want geous fituation on t'e coaft of Pegu, der a protec of preparing a commodious port for their trading vellels on the restoration of peace, which they formally declared to be in contemplation of the powers of Europe Both thefe propofals have been rejected, and fome important particulars refp. Ating them communicated to the Government of Bengal. Some of the eulares emploved on this occafion are fard to have been fent from Batavia. AMERICA.

The American Papers have brought an account of a' melancholy affair of honour between the Hon. Aaron Burr (Vice Prefident of the United States) and General A. Hamilton, who was appointed to fucceed Mr. Livingston, amb flador at Paris.

The origin of the difpute was from a pamplet publifhed by Dr. Cooper, in which is the following paffage: "General Hamil or and Dr. Kent fay, that they conider Cloel Buir as a dangerous mon, and one unfit to be trufted with the reins of goverment "--In another place Dr C. fays, "General Havien bas expreffed of Mr. Purt opinions All more defp.cable." This later paffage ex ited the refentment of Col. B. who feat his fr end with a letter to General H. to hich he demands "a proe pt and unqual fied acknowledgemen', or denial of the expreff on which could Jutrfy this inference on the part of Dr. Cooper."-General H in his anfwer,admits the first statement, the language of which, be conter ds, comes fairly thin the hounds prefcribed in cafes of political animofity. He objects to Col. Burr's demand, by condering it as too indefinite, or as calling อก him to trace every con erfation which he had held, either publicly or confide tally, in the courfe of 15 years oppoSition, and to contradic that which, very poffinty, might have efcared his memory.

Ify thing more definite should be propofed, he expreffes his willingness to give C. B. all are fat sfaction. Col. B. in his reply, infifts upon a general retraction, and fays, it is no matter to him whether his honour has been attacked loudly or in whilpers-General H. jo ns by calli for tom thing more defined, and refufes ether a general denial or general ackn ledgement. The meeting was then demanded by the Colonel.-Previous to the repairing to the ground, the General I drew up his will, and inclosed with it a paper cont ring his reflections on the meeting. He fays,

"On my expe&ed interview with Col. Burr, I think proper to make fome remarks explanatory of my conduct, motives, and views. I was certainly defirous of avoiding this interview, for the most coge t reafons -1. My religious and moral principles are ftrongly oppofed to the prac uce of duelling; and it would ever give me

pain to be obliged to shed the blood of a fellow-creature in a private con bat forhidden by the laws.-2. My wife and chil dren are extremely dear to me, and my life is of the utmost importance to them, in various views.-3. I feel a fenfe of obligation towards my creditors, who, in cafe of accident to me, by the forced file of my property, may be in fome degree, fuff reis. I did not think myself at liberty, as a man of probity, lightly to expofe them to this bazard-4. I am confcious of no ill-wif to Colone! Burr, distinct from political oppofition, which, as I truth, has proceeded from pure and upright motives-Laftly, I fhall hazard much, and can poffibly gain nothing, by the iffue of the interview,"

It alio appears that General H. had determined not to return Colonel B.'s first fire; but that, on his receiving the fhock of a mortal wound, his piftol went off involuntarily, and without being aimed at Col. B. This ftatement being denied by the oppofite party; fearch was made for the ball, which was found bodged in a cedar tree, at the height of 11 feet and a half, 14 paces from the place where General H. flood, and more than four feet out of the line of direct on between the parties.When the General fell, Col. B. walked towards him, with apparent geftures of regret; but he did not speak to hin, as he was hurried from the ground by his friends.

The funeral of the G neral was obferved at New York with u ufua! refpect and ceremony. All the public Functionar es attended; all the bells in the city were muffled and tolled during the day-the fhops, at the inftance of the Common Council, were faut ; all-business suspended, and the principal inhabitants engaged to wear mourning for fix weeks.-After the funeral fervice, Mr. Morris, the Governor of New-York, on a ftage erected in the portico of Trinity-church (having four of General H.'s fons, the eldest about fixteen, and the youngest about fix years of age, with him) delivered, to an immenfe concourfe in front, an extemporary funeral oration expreffive of the merits of the deceafed, and of the lofs which America has fuftained in his death.

The New York Advertiser fays, that no death, fince that of the great and good Washington," has filled the Republic with fuch deep and univerfal regret.

COUNTRY NEWS.

