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balloons. He was a paper-maker, and extremely well verfed in mechanics and chymistry. The paper which he manufactured equalled the Dutch paper, and contributed confiderably to the celebrity of French printing. He was the firft who made vellum paper in France. 29th. At Valence, in France, after having reigned 24 years,6 months, and 14 days, aged 81 years and 8 months, Pope Pius VI. formerly Cardinal John Angelo Brafchi., He was born at Cefena, Dec. 27, 1717; was created cardinal by his predeceffor, Clement XIV. in April, 1773; elected pope, Feb. 15, crowned the 22d of the fame month, and took poffeffion at St. John Lateran's, Nov. 30, in the fame year, 1775.

SEPTEMBER.

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Sth. The rain fell this day in fuch torrents, that the flood next morning at Melbourn, in the county of Leicester, was by far the higheft ever remembered by the oldest fon, though fome of the natives are near 90 years of age. In a few hours the rivulet there rofe 10 or 12 feet perpendicular; and feveral houfes were much inundated, in which formerly the water in the higheft floods were never known to enter. A bed of large gravel and ftones, containing about 60 or 70 loads, was brought down by the rapidity of the ftream, and lay together in an oblong heap in the town ftreet; and in fome places the brook has changed its courfe, and entirely formed a new bed. Thefe uncommonly heavy rains are the more alarming, as the greatest part of the wheat and barley are ftand

ing in the fields; and in this neighbourhood much now is not inned, fome not cut. The beans are nearly all mowed, but none carried; circumftances which the oldest perfon cannot remember. A fmall brook, alfo between Rothwell and Defborough, in the county of Northampton, at the fame time rofe 14 feet perpendicular.

Turin. Yefterday our univerfity was fhut, and the colleges fealed, by order of the king. This morning 70 priests, who were hitherto confined in the archbishop's feminary, were embarked on the Po, to be tranfported. Among the provifors of our univerfity were feveral jacobins. Our city has prefented field-marfhal Suvarroff with a beautiful gold-hilted fword, as a token of gratitude for their delivery. He graciously received this prefent, and invited the deputies who delivered it to dine with him.

At Mantua the feaft of the reconqueft of that city was celebrated with great folemnity. Before the cathedral the following beautiful infcription was exhibited: "Deo rẻdemptori quod Mantva filiciter exprgnata, et a clementiffimo D. N. Imp. Francifco II. Semp. Aug. iterom in fidem recepta, Italiam a triennali captivitate liberaverit: plavo orbis Chriftiani vniverfo gratiarum fo-` lemnia."

Drefden. On Friday laft the princefs of Hohenlohe, and fuite, arrived here, and alighted at the Hotel de Pologne. This morning the doors of her apartment were found open; the bed of the princess, and the floor of her bed-room, ftained with blood; and neither the nor her jewels, money, clothes, and other effects, to be found. None of her fervants or equipage are miffing.

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Accounts from Sweden mention the accidental drowing of a woman of the name of Oloffon, at the age of 96. The father of the woman was found dead in a street in Stockholm; her mother ftabbed herself: of three husbands, to whom she had been married, the firft was hanged for killing her own brother; the fecond was blown up by a mine, at the fiege of Schiveindtz; and the third, with whom the lived near 20 years, was fuffocated by the fumes of a laboratory. Her youngest fon was drowned, and her eldest tranfported; her daughter, at the age of 20, disappeared, and was fince heard of. In fine, the misfortunes of this family feemed to extend to the relatives of thofe concerned with it, as a fon and daughter of her firft husband's also came to an untimely death, foon after his marriage.

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856 9 11 1,832 10 12,062 7 10 24,712 0 11

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Circumftances relative to the good of the fervice of the king, my brother, making it requifite that I fhould leave this city, where, during my refidence, I have conftantly received the most diftinguished marks of attention and regard; I fhould reproach myself, were I to depart, without expreffing to its refpectable magiftrates, and through them to the inhabitants at large, the grateful fenfe with which heart is penetrated for the noble manner, in which they have feconded the generous hofpitality of his Britannic majefty. I hope I fall one day have it in my power to make known, in happier moments, my feelings on this occafion, and exprefs to you more fully the fentiments with which you have infpired me; the: fincere affurance of which, time only permits me to offer you at prefent."

