dered untenantable; many houfes carried ten or twelve yards, and others quite into the fea. Plantation houfes all down except two; and the canes in the ground all twifted up; the Dutch church blown into the fea.

At Saba, 180 houfes blown down, and the cattle carried away from their ftakes.

At St. Martin's, fcarce a houfe ftanding, all their plantations deftroyed.

St. Croix, every house almost at Chriftianftadt, and all the plantations and negro-houfes levelled: only three houfes left ftanding at Frederick ftadt, and numbers of people killed. A letter from thence fays, "Words are wanting to defcribe the horrors of the night; the dreadful roar of raging winds and waves; the crafh of falling buildings; the cries and groans of the fufferers, of the dying and wounded, together with a tenfold darknefs, made visible only by the meteors, which, like balls of fire, fkimmed along the hills, formed a molt terrible and moft diftressful scene." AtSt. Kitt's, almost all the estates are deftroyed, there being scarce a mill or boiling-houfe left ftanding. At Antigua, all the men of war, except the admiral, are afhore, and feveral ships at St.John's foundered at their anchors, and the towns on the ifland, and the estates thereon, in as bad a fituation as at St. Kitt's. At Dominica, eighteen veffels are drove a-fhore and loft. Montferrat and Nevis have scarcely a houfe left ftanding.

By accounts from Antigua, we hear, that the house of Major Douglas, near St. John's, was blown down in the late hurricane, by which accident two white fervants,

and four negroes, were killed on the spot, and Mr. Cox, and two young ladies who were there on a vifit, wounded fo terribly that their lives are despaired of.

A letter from St. Kitt's, dated the 5th of September, fays, the general lofs fuftained by the violent hurricane there, cannot, on the moft moderate calculation, be computed at lefs than 500,000l.

The following extract of a Letter from Santa Cruz, contains fill more extraordinary particulars. "A most violent hurricane, the like to which has never been known before, began to rush mott terribly, accompanied with most shocking whirlwinds aml ftorms of rain; fo that we really believed these three elements had determined to swallow us up. The fea began to roar fo much, that the noife was heard above a hundred miles off. The wind raged in fuch a manner, that every one thought it was the last day. The fea fwelled up 70 feet above the ufual height, tore all the houfes near the fhore even to the foundations; beams, planks, and ftones flew through the air like feathers. The wall round the king's ftore-house, which was above a yard thick, was tumbled down to the ground, and hurled a hundred yards off. The fruit which was in the open fields, was totally ruined, as well from the hurricane as from the heavy water-floods. The plantations are ruined in fuch a manner, that it is impoffible for them to be cultivated next year, as all the trees were rooted up, which occafioned holes of four, five, and fix feet in the ground. Several heavy flones were thrown down from the mountains. The fea fwelled in

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fuch a rapid manner, that it over took above 250 perfons who ran up to the mountains to fave themselves. At Chriftianstadt 460 houses were thrown down, befides the houses which were built upon the plantations, which are computed at 63. All the magazines, itores, and provifions are quite ruined; fhips which were expected here with provifions, are loft in the hurricane. No planter has provifion for his negroes, fo that we are under a perpetual fear of an infurrection amongst them. All the fhips at the different harbours were caft afhore, fifty or an hundred yards on the land. The damage at St. Croix is computed at 5,000,000 of dollars, and at St. Thomas's at 200,000 dollars.

This day his majefty went 26th. in the ufual ftate to the Houfe of Peers, and opened the prefent feffion of parliament with a moft gracious fpeech from the throne.

The keeper of a private 27th. mad-house and his wife were brought to the Court of King's Bench, to receive fentence for comfining and ill-treating two women, who had been fent to their houfe by their husbands, under pretence of lunacy, (fee p. 90) when the court fined them fix fhillings and eight pence, ordered them to pay fifty pounds to each of the women, and all cofts of fuit on both fides.

This day Mr. Capon, of Loweftoffe, who had been formerly subject to fits, and who about twenty months before had forcibly fwallowed a crown-piece, which was placed between his teeth to prevent his biting his tongue, brought up the fame, but was almoft choaked in the effort. He has enjoyed a

continued ftate of health, which before was frequently interrupted with pains in the ftomach, and a difagreeable tafte in his mouth. The piece, when brought up, was fo black that the infcription could not be read, and it ftill continues very much difcoloured.

