feteor. DiariessbrMay,t7oo ;andMny,i789 384 Carthaginian Information for P--of.

Michaclis 40
. Death-bed Dialogue of the late Silas Dcane 385 Facts on the Growth and Culture of Wool 41:
etter from Dr. Priestley confuting the Cliai ge^8 6 Corrections of the new Edition ofCamdcn 41
I r. Weston's Address to MissSeward Jc M. F. 588 The Story of Father Valentin' fairly fettled 41
listory of the J unction of sbamesand Severn 380 A Scyimtar of Oliver Cromwell described 41
ropotal relative to Commutation for Tithes 391 St. Michael's Chapel, in Leadenh.dl-strcet >/
.re Ordinations by Scotch Episcopalians valid? it. Dr. Toweis'i Hist, of Frederick III. defended 41.
he Parliamentary Representation's Britain jpjiValuable Political Observations on France 41
In tlie Grand Chartreuse, and its Albam 594 AddieCto Dr. J. Aikin, on Mr. Howard 411
lew Public Buildings in and near Dublin 396 Passives in Scripture and Liturgy explained 4']
'easts in Honour of Edward the Confessor it. What the proper Objects of a true Satirist 41.
Ian recommended to the Curious in Botany it. Sir Walter Raleigh, Query where buried ? it
,lr. Wells's final Observations on Yew-tiCS 398 Siean Chapel, in Northamptonshire, described 4:1
ome Anecdotes of the late Dr. Thicknesse 3Qg Parii.imcutai y PmcoedingMifboth Houles4n-42i
The Standard of Gentlemen Pensioners 1639 4C0 RtVIliW 01- NfcW PunLICATIN( 429 44I
The last Verse of Psalm XX. illustrated ib. Foreign Litekarv Intillioivce
441
tfilton's great Excelleucein Devotional Poetry40 1 Ikdkx Indica tokius Queries answered 44
nicriptioninBriflingtonChurch-y.Somersetsh.i'i. SelkctPoetrv, ancient aud niodcr n, 448 4 r ;
unites and Illustrations of Shakespear continued i Premiums of Seciety of Artsand Sciences 4 ; 5-461
eminent Dissenters bred at the Universities ^03 Fer.Aftirs,Deniest. Occurrences, &c 4^1 47
Or. Birch's Account of Bp> Thomas Watson 404 Births, Marriages, Obituary, ice. &c. 47 x 43
riiat Prelate's Character stated by a Relation 405 Average Pi ices of CornTheatrical Register 48
Letter from Abbe Barthelemy to Mt. Dutens 408 Dady Variations in the Prices of the Stocks 48.
Embellished with a picturesque View of Steam Chapel, Northamptonshire; Two
Viewsof the Entrances into the Tunnel joining the Thames aud Itrna ;
Public Buildings in and near Dublin ; and various other Curiosities.

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BEING THE FIFTH

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NUMBER

Mr. Urban,
Salop, April 1%.
tste^WifQU are requested to print
,**** **3 the following abstract
*j
__ rj from a pamphlet, intij8
+
J6C tuled "Theodolius, or a
}8C
5fi solemn Admonition to
5rf >tf%tf^ W ProtcstantDilleuters,3cc.
K.******.* pljnted for j Buck.
land," in your ne*t Magazine. The
Author " solemnly affirms the narrative
10 be a fact;" and' in a. note, p. ij, re
fers " any respectable character for the
truth of it to a Clergyman of established
reputation, who (he fays) was an auri
cular witness of the fame language" as
that contained in the following dialogue.
After relating the manner in whish the
lnte Silas Deane " urged the French
Court to an immediate declaration of its
intentions," with respect to taking part
with America against Britain in the Iat
contest, he. proceeds thus :
" The last time X saw Silas Deane was on
s> bed of siclutess and death. He Jmt fur n:e.
" I'l.aouut.
" Author. Mr. Deane/ it gives rne onjcepi
tn fee you indisposed. I hope you are em
ployed in the duties of an Immortal Being,
and are selling your bouse in trier.
" Silas Dt mt. 1 sent for yop, my friend,
to communicate my wishes concerning do*
nufiie affairs ; as to nOpsui rtsi.lt, 1 wilt
gjv&you no trouble. 1 have dune with such
pu\ hive been taught the truth.
'" Author. And pray what it truth > I am
anxious to be informed where you found it.
"Stint Deans. Not in the New Testament,
nor in the Old. 1 do not believe that a vir
gin ever conceived a child ; nor do I believe
that forty thousand people palled through the.
Red Sea.
"Autbir. Do you refuse assent to the pro
position, " a virgin shall conceive and bear a
urn," because il is superior to your reason, or
contrary to reason ?
" " Silai Dime. I do not shy it i< absolutely
Bontrary to reason ; but it is certainly contrary
to experience, and contrary to the laws of Na
ture,

1790.

OF VOL. LX.

PART

I.

