fifted with putrid fevers, and other diforders. The hofpitals are filled with fick. In thefe afflicting circumftances, the emperor does his atmoft to relieve the unhappy objects, and goes himself incognito into the hofpitals to fee if the fick are well taken care of. Letters from Berlin inform, that the King of Pruflia had farmed the revenue of tobacco, imported into his dominions, to a Frenchman, for five tons of gold, or 50,000l. fterling. They write from Vienna, that the court has appointed a commiffion to examine the courfe of the rivers in Auftria and Bohemia, in order to take the neceffary steps to make thofe navigable that communicate with the Danube and the Elbe. This is done with a view to establish magazines of corn in the most commodious places for the supply of the hereditary countries. Their Imperial Majefties have allotted two millions for the purchase of corn for this purpose. And alfo, that the government has iffued an order to difarm all the peasants, which is likewife to extend to all the hereditary dominions of the emprefs queen. They have already begun to put this order in execution in the neighbourhood of this city, where people go by night to the peasants, and take away their arms, which they deliver to the lord of the place. The reafon of this is, that the peasants have abused the liberty of having arms in their houses, by killing the game unlawfully. Captain Clarke, of the Prudent man of war, received the honour of knighthood at St. James's, by the name of Sir John Clarke. He is to fail as commodore of a fquadron to the East-Indies, to obferve the motions of the French in that quarter, and to protect trade. Died lately, at Rumfey, in Hants, aged 107, Mr. Cordelon, a refugee from France in Queen Anne's time. At Richmond, aged 102, Mr. Sumners, formerly gardener to Queen Anne. In the Broadway, Westminster, aged 106, Mrs. Sufannah Vandewall. At the Fishmongers alms-houses, at Newington-Butts, Mrs. Jane Simmonds, aged 110. At Mitcham, aged 100, Mrs. At Ophurft, near Litchfield, the widow Clum, aged 138, who had lived in one houfe 103 years. She has left two daughters and a fon, all upwards of 100 years old. James Geras, in the canton of Bern, aged 109. He had round his bed, at the time of his death, 70 children, grand-children, and great-grand-children. In Emanuel-hofpital, near Tothil-fields, aged 108, Mrs. Wyndymore; fhe was fecond coufin to Queen Anne, and had been upwards of 50 years in that hofpital. John Roberts, foldier, at Chelfea, aged 111. William Giles, in the South of France, aged 102. He was formerly a brewer at Reading. Andrew Cappoch, aged 105, at St. Catharine's. He was a French refugee. Patrick Edmonton, Efq; of Melrofe. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the Darien expedition in 1698. Maria Watfon, aged 104, atPoplar. Her fifter now living is 102. Mrs. Edwards, aged 111, at Kendal. [F] 4 FE FEBRUARY. The following malefac5th. tors were executed at Tyburn; William Parker and John Burn, for breaking a house at Chelfea, and ftealing a cabinet with money and jewels; William Smith, otherwife Thumper, for breaking the house of Albert Nefbit, Efq; in Bafinghall-ftreet, and ftealing plate; Charles Burton, Francis Phoenix, (otherwife Finikin), Edward Flanagan, and Henry Jones (otherwife Owen), for breaking the house of Sir Robert Ladbroke, and stealing goods, jewels, and money to a large amount. The four laft confeiled a number of robberies, and among them that for which a watchman (Davis) received fentence of death. Finding him afleep, they threw a windowblind from the house they had juft robbed into his box, which was the circumftance that convicted him. The carpenter's company ordered filver medals to be delivered to each of their liverymen for their admiffion into Guildhall on all public election days; and it is fuppofed this example will be followed by the other companies, to prevent intruders on those days. The petition of the clergy, 6th. relative to fubfcription to the 39 articles, &c. was offered to be prefented to the hon. House of Commons, but an objection being made to the receiving it, debates enfued, which continued from between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, till about eleven at night, when on a divifion the numbers for receiving it were 71; against it 217. This morning, between 8th. five and fix, her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Dowager