ftanding, the refinement of her sentiments, and the foundress of her judgment. Every fresh interview adds to the impreffion, and at laft the lady is wrought to confefs the fuperiority of Paulina's mind. The painter, who has all the pride of high birth, proves to be the brother ruined and abandoned by fir Gregory, and fir Gregory being detected in his fecret fins, they mutually difclaim their former prejudices, and a general reconciliation takes place. On Saturday February 22, was acted at the fame theatre, a new opera, called THE TRAVELLERS IN SWITZERLAND, the production of the Rev. Henry Bate Dudley. The characters were thus repre fented: Sir Leinster M'Loughlin, Mr. Rock; Sidney, Mr. Munden; Dorimond, Mr. Johnstone; Dalton, Mr. Incledon; Comte Friponi, Mr. Fawcett; Daniel, Mr. Quick; Robin, Mr. Blanchard; Swifs Burgher, Mr. Thomfon; Serjeant, Mr. Richardfon; Fisherman, Mr. Towufend. - Lady Philippa Sidney, Mrs. Mattocks; Mifs Somerville, Mifs Poole; Julia, Mrs. Clendining; Nerinda, Mrs. Martyr; Margery, Mrs. Henley; Shepherde's, Mifs Hopkins. The Travellers in Switzerland are the Sidney family, attended by Dorimond, the lover of Julia Sidney, habited as a Swifs valet, and afterward by Sir Sidney himself, difguiled as an English guide, for the purpose of obferving the conduct of his wife, and curing her, if poflible, of an abfurd paffion for heraldry. Two other fuitors to the ladies appear in comte Friponi, a coxcomical tharper, and fir Leintter M Loughlin, an Irish knight. Their addreffes and contents furnish the principal matter of the two firft acts. The Travellers in their courfe arrive at the cattle of the fair reclufe, Mifs Somerville, which in the neighbourhood has the reputation of being enchanted. Daniel, a curious fervant of the Sidneys, gets admiffion by making Robin, a domestic of the cattle, drunk, and putting on his livery. Robin, to punish the delinquent, calls in the Swifs foldiery, by whom the caftle is for fome time befieged. The circumftances are at length explained, the troops withdrawn, and Sidney and Dorimond resume their characters. Lady Sidney profefles herself reformed, and the lovers of course are made happy. From this sketch our readers will see that the author has not aimed either at artifice in his fable or regular progreffion in his scenes. A laughable contraft of character relieves, and a lively dialogue connects, feveral poetic fongs; these have given scope to the genius of Shield, whole mufic in this opera will be found to furpafs even his usual richnefs and variety. The manager has furnifhed fome beautiful views of Switzerland. The fame evening, at the Theatre in the Haymarket, a new comedy was produced, under the title of the Box LOBBY CHALLENGE. Young Grampus, a young blockhead of fortune, is fent for to town, for the purpose of being launched forth on the grand tour. He falls into the hands of Fulfome, a parafitical author, and young Crotchet, an illiterate debauchee. The latter makes love to mifs Grampus, the maiden-aunt, and fucceeds in cheating her out of her fortune. Crotchet infults, at the theatre, Letitia, a young lady, under the guardianship of old Grampus, he is chaftifed by Waterland, a young officer, and gives Fulfome's card. In his purfuit of his antagonist, capt. Waterland gets introduced into the Grampus family, and to Letitia, of whom he has become enamoured, and after the ufual difficulties, obtains her hand; and, at the fame time, with what moral juftice, we know not, Crochet and mils Grampus are alfo united. I have the fatisfaction to acquaint you, that the fpirit of infurrection, which was for fome time prevalent among the lower orders of people, is in general fuppreffed. No exertion fhall be wanting, on my part, to bring them to a due fenfe of order and fubordination, and to prevent and punish the machinations of those who may aim to feduce them from their accustomed loyalty into acts of fedition and outrage. The law for rendering a militia in this kingdom effectual, has been carried fuccefsfully into execution. I am happy to find that the people are at length fully reconciled to this inftitution, which has already been attended by the most beneficial conféquences, in producing internal tranquillity, and contributing to the general ftrength and forces of the empire. I am commanded to acquaint you, that his majefty has appointed a commiffion under the great feal, to execute the office of lord high treasurer of this kingdom, in order that the payment of the civil lift granted to his majesty, and a regular appropriation of the revenue to diftinct fervices, may be carried into execution in a manner as conformable to the practice of Great Britain, as the relative fituation of this kingdom will permit. