be a dwarf than any other thing. "The greater number profefs themselves of this opinion," faid the poffeffor of the fecret, with a smile. Gazette de France.

The proprietors of an inclofure near Montpellier, in digging up a plantation, difcovered a tomb in which was inclosed an alabaster urn, hermetically fealed, and containing afhes, an alabatter incenfe pot, the handle of which reprefented the head of a ram; a fepulchral lamp, and several pieces of money, ftruck in the reign of Domitian. Another discovery, for the amufement of antiquaries, has also been made in France. A temple has lately been found, which was dedicated to Ceres, and which, according to history, was fituated on the road from Paris to Chartres.

IRELAND.

Jan. 10. As Mr. Hobdell, wheelwright," at Ridge Hill, in Hertfordshire, was hatily puting on his coat, in ftretching out his arm he struck one of his children, of about two years old, who was standing on a chair at the breakfast table; and the poor infant, falling with the back of its head against the edge of a chair, received fo dreadful a hort as to occafion its death the next day, not- ' withstanding every poffible affistance was afforded. The Coroner's Jury have brought in a ver·li& of Accidental De ch.

Hertford, Mar. 4. The Affizes finished here this day, when W. Crifwell and JamesBurgefs received fentence of death for a burglary in the dwelling-houfe of Nath. Camp. It appeared on the trial, that the profecutor Camp, an old man, with his wife, refided in a cottage near half a mile from Stansted; that it was generally underftood about the country, that he had ac

Dublin, March 23. This morning two Students of our Univerfity, Meflrs. Coulan and Morcan, in confequence of an unhappy difpute the preceding evening, met in the fields near Harcourt-street. They fired at the fame moment, when Mr. C.'s thot unfortunately took place in the temple of his antagonist, and killed him on the spot. The furviving combatant has been expelled the College, and the feconds rufticated.

SCOTLAND.

Jan. 2. This day there was a heavy fall of fnow in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, and in nearly the whole of Scotland, South of Edinburgh and Glafgow; which impeded travelling in every direction: the mails could not travel by carriage, nor on hoifeback; during the sight, the fnow had fo nearly filled up the track of the road, and was fo drifted into the Glens, that no one would venture. Two women, on their way from Edinburgh to Glasgow, perished in the foow, about three miles from Glafgow. Their bodies were found by the Glafgow carriers. Through the inclemency of the feafan, no fewer than 40 fcore of theep have perished on one farm in Berwickshire.

COUNTRY NEWS.

Jan. 5. Yesterday, as the children of the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, of Bridgewater, were playing in the nucfery, the foot of a beautiful little girl, about three years old, fhpt, and the fell upon the fire. The nurfery maid, who was in the adjoining room, being alarmed by the fereams of the children, fled to the poor gul's afliftance, but the was fo dreadfully burnt that he expired in the greateft agonies this morning.

which is fuppofed to have been the reafon that induced the prifoners to felect him to make their prey of; and accordingly, on the night of December 19, when he and his wife were in bed, they broke into the houfe, knocked him down with a large afhen stick, and cut him with a knife in the neck, and acrofs the calves of his legs; they alfo cut his wife through her Bays and fhift to the skin, and in the neck, threatening, with the most horrid imprecations, to froth them by cutting their throats, if they did not difcover where the money was; and, after fearching the whole houfe without finding any money, took fome (poons and other things, and fet the old man in a chair telling him he might fit and bleed to death. They were ordered to be executed near the spot where the offence was committed, which was accordingly done, on Friday the 13th, amidst the greatest concourfe of people ever affembled in the county, except at an election: the lane, being narrow, was eittirely filled. The Criminals behaved in the moft daring and abandoned manner. Crifwell, who was a native of Hodeldon, was of gigantic and favage appearance, always a med with a bill, and ready for every defperate action, and it was found neceffary to chain him by the arm in his cell after conviction. Burgess was born at Ware. The wife of the profecutor had the fairest opportuney of knowing the perfons of both by te clear light of the moon, which came into the room through two oppofite windows, fo that the triat was short. Waters was executed on the Wednesday for robbing the Duke of Leeds's iteward, on the highway near North Mimms.

