for fhooting Capt. Keith. By the evidence it appeared, that on the 28th of December, between twelve and one in the night, the deceased forced himself into the house of Mr. White, master of the Swan tavern, near Westminster bridge; that as foon as he found entrance, he made a lounge at Mr. White, which Mr. White parried with an oaken stick; that the noise waked Mr. Storer, who lay in the houfe, and he, imagining that fome robbers had broke in, armed himself with a pistol, and came down ffairs; that on his demanding of the deceased, who he was, and what he wanted, he made lounge at the doctor, which the doctor avoided by retreating back; that the deceased kept advancing on him as he retreated, and that when Dr. Storer could retreat no farther, after bidding the deceafed defift, and the fword being clofe to his breast, the doctor fired, and fhot the Captain in the belly, who inftantly dropt the fword, and foon after died. The judge, after fumming up the evidence, acquainted the jury, that the prifoner was guilty of juftifiable homicide only, and that they must acquit him, which they inflantly did.. a Franckfort, Dec. 14. Our letters from Italy mention, that the commiffaries appointed by the court of Vienna, and the republic of Venice, to terminate the differences which fubfifted about the limits of Morlachia, have concluded a convention, of which the following are the heads : First, That this agreement fhall not be called a treaty, but a convention fecondly, that the cultivated land, of which the Venetians are in poffeffion, fhall be de clared the lawful property of the republic: thirdly, that the land between Mount Stolla, and Mount Poftock, fhall be divided into two equal portions, and a line drawn between them to Mount Bilibich, which line fhall be the frontiers between the Venetian ftates, and the territories of the court of Vienna. Fourthly, that pillars fhall be erected along the faid line to mark the confines, which are mutually agreed upon. Fifthly, that meafures fhall be taken amicably to determine all contefts and difputes which may arife between the neighbouring countries, with regard to the jurifdiction of the confines, without their being obliged to have recourfe to the refpective fovereigns. Cherbourg, Dec. 19. The bafon of our port, which we have been many years cleanfing, is at laft effected, and on Dec. 14, the first fhip entered it, amidst the accla mations of the inhabitants. 15th. Mr. Foote and Mr. Colman met, agreeable to their appointment, and executed the articles which confirm the latter's purchase of the former's patent, together with all his property in the Hay-market theatre. By the terms of the demife, Mr. Colman obliges himself to pay Mr. Foote a clear annuity of 1600l. per. ann. by four quarterly payments; he alfo ftipulates to pay Mr. Foote & handfome fum for the right of acting all his unpublished pieces. Mr. Foote, on the other hand, agrees to put Mr. Colman in immediate poffeffion of the premises, and engages not only to give him the refufal of all fuch dramatic writings as he may hereafter produce, but alfo to perform on no other stage in London London than that of the Hay-market theatre. Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, Jan. 16. ; "This morning, as the workmen were removing a quantity of hemp out of his majesty's ware-house in the dock-yard, they found a machine amongst the hemp, confifting of a large piece of wood, hollowed out and filled with combuftibles it was covered over with tin, full of holes to admit the air, and a tube and match at each end, which appeared to have been fet on fire; but providentially went out of itfelf before it had done any other damage." The report was made to 17th. his majefty in council of the convicts under fentence of death in Newgate, when the following were ordered for execution on Wednesday the 29th inft. viz. Richard Wright, alias Brent, and Benjamin Eyres, for breaking into the houfe of Frederick Commerell, Efq; at Hemwell, and ftealing feveral filver fpoons, and other things; John Kelly and Thomas Latham, for ftealing goods to a confiderable amount, the property of Thomas Colcomb, in his houfe in Cecilcourt: Thomas Burrows, for committing an unnatural crime at a houfe in a court in Drury lane, on a perfon who, with about 14 others, had affembled for the like abominable purpofes; and Thomas Moreton, for robbing Benjamin Goode, in the Willow-walk, Shoreditch. mas Hughes, for robbing Sarah Jennings in a field at Iflington of a cloke and hat; W. Davis, for robbing James Gray, a fervant of John Sawbridge, Efq; at Turnhamgreen, of two guineas and a half; he was alfo convicted on another indictment, of robbing John Sawbridge at the above place of a gold watch and fome money. 20th. On Saturday, during the drawing-room at St. James's, a fharper found means to cut off from Sir George Warren's ribbon the enfigns of the order of the Bath, ornamented with diamonds. This day Lord North prefented to the House of Commons a bill to enable the lords of the admiralty to grant letters of marque to private fhips of war to cruize againit the Americans. Extract of a Letter from Bristol, "Thursday morning laft, a providential difcovery was made of a moft diabolical plot, which might have terminated in the general conflagration of this city. Early that morning a fire was perceived on the deck of the Savannah la Mar, a veffel belonging to Meff. Meyler and Maxfe, lying at the quay, and bound for Jamaica, which, before it could be extinguifhed, communicated itfelf to the mizen-maft, and did other damage. It evidently appeared to have been defignedly done. This opinion was foon after confirmed by the discovery of fome combustible materials placed on board the Fame, The following were refpited dur- lying at a distance from the Savaning his majesty's pleasure; Wil-nah la Mar, and defined for the liam Catherall, for robbing Thomas Hammond in Ranelagh Walk, Chelsea, of a metal watch: John Calcott, alias Cocket, and Tho fame voyage, which fortunately did not take the like effect. A third attempt was made on the Hibernia, Capt. Knethell, a Corke [L] 2 trader, no time in forms; it was laid out, with the attention of a philofopher, and the inquifitiveness