of 200 paces from their former fituations. On the morning of the 24th the remaining houses were feen ftanding within a precipitous accumulation of earth, which extending entirely round them, prefented a perpendicular front, and role 50 fathoms. Vineyards, gardens, olive-trees, were all carried in one mafs into the next river. The channel of the river was filled up, and the stream above converted into a lake. An oppofite rock, on the territory of Beftagno, at last arrested the motion of the mafs.

A dreadful ftorm occurred at Gib. raltar, on the morning of the 20th ult. There were at one time five veffels on fhore at the Old Mole; one Turkish fhip funk in the bay; one ftranded at Algefiras; and feveral veffels of different nations were feen firing signals of diftrefs. The Cynthia was driven out of the Bay, and the Phoenix Portuguefe frigate is fuppofed to have been loft upon the Pearl Rock.-The Royal Battery took fire by lightning, and continued burning for 24 hours, and all attempts to extinguish it were uselefs. Its fituation was nearly 1400 feet above the level of the fea.

Private accounts from Conftantinople state, that Lord Elgin had propofed an alliance between Turkey, Ruffia, and Great Britain; the object of which was to guard against any future invasion of Egypt, and to prevent the Porte giving permiflion to any Foreign Power to march its troops through that country. The writer however remarks that French influence feemed to predominate in that quarter.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 25.-The Porte has published the lait news which it received from Egypt. The Beys having conceived the project of breaking the line of the Ottoman army, in order to form a junction with the English troops at Alexandria, attempted twice to execute their defigns; but the Pacha of Cairo, who had been informed of their intention, took fuch meafures that they were each time repulled. England has refufed, as we are affured, to render the least affistance to the revolted Beys; but the demands, at the fame time, that the Porte thould accede to the alliance which the propotes, and which, fhe fays, has only for its object to guarantee Egypt from any further invafion.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 8.--The news of the defeat of the Ottoman ar

my in Egypt is confirmed: a part were made prifoners, another cut in pieces, and the few that efcaped the enemy, owed their fafety to the garrison of Cairo, which made a fortie. The ammunition and provifions have fallen into the hands of the Beys, who fufpended their purfuit only at the folicitation of the English. The Reis Effendi has had two conferences this week with the English Ambassador; it is generally believed they related to the evacuation of Egypt by the English troops. The English behave there very well-do not meddle in the affairs of Government, and obferve the stricteft neutrality.-Sebaftiani, after having qualified himself at Cairo, as Minifter Plenipotentiary for the whole Levant, is gone to Suez.

The French Minister at Conftantinople has informed the Porte, that Colonel Sebaftiani, whofe arrival in Egypt we have already noticed, is appointed by the First Conful to inspect all the ports of the Levant, and report the state in which they are to bis Govern

ment.

VIENNA, Dec. 31.-We have received the melancholy intelligence, that Count Berthold, and two fervants, travelling from this city to Munich, were attacked and murdered by 14 robbers in a wood near Hohenlinden. The robbers carried off the bodies.

A fire broke out on the 15th, at the houfe of Count Potoki, at Vienna, and the Count was fo feverely hurt in endeavouring to fave himself, that he died the next day.

Some valuable veins of gold and filver having been lately difcovered in the diftricts of Bukourna and Cznernewitz, the Emperor of Germany has ordered the working of them, and nominated the celebrated Mineralogist, M. Urban, as the Director.

The Governor-General of Iftria, Dalmatia, and Albania, has lately dif covered fome very beautiful Grecian ftatues, in good prefervation, which have been fent to Vienna.

The Archduke Charles has tranfmitted to General Moreau fome handfome prefents, accompanied with high expreffions of esteem. Amongst other things, he has fent him a large quantity of phealants and other game, for the purpole of stocking his newly purchafed eftate of Grotbois.

A Bouquet of Diamonds lately prefented by the Archduke Charles

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The Court of Vienna has granted a fum of 80,000 florins for the relief of the fubjects of Lower Auftria who fuffered during the war.

