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"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

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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
Madrid
London
Amsterdam
Lisbon
Conftantinople

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Venice
Dantzick
Petersburg
Koninfberg
Copenhagen
S:ockholm
Naples
Pekin in China
Rome
Mofcow
Babylon

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700,000 decreafing

160,000 ditto

240,000 ditto

350,000 increafing

300,000 ditto

100,000 ditto

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230,000 decreasing

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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.]

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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.
Quantity 14,793,888 1 half yards.
Value L. 710,633: 18:
:7:14th.
Medium Price 11,2 4ths d.

More this year than the preceeding :
Quantity 1,221,940 yards.
Value L. 71,760 : 8: 11 : 1 4th.

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

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Ordinary patients

20

Weazel

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Soldiers

Leith Sh. 20

James Orrock

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Cured in the year 1777

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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

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The LONDON General Bill of Chriftenings and Burials, from December 10. 1776, to De-
cember 16. 1777; with the difeafes and cafualties, &c. [xxxviii. 735.]

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Jaundice

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The burials in the Canongate and Calton burial-places are not included.
GLASGOW Deaths: $48 males, $76 females, is 1134. Decreafed 37.

Cademy of arts to be -Cadwallader, Col. released fwer, and reafons for hi
England 12

A eftablished in his o. fufal 365, magica

50. Royal, difcourfe
to the ftudents on the diftri
bution of the prizes of 312
Acts paffed 161. 265. 327.671
Abstracts of 337. 339
Addreffes on the fuccefs of his
Majesty's arms in America
47.103.269
Adminiftrations, on our differ-
ent ones 632
Advertisement, a curious one
for a doctor, &c. 151
Agriculture, board for the im-
provement of, propofed by
Lord Kames 31
Air, experiment of its ability
to fupport a human body 502
Allegiance, Dr Campbell on 32
Almanack, preliminary addrefs
to Poor Richard's 21. Nau-
tical 439
America. Adams, Mr Sa-
muel, reproved by Dr Wi-
therspoon 116

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Provincia

Campbell, Brig.-Gen. his o-- -Danbury, a
perations in Staten ifland 637 stroyed 284.
-Campbell, Col. his account count 186 Account by Ca
of his cruel treatment by the Washington 288. Audem
Americans 249. Anfwers to account 353
this account, with replies
250. Enlarged 288

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Duché, Rev. Mr, to Ga
Washington 692

- Canada, account of its in-- Erikine, Sir W. his be
vafion by the provincials ry 353.
Letter to him
the cruel ufage of the pr
vincial prifoners 363. E
answer 364

457-521

Captain, a provincial one
tried for tealing a blanket
477

- Executions by the provi
cials 422

- Franklin, Dr, letter
Lord Howe to him,
his anfwer 150. His and M
Deane's letter to Ld
mont, complaining of
cruel treatment of the p
vincial prifoners 501.695

-Captures on both fides 356
- Carolina: abjuration oath
360. Hiftory of the province
for 1776 577
- Cedars, provincial account
of the affair at 85. English
officers account of 87
Clinton, Gen. his force by
fea and land 81. His com--Franklin, Mr, tried for the
pliments to feveral officers murder of Gov. Young 443
594. His operations against - French officers in the pr
the rebels 635. His letter vincial fervice 12. Ships fal
to Gen Burgoyne, how dif- for America ib. Nobicna
covered 651.
enter into their fervice 216

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Armies, British and Pro-
vincial, account of 145
- Arms, ammunition, &c.
fupplies of arrive for the pro-
vincials 248. 357
Blankets, how the provinConfederation, articles of
cial army is fupplied with 82
them 595

- Clinton and Montgomery-Geary, Cornet, killed
forts taken 638

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Bofton, licentioufnefs of
the people at 518
-Brown and Lincoln, Gene-
rals, their operations 651
-Burgoyne, Gen. his army
and destination 360. Pro-
clamations by him 368. 517.
Takes Ticonderoga 409. —
415. Lift of killed, wound-
ed, and flores at 414. His
progrefs 477. His first pro-
clamation anfwered by Gen.
Washington 479. Circum-
ftances retarding his march
513. His account of his
operations 518. His inftruc-
tions to Col. Baume 591.
Letters between him and Gen.
Gates for the exchange of
prifoners 648. His opera-
tions, and his capitulation
with the provinciais 652. -
658. The terms of his capi-
tulation 658-661. Minutes
of his council of war ib.
His cafe not fingular 665.
His civil treatment by the
provincials 664. Provincial
account of his affair 665

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Germantown, provanca
defeated at 641
- Granby tort crected by the
provincials 12
Guadalupe, English velch
released at 13

Hotham, Comm. his he
cefs 641

-Congress enlift malefactors
13. Borrow five millious of
dollars ib. Low rate of their
paper dollars at New York-Heffians, provincial exp
ib. Their proclamation a-
ftulation with 479
gainst monopolies, and ad-
drefs to the people ib. Re-
duced in number, and retire
to Baltimore 81. Their ac
count of the taking of Gen.
Lee 141. Order an inquiry
into the reafons for evacua
ting Ticonderoga 517, 94.
and into Sullivan's conduct
at Staten island 594. Remove
to York-town 605. Order
the intereft on loan office
certificates to be paid in con-
tinental bills of credit, or in
bills of exchange on the A-
merican' commiffioners at Pa-
ris ib.

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- Continental fleet at Rhode
ifland, lift of 11. Lift of
the whole 357

Cornwallis, Lord, his fuc-
cefs 75. Thanked by his
Majefty 355. His demand
of an exchange of prifoners
364. Gen. Washington's an-

-Howe, Lord and Gen. ther
proclamation of pardon
Different proclamations it
148 288. 595. 645.
places the General was po
effed of in New Jerky
In danger of being taken
248. His account of a
mith 408. Letters to the
miniftry 756. 139. 355-4,
9. 595, 6, 8. 604, 5, 33

Independence, declaratia
of, antwered 65. 121. 17
233. 289 In what refpe
it would be advantageuts
Britain 116

Jamaica, Gov. Keith's fpeeth
to the affen.bly of 47 -
tended infurrection of d
negroes at 449

James town, addrefs of the
inhabitants of to Lord Pet
187

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