cannot remember ever seeing fuch destruction in one night.

The wind was fo high near Coventry on Friday morning laft, that feveral trees along the road were torn up by the roots, and a ftage coach abfolutely overfet by its violence, by which a clergyman broke his arm, and the coachman was much bruifed. Hertford, Sept. 24. On Tuesday morning two men engaged, for a wager of ten guineas, to draw an empty waggon, weighing 22 cwt. 20 miles in 20 fucceffive hours, on a turnpike road near this city; but, after having performed five miles in four hours, they found themselves fo greatly fatigued, that they gave up the interprize.

By AUTHORITY. At the City Theatre,in Guildhall,is now performing, to moft crouded audiences, an annual political FARCE, called The MICHAELMAS ELECTION The characters of this piece being at prefent much the object of attention, their names and their business will be found in the following account, for the entertainment of the public.

DRAMATIS PERSONA.

The Rev. Dr. W -N. To publish extracts from feditious and nonfenfical fermons in which a torrent of dirty abufe is to be poured on his Majefty, for not having been weak enough to recommend a poor fuperannuated lunatic, Member of the Joiners Company, to a Bishoprick.

Mr W- -S. To furnish all the news papers with anonymous paragraphs, abufing the Miniftry, extolling his own merit, and charging those citizens, who wish to fee peace and harmony restored to a distracted country, with bribery, corruption, &c.

JOHN CHLL. To produce the affidavit of a drunken drummer, that he was hired by the Miniftry to blow out the brains of a felect Committeee of patriots, affembled for the good of their country over a bottle of Claret, at the King's Arms in Palace-yard,

Mr M- ——LL. and Capt. A――N To thunder anathemas at Guildhall aTM gainft the prefent Mayor, and all those Aldermen and Citizens who have refufed to obey the mandates of the riotous fons of freedom, iffued from the London and Standard taverns.

The Livery of London are to be reprefented in Common-Hall,by about two thoufand of Mr W-s's best friends, viz. fhoe-blacks, link boys, and thofe gentlemen of his particular acquaintance who have been fo fortunate during his Sh-ff-lty, as to be found Not Guilty at the Old-Baily.

The Duke of Gloucefter has lately received fome valuable prefents from the Pope, confifting of curious manufcripts and prints, which his Royal Highnefs has ordered to be sent to Cranburn Lodge, and depofited in his library there.

The Dutch memorial, relative to the mifconduct of our Eaft India company's fervants, is now an object of very ferious confideration at Court; Lord North declaring, that the honour of a great nation is as much concerned to render juftice, as to exact it from our neighbours.

The following further particulars are collected from feveral letters from Madrafs, relating to the accident at Trichonopoly:

"About three o'clock in the afternoon on the 15th of February, the grand magazine at Trichonopoly, the capital barrier garrifon of the Eaft Iudia Company, near the kingdom of Tanjore, and annexed to the Nabobfhip of Arcot in 1738, was accidentally blown up. Upwards of 100 Europeans, and about 500 black natives were killed and wounded. Luckily the great feaft of the Cattanrarans, in honour of the Deity prefiding over fhips at Seringham, was celebrated that day, at which many thousands of the Trichonopoly inhabitants attended, or in all probability vaft numbers would have loft their lives. The magazine was formed out

of an old choultry, (a Caravanfera, or place where travellers used to reft) at the foot of the mount, in the center of that city, between which and the magazine a wall was built, or the whole city wonld have been buried in the ruins of that famous mount. No one can account for the accident, but it is apprehended to be owing to the large black stone sleepers, on which the powder was ftowed, which are nearly of the fame nature as flint, and that fome hard body had fallen against one of the ftones. Some of the rubbish fell upon the Nabob of Arcot fon's durbar, (Palace,) and broke through the roof, who is generally ftiled Nabob of Trichonopoly. The black natives, after the explofion, immediately fled into the fields, where they remained feveral days, leaving the Seapoys and Cooleys to bury and burn the dead bodies, many of whom were richly ornamented with jewels, ear-rings, and Afiatic toys."

