FOREIGN NEW S. 163 to be bestowed in annual penfions, theed for the purpofe in the Place de Greve. affembly made the following decree : "The national affembly decree, that every friar, who fhall declare his refolution to leave his monaftery, shall be entituled to an annual penfion, reckoning from the day of his leaving it, in the proportions following, viz. To mendicants under the age of 50, 700 livres ; to thofe above 50, but under 70, 800 livres; to those above 70, 1000 livres. "And with regard to the monks not mendicants, 900 livres to those under 50; 1000 livres to those above 50, and under 70; and 1200 livres to thofe above 70. "That the Jefuits refident in France, who held either benefices or penfions from the ftate, fhould receive fuch additional fum, as should make them equal to the other religious of the fame clafs with themselves." Paris, Feb. 19. Yesterday at twelve at night, fentence was pronounced on Favras. He was declared "convicted of having formed a project for a counter revolution, by affembling the malcontents of the provinces-by introducing foreign troops into the kingdom--by feducing a part of the late French guards -by fpreading divifion among the national guards-by attempting the life of three diftinguished guardians of the pubFic liberty (M. Necker, M. Bailli, and M. de la Fayette)-by conveying the king and royal family to Peronne-by diffolving the national affembly, and marching a force against the city of Paris, which, by cutting off its fubfiftence, fhould compel it to furrender." He was in confequence, “to make the amende honorable before the principal gate of the cathedral of Notre Dame -to be afterwards conducted by the executioner in a cart to the Place de Greve, with his head and feet naked, holding in his hand a lighted flambeau of two pounds weight, and clothed in a linen frock covered with brimitone, having a lable on his breaft and his back, with this infcription-confpirateur contre l'etat. He was there condemned on his knees to confefs his having rafhly and wickedly meditated the commiffion of all the above recited crimes, and beg pardon of God, his country, his fovereign, and juftice; after which he was to be hung till dead, on a gallows erect At two o'clock he was brought from the prifon of the Chatelet to the cathedral of Notre Dame. The concourfe of people that flocked together to witness the humiliation and punishment of this firft judicial victim to the liberties of France, was immenfe. But notwithftanding the enormities of Favras's crimes, neither excess nor exultation tarnished the execution of the law. Paris, Feb. 22. Several addreffes were read by the national affembly from the new municipal bodies. The firft, from the island of Corfica, met with great applaufe. It announced that the inhabitants of that ifland had elected the renowned Paoli, general of their national troops. Another, from the municipality of Cahors, ftated, that order had been re-established there without the effufion of blood. Vienna, Feb. 26. February 20, Joseph II. emperor of Germany, clofed his career of empire and ambition, in the 49th year of his age, in the 26th year of his reign as emperor of the Romans, and the roth as king of Hungary and Bohemia. He was twice married; to a princefs of Parma, and a princefs of Bavaria ; but having left no iffue, the hereditary dominions of the houfe of Auftria devolve on his brother Leopold Jofeph, grand. duke of Tufcany. The evening preceding the death of the emperor, the archduchefs Elizabeth, confort of the grand-duke of Tuscany's fon, and the emperor's nephew, after being brought to-bed of a prince, expired. The remains of the deceafed emperor were interred in the fame vault, in the Capuchin convent of this city, where his parents were buried. The general mourning began the fame day, and is to laft for fix months. Namur, Feb. 23. The Belgic troops in this city are fo numerous that they can fcarcely find lodgings for them either in town or fuburbs, and therefore quarters are preparing for 7000 men in the Bailliwick of Waffeige. The number of workmen employed about the fortifications of our caftle amounts to 900, and their daily pay to 450 flo Edinburgh, Feb. 15. YESTERDAY a moft tremendous fire broke out in the weft pavillion of the beautiful feat of the earl of Moray, at Dunnybrink, which entirely confumed that wing, together with the furniture therein. 