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been agreed, for the fake of justice, to have it retried in London, by a special jury of that county.

Mr. Erikine next addressed the jury in fupport of the will under which his client claimed the cftate in queftion.

A great body of circumftantial evidence was then adduced to fuftain the validity of the will, The tendency of this evidence was to prove, that the defendant was a diftant relation of the teftatrix, who had fent for a gentleman of the law to make her will; that the will in queftion was afterward prepared and duly executed by Mrs. Braham, who was in full poffeffion of her reafon; that when the figned it, the declared to the witneffes it was made by her own dictation; that the was not induced to execute it by any durefs, or improper influence: it appeared, however, that he had fpelled her name Elizabath inftead of Elizabeth.

A number of witneffes were called on the other fide, the fubftance of whofe evidence was, that Mrs. Braham was incapacitated both in body and mind to execute the will in queftion, which was a mere fabrication, and not the tranfcript of a correct and found mind: that the was fo much indifpofed as to have not been known to ufe her hand, much lefs to write her

name.

The trial commenced at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, and was not concluded till two o'clock this morning, when the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, which fets the will afide.

Lord Kenyon expreffed his intire approbation of the verdict.

IRELAND.

January 25.

On Thursday, Jan. 19, the lord lieutenant of Ireland opened the feffion by the following fpeech from the throne:

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My lords and gentlemen,

I have it in command from his majefty to acquaint you, that fince the clofe of the la fuffion, preliminaries of peace have been figned between Ruila and the Porte, and thofe powers are now engaged in negociation for a definitive treaty, which his majesty trufts will compleat the reftoration of tranquillity among the different powers of Europe.

His majety, convinced of the intereft you take in whatever concerns his domeftic happiness, commands me to acquaint you of the marriage of his royal highnets the duke of York and the princes royal of

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'Gentlemen of the houfe of commons,

I have ordered the proper officers to lay before you the national accounts; and I trust you will make fuch provifions as are neceffary for the exigencies of the state, and the honourable support of his majesty's government.

My lords and gentlemen,

The conftant attention you have shewn to the interefts of Ireland makes it unneceffary to recommend to you a continuance of that wife fyftem of policy, from which your country has received fuch ineftimable advantages in the increase of her trade, her credit, and manufactures. It is equally unneceffary for me particularly to point out the encouragement of your agriculture and attention to your linen manufacture. The proteftant charter-schools and other charitable inftitutions will receive your accustomed confideration.

You may be affured of my zealous co-operation to forward every measure that may contribute to the public welfare. I fhall pay unremitting attention to the due execution of the law, and the maintenance of good order and government, so effential to the continuance of that freedom, profperity, and happinefs, which Ireland enjoys under his majefty's aufpicious reign, and under our excellent conítitution.'

The lord lieutenant having retired, the earl of Carhampton rofe, and moved an addrefs to the king, in which were contained congratulations on the marriage of the duke of York, and thanks to his majefty for continuing the earl of Weltmorland in the government of Ireland.

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The duke of Leinfter oppofed that part of the addrefs relating to the earl of Weltmorland; and the queftion being put agree to the addre's,' the houfe divided, when there appeared, contents 29, noncontents 3.

AMERICA.

Lexington, in Kentucky, Nov. 12, 1791. The following is an extract from circular letter of brigadier general Scott to all the county lieutenants of Kentucky:

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We have received certain intelligence, that the ariny under general St. Clair has been defeated. The lofs is very great, The garrifon at Fort Jefferfon is intercepted, and many brave wounded gallant men are now left on the road, unable to travel, and without any provifion but the flesh of pack-horfes. This cafe requires immediate exertion. I have appointed rendezvous of volunteers at Craig's Mill, the 15th inftant, completely equipped with arms, ammunition, and twenty days pro

vifion. I trust that no exertion on your
part will be wanting, when the fafety of
our country and the lives of brave men are
in danger.
The circumftance requires
the greatest dispatch, and no friend to his
country can now be idle.'

By feveral gentlemen who arrived in this town on Thursday, we have fome particulars of this melancholy defeat. They fay the attack was made by the Indians on the 4th inft. at day-break, and continued about four hours; that we loft 44 commiffioned officers killed, and 27 wounded, and about 600 privates, befide pack-horfe, bullock drivers, &c. with eight pieces of cannon, and all the bag

gage.

pofely applied to it by the mulattoes, who were irritated by the death of a free negro enfuing upon a quarrel between him and a white cannoncer. Two cannoneers were immediately fhot upon their posts, and feveral parts of the town were presently afterward fet fire to.

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EAST INDIES.

The Swallow Packet, captain Curtis, from Madrafs, with dispatches from earl Cornwallis, was forced, on Thursday the 26th inft. into Bristol, by ftrefs of weather. The next day, the captain arrived at the India Houfe; but the particulars of his dispatches were not publifhed in the Gazette of Saturday night.

BIRTH S.

LADY of Thomas Boothby Parkyns, efq. M. P. a daughter.

At Paris, Countess of Cholmondeley,

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MARRIAGES.

