HISTORICAL

CHRONICLE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

From the Banks of the Vistula, Dec. 14.

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ed a detail of the victory gained by the Ruffians over the grand vizir, who is retired to Adrianople: It is faid that the military cheft, containing 2,500,000 piasters, all their baggage, and 150 pieces of cannon, have fal en into the hands of the Ruffians. Since this victory the Ruffians have fpread themselves twenty miles on the other fide the Danube.-The Pruffians have demanded the liberty to exercife jurifdiction as far as Bishopfberg, within the territory of Dantzic, but the magiftracy have refafed the demand, as well as the free entry of fome fugar brought in a fhip from Stetin, and the free liberty of fending that commodity to places occupied by the Pruffians,

RUSSIA.

Petersburgh, Dec. 16. The officers and failors are every day improving in their knowledge of naval affairs in general, under the aufpices of Sir Charles Knowles, who takes uncommon pains to establish the Englith exercife throughout the navy. He has in perfon, during the autumn, vifited all the fhips at Cronstadt, Revel, and Riga, and made a thorough inspection into their condition, and gave fuch orders in general as have given the highest fatisfaction to the Empress and the whole court.

POLAN D.

Warfaw, Dec. 10. It is almost impoffible to defcribe the joy of the Polanders in having their long expectation at laft fulfilled, by feeing the evacuation of the Pruffan troops, which are about to depart. Count Poninki, general of the Confederacy, bas published circular letters to the inhabitants in general, in which he congratulates them on seeing the happy period at last arrive, when their liberty is return'd to its pristine state, and flavery departed from before them, but cautions them not to abufe that liberty by illegal proceedings. January, 1773.

Utrecht, Dec. 31. The court of London fent dispatches, the 21ft init. to M. de St. Paul, Charge des Affaires at Paris, and to Lord Grantham, at Madrid. These minifters are occupied in fettling fome differences, but they are of too flight a nature to alter the good harmony fubfifting between the three courts. France demands the reftitution of fome fhips feized in the WestIndies, and at Newfoundland last fummer, as fmugglers, which is faid to be under confideration of the English admiralty. On the other hand, fimilar complaints have been made to the court of Spain, on account of its fubjects feizing fome English fhips in the Weft-Indies, which the king of Spain has promifed, after enquiry, to fettle in the molt equitable manner.

great crops of barley laft fummer, and well got in, yet both barley and malt are now higher; fo that it is hoped the parliament will direct fome proper enquiry into the caufe, and give leave that, when hops exceed 31. 10s. an hundred, there may be liberty, by act of parliament, given to import hops into this kingdom, by which the raifing of porter will be now prevented, and the poor labouring man relieved.

LONDON.

Great Britain collects a neat annual revenue of ten millions and a half, Ireland of near one million, which, taken together, exceeds any publick revenue in Europe, or perhaps in the known world, or a itated

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Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Philadelphia, to his correfpondent in Boston, Oct. 25,

"Our people are alarmed at the scheme of fhipping tea in the colonies by the EaftIndia Company; I have not known fo fudden and fo univerfal an appearance of difcontent. We are to have a general meeting this week to concert measures to defeat the fcheme, and in all probability it will be impoffible to land it here, without throwing us into the most violent convulfions, fhould there be any force to aid the landing of it: The commiffioners appointed to fell it, have not yet expreffed their lentiments; but hould they not gratify their fellow-citizens, by declaring they will not receive the tea, in a few days you may expect to hear of the most refolute measures. Nothing will check our fpiri,unless we find ourselves dferted by our neighbours. As to NewYork, we are affured that all is in motion there, as well as here.

The agents appointed by the Eaf-India Company for the fale of thei. teas here, are determined to have nothing to do with fo pernicious a business."

A few days ago a duel was fought be tween two brothers, both men of fortune, in a field near Ilington, wherein the eideft was run through the right fide, and now les without hopes of recovery. The quarrel happened on account of a law-fuit.

By the last mufter roll delivered into the council of war at Vienna, in Auguft last, it appears that the number of effective men in the imperial and royal armies amounted to 235,000 men.

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There never was an inftance, perhaps, of three blue ribbands being fo long withheld from being beltowed before, as thofe that are at prelent vacant, owing, no

doubt, to the wisdom of Majefty in looking out for the most deferving.

A correfpondent who is very accurate in his obfervations affures us, that if, for the last ten years, we had kept up no greater land armies than were neceffary, nor paid any unneceffary penfions, inftead of encroaching on the finking fund, we might have added upwards of 500,000l. to it yearly, without laying any new taxes on the publick.