July 24. The tempeft this day fell very heavy n fome parts of Suffex, and particularly at Loxrwood, where the houses were fhaken by the violence of the thunder, and a poor boy ftruck dead by the lightning. The deceased, with a man, his companion, were at plough together in a field belonging to Mr. King, and, to avoid the peltings of the ftorm, left their work, and ran to two

neighbouring trees, under which they were both truck down by the vivid fluid; but the man, having received no material injury, fon recovered, and, perceiving the fitution of the hoy, haftened to his afliftance, but to no purpofe, as he found him quite lifelefs, with the hair of his head burnt to a cru, and his cloaths on fire. This furnith snother inftance to confirm the truth of what we have repeatedly it wed, that there is extreme danger in feek g felter from lighting under trees, whofe power of attraction is mase manifeft by almost every te naesth th pres

Aug 3. The tempeft of this day in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolathe, Leicestershire, Warwick thire, & appeats to have been extrem lv extenfive in its cufe, and violent in its effects.-Mr. R. Trower, of Hempnall, Norfolk, was truck blind, as he was returning from Norwich, but has fince recovered his fight.-A large oak tree at Newton was fpht from top to bot om, and stripped of its bark 12 feet from the ground: fome of the bark was carried 50 yards from the tree -At Attleborough feveral farge trees were fp'it and shattered.At Hundion, Suffolk, a double barn, the property of Vernon, eiq was confu ned by the lightning. The falt of rain at Lynn was very great, being nearly two inches in depth; and the thunder was the most tremendous ever remembered.-At Wolverbarpton the fluid defcended the chimney of a houfe on Suow-hill, and confumed fome linen which was hanging on a line: -a fire ball alfo fell upon a houfe at Monmore-green, to which it did much damage.At Stamford, the violence of the form was dreadful.-At Hlbeach, a fire-ball feil down the chimney of Mr. T. Peatfield, winch it deftroyed, and forced its way into a room below, where it removed a particular wall, forced two oppofite doors from their hinges, broke a looking-glafs and other furniture, and carried away, to the distance of 30 feet, the whole of the glafs and lead of a large front window. Mr. P. who was com ng down ftairs, was knocked down by the fhock, and remained a long time infenfible. His wife had just quitted her bed, which the next moment was covered with the ruins of the chimney. -At Sheffield, the lightning ftruck the house of Mr. E Royle, at Shade-hill, and fhartered to peces a bed in which tw children were afleep, but without doing them the least injury.-Two theep were ftruck dead in a field at Youlgrave, near Bak-well.-At Wem, Shropih re, the lightning was uncommonly vivid, and the rain fo heavy as to do great damage to the growing crops. An oak tree was shivered to pieces, and the fragments were fcattered to the distance of 40 yards. The house of widow King, baker, at Wood Newton, in Nthamptonshire, was difcovered to be en fire. As the premifes are fituated in

the middle of the village, confideraue alarm was xcited the f f ty of the town; but though the timely affifta ce afforded by an engi e from Lo Wetmoreland's, the fi e was extinguithed with the lofs of the premifes where t finit appea. ed. As the o. flagition commenced in the house and a adjung ftsble at the fane time, it is though to have been occafioned by lighting.-Ms Jufon and Mr. Smith had each a horf - killed at Margreen, by the lightning; the Rev. Mr. Lox, of Dunston, the Rev. Mr. Corboul', of Brecon ab, Mc. Felthan of Shottefbim, an' Mr. K mp, of Sward fton, had each a horfe destroyed hg the electric J. My hories in the neighbourgood were 1 terr hed that in rushing through the hedges they received much injury.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
Tuesday. Auguft.

This morning, abou 10 o'clock, as one of the fife boys nelong ng to the 4 reg ment of Loyal London Volunteers was fitting on the edge of a boat in the Thms, he was accidentally itruck on the head with the oar of another boat, whic: knocked him into the water, and he was drowned.

Tufday, August 7.

This day Richard Staples, about nine years old, apprentice to Whi field, chimney-fweeper, near Little Shire-lane, Tmple-bar, was employed to fweep a chime ney at the house of Mr. Sindwell, No. 18. Devereux-court, Strand; in performing which, having climbed into the cmneypot, it, with the upper part of the chimney, gave way, and he fell into the yard of the adjoining houfe, Mr. Savilie's, tailor; by which fall his head was very much injured, and one arm and leg broken. Ia this deplorable condition he was conveyed. to St. Bartholomew's-hofpital, where he died in the afternoon of the following day. It is much to be lamented, that the ufe of MACHINES are not univerfally adop ed for. cleaning chimneys; by which acc dents of this fort, and many other evils to which climbing-boys are fubject, would he en tirely prevented The Society have late y voted 50l. to Mr. G. Malt, for his uteful invention, which has been fo fuccefsfully ufed for many years pait.

Wednesday, Aug. 8.

