harbour counted 240 floating by the fide of bis veffel. About 900 Blacks, who held a garrifon in the inland, were poisoned by a Aratagem of the French At Port Republicain the Whites erected a gallows in the market-place, and the Blacks ano her upon the hill, where executions on both fides were hourly taking place in fight of each other. "The French had invented a new way of getting rid of the Blackthey get a hip, called a Stifier, on board of which they fhut down a hold full of Black, and ftifle them to death by burning brinutone. The morning after, they ditcharge the bodies into boats and launches, carry them off the hart our, and throw them overboard."

By American Papers to the 11th of Jan. 'inclufive, we are put in poft flion of the State of St. Domingo and its dependencies to the 20th of December; when it appears the French were more hee from dum than they have been for a length of time preceding that date. Rochan.beau is fpoken of as a very conciliating General, and every thing has profpered in his haues fince he fucceeded to the chief command. Trade at the Cape is likely to become brisk; and the daily hope of reinforcements from France infpires the inhabitants with canfi. dence. A Proclamation was illved by General Rochambeau on the 19th of December, permitting the importation of wares and merchandize in foreign boitems, ou paying a per centage.

The following ftatement, re'pecting the barbarities committed by the French in St. Domingo, is given in a letter from New Providence, in the Bahamas, on the 23d of December; it is written by a gentleman of the first respectability:-" the French have driven back the Brigands from the Cape; but weary of shooting and putting them to the bayonet, and alarmed by the ftench which iffued from the numerous carcafes, they have adopted a new mode of extermination. They now drown the Negroes; they fund them out in boats, tie their hands behind them, and throw them overboard. Thousands have perished in this way."

On the other hand, letters from Philadelphia mention the perpetration of atrocities by the Blacks that are of the must horrid kind. Some unarmed veffels paffing near the coaft of Port Leogane were boarded by feveral boats from the shore filled with Negroes, who plundered the veffels, and butchered the greatest part of the crews. The paffengers on board a packet bound to St. Marc were feized by the Brigands, who, among the means of torture they employed, had recourse to corkfcrews, for the purpose of depriving them of their eyes.

One of these boats, it is faid, has been taken by a French frigate.-She was manned by twenty Negroes, feventeen of whom were landed, and expofed to the rage of the populace, who kicked, ftened, and

trampled them to death. Even women, to fatisfy their revenge for the murder of their fex, ftamped on their beads till they expired. It is certain, that the most savage warfare is carried on between the French and the Blacks, no quarter being given on either fide.

INDIA.

Defiruction of a Fleet of Pirates.-A letter officially received from Bombay ftates, that on the 29th of July Capt. Hayes, of the Company's thip of war the Swift, received a requifition from the Resident at Amboj na, to proceed to the relif of an outport, named Amoorang, then closely infested by the Magindanao pirates; their fleet confifted of forty large proes, from which 1200 men had been landed, with twelve pieces of brafs ordnance, of eight and fix-pounders. On the first of Auguft, at halfpast five P. M. the Swift came up with the piratical fleet, and inftantly opened a cannonade upon them, which continued till half-patt nine. Befides the annoyance of the enemy, Capt. Hayes's attention was imperiously called to the critical situation of his own vellel, which was furrounded by if unds, and upon a dangerous reef; to this chcumftance were the vekels which escaped deftruction indebted for their fafety: the Swift however captured two; one the polled over and cut in two; feventeen others were run afhoje; and about 600 of the enemy are fuppofed to have perished during the conflict, The Company's fettlements upon the Celebes, as well as gra. naries completely flored, have thus been protected from the moit ferious depreda tions by the difperfion of these daring pi rates, who had overrun the whole of the Sangir Bands, reduced the capital Taroon to alhes, and carried thence two hundred females captives, befides males, many atwhom penished on the occafion of this of tack; one only of the former was faved by the Swift, and one of the pirates from the wreck of the proa which had been run down. Each of the enemy's veffels carried from fixty to eighty men, one fix or eight pounder brafs gun forward, befides many fmaller ones, with muskets, lancos, &c,

COUNTRY NEWS.

