who made it appear that the mutiny in the hip did not arife from factious or difhoneft motives in the prifoners, but from an honeft deteftation of the bad conduct of the Captain, who it appeared had failed with a privateering commiffion from the Lords of the Admiralty, and had robbed every veffel of whatsoever nation that he met with of inferior force; they each gave an affecting narrative of the plunder of a Dutchman, whom they boarded under American colours, and stripped of all the poor man who was fole owner of the veffel had in the world, though he was in a neutral bottom, and in a fair way of trade; the poor Dutchman wept over his misfortunes, but did not know that these barbarians were Englishmen. They like. wife gave an account of the plunder of a Danish ship and Portuguese veffel in the fame manner, and that the method they ufed on thefe occafions was to throw a tarpaulin over the head of the fhip, which bore the figure of an eagle, and to call themselves the Black Prince American privateer, Captain Mackenzie, Commander, and these witnesses separately declared, that the prifoners had often told them they would rather be killed than join the Captain in these iniquitous proceedings; feveral other very refpectable perfons appeared to the characters of the prifoners, but Lord Mansfield refused to admit them, declaring that the prefent trial did not at all depend on character, and his Lordship then fummed up the evidence in his ufual way; and the Jury, after retiring a few minutes, found the prifoners guilty; but at the fame time, earneftly recommended them to the King's mercy.

March 31.

A few days ago, as the London waggon of Mr. Truman of Derby, was travelling between Biggleswade and Buckden, on the north road, the candle in the lantern unfortunately caught the tilt of the machine, and the fire got to an alarming height before it was perceived by the driver, who had but jult time to difengage the horfes before a cafk of fpirituous liquors blew up, and made a dreadful explosion. The lofs fuftained, is computed at about 2000l.

The following East-Indiamen compofe the fleet that is to fail next month: the Royal Admiral, Captain Huddart; Lord Holland, Lawfon; Gatton Groves; Godfrey, Reed; Hillsborough, Collet; Royal George, Foxall; Vanfittart, Young; and the Gatton, Captain Doveton. The Gatton is for St. Helena and Brencoolen; and

The counties which have not yet agreed upon petitions are Weftmoreland, Durham, Lancashire, Salop, Stafford, Lincoln, Leicester, Warwick, Oxford, Worcefter, Cornwall, and Rutland. Hants agreed to a petition, but appointed no Committee; and Northampton agreed to inftruct their Members on the points of the petition.

Extract of a Letter from Swansea, dated March 18..

Laft Sunday came into the Mumbles (a place about four miles from this town) the Mackworth frigate, with her convoy from Falmouth, among which was a brig, retaken from the Black Prince, in which were five Frenchmen, who were fent to Briftol. And last Wednesday evening arrived at the fame place, a cartel fhip from Nantz, with 350 prifoners; and as they were landing, fome of the Mackworth's crew, who wanted to prefs them, fired on the poor men as they were coming on fhore in boats, and wounded feveral of them, fome dangeroufly; one in particular it is thought will not recover. The Captain and the Lieutenant were not then on board; the chief blame is laid on a perfon who opened the arm cheft, and let every one take what arms they pleased, &c. About 170 of the prifoners came here late in the evening, determined to ftand by one another, and die rather than

be preffed. A little boy amongst them, about it years of age, faid, We have been 22 months in a French prifon, and refused to serve the French or Americans on any terms; now we are come here to be murdered by our own (countrymen.' They would not take quarters in town, because they would not be divided; but they went that night to fleep at the Copperworks near this place, where they were fupplied with victuals and drink by fome of the agents of the works. Some of the others fell into the hands of the prefsgang. They all agree that there was great mortality amongst the prisoners in France; it was common to find from 10 to 15 of a morning dead in fome of the prisons, who were toffed in a heap, with hardly fufficient earth to cover them.'

As the diminution of the Civil Lift, and the increase of taxes, are at prefent the univerfal topic, a correfpondent fays it cannot be improper to mention that the illuftrious ANNE, so highly and gratefully extolled, did all in her power to prevent heavy taxations; and for this purpose, the gave from her own purse, first 100,000l. towards defraying the expences of a war; fecondly, the made the public a prefent of 36,000l. a-year out of her share of the Poftoffice revenue; thirdly, he gave to her Clergy the first fruits and tenths; fourthly, the bestowed innumerable private penfions en indigent families. In a word, as to the native benevolence of her mind, the private pocket of this Queen was a public poor's box, or a continual fource of charity.

It was an obfervation of Queen Elifabeth, that the, facred treasures of England confifted in the purfes of the people; for whilft they were full, the faid, the Royal Goffer would never be empty. It was for this reafon fhe refunded a confiderable: fum of money to the public, when the fervice, for which it was granted by her Parliament, did not want it.

April 2.

