"London, Dec. 27. Mr Deputy Piper bas left a legacy of 2001. to Ald. Wilkes." On the 3d of July was tried at Guildhall, before Sir William De Grey, and a fpecial jury, an action for damages brought by Stephan, an Armenian merchant, against Gov. Verelft, for falfe imprifonment, and other injuries. After a trial of three hours, the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with 2500l. damages. [xxxviii. 154.] At Cambridge affizes, in July laft, Judge Afhurft gave the charge to the grand jury; in the courfe of which he noticed the good effects of the prefent mode of punishing convicts by hard labour upon the Thames [344.], the felons in general dreading that punishment much more than transportation. His Lordship informed the grand jury, as it was inconvenient, and indeed impracticable, to find accommodations and labour upon the Thames for all the convicts in the kingdom, a bill had been in agitation, and would probably be brought into parliament the next feffions, for houses of labour and confinement to be erected in every county, in which it was propofed to employ the felons in the hardett works, fuch as treading in a wheel, fawing wood or ftone, rafping logwood, or fuch other fevere labour as the juftices fall judge most advantageous to their respective counties; the felons to be divided into three claffes; the first extreme hard labour; the fecond not quite fo fevere; and the third ftill easier than the fecond; fo that thofe convicts who behaved well, and fhewed a due fenfe of their crimes, might, under the direction of the juftices, be removed from the fevere to the eatier claffes, and fuch as behaved ill into the fevereft. His Lordship obferved, that he mentioned this matter thus publicly, that gentlemen might turn their thoughts to the fubject, and give fuch hints as they may think neceffary to forward fo falutary a plan. The ftate lottery ended drawing on the 30th of December. [620.] "London, Nov. 28. On Saturday laft was laid before the commiffioners of longitude folar and lunar tables, by Mr Charles Mafon, of Sapperton, in Glou. cefterfhire. Thefe tables give the place of the fun and moon, both in longitude and latitude, within 15 feconds, as appears by comparing them with a regular ferics of above 1000 obfervations made by the late Rev. Dr Bradely, aftronomer. royal. Upon these undeniable evidences of the accuracy of the tables, Mr Malon claims the reward of 5000 1. offered by an act of parliament 14° Geo. III. for tables that shall fhew the distance of the moon from the fun or ftars, to 15 feconds of a degree." "London, Dec. 16. We are inform ed by a correspondent, that Mr Peter Allafon of Cotherston, in the parish of Romaldkirk, hath finished an elegant and curious Orrery, contained in three feet diameter, of a fingular conftruction: fhewing the various motions, magni tudes, diftances, &c. of the planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn; the diurnal parallelifm and an nual motion of the earth; the different th length of days and nights; the viciffitudes of feafons, diftinguished by repeat ed ftrokes on different bells; the fynodi. cal motion of the moon, its age and dif ferent phases; the retrograde motion of the nodes of the moon's orbit, and all the folar and lunar eclipfes, &c. Mr Allafon was never bred to any mechanic art, and barely knows the first four rules of vulgar arithmetic." "Fort L'Orient, Nov. 16. I think t my duty to make known, as far as it is in my power, the generofity of Ld Mulgrave, commander of the English mas of war the Ardent; who being on 1 cruise off Finifterre, was chafing two veffels, when he perceived a fhip without any mafts in great diftrefs: he immed ately gave up the chace to affift the veffe, which proved to be a fhip from Bour deaux, called the Huron, Capt. Boret. As foon as the Ardent was near enough, his Lordship fent off his boat with twen ty men to the French fhip, to pump out the water, and to bring the crew of the French vessel on board his ship to refre them. Ld Mulgrave then offered Capt. Boret any affistance he wanted to reft his veffel. His Lordfhip daily fent twen ty fresh men on board to relieve thos that he fent before, and affured the Captain, that he was very much affected at his diftreffed fituation, and that he would not leave him till he was out of danger. The Ardent carried a light in her fier every night, that Capt. Boret might not lofe fight of her; and desired him, if he wanted any particular affiftance in the night, to hoift two lights, and he would immediately fend off to him. This renerous behaviour was continued by L Mulgrave App. 1777. Mulgrave from the 31st of October to the 4th of this month, when he conducted him fafe into port. This action is of too exalted a nature not to be made public. "Edinburgh, Dec. 29. A correfponlent informs us, that on Thursday the 4th inft, the floop Katy, of Stirling, bound to Alemouth, to take in a loadng of corn, was driven on thore (the wind blowing ftrong at north-eaft) `beween Izelton and Bambrough caftle. On the ufual alarm being given from the aftle, (which is firing a nine-pounder. hrice, as is specified at large in the printd fignals), the people in the neighbourood immediately attended, to afford all he affiftance in their power to the unortunate veffel and her crew: and though hey found all the men aboard reduced o the greateft diftrefs by a long series of atigues, and almoft perished with cold; et getting them afhore, and conveyed o the caftle, they were, by the prudent management of thofe to whom that duty vas entrusted, foon recovered, and made xperimentally fenfible of the great ufeulnefs of that branch of charity, (among he many others established at Bambrough aftle), which relates to the relief of hipwrecked failors."