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refpectable jury, fat on the body of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas; when, after hearing witneffes, and examining into the cafe from ten in the morning till five in the afternoon, they brought in their verdict-Wilful murder committed by Colonel Gordon.' The principal evidence was the fervant of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas, favourite and confidant of his late mafter, who a regular and connected account of the quarrel from the action at Springfield to the fatal period. He faid, that Colonel Gordon had fent a chal

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lenge to his mafter foon after the court-martial was held upon him, and before the confirmation of it was received from the king-That his mafter refufed the faid challenge, as Colonel Gordon did not stand in a proper fituation to be answered -That the colonel followed his mafter to England, and had not ceafed from that moment to demand fatisfaction for the words which the deceafed had uttered in fpeaking of his conduct at Springfield-That his mafter always declared him not entitled to fatisfaction, and went out of

town for nine months to avoid him-That he

gave the witness peremptory orders not to receive any letter from Colonel Gordon, and that he, in confequence, had refused feveral letters which he fufpected to come from the colonel-That at length a letter was contrived to be delivered, which was a direct and most peremptory challenge; in confequence of which they met, and fought. A warrant was granted to apprehend the colonel, but he had withdrawn on the death of his anta

gonist. Sir Edmund Thomas, brother to the deceafed, entered into a recognizance to profecute. The following is a copy of the will made by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas, on the evening previous to his fatal interview with Colonel Gordon.

London, Sept. 3, 1783.

I AM now called upon, and, by the rules of what is called honour, forced into a perfonal interview with Colonel Cofmo Gordon-God only can know the event, and into his hands I commit my foul, confcious only of having done my duty.

I therefore declare this to be my last will and teftament, and do hereby revoke all former wills, &c. I have made at any time.

In the first place, I commit my foul to Almighty God, in hopes of his mercy and pardon for the irreligious ftep I now (in compliance with the unwarrantable cuftoms of this wicked world) put myself under the neceffity of taking.

I leave 150l. in Bank notes, inclosed, to my dear brother, John Thomas, Efq. I also bequeath unto him whatever fums may be due to me from the agent of the 1ft Regiment of Guards, referving a fufficient fum to pay my debts, which are inconfiderable; and I alfo give and bequeath unto him all my books and houshold furniture, and every thing of which I am now poffeffed. I give and bequeath to Thomas Hobber, my fervant, 50l. which I requeft my brother will pay him. What debts may be now owing, I request my brother will immediately discharge.

FRED. THOMAS. Wednesday night, Sept. 3, 1783.'

P. S. I commit this into the hands of my friend, Captain Hill, of the First Regiment of

Guards.'

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in his gardens of Ayott, St. Lawrence. 8. Sir Lyonel Lyde gave a public harveft-home company affembled at eight o'clock, which confifted of the French ambaffador, Earl and Coun tefs of Salisbury, Countefs of Clarendon, Lord Hyde, Lady Ann Cecil, Lady Charlotte Villars, Lord and Lady Melbourne, Lord and Lady Grimfton, Honourable Mr. Stuart, Honourable Mr. Lamb, Honourable Mr. York, Honourable Mr. Nugent, Sir Ralph Milbank, Sir Charles, I.ady, and Mifs Cocks, SirThomas and Lady Rumbold, Captain and Mifs Rumbold, and all the neighbouring gentry. The company were faluted by the militia-band of mufic as they landed at the door. In the entrance of a very venerable grove fronting the house, a fpacious covered building was erected for dancing. The whole grove was beautifully illuminated, and the building was ornamented with feftoons of natural flowers, at proper diftances from the four angles of the building. Tents were erected, two of which were ferved with tea and other refreshments; one was appointed for the militia-band of mufic, and the other for a fet of country people to fing catches, glees, and rural fongs, in the intervals between

the dances. The voices were uncommonly melodious, and the fongs were felected with great propriety. In the inner part of the grove; another large rural building was erected for the village-feaft; a lamb roaited whole, making the centre dish; the old tower, the feveral buildings in the garden, and the portico of the new church, were very beautifully lighted up with lamps of different colours. The fete opened with a mufical act, which was performed by a groupe of country people finging harvest-home, and other rural fongs fuitable to the occafion. The company then began to dance, and at twelve o'clock retired to an elegant fupper. The houfe was illuminated with party-coloured lamps hanging in feftoons. The deffert reprefented a beautiful landscape of farms, houfes, &c. of plowing, fowing, and all the country employments. The ladies dreffes were extremely elegant, and adapted to the occafion with great tafte; their heads being decorated with wheatears and other ornaments, in honour of Ceres. After fupper, the company danced in the drawing-room, and broke up at four o'clock, perfectly pleased with their entertainments.