Canterbury, March 29. Monday laft Mr. Tankard, a Custom-house Officer, with nine or ten affiftants, came up with a gang of fmugglers, at King's Down Court-lodge, near Dartford, as they were watering their horfes, and took 28 out of 30 horfes, laden with tea, filk, and lace.' -One of the mafter smugglers was taken, and a number of the horfes wounded."

April 3.
(COPY.).
Berkeley-fquare, March 28, 1780.
SIR,

I AM truly fenfible of the obliging and affeЯing terms in which the Com

mittee of Common-council directed you to make fo early an enquiry after my health. I can only answer their goodness by affuring them, that my life always has been, and always fhall be, devoted to the public, and my best and warmest services ever at the command of the city of London. I have the honour to be, with great regard, SIR, Your moft obedient,

Humble fervant,
SHELBURNE.

Wm. Rix, Efq.
Town-clerk.
N. B. See Page 165, of our last.
April 8.

This day the feffions ended, when judgement of death was paffed upon fix capital convicts; two were ordered to be kept to hard labour on the river Thames; one ordered to be imprisoned in Newgate; eleven to be kept to kard labour in the house of correction, of whom ten are to be whip ped; feven were ordered to be whipped and difcharged; feven fined 1s. each, fix of whom inlifted to ferve his Majesty one ordered to be publickly whipped; and twenty difcharged by proclamation.

The feffion of the peace is adjourned until Tuesday next at Guildhall; and the feffion of gaol delivery of Newgate until Wednesday the 10th day of May next at the Old Bailey.

April 9.

Yesterday the five perfons who were lately taken up by Mr. John Clarke, and the other Peace Officers, at a house in Wood's Clofe, on fufpicion of being coiners, and where they found in a fubterraneous cave, contiguous to the place where the prifoners were taken, all manner of implements for coining half-pence, were reexamined in Bow-treet before William Addington, Efq; when pofitive evidence being given against three men of the names of Dunkley, Welt, and Nath, they were committed for tryal; but no accufation fufficient to criminate the other man and the woman appearing, they were difcharg ed; Dunkley was likewife accufed with being concerned in a fimilar offenfe, about eight months ago, at a house in the city.. April 1.

Yesterday morning, about three quarters; pat eleven o'clock, Read and Smith, convicted of fodomitical practices at the Magdalen coffee houfe fome little time fince,. food in the pillory at St. Margaret's-hill, purfuant to their fentence. They were el-, corted from the New Jail at ten o'clock, in a very private manner, in a hackney-coach

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to prevent the rage of the mob, and locked up in the bail dock belonging to the Seffions-house till the time aforefaid. The Under Sheriffs, with their Officers, and a very great number of conftables attended, notwithstanding which they were very feverely treated by the populace. When they had stood about a quarter of an hour, the coachman funk down, and endeavoured to strangle himself, in which pofition he remained till he appeared black in the face, the blood gushing from his ears, when he was taken out, and laid on the pillory. The plaifterer flood the whole time.

April 13.

Yesterday the following Gentlemen were chofen Directors of the Bank for the year enfuing:

Daniel Booth, Efq; Governor. -William Ewre, Efq; Deputy Governor. Samuel Beachcroft Thomas Raikes, Roger Boehm, Samuel Bofanquet, Richard Clay,

Thomas Dea,

George Drake,

Peter Gauffen, Chriftopher Hake, William Halhed, George Hayter, Richard Neave, Edward Payne,

William Snell, Godfrey Thornton, Mark Weyland, William Cooke, Edward Darell, Martyn Fonnereau, Tho Scott Jackson, Benjamin Mee, jun. Chriftopher Puller, Thomas Thomas, Sam. Thornton, Efqrs The fame day came on at the India. Houfe, by ballot, the election of fix Directors of the Eaft-India Company, to fucceed the fix who are to go out by rotation. The report was made as follows:

Robert Gregory, Efq.
Richard Beecher, Esq.
Benjamin Booth, Efq.

· 997

817

· 771 596

Lionel Darell, jun. Efq.

Thomas Cheap, Efq.

Sir George Wombwell, Bart.

556

George Vanfittart, Efq.

546

John Townfon, Esq.

546

519

John Roberts, Efq. James Amyatt, Eiq.

493

196 Mr. Cheap and Mr. Vanfittart having equal numbers, the Chairman, according to the custom, put it to the lot, when he drew out Mr. Cheap; Mr. Vanfittart and the five Gentlemen whole names precede that of Thomas Cheap, Efq; were of course the fuccessful candidates.