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I have ordered the national accounts to be laid before you, as well as eftimates for the fervice of the enfuing year. It is painful to me to obferve, that the exigencies of the times will require a large fupply and additional refources; but when you confider that this is a war of abfolute neceffity, and that you are contending for your liberty, property, and religion, I doubt not that you will cheerfully contri bute to fupport the honour of his majesty's crown, and the effential interefts of the kingdom. My Lords and Gentlemen, The agriculture, the manufactures, and particularly the linen manufacture of Ireland, the Proteftant charter schools, and various other inftitutions of public utility, have fo conftantly received the benefit of your care and liberality, that I need not, particularly, at this time, inculcate their importance. His majesty has the fulleft reliance upon the loyalty and attachment of his people of Ireland. You are now, by the unjust aggreffion of France, involved in a contest for your religion, for your conftitution, and for the prefervation of every principle which upholds focial order, or gives fecurity to your perfons or properties. In fuch a caufe, his majesty has no doubt of being cordially fupported, by the efforts of all his fubjects, in refifting the desperate designs of men, who are endeavouring to erect their own power and dominion on the ruins of law and order, and to involve every government of Europe in a general fcene of confufion and anarchy. His majesty's object is peace; and he will exert himself, in conjunction with his allies, whenever an occafion fhall present itself, for obtaining this defirable end, without furrendering the honour of his crown, or facrificing the prefent or future fecurity of his people and of the rest of Europe. You may depend upon my faithful reprefentations of your fervices to his majefty; and I will zealously co-operate with your exertions for the welfare and profperity of Ireland.' HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. February 1794, 316 fhips have been taken by all the allied powers from the French, and that the French have taken from the allied powers 410. The balance, there fore, of captures in favour of France, is knowledge of their majesties till the play was over. Exclufive of thefe lamented victims, who were all respectable and wealthy perfons, near twenty others fuffered material injuries, in bruifes, broken legs, and FEBRUARY 7. arins. Yesterday morning, the arrival of the Swallow packet at Torbay, with the most noble marquis Cornwallis, and part of his fuite, colonel Rofs, private secretary, and captain Apfley, aid-du-camp, on board, was announced at the India House. The Swallow left Madras the 10th of October, and was convoyed by admiral Cornwallis to the fouthward of the equator, arrived at St. Helena the 15th of December, and failed from thence the 19th. upon by the crowd, who paffed over their bodies into the houfe. The pit lies lower than the threshold of the door leading into it: thofe therefore who go in mult go down a step. Here it was that the mit chif happened: for the people who were the unfortunate fufferers, either not knowing any thing of this step, or being hurried on by the preffure of the crowd behind, fell down, while those who fol owed immediately wer, by the fame irresistible impulfe, hurried over them. The fcene that enfued may be eafier conceived than defcribed; the foreams of the dying and the maimed were truly fhecking; while thofe who were literally trampling their fellowcreatures to drah, had it not in their power to avoid the mitchief they were dong. One could fcarcely have bel eved that fo many could have been killed in fo fail When the Swallow left India, all the a space. Seven bodies, completely lifeicfs, prefidencies and poffeffions of the comwere carried into Mr. Wynch's, the drug-pany were in an unexampled itate of prof gift, next door to the theatre, fome to the thops of other medical gentlemen, and the remainder to St. Martin's warch-house, to be owned. Medical aid was called in, and every thing to restore animation, if it were only tufpended; but we are forry that fuccefs attended the procefs in one cafe only, which was that of Mr. Brandon, of Tooley-fticet, in the Borough, whole wife and daughter were both killed. The following is a lift of the perfons who were trampled to death: Mis. Fifher, fifter in-law to Mr. Brandon, of Tooley-Itreet. Mifs Brandon, niece of Mr. Brandon. Mr. Brandon, his n phew, Mr. Brandon himself was carried out apparently dead, but was recovered. Benjamin Pingo, Efq. York Herald, of the Heralds College. J. C. Brooke, Eiq. Somerfet Herald, of ditto. Mrs. Willis, and Mafter Willis, wife and fon of Mr. Willis, attorney, of Gray's Inn. Mr. Garbutt, late mafter of the Three Sllers, of Whitby. Mis. Gwatkin, wife of Mr. Gwatkin, dancing matter, Bartlett's buildings. Mrs. Spencer, St. James's market. Mifs Wiliams, Pall-mall, daughter of Mr. Williams, Sho-lane. Mr. Robinion, of Clerkenwell, farrier. Mifs Bushnell, niece to Mr. Norton, of Berners-ftreet; and two gentlemen not yet owned. In all feventeen perfons. This melancholy circumftance was not generally