agtr on, for the coucl niton of the j: observations made by t > :cr a e . . s Oil this head " This is orte of the mo!t important points (fays M. Rolliu) in education, and nt the i :>.ne time the inoft difficult ; for among a gredt num ber of martyrs, who in other refpe(?ts are very deserving, there are very few to be fonnd, who are happy enough to make their scholars fond of fttidy." ■' It fnould be the great care of the masters (fays Quintilian) who teach children their let ters, to do it in such a manner that a child who is not yet capable of being fond of his book, Jhould not take an aversion to it, and the diftike continue when he grows up." " For this reason (fays he) his fludy (hould be made a diversion to him. The mailer mult proceed by affcing hint little questions. He mtirt be encouraged by commendation, and allowed to set some value upon himfelf, and be pleased with having learnt any thing. Sometimes what he refufes to learn nuift he taught another, to raise his jealousy. We inuft enter into little disputes with him, and let him think he has often the better. We iiiuft: entice him likewifeby little rewards, which children at thtft age are very fond of." Quint, Lib. I. Cap. I " The great secret to make children lore their books, is to make them fond of their tnafler. In this cafe they willingly give ear to him, be come docile, drive to please him, and take a pleasure in his leflbns." Qriint. Lib. 2. Cap. 9. Stadium difandi Voluntate, qute cogi ncti pots]}. Lib. 1. Cap. 3. Ouint. " We may confine the body, make a scholar fit at his desk against his inclination, doable his labor by way of punifhnient, force him to fini/h a talk imposed on him, and for that end deprive him of his play and recreation, bat can labor ing thus upon force be properly called study ?" —M. Rollin. K. PARIS, March ij THE King is much better, he is able to fit up, his cough is less violent. The French wags pretend that he caught cold by throwing off his R»yal Robis on a sudden. Yeflerday the Bishop of Lidda was eledled to the Metropolitan fee of Paris. M. Brendle is eledied Bishop of Strafburgh, vice Cardinal de Rohan. The law of primogeniture is abolished—proper ty is to be equally distributed among the males and females of the family. LONDON, March 19 The veils of our fafhionable females seem to increase in their dimensions as the fun increases its powerful influence ; they are at present Co rery highly in favor, as not only, to be worn ■with the petit bonnet by day, but they fall gracefully over the Ihoulders from the dress cap by night. The reason given by the ladies for their fondnefs for this article of dress, is by no means a bad one; it gives them, they fay, an excellent pretence for shunning all those whom they do not wish to speak to, and a charming opportunity of being particular, where they de sire to be so. Lord Caftlewart is said to intend claiming the Dukedom of Albany, upon pretenlions which, if established, will prove him to be head of the late Royal House ot Stuart. Remittances to a considerable amount arrived by the packet onThurfday from America. They consist of bills drawn in the name of the United States, on their agent at Amsterdam. Lord Grofvenor's estates are in so improving a away, and so fact do the houses of lease fall in, that in a few years he will have an income of not less than four score thousand pounds a year. The duke of Bedford, the duke of Portland, and earl Grofvenor, have had their estates dou bled, within the space of fifteen years. The number of persons confined in Paris for various causes, amount to one thousand eight hundred. The acquittal of Caglioftro at Rome, does ho nor at once to the Pope and the inquifiiion that tried him. Our woolen manufacture exports, of the last year, have amounted to nearly 2,000,0001. the nett produce of our own corn lands more than 9,000,0001. the produce of butter, cheese, and milk, about 2,500,0001. amount of timber cut for building, 500,0001. and the rent of pastures, meadows, commons, forefts, heaths, See. lias amounted to about 7,000,0001. The Lords committees appointed to search for precedents refpe<fting the continuance of im peachments from Parliament to Parliament, pro ceed with so much deliberation, that it is doubt ful whether they will be able to make their re port in the course of the present feflion. The public will recolletft, that, for more than three months, the general defence of the Minis ter's plan, for taking joo,oool. of the unreceiv. Ed Dividends out of the bank, was, that they confided of money to which there was 110 known claimant. That defence is now expressly dif claimed b* (he Muuftt himfelf, who