The wreck of the Brotherly Love, was driven with fuch violence against Dunchurch-wall, near Dover, in Kent, that it beat down a part of the wall, and the fea rolling furioufly in, has rendered the fame impatiable. It will coft more than two thousand pounds to repair the damages.

A fhip from Newfoundland with fish and oil, was wrecked upon Lydd beach, the captain and crew faved; but a man and his wife, paffengers on board, not being able to get into the boat, joined hand in hand and perished together.

Cadiz. O. 6. The Emperor of Morocco has ordered all chriftians to quit the town of Tetuan, and thofe who were charged to put thefe orders in execution, went about it with fo much rigour, that one would have thought the place had been taken by ftorm. The foreign merchants were to go and fettle at Tangier, where there were no houses for them; but the Emperor mears to force them to build their own habitations. The Spanish vice-conful, and the English, were obliged to depart upon very short notice; the former went to Larrache, and the other retired to Gibraltar. The European Jews muft undergo the fame fate, unless they will take the black habit, like thofe of the country; and in that cafe, the Emperor will take them for his fubjects and flaves.

Ratisbon,

Ratisbon, Oct. 19. The accounts we receive from Bohemia are very melancholy. The putrid fevers that prevailed there are fucceeded by a dyfentery, which carries off great numbers of the people; and the mortality among the horned cattle increales. The harvett has likewife proved very indifferent. this year; and to complete the mifery of that country, it is overrun with mice to that degree that every thing upon the ground is detroyed, by which the price of provifions is confiderably increated. We learn from Tefchen, that the Marchionets of Wielopolfka, after having formerly fold all her jewels in fupport of the confederates, and fince borrowed 1,200,000 ducats upon her eftates, that are fituated in the part which is fallen to the lot of the house of Auftria, threw herself into a well in a fit of defpair; but was taken out again, against her confent, with only her

arm broken.

Aarhus, in Norway, Oct. 9. The celebrated Chriftian Jacobfen Drackenburg, of whom mention has been fo frequently made in the public prints on account of his great age, died here this day at feven in the morning, aged 146, having been born Nov. 11, 1626.

Died, the 12th inft, near Monmouth.-- Edmunds, Efq; who hath bequeathed a fortune of upwards of 20,000l. to one Mills, a day labourer, near that place. Mr. Edmunds, who has fo amply provided for this man at his death, would not fpeak to or ice him whilft he lived.

Daniel Legro, Efq; aged 103, at Leeds.

John Richardfon, of Truro, aged 107.

John Jones, of Horton-lane, near Shrewsbury, aged 102. Mary Butler, of Shrewbury, aged 102.

DECEMBER.

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Was held a general court of proprietors at the Eaft India-houle, when the chairman acquainted the court, that the fecret committee of the House of Commons, were then fitting under the fame roof, for the benefit of receiving information from the direc tion; upon which Mr. Mackworth exprefied his difapprobation of the company's application to parliament for redrefs of grievances, and declared it next to infatuation in the directors to fuffer the books and papers of the company to be carried before a fet of gentlemen in general unacquainted with mercantile affairs, and wholly incapable of judying of things at fo great a diilance. He therefore moved for a committee of 25 proprietors to be appointed, previously to infpect the company's affairs, and to report their proceedings and informations to the committee appointed by parliament, which was agreed to, and Mr. Mackworth was requefted to retire and prepare a lift of 25 fit perfons; in the mean time Governor Johnston moved for a petition to parliament, expreffing the pri vileges the company derive from their charter, and the laws of the land, and praying the inspection into their affairs may be in as public a manner as potlible, which motion was alío carried, and when Mr. Mackworth returned, the lift he produced was approved, to which Governor Johnfton, with the con

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fent of the proprietary, added eight other names for the purpose of drawing up the petition.

A feffions of Admiralty was held at the Old Bailey, when Thomas Obrian and Jacob Mofman were indicted for turning pirates, and on the 4th of October, 1770, on the coaft of Africa, running away with a long boat and tackle belonging to the Patty merchant fhip, of which Robert Parkington was mafter but the mafter being fince dead, and no evidence appearing against them, they were both acquitted.