10. There was this evening a remarkable total eclipse of the moon, vifible, not only to Europe and Africa, but also to great part of Asia and America. The following is it's calculation.

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round the moon, at firft only with glaffes, but afterwards with the naked eye; a phænomenon equally curious and uncommon.

15. A Court of Directors was fummoned to examine the contents of the dispatches which arrived on Monday morning at the East India House, in Leadenhall Street, from Bombay; the leading circumftance of which appears to be-that a compleat victory had been obtained by the British troops over the confederated army of the French and India forces, which had been followed by the capture of feveral forts, and terminated at laft in the capitulation of Mungolore, the capital of Tippo Saib, on the Malogartoos, on the 6th of March, in which he himself was prefent during the greatest part of the fiege, but contrived, with feveral French officers of rank, to make his escape a few days previous to the furrender of the garrifon. A great quantity of artillery has fallen into the hands of the British general, and the defeat is deemed of fo decifive a nature, as to remove all apprehenfions of any material disturbance in future from the faction under Tippo Saib. The fuccefs on this occafion is afcribed principally to the prudence of the British general, in advancing to the enemy and giving them battle at the very period when the death of Hyder Ally was publicly known, and the spirit of defection in confequence of it univerfally diffused.

16. Mr. Silvefter attended at the Old Bailey, on behalf of the crown, for the Attorney General, and moved the court, that William Marfton Rothwell, convicted of counterfeiting halfpence, might be brought to the bar, in order to receive judgment of DEATH, pursuant to the ftatute of 4 Henry VII. which excludes all laymen from receiving the benefit of clergy, having been twice convicted of felony. He remarked, that courts of juftice always were, and ever would be, inclined to listen to the recommendations of juries, fo coinciding in their fentiments, and paying all due deference to fuch recommendations, the crown wifhed to extend it's humanity to the woman, and therefore he should not produce either the record or the evidence against her, but proceed to put in his counter-plea against the man, and pray that he might receive judgment of death; upon which the deputy-recorder paffed the ufual fentence of death.

17. The report was made to his Majefty of the prisoners who escaped from the tranfport-veffel, and were found at large in this kingdom, when the following were ordered for execution on Monday the 22d, viz. Charles Thomas, William Matthews, Thomas Millington, David Hart, Abraham Hyams, and Christopher Trufty. The remainder of those who have been taken, were pardoned on condition of being transported fer life to America.

18. About seven o'clock, the ceremony of chriftening the young princefs was performed at St. James's palace, The peers and peereffes, foreign minifters,and their ladies,affembled in the Queen's drawing-room fome time before the ceremony began, and from thence were introduced into the grand council-chamber, where the Queen was lying on an elegant bed of white fattin under a canopy of crimson velvet, embroidered with gold. On the right-fide of the bed food his Majesty, at

the feet his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princefs Royal, and Princefs Augufta; and on each fide the whole of the royal children, arranged according to their age. The great minifters of ftate, the King's and Queen's attendants, foreign minifters, peers and peereffes, formed the outer circle. The fervice on this occafion was read by Dr. Moore, the archbishop of Canterbury. The Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, and Princess Augufta, were the sponsors to the young princefs, who was named AMELIA, in compliment to the Princefs Amelia, the king's aunt; who, we understand, was one of the fponfors, reprefented by the Princess Royal. After the ceremony her Majefty received the congratu lations of the nobility, &c. and his Majesty, after converfing fome little time, withdrew. As foon as the king had retired, the greater part of the company paid a vifit to the royal nurfery, wherethey were entertained with cake and caudle, as is usual on thefe occafions.

The King was dreffed in a light blue; the Queen in white, with an elegant head-drefs; the Princess Royal and Princefs Sophia in white filk, adorned with fancy-trimmings.

20. The feffions, which began on the 10th inftant, ended this day.

The convicts who received fentence of death this feffions, under the denomination of prisoners in the ordinary courfe of the feffion, were as follow.

William Sharman, Margaret Ann Smith, alias Gibbs, William Glanvill, John Barber, Robert Steward, Thomas Sutton, John Fuller, John Booker, alias Brooker, Ann Farmer, Elizabeth Jones, Peter Williams, Thomas Tanner, for highway robberies.

