ter which they broke the windows, &c. of feveral individuals whom they knew to be Catholics. The magiftrates this day iffued a proclamation defiring mafters to keep in their fervants and apprentices; notwithstanding which, great numbers affembled in the evening in the College-court, with an intention, as they faid, of knocking down the houfe of Principal Robertfon, who, they imagined, favoured the Popish bill: fortunately a party of Dragoons arriving before they could effect their purpofe, they difperfed, and left the city in peace, on being affured by the magiftrates, that all thoughts of bringing in the bill were laid

afide.

This day, by virtue of a 5th. commiffion from his Majefty, the following bills received the royal affent, viz.

The bill for more speedy and expeditious recruiting his Majesty's land forces and marines.

The bill for better regulating his Majefty's marine forces when on shore.

The bill for allowing the importation of fine Italian organzined thrown filk for a limited time.

The bill for the better prefervation of the oyfter fishery at Whitstable; and also to several private bills.

The Lieutenant and Midfhipman who entered the house of Mr. Axford, and impreffed his fhopman, received judgment on Wednefday in the Court of King'sbench, to pay each a fine of 138. 4d. and to be imprifoned for one month in the King's-bench.

Was tried in the Ecclefi9th, aftical Court, Doctors Commons, the long depending fuit

brought by the Rev. Mr. Sellon, Rector of Clerkenwell, against the Rev. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Jones, for preaching in Northampton Chapel without leave of the incumbent (Mr. Sellon), or a licence of the bishop; when the judge condemned the defendants in cofts of fuit, and ordered a writ of monition to fhut up the chapel.

Laft night when the news 12th. arrived from Portsmouth of the honourable acquittal of Admiral Keppel by the Court-Martial, the windows of the houfes in the principal ftreets of London and Westminster were illuminated with lamps, candles, &c. and different devices, and the portico of the Manfion - houfe was illuminated with upwards of 300 glafs lamps.

The bells of feveral churches were rung, guns fired, and other demonftrations of joy prevailed.

A guard, both horfe and foot, was placed before the house lately occupied by Sir Hugh Pallifer, in Pall-Mall, which went off about one, foon after which, the mob having firft broke all the windows of that houfe, proceeded to break open the door, deftroyed great part of the furniture, and threw the reft out of the windows. The guard was again fent for, and feveral of the rioters taken in the houfe, and committed to prifon.

The windows and doors of Lord George Germain's houfe in Pallmall, were likewife demolished.

Moft of the windows of the Admiralty were deftroyed by the mob, who took the gates from the hinges, and thereby got into the Courtyard.

A party of the mob alfo broke all the fedan chairs near the Admiralty,

miralty, and made a bonfire with them before the gates. Some of the mob feemed not to be of the lower clafs.

About three o'clock an attack was made upon Lord North's houfe, in Downing-street, where the rioters, after breaking the windows, burft open the fhutters, and attempted to get into the houfe. In about half an hour a fmall party of foot guards appeared, which was foon followed by a detachment of horfe. Juftice Addington attended at Lord North's, and read the Riot-Act. Sixteen of the ring-leaders were fecured, and the reft fuffered to escape.

Capt. Hood's houfe in Harleyftreet, fuffered alfo in the fame manner; as likewise the house of Lord Mulgrave in Berkeley-fquare.

Effigies of Sir Hugh Pallifer were carried about, fufpended by the neck, and afterwards burnt. This evening there was 12th. again a general illumination throughout the cities of London and Westminster. The Monument was finely illuminated.

A Court of Common Council was held, and a motion made and feconded, that the thanks of the court be given to the Honourable Auguftus Keppel, which was agreed

to.

Another motion was made, and the question put, that the freedom of this city be prefented to Admiral Keppel in a box made of heart of oak, richly ornamented. Agreed

to.

17th. Yesterday one James Donally was brought before Sir John Fielding in Bow-ftreet, by Lord Fielding, eldest fon of the Earl of Denbigh, charged with attempting, at two different times,

viz. on Saturday and Monday, (the first of which times he got away from his lordship, who then attempted to fecure him) to extort money from his lordship, by threatening to accufe him of unnatural crimes. And this day he was again examined, when the Hon. Mr. Fielding, the younger fon of Lord Denbigh, appeared alfo and fwore, that on Saturday last the prifoner attacked him in the fame manner, threatened to accufe him of unnatural crimes if he did not give him money, and infolently bid Mr. Fielding take care what he was about, as he, Donally, would charge him with the fact at fuch a time that Mr. Fielding could not prove an Alibi. This Old Bailey expreffion obtained half a guinea from Mr. Fielding; but the villain, not content with it, although the whole Mr. Fielding had in his pocket, infifted on more, when Mr. Fielding went to a Grocer, whom the Earl of Denbigh dealt with, and borrowed a guinea, which he alfo gave to Donally, when the latter went away, and Mr. Fielding was obliged to return home for another half guinea to go to the play. He was immediately committed for a highway robbery on Mr. Fielding.

19th.

