imperial Majefty of Germany has intereted himself with his holiness against the folicitations of a certain elector of the Empire, for a divorce from his electrefs. Petersburgh, May 6. On wednesday laft this court received the very difagreeable account of the death of general Bibikow. His fovereign and the Empire could not at any time, but particularly at this period, have fuftained a greater lofs. Ilis known probity, and great military knowledge, gave him the jufteft title to the favour and confidence of her imperial Majefty. Lieutenant general prince Scherbatow is named to fucceed general Bibikow in the command of the troops against the rebels. We hear alfo that prince Galitizin is much indifpofed. Warfaw, May 7. Yesterday a courier arrived here with the moft furprifing news, that the Pruffians have taken the city of Frauenftadt; that another army of 10,000 Pruffians has just entered great Poland; and that a large Pruffian army, with the king at its head, had encamped near Dantzick. A few days ago arrived here the Regimentary Krafzewfky from great Poland, and declared that the Pruffians have commenced hoftilities with the Polish troops at Kiolow upon the Wartha, at which engagement 60 of the latter were killed, and 80 were taken priso. ners: he met on the road a detachment of 10 Pruffian Huffars, whom he took prisoners and brought thither, which greatly alarmed the city. Paris, May 11. Yesterday, between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, his Moft Christian Majesty expired at his palace at Versailles, in the 64th year of his age, and the 59th of his reign. The two laft reigns comprehend a period of 131 years; that is to fay, from 1643 to 1774; and what is very remarkable, within that time there have been no less than 9 monarchs upon the throne of England. Lewis XIVth, began his reign on the 14th of May, 1643, when he was about 5 years old, and died on the ft of September, 1715, aged 77. Lewis XV. came to the throne before he was 6 years of age, being the great grandfon of Lewis XIV. his grandfather, father, and elder brother, all dying (before his great grandfather) within the space of a year, His grandfather was taken off by the small pox on the 14th of April, 1711, at the age of 50; his father died the 18th of Feb. 1712, aged 30; and his elder brother on the 8th of March following, aged 5 years. Paris, May 16. On Monday her royal highefs Madame Adelaide was taken ill, and yesterday her fifter Madame Sophie. Their fymptoms leave no doubt that their diforder is the small pox. Madame Victoria was likewise a little indifpofed; but there appearing no fymptoms of the fmall pox, fhe was immediately removed to the Grand Chateau de Choify. La Muette. May 19. The princes of the blood have each of them written a letter of condolance to the king, which his Majesty has answered. The minifters of state appeared this day before the king for the firft time. Paris, May 20. The count de Barry has refigned his poft in the king's light horfe guard. The marquis de Barry, who was colonel of the queen's regiment, and captain of the hundred Swifsguard, belonging to the count d'Artois, has likewife refigned both thefe pofts, the latter of which has been conferred on the chevalier de Monteuil, The place of lady of the company of the countefs of Artois, which was poffeffed by the Marchionefs du Barry, is given to the Marchionefs of Narbonne. The new French king's mode of difmiffing his grandfather's minifters contained fome degee of humour. Hefent word to the duke d'Aguillon and the chancellor, that they had been too near Lewis the fifteenth to be admitred into the prefence of his fucceffor, as he has not had yet the small-pox, and that it was to avoid an infection that he had confided their female friend (madame Barre) to a convent. Anecdote of the prefent "queen of France.-A little after the was married to the Dauphin (now king) they happened to have fome words at breakfast relative to the merits of fome public finger, in the courfe of which the Dayphin faid fome things that irritated her exceedingly the did not, however, reply, but itept into an adjacent gallery, where the immediately fell to hopping upon one leg; fhe wasfeen in this fitua tion by the late king, who asked the caufe of fo odd an amufement; she told him the ftory, and added, that findin : hert herfelf much vexed, and dreading any her to, fhe took that method of recoverimproper reply her temper might fubject ing her ufual good humour. ON HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. Wednesday, May 4. N Monday, the court of King's Bench was moved by Mr. Dunning on behalf of Mr. Macklin, belonging to Covent-garden playhouse, for a rule on fix gentlemen, to fhew caufe why an information fhould not be filed against them for a riotous confpiracy, to deprive Mr. Macklin of his