The poll for the county of Middlefex was this day clofel; but the offi: al deciaration of the numbers was adjourned till the following day, that due confideration might be had of feveral votes which, having been ojected to on one fide or the other, had been postponed.

Many ferious accidents happened in the courfe of the day. A gentlema, driving a gig with one horfe, in Oxford-street, got jaued in between a cart and a hackney co cn, both of which were proceeding t Brentierd. By the concullion the genle

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man was thrown out, and his fkull was fractured in fo dreadful a manner, that his The chaife was recovery is very doubtful, dafhed to pieces. Mr. O'Hara, a gentleman well known on the turf, who had juft arrived in towʼn on horfeback from Brighton, met with a dreadful accident in P.ccadilly, which caused his death. (See p. 793)

Towards night, fome fymptoms of riet were manifefted. About half-past five, a party of the mob attacked Mr. G. Gib ons, fecond fon to fir William, as he was pafsing along Piccadilly, with the warch-word, "There is a Mainwaringer-follow him up." As they were very violent in their threats, Mr. Gibbons flourished his flick, and de fired them to keep off, at the fame time proceeding quickly up Bond-freet. There, however, he was attacked more clofely, and with increafed fury, when he drew out a pair of piftols, with which, having faced about, he retreated backwards, and took refuge in a trade fm n's fhop. The mob wastoon re-inforced, and became violent in their threats to pull the house down, if the gentleman was not turned out. The guards were fent for; but in the mean time the police officers c me and carried off Mr. Gibbons in a coach to Hatton Garden Police office, where he was examined by Mr. Baker, and two other Magistrates; when, after the reftimony of the officers, and Mr. G.bhons's own ftatement of the affau, he was charge.. The investiga. tion before the Mor itrates lafted an hour. The houfe of Mr. Mainwaring, fentor, in Tenterden-freet, was a few hours after attacked, and would, in all probability, have been much injured, had it not been for the timely arrival of Lord Am: erft, at the head of the Grandier Company of the St. James's Volunteers, who had been out exercifing. The windows of the junior Mr. Mainwaring's houfe, in Weymouth-itreet, were broken, by another divifion of the mob.

Mr. Mainwaring's fervants, and a gentleman who accompanied him to his house, were feverely ftruck with brickbats.

Majority in favour of Mr. Mamwaring, 5. This nigt, about 8 o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out in three ware! oufes Ducks foot-lane, belonging to Meffis. Whining, Shilletto, and Co. who'efale grocers, in Thames-freet In a very

fhort time the whole concerns were m flmes, and the entire ft. ck, confifting of teas, fug rs, &c. was confumed. The fire was not got under till near 11 o'chick, by which time the roof had fallen in, and the infice of the buildi gs were completely deftroyed. We are informed that when the perfon, whose befinets it is to that up the warehouse and lee all fafe, went there for that purpofe, on opening what is called the Lump-room (a place where a fire is conftantly kept), he found it in a blaze. The property which has been loft is very confiderable. A great number of engines attended; and the volunteers turned out with the greatest alertnefs and prompt.tuce. Sunday, Aug 12.

Three fmall houfes were, on this morning, confumed by fire, in Taylor's-buildings, Bedforebury, through the carele finess of an old woman, who left a candle burning by her bed-fide.

Monday, August 13.

This afternoon a moit alarming rict took place amongst the labourers at Poplar, who were principally Infhmen. The difpute originated, in which was the best province, and produced the best men, Connaught or Muntter. From words they proceeded to blows; and, there being feveral hundreds of them armed with blud geons, it became a measure of fafety to call in the civil power, who took two of the principal riotos into cuftody, and the reft difperied. When brought before the magiftrates, they expreffed much contrition for the error they had been led into, and made promifes of future good conduct; upon which, the Magiftrate, after giving them fome proper admonitious, difcharged

them.

Tuesday, August 14.

This day as a cart, laden with fand, was coming up the lane from the Bell Sand. whart, in Upper Themes-freet (which is fo narrow, ht, except in a fp.ce where a warehoufe-door is fixed, the whee's graze. the walls), a young man, a lighterman, met it as he was going down. The carman warned him of his danger, and requested him to go back, which he refused, but ran on, hoping to gain the door-way; unfortunately his head and the wheel came into contact with the wall, and the poor young man's head was crushed entirely fat, and he was left a fhapeless and nearly headless corpfe.