The feffions ended at the Old Bailey, when the above mentioned James Donally was capitally convicted of the above offence. The prisoner in his defence urged a point of law, and fubmitted it to the judges, Buller and Perryn, whether it was a street robbery. He alfo faid that the charge was never thought of till Mr. Fielding came to the publicoffice in Bow - ftreet, where Sir John Fielding put it into the pro[N] 4 fecutor's

fecutor's head. This was pofitively denied by Lord and Mr. Fielding, on oath. Judge Buller obferved to the jury, that the late ter part of the prifoner's defence was an high aggravation of his offence; for he accufed Sir John Fielding of fubornation, and Lord and Mr. Fielding with abfolute perjury. With regard to the former part of it, his lordship obferved, that to conftitute a highway robbery there was no neceffity for corporal fear; for if a perfon gives his money under terror of mind, and compulfively, and against his will, or for fear of lofs of character, it is in law eftablished to be a capital offence; nor was there any neceffity for a perfon fo giving his money to be in dread of his life by a charge exhibited against him; it was fufficient that the money was obtained under terror of mind, &c. Under this direction the jury found him guilty; but Judge Buller refpited fentence until the opinion of the twelve judges can be had, he taking the verdict of the jury, that "the morey was obtained under terror of mind,"

On the fame day, the following convicts received fentence of death: Robert Dare, for robbing his miftrefs of a gold flide; John Richmond, for houfe-breaking; James Wooley, for stealing ftockings; John Huddey, for burglary; Naphthali Jacobs, a Jew, for stealing kitchen furniture, &c.; William Germain, for horfe- ftealing; Fred. John Euftace, for ftealing linen, &c.; Sarah Hill, for ftealing wearing apparel; Thomas Norman, for a street robbery; Rowland Ridgley, who in December feffion was convicted of having in his pof

ffion a certain implement for coining, and whofe judgment was refpiced for the opinion of the judges.

A new writ was ordered to be iffued for electing a member for Scarborough in the room of Sir Hugh Pallifer, who has accepted the place of steward of the three Chiltern hundreds.

The amount of the employments refigned by Sir Hugh Pallifer, viz. his feat at the Board of Admiralty and his Lieutenancy of the Marines, amounts to no lefs a fum than 4000l. per annum.

20th,

About one o'clock this day, the deputation of aldermen and commons of London, waited upon Admiral Keppel, at his houfe in Audley-ftreet, where they delivered him the freedom of the city of London in a box made of heart of oak, ornamented with gold. Having refreshed themfelves, they fet out at 3 o'clock, in the following proceffion, to dine at the London Tavern, in the city, The two city marthals on horfeback, their horfes adorned with blue ribbons; Alderman Crosby, as fenior alderman in his own coach, with a failor behind carrying a blue flag, with the word KEPPEL in large red letters: next, that of the admiral, in which he rode with Lord R. Cavendifh on his right hand; after them two or three naval officers, the other aldermen, commoners, and city-officers in their own carriages. At Charing Cross the mob, who were now become very numerous, taking off the admiral's horfes, drew him themfelves; and three failors, after difplacing the coachman, got upon the box, where they hoifted the flag from

the

the alderman's coach. Soon after, this the proceffion was joined by the Marine Society, with emblematical. ftreamers, which followed the city marshals. At Temple-bar a band of martial mufic received' him, and another at the Obelisk, at the bottom of Fleet-ftreet. They arrived at the London tavern about five o'clock, amidst the acclamations of a prodigious crowd; and at night the Mansion-house was illuminated, and there was the moft general illumination throughout London and Westminster ever known.

The entertainment which 25th. was intended for Admiral Keppel by the Weft-India planters and merchants, and which was fixed for to-day, was put off by the particular defire of the Admiral, from an apprehenfion that the exceffes which were committed on Saturday laft, and which he or his friends could not reprefs, might be renewed on this occafion.

DIED, Ifaac de Groot, great grandfon to the learned Grotius, He had long been fupported by private donations, and at length was provided for in the Charterhoufe, where he died.

boe, and being in want of hands, hired the plaintiff as a failor to affift in navigating the fhip, and advanced him part of his wages. When the fhip arrived at Montego Bay, in Jamaica, the plaintiff was fent with three other failors to row fome flaves on fhore, which the defendant had fold to a planter there; but as the defendant had previously fold the plaintiff also as a flave, the planter would not fuffer him to return, but fent him up to the mountains, and there employed him as a flave. When the defendant returned with his fhip to Anamaboe, he gave out to the plaintiff's friends that he had died on his paffage; but a black happened to return to Anamaboe` a year or two afterwards, and giving an account that he had left the plaintiff in flavery at Jamaica, the king, and other great people of the country, defired Capt. E. who was then on the coaft with his fhip, on his arrival at Jamaica, to purchafe the plaintiff's redemption, and to fend him back to his friends, the expences of which they undertook to pay; and the better to identify his perfon, they directed the fon of one Quaw, a gold-taker at Anamaboe, to accompany Capt. E. on his voyage. Soon after their arrival at Jamaica, they found out the plaintiff, redeemed him after a flavery of near three years, and brought him to London, where the matter was laid before the African Committee, who ordered the defendant to be profecuted, as a means of deterring captains of fhips from the like practices in future. The learned judge who tried the caufe, fummed up the evidence with fuitable remarks on the good policy and humanity of

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