you to the exercife of those functions which you ought never to have quitted: learn to prize my favours, and never lofe remembrance of their extent!

"You will hear the reading of an ordinance, the several parts of which are conceived exactly in the letter and fpirit of my royal predeceffors. I will not fuffer the fmalleft infringement to be made on it. My own authority, the prefervation of justice, the happiness and tranquility of my people, all equally require that it be obferved inviolate.

"It is my will that all paft grievances be buried in oblivion. I fhall ever be hold with extreme difapprobation whatever may tend to create divifions, or diflurb the good order and tranquility which I wish always to fubfift in my parliament. Be you folely occupied in the faithful difcharge of your respective duties; co-operate with my wifhes, which are folely directed to promote the welfare and happinefs of my fubjects.

"I decree that from this moment the Sieur Hue de Miromefnil hall take upon him the office and execute the functions of Chancellor,"

On this the Sieur Hue de Miromefnil took on him the functions of Chancellor,

the Sieur Sequier thofe of Attorney General, the Sieur Joly thofe of Solicitor General, and the Sieur Alligre those of First Prefident of the Parliament; they all took their places accordingly, after which the edicts, &c. were read and regiftered.

After the reading of the edit for re- establishing the ancient officers of the parliament, the First Prefident, by the King's commiffion, made a speech, acknowledging his Majefty's goodness in their recal.-The First Prefident having finifhed his difcourfe, the Gens du Roi had permiffion to fpeak, when the Sieur Seguier made a fpeech for them.

The Gens du Roi having requested the edict to be registered, it was done accordingly by the King's order, who then made the following fpeech:

"You now know my pleasure, and from your zeal for the public good, and your attachmentt o the true principles of monarchy, I expect you would exactly conform to what I have prescribed: you may depend on my protection and countenance as long as you worthily fill the places you occupy, and do not attempt to enlarge the bounds of the power which is granted to you."

An Occafional Prologue upon a late Appearance of a young Gentlewoman in the Character of the Country Girl, at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.

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FR age five months, four days, and feventeen years, [pears; The Country Girl this awful night apA chicken in the fhell-fnatch'd from the hen, [men:

And hopes to find fome kindness among Tho' in the fhell, by fome device or other [mother. We hope to rear her, and out her A French Philofopher found out the art To make an Oven act Dame Nature's part:

With ventilator fhut, and full each feat, Gou'd we not give this Houfe an oven's heat?

YeCriticEpicures, increase our stores, Come but each night, and crowd us to the doors [fcores! We'll hatch you chicken actreffes by Shou'd our poor Country Girl fo young and weak, Come trembling forth, unable yet to

Your foft'ring fmiles her drooping heart would reach,

And fo reftore her to full pow'rs of speech: Our Manager might foon the change deplore, [more, And, if fhe wed, her Husband ftill much But jest apart—give but her bosom peace, And with her fears her errors wou'd decrease,

When firft the linnet by the fowler caught, [brought; From native woods and fields to town is Unus'd to crowds, its bofom nimbly heaves, In broken thrills the little fongster grieves;

Till, bolder grown, the warbler fwells its throat, [notes And fills the houfe with each harmonious Indulgent care the weakest foon makes strong, [fong! And gratitude breaks forth in ceaseless

Prologue to the Choleric Man. Spoken by Mr. Smith.

trade at Paris has juft fent us the copy of a memorial which the court of England has caused to be delivered to the count de Vergennus, that orders may be given to all owners of veffels and French privateers trading to America, not to approach the English colonies, as the fhips of war stationed in those seas will receive orders, if they meet with them to infpect them, and if they find more merchandize and manufactures than are for the confumption of the colony to which they are bound, they will be feized, and the profit given to the veffel that takes them; that the great quantities which have already been exported to the colonies has encouraged the Americans to perfift in their difobedience, from the hopes of being always fupplied in this manner; that his Britannic majesty does not fuppofe the French minifter would countenance this illicit trade, which proceeds only from the fpeculations of the merchants, who feize all opportunities of gain; and that those who fhall continue this traffick may take notice, that they have been informed of his Britannic majesty's intentions, who only requires an obfervance of the treaties, and would not fend any orders before he had acquainted his Moft Chriftian Majefty, that he might fignify, that for all offences of this kind the lofs will fall folely upon those who engage in them, without becoming a national concern, or difturb the union and concord which fubfifts between these two powers. This copy has been diftributed upon change to all owners of veffels and privateers, that they might not pretend ignorance, it being confirmed by his Mott Christian Majeffy.

