Hijiorical Chronicle. 



XV 



blood give way to the emotions 

 of humanity. | 



The Nabob of Oude has gene* 

 roully and fpontaneoufly fup- 

 plied Government with a rein- 

 forcement of 200 elephants. ^ 

 They proceeded from Luck- , 

 now under the charge of Capt. i 

 Williamfon, on their way over ; 

 land to Madras. i 



By the laft advices from ' 

 Bombay, the inhabitants had ' 

 fufFered confiderably from the ; 

 drynefs of the feafon. Water 

 was fo exceedingly Icarce, and i 

 rice fo high in price, that it was i 

 neceflary to open a fubfcription ' 

 for the relief of the poor, and ' 

 about three lacks of rupees had j 

 been collefted. 1 



It appears from a fair and \ 

 certain ftatement of the Oritn- i 

 tal traffic, that Great Britain , 

 pofTeflesupwardsofeighty parts ; 

 outof ahvindred of thetonna^e ; 

 of fhipping employed in the ' 

 commerce from Europe and 

 the reft of the globe to Alia. 



At a late public dinner at 

 Bofton in America, the bleffing 

 was alked by the Rev. Dr Par- 

 ker, an Epifcopaliar;, and thanks 

 returned by Dr Carrol, a Ro- 

 man Ctitholic Bifhop. It muli 

 give pleafure to every o'.ie to 

 fee this friendly intercourfe be- 

 tween perfons who profefs 

 different opinions in religion. 



Among the few curiolities 

 imported from Botany Bay is 

 a leaf of very uncommon pro- 

 perties. The moft extraordi- 

 nary is, that, even without be- 

 ing pulverifed, it goes off, on 

 the application of a match, 

 with an explofion fome what 

 fimilar to gunpowder ; and the 

 air is afterwards agreeably per- 

 fumed. 



DOMESTIC. 



On the 3d of September, at 

 five in the morning, the King 

 and Qiieen, and four of the 

 Princelfes, fet off from Wind- 

 for for Weymouth, fur the 

 benefit of fea- bathing. 



WednefJay morningthe 17th 

 ult. about fix o'clock, a perfon 

 whofe name is Wetton, went 

 to Buckingham Houfe, and in- 

 fifted on being admitted to the 

 Qp,:en's apartments. The fer- 

 vaat at firft treated him with 

 contempt ; but he infilled in 

 fiich a boifterous manner on 

 having his firft demand com- 

 plied with, that they thought 

 proper to take himintociiftody. 

 It appeared that the man is in- 

 fane. He faid he was a ihoe- 

 miker by trade, had ferved 

 twenty years in the Blue?, from 

 wh ch he was difcharged about 

 five years ago : that he lately 

 came toLondoR to fee a relation 

 of his, and was much enibar- 

 raffed for want of money. He 

 was fent to the hcfpital as a 

 lunatic. He is 46 years old. 



Two of the Birmingham rio- 

 ters, John Green and Francis 

 Rodney, wtxc executed at that 

 place on the Sth inft. and be- 

 haved very penitent. Fifher 

 received his Majefty's free par- 

 don, and Hammond was rcfpit- 

 ed during pleafure. 



A duel took place lately 

 at Limerick, in Irelanil, be- 

 tween Cjunl'ctlor O'C illatrhan 

 and Mr Macnamara, a young 

 attorney, in conf'quence of 

 fame refleftions thrown by the 

 former on the latter, refpei5ting 

 exorbitant cofts, in which the 

 attorney received a wound in 

 his neck, of which he died 

 tiiree days after. 



