to Sept. 29, 1780, 76,885 men, of which there have died in N. America and the Weft-Indies 10,012; been taken prifoners, including those under the convention of Saratoga, 8629; deferted 3801; and been discharged the fervice 3885. -Total 26,327. The British corps and recruits fent to North America and the Weft-Indies were, in 1778, 3774; in 1779, 6871; and in 1780, 10,237. Total, 20,882. Conftantinople, April 30. On the 23d inftant, a fire broke out in the quarter of this city which is almost entirely inhabited by lawyers. It was fo violent, that, notwithstanding all poffible affiftance, it continued burning eleven hours; it is computed that 200 houfes were deftroyed. A fortnight ago the plague broke out again in this city; the hotel of the Venetian ambaffador has been affected with it, one of whose domeftics is dead. It is very probable that this terrible calamity was brought hither from Salonica, from whence we learn that it has made fuch ravages there, that though two thirds of the inhabitants had left the place, it carries off upwards of 100 perfons daily." DIED, Lady Mary Carr, fifter of Lord Darlington, and wife of Mr. Carr of the Adelphi. Among other qualities, better and more valuable to her family and her friends, a diftant acquaintance may be allowed to mark her memory, as a woman of a diftinguished tafte; it was her ladyship who directed the laying out of much of the ground, at Mr. Carr's fine place, at Cocken. Cocken is a cultivated ground on the Wier, [175 three miles beyond Durham; it is by many thought a rival to what ftow; the ftyle of the country is at was Mr. Morris's ground at Chepboth places much the fame, very bold inequalities, woods, and rocks; the river Wier, on which Cocken is fituated, is at the fouth rock very finely fmooth, at the rough, fo far producing a har north rock the current is as finely mony of the compleateft kind, fcene; but without the inclosure, the other objects ornamenting the the abbey, belonging to Dr. Kaye, are Durham cathedral, the ruin of prebend of Durham, the fpire at Chefter le Street, and Lumley Caftle; the whole forming many enchanting fcenes, yielding both in beauty and fublimity to none but Piercefield. in his 72d year, Sir Jofeph AyAt his houfe at Kennington, loffe, Bart. of Cranfield, Suffex, V. P. A. S. and F. R. S. He was defcended from a Saxon family antiently feated at Bocton Alof near Wye, co, Kent, in the reign of Hen. III. who removed to Hornchurch, co. Effex, in that of Hen. VI. and to Sudbury in that of Edw. IV. Sir Wm. Ayloffe of Great Braxted, co. Effex, was wards created a baronet 1612; and knighted by James I. and afterfrom his eldest fon by his 3d wife, the late baronet was the fourth in father and grandfather were both defcent and fifth in title. His of Gray's-Inn. about the year 1708, admitted of He was born Lincoln's-Inn, 1724, and of St. John's Coll. Oxf. elected F. A. S. council under their charter 1751, Feb. 10, 1731, one of the first In 1748, he prompted Mr. Kirby, vice prefident 17, F.R.S. 17 painter painter in Ipswich, to make drawings of a great number of monuments and buildings in Suffolk, of which 12 were engraved, with a defcription, 1748, and more remained in his patron's hands. On the building of Westminsterbridge he was appointed fecretary to the commiffioners 1736-7; au ditor general of the hofpitals of Bridewell and Bethlem 1750; and on the establishment of the PaperOffice on the reípectable footing it at prefent is, by the removal of the ftate papers from the old gate at Whitehall to new apartments at the Treasury, he was nominated one of the three keepers of them; and 1772 published in 4to. "Calendars of the Antient Charters, &c. and of the Welch and Scotifh Rolls now remaining in the Tower of London, &c." with a judicious and learned account of our public records, by way of introduction. He drew up the account of the chapel on London bridge, of which an engraving was published by Vertue 1748, and again by the Society of Antiquaries 1777. His hiftorical defcription of the interview between Hen. VIII. and Fra. I. on the Champ de Drap d'Or, from an original painting at Windfor, and his account of the paintings of the fame age at Cowdry, were inferted in the Archæol. vol. iii. 1775, and printed feparately to accompany engravings of two of thefe pictures by the Society of Antiquaries. His account of the body of Edw. I. as it appeared on opening his tomb, 1774, was printed in the fame volume, p. 376. His intimate acquaintance with every part of Weftminster-abbey and city dif played itfelf in his accurate de fcription of five monuments in the former, engraved by the same society, who muft reckon, among the many