15th. A large and brilliant me4,093 9 8 teor was observed about half past eight this evening. The iky was tolerably clear, and it pafled in a direction from the N. W. to the S. E. at a confiderable elevation in the atmosphere. It had the ap、 pearance

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pearance of a beautifully blazing ball, rapidly paffing along, with a gently tremulous motion, but without noife; and, juft before it became extinct, a few red fparks detached themselves from it, as is the cafe when a rocket is falling. Though, probably, like other meteors, it was produced by inflammable air, kindled by an electric fpark, the light was much more vivid than inflammable air usually exhibits when burning, resembling rather the white light in fire-works, which is produced by filings of zinc. Its real altitude, and exact course, could only be afcertained by thofe accustomed to aftronomical obfervations, if any fuch were fortunate enough to be in a good fituation for a view of it; but, as it was certainly pretty high, it must have been vifible over a large furface of the earth. The day had been very rainy; in the afternoon there had been a little thun der; and, about ten minutes before the meteor appeared, there were fome corrufcations of lightning to wards the east.

21ft. Jeremiah Beck, a young man of fair character, was indicted for felonioufly affaulting Jane Gibbs, in Kenfington-gardens, on the 20th of June laft, and taking from her perfon a red leather pocket-book, ten guineas in gold, a half guinea, and two seven fhilling pieces. Jane Gibbs having given her evidence to the above effect, with the particulars of her following the prifoner, and procuring a gentleman's fervant to affift her in taking him; and the fervant and another man (Thomas Winter) delivering their teftimony likewife, of all they faw and knew of the tranfaction; the prifoner was called on for his defence: when he stated, that the charge made against VOL.XLI.

him was wholly unfounded, and that he had taken nothing from the woman; he added a variety of circumftances relating to his apprehenfion, and concluded by protefting his innocence. A number of perfons were then called, to prove that the faid Jane Gibbs (an ill favoured, difgufting figure) had been in the habit of stopping, speaking to, and afterwards charg ing gentlemen with robbing her. One of thefe gentlemen that had been fo treated by her was Dr. Ford, the ordinary of Newgate; two of the jury alfo faid fhe had acted in a fimilar manner towards them.-The ifue was, the acquittal of the prifoner, and the hiffing and hooting the woman out of court.

28th. At a common hall this day, for the election of lord mayor, the return was in favour of aldermen Combe and Skinner, but a poll was demanded for fir William Staines,

DIED. At Vienna (an example of the good effects of induftry and parfimony), Charles Abraham Wetzlar, baron of Blankenber erg, a baptized Jew, who began his ca reer by performing flight-of-hand tricks, afterwards became an undercommiffary in the feven years war, and ended it in the 85th year of his age as a baron. He has left three fons and five daughters, three of whom are married to barons Aughlbergh, Lezency, and Lowenbrunn and two to counts Teftetics and Clary. His fortune is estimated at five millions of florins, about 500,000l. sterling.

7th. At Bowood-park (the feat of the marquis of Lanfdown), John Ingenhoufz, M. D. phyfician to his Imperial majefty, fellow of the royal fociety of London, and of feveral other learned focieties; a man of D

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great fimplicity of manners and be nevolence of difpofition; to whom the public are indebted for feveral curious and useful difcoveries, particularly in the application of preumatic chymiftry and natural philofophy to the purposes of medical and agricultural improvements. His Experiments upon Vegetables, difcovering their great Power of purifying the common Air in Sunthine, and of injuring it in the Shade and at Night," first published in 8vo. 1779, have fince been extended and improved, and republished lately on the continent, in collections of his works, in French and German editions, which include his papers in the Philofophical Tranfactions." Prefixed to thefe editions is a portrait of the author. He was a native of Breda, and for fome time practifed phyfic in his native country. He came to England about the year 1767, to acquire information concerning the Suttonian method of inoculating the fmall-pox; and in 1768, (on the recommendation of the late fir John Pringle, who very highly esteemed him) he was engaged to go to Vienna to inoculate the archduchefs TherefaElizabeth (the only daughter of the emperor Jofeph II.) and the archdukes Ferdinand and Maximilian, brothers of the emperor. In the Spring of the following year he went to Italy, and inoculated the grand duke of Tufcany. The rewards of these fervices were the rank of body phyfician and counfellor of ftate to their imperial majesties, with a penfion for life of about 6007. fterling per annum. For feveral years paft he has refided in this country, to which, from his firft acquaintance with it, he has always been much attached, and,

