Administration, extremely injurious to the great commercial interests of the British empire.

gthly, Because, upon the whole, we conceive that this meafure will be dangerous. A two edged fword placed in the hands of an English Minifter, between the liberties of Great Britain and Ireland-Dangerous to our fellow fubjects in America-Detrimental to the good understanding, which will, we hope, ever fubfift between the two kingdoms-Extending the influence of prerogative-inlarging a devouring, increafing expence upon the people of Ireland-An inadequate defence Preventive, as a bad substitute, of the only true, unalienable, conftitutional, comprehenfive defence, a national militia.

1othly, For these reasons, we have thought it our duty to tranfmit our reasons to the public and our fucceffors. And because, lastly, we cannot help anticipating many evils in our minds, from an increase of the ftanding army, which we pray God, the British empire and pofterity may never feel.

MOUNTMORRIS. LONGFORD.

Monday the report was made to his Majefty of the convicts under fentence of death in Newgate, when the following were ordered for execution next Wednesday, viz. William Moody and John Jones, alias Pofnet, for breaking into the houfe of John Wood, of Petty France, and stealing two pair of filver buckles, 12 guineas, and other things; John Chapman and William Patterson, for robbing John China on the highway of 45. 6 d. and Thomas Dunk, for feveral robberies.

The following are refpited; William Cor by, Christopher Busby, Benjamin Jones, Richard Loft, John Leicester, and Ifaac Pemberton.

Monday night about eleven o'clock, a terrible fire broke out at a ginger-bread and fugar-baker's in Narrow-ftreet, near Limehoufebridge, which confumrd the faid houfe, with two public-houses, and about fourteen other dwelling-houses before it could be extinguished.

February 8.

When appeared before a certain Society, on Monday, the Prefident informed him, that he need only reply to fuch questions as he liked, and that no perfon had a right to compel him to make any anfwers which were repugnant to his feelings. The D with clearness and firmness answered, he came there with intention to declare all he knew; and spoke much to this purpor. : That before the peace of V-s was concluded, the fum of 500,000l. was paid to the mistress of an unpopular L-d; 250,000 1. to L--d B-; and 250,000l. to Mr. F-x;

that these fums were remitted from a certain banker's in P, of which my Lord H-x knew; that he had there declared thefe particulars to our Ambaffador; and to the Duke

of Newcastle alfo, who replied, that Fwas a dd rogue, he believed-but not fool enough to do that;' that Sir G. S had alfo evaded the inquiry; and that Mr. ML- e knew every proceeding to be fact. This Mr. M'L- -e folemnly denied, and declared he believed every affertion of the D's to be falfe.-The D further added, that humanity would not permit him to name his author, as death would be his fate.'- A M-r afked, if he was not fome indigent mechanic that he had this account from ?-The D-replied, My Lord Bp could best tell that, as he was a daily companion of his.'-However, upon the whole, the account was treated with an air of contempt, and the mountain mus→ dwindled to nothing.

February 10.

Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, Feb. 7,

Monday evening the Dutch homewardbound Eaft-Indiaman came to an anchor in St. Helen's-road, which the Custom-house Officers obferving, and the wind being then fair, gave them reafon to fufpect that fome goods would be run from her in the night; in confequence thereof, the Cuftom-houfe cutter was ordered to obferve her motions, when in the night a large lugger was feen to go along-fide, and after the Officers thought her fufficiently loaded, a boat was difpatched from the cutter to board her, which they did, and found the imugglers people very bufy flowing away the goods they had on board, confiiting of leagers of arrack, with other Eaft-India goods; but the fmugglers no fooner obferved the Officers on board, than they called to the Indiaman for affiftance, when numbers of the crew came down to the lugger, overpowered the Officers, took away their arms, and tumbled them into their boat, after wounding feveral of them; the lugger thea went out directly to fea, but with the loss of her boat, which the Officers cut away from her ftern.'

February 14.

Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Chippenham, dated February 9.