of a ftatefman, in examining the different establishments of that country, whether civil, military, mercantile, or appertaining to any great order of manufacture. After fix weeks fpent in this manner in the capital, he made the tour of the kingdom, to the Pyrenees, in the fame fpirit. Europe has prefented little interefting matter this year, befides what we have taken notice of. A new treaty of alliance which has taken place between France and Switzerland, would have been once a matter of confideration; but in the late very extraordinary change which the general fyftem of policy in Europe has undergone, is not of weight enough to deferve much reflection. The death of the Elector of Bavaria, which happened on the last day but one of the year, will unhappily render Germany again the theatre of war, and afford too much fubject for fu ture history. CHRO JANUAR Y.. ift. TH HE rector and churchwardens of two adjoining parishes near Portfdown-Hill, Hants, were cited before the bishop, to fhew cause why they did not attend their duty on the general fast-day. The half-yearly dividend of 3d. the Eaft-India company was this day declared to be three and a half per cent. Some villains broke into 4th. the house of Mr. Beale, of Marlborough, fteward to Lord Bruce, and ftole an iron cheft, containing feven hundred guineas, and Bank notes to the value of fix hundred pounds. This rob bery alarmed the whole country, and was evidently perpetrated by fome perfons who knew that the money received at the late audits of Lord Bruce's tenants, was depofited at Mr. Beale's. 8th. The River Thames was frozen over at Kingston, and many perfons croffed over on the ice. The froft, however, has not this year been very intenfe. 9th. An allegation, pleaded by Mifs Butterfield, against the validity of the will of the late Mr. Scawen, was debated before Sir George Hay, in Doctors-Commons. After a variety of arguVOL. XX. 1777 ments, the doctor allowed the plea j the lady, therefore, will be admitted to prove the truth of it in a future proceeding. The plea urged on the part of Mifs Butterfield is, that "the laft will was found. ed in error." A rencounter happened at the Adelphi tavern in the 13th. Strand, between Capt. Stony, and Mr. Bates, editor of the Morning Poft. The caufe of quarrel arofe from fome offenfive paragraphs that had appeared in the Morning Poft, highly reflecting on the character of a lady of rank. After having difcharged their piftols at each other without effect, they drew fwords, and Mr. Stony received a wound in the breast and arm, and Mr. Bates one in the thigh. Mr. Bates's fword bent, and flanted against the Captain's breaft-bone, which Mr. Bates apprizing him of, Capt. Stony called to him to ftraighten it, and in the interim, while the fword was under his foot for that purpose, the door was broken open, or the death of one of the parties would most certainly have been the iffue.-On the Saturday following Capt. Stony was married to the lady in whofe behalf he had thus hazarded his life. This day came on the trial of the Rev. Dr. Storer, [2] 15th. for for fhooting Capt. Keith. By the evidence it appeared, that on the 28th of December, between twelve and one in the night, the deceased forced himself into the houfe of Mr. White, master of the Swan tavern, near Weftminster bridge; that as foon as he found entrance, he made a lounge at Mr. White, which Mr. White parried with an oaken stick; that the noife waked Mr. Storer, who lay in the houfe, and he, imagining that fome robbers had broke in, armed himself with a pistol, and came down ffairs; that on his demanding of the deceased, who he was, and what he wanted, he made lounge at the doctor, which the doctor avoided by retreating back; that the deceafed kept advancing on him as he retreated, and that when Dr. Storer could retreat no farther, after bidding the deceafed defift, and the fword being clofe to his breast, the doctor fired, and fhot the Captain in the belly, who inftantly dropt the fword, and foon after died. The judge, after fumming up the evidence, acquainted the jury, that the prifoner was guilty of juftifiable homicide only, and that they must acquit him, which they inflantly did. a Franckfort, Dec. 14. Our letters from Italy mention, that the commiffaries appointed by the court of Vienna, and the republic of Venice, to terminate the differences which fubfifted about the limits of Morlachia, have concluded a convention, of which the following are the heads: First, That this agreement fhall not be called a treaty, but a convention fecondly, that the cultivated land, of which the Venetians are in poffeffion, fhall be de clared the lawful property of the republic: thirdly, that the land between Mount Stolla, and Mount Poftock, fhall be divided into two equal portions, and a line drawn between them to Mount Bilibich, which line fhall be the frontiers between the Venetian ftates, and the territories of the court of Vienna. Fourthly, that pillars fhall be erected along the faid line to mark the confines, which are mutually agreed upon. Fifthly, that meafures fhall be taken amicably to determine all contefts and difputes which may arife between the neighbouring countries, with regard to the jurifdiction of the confines, without their being obliged to have recourfe to the refpective fovereigns. Cherbourg, Dec. 19. The bafon of our port, which we have been many years cleanfing, is at last effected, and on Dec. 14, the first fhip entered it, amidst the acclamations of the inhabitants. Mr. Foote and Mr. Col man met, agreeable to their 15th. appointment, and executed the articles which confirm the latter's purchase of the former's patent, together with all his property in the Hay-market theatre. By the terms of the demife, Mr. Colman obliges himself to pay Mr. Foote a clear annuity of 1600l. per. ann. by four quarterly payments; he alfo ftipulates to pay Mr. Foote a handfome fum for the right of acting all his unpublished pieces. Mr. Foote, on the other hand, agrees to put Mr. Colman in immediate poffeffion of the premifes, and engages not only to give him the refufal of all fuch dramatic writings as he may hereafter produce, but alfo to perform on no other stage in London |