Gods furely have little to do,

When they gallop to miffes below; Such fellows I'd teach who was who, Nor let them retura when they go!

"For fuch a diminutive flirt,

Shall I ftay at home like a mopes; Or trudge like a maid in the dirt, While the where the pleafes elopes?

Not I, Mr. Jove, I declare, Therefore tell me, fir, if it don't fuit-ye, Some juftice I'll go to elfe where,

And try to move him with my beauty?"

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FRIDAY, NOV. 19.
a Letter from a Clergyman at
Carlifle.

OU will, no doubt, hear from different parts many difmal accounts of the late violent rains; I believe that there is nothing fo furprifing, and were it not well attefted, fo incredible, as what happened at Solway Mofs, which lies on the borders of Scotland, about ten miles north of Carlifle. A great part of this mofs (at least above four hundred acres of it) began to fwell by the inundation, and rofe to fuch a height above the level, that at last it rolled forward like a torrent, and continued its courfe above a mile, fweeping along with it houses and trees, and every other thing in its way it divided itself into islands of different extent from one to ten feet thicknefs, upon which were found hares, moorgame, &c.-All this may be fuppofed the effect of fome brook or river fwelling beyond its channel; but, what is moft remarkable, there is no fuch thing running through

cr near it."

A letter from Sunderland, after mentioning the damage done there and in places adjacent, by the late floods, adds, "Thirtyfour ships were wrecked on Sunderland bar, and on the North and South fand many men and boys were drowned; three collieries are filled with water, one engine is entirely ruined, and ethers much damaged; and out of 700 keels belonging to the River Wear, not 100 are found in a state of fatty. Nineteen houfes were washed away at Briggate, Barnard Caftle. Lord Ravensworth has fent 100 guineas to the churchwardens in Gateshead, to be diftributed among the poor fufferers by the flood in the parish.

SATURDAY, 30. This morning his royal highnefs the duke of Cumberland arrived at Windfor Lodge trom France, but has not yet been at

Being St. Andrew's day, was held the univerfary meeting of the Royal Society, at their houfe, in Crane-Court, Fleet-Street, when Sir Godfry Copley's Gold Medal, given annually for the most esteemed paper in their tranfactions of the preceding year, was prefented to the Hon. William Hamilton, envoy extraordinary to the court of Naples, he being prefent, for his curious enquiries concerning the Mounts Vefuvius and Etna, and of Voicanos in general: after which the fociety proceeded to the election of a New council and officers for the year 1772; when, the ballots, appeared as follows:

Members retained of the Old Council. James Weft, Efq. Mus. Brit. Cur. Hon. Daines Barrington, Mr. John Belchier, James Burrow, Efq. John Campbell, Efq. Samuel Dyer, Efq. Nevil Mafkelyne, B. D. Aftr. Roy. Matthew Maty, M. D. Charles Morton, M. D. Henry Owen, M. D. Samuel Wegg, Eiq.

Members elected into the Council.

Guftavus Brander, Efq. Mus. Brit. Cur. Hon. Henry Cavendish, Wm. E. of Dartmouth, Sam. Horley, L. L. B. Gowin Knight, M. B. Win. Mountaine, Efq. Rob. Lowth, Ld. Bishop of Oxford, Sir Jn. Prin gle, Bt. M. R. W. Watson, M. D. Mus, Brit. Cur. Dan. Wray, Esq. M. B. C.

And the officers for the enfuing year were,
James Weft, Efq. Prefident,
Samuel Wegg, Efq. treasurer.

Ch. Morton and Mat. Maty, fecretaries. Afterward the fociety dined together at the Inner Temple Hall,

of the feffions houfe is now lett out by the sword-bearer and his lordship's fervants. FRIDAY, 6...