John Burton, Thomas Duxton, John Anderfon, William Blunt, John Barryman, Jofeph Abrahams, John Pilkington, for burglaries in different dwelling-houfes.

Matthew Daniel, John Scott, John Francis, Andrew Reman, for forging feamens wills.

William M'Namara, James Neal, alias John Nowlan, Morgan Williams, Thomas Smith, John Starkey, Mary Parry, for privately stealing in dwelling-houfes.

Robert Mott, for wounding a horfe, John Wright, for ftealing a mare, William Moore, for coining fhillings, and Thomas Limpus, for returning from transportation before the expiration of his term.

Several of the felons who had been fentenced at former feffions to tranfportation for seven years to Africa and the Eaft Indies, and had been pardoned, on condition of tranfportation to America for the fame term, refufed to accept of the king's pardon, and chofe to abide by their former fen

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and governors of Chrift's Hofpital, attended divine fervice at Chrift's Church, where an excellent fermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Bowyer; after which they proceeded to the Great Hall, where two orations, the one in Latin, the other in English, were delivered by the senior scholars, according to annual custom.

22. The ringleaders in running the Swift cutter on fhore near Rye, convicted laft week of being found at large, after receiving fentence of transportation, were executed at Tyburn. Trufty was a fine ftout young fellow, not 20 years old; Thomas, Matthews, and Millington, were little all between 23 and 25; Hart feemed near 40, and Hyams not much younger than 60.

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23. Mr. Barolett, a native of Switzerland, who for several years paft has lived with Meffrs. Cotton and Gooch, merchants of Yarmouth, was fent over to Bruges to tranfact fome bufinefs; where he had been but a few days, when he was feized and dragged to prifon, charged with being a criminal named Durand, who had been convicted of having committed a murder on the 22d of September 1782, and fentenced to die, but had escaped from gaol. What is most remarkable, the judge who tried Durand fwore to Mr. Barolett's being the identical perfon whom he tried; the gaoler and five other perfons corroborated his teftimony, and the unfortunate Mr. Barolett was confequently ordered for execution, which would have taken place next day, notwithstanding all his declarations of innocence, had it not been for Lord Torrington, who procured a refpite, and furnished Mr. Barolett with means of fending to England for evidence. The very inftant the alarming news arrived, Mr. Cotton procured feveral affidavits, all clearly proving that Mr. Barolett was at Yarmouth when the murder was committed at Bruges, and that he had remained at Yarmouth till the time he was fent to Bruges on bufinefs. These affidavits, however, were not fufficient to procure the releafe of the unfortunate man, for the judge declared they only went to prove that a Mr. Barolett was at Yarmouth, and by no means fatisfied him that the perfon in cuftody was not the criminal named Durand, who had escaped. Lord Torrington then applied for a farther refpite; and, a few days fince, Mr. Gooch fet off for Bruges, to produce the cash-book kept by Mr. Barolett for months before and after the murder was committed, without a fingle entry made by any other perfon. There is no doubt that Mr. Gooch will procure his release: but what recompence can be made to the unfortunate who has not only been chained down to the floor, and in every other refpect treated as a criminal, but would certainly have fuffered death had not Lord Torrington accidentally heard of the affair!

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24. This evening, between 10 and 11 o'clock,

a fire broke out at a brazier's, near Gun Dock, Wapping, which burnt very fiercely till near one; te tide being down, the firemen could not get y water for upwards of two hours. Near forty hufes were entirely destroyed, and about ten or t v Ive greatly damaged. The master of a tradingvefiel, and his wife, juft arrived from a voyage, both perithed in the flames; and a woman and

three children are likewise said to have been burnt." Two houfes fell among the engines, and buried feveral of the firemen under the ruins; but they were luckily all dug out alive, though greatly bruifed. One of the men belonging to the New Fire Office is fo much hurt, that his life is defpaired of. It was near fix o'clock in the morning before the fire was got under.

The concourfe of nobility and gentry at the Chefter Mufical Meeting was great and brilliant beyond example. The stewards for the prefent year were-Lord Penryn, (late R. Pennant, Efq.) Honourable Mr. Fitzmaurice, Sir Robert Cotton, Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, Sir Robert Stanley, and William Egerton, Esq.

