwell Bridewell, and twelve to be publicly whipped.

The feffions are adjourned until Wednefday the 28th of March next.

The adjourned feffion of the peace for the city of London will be holden at Guildhall on Wednesday next.

FEBRUARY 23.

Yesterday an action for criminal converfation was brought by Mr. Duberley against general Gunning. The damages were laid at 10,000l.; and the jury brought in their verdict for the plaintiff with 5000l. damages.

FEBRUARY 24.

Should fuccefs attend the enterprise of civilifing the natives of Africa, and should it be found poffible to lead them from their former practices of making flaves of each other, we are told it will open to this kingdom feveral millions, who may in a few years become purchafers of our manufac tures, furnishing us in return with raw materials, from which the ingenuity of our artists may open new fources of trade.

AMERICA.

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General St. Clair had formed his army in two lines, and on the day of the battle it was defigned to throw up fome works, and the next day make an attack; but the enemy precipitated this event, and fought with unaccustomed fury. The principal attack was on the centre of our army, where the artillery was planted. The Indians never appeared, but fired from covert places, and lying on the ground. Whenever charged with the bayonet they gave way; when our troops retired to the main body, they pursued. The artillery was not taken as at first re

prefented,

prefented, and then re-taken. It was filenced, and abandoned in the retreat.

St. Clair's lofs is about one half of his whole command, perhaps 1000 men. He has effected a fafe retreat to Fort Washington. He left the wounded at Port Jefferfon, which was fupplied with provifions, and it is expected is very fafe. His troops behaved with great bravery, till the retreat commenced; great numbers then threw away their arms, and abandoned themselves to defpair,

Fortunately the favages were allured by plunder, and pursued but a short distance, or the deftruction would have been complete. St. Clair fays, he was overpowered in every quarter, and yet from the manner in which the whole fcene was conducted, he could form no judgment of the numbers of the enemy. It does not appear that they ever rushed on our army, but preferved a certain diftance, from which they effected a fure execution.

The above are fuch particulars as have been conmunicated by general Knox.

Philadelphia, Dec. 23. Yefterday, the prefident of the United States nominated Thomas Pinckney, minifter-plenipotentiary to the court of France; and Mr. Short, Chargé des Affaires of the United States at Paris, to be minifter refident at the Hague.

Philadelphia, Jan. 2. On Friday morn ing was prefented to the prefident of the United States, a box, elegantly mounted with filver, and made of the celebrated oak tree that sheltered the Washington of Scotland, the brave and patriotic fir William Wallace, after his defeat at the battle of Falkirk, in the beginning of the fourteenth century, by Edward the firft. This magnificent and truly characteristical prefent is from the earl of Buchan, by the hands of Mr. Archibald Robertson, a Scots gentleman, and portrait painter, who arrived in America fome months ago. The box was prefented to lord Buchan by the Goldsmiths' company at Edinburgh; from which his lordship requested and obtained leave to make it over to a man whom he deemed more deferving of it than himfelf, and the only man in the world to whom he thought it justly due. We hear further, that lord Buchan has, by letter, requested of the prefident, that, on the event of his decease, he will confign the box to that man in this country who fhall appear, in his judgment, to merit it beft, upon the fame confideration that induced him to fend it to the prefent pof, feffor.

heir.

BIRTH S.

On Tuesday the 20th inft. the bank of the United States of America commenced business; when discounts were made to a large amount.

New-York, Jan. 9. Yefterday the following refolution was adopted in the houfe of reprefentatives of the commonwealth of New-York, and fent to the fenate for their concurrence:

· That in commemoration of the important and meritorious fervices rendered to this country by George Washington, whofe character and conduct have tri

umphed in proportion to the difficulties they have encountered, and have attracted the admiration and respect of all nations where valour and virtue are held in eftimation, there be procured, at the public expence, a full length portrait painting and marble buft, expreffive of his perfon, and as far as poffible characteristic of his talents.

Refolved that the faid painting and buft be depofited wherever the legislature thall deem expedient.'

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Lady Eleonora Dundas, a fon. Lady of the hon. John Thomas Town, fhend, a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

George Fludyer, efq. M. P. to lady Mary Fane.

Sir Henry Harpur, bart. to miss Haw、 kins.

Thomas Horatio Batchelor, efq. of Horftead, Norfolk, to mifs Jane Beevor, daughter of James Beevor, efq.

Sir J. Rous, bart. to mifs Whitaker.

Sir Norton Robinson, bart.

of the Royal Academy.

printer.

Robert Edington, of Newcastle-uponTyne, woodmonger.

Thomas Jones, of Bafing-lane, warehoufeman.

Thomas Brovn, of Kingston-uponHull, grocer.

John Thomas, of Bath, cutler. Michael Kavana, of the Old-change, callender.

Thomas Greaves, of Tamworth, in Warwickshire, innholder.

Wolf Benjamin, of Banbury, in Oxfordshire, filversmith.

Richard Papps and John Biack, of Bafinghall-ftreet, factors and copartners. Samuel Davis, of White-horfe-yard, Drury-lane, man's-mercer.

Robert Jackfon, of Eafingwold, in Yorkshire, grocer.

Ifaac Natali, of the Minories, linendraper.

Peter Naylor, of Dean-street, Southwark, woolftapler.

JANUARY 31.

William Bond, of Manchester, woolJen-draper.

Ifaac Lancaster Bird, of Newcastleupon-Tyne, fhopkeeper.

John Craddock, of Rocke, Worcesterfhire, dealer.

John Harrock, of Thurcroft, Yorkfhire, dealer.

Daniel Perry, of Newport, in the Ifle of Wight, foap-boiler.

FEBRUARY 4.

Peter Ambrofius Marfiley and Theodore De Beaume, of Union-court, Broadftreet, merchants and copartners.

Thomas Belcher, of Charles-street, Long-acre, coach-fpring-maker.

John Piper, of Thakeham, in Suffex, blanket manufacturer,

FEBRUARY 7.

James Holroide, of Bermondsey-street,

woolftapler.

Simon Field, of Bermondsey-street, woolftapler.

Richard Oakes, of Cleveland-court, St. James', hardwareman.

Thomas Wheatley and William Thompfon, of New Bond-ftreet, poplin-manufacturers and copartners.

John Scafe, of Pately, in Yorkshire, drover.

Dugald Munn and Samuel Barrett, of Ratcliffe, in Lancashire, manufacturers and copartners.

William Corbis, of Redruth, in Cornwall, dealer.

FEBRUARY II. Richard Jackson, of Oxford-street, hàberdafher.

Richard Turner, of Brifte 1, cornfactor. James Mullowney and John Thomey, of Bristol, merchants and copartners. Thomas Lepard, of St. George in the Eaft, bricklayer.

George Gardiner, of Ludgate-hill, warehouseman.

FEBRUARY 14.