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Keneth Rofs, of Ashburton, in Devonshire, dealer.

iron-founder and money fcrivener.

William Herring, now or late of Hampstead Road, in St. Pancrais, viapaller.

Richard Brooke, of Exeter, woollen-draper. Benjanin Goodman, of Hinckley, in Leicestershire, malifter,

John Thorne, of Weymouth in Dorsetshire, rope

maker.

John Clarke, D. D. provoft of Oriel College, William Mynd, late of Ros in Herefordinare, Oxford, and a prebendary of Rochefter.The Hon. Edmund Butler, brother to the late Lord Dunboyne.-Lately, at Lisbon, where he went for the recovery of his health, the Right Hon. Lord John Pelham Clinton, fecond fon of the Duke of Newcastle, member for Eaft Retford, in Nottinghamshire, and one of the gentlemen of the bed chamber to the Prince of Wales.-At Romfey, Hanis, Mr. Cotton, of that town, aged 91; it is remarkable he died on the anniverary of his birth, and scarcely knew any illness till that which was the caufe of his death.

BANKRUPTS.

WILLIAM GOSLING, late of Welbeck ftreet, St.
Mary la Bonce, carpenter, (but now a pri
.foner in Clerkenwell Bridewell.)
John Neale, late of Otley, in Yorkshire, dealer.
Thomas Halle de la Mayne and Thomas Creafer,

both late of Carlife Houte, St. Anne's, Soho,
dealers and partners.

John john on. of Ashburn, in Derbyshire, grocer. William Stephens, of Croxton Kerrial, in Leicesterthire, graz er.

Michael Wainhouse, of Hallifax, in Yorkshire, merchant.

Heary Phillips, of Bath, innholder.

John Jaques, of Portman ftreet, St. Mary la
Bonne, coachmaker

John Kay, of Manchester, money-fcrivener.

Willam Peddie, of Great Bandyleg walk, Southwark, dealer.

Thomas Mitchel, of Three Tun-court, Miles'slane, Cannon-fireet, London, merchant and dry. alter.

James Baskerville, Llanvareth, in Radnorshire, carpenter.

George Walker, of Rode, in Somerfetfhire, clothier.
Andrew Murcott, of Coventry, auctioneer and
aletman.

James Dowdell, of New-Court, Little Bell-alley,
Coleman-ftreet. London, merchant.

Jofeph Lovek n, fate of Rupert-ftreet, but now of
Oxford Breet, bridle-cutter.

Thomas Lawrence, late of the Devifes, in Wilts,
innholder.

Richard Stocks, now or late of Bradford, in York-
hire. grocer.

George Longstaff, of Monk Wearmouth, in the
County of Durham, coal fitter.

Samuel Smith, of Bedminler, in Somersetshire,
manufacturer of Muttard.

James Falkener, of Sh-p-Yard, Temple Bar, baker,

and dealer in flour

Clement Olivant. of Sowerby Row, in the Par f
of Cafle Sowerby, in Cumberland, dealer.
John Openshaw, late of Redivals, in the Parish of
Bary, in Lancashire, clothier

William Crawley, of St. John's Atreet, Weß-Smith-
field, tinplate-work-r.

John Henshaw and James Sunderland, of Willenhall, in Staffordshire, copartners and factors. Richard Glover, Thomas Harris. Thomas Less, and William Bosworth. all of Yardley, in Wor. ceftershire, brickmakers, builders, and copert

ners

Samuel Johnfon, late of Liverpool, ironmonger. Henry Walker, late of Thurmafton, in Leicefter. thire, dealer.

Robert Weeding, now or late of Hadle gh, in Suffolk, grocer.

Mark Craner, of Broad freet, London, merchant. Thon as Belchamber, of Godtione in Surry, timbermerchant

Richard Weft, of the Borough High fireet, South-
wark, hopfa&or.

Andrew Spoulton, of Milton, near Sittingborne, in
Kent, fellmonger and leatherdreffer.

John Green, late of Corhow, in the Parish of Lor-
ton, in Cumberland, but now a prisoner in his
Majefty's goal of Carlife, dealer.

John Johnton, late of Birchin lane, London, mer-
chant.

Walter Pearce, of Hereford, furgeon and apothecary
John Richards of Birmingham, japanner,

George Wallett, of Sutton St. Mary's, in Lincoln-
fhire, merchant,

Thomas Fricker, late of New street square, St.
Bride's, London, linendraper.

John Newcomb and John Ball, of Dean's court,
St Martin's le Grand, London, carpet-manufac-
turers and copartners.

James Gibert of Waithamstow, in Effex, dealer in
horfes, and cattle.

Thomas Pittman, formerly of Litchfeld-street,
Soho, and now of Wardour street, Soho, dealer.
Robert Wath of Cattle treet, St. Mary la Eonne,
wine-merchant.

