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lations eftablished for the due performance of quarantine to be punctually and ftrictly obferved, and carried into execution: whereof the faid officers, and all others whom it may concern, are to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly.

STEPH. COTTRELL

[This gazette alfo contains a further order of council, for the better obfervance of quarantine by ships from the places above-mentioned, as likewife by thips from Dantzick, or any port or place in Royal or Ducal Pruilia, or Pomerania, certain information being received that the plague has broke out at Chenon, at Oczakow, in the country which is called the Tartary of Oczakow, and in the Crimea, and hath manifefted itfelf upon the frontiers of Poland: likewife fpecifying the places where they are to air their goods, and all other effential rules necessary to be obferved for the public fafety.

In the fame gazette is alfo an order of his Majesty in council, for making void all fuch grants of land in the province of Nova Scotia, dated prior to the ift of January, 1774, as have not yet been carryed into execution, and that the commander in chief iffue no future order of furvey, or pafs any grants under the feal of that province.]

SUNDAY, 27.

At Plymouth, there was a dreadful ftorm of thunder and lightening, accompanied with violent rain. A gentleman belonging to the navy, near the Mill-Prifon, was ftruck with the lightening, but recovered himself after fome time; another had his legs fcorched, and several perfons were ftruck blind for half an hour.

MONDAY, 28.

This morning letters were received at St. James's, from Prince William Henry, of his embarking, and fetting off with a fair wind from Harwich for Helvoetfluys.

Notice was fent down to every feaport-town, with ftrict orders not to fuffer any ships or vellels of foreign nations to come into port, without first performing quarantine.

At nine o'clock, Emanuel Pinto, a Portuguese, was carried from Newgate in a cart, and executed at the end of Nightingale-lane, Eaft-Smithfield, 'for the murther of William Adair, by ftabbing him in the belly: he was afterwards carried back to Surgeons-Hall to be diffected.

Came on the election of a member of parliament for Portfimouth, in the room of Sir William "Gordon, K. B. when the Hon. Thomas Erskine, barrister at law, was elected without oppofi

tion.

The affifes for the county of Berk's were held at Abingdon, before Mr. Juítice Nares, and Mr. Serjeant Walker (in the room of Lord Loughborough) when three prifoners were capitally convicted, but were all reprieved before the judges left the town.

TUESDAY, 29.

From the LONDON GAZETTE.

Whiteball, July 29.

THE letters, of which the following are extracts, have been received at the office of the Right Hon. Lord North, his Majefty's principal fecretary of state for the home department.

Extract of a letter from General Sir Guy Carleton, K. B.Sc. dated New-York, Jane 20, 1783. My Lord,

I tranfmit for your lordship's information a copy of Colonel Deveaux's letter, conveying an account of the recapture of the Bahama Inlands, together with a copy of the capitulation. I am my lord,

Your lordship's most obedient,
And most humble fervant,

GUY CARLETON.

Right Hon. Lord North.
Extract of a letter from Col. Deveaux to Sir Guy
Carleton, dated New Providence, June 6, 1783.

I Have the pleasure to inform your excel lency, that on the 1st of April laft, not having heard that peace was concluded, I formed from St. Auguftine an expedition against New Provi dence, to restore its inhabitants, with thofe ofth adjacent islands, to the bleffings of a free government. I undertook this expedition at my own expence, and embarked my men, which did not exceed 65, and failed for Harbour Island, where I recruited for four or five days; from thence I fet fail for my object, which was the Eaftern Fort on the Inland of Providence, and which I carried about day-light, with three of their formidable gallies, on the 14th. I imme diately fummoned the grand fortrefs to furrender, which was about a mile from the fort I had taken; his excellency the governor evaded the purport of my flag, by giving me fome trifling informations, which I took in their true light. On the 16th I took poffeffion of two commanding hills, and erected a battery on each of them of twelve pounders. At day-light on the 18th, my batteries being complete, the Englifh colours were hoisted on each of them, which were within mufquet-fhot of their grand fortrefs. His excellency, finding his fhot and shells of no effect, thought proper to capitulate, as you will fee by the enclofed articles. My force never at any time confifted of more thak 220 men, and not above 150 of them had mufquets, not having it in my power to procure them at St. Auguftine.

