19th. William Clark, the driver her fide, himself bleeding at the of the Newmarket mail, forehead, from the effects of a blow was indicted for wilful murder. he received from one of the forks It appeared that the prifoner was the had been madly hurling about driving the mail coach at a very the room. For a few days prior to furious rate along Bishopfgate this, the family had difcovered fome ftreet, where he ran over a boy and fymptoms of lunacy in her, which killed him on the fpot. The pri- had fo much increafed on the Wedfoner drove on not knowing of the nefday evening, that her brother, accident, but was foon afterwards early the next morning, went in flopped. He alledged in his de- queft of Dr Pitcairn; had that genfence, that his employers were tleman been providentially met with under contract to perform the jour- the fatal cataitrophe had, probably, ney within a certain period, and been prevented. She had once letherefore he thought it his duty to fore, in the earlier part of her life, drive fo faft. The judge, in fumm- been deranged, from the harralling ing up the evidence, obferved, "no fatigues of too much bufinels. contract could justify a man for As her carriage towards her mother driving in fuch a manner as to en- had been ever affectionate in the danger the lives of others." The extreme, it is believed, that to her jury retired, and were abfent two increased attentiveness to her, as hours; when they returned, and her infirmities called for it, is to be found the prifoner, not guilty. afcribed the lofs of her reafon at This afternoon the co- this time. The jury without he23d. roner's jury fat on the body fitation, brought in their verdict,-of a lady in the neighbourhood Lunacy. of Holborn, who died in confequence of a wound from her daughter, the preceding day. While the family were preparing for dinner, the young lady, in a fit of infanity, feized a cafe knife lying on the table, and in a menacing manner pursued a little girl, her apprentice, round the room. On the eager calls of her helpless infirm mother, to forbear, the renounced her firft object, and, with loud fhricks, approached her parent. The child, by her cries, quickly brought up the landlord of the houfe, but too late; the dreadful fcene prefented to him the mother lifelefs on a chair, pierced to the heart; her daughter yet wildly ftanding over her with the fatal knife; and the venerable old man, her father, weeping by 24th. The melancholy account of the blowing up of the Amphion frigate, at Plymouth, was received at the Admiralty from Sir Richard King, by which it appears that Captain Pellew, the firft lieutenant, and fifteen of the crew, out of 220, are the only furvivors left to relate the difimal catastrophe; Captain Swaffield of the Dutch prize, is among the un-" fortunate victims. The accident happened at a quarter paft four on Thursday afternoon, while the Captain and his friends were at dinner. Mr. Pellew is dangeroutly wounded. Every exertion that could be ufed was rendered by the fhips boats in the harbour. 28th. This morning a convocation was held at St. Paul's Cathedral. D 3 This is a ceremony which which takes place upon the meeting of every new parliament. His grace the archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of London, the bishop of Rochefter, and feveral other dignitaries of the church, affifted. The proceffion confifted, first, of the chorifters and gentlemen of the cathedral, the archbishop and bishops, the judges and civilians, of Doctors Commons, with the proctors in their full robes. The whole was conducted with great folemnity. Prayers (according to the ufual cuftom) were read in Latin, by bp. Horiley, and a Latin fermon was preached by doctor Radcliffe. Two anthems were performed in English. The ceremony lafted about two hours, and was attended by a numerous and elegant company. 6th. OCTOBER. The cotton mills at Hunflet, near Leeds, belonging to Meflrs. Beverley, Crofs, and co. were difcovered to be on fire, which raged with fuch fury as to deftroy the works and buildings in little more than 40 minutes. The damage is estimated at £100,000. The premises and ftock were infured in the Sun and London infurance offices, for only Soool. Plymouth. The court mar10th. tial which was held faft Saturday on board the admiral's fhip Cambridge, to enquire into the caufe of the lofs of his majefty's fhip Amphion, which blew up on the 22d of last month, in this harbour, after an examination of all the furviving crew, very honourably acquitted both the captain and officers of every idea of remiffness or neglect upon that occafion. It ple of early proficiency in mathematics, fince he was mafter of fir Ifaac Newton's Principia at the age of twenty. He wrote fome papers in the philofophical tranfactions on mathematical fubjects, which do him much honour, But his fame chiefly refts on his metaphyfical writings, in which he maintains the doctrine of common fenfe against fceptics, and feverely arraigns the philofophy of Locke, whom he confiders as the great promoter, though unintentionally, of modern fcepticifm. His works are: 1. An enquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common fenfe. 