Chelm ford, Mar. 7. The bufnels at Nifi Prius, betore Mr. Justice Heath, finished this day with a Traverte before a Special Jury, again Meffrs. Williams and Hughes, of Peter-House, Cambridge, and Metis. Purne and Gardner, of Dunmow, in Ellex,

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for a riot in Dunmow, on the rft of Auguft laft, after the review of Captain Pepper's troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, and affaulting feveral gentlemen of that and other corps; when, after a hearing of fix hours, they were all found Guilty.

On the Crown fide, Henry Hunfdon, the boy of eleven years of age, who stole the various Bank notes out of the letters, from the Poft Office at Chelmsford, was on Friday convicted and received fentence of death; but Baron Hotham, in the most humane manner, informed him, there was great reason to believe that he would receive the Royal Mercy. The little convict fainted away, and was fupported in the Gaoler's arms, while fentence was pathing upon him.

A remarkable occurrence happened towards the clofe of thefe Affizes: John Taylor had been arraigned and tried on the charge of uttering a forged note, in the name of Bartholomew Browne, for 820l. 10s. with an intent to defraud the Bank of Cricket' and Co. at Colchester, of which the Jury found him Guilty; but just as Baron Hothain was about to put on his black cap, and to pass fentence of death on the prifoner, one of the Barristers, not retained on the trial, happening to turn over the forged note, faw it figned Bartw. Browne; and throwing his eye immediately on the Indictment, perceived it written therein Bartholomew Browne. He immediately pointed out the circumftance to Mr. Garrow, Counfel for the Prifoner, who rofe up and Rated the variance as fatal to the Indictment; in which the Judge concurred, and difcharged the prifoner; but, as he was ftill liable to a new indictment, and immediately arrested for debt, his friends paid the latter to fave him from the former.

Mar. 8. This morning a fire broke out at the brewery of Meffrs. Williams, in Bath, which, in a fhort time, destroyed the whole of that extenfive building, together with near 20,000 bushels of malt and barley, 1400 barrels of beer, &c. Their storehoufes on the oppofite fide had taken fire, and would have unquestionably have thared the fame fate with the brewery, had they not been faved by the very active and uncommon exertions of Mr. T. Williams. The neighbouring hills, illuminated by the flames and the immenfe body of fire thrown up when the malt floor fell in, prefented a scene awfully grand and impreflive. The wind providentially blew from the Eaft; had it taken a contrary 'direction, the whole range of warehoufes belonging to Metfrs. Ward, Bond, Titley, &c together with the dwelling houfe of Mr. J. Williams, the Baptist Chapel, Bradley's buildings, &c, must have added to the confiagration. The immediate lofs of Meffrs. Williams is faid to amount to at least 20,000l. of which fum or ly 5,ool is infured; but the lofs, occafioned by the stagnation of their trade,

cannot be estimated. The fire commenced in the Malt-kiln, but whether by accident or otherwife cannot be afcertained. An anonymous letter, threatening destruction to their premifes, &c. has been received by the proprietors of another extensive brewery in that city; to discover the wri ter of which every effort is at prefent making; and we fincerely hope it will be effectual. We are formy to add, that the Maltster is supposed to be buried in the ruins.

The ftone arch, which formed the floor of the White tower over the east gate at Lynne, fuddenly fell, while the ropemakers, who dress hemp under it, were gone to dinner: to prevent farther danger, it is thought adviseable to take down this ornament of the town.

March 31. The long N. E. winds have brought with them an immense quantity of Caterpillar Spawn, which a few warm days will bring into life, to the destruction of the vegetable world. The nefts of these infects are to be found under the ridges of walls and pent-houses, and may now ba easily destroyed by the careful gardener.

The daughter of Mr. Mulcafter, musician, of St. Martin's le Grand, between 3 and 4 years old, playing with the candle on Chriftmas Eve, it caught her muflin frock, and burnt her in a most dreadful manner before affiftance could be given. She lingered in extreme agony till this day.

