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HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. 



of roots and feeds of the moft 

 qurious plants, &c. to be found 

 at the Cape. 



On the 1 8th of May, there 

 was held a general court of pro- 

 prietors cf the Bank of Eng- 

 land, called for the purpofe of 

 hearing the final adjuftment re- 

 lative to the unclainied divi- 

 dends upon the public ftock. 

 The Governor informed the 

 meeting, that the bufinefs was 

 now wholly fettled with the 

 Minifter, who had agreed to 

 withdraw the bill for appro- 

 priating 500,0001. of unclaimed 

 dividends to the ufe cf Go- 

 vernment, on condition that 

 the Bank gave a loan of an 

 equal fum without intereft, 

 never to be repaid until thofe 

 unclaimed dividends (which 

 are at prel'ent nearly 700,000!.) 

 Should be rec*.ced under the 

 ' fum lent ; and then the repay- 

 ment not to be the whole fum, 

 but only fn proportion to the 

 redudion. There is alfo a fti- 

 pulation, that if the unclaimed 

 dividends Ihall at any time 

 amor.ntto more than 700,oaol. 

 the Minifter fliall be at liberty 

 to take the overplus for the ufe 

 of Government. As it was 

 underftood that the lift of un- 

 claimed dividends, up to the 

 lateft period, would be publifli- 

 ed as foon as convenience 

 ^ould permit, no motion was 

 enforced on tJiat fabjed:. 



The Mir.iiler has difpofed 

 of the enfuing Eng'.ifh lottery 

 at the price of j61. 2S- 6d. per 

 ticket, to Mr Cope. Mr Cope 

 has a new plan for the detail of 

 the lottery, to wliich Mr Pitt 

 has conftnttd. 



On the 31ft ult. a fermoll 

 was preached in the Tron 

 Church, Edinburgh, by the 

 Rev, Dr Hardy, before the So> 

 ciety lately inltituted for the 

 benefit of the Sons of the Clergy 

 of the Church of Scotland, 

 from thefe words : " It is 

 more blefi'cd to give than to 

 receive." The fermon was fc 

 highly approved, that the Doc- 

 tor has been requcfted by the 

 Society and the congegation tc 

 publifli it. The church wa? 

 much crowded, and the collec- 

 tion at the church-door was 

 65I, IS. and a confiderable fun- 

 was afterwards fent by thofe 

 who could not attend, amount 

 ing nearly to lool. — Themufic 

 was well condudted, and gave 

 great fatisfadion to every per- 

 fon prefent- This is the fnP 

 fociety inftituted in Scotland 

 for this laudable and beneficeni 

 purpofe. 



On the id inft. twenty-twt 

 convi<fls from different parts o 

 Scotland, were fhipped or 

 board a vefTel in Leith Roads, 

 which carries them to Portf 

 mouth, where they are to em- 

 bark for Botany Bay. Of theft 

 there are five from Edin- 

 burgh — three from Glafgow— 

 feven from Jedburgh — five fron 

 Perth — and tv/ofrom Dumfries 



Lately, a fmall floop witl 

 paflengers, deftined for Green 

 ock, owing to a fudden guft o 

 wind, overfet near Dumbarton, 

 and went to the bottom . Som( 

 fhort time thereafter, a trunk 

 and fevf ral of the paflengen 

 hats floated alliore. The paf 

 fengers were from England. 



