Frederica Charlotte Ulrique Catharine of Pruffia; and that this marriage bas been duly and legally folemnized at Berlin, and at London, according to the laws of the two countries, and the rites of the reformed churches, there refpectively eftablified. Their Majefties being defi. rous to reduce into the requifite forms the engagements contained in a provifional act concluded at Berlin on the 15th of September 1791, by their respective minifters, to serve as the effential bafis of the future contract of marriage of their Royal Highneffes; and defiring alfo to provide for the entire and complete execution of the said engagements, have named and authorised for that falutary purpofe their respective Commiffaries, viz. his Majesty the King of Great Britain, Sir Morton Eden, Knight of the Order of the Bath, and his Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Pruffan Majefty; and his Majefty the King of Pruffia, bis Minifters of State, of war, and of the Cabinet, Charles William Count de Finckenftein, Frederick Wil liam Count de Schulenburg, Knights of the order of the Black Eagle, and Philip Charles Baron d'Alvensleben, Knight of the order of St John, who, by virtue of their refpective full powers reciprocally communicated and exchanged, after baving difcuffed all the neceffary points, have agreed on the following articles : Article 1. His Majefty the King of Pruffia gives to the Princess his daughter a portion of 100,000 crowns in Frederics d'Or, viz. 40,000 crowns, as being the ufual portion of the Princeffes of the Houfe of Pruffia, and 60,000 crowns, as paraphernalia. In cafe the Princefs fhould happen to die before her husband, without leaving iffue, both the fums, as well for the portion as for the parapherBalia, fhall revert to the King and his fucceffors, in as far as her Royal High nefs fhall not have difpofed of the lat ter; but the produce thereof shall belong to his Royal Highness her husband furviving. Mis Majefty has besides provided her Royal Highnefs with a trouffeau faitable to her birth and rank.

2. Her Royal Highness the Princefs renounces, and by the act figned the 29th of September 1791 has renounced, conformably to the ufage and family compact of the Houfe of Pruffia and Brandenburgh, in favour of the male fucceffon, all right of inheritance arifing from the faid Houfe, in the fame manner, in VOL. LIV. February 1792.

the fame terms, with the fame reservations, and the fame validity of engage. ment, as the Princeffes of Pruffia and Brandenburgh have on their marriages done to this time. And his Majefty the King of Great Britain, in his own name, and in that of his fon the Duke of York, confirms this renunciation in the most exprefs and folemn manner.

3. His Royal Highness the Duke of York having promised to give to the Princefs his wife, as the gift on the day after the marriage, called by the name of Morgengabe, the fum of 6000l. Sterling, the intereft of which was to be paid from the 15th of September 1791, and to make part of the fum fixed for pin-money, and for the annual expences of her Royal Highnefs, without her Royal Highnefs having, however, any power of difpofing of the capital during the life of her husband; his Majesty the King of Great Britain confirms this en gagement.

4. His Royal Highness the Duke of York having promifed to pay annually, and during the whole time of her mar riage, to her Royal Highness, for her pin-money and daily expences, known by the names of Kleider, Hand, and, Sprelgelder, the fum of 4000 1. Sterling, of which her Royal Highness shall have the free difpofal, for her own use, without defraying out of that fum the charge of the maintenance of the perfons attached to her fuite, and intended for her fervice, his Majefty the King of Great Britain has been pleased to take upon himfelf the full and entire execution of the faid engagement; and his Majesty, in confequence, promifes and engages to fecure to her Royal Highness the Duchefs of York the annual payment of 4000 1. Sterling, including the intereft of the fum of 6000 1. Sterling mentioned in the 3d article.

5. His Majefty the King of Great Bri. tain grants, as a counter portion to the portion given by his Majefty the King of Pruffia, the like fum of 100,000 crowns in gold. His Britannic Majefty alfo engages to fecure to the Princefs, in cafe of the unhappy event of mournful feparation by the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, the annual fum of 8000l. Sterling for her jointure, together with a refidence, and a suitable eftablishment.

6. This treaty fhall be ratified by his Majefty the King of Great Britain, and

by

fhewing that he had connived at his wife's misconduct.

