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many valuable exotics, among which 

 were several Botany-Bay plants. — 

 The flames were very fierce, and 

 threw the\^ hole neighbourhood into 

 the greatest consternation ; provi- 

 dentially the damage was confined 

 to Mr. Parker's premises. 



28th. The following are some 

 circumstances attending a late mar- 

 riage between a branch of the royal 

 family and a daughter of a northern 

 earl. About eighteen months since, 

 lady Dunmore, whose husband is 

 nowgovernorofthe Bahama Islands, 

 went with her two daughters into 

 Italy, where they resided till very 

 lately. His royal highness prince 

 Augustus, being at Rome^ met with 

 those ladies, and very naturally 

 couited their agreeable society; the 

 consequence of which was, a mu- 

 tual attachment between his roj'al 

 hif.hncssand lady Augusta Murray, 

 and they were there married. Lady 

 Munay became pregnant, and re- 

 turned to Eiv^land. Hi? roval hiiih- 

 ncss did the same : and. at the in- 

 stance of the lady and her friends, 

 a second marriage took place. Tiie 

 parties were regal iily asked in the 

 church of St. George, Hanoxer- 

 square, in the month of November 

 last, and on the 5ih of December 

 thev were again united, nccording 

 to the ceremonies of the church of 

 England, under the niHnes of Au- 

 gustus Frederick and Augusta Mur- 

 ray. Theciroumstances having come 

 to the kings know ledge.his majesty 

 institutedasuit of nviUity inhisown 

 name, in ihe Arches Court of Can- 

 terbury, to set aside the validity of 

 this marr'age, on the ground of an 

 act of parliament passed early m tlie 

 reign of his present majesty, for the 

 prevention of the marriage of .^ny 

 male branch of the royal family, 

 without the previous consent of par- 



liament. On the f th instant Mf. 

 Hcseltine, the king's proctor served 

 a citation on lady Murray to an- 

 swer the charges of the suit. The 

 privy council has been occupied, for 

 two days, in the investigation of 

 the circcmstances attending the late 

 marriage of his royal highness princ« 

 Augustus Frederick and lady Au» 

 gusta Murray. The persons who 

 have been examined on thishusinesi 

 are, lady Dunmore, lady E.Murray, 

 a coal-merchant and his wife who 

 live in South Moulton-strect, where 

 the lodgings were taken, to com* 

 pletc the residence of one month in 

 the parish of iSt. George, Hanover- 

 square ; the clergyman who mar- 

 ried the parties ; and a gentlemaa 

 who resides at Twickenham. Lady 

 Aug. Murray was brought to bed 

 of a son on the 13th instant, who 

 is likely to do well. 



30th. Dvllin. Came on the trial 

 in the court of King's Bench of 

 Archibald H;;milton Rowan, esq. 

 on an information e.r officio for pub- 

 lishing, on 16ih December, 17.92, a 

 seditious libel, purporting to be an 

 address from the U,.itcdlrishmcn of 

 Dublin to the volunteers of Ireland. 

 Mr. Curran made an admirable de- 

 fence for the prisoner, but the evi- 

 dence was so conclusive against him 

 that the jury, in three minutes, re- 

 turned a verdict of guilty. 



lOch. Died. After a lingering 

 illness, aged 84, Sir Clifton Win- 

 trintham, bart. M. D. fellow of the 

 royal colleges of physicians in Lon- 

 don and Paris, F. R. S. physician- 

 general to the army, and physician 

 in ordinary to his majesty ; much 

 estcemt'd by all who knew him as a 

 man of amiable manners and exten- 

 sive knowledge. 



11th. Aged 65, Dr. Hinchcliff, 

 bishop of Peterborough and dean 



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