I took on this occafion one fort, confifting of 13 pieces of cannon, three gallies carrying twentyfour pounders, and about 50 men.

His excellency furrendered four batteries, with about 70 pieces of cannon, and four large gallies (brigs and fnows) which I have fent to the Havannah with the troops as flags; I therefore ftand in need of your excellency's advice and directions in my prefent fituation, and fhall be exceedingly happy to receive them as foon as poffible.

I had letters written for your Excellency, on this occafion, fince the middle of the laft month; but the veffel by which they were to have been conveyed went off and left them; therefore, hope your Excellency will not think it my neglect in not having the accounts before this. I have the honour to be,

Your Excellency's most obedient, And very humble fervant, (Signed) A. DEVEAUX, Colonel and Commanding Royal Forresters. New Providence, June 6, 1783. ARTICLES entered upon between Den Anto nio Clarace y Sanz, Governor of the Babama Mands

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Ilands, &c. and his Honour Andrew De veaux, Clanel and Commander in Chief of the Expedition, &c.

I. THE Government-house and public ftores to be delivered to his Britannic Majefty.

II. The governor and garrifon under his command to march to the Eastern fort, with all the honours of war; remaining with a piece of cannon and two fhots per day, in order to hoitt his Catholic Majefty's flag. Provifions for the troops, failors, and fick in the hofpital, to be made at his Britannic Majefty's expence, as aifo veffels prepared to carry them to the Havanna, particularly a veffel to carry the Governor to Europe.

III. All the officers and troops of the garrifon belonging to his Catholic Majesty are to remain in poffeffion of their baggage and other effects.

iv. All the veffels in the harbour, belonging to his Catholic Majefty, are to be given up, with every thing on board the faid veffels, to his Britannic Majesty.

V. All effects appertaining to Spaniards to remain their property, and the Spanish merchants to have two months to fettle their ac

Counts.

(Signed) ANTONIO CLARACO Y SANZ. A. DEVEAUX. New Providence, April 18, 1783.

WEDNESDAY, 30,

The commiffion was opened at Oxford, Mr. Juftice Nares prefiding at the Crown Bar, when Matthew Mills, for a highway robbery, was capitally convicted, and received fentence of death. Edward Thorn, and Giles Clements, for stealing bacon; Samuel Perry, for stealing wheat; John Baughan, for ftealing blankets; John Hatton, for ftealing leather; and Richard Wingate, for obtaining money under falfe pretences, were fentenced to be tranfported to America for seven years and Thomas Jobfon, alias Johnfon, for tealing a parcel from the Worcester coach, containing Bank bills and cash to the amount of two hundred pounds and upwards, was ordered to be tranfported to the coait of Africa for seven years.-Mills is reprieved,

THURSDAY, 31.

Ended the aflizes for Northamptonshire, when four prifoners received fentence of death, viz. Samuel Digby, for a burglary in the houfe of Mrs. Anne Jeyes, of Milton-William Wright Baggeley, for breaking open the house of William Innes, of Towcester, and itealing thereout feveral articles of plate, and other things-John Knight, for ftealing a lamb, the property of Mr. Manning, of Little Houghton (a member of the Northampton Affociation)--and Richard Kinfman, for breaking open the fhop of John Cheney, of Nafeby, and itealing three pair of fhoes, a calf's kin, a piece of rough leather, and a Thap-knife-Thomas Dunkley, convicted of manflaughter, was fined 10l. and difcharged. William Woolfey, alias William Harris (a Negro) for stealing a black filk cloak and a pair of cotton ftockings, were ordered to be fent to hard labour on the Thames for two years.-Five were delivered by proclamation; and four acquitted.