The Hereditary Prince of Orange has adopted the title of the reigning Prince of Fulda, Corvey, &c. in thofe acts which he has lately published.

The treasure of the Cathedral of Liege, which was fecretly depofited at Hamburgh, has been difcovered, and placed at the difpofition of the French Republic. Its value is about half a million.

A body of Danish troops, on the 13th, very unexpectedly took poffeffion of the indemnities affigned to the free city of Lubec.

FRANKFORT, Dec. 30.-The Jews prefented a petition to the Senate five days ago, claiming the rights of Equality and Citizenship; but their demand was not only rejected, but they were fined 30,000 crowns for having made it. GOTHENBURG, Dec 23.-The fire which broke out here on the 20th init. with irresistible fury, was not entirely got under till ten last night. All the buildings between the great Southhaven-itreet, and Eaft and Weft-haventreets, and Wall-ftreet, together with the Gymnafium and School, have become a prey to the flames, which have destroyed the belt built quarters of the city. The magnificent Cathedral, the Epifcopal Palace, the Poft houfe, and the Town Printing-office, are all laid in afhes.

The Jefuits in Germany have lately obtained the confent of the Emperor of Ruffia for the election of a new General, and they have chofen Father Gruber, of Polofk, late founder of a school of the Order at Petersburgh,

Admiral Count Mordwinof, the Ruffian Minister of war, has refigned his fituation.

The Emperor of Ruffia has fettled a penfion of 75,000 rubles on the King of Sardinia.

We lately ftated, that the Emperor Alexander had ordered payment to the British merchants for their lofs by the Ruffian embargo. The money has been remitted.

The Emperor Alexander has lately done an act of justice and generosity to a part of the Poles, the companions of Kofciufko. A number of the Subaltern Officers and foldiers, having been taken prifoners by the Ruffians, afterwards efcaped captivity by enlifting in the Ruffian fervice. An Imperial Order, of the ft of December laft, permits all who enlifted in thofe circuraftances" to leave the army at their pleature." They are, by the fame Order, allowed to continue in the fervice, if fuch fhall be their choice.

The Emperor of Ruffia has juft publifhed a wife and equitable Ukafe. It ordains, that the hereditary property of perfons of all claffes in the Empire found guilty of any capital offence, fhall be exempted from confifcation. By a previous Ukafe this privilege was granted only in favour of the Nobility.

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[LONDON GAZETTE.]

WHITEHALL, DEC. 21, 1802. HE King has been pleafed to grant the dignities of Baron and Vif count of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, tiles, and titles of Baron of Dunira, in the county of Perth, and Vifcount Melville, of Melville, in the county of Edinburgh.

25. At night, as a poor man was returning from work, he was stopped by

two failors, in the Rope-walk, Bristol, who robbed him of three fhillings. The man entreated that they would return part of the money, as he had three young children at home, and not a bit of bread to give them. One of the failors putting his hand into his pocket, faid, "Well, here's a fhilling for you ;" and they parted. The poor man, on reaching his houfe, was agree-, ably furprifed to find, that, inftead of a filling, the thief had given him a gui-”

nea.

28. A man of the name of Matthews, who has for the last tweaty years of his life refided in a cave or hermitage

hermitage, on the borders of Sydenham Common, and who, from his reclufe life, was called "The Man of the Woods," was this morning found near his hermitage murdered. He had feveral fevere contufions in his head, and his jaw bone broken in two places.

29. The Lord Mayor held a Wardmote at Salters Hall, for the choice of an Alderman for Walbrook Ward, in the room of Alderman Cadell, deceafed.-The Lord Mayor delivered a very impretive speech on the humane, benevolent, and virtuous, character of Mr. Cadell. On the regular forms be ing gone through, Mr. Winter propofed T. Rowcroft, Efq. as a fit person to fill the office of Alderman on a thew of hands, Mr. Rowcroft had the whole Hall in his favour; and no oppofition appearing, he was declared duly elected.