Jan. 3. This day, the non-commiffioned officers and privates of the Stockport volunteers prefented Major Watson, their late Commander, with four elegant filver goblets, rickly ornamented and lined with gold; on one fide of which are engraved the Major's arms, fupported by trophies of war; and on the other an intcription, expreffive of their efteem for the Major, for his zeal and ability in discharging the duties of his ftation for nearly eight years.

Hull, Jan. 10. A violent gale fet in here on Saturday night, which has continued with very little intermiflion. Last night and this morning it blew particularly

fierce,

fierce, and we are apprehenfive is likely to be productive of ferious injury to the fhipping at fea. Several veifels at prefent in our roads have hitherto been able to withstand its effects without material damage.

Camborough, Jan 13.

"I have the fatisfaction to inform you, that our St. Andrew Life-boat performed wonders last Monday, the roth, in faving the crew (12 perfons) of the Meanwell, of Scarborough, Capt. Holiday. I happened to be in town that day, when it blew a tremendous form from the N. E. with the fea running mountains ligh, and thick weather. About two, a fhip appeared to near the thore, that fhe could not poífibly clear the land. Hundreds of people turned out to give affiftance, every figual was made for the harbour, and the Life-boat in readinefs. Unfortunately, just as the ship was entering the harbour, a very heavy fea made, her ftrike the ground, and hove her out of the channel, among the breakers rocks, where the Life-boat foon brought the crew fafe on shore. Had I not been eye-witness to it, I could not have believed that any boat could have lived in fuch a fea and fnge. The storm was fo violent, that the fithermen could not be perfuaded to enter into the boat till Mr. Demptter, one of the magistrates, and a Major Horsburg, volunteered their fervices; alfo a ship-mafter, David Stewart, who made great exertions indeed. The famous and enterprifing Mr. Hony was on the beach, ready alfo for exertions. The fhip had goods from Bourdeaux, for Newcaßle; they will be faved (partly damaged). The thip's bottom is out. Please intimate this to the Committee at Lloyd's, for encouraging the building and keeping of Life-boats on different parts of the coafts of the United Kingdom. "KELLY."

Jan. 16. A poor man was this day found dead in Liddington field. He was returning from Oakham, where he had been to offer himself as a fubititute in the Rutland militia; and has afforded another inftance of the dangerous confequences of perfons, in a state of inebriety, venturing to go any distance in exceffive cold weather. Drownefs in that state is almost irrefutable, and the danger of being froze to death, if afleep, imminent in the extreme.

Another poor man, with one leg, named Bladger, a native of Great Dalby, in Leicestershire, was found dead last week in Exton field. He had begged in that neigh bourhood a great number of years.

Jan. 25. This morning an alarming fire broke out in a warehouse at Afbton Junction wharf, near Birmingham, which in a thort time confumed the building, together with a very large quantity of grain, to the amount of near 2000/, which unfortunately was not infured. This accident was occafioned by a fire in the cabin of a

boat (which lay under the warehouse) communicating with the floor. A boy who flept in the boat was fortunately awakened by the fmoke in time to escape. The boat, however, was burned, and a horse in an adjoining table fuffocated.

At Coventry, two children, the eldest not fix years of age, were burnt to death; and the life of a third is despaired of. These various accidents happened in different families, their parents having left the houses only for a few minutes. It is hoped, there calamitous events will operate as a caution against fuffering children to remain alone, at a feafon like the prefent, when they are likely to be exposed to peculiar danger.

This day, at 12 o'clock, a Convocation. was held at the Jerufalem Chamber, Deanery, Westminster; prefent, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Ely, Bath and Wells, St. Alph, and Rochester, and Dean of Westminster as their Prolocutor; which fituation he enjoys as a mark of high refpect to his character. The indifpofition. of the Archbishop of Canterbury preventing his attendance, his fituation was occupied by the Bishop of London. They met for the purpose of forming an Address to his Majesty, which is done at the appointment of every new Parliament, and which was prefented, in form, on Feb. 2.

