whofe fate the voice of nations will deplore, was a prince whose sentiments and understanding rendered him much more worthy of a crown, than many even of those that have worn one with reputation. Be that as it may, humanity will drop a tear upon his grave, and contemplate with a figh the uncertainty of human grandeur. It will alfo look, with the moft painful feelings of anxiety and diftrefs, towards thofe inhofpitable walls, that still contain a noble prince, whofe happiness it will be to remain in ignorance of his fon's tragical end, and four youthful and illuftrious captives, who have the misfortune to defcend from Peter the Great.*" "Peterburg, Aug. 1. The garrifon here, fince the fatal catastrophe of Prince Ivan, is more quiet than could naturally be expected. The nobility obferve a profound filence, but the murmurs among the people are confiderable, and increase daily, fo that if the Empress does not return soon to impofe filence on the multitude by her prefence, it is to be feared that fome diforders may enfue. The Chancellor Panin has already difpatched fucceffively fifteen couriers to Riga, to inform her Imperial Majefty of what has happen ed fince the fate of the young prince. That prince was kept in the citadel of Sluffelburg under the denomination of a perfon unknown, and it was given out that his fenfes were much impaired, though it is pretty well known that this was without foundation. His fate has been particularly lamentable. He was torn from the bofom of his parents in the revolution of 1741, when he was but a year old; and has paffed three-and-twenty years in a clofe captivity. The late Emprefs Elifabeth, towards the latter end of her life, feemed difpofed to treat this noble captive with clemency and favour, either from fentiments of justice and compaffion, or with a defign to render two great perfonages circumfpect and fubmiffive. But now his troubles are all concluded; and what will be the confequence [There is a great mistake here in the ge nealogy of Ivan, or John; who for a fhort time was acknowledged as Emperor of Ruffia, while he was but an infant. He de fcended in a direct line, not from Peter the Great, but from Ivan, the elder brother of that monarch, and father of Anne Duchefs of Mecklenburg, whofe daughter married the Duke of Brunfwick, and was the mother of him whofe unhappy fate is here reprefented.] [iii. 561.] of his fate, is neither known, nor can be easily conjectured." was a "London, Aug. 24. The following narrative of what has lately paffed at Peterfburg, has been made public at the Hague. As several gazettes, as well foreign as thofe printed in this country, have mentioned, without proper foundation, fome proceedings which lately hap pened in the neighbourhood of St Petersburg, and added, that there great ferment in the empire of Ruffia; it is thought proper to difabule the public, by relating to them the fact as it happen. ed on the 16th of last month, N. S. There was in the fortrefs of Schluffelburg a young officer, a man little known, but overwhelmed with debts, and who apparently thought to make his fortune by a rafh attempt. He conceived, therefore, the project, an impracticable one, as the event has made appear, to fet at liberty a certain prifoner, who was confined there, under the guard of two other of ficers of truft, who had the custody of him, not only for fome reasons of state, but because his mind had been difordered for fome time past. The fuccefs did not answer to the attempt of the officer; who, having declared he had an order from the Empress to fet the prifoner at large, and demanding the affiftance of his company, the troops finding, by the refiftance made by thofe to whom the prifoner was intrusted, that the order from the Empress was fuspected, instead of sustaining fo audacious an enterprife, abandoned him; and the officer was put under arreft. By the papers which were found on him, and by other informations, it ap peared that the attempt did not proceed from any confpiracy, but folely from the temerity of the officer. The refult of this whole affair bath not occafioned the leaft alteration at St Petersburg. And a ftrong collateral proof that little was to be dreaded from it is, that, after the Emprefs had been informed of the ftate of affairs from the, report of her minifters, the continued her journey with the fame tranquillity, and a greater readiness, than he did before." "London, Aug. 23. By advices received in town this morning we are informed, that for fome time paft the army in Rutha has difcovered feveral marks of a mutinous and turbulent fpirit, and that the motions of the Preobrazinski guards in particular feemed to intimate their meditating fome dark defign; and this is 3 N 2 fuppofed fuppofed to be one of the reasons that en gaged the Emprefs to make a progrefs towards the frontiers of Poland, in which fhe drew along with her fome of the most feditious from the scene of difcord. It is alfo known, that before her departure from Petersburg, hearing feveral rumours of a party's