30. As one of the labourers employed in the laboratory at Apothecaries Hall was charging with oil of vitriol a glafs retort, by fome inatten tion it was thrown over the man's face; in confequence of which he was imme. diately blinded, and his forehead and cheeks velicated. Fortunately for the fufferer, æther was inftantly applied, and a conftant ftream of air kept up by means of a pair of bellows, which in the courfe of half an hour, by its aftonishing production of cold, relieved him entirely of pain, and by a continued application of it one hour and a half longer, the bladders were completely reduced, leaving the face only fwelled, with a fenfation of stiffness on the skin. The whole quantity used was from a pint and a half to a quart.This is a fecond inftance of the wonderful efficacy of Ether. It also has been found highly beneficial in burns and fcalds.

A few days ago a fire broke out at a farm near Brinkley, Cambridge, occupied by the Rev. Mr. Lane. The flames raged with fuch violence, that in a fhort time nearly the whole premises were destroyed, together with feveral ftacks of corn. The damage is eftimated at upwards of 5cool. only 3000l. of which was infured.

The London General Bill of Mor. tality for the year 180z, includes 19,918 Christenings, of which 10,564 were Males, and 9,354 Females; and 19,379 Deaths, of whom 9,889 were Males, and 9,490 Females.

A mutiny lately broke out on board

the Gibraltar, of 84 guns, which fhip failed from Gibraltar for Malta, in company with the Superb, Dragon, and Triumph; foon after failing the crew mutinied, and took poffeffion of the fhip, and then the was run up under the tterns of the other fhips, the crews cheering; but this fignal not having the defired effect, the crews of the other hips retaining their loyalty and difcipline, the mutineers became panic truck, and were then easily subdued by the Officers, who behaved very gallantly. The ring leaders were im mediately fecured, and three of them executed.

JAN. 1. Sixteen veffels loaded with (prats arrived at Billingfgate, a greater quantity than was ever before remembered there. The price in confequence fell from eight hillings to one fhilling per bufhel.

2. At half patt one o'clock in the morning, a fhocking fire broke out in a houfe in Frederick-ftreet, Portfea, inhabited by Mr. Mayne and Mr. Newberry, fhipwrights. The family, it feems, went to bed at ten o'clock, and mutt inevitably have perished, had it not been for the inceflant mewing and noife of a cat, which disturbed their reft, and timely warned them of their danger. The whole of the furniture was deftroyed; but what we have moftly to lament is, a girl about four years of age was burnt to death. Her uncle had made his way down ftairs, as far as the street-door; when, on being afked after the child by its father, he immediately returned, and had actually placed the child on a table whilst he turned himself to open the garret window to escape; but, dreadful to relate, when he again looked round, the child had fallen from the table and through the flaming floor. He then effected his efcape by leaping from the window into the street.

Wm. Meffenger, a chimney fweeper, of Thame, in Oxfordshire, has been fully committed for trial, on the Coroner's Inqueft, charging him with the wilful murder of Henry Williams, his apprentice boy, by beating, and otherwife ill treating him, fo as to caufe his death. The boy was under nine years of age.

6. Riot at Aberdeen.-At Edinburgh, the Court of Jufticiary met to proceed in the trial of Lieutenant-Colonel George Mackenzie, Captain J. B. Macdonogh, Entign George Lanigan,

Serjeant

Serjeant Andre Mackay, and Serjeant Alexander Sutherland, all of the late regiment of the Rofs and Cromarty Rangers, accuted at the inftance of Daniel Rofs, and three other private profecutors, with concurrence of his Majesty's Advocate, of being guilty of murder of certain perfons, nained in the indictment, on the 4th of July laft, in the ftreets of the town of Aberdeen. On Monday the Jury returned their verdict at two o'clock; all in one voice, finding Lieutenant Colonel M Kenzie and Captain Macdonogh, Not Guilty-Serjeants Mackay and Sutherland, libel Not proven.