16. A court of aldermen was held yesterday at Guildhall; the lord mayor, recorder, and nineteen alderman were prefent, when the lord mayor communicated to the court, a third letter he had written to the right hon. William Wyndham Grenville, one of his majefty's principal secretaries of state, upon the fubject of removing the Bank-guard, with the answer thereto, which were read. This bufinefs caufed much debate, and several very able speeches enfued, tending in general to perfuade his lordship to defift contending with government on the above occafion, and to give up the correspondence. His lordhip fpoke feveral times, delivering his opinion and explaining his motives. The court refolved to requeft his lordfhip to proceed no further therein until the court had fully deliberated on, and confidered the fame. Feb. 19. By the late inundations in Staffordshire, the beautiful jasper bridge, over the Trent, is fwept away, made a prefent of by Mr. Wedgwood to the marquis of Stafford; the lofs is irreparable; it was prefented to the marquis as a token of friendship, which rendered it the more valuable. 20. The new dock, excavated from the folid rock, at the king's yard at Plymouth, was opened laft week, and the Europa, of 50 guns, taken in to be repaired. 21. Owing to the extraordinary mildnefs of the winter, the gardens and other lands furprifingly abound with the kind of grubs which in the fummer change to the flying infects called cockchafers. Thefe grubs are exceedingly voracious, devouring all forts of grain and pulfe, both before they have germinated, and when in leaf; they are equally deftructive in the kitchen_gardens, entirely eating through the ftems of young plants clofe to the earth, par 硬裝 ticularly peafe, cabbages, brocoli, cauliflowers, borecole, lettuces, endive, &c. In fhort, there is fcarcely any vegetable in family ufe, except onions, leeks, garlick, and fhallots, that they will not greedily devour. The best way to preferve plants from these deftructive animals, is to ftrew faw-duft (the coarf er the better) about their flems, the af perities thereof being fo offenfive to them that they cannot creep over it. To ftrew faw-duft along the drills of peafe, foon after they have broke ground, fo as flightly to cover them, is an effectual method to preferve them from flugs and grubs, and alfo from being injured by cold or wet. The Royal Society have formed a plan of a most extenfive nature, for promot ing difcoveries in thofe parts of Africa at prefent leaft known. The firft conduct of this fcheme is committed to a Mr. Walwyn, late a chief magiftrate of Bruges, and Mr. Hercules Crammond, an English gentleman of the faculty. They embarked a fortnight fince for Marseilles, where they are to take shipping for Tunis, and from thence endeavour to penetrate into the interior parts of the country. Their refearches are not to be confined to any particular object?- Natural hiftory, botany, antiquities, and, above all, commerce, are to engage their attention. The scheme is patronifed by government, and it is faid, hopes are entertained, that, from thefe enquiries, fuch discoveries will be made, as may compenfate, in fome degree, for the declining trade of Afia. The gentlemen have almost unlimited powers; whenever near the coaft, the confuls have directions to afford them every affiftance; and they are at liberty to return, whenever convinced that fuch a ftep is neceffary. Leeds, Feb. 22. At the adjourned feffions 1ld on Thursday, at the White Hart, in Wakefield, prefent Pemberton Milnes, John Blayds, and John Beckett, efquires, feveral additions were ordered to be made to the prefent buildings in the house of correction. Hot and cold baths are alfo to be erected, and a stove for t HOME NEW. S. for drying the prifoners cloaths. The folitary cells (amounting to fixty) are now complete, and promise to have the defired effect. Several prifoners are now confined there. 24. In the morning a man, in a very mean garb, went to the porter's lodge at Buckingham-houfe, demanding admittance to the king and queen, for whom he faid he had letters from the Lord. He had a paper in his hand, which he faid contained three epiftles from God. On his becoming unruly, he was taken into cuftody, and carried to Tothill-fields bridewell. 