EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE..

• Minifterial Notes have been delivered at

St Peterburgh by Mr Whitworth and Mr Fawkener and Count Goltze, on the part of his Majefty and of the King of Pruffia, and by Count Ofterman, on the part of the Em prefs of Ruffia, relative to the terms of paci❤

fication between Ruffia and the Porte.

In thefe Notes, the Minifters of his Majefty and the King of Pruffia agree, on the part of their respective Sov reigns, that their Majefties will propofe to the Porte to conclude a peace with Ruffia on the terms of the ceffion of the district of Ockzakow, from the Bog to the Dniefter; her Imperial Majefty engaging not to disturb the free navigation of the latter river, but to favour and protect it; (to which condition the Porte is to be equally and reciprocally bound :)→→→ And her Imperial Majefty being alfo to reftore to the Porte, at the conclufion of the peace, all other conquefts whatever. The Minifter of her Imperial Majefly agrees, on the part of his Sovereign, to make peace on thefe terms; and the Minifters of his Majefty and the King of Pruffia agree, on the part of their refpective Sovereigns, that, if the Forte fhould decline to enter into negociation on this bafis, their Majesties will leave the termination of the war to the courfe of thofe events to which it may lead.

AUGUST 17.

A little before one o'clock, as his Majef ty was paffing in his carriage through the Park to St James's, a Gentleman dreffed in black, ftanding in the Green Park, close to the rails, within a few yards of Mr Copley's pavilion, just as the carriage came oppofite where he ftood, was obferved to pull a paper haftily from his pocket, which he ftuck on the rails, addreffed to the King, throw off his hat, difcharge a piftol in his own bofom, and inftantly fall. Though furrounded with people, collected to fee the King pafs, the rafh act was fo fuddenly per petrated, that no one fufpected his fatal pur pofe till he had accomplished it. He expi red immediately. In his left hand was a letter, addreffed" To the Coroner who fhall take an inqueft on James Sutherland."

This unfortunate Gentleman wás Judge Advocate at Minorca during the Governor fhip of General Murray, with whom he had a law-fuit, which terminated in his favour. The General, however, got him fufpended and recalled home. This, and the failure of fome application to Government, had greatly deranged his mind. He was very genteelly dreffed, but had only two pence and fome letters in his pockets; the letters were carried to the Secretary of State's Of fice. The boy was conveyed to St Mar tin's Bone houfe.

In the letter addreffed to the Coroner, a copy of the following letter was inclofed:

"TO THE KING.

"SIRE,

leaving it, I exprefs my forrow, that you "In the moment that my heart's blood is have allowed yourself to be impofed upon, and that you should ftill perfift in retaining fuch prejudices against me. With fpirited and dutiful appeals, and humiliating fuppli cations, I have addreffed you and your Mi nifters. Allegiance and protection are con ftitutionally reciprocal; and as the former never was forfaken by me, I had a right to expect that you would afford the latter. The idea of a ftake being driven through my body has not terror to make me with that the act which I now perform fhould be confidered in any other light but that of deliberate reafoning.

Y VOL, XIV. No. 80.

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joined extract will fufficiently explain to your Majefty my innocence. Parliament accepted the petition of General Murray, but repeatedly threw out mine; for the ftern commands of prerogative were obliged to yield to the milder ones of influence.

of Gen.

"Let me recommend, Sire, to you to collect the letters written by me to Mr Stephens of the Admiralty; you will there fee the abufe of authority and irregularity I did not at that time know that none fhould refide in the island of Minorca but fuch as pleased the General. But I was willing to facrifice every thing but justice and honour to keep him quiet. At his inftance I filled up but one commiffion instead of two, for two privateers to cruize against the two ftates we were then at war with, by which I was fome hundreds of pounds out of pocket.

"I had long determined that my diffolution should take place in the fame manuer and on the fame spot that I now fall, 'When my hard cafe fhall be published, how will the world be fhuddered to hear that humanity_had deprived me of every resource but death.

"Yet, in the midft of all my misfortunes, I fubfcribe myself your Majefty's loyal fubject,

"JAMES SUTHERLAND. "Written on the 13th, though dated the 17th of August, 1791, it being the day on which I intend to fhoot myfelf in the Green Park, as the King paffes, to the Levee."

Mr S. has left a wife, two daughters, and a fon (a Lieutenant in the army). In his pocket, among other papers, was found a will, bequeathing all he did or might eventually poffefs, to his wife and daughters. As the deceafed was a man of great probity, highly respected by all who knew him and against whom was never heard a fyllable like an imputation of immorality, we hope the benignity of his prefent Majefty, and the willingness of the prefent Adminiftration, to act liberally where liberality is due, will convince his family, that he had no real caufe to defpair of justice.

CHELMSFORD, August 5.

