January 1.

On Wednesday morning, the 15th ult. a barbarous murder was committed, in a copfe at Goodwood, in Sussex, the feat of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, on the body of Thomas Hewitt, one of his Grace's grooms, by one Burnett, a poacher, in company with three others, who on the fame morning had been deftroying game in the above copfe, and who on meeting wi h the deceased and two of his Grace's parkkeepers, immediately fell upon them, and befides killing the above unfortunate man, they so unmercifully beat one of the keepers, that his life was in danger for several days. Hewitt, we are informed, had thrown Burnett several fucceffive times, and it is believed would have fecured him, (as Bornett hath fince acknowledged) had he not unfortunately in the scuffle fell backward over a wheel track, in which situation his cowardly and inhuman antagonist feized him faft by the throat, and never quitted his hold till he had killed him, when the murderers immediately fled, leaving behind them fome of their hats, and a bag containing three brace of pheafants. The Coroner's Inquest fat on the body of 'the unfortunate Hewitt, and brought in their verdict wilful murder, in confequence of which two of the criminals, James Burnett, and George Dilloway, who were foon afterwards apprehended and taken, were on the 18th init. committed to Hor-sham gaol, to take their trial at the next 'affizes for the faid murder. The other two "offenders, Charles Dilloway, and Daniel Shepherd are ftill at large. large. January 4.

Yesterday the mate of a ship was taken off the Royal Exchange, and carried before the Lord Mayor, charged with wilfully *running a fup on fhore on the coaft of France, whilst the Captain was ill, by • which both ship and cargo were seised by the French, and difpofed of by them. He was committed to the Poultry Compter for further examination.

Admiralty-office, Jan. 3. Capt. Mar*shall, of his Majetty's ship Emerald, arrived late last night from Capt. Fielding, with an account of his having fallen in with a fleet of Detch merchant ships, under convoy of the Admiral Count Byland, with a squadron of five ships and frigates of war,

Captain Fielding defired permiffion to vifit he merchant ships, which was refused. Upon fending his boats to vifit them, they were fired at: upon which he fired a fhot a-head of the Dutch Admiral, who returned

and then the Dutch immediately ftruck their colours. Such of the merchant ships as have naval stores on board were ftopt; and the Dutch Admiral told, that he was at liberty to hoift his colours and prosecute his voyage. He accepted the former, and faluted, but declined the latter; and is coming, with the ships that were under his convoy, to Spithead.

January 6.

In a neighbouring county (Surry) the price of corn has fallen almost one half from what it was only four years ago. The following is an accurate slate of the prices in 1775, and in the present winter of 1779 and 1780.

January 8.

The following is the dress of a Captain in the Westmeath Horse, part of the Voluntier army in Ireland. A light grey coat, faced with fearlet, and lined with white fattin; the waistcoat rich white fattin embroidered; two gold epaulets; a Hufsar cap adorned with feathers, a lion's head in front, the head made of folid filver, and weighing 27 ounces. A red cross belt with a gold harp, and a broad Turkish scymerar, the handle finished in the most expensive manner. The corps is commanded by Earl Belvedere, and if not the best difciplined, is the most fuperbly dreffed of all the Voluntiers in Ireland. Weftmeath is inhabited by the richest and most respectable families in that kingdom.

January 10.

This day was issued at the Paymaster General's Office, 183 days half pay to the reduced Officers of this Majesty's land forces, from the 25th of laft June to the 24th of December tollowing, both days inclufive.

The fame day was issued out at the faid Office fix months allowance to the Officers and private men belonging to the late third and fourth troops of horie guards to the fame time.

A dreadful fire happened in Great-Wildftreet, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, at three o'clock last Friday morning, when three houfes

first cart, for breaking open the house of Thomas Farley, of Coldbath Fields, and stealing thereout two filk gowns, two pair of stays, and other things; John Howell, for stealing 352 filk handkerchiefs, and other goods, to a confiderable amount, in the house of Mr. Davifon, pawnbroker, in Bishopsgate-street; and William Kent, for robbing Henry Otto, one of his Majesty's messengers, of his watch and money, on the highway, near Gunnersbury-lane, who went in the last cart. They were at tended by the Sheriffs, City Marshals, officers, the ordinary of Newgate, &c. from Newgate to the place of execution. They behaved exceeding penitent, wept much, and were terribly agitated and shocked at their approaching diffolution.

The above unfortunate youths were all very young, the eldest not exceeding 23 years of age.

January 18.

