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thould gain a sufficient length of and for the evils it at present sufsea-coait, to have enabled the Bri- fers, as well as for those with tish army to effe& a landing. But, which it is menaced, its inhabitants in this espectation, they were dif- are indebted to that tremendous appointed: for it is fince known, mischief, the French revolution. that the insurgent leaders were not That it has been, in some degree, united among themselves; and checked in its destructive career, when they did make an attempt in the world may thank those powers the autumn to reach the sea, the who have combined against it, in peasants had unfortunately con- behalf of a very large portion of ceived it to be their dehgn to escape, the human race. We must look, by the allistance of English vessels, therefore, to a continuance of that and accordingly compelled them to union, and an active perseverance return into the interior parts of the in its present obje&s, that order country.

may be restored to France, and Such is the state of that quarter peace to Europe. of the globe which we inhabit ;

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JANUARY

were spoiled, and filled with salt

water. Lii. Dublin. T IE account from 3d. Copenhagen. By a royal cdict

1 the county of of the 7th of November, 1792, with respect to the procced- the trade with the Danish settlemings of a bandilli, cailing them. ments upon the coast of Guinea iš

Delenders, grow daily more declared free to all nations without us.fmming; near forty boutes have exception, trading in foreign-built

attacked belonging to Pro. Thips, and without any restraint for the purpoie of plunderrelpecting the articles of importa

of their arms. This b3n- tion or of exportation, including

unked together by an oath negroes; it being undersiood, that atly, and they have their re- there thall riot be exported till the

vers and captains; they end of the year 1802, conformably delves by night in the to the decree of March 16, 1792.

tire arms, or execute Philadelphia. Washington has robbery. Last week there been unaniinously re-elected prelicaning infurgents met in Dunbar, dent; not a voice through all the

umber of 1,500 to 2,000 Continent against him. The viceTome armed with guns, fome president, Adams, has also been re. ten pitchforks; but it does not elected, but by a majority of a few

they had any tetted voices only. The publick had he arıy were immedi- pointed hiin out as anthor of Let"patched 'from Dundalk, ters in antier to Mr. Paine, signed

eir approach the mob - Publicolu;' but Mir. Adams, by period.

public advertilement, declared he place a

There has been in this was not the author of these letters. considerable inundation His friends alto reminded the Ameof eight hours, and the ricans of his having been prote

Within two inches as cuted by the court of Great Britain. 1783. It was caused by Had it not been for these things, form in the Adriatic, ac. Mr. Clinton would have been vice

by a very high wind, prelident; he was within a few
e the water into La- votes of him as it was. Trade is

kept it there at a cere at present very brisk; but, owing

ut: Nearly one half of to the building of the new capital, Lisica.as inundated, and the in- and cutting lundry canals, wages

ent to the square of St. of work people are enormouily mbers of the cifterns high. Wrights and matons are

water was within two 11 high as in 1783. It was a riolcnt storm in the Adri companied by a very high wich drove the wat gunes, and kept it the in height. Nearly

habitants went to the Mare. Numbers of

POL. XXXV.

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now not content with two dollars Mr. Silva, of Chelsea, and his a day.

maid servant, were found murdered Sth. The Empress of Rusia has in his house; in the morning the aliigned portions of land in the Cri- maid servant was in a neighbourmea to the French emigrants, and ing shop buying tea, and said her remitted 200,000 roubles to the matter expected company to breakprince of Condé, at Franckfort, for fast. About noon the errand-man the expences of his journey.

called at the house, and no person 10th. At a common-council of coming to answer the bell, he went the City of London, held this day, down the area into the kitchen, it was resolved, that the lum of where he found the maid lying forty shillings for every able sea- dead, and her master endeavouring man, and twenty thillings for every to crawl up stairs, but fpeechles ordinary seaman, over and above and infenfible. They had both the bounty granted by his Majefty, been struck on the head with some be given, during the pleasure of heavy pointed inftrument. Mr. the court, and not exceeding one Silva died next morning, without month from this day, to every luch having been able to give any ac. fcaman as thall enter into the fer count of the shocking ac. There vice of his Majesty's navy.

