The city of London prefented their congratulatory addrefs to his Majefty: which the reader will fee in our State Papers.

His Majelly's principal fe14. cretaries of ftate tranfmitted letters to the chief magiftrates of the feveral towns where rioting has lately disturbed the public peace, requiring the nanies of fuch offenders as are already apprehended, together with copies of the feveral informations against them, in order to their being laid before his Majefty in council; from whence it is apprehended, that fpecial commiffions will be iffued out, and circuits appointed for trying the criminals, as was found neceflary in Ireland, for the trial of the levellers in that kingdom.

Mr. Wildman, whom we have before taken notice of, being fent for to wait on Lord Spencer, at his feat at Wimbledon, in Surry, he attended accordingly, and feveral of the nobility and perfons of fashion were aflembled: the Countefs had provided three ftocks of bees.

The first of his performances was with one hive of bees hanging on his hat, which he carried in his hand, and the hive which they came out of in the other hand: which was to convince the Earl and Countess that he could take honey and wax without deftroying the bees. Then he returned into the

room, and came out again with them hanging on his chin, with very venerable beard. After fhewing them to the company, he took them ont upon the grafs-walk facing his Lordship's window, where a table and table-cloth were immediately brought out, and he fet the hive upon the table, and made the bees hives therein: then he made the bees come out again and fwarm in the air, the ladies and nobility ftanding amongst them, and no perfon ftung by them; he made them go on the table, and took them up by handfuls, and toffed them up and down like fo many peas; and made them go into their hive at the word of command. Near five o'clock in the afternoon he exhibited again with the three fwarms of bees, one on his head, one on his breaft, and the other on his arm, and then went in to his Lordfhip, who was too much indifpofed to fee the former experiments; the hives which the bees were taken from, were carried by one of the fervants. He went into the room again, and came out with them all over his head, face, and eyes, and was led blind before his Lordship's window. He then begged of his Lordship that he would lend him one of his horfes, which was granted, and was brought out in his body-cloaths. He then mounted the horfe, with the bees all over his head and face, (except his eyes) and breaft, and left arm, with a whip in his right hand, and the groom then led the horfe backwards and forwards by his Lordship's window for fome time.

He then took the reins in his hand, and rode round the houfe. He then difmounted, and made

made the bees march upon a table, and commanded them to retire to their hive, which they accordingly did, and gave great fatisfaction to the Earl, the Countefs, and all the fpectators.

The Ironmongers company have given 1501 to the fufferers by fire at Barbadoes, and 501, to thofe at Montreal.

The elegant ftatue of Queen Elizabeth, placed on the east-end of St. Dunstan's church in the weft, is opened. The ftatue is placed in a niche finely painted, bearing a fceptre in her right hand, and a globe in her left, and other orna ments; and underneath the folJowing infeription cut cut out in ftone:

"This ftatue of Queen Eliza beth formerly ftood on the weft. fide of Ludgate: that gate being taken down in 1760 to open the ftreet, it was given by the city to Sir Francis Goling, knight, and alderman of this ward, who caufed it to be placed here."

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The Queen of Denmark landed at Altena, and it is impoffible to exprefs the joy with which the was received. The bridge prepared for her royal reception, was covered with fearlet eloth; on one fide whereof were ranged the ladies; and on the other fide the men; and at the end were two rows of young women, drefled in white, who firewed flowers before her Majefty, as the approached. The illuminations were inconceivable.

Hops fold at the new market at Mailftone, from 31. 3s. to 31. 12s. very fine, 31. 15s. Bags from 21. 8s. to 31. A few higher. About 1200 pockets and bags were fold.

At Weyhill fair, which ended this day, the finest Farnham hops fold at 51. 12s. Ordinary hops from 50s. to 31. 5s.

Came on at Hicks's-hall, a 21.

most remarkable trial, wherein the miftrefs of the White Horfe at Poplar, (who for many years kept the faid houfe dreffed in man's cloaths, and ferved all parish of fices with reputation) was plaintiff; and one William Barwick, defendant. During the course of the trial it appeared, that the defendant had extorted divers coufiderable fums of money from the plaintiff for concealing her fex, which he was acquainted with: when he was convicted of the faid crime on the fullest evidence, to the fatisfaction of the whole court. He is fentenced to stand four times in and upon the pillory, to fuffer four years imprisonment, and to find f❤ curity for his good behaviour.

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The feffions, which began on Wednesday, ended at the Old Bailey, when three perfons received fentence of death; John Clarke, a watch-cafe maker, for high treafon, in diminishing the current coin of the kingdom. He was difcovered by his apprentice, who, often obferving him bufy in his closet, thought he had fome art which he had not yet taught him, and accordingly bored a hole in the waipfeot, through which he faw him filing guineas; James Telten for ftealing a bank note, value 20%, out of a letter that had been put into a receiving office, in Chancery-lane, where he was an apprentice; William Grithths for a burglary in Catherine-fireet. At this feflions 36 were ordered for' tranfportation, three branded in the

hand,

hand; and 32 discharged for want of profecution.