acfcnow !e there is, rtrtily no such tiling as unclaimed Dvidends, a«>d t,l3t tne jod.oool. is to be takeiifYoin the floating balance in the batik. - An indictment was preferred at Colchelter a gaiirft a person for ai ailault. It appeared ill evidence, that the pl.iijtiff had attempted to hang himfelf; and that the defendant, finding him in that fituarion, cut him down, tweaked him by the nose, and fruck him several finart blows on the back, for the purpose of reviving suspended animation. The jury considering iha L there was no malice ill the cafe, found a verdict for the defendant. The noble city of Venice, and the lflands about it, are so populous, have so many manufactures, and carry 011 so great a trade, more elpecially when the other powers of It;Ty are at war, and the fubjecls of the republic enjoy the benefit of her neutrality, that the revenue drawn from them to the State amounts annually to three mil lions of ducats. The entire revenne of the re public is computed at eight trillions of ducats, and the annual expence does not commonly ex ceed half that Aim ; so that, ir. time of peace, they are cjnftantly accumulating vast trealnre. Before the fatal war of Candia, they had in their treasury fifteen millions of ducats in ready mo ney, excltfive of a famous golc chain, to which they annually added some links, which forty porters could hardly carry, and which, on cer tain feftivals, was extended across the (quare at St. Mark, for the entertainment of the people. As they have now enjoyed peace for many years, it may be presumed that their coffers are again pretty full ; so that, upon an emergency, they would be able to make much greater exertion than is commonly imagined. March 23 Sir R. P. ArSen received on Saturday at the jank, the dividends of 1400]. which were brought :o light by the prefer.t bill. One Banker is said to have recovered fifty di vidends upon a large sum, the principal likevvife remaining unfold. A French Deputy, lately challenged by an of ficer, replied he knew nothing of arms, and was even ignorant how to load a pistol ; but he proposed, before four witnefl'es to throw up for the chance of which of them fliould be hanged. A lot of ground adjoining the road to Hamp ftead, part of the estate of Lord Camden, has lately been let on a building lease to three per sons of considerable property in the city, who have entered into an agreement to build within a limitted time, four hundred houses, to be di vided Into flrccib, and called Camden Town. The bricks are now making on the spot for the purpose. This, when completed, with other buildings, uow erecting on that road, will fooii join Hampftead, to London. Great commotions are expected throughout France upon the re-ele<ftion of the National As sembly in May or June next, but the influence of the Aristocracy is so completely destroyed, as to give the friends of the new government very little apprehension. Mr. and Mis. Orleans (as every one now calls them) set a grand example to the rich : From the 6th of this month, they are to pay ready money for every thing they ptirchafe—the French who only know the Britifb Nobility for their virtues, imagine the innovation to have been imported from England. On Thursday night, at 8 o'clock, the Cabinet Ministers met in council at the Duke of Leed's Office, Whitehall, and fat till one o'clock yef tevday morning, when his Grace dispatched a meflenger with letters to the Earl of Eglin, at Vienna. A meflenger set off with dispatches for Berlin yesterday morning at five o'clock. He was told, that it depended on a contingency, whether he would be sent by our Ambaflador there to Peterf burgh. Extraß of a letter from Tortfmontb, April 1. " About three o'clock this afcernoon, on a lignal made from the Royal William, a general pi ess took place here. There being a consider able number of colliers and other coasting ves sels in the harbour, near three hundred prime seamen were picked tip in a few hours, princi pally North countrymen. An ontvvard bound Welt-Indiaman, in St. Helen's Road, had all her hands taken out. " This evening failed his Majesty's ships Ar dent and Assistance, for the Downs; and the Flirt and Scout sloops, and Barracouta cutter, on the impress fervjce." On Wednesday morning, at four o'clock, the Ruffian Minister dispatched a courier to Peterf burgh, with the result of the debate in the two houses of Parliament. His return may be ex pecfted within five weeks, and the cbntents of his dispatches will decide whether ive (hall have a war with Russia or not. Last week the long depending cause of the St Euftatius business was, after eight years litiga 34 April 2 