8vo. 1764. 2. Effays on the intellectual powers of man. 4to. 1785. his pocket, but had for feveral Reid, D. D. profeffor of moral phidays in vain folicited relief or lodg- lofophy at the univerfity of Glafing in the town and neighbourhood gow. He was a wonderful examfor want of money to pay for them. He was difmiffed with an order to quit the parish; and the conftable having in vain applied for a lodging at the public houfes, instead of lodging him at the watch-house or work-house for the night, left him to fhift for himself, and find his way in the dark to Barnet over the Chace, where he was next morning found hanging on a tree, and hardly cold. About three weeks before, there had been found in a wood behind Bowes Farm, in Edmonton parish, another unfortunate wretch hanging by his ftockings on a tree, but in fo putrid a ftate that his head and feet feparated from his body. He had on a good great coat and a kerfyemere waiftcoat, and in his pocket only fixpence and fome halfpence. The univerfity of Oxford has lately printed, at its own expence, to be diftributed gratis among the French clergy who have taken refuge in Great Britain, (ad ufum Cleri Gallicani in Angliæ exulantis, as the title ftates), 2000 copies of the vulgate and of the new 'Teftament. The marquis of Buckingham, diftinguished for his munificence towards the clergy, has likewife caufed to be printed, at his expence, 2000 copies at the fame prefs and for the fame ufe. The university of Oxford has fent its copies to the venerable bishop of St. Pol de Leoa for diftribution, accompanied by a letter, analogous to the generous fentiments which dictate this honourable mark of efteem for the French clergy, who are fully fenfible of the value o fthe gift. DIED-In his 87th year, Tho. 16. At Turin, in his 70th year, and 23d of his reign, Victor Ámadeus Maria, of Savoy, king of Sardinia. He was born June 26, 1726; and married Maria Antoinetta Ferdinanda, of Spain, fifter to the prefent emperor, who died 1785.On the night of the 13th his majesty was feized with an apoplectic fit, which for fome time deprived him of his fpeech. The immediate application of blifters and bleeding brought his majefty to his fenfes the next morning, and his fpeech, though imperfectly, was recovered. During this interval the facraments were adminiftered. Towards the evening alarming fymptoms returned, and recourfe was had to a third bleeding in the foot; which not proving efficacious, the extreme unction was administered. His majefty lay fpeechlefs, and with one fide wholly palfied, during the night. At five in the morning of the 15th he was pronounced to be á l'agonie, D4 à l'agonie, and it was not imagined he could outlive the day. His majefty, however, lingered till near noon the following day, when he expired, as fincerely lamented by all his fubjects as he had conftantly lived beloved and respected by them, during a reign of upwards of 22 years. This melancholy event has plunged all the royal family into the deepest affliction. The prince of Piedmont, his fon, who fucceeds him, is 45 years of age, being born 1751; and marri ed, 1775, to Marie Adelaide, fifter of Louis XVI. king of France, whofe brothers, the count of Provence and the count D'Artois, married his two filters. NOVEMBER. Tuesday laft, in Lincoln's4th. inn-hall, the lord chancellor, after hearing the exceptions to it argued, confirmed the mafter's report in the Downing caufe. The mafter has reported, that the prefent annual value of the eftates devifed to the college amounts to 4500l. This preliminary point being at length obtained, after a conteit of many years, an application will immediately be made to the crown, to grant a charter for the incorporation of Downing college, in the univerfity of Cambridge. When the boufe of com5th. mons was on the point of rifing to-day, a man in the front of the gallery held forth a paper to the house, and exclaimed in a loud voice, “treafon! treafon! I wish to denounce treafon to the houfe, whatever may be the confequences to myself." The tpeaker immediately ordered the gallery to be clear ed, and the man, whofe name is faid to be