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market would forthwith be , ter. The advantage from the 



brought under the hammer. , high mounting is, that the ob- 



Prince Edward, during his server sitting, has in his viev.', 



residence in Canada, has con- I without turning the globe, the 



ducted himself with such pro- 

 priety and aftability, as has ac- 

 quired him from the inhabitants 

 a kind and degree of esteem, 

 far exceeding that senselels ve- 

 neration Ihewn merely to birth 

 and high rank. 



It is said that tTie expence 

 for paying *olf the Rufsian ar- 

 mament last year, will not be 

 deducted from the surplus of 

 revenue, but will be defrayed 

 by extending, for a Ihort time, 

 the taxes imposed for defray- 

 ing the expences of the arma- 

 ment against Spain. 



'I'lie West India merchants 

 liave voted a present of L. 500 

 to captain Bligh, of his majes- 

 ty's navy, as a compliment for 

 services rendered while on the 

 West India station. 



They have also voted a pre- 

 sent of a handsome sword, va- 

 lue L. 2 DO, to captain Samuel 

 Hood, of the navy, for saving, 

 at the hazard of his own life, 

 while on the West India station, 

 the lives of three seamen who 

 were^iwating at the mercy of 

 the waves on a raft of tijnber. 



The East India Company 

 have presented to the Pelhcw 

 of Mahrattas, a pair of magni- 

 ficent globes, of the value of 

 500 guineas, 



'I'he globes in tlieir mounting, 

 stand five feet high. They arc 

 twenty-eight inches in diaqje- 



whole range of latitude frora 

 one- pole to the other. 



The celestial globe fo _ fax 

 differs totally from the ordina- 

 ry custom, that all the imagi- 

 nary forms are omitted. The 

 surface is blue foil ; on it above 

 5GQ0 stars are laid down in the 

 prescribed positions, and discri- 

 minated farther by their siz£ 

 and colour. The spots thus 

 representing stars, gold, silver, 

 and red foil, all are witiiin the 

 surrounding varniih. 



Tl:e mounting of both globei 

 is in silver. 



Mr fohn WalHs,.y?/«. who 

 was ihot by Hubbard, the mock 

 duke, fand for which he is riovv 

 in confinement in Warwick 

 goal,^ is in a state of perfect 

 recovery. 



Jan. 14. Between two and 

 three o'clock, a fire broke out- 

 at the Fanthcon in Oxford 

 street, which has entirely de- 

 stroyed the whole of that beau- 

 tiful building, so long dedica- 

 ted to purposes of public amusc- 

 m.ent, and lately fitted up as a 

 t'ncatre for the Italian operas. 



The fire began in a room 

 where some painters had bcc;n 

 at work the evening before, at 

 tlie farther end of the buildii>g 

 which communicated to the 

 stage, and from thence to the 

 audience part. The fire dul 

 not materially damage any o£ 