Yesterday the seven following malefactors were taken from Newgate to Tyburn, and executed according to their fentences, attended by the two Under Sheriffs, the City Marthal, and other Officers, viz. John Franque, for a burglary in the houfe of Jeremiah Bentham, Esq; John Cormick,

for ftealing in the houfe of Ann Crufiue, where he was fervant, 120l. 175. twa fnuff-boxes, mounted in gold, and other things; Robert Hughes, for a burglary in the houfe of Samuel Lindley, Elq, Ro-, bert Anders and Richard Palmer, for a burglary in the houfe of Sir Francis Lumm; and John Benfield and William Turley, who were drawn on a fledge, for feloniously counterfeiting half crowns, fhillings, and fixpences. April 20.

Laft Sunday, about one o'clock at noon, a molt terrible fire broke out in a house next the Wheat-Sheaf, at Drayton, near Abingdon, Berks; there being a very strong wefterly wind, it foon fpread itself on both fides of the road to the other end of the place, fo that, within the space of two hours, 43 dwelling houses, with all the barns, out-houfes, and ricks near them were confumed. Mr. Eyfton's house, being the laft on the fouth fide of the road, and having a court round it, enclosed with a ftone wall, was with great difficulty faved from the general deftruction. The wheat ricks burnt furiously, and looked like mountains belching out flames. The heat was fo exceeding great during the heighth of the fire, that, though the road is very wide, nobody could venture themselves in it, fo that the people were obliged to stand at a great diftance on the back part of the village, melancholy fpectators of this dread-. ful conflagration, which had fo rapidly and inftantaneously involved them in poverty and diftrefs. The church was not burnt,. but even the briars that were put upon the graves in the church yard were burnt. The flakes and afhes were carried by the violence of the wind as far as Wallingford. Only four perfons among the unhappy fufferers, it feems were infured.

April 25.

Sunday being St. George's Day, the Anniversary of the Society of Antiquaries of London, their annual election was yesterday held, and the Prefident, Council, and Officers for the year enfuing were elected, viz.

From among the old Council. Jere-: miah Milles, D. D. F. R. S. Dean of Exeter, Prefident. Sir Jofeph Ayloffe, Bart. F. R. S. V. P. The Hon. Daines Barrington, F. R. S. V. P. Owen Salif bury Brereton, Efq. F. R. S. V. P. Edward Bridgen, Efq. F. R. S. Sir William Chambers, Knt. P. S. F. R. S. Ac. R. Holm. Soc. Richard Gough, Efq. F.R.S. Michael Lort, D. D. F. R. S. V. P. Thomas Morrell, D. D. F. R. S. William

Norris, M. A. Daniel Wray, Esq. F.R.S. Mufæum Brit. Cur.

New Members of the Council. William Earl of Radnor. Frederick Lord Boston. Thomas Ettle, Efq. F. R. S. Mathew Duane, Eq. F. R. S. Muf. Brit. Cur. Anthony Hamilton, D. D. F. R. S. Thomas Brand Hollis, Efq. F. R. S. Sir Richard Jebb, Bart. M. D. F. R. S. Med. Reg. Ext. Edward King, Efq. F. R. S. Henry Stebbing, D. D. F. R.S. Ralph Willet, Efq. F. R. S.

Officers. The Dean of Exeter, Prefident. Edward Bridgen, Efq. Treafuier. Richard Gough, Elq. Director. Rey. Mr. Norris and Dr. Morrell, Secretaries.

April 27.

The Treaty concluded between us and the Dutch, in 1674, having been made the ground of the Proclamation publifhed in the laft Gazette, our Readers will probably be glad to fee fome account of it. By ar ticle the firft, it is declared lawful for the Lubject, of either power, to fail, trade, &c. in all the kingdoins, countries, and eftates, which are in peace, amity, or neutrality with the contracting Powers, without be ing any ways hindered or molefted by military forces, or fhips of war.

Article the second adds, Nor fhall this freedom of commerce be infringed by occafion or caufe of any war, but fhall ex-. tend to all commodities, thofe only comprehended under the name of contraband.

Article the third mentions that these contraband commodities are only arms, pieces of ordnance, with all implements belonging to them, fire-balls, powder, match, bullets, spikes, fwords, lances, fpears, halberts, guns, mortar-pieces, petards, grenadoes, mufquet-rests, bandaliers, falt-petre, mufquets, mufquet-fhot, helmets, corflets, breaft-plates, coats of mail and the like kind of armature, foldiers, horfes, and all things neceffary for the furniture of horses, bolters, belts, and all other warlike instruments whatsoever.'

By article the fourth, the following merchandifes are declared not to be reckoned among prohibited goods, viz. All kind of cloth, and all other manufactures woven of any kind of wool, flax, filk, cotton, or any other materials, all forts of clothing and vestments, together with materiale whereof they used to be made; gold and filver, as well coined as not coined; tin, iron, lead, copper, and coals; as alfa wheat, barley, and all other kind of corn or pulfe; tobacco, and all kind of spices; falted, and finoaked flesh, faited and dried fifh, butter and cheese, beer, oils, wines, fugars, and all forts of falt; and in gene

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ral, all provifion which ferves for the nourifhment and fuftenance of life; likewise all kind of cotton, hemp, flax, and pitch; and ropes, fails, and anchors; alfo mafts and planks, boards and beams, of what fort of wood foever, and all other materials requifite for the building or repairing fhips.'