No affizes in the kingdom, I will venture to fay, exceeded ours at this time. Donald Cameron, Efq. our worthy High Sheriff, made his proceffion on Monday into the county town, followed by fixteen carriages. Next day he was attended at dinner by about two hundred gentlemen, amongst whom were twelve Eaft-India captains connected with him. Turtle, venison, and every other viand of the best fort were ferved up in abundance. The defert, confifting of ices, pine-apples, and other fruits of the feafon, was delicious; and the wines, which flowed

liberally, were of the choicest kinds-Madei ra which had croffed the line twice, highflavoured claret, &c. To fee a branch of the ancient and refpectable houfe of Lochiel established in this delightful country, was truly pleasing. An English gentleman fung "Lochaber no more," wonderfully well and Mr Bofwell, one of the counfel upon the circuit, who made one of this jovial company, gave the following toaft, which was received with three times three cheers, and hearty acclamations: May there be a cor dial, generous, and permanent union between the Highlands of Scotland and the Hundreds of Effex.' Yesterday the fame liberal hofpitality was continued; and this day, when the affizes ended, the High She riff entertained a felect party in the most agreeable manner.

Donald Cameron, Efq. the prefent High Sheriff of the county of Effex, is son of Archibald Cameron, of whom Mr Boswell makes fsuch honourable mention in his Life of Dr Johnson. August 9.

Advices, which have been received this day, ftate, that the Ruflian General de Gudowitch has defeated a large body of Turks ftationed near Anapa, and that he has even taken poffeffion of the fortrefs, and made the garrifon prifoners, which confift ed of fixty thoufand men. The magazines, and every thing elfe in the place, even the veffels in the port, have fallen into the hands of the conquerors. Some accounts ftate the number of the garrifon at 14,000 men. Thus has this General completed the reduction of the Cuban, by feizing the only ftrong place of which the Ottoman forces were in poffeffion.

ity of Worcester, opened the business by a moft excellent charge. His Lordship apologized for having occafion to trouble the gentlemen of the county, which he should not have done, had not the late unfortunate riots in Birmingham rendered it neceffary to fay fomething refpecting that dreadful event. He commented on feveral acts of Parliament, made for the prefervation of the public peace and unity, and showed in what the late difturbances differed from the crime of high treafon. He recommended to the Magiftrates by all means in their power to fupprefs riotous proceedings on their firft appearance, by venturing their perfons; in procuring the means which the law authorizes for the defence of the refpectable and orderly part of the inhabitants, by putting arms in the hands of refponfible perfons for their protection, and for the fuppreffion of tumults. His Lordfhip declared, that every Englishman was in duty bound, at the hazard of his fafety, or even perfonal injury, to protect his neighbour. His Lordship reprobated the treafonable and inflammatory hand-bill, which he called a feditious, fcandalous, and abominable libel, that not only attacked the Church and King, but every part of the Legiflative Body.

"His Lordship obferved, however, that "he thought much of the mifchief was owing to the affembling of those who met to celebrate the French Revolution on the 14th of July." That rumour had faid the author of that vile and treasonable publication, was a partizan of the Established Church; but that could scarce, he obferved, be credited for who could fay what part the lower ranks of people would take? To celebrate the French Revolution, whilft participating of the bleffings of the British Conftitution, a conftitution that has stood the teft of ages, was certainly indifcreet.-Men of every defcription, however, continued his Lordship, were under the protection of the laws of the land; and no provocation could juftify the burning of houfes, or wanton enormities of any kind.-A multitude affembled, and tumults once begun, easily lead to rapine and mischief, and dreadful facrifices muft follow to atone for the injury to individuals, and as examples to deter the populace from future acts of violence and outrage."

[It is impoffible to do juftice to the Baron's fine appeal to the human feelings.]

His Lordship was particularly pointed on the impropriety of publishing any article to enfiame or keep animofity alive between parties, and before he concluded, warmly recommended every kind and conciliating endeavour to eradicate the unfriendly remembrance of the late unhappy violence.

August 12.

Early yesterday morning, Baron Eyre was in Court, for the special purpose of trying the rioters.

Robert Cook, after a fair and long trial, was capitally convicted, for riotoufly affembling with divers others, and feloniously demolishing the house of William Ruffell, Efq. at Showell Green.

Mary Cox was tried on the same charge but was acquitted.

Thomas Coley, charged with the like offence against the houfe of Thomas Cramer, was alfo acquitted.

At the Warwick Affizes, Francis Field, John Green, Bartholomew Fisher, and Wn Hands, received fentence of death for being concerned and active in the Birmingham riots.