Lord Kenyon, in fumming up, animadverted with great severity on the conduct of the defendant; but recommended the evidence for the defence to the attention of the jury. Their verdict, he conceived, must be for the plaintiff; and all that remained for their confideration, was the quantum of damages.

Verdict for the plaintiff, 5oool. damages.

Feb. 23. was tried an action brought by Alfred to recover from Loricus about 701. upon a lottery transaction.

Mr Erskine, counsel for the plaintiff, faid, that the defendant's name was Mark Anthony Loricus, but although he bore a Roman name of great dignity, he was nothing more than a shabby insurance lottery-office-keeper, who had got poffeffion of the plaintiff's money by the prevalent and deftructive practice of inforing. It was the object of the present action to recover back the money paid by the plaintiff to the defendant for infuring in the laft English lottery the three 20,000 1. prizes. This the law gave him a right to do, as infuring was totally illegal. A witnefs was examined, who swore that be was prefent at a public-house in White-friars, when the insurances were made. He faw the plaintiff pay, on different days, the money for infuring the three 20,000 1. he wrote the fums paid to the defendant in a book, which amounted in the whole to the money for which the action was brought. Mr Bearcroft, on behalf of the defendant, refifted this action upon two grounds; the first was, that the plaintiff, by paying the money to infure, was concerned in a breach of the law, and therefore came with a very ill grace into court to recover back his mo sey. The other ground was, that the defendant was no lottery-office-keeper, but only a clerk or agent to one Jenkins, of Fleet-ftreet. Lord Kenyon was clear ly of opinion that the plaintiff had a right to recover. If it had been a legal tranf action, the clerk or agent would not have been liable; but infuring being a grofs violation of the laws, the defendant, al though he might be only an agent, was liable to pay back the money, as the principal was never to be found. Verdict for the plaintiff for the whole money paid for infuring.

The amount of the claims for damages fuftained during the late riots [vol. 53. p.

304 381 336 13 7 3839 5 4

£5932 7 74

The amount of the claims upon Perfhore hundred have not yet been pub. lished.

SCOTLAND.

William Creech, Efq; one of the magiftrates of Edinburgh, and fecretary to the fociety for the benefit of the Sons of the Clergy of the Church of Scotland [vol. 52. p. 157.], has received his Majefty's royal charter conftituting that fociety a body corporate.

Tuesday, Jan. 31. The High Court of Jufticiary, upon petition of John Cumming (accufed of robbing a perfon belonging to Leith betwixt Edinburgh and Dalkeith) with confent of his Majesty's Advocate, banished him from Scotland for life, under the ufual certifications.

The Court afterwards pronounced fentence of fugitation and outlawry against Robert Mann, late letter-carrier in the poft office, Glasgow, he having failed to appear to ftand trial upon an accufation of abstracting a letter from the office.

A general meeting of the British Wool Society was held at Edinburgh on Jan. 30. when the officers for the management of their affairs for the ensuing year were elected. There was laid before the meeting a report of the fociety's tranfactions for laft year, which concludes as follows.

"Thus it appears that the Society has acquired, by donation or purchase, in the courfe of the year 1791, about 800

Q &

heep

fheep of different forts, many of them. from foreign countries, particularly from fuch as poffeffed any breed of fheep diftinguished for the quality of their wool. Of thefe, about 555 have been difperfed all over Scotland, and the northern parts of England; and there still remain 245, to which, before the month of July next, there will probably be an addition of 150 lambs, fo that the flock belonging to the Society will then amount to about 400, a number (joined to those already dis. tributed, and many which are expected in the courfe of the ensuing season from different countries in Europe, from A. frica, and from the East Indies) sufficient in the course of a few years to cover every part of Scotland with fine-woolled sheep. "It will be allowed, therefore, that every poffible exertion had been made to diffuse a spirit for the improvement of wool, and to difperfe the proper breeds of fheep for that purpose all over the kingdom. The number of fine woolled rams which have been imported, amounting (old and young) to about 40, is certainly as many as could poffibly be looked for in the short space of one year. About 60 of the best rams of the Cheviot breed have also been fent to different parts of Scotland, and very flattering accounts have been received of the fuccefs with which the various experiments recom. mended in the publications of the fociety are likely to be attended. From various quarters much important information, as to the proper management of theep, has been tranfmitted to the directors, which it is intended to digeft as foon as possible, so as to be ready for the infection of the members. In fhort, there is every rea fon to believe, that nothing is wanting

but a continuation of the fame exertions on the part of the fociety, in order to fecure to G. Britain the important objects

for which it was conftituted.