of Wales departed this life. The night before her phyfician felt her pulfe, and told her it was more regular than it had been for fome time: her highness answered, 66 Yes; and I think I fhall have a good night's reft." She then embraced the king, and he obferved nothing particular in her, except that the embraced him with greater warmth and affection than ufual. He afterwards retired to an antichamber with the phyfician, who told him that her highnefs would not out-live the morning, which determined his majefty to stay there all night. He did not fee his royal mother any more till the was dead; for the remained very quiet all the night, and gave no tokens of death, till a few minutes before the expired, when she laid her hand upon her heart, and went off without a groan. His majesty was then informed, and he came and took her by the hand, kiffed it, and burst into tears: a short time after which he retired to St. James's. It is faid that her royal highness left no will; and that his majefty, before he quitted Carlton-houfe on Saturday, was pleased to order that all her fervants fhould continue to receive their usual salaries until he thall provide for them. She was the youngest daughter of Frederick II. Duke of Saxe-Gotha; born on the 30th of November, 1719. She was married at St. James's on the 27th of April, 1736) to Frederick, late Prince of Wales. Her children were, Augufta, born July 31, 1737, O. S. married to the hereditary Prince of Brunswick. George, George, born May 24, 1738, O. S. now King of Great Britain. Edward, Duke of York, born March 14, 17:9, died September 7, 1767, at Monaco, in Italy. Elizabeth, born December 30, 1740, died September 4, 1759. William, Duke of Gloucefter, born Nov. 14, 1743. Henry, Duke of Cumberland, born Oct. 27, 1745, married the of October, 1771, to Mrs. Horton, widow, daughter to Lord Irnham, and fifter to Colonel Luttrell. Louifa, born March 8, 1748. Dead. Frederick, born May 13, 1750, died Dec. 29, 1765: Caroline, born July 11, (after the death of her father) 1751, married Oct. 1, 1766, to Chriftian VII. King of Denmark. Upon the above melancholy occafion, St. Paul's great bell, on which the clock ftrikes, was tolled from 11 to 12 o'clock; the playhoufes, the opera-house, and places of public diverfions, will be fhut up for fome time. Her Royal Highnefs had, by an act of parliament of the 10th of George II. a revenue of 50,000l. per annum for life, in cafe the furvived the prince, which was to be paid quarterly,and the first payment took place five days after his deceafe; 40,000l. of that annuity was to be paid out of the revenues of the poft office, and the other 10,000l. out of the hereditary duties of excife, exempt from all fees, taxes, or charges whatsoever. Peterburgh, Jan. 9. The emprefs has bought a quantity of diamonds valued at 100,000 roubles, to recompence the officers who have rendered the most important fervice to the ftate during the prefent war. This proves, that the Imperial treafury is not on the decline; and the manner this money is employed is noble, and worthy the magnificence of the auguft sovereign who ordered it. Hamburgh, Jan. 27. Yesterday died his Excellency Count Frantz Maximilian Janus, of Eberftadt, his Imperial majefty's field marfhal, lieutenant and governor of this city and fortrefs. He has been governor of Hamburgh ever fince the year 1763. The annals of Europe can fufficiently tell this worthy general's character. Warfaw, Jan. 21. The wife of the miller, at whofe houfe the king paffed the night of the 3d of November laft, was lately brought tobed of a fon. His majefty, in order to reward thefe good people for the protection they afforded him in the critical fituation he was then in, ftood godfather to the child. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Cojavia, in the palace of the Countels Oginski; and the king made a prefent of 100 ducats for the boy, and promifed to provide for him as long as he lives. Copenhagen, Jan. 21. His majefty has committed the prince royal his fon to the care of the queendowager Julia Maria, and has appointed the lady of Marshal Numfen to be his governess. The queen-dowager of Denmark is the widow of Frederick V., who died in the year 1766. She was the Princefs Julia Maria, of Brunfwick Wolfenbuttle, and was born the 4th of September, 1729. Her fon by the late king is Prince Frederick d'Oldenbourg, born the 11th of October, 1753. T The bill to continue for a further time, the act for the importation of falted provifions, &c. from Ireland and the colonies. And to four private bills. Soame Jenýns, Edward Elliot, John Roberts, and Bamber Gafcoyne, Efqrs. the Hon. Robert Spencer, Efq: commonly called Lord Robert Spencer, the Hon. George Greville, Efq; commonly called Lord Greville, and William Jolyffe, Efq; were by his majefty appointed commiffioners of trade and plantations. This appointment, which is only a form of repetition when any new commiffioner is appointed, occafioned a motion in the houfe, to vacate the feats of thofe members whofe names appeared in the Gazette. It was at first treated with ridicule, but afterwards produced a ferious de bate. The interment of her late 15th. Royal Highness, Augufta Princess of Wales, was performed with the ufual ceremony. The proceffion was exactly in the fame order as for the prince her confort. Our readers will fee the particulars in the Appendix to the Chronicle. The fociety in the Strand have given Mr. St. Pierre, a French gentleman from South Carolina, their gold medal, for producing wines in that part of the British dominions; but the banks of the Miffiffippi are faid to be fo uncommonly favourable to the culture of vines, that a quarter catk of deli cious wine has been produced from a fingle flip of the Burgundy grape. The fame gentleman has alfo brought over fome filk with him, raifed in Carolina, which feems fuperior in quality to any hitherto imported from Italy. Extract of a Letter from Amfterdam, February 6. "By the laft letters from Denmark we hear that the queen, who is confined at Cronenburgh, keeps her health, but cannot fleep, and eats but little. The queen-dowager carries every thing with a very high hand. Counts Struenfee and Brandt are allowed but half a dollar a day for their fuftenance, and they are fo fettered that they cannot feed themselves." The following requifition having been figned by 143 liverymen, was prefented to the lord mayor by Mr. Sommers, of Walbrook, on the 12th inftant. "We the underwritten liverymen, on behalf of ourselves and brethren the livery of London, do moft earneftly requeft your lordfhip will fummon a common-hall on any convenient day previous to the 15th inftant, for the purposes of giving public inftructions to our reprefentatives in parliament, relative to the very important motion intended to be made by Mr. Alderman Sawbridge in the Houfe of Commons, for fhortening the duration of parliaments." When the above was prefented, Mr. Sommers received for anfwer, That his lordship would confider of it; and on Wednesday, Feb. 12, the following anfwer was received: "The lord mayor defires the favour of Mr. Sommers to prefent his compliments to the gentlemen who who yesterday made an application to him in writing, and to acquaint them, that he is very defirous of embracing every opportunity of teftifying the most respectful attention to the withes of his fellow-citizens; but that, as the right of the mayor to fummon extraordinary common-halls has been brought into question, and is now in litigation in a court of juftice, he thinks. it proper to fufpend the exercife of that right till the queftion has received a legal determination; and the rather, as all motions of confequence relating to matters ariling within the city, or in which the corporation are fuppofed to be interested, may be fubmitted to the confideration of the Court of Common-Council, which he will be ready to call together on all neceffary occafions." When the above meffage was read to the livery affembled to receive it, twenty members of the Common-Council were deputed to defire his lordship to call a Court of Common-Council on Tuesday the 18th; to which his lordship returned, That he would call a Court of Common-Council on fome convenient day in the next week. The livery received this meffage with great marks of difapprobation. This evening, between 17th. fix and feven, her Royal and Serene Highness the Hereditary Princefs of Brunswick fet out for Dover, in order to embark for Calais, on her return to Brunswick. The great Norfolk caufe 18th. was finally determined in the House of Peers, and the decree of the late Lord Chancellor Camden reversed. The appellant was Edmond Rolfe, Efq; the refpon dents John Paterfon and fon, far- that |