obligations which they owe to his zeal and attention to their interefts, the laft exertions of his life to put their affairs on the moft refpectable and advantageous footing, on their removal to their new apartments in Somerfet-houfe. He fuperintended the new edition of Leland's Collectanea, in 9 vols. 1770, and of the Liber Niger Scaccarii, in 2 vols. 8vo. 1771; to both which he added a valuable appendix; to the latter the charter of Kingston on Thames, of which his father was recorder. His extenfive knowledge of our national antiquities and municipal rights, and the agreeable manner in which he communicated it to his friends and the public, must make him fincerely regretted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He married Margaret, daughter and fole heiress of Tho. Railton, Efq. of Carlisle, by whom he had one fon of his own name, who died at the age of 21, Dec. 19, 1756. Stinton, D.D. and Henry Whitfield, D.D. affiftants. Dublin, April 24. Yefterday being quarter-day of the guild of merchants, the fubject, which has lately engaged the public attention, of Portugal's refufing the entry and fale of Irish manufactures, received a full inveftigation. In the course of a long debate, after many able fpeakers had expatiated upon the fchemes of feme perfons in England, to render the boafted grant of a free trade to Ireland a mere nullity, and that the Court of Portugal had adopted this injurious partiality of refufing our munufactures through their artifice, it was on the other hand clearly evinced, that his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and the Right Hon. Mr. Eden had taken, on the earliest information, the most active part to obtain an immediate remedy. This having fully appeared from two letters of Mr. Eden, and from other authorities, and that there was a great probability of their endeavours being crowned with the wifhed-for fuccefs, it was refolved, that the thanks of the guild should be prefented to his Excellency the Earl of Carlile, and to the Right Hon. Mr. Eden, for their warm and earneft exertions in favour of the commercial interests of Ireland. Tricte. May 4. There is a plan here on foot to build about thirty vetfels against the next fpring, in order to carry on a trade with all aations, and with the belligerent powers under the Auftrian flar; great advantages are expected from this trade. 8th. Yesterday the Court of Exchequer gave judgment in the caufe, wherein Melfrs. Eye and VOL. XXIV. Strahan, his majefty's printers, were plaintiffs, and Mr. Carnan, bookfeller, was defendant. The bill was brought against Mr. Carnan, for printing the Form of Prayer appointed to be used on the General Faft day, when the exclufive right of his majefty's printers to print the faid Form of Prayer was fully ettablished, and a decree given in their favour with cofts. Naples, May 8. Mount Vefuvius has been very quiet for a long time, but the mountain called Somma, not very far from the former, opened last month, and the lava runs very violently. No one fufpected this mountain to contain fo much combuftible matter, nor has any lava ified from it before during the memory of man. 9th. St. James's. This day, after the levee, Dr. Brownlow North, Bishop of Worcester, kiffed his majefty's hand, on being tranflated from that fee to the Bishoprick of Winchefter. As did Dr. Hurd, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, on his tranflation to the fee of Worcester. 19th, Yesterday was held the anniversary meeting of the Sons of the Clergy; at which were prefent the right honourable the lord mayor; his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, prefident, the right honourable the lord chancellor, Sir John Skynner, vice-prefident, his Grace the Archbishop of York, his Grace the Lord Primate of Ireland, the Marquis of Carmarthen, the Earl of Hillsborough, their lordships the Bishops of Rochester, Bath and Wells, Lichfield and Coventry, Bangor, Chester, Lincoln and [M] St. St. David's; Lord Coleraine; on Tuesday the 15th 1. s. d. Ditto, on Thursday the 261 13 6 567 Total 1029 2 4 I 4 A donation of fifty pounds, by the late Anne Fox, and a further fum of 241. 78. 10d. being the half year's dividend on the fum of 16261. 