of Moral Sentiments,” 8vo; and 
in 1776, “The Wealth of Nations,” 
2 vols. 4to. 
_ In Newgate, the Rev. Mr. Withers, 
confined there ever fince November 
laft, for a libel on Mrs. Fitzher- 
bert. 
AN G-U 'S -T 
An uncommonly dreadful and 
deftructive florm has fallen, on the 
30th of July, at Menymuck, the 
feat of fir Archibald Grant, and its 
neighbourhood. About ten o’clock 
in the morning the fky was overcatt, 
and a thick, dark cloud fettled to 
‘the eaftward. Some flathes of light- 
ning foon appeared, which were fol- 
lowed by a dreadful clap of thun- 
der, that feemed to burft juft over- 
head, and then to roll along for 
fome minutes in a direction from 
north to fouth. This affrighting’ 
clap was fucceeded by feveral o- 
thers, before the clouds rent, and 
let fall {uch fhowers of ice and hail, 
as no man in that part of the coun- 
try was ever witnefs to before. _ 
The hail was of the fize of a mufket- 
ball, with an angular point gene- 
rally, and cut, or rather cruthed, 
every thing they fell upon. The 
potatoes, turneps, and greens of 
every kind growing in the gardens, 
were laid flat and covered with its 
weight, which in fome places lay 
three feet deep. On that day fir 
Archibald Grant filled his ice-houfe; 
though, what is remarkable, during 
the whole courfe of the winter, he 
was unable to colle& a quantity of 
fnow fufficient for the purpofe. It 
is not eafy to conceive the general 
‘confternation of the country people 
on'this occafion. Some feared for 
their fheep and cattle ; fome for 
qpemielyes and children, left they 
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fhould all be fmothered together in 
the ruins of their houfes; while 
others trembled, thinking the great 
day come, when ail things were to 
be at an end, and the world de. 
ftroyed by fire. 
The important event of open- 
‘ing the Forth and Clyde naviga- 
tion from fea to fea took place, on 
the z8th of the lait month, by the 
failing of a track-barge, from the 
bafon of the canal near Glafgow to 
the river Clyde at Bowling Bay, 
defcending thereby 150 feet. In 
the courfe of her voyage fhe pafled 
along that ftupendous aqueduct over 
the Kelvin, a new object to pailen- 
gers below, exhibiting a veilel na- 
vigating 70 feet over their heads. 
The following are the fums 
bought by the commiffioners for re- 
ducing the national debt. 
Confol. 3 percent. £.2,509,800 
Reduced ditto - — 1,540,700 
Old South Sea - 994,909 
New ditto - = 7253500 
South Sea, 1751 - 227,000 
529972999 
Francis Fonton, one of the ” 
clerks in the 3 per cent. bank *°* 
annuity office at the bank of Eng- 
land, was brought before William 
Addington, efq. at the public office 
in Bow Street, and underwent a 
long examination. He was charged 
on the oaths of William Edwards, 
efq. accomptant- general of the 
bank, John Beard, and Robert 
Hands, fer knowingly and wilfully 
uttering, forging, and counterfeit- 
ing the name of William Baker, as 
the proprietor of a fum of 550/. in 
‘the 3 per cent, annuity, and thereby 
transferring the faid fum of s5o/. 
and receiving, or endeavouring to 
receive, the fame, as his own pro- 
perty, with an intent to cheat and 
defraud the governor and company 
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