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. ■*