a Dutch veffel, laden with fruit. -The Griffin and Rambler cutters have taken Le General Ville Patoux, French privateer, carrying 12 guns and 56 men.-And Lieutenant Furnival, of the Nimble cutter, has taken La Subtille French privateer of 14 guns and

43 men. 12th.

The feffions ended at the Old-bailey, when the following prifoners received fentence of death, viz. James Smith, for robbing Tho. Morris, on Conftitutionhill, in St. James's-park, of two half-crowns; Charles Sheppard, for breaking into the dwellinghoufe of Jane Weft, in St. Botolph's, Aldgate, with intent to fteal her goods; Abraham Dry, for robbing Janet Atkinson on the highway near the Broad-fanctuary, Westminster, of a bundle containing a quantity of ftockings and other pedlars goods; William Dobey and John Darbey, for affault ing James Bing in a field near Tottenham-court-road, and rob bing him of a pair of filver fhoebuckles and fome money; Mary Jones and Anne Gilfon, for ftealing in the fhop of Meff. Allnut and Cox, in Southampton-ftreet, Holborn, 57 yards of Perfian filk; Thomas Maple and Jofeph Maple, for breaking into the dwelling houfe of John Seager, the King'shead, in Gray's-inn-lane, and ftealing a table cloth, a filk cardinal, and other things; Anne Martin, alias Harris, alias Lanfdale, alias Jones, for ftealing in the dwelling-houfe of Geo. Eltoft, to whom the day before she had been hired as a fervant, a quantity of filver plate, a metal watch, two counterpanes, and other things; fhe was alfo convicted for

ftealing in the houfe of Peter Crawford, Efq; at Clerkenwell, where fhe had been hired about five hours, a large quantity of filver plate, value 40l. and upwards.

This night's Gazette con13th. tains proclamation for a public fast and humiliation to be obferved throughout England and Wales, on Wednesday the 21st day of February next, and in Scotland on Thursday the 22d day of that month.

The Houfe of Commons

agreed to the report of the 25th. refolution of yesterday, for granting 80,000l. for the relief of the fufferers from the late hurricanes at Barbadoes, and 40,000l. for thofe at Jamaica.

A letter from Shrewsbury fays, "Between twelve and one o'clock on Thursday morning laft a fhock of an earthquake was felt by many inhabitants in different parts of the town, providentially without doing any damage; it was fo ftrong as to awaken several perfons out of their fleep."

At the meeting of the fociety, for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, the following candidates received the premiums adjudged to them for drawings:

Mifs Leonora Deyongh, of Bow, Middlefex, the leffer filver pallet for a drawing of flowers.

Mr. W. P. Tompkins, of Queen. Anne-ftreet Eaft, the greater filver pallet, for a drawing of landfcapes.

Mifs Anne Smith, of Portlandroad, the leffer filver pallet, for a drawing of landfcapes.

And the golden medal was adjudged to Wm. Mellifh, Efq; for having planted on his eftate in

Nottinghamshire, 47,000 larch

trees.

24th.

Lord Geo. Gordon was brought up to the bar of the Court of King's-Bench, by virtue of a writ of Habeas Corpus, iffued to the Lieutenant Governor of the Tower.

The writ of Habeas being read, and a return made of it, the court ordered the indictment to be read; previous to which Lord George Gordon requested permiffion of the court to be heard a few words. This being complied with, his lordthip remarked, "That he was affonished to find, on his arrival at Weftminster, that the doors of the hall were fhut, and confequently that the people had not free accefs to his trial. He then enumerated the various hardfhips that had attended his fingalar fituation and long confine. ment faid he had fuffered much in confequence thereof by the force of public prejudice: expreffed his furprize that fuch a vaft number of jurors fhould have been fummoned on his trial, as by this means he was deprived of the ufual benefit of challenging his jury he had likewife heard that the very judges of the land had been confulted on his cafe; but he hoped the fact would prove, that he had not been thus prejudged. Witneffes, he found, were brought up from Scotland against him; what they were to prove he knew not; nor did he know how he was to bring up witneffes from the fame quarter to confront them, having been informed, that the jurifdiction of the court did not

extend to Scotland.

"He underfood by the law of the land, that the overt-act ought

to be fpecially fet forth in the indictment for high treafon; but as no particular charge was fpecified in his, he fhould find himfelf at a lofs to meet it with fuch evidence as he might otherwife be enabled to produce. He hoped, however, and trufted, that the court, as was cuftomary in fimilar cafes, would become his counsel in points where he flood in need of fuch indulgence; adding, that he only wished for a candid and impartial trial."

Lord Mansfield having affured his lordship, that he would meet with every indulgence the court could confiftently grant him, the indictment was read over, and the clerk of the crown asked the prifoner to plead to it; when his lordship faid, "Not guilty."

The attorney-general now moved the court for the prisoner to be again brought up to the bar of the court on Monday the 5th of February, then to be put upon his trial;" which being made a rule of court, his lordship was remanded back to the Tower, under the cuftody of the lieutenant - governor.