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Vol. LXXII. p. 591. On a marble tablet in the parish church-yard of Hanwell is the following elegant inscription:

"Hic, o quifquis es, Paulifper immorare memoriæ ANNE,

Amantiffimæ conjugis GEORGII HENRICI GLASSE, A. M. Hujufce Paroccia Rectoris, Quæ, cum filiam ejufdem nominis natu maximam,

Octodecennem virginem,

Briftolienfes ad fontes

Heu! fero nimis comitata eft, Ipfa, moerens animi, et caffa fpe materna, Ipfa morti fuccubuit prior; Cafti veruntamen amoris primitias Iterum poft breve complexura, Eternoque fruitura confortio,

Felix!-on unquam, vocante CHRISTO,
Defideratâ illâ dulcique filiâ

Purius aliquid, fanétius, venuitius,
Intravit fedes beatorum.
Illa, die Junii quarto,

Hæc vero, ejufdem menfis tricefimo, Anno Domini MDCCCII. Spiritum DEO commendavit," Vol. LXXIV. p. 690. The account of the death of the celebrated Profeffor Pallas, we are happy to find, is probably premature. A letter has been received from him, dated May 22, from the Crimea, in which he relates that he is recovered, and even engaged in the publication of a work.

P. 693. The late Duchefs-dowager of Parma, in her will, defired to be buried at Prague, and to have her heart carried to Vienna, to be depofited in the church of S. Auguftin there, near that of her auguft mother, the great Emprefs Maria-Therefa. The Emperor has ordered the will of his

ant to be carried into execution.

P 698, b. The late Lady Ogiander died at Paroham, near Beminter, co. Dorfet. This worthy woman was of the family of the Serles in Hampshire, and emmently diftinguished both at Nanwell, in the Ifle of Wight, and at Parnham, for a confcientious performance of her duties as a wife, a mother, and a neighbour. This flight memorial of her ment is from an eyewithefs of her benevolence and charity. N. BIRTHS.

At Spark-Brook-house, Birmingham, the wife of Francis Longworth, efq. a fon. The wife of the Rev. Charles Johnfon, of Southstoke, a fon.

The wife of Mr. Wilson, of Long Stratton, Norfolk, three daughters, all likely to do well. The ages of the parents amount to 100 years, the father being 60, and the mother 40.

Mrs. Ligo, of Bethnal-green, aged 58, a fon. Two days after, her grand-daughter, of twins. Mrs. L. had not had a child fince the was 30 years of age.

At his cottage at Southgate, Middlesex, the wife of William Curtis, efq. a fon.

July 26. At Horton, near Northampton, the Hon. Mrs. Gunning, a fon.

27. The wife of Capell Lofft, efq. of Trofton-hall, Norfolk, a daughter.

30. At his house in Cavendish-square, the lady of Sir Wm. Langham, a daughter, 31. In Ruffell-place, Mrs. Wyndham Knatchbull, a fon.

Aug. I. At Clifton, near Bristol, the wife of Captain Rofs, R. N. a daughter. The wife of Mr. Rigby, of Framling ham, near Norwich, a fon and daughter.

2. At his houfe, Cafina, Dulwich, Surrey, the wife of Richard Shawe, efq. a fon. 4. At Haughley-park, Suffolk, the wife of George Jerningham, efq. a fon.

Mrs. Glennie, of Dulwich-common, Surrey, a daughter.

5. At Weymouth, the wife of the Rev. Samuel Byam, a fon.

6. In Baker-ftreet, Portman-square, the wife of Gilbert Mathefon, efq. a fon.

7. The wife of James Morris, efq. of Eait-hill, Surrey, a daughter.

At Twickenham, Middlefex, the wife of Jofeph Buthnan, efq. comptroller of the city of London, a fon.

10. The wife of William Jerningham, efq. of Coftefley, Norfolk, a daughter.

12. At Brightheimitone, the wife of John Owen Parr, efq. of Harpur-street, Queen-fquare, a ton.

13 At Bignor park, Suffex, the wife of Frazer, efq. a fon and heir.

14. At Little Holland-house, Kenfington, Lady Charlotte Wingfield, a caughter. At Liverpo 1, the wife of Lieut.-col. Hugh de Baillie, a daughter.

15. In Great James-street, Bedford-row, the wife of Jofeph Staden, efq. a daughter. In Pulteney-treet Bath, the wife of Thomas Buckler, Lethbridge, efq. a fon. 16. At Mill mount, in Rofs-fhire, the wife of Col. Robert Mackenzie, a daughter. 18. The wife of Mr. H. Ring, of the Victualling office, a fon.

Mrs. H. Johnston, of Drury-lane theatre,

a fou.

21. In Lower Brook-ftreet, Grosvenorfquare, Lady Henry Stuart, a fon.

At Brighthelmftone, the wife of Robert Dalias, efq. M. P. a daughter.