Wednesday laft, between one and two o'clock, as I was travelling on horseback near Beckington, in Wiltshire, a form of wind and now blowing fo violently, I found it im practicable to proceed over the Down, there fore made the best of my way to Beckington houfe, where I was foon informed by fom: Gentlemen and two Ladies, paffengers belonging to two of the Bat hmachines,in their way

to London, that they had undergone great diftreis in going over Chervil-Down; the ftorm overpowered the horfes to fuch a degree, they would not go on, and in the hurri cane one of the coachmen was blown off from his box; this increafed the fears of the Gentlemen and Ladies not a little; however, they Jet down the windows of the machines, to make way for the wind, as it came fideways, to have a paffage through; and in this fituation they fat near an hour, till they were almoft perished with the cold; at length they determined to get out to try to walk to Beckington-houfe, (the distance not being above a mile) but in confequence of this, both the machines immediately overfet, and the paffengers were then in greater difficulty, being quite expofed to the inclemency of the wind and fnow One of the Gentlemen, in endeayouring to prevent the Ladies from being quite blown away, lott his hold, and was blown from his companions upwards of 150 yards, where he lay till affiftance came to him, incapable of either feeing or hearing. I ftaid with the travellers above an hour and a-half, and left the whole recovered; and the ftorm being much abated, the people of the village, and the coachmen, got their carriages off the Down, which they found impoffible to attempt before.

February 15.

We have an account from Nottingham, that on Saturday evening the 27th ult. about ten o'clock, happened there, after a warm day, the most violent and fudden flash of lightening that was ever known in the memory of man at this feafon of the year. It was fucceeded in half a minute by a loud clap of thunder, which came from the fouthweft. At Basford, Bulwell, and other villages in that neighbourhood, the inhabitants were greatly alarmed, many houfes being fo fhook that they were apprehenfive it was an earthquake. At Beefon, Chiwell, Bramcote, &c. they faw fo tremendous a blaze hanging over Nottingham for feveral mo. ments, that they thought the town was on fire. And by many undoubted relations, it feems the phænomenon extended many miles, for it was feen and heard at Derby, Burton, Litchfield, Stafford, and as far to the weft as Plymouth in Devonshire, and in fome parts killed horfes and cattle. But happily no perfons loft their lives, though many were much terrified.

• February 17. Yefterday his Majefty went to the House of Peers, and gave the royal affent to the following bills:

The bill for granting ap aid to his Majefty, by a land-tax to be ralfed in Great Britain, for the fervice of the present year.

The bill to continue the duties on malt, mum, cyder and perry, for the service of the pre ent year.

The bill to punih mutiny and defertion,

and for the better payment of the army and their quarters,

The bill for regulating his Majesty's ma rine forces when on thore."

The bill to indemnify perfons, acting by order of Council, for preventing the spreading of the contagious diffemper amongst the horned cattle.

The bill to enable Lord George Sackville, and his iffue male, to take and use the furname of Germain, purfuant to the will of Lady Elifabeth Germain, decease.

And alfo to feveral naturalisation bills.
February 18.

On Thursday night five men went on board the Mary and Isabella Weft Indiaman, Capt. Pearfon, in the river, and were detected stealing tobacco, &c. The crew attacked them, ftruck one of the thieves with a hand-fpike on the head, and killed him on the spots another, in jumping into the boat fell into the Thames, and was drowned; the other three tumbled the wounded man into the boat, but finding him dead threw him over; they then rowed for the ftairs at Tower Wharf, where they attempted to land, but the centinel being called to, he fired at them. which obliged them to row across, and land on the Borough fide, from whence they made their efcape. The dead body of the fellow, who was killed with the handspike, was foon after taken up and landed on Tower Wharf he appears to be between 70 and 80 years of age, and had on a failor's jacket.

On Thursday the money collected at Liverpool for the relief of the unhappy sufferers by the late dreadful fire at Antigua, amounte ing to 3461. 2s. 6d. was shipped on board the Favourite, Captain Kevish, bound for the above island.

February 19.

