The Graces, the Graces, remember the Graces. Page 365.

+ The ends of your nails fhould be fmall fegments of circles, &c. every time that you wipe your hands, rub the fkin round your nails backwards, that it may not grow up and fhorten your nails too much. Vol. II. page 57.

FOREIGN
Rome, April 5.

Hug 'em as clofe, as, when he goes to reft,

HILL hugs his graceful Order to his breast.

HE Pope yesterday held a fecret

T confiftory at the Vatican, in which

he opened and fhut the mouths of four cardinals. Every thing changes appear ances here in favour of the ex-jefuits, and the public are very much aftonished at the conduct of the Pope towards thefe religious fathers. Moft fenfible people fear this conduct may be of serious confequence to the holy fee: the fequeftration of part of the ecclefiaftical eftates, and the former declaration of the courts and house of Bourbon, regarding the fuppreffed fociety, are too recent for any one to imagine they will approve of what the Pope is daily doing. The fovereign pontiff has not only granted the ex-jefuits more liberty in the caftle of St. Angelo, but has ordered that they should be for the future treated with great mildness, He is daily revoking fome of the (fo called) furprifing graces of the late Pope. He has by a refcript, and not by the college de Rebus Jefuitarum agendum, granted the ex-jefuits leave to preach, to confefs, and to resume the other functions of the holy miniftry. They now only want the habit. The abbot Hertz, ex-jefuit and confeffor to the elector of Saxony, who, during the late Pontificate, in vain endeavoured to be confirmed Apoftolical Vicar in that electorate, has been more fortunate during the prefent reign, a brief being actually dispatched to him, which confirms him in that poft. It is likewife reported, that it has been intimated to the ex-general abbot Ricci, that his cause would be decided after Eafter. All this feems to displease the minifters of the above mentioned courts, who have held several conferences, no doubt in order to inform their sovereigns of the manner in

which they here treat the remains of a fociety, which while it fubfifted, caused as much indignation as astonishment.

Amfterdam, April 15. Letters from Batavia, of the 21ft of October laft, received by the way of England, advise, that the Vliffingue, a Dutch Eaft-Indiaman, was arrived there from Ternatte, and brought the melancholy news, that on the 25th of October, 1773, the Volcano Gamma Courra, in that island, had emitted a great quantity of stones and cinders; that the fummit of that Volcano had been covered with a thick black cloud, which had changed the day into a dark night, whilft dreadful claps of thunder were heard. After the cloud was diffipated, a number of small lights were feen, which were discovered to be the remains of the trees and other plants that had been burnt. The fhocks of earthquakes had been fo frequent and violent, that 80 of them had been felt in 24 hours; and during three hours the Volcano never ceafed throwing up ftones and cinders, fo that the whole ifland feemed threatened with total destruction. What is moft afflicting is, that these iflanders, feized with dread, and being apprehenfive of being confumed by the lightning, or fwallowed up by the earth, thought to escape in their Canoes, but having flung themfelves into them in great crowds, moft of thefe flight veffels funk, and a great number of the Indians perifhed.

Extract of a letter from Malaga.

"The Moors raised the fiege of Melille the 17th of April, having met with a more vigorous refistance than they expected, with the lofs of near 30,000 men on their fide, by the fword, pestilence and famine. The Emperor of Morocco

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hung up a flag of tace on the 6th, and fent his late amb:ssador, accompanied by two other principal officers, with a letter to Don John Sherlock, expreffing the greatest concern for having unjuffly broken the peace with Spain. The emperor fent two letters in the fame fubmiffive file to his Catholic majefty, offering whatever reparation might be required of him, and fuing for a reconciliation on the King's own terms. To convince the Spanish general of the fincerity of thefe pacific difpofitions, he retired with the Moorish army from before Melille. Don John difpatched an officer next day to Madrid with thefe accounts, and we daily expect to hear the King's determination. The noble Moors who brought the emperor's letters, embraced Don John Sherlock with the greateft refpect, expreffing in the higheft terms their admiration of his fortitude

and bravery which appeared fo confpicuous in the defence of an ill fortified place, against fuch a powerful army, for the fpace of 108 days, during which time the befiegers threw in 8659 bombs, moft of them of fixteen inches diameter, and fome of them which were brought here without having burft, weighed four quintals and an half. All the provifions and military ftores of the befieged were expended, and the next day after the fiege was raised, the Spanish troops had the pleafing fatisfaction of fupplying their enemies with the neceffaries of life, and of entertaining, under their walls, fome thousands of Moors, who poured bleffings on their benefactors with one general cry of alha, alha,"