forming fecretly in favour of the young Prince of Brunswick (Ivan), the fent orders to the governor of Sluffelburg to put this prince to death, the moment that any infurrection was made to fecond his pretentions to the empire, Such was the fituation of things, when, not thirty men, but two regiments, that lay in garrifon in the neighbourhood of Sluffelburg, were excited to revolt by a lieutenant-colonel, who forged an order from the Emprefs, and told the foldiers, That that princefs, tired of reign ing over a turbulent and ungrateful peo ple, who were infenfible of their true interefts, had taken a refolution to refign the crown to Ivan, whom fhe looked up on in confcience as the lawful heir. Up on this the mutineers marched to Sluffelburg, and fummoned the governor of that place to fet Ivan at liberty. The governor informed them of the order of the Emprefs; and finding them inflexibly obftinate on the one hand, and his fall handful of guards unable to defend him against them on the other, he stabbed the unfortunate prince in his bed, and threw the dead body at their feet, as they were entering forcibly into prifon. The feditious officers and foldiers all kiff ed the hand of the dead prince, folded the body in their fafhes, and paid it funeral honours." The Emprefs fet out from Mittau in Courland the 24th of July for Riga in Livonia, and from thence proceeded on the 26th towards Petersburg. DENMARK. Copenhagen, July 31. The court has received the difagreeable news, that the learned gentlemen fent by the King into Egypt, Arabia, &c. to collect ancient manufcripts and other curiofities, and to make new difcoveries [6.], after having travelled eight months in Arabia the Happy, were attacked by a dangerous diforder, of which four of them died; firft the celebrated counsellor of the court Michaelis, then the profeffors Haven and Forfkaal, and afterward the painter Baurenfeind. The two others, Cramer the physician, and Niebuhr the engineer, to avoid the fame fate, quitted Mocho, the capital of the country, and retired to Bombay in the Eaft Indies, where they arrived the 11th of September last, or, as another account bears, the 10th of January, intending to take the first opportunity of returning to Europe. GERMANY. They write from Ratisbon, that a memorial had been delivered to the dictature of the Empire, from the Prince Palatine of the Rhine, by which he grants to his Protestant subjects, of the districts of Mozin. gen-Langenthal and Auen, the free exercife of their religion, with liberty to build churches and fchools. Ratibon, July 26. The Catholic minifters continue to hold their affemblies re lative to the affairs of the bifhoprick of Ofnaburg. It is faid, that the regency of Hanover is not difpofed to confent, that a minifter of the Romish communion fhould be charged with the fuffrage of that bifhoprick during the minority of the Bishop. Ratibon, Aug. 4. The chapter of Ofna. fecond fon of his Britannic Majesty, ac burg having defired for their Bishop the cording to the alternative eftablithed by the treaty of Weftphalia, his Majesty thought himself authorifed, as father and natural guardian of the infant Bishop, to take upon himself the adminiftration of the bithoprick, and appointment of the regency. But the Chapter reclaims the right given to them by the perpetual ca the treaty of Ofnaburg; and as, accordpitulation made in 1650, in execution of ing to the general obfervance of the Emfrom the adminiftration, the Chapter pire, the comitial fuffrage is infeparable pretends to retain the exercife of that fuffrage, and demands the delivery to them of the administration. For that ef de-Grace, Rochelle, Dunkirk, Bayonne, and other fea-ports of the kingdom. According to late accounts, two houfes at Havre, three at Dunkirk, two at Rochelle, one at Boulogne, and one at St Valery, from whence most of the English and Scots fmugglers used to be furnifhed with the manufactures and good of France, were entirely fhut up in the month of Auguft. It is added, that the late difpofitions to prevent finuggling in the Ifle of Man put the laft hand to their diffolution. They write from Paris, that, after a number of chymical operations, the Count de Lauragais has at laft found out the true compofition of the porcelain brought from China and Japan, which he can, manufacture at a very cheap rate, as the materials are easily to be obtained. The academy of sciences has approved of his invention. SWITZERLAND. Vevai, July 25. An experiment was lately made here to prove the efficacy of a method difcovered by Dr Henchoz, for making wood lefs combuftible. Several fir-Billets were produced, which had been previously prepared according to the Doctor's directions; a large fire was made, and laying on one of the above billets, it remained a confiderable time uninjured, feeming to repel the fire. At last, however, it was, with fome difficulty, confu med; or rather, it mouldered into afhes; but without emitting any flame. The experiment was repeated feveral times, and always with the