- Our correfponent alfo adds, that another veffel, loadn chiefly with fugar, from London to cotland, came afhore near the fame place aft week; but by the timely affiftance f the tenants of Lord Crew's trustees, who are obliged to attend on all fuch helancholy occafions), and the help of arge ihip-fcrews, kept at Bambrough attle for that purpose, fhe was, in a hort time, raised, and fo well repaired s to proceed on her voyage, and gain er intended port." Sir William Meredith, on a motion by Mr Charles Fox, Dec. 2. for an injuiry into the ftate of the nation, diviled with the minority, and foon after efigned his white wand, as comptroller of the King's Household. On Tuesday, Dec. 23. a patent paffed he great feal of a grant to Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, of a pention of 2400 1. Der ann. payable at the exchequer, to commence from the date of his refigna. tion. [624, 79.] A treatife has lately been published in France, in which a calculation is made of the population of the moft remarkable cities in the world, the inhabitants of which the author computes to be as follows. Paris about Venice Alexandria 823,276 and increafing 340,000 ditto 930,000 decreafing 200,000 ditto 700,000 decreafing 160,000 ditto 240,000 ditto 350,000 increafing 300,000 ditto 100,000 ditto 95,000 ditto 230,000 decreasing 900,000 ditto 700,000 ditto 400,000 increafing 540,000 decreafing 670,000 ditto Lift of veffels feized as prizes, and of recaptures made, by the American Squadron, between May 27. and Oct. 24. 1777 (356.], according to the returns received by Vice-Adm. Ld Vijč. Howe. [In the London gazette of Dec. 6. we have an account of the names of the fhips and masters, whence come, whither bound and fent, with what loaded, and date of the capture;—we infert only the number of vclfels.] PRIZES. Taken by the Brune - by the Daphne by the Roebuck and tenders - by the Emerald - by the Perfeus by the Senegal - by the Milford by the Unicorn - by the Chatham's tender by the Syren by the Ambufcade - by the Solebay - by the Sphynx - by the Amazon - by the Orpheus - by the Flora - by the Rainbow - -by the Lizard - by the Apollo medicine-money, would, it was faid, be to the lecturer, a small fee, in name of 7 chearfully paid by every ftudent attend. ing the lectures. At the commencement of the winter-feffion 1776-7, Dr Duncan began a course of clinical lectures in the manner above proposed; and he collect ed, as medicine-money, above fifty gui neas. This design has taken place. Sum of the quantity and value of Linen ftampes for fale in Scotland. [xxxviii. 719.] From Nov. 1. 1776, to Nov. 1. 1777. More this year than the preceeding : The number of patients in the royal infras ry, Edinburgh, in 1777. [xxxviii. 719] In the hofpital, Jan. 1, 1777 1351 1395 Particulars of the above fum. = Supernumeraries Ships. Ruby Romulus 44 Montreal 32 Admitted that year Hind · Camel Ordinary patients 20 Weazel 16 Ja. Rd Dacres Servants ContentAr. 22 Ifaac Prefcot Soldiers Leith Sh. 20 James Orrock Of whom, Wafp 8 Hugh Blair Cured in the year 1777 Wolf Relieved, though not fully cured 157 Difmiffed by defire Difmiffed for irregularities Difmiffed as incurable Ariel [624] for 32 guns, read zo SCOTLAND. [621.] An act of the town-council of Edinburgh, dated April 9. 1777, for keeping clean the streets, and preventing nuifances, was duly publifhed foon after its date. As it was found, that the profecuting of fervants had not answered the intention of former [xxxii. 712.] regulations, the procurator fifcal is by the last act injoined to cite the mafters or mi.ftreffes of the families; and in queftions between-mallers and fervants, the fervants having tranfgreffed this act is to be held a fufficient ground for difmiffion. In March laft, proposals were publifhed, by Dr Andrew Duncan, phyfician in Edinburgh, for eftablishing, in that city, a public difpenfary, for the relief of the poor, when fubjected to chronical or tedious diseases. It was propofed, to conjoin with the practice of medicine which this charity would afford, lectures on the cafes of the patients who fhould reap the benefit of it. Befides a gratuity 80 18 28 The LONDON General Bill of Chriftenings and Burials, from December 10. 1776, to De- Bowelhive 34 674 134 152 128 | Chincough 1 Confump- 15 Cramp in the ftomach Gravel 263 Inflammation 1 Rupture Small pox 5 Stillborn I Suddenly 286 обо Decreased 151. Dropfy 2 Leprofy 4 Meafles 54 Teething Yellow fever I Accidents 113 Childbed 5 Fever 147 Mortification 1 Water in head i The burials in the Canongate and Calton burial-places are not included. Cademy of arts to be -Cadwallader, Col. released fwer, and reafons for hi A eftablished in his o. fufal 365, magica 50. Royal, difcourfe - - Provincia Campbell, Brig.-Gen. his o-- -Danbury, a - Duché, Rev. Mr, to Ga - Canada, account of its in-- Erikine, Sir W. his be 457-521 Captain, a provincial one - Executions by the provi - Franklin, Dr, letter -Captures on both fides 356 - Armies, British and Pro- - Clinton and Montgomery-Geary, Cornet, killed - Bofton, licentioufnefs of - Germantown, provanca Hotham, Comm. his he -Congress enlift malefactors - - Continental fleet at Rhode Cornwallis, Lord, his fuc- -Howe, Lord and Gen. ther Independence, declaratia Jamaica, Gov. Keith's fpeeth James town, addrefs of the Lady |