ior tlie tifue on liops, an-d a de- 

 mand is novr majc; of no lels a 

 fum than L. 3 : 12:6 per acre. 



Tuesday, Feb. 7. exhibited 

 an extraordinary scene on 

 Chansre. Several merchants of 

 eminence were crrated at the 

 suit of government for money 

 due on Custom-house bonds 5 

 on account, as \\e understand, 

 of some dis]">ut£d duties. One 

 of the flieribs attended in his 

 carriage to witnefc the executi- 

 on of the '.vrits. 



A beautiful monument is jjst 

 completed intended to be e- 

 lected in Chichester cathedral, 

 to the memory of Collins the 

 poet 5 it consists of a striking 

 bust to the memory of that ele- 

 gant writer, v.ith a simple in- 

 scription, and underneath ap- 

 pear the Pafsions in b?.fs relief, 

 most exprefsively copied from 

 the inspiration of his own peii. 



A few nights a;;;o, four old 

 ■ houses in Virginia-street, Rat-' 

 cliffe-highway, fell down. For- 

 tunately the vrall made a crcfh, 

 fhe noise ol which a^oke the 

 inhabitants, who had been in 

 bed some liours. 



Forty thousand a-year udd'i- 

 tioual iimmc is talked of for a 

 •certain young Gcnth man. It is 

 to'be wi(hed that some jperson 

 might be appointed tocontroul 

 the application, and that, as the 

 revenue will then be princely 

 indeed, the expenditure rhay be 

 in a manner, and on matters 

 ■worthy a prince. 



A singular mistake. — J. Wr.t- 

 .ion; e<ri3 of MaasStkl, iu Kot- 



hisioriccl chronicle, 



inghamfliire, one of the geml?- 

 men named as a fherifFTor that 

 county, has been dead thc4c 

 three years past ! 



Ey tlie last accounts from St 

 Domingo, it appears that the 

 disorders there have not yc: 

 subsided. 



The earl of Glasgow lately 

 ordered 400 hutches of coals to 

 the poor of Paisley. 



M. Talleyrand de Perigord 

 spent one of his first days in 

 this country thus actively : — In 

 the morning he had an audience 

 of Mr Pitt ; after which he di- 

 ned with the Duke of Leeds ; 

 and then called separately upon 

 Mr Fox and Mr Burke. 



One purpose of M. Talley- 

 rand's mifsion to his country, is 

 said in Paris to relate to the sale 

 of the forests in France, to a 

 body of Englifh merchants who 

 have offered to purchase them. 



A Mr VriUon, said to be up- 

 on the half-pay of the Englifk 

 Xavy, has just presented to the 

 National Afserably of France, a 

 mufket, which may be dischar- 

 ged seven, times in succefsion 

 upon one loading. 



It is rumoured that the mi- 

 nister has in his pofsefsion some 

 letters (written by a leading 

 member of opposition) daring 

 the late negociationwith Rufsia, 

 which are said to be of a Very 

 exceptionable if not treasonable 

 nature — but like many ^ other 

 rumours of late, this is probably 

 without foundation 3 or at lc3>t_ 

 ex2^:^eratcd. 