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where he paffed his time almost une ceafingly in fcientific purfuits. İn "Philofophical Tranfactions," vol. LXV. are his experiments on the torpedo; LXVI. eafy methods of meafuring the diminution of bulk taking place on the mixture of common and nitrous air, with experiments on platina; LXVIII. a ready way of lighting a candle by a very fmall electrical fpark; ibid 1027, electrical experiments to explain how far the phænomena of the electrophorus may be accounted for by Dr. Franklin's theory of pofitive and negative electricity; LXIX. account of a new kind of inflamtable air or gas; ibid. 537, some new methods of fufpending magnetical needles; ibid. 661, improvements in electricity; LXX. on the degree of falubrity of the common air at fea, compared with that of the fea-fore, and that of places removed from the fea; LXXII. fome farther confiderations on the influence of the vegetable kingdom on the animal creation.

OCTOBER.

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1ft. Lewes. The rains which fell yesterday were, in the eastern part of the county, heavy to an extent almoft beyond conception. damage done by the high and rapid flowings of the water to bridges,, mills, roads, hop-gardens, and cornfields, is immenfe. Many families, whofe habitations were fituated nigh to rivers and ftreams, and on low ground, were obliged to fly to the upper apartments for the fafety of their lives, and there remain until this extraordinary flood had fubfided. At our bridge, and at a variety of other places, the water rofe

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to the height of feveral feet above what it had ever done before in the memory of the oldest man living; and the fwell was fo powerful, that it rofe at Uckfield, five feet in the fpace of one minute. Two unfortunate men, who at Uckfield were, by the impetuofity of the torrent, fwept away from before their own doors, after in vain attempting to dam the water from their houfes, were carried off by the current in fight of fome hundreds of perfons, who could render them no affiftance. They were, however, in 3 hours after difcovered, about 50 rods down the stream, lodged against a willow tree, when a man, at the peril of his own life, fwam to them, and found Mr. Curteis yet alive, but could then afford him no relief. He was, however, by the help of ropes and a long ladder, foon after wards got out, and taken to a public houfe, where he appeared fenfible, and uttered several words, but expired in about an hour and a half afterwards. Attempts were at the fame time made to get out the body of Wood, the other fufferer, but it again got afloat, and was not found till the next day. Curteis was a very ufeful man in his neighbourhood, and much refpected. He kept the parish accounts, which, with a number of other accounts, of confequence to individuals, was carried away by the flood; but the defk that contained moft of them was found, a few days fince, at the bottom of the river, and the parish poor-book picked up yefterday. This difaftrous event was witneffed by lord Gage, who gave the man that ventured into the water 2 guineas, for his humane exertions.

8th. Sir William Staines having

early declined the poll for lord mayor; and alderman Coombe and Skinner being returned to the court of aldermen; the latter, on a fcrutiny, was declared duly elected; but declined taking on him the high office.

In confequence of a mifunderftanding which took place between admiral lord St. Vincent and viceadmiral fir John Orde, while they were employed on the fervice of their country in the Mediterranean, a challenge was fent by the latter a few days fince to the noble earl, and accepted by him. Yesterday morning was the time appointed for the hoftile meeting; but their intention having been privately made known to Mr. juftice Ford, a war rant was granted against both those brave and ineritorious officers, under the authority of which, fir John was arrefted early yesterday morning, at Durant's hotel in Jermyn-street, by Townshend and Sayers, who kept him in cuftody till ten o'ctock, when Mr. Ford bound him over in the penalty of 2000l. to keep the peace, and two fureties in 10002. each. Mr. Ford then fet off exprefs, attended by Townshend, to the feat of lord St. Vincent, at Brentwood, near which the duel was to have been fought, and where they found his lordship preparing to fet out to receive his antagonist. Mr. Ford immediately informed him of the nature of his errand, and bound him over to keep the peace in the fame terms as thofe to which fir John Orde had been obliged to fubfcribe. We understand that earl Spencer and Mr. fecretary Dundas are the fureties for each. Thus terminated a bufinefs, which, had it proceeded to the extremity intended, might have afforded a most D 2

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