165* Dublin, Feb. 26. Monday laft the celebrated Barrington, who fo narrowly efcaped execution in London a short time fince, arrived from Holyhead in one of the packet-boats. He first embarked at Liverpool with capt. Power, and on the paffage, by a molt polite and conciliating addrefs, ingratiated himself very much into the esteem of the paffengers. During fome particular attentions to a lady indifpofed through the roughness of the fea, he found means to pick her pocket of a purfe containing 28 guineas; notA cod fish was fold in Workington withstanding his genteel and fpecious apmarket, Cumberland, for one fhilling.pearance, the fair one accused him direcIt weighed 151. and measured two feetly of the theft, and he found himself nenine inches in length, and feven inches in breadth. The roe weighed 2lb. 10 oz. one grain of which contained 320 feeds. The whole therefore might contain 3,901,440 feeds. From fuch a trifle as this, we may obferve the prodigious value of the fisheries to a commercial nation, and hence draw useful hints for their cultivation. Thus, fuppofing that each of the above feeds fhould have arrived at the fame perfection and fize of the mother fifh, its product would weigh 26,123 tons, and confequently would load 261 fail of fhips, each of 100 tons burthen. If each fifh were brought to market, and fold for a penny, they would amount to 16,250l. and if fold for a fhilling (not an uncommon price) would bring a return of clear value to the ftate of 195,000l. Yorkshire is perhaps the county of this kingdom in which the moft remarkable inftances of longevity occur. The cool falubrity of the air, and the drynefs of the foil, must be the caufe. There are now alive in a village in that county five old men, whofe ages, when added, amount to the aftonishing fum of 410 years. 25. About eight o'clock in the evening, a fire broke out at Pedlars-acre, Lambeth, which continued burning with great violence till twelve, during which time it burnt most of the buildings on Burnham's coal-wharf, and three houfes in Bridge-ftreet, béfides damaging feveral others. At four o'clock the next morning a ftack of chimnies fell, and overwhelmed, it is fuppofed upwards of 20 perfons, 11 of whom were dng out in the forenoon of yesterday, feven of the m ceffitated to fubmit to examination, though not without complaining in pointed terms of his wounded feelings and offended refpectability on fuch a fufpicion. The money was not got in his poffeffion, but on a clofe fearch was found undiminished in one of the beds. March 1. James Cannon, a native of the Ifle of Man, was apprehended for ftealing the colours of the first regiment of guards, from St. James's. He was taken to Bow-ftreet, and underwent an examination; where he seemed to betray fymptoms of infanity; and on being further interrogated, faid, there were traitors in England, by fome of whom he had been employed, and that to-morrow he would difcover those who had put him on. 2. The benevolent and philanthropic John Howard is no more. He fell a victim to the warmth of his benevolence in the fervice of mankind. He died at Cherfon on the 20th of January laft, after an illness of twelve days. His diforder was a fever, caught at the hofpital of that town, while adminiftering relief to the unfortunate wretches labouring under the fame diforder. 3. A purfer in the navy has prepared a code of fignals for the admiralty, on a plan equally fimple and ingenious, with 12 flags only. This plan is fufceptible of expreffing thoufands of fignifications by being difplayed on the most confpicuous parts of a fhip; and by an eafy mechanical device, they are made to change almoft perpetually, thereby rendering them of no use in the event of their falling into the enemy's hands. A general court of proprietors was held held at the Eaft India houfe in Leadenhall street, to ballot for a director of the Eaft India company, in the room of the late Jofeph Sparkes, efq. deceased. The candidates were J. Pardoe, jun. efq. and captain S. Williams. The ballot was taken as ufual in the court-room, and began at nine o'clock in the morning, and closed at fix in the evening. At half paft nine o'clock the numbers on the ballot were declared to them as follows, after having gone through the hands of the fcrutineers as ufual: S. Williams, efq. Majority 643 225 fon to be Thomas Wilfon, of Derby, efq. top to be Edward Hartop Wigley, of Leicestershire.