fame fuccefs; by which it was found, that in an ordinary fire this wood remained unconfumed. The method of preparing the wood is fimple; it is only foaking it in water in which equal quantities of common falt and vitriol have been diffolved; but the water fhould be nearly faturated, or the fuccefs will not be fo certain. The wood is to be dried, and is afterwards fit for any ufe, and seems particularly to be adapted to wainscotting, as that is most in danger when a fire breaks out in a house. that Pascal Paoli has made himself master of the post of Brando, which was delivered up to him by treachery, and where he took some prisoners. As the rebels are continually approaching nearer to Bastia, the commiffary-general of the republic has refolved to evacuate the post of the Capuchins, near that city, to prevent the troops in it from falling into the hands of the rebels. We are informed that ficknefs begins to reign at St Fiorenze, and that defertion daily increases. The rebels keep feveral veffels at the entrance of the gulf, to hinder fuccours being received at that place from the republic; fo that the armed pink which failed from hence with troops and ammunition for St Fiorenze, has not been able to land them. In the last congregation of Propaganda at Rome, they annulled a bull of Benedict XIV. which forbid the Benedictins continuing more than fix years together on their miffions in G. Britain; a regulation which frequently forced them into the expence the congregation were for continuing that of travelling, &c. Several members of Holiness oppofed it. bull in force fix years longer; but his Baron Ludolff, though he is actually in We have advice from Rome, that the deacon's orders, has obtained a difpenfation to marry, in order to prevent his to the Proteftant branch of his family. great estate from going, after his death, of the epidemical distemper to the laft Naples, July 24. From the beginning day of June, it is computed that 571,000 perfons have died in this kingdom. The number of deaths in this capital does not fing in other cities, that diftemper rages now exceed 100 a-day; but far from ceaevery hour with greater violence. However, we have a good omen; for the body of St James de la Marche, our protector, having been expofed, the blood iffued out of one of his fides. that the deftructive calamity had entirely They write from Naples, of Aug. 7. ceafed there. land, that the British commanding officer at Newfoundland had caufed it to be intimated to the principal tuperintendent of the French fishery, that it was expected the people of his nation, at the breaking up of the feafon, would carry off all their boats, nets, falt, stages, and fishingtackle, not leaving any thing on fhore when they departed the coaft, as they did laft year, otherwife he would be obliged to destroy them, pursuant to his inftructions. By a letter from Halifax, in Nova Scotia, we learn, that feventeen large boats have been feized by his Majesty's cutters on the Newfoundland ftation, for carrying British-caught fish on board two French doggers on the banks. As the whole cargoes of thofe doggers were proved to be not of their own catching, they were unladed at St John's, and then difcharged. A letter from Quebec mentions, that the late French scheme of building fhips in that province is now adopted by the British merchants there. The keels of two veffels of 300 tuns each, were laid down in a commodious yard below that city, the 24th of May laft. They are fupplied with experienced fhip-wrights from Bofton. According to advices which came away in May and June laft, the back parts of Penfylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, had continued to be miferably diftrefled, the Indians being daily killing and captivating the fettlers.An article from Philadelphia, of July 12. gives the following more favourable accounts. "Since our laft, letters have been received from Pitfburgh, of the 25th ult. by which there is advice, that all was then well there that the communication had been quite clear for fome time; that the corporal and four men who had gone to Ligonier, and it was feared had fallen into the bands of the Indians, were returned fafe to the garrifon; and that a lieutenant, with a small party, had been many miles down the Ohio, but faw no enemy. By our laft letters from the frontiers, all was very quiet there." Advices from Philadelphia also bear, that upwards of 1000 Palatines, from Holland and Germany, had arrived there within about four months; and that eight different manufactures are now carrying on in that city, and daily advancing to perfection, not one of which was ever before introduced into any part of North America. Some beautiful famples of their cotton - manufacture have been lately brought over to England, and been greatly admired. The commons houfe of affembly of South Carolina has voted 500 l. Sterling to the French Proteftants lately arrived there [402.], to be distributed according to the Lieutenant-Governor's directions, and the neceflities of