Ifcount Molyneux, to the hon. mifs
Elizabeth Craven, fifter of lord Cra-

General St. Clair expected an action; the men were drawn up in order of battle, and ftood in their ranks all night; the army was formed into a hollow fquare, the artillery and baggage in the center. The a fon and heir. enemy made their attack at the dawn of day on all the lines, particularly on the rear, which was compofed of militia; they were overpowered, and gave way; the Indians rufhed on, and were foon poffeffed of the artillery, which was retaken in a few moments by a company of regulars with fixed bayonets; but most of the matroffes being killed, no ufe was made of it. The action continued obftinately till nine o'clock, when our men gave way. General St. Clair rallied them, and brought off the greater part of the wounded to Fort Jefferson, being pursued about five miles, where the remains of the army and wounded are cooped up, almost starved, living on poor packhorses.

WEST INDIES. Letters from Jamaica announce the death of the countess of Effingham, confort to the governor of that ifland. Her ladyhip died on board his majesty's frigate the Diana, on her paffage to New York, on the 13th of October. Her funeral was conducted in the most honourable manner, and at the public expence. All the officers of ftate, civil and military, attended on this occafion.

On the 19th of November died alfo the governor, Thomas earl of Effingham.

The French thip Le Sincere, captain Guilbert, has arrived at Nantz from Portau-Prince, which place the left the ad of December. She brings the dreadful intelligence, confirming and increafing the apprehenfions formed for the inhabitants of St. Domingo, that twenty-eight iflets, or nearly half of the town of Port-auPrince, have been confumed by fire, pur

George Frederick Ryves, efq. of the royal navy, to mifs Catharine Elizabeth Arundel, daughter of the hon. James Everard Arundel.

Hon. William Hay, brother to the earl of Errol, to mifs Jane Bell, daughter of the late Matthew Bell, efq. colonel of the Northumberland militia.

Right hon. Robert Hobart, to Mrs. Adderley, relict of the late Thomas Adderley, efq.

Robert Heron, efq. to mifs Amelia Mann, daughter of fir Horace Mann, bart. Sir Frederick Eden, bart. to mifs Smith, of Bond-street.

Viscount Killmorey, to mifs Cotton, daughter of fir Robert Salufbury Cotton bart.

H. C. Gumbleton, efq. captain in the 13th regiment of dragoons, to the hon. mifs Sarah Maffey, fifter of lord Maffey.

George Gipps, efq. M. P. for Canterbury, to mifs Lawrence, daughter of the late Dr. Lawrence.

Richard Walpole, efq. fon of the hon. Richard Walpole, to mifs Eliza Hammet, daughter of fir Benjamin Hammct.

DEAT H S.

Dward Bishopp, efq. uncle to fir Cecil
Bishopp, bart. See page 74.
Dowager vifcountefs Galway.
Edward duke of Somerfet.
Sir Thomas Cave, bart. M. P. for
Leicefterfhire.

Rear admiral John Hale.
Dr. George Houre, bishop of Norwich.

Lady Jane Gordon, great aunt to the duke of Gordon.

PROMOTIONS.

HON. Henry Welley-Secretary of legation to the court of Sweden. John Wentworth, efq.-Lieutenantgovernor of Noya Scotia.

BANKRUPTS. From the GAZETTE. DECEMBER 31.

Mofes Laney, of Tavistock-ftreet, C8vent-garden, lace-merchant. Jonathan Sedgwick, of Fish-street-hill, London, warehouseman.

William Thurman, of St. John, Wapping, cheesemonger.

Thomas Hervey, of Blackheath, in Kent, builder.

William Henry Hall, of St. Paul, Bristol, bookfeller.

William Mould, of St. Clement Danes, pawnbroker.

Samuel Kinder, of Afhton-under-Line, in Lancashire, dealer.

Benjamin Bullocke, of Penzance, in Cornwall, mercer.

JANUARY 3. Rebecca Floud, widow, and John Shiles, of Exeter, haberdashers, and part

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Snape's Treatife on Farriery, folio, 31. 3s. boards.

Collection of Cafes, with Opinions of Mr. Booth, &c. 2 vol. 8vo. 14s.

Cooper's Oriental Moralist, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Knox's Sermons on Faith, Hope, and Charity, 8vo. 75.

Hawtry on the Various Opinions of the Philofophical Reformers, particularly Paine's Rights of Man, 3s.

Bagatelle, or Bath Anniversary, a Poem, Is. 6d.

High Church Politics, 3s. 6d. Macleod's Effay toward a History of the Principality of Scotland, 4to. Ios. 6d. boards.

Tindal's Juvenile Excurfions in Literature and Criticism, 12mo. 4s. 6d. Walcott's Synopfis of British Birds, 2 vol. 4to. zl. 12s. 6d. boards.

Memoirs of Mrs. Billington, 8vo. 3s. 6d. fewed.

Cumberland's Calvary, or Death of Chrift, an epic Poem, 4to. IOS. 6d.

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PRICES

PRICES of STOCKS, from DECEMBER 29, 1791, to JANUARY 27, 1792, both inclufive.

BY ANTHONY CLARKE, Stock-Broker, No. 13, Sweeting's-Alley, Cornhill.

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In the 3 per Cent. confols. the highest and lowest Price of each Day is given; in every other Article the higheft Price only, the Long and Short Annuities excepted, which are given within a fixteenth of the highest Price. In the different Funds that are shut, the Prices are given with the Dividend till the Days of Opening.

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