Came on the trial of Levi Weil (the phyfician) Asher Weil, Jacob Lazarus, and Solomon Porter, who were capitally convic ted for being concerned with others in the robbery and murder at Mrs. Hutchins's at Chelfea. Mrs. Hutchins depofed on the 11th of June, about eleven at night, hearing her cook-naid fhrick out, and a great noife, she went to affist her fervant and know what wes the matter, when two men, whom, to the best of her knowledge, the believed to be Levi Weil (the doctor) and Hyam Lazarus, feized her, forced her into a chair, and turned her upper petticoat over her head, which the put down, when Hyam Lazarus clapped a pifol to her mouth, and fwore he'd blow her brains out if he did not fit ftill; the doctor put the pistol afide with his hand, and again put her coat up; they then attempted to tie Mrs. Hutchins' feet, but fon her promifing not to move, they left her untied, and went up stairs; in a few minutes after, the heard a piftol go off, and fomething lumbering thrown down flairs, and immediately another piftol was fired; upon which the ran to the back door, hoping to get out, but there were two men guarding it, who cried out, "If you are not a friend, we'll blow your brains out."

Upon this the returned to her chair, and Levi Weil, Hyam Lazarus, and a man whon fhe defcribed (but who is not taken) came down to her; Levi Weil took the buckles out of her fhoes, and her watch, and they were about to fearch her pockets, which the begged them not to do, declaring the would give them fomething better worth their notice, when the went up fairs with them, and gave them a purfe containing 61 guineas; they then came down, demanding where her plate was; he told them; they took it out of the cupboard, and on finding fo little, a piftol was again clapped to her mouth, her lip cut with it, and her tooth loofened; when Levi Weil a fecond time put it afide, and thrust the perfon who prefented it out of the

Toom.

Soon after they left the houfe, when Jofeph Slew, the deccafed, came down in his shirt to afk M, Hutchins how the did, delaring himself a dead man'; his fhirt was on fre where the ball had entered, which was clofe to the fhoulder bone, and the blood was gufhing out and ran down his legs in a continued ftream; Mrs. Hutchins put out the fire on his fhirt, and he in a few moments fell down on the floor. Upon her being asked what particular things he had loft, befides thofe before-mentioned, the faid a piece of lemon-coloured filk. She faid they foon d'cuted for put out) her candle, end lighted Httle brown wax candles; and what further

induced her to think they were the men, was her obferving, on the examination of Hyam Lazarus, fome of the very fame wax on bis hat.

John Stone was next fworn, who depofed, that about eleven o'clock on the night abovementioned, five men entered the bed-room where the deceafed lay; that they waked him with a ftroke of a piftol on his breaft, and on his crying out, what's that for?" They replied, "dn your eyes, you fun of a bitch, lie ftill, or we'll blow your braing out." On his fellow-fervant's waking and jumping up, they fhot him through the Lick, and the deceafed faid, "Lord have a upon me, I am a dead man." They then feized him, drew him out of bed, and urage ged him to the stair-cale; in the me. 1. Line he, the deponent, jumped out of window, and fell into the gutter (where they fired at him) from whence he got upon the ridge of the house, and thence got into the gutter on the oppofite fide, over the door; where, after flaying about ten minutes, he faw them all come cut, faying, 'twas time for them to be gone." On being asked if he recollec ted whether any of the prifoners were among those who came into the bed-room, he went to the bar, and touched three, LevyWeil, Hyam Lazarus, and Solomon Porter.

Mary Hofkins (Mrs. Hutchins's cook) fwore pofitively to the doctor, as being one of the men who rushed into the hoofe on her opening the door to fee what occafioned the noife in the yard.

Levy Ifaacs depofed, that he was invited by the above prifoners, previous to the rob bery at Chelfea, to engage in it, but he declined it. That the Saturday before the information was lodged against the prisoners, Dr. Weil, his brother, and Hyam Lazarus, drinking together at a publick houfe, the doctor asked him whether he had heard how the affair at Chelsea had been transacted. Ifaacs told him he had; upon which Hyam Lazarus faid, they had done for one man there, but the doctor contradicted him, faying, none of them had the spirit to shoot him but himself,

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Solomon Lazarus, a pawnbroker, near Goodman's Fields, depofed, that about the middle of June laft, Asher and Levi Weil pawned with him a lemon-coloured piece of hik, feveral pieces of plate, &c. but afterwards he feeing thefe goods advertised, he went to the faid two Weils, who acknowledged they got them at Mrs. Hutchins's at Chelsea.

The prifoners witnesses spoke only to their good character; except one young woman, who endeavoured to prove an Albi in favour of the doctor, but without fuccefs.

MONDAY, 9.

