earl of Lowdon, a lieutenant-general in his majesty's fervice, and one of the fixteen peers in this parliament is lineally defcended. SATURDAY, July 18. John Steel, alias Beaumont, was committed to New Prifon by John Fielding, Efq; charged with divers highway robberies lately perpetrated by him in the county of Middlefex, Surry, and Kent, It is obfervable, that most of the perfons whom this man has robbed, he constantly fwore them to fecrecy, or not to describe him or his horfe for a certain time. At Salisbury affizes, which ended on Wednesday laft, Mary Jefferies, for murdering her baftard child, and Reui!! L'Oifeau, for affaulting and robbing Thomas Dymock, received fentence of death. Before Mary Jefferies was brought out of prifon, the morning of her execution, the confeffed her crime, but laid great blame upon fome perfons, by whom, the declared to the laft, she was over-persuaded to commit the murder. L'Oiseau behaved very penitently, after condemnation; and confeffed at the place of execution, that he intended to have murdered Dymock, as well as robbed him. SUNDAY, July 19. Yesterday afternoon about two o'clock, his royal highnefs the duke of York arrived at Scarborough, and was immediately faluted by 21 of the caftle guns, and by all the fhips in the harbour, with their colours flying. At night he went to the affembly-room, and opened the ball with lady Caroline Montague; afterwards played at cards; and this morning was waited on by the whole corporation in their formalities, and walked with them to church, attended by Sir Wm. Boothly, Mr. St. John, Col. Morrison, &c. 1 Saturday night laft about ten o'clock, came on there the loudeft claps of thunder that have been known for many years, and continued moft part of the night. The lightning was most dreadful; the flashes followed each other fo faft, that the firmament feemed to be in a continued blaze for some time. Mr. Ord, of Sands, near Sedgfield, in the county of Durham, was killed by the lightning that night on his return from Durham. The fame night a farm-house, at Ingleton, near Pierfebridge, was fet on fire by the lightning, and burnt down. Several sheep and cattle in different places in Northumberland were killed; and had not a heavy rain fucceeded, many more lives would in all probability have been loft. Several brooks were fwelled to an uncommon height; and great damage has been done to feveral houses adjoining, as well as to the hay ground, by the rapidity of the cur rents. Accounts have also been received from divers other parts of England, of damages done by thunder, lightning, hail, &c. TUESDAY, July 21. The right hon. lady Sondes is appointed one of the ladies of the bed-chamber, to his majefty's intended confort. The hon. Mifs Neville, fifter to lord Abergavenny, is appointed one of the maids of honour to her intended majesty; as are alfo Mifs Dashwood, daughter of Sir James Dashwood, Miss Bishop, daughter of Sir Cecil Bishop, and Mifs Meadows, daughter of Sir Philip Meadows. They write from Bath, that on Sunday morning laft, Mr. Edmund Roach, a Tallow-chandler and dealer in horses, of Marshfield, was found dead near Weftwood, on the road leading to Colerne. He left Bath on Saturday evening, and his horfe ftrayed the fame night to Colerne. Monday the coroner's inquest fat on the body, and brought in their verdict, wilful murder; several marks of violence appearing. His pockets were turned infide out, and his watch and money taken away. Monday evening a woman, enquiring for lodging at Colerne, was afked concerning her last place of abode, &c. and not giving fatisfactory anfwers, gave some fufpicion; and she was thereupon strictly examined touching the faid murder and robbery after fome hefitation, the con felfed feffed that her husband and fome others had robbed the aforesaid Mr Roach; and gave intelligence where her husband was to be met with; and he was accordingly apprehended the next morning at Kingston St. Michael, in Wilts. He appears to be a feafaring man; and on his examination confeffed the robbery, but denied the murder; declaring that he found the deceased lying dead on the road, having as he fuppofed, been killed by a fall from his horse, and that he thought it no crime to rob a dead man. THURSDAY, July 23. The right hon. lord Anfon and many other persons of distinction, went to Deptford, where the ceremony of altering the name of the Caroline yatch to that of the Royal Charlotte was performed; and a great concourfe of people was affembled on the occafion. The lords of the admiralty have appointed capt. Dennis to the command of the faid yacht. A certain nobleman has undertaken to ride from London to Edinburgh, with fresh. horfes every stage, in 12 