A number of journeymen hat-dyers assem❤ bled in Southwark, and took one of their bro ther journeymen into cuftody, whom they charged with working over hours without any more pay, and for taking under prices. They obliged him to mount an afs, and ride through all the parts of the Borough where hatters are employed, and also many streets in the city: A label was carried upon a pole before him, denoting his offence; and a number of boys attended with fhovels, playing the rough mufic. At all fhops they came to in their way of business, they obliged the men to ftrike, in order to have their wages raised. February 21,

Monday night, in a great political fociety, the queftion relative to the expulfion and incapacity of a certain popular Gentleman was finally determined: The numbers, on the laft divifion were 237 to 159, majority 78; fo that the expulfion, and the incapacity of that Gentleman to be elected during the present Pt, are now declared to be legal and conftitutional,

A woman in Elliot's court, iu the Old Bailey,

Bailey, was taken in cuftody, charged with cruelly beating and starving her apprentice girl. She was carried before the Lord Mayor at the Old Bailey, who committed her to Woodfreet Compter, and a bill of indictment was immediately found against her; but the will not be tried till next feffions, in order to fee if the poor girl can recover. It appeared on the examination of the mistress, that she had often beaten the girl inhumanly, and afterwards chained her to a poft in the back part of her houe, where the kept her without food; but the neighbours ufed to throw provifions out of their windows to her; and yesterday morning, they finding her in the fame unhappy situation, where the had been all night, they found means to convey her away unknown to her miftrefs. When the girl was brought before his Lordship, the was fo weak that the could hardly Ipeak, and feemed in ftrong convulfons. His Lordship ordered her to be taken into the kitchen, and nourishing things given to her, but her recovery is doubtful. She was put out by the Officers of the parish of St. Pancras, by whom the profecution is carried on. February 24.

This morning a remarkable cause came on in the Court of King's-bench, Guildhall, before Lord Chief Juftice Wilmot; wherein Mr. Duval, a builder, near Mary-le-bone, was plaintiff, and Mr. Clough, mafter of the Swan alehoufe, in Salisbury court, Fleet-street, defendant. The plaintiff, in June last, lost a bank-note of 100 l. in Fleet-ftreet, and. by properly tracing it, difcovered that the defen dant had changed it at the Bank for a note of fol, and the rest in cash; and upon the plaindiff's applying to the defendant for his property, he refused to restore it, alledging that a perfon had dined at his houfe whofe bill came to half a crown, and having no cash for payment, offered him the bank-note, which he Iran with to the Bank to get changed, and when he came back the man was gone. On the trial it appeared, the bank-note had been found by two lads, who ftick bills about the city, &c. and they carried it to the defendant, who gave them a guinea each; but foon after understanding the value of the note, they threatened the defendant till they got eighty gounds from him at different times. Every circumftance appeared fo clear on the whole, that the defendant was caft in full damages and coft.

Yesterday Matthew Kennedy and Patrick Kennedy, who, with Michael M⭑Mahon and John Evans, were indicted for the wilful murder of John Bigby, a watchman on Weftminfter-bridge, after a trial of eight hours the two unhappy brothers were convicted, and received judgment to be executed on Monday, and afterwards diffected.

February 26.

This day a refpite came to Newgate, during his Majefty's pleasure, for Matthew Kennedy, and Patrick Kennedy, who were to have been executed this morning.

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A fon and heir to her Grace the Duchefs of Gordon, at Edinburgh.

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MARRIAGES.

AMES Wilkinson, Efq; of OxfordAtreet, to Mifs Frances Mathews, of Upper Brook street.

Robert Southby, Efq; of Appleton, Berkhire, to Mifs Williams.

Thomas Chiffum, Esq; of Abchurch-lane, to Miss Roberts, of Suflex.

Thomas Pennington, Efq; of Upper Brookstreet, to Miss Lydia Waters, of New Bondstreet.

Rev. Mr. Smith, vicar of Almondbury, Yorkshire, to Mifs Banks.

William Leslie Hamilton, Efq; to the Right Hon. Lady Isabella Erskine, fifter to the Earl of Buchan.

Saunders Stroud, Efq; of Coventry-street, to Mifs Martin, of St. James's-ftreet.

Rev. Mr. Strong, rector of Norton, Kent,
to Mrs, Nicolls, of Cripplegate.
Edward Lafcelles, Efq; to Lady Fleming.
DEATHS.

Dmiral Holcombe, at Bath,
Rev. Dr. D'Oyly, in Kenfington-

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fquare.

