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Domestic Intelligence.
the great satisfaction of a very crowded Court , gave a verdict for the farmer , writ * ample damages for the injury he had sustained , and which of course entitles him to costs . The following singular instance of animal adoption occurred a short time since , at the seat of J . Spurting , Esq . at Dyne ' s Hall , in Essex : a favourite Spanish bitch , remarkable as a hare finder , having her puppies drowned , went out one morning into the plantations , and soon after returned with a young leveret , about a week old , in her mouth , to which she gave suck , and has affectionately continued so to do for more
than ten days , to the astonishment of all the sportsmen in tha neighbourhood . The Act of the present Session of Parliament repealing the Stamp Duty on Gloves , does not take place until the ist of August next ; and the Act repealing the duties on the registry of burials , & c . not until the ist of October following . -A p lan is prepared to turn Tdwer-bill into a grand Crescent , for the dwellings of merchants . There is to be a wide footway , carriage-way , and an elegant promenade planted with trees . The terminations of the crescent are to open to tlie Thames . The avenues to it are to be extensivewideand convenient .
, , The minister has made his bargain for a Lottery for the ensuing year : Messrs . Robarts and Co . were the purchasers . The terms are 50 , 000 tickets , at 14 I . 16 s . 3 th Beacon ' s , or signal posts , are about to be erected along the coast of Sussex , to give an alarm in case of any attempt of the enemy . The Spitfire sloop of war is to super-Intend the erection of signal posts from Sussex to the Lizard .
A dreadful instrument ot destruction , contrived to throw ten bombs ra a mmut . e , has been lately invented by a foreigner ; a model of which has been shewn and proved before the Prince of Wales and several other persons of distinction . A public subscription , patronized by his Royal Highness and the Duke of York , is begun , for constructing one upon a ' scale sufficient to throw bombs of very large dimensions . It appears that Prussia is no longer to act as a principal in tho war ; but that lies ' troops are to be engaged and paid for by the other Powers , of which , it is said , this country is to contribute 800 , cool . Holland 400 , 000 ! . and the Court of Vienna , or the
different- Circles of Germany ,, the remainder . Agreeably to the negotiations concluded between Great Britain and Prussia , the latter is to send into the field against France 90 , 000 men . Of this number JI , OCO men will join die army of his Royal Highness the Duke of York in the Netherlands , and 20 , 000 are to be in the pay of the Emperor , to begin from the ist day of April . The latter are- to act with the rest of the Prussians on the Upper Rhine . Those regiments which quit the environs of Mentz will immediately be replaced by others . Mr . DunkerleyProvincial Grand Master of Masonry in several Counties of England
, , lias given notice , that in case of an invasion , he shall offer his services to Government , and will require such Masons as are Knights Templars to unite with the officers of the military corps in their respective counties , to take the name of " Prince Edward ' s Royal Volunteers , " and to wear their uniforms , the Order of the Knights Templars , on a black , ribband , between two button-holes of their waistcoat .
Bankrupts.
BANKRUPTS .
WILLIAM Bayliss , of New Brentford , Middlesex , Innholder . Daniel Stephens , of Stratford upon Avon , Warwickshire , and William Parish , of Birmingham , horse-dealers . George Muiliu ' s , of Walcot , Somersetshire , mason . Daniel Birkett , late of Liverpool , joiner . James Stephens , of Wood-street , Cheapside , wholesale hosier and factor Bares Bye , of Mile End , Middlesex , salesman . Thomas Matild , of Surrey-place , Kent road , Southwark , merchant . Richard Woodward , of Whitecross-strcetMiddlesexvictualler . Benjamin Mellows Hacldenof Clifford's Inn
, , , , scrivener .. Thomas Aspinwall , of Manchester , watchmaker . Thomas Paddison , of . M :: rsh Chape ! , jobber . James Somerneld , of Bilston , Staffordshire , victualler . Jonathan White , of the Strand , ' hatter . John Parker , of Brampton in Cumberland , shopkeeper . James Woollen , of Sheffield in the- county ol" York , ironmonger . John Cockle , late of the city of Lincoln , tanner . Thomas Ormson , of Stockport , in the county of Chester , innkeeper . Thomas Brookholding , ofthecity of Worcester , scrivener .