Wednesday, January 26.

A wherry, in palling through Londonbridge with two water men's apprentices, one almost a grown man, was uplet by a fhip's bow; the boy was picked up, but the other was drowned.

Tuesday, Feb. 1.

This evening, a fire broke out in the timber-yard of Meffrs. Hall and Laxton, Tottenham Court Road, which confumed their work-shop, and a large stock of deals adjoining.

Wednesday, February 2.

This night, a little before 12 o'clock, an alarming fire broke out at the printingoffice of Mr. Samuel Hamilton, Falconcourt, Fleet-Atreet, which, in the short Space of two hours, entirely confumed the whole of his valuable and extenfive premifes. The principal bookfellers of London, together with feveral private gentlemen, are more or lefs fufferers by this dreadful couflagration. The lofs being thus fortunately divided among a number little

short

hort of 30, each is enabled to hear it without any other inconvenience than the interruption of bufinefs neceffarily arifing from fo unforeseen an accident. The mamufcripts of the most important works are faved. Dr. Rennell, the Master of the Temple, in great alarm for his houfe, which was in imminent danger, the roof being at one time on fire, removed all his kbrary, and loft many valuable books. Mr. Barnes's houfe, Mr. Burkitt's laboratory, and the billiard-rooms, were alfo feverally on fire; and, but for the active exertions of the firemen, must have shared the fame fate. The weight, however, that was in the upper part of Mr. H's premifes, affifted confiderably to prevent this conftagration from fpreading, as in a little more then an hour from the commencement of the fire, the top fel-in with a dreadful ~crash; by which means the flames were, in a great mesfure, confined to the ruins. Happily no lives were loft. Mr. Hamilton's lofs, from the nature of the property (printed books), is particularly fevere; and we are forry to add, he was not fully infured. It is fuppofed to have arifen from the carele ffness of a boy, whe, in confequence, was taken before a magiftrate, and underwent an examination; but nothing transpired fo as to fix the negligence upon him: the caufe is therefore fill left in uncertainty.-One circumftance deferves to be recorded. Part of the works of the late Rev. Gilbert Wakefield remained in Mr. H's warehouses, and had been infured at the Sun Fire-office for 1000l. but which infurance had lately expired. With a liberality for which our country is so diftinguished, the Directors have, upon a ftatement being laid before them by a very active friend of his widow, prefented her with 7501.; a circumftance so much to the honour of the company, that it will doubtlefs be amply re-paid by the continued patronage of the publick.-The fire bust forth again in the morning of the 18th; but, in the course of an hour, was hap pily extinguished.

Saturday, Feb. 12.

Mifs Linwood's celebrated collection was this day removed from Hanover-fquare to the Custom Houfe, London, to be immediately thipped for Calais, and thence to Paris, where it will be immediately exhi bited. She is to pay 12 per cent, to the Government of France, out of the money taken at the door, during the exhibition.

Thursday, February 17.

The following letter from his Royal Highness the Price of Wales, to the Earl of Egremont, was this day read, at a meeting of the Royal Jennerian Society for the Extermination of the Small-pox:

"Many thanks, my dear Lord, for your kind letter. I am ever happy in purting myself into your hands, and upon no occ.for can I do fo with more fatisfaction

than on the prefent; for no one can with more fincerely well to the future faccefs of the Vaccine Inftitution than myfelf, being moft thoroughly perfuaded of its efficacy, and of the incalculable advantages that the world in general will reap from the indefatigable and praifeworthy perfeverance with which Doctor Jenner has brought it to its prefent perfection. I will entre at of you to offer to the Committee appointed to fuperintend this Inttitution, to make use of my name in any way that they may confider as beft calculated to forward their lau dable purpose. I am ever, my dear Lord, "Moft fincerely yours,

Carlton-lloufe, Feb. 5..

"GEORGE P."