A correfpondent inform us that the Duke of Buccleugh has fent all his tenants receipts for their last half year's rent, as a compliment, on account of their great loffes by the uncommon feverity of the weather laft spring.

We hear that Henry Macdonel died lately at Madrutz in Croatia, in the 118 year of his age, to which place he had retired with a capital fufficient to fupport him decently. He had been in the lervice of different fovereigns.

The above Henry Macdonel was father to the brave officer of that name, who in 1702, in the war about the Spanifh fucceffion, made prifoner at Cremona the Marshal de Villeroi, who offered him on the fpot 10,000 louis d'ores, and a regiment, if he would releafe him. Young Macdonel was then but a Captain, and the offer, though made by a perfon who was fufficiently able to keep his word, and which would have tempted many, did not in the leaft stagger that honeft and faithful officer, who refufed it. Such greatness of foul fo well established his reputation, that his father, interrogated by his friends,

how he managed to look fo well and fresh in old age," ufed commonly to reply, "that the remembrance of the difinterestednefs and fidelity of his fon contributed greatly to prolong his days."

A fcheme is to be proposed at the next meeting of parliament for erecting proper plans of employment for fuch of both fexes as are in no apparent condition of providing for themfelves, upon a fimilar plan with the rafp houfes in Holland.

A certain member of St Stephen's chappel is framing a bill, in order to enforce the refidence of the clergy, and that the fame may be grounded on ftri&t juftice, and productive of the greater utility, the bishops will be obliged to refide within their diocefes for full nine months in every year, under the penalty of 500l.

CANTERBURY, September 23. "There is juft arrived in this city from Switzerland, in its Ireland way to the model of a large wooden bridge of one arch, contracted for by the bifhop of Derry, and intended to be built over the river at that city, which is extremely deep and rapid, and 917 feet broad. Such, confequently, will be the length of the bridge, and the fpan of the arch. The crown of it will be 70 feet above the water. The model is nineteen feet and a half long, and two feet four inches broad. The arch will fupport nine hundred weight, as has been proved by experiment, and certified by a weighing mafter. Both footways and carriage-ways are to be covered and inclofed, and on each fide will be fixty-two windows. There are 11,734 pieces of wood in it, which are faftened by near 4000 fcrews. The name of the architect, who accompanies it, is Altherr, of the Canton of Apenanzef. Two of his countrymen are with him, who draw it (in harness) on a light four wheeled carriage. They have been five months coming from Switzerland, and by contract are to be at Derry by the 22d of November.

They

They travel about fix ar eight miles in a day."

A large fhip, very deeply laden, and about three hundred tons burthen, is carried into Cowes, having been taken up at fea, without a living foul on board. A letter was received upon the 5th October, from Kingsbridge, which gives a difmal account of the total lofs of the Chantelupe, Capt. Michael Tobin, from Grenada, in the dreadful ftorm on Thursday night laft; fhe was drove afhore a few miles diftant from Plymouth, and every foul on board perished, except Mr White, the fecond mate, and no papers have been faved. Mr. Flynn, and his wife, and feveral principal perfons of the ifland were paffengers on board the fhip; this gentleman long struggled in the ftorm, and the vital fpark was fcarcely fled, when the body was thrown on the Strand; a dog belonging to the Captain came on fhore alive.

The prefent conteft for the Mayoralty being yesterday mentioned in the prefence of Lord Chesterfield,and fome body faying that the falvation of the kingdom in fome meafure, depended upon it, that celebrated nobleman, with his ufual feverity, replied that the kingdom was not worth faving, if its exiftence depended upon the election of a Mayor or an Alderman.