Henry Page, now or late of Great Queen-street,
fad ers-ironmonger

George Champion of Bristol, and of Clifton, Glouceite f.re, merchant,

Thomas Gill, of Pontefra& in Yorkshire, linea-
draper.

John Pearfon, of Kirton, in Lindsay, Lincolnshire,
Shopkeeper

Obadish Moore of the Parish of Handsworth, in
Stafford.hie, horledealer.

Peter Hawkefworth, now or late of Grays-inn

Henry Payne, of Pall Mall, St. James's, Weftmin-
fter, book eller.

Robert Platt, late of Deptford, in Kent, mariner.
John Bevan, of King freet Guildhall, St. Laurence
Jewry, London, victualler.

Jasper. Bavertock, late of Sutton Vezy, and ince
of Upton Lovell, in Wilts, cealer.

Mary Parker and Fell Parker, of Wapping, mer
chants and copartners.

Charles Mackclarey, of Norris-freet, St. James,
Wedminder. grocer.

Thomas Young late of Lemon-fireet, Goodman's-
felds, cordwainer.

Jcha

John Newton, of Windmill Hill, near Moorfields, the teftator, leaving a fon: the teftator

brewer.

Peter Andrews, late of the Borough of Southwark, now a prisoner in the King's Bench Priton, platterer.

John Overton of Tooting Graveney, in Surry, carpenter and builder.

Marlowe Sidney Marlowe, of Gracechurch ftreet,

London, grocer.

Henry Anderfon, of Great St Thomas, Apoftle
London, merchant and insurance broker.
Jonas Fox, late of Buxton, in Derby hire vintner.
John Craven, of Cow Crois, Middie.ex, druggist
and chemist.

A general Bill of all the Chriftenings and Bu rials from Dec. 10, 1780, to Dec. 11, 1781.

Buried.

10499

10210

never altered his will; and died fome few years after. At his decafe, the grandfon and the fon both claimed the eftate; the former as heir to the teftator, the latter under the will. The difpute terminated in a fuit at law in the King's-Bench, or Common-Pleas, of Ireland, in which the grandfon obtained a decifion in his favour.

The party nonfuited appealed to England, and the determination of the Irish court was reverfed by Lord Mansfield, on his appeal his reafon for reverfing it was, that though equity was clearly in favour of the defendant, ftill the law was as clearly in favour of the appellant; becaufe as the teftator's' eideft ion had never been in poffeffion of the eftate in queftion, having died before his father, his fon (grandfon to the teftator) could derive no right through him, to that which never belonged to him; the legacy, 7083 of course, was to be confidered in the light 2399 of a lapfed legacy, and the fecond fon, in point of law, became heir, under the will, 725 to the eftate, which, if no will at all had 1518 been made, muft neceffarily have gone to 1640 the grandfon.

In all 20709

Whereof have died,

Under two years of age

Between two and five

882

1391

950

394

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202 1 But it feems, by fome accounts from Ire1649 land, that the fheriff of the county of Cork, in whofe bailiwick the eftate in queftion lies, will not execute the order of the Court of King's Bench in England, because that would be a complete avowal that Ireland was dependent upon England; an avowal which must clash with all the, late pretenfions of the I ifh to the fupremacy of their own legislature and judicature. Nay, it is faid, that the fheriff has exp effed a determined refolution not only not to execute the orders of the English Court of King'sBench, but alfo to oppofe the coroner, with the whole poffe comitatus, if any writ should be directed to the coroner for putting the appellant into poffeffion.

Increased in the burials this year 102.

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HE following instance of the increase of flax, it is thought, will ftimulate farmers to the more frequent cultivation of that ftaple article, which would fave much money to this country, and tend greatly to the encouragement of the linen manufacture. Thomas Hay, at Kirkcaldie, fowed five lippies of flax feed, the produce of which was ten ftone, four pounds, four ounces, each ftone yielding 14lb. of dretfed flax of as good a quality as is fold at rod. per lb.

violent fhocks of an Earthquake had lately happened in the City of Tangiers, and other places contiguous which had demolifhed a number of houfes, and that the ramparts of the place had received confiderable damage.

Orders have been received at Bruff-lls from the emperor to de nolith all the fortreffes and fortified places in thefe provinces, except Luxemberg, Namur, and Antwerp, together with Offend, which laft place will only remain fortified towards the Sea; the materials of the above demolitions will be publickly fold. All thefe places had Dutch garrifons, which will now be entirely ufelefs, and confequently a great faving of expences.

