ftreet, was taken up on a charge of high-treafon; and, after various examinations, was commited to Newgate for trial. Mr. D. Adams, formerly clerk in the Auditor's Office and fecretary to the fociety for Constitutional Information, and Mr. Hardy, who figns himself secretary to the London Corresponding Society, were taken into cuftody. 17th. The king having been pleafed to order that the colours taken at Martinico, which were fafely brought to the palace at St. James's, fhould be this day depofited in the cathedral of St. Paul: detachments of horse and foot guards were ordered to parade at St. James's at ten o'clock, and marched before his majefty, who was pleased to see them pals by in the following order: A captain and forty life-guards. A fergeant and twelve grenadiers. Mufic of the first regiment of guards. Twenty-nine fergeants with the French colours. A field-officer and 100 life-guards. In this manner they proceeded to the welt gate of St. Paul's, where the colours were received by the dean and chapter, attended by the the choir; about which time the guns at the Tower and Park were fired. The colours are fince put up in the said cathedral church, as a lafting memorial of the fuccefs of his majefty's arms in the reduction of the important ifland of Marti nico. 20th. The rev. Jeremiah Joyce, private fecretary to lord Stanhope, and tutor to lord Mahon, was last week arrested; as have been fince, Mr. Thelwall, Mr. Bonney, Mr. Rich ter, Mr. Lovatt; and, on the 16th, Mr. Horne Tooke. On the 19th, after examinations before the privy council, thefe fix were committed to the Tower, charged with hightreafon. The prisoners were conducted to feparate apartments. The rev. Mr. Joyce is in the house of the head gaoler, Grauz, guarded by two wardens, and two foldiers outfide the door; and no perfon on any account is fuffered to have access to him. Tooke is in the house of the head gaoler, Kinghorn, with the fame guard. Thelwall, whofe reftlefs conduct caused great uneafiness in the mind of Timms, the meffenger, was fent to the apartments formerly occupied by the unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots. Lovatt and Richter were put into different ftrong apartments in the White Tower. Bonney was conducted to an apartment in the east wing, with the fame orders and guard. The prifoners were conveyed in feparate coaches, and strongly guarded. They went by the route of the two bridges. A few days fince, as three car penters were removing an old efcrutoire in Leeds caftle, Kent, they found concealed there, in guineas, half-guineas, and other coins, nearly to the amount of 5001. which they restored to Dr. Fairfax, the prefent proprietor of that ancient manfion, who rewarded them with 10 guineas each for their honesty. The money is of Queen Anne's reign, and is fuppofed to have been there ever fince the beginning of this century. 10th. DIED. Guillotined at Pa ris, madame Elizabeth, fifter of the late king of France. She was fetched from the Temple the day preceding and taken to the Concier gerie the next day, where he was examined before the revolutionary tribunal, which examination, how ever, was very fummary. The only queftions put to her, were her name and quality. To the firft fhe anfwered, that her name was Philipina Maria Elizabeth Helena, of France, and her quality, the faid, was aunt to the king. This affertion was fufficient, the was immediately declared guilty of confpiring againft the republic, and executed the fame day. JUNE. 4th. As Mr. Clarke's ftage wag gon was paffing along the road near Burftall, Leicefterfhire, it was overturned, owing to the horfes taking fright at a peacock, and three valuable horfes were killed. 10th. Lord Chatham carried the account of lord Howe's great naval victory (lee Appendix to the Chro nicle) to the Opera, and just after the second act it was made known to the house. A burft of transport interrupted the Opera, and never was any fcene of emotion fo raptur ous as the audience exhibited, when the band ftruck up Rule Britannia. The joy continued for the whole night, and at intervals the acclamations of triumph drowned the performance. Morichelli joined in the general joy, and God fave the King was fung by her, Morelli, and Rovedino. Not content with this, the fpectators fecing Banti in a box, fhe was called on by every voice to fing God fave the King! She chearfully obeyed the fummons, came on the ftage, and the tranfport of the night was crowned by her finging the foug. 6th. A fire broke out in a room adjoining the laundry at Oatlands, the feat of the duke of York, which burnt with great fury for nearly an hour and a half, when it communicated to the grand armory, where arms to the amount of 2000l. were totally deftroyed, and had it not been for