livelihood, by forcing the managers of Covent-garden theatre to difcharge Mr. Macklin therefrom, on the 18th of November laft, which rule the court was pleased to grant accordingly. May 7. The Duke and Dutchess of Cumberland arrived in perfect health at Windfor Lodge, from their tour to Italy, &c. SUPPLIES, 1774. Land, 215,164 7 6-552,457 30 880,000 0 0 7,266,472 12 9 749,98 o 8 WAYS and MEANS, 1774, Land, Malt, Surplus in Sinking 11. The Prefident and Society of Antiquaries having met with a book called Rymer's Fœdera, containing about four and twenty volumes, wherein it mentions that king Edward the firft, furnamed Long Shanks, was interred in a flone coffin, inclosed in a stone tomb, in one of the chapels in Wettmintter-abbey, Ex. of ways and means, and that he was done over with wax, and a fum of money allowed in order to preferve the tomb; accordingly they applied to the Dean of Westminster for leave to have the tomb opened. The Dean being defirous to give all encouragement to curious enquiries, appointed Tuesday last for opening the fame, he being prefent at the time, when, to the great aftonishment of the curious gentlemen prefent, they found the royal corpfe to appear as the hiftorian informs them. He had on a gold and filver tiffue robe, and a crimfon velvet one over that; the jewels that were about him appeared very bright; he held a fceptre and dove in one hand, and a fceptre and cross in the other, which measured between four and five feet long; they fifted up the crown from his head, and his fkyll appeared bare; his face and fured fix feet wo inches; he died on the 7th of July, 1307, in the 68th year of his age. An authentic Account of the Supplies amd Ways and Means for the current year, as ftated by Lord North, in the Houfe of Commons, the 18th infant, Fund, 5 Jan. 7,341,470 13 5 £. s. d. 7,341,470 13 5 20. This day his Majefty went in the ufual state to the Houfe of Peers, and gave the royal affent to the following bills, viz. The bill for the more impartial ad miniftration of juftice in the province of Maffachufett's-bay.-The bill for better regulating the civil government of the Maffachufett's-bay.-The bill for better regulating the government of Quebec. The bill to continue an act for establishing certain free ports in the ifland of Jamaica. The bill for the better regu lation of private mad-houfes.-The bill for regulating infurances on lives, and for prohibiting all fuch infurances, except in cafes where the perfons infuring fhall have an intereft in the life or death of the perfons infured.-The bill for more effectually fecuring the health of prifoners in goal, during their confinement.-And to feveral other public and private bills. 24. The following ceremonies were performed at the death of the late French king: As foon as his most chriftian majefty was given over, the four heralds of arms were ordered to wait in the anti-chamber next to his majefty's bed-room; just as he was expiring they were introduced and placed one at each corner of the bed, and after the phyficians attending had declared he was dead, the two heralds on the right fide of the bed immediately proclaimed aloud, three diftinct times, Le koi eft mort. But as the king is fuppofed to be never dead in France, the two officers on the left proclaimed in the fame manner, Vive Le Koi Louis feizieme; then the body remained expofed for the inspection of every one: twenty-four hours after the death, the body was opened, the heart and bowels extracted, and washed in aromatic waters; after being embalmed, they were put into a box for that purpofe, and buried in a tomb at the Val of Grace; the body was carried to the Louvre, in Paris, exposed in state, and remained there till all the parish priests, monks, fryars, &c. had been in proceffion, and faid prayers: it was then fent with funeral pomp to St. Denis, and placed under a maufoleum erected in the choir of the church, where it is to remain forty days; during that time all the houfhold will be in waiting as if the king was alive; a table is ferved twice a day, and when the dinner is ready, Le Grand Maitre d'Hotel will tafte the victuals, and then proceed to the choir of the church, and announce to his majefty that the table is ferved; the first gentleman of the chamber in waiting June, 1774. will anfwer that his majesty has dined; the fame ceremony is to be gone through at night for the fupper. At the expiration of the forty days the ceremony of the burial will be performed, and a funetal fpeech pronounced the tomb is then to be open, and fix guards du corps will take the body of Lewis the XIVth, who lays upon the first steps, and carry him down into the vault, and put the body of Lewis the XVth in his place. The entrance is then fhut up, and upon it is erected a new wooden mausoleum, covered with a black velvet pall, to the right hand of the altar. 