Don Sherlock, for his brave defence of Melille, is promoted to the rank of 2 lieutenant general.

of the unfortunate gentleman who fell in to it, not being difcovered, the anxious

Newnham, one of the minor canons of our cathedral, he, in company with his filter, a young lady, and a gentleman, went to fee a remarkable cavern in the earth, called Pen-Park Hole, about four miles from this city. When they came there, Mr. Newnham had the curiosity to try the depth with a line; and as there is a confiderable declivity between the rocks before you come to the perpendicular fall, he went a little way down the descent, the more readily to cast in the line, and there caught hold of a twig of an afh-tree that grew across the aperture, but the ground being very moift and flippery, his feet gave way, and the twig breaking in his hand, he flid down the declivity, and fell into the cavern, in the fight of all the perfons prefent, who could afford him no affiftance. They immediately alarmed the neighbourhood, and got ropes and a perfon to go down, but he was not to be met with, there being a great body of water. Every day fince perfons have been employed to get him up, but have not been yet able to find him.

[The above fad difafter, has fo much excited the curiofity of the public, that it has not only brought a daily concourfe of people to vifit the place, but prevailed upon many private perfons to go down in it, and explore this dreary cavern, who at another time would have been terrified even at the proposal, and looked with horror on the attempt.-The body

have been fo kept up, as ftill to occafion a daily refort of perfons of all forts on foot, on horseback, and in carriages to the mouth of the cave.-By converfing with fome, who have gone down, we have been enabled to collect the following accurate description of the place: There are three openings to the furface of the earth, through which you may look down into it; two on the fides oblique, one in the middle almost perpendicular; all nearly equidiftant from each other; and though feparate at top and overgrown with intervening trees, fhrubs and underwood, yet they foon unite in one tunnel, and the eye placed at either opening can discover what paffes at the reft.-It was at the middle opening, the gentleman was plumbing with the line, and the ladies looking, when to their unfpeakable horror and confternation, they faw the above unfortunate gentleman, fwiftly fliding down on his back into the difmal pit. For above twenty-feven feet the declivity at firft is not fo very great, or the defcent fo fudden, but if the rock were within reach, and there were any unevennefs in the furface, or clay deep enough to fix the heels in, one might stop one's progrefs down, but being a bare rock, only covered with a thin flippery clay, and that at too great a distance to reach, when fet once a going, no ftop can be put to one's defcent, without a rope or the like to hold by. At this point is a projection of the rock, not e

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nough to ftop one, but becoming now a more perpendicular descent for twentyone feet more, you arrive at a larger projection of the rock, from whence leaving it intirely you would fall at once fourteen fathom and an half or eighty-feven feet, into the pool of water below; which being from forty-two feet to fixty feet deep in fome places, makes the whole from the furface of the earth to the bottom of the cavern, when the water is very low or out of it, as is the cafe in the fummer months, one hundred and ninetyfive. At the bottom it fpreads out in to a large and open arched place, fo high, that with the affiftance of torches, you cannot discover the top of it; and fo large, that the whole exhibits to a perfon unused to fuch fights, a fcene the most difmal and dreary, and ftrikes the mind with dreadful apprehenfions of danger from the pendent rocks above your head, the pool of water at your feet, and another dark yawning cavern at your fide. -You land upon a heap of dirt and rub ble, which forms a bank to the pool of water, wholly filling the bottom of the cavern, and which separates it from another cave, almott dry, which runs in under the rock thirteen fathoms in length, and is three fathoms and an half broad, filled with large, loose ftones irregularly fcatterred over its bottom. The pool, into which a floating ftage and a boat have been let down, is nearly oval in fhape, fourteen fathom and an half in length, and eight fathom and an half in breadth, and is from feven to ten fathom deep in different places. There are two or three drifts made at certain places into the rock as you defcend, out of which lead ore has been taken, and the dry cave at the bottom seems to have been opened for the fame purpose. There is one peculiar circumstance worthy of reciting, The very morning the difafter happened (the 17th inftant) Mr. Newnhan did duty at Clifton-church, and confequently muft read the 88th pfalm, as it is one of thofe appointed for that day's fervice.-We refer our readers to the perufal of it, and obferve how defcriptive it is of the gloomy manfion he fo foon after became an inhabitant of.]