known in the theatre till late in the evening; and it was kept from the perity; five lacks of pagodas had been fent to Bengal from Madras, and there were ftil five lacks remaining in the treafury of Fort St. George. Tippoo Saib had made all his payments, and, what is ftill better, given the most ample and decidei opinion against the conduct of the French, pledging himself to have no concern or alliance with the convention. The nabab of Arcot and rajah of Tanjere had alfo ufed the most ardent and fpirted exertions in fupplying our forces with provifions, &c. on their march to Pondicherry. On Sunday laft the Swallow was chafed in the Channel by two veffels, fuppofed to be French frigates; on which account the thought it prudent to crowd all her fails; and being a remarkably fwift filer, fortunately efcaped being taken, after a cbace of fix hours. FEBRUARY 8. Laft night the duke of York arrived in town from the Continent. His royal highness came paffenger in the Veltal frigare, which accompanied prince Adolphus to Ottend, and landed at Ramsgate yeftrday morning, after a fhort paffage of fourteen hours. The duke was accompanied to England by colonel Hewgill of the guards, and captain Crawford, his royal highness' aides-du-camp. Extract of a letter from Faimouth, Feb. 8. The Antelope packet failed from Port Royal Nov. 27. On the first of December, on the coalt of Cuba, not far from Cumberland Harbour, the fell in with two fuhooners, apparently of fome force; the. mafter bore up for Jamaica; the Atalanta, one of the privateers, out-failed her confort, left her, continued the chace all day, and till about four P. M. when the wind failing, fhe rowed up with the packet, and having exchanged feveral fots, theered off again. During the night the frequently bore down, and fhot was fired on both fides. At five on Monday morning, it being calm, the rowed up and grappled the Antelope on the ftarboard fide, pouring in a broadfide, and made an attempt to board, which was repulfed with great flaughter. By this broadfide, unfortunately, the master, Curtis, who commanded, fell, as did the fhip's steward and a French gentleman, aid-de-camp to monfieur Loppenos, a passenger, and the firft mate was thot through the body; the command then devolved on the boatswain, (for the fecond mate had died of the fever after their failing from Port Royal) who, with the few brave men left, affilted by the paffengers, repulfed repeated attempts to board, during a confider ble time the veffels were along fide. The boatfwain at laft obferving that they had cut their grapplings, and were attempting to fheer off, ran aloft himself, and lathed the privateer's fquare fail yard to the Antelope's fore throuds, and immediately pouring in a few vollies of fmall arms, which did great execution, the furvivors of the Ichooner's crew called for quarter, which was immediately granted them. The prize was taken poffeffion of, and carried into Annotta Bay about eleven next morning. The Antelope failed from Port Royal with 27 hands, but had lost four before the action by the fever, and then two unfit for duty; fo that reckoning four dead, two ill, and the doctor, who must neceffarily go to his quarters in the cockpit, they entered the engagement with only 20 men, befide the paifengers. The Atlanta was fitted out at Charlef. ton, mounted eight three pounders, and carried 56 men. Mr. Rodm, formerly in the navy, pallenger, fignalized himself. Return of the Killed and Wounded. Killed during the action Since dead Fuft and fecond captain wounded defperately, the fift caprain fince dead Wounded, but living a 30 3 2 14 This appears to be the most gallant action during the war. The houfe of reprefentatives at Jamaica have voted 500 guineas as a reward, 20, to be paid to Curtis' widow, 100 to Mitchell's, the firft mate; too to the boatswain, and 100 among the rest of the men. FEBRUARY 10. Yesterday came on, in the court of king's bench, the cafe of Mr. Purefoy. It was stated that a bill of indictment was found against the prifoner by the grand jury for the county of Kent, for the wilful murder of Henry Roper; and that he not having appeared and pleaded to that indictment, the procefs of outlawry had iffued againf him, and in confequence he stood attainted of felony and morder. He was therefore alked, What cause he could fhew why ex ecution should not be awarded againtt him according to law? Mr. Purefoy prayed that a writ of error might be allowed, on the ground that at the time the p ocels of outlawry was awarded againit him, and long before and after, he was in parts beyond the feas, to wit, at Tournay in Flanders, and that confequently he could not furrender himself: and therefore he prayed that the outlawry might be reversed. Mr. attorney general adm tted the truth of that fact. Mr. juftice Ahhurt therefore ordered the our way to be reverfed, and Mr. Purefoy to he reitored to every thing he had loft by the judgment. M. attor ny general then obtained a writ of