The entertainments were conducted on a larger fcale, and with a much greater liberality of expence, than ufual. They began on Tuesday the 16th, with the Oratorio of the Meffiah, performed in the cathedral; the vocal parts by Mrs. Kennedy, Mifs Harwood, Mr. Meredith, and Mr. Harrifon. The band was led by Mr. Cramer.

On Wednesday Acis and Galatea, with a miscellaneous concert, was performed at the Shire Hall in the morning; and in the evening there was a masquerade, at which about 500 perfons of the first rank in the country were present.

On Thursday the oratorio of Jephtha. On Friday the oratorio of Judas Maccabæus, and in the evening a mifcellaneous concert.

There were feveral masterly folos both by Cramer, Crofdil, and Parke; and the band and chorus were, on the whole, the best ever feen in a country cathedral. After paying the performers liberally, the charity received an acceffion of 6ool.

27. Official application has been made to the king, by Lord Northington, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, for the grant of the sum of 50,000). fterling promifed to the Genevan emigrants. A warrant under the Great Seal of Ireland is inclofed in the dispatches, for appointing a commiffion, (compofed of certain great officers of state, and of certain nobility and gentry of that kingdom together with the Genevan commiffioners) to whom the faid grant of 50,000l. is to be made, in trust, for the ufe of the Genevans fettling in that country, whereof a fum not exceeding one half is to be applied to defray the expences of their jour ney, and the carriage of their effects, and the remainder to be expended in the building the town intended for them on the crown-lands, in the county of Waterford, near the confluence of the Rivers Barrow, Suire, and Nore.

The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed a veffel to convey the Genevan emigrants from Oftend to Waterford.

This evening the entertainments of the Royal Circus clofed for the fummer feafon, when a character came forward, and spoke the following ad drefs to the audience

'LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

I AM requested to make the thanks of the managers of this place to an indulgent and generous public, for the encouragement with which we have hitherto been honoured; and to affure you, that no exertion fhall be neglected to render our endeavours worthy fo diftinguished a patronage.

With great deference and gratitude we humbly take our leave till the re-commencement of our entertainments.'

29. This being Michaelmas-day, a commonhall was held for the election of a Lord Mayor for the year enfuing. At eleven o'clock the Lord Mayor and fourteen aldermen, with the deputy-recorder, and city officers, met in the council-chamber, Guildhall; from whence they proceeded to St. Laurence's Church, where a fermon was preached by the Lord Mayor's chaplain. After divine fervice, they returned to the council-chamber; and at half past one went on the huftings, where Mr. Harrison opened the business of the day, obferving that Alderman Peckham was last year, when the Livery made choice of him, in a bad ftate of health, and unable to take upon him the office of Lord Mayor; but, being now recovered from his indifpofition, he was willing to serve the faid office: all the aldermen below the chair, who had ferved the office of theriff, being put up, the fhew of hands appeared for Aldermen Peckham and Clarke, who were returned to the court of aldermen for their choice, which fell upon Mr. Peckham, who was accordingly declared duly elected.

Mr. Dornford moved that the representatives of the city of London be inftructed to use their utmoft endeavours to procure a repeal of the act paffed last feffion, impofing a tax on receipts, it being vexatious, partial, and burdenfome to the kingdom in general, and this city in particular. On which the Lord Mayor affured the livery for himself, and faid he could venture to do it on the part of his colleagues, that every effort would be exerted to procure the defired repeal. After which the refolution paffed.

Mr. Tomlins then moved, that the Livery of London, being the cashiers and trustees of the revenue of the city, the auditors elected laft Midfummer-day be by them authorized to audit the city accounts, and continue auditing the fame till Christmas; which was carried unanimously.

A ftring of other motions had been prepared by this gentleman, calculated to regulate and expedite the auditing of the city accounts, which the Lord Mayor would not fuffer to be read, conceiving them to involve matter of law,' as tending to infringe upon the accustomed privileges of the corporation, and which might militate against the intereft of the city of London; his lordship therefore diffolved the hall, in oppofition to the apparent wishes of the Livery affembled. In confequence, it is to be expected that a common-hall will be hereafter called at the requifition of the Livery, for the exprefs purpose of determining on the propriety of Mr. Tomlins's motions to regulate the city accounts.

The two Lord Mayors went in the state-coach to the Mansion Houfe, where an elegant entertainment was provided for all the aldermen.