Hon. Mrs. Cope, relict of Sir John Cope. Benjamin Powell, Efq; at Peckham. James Lazenby, Efq; in Stanhope-street, Richard Gildart, Efq, fenior Alderman of Liverpool.

Francis Lutwich, Efq; at Hackney.

Rev, Mr. Caverley, at Bifhop-ftoke, Hants. Col. Thomas Mafters, at Cowley, near Uxbridge.

Hon. Charles York, Lord High Chancellor. Daughter of the Hon. Stephen Fox, in Piccadilly.

David Graham, Efq; in Serjeant's-inn. Richard Clarke, Efq; at Blake-hall, Essex. Hon. Mrs. Hannam, Lady of John Hannam, Efq; and fifter to the Right Hon. Earl Chatham.

Sir Peter Leicester, Bart. at Tabloy, Che fhire.

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PREFERMENTS.

E V. Dr. Thomas Edwards, to the vica rage,of Nun-Eaton, Warwick. Rev. Mr. John Hooper, to the rectory of Pycombe, Suflex.

Rev. Dr. Nicoll, to the living of Drayton, Oxfordshire.

Rev. Dr. Porteus, the Rev. Dr. Percy, the Rev. Dr. de Chaire, the Rev. Mr. Taylor, the Rev. Mr. Scott, the Rev. Mr. Cleaver, and the Rev. Mrs. Baifedaun, to be Chaplains in ordinary to his Majesty.

Mofes Ifaac and Ifaac Aaron, of Hound ditch, hawkers, pedlars, and partners. Matthew Iremonger, of St. Alban's, in Hertfordshire, fhopkeeper.

William Mallefon, late of Old Broadstreet, packer.

Anthony Alderton, of Harwich, in Effex, merchant.

Samuel Hoggins, of the Strand, in the pa rish of St. Martin in the Fields, tallow chandler.

Peter Finn, of King-ftreet, St. James's, taylor.

Lawrence Hermatinger, late of Montreal, in Canada, now of London, merchant.

William Richardfon, of Threadneedle ftreet, cheesemonger.

Alexander Grant, of Princes ftreet, in the parish of St. James, Westminster, cabinetmaker.

Thomas Playne, now or late of Woodchefter, in Gloucestershire, clothier.

Thomas Farnas, now or late of Liverpoole, In the county of Lancaster, joiner and cabi

net-maker.

Gregory Adams, of Tormoham, in Devonfhire, broker.

Charles Frederick Hemple, of Lemonfreet, Goodman's-fields, tobacco-merchant. John Bagnall, late of Caftle street, Turnmill-fireet, Clerkenwell, brewer.

John Hamilton Smyth, late of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, furgeon and apothecary.

Thomas Lyon, of Furnival's-inn-court, Holborn, jeweller.

Thomas Setcole and John Rogers, of Doctors Commons, brokers, and partners.

Abraham Jacob Oranienberg, of Creechurch-lane, Leadenhall-Areet, chapman. Robert Spratlin, late of Lombard-street, haberdasher.

Thomas Dollery, of the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, Surry, red-potters.

Thomas Thompson, of Waltham-abbey, in Effex, linen-draper.

Edward Rowland, of Dolgelly, in Merionethshire, chapman.

George Willon and William Carr, of Newcaffle upon Tyne, merchants and partners. Elias Levi, Bernard Levy, and Jofeph Canter, of Ratcliff Highway, merchants and partners.

Henry Lyon, of Bevis Marks, London, and Mofes Levy, of Red-lion-ftreet, Whitechapel, in Middlefex, jewellers and partners.

John Gibfon, late of Wood-ftreet, victualler, and Jofeph Weftran, now a prifoner in the King's-bench, taylor.

James Drawwater, of St. Mary le Bone,

mafon.

John Jones, of St. Faith the Virgin, London, dealer and chapman.

Jofeph Gingell, of the borough of Southwark, Surry, linen-draper.

Richard Fofter and John Cowcher, both of St. Mary le Bone, Middlefex, builders.

John Graham, of Brick-lane, Spitalfields Middlefex, throwfter and filkman.