tion, finally determined before the Lords ofthe Council, and it is expecfted the claimants will re ceive their several dividends in the course of a few days lludia does not appear to pay any regard to the mediation in her quarrel with the Porte. Iris aliened, that her fleet at Sebaflopolis has receiv ed orders to fail as soon as the season will per mit. The Grand Seignior has lent the Sultana Va lide, his mother, to the old Seraglio, for having attempted to reconcile him to the Ruffians. . HOUSE of L 0 R D S, Jpril i PRUSSIAN TREATY. The order of the day being read for the houlc :o take into consideration the above treaty. Earl Fitzwilliam rose, and after contending for foine time, that by the treaty, Great-Britain was not bound to aflift Pruflia in ofTenfive conduct, moved the following resolutions : " That Great-Britain liaih not become bound by «ither the express or implied engagement of the treaty of defenfive alliance with his Prufiiau Majesty, or with the United Provinces, to take hostile measures, in order to compel the Empreft of Ruflia to relinquifli the advantages gained by her arms, in the Ockzakow, Tartary, and in Belfarabia." " That the progress of the Ruffian arms in the Ockzakow, Tartary, and in BeflFarabia, is not au adequate norjuft cause for Great-Britain to make war against the Empress of Russia." " That the refufal of tlie conditions of peace proposed by a power offering mediation, is no just cause for hostile measures in support ot the mediation so reje<Sed Lord Gvenville moved the previous question. Lord Derby, Lord Dorchester, Earl of Guild ford, Viscount Stormont, and Lord Rawdon, were for the resolution. The Duke of Leeds, Lord Hardwicke, and the. Lord Chancellor, were for the previous question. Thalqueftion being put on the previous qpeC tion, the House divided. Contents, with Proxies 94 Not Contents, with Proxies 34 Adjourned. LIVERPOOL, M*rch 21. Accident has produced a very ufeful difcoverr j for, by the late inundations of the sea, it was ob served, that as far as the ride extended, it brought; all the worms froiti their holes, and killed them. This experiment has been flnce tried with the fea-warer in several gardens, and has anfwerei. the desired effecft beyond expedition. A shoemaker's wife in Pimlico dreamed on TupPclay nijuht. that No. 18 vv/iuld be drawn a prize on Wednesday. She communicated the dream in the morning to her husband, whfcfwore. that he dreamed flie was hanged. The woman fold all she was worth to insure the-number, on the confidence of her dream. No. j8 was not drawn ; and what is extremely lingular,' the husband's dream was realized, as his wife hanged herfelf the fame evening ! [t is a lirtle Angular, that when General Wolfe ,vas carried off the field of battle, he should be wrapped up in the plaid of Donald Macleod, the okleft soldier in the King's service. It was a more honorable covering than Imperial plirple. A Caution.—There are counterfet guineas in circulation, a very good imitation of the coin {truck in 1788 ; they weigh as much as a real guinea, are pale, and the rim of the shield on the tail is somewhat broader ; the crown on the arms larger, the fleur de lis in the arms of France closer together, and the Iriih harp nor fa well executed ; the milling is not so rough, nor is the hair of the head of his majesty so ' well curl ed. Tliefe counterfeit guineas are supposed to be scarcely worth more than 10s. RICHMOND, May 19 On Friday the 9th of March last, Samuel Bra dy and FrancisM'Guire,aflemble<i an armed force, and made an ( attack upon a party "of Delaware Indians on Beaver Creek in the State of Penrr fylvania, who were in fwendfhip with the Uni ted States, and killed foiif of them, after which the perpetrators fled into this State ; in conse quence thereof the governor has iflued a pro clamation offering a reward of 600 dollars for the delivery of Brady and M'Guire, to the executive authority of the State of Pennsylvania, in order that they may bfc tried agreeable 10 the laws oF the State. PITTSBURGH, May 14. On Friday or Saturday, the 291(1 or 30th or April, a party 6f Indians penetrated the conntry near to Clarkfburgh, where they took two people prisoners, and considerable plunder of horfesand other property. Three of them made their ap pearance at a farm house, and fired on the man at his door, who fell ; they ran towards him, and on one of them Hooping to scalp him. he \va> i 1- hited by the man's wife with a stroke <>m a large hatchet in his back, which so con' pletely into his body, that at three <hfr- el ~e forts £he could not disengage it, and t'ae Incu. ■*
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