Governor of Belgrade having fent the Porte advice, that a body of 50,000 Auftrians were gathered together near Semlin, the Turks are very much upon their guard, and the army of the Grand Vizir is drawn into quarters which have communication with each other, fo that it can be affembled on the fhorteft notice: and it is faid that if a peace is not concluded upon, the Sul tan will reinforce it with 140,000

men.

Extract of a letter from Leghorn, dated

Feb. 2.

"One of the men of war belonging to the Republic of Venice, arrived here on the 29th ult. from a cruize in the Archipelago, and brings advice, that on the beginning of laft month as three Ruffian fhips of force, and a fmall tranfport, were failing off the island of Stanchio, or Coos, they were fuddenly attacked by four Turkish gallies, but meeting with a much warmer reception than they expected, they ran into the harbour of the town of Stanchio, but were closely pursued by the Ruffians, who fired at them on entering the bay. Immediately the guns in the caftle began to play, but were foon filenced by the Ruffians, who took the gallies with out more oppofition, and directly fet fail for Malta."

Yefterday Lord Bellamont was a little better than on the preceeding day, but is still in a dangerous way.

Monday morning a duel was fought near Mary-bone, between an officer and a gentleman of Gray's-inn, in which the former was very dangeroufly wounded. The quarrel arofe from words that paffed in coming out of the play-houfe on Saturday night.

The Prince of Czartorisky, one of the chief Grandees of Poland, who was lately in this kingdom with an intention of ftaying here till the diffentions of his unhappy country were removed, has been obliged to fet our precipitate ly for Poland, an inroad having been made upon his eftates by fome of the

parties who condemned his refolution to continue in a perfect state of neutrrlity.

They write from Jamaica, that four French men of war of the line are loft in the Gulph of Florida, and all their crews perished.

They write from Petersburgh, that advice has been received from the Crimea, of great devaftations and outrages committed there by the mutinous foldiers.

Letters from Dunkirk affert, that the governor of that place had received orders from the Court of France, that all Englishmen who refided in that town thall produce certificates from the places of their nativity, of their religion, their characters, as to honefty and morality and the caufe of their having left their own country, and why they came to fettle there. All thofe who cannot give a fufficient teftimony as above required, are to quit that place in a limited time.

Monday night the crew belonging to the hip Friend's Advice, bound from Bofton to London, Capt. Robert Thompson, which was near Yarmouth in the late bad weather, arrived iu the long boat, after a paffage of five days, during which time they fuffered inconceivable hardships.

A large veffel, with about 500 hogfheads of tobacco, is loft on Pembray Sands, near Lanelly, in Carmarthen fhire, and all the crew perifhed. papers are yet found, but a plank is come on fhore, with "Pompey wrote on it.

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"We are ftill frequently alarmed here with the tinners coming; but we are upon our guard. I fincerely pity, them, as numbers are out of employ, and there is reafon to fear many more will be fo foon. The barley harvest was very great last year, but before the grain was carried out of the field, bills were stuck up in different places, that 9s. the Cornish bufhel of three Winchefters would be given for any quantity by the maltfters, which raifed the price immediately much higher than otherwife it would have been. The fituation of the tnners will be dreadful if we cannot find a fale for our tin, and employment for them, which is much wanted."

SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH, March 6.

Extract of a Letter from London, March 2.

Yesterday was held a General Court of the proprietors of Eaft India ftock, at their houfe in Leaden-hall ftreet, for the determination by ballot of the propofal inferted in Page 346.

"The balloting began at eleven in the morning, and continued till fix the fame evening, when the fcrutineers returned their report, which the Directors afterwards communicated to the General Court, when the numbers ftood as follow: for the queftion 377; against the queftion 84.

On which Mr Creighton arofe, and addreffed the chair, wifhing, that

previous to their carrying the petition to Parliament, the appointed deputati on fhould wait on Lord North, to know whether every part of it correfponded fully with his Lordship's fentiments, and then make a report to a Court of Proprietary to be held fot that purpose, previous to the carrying up the propo fitions and petition to parliament. He obferved, that fhould Lord North dif approve of the propoûtions, or any part of them, it would be injudicious to attempt carrying them into the Senate,as the Minifter's intereft would be against it; therefore, he wished Lord North's, fentiments fhould be made known to the Proprietary, at a General Court to be held in a day or two; and then, if he made no exceptions or alterations to the propofitions, to prefent them to Parliament.

"He was anfwered by the Chair, Sir James Cockbourne, Mr Lafcelles, and Mr Macleane that it was lofing time in calling another court on that fubject as the feffion was far advanced; and that if Lord North either disapproved of the propofitions, or wanted to tack any others, contrary to the intereft of the company, the gentlemen who were delegated to wait upon him, were men of fuch honourable fentiments, that they would take the earliest opportuniy of acquainting a General Court of Proprietary with his thoughts, previous to their carrying them to Parliament.

"The Duke of Richmond next fpoke, who coincided with Mr Creighton on the neceffity of the deputation waiting on Lord North, to know his fentiments on the propofitions and petition to parliament, previous to their carrying them to parliament, and make a report to a Court of Proprietary to be held in a day or two for that purpose.

"The question was then put, whether the Court fhould be adjourned fine die, or whether Lord North's fenti ments fhould be reported to a Court of Proprietary previous to the petiti oning parliament, when there appeared

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"The Court did not break up till morning."