[ Tie remainder of ihe LISTS are unavoidabl y deferred till our next . J
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Domestic Intelligence.
the great satisfaction of a very crowded Court , gave a verdict for the farmer , writ * ample damages for the injury he had sustained , and which of course entitles him to costs . The following singular instance of animal adoption occurred a short time since , at the seat of J . Spurting , Esq . at Dyne ' s Hall , in Essex : a favourite Spanish bitch , remarkable as a hare finder , having her puppies drowned , went out one morning into the plantations , and soon after returned with a young leveret , about a week old , in her mouth , to which she gave suck , and has affectionately continued so to do for more
than ten days , to the astonishment of all the sportsmen in tha neighbourhood . The Act of the present Session of Parliament repealing the Stamp Duty on Gloves , does not take place until the ist of August next ; and the Act repealing the duties on the registry of burials , & c . not until the ist of October following . -A p lan is prepared to turn Tdwer-bill into a grand Crescent , for the dwellings of merchants . There is to be a wide footway , carriage-way , and an elegant promenade planted with trees . The terminations of the crescent are to open to tlie Thames . The avenues to it are to be extensivewideand convenient .
, , The minister has made his bargain for a Lottery for the ensuing year : Messrs . Robarts and Co . were the purchasers . The terms are 50 , 000 tickets , at 14 I . 16 s . 3 th Beacon ' s , or signal posts , are about to be erected along the coast of Sussex , to give an alarm in case of any attempt of the enemy . The Spitfire sloop of war is to super-Intend the erection of signal posts from Sussex to the Lizard .
A dreadful instrument ot destruction , contrived to throw ten bombs ra a mmut . e , has been lately invented by a foreigner ; a model of which has been shewn and proved before the Prince of Wales and several other persons of distinction . A public subscription , patronized by his Royal Highness and the Duke of York , is begun , for constructing one upon a ' scale sufficient to throw bombs of very large dimensions . It appears that Prussia is no longer to act as a principal in tho war ; but that lies ' troops are to be engaged and paid for by the other Powers , of which , it is said , this country is to contribute 800 , cool . Holland 400 , 000 ! . and the Court of Vienna , or the
different- Circles of Germany ,, the remainder . Agreeably to the negotiations concluded between Great Britain and Prussia , the latter is to send into the field against France 90 , 000 men . Of this number JI , OCO men will join die army of his Royal Highness the Duke of York in the Netherlands , and 20 , 000 are to be in the pay of the Emperor , to begin from the ist day of April . The latter are- to act with the rest of the Prussians on the Upper Rhine . Those regiments which quit the environs of Mentz will immediately be replaced by others . Mr . DunkerleyProvincial Grand Master of Masonry in several Counties of England
, , lias given notice , that in case of an invasion , he shall offer his services to Government , and will require such Masons as are Knights Templars to unite with the officers of the military corps in their respective counties , to take the name of " Prince Edward ' s Royal Volunteers , " and to wear their uniforms , the Order of the Knights Templars , on a black , ribband , between two button-holes of their waistcoat .
Bankrupts.
BANKRUPTS .
WILLIAM Bayliss , of New Brentford , Middlesex , Innholder . Daniel Stephens , of Stratford upon Avon , Warwickshire , and William Parish , of Birmingham , horse-dealers . George Muiliu ' s , of Walcot , Somersetshire , mason . Daniel Birkett , late of Liverpool , joiner . James Stephens , of Wood-street , Cheapside , wholesale hosier and factor Bares Bye , of Mile End , Middlesex , salesman . Thomas Matild , of Surrey-place , Kent road , Southwark , merchant . Richard Woodward , of Whitecross-strcetMiddlesexvictualler . Benjamin Mellows Hacldenof Clifford's Inn
, , , , scrivener .. Thomas Aspinwall , of Manchester , watchmaker . Thomas Paddison , of . M :: rsh Chape ! , jobber . James Somerneld , of Bilston , Staffordshire , victualler . Jonathan White , of the Strand , ' hatter . John Parker , of Brampton in Cumberland , shopkeeper . James Woollen , of Sheffield in the- county ol" York , ironmonger . John Cockle , late of the city of Lincoln , tanner . Thomas Ormson , of Stockport , in the county of Chester , innkeeper . Thomas Brookholding , ofthecity of Worcester , scrivener .
[ Tie remainder of ihe LISTS are unavoidabl y deferred till our next . J