9. This morning a fire was difcovered in ore of the tables of the George Inn, in Christchurch, which was extin guilhed by the activity of the men belonging to the Horfe Artillery, and the inhabitants; but not till the table was confuined, and eight of the horses belonging to the Artillery burnt to

death.

At the adjourned Quarter Seffions at Ipswich last week, a farmer, worth nearly 3000l. was indicted for ftealing a pair of girl's fhoes, belonging to a hawker, and honourably acquitted. He was then tried for an affault in aiming a blow at the hawker on being charged with the theft, when the jury gave one penny damages-The profecutor was wards committed to take his trial for perjury.

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A lad, named Gregg, has been committed to Lincoln gaol, for killing a fellow-carpenter, by forcing a fcrewdriver into his head :-The Coroners' Jury found him guilty of that fpecies of manflaughter which, by the rit James, ch. 8. is deprived of the benefit of the clergy.

10. In the evening, during a high wind, fome premifes facing Paddington Church, occupied by Mr. Blfield, an Attorney, were nearly demolished. They confifted of a small room and a kitchen of wood, having a chimney carried to a great height; the chimney was thrown on the roof of the upper room, in which Mrs. B. and five of her children, were fitting; and brought the whole of the tiles and rubbish into the room, and enveloped them in the ruins. By the affistance of fome pallengers, the family were extricated without much injury.

Ir. This morning a dreadful accident happened to a family in Red-lion-ftreet.A pot of inflammable liquid being on the fire, it boiled over, the flames communicated to the clothes of a child; its VOL. XLIII, JAN 1803.

mother going to its relief, caught fire; the husband, endeavouring to fave them, was him'elf foon in a blaze, which reached to the bed curtains.-Five of the

family were conveyed to St. Bartholo mew's Hofpital, where one died; the others are in a very precaricus ftate.

This evening, as Mr. Chapman, of Lifhman farm, near Charing, was returning on horieback, he was thrown, and his foot hanging in the stirrup, he was dragged to a confiderable distance, by which he was to hockingly lacerated, that he died within an hour. This accident happened within a mile of Mr. C.'s house; and it is fingular that his brother-in-law met his death in nearly a fimilar manner, and by the fame horfe.

During the fevere gale of this evening, a fatal accident happened to the Company's fhip Hindoitan, Captain Balton, off Margate. She was outward bound

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Madras and Chira. Near four o'clock, the parted with her anchors, drove on fhore off the Culvers, and fhortly after went to pieces. Her copper has been entirely torn off, and no part of the cargo can be faved. One Gentleman, of the name of Clarke, a Cadet for Madras, with ixteen of the

Clew, have perifhed. Med of the Officers of the Hindoftan have arrived in town. The cargo was edimated at 70,000l. She had a valt quantity of private filver bullion on board. This would have been the fourth voyage of the hip, and the first of her Captain. She was of 1248 tons burthen. The female pallengers were all on shore at Deal, waiting the arrival of the thip at that place. The complement of men on board the Hindoftan was 132. Being one of the largest hips, the had on board 30 guns.

12. In the evening, at feven o'clock, the Coroner's inquet fat at the watchhoule, Queen's-head-alley, Newgateftreet, on the body of a black man, found dead under the gateway of Bull-headcourt, Newgate-itreet; their verdict was

"Died by the inclemency of the weather." A hair dreffer, of Gutterlane, Cheaptide, was conftable of the night. About three o'clock a watchman found the deceased near Mitre-court, Cheapfide, and supposing him dying, left him in care of the conftable at the watchhoufe. By the warmth of the fire, he fo tar recovered, as to lay he was perish. ing with cold, and had no money; a gentleman prefent gave him a fhilling; L.

in a few minutes the conftable defired him to go away, and feek a lodging or refreshment. He crawled to the corner of Butcher-hall-lane. The watchman on that beat brought two patroles, who dragged him under the gateway of Bullhead-court, about a quarter past four; returning about five, they found him dead, and then carried him to the watch houfe. The fhilling was found in his pocket.