At the fame feffions one Johannes, a Portuguese, was indicted for piratically running away with a certain fchooner, belonging to the Venus merchant flip on the fame coaft of Africa, and for the murder of Colen Watson, the mafter thereof, by ftriking him feveral blows with an ax between the nape of his neck and his head, and afterwards throwing him over-board; but on his petition his trial was put off.

They write from Touloufe, that a quarrel lately happened there between the fons of two rich merchants, which rofe to fuch a height, that one of them challenged the other feveral times, which was as often refufed: this provoked the challenger to fuch a degree, that, in the fury of refentment, he ran the other through the body, and killed him on the fpot. The affaffin was immediately taken up, tried, condemned, and executed, in 24 hours.

The Difpatch floop of war, which was fent home exprefs by the admiral at Antigua, with an account of the hurricane at the Leeward iflands, foundered at fea; the crew were taken up by the Panther man

of war from Newfoundland, and landed laft Wednesday at Portf mouth, as were the letters brought by the Difpatch.

A ftone coffin of a vaft fize was lately dug up in a barn belonging to William Hickmott. at Beckenfield, in Kent, in which were several coins, impreffed with the an cient British characters.

Dublin Castle, Nov. 30th. The Earl of Harcourt, who embarked at Holyhead on Saturday night laft, arrived fafe at Dublin very carly this morning, and immedi ately proceeded to the caftle; and the council having been fummoned to meet at two o'clock, his Lordfhip was introduced in form to Lord Townshend, who received him fitting under the canopy of ftate, in the prefence chamber; from whence a proceflion was made to the council chamber, where his lordship's commiffion was read, and the oaths administered to him; after which, his lordship having received the fword from Lord Townfhend, the great guns in his majefty's park and the Phoenix were fired, and answered by the regi ments on duty, which were drawn up in the Royal Square at the barracks his excellency then repaired to the prefence chamber, where he received the compliments of the nobility and other perfons of diftinction, upon his fafe arrival to take upon him the government of the kingdom.

It is worthy of observation, that during the two last years of the laft war, viz. 1759, 1760, the number of criminals condemned at the Old Bailey amounted to 29 only, and the days of the judges attendance to 46; but that during the two laft years of peace, viz. 1770, 1771, the

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number of criminals condemned have amounted to 151, and the days of the judges attendance to 99.

Letters from Paris mention, that the French Eaft-India fhips, fitted out on account of private trade, will not defray the expences of their voyage, not even thofe to whom the king lent fhips: fo that an end is nearly put to the French EaftIndia trade, unless they can devife fome new scheme to revive it.

Berlin, Nov. 6. The king, willing to encourage and extend the commerce of his fubjects, granted a patent the 14th of October for the eftablishment of an affociation, or a company of maritime commerce, which will be compofed of 2,400 actions, each valued at 500 crowns, whichwill make a fundof 1,200,000 crowns; and to encourage his fubjects and foreigners to intereft themselves in and take these actions, his majesty has taken feven eighths of them (100 actions) for 'his own account, which makes a capital of 1,050,000 crowns.

The following capital convicts were refpited during his majesty's pleasure, viz. William Godstone, Ifaac Holmes, William Herbert, William Rogers, John Copes, and William Hughes.

Evan Maurice received a free pardon.

This day his majefty went to the house of peers, and 4th. gave the royal affent to the following bills, which paffed the House of Lords yesterday, viz.

The bill for allowing the free importation of wheat, Indian corn, &c. for a limited time.

The bill for allowing the free importation of wheat, barley, &c. from Africa, or any part of Europe, for a limited time.

Yefterday was held a general court of the Eaft-India company to confider of a dividend for the half year ending at Christmas; but the farther confideration of that article was referred to a future day, as was that of the petition moved for by Governor Johnston, which though ordered to be drawn up, was upon a ballot rejected 137 to 107.

A letter from Mecklenburgh fays, that a remedy has been difco- . vered there for the distemper incident to the horned cattle. It is no more than feeding the diseased beaft with crab apples. The fame fruit put into the water given to cattle to drink has been found to prevent the distemper.

Mr. Alderman Harley de8th. livered a paper from the fecret committee, containing a fort of narrative of the fteps the company had taken for eftablishing a fuperintending commiffion at the three prefidencies of Bengal, Fort Saint George, and Bombay; which being read the alderman moved for leave [2]

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