The flocks belonging to the fociety are ftationed as follows:

In the fociety's park at Bowbridge, 101 At Dalkeith Houfe, (under the care of the Duke of Buccleugh,)

20

30

In Tweeddale (for experiment)
In Cheviot Hills (for the fame purpose) 22
On Cramond Island (about)
At North Merchifton,

70

Total, 245

2

The Hon. Board of Trustees have given ten guineas to Mr Andrew Wright of Paifley, for his patriotic attempt o introduce the culture of filk-worms into this country,

MARRIAGES,

Feb. 3. At Liverpool, William Brighouse, Efq; of Toxteth-park, Lancashire, to Mifs Gibb, only daughter of the late William Gibb, Efq; of Greenhead, Ayrshire.

9. Mr Adam Wilson, merchant in Aberdeen, to Mifs Jean Aberdein.

13. At Thunderton, James Coll, Efq; of Afhgrove, M. D. to Mifs Dunbar, only daughter of the late Sir Alexander Dunbar of Northfield, Bt.

13. Thomas Whitlaw, Efq; to Miss Morton, eldest daughter of the late James Morton, Efq; of Glasgow.

14. At Aberdeen, the Rev. Mr Hugh Hay, one of the minifters of that place, to Mifs Catharine Reid, fecond daughter of the deceafed Mr Peter Reid, merchant.

19. The Prince Anhalt Coethen, to the Princefs Caroline Frederica of Naffau Ufingen. 20. At Dundee, Mr William Lindsay, writer to the fignet, to Mifs Mackenzie, daughter of the deceased Mr John Mackenzie, merchant in Stirling.

26. At Foveran, Dr Alexander Robertson of Hazlehead, physician in Aberdeen, to Miss Davidfon, daughter of the late William Davidfon, Efq; merchant, and fometime Pro

voft of Aberdeen.

BIRTH S.

Jan. 28. At Staindrop, county of Durham, the lady of Capt. Charles Hope, of the navy, of a daughter.

Feb. 1. Mrs Wauchope of Niddry, of a fon. 4. At London, the Countess of Winterton, of a fon.

5. At London, the Marchioness of Worcefter, of a fon and heir.

6. At Coats, Mrs Lindefay of Wormiefton, of a fon.

9. At London, Lady Caroline Campbell, of a fon.

II. At Edinburgh, Mrs Campbell of Fairfield, of a fon.

12. Mrs Simpson of Tiviotbank, of a fon. 13. At Carronhall, Lady Eleonora Dundas, of a fon.

13, At Straloch, Mrs Ramfay of Barra, of a daughter.

14. At Yefter-Houfe, the Marchionefs of Tweeddale, of a daughter.

17. At Stoken-hall, Rutland, Lady Augufta Lowther, of a daughter.

19. Mrs Murchison of Tarradale, of a fon, 22. At Edinburgh, the lady of William Lindley, Efq; of a daughter.

25. At London, the Countess of Aylesford,

of a fon.

DEATHS.

Jan. 1791. On his paffage from Bengal to Bombay, Lieut. Charles Anderson, of 75th

foot.

July. At the fort of Vellore, Lieut. James Macilwrath, fon of William Macilwrath, Efq; at Balcletchie, Ayrshire.

26. At Bombay, Lieut. William Ramfay, of ad Bombay regiment of Europeans.

Nov. 24. At Jamaica, Mr John Cathcart, fecond fon to James Cathcart, Efq; of Carbifton.

Dec. 20. At New York, in his 82d year, John Cruger, Efq. He was many years Speaker of the Affembly, and Mayor of that city.

Jan. 2. 1792. The Rev. Mr David Denoon fenior, minister of the gofpel at Killear nan, in Rofs fhire, in the 64th year of his age, and 34th of his miniftry. He has left 1001. Sterling for a bursary at Inverness academy.