Edinburgh, April 14.] A taylor at Glafgow had two fons who lately went to Quebec. Laft week he received a letter from them, informing him of their welfare and fuccefs, and defiring him to come to Quebec, and bring their mother with him; at the fame time they fent as much money as was neceffary to fit them out for the voyage: The fudden change of

circumftances had fuch an effect upon the mother, that he turned quite delirious upon Friday laft, and died on Saturday. The decorations of the Opera-house on Monday night the 24th, at the grand FIERA IN MASCHERATA were in quite a new ftile. On each side of the ftage was placed a range of elegant little fhops, in which gloves, ribbons, feathers, jewels, and toys of all forts were to be fold. Signor Torre, at the entrance in to Vauxhall-gardens, exhibited his fireworks, and Signor Breflaw conjured the money into his pocket in great abundance. There were alfo raree-fhows, with fquirrels ringing the bells at the top of them; Mat. Darley felling off his old stock, and taking caricatures to lay in a new one for the fpring trade. In short, the MASCHERATA may be thought a great improvement of our modern mafquerades; for those who have nothing to say, which is generally the cafe with the major part of the company, may now have fomething to do. There were two very fingular masques, viz. a lady in a very large pair of breeches, reaching from her feet to the top of her head, where the waistband was faftened, and crowned with a prodigious bunch of oftrich feathers; and a gentleman in a petticoat which covered his whole figure, with a ducal coronet, ornamented with jewels on his head. This petticoat and breeches, which, it is faid, was intended as a fatire on the D— and D—fs of -, afforded much diverfion to the company, throughout the whole of the evening's entertainment.

General Paoli's advice, it is faid, was afked a few days ago about the present dispute fubfifting between America and the mother-country; when he drew fuch a comparison between the former andthe Corficans, as alarmed the enquirers more than any thing that has been done or faid by the congrefs, or all their advocates on this fide the water.

A young lady now living at Cowbringe in Glouceflerfhire, was fome time ago dangeroufly ill of a fever, of which complaint the to all appearance died. Her teeth were clofed extremely hard; her whole frame was stiffened to a great degree, and every part was quite cold except near her heart, which her mother perceiving, concluded the was not quite dead; fhe therefore fent for a phyfician, who gave it as his opinion that the body was lifelefs, and likewife faid it was a folly to keep the body uninterred; but, fill the unhappy mother was inflexible to all his perfuafions; the perfifted that her daughter retained life, and immedi

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ately ordered two women to attend her night and day. In this state she remained upwards of four days, when, to their great aftonishment, they were convinced The was living; they firft perceived a fmall emotion in her fingers, and fometimes a faint groan was heard from her; they then administered a proper liquid with great difficulty between her teeth, which in a fhort time had a very good effect;

DOMESTIC
Friday, April 28.

EING quarter affembly-day, the

riffs was made for the enfuing year. Alderman Thomas Emerfon being the next in rotation who had not ferved the office of chief magiftrate, was elected Lord-Mayor, by his brethren of the board, and approved of by the Sheriffs and commons. Then the Sheriffs and commons proceeded to the nomination of eight citizens, eligible to be elected Sheriffs, when the majority of ballots fell on the following:

1 For Mr. Ambrofe Leet, Taylor, 45 2 Mr. Edward Beaty, Stationer, 3 Mr. Henry Saunders, ditto, 4 Mr. Fielding Ould, Jun. Mer. 5 Mr. Henry Howifon, ditto,

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6 Mr. James Lane, cooper, 7 Mr. Jonathan Binns, fmith, 8 John Rofe, Efq; merchant, 9 Mr. George Alcock, ditto, 39 An equality of ballots having appeared for meffrs. Rofe and Alcock, the Sheriffs (in the chair) determined in favour of Mr. Alcock, who, with Mr. Fielding Ould, were elected Sheriffs, by the LordMayor and board of Aldermen.

The fame day the feat of the late alderman Matthew Baillie, who was fuppofed to be drowned in the Aurora Frigate going to the East-Indies, was declared vacant by the common-council.

The freedom of this city was unanimoufly voted to Robert Graydon, Efq; member of parliament for the borough of Harristown, as a testimony of that grateful fenfe which the city of Dublin entertain for him on account of his ftrenuous fupport of their intereft in opposing a new bridge below Effex bridge, and of his fteady attachment to the real welfare of this kingdom. At the fame time the freedom of the city was voted to General Pomeroy, and to counsellor Annefly; to the latter gentleman obtaining this honour there was a ftrong oppofition, on account of his being council against the quarterage bill; and it was at laft put to the ballot, when a majority appeared in his favour.

Boys to the number of about 50, on horfeback, paffed in a body through Two-mile bridge: They flopped at different houfes in that neighbourhood, from whence they took fome horfes. Soon after, the fame party, as is fuppofed, went to the house of one Lalor, who lives at Kilgeny in the county of Waterford, and within half a mile of Clonmell, when after having forced open his door, they beat him in a barbarous manner.