"Yefterday was tried before the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield, at Guildhall, a caufe, wherein the Lord Mayor was plaintiff, and Meffrs Barnes and Golightly, defendants, to try the legality of infuring lottery tickets; after many arguments, his Lordship was clearly of opinion, that every fubject had a right to fecure his property in the best manner he could, whether lottery-tickets or not, and the Jury found for the defendants.'

Extract of another Letter from London, March 4

"This day the Lords again proceeded to hear counsel on the cause between William Burton and Nathaniel Taylor, Efqrs. Appellants, and William Lane, Efq; refpondent, being an appeal from the Court of Chancery in Ireland.-Affirmed the decree.

"The petition for eftablishing a steel manufactory in North-America is withdrawn.

"Yefterday Capt. Young of the Vanfittart, and Capt Young of the British King Eaft-Indiamen, being the laft that are to go ont this feafon, took leave of the Court of Directors.

The Lords have paffed a bill, intituled, "An act for vefting in John Earl of Hopetoun, and his heirs, in fee fimple, certain lands, part of his entailed eftare in the counties of Haddington and Fife; and for fettling in lieu thereof, other lands, lying contiguous to, and interperfed with, the faid entailed eftate," which bill has been read a first time by the Commons, and ordered to be read a fecond time.

John Mackenzie of Delvin, Efq; and John Dalrymple, Efq; are chofen ordinary directors of the Royal Bank of Scotland, in place of Meff. Alexanander Shairp and James Guthrie.

We hear the Excife Office is foon to be removed to the Canongate, on account of the infufficiency of the prefent building.

We are informed by a letter from

Morpeth,

At Paisley, Margaret Snodgrafs,

aged 104- -This woman was almost quite blind for many years, but about 4 years before her death, fhe recovered her fight, got a new fet of teeth, and retained her fenfes to the laft.

life.

Same day John Lees, formerly mentioned, was alfo taken from faid Tolbooth, and carried to Dalkeith, where be ftood an hour upon the pillory, and was after re-committed to prifon, in order to wait the first opportunity of being tranfported to one or other of his Majefty's plantations for feven years, purfuant to his fentence..

We hear that a correct plan of the Lady Ifle and adjacent coaft is now finished, and that a number of copies are lodged in the cuftom-houfe of Port Glafgow, Greenock, Irvine and Ayr, for the ufe of mariners, and the greater fafety of veffels navigating the frith of Clyde.

On Monday morning laft, a fire broke out at Millerstoun, half a mile Weft from Paisley, the wind being high S. W. it burnt with fuch rapidity, that it confumed fix dwelling houfes before it could be stopt: luckily, no lives were loft.

A bill for deepening, cleanfing, and making more commodious, the harbour of the town of Greenock; and for making a new harbour there; for fup. plying the inhabitants with fresh and wholesome water; and for paving and cleaning, lighting, and watching the Streets, and other public places, within

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March 8.

"There have been confufions here all laft week, the failors mustering and requiring full pay, when at the tail of the bank; yefterday evening, being Sabbath, thro' rafhness in one of the Juftices ordering to fire, before the riot act was read, two young women were killed in the ftreet: the failors came down this day from Port-Glafgow, with fwords and clubs, and bloodshed I believe would have followed, but the Greenock merchants got them to ftay at the end of the town; have agreed to get full wages, and are to write up to Glafgow merchants if they agree,-Peace is made, and they have gone home with triumph."

On Saturday laft, Alexander MacNaughton tenant in Rotmell, was brought to this place and committed to prifon, by warrand of James Stewart Efq; of Urrard, one of the juftices of

peace for this county; for the murder of William Keir in Rotmell, upon the Kings road, in the wood of Litt petty, betwixt Dunkeld and Dowally. The caufe of this murder is faid to have been on account of the decealed challenging MacNaughton for ftealing victual out of his mother's barn, a poor widow woman in that place.

TN the year 1638, lived Mr Haftings, by his quality, fon, brother, and uncle, to the Earl of Huntington. He was, peradventure, an original in our age, or rather the copy of our ancient nobility, in hunting not in warlike times. 2. He was very low, very strong, and very active, of a reddish flaxen hair; his cloaths, green cloth, and never all worth, when new, five pounds. 3. His houfe was perfectly of the old fashion, in the midst of a large park, well stocked with deer, and near the house, rabbits to ferve his kitchen; many fishponds; great ftore of wood and timVOL. III.

and full of high ridges; it being never levelled fince it was ploughed: they ufed round fand-bowls; and it had a banqueting houfe like a ftand, a large one, built in a tree. 4. He kept all manner of fport-hounds, that run buck, fox, hare, otter and badger, and hawks long and.fhort winged. He had all forts of nets for fifh; he had a walk in the new foreft, and the manor of Chrift's church; this laft fupplied him with red deer, fea and river fifh. And indeed all his neighbours grounds and royalties were free to him, who bestowed all his time on thefe fports, but what he borrowed to carefs his neighbour's wives and daughters; there being not a woman in all his walks, of the degree of a yeoman's wife, and under the age of forty, but it was extremely her fault if he was not intimately acquainted with her. This made him very popular, al ways fpeaking very kindly to the bufbands, brothers, or fathers, who were very welcome to his house, whenever they came. 5. There they found beef, pudding, and small-beer, in great plenty: a house not fo neatly kept, as to fhame him or his duty fhoes; the great hall ftrewed with marrow bones, full of hawks, hounds, fpaniels, and terriers; the upper fide of the hall hung with the fox fkins of this and the laft year's killing, here and there a pole cat intermixed; game keepers

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