thofe people. The houfe has likewife refolved to make provifion for the expence [339.]of running a temporary line of jurifdiction between that province and North Carolina, agreeably to his Majesty's inftructions; and to provide pay, during fix months, for a commanding officer at 25 l. a-month, a ferjeant at 181. amonth, and 20 private men at 151. amonth each, they finding their own horfes, arms, ammunition, and provifions, to be employed as rangers, for the protec tion of the fouth-well frontiers, most expofed to the incursions of the Creek Indians. The attention given to the French Proteftants, will appear from the following account, dated, Charlestown, July 4. "Saturday next the first party of French Proteftants, who lately arrived here, confifting of twenty-one men, well armed, under the command of an enfign, with fome of their women, will fet out from town, with two waggons loaden with their baggage, ammunition, and provi fions for the march, in order to begin their fettlement, and prepare for the reception of the remainder, who are to follow in about three weeks. We hear that Capt. Calhoun, with a detachment of the rangers, has orders to meet them, and to give them every kind of affiftance on their first arrival at the place where their town is to be built." They write from Georgia, that the pot-afh manufacture in that colony is now brought to fo great perfection, as to be thought fuperior to any in all America. ENGLAND. [Several poftponed articles are now inferted.] On the 26th of June, the fourteen journeymen-printers, who in July 1763 [xxv. 410.] obtained a verdict against the king's meflengers, for falfe imprisonment, received their money of Meff. Carrington and Blackmore, two of the meffengers, viz. thirteen, who had 200 1. decreed them, received 120 1. each; and one, who had 300 1. decreed him, received 1701. The remainder goes towards paying their attorney. On On the 27th of June the court of common pleas was moved to increase iffues on the return of a Diftringas iffued at the fuit of Mr Beardmore's clerk against the Earl of Halifax; and the court was pleafed to order 500l. iffues on the Alias diftringas; it appearing by affidavit, that this action has been in dependence near twelve months, and no appearance yet entered for the defendant. [427.] On Sunday, August 5. the under-fheriff of Middlesex made proclamation at the great door of St Margaret's church, Westminster, in the following words. "John Wilkes, late of the parish of St Margaret, within the liberty of Weftminiter, in the county of Middlefex, Efq; appear before the Lord the King at Weftminster, on Tuesdav next after the morrow of All-fouls, [Nov. 6.], to fatisfy the Lord the King for your redemption, on account of certain trefpaffes, contempts, and mifdemeanors, whereof you are impeached, and thereupon, by a certain jury of the country, taken between the King and you the faid John Wilkes, you are convicted." [102.] The committee agreed, July 10. that the following infcription fhall be put at the bottom of the picture of Lord Chief Juftice Pratt, which is foon to be put up i Guildhall. [103.] HANC ICONEM CAROLI PRATT, Eq. IN HONOREM TANTI VIRI ANGLICE LIBERTATIS LEGE ASSER TORIS FIDI. S. P. Q. L. IN CURIA MUNICIPALI PONI JUSSERUNT NONO KAL. MAR. A. D. MDCCLXIV. GULIELMO BRIDGEN ARM. PRÆ. URB. London, Aug. 7. Three elegant ftatues of white marble are now erecting in the fale-room at the India-house, viz. AdmiTal Sir George Pococke in the middle, Lord Clive on the right, and Colonel Lawrence on the left. [xxii. 381.498.] Capt. Frederick Vincent, commander of the Ofterly Eaft-Indiaman, received from the directors, Aug. 18. a gratuity of 6000 l. in confideration of his difinterefted attention to the company's affairs in his last voyage on the west coast of Sumatra, when that settlement was reduced by the French. Capt. Vincent made his acknowledgments for this very liberal teftimony of the company's approbation in a very polite manner; at the fame time affuring his benefactors, that his study fhould be, while he remained in the company's fervice, to fhew that it was not unworthily bestowed. Rear-Adm. Cornifh, in the Norfolk, arrived at Spithead from the East Indies, July to. - A large body of failors waited on this gentleman at his houfe in London, Aug. 23. to know in what manner they were to receive their prize-money for the captures of Karical and Pondicherry [xxiii. 211. 381.]; and received for anfwer, That he had made application to the directors of the Eaft-India company in their behalf; who fignified, that they were advised by counfel, the the compa n is intitled to all public ftores taken from the enemy; and this being almost the whole of the conqueft, 100,000 pagodas excepted, 50,000 of which had been already diftributed to the navy, the other 50.000 referved for the ariny, no further fatisfaction could be given to the captors, till it be fully determined whether the company have a right to the claim. The laft dividend of the Havannah prize-money was made, April 12. as under. |