A very high compliment has lately been paid by the Emprefs of Ruffia to Mr Fox. The Emprefs, on the back of a letter, or on a flip of paper, wrote a note in French, with a pencil, from her country palace, and fent it to her Secretary of State, at Petersburgh, in which the defired him to write to Woronzow (her Envoy Extraordinary, and Minifter Plenipotentiary here in England,) and bid him procure her a buft of Karl Fox in white marble, which the intended to have put up in her gallery between the bufts of Demofthenes and Cicero, as a mark of her esteem for a man whofe eloquence and wisdom had prevented a war between Great Britain and Ruffia, which must have proved ruinous to both countries. the Emprefs, and fubmitted it to her confi The Ruffian Secretary of State waited upon do, would not be to fuffer him to retrace deration, whether the best thing the could with a pen the words written by her Ma jefty, and tranfmit the original note to Count Woronzow, at London. Her Ma jefty gave her Secretary of State leave to act as he thought proper. The pencil-wri ting was in confequence retraced in red ink, and the Emprefs's original note tranfinitted to Count de Woronzow, who, fent it to Mr Fox as foon as he received it, in whofe hands it now remains. The expreffion in the note is peculiarly elegant.

bar, and making them pay toll a fecond time, contrary to the inftructions granted by the Trustees, they unanimoufly found the defender guilty, and fined him in twenty fhillings Sterling; granted warrant fummarily to imprison the defender in the tolbooth of Haddington until payment; and refol ved, that every tollgatherer who fhall be convicted of impofition for the future, fhall be excluded from bidding for any of the tolls of this county in time coming.

The estate of Hatton, in Mid-Lothian, belonging to the Earl of Lauderdale, was lately fold to the commiffioners for managing the eftate of Mifs Scott of Scotstarvet for eighty thousand guineas!

EDINBURG H.

Auguft 6.

PUGILISM.

On Saturday laft a boxing match took place in this city between two profeffors of the fcience. The one, a native of this city, and the other a black.

It lafted about an hour, when it terminated in favour of the black, his antagonist being feverely hurt in the face and other parts of his body, and having had some of his ribs broken.

This is the firft regular battle that has taken place, it is believed, in Scotland.

The inhabitant of this place, however, claimed the victory, on account of foul play.

July 27. Lieut. William Frafer, of the 42d Regiment, to Mifs Eliza Robertson of Kelfo.

Aug. Mr Archibald M'Brair, merchant, Glafgow, to Mifs Elizabeth Millar.

Abraham Leflie, Efq; of Finraffie, to Mifs Jean Leflie, of Edinburgh.

Alexander Ewing, Efq; of Nether Balloch, to Mifs Lindsay, of Glasgow

Mr William Wilkie, merchant in Haddington, to Mifs Elizabeth M'Queen, of Trefton-kirk.

The Hon. John Campbell, of Stonefield, one of the Senators of the College of Justice,

to Mifs Lloyd, of Berth, in the county of Denbigh.

Arthur Nicholson, Efq; younger of Lochend, Shetland, to Mifs Mary Innes, of Aberdeen.

Robert Baird of Newbyth, Efq; to Mifs Hearfy Gavin of Langton.

Robert Bogle, Efq; of Jamaica, to Miss Margaret Bogle, of Glasgow.

Mr Thomas Manners, writer to the Signet, to Mifs Juliana Hope, of Edinburgh.

Mr William Scott Moncrieff, merchant in Glasgow, to Mifs Elizabeth Hogg, of Edinburgh.

Mr Allan Dalziel, merchant in London, to Mifs Jane Denholm, of Gulyhill.

William Pagan, Efq; of the Ifland of Dominica, to Mifs Katherine Hart, of Edinburgh.

Mrs Edwards, of a fon.

3. Mr3 Nicholson of Carnoch, of a fon. 6. The Lady of Sir Henry Hay Macdou gal, Baronet, of a daughter.

8. Mrs Blair of Blair, of a daughter. 10. Mrs M'Neil of Barra, of a daughter.. 12. Mrs Neil Ferguson, of a fon.

22. Mrs Dundas of Arnifton, of a daugh

ter.

DEATHS.

July 29. Mr. Andrew Honyman, fifth fon to Patrick Honyman, Efq;

Alexander Farquharfon of Balfour, Efq;¡ Mifs Sarah Irving, daughter of the late George Irving of Newton, Efq;

31. James Gordon, Efq; of Ardmeallie., Aug. 3. Mrs Margaret Alexander, wife of Mr James Reid, furgeon in Peebles.

6. Robert Waddell, Efq; of Crawhill. 7. The Rev. James Wilfon, Minifter of Gamrie, in the 97th year of his age. 14. Mifs Jean Gordon of Cluny.

Dr David Wilfon of Peterhead. 15. John Campbell, Efq; of Achalader. Mrs Chriftian Edmondftone of Cam bufwallace.

18. Mrs Home Rigg of Morton. 19. L'eut. John Guthrie of the Engineers, in the fervice of the Eaft India Company.

20. Mrs Jean Mitchelfon, wife of Mr George Cairnerofs, agent for the Church. 21. Mr John Wood, late merchant in Edinburgh.

23. Mifs Elizabeth Elphinfton, daughter of Alexander Elphinston, Efq; advocate. * Mrs Millwrath, wife of William M Ilwrath, Efq;

25. Mrs Maxwell, widow of the late A lexander Maxwell, merchant in Edinburgh 28. Mrs Glendonwyn of Glendonwyn.