finer fabricature, and worth at an average 1s. 6d. per yard. Befides the above, great quantities are brought to town by land from Chefter.

A bill for the importation of wheat, wheat-flour, meal, bread, and bifcuit, and for prohibiting the extraction of fpirits or low wines from wheat, wheat-flour, and meal, for a limited time.

A bill for the importation of falted provifions from Ireland, and for falt-beef, pork, and butter from any of his majefty's plantations in America, for a limited time.

And a bill for the discontinuance of the duties on hog's-lard and grease, and for the free importation of hams, bacon, and all forts of falt provifions, from any part of Europe, for a limited time.

The Eaft-India Company prefented a petition to the Houfe of Commons, relative to the bill depending in that house, to reftrain the company from appointing fupervisors, &c.

Lord Viscount Townfhend, late lord-lieutenant of Ireland, waited on his majesty at St. James's, when he kiffed the king's hand, on being appointed master-general of the ordnance.

This day the feffions 17th. ended at the Old Bailey; at this feffions the twelve following prifoners were capitally convicted, viz. William Simpson, George Turner, Jofeph Harrifon, John Mitchell, James Crompton, William Griffiths (this laft robbed the Rev. Dr. Dodd and his lady, of a purfe of money, and discharged a piftol into the carriage) for high

way robberies, John Ragnall, Francis Booth, Michael Boyle, John Law, and Nathaniel Bayley, for returning from transportation; and Benjamin Bird, for forgery.

Edward Bockett, for being one of the ringleaders in the riot at Guildhall, laft lord mayor's day, after a trial of four hours, was acquitted.

Among the perfons acquitted at this feffion, was an apprentice to a grocer in Wapping, for fhooting the maid-servant through the head with a pistol, charged only with gunpowder and wadding. Only three bills were found true by the grand jury, out of feven that were prefented against the rioters at Guildhall.

This day came on in the Court of Chancery a final hearing of the lead-mine caufe, between Lord Pomfret and Mr. Smith of Gray'sinn, when the court ordered his lordship's fuit to be dismissed with cofts.

During the five years the above caufe was in agitation, there were three feveral appeals to the House of Lords. The two firft were actually heard, and the third withdrawn only a few days ago: befides which there have been two trials at law, one of them at bar, each of which lafted two whole days, and the whole costs of each party are faid to amount to little lefs than 10,000l.

The third reading of the 18th. Eaft-India fupervinon bill came on, when Mr. Impey and Mr. Adair attended as counfel, in behalf of the company, against it, and spoke for near three hours; but after a long debate the house divided, when the numbers were, for the bill 153, against it 28.

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His majefty went to the Houfe of Peers, and gave the royal affent to the following bills:

The bill for granting an aid to his majefty by a land-tax, for the fervice of the enfuing year. The bill to continue the duties on malt, mum, cyder, and perry.

And to three other bills. Yefterday morning, about one o'clock, a fire broke out at Mr. Owen's, jeweller, in Fenchurchftreet, which confumed the infide of the houfe (leaving only the front ftanding), with the stock in trade and furniture; it likewife burnt the greatest part of Mr. Viner's houfe, chymift, next door, and two backwards.

An Efquimaux India captain, with his fquaw or wife, appeared in town. They were brought by Commodore Shuldham from Newfoundland, in order to be prefented to his majefty, to eftablish a lafting friendship with the Eglots, as thefe people call the English nation. The Efquimaux nation inhabit the country on the north of the river St. Lawrence, between whom, and the inhabitants of Greenland, there has been found a remarkable affinity of language.

23d. This morning, during a

great fog, two horfes belonging to a dray-cart, got loofe from their driver in the Haymar ket, and running furioufly along, beat down two men, and killed them on the spot. One Mr. Wįfhaw, a taylor in Palfgrave-headcourt, Temple-bar, narrowly efcaped the fame fate. A poor man in the Strand, taking up an old pipe, was run over, and taken up fpeech lefs, with little hopes of recovery, The darkness was fo great, that the carriages of the nobility and gentry

were attended with lights, the fame as at midnight; and in the morn. ing, a man decently dreffed was found dead near the Three Crowns, at the bottom of Gray's-inn-lane, fuppofed to have perifhed through the inclemency of the weather. A gentleman and a lady were overturned in a one-horse chaise, about one o'clock, from not being per ceived by the driver of one of the western ftages, by which accident the lady had one of her arms broke, and the gentleman's full was fo fractured, that he died before he could be brought to town.

Laft night, a meeting of the cre ditors of Meffrs. Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down, was held at Guildhall, to declare a dividend, when it appeared that the proofs and claims under the commiffion, amounted to 181,330l. 195. 5d. and the affignees having produced their accounts, a balance remained in their hands of 33,019l. 155. 2d. whereupon a dividend of 4s. in the pound was ordered to be made.

24th.

This day the following bills received the royal affent by a commiffion, viz. The bill for better regulating his majefty's marine forces.

The bill to allow the free im portation of rice from America.

The bill to reftrain the East-India Company from appointing fu pervifors, &c. for a limited time.

The bill for making a branch of the river Trent navigable next Newark.

And to fuch other bills as were ready.

The Eaft-India committee will fit during the recefs of parliament, in order to prepare their report against the first meeting after the adjournment.