Hague, Dec. 22.] The laft letters from Petersburg advise, that the unfortunate Pugatchef, the chief of the rebels, had undergone his first examination, in which he feemed very much upon the referve, and not difpofed to discover the motives of his own conduct, or who was his abettors or accomplices. His behaviour had more the appearance of enthufiafm than reason, because the little defence he feemed to make he founded upon his pretenfions to the imperial crown. Upon the whole, it was thought he would not receive judgment till the emprefs's return from Moscow, where her imperial majefty and her minifters may probably get fome further infight into the tranfactions of the rebellion."

Advice has been received that the Emperor of Morocco has declared war a

gainst the States General, and that the period for the commencement of hoftilities is fixed for the ift of next month.

A courier arrived on Friday from Paris to our court, with an account of a violent difference having broke out between the King and his Parliament. When the King recalled the old Parliament, he gave them leave to remonstrate, but faid they must obey his will in registering. This being fubject to explanation, and not being explained at the time as it ought to have been, it was fuggefted to the King, that the Parliament would claim a right of refufing to register what they did not approve, until they had remonftrated; and fome. mifchievous perfons (not unlike feveral who are in our Court) advised the King to fend an edict, by way of experiment, and to require the Parliament to register it instantly. The King did fo; and to give greater weight to the message, he sent it by Monfieur his brother. The Parliament hesitated. There were one hundred and eighty members prefent. Some difficulties were started. Monfieur made a very haughty speech; afferting, it was the King's pofitive will to register it immediately, and he must be obeyed. The Prince of Conti next stood up, and spoke very ftrongly for, and in fupport of the Conftitution of Parliament; he treated Monfieur in very fevere terms; and ad ded, that he did not wifh any man to fol"low his opinion, but that every man should follow his own; and propofed that every man fhould put his opinion in writing, and fet the example by committing his own opinion to paper. This occafioned a divifion; when Monfieur, the Duc d'Aguillon, and eight more were again!t the motion; and the Prince of Conti, and one hundred and fixty-nine, were for it. The court were in the greatest confternation when the courier came a way.

From the Frontiers of Switzerland, QA, 24.] On the 10th of laft month an earthquake was felt at Altdorff, the chief town in the Canton of Uri, which threw the inhabitants into great confternation. There were three different shocks, one at three o'clock in the morning, another at nine, and the last at eleven, which however happily did no damage. About four in the afternoon there was fo violent a fhock, that the great Church was confiderably damaged by it. The steeple was divided into two. The dome of another church was split and fell down, and

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of the Four Cantons, and another fuch fhock would have in a manner destroyed the whole country. The 11th about midnight another fhock was felt, and one ftill more confiderable towards three in the morning.

Clement's Lane, Wych-street, who was Tuesday laft run over by his Majefty's ftate-coach, and brought in their verdict accidental death. A meffenger was fent in order to enquire what family he had left; and as he has left only a widow, an annuity of 201. was settled on ber for life.

On Friday, the 5th of August, they had a fevere form of thunder at Charles Town, South Carolina, by which fix houses, in different parts of the town, were ftruck, but most providentially no lives were loft, though the houses were full of people. We have been favoured with the following account from a Genteman whofe houfe was ftruck:- My family were difperfed in feveral rooms up fairs and below. I was fitting in a chair, reading; a moft violent explosion made me shrink in the chair: I fell off, and found myself in a manner deaf. The room I was in, as well as every other room in the house, were filled with fire and fmoak, of the fame appearance and fmell as if from a gunpowder fquib. Every other person in the house was affect ed in the fame manner that I was. In one room the chimney was dismantled; and the materials, (which looked as if fashed with gunpowder) caft to the oppolite extremity of the room. In another room the wall was torn down from top to bottom; and all the others variufly fplintered. Every room bears the appearance of having been flashed with gunpowder. No personal injury was fuftained.

Mand. 5.] A baker's fervant catched an old man breaking off a piece of bread from a loaf in his basket in Cheapfide, and took him before the Lord Mayor. In the course of the examination a doubt arose whether the bread was weight; on which a person was fent to the, master baker's to weigh the bread, which being found light, the fine impofed by law was levied, and as the journeyman baker in

Tuef. 12.] On Monday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, came on to be tried at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Juftice De Grey, and a fpecial Jury, the long depending caufe wherein fundry Armenian Merchants were plaintiffs, Governor Verelft, General Smith, and others, defendants.