The Turks feem to be more inclined at
prefent, than in any former age, to enter into
reaties with Chriftian Princes. A nego-
ciation has lately been opened between them
and the Emperor of Germany, through Ba-
ron Herbert, the Imperial minister at Con.
ftantinople. This negociation relates to the
exchange of a few diftricts of land bordering
on Moldavia: the emperor, it feems, wishes
to cede to the Porte a part of the Province
of Czernowice, beyond the Pruth, in return
for a part of Moldavia, adjoining to the Seret.
The object is, to render the poffeffion of the
two crowns in that quarter lefs interfected,
and of courfe more compact. By this ex-
change the Imperialists, in their marches
from one part of their provinces to another,
would no longer be under the neceffity of
making a great detour by the mountains, to
avoid entering the Ottoman territories; by
this exchange, the communication between
Tranfylvania and Auftrian Poland would
become more eafy; and by this exchange,
in a word, the limits of that portion of Mol-
davia, which was ceded in 1775, by the
Court of Conftantinople to that of Vienna,
would be more clearly afcertained, and cen-
fequently remain lefs liable to be contefted.
On the other hand, the Turks would gain
this advantage from the exchange, that the
territory of Choczim, which is at prefent
confined within very narrow limits, would
be confiderably enlarged, and the fortress
lefs preffed for fpace. However, the fuccels
of the emperor in this negociation is at pre-
fent extremely doubtful. The Turks them-
felves, convinced of their own weakness,
cannot fee without dread any increase of
power to a neighbour, already too formi-
dable.

Letters from Warfaw, dated Nov. 15, fay,
that the Grafhoppers known by the name of
Afiatic, and which are the largest and
ftrongest of the fpecies, having palled aft
year from the Provinces of Turkey into the
Buckowina, have been fince fept back to us
by the injudicious, though well meant con-
duct of the Governor of Ifenberg: this officer,
feeing an immenfe cloud of thefe Grafhoppers
failing through the air, caufed the artillery
and mufketry of the place to play upon them;
this broke the cloud, and the infects having
divided into two bodies, one of them fettled
afterwards in Turkish Moldavia; the other
in the Polish diftrict of Huffyalin. Every
thing was deftroyed in the places where they
paffed and laid their eggs. Their numbers

in the district of Huffyalin we e fo great,
that the whole furface of the earth feemed to
be converted into Grafhoppers: there was
every reason to believe that from fuch im-
menfe quantities the grafs and con would be
all devoured; and the tres perish by having
the bark all confumed by thefe infects; but
by the good difpofitions made by the Baron

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de Rucks, first director of the difit, the
people were delivered from this Egypian
fcourge. By the King's proclamation, a re
ward of a Polifh florin was offered to every
one who fhould produce to perfons appointed
for the purpofe a Koretz of thefe infects;
Koretz being equal to two Auftrian bushels:
this proclamation produced the defired effect;
for in the diftrict of Huffyalin only, there
were collected 14,380 bushels of Grafhop-
pers, which were burned in very deep phis
dug for the purpose.

The King of Poland is at prefent (Dec.)
making a tour of all that remains to him of
his kingcom. The Poles are in raptures at
the fight of a fovereign, who has hitherto
never been seen in any part of the kingdom
except in and about the capital: the affabi-
lity of Stanislaus makes the most lively im-
preflion on the hearts of his fubjects, the great-
eft part of whom had never been blaffed with
a fight of their prince: Stanislaus has paffed
through many places, where a King of Po-
land has not made his appearance for half
a century back. The country gentlemen,
who never go-to the capital, and who had
never feen the king, came in large bodies to
meet him on the road, as he paffed; and
they returned to their feats in raptures at the
gracious reception they had met; and re-
proaching themselves at the fame time for
having once confederated against him.

A circular letter has been fent through
all the different diftricts of Bohemia, with
the following notice: that his Imperial Ma-
jefty was refolved to grant to all the Protest-
ants in his hereditary dominions, a greater
liberty of confcience than they had hitherto
enjoyed; and that he would foon fully ex-
plain himself in a royal edict, which was
then drawing up. This circular letter fur-
ther added, that all the natives of his here-
ditary dominions, who had become voluntary
exiles on account of religion, might return as
foon as they fhould think proper, in the ful-
left conviction that they fhould never be in
the leaft degree cifturbed in future on the
fore of religion.

The last advices from Mahon fay, that
notwithstanding the heavy rains, the want of
horfes to draw the waggons, and other dif-
ficulties, yet our works go on with alacrity
and fuccefs. Six batteries are finished, and,
we hope, during the course of this month,
or in the beginning of the next, to batter
Fort St. Philip with 120 pieces of cannon,
and upwards of 30 mortars. Our general
will not fuffer the fire to commence till all
the batteries are ready, thofe which are at the
greatest distance are but 500 toifes from
the fort, and the nearest only 250, all the
communications are finished, and batteries
are erected at thofe places where the enemy
may attempt to land,

INDEX

INDEX to the PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY, to the ESSAYS on
various Subjects, and to the DOMESTIC and FOREIGN OCCUR-
RENCES, for the Year 1781.