Barnard Levi and Mordecai Levi, late of Whitechapel, in Middlefex, glafs-flowerers and merchants, and Samuel Zacharias, late of Bartholomew-court, Throgmorton-street, London. merchant, dealers and partners.

Thomas Neale, of Norwich, vintner. Samuel Allen, of Banbury, in Oxfordshire,

mercer,

Francis Fofter, of Gerrard-street, Soho, in Middlesex, upholsterer.

Thomas White, of Hammersmith, in Middlefex, potter.

Thomas Callaghan, of Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland, baker.

Jofeph Chambers and Charles Chambers, of Queen-ftreet, London, haberdashers, and partners.

Ellis Morris and Robert Hughes, both late of Broad St. Giles's, in Middlefex, oilmen, and late copartners.

Thomas Reeves, of the parish of St. John, Wapping, in Middlefex, merchant.

William Tuite, of Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, in Middlesex, goldsmith.

William Williams, jun. late of Landovery, in Carmarthenshire, linen draper and grocer. James Biley, of Cheapfide, London, linendraper.

Jofeph Edwards, now or late of Hoxton, in Middlesex, dyer.

Robert Cowcher, now or late of Gloucefter, cutler.

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Thomas Sutton, jun, of Westerham, in the county of Kent, shopkeeper and taylor.

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WAR-OFFICE.

Ixteenth Regiment of Dragoons, Cornet David Ballingall, from half-pay, to be Cornet, vice John Leech.

ift Regiment of Foot Guards, Captain Thomas Gordon to be Quarter-mafter, vice Temple Weft, who refigns.

⚫ Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, William Langley, Gent. to be Enfign, vice William Henry Monckton, who refigns.

3d Regiment of Foot Guards, Sir Francis Carr Clerke, Bart. to be Enfign, vice Conyers; by purchase.

Ditto, Surgeon's mate, William Wollaston to be Surgeon, vice William Fordyce, by purchase.

Fourth Reg. Foot, Capt. Robert Paul is appointed to be Major, vice Charles Heathcote, preferred, by purchase.

Dirto, Lieut. John Foreft to be Captain, vice Robert Paul, by purchase.

Ditto, Enfign Andrew Robinfon Stoney to be Lieutenant, vice John Foreft, by purchase.

6th Reg. Foot, Capt. Mathew Derenzy to be Major, vice Hamlet Wade; by purchase. Lieut. William Hurst to be Captain. Enfign Jofeph Duffeaux to be Lieutenant. Thomas Herring, Gent, to be Enfign, and Enfign Jofeph Duffeaux to be Quarter-mafter. Lieut. Edward Bullingbroke, from half-pay, to be Lieut. vice William Nicholson, who exchanges.

Toth reg. Foot, Lieut. Lawrence Parfons to be Captain, vice Philip Skene.

Ditto, Lieut. Jofiah Crampton to be Adjutant, vice Lawrence Parfons, by purchase.

11th Reg. Foot, Capt. Lieut. William Auguftus Gordon to be Captain, vice Thomas Faulkener, by purchase.

Ditto, Lieut. George Fenwick to be Captain Lieutenant, vice William Augustus Gordon, by purchase.

35th Reg. Foot, Major Charles Heathcote, of the 4th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieut. Col. vice William Mafter, by purchase.

36th Reg. Foot, Capt. William Talbot, from half-pay, to be Capt. vice William Robinfon, deceased.

64th Reg. Foot, Lieut. James Stewart to be Captain, vice Rowland Davies, by purchase. 66th Reg. Foot, Lieut. Jofeph Smith Speer, of the 49th regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice George Thorne, deceafed.

Lieut. Alexander Hamilton, from Halfpay, to be Fort-Major to the Garrison of Fort St. Philip, in the Inland of Minorca, vice John Gore, preferred,

Lieut. William Taylor, of the 11th Reg. Foot, to be Fort Adjutant to the faid Garrifon, vice John Gore, preferred.

Lieut. Col. William Faucitt, of the 3d Reg. Foot-Guards, to be Lieutenant-Governor of Pendennis- calle, in the room of Lieut, Col. Rishard Bowles, docensed,

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