A great law officer is much chagrined at the cenfure thrown on him by a great af fembly in a neighbouring kingdom, for prefuming to make alterations in a bill which they had framed for raifing a certain fum on life annuities, and fent over here for inSpection.

We are confidently affured, that a reconciliation between the Mother Country and the Colonies is the grand point the miniftry wish to carry the enfuing feffion of parliament.

Sir George Saville, it is faid, has planned a scheme for the regulating the rent of houfes and land, in England, Ireland, and Scotland, which will prove of great utility to thefe kingdoms if approved of by the parliament, as it is intended to be laid before that affembly the ensuing feffion.

Madam Maro, from Pruffia, is engaged by the proprietors of the Pantheon at fixty guineas a night for finging-She is now upon her journey, having received four hundred guineas for quitting the Pruffian mo narch, and three hundred more to bear her expences. Can any nation bear these expen ces-Whilt thousands are emigrating for want, a finger, and a foreigner, comes, and receives the inheritance of a thousand.

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Lewis the XIVth upon his death-bed earneftly recommended it to his great-grandson, now Lewis the XVth, not like him to give into the rage for building, nor ever to go to war, but at the last extremity; for, added he, buildings and war, if they are neceffarily undertaken, are enough to ruin any nation. It is thought that this wife leffon makes now more impreffion than ever upon the French king, and that he will not deviate from it, especially with regard to war, but upon a cate of downright emergency.

The laft letters from the Hague advise, that they have received very melancholy accounts from Surinam, where the revolted negroes and the natives of the country continue to break into the plantations in that colony, and destroy every thing in the most cruel manner wherever they come; that

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their antient prejudices against inoculation, and confequently prevent numbers from profiting of its happy effects.

The fate of the royal navy is made up to Christmas laft, preparatory to its being laid before the parliament the enfuing fetfion.

We are informed, that out of 1500 of our brave veterans fent against the poor miferable Caribbs at St. Vincent, there are not now above 100 left alive.

The deficiencies of the last year's reve nues of the finking-fund amount to 10,000l. including the fum paid by the East-India Company.

DOMESTIC

COUNTRY NEW S.

Corke, Jan. 6. On Tuesday laft, as the right hon. the Earl of Shannon was driving over Fermoy bridge, in a poft chaife, on his return from parliament, a breach being made in the bridge by the late floods, the paffage was rendered very narrow, by which means One horfe fell into the river, but the harness providentially breaking by his weight, prevented the chaife from being dragged in, by which means his lordhip's life was providentially preferved.

Clonmell, Jan. 10. Laft monday a number of men, in white uniforms, paraded this town from eight o'clock in the morning 'till three in the afternoon, raising contributions on the inhabitants; they were all armed with drawn fwords, &c. and after collesting their booty, marched out of town lia great triumph.

DUBLIN.

Extract of a letter from Newry. "The clesion here is, perhaps, one of the greatest scenes of confufion ever known; drunkenness has taken full poffeffion of the people, and they know not what they are doing. In one corner of the town, a man lies to all appearance dead; in another, two are boxing; then the oppofite parties interfere; a battle enfues, flicks, fwords, and bludgeons are wielded by the dexterous hands of a fet of idle, drunken boobies, who, deprived of what little reafon they

had, rush into the jaws of death without fear. Trade is at a ftand; the shops are fhut up manufa@ure has funk her head; and the inhabitants are all kings, lords, or commons.'

Extract of a letter from Enniskillen, dated Jan. 8.

"This morning a fervant paffing through this town with a loaded gun, laid it against the wall of the inn, while he was alighting; one Crawford took it up, and without any provocation, though warned of its being charged, cocked it, and prefented it at John Scully, a fervant of the rev. Mr. Smyth, and fhot him dead upon the fpot. Crawford fled, but was purfued and taken. The coroner's inquest have brought in their verdiet wilful murder."

A worthy citizen of the Roman Catholic religion, upon feeing the accommodation and induftry of the poor in the houfe lately opened in Channel-row, has generously fubfcribed 251. annually to that most useful inftitution.

On the 8th inft at night, à gentleman coming from a tavern in Capel-freet, was accofted by a well dreffed min, who, under pretence of afking charity, and telling a melancholy ftory of his misfortunes, walked with him a confiderable way, till they turned into Crow-ftreet near the wall of the theatre, when the villain fuddenly clapped a piftol to his breaft, and robbed him of fixteen guineas and a pinchbeck mounted cane, with which he made his escape down Temple-lane.