Digby and Knight were reprieved before the Judges left the town; and William Wright Bag

geley, and Richard Kinfman, were ordered for execution on Friday the 15th of Auguft. SATURDAY, Aug. 2,

This morning clofed a very long and fatiguing feflion at the Old Bailey, which commenced on the 23d of laft July.

Sir Robert Taylor informed the Court, that he had received a note from the unhappy perfons who were to have fentence of death paffed on them, praying that the custom of fuffering Jack Ketch to tie their thumbs together, previous to their being brought into Court, might be difpenfed with. The theriff, with that humanity which has diftinguished him during the time he has been in office, directly ordered the prayer of their note to be complied with.

About ten o'clock, Mr. Harrison, DeputyRecorder, afcended the Bench, and William Wynne Ryland, who, on the 26th of July, was convicted of uttering bills on the Hon. EatIndia Company, knowing them to be forged, was brought to the bar (unfettered.) On his being asked the ufual queftion, "What he had to fay why fentence of death fhould not be patied, on him?" he delivered to the Clerk of the Arraigns a paper, as follows:

"I dare not arraign the fentence of my Judges; but as I have been found guilty on prefumptive evidence only, and am confcious of my own innocence, I humbly beg that my cafe may be laid before his Majefty, in order that I may once more live through his mercy, as I have hitherto exifted by his bounty,"

The Deputy Recorder then, in a fhort but pathetic fpeech, full of good fenfe, pointed out to the prifoner, the heniouinefs of his offence, and exhorted him to make the best use of the fhort time he had to live.

Mr. Ryland, who was dreffed in mourning, bowed first to the judge, and afterwards to the court, and then retired.

The following prifoners were then brought to the bar, and received sentence of death: John Edwards, for perfonating a failor, and receiving his prize-money; William Harpur, for horfe ftealing; James Levers alias Davis, Thomas Burgefs, William Smith alias Leveredge, Edward Elfon, William Spong, George Gahagan, J. R. Atkins, James Bowen, and John Lloyd, for robberies.-Forty-five were convicted of felonies, and fixty-fix acquitted,

At Winchester, twenty prifoners received fentence of death, viz. John Marshall, for the murther of his wife-J. Penfold, T. Ofmond, and Elifabeth Dean, for fheepftealing-W. Brown, J. Branegon, R. Bruce, J. Williams, J. Brady, J. Croffgrove, J. Murry, J. Cormolley, M. Tarney, alias C. Brady, W. Eyers, and W. Field, for highway robberies-J. Hambleton and John Jenkins, for burglary-J. Champ and J. Jennings, alias S. Dolman, for horfeitealing-and William Stretch, for ftealing ten hogs.-The fix following were left for execution, viz. John Marshall, J. Murry, J. Cormolley, J. Champs, M. Tarney, alias C. Brady, and J. Jenkins: the reft were reprieved.

At Southampton, the first that was arraigned was a Spaniard, for ftabbing and robbing a man in Orchard-street; but, for want of fufficient evidence, and doubts arifing whether the man

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(who is fince dead of the small-pox) was not the first aggreffor, the prifoner was acquitted.-The next put to the bar, was Charles Larford, for the murther of Daniel Dunn, a young recruit. After a chain of evidence, which was thought to be fatisfactory, he was found guilty, and received fentence of death, to be executed on the Monday following; but Jack Ketch being that day employed in his occupation at Winchester, the judge was under the neceflity of refpiting Larford till the next day, before which fome circumstances (that did not appear on the tryal) tranfpired much in Larford's favour: a meeting was, therefore, called on Monday of the coroner's and petty juries, to confider of thofe circumftances, when it was refolved that one of each jury should wait upon the judge, to beg a further refpite till this matter could be investigated, and by the interceffion of Serjeant Kirby, our Recorder, the learned judge feeing the propriety of the request) granted a refpite for three weeks.

