8 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
was exchanged at thisextraordinary 
interview. Captain Doveton was 
next presented, and placed on the 
right hand of the sovereign, who 
conversed with him on Kurope:n 
topics for more than an hour and 
an half. He was afterwards re- 
galed with beetle, cloves, anda va- 
riety of Asiatic dainties on a service 
of gold plate, The Sultan, duriug 
the interview, did not rise trom his 
seat, which was a square cushion, 
covered withcrimson velvet, slight. 
ly embroidered:with go!ld—on his 
side was placed a sword and some 
papers, and on them a gold snuff. 
box, apparently of European manu- 
facture. Tippoo has a very majes- 
tic deportment, and is of the mid. 
dle stature, with a countenance very 
expressive. His eye particularly 
animated and scrutinizing, his nose 
large, with oblique dilated nostrils ; 
his mouth small with thick lips, 
and an eminence towards the cen. 
tre of the upper lip, which projects 
but is by no means unhandsome. 
His majesty has conferred 
pensions of sool. per ann. 
on admiral Jord Graves, and the 
rear admirals sir George Bowyer, 
and sir Thomas Paisley, in Gonse- 
quence of the wounds received by 
these gallant officers on the first of 
June.-—Mr. Ibetson, who retires 
from the second secretaryship of the 
the Admiralty, will likewise re- 
ceive a pension of 6o0ol, per annum, 
in recompense of his long services 
in that office. 
This being the day ap. 
pointed for the general fast, 
it was observed with due solemnity. 
Stanislaus, king of Po- 
land, has taken leave of his 
capital, thisday, probably for ever. 
The floods that prevailed during 
this season, have perhaps never 
24th. 
27th, 
28th. 
been equalled in the memory of 
min; the accounts of the ruinous 
effects from all parts of the country 
would fill more pages than can be 
spared by us, / 
Diep—zoth. Dr. Alexander . 
Gerard, professor of divinity in 
the university and King’s college, 
Aberdeer:, and one of his majesty’s 
chaplains for Scotland. He was 
the author of—r. An Essay on Taste, 
8vo. 1759: 2. National Blessings, 
an Argument for Reformation; a 
sermon preached at Aberdren, 1760: 
3. The Influence of the Pastoral 
Office on the Charaéter Examined, 
with a View especially to Mr, 
Hume’s Representation of the Spirit 
of that Office; a sermon preached 
at Aberdeen, April 8, 1760, 8vo2 
4- The Influence of Piety on the 
Public Good: a sermon preached 
at the High Church, Edinburgh, 
May 31,1761,8vo. §. Dissertations 
on Subjects relating to the Genius 
and Evidence of Christianity, 8vo. 
1766; 6. An Essay on Genius, Svo. 
1774: 7. Liberty the Cloak: of 
Maliciousness, borh in the Aimeri- 
can Rebeilion and in the Manners 
of the Times; a sermon preached 
at Old Aberdeen, Feb. 26; 1778, 
8vo. 8. Sermons, Vol. f. 8vo, 
1789: g. Sermcus, Vol. II. 8vo. 
1782. 
In the’ 63d’ ycar of. his age, at 
his seat of Ollantigh, in Kent, John 
Sawbridge, esq. alderman and re. 
presentative of the city of London. 
He early in life succeeded, by the 
death of his father, toa very prince. 
ly fortun>,, In November 1763, 
soon after hts father’s decease, he 
intermarried with the only daugh, 
ter of sir Orlando Bridgman, bart. 
with whom he had a large dowry ; 
by this lady, whom he had the mis- 
fortune to lose within about two 
months 