Dr. Jenner has received from the Empress Dowager of Ruffia, by the hands of Lord St. Helen's, a prefent of a most brilliant diamond ring, accompanied with a letter from ber Imperial Majefty, announcing her fuccefsful introduction of the vaccine innoculation in the charitable establishments under her Majesty's care in Ruthia and acknowledging the signal benefit rendered to mankind by the important discovery. Monday, February 28.

Government have, we learn, purchased a track of land adjoining Baghot-heath, and intend enlarging it by an inclofure from the Heath, and thereon to erect the neceffary buildings and premises for the lately-established Military College: a fu perb defign has, we are told, heen prepared by Mr. Wyatt, which, to execute, will coft 200,000l. or upwards. This Iuftitution has two objects in view. One is to give a courfe of inftruction to a certain number of military officers who have seen fervice, but who have rifen by extraordmary merit, or been promoted through patronage, or by purchase, without all the previous and neceflary acquirements. This department is now fixed at High Wycomb, where Profeffors, of fuperior abilities, are engaged in the mathematics, drawing, for tifications, the French and German languages, &c.; and the courfe is calculated for fornithing every neceffary information, as well as accomplishment, in the military profeffion. The other object of this Inftitution is to educate a large number of boys for the military service; and Profeffors of the first abilities, in every branch of fcience connected therewith, are, or fhortly will be, appointed. A confiderable number of pupils are already admitted. This Institution will, in time, we hope and truft, `entirely remove the difgraceful diftinétion which has hitherto exifted in the fuperior learning and acquirements of the Freuch military officers over thofe of the English, and most other nations.

The Earl of Moira, report ftates, pays 201. per week to the families of poor longconfined debtors, whom his philanthropy has traced to their garrets, where they were pining with hunger and cold.

SHE

Shraph. Tho. Kinnelley, of Leighton, efq. Semerjet, Sir Hugh Smith, of Wraxhǝll, bart. Stafford Geo. Birch, of Hampstead, ciq. So thampton. Willias Mills, of Biftern, efq. Suffolk S Harry Parker, of Melford, hart. Surrey, Joho Pooley Kenfigion, of Putney,efq. Suflex John-Will, Commerell, f Stroud, efq. Warwickshire. Henry Greiwold Lewis, of Ma vein Hall, efq.

Wilts. Thomas-Henry Hele Phipps, of Westhury Leigh, ely.

Worcestershire. John Philips,of Winterdyne,efq.
Yorkshire. Sir Henry-Carr Iobetfon, of Den-
Lan, bart.
SOUTH WALES.
Cuermarthen. John Llewellyn, of Castle Pig-
8, efq.

Pembroleh. Geo. Bowen, of Llwngwair, efq.
Cardigan. John Lloyd, of M bus, efq.
Glam ganfb. John Mores, of Claten ont, efq,
Brerun. Sackville Gwynne, of Trimawr, efq.
Radner. Tho.-Howell-Marmaduke Gwynne,
of Llanelwith, efq.

NORTH WALES.

Caernarvon. Gwyllym- Lloyd Wardle, of Wern Fawe, efq.

Anglefea. William Bulkeley Hughes, of Plas Coch, efq.

Merioneth. Jahn Forbes, of Ofeebodig, efq. Montgomery. John Winder, of Vaynor, efq. Denbigb. Henry-Ellis Boates, of Role hill, efq. Flint. Owen-Molyneux Wynne, of Overton, efq.

SHERIFF appointed lv bis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in Council, for the Year 1803. County of Cornwall. Thomas Rawlings, of Padflow, efq.