procedendo to carry the indictment back to the aflizes, in order that the prifoner might be tried The lord chief just ce then fordered Mr. Purefoy to be remanded. FEBRUARY I Yesterday morning early Mr. Muir, under fentence of transportation, was conveyed from Newgate to the place appointed for his embarkation to New South Wales. Mr. Palmer was fent off fome days ago. Between top and eleven o'clock, about 60 female convicts were put on bard a vellel at Blackfriars bridge defined to the fame voy ige. FEBRUARY 12. Intelligence was yesterday received at the admiralty, that the Inconftant French fri49 gate was taken in the West Indies, by his U 2 majefty's Information was on Monday received at the Sierra-Leone. Houfe, of the progrefs of the colony at Sierra Leone to the 20th of December laft. The natives continued perfectly friendly; the neighbour ing chiefs fhewed every defire of being connected with the company; fome had fent their children to be educated at Sierra Leone, and many others propofed to fend them in the enfuing dry feafon. The rainy feafon had paffed over without any confiderable mortality; and the NovaScotia colonists had maintained their health, and appeared to have become well inured to the climate. The trade was become much more brifk; the cultivation was advancing both in the colony and parts adjacent; and there appears to have been no difficulty in procuring the native labourers. The rice, cotton, and other articles in the company's plantation, thrive exceedingly, the fugar-cane excepted, which had been hurt by the white ants. The fchools of the company contained between 300 and 400 children, chiefly Nova Scotians, who appeared to have made full as much improvement as is common in European fchools under fimilar circumftances. The colony had gradually improved in order, and appeared to be advancing in every refpect. An unfortunate fire, however, had accidently happened on board the company's ftorefhip York, by which he was entirely confumed, together with all fuch articles as happened to be then on board, of which the value, if estimated at prime coft, might be 8000l. or goool.; feveral thoufand pounds thereof being African produce, which was on the point of being fent to England. The whole lofs, including the value of the fhip and the estimated profits and charges to be added to the prime coft of the goods, is computed by the governor and council, on a rough calculation, to amount to between 14,000l. and 15,000l. FEBRUARY 16. The St. Euftatia prize caufe has, at length, reached its termination, and the agents are about to diítribute 64,000l. of the produce. FEBRUARY 19. larming and fo completely effectual, as that immediately proved, which was last year adopted by parliament, for granting aid to private credit by the means of exchequer bills. Though it was faid, that five millions would be a fum too small to be of service, and that nothing could ftop the tide of bankruptcy; yet of the 5,000,000l. of exchequer bills that were allowed, there were applied for, before the 5th of August, to no greater amount than 3,724,8241. of which were granted only 2,129,2001. The two first payments of this loan have been punctually made; a fact which proves that temporary relief only was wanted, and to no great amount. The alacrity of parliament to fupport the credit of the country, was itfelt relief. The month of May 1793, was the epoch of the greatest number of bankruptcies; they greatly decreased in June; they decreased ftill more in July; they continued to decreafe in Auguft; and in September they fell to be nearly on a par with the numbers in September 1792. The merchants in the capital received fomething lefs than one million; at Manchefter, about 250,000l. at Liverpool 130,000l. and at Bristol only 40,000l. It appeared that most of the bankruptcies arofe from illegal fpeculations, and an avaritious extention of capital. FEBRUARY 21. At the feffions-houfe in the Old Bailey, on Wednesday, Mr. juftice Buller delivered the opinion of the judges upon the referved cafe of Jeremiah Reading, who had been tried and convicted at a former feffions, of forging the acceptance to a bill of exchange, purporting to be drawn at Briftol, and directed to John King, of Berkeley-iquare. It appeared upon the trial, that no fuch perfon was to be found as John King. The indictment stated the bill to be directed to John King by the name and defcription of John Ring. The judges were of opinion, that this defcription was erroneous, and repugnant to the precifion the law required in the form of indictments, and that therefore the judgment ought to be arrested. The cafe, however, being of great public importance, the judges were of opinion that the prifoner ought not to be difcharged, as the profecutor was at liberty to prefer a new ind:&tment against him. The prifoner was of courfe detained in custody. FEBRUARY 25. Yesterday accounts were received in town by the Minerva, from Bengal, for Oftend; that the Princefs Royal East |