The affifes for the city of York clofed, when John Capes and John Ryley, for burglary, and George Haigh and Thomas Tinfley, for sheepftealing, received fentence of death, but the two laft are fince reprieved. Anne Holdsworth, for grand larceny within the benefit of the statute, to be publicly whipped, and afterwards kept to hard labour in the houfe of correction here for two years.

WEDNESDAY, 6.

Ended the affizes at Salisbury, when ten prifeners were capitally convicted, viz. Eleanor Hudd, for the murther of her baftard child, at Winsley, near Bradford-Matthew Gardner and John Wheeler, for robbing Benjamin Ribbeck, on the highway, near Warminster-William Peare, for robbing the mail between Marlborough and Chippenham, on the 4th of February, 1782-Stephen Powell, for robbing John Brooks of 45. on the highway, in the parish of Avebury -James Dunning, tor burglary, at WarminsterMary Pope, for burglary, at Clayford-William Vallace, for ftealing a mare, the property of Benjamin Marth, at Warminiter-Robert Taylor, for ftealing a mare-and Jeoffry Purcell, for houfe-breaking, at Bromham.-The fix laft were reprieved.

THURSDAY, 7.

This morning, at a quarter before one o'clock, her Majefty was fately delivered of a princefs, at her lodge at Windfor; an exprefs arrived at twelve o'clock at the Secretary of State's office, with an account of the above event, which was immediately afterwards announced to the public, by the firing of the Tower and Park guns.

FRIDAY, 8.

The affizes for the county of York were finifhed at the Crown-end, when William Emmerfon, alias John Jackson, alias John Kitchen, for itealing cows-William Field, Timothy Hellewell, John Wishart, and Thomas Wainwright, for burglary-Thomas Spencer, Mark Saltonftall, and Efther Taylor, for robberies committed by them, in taking meal and corn at Hallifax during the late riots-Richard Nicholson and John Holmes, for horse-stealing-John Mufgreave, for houfe-breaking in the day-time, no perfon being therein, and James Pinkney, for theepstealing (in all twelve) received fentence of death;

but were reprieved before the Judges left the city, all except William Emmerfon, John Field, Thomas Spencer, and Mark Saltonftall. The two last are to be executed next Saturday, on Beaconhill, near Hallifax. George Ward, jun. John Gray, Catharine Savage, William Carradice, Benj. Haigh, and Paul Mafon, found guilty of grand larceny within the benefit of the itatute, were sentenced to hard labour and imprisonment, according to the enormity of their respective offences. John Swift, for killing Mary Swift in a ftate of infanity, is to be kept clofely confined in the place of his laft legal fettlement. Thomas Beft, found guilty of man-slaughter, was fined rs. and difcharged.

At Chelmsford, ended the fummer affize for the county of Eifex, when fifteen prifoners re ceived fentence of death; eight of these were re prieved before the Judge left the town, and the following seven remain for execution, viz. George Spradbury and William Fox, for horse-stealing; John Staines, for a burglary; William Jones, alias Johnfon, alias Chafterman, a jeweller by trade, William Thomas, a London hair-dreffer, Richard Jones, and Robert Jones, for highway robberies.

Eleanor Hudd, capitally convicted, as above. mentioned, for the murther of her bastard child, was executed at Fisherton gallows, near Salisbu ry: fhe was a poor ignorant woman, about 40 years of age, and perfifted in her innocence.

Meffengers were fent away to the Courts of Brunfwick, Mecklenburgh, Hanover, and other Courts, to notify the fafe delivery of the Queen, and the birth of another Princefs,

The remonftrance from Scotland (fee page 176) relative to the order of Council, for a qua rantine of 40 days being obferved by all veifels from Dantzic, &c. (fee page 170) was laid before the King in Council at St. James's, and on SATURDAY, 9.

A meffenger was dispatched from Lord North's office, with affurances from government, that all their fears and apprehenfions relative to the proper fupply of corn from abroad would be obviated.

