Dutch ambassador. Hampton-court palace is fitting up, by order of the king, for the residence of the Stadtholder and his family, till the completion of which they are to reside at the palace of Kew.

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The mails for the conti nent, except those to Spain and Portugal, are in future to be conveyed from Yarmouth to the Elbe; they are to be carried in a frigate; and the post-office agent has orders to proceed with the mails of Tuesday next to Cuxhaven, on the Elbe, to render the necessary arrangements for their furtherance. The post will branch off from Cux. haven in two directions; the one, having the letters for Holland; Francfort, Switzerland and Italy, will go by the way of Bremen; the other mail, containing letters for Germany, and the north of Europe, will pass through Hamburgh. The packet which carries out the first mails will sail from Harwich, and be conveyed to the Elbe by a sloop of war; but afterwards the packets will sail from Yarmouth.

cuted under his own eye, and by artists for the most part of his own forming, have turned the current in this branch of commerce; for, before his time, England imported the finer carthen-wares; but for more than twenty years past she has exported them to a very great annual amount, the whole of which is drawn from the earth, and from the industry of the inhabitants; while the national taste has been improved, and its reputation raised in foreign countries. His inventions have prodigiously increased the number of persons employed in the potteries; and in the traffic and transport of their materials from distant parts of the kingdom; and this class of manufacturers is also indebted to him for much mechanical contrivance and arrangement in their operations; his private manufactory having had, for thirty years and upwards, all the efficacy of a public work of experiment. Neither was he unknown in the walks of philosophy. His communications to the Royal Saciety, of which he was a member, shew a mind enlightened by sci. ence, and contributed to procure him the esteem of scientific men at home, and throughout Europe. At an early period of his life, seeing the impossibility of extending con. siderably the manufactory he was engaged in, on the pot which gave him birth, without the advan. teges of inland navigation, he was the proposer of the Grand Trunk canal, and the chief agent in obtaining the act of parliament for making it, against the prejudices of the landed interest, which at that time stood very high, and but just before had been with great difficulty overcome in another quarter by

DIED 3d. Mr. Josiah Wedg. wood, at his seat in Staffordshire. The public usefulness and private virtues of this gentleman entitle him to particular notice. He was the younger son of a potter, but derived little or no property from his father, whose possessions consisted chiefly of a small entailed estate, and descended to the eldest He was the maker then of his own fortune, and his country has been benefited in a proportion not to be calculated. His many dis. coveries of new species of earthen wares and porcelains, his studied forms and chaste style of decoration, and the correctness and judgment with which all his works were cxe

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all the powerful influence of a noble Duke, whose canal was at that time the only one that had been constructed in this kingdom. The Grand Trunk canal is go miles in length; uniting the rivers Trent and Mersey; and branches have since been made from it to the Severn, to Oxford, and to many other parts, and it will also have a communication with the Grand Junction canal from Braunston to Brentford.

25th. Of an asthmatical and dropsical complaint, to which he had been long subject, the Rev. Rich. Southgate. He was of St. John's college, Cambridge, where he proceeded B. A. 1749; but took no farther degree; elecied F. A. S, 1794: presented, on the death of Dr. Halifax, bishop of St. Asaph, to the rectory of Warsop, county of Nottingham, worth 400l. per ann. July 1790, by his friend John Gally Knight, esquire, to whose father, the learned Dr. Gally, he had been many years curate; appointed as sistant librarian at the British Mu. seum, under Joseph Planta, esq. 1785; and curate at St. Giles's in the Fields, where his assiduity in the reformation of the manners of its parishioners of the lowest, most wretched, and most abandoned characters, will long be gratefully remembered. In numismatic know. ledge he stood almost unrivalled; and the professors of that branch of virtû have to regret that he did not live to finish his noble design of illustrating the Saxon coinage; cr that his progress in it (for some progress he had made) was retarded by his diffidence. His knowledge of books was good; and he was employed by the trustees of the British Muscum in making purchases

of many curious articles.-A report was in circulation that his death had been occasioned by having been ill-treated by some poor Irish-, men, disgusted at not having partaken of charity distributed by him at St. Gies's church, and even a Grubean clegy, alluding to it, cried about the streets: but, on inquiry, we find this to have been erroneous.

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FEBRUARY.