The fame evening, a letter, of which the following is a copy, was delivered by a woman to the wife of Mr. Hugh Dannell, of Poulnakerry, about midway between Clonmell and Carrack-on-fuir, defiring it might be attended to, as it came from the White-Boys:

"Mr. O'DANNELL,

"We are informed that you are to difpoffefs your deary man of the dayree, he hold from you but if you do & receive the man whom you intend you actually will fuffer it & powr as well you for do not imagine that we will neglect doing our buisness For So Sure as you have a Head on your body if Power comes in Lonergans Place So Sure we will Level the Houfe About him & Smash all that will be therein.

"N. B. to you that your own house wherein you Dweal will be Confumd to afhes for by the Powers of War what j do tell fhall be fulfilled If Deserved So no more from your Adverserys

CAPTN THUMPER

& LEUTINANT HOPPER." Lonergan, alluded to as above, holds a Dairy from Mr. Dannell, Part of the Rent of which, amounting to about 401. he refufed paying, at the fame Time telling Mr. Dannell," That should he be replaced by Power, to obferve the confequence, for that he would foon hear more about it."-Mr. Dannell has already loft upwards of 2001, by the WhiteBoys.

Corke, May 1, Saturday Laurence Kennedy -- d--.!

Kennedy was hanged at Gallows-green, for the murder of his father; after which his head was cut off, and affixed on the fouth goal. He confeffed the fact; and declared, that the love of money influenced him to murder his father, whom he robbed of 30l.

May 2] At night, the right hon. the Lord-Mayor gaye a ball and fupper to the Lord Lieutenant, and feveral of the nobility and gentry, at the Mayoralty houfe in Dawfon-street.

Kilkenny, May. 6.] On Wednesday laft George Agar, of Kilmurry, Efq; having procured intelligence, that one of those defperate rioters called Whiteboys, who had burned the dwelling houfe, offices, and haggard of Mr. John Grant of Kilmogue, in this county, Farmer on the 8th of April, 1774, was lately feen near Besborough, he went thither and apprehended one Philip Walsh, of Mullanbeg, a most desperate rioter, and brought him from amidit a number of his affociates, without any other affistance than his own fervants, and Thomas O'Flaherty, Efq; and conducted him to our county goal. The fact this offender is charged with, is of the most flagrant nature, nothing lefs than coming in the dead of night, with a number of ruffians, and setting fire to a peaceable man's houfe, for no other reafon than the owner daring to bid for, or take a farm which had been out of lease. We are credibly informed this prisoner has impeached a number of his accomplices.

To the Printer of the Corke Evening Poft.

SIR,

I do not remember to have obferved an

embarkation for this city fo long delayed by adverse winds as the late one for Ame rica. Twenty four tranfports were taken up in London three months ago, (to carry about 1800 men to Bofton) feven of which arrived here the 24th of March, and the remainder were dropping in till the 5th of April. They all got under fail the 19th; but were foon obliged by contrary winds to anchor again at Cove, where they remained til! last Friday, then failed with the wind at Eaft, which held but a few hours, and ever fince it has

30th; 5 comp. Galway, Clare-castle, 3 2 Athlone.

42d; 2 comp. Downpatrick, 3 Belfast, 3 Killough, 2 Carrickfergus 53d, Cork.

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54th; 2 comp. Limerick, 2 Rofs-castle, Mill-freet, 2 Dingle, 2 Castle- island 55th; Charles- fort.

57th; 4 comp. Kilkenny, 3 Cafhel, 2 Dungarvan, 1 Gore's-bridge. 62d; 5 comp. Galway, 3 Oughterard and 2 at Ballinrobe.

BIRTH S. April. 22. HE lady of Sir Edward Newenham, of a dau.

The right hon. the countess of Cavan of a dau.-20. At her house in St. James's Square, London, the right hon. the countefs of Donegal, of a fon.-29. At Dundalk, the right hon. lady Mountflorence, of a fon.-May 3. The lady of Hopton Scott, Efq; of a fon.-6. At Armagh, the lady of the rev. dean Hamilton, of adau.-10. The lady of Counsellor Kennedy, of a fon.-15. At Carlow, the lady of James M Roberts, Efq; of a fon.

-16. The right hon. the countess of Bellamont, of a dau.-The lady of John Parnell, Efq; (fon of Sir John Parnell, Bart.) of a fon and heir.-18. The lady of the right hon. John Beresford (and fifter to lady vifc. Townshend and Mrs. Gardiner) of a dau.

MARRIAGES.

OHN ECCLES, of Fleet

that in all probability thefe flips are not many leagues from the land now, and must put back if the weather fhould be flormy.

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