the activity of the neighbouring inhabitants, the whole of the house had been levelled with the ground. The whole damage is eftimated at 3000l. The duchefs was at Oatlands at the time, and beheld the dreadful conflagration from her fleeping apartment, which is fituated in the centre of the manfion, and from which the flames were prevented communicating by inftantly hewing down a gateway, over which the wing joined to the houfe. His majefty vifited her high-ed by the whole houfe. The event nefs on Saturday morning, and gave the neceffary orders for clearing the ruins, and rebuilding the wing of the houfe which had been destroyed. The duke of Clarence went to Covent-garden theatre, where he communicated the joyful intelligence to the manager, who ordered it to be announced to the houfe, which was accordingly done by Mr. Incle don. The mufic played God fave the King! and Rule Britannia ! which were loudly applauded.-Lord Mulgrave and colonel Phipps in the mean time went to Drurylane house, and informed the manager of the glorious atchievements of the British navy, which he ordered to be announced to the audience by Mr. Suett. The mufic and performers joined in the loyal founds of God fave the King! and Rule Britannia! which were loudly applaud was celebrated throughout the night by the ringing of bells, firing of cannon, &c. and this day at noon the Park and Tower guns were fired as teftimonials of fincere joy. 13th. The 15th. The metropolis was illuminated for three fucceffive evenings, and fome windows were broken belonging to thofe who refufed to exhibit this mark of fatisfaction at the important victory obtained. · Among others, the houfe of lord Stanhope was damaged, in confequence of which, he next day inferted the following advertisement in the newspapers: "Outrage in Mansfield-freet. "Whereas a hired band of ruffians attacked my houfe in Mansfieldfireet, in the dead of the night, between the 11th and 12th of June inftant, and fet it on fire at different times and whereas a gentleman's carriage paffed feveral times to and fro in front of my houfe, and the aristocrat, or other perfon, who was in the faid carriage, gave money to the people in the fireet, to encou rage them: this is to requeft the friends of liberty and good order to fend me any authentic information they can procure, refpecting the names and place of abode of the faid ariftocrat, or other perfon, who was in the carriage above-mentioned, in order that he may be made amenable to the law. June 12, 1794. Stanhope." 17th. Naples. On the 13th ult. at ten o'clock at night, all Naples was fenfible of the fhock of an earthquake, with a horizontal motion, which lafted about thirty feconds.On Sunday laft, the 15th, about the fame hour, the earthquake was repeated, which was followed by a violent eruption of mount Vefuvius. The mountain opened in two places towards the centre of its line, when columns of black fmoke, mixed with liquid inflamed matter, iffued from each mouth; foon after, other mouths were opened, and in a line towards 5 the fea. The explosions from all 18th. The bishop of Lincoln this 30th. Portsmouth. His majesty I the evening proceeded up the river to view the French prizes. The town was brilliantly illuminated in the evening, and every poffible demonftration of joy manifefted. On Saturday, the royal family attended the launching of the Prince of Wales, a fine fecond rate. Four flags were flying on board the Prince of Wales during this ceremony, the royal fiandard, the admiralty flag, fir Peter Parker's white flag as port-admiral, and the union flag. The cheering of the multitude, in honour of the royal vifitants, wherever they appeared, made the air ring; and bands of mufic continued playing in the yard, and on board the hips and yachts up the harbour. Immediately on the Prince of Wales being brought up to her moorings, their majefties, prince Erneft, and the princeffe, embarked in order to go on board the Aquilon frigate, captain Stopford, at Spithead. As the barges ap proached the thips at Spithead, two guns from the Queen Charlotte were, as on a former marine trip, the fignal for a general falute; every fhip, in confequence, fired twentyone guns, and the crews cheered as the barges paffed. On their majefties going on board the Aquilon, and getting under fail, the like falute was fired; and the bands of the dif ferent fhips played martial fymphonies for the greatest part of the day.. The Aquilon, after failing round the fleet, ftood away towards the Needles. Owing to there being very little wind, foon after the Aquilon frigate had got to the eastward of Cowes point, fhe, in going about," touched the ground, by which accident they were ftopped an hour or two; and, night coming on, their majefties and all the