Some villians went on the 29th of July to the house of John Scott, Elq. near Stephen's Creek, on Savannah river, in S. Carolina, and, after beating him and his wife with the utmost inhumanity, robhed him of gold, filver, and paper-money, to the amount of 14001. They were not discovered at the latter end of Auguft.

A merchant in Threadneedlefreet, received an account from Paris, that an earthquake happened at Martinico the latter end of Auguft, which swallowed up the greatest part of the town of St. Pierre, and deftroyed 80 fhips in the harbour; that the inundation of the fea had overflowed great part of the island; that 1600 perfons had loft their lives; that the interior parts of the island had alfo greatly fuffered: and that feveral adjacent iflands had felt the fhock very feverely.

There is now in a garden in Whitehaven, Cumberland, a pear tree in full bloffom, and bearing fruit for the third time this feafon; and what is very remarkable, there are pears upon it, fome in half, and others full in growth.

There has been cut in a field, near Felton-park, in Northumberland, belonging to Riddel, Efq. a cabbage weighing four flone four pound and feven ounces, growing among feveral hundreds of nearly the fame weight, all cultivated by the horfe-hoeing husbandry. This beneficial improvement in the new husbandry, we recommend to the oblervation of our readers concerned in agriculture. For only eftimating one thoufand cabbages

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on acre, and their weight thirty-five pounds each, it will be 35,000 pounds weight, of which we fuppofe a bullock can eat as much again as he can of turnips, that is to fay, 300 pounds of cabbage.-Now at this allowance, in which the animal is furely not ftinted, the produce of the acre of land will nearly feed a bullock during four months. Of the fame genus is the napus fylvefiris, commonly known by the name of rape, or cole, which is well worth cultivation in this country.-Mr. Miller fays he has found, in feveral places where he has fowed this feed, that one acre of land properly planted will produce almost as much food as two acres of turnips, and will afford late food after the turnips are run to feed. One acre will produce as much as, at a moderate computation, will fell for five pounds, clear of charges.➖➖➖➖ Partridges, pheasants, turkeys, and most other fowls, are fo fond of thefe plants, that, if there be any of them in the neighbourhood of the field where they are cultivated, they will flock thither, and lie conftantly among them.

Sir John Langham, lately deceafed, has given in truft to the lord mayor and aldermen of London, 60001, in new South-fea annuities, towards railing a fund for the relief of poor difirefled foldiers and feamen, and their families; and the executors or that gentleman have given notice that they are ready to pay the fame.

A boy who had been apprehended, with others, for houfebreaking at Paris, brought up thirty louis d'ors, which he had fwallowed fix weeks before, by way of concealment they were [7]

fo changed in his ftomach, that they were not paffable.

Her Royal Highnels the 27. Princess Royal was chriftened by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, by the name of Charlotta-Augufta-Matilda. The fponfors were the King of Denmark, (reprefented by his Grace the Duke of Portland, Lord Chamber Jain); the Queen of Denmark (reprefented by the Countefs of Ef fingham, one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber); and her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Louifa in perfon.

By the laft affize of bread fet forth this day, the peck loaf to weigh 17b. 6 ounces; wheaten, 2s. 8d. houthold, 2s.

They write from Paris, of the 7th inftant, that a mefenger arrived from Rome with advice, that thirteen cardinals were made on the 25th of September laft, viz. Monf. Callino, patriarch of Antioch,

Archbishop of Serra, auditor of the Chamber,

Monfieur Oddi, Archbishop of Ravenna,

Archbishop Branciforte, Profident of Urbino, Archbishop in Spain,

Pallavicini, nuncio

Archi hop Borromco, nuncio at Viena,

Archbiflop Pamfili, nuncio at

Paris,

neral,

Monfieur Veterani, affeffor of the holy office.

And from Lisbon, that many diforders having been occafioned by the ill conduct of fome of the governors of the Azores, the King has united all thofe islands under one government; and that dignity is granted to Count Antonio d'Al mada. His Excellency is to refide at Angra, the capital of Terceira, and will have under his command two regiments of 420 men each, a detachment from which is to be quartered in each of the islands.

Extrad of a letter from Madrid.

Father Poyans, rector of the Jefuits of Sarragola, and brother of the Marquis de Poyans, late fecretary of he Spanish embaffy to Ruffia, has been arrefted by order of his Catholic Majefty, on account of there having been found in his houte upwards of three thousand copies of a writing on the expulfion of the Jefunts from France; a work, in which not only the magiftrates and the minifters are treated with indignity, but even the facred perfon of his Moft Chriftian Majefty is not refpected. This feditious piece bears in the title-page, Paris, though printed at Sariagofia; and it is fuppofed that the French minifter, having been informed of what was doing, acquainted the Spanish minifiry with it, and demanded the deten