[Same day's gazette contains his Majefty's order in council, that the quarantine at prefent fubfifting upon all ships and veffels coming from Dantzick, or any other port or place in Royal and Ducal Pruffia or Pomerania, fo far as refpects hips laden with corn or grain, be taken off; and that all ships and veffels already arrived, or that may hereafter arrive from those places, laden with corn or grain, be permitted to discharge their refpective ladings without unpacking, opening and airing, and without performing any qua rantine; provided the proper officer, on mustering the crew, fhall find them all in health; that none of the crew have died, or been fick of any contagious diftemper during the voyage; that the ship hath not had communication with any ship or veffel from any infected place; and that there are no enumerated goods on board, other than the bags or facks in which the faid corn is contained, or mats made use of solely for the purpofe of dunnage.]

At Gloucefter affifes, which were not concluded till ten o'clock at night, the twelve following, being capitally convicted, received fen

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tence of death:-James Bryan, Robert Dec, William Smith, James Turner, and James Lane alias Jones, for theep-ftealing-John Miles, for horfe-itealing-John Blancher, and Daniel Kitley, for houfe-breaking-John Webb, for ftealing a mare-John Long, Job Nicholas, and Thomas Caffin, for burglary; but they were all reprieved except Bryan, who is left for execution. John Mayo, and Thomas Haynes, for several thefts, and John Davis, for itealing a portmanteau, with feveral articles of apparel, were ordered to be whipped--William Williams, James Nichols, and James Saniger, were ordered to be tranfported for feven years-William Dee, for receiving stolen goods, was ordered to be tranfported for 14 years-Richard Pegler, for fecreting William Peare, was burnt in the hand-William Pavey, for ftabbing his father-in-law, is to be imprisoned two years-and John Gardener for a traud, was fined Is. and fix months imprifonment Twenty-two were acquitted-Fourreen difcharged by proclamation-and twenty

three ordered to remain.

His Majefty having confirmed the fentence of the Court-Martial on the tryal of LieutenantColonel Wall, who was acquitted of the principal charges alledged against him, the following is a copy of the letter written by the Military Judge Advocate to the Lieutenant-Colonel, in confequence thereof: - SIR,

Horfe Guards, Aug. 9, 1783. "HAVING had the honour to lay before the King the proceedings of a General Court Martial lately held here upon your tryal, I fend you enclofed a copy of the opinion of the Court Martial upon each article of charge and complaint, refpectively, together with their sentence upon the whole; which fentence his Majefty hath thought fit to confirm, and to direct the fame to be carried into execution. His Majesty was pleafed, at the fame time, to attribute the Jenity of the fentence to the generous feelings of the individual members of the Court-Martial, which difpofed them to fhow all indulgence confiftent with juftice to a defendant, against whom they perceived fuch numerous charges to be induftriously amailed, fome of them groundlefs, and others much exaggerated.

"It is proper I fhould alfo acquaint you that his Majefty has honoured me with his command, to exprefs to Captain Roberts much difpleafure at his having prefumed to bring before a CourtMartial various complaints of perfonal grievance exhibited against his fuperior officer, none of which he has been able to maintain by evidence. I am, Sir,

"Your most obedient humble fervant,
“CHARLES GOULD."

Lieut. Col. Jofeph Wall.

"In relpect of thofe articles, wherein Lieut. Colonel Wall has been found culpable, the Court adjudge, that be be reprimanded by a declaration of bis Majesty's difpleasure, in public orders, and that fuch reprimand be alfo notified to the officer commanding in chief fuch of his Majefty's forces, as are ftationed on the coast of Africa, in order to his making the fame known to the garrifon or garrifons under bis command."

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more than one inftance, in the courfe of this trial, from evidence, which has been directly contradictory; not prefuming, however, to fix an imputation upon the witneiles, on either fide in particular, this being a point, upon which the Court itill entertain confiderable and painful doubts."

MONDAY, II.