royal party took to their barges. The Aquilon, on с arrived here on Thurfday morning, in pursuance of the refolution he had announced of vifiting the fleet, and was received by the governor and lord Howe, and conducted to the dock-yard, whence he proceeded to Spithead with the royal family. Lord Howe's flag was fhifted to a frigate, and the royal standard hoifted on board the Queen Charlotte, on board which his majefty and the royal family remained till fix o'clock. The lords of the admiralty hoifted their flag on board the Queen, admiral Gardner's flag being removed on the occafion. The whole garrifon was under arms; the concourfe of people was immenfe. The king, with his own hand, carried a valuable diamond-hilted fword, from the commiffioner's houfe down to the boat, which he prefented to earl, Howe, on board the Queen Charlotte, as a mark of his fatisfaction and intire approbation of his conHis majefty alfo prefented a gold chain, to which a medal is hereafter to be annexed, to admiral fir Alexander Hood and rear-admiral Gardner; the like honour was conferred on lord Howe's firft captain, fir Roger Curtis. The wounded admirals, Bowyer and Pafley, who confequently could not attend, have been diftinguished with fimilar marks of favour. The royal family, in the evening, on their return from Spithead, rowed up the harbour to view the fix French prizes, which are at moorings there. On Friday, the king firft gave audience to the officers of lord Howe, and afterwards indifcriminately to all the other naval and military officers. Some marks of diftinction were conferred. On the levee being ended, the royal family returned to the commiffioner's houfe in the dock-yard to dinner, and in VOL. XXXVI. the the rifing of the tide, was got off without receiving damage. On Monday morning, their majefties, prince Erneft, and the princelles, went on board the Niger frigate, and failed for Southampton, where they landed in the afternoon, and immediately proceeded in carriages for Windfor. DIED. 24th. At his apartments in Weftminster, Charles Pigott, efq. author of "The Jockey Club," in two parts; " The Female Jockey Club; ""Strictures upon Burke;" "Treachery no Crime;" and many other well-known publications. His remains were interred in the family vault at Chetwynd, Shropshire. JULY. 2d. About four o'clock in the afternoon, the earl of Waldegrave, a youth about ten years of age, was unfortunately drowned as he was bathing in the Thames, near a field called the Brocas, in the parish of Eton. His lordship was educating at Eton fchool, and, going out with two of his companions, the latter were induced, from the heat of the feafon, to bathe, but defired his lordfhip, as the water was deep, and he not an expert fwimmer, not to venture in; lord Waldegrave, how ever, jumped into the river, and was never perceived to rife, as it is fuppofed he got entangled among the weeds. The body was not found till Monday morning, and was taken up clofe by the place where he funk. 6th. There was a violent form of thunder and lightning at Malden, in Effex, which moved in a north-eaft direction. The lightning, which was awfully fplendid, fet fire to a barn, 5 upon the farm called Mountains, near Tiptree-heath, and intirely de ftroyed it. At Hereford, the fame afternoon, there was a very heavy fall of rain, attended by thunder and lightning. At Goodrich, in that county, was the moft dreadful ftorm ever expe rienced by the oldest inhabitant; the rain fell in fuch torrents, and was accompanied with fuch thunder and lightning, as to occafion a general alarm. Three fheep, belonging to a farmer in the parish, were killed by the lightning, which fhivered in pieces a large elm that grew near the church, and killed feveral fmail birds that had taken refuge in the tree at the commencement of the form. Confiderable damage has been done at various other places, particularly at Shrewsbury, and throughout the county of Salop, where the form fell with awful violence. In the neighbourhood of Ludlow, a farmer had three horfes killed by the lightning; numbers of theep fuffered a fimilar fate. In the neighbourhood of Salisbury there was much thunder and lightning, attended with very heavy forms of rain. Great damage was done by the lightning, at many places; and at Albourne, in that county, a violent ftorm of hail fell, which was very deftructive, particularly to all the glafs that was oppofed to its direction. Some of the ftones measured five inches round. The parish church of Beenhams in Valence, Berks, of which a wellknown writer, Mr. Stackhoufe, was fo many years vicar, was confumed by lightning. At Northill, Bedford, a large tree was fhivered in a moft extraordinary manner by the lightning, between fix and feven o'clock on Monday morning, |