was no appearance of the house By a vessel from the Havanna, having been robbed. Mr. Silva accounts are received, that during was reputed a man of wealth, and moft part of the last month they it is conjectured, that the perpetraexperienced almost inceflant rains, tors having intimation of money in accompanied by very tempestuous his poflction, introduced theme weather, which increased by the selves into his house on pretence of

ਨੇੜੇ (it . 20th to a hurricane, and did con- business, and carried off nothing siderable mischief. Neir 350 houses, on the south side of the name of Mendez, a nephew of Mr. town, are said to be unroofed, and Silva, was charged before Nicholas 31. avd

dhe several vellels in the Bayloft; Bond, Esq. with these murders, on seven were driven out to fea, only the tesiimony of a boy, who simply two of which had returned on the stated, having seen him in the LORT 3d inftant. All the plantain-walks neighbourhood on the morning in are destroyed, and much damage queflion. After a long examina. a ta! done to the ground provisions. To tion, it appeared clearly by the remang add to the calamity, several lives, evidence of a number of witneiles

, 5, bom both in town and country, were that the prisoner was several miles loft. So much has the city sufier- distant from Chelsea at the time = til? ed by the late hurricane, there is the fact was supposed to have been fouid fcarcely one house, of those left committed. He was consequently said ftanding after the form, which it ditcharged.

. foron is not necessary to support by props. Edinburgh. An eminent manu. Hin Hundreds of cattle were drowned facturer in this town has just finift- a prved while grazing in the fields, and ed two elegant gown pieces, niathere is no inhabitant but what is, nufactured from Shetland wool, det in some meaiure, a sufierer in this the one for her Majesty, the other cireadful calamity.

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fome vest piece for the Prince of ed throughout the metropolis.
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, and a beautiful gown piece 18th. This day, lord George Gorfor the Duchess of Gordon, both don, the term of his lordship's imbe from common Scotch worsted; en- prisonment having expired, was

couraged by such patronage, it brought into the court of King's be es may reasonably be hoped soon to Bench, for the purpose of being ad

fee the woollen manufa&ure attain mitted to bail ; "he was accoma degree of perfection hitherto panied by the keeper, two men as

unknown in this country. A gown his bail, and several Jews. be a piece fimilar in pattern to that had a large souched hat on his Te of her Majesty, has been ordered head, and an enormous beard. He for the Empress of Russia.

was ordered to take off his hat, Hereford. The repairs of the ca- which he refused. The court di

thedral are advancing: the groinde rected the crier to take it off, which The arches of the nave are in great for- he did accordingly. Lord George min, wardness

, but the new paving, desired the court to take notice, which is to cost 500 1. is not yet that his hat had been taken off by 78 begun.

violence. He then deliberately The south transept has been in a took out of his pocket a white cap, d. moft alarming state : the walls be. which he put upon his head, and of ginning to spread, buttreffes have tied a bandkerchief cver it; after at their been run up on the outside, but it which, he produred a paper, entionde is by no means fecure.

tled, “ The petition of Israel AbraThe workmen, who proposed ham George Gordon, commonly un pecking out the window-frames, called Lord George Gordon." He ed took off the old roof and lowered iaid, the petition was an apology A it, to correspond with the nave, for appearing with his head cover

and added all the new work, even ed, agreeably to the custom of the betri the windows and a small circular Jews. By a conformity to this cussa window over the large south one, tom, he meant no difrefpect to the

the frame of which was intended court, as it arose purely from the i test to be taken down ; but when this tenderness of his contcience, since

was done, and the workmen were he had entered into the “holy coleget beginning to take out the old venant of circumcision.” The pece frame, and remove the key stone tition was read by the officer of

at the top, so much danger was the court, and contained many arper apprehended, that they were oblig. guments, drawn from the Jewish

ed to desift till the surveyor was writers, in favour of appearing with recalled. Notwithstanding the sum his head covered before all men. of 4000 l. was raised by Act of Par- The sentence against him for the liament, a second subscription is libels was, at his request, read, after now circulated in the Hereford pa- which he read a written paper ; pers, and proceeds with more spi- the fubitance of which was, that rit than could have been expected. he had been imprisoned for five 16th. A court mourning was di- years among murderers

, thieves, rected for the French king, which &c. and that a!l the consolation he

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