Matthews, was taken into cuftody by the meflengers; but upon its evidently appearing that he was infauc, he was inftantly difcharged. An awful and fingular hail-ftorm occurred in Norwich. Two very vivid flashes of lightning illumined the fouthern and northern hemifpheres, fuccceded by heavy peals of thunder, while the hail, which fell profufely, appeared impregnated with fire. 8 h. Bofton. Information being given upon oath, to the magiftrates at Bofton, that preparations were making in fome of the neighbouring villages to obftruct, by force, the deputy-lieutenants, in the execution of the militia-laws on the following days, expreffes were immediately dispatched to Joshua Scrope, eiq, captain commandant of the South Holland fqua dron of loyal Lincolnshire gentletlemen, and yeomen cavalry, and to Thomas Wilfon, efq. captain of the Spalding troop, to request their afliftance in repelling any unlawful force, and in maintaining the public peace. Although the commanding officers received this mettage very late in the evening, and many of he volunteers in their respective troops live at a great distance from each other, yet fuch was the zeal and alertnefs difplayed in collecting them, that they arrived at Boston on Wednetday morning about 10 o'clock. A few minutes afterwards the rioters entered the town in a large body, blowing horns, and armed with flaves, having forced into their company a great number of fervants and labourers in hufbandry: but, feeing the cavalry drawn up in the market-place in military order, they were were deterred from committing any act of violence whatever. The bufineis of the day (which was to receive and examine the lifts of perfons liable to ferve in the prefent militia) then proceeded, and was completed, amidst the moti perfe&t tranquillity; the volunteers, headed by their respective officers, parading the town during the greatcft part of the day. Happily no violent meatures were at all neceffary, and no harm was done to any perfon. The cool and refolute conduct of the troops cannot be fpoken of in too high terms of commendation. The lord mayor's day was cth. obferved with the ufual form. The proceffion by water was nearly the fame as ufual; but that by land much lefs fplendid. Among the company who dined at Guildhall were many of prime diftin&tion; the duke of York, prince Ernett, the prince of Orange, the lord chancellor, and almoft all the great officers of state, many foreign ambaffadors and general officers, Mr. Fox, &c. &c. The Tunifian ambaffador, by his own defire, was prefent, but did not dine in the hall. He drank coffee and smoked tobacco, in a room by himself, while the company were at dinner. A terrible affray happen10th. ed this night at the Sun public-house in Cow Crofs, Smithfield. A riot in the houfe the night before having greatly difturbed the neighbourhood, the conftables ordered the house to be cleared of the company, which confifted of a club of diforderly perfons, who regularly met there. The fellows, expecting they would not be fuffered to tay to their ufual hour, had provided themfelves with bludgeons and other offenfive weapons, with which, on the officers demanding entrance, they fallied out, knocking down and ill-treating every one who came in their way. Seven perfons were taken to St. Bartholomew's hofpital; one of whom, a beadle, is fince deal of his wounds. Three of the ring-leaders were next day committed to Clerkenwell bridewell for examination. The following letter was 30th. this day tranfmitted to all the admirals and captains, whofe names were mentioned in the Gazette by earl Howe, as having fignalized themselves in the action of the ift of June, 1794, accompanying the medal which has been prefented to them. "My Lord, (or Sir), "The king having been pleafed to order a certain number of gold medals to be firuck, in commemoration of the victory obtained by his Majefty's fleet under the command of earl Howe, over that of the enemy, in the actions of the 28th and 29th of May, and ift of June, 1794, I am commanded by his majefty to prefent to your lordfhip one of the medals above-mentioned; and to fignify his majefty's pleasure that you fhould wear it when in your uniform, in the manner defcribed by the directions which (together with themedal and ribband belonging to it) I have the honour to tranfmit to you. I am alfo commanded by his majefty to acquaint your lordthip, that, had it been poffible for all the officers on whom his majefty is pleafed to conter this mark of his approbation, to attend perfonally in London, his majefty would have prefented the medal to each of them in perfon; but that being, from various caufes, at this |