Gon BO: NIAC My E: ee) 
the court of admiralty. Had it 
been a case of piracy, they would 
have been hung in chains. 
bDIED.—In Portugal, Dr. Lore- 
ira, author of the ‘ Flora Cocbi« 
nensis.”” This celebrated botanist 
devoted 30 years of close applica- 
tion to the composition of this 
work. Sir Joseph Banks invited 
him to this country, for the pur- 
pose of publishing it here; but 
advanced age prevented him from 
accepting the invitation. 
20. At Lancaster, in an advan- 
ced period of life, Mr. Alexander 
Stevens, architeét; who in the 
course of the last forty years, erect- 
ed more stone bridges, and other 
buildings in water, than any man. 
in these kingdoms. Among the 
many works of that kind may be 
mentioned the bridge over the Lif- 
fey at Dublin, and the locks and 
docks on the grand canal of Ire- 
land. The north of England and 
Scotland exbibits numberless works 
of his execution. The aquedudt 
over the river Lune, at Lancaster, 
isone of the greatest undertakings 
he was ever concerned in; and, had 
he lived a few months longer, he 
would have had. the satisfaétion of 
seeing it completed. 
Po B RU A RY, 
This night, after eleven 
o’clock, as the royal family 
were returning from Drury-lane 
‘Ist. 
theatre,’ when the carriages had 
reached the end of John-street, 
Pall Mall, a stone was flung with 
such force as to break one of the 
glass pannels in the coach; in 
which were their majesties and the 
lady in waiting ; which, after strik- 
ing the queen on the cheek, fell 
into lady Harrington’s lap. A des 
position on the aboye business was 
taken at the duke of Portland’s of- 
fice, before the secretary of state 
and two of the magistrates from 
Bow-street; when some of the 
footmen attending on the royal 
family were examined. A reward 
of 10001. is offered for the discovery 
of the offenders. 
18th This day came on in the 
* court of king’s bench, the 
cause of Jettreys versus Mr. Wal- 
ker and others, commissioners ap 
pointed for Irquidating the prince 
of, Wales’s debts, for the sum of 
54,6851. for jewels furnished by 
the plaintiff for his royal highness. 
Messrs. Sharp, Elias, Devi, and 
Dugden, eminent diamoud-mer- 
chants, were called on the part of 
the plaintiff, who proved the va- 
lue of the articles to be, unset, 
50,9971. 10s. ; while Messrs. Crisp, 
Duval, and. Francillons on the, 
part of the defendants, gave it as 
their opinion, that, having exami- 
ned the jéWels, they were not 
worth more than 48,8001. exclu- 
sive of the setting of a miniature 
picture of ber bighness. The jury, 
after aquarter of an hour’s consi- 
deration, found a verd:ét for the 
plaintiff 50,9971. 10s. 
19th Richard England was put 
* to the bar at the old Bailey, 
charged with the wilfel murder of 
Mr. Rowlls, brewer, of Kingston, 
in aduel at Cranford-bridge, June 
18,1794. Lord Derby, the first 
witness, gave in evidence, that he 
was present at Ascot races; when 
in the stand upon the race-course 
he heard Mr, England cautioning 
the gentlemen present not to bet 
with the degeased, as he neither 
paid what he lost or what he bor. 
towed ; On which Mr. Rowlls 
B3 went 