The cause of the action was laid for various inftances of oppreffion; for false imprisonment, and fingular depredations on the property of the Plaintiffs. The Jury withdrew at almost seven o'clock, and at ten returned a verdict, acquitting Gen. Smith, but finding Governor Verelft guilty of the falfe imprisonment, by virtue of his letter to the Nabob, with Five Thousand pounds damages, and full cofts.

On Tuesday morning at ten o'clock, the cause of fome other Armenian merchants against Governor Verelft was tried at Guildhall, before Lord Chief-juftice De Grey and a special jury. The trial lafted for eight hours, when a verdit was gived in favour of the Armenian Merchants, with Four Thousand pounds damages and full costs.

An exprefs arrived from Spain, with an account that the King of Spain had retired from the. Sovereignty, and that the Prince of Afturias has affumed the reins of government.

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Lord Vife, Mahon, to Lady Hefter Pitt, dau, of the Earl of Chatham. DEATH S.

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fon of the late Sir Charles Townly, (Knight, Garter) Bluemantle Pursuivant of arms, in the room of George Harrison, Esq; promoted to the office of Windfor Herald.-Ifaac Heard, Efq; Norroy King of Arms, to be Gentleman Ufher of the Scarlet Rod to the most honourable order of the Bath, annexed to that of Brunswick Herald.

Galway Dec. 12. ONTRARY to the generally received opinion and ftable laws of nature, that no monster of any kind will breed, a few inftances are related as prodigies in ancient hiftory, and one not lefs furprising has happened here a few days fince. A working Mule belonging to Mr. Francis Lynch, of Rahoon, in the Weft liberties of this town, having been fent hither under a load as ufual, was taken ill, and shortly after caft forth an appearance which denoted flinking, and fuch, to the aftonishment of every one was the cafe; for a Foetus of her own fpecies was produced, has been seen by numbers, and is now in the poffeffion of one of the gentlemen of the faculty in this town, who intends to preferve it in spirits, as a curious phænomenon.

Kilkenny, Dec. 14.] On account of the late frequent meetings of thofe rioters called White Boys, in the neighbourhood of Freshford and Ballyragget, an order is come from government to the commanding officer here, to fend two companies of foot to be stationed at those places; in confequence of which one company of the 63d regiment marched hence yesterday morning for Freshford; another company of this regiment is now on its march from Cafhel, which will be quartered at Ballyragget, and are to act in conjunction with the magiftrates and gentlemen of that neighbourhood, whereby it is hoped the ringleaders of thefe daring infurgents will speedily meet that punishment which their offences have fo often fo juftly merited.

Corke, Jan. 2.] Laft Tuesday, John Cafhman, of Cattle-Martyr, butcher, being jealous of his Wife ftabbed her in feveral parts of her body, of which fhe expired; he alfo attempted to take the life of the Rev. Father Nagle, and fractured his fkull with the blow of a quart; but he is in a fair way of recovery He afterwards fmothered himself in a pool of water.

Tuesday, December 27. Died of a confumption, in the forty-fecond year of his age, at his lodgings in Chelsea, (England) Henry Moflop, Efq; late manager of the theatre royal in Smockalley. He first appeared on the English ftage at Drury-lane, in the part of King Richard the III. in the year 1751; and played a capital caft of characters, as Zanga, Macbeth, Coriolanus, Cardinal Wolfey, &c. with uncommon applause. He afterwards returned to this kingdom, his native country, where he opposed Mr. Barry, the manager of Crow-ftreet theatre, with fingular perfeverance. By his death a link in the great theatrical chain is broken, which in the prefent dearth of ftage merit may long be fought for, and fought for in vain, as in fome characters he scarce had an equal, in many few fuperior. He has bequeathed to Mr. Garrick a comedy in truft, the profits of which are to be divided among his creditors.

In confequence of an advertisement from Mr. Baker, the High Sheriff of this county, a very numerous and a very refpectable body of freeholders met at the court house of Kilmainham, to take the request of the Grand Jury and other matters into confideration. When the Sheriff had taken the chair, Mr. Francis Spring, in a very able manner, expatiated on the miferable state to which this unhappy country is now reduced. He enumerated the heavy load of taxes under which we groan; the enormous fums of money which have been granted under the head of pensions, to feed the extravagance of gamblers, to gratify the ambition of ftate fycophants, and to supply the luxury of pimps and whores. To close this black scene, he obferved, that the first feminary of learning, perhaps in Europe, the univerfity of Dublin, was put under the direction of a man, difqualified in every refpect to answer the purpofe of a good and a virtuous Provost ;

a man,