The Weft-India mail, brought over by the Anna 31. Terefa Packet, Captain Crosby, arrived on Monday evening at the Poft Office, and brings dispatches to the admiralty from Sir George Brydges Rodney, dated the 10th of December, with advice, that he arrived at St. Kitt's from NewYork two days before, with the following fhips of the line, viz. Sandwich go guns, Centaur 74, Ruffel 74, Triumph 74, Refolution 74, Alcide 74, Terrible 74, Shrewsbury 74, Torbay 74, Suffolk 74, and Intrepid 64: that he

had been joined off Barbadoes by the Alfred of 74, Monarch 74, and likewife by the Ajax 74, and Vigilant 64, from St. Lucia.

Admiral Hood had been met within ten days fail of Barbadoes,

all well.

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DIED, Dec. 30, 1780. At Purfer's-crofs, Fulham, Mrs. Eliz. and Mrs. Fra. Turberville, in the 77th year of their ages, of a cient and refpectable Weft-country family; they were twin fifters, and both died unmarried. What adds to the fingularity of this circumftance, they were born the fame day, never were known to live feparate, died within a few days of each other, and were interred the fame day.

Sir Roger Burgoyne. Bart. Jan. 1, 1781. In White-hartyard, Drury-lane, Mary Parker, aged 108.

FEBRUARY.

-Hague, Feb. 1. The States of Holland and Weft Friefland were affembled both yesterday and this day, as were alfo the different colleges of admiralty: the prince ftadtholder is almoft daily in council, and this day the three placarts, lately publifhed by their High Mightineffes, will be fent to the different provinces.

The marine treaty figned at Copenhagen between the plenipotentiaries of the Emprefs of Ruflia and thofe of the Court of Denmark on the 28th of June 1780, relative to the freedom of the neutral navigation, has appeared here, and feems to be entirely founded upon the memorial and declaration of the empress upon that fubject;

and the articles are nearly fimilar. To this treaty the King of Sweden acceded on the 21st of July 1780, and their. High Mightineffes on the 20th of November in the fame. year.

On Monday was determined, after a hearing of three days, before the Barons of the Exchequer, the long depending caufe between the Vicar of Kenfington, and feveral of his parishioners; when it was decreed, that peaches, melons, pines, and all other hothoufe plants, and exoticks, and all fhrubs, engrafted trees, and nurferies, are tytheable in kind, whatever expence may attend the cultivation.

The following narrative of the voyage of five of the vel 3d. fels arrived in Ireland belonging to the laft Eaft-India fleet from China to the Cape is contained in a letter from an officer on board the Calcutta to his friend in Edinburgh.

We failed from China on the 20th of January, in company with the Worcester, Royal Henry, Morfe, and Alfred; and instead of the ufual tract by the ftraits of Sunda and Banca went by the ftraits of Malacca, to avoid the risk of falling in with an enemy On the 26th of February we took our departure from Achinhead, and to get clear of danger gave the islands of Mauritius, &c. a large berth.

Being ftrictly ordered to keep to the fouthward, to fhun any cruifers that might be off the Cape, we were, by ftrong foutherly currents, and north-west winds, driven into the latitude of 41 degrees and a half, and experienced a long run of bad weather. From the

29th

29th of April, that we were in the latitude of the Cape, to the 6th of June, we had (almost without intermiffion) the moft violent gales of wind and bad weather. During the gales we parted company with the Morfe.

Upon the 7th of June, the Royal Henry proving very leaky, we were under the neceffity of bearing away for Madagascar, that the might be able, if poffible, to ftop her leaks. On the 25th we arrived fafe at St. Auguftin's Bay, Madagascar, where we had the good fortune to fall in with the homeward bound fleet from the coast, viz. the Belleifle, 64, Afia 64, and Rippon 60, with the Ganges, General Barker, Talbot and Norfolk India-men,

This fleet had come in very fickly, and had been lying there about a week. Very foon after came in the Morfe, with whom we had parted company the 4th of May; he had fprung a leak, and had been obligd to throw four of her guns and part of her cargo overboard.

"The crews of the fhips having got well rid of their several diforders, and having got on board all the neceffary refreshments, we on the 28th of July failed for Cape Bona once more. After experiencing again two very hard gales of wind, by which feveral of the fleet parted company, we at length had the good luck to meet all again, and come into the Cape together the 22d of Auguft. Upon our arrival here we had the fatisfaction to find, that what had appeared to us most unfortunate in feveral parts of our paffage, had really been moft lucky. Indeed I believe a chain of more lucky

2. By our not being able to reach the Cape the first time, we avoided five fail of French fhips, which were cruifing for us.

3. By getting to Madagascar we fell in with the fleet, which we were actually ordered to go into the Cape to join, and alfo had the good fortune to find the Morfe again.

4. If we had arrived at Table Bay a week or 10 days fooner, when we had the last severe gale, we must undoubtedly all have perifhed;-for, by the accounts of the inhabitants, no fhip could have rode it out."

Saturday the Court of 6th. King's Bench was opened, and the previous bufinefs of admiffions and bail being finished, a petition was read from the poor prifoners of the King's Bench prifon, for the ufual allowance to be paid them fince the time of their enlargement by the late riots. Lord Mansfield could not, he said, grant the prayer of the petitioners, because they were not in actual cuftody, and therefore had a power to provide for themselves, which when confined they are not fuppofed to have. He added, that fince the first day of the term, he had received a great number of letters from all parts of the kingdom, informing him of the abufes of fome attorneys, endeavouring to delude the poor, arrested and in cuftody, to pay them money for their discharge. In order to re