Lettets from Lifbon fay, that a Scotch gentleman who refided there as a merchant, was taken up and thrown into prifon, being detected in attempting to put on board a veffel bound to Aberdeen, a large fum of money, confifting of 31. 12s and 36s. pieces; the letter adds, that as there is an exprefs order against fending their money out of the kingdom, it is imagined that the leaft punishment he'll meet with will be the lofs of it, which will totally ruin him.

On monday laft the Clerks of the Exchequer waited at the office for fome time expecting to receive 200,000l. from the India company for govern

ment, (being a half year's payment as by agreement,) but the treafury at length fent them word to go home, as the payment was poftponed at the re queft of the directors.

This morning, about nine o'clock,the purfer of the Ankerwick Eaft Indiaman. Capt. Barwell, came to the India-houfe in Leadenhall ftreet, with the agreeable news of the above ship being fafe arrived in the Downs from China. She failed from England the 14th of Feb. 1771.

Intelligence is faid to have arrived by the above ship, that the affairs in India were but in an indifferent way, but the particulars are not as yet known.

It is now faid to be certain that the Lord Chief Barron, of the Exchequer is to refign, and will be fucceeded by Sir Sydney Stafford Smythe, who will be fucceeded by James Eyre, Efq: Recorder of London,

Extract of a Letter from New-York, Aug. 31.

"Captain Stringham, of the fchooner Nancy, from this port, for St. Auguftine, writes his owners here, that on the 24th of May, eight days after his departure from Sandy Cook, he difcovered a plot that had been laid by a Mullatto, fellow, and another feaman, to murder himself, his mate, and Enfign Maunfel, aud then to carry the veffel, with the cargo, to a neutral port. It was to have been put into execution between two and four in the morning; and but a few minutes before the fatal hour, the two villains were fecured, and confeffed the whole matter.

Extract of a Letter from Stockholm, Sept. 15.

Laft Friday night the King rode round to all the burghers guards, which patrolled about the town; and, after thanking them for their care of the public fecurity, acquainted them, that now there was no farther occafion for their performing that fervice.

Extract

Extract of a Letter from Cairo,

July 28.

"Laft month a Ruffian fquadron appeared before Damiette, which feized all the fhips they found there. Mehemet Aboudaah fent an officer to treat with the Ruffians, and to engage them to retire; for which he would give them whatever they asked. In confequence whereof their fhips were fuplied with provifions, fome contributions were paid them, and they fet fail for Syria."

We hear from Vienna, that the congrefs at Fockzani, is actually broke up, because the Turkish Plenipotentiary would not confent to the independency of the Crimea, required by the Emprefs of Ruffia.

At the clofe of the poll, October 5. at Guildhall for a Lord Mayor of this city for the year enfuing, the numbers

were,

for

this kingdom have received with pleafure the news of the breaking up of the Congrefs.

The Field Marshal Count de Romanzow has fent orders to the eight regiments of infantry and four of cavalry, which are in Poland, to be put immediately in march to reinforce the grand Ruffian army. They talk even of an expedition, which will take place before the end of the year.

By a letter received upon the 5th October, from Spalding in Lincolnshire, we are informed that in a shower there, a few days fince, there fell an incredible number of small frogs on the church fteeple, and the tops of the houses, fo as nearly to cover the fame. This phanomenon, which is not new, is accounted for by naturalifts, by fuppofing that they are drawn up by the heat of the fun from the water when in the fpawn.

Mr Alderman Townsend,

883

Mr Alderman Wilkes,

869

858

On a board ftuck against a Cook's Shop in St Giles's, is the following curious infcription. Hot beef and mutton always ready, night and day, from twelve o'clock at noon till seven in the evening.

Mr Alderman Shakespear, Laft night betts ran ten to one in the city aga.nft Wilkes.