25. At Rhines, Rofs-fhire, in his 77th year, Charles Robertfon, Efq; of Kindeace. 26. At Kincraig, William Gourlay, Efq; of Kincraig.

27. At Muffelburgh, aged 90, Jean Heriot, widow of James Watfon weaver in Muffelburgh, who, within thefe twelve months, walked to and from Edinburgh; and tranfacted business, and retained her faculties to the laft.

27. William Hill of Croyland, Lincolnshire, fexton, aged 65, who had been blind upwards of twenty years. What is very remarkable, he could dig graves with as much propriety and accuracy as many who can fee, and point out the particular spot of any family's interment. He could not only point out in the church any thing worth notice to ftrangers, but also lead them to any part of the town. He was a thatcher by trade, which profeffion he followed fince he loft his fight. He was alfo cryer of the parish, and an auctioneer; and if his ringing was worth notice, he was as perfect as most people in a five bell peal, and in hand bells he was capital, and taught many to ring. He was alfo a capital finger.

29. At Beaufett, in France, Thomas Findlay, Efq; of Drummore.

31. At Edinburgh, Sir Alexander Hay, Bt, Knight of the military order of St George, and Colonel in the Ruffian fervice.

31. At Edinburgh, aged 81, Mr Malcolm Ogilvy, late merchant there.

31. Mr John Adams, manufacturer in Glasgow.

Feb. 1. At Lifbon, the Hon. Lieutenant William Forbes, of the royal navy, youngest fan of Lord Forbes.

2. At Leutkirk, in Suabia, M. Lewis Fuft, author of many ingenious pieces, par

ticularly one intitled "Ludi Florales," and another named "Floriniani;" both poems, full of animation, fatire, and fentiment. He was defcended from Fuft, the celebrated printer of Mentz, who in 1450, after the labour of feven or eight years, completed the first Bible that ever appeared in types; and twelve years afterwards, 1462, published in Gothic characters an edition of infinitely more expence, fome copies of which were fold in Paris as MSS, at the great price of 600 crowns. 2. In Caithness, Lieut. Charles Bremner, late of 97th foot.

2. In the King's-bench prison, after a confinement of nine years, Major John Forbes, who diftinguished himself at the memorable

battle of Minden.

3. At Bath, Maj-Gen. Sir Henry Calder, Bt, Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar, and Colonel of 30th foot.

3. At Aberdeen, Mr Alexander Innes, fon of the late Alexander Innes, Esq; commiffary-clerk of Aberdeen.

3. Mr Ninian Glen, late convener of the trades in Glasgow.

4. At Dumfries, in his 64th year, James Irving, Efq; of Gribton.

4. At Blair Drummond, Mrs Roche, daughter to the late George Drummond, Efq; commiffioner of the excife, and many years Provoft of Edinburgh.

5. At London, in bis 83d year, the Rt Hon. Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Kt, one of the Privy Council, and formerly Chief Juftice of the Court of Common Pleas, to which he was advanced in 1766, and refigned in 1771. By his death a confiderable penfion falls in.

6. Mrs Mary Oliphant, widow of the Rev. Mr Patrick Hepburn, late minister of Aytoun.

7. Mifs Grace Hunter, fecond daughter of Mr John Hunter, writer to the fignet. 7. Alexander Duthie, Efq; of Ruthriefton, Advocate in Aberdeen.

7. Mrs Patoun, fifter of the late Dr David Patoun, physician in Glasgow.

8. At Edinburgh, Mrs Wood, fpouse to Walter Wood, Efq;

8. Aged 83, Mr James Wilfon, merchant in Kilmarnock.

9. At Hempriggs, in Caithness, William Sinclair, Efq; fecond fon of the late Sir James Sinclair of Mey, and uncle to the Earl of Caithness.

9. At Kensington palace, aged 75, Milward Rowe, Efq; many years a chief clerk of the treasury, and commiffioner of the faltduties.

9. Mrs Cochran, wife of Mr John Cochran, late one of the magiftrates of Paisley. 10. At Edinburgh, Thomas Steuart, Efq; treasurer of the Bank of Scotland.