This night the St. Jago Spa.. nish register prize cause was finally decided in favour of the cap. tors. The precise value of this ship, retaken in April 1793 from the French, is 935,000l. The persons interested in this decision are, Rear Admiral John Gell, esq. whó commanded the squadron, and the captains, officers, and crews of the St. George, of 98 guns, Egmont, Edgar, and Ganges, of 74, and Phaeton, frigate of 18 guns, which last conveyed her safe to Portsmouth. Admiral Lord Hood gets fifty thousand pounds as his share of the St. Jago Spanish register ship. 5th.

His Excellency the Turkish ambassador made his so long delayed public entry. The am. bassador and his suite, after break. fasting with Sir G. Howard, at Chelsea Hospital, came to town in grand procession; the coach in which he rode was thir used by the king in going to St. Paul's caahedral; the state horses were six in number, very richly caparisoned; four of them were those sent as a present to the king from the Grand Seignior; the other twe having died on their passage, were supplied by two from the King's stud. The ambassador wore a green robe,

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and turban nearly of the same co. lour, studded with jewels. The concourse of people on the occasion was so great, that when they ar rived at St. James's it was with difficulty the horse and foot guards who attended the procession could clear the way. Each of the carriages was drawn by six horses, decorated with ribbands, and attended by two or three servants in their court liveries. The ambassador addressed himself to the king, in the language of his country, which was translated by Mr. Persiani, the dragoman; and the same ceremony was repeated to the queen; af. ter which the drawing-room commenced, and the business of the court proceeded as usual. The presents brought over by the am. bassador were delivered at St. James's. They consist of, to the king, a pair of gold pistols, the stocks and barrels solid gold; four Arabian horses, with gold bridles and saddles, trimmed with gold; and a gold dagger, with belt ornamented with pearls and diamonds. To the queen and princesses, chest of silks, embroidered with gold; a plume of feathers for the head-dress, supported with a band of solid-gold, and the top of the feathers ornamented with diamonds:

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to the prince of Wales, duke of Portland, and lord Grenville, chests of silks.

12th. The earl of Abingdon was brought into the court of King's Bench to receive judg ment for a libel on Mr. Sermon. Previously to sentence being passed, his lordship requested leave to say a few words. He apologized for his intemperate language to Mr. Erskine and the Bar on the day when he was last brought up. Mr.

Erskine expressed his willingness to accept the apology, which he trusted would have a proper effect on the court. His lordship was sentenced to three months imprisonment in the King's Bench, and a fine of 100l. and to find security for his future good behaviour.

The following are the particulars of the reception of the hostage princes, by their father, Tippoo Sultan, as contained in letters arrived from Madras. These illustrious pledges arrived at Duonelly, about thirty miles from Bangalore, by easy marches, and paid a visit of ceremony at Colar, the tomb of their grandfather, Hyder Ally, on the 28th of May. At Duonelly, Tippoo Sultan, with 10,000 men, had been encamped from the 18th of March, anxiously expecting their approach. On the 29th at noon, the princes, with their numerous suite, accompanied by Capt. Dove, ton, proceeded on their visit to the Sultan, who received them in a very superb pavilion,' inclosed within a wall of a very extraordinary extent. The Sultan was seated at one ex. tremity, and on each side, at suita. ble distances, were placed, accord. ing to their several ranks, about forty or fifty of his principal at. tendants. On their entrance into

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the pavilion, the young princes sprang forward to the throne where their royal father sat, and protrasted themselves before it. And here the etiquette of Asiatic courts put nature completely to flight-for the father, instead of advancing to embrace his darling children, con. tented himself with coldly placing a hand on the neck of each, and on the instant the princes arose, and respectfully retired. It is a remarkable fact, that not a syllable

was exchanged at this extraordinary interview. Captain Doveton was next presented, and placed on the right hand of the sovereign, who conversed with him on European topics for more than an hour and an half. He was afterwards re. galed with beetle, cloves, and a variety of Asiatic dainties on a service of gold plate. The Sultan, during the interview, did not rise from his seat, which was a square cushion, covered with crimson velvet, slight ly embroidered with gold-on his side was placed a sword and some papers, and on them a gold snuffbox, apparently of European manu facture. Tippoo has a very majestic deportment, and is of the mid. dle stature, with a countenance very expressive. His eye particularly animated and scrutinizing, his nose large, with oblique dilated nostrils; his mouth small with thick lips, and an eminence towards the centre of the upper lip, which projects but is by no means unhandsome.

His majesty has conferred

24th. pensions of 5ool. per ann,

on admiral lord Graves, and the rear admirals sir George Bowyer, and sir Thomas Paisley, in conse. quence of the wounds received by these gallant officers on the first of June,--Mr, Ibetson, who retires from the second secretaryship of the the Admiralty, will likewise receive a pension of 600l. per annum, in recompense of his long services

in that office.