From the Frontiers of Poland, Sept. 16. We just now learn by authentic letters from Warfaw, that the Ruffian Ambaffador had received an exprefs from Fockzani, with the news that the congrefs had been broken up fruitlessly the 21ft of last month, and that the Minifters Plenipotentiaries of each party fet out the next day. These letters add, that the Ruffian troops in Moldavia and Walachia had, in confequence, received orders to march immediately towards the Danube, and that they are to be replaced by the feveral regiments of that nation, now quartered in Poland.

By lettets from Warfaw. We learn that the formidable alliance, offenfive and defenfive, concluded between three powers, feems to have thrown the Court and Miniftry into the greatest confternation. On the other hand it plainly appears, that the inhabitants of

SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH, О&. 2.

The want of filver is very diftreffing to the shopkeepers and others at this juncture, as almoft every body here, who is poffeffed of Ayr notes, is impatient to get them off, fince their opening fhop on Monday, and refufing to pay in fpecie or Edinburgh notes at this office; befides, as the Ayr notes are not taken in by any of the banks, or received in payment of bills, it is particularly diftreffing to thofe who hold any confiderable quantity of them; for although they could always pay fpecie at Ayr in exchange for their notes, yet one may be obliged to ftop payment before he can send to Ayr and have a return. Banking in this manner, may be of the worst confequences to many,

Extract

Extract of a letter from Madras,

April 1. 1772.

"You will no doubt fee in the newspapers a particular account of the melancholy affair that happened at Trichonopoly, owing to the powder magazine, &c. blowing up. I very luckily happened to be a few miles from it at the time of the explosion. In my life I never faw any thing fo fhocking as the fcene that prefented itfelf to my fight, on going into the fort. All that part near to the magazine entirely laid in ruins; dead bodies mangled and fcattered about in a moft horrid manner; and the poor inhabitants running and tearing themselves for the lofs of their friends, afforded a fcene much more eafy to be conceived than defcribed. Fortunately moft of the officers happened to dine out of the garrifon that day. There was only one officer killed, and a few flightly wounded. We had 60 fine fellows of Europeans killed,and 42 wounded: a very great lofs indeed: but yet thank God a much lefs lofs than could poffibly have been expected, as the barracks were close to the magazine. It is aftonishing to what a diftance ftones of an immenfe fize were thrown, We are all at peace at prefent in this part of the country, but they talk of a war in Bengal."

tre frame of the new bridge, juft beginning to be built at Haydon-bridge, together with all the boxes, materials, and tools of the workmen, were swept away in the current, as was the centre frame of one of the old arches of the bridge of Newcastle upon Tyne, which the workmen had just begun to take down. The ferry-boat at Haydonbridge was alfo taken away, to the great lofs of travellers paffing that way.

We are informed from High-Harrowgate, that on the 29. Sept. about two o'clock, they had the moft dreadful thunder and lightening ever known there, and that Mr Hartley was killed while afleep in his bed, by the lightening. His wife, tho' it had paffed over her at firft, was not the leaft hurt.Several marks of its violence appeared on the fides of the window, the bedpofts, &c. and fky-lights.

Glasgow, Oct. 5. The Merchant Banking Company of Glasgow have this day opened, and proceed to do bufinefs as formerly. They have alfo begun to iffue Notes of a new plate, the tenor of which is as follow: ΝΟ

I promise to pay to John Coats, or the Bearer, on demand, One Pound Sterling, at the Company's office here. Glafgow. 1. Oct. 1772.

L. I

For the Merchant Banking Company,
THOMAS TAIT, Cashier.

Ent. pr. ADAM GRIEVE
N. B. The Company alfo iffue Five
Pound Notes, of the fame tenor.

Laft week the magiftrates, taking into their confideration the pernicious effects of ballad-finging in this metropolis, ordered severals of these vagrants to be taken up, and committed to the City-guard. Upon examination, their ballads were found to be fo full of obfcenity, that they were immediately ordered to be destroyed, and the ven'ders of them conducted without the City by a party of the Town-guard; with certification, that if ever they were again found carrying on fuch a trade

within