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HISTORICx\L CHRONICLE. 



of in annuities la the widows 

 of clergymen not having been 

 poiTefTed before their death of 

 livings or ctn-ss to the amount 

 of lool. per annum ; the quan- 

 tum of this penfion to be pro- 

 portioned to the number of 

 cliildren. — A planfomewhat fi- 

 milar to this was propofed fome 

 time aj;o by the Rev. Sir H. 

 MoncriefTe, for increaiiiig the 

 ftipends 6f the Scots clergy. ' 



An Efquire, as alfohis eldeft 

 foil,' and all who rank above 

 Efquit-es, are qualified by law 

 to kill game. In the court of 

 King's Bench, therefore, it was 

 l.ift week decided, that the el- 

 deft fon of a Doctor is qualifi- 

 ed ; becaufe Dodtors, whether 

 of law, phyhc, or divinity, rank 

 above Efquires. 



In confequence of the late 

 regulations refpecftingthe vend- 

 ing, of fpiritons liquors in Ire- 

 land, no lefs than aooo whilky 

 hoi'.fes have been ihut up, fmce 

 the 25th of March lafl. 



Lord Uxbridge's celebrated 

 failing yacht, Mono, is prepar- 

 ing in the river for an cxpefted 

 vifitfrom their Majefties : She 

 has a fuperb fuite of ftate- 

 rooms, decorated with two 

 changes of elegant linen furni- 

 ture, and is in all otherre fpedts 

 the moft perfe<ft vefTel that ever 

 fwam ; her prime coft, out of 

 the builder's hands, was 14,000 

 guineas. 



There has been another a- 

 larming breach of the fea, near 

 WintertoR, in Suffolk. The 

 former breach, made in Febru- 

 ary laff, when a large dvvelling- 

 houfe was carried away, was 

 only 30 yards wide, butis now 

 jrcreafed to i.-'.o. The confe- 



quence is, that many thoafand 

 acres of march land are render- 

 ed ufelefs ; and the poor far- 

 mers obliged to fell their ftock 

 at any price, their cattle not 

 being able to exift, on account 

 of the ditches being filled with 

 fait water. Since the blowing 

 of a north-eaft wind, the breach- 

 es are growing deeper and wid- 

 er every day. 



The following is a very re- 

 markable inftancs cf quick fail- 

 ing : The Bridget, Capt. Piatt, 

 failed from the coaft of Africa 

 to Dominica in twenty-one 

 days. In the laft fix days of 

 the paffage fhe failed, as ap- 

 pears by her log-book, one 

 thoufand three hundred and 

 twenty-two miles, which, on an 

 average, is more than 220 miles 

 a day. 



On the aSth ult. at Ncwcaf- 

 tle, a match for 500 guineas 

 each, one four-mile heat, was 

 run for by the Earl of Lauder- 

 dale's bay horfe Oftrich, and 

 Sir Hedworth Williamfon's 

 bay horfe Whitelegs, which 

 was won by the former. 



On Sunday the jzd May a 

 charity fermon was preached 

 in St Mary's Church, Dublin, 

 for the fupport of the poor 

 children of the parilh of St. 

 riicholas Without, by the Rev. 

 Walter Blake Kir wan, at which 

 was colledled the fom of Jciir 

 hundred and ten pounds ! 



The Sub-Treafurer'and Stew- 

 ard of the Society of Lincoln's 

 Inn, has lately abfconded to 

 America, with no Itfs a funi 

 than i4,oool. belonging to the 

 Society, and a few individuals 

 who had cntruiled him with 

 Aims of money. He had re- 