Levi Weil, Ather Weil, Jacob Lazarosy alias Hyam Prefden, alias Hyam Lasarm),

and Solomon Porter, alias Solomon Mofes, were executed at Tyburn, for the robbery and murder at Mrs. Hutchins's at Chelfea. Their wives and children were admitted into the prefs-yard to take leave of them before they fet out. The pricft did not attend at the gallows, but gave each of them a book in the prefs-yard. When they came to the place of execution, they prayed and fung about a quarter of an hour amongit themfelves, and were turned off about half paft ten. After they had hung the ufual time, their bodies were taken down, and carried to Surgeon's hall for didection. Levy Weil (the phyfician) is to be anatomized, and hung up in Surgeon's hall.

WEDNESDAY, II.

St. James's. This day was received from Capt. Stott, commander of his majesty's fhip Juno, who arrived at Plymouth the 9th inft. in 70 days from Port Egmont, the following account of the execution of his commiffion to receive the poffeffion of Falkland's island in his majesty's name. On the evening of the 13th of September laft, Capt. Stott arrived at Port Egmont with his majefty's frigate Juno, the Hound floop, and Florida ftorefhip, under his command, The next morning, feeing Spanish colours flying, and troops on fhore at the fettlement, formerly held by the English, he sent a lieutenant to know if any officer was there on behalf of his Catholick majefty, empowered to make reftitution of poffeffion to him, agreeable to the orders of his court for that purpofe, duplicates of which he had to deliver to fuch officer. He was anfwered that Don Francifco de Orduna, a lieutenant of the royal artillery of Spain, was furnished with full powers, and ready to effect the reftitution. Don Francifco foon after came on board the Juno; when Capt. Stott delivered to him his Catholick majesty's orders. They then examined together into the fitua tion of the fettlement and fores; adjusted the forms of the reftitution and reception of the poffeffion; inftruments for which were fettled, and reciprocally delivered.

On

Monday the 16th of September Capt. Stott landed, followed by a party of marines, and was received by the Spanish officer, who formally reftored him Falkland's inland, Port Egmont, its fort, and other dependencies, giving him the fame poffeien as his ma jefty had before the 10th of June, 1779; on which he caufed his majesty's colours to be hoifted, and took poffeffion accordingly. The next day Don Francifco, with all the troops and tubjects of the king of Spain, departed in a fchooner which they had with them.

As fome labourers were cleaning a fish pond at a gentleman's feat, near Eaft Grintea, in Suffex, they found a bottle covered with mud a yard thick. On it were infcribed thefe words ; New Canary, put in to jee

how long it will keep good, April 1666, R. Wilfon." The mouth of the bottle was waxed over, the wine was excellent, though the cork was almost decayed. THURSDAY, 12.

This day was held a court of commoncouncil, being the first in the prefent mayoralty. The lord mayor opened the court with a handfome speech. When his lordfhip had finished, Mr. Luke Stapely reminded the court, that the conftant ufage had been to move, as the first bufinefs, the thanks to his lordship's predeceffor, and that no gentleman had ever merited thofe thanks more than Mr. Crosby. Mr. Stavely then read the following addrefs of thanks:

That the thanks of this court be given to Brafs Croby, Efq. late lord mayor of this city, for his diligent and impartial adminif tration of juftice during the whole time of his holding that high and important office; for,his readiness to convene common halls and common councils; for having always prefided with great candour and ability; for having, as chief magiftrate, fupported with fpirit and dignity the privileges and immunities of this city: for having refused to back prefs warrants, iffued in violation of the rights of the fubject; for having difcharged a printer and fellow-citizen taken into cuf tody by an illegal warrant of the fpeaker of the Houfe of Commons; for having committed the meffengers of that, house for the affault, in violation of the laws; for having returned to a court of juftice a recognizance taken before him, notwithstanding the minutes thereof, by order of the House of Commons, were expunged, and that houfe ordered that no other profecution, fuit, or proceeding, be commenced, or carried on for or on account of the faid pretended affault or falfe imprisonment; for having maintained in parliament the rights of the nation, as well as the chartered privileges of this metropolis; and for having preserved, through an imprisonment in the Tower, the fame tenour of upright conduct with unshaken integrity, firmaels, and fortitude.