4s. 9d. in the three per cent confol. bank annuities, purchafed with the legacy of the late Margaret Dongworth, made a part of the collection at the hall. A general court of pro21ft. prietors was held at the Eaft-India Houfe in Leadenhallftreet, in order to take into confideration the propofitions fubmit ted by the directors for the bafis of an agreement between government and the company, when fome new matter was ftarted that will require very ferious difcuffion. It ferious difcuffion. It arofe from words in the firft propofition, that all the company's prefent chartered privileges fhall be preferved entire, fo far as is confiftent with the rights of the crown and legislature. It was propofed to leave these last words out; and Mr. Rous was called upon for his opinion, who made no fcruple to declare that the rights of the legislature were novel rights. That the rights of the crown were distinct; and fo were thofe of the company derived from, and dependent on, those of the crown; but he ventured to give a decided opinion that the law and conftitution knew of no rights of the legislature independent of the known privileges of parliament, which had nothing to do in the prefent cafe. The words therefore and legiflature were struck out. Lord North (the whole house being in a committee) moved, that the propofitions of the general court of Eaft-India proprietors be laid before the committee; as follows: "That all the East-India company's prefent charter rights be preferved to them entire, fo far as is confiftent with the rights of the crown: that their exclufive trade be prolonged for 10 years from March 1, befides the three years' notice to be given according to the act of Gea. II. and that, in order to the utmost of their power to alleviate the public burthen, the directors are impowered to pay into the Exchequer 600,000l. on condition of receiving in return bills on his majesty's Exchequer, which, in cafe of any unexpected exigencies on the part of the com pany, the commiffioners of cuftoms and exeife fhould receive as cash for the company's accruing duties; fuch bills not to bear intereft, or to be brought to market like other bills. His lordfhip rofe and declared his dilapprobation of the faid propofitions, moving the following refolution at the fame time: "That it is the opinion of this committee, that three-fourths of the furplus of the net profits of the Eaft-India Company, ever fince the company's bond debt was reduced to 1,500,000l. and the company's dividends have been 8 per cent. per ann. belong to the public, and that 600,000l. in lieu thereof be paid into his majefty's Exchequer by inftalments at fuch times as fhall be agreed upon." This produced a warm debate, but was finally carried in favour of Lord North. A cause came on to be tried before Lord Mansfield, in which Mr. Wilfon was plaintiff, and Dr. Myerbatch (the late water Doctor) was defendant, for the recovery of zool. for a bill of exchange returned from Germany. The Dr. fo long ago as 1779, drew a bill to his own order on a perfon in an obfcure place near Hamborough. This bill was returned protefted; and the defendant, being then abroad, could not be come at till laft fummer, when the action was brought. He fet up a two-fold défence; one, that he had no value for the bill; the other, that he had failed to give notice of non-payment in due time, and therefore had made the bill his own. But both pleas failing, the jury gave a verdict for the whole fum, with intereft and cofts of fuit. The felons and deferters confined in the Savoy Prifon attempted an escape, by undermining and breaking through the wall; but being difcovered, two rank and file were ftationed in the prison to prevent the like attempt for the future. Thefe the villains fecured, made themfelves mafters of their arms, and made a desperate attempt to force the guard, who were obliged to fire among the affailants, three of whom were killed, and nine wounded. Yefterday there was a general court of the pro24th. prietors of Eaft-India stock at their houfe in Leadenhall-street, purfuant to adjournment, for the final determination by ballot of the following queftion, viz. "That this court doth approve of the propofitions read and amended at a general court held on Monday the 21ft, to be offered to government as the basis of an agreement for the prolongation of the company's exclufive trade." For the queftion 256 Against it 32 DIED, at Whitbeck, near Whitehaven, Rich. Harrison, well known by the name of Tea-kettle Harrison, many years a guide over the Sands; the fame day died also his wife, and his daughter-in-law; and the next day his fon alfo departed this life. At Snittérfield, Warwickshire, the Rev. Rich. Jago, M.A. Vicar of that place, and Rector of Kimcote Leicestershire. Mr. Jago was author of " Edge Hill," a poem, 1767, 4to.; of "The Blackbirds," a beautiful elegy in the Adventurer (fee Dr. Johnton's Life of Weft); and of many other ingenious performances. He was the intimate friend and correfpondent of Mr. Shenftone, contemporary with him at Oxford, and it is believed his fchool-fellow. He wrote "Labour and Génius," a |