28. The countefs du Barre is ordered, by a letter de catchet, to the abbey of Pont-au-Dames, near Meaux, and the abbefs is ordered not to permit her to fee any body. Some ladies who were frequently with her, are ordered to appear no more at court. The dutchefs de Grammont, who was banifhed for behaving difrefpećtfully towards her, has received a very gracious letter from the queen to recall her to her service. The following are the heads of Lord Chatham's Speech in the House of Lords on Friday laft, on the third Reading of the Bill for the Quartering of the Soldiers in the North America, He began by taking a very extensive and philofophical view of the first settlements in America, which, he said, had they been planted by any other kingdom than our own, the inhabitants would have probably carried with them the chains of flavery and fpirit of despotism; but as they were, they ought to be remembered as great Inftances to inftruct the world to what a ftretch of Liberty mankind will naturally attain when they are left to the free exercise of themselves. He then condemned several parts of the late conduct of the Americans, particularly that of the Boftonians, relative to the tea, which he faid was contrary to all the laws of policy, civilization, and humanity; but though he thus, in the candour of opinion, and on an important queftion, when every thing should be laid open and impartially examined into, condemned fome part of the American conduct, he must reprobate the whole of government's relative to the taxation; that this was his former opinion, and he fhould maintain it till death, That this country had no right, under heaven, to tax America;" that it was contrary to all the principles of juftice and civil polity, and what neither the exigencies of the ftate, the growth of power, or even the acquiefcence of the taxes, could justify upon any occafion whatever. He concluded by going into the conduct of theRockingham party, which (perhaps for Political reasons) he feverely reprehended. He fpoke for an hour and ten minutes, feemed no way impaired in his voice, ftrength, or oratorial abilities, and was liftened to with the most profound attention. The troops that are embarked for America are provided with ammunition equal to fixty-four rounds per man. The laft advices from Boston were brought by the Lydia, Capt. Hood, arrived from that province, when every thing was then in the greateft confufion, and that none of the king's fhips or land forces were then arrived. The Active man of war, just arrived from Boston, brings advice, that as foon as the Bostonians were informed of the measure agitated in the English parliament, and the intention of the government to blockade their port, a general meeting of the people was held, when it was unanimoufly refolved to have recourse to arms, in defence of their rights and privileges. These advices further add, that in confequence of this unanimous refolution, the people were buried, when the Active left Boston, in making every neceffary preparation for a vigorous refiftance. On Tuesday died, as was fuppofed, Mr. Adam Garley, coal-merchant, near Rotherhithe, and on Thurfday he was put into a coffin for interment on Saturday night; but on thursday night, to the astonishment of the whole family he came down ftairs in his fhroud, while they were at fupper, having only been in a trance. As foon as their furprize was over, they put him into a warm bed, gave him fome comfortable things, and he is now in a fair way of doing well. MARRIAGE S. The Rt. Hon. L. Vifc. Hereford, to Mifs Tracy, one of the Queen's maids of honour, and dau. to L. Vifc. Tracy. DEATH S. ANDREW OLIVER, Efq; lieve tenant governor of the province of Maffachufet's bay, in New England. -The Right Hon. Lady Mary Greatheed, fifter to his Grace the Duke of Ancafter.-Lady Henrietta Campbell, widow of John Campbell, Efq; and fifter to the Earl of Glencairn.-His Grace William Fitzroy, Duke of Cleveland and Southampton, Earl of Chichester. -Major General Worge: he was colonel of a regiment in the late war, and commanded the expedition to Senegal, which he took, and was afterwards governor of it.-The Right Hon. John Ward, vifcount Dudley and Ward, lord warden of Birmingham, and recorder of Worcester.-Mr. Jenner, author of Eloifa, the Town Eclogues, and other ingenious productions.-At Bath, Lieut. Gen. Hamilton Lambert, colonel of the 62d regiment of foot.The Hon. Robert Harley, Efq; uncle to the Earl of Oxford, and the oldeft member of the house of commons.Prince John-George Chevalier de Saxe, field-marfhal of the Electoral Saxon army.-At Darmstadt, the Princefs Caroline of Deux Ponts, in her 69th year. -The Landgravine of Heffe Darmftadt, mother of the Grand Dutchefs of Ruffia.-Lady Anne Parker; youngest daughter to the Earl of Macclesfield.Charles Dodd, Efq; in the Commiffion for Middlefex.