A yeng and remarkably small woman, named Solomon, refiding in Ebenezerfquare, Aldgate-freet, was a few days fince delivered of three children, who, with the mother, are likely to do well. It is fingular, that a woman, of the fame naine, in Stoney-lane, Whitechapel, was a few days before delivered of four children.

William Huff was indicted at the Old Bailey, for defrauding Wm. Woodridge of 6s. by felling him forged orders of admittance to Covent-Garden Theatre, figned with the name of Mr. Braham. The fact was clearly proved, and the prifoner found Guilty; but, in confequence of the excellent character given him by Mr. Braham and Signora Storace, he was fentenced only to an imprisonment of 14 days.

Galvanifm.-Dr. Aldini lately exhibited at the houfe of Mr. Hunter fome curious experiments on the body of a dog newly killed. The head of the animal was cut off. The head and body were put befide each other, on a table, rubbed with a folution of ammonia. Two wires, communicating with the Galvanic trough, were then applied, the one in the ear, and the other at the anus of the dead animal, when both head and body were thrown into the most animated mufcular motion. The body ftarted up with a movement, by which it paffed over the fide of the table: and the head moved; its lips and teeth grinning violently. A curiofity was expreffed to have thefe experiments tried on a criminal newly executed.

14. G. Fotter was indicted at the Old Bailey, for the murder of his wife and child, by throwing them into the Paddington Canal. It appeared, that the pritoner went out on the 5th of December, with his wife and child, and returned without them. Several perfons who keep houles of entertainment along the Canal, fated, that the prifoner had called at them with his wife, and the latter teemed much diftreffed in mind. The bodies were found near the Mitre Tavern, on the Canal. The Coroner ftated, that not

the leaft mark of violence appeared on the woman or the child. The prifoner made no material defence, except protest. ing his innocence. The Jury found him Guilty, and he was hanged on Monday, having confefled the fa&t.

The body of Fofter, after execution, was fubjected to the Galvanic process, by Mr. Aldini, under the infpection of Mr. Keate, Mr. Carpue, and feveral other profeffional Gentlemen.-On the first application of the process to the face, the jaw of the deceased criminal began to quiver, and the adjoining muf cles were horribly contorted, and one eye actually opened. In the fubfequent part of the process, the right hand was raised and clenched, and the legs and thighs were fet in motion. It appeared to many of the bye-flanders that the wretched man was on the eve of being reftored to life: the object of the experiment was, to show the excitability of the human frame when this animal electricity is duly applied. In cafes of drowning, fuffocation, or apoplexy, it promises to be of the utmost ule by reviving the action of the lungs, and thereby rekindling the expiring fpark of vitality.-Diforders of the head, infanity, and feveral other cafes to which Galvanifm has been applied, were attended with complete fuccefs.

New Colony in New Holland-Lieutenant Colonel Collins, of the Royal Marines, late Judge Advocate of Port Jackson, has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of a fettlement, about to be formed at Port Phillip, in Bafs Straits, in the Southern part of New Holland, about latitude 40. The Convicts going out in the Calcutta, are to form this new Colony; and the military force is to comprise 2000 marines, exclufive of offi cers. Port Phillip, fo named after Governor Phillips, is in the finest country imaginable, abounding with excellent harbours, and is confidered much fuperior in point of foil, &c. to Port Jackfon. Lieutenant Colonel Collins is intimately acquainted with that part of the world, and has written fome interefting works on the subject. His falary is fixed at 500l. a year.

Governor Hunter, has received a penfion of 3col. per annum, for his fervices in New South Wales.

19. A meeting was held at the London Tavern, for considering the beft means of promoting the Vaccine Inoculation; the refult of which was, that a Society was formed, a Committee ap

pointed,