The address of thanks was ftrenuously objected to by feveral aldermen, and other gentlemen, but at length the question being put, there appeared for the addrefs, 4 aldermen and 117 commoners; against the 'thanks,' g aldermen and 47 commoners. The aldermen who voted for it, were Stevenfon, Sawbridge, Wilkes, and Oliver. Thofe against it were, Ladbroke, Alfop, Harley, Halifax, Eldaile, Plumbe, Kennet, Roffeter, and Bird. Alderman Kirkman and Townfend withdrew during the divifion; but the latter gentleman expreffed himself warmly against the addrefs.

It was moved by the under fheriff, Mr. Reynolds, and feconded by Mr. Hurford, that the refolution of the common-hall, for prefenting cups to the late lord-mayor, and

the

WEDNESDAY, 18.

The fociety of arts confidered the propofal made them by Meff. Adams, relating to a new building propofed to be erected for the ufe of the fociety in the Adelphi; when, after a long debate, it was agreed to give Meff. Adams cool down, and the annual fum of 270l. for the rent of an elegant edifice during the term of 94 years. SATURDAY, 21.

Last night the houfe of Sir Robert Ladbroke, upon St. Peter's Hill, was broke open, and the following things, with feveral others, were folen therefrom, viz. a gold chain, value 15cl. a coronation gold medal, a broad five and twenty, a gold commonwealth, a guinea of George the firft, five diamond rings, 40 mourning rings, about 151. in crown pieces, two gold fnuff boxes, a diamond breast buckle, befide a large quantity of plate.

TUESDAY, 24.

The collection which the lord-mayor made for the prifoners in the feveral gaols of this city, at the coffec-houfes, &c. amounted to 551. in money; which is faid to be 131. more than ever was collected before on the like occafion. In the markets a very large quantity of provifions was given. Neither of the fheriffs or under theriff attended.

WEDNESDAY, 25.

Being Christmas-Day, their majefties went to the chapel royal and heard a fermon preachcd by the Lord Archbishop of York, after which their majefties advanced to the altar and received the facrament from the hands of the Lord Bishop of London, affifted by the Lord Bishop of Winchefter; his majefty made anoffering at the altar of a wedge of gold, cummonly called a byzant: the fword of ftate was carried to and from chapel by Lord Litchfield.

AMERICA. Bofton, New England, Oct. 21. It has been currently reported, fince the arrival of Capt. Hall, from London, that the governor of this province has received a fresh order from Lord Hillsborough, peremptorily to inE upon a former inftruction, requiring him not to give his affent to any tax-bill, and lome fay, any bill at all, until the commifBoners of the customs are exempted from paying a certain proportion for the support of

government.

New-York, Oct. 21. By advices from the bay of Honduras, we learn, that there is, and like to continue, a great famine in that country, the locufts having overpres it in fuch a manner, that they have eat up every green thing; and it is faid that in fome parts they lay on the ground a foot thick, At Ambergreafe it is faid, 17,000 Indian had died for want, and in other parts of the country thoufands were dead and dying; fo that it was computed that upwards of 80,000 Indians had died with famine when the laft account came away. The famine is alfo great among the Spaniards, they having fert to Honduras for flour."

There are letters by the Grace, Captain Chambers, which is arrived at Bristol from New-York, which give an account, that many foreigners are arrived to fettle as merchants in that city, on account of the great increase of trade in that part of the world; that there are now ten large merchant ships upon the ftocks in feveral yards, ready to aunch, and more are to be immediately built, as trade is carried on from thence almeft iuto all parts of the world. The fame letters fay, that this city was never in fo flearithing a condition, nor was there ever fo great a harmony fubfifting amongst the inhabitants # at prefent.

Charles-Town, Oct. 31. On Saturday, at the court of general feffions, the trial of Dr. John Haly came on, who was arraigned for murder, for the death of Peter De Lancey, Efq. in a duel. This trial begun at eight o'clock in the morning, and was r over till after feven in the evening, when the jury, after having been ot only a fer minutes, convinced (we may prefume that there was not the least degree of malice ca his part) brought in their verdiet guilty of manflaughter.