30. This day the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen, recorder, and other city officers, went in the city barge to Weftminster, where the two new sheriffs were fworn into their offices before the Barons of the Exchequer; and after going through the ufual ceremonies, they returned in the fame manner by water, landed at Black Friars Bridge, and proceeded in proceffion to Haberdafh

ers Hall, Maiden Lane, Wood-Street, where they were elegantly entertained by Mr. Sheriff Skinner. BIRTHS.

Countess of Harrington, a daughter.
Viscountess Lewisham, a daughter.
Dutchefs of Athol, a fon.

At Brighthelmstone, the Countess of Rothes lady of Dr. Pepys, a fon.

Lady of Sir J. W. Pole, Bart. a daughter. At Stanlake, Berkshire, the lady of Richard Aldworth Neville, Efq. member of parliament for Reading, a fon.

In Jermyn Street, the lady of Sir James Cockburn, Bart. a ftill-born child.

MARRIAGES.

The Honourable Major General Dalrymple, brother to the Earl of Stair, to Mifs Harland, eldeft furviving daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Harland, Bart.

At Pirbright, in Surrey, Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart. of Ormafton, in the county of Derby, to the Honourable Mrs. Byron, daughter of the Honourable Admiral Byron.

Mr. John Harrison, of Cowick, in Yorkshire, aged 101, to Mrs. Anne Heptonftall, aged 98. The bridemaid was 74, and the bridegroom's man 83. They were attended to and from church by a prodigious concourfe of people. The lady to whom he is now married is the fourth and, what is still more remarkable, the bridewithin the space of two years and a few months; groom expreffed his hope, that he should be again called to that holy ftate, by the following addrefs to the clergyman on this occafion. Come, 'man! 'tis only 3s. 6d. I paid thee laft, there'fore don't advance upon us. I've been a good 'customer; and, if thou ufes me well, I may be a customer to thee again in a little time.'

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DEATHS.

At his feat at Ugbrooke Park, Devonshire, after a lingering illnefs, the Right Honourable Hugh Lord Clifford, baron of Chudleigh. His lordship was defcended from a younger branch of the Cliffords, Earls of Cumberland, who were created barons of Chudleigh by King Charles II. April 12, 1672. He married a daughter of the Earl of Litchfield, by whom he had three fons and two daughters, all living; Hugh, the prefent Lord Clifford, married a daughter of Lord Langdale, by whom he has no ifiue.

Of convulfions, occafioned by the thunder ear ly in the morning of the 1ft of this month, Mifs Hallam, of Illington, daughter of the late Rev, Mr. Hallam, a diffenting minifter.

At Dr. Burney's, in St. Martin's Street, Leicester Square, where he was on a vifit, Mr. William Bewley, of Maffingham, in Norfolk; well known for his great abilities, particularly in electricity, chemistry, and anatomy. It is remarkable that his death happened upon his birth and wedding day.

In Park Street, Colonel Frederick Thomas, of the Foot Guards, who, on the 4th inftant, was mortally wounded in a duel with the Honourable Colonel Cofmo Gordon. See p. 237.

In her 78th year, at the houfe of Doctor Sa muel Johnfon, in Bolt Court, Fleet Street, where

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mas, late Duke of Newcastle, who procured for his nephew the place of keeper of the records in the Tower, together with the reverfion (upon the death of the Honourable Richard Arundel, fon of John the fecond Lord Arundel of Trerife) of that of clerk of the Pipe, both for life. In November 1766, he was appointed treasurer of his Majesty's houthold, in the room of the present Lord Mount Edgecumbe; and, about the fame time, was fworn of the pray-council, but refigned that office in May 1777, and was fucceeded by the Earl of Carlifle. He married, firft, the daughter of the late Newnham, Efq.

he had lived by the bounty of that benevolent gentleman near twenty years, Mrs. Anna Williams, who had been long blind. She was the author of feveral literary productions; and publifhed, in 1745, the Life of Julian, from the French of M. de la Bleterie; and, in 1766, a 4to volume of Mifcellanies, profe and verfe, in which she was kindly affifted by Doctor Johnson, who wrote feveral pieces contained in that volume. Williams was the daughter of Zachariah Williams, who, in 1755, published a pamphlet, printed in English and Italian, entitled, An Account of an Attempt to afcertain the Longitude at Sea, by an exact Theory of the Variation of the Magnetical Needle: with a Table of Variations at the moft memorable Cities in Europe, from the year 1660 to 1860.' The English part of this perform ance was written by Doctor Johnion, and the Italian by Mr. Baretti.

