5rxiv; historical chronicle 



Certain information has at last been obtained of the total lofs of the Wiiir 

 terton East Tnni;iman on the coast of Madagascar in August 1792. The 

 Captain, first mate, and about forty other persons periflicd. The remainder, 

 near 2co were sa.ved, but no part of the cargo. 



Accounts liave been received that Lord M'Cartney was safe in the straits 

 of Sunda in April hist, on his way to China, and informing that he had re« 

 ceived dispatches from thence afsuring him of a favourable reception in 

 that kin':;dom. The following extract will be moie fully satisfactory. 



I Sumatra April z 1793. 



' At Batavia, I am happy to inform you, that we met with the expected ; 

 dispatches from China; 



" The contents exceeded our most sanguine expectations. Amongst other 

 papers was a letter written by the emperor himself, fraught with the most t 

 flattering promises with respect to our reception. And even exprefsing a 

 strong impatience for our arrival. 



" Orders are given, we understand, to every port on the Yellow sea, to ad- 

 minister to us every requisite afsistance. The N. W. Monsoon, for which 

 we are to wait, will not permit us however to see Peliin before the month 

 of August. — The intermediate time we are to spend at Cochin China, and 

 the adjacent islands 



" Lord M'CaRTNEY ha? exprefsedhis in.tention, if the season permits, to re- : 

 turn by the Southern pafsage. This determination will necefsarily prolong 

 our absence ; but for this the idea of having encircled the globe, may with. 

 many be deemed a sufficient compenbation." 



MI2CELANE0US. 



A dreadful fire lately happened at Archangel; upwards of 800 houses^ -J 

 with the cathedral and two other churches, are destroyed, together with ^ 

 the market, and a very great number of booths, stalls, carriages, (Jc. The 

 court house and several fine stone buildings are among those laid in aflies. 

 In fine, the sum total of the lofs was not known when the last intelligence 

 left the place, as every thing was still in coiiiusion, and a total stop put to 

 every kind of businefs. Great numbers of the poorer kind of people, who have 

 lost their all, were obliged to take ?ny kind of refuge in the neighbouring 

 villages. Tie hospital was happ'-y 'ved. 



The resource looked to in this calamity, is the generosity of the Em- 

 prefs. 



We are happy to hear, that the white herring fifhery has set in this sea- 

 son with the most promising appearances of succefs. In the year 179 ', the 

 vefst Is fitted nut from t)iis part of the kingdom on bounty alone, caught 74,700 

 barrels of herrings, and in the year 17^2, 82,500 b.'irrels. 



On the 30th Inst, came on before the high court of justiciary in Edin- 

 burgh the trial of Thomas Muir younger of Hunter's hill Esq. accused of 

 propogating seditious opinions among the psople. The jury were unanimousy 

 Xi^iity- He was sentenced to be baniihed for fourteen years irom this coun- 

 try to any place beyond S2:s his majesty flrall pe pleased to appoint. 



