and magnificent ftyle. The floors 
are all to be of mahogany; and 
gilding, and all forts of expenfive 
ecorations, are to be added, - 
13th. Sir B. Hammet was. fined 
the fum of one thoufand pounds, 
_for declining to ferve the office of 
-Lord Mayor, to which he had been 
elected. 
30th. His Majefty fet out from 
town with an intention of review- 
-ing the North-Sea flect, and the 
Dutch prizes at the Nore; but ow- 
ing to the tempetftuoufnefs of the 
weather, was, after having gone 
fome way, obliged to return, with- 
out having effected his purpofe. 
NOVEMBER. 
3d, Laft night, about eight 
@ clock, a fire broke out at Mr. 
Bennifon’s umbrella manufactory, 
adjoining Windmill - ftreet, Finf- 
_bury-fquare, which it entirely con- 
fumed; it communicated to a fmall 
-houfe in an adjoining court, in 
‘which were only four houfes; but, 
by the exertions of the fire-men, 
_was preyented from apreastine, tho’ 
mot without the deftruction of a 
| great part of the furniture of the 
poor inhabitants. 
Louvain. Our univerfity, which 
had exifted nearly 400 years, and 
which formerly enjoyed much re- 
putation in the literary world, has 
been deftroyed by an order of the 
department of the Dyle. It muf 
be admitted that it deferved its 
fate. It was the principal afylum 
in the Netherlands of fanaticifm, 
_and of thofe principles which were 
moft oppofite to the new regimen. 
Bercnce is in fome places the na- 
| feral production of the country ; 
Cal ® OaN. i: Cc. LAR. 
sow fitting up in the moftcofily . 
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but;at Louvain it appears that it 
was cultivated with care. None of 
the valuable appendages to. the 
univerfity, as the library, phyfic- 
garden, &c. have, however, been 
deftroyed. 
The prefent Emprefs of. Rufha 
has purchafed the palace of Prince 
Dolgorucki, at St. Peterfburg, and 
converted it into a college for 
teaching the art of . midwifery. 
Twenty poor women of good cha- 
racter are to be inftructed and con- 
tinvally fupported by her Majef- 
ty’s private purfe, and occafionally 
diftributed over the provinces. 
The following letter from the Em- 
peror of Rufia accompanied the 
infignia of the order of St. Alex- 
ander Nefsky, with which Lord 
Duncan has lately been invetfted : 
“ Peterhoff, July 19th, 1797. 
“ Admiral Duncan, 
“ In confideration of the talents 
which you have difplayed during 
your military career, the honour- 
able and diftinguifhed manner in 
which you acquitted yourfelf in the 
command which you had over my - 
{quadron, deftined to combat, con- 
jointly with yours, the enemies of 
your country, and the zeal which 
you have manifefted for the well-+ 
being of my fubjects, as well offi- 
cers as feamen, I have created you 
Chevalier ofmyImperialOrder of St. 
Alexander Nefsky, the infignia of 
which accompany this for your in- 
veftiture.—I flatter myfelf that the 
juftice which I now render you will 
be received by you as a ftriking 
proof of my high confideration and 
*good withes.—TI pray God to have 
you in his holy and particular keep- 
ing. (Signed) 
6 Paut.”? 
8th. This morning Richard Bar- 
ber fox forgery, and John Bryant for 
a rape 