At Windfor, aged 84, Mrs. Vigor, who was first married to Thomas Ward, Efq. confulgeneral of Ruffia in 1731, and afterwards to Claudius Rondeau, Efq. refident at that court; where the wrote thofe truly original Ruffian Letters published by Dodfley, anonymously, in 1775. Her third hufband was William Vigor, Efq. one of the people called Quakers, whom she long Survived.

At Limpsfield, Surrey, Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, relict of Philip Stanhope, Efq. natural fon to the late Earl of Chesterfield; who published his lordship's celebrated Letters to her deceased husband.

In Church Street, Spitalfields, in his 61ft year, James Penleaze, Efq. in the commiffion of the peace for the county of Middlefex.

At Burleigh, in Somerfetfhire, the Right Honourable James Grenville, brother to the late, and uncle to the prefent Earl Temple. He was born February 12, 1715; was appointed one of the lords-commiffioners of trade, and deputy paymaster of the forces, which he refigned in 1757; and being reinstated, continued till appointed cofferer of the houshold in 1761, which he refigned the fame year, but continued receiver of the crown-rents for the counties of Warwick and Leicefter. He was elected for Old Sarum in 1741, for Bridport in 1747, and for Buckingham in 1754 and 1761. He married Mary, daughter of James Smith, Efq. of Harding, in Hertfordshire, who died in 1757, by whom he had iffue James, member for Thirsk in 1766, and now for Buckingham, with his brother Richard, of the Coldstream regiment of Guards.

At Sledmere, in Yorkshire, in his 73d year, the Rev. Sir Mark Sykes, Bart. D. D. and proctor in convocation for the Eaft Riding of Yorkshire. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his only fon, now Sir Chriftopher Sykes, Bart.

At Michel Grove, near Arundel, Suffex, the Right Honourable Sir John Shelley, Bart. member in the laft parliament for New Shoreham. He was the fifth baronet in lineal defçent from Sir John Shelley of Michel Grove, Bart fo created at the firft erection of that dignity, May 22, 1611, and only fon of the late Sir John Shelley, by his fecond lady, Margaret, fifth daughter of Thomas Lord Pelham, and fifter to Tho

of Maresfield, in Suffex, by whom he has left iffue one fon, a minor, now Sir John Shelley, Bart. and, fecondly, the daughter of Edward Woodcock, Efq. of Lincoln's Inn, by whom he has three daughters.

In Church Street, Spitalfields, aged 102, Mr. Chriftopher Munn, filk-throwfter.

William Berners, Efq. of Woolverstone Park, Suffolk, aged 75. This gentleman, who was a defcendant of Oliver Cromwell, was proprietor of Berner's Street, Oxford Road.

In Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, aged 43, Temple Weft, Efq. His death was occafioned by a wound which he received, when a youth of fixteen, on board the Buckingham, in that memorable engagement, May 20, 1756, where his father, Admiral Weft, then a lord of the admiralty, and fecond in command under Admiral Byng, engaged the French line with only fix fhips. This wound had, at different times, broke out, and caufed fome uneafinefs, but very little danger was apprehended till this laft attack, which continuing twelve months, totally exhaufted his ftrength, and put a period to his exiftence.

In Grafton Street, Lovell Stanhope, Efq. member of parliament for Winchester, uncle to the Earl of Chesterfield.

At Acton, George Hawkins, Efq. furgeon of his Majesty's Houthold, and one of the furgeons of St. George's Hofpital. He was fon of the late Cæfar Hawkins, Efq.

Mr. Holt, late fecretary to the Eaft India Company. His lady died a fortnight before him. In College Street, Weftminster, aged 96, Lieutenant James Braidley.

In the 101st year of her age, Mrs. Cotes, of Woolfthorpe, near Belvoir Caftle, Lincolnshire.

Thomas Lloyd, Efq. of Abertrinant, in Cardiganfhire, brother-in-law to the Right Honourable the Earl of Lifbourne and the Honourable General Vaughan.

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CIVIL PROMOTIONS. Edmund Lincoln, Efq. to be captain-general governor in chief in and over the Ifland of St. Vincent, Bequia, and fuch other of the islands, commonly called the Grenadines, as lie to the northward of Cariacou, in America.

John Orde, Efq. to be captain-general and governor in chief in and over the Ifland of Dominica, and it's dependencies, in America.

Anthony Storer, Efq. to be his Majefty's fecretary of embaffy to the Moft Chriftian King. James Murray, Efq. to be receiver of his Majefty's land-rents in Scotland.

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