Mr. Edw. Howard, brother of Mr. H. Howard, M. P. and nephew to the Duke of Norfolk, (by trying an experiment with gunpowder, in a chemical apparatus, which by baving acquired too great a porrion of

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Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Saturday, Jan. 18.

Wednesday, March 5.

This day a gentleman's groom, airing his mafter's horfe in Hyde-Park, and running a race with another groom, by a fudden turn, the horfe fell, and his rider, being thrown off with great violence, broke his back, and expired immediately. Only a few minutes preceding this event, another groom galloping one horse, and leading another, fell, and was fo much hurt, that a fürgeon was fent for to render him afAftance.

Monday, March 17.

This evening a fire broke out in Crutched Friers, at the houfe of John Travers, efq. a director of the Eaft-India Company, which entirely confumed the upper part of the fame, together with all the fu.niture. We are happy to ftate, that no lives were loft, and, from the activity of the firemen, and a plemiful fupply of water, the flames were prevented from communicating to the adjoining building. The Volunteer Alfociations and the Eaft-India Company's troops attended to afford their afuftance in keeping off the mob. This unfortunate accident is attributed to the curtains taking fire in the bed-room, where a lady was indifpofed.

The Maiter, Wardens, and Court of Affiftants of the Company of Bakers have ftated, that the Operation of the late Act of Parliament has had a very material effect on their trade, inafmuch as it has reduced the Confumption at least one fixth part.

The following are the particulars of the unfortunate lofs of his Majefty's fhip Repulfe, of 64 guns, Capt. Alms, ose of the fhips belonging to the Channel fleet, but had been detached by Sir Alan Gardner to Cruize off the Penmarks, for the purpose of intercepting provifion veffels going to Breit. On Sunday, the 9th of March, there

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came on a fudden and violent gale of wind; and the rolling of the thip occafioned an accident to Capt. Alms, who, while standing near the companion-ladder, was thrown down by it, by which one of his ribs was broken, and he was difabled from doing any farther duty on the fhip's deck. For two or three days the weather had been fo thick, that it was not poffible to make any obfervation, and the current had driven the ship fo far out of her reckoning, that, a sout 12 o'clock on the night of the Ion, the Repulfe struck on a funken rock, fuppofed to be the Mare, 25 leagues South-east of Uhant. She was then going about fix knots an hour. The thip continued stri king on the rock near three quarters of an hour before the could be brought to wear; and the water rushed in to fait, that the lower-deck tier was foon flooded. great exertions, the ship was kept afloat long enough to be enabled to approach the coat near Quimper; and, at half past ten o'clock, Capt. Alms, and the thip's company, quitted her, and made good a landing on one of the Glenans ftands, about two miles from the Continent. The peafantry on the inland gave every affiftance; and it is fuppofed the ship's company have been fent prifoners to Quimper. In the contufion of getting on-thore, one of the fhip's boats uplet, with five feamen, who were drowned. Two others were drowned owing to drunkennefs; and four more were fo drunk, they could not be got out of the ship. We believe thefe are all that perthed. The 1 and 4th Lieutenants, 2 Midshipmen, and 8 teamen, preferring the risk of getting fafe to England to the horrors of a French prifon, betook themfelves to the large catter, and, having got a fmall fupply of provifions and bread, fteered for Guerofey. They had got within 8 leagues of the land on the firit day, when a gale of wind came on, which drove them towards the French coatt; and it was not until the fourth day that they reached Guernsey, after having undergone the molt levere hardships during 3 days and nights; the waves breaking over the boat fo inceffantly, that four of the feamen were conftantly employed in baling her. ift Lieutenant was landed at Weymouth on Sunday. The Repulle had, the 16th, on the day preceding the accident, re-captured the Princets Royal packet, from the Leeward lands, on-board of which the 3d Lieutenant and ten feamen had been fent. Some apprehenfions are entertained on account of her, as the is not yet arrived. The French prize-maiter was carrying her into Nantes. The mail had been taken out by the privateer which captured her.

Friday, March 21.

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A furious fire broke out in a brothel, in James-treet, opposite the Teams-court. An alarm being given about 11 o'clock, the

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