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The 10th inft. Mr. Thomas Richey, one of the meffengers of the boute of lords, was found dead in a lane about two miles beyond Finglass. He had fet out the day "before from his father-in-law's in the county of Meath, and from fame circumflances it appears he was benighted, as there was no apparent mark of violence, nor any thing taken from him. It is thought he rifhed by the inclemency of the night.

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A certain patriotick commoner, who has more than once given inttances of equal bravery and humanity, intends bringing in heads of a bill, for the more effectual prevention of that gigantick crime, duelling, which, though first inflituted in those romantick ages, when barbarous dignity and a falfe notion of the Heather.ifh and imaginary deity, called honour, supplied the place of every pofitive virtue, feems rather increafed, when the additional bleffings of freedom, and an enlightened understanding, fhould totally quench the pernicious firebrand. This may appear flange at firft view, but here lies the root of the evil.

That clafs of moderns, known by the name of fine gentlemen, and who are all judges of honour, take pride in the more fhewy and glittering paffages of life, which reflect but a falfe luftre, whilft the intrinsick jewels of virtue and moral fentiment, founded on a religious education, are esteemed reliques of unfashionable antiquity, and exploded with the ruff and band of the fourteenth century.

The master of a Portugueze brig, arrived at Waterford from Fayal, one of the Canary islands, was brought to by a Moorish cruizer of Larache, very near the chops of the English channel, who informed him that they were in the utmost distress for neceffaries, having been detained feventy-one days in an unknown latitude, through contrary winds and the loss of their compals; and after taking fome barrels of beef, bif cuit, a dozen cheefes, and a fpare compals, wifhed the captain a good voyage, and bore away to the fouthward. The civil behaviour of these pirates is attributed to the weak condition of their crew, and the Por tugueze being loaded with wines, which their religion forbids them to taste.

By a gentleman from Newcastle, we learn, that about a fortnight ago, a Norway yawl, with fix men and a boy, came into the bay of Sunderland, near that place, being driven out to fea, when fishing on their own coaft, by a violent ftorm at N. N. W. without any provifion except a few biscuits and what fish they had caught.

In this dread ul fituation they, by the help of a pocket compafs, made shift to steer fouthward, intending to get into Shetland or fome of the Orkneys, but miffed them all, and were reduced to the lowest ebb of defpair, when on the fixth day they difcovered Holy ifland on the coaft of Northumberland, and to their great joy landed at the quay of Sunderland, where a collection was made for them to fubfift on, till they are enabled to return to their native country.

On the 16th inft. at night, in a hard gale of wind, the Francis, capt. French, with brandy from Bourdeaux, was drove afhore between Bray-head and Dalkey, where the foon went to pieces, and out of twelve hands, including two tide officers, which the took on board at Cove laft Friday, fix only were faved.

His grace the duke of Leinster, and the right hon. the peaker of the houfe of commons, are elected vice-prefidents of the Lying-in-Hofpital, in the room of the late duke of Leintter, and John Putland, efq; deceased.

MARRIED.

In Merrion-fquare, Mr. Edward Collier, to Mifs Delia Stokes.-At Kilkenny, Dr. Baker, to Mifs Barker of Kilcullen, The rev. Ralph Ward, to Mifs Elinor Wilson, of Purdy burn. Mr. Lee, of Abbey-street, ironmonger, to Mifs Featherstone, daughter of Mr. John Featherstone of Dardistown co. Westmeath.-Mr. Kidmore of Port St. Mary, Spain, to the amiable Mifs Jane White of Archbold's court, Cook-street At Galway, Nicholas Bodkin, Elq; to Mifs Ann Browne, fecond daughter of Mr. Chriftopher Browne of that town.

DIED.

At Waterford, the wife of Mr. David Power of Barronftrand-street; on the Newquay, the wife of Mr. Dominick Donovan.

At New-abbey, Mrs. Sarah Goodwin, one of the people called Quakers.-In Albey street, aged 77, Mifs Lucretia Couke, fifter to the late Sir Samuel Cooke, bart.In Chamber-freet, Mr. Robert Beafly, clothier. At Ballyporeen, in the co. Tipperary, John Ryan, Efq-At Westham, in Kent, (England) Mrs. Alice Richards, aged 97; he had a daughter 72, a granddaughter 47, and a great grand-daughter 28, all of whom followed her to the grave.