hours. About 40,000l. are depending on the issue. FRIDAY, July 24. This day was committed to New-gate at Briftol, Patrick Ward, a marine, belong. ing to the Devonshire tender, charged on the coroner's inqueft, with the murder of Mr. Henry Morgan, of Shierhampton, The faid Ward was near the water-fide with fome of the hip's company, and having a gun in his hand loaded, which he feemed to use in a very regardless manner, Mr. Morgan who stood at a fmall distance off, observing it, civilly defired him to take care, otherwife some danger might enfue; without any further provocation, this inhuman wretch came up and difcharged the piece at him, and the ball entering juft below his heart he instantly expired. SATURDAY, July 25. Admiralty-Office. Captain Henry Scott, of his majesty's floop the Badger, being off Holy Inland, on the 17th inftant, fell in with, and took a French privateer belonging to Dunkirk, called the Loup, captain Dithamel, commander, of twelve carriage and eight fwivel guns, and 70 men, with five ranfomers on board; and has brought her into Yarmouth roads. A poor woman at Hammersmith, going out for fome things the wanted, left two TUESDAY, July 28. This day a proclamation was inued, for recalling and prohibiting British seamen from ferving foreign princes and ftates, and for prolonging to the 12th of September next the ufual bounties to feamen and able bodied landmen that shall voluntarily fhips of war. enter themselves on board his majesty's This morning early 20 French prifoners, confined under the court hall at Rochester, broke out and made their efcape. Three of them were taken This day a man died near Golden fquare, occafioned by drinking 14 large glaffes of geneva for a wager. WEDNESDAY, July 29. Rear admiral Holmes, commander in chief of his majefty's fhips at Jamaica, gives an account to Mr. Cleveland, that Hampshire man of war fell in with the in the morning of the 13th of June the St. Anne a French fhip of war from Port au Prince and chafed her right down upon the Centaur to the leeward. The Anne was kept between the two ships till the run clofe in thore, and becalmed about a league to the northward of Donna Maria Bay, when he began to fire her stern chace. Soon after one o'clock, Centaur got clofe along-fide when the truck her enfign. She is a very fine ship, constructed for 64 guns, and had on board fix 24 pounders, twenty-fix 12 pounders, and eight 8 pounders, with 389 perfons; was commanded by M. Aguillon, and was carrying home a cargo of indigo, coffee, and fugar, to the value of one million of French livres. Mr. Holmes fent her into Jamaica. the Marriage, Deaths, Promotions, and Preferments, &c. will be inferted in our next. C Earl of HALIFAX. HARLES MONTAGUE, the most diftinguished statesman of his time, was born the 16th of April, 1661, at Horton, in Northamptonshire, the feat of his father, the honourable George Montague, Efq; younger fon, by a fecond wife, to Henry earl of Manchefter. He had a numerous family, confifting of four fons, and as many daughters; and though poffeffed of no other estate than his mother's jointure, yet, by an excellent economy, he bred up all his children in the genteeleft manner, and provided handsome fortunes for them. Charles, the youngest, gave very early tokens of an admirable genius. *At the age of 14, he was fent to Weftminfter school, where he was, two years after, chofen a king's fcholar. That excellent obferver of a boy's genius, Doctor Bufby, under whofe immediate care he was, perceiving his inclination towards poetry, took care to improve it by frequently putting him upon making extempore epigrams, in which exercife he parAugust, 1761. ticularly excelled. At this fchool he contracted a very great friendship with Mr. George Stepney, who, being his fenior, was elected to Trinity college, Cambridge, in 1682. Mr. Montague's election came on the next year, but the apprehenfion of being chofen to Chrift's Church in Oxford, and thereby feparated from his friend, gave him fo much trouble, that he earnestly intreated his relations not to keep him waiting the iue of his election, but to forego that advantage, and let him now accompany Mr. Stepney to Cambridge. His requeft was granted, and he was admitted at Trinity college there that year, in the ftation of a fellow-commoner; his kinfman Dr. John Montague, then mafter of that college, taking him under his tuition. He quickly made a most extraordinary proficiency in every branch of academical learning, prefently recommended himself to the notice and acquaintance of Mr. (afterwards Sir) Ifaac Newton; and in 1684, joined with him in endeavouring to erect a philofophical fociety at Cambridge, Mke that enablished in the fifteruniversity. |