rivi hisloricdl chronicle, 



he is keld by all descriptions I advanced age give&'Uttle-'hopcs 



of persons. The queen is of his recovery. 



persons. l tie queen 

 much the same as for some 

 time past \ but Dr Willis has 

 pronounced her species of dis- 

 order to be such as to give 

 him hopes of a recovery. The 

 whole management of her per- 

 son is confided to his care, and 

 he has recommended (liort ex- 

 cursions on the river, by way 

 of exercise. Her majesty 

 goes abroad every day in a 

 gondola (a kind of boat,) 

 which is inclosed, so as to pre- 

 vent the people from seeing 

 the queen. 



The emperor's death was 

 formally notified on Wednes- 

 day, 27th March, to his ma- 

 jesty at St James's, by the 

 imperial Envoy, 



The court mourning for the 

 lite emperor of Germany will 

 go out on Thursday the I2th 

 April. 



- The emprefe of Germany, 

 we are given to understand, 

 Kick of the world, retires to a 

 monastic cell, so soon as jhe has 

 ivimefsed the coronation of her 

 son I The old lady pofsefses 

 some of the spirit of our late 

 countefs of Coventry. Wlio 

 knows but the brilliant sight 

 may reconcile her to the 

 world again ? 



The death of Sir George 

 Pocock in some of the papers 

 is contradicted. That vete- 

 ran is in a very bad state of 

 health, from wliich his very 



recovery. 

 Sir George Pocock was for- 

 merly in the list of admirals, 

 but his name has been with- 

 drawn, (for what reason we 

 could never learn) many years. 

 In the war before last, he ser- 

 ved a considerable time in the 

 East Indies, and acquired a 

 fortune, with the reputation of 

 an active brave officer. Sir 

 George is the second of the 

 elder brethren of the Trinity 

 House, having been chosen in 

 the year 1766. He has been 

 a knight of the Bath since the 

 year 1761. 



On the 24th cun-ent, a boy 

 about two years of age, was 

 found floating in one of the ca- 

 nals at Luncarty. He had fallen 

 unperceived, and when found 

 had no signs of life remaining. 

 It was supposed he had been 

 at least half an hour under wa- 

 ter. He was immediately put 

 into warm blankets before a 

 fire, his body was rubbed with 

 spirits, particularly his sides, 

 and about the stomach ; ia 

 fifteen minutes some faint con- 

 vulsive motion was observed 

 in the face, but no other symp- 

 tom of life, till half an hour 

 after, when he gave a deep 

 sigh. The rubbing was conti- 

 nued, and burnt feathers appli- 

 ed to the nostrils, and in half 

 an hour he began to breathe, 

 and to the astoniihment of e- 

 very person present, he by de- 

 grees revived, and is now well. 