John Marshall was executed, near Winchester, purluant to his fentence, for the wilful murther of Mary his wife. He, ever after his condemnation, perfifted in his innocence, both at the facrament, and at the place of execution.

At Sheerness, four of the feamen who belonged to his Majefty's fhip Raifonable, and who were condemned to die, by the fentence of a court martial held on them, at Chatham, in the month of July laft, were difpofed of in the following manner, in order for execution: the Scipio, Dictator, Carnatic, and Thetis, were the fhips appointed for this folemn fcene;, one being ordered to be executed on board of each. But the man who was to receive his punishment on board the Thetis, was reprieved just before the fignal was given. The other three were hanged, by being drawn up to the yard arm at the firing of a gun; a yellow flag was flying from each fhip during the execution.

At the affifes for the county of Worcester, which began this day, Thomas Wardle, was found guilty of the wilful murther in March laft, of Mr. Webb, a farmer in the parish of Northfield, by beating out his brains with a large ftick, and afterwards throwing the body into a Marle pit, on his return from our market. Immedi ately after his conviction, the judge, in a most aweful and pathetick fpeech, paffed fentence on him, to be executed on Thurfday laft, and his body to be hung in chains on the farther part of Broomfgrove Lickey, near Northfield. Wardle during the whole of his tryal, and when taken from the bar, appeared totally unconcerned at his approaching tate. His lordship gave ftrict orders to the jailor to permit no perfon to vifit him, except the clergyman and his relations.The following alfo received fentence of death, viz. Thomas Hartland, John Williams, and John Timmins, for theep-tealing-Sarah Davies, for fhop-lifting-John Sincox, for horfe-ftealingand John Harrifon, for houfe-breaking. Hartland is left for execution; the reft are reprieved. -Edward Henley, Thomas Collins, Thomas Ratcliff, and Philip Davis, for divers theft, ordered to be tranfported to America for feven years -Elifabeth Gilberts, for receiving stolen goods, fined rol. and imprifoned one year-Tho. Davis, alias Smith, to be publickly whipped--Seven were acquitted, and feven difcharged by proclamation-Three, being ill, were ordered to remain till next affizes-and feven to remain according to their refpective fentences at former fetlions.

TUESDAY, 12,

This being the birth-day of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who enters into the 22d year of his age, their Majesties and the heir apparent received the congratulations of the nobility, &c. at Windfor.

WEDNESDAY, 13. The Deputy Recorder made the report to his Majetty in Council of the twenty-two capital

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convicts on whom sentence of death was pronounced last April fellion, when his Majesty was pleased to order the following for execution on Wednesday next, viz. Thomas Davis, John Bitton, George Adams, alias Peat, alias Peach, James Grant, William Smith, Richard Pratt, John Fentum, and John Morella.-Charles Al fen, Thomas Arnold, John Deason, Abraham Goozey, John Rodgers, Edward Parrott, WilJiam Chadbourn, Thomas Ing, Benjamin Fentum, John Simfield, Anne Clarke, John Little, and Thomas Rodgers, are refpited during pleafure; and Charlotte Watfon is pardoned.

His Majesty hath been pleated to grant his molt gracious pardon to James Innocent and Moreing, two prifoners who have been confined a confiderable time in Newgate, and indicted for felonies, but being deaf and dumb, were incapable of taking their tryals.

At Exeter affizes last week twenty-three pri foners were capitally convicted, and received fentence of death, viz. John Grinflade, for the robbery and murther of the Rev. Mr. Gilbert Yard-John Cunningham, for the murther of John Pratt-Patrick Burn, Waiter Dillon, Simon Masters, James Murphy, Amos Barnes, George White, John Hayden, Simon Burn, Edward Cavenough, John Pidgeon, Simon Frafer, Patrick Dogherty, and Timothy Mofs, for highway robberies-David and Anne Murch, (George Bickford, Richard Mann, Elifabeth Rumbellow, Elifabeth Rowland, and John Llihman, for fheep-ftealing-and Thomas Bolton, for houfe-breaking.-Eight were ordered to be tranfported for feven years, viz. John Paddy, Robert Pugh, Elifabeth Cartler, and Henry Harvey, for different thefts, and William Hamilton Field, for franking feveral letters, by counterfeiting the hand-writing of James Wemyis, Efq. member for Sunderland.