This being the day ap27th, pointed for the general fast, it was observed with due solemnity. Stanislaus, king of Po. 28th. land, has taken leave of his capital, this day, probably for ever. The floods that prevailed during this season, have perhaps never

been equalled in the memory man; the accounts of the ruinous effects from ail parts of the country would fill more pages than can be spared by us.

DIED-20th. Dr. Alexander Gerard, professor of divinity in the university and King's college, Aberdeen, and one of his majesty's chaplains for Scotland. He was the author of-1. An Essay on Taste, 8vo. 1759: 2. National Blessings, an Argument for Reformation; a sermon preached at Aberdeen, 1760: 3. The Influence of the Pastoral Office on the Character Examined, with a View especially to Mr. Hume's Representation of the Spirit of that Office: a sermon preached at Aberdeen, April 8, 1760, 8vo: 4. The Influence of Piety on the Public Good: a sermon preached at the High Church, Edinburgh, May 31,1761, 8vo. 5. Dissertations on Subjects relating to the Genius and Evidence of Christianity, 8vo. 1766: 6. An Essay on Genius, 8vo. 1774: 7. Liberty the Cloak of Maliciousness, both in the American Rebellion and in the Manners of the Times; a sermon preached at Old Aberdeen, Feb. 26, 1778, 8vo. 8. Sermons, Vol. I. 8vo. 1780: 9. Sermons, Vol. II. 8vo. 1782.

In the 63 year of his age, at his seat of Ollantigh, in Kent, John Sawbridge, esq. alderinan and re. presentative of the city of London. He early in life succeeded, by the death of his father, to a very princely fortune. In November 1763, soon after his father's decease, he intermarried with the only daugh. ter of sir Orlando Bridgman, bart. with whom he had a large dowry; by this lady, whom he had the mis. fortune to lose within about two

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months after their nuptials, he had no issue. He afterwards married the second daughter of the opulent alderman sir William Stevenson. This gentleman had already served the high office of lord-mayor of the city of London; and being a widower, Miss Stevenson did the honours of the table as lady-mayoress. By this lady, who is still living, Mr. Sawbridge had three sons and a daughter. The eldest son died some years since at Caen in Normandy; the second, who succeeds to the family estate, continues, highly to his honour, to serve as major in the East Kent regiment of militia, of which his father was many years colonel; the youngest present at Westminster school. In attempting to draw a faithful portrait of the late alderman Saw. bridge, in private and public life, it would be only duficult to decide whether he was more truly emi. nent in the discharge of the social and domestic duties, or in the more animated scenes of public patriotism. As a husband, father, brother, friend, master of servants, he displayed the purest pattern of moral excellence. In his neighbour. hood in the country, where he resided during the summer months, his memory will be long held in the highest esteem and veneration; for he not only rendered himself respectable by the splendid. hospitality of his mansion, but by his great utility to that part of the county in which he lived, by constantly acting in the commission of the peace, and rendering to all who came before him that equal and impartial justice, for which he was so highly celebrated after he succeeded to the municipal character of an alderman of the city of Lon.

don. It has not been very usual for a country gentleman to accept the gown of an alderman of Lon don; in the case of Mr. Sawbridge, it was an event that took place in consequence of the politics of the times. His political career had commenced by gaining his election for the town and port of Hythe, against a strong aristocratical inte rest. It was during the period that he sat in parliament as a cinque port baron, that the right of election in the person of Mr. Wilkes was violated in the county of Middlesex; a county, in which Mr. Sawbridge possessed considerable property. It was an usurpation of the people's rights, which our highspirited baron, whose breast glowed with the purest flame of civil liberty, could ill brook and endure. He so manfully resisted this act of ministerial tyranny, both in and out of parliament, as to render himself highly popular with the citizens of London; and, in consequence, was chosen, together with the late a'derman Townsend, by the vo luntary and unsolicited suffrages of the livery, sheriff of London. He soon afterwards became an alderman of Langbourn ward; and in due course of time, he was called to the dignity of lord-mayor of London, an office which Mr. Saw. bridge filled with no less honour to himself than to the first city of the civilised world. Mr. Sawbridge was afterwards chosen one of the city members, and sat during three parliaments as a representative of the

metropolis of the British empire. That he well and faithfully discharged the high important duty of an English senator is well known, and will ever be held in grateful memory by his fellow-citizens.