Thefe may be freely tranfported by the fubjects of either power, to places in en mity with either, except only towns or places befieged, blocked up, o or invested.'

The other articles contain regulations for the vifiting and examining the fhips of the contracting Powers, confifcating fuch contraband effects as may be found in them, and punishing offenders acting in contravention to this treaty. Under article the eighth is the following claufe, which more particularly ferves to explain the laft Gazette. And left any damage fhould by furprise be done to the one party who is in peace, when the other party fhall happen to be engaged in war, it is provided and agreed, that a fhip belonging to the enemies of the one party, and laden with the goods of the fubjects of the other party, fhall not infect, or render the faid goods liable to confifcation, in cafe they were laden before the expiration of the terins and times here-aftermentioned, after the declaration or publication of any fuch war, viz. If the goods were laden in any port or place between the places or limits called the Soundings, and the Naze in Norway, within the space of fix weeks after fuch declaration; of two months between the faid place the Soundings and the city of Tangier; and of ten weeks in the Mediterranean fea; or within the space of eight months in any other country or place of the world; fo that it fhall not be lawful to confifcate the goods taken or feized in any fhip or veffel whatsoever of either of the contracting Powers, upon that pretenfe, but the fame thall be without delay restored to the proprietors, unless they were laden after the expiration of the faid terms of time refpectively; but fo that it may not be lawful for them afterwards to carry to enemies ports the faid merchandifes, which are called contraband, and for the reasons aforefaid shall not be liable to confifcation.

Yesterday morning the Deputy Quartermatter-general, engineers, affiftants, &c. fet off for Plymouth, to mark out the ground for the intended grand encampment near there this fummer. On their return they will ftop at Salisbury, and mark out the ground for a large camp of cavalry.

BIRTHS.

BIRTHS.

A Daughter to the Right Hon. Lady

Manners, of Burlington-(treet.

A fon to the Lady of the Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick.

A fon to the Lady of the Right Hon. the Earl of Harrington.

A fon to the Lady of the Right Hon. the Earl of Stormont.

MARRIAGES.

RE. Mr. Singer of Yarmouth, to

Mrs. Bedingfield.

John Relph, Efq; of the Cuftom-houfe, to Mifs Hollis, of the Borough, Highfreet.

Walter James Read, Efq; only fen of Sir Thomas Read, of Langley, Berks, to the Hon. Mifs Jane Pratt, youngest daughter of Lord Camden.

Samuel Cotes, Efq; of Percy-ftreet, to Mifs Shiphard, daughter of the late Williarn Shiphard, Efq; of Hackney.

Henry Negus, Efq; to Mifs White, of Yarmouth.

Sir Thomas Mannock, Bart. of Gifford-hall, Suffolk, to Mifs Browne, a near relation to Lord Viscount Montague. Thomas Kelfall, Efq; to Mifs Phipps.

Mafon, Efq; of Watling-street, to Mifs Young, of King-street. Rev. Mr. Ogle, of Pontefract, to Mifs Furnefs, of the fame place.

Samuel Poutter, Efq; of the Temple, to Mifs Banifter, of Harley-street.

Johnson Newman, Efq; Secretary to the Ruffian Embaffy, to Mrs. Playitove, of New Windfor.

Thomas Noel, Efq; of St. John-ftreet, to Mifs Pennyman, of Bartholomewclofe.

Rev. Dr. Podger, of Baudrip, Somerfetfhire.

Lucius O'Brien, Efq; Lieutenant in the royal navy.

Jofeph Montague, Efq; of Pall-mall.
Samuel Afh, Efq; of Buntingford.
Jafper Jones, Efq; near Hammersmith.

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PREFERMENTS. EV. Mr. Bingham, to the Rectory of Birchanger, with the Rectory of Ranwell, Effex.

Rev. Dr. Farmer, Master of Emanuelcollege, Cambridge, to be Prebend of Aldrewas, in Litchfield Cathedral.

Rev. Dr. Cook, Provost of King'scollege, Cambridge, to be a Prebend of Ely.

Rev. Mr. Domet, to the Vicarage of Bovey Tracey, Devon.

PROMOTION.

HN, John Trevor, to be his Ma

jetty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Elector Palatine, and Minifter to the Diet of Ratisbon.

Atreet.

Samuel Hooker and Peter Walsh, of Lothbury, merchants, factors, and part

ners.

John Burton, of Piccadilly, haberdafher.

Edward Snape, of Knightsbridge, far

rier.

Samuel Johnson, of the city of Bristol, woollen-draper.

Mitchell Newman, of Beddington Cor-ner, callico-printer.

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