" Author. What do you mean by a law if

Natures
.
" Si/ai Ptmt. A uniform operation, act
ing on determined principles, from all eter
nity.
" Author. Then, by wliat law of Nature
svere the fun, and moon, ai id iiarth, brought
into existence ? Why does not this law of
Nature, thus acting inceUantly on determined
principles, produce other (ans, and moons,
ami habitable orbs > In the unoccupied space)
of our solar system, there is ample room fop
the deity of your devotions to display herunU
form and unceasing operations ; and yet,
strange to tell ! the history of the world does
not furnish one solitary' instance of her proli
fic energies. The orbs in our system aro
materially, locally, and numerically, the orbs
which were noticed by astronomers three
thousand years a?o. Vour deity ib dead. I
sincerely wisti, for the fake of men disposed,
like yourself, to an easy reception of error,
liiat our accustomed phraseology were in-,
veiled.Creation, and all th common ope
rations of Nature, are, in reality, mi, aclis;
and the suspension of those imaginaiy laws is
the restitution of Nature to her own merit
and passive existence. You do well to ac
knowledge, that the inhabitation os the Mes
siah in the womb of a virgin is not contrary
to reason ; for, amidst the infinite possibili
ties of producing our species, it cannot be in
ferred, a priori, that the establish-sd mode is
the wisest, or most eligible j but we infer iti
wild'Unand excellence from the fact" thus
il luilh pleased the Loon." As far as weafon
is concerned in the business, it is equally miracukus to produce a being by . the common
process of traduction, as to produce a bem;
by any other mode of operation, lint, as you
rest your argument on its contrariety to ex-
perience, give me leave to ask. you, Who was
the father of Adam ! You arc taught, you
fay, by experience, that every child mult have
a fatherbut we have here an instance to
the contrary. If'thls be not sufficient to fluke
your principles of Infidelity, peii-.iit me to
enquire, Who was the mother of Adam ? If
it be contrary to experience, and, by an in
duction from that- contrariety to experienoe,
if it be irTfoftUt for - child to be produced
from

Intelligencefrom Ireland, Scotland, and Country Towns.

tt was expocted,that a proper person would
be appointed hy his Lordlbip to six the pre
cise line of the boundaries.
In the Representative-House of the United
States, the rejxir t of the Secretary of the
Treasury was read in full Assembly ; when it
appeared. th3t the whole debt of the State
amounted, with the interest due thereon, to
*575>">co'- f*er''ng ''le annual interest
whereof will ''< i>3*f'>75l- sterling, which
will lie provided for by the proposed new
duties on spirits, wines, tea, coffee, ice. The
report recommended an inland excise,
\yhich, it was judged, would completely
make the sum required, and fully establish
the national credit.
Ireland,
s
Mr. Power, son to Richard Power, esq;
one of the candidates for the county of Waterford, in consequence of an election dis
pute with Capt. Gnimbleton, of the 1 3th
regiment of dragoons, went out with that
gentleman on the 4th instant, and was shot
dead on the field. The poll for the county
was immediately postponed, at the request
us Mr. Beresford, Mr. Power's opponent.
Scotland.
Friday night, the 7th instant, about six
o'clock, one of the King's messengers ar
rived at Leilh, having been only thirty-eight
hours on his way from London. He imme
diately went on board the Champion frigate
in the Roads, and delivered his dispatches to
Capt. Edwards. At nine o'clock the ship's
crew got orders to prepare for an impress.
At eleven o'clock eight boats landed at Leith,
with 100 men, wljo, dividing into four par
ties, went to different parts of the harbour,
and in a short time swept every Ihip of her
hands. They afterwards went to Newhaven,
where they also got a sew sailors. It is sup
posed that about 200 men were impressed.
Countrv Ntws.
A very singular phxnomeuon happened at
jtrmjrdt, in Westmoreland. Very early in
the morning of the 6th of March, a noise
louder titan thunder was heard issuing from
the earth, which so much alarmed the inha
bitants, that they fled in consternation from
their bouses to a considerable distance. When
the approach of day-light nude objects dis
cernible, a subterraneous chasm of great
depth appeared to be the effect of this con
vulsion of nature. Several cattle and horses
are missing, and are supposed to lave been
swallowed up From all the circumstances
tlut tan be collected, it appears to have been
one of those local earthquakes th t some
times happen in particular parts of the
country, without bein felt at much distance
1 10111 the scene.
A ver. capital discovery is mride in South
ft'j.ei, which, when joined to the public
spirit of ihe gentlemen around, promises the
best consequences to the improvement of
Chat country. Xhe nieanuuu uu the borders

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of Glamorgan and Breconshire are said to

contain inexhaustible mines both of iron and
coal. A meeting of the gentlemen of these
counties, held on the 6th of March, have
come to the resolution of funning a canal
from Cardiff to Merthir ; and a subscription
was immediately opened for the execution of
the work.
About the beginning of the present month,
a riotous mob, chiefly of labourers and far
mers' servants, assembled at 0'i/at, in the
neighbourhood of Pewsey, in Wilts, threat
ening devastation to their masters, unless
their wages were raised to nine shillings a
week ; but happily, by the interposition of
Mr. Webb, a magistrate residing on the spot,
and the timely arrival of a parly of dragoons
from Salisbury, they were dispersed before
any violence had been committed ; and all of
them, exetept two of the ringleaders, sent
peaceably to their own homes. These two
fellows were notorious poachers, who, by
sounding horns and raising a clamour, had
got together a number of well-meaning peo
ple, who were much pressed for bread for
their families. These the farmers have
agreed to relieve, by lowering the price of
wheat to their labourers and sonants.
Port News.
A dreadful affray happened on hoard the
Royal George, at Portjmiuth, between the
sailors and the men who went to assist with
her round from Chatham Yard, in which
two men were killed, and several' despe
rately wounded.
On the 5th inst, a severe press took place
at every sea-port throughout the kingdom ;
which being totally unsuspected, it is com
puted that jooo men were impressed in the
course of the week.
Several numerable Sventl have lat'ly happened
at Sea, Vibicb for their Singularity amt Lat'
parlance are zvtrtby to be recorded.
The first that attracted Hie public notice
was a mutiny on board tlic Bounty.
This ship sailed from England, in the au
tumn of 1787, on a voyage to the Society
llliiids for bread fruit-trees, intended for our
West India settlements; