HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. 



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throughout England andWales, 

 by the See ety in London for 

 promoting fo laudable a pur- 

 pofe, is 1765 ; and the number 

 of fcholars inftru(fled thereat 

 amounts to 50,014. 



On the 5th inft. a deputa- 

 tion of Blacks waited upon 

 William WilberforccjEfq; with 

 an addrefs of thanks in behalf 

 of tliemfelves and brethren, for 

 his late efforts in their behalf. 



A confiderable number of re- 

 fpedlable gentlemen in Calcut- 

 ta, have formed a fociety to 

 promote carrying on the plan 

 for birilding a new Univerfity 

 at Edinburgh. — The following 

 gentlemen were appointed a 

 committee for colledting fub- 

 fcriptions: Col. John Murray- 

 Lieut. Col. A. Rofs— Thomas 

 Graham, Efq; — And. Hunter, 

 Efq; — John Fleming, Efq; — 

 W. Farquharfon, Efq; — Lieut. 

 Col. Peter Murray. - Thefe 

 gentlemen having met on the 

 9th of November, nominated 

 James Cofmo Gordon, Efq; as 

 their Secretary, who obliging- 

 ly undertook the talk. A very 

 handfome fubfcription was 

 made; at the head of the lift is 

 Lord Cornwallis's name for 

 3000 Sicca rupees, the Hon. 

 Col. Stewart, for 2000 Sicca 

 rupees, and a long lift of other 

 very refpectable names. — A Sic- 

 ca rupee is about as. 2d. in va- 

 lue. 



Everhard Hume, Efq. F. R. 

 S. has lately prefented to John 

 Hunter, Efq; F. R. S. the 

 double Jkull of a child, born at 

 Calcutta, in May 1783, of poor 

 parents, aged thirty and thirty- 

 Svc, and which lived to be 

 .nearly two years old. — The 

 body of this child was natu- 



rally formed ; but the head had 

 the phoenomenon of appearing 

 double, another head of the 

 fame fize, and almoft equally 

 perfeft, being attached to its 

 upper part. 



In this extraneous and prae- 

 ternatural head, no pulfation 

 could be felt in the arteries of 

 the temples, but the fuperficial 

 veins were very evident ;. one 

 of the eyes had been hurt by 

 the fire, upon which the mid- 

 wife, in her firft alarm, threw 

 the child; the other moved rea» 

 dily ; but the iris was not af- 

 fected by the approach of any 

 thing to it. 



The external ears of this 

 head were very imperfect ; the 

 tongue adhered to the lower 

 jaw, except for about half an 

 inch at the lip, which was loofe; 

 the jaw was capable of motion, 

 but there were no teeth. 



The child was (hewn about 

 the ftreets of Calcutta' for a 

 curiofity, but was rendered un- 

 healthy by confinement, and 

 died at laftofabite of the cobra 

 de capello. It was dug up by 

 the Eaft-India Company's agent 

 for fait at Tumlock, and the 

 (kuU is now in the mufeum of 

 John Hunter. 



The county of Kent is al- 

 moft as produdive of Theatre:, 

 as it is of Hops. No lefs than 

 eight new Play-houfes have 

 been built in that county with- 

 in thefelfix years, viz. three at 

 Tunbridge Wells, two at Mar- 

 gate, one at Canterbury, one 

 at Feveriham, and one at Ro- 

 chefter. Dover and Maidftone 

 are likewife going to ereft theii 

 Theatres. 



A rjjoman, of the name of 

 Catharine Lloyd, has been cxe 