-Sir Michael Pravie, Bt. attainted in 1715, aged 101.-Lord Viscount Galway, of the kingdom of Ireland.-Lady Bulkley, in her 105th year,-The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Weftmoreland.-Lady Cave. PROMOTION S. to the fee of Bath and Wells.R. Mofs, Bishop of St. David's, Dr. York, Dean of Lincoln, to the Bishoprick of St. David's.-Dr. Dampier, to be Dean of Durham.-The Rev. Dr. Strachey, Rector of Erpingham, in Norfolk, to be one of his Majefty's Chaplains, in the room of Dr. Dampier.-Mr. Serjeant Burland, to be one of the Barons of the Exchequer, in the room of Mr. Baron Adams, dec. General Gage, to be Governor of the province of Maffachufet's-bay, in the room of Governor Hutchinson.—James Webster, Webster, Efq; to be Lieutenant-Colo- of the Aids-de-camp to the commander in chief of his Majefty's forces in Ireland.-John Cleve Pley dell, Efq; Secretary to the said commander in chief of the forces there. nel of the 33d regiment of foot.-Lt. General Elliott, commander in chief of the forces in Ireland.-Captain Elliott, of the 10th regiment of dragoons, one DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.. AS finally ended the hearing of WAS the claim of Andrew Thomas Stewart Moore, Efq; to the title of Lord Caftleftewart in the county of TyTone; and on the following day their Lordships were pleafed to refolve unanimoufly, that the faid Thomas Stewart Moore had fully proved his right to that antient peerage. 29. Very early in the morning a ruffan, by the help of a ladder, entered the firft ftory at the rere of Dr. Achmet's houfe on the Batchelor's walk, where a gentleman was afleep in bed; he took his breeches from under his head, and ftole the gentleman's purse, which contained upwards of thirty guineas. Not content with this fuccefs, he broke into the next house; but the family being alarmed, he was fecured, with his booty upon him, and lodged in 'Newgate. To the King's Moft Excellent Majefty. The bumble Addrefs of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament assembled. Moft gracious Sovereign, We, your Majefty's dutiful and loyal fubjects, the lords fpiritual and tempotal in parliament affembled, beg leave to approach your Majefty, with hearts full of gratitude, for your paternal regard to your faithful and loving fubjects of the kingdom of Ireland, efficiently manifefted by your Majefty's gracious compliance with the prayer of your faithful fubjects of this kingdom, in returning a bill for the encouragement tillage. The improvement of agriculture is a benefit fo universal, diffulive, and permanent in its nature, that it has ever been held a grand object in the eye of the greateft princes: It is therefore pe-culiarly becoming the protection of a fovereign, whofe paternal attention ex-tends to every part of his dominions. Permit us, Sir, to add, that as it is at once the great fource of population, civilization, and morality, it cannot fail of being the ftrongest reinforcement against all his enemies, to a monarch, who, making the fpirit of the constitution his rule of conduct, and the intereft of his people the end of all his actions, reigns all powerful in the breast of every truly fubject. Wm. Watts Gayer, Cler. Parliam. Edw. Gayer, His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant's Anfwer. I will immediately tranfmit this most dutiful and affectionate addrefs to be laid before his Majesty. His Majefty's Anfwer to the House of Lords. GEORGE R. His Majefty returns his thanks to the houfe of lords for their dutiful and affectionate address, The grateful fense they entertain of his Majefty's paternal care to promote the interefts and happiness of his fubjects, cannot fail of giving great fatisfaction to his Majefty, and is agreeable to their conftant zeal and loyalty for his perfon and government, upon the continuance of which his Majesty has the firmeft dependance. G. R. To the King's Moft Excellent Majefty. The humble Address of the Knights, Citizens, and Burgefjes in Parliament afSembled. Moft gracious Sovereign, We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal fubjects the commons of Ireland, in parliament affembled, beg leave to prefent our unfeigned and grateful acknowledgments for the gracious condefcenfion which your Majefty has manifefted to the wifhes of your fubjects of this kingdom, in returning the bill for the improvement of the Agriculture of Ireland; which we confider as a signal inftance of your Majesty's paternal regard for your people. The improvement of Agriculture, the extenfion of commerce, and the increase of population, are objects worthy the attention of the best of fovereigns, and can not fail to be the confequence of this moft excellent law. And we flatter ourselves that it will be a pleafing Z 22 reflection |