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By a report made it appears, that a great company have now in their warehouses, no less than 16,000,000 pounds of tea.

It likewife appears, that the value of the company's estates in the city of London, that is, the India-Houfe and the different warehouses, as estimated by a furveyor exprefsly employed for the purpose amount to about 214,000l.

The long depending caufe between the colony of Connecticut, and the Mohegan Indians, which has been in a course of litigation upwards of thirty years, was determined in favour of the colony, by the lords of his majefty's privycouncil, at the Cockpit, Whitehall.

It appeared by the evidence given at the bar on Friday night laft, that the rapacity of fome of the company's fervants in Bengal alone, for the laft fix years, made an actual difference in the company's affairs of no less than 3,200,000l.

Mrs. Cornelys's houfe and furniture, in Soho-fquare, was fold by auction for 10,2001.

Paris, Nov. 27. Strict fearch is daily making after the authors and publishers of libels against the miniftry. Some officers of the police fufpecting them to be concealed in a convent, paid their vifit there accordingly, but found only one of thefe publications in the poffeffion of a monk, whom they immediately fent to the Bastile.

Copenhagen, Nov 17. By an ordinance just published, his majefty, willing to conciliate the affections of his fubjects in the king dom of Norway, has converted the extraordinary impofts on that country, into that of a free gift, for the term of fix years.

Iland of St. Vincent, 08. 1. The expedition against the Caribbees, or natives of the island, has taken place; fome have been killed on both fides; and fome taken prifoners. The whole ifland is under arms, and it is expected that the event will be bloody.

Boston, 08. 25. A town meeting was held at Fannuil-hall, to enquire into the grounds of a report, that falaries are annexed to the office of the judges of the fuperior court of judicature in NewEngland, whereby they are ren dered independent of the grants of the general affembly for their fupport, contrary to ancient custom: when it was refolved to prepare a meffage to the governor, humbly to requeft,that his excellency would be pleafed to inform them, whether he had received any advice relative to a matter fo deeply interefting to the inhabitants of the province. To which his excellency gave for anfwer, "That it was by no means proper for him to lay before the inhabitants of any town whatsoever any part of his correfpondence as governor of the province, or to acquaint them whether he had or had not received any advices relating to the public affairs of government:" which answer being read, was deemed unfatisfactory, and a committee was appointed to prepare a petition to the governor, to call the general affembly together, at the time to which it ftands prorogued; which being presented, his excellency gave reafons why he could not comply with their requeft. They then concluded to petition the king for redrefs of grievances, and to communicate their refolution to other towns. Dr. Kennicot has received advice [43] from

from Mr. Burnes at Rome, that he has found an old MS. in the Vatican in which is written part of the 91ft book of Livy, fuppofed to be loft. Mr. Burnes has tranfcribed it, and finds it contains an account of the Sertorian war in Spain; people and places are mentioned in it, which have not been noticed by any other author. The MS. is thought to have been written in the second century.

In digging a grave near the communion-table in Chatham parish, it is faid, a hand entire was found among the crumbled bones, except the extreme joint of the fore finger which was fallen off. It had the flesh, finews, nails, and veins like thofe of a living perfon, and grafped the handle of a dagger, which it is thought preserved it.

On the 22d paft, fome men were perceived on a barren rock off St. David's making fignals of diftrefs, but nobody durft venture to their affiftance till the 25th, when fome refolute failors, at the hazard of their lives, undertook to bring them on fhore. On their approaching the rock, the furge and fuction were fo great, that they were forced to throw ropes to the sufferers, and to drag them on board through the fea, by which means nine lives were faved, who otherwise must have perished in another day. They belonged to the Libertas, Peter Zittenberg, mafter, from Stockholm, for Dublin, laden with tar and iron, and wrecked on the rocks, called the Bishop and his Clerks, where four of the crew perifhed. Those who were brought on fhore, were treated with the greatest humanity by the clergy and gentry of the place.

The members of the Sçavoir Vivre

Club, have refolved to give the following premiums in Feb. 1774, for the best performances in their different kinds, which fhall make their appearance in the course of the year 1773, viz. For the best poem, a gold medal, and 100 guineas. For the best picture, ditto, ditto. For the best sculpture,ditto, ditto.-For the beft mufical compofition, a gold medal, and 50 guineas. For the beft engraving, ditto, ditto.-As foon as the club have adjudged the different premiums, their treasurer is to wait on the author or artist, and to beg his acceptance of the fame, as a token of their approbation and regard.

Peterburgb, Dec. 18. Notwithstanding the appearance there was fome days ago of the froft being fet in, and that the Neva would have been immediately frozen, it ftill continues open; which has never before happened in the memory of man fo late in the season. The only inftance that is remembered of its remaining unfrozen fo long as the ift of December, was in the year 1717.

Warfaw, Dec. 16. They write from Pizeminft, that provisions there are at an immense price; and to increase the mifery of the inha bitants, the lands are fo infested with mice, that the wheat and rye in the ground are devoured by them; infomuch, that in fome places they have been obliged to fow their corn three times over. Thefe animals likewise destroy great quantities of hay and corn in the barns'; and there are fuch multitudes of them, that it feems as if they were collected there from all parts of Europe.

The French conful at the Dardanelles