At Lincoln aflizes, fix prifoners were capitally convicted, and received fentence of death, viz. Edward Perplar and William Dale, for counterfeiting fixpences. Matthew Wilson, for stealing a brown mare.-Thomas Bolton, George Andrew, and Thomas Shaw, for sheep-ftealing. The four laft were reprieved.-Three were ordered to be whipped and imprifoned for different

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SATURDAY, 16.

This being the birth-day of his Royal Highhefs Prince Frederick, Bishop of Oinabruck, who now enters the 21st year of his age, their Majesties received the compliments of the nobility on the occafion at Windfor.

This day's Gazette, in confequence of a letter from the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Dalrymple, his Majefty's minifter plenipotentiary at Warfaw, ftating, that, notwithstanding the reports that had been spread, the plague had not appeared in any part of Poland; and that, according to the laft letters from Cherton, no fymptoms of that diforder had been difcovered there fince the beginning of June, contains his

Majefty's order in Council, that the quarantine at prefent fubfifting upon all fhips and veflels coming from Dantzick, or any other port or place in Royal or Ducal Pruffia or Pomerania, be taken off; and that all fhips and vetiels already arrived, or that may hereafter arrive from thofe places, be permitted to discharge their respective ladings, without unpacking, opening, and airing, and without performing any quarantine; provided that the matter, or other perfon taking charge of fuch fhip or veftel, do tirit make oath before the Custom-houfe officer or chief magiftrate at the place to which fuch thips are bound that their crews are free from all infection, and that they have not had communication with any ship or veffel coming from any infected place.

At the affizes for the county of Nottingham, four prifoners received sentence of death, but have all been fince reprieved.

At Leicester affizes, two prifoners received fentence of death, viz. Thomas Fretwell and George Leedham, for a highway robbery.

At Hereford aflifes, four were condemned for fheep-ftealing, but reprieved; one was fentenced to be tranfported for feven years; eight to be whipped and imprifoned for different terms; and eighteen acquitted, or discharged by proclamation

About ninety convicts under fentence of trantportation in Newgate were put on board a clofe lighter at Black-Friars, which carried them to the Swift tranfport, Captain Pamp, bound to Nova Scotia.

SUNDAY, 17.

The following form of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God, was read in all churches, chapels, &c. &c. within the bills of mortality, on the fafe delivery of the Queen, and happy birth of a princefs:

"Almighty God, the ftrength of thofe who put their trust in thee, we yield thee most humble and hearty thanks, that thou haft vouchfafed to fupport our gracious Queen under the dangers of childbirth, and to blefs her with another Princefs. Perfect, we beseech thee, the recovery which thou haft begun in her; give her ftrength and fure confidence in thee; and reftore her to the prayers of our fovereign and his peo ple. Look down, O God, with an eye of kindnefs on the new born infant. Preferve her to be an addition to the comforts of her royal parents, and an inftrument to thy glory. And, that the numerous offspring, with which thou haft bleffed them, may all contribute to the fame ends, lead them by thy providence through the dangers of infancy; aid them with thy restraining grace amidit the temptations and inexperience of youth; and fill them with all Chriftian virtues. Finally, we pray thee, of thy goodness to them and to this nation, to continue to protect and preferve our most gracious King and Queen; blefs them with length of days, that they may fee their children's children; and, this life ended, make them partakers of thine everlasting king-. dom, through the merits and mediation of thy Son, Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen."

MONDAY, 18.

This evening, about nine o'clock, the terror of the fuperftitious, and the curiofity of the philofopher were excited by a very uncommon phehomenon. A globe of fire, or fome other luminous

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