-Edward Wigley Har Little Dalby, efq. BIRTHS. Feb. 8. The lady of Henry Saffory, The lady of William Pollard, efq. of Upon which S. Williams, efq. was efq. of Wallingford, of a daughter. declared to be duly elected. This day the right honourable George Evelyn, viscount Falmouth, and the right honourable Dudly Ryder, comptroller of his majefty's houfhold, were, by his majefty's command, fworn of his majefty's moft honourable privy-council, and took their places at the board accordingly. Whitehall, March 6. The klng has been pleased to nominate, conftitute, and appoint the right hon. W. Wyndham Grenville, one of his majesty's principal fecretaries of state, the right hon. W. Pitt, chancellor of his majefty's exchequer, the right hon. H. Dundas, the right hon. Con. J. lord Mulgrave, of the kingdom of Ireland, the right hon. lord Fred. Campbell, and the right hon. Dudley Ryder, to be his majefty's commiffioner's for the affairs of India. MARRIAGES. Feb. 12. J. Hill, efq. of Finchley, to mifs Nocol, of the Hyde, Hendon. John Muzzel, efq. of Horsham, Suffex, to mifs Tilly. Henry Woodward, efq. of Aldborough, to mifs Petty. John Elwes, efq. of Stoke, Suffolk, to Mrs. Haynes. Dr. Stark Robertson, physician of Bath, to mifs Reid. Mr. John Sherman, lecturer of St. Clernent's Danes, to mifs Martha Tafh Bullivant, of Wymondham-hall, Lei ceftershire. William Burne, efq. of Great Ruffelftreet, to mifs Hynde. Jofeph Ewer, efq. of Ealing, to miss Roberts. Edward Sankey, efq. adjutant of the 7th regiment of light dragoons, to miss SHERIFFS appointed by his majefty in Fremoult. Cambridge and Huntingdon-Tho. Yorkshire. Charles Duncombe, the younger, of Duncombe Parke, efq. AMENDMENTS. Derbyshire.-Thomas Macklin Wil Capt. Ruthven, of Hampton, Middlefex, to miss Brown, of Moulfey, Surrey. Philip Carter, efq. of Richmond, Yorkshire, to miss Willett. James Bell, efq. of Queen's-place, Kenfington, to mifs Kennedy, of Chel fea. John Mortimer, efq. of Thames Ditton, to miss Ratcliff, of Church-ftreet, Westminster. Kirton, efq. of Great Prefcotftreet, Goodman's-fields, to mifs Tunftall, of London-ftreet, Ratcliffe. Richard Marriages and Deaths. Richard Everett, efq. of Loughborough, to miss Gorges. John Saunders, efq. of Edward-ftreet, Portman-square, to mifs Chalmers, of Chelsea. 20. Philip Lybbe Powys, efq. of the firft troop of grenadier guards, to miss Louifa Michell, of Culham-court, Berks. The rev. Edward Chriftian of Brancafter, Norfolk, to mifs Robina Morthland, of Rindmuir, near Glasgow. Thomas Martin, efq. of Saffron Walden, to mifs Eleanora Amey, of Palfham. Ambrofe St. John, efq. to mifs Hamlyn, of Clovelly-court, Devon. James Markes, efq. of Nottingham, to mifs Paley. Richard Barwell, efq. of Ipfwich, to mifs Fordham. 27. Henry Otway, esq. of Castle Otway, Ireland, to mifs Cave, of Stamford Halvin, Lincolnshire. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, efq. of Great Titchfield-ftreet, Mary-le-bonne, to mifs Lydia Sellon, of Saint James's, Clerkenwell. John Waller, efq. of Caftletown, Limerick, to mifs Oliver. William Gabbert, efq. of Catheline, Limerick, to mifs Waller, of Castle Waller, Tipperary. Miles Sandys, efq. of Graithwaitehall, Lancashire, to mifs Cranston. William Nevil, efq. of New Bondftreet, to mifs Somerville. James Barton, efq. of Conduit-ftreet, to mifs Paxton. March 3. The hon. Mr. Montague, to mifs Beckingham, of Portmanfquare. 12. John Houghton Rich, efq. to mifs Sarah Woodray, eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Woodray, of Ardley. Thomas Mitchell, efq. of Lymington, to mifs Rogers. John Croft, jun. efq. to mifs Shepherd, of Upper Charlotte-ftreet. Henry Sloper, efq. of Staines, to miss Wilfon. James Harris, efq. of Hackney, to mil's Long. 16. The rev. Mr. Hill, of Chrift Church, Oxford, to mifs Gibson, of Paul's Wharf. 17. Capt. Purvis, of the navy, to mifs Garrett, of Portsmouth. 167 ftreet. Capt. Frafer, of Lambeth. Col. Betterworth, of the Royal Irish. of lord Weftcote. Mifs Jean Graham, of Duchray, Scotland. John Wilfon, efq. of Glasgow. Dr. John Gordon, of Aberdeen. Dionyfius Thompson, of Leith. Ifaac Dent, efq, of Birchin-lane. Edward Sutton, efq. of Winchester. Capt. Hamer, of the Hull invalids. 15. The lady of fir Hungerford Hofkyns, bart. 16. Mrs. Seawell, of Gower-street, Bedford-fquare. Mrs. Palk, of Ashburton. Mr. Francis Turner, rector of All Saints with St. Nicholas, South Elmham, Suffolk. 20. Henry |