Yesterday advice was received at the East-India House, that the following sh ps were fafe arrived at their moorings at Blackwall and Deptford, viz. the Royal Admiral, Huddart, from Bombay; the Godfrey, Reed; the Glatton, Strong; the Shrewsbury, Coggan; and Mount Stewart, Stewart, from Bengal; the Queen, Douglafs, from Bencoolen; the Royal George, Foxall, and Glatton, Doveton, from

China.

January 22.

Yesterday the adjournment of the Session was held at Guildhall before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Rcorder, &c. to conclude the business which was left unfinihed at the late adjournment, when the following extraordinary tryal for an affault was heard :-Thomas Atkins, a Serjeant at Mace, went on the 24th of last June to ferve a procefs on Mr. Henry Gough, at his houte on Holborn-hill; he acquainted Mr. Gough with the nature of his business, who seemed inclined to fettle the matter. Mr. Gough going up stairs, the Officer followed, when he, Mr. Gough, turned round, and shoved Atkins over the bannister: Mr. Atkins not receiving much hurt, renewed the attack, and a general battle ensued between Gough and Atkins, and Gough's man and Akins's man. Gough finding the Officer too mighty for him to oppose without further affiftance, unchained a large fierce animal, which Mr. Atkins affirmed to be a Centaur, or Griffin; however, it proved to be a man fatyr: this had the defired effect, for both Mr. Atkins and follower, upon fight of the heaft, wifely declined the fight, and made a pre

January 25.

Admiralty-office, January 22, 1780. Rear-admiral Parker, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships at the Leeward Islands, in his letter to Mr. Stephens, dated at Barbadoes the 16th of October last, has transmitted a lift of the prizes that had been taken by the squadron under his command, of which the following is a copy.-And Captain Keeler of the Acteon (one of the Rear-admiral's squadron) in a letter to Mr. Stephens, dated at St. Lucia the 29th of October, relates, That being a few days before, with the Cornwall, on a cruize off the island of Martinique, they saw two fail, the one in chase of the other, the latter of which, by fignal from the former, was known to be an enemy; that they ftood athwart her, in order to cut her off from the island; and that soon afterwards she struck to the Proferpine of 28 guns (the frigate that was in pursuit of her) and proved to be the Alcmene, one of the Count D'Estaign's squadron, of 30 guns, and 220 men, without a gun being fired on either fide.

An account of prizes taken by the ships and vessels employed at Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, under the command of Hyde Parker, Efq; Rear-admiral of the

Red.

1779. August 30. French flute Le Compas, bound from Martinique, laden with

fugar, 20 guns, 140 men. September 22 and 23. French ship Le Prefident Le Berthun, from Bourdeaux to Cape Francois, with provifions, &c. 550 tons, 30 guns, 160 men. Ditto. French ship La Menagere, from Bourdeaux to Cape Francois, with provisions, &c. 600 tons, 30 guns, 160

men.

Ditto. French Chip L'Hercule, from Bourdeaux to Cape Francois, with provisions,

&c. 550 tons, 30 guns, 160 men. Ditto. French ship Le Marechal de Briffac, from Bourdeaux to Cape Francois, with provifions, &c. 400 tons, 22 guns, 150 men.

Ditto. French ship Le Juste, from Bourdeaux to Cape Francois, with provisións, &c. 200 tons, 10 guns, 35 men.

Ditto. French ship La Cherie, from Bourdeaux to Cape Francois, with provisions, &c. 18 tons, 8 guns, 35 men. Ditto. French thip La Jeanne Henriette, from Bourdeaux to Cape Francois, with merchandize, 160 tons, 2 guns, 30 men. September 14. French polacca Catharine, from Marseilles to Martinique, with wine, oil, candles, &c. 100 tons, 4 guns, 27 men.

September 22 and 23. French schooner La Lezarde, from Martinique to Bourdeaux, with fugar, cocoa, and coffee, 50 tons, 12 men.

Ditto. American schooner Count D' Eftaing, from New London to Martinique, with lumber, &c. 90 tons, 22

Admiralty-office, January 22, 1780.

Rear-admiral Gambier, in his letter to Mr. Stephens, dated at Plymouth, the 19th instant, gives an account of the arrival of Mr. William Jones, master's mate of the Pearl, in the Amista Spanish prize, by whom he learns, that on the 7th inftant Admiral Sir George Rodney, with the fleet under his command, in lat. 42 deg. 9 min. long. 12 deg. 28 min. fell in with a Spanish fleet of nineteen transports from Bilboa, bound to Cadiz, laden with provisions and naval stores, under convoy of a 64 gun ship and five frigates; the whole of which, excepting one transport, he took; that they are now on their way to England, under proper convoy; that the veffel which he has brought in has cables of 24 inches, and all forts of cordage on board; and that the frigates also are chiefly laden with cordage. Extract of a letter from Capt. Goodall, of his Majesty's ship Valiant, to Mr. Stephens, dated at St. Helen's, Jan. 19, 1780.

The Seaford arrived here last night, and brought in with her the two following

Dutch galliotts, burthen about one hundred and eighty tons each, first from Hamburgh, and last from the Texel, for Breft.

De Jaftrow Anna, Garben Ages, master, laden with ships knees, standards, &c. and I 5,886lb. of copper in theets, for theathing.

Le Vrow Catherine, Peter Hansen, mafter, from the fame place to Brest, and with a fimilar cargo. They are both fent into Spithead.

January 27.

Last December a Gentleman tried the power of electricity on a myrtle tree, in the following manner: he placed the pot in a room which was frequented by the family, and for seventeen days electrified it once in each day, allowing half a pint of water to the root on every fourth day. In confequence of this tryal, the myrtle produced several shoots, the longest measuring full three inches, and it is now in the Green-house in perfect health.

Dublin, Jan. 15. We have the pleasure to acquaint our readers, that on Monday last there was made the first export entry of woollens from this kingdom at our Customhouse since the reftrictions on our trade were taken off. The entry was made by William Worthington, Efq; of 1300 yards of ferge, for Lifbon.

The dispatches brought by the Carteret packet boat, Capt. Cartwright, from Penfacola, which arrived at Penzance on Saturday last, were on Wednesday brought to town. They contain an account of the taking of Penfacola by the Spaniards, affisted by fome French and Americans, on the 24th of last month. The packet failed on the 22d on a cruize; but a boat from Pensacola being fent after her, had the good fortune to find her, and put the dispatches on board. On the 28th the paffed the port, and faw the Spanish men of war, with their colours flying, in the harbour, together with some French and American thips, which she also knew by their colours. The English force at Pensacola confifted of part of the 60th regiment, about 600 foreigners, and about 150 militia.

BIRTHS.

A Daughter to the Lady of the Right

A daughter to the Lady of the late Sir Roger Twisden, Bart.

JOH

MARRIAGES.

HN Macmanara, Esq; of Lincoln'sinn, to Miss Jones, of Kensington. Col. Gordon, of the 50th regiment, to Miss Bamfylde, of Poltimore.

Sparry Peshall, Esq; to Mifs Anna Maria Homer.

William Girling, Efq; of Twyford Lodge, to Mrs. Barber, of Hindolveston.

Rev. Mr. Ryland, jun. of Northampton, to Miss Tyler, of Bradwin, Northampton. Rev. Mr. Donne, vicar of Loddon, to Miss Vertue.

James Dalbiac, jun. Esq; of Spitalsquare, to Mifs Barnard, of Bartlet's Buildings, Holborn.

Henry Woodgate, Efq; of Serjeant'sinn, to Miss Hammond, of Battle, Suffex. James Errington, Efq; of the county of Berks, to Miss Cooke, of Oxford-ftreet.

Rev. Mr. Beevor, rector of Claypole, Yorkshire, to Miss Perfect, of Pontefract. Thomas Green, Efq; of Cornhill, to Miss Weft, of Broad-ftreet.

Silvanus Frazier, Esq; of Jamaica, to Miss Wilson, of Thames street.

William Roberts, Elq; of the ad regiment of Dragoon Guards, to Mifs Garven, of Salabury.

DEATHS.

SGrovecha

John Reeves, Efq; of Richmond.

Gregory Olive, Efq; merchant, late of

Suffolk-lane.

48th reg. foot.

Elliot Lieutenant.

59th reg. foot. Dugald Campbell, Lieutenant.

65th reg. foot. Francis Seymour Hearft, Captain; John Baillie, Captain-lieutenant; Joley h Gill, Li utenant.

86th reg. foot. William Bethlingham, Lieutenant; Francis Sutton, Lieutenant; Hon. John Waldegrave, Lieut.

88th reg. foot. Hon. George Frafer, Lieutenant; Stephen Peacock, Quartermatter.

Captain Alexander Munro, Major-of Brigade to the forces in the ifland of Guerrfey.

Serjeant-major John Osborne, Provostmarshal to the three regiments of foot guards.

Matthew Jaines Batman, of Brandon, Suffolk, grocer and draper.

• Thomas Hills, of Hatfield, Sussex, hopmerchant.

Anthony Wild the younger, and Mary