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his pocket, but had fdr. several 
days in vain solicited relief or lodg- 
ing in the town and neighbourhood 
for want of money to pay for them. 
He was dismissed with an order to 
quit the parish; and the constable 
’ having in vain appited for a lodging 
at the public houses, instead of 
lodging him at the watch-house or 
work-house for the night, left him 
to shift for himself, and find his 
way in the dark to Barnet, over the 
Chace, where he was next morning 
found hanging on a tree, and hard- 
ly cold. About three weeks before, 
there had been found in a wood 
bebind Bowes Farm, in Edmonton 
parish, another unfortunate wretch 
hanging by his stockings on a tree, 
but in so putrid a state that his 
head and feet separated from his 
body. He had on a good great 
coat and 2 kerseymere waistcoat, 
and ig his packet only sixpence 
and some halfpence. 
The university of Oxford has 
lately printed, at its own expence, 
to be-distributed gratis among thé 
French clergy who have taken re- 
fuge in Great Britain, (ad usum Cle. 
gi Gallicani in Anglia exulantis, ‘as 
the title states), 2000 copies of the 
yulgaie and of the new Testament. 
The marquis of Butkingham, 
distinguished for his munificence 
towards the clergy, hus likewise 
caused to be printed, at his expence, 
2000 copies at the same press and 
for the same use. The university 
of Oxford has sent its copies to the 
Venerable bishop of St. Pol de Leoa 
for distribution, accompanied by a 
letter, analogous to the generous 
Sentiments which dictate this ho- 
nourable mark of esteem for the 
French clergy, who are fully sensi- 
ble of the value of the gift. 
picp.—In his 87th year, Tho, 
s 
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Reid, D. D. professor of moral phi-« 
losophy at the university of Glas- 
gow. He was a wonderful exam- 
ple of early proficiency in mathe- 
matics, since he was master of sir 
Isaac Newton’s Principia at the age 
of twenty. He wrote some papers 
in the philosophical transactions on 
mathematical subjects, which do 
him much honour. But his fame 
chiefly rests on his metaphysical 
writings, in which he maintains the 
doctrine of common sense against 
sceptics, and severely arraigns the 
philosophy of Locke, whom he con- 
siders as the great promoter, though 
unintentionally, of modern scepti- 
cism. His works are: 1. An ene 
quiry into the human mind, on the 
principles. of common sense. 8vo. 
1764. 2. Essays on the intellectual 
powers of man. 4io. £785. 
16. At Turin, in his 70th year, 
and 23d of his reign, Victor Ama- 
deus Maria, of Savoy, king of Sar- 
dinia. He was born June 26, 1726; 
aud married Maria Antoinetta Fer- 
dinanda, of Spain, sister to the 
present emperor, who died 1785.— 
On the night of the 13th his m-jes- 
ty was seized with an apoplectic 
fit, which for some time deprived 
him of his speech. The immediate 
application of blisters and bleeding 
brought his majesty, to his senses 
the next. morning, and his speech, 
though imperfectly, was recovered. 
During this interval the sacraments 
weré administered, Towards the 
evening alarming symptoms returr- 
ed, and recourse was had to a third 
bleeding in the foot; which not 
proving efficacious, the extreme 
unction was administered, His mas 
jesty lay speechless, and with one 
side. wholly palsied, during the 
night. At five in the morning of 
the 15th he was pronounced to be 
D 4 ; 4 Vagonie, 