Nov. 7. Laft Tuesday the joint publick-treasurers of this province, not thinking themfelves warranted to comply with za order of the commons houfe aflembly alone, to advance the fum of 300l. currency to the committee on the filk manufacture, it was adjudged a contempt, and they were, by order of that houfe, committed to the common gaol in this town; but very foon after again fet at liberty, in confequence of a proclamation iffued by his excellency the governor fur diffolving the general affembly.

There was but one diffenting voice to the refolution on Tuciday last for the commitment of the long publick-treasurers,

Quchec, Oct. 10. On Thurfday the 29th of September laft, between the heurs of four and five in the evening, happened the following extraordinary accident

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rth opened, fwallowed up, and buried him ader its mass, together with the carriage and vo horfes. There were in the house a woan, two girls, and a young lad, the latter rceiving this extraordinary accident cried it, let us fave ourselves.' At the fame me going out of the houfe to make his efape, when he faw the earth again opening bout 18 feet wide, which obliged him to etire, but the woman, who likewife endeaoured to fave herself, was fwallowed up; be lad was returning into the house where he girls had remained, in the greateft con-ernation and fright, when all on a fudden fell down, was carried at about the dif ance of an acre and an half from where it tood, and buried in the river, under an enor ncus mafs of land, and no part is to be feen xcept the end of one of the rafters; 1otwithstanding the lad was only found up o the fhoulders in the earth, and whofe doleful cries brought fome people to his affiftance, who had almost dug him out when the barn, which was at a greater diftance than the houfe, fell and was likewife fwallowed up in the Abyfs, this obliged the people to leave the Lad, who continued calling to their affistance, but a little time after, they returned and faved him.

This immersion has formed a bank at least three acres broad, the height of which exceeds the fhore by above 15 feet; it has fhut up the channel of the river in fuch a manner, that the waters had not ceafed to re-flow the 29th, and left it quite dry below the bank.

It is a difficult matter to discover the caufe of fo extraordinary a falling, as there was not the leaft fign of an earthquake, and as it was a hill the declivity of which to the river was very gentle yet as the land formed a fmall creek, against which the waters ftruck, and had cut a very deep channel therein, it is to be prefumed, that having by degrees washed away the earth, which is cf a very foft clay, it had in courfe of time made a fubterraneous paffage: this appears the more probable as in the place where the hand funk, there appeared a deep pit about 60 feet perpendicular.

By the general bill of mortality, from December 11, 1770, to December 10, 1771, it appears there have been

10921 10859

21780

1469

1210

Females

In all

In all

67

10 and 20

20 and 30

30 and 40 40 and 50 50 and 60

460

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Y letters from France, we are informed,

B that the military state of the troops of

that kingdom for the year 1772 are as follows: infantry of the king's houshold 9510; cavaltry 3096; French toot, 90360; regiments of Swifs, 14,400; German ditto, 7604; Italian ditto, 1065; Irish ditto, 3720; light troops, 1940; Artillery, 4100; French Horfe, 14,520; German ditto, 720; Dragoons, 7680; Huffars, 8co; with 55000 Militia; which makes the total 201,515 men.

Warfaw, Nov. 11. Eight of the king's affaffins are already taken and brought prifoners to this city. Lukawski and his wife are of the number, Kofinfki continues to be treated with great lenity, and undergoes interrogatories from morning till night. The fecond heyduck is very ill of his wounds. The confpirators entered that city disguised like peasants, and their arms were hid among the facks of corn. The convents of the Dominicans and Capuchins, where those wretches were concealed till the time of putting their plot in execution, are invested by the Ruffians, who permit no one to enter into, or go out of them.

Pulawski and Koffakowki have been defeated; the former by Leiut. Colonel de Lange, with the lofs of 450 men; the fecond in Lithuania, by Prince Fabulow ; and in his flight by Major Salomon, near Pragnitz, where the party of two thou fand which he commanded, were reduced to 500. Within these four days he has paffed the Viftula, at five miles distance from this city, in order to go to Czenftochau, whether Pulawfki is alío fled, and where likewife is Czinfki. Great General of Lithuania.

Warfaw, Nov. 23. The 9th inftant an order was iffued for all the inhabitants, men and women, of every age and quality, to prefent themselves at an office, therein. appointed, to give in their names, places of abode, and station in life. This law, which only appoints one office, and allows but three days to apply in, hath occafioned great

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