historical chronicle. 



Great Britain takes upon him- 

 self the execution of this en- 

 gagement. 



The king of Great Britain 

 grants, as a counter-portion to 

 that given ty the king of Pruf- 

 sia, the like sum of ioo,coo 

 crowns, and engages to secure 

 to the duchefs, in case of the 

 duke's death, the annual sum 

 L. 8ooo, together with a resi- 

 sidence and suitable establifli- 

 nient 



On Sunday Feb. 19th, Due 

 de Biron set off for France, hav- 

 ing been released from his con- 

 finement on the Friday before. 

 Lord Rawden and a French 

 gentleman were his bail, to the 

 amount of L.40D0. He was in 

 great haste to get away, as he 

 heard other promifsoty notes 

 were coming from Paris as de- 

 tainers against hiin. 



On Sunday, Feb. 1 2. the in- 

 habitants of Portland were a- 

 larmed by the (baking of the 

 «arth j in the course of the 

 night the piers and a gteat 

 quantity of the rock gave way, 

 including a space of more than 

 half a mile square. 



London, Feb. 25. the queen 

 has appointed the earl of Mor- 

 ton to be chamberlain of her 

 majestY's household, and has al- 

 so appointed the earl of Ailes- 

 bury to be treasurer of her ma- 

 •jesty's household. 



On Thursdiiv evening Feb. 

 ■33. died, much lamf nted by his 

 ni.merous triends, in Lt;e 69th 

 year of his age. Sir jolhua Rey- 

 aolds. the president of the 



royal accademy. His genius 

 was not confined merely to his 

 own peculiar art, for his talents 

 were truly various. He has 

 left Mifs Palmer (his niece) re- 

 siduary legatee. Mr Boswell, 

 t^vo hundred pounds, to seven- 

 teen noblemen a picture each, 

 and Mr Ijurke, L. 2000. 



On Saturday last, at two 

 o'clock, died, his house in Al- 

 bemarle-street, Robert Adam, 

 Esq. Architect, Fellow of the 

 Royal and Antiquarian Soci- 

 eties of London and Edin- 

 burgh. His dca h was occa- 

 sioned by the bursting of a 

 blood vefsel. 



Feb. 27, the House of Com- 

 mons at Dublin was discovered 

 to be on fire about half past 

 four o'clock, and in ■ lefs than 

 an hour the whole dome was 

 surrounded by a volume of fire. 

 About half past six the dome 

 fell in, and communicated the 

 ilames to every thing near. By 

 timely exertions the fire was 

 entirely extinguilhed about one 

 o'clock. 



Saturday, March 4. Dr Wil- 

 lis set out for Lifhon to attend 

 the queen. 



On the 19th ult. died at 

 Auchinleck, Ayrihire, Mat- 

 thew Tait, aged one hundred 

 and twenty-three years. He 

 served as a private soldier at 

 the taking of Gibraltar by the 

 Britilh in tlie year 1704. 



Lord Macartney, it is now 

 , known, will set out (liortly up- 

 I on an embafsy to China, One 

 material purpose of his mifsion, 