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Vol. LXXII. p. 1074. Mr. Samuel Paterfon was fon of a refpectable woollen-draper in the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, and born March 17, 1728. He loft his father when about the age of 12 years; and his guardian not only neglected him, but involved his property in h ́s own bankruptcy, and fent him to France. Having there acquired a knowledge of foreign literature and publications beyond any perfons of his age, he refolved to engage in the importation of foreign books; and, when lide more than 20 years old, opened a fhop in the Strand: the only perfon who then carried on fuch a trade being Paul Vaillant. Though, by the mifconduct of fome who were charged with his commiffions in feveral parts of the Continent, it proved unfuccefsful to the new adventurer, he continued in hufinefs till 1753, when he published Dr. Pettingal's Differtation At the fame early pc riod in which he engaged in business he had married Mils Hamilton, a lady of the moft refpectable connexions in North Britain, ftill younger than himself, both their ages together not making 38 years. He next commenced auctioneer in Effexhoufe. This period of his life tended to develope completely thofe extraordinary talents in bibliography (a science hitherto fo little attended to) which foon brought him into the notice of the literary world. The valuable collection of MSS. belonging to the Right Hon. Sir Julius Cæfar, knt. judge of the Admiralty in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and, in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. chancellor and under-treafurer of the Exchequer, had fillen into the hands of fome uninformed perfons, and were on the point of being fold by weight to a cheesemonger, as weite paper, for the fum of ten pounds; fome of them happened to be fhewn to Mr. Paterfon, who examined them, and inftantly difcovered their value. He then digested a mafterly catalogue of the whole coliection, and, diftributing it in feveral thoufands of the moft fingular and interefting heads, caufed them to be fold by auction, which produced 3561.; and had among the purchasers the late Lord Orford, and other perfons of tank. These occurrences took place in the year 1757. The first perton who attempted to give a sketch of univerfal bibliography and literary hiftory was the learned and laborious Chriftopher-Auguftus Hermann, profeffor in the Univerfity of Göttingen, in 1718, when he pubfhed his well known work, "Confpectus Reipublicæ Literariæ, five Via ad Hiftoiam Literariam;" which gradually went through feven editions, the last of which was published at Hanover, 1763. Numberlefs other works, analogous to this, were published in the fame interval, in Germany. About the period alluded to,

many detailed, defcriptive, and rational catalogues of books appeared in the feveral countries of Europe; the art and the tifte of conftructing libraries became more general than in any preceding age; and the only thing which appears worthy of remark, and rather unaccountable, is that, even after the progrefs of philofophy or bibliography, the Germans, in this department, have excelled every other people in Europe. It is univerfally acknowledged, that the best work of the kind that ever appeared, about that time, was the catalogue of the celebrated library of the Count of Bunau, better known under the name of "Bibliotheca Bunaviana,” fo remarkable, indeed, for number, selection, order, connexion, references, and univerfal interest. The only hiftorical fyftem of national literature exhibited in Europe was that of the Italian, by Tirabofchi. Mr. P. fupplied fome important materials towards one among ourfelves, in his "Bibliotheca Anglica Curiofa, 1771." He was an endmy to those systems of biblography which are now erally practifed on the Continent; and he fet no importance even on the newly-established clath fiction of the "Univerfal Repertory of Literature," publifhed at Jena. We hope, indeed, that thofe among the readers themselves, who have happened to look at the above-mentioned catalogue, will not only coincide with our bibliographer's opinion, but will perhaps fmile at feeing all the branches of human knowledge confined in fixteen claffes, and the t of them intituled "Mifcellaneous Works;" the proper meaning of which words has a tendency to deftroy the whole claffification! Mr. Paterfon acted confiftently with thefe ideas in all his bibliographical performances; and it is owing to the merit of an appropriate, circumftantial, and judicious claffification, that his catalogues are unrivaled, and fome of them are justly regarded as models. We refer the readers to the catalogues themselves, and especially to the Bibliotheca Fleetwoodiana, Beauclerkiana, Croftfiana, Pinelliana, publifhed from time to time, as well as to thofe of the Strange, Fagel, and Tylfen libraries, which he performed within the last two years of his life; and they will perceive in each of them an admirable fpirit of order, exhibited in different ways, and fuggefted by thofe fupe rior abilities which alone can difcover and appreciate these variable comi inttions of

the feveral circumstances. Anau so thoroughly converfant in the hiftory of litera ture could not fail to perceive that a vaft number of books were held as valuable and fcarce in England, which were rather common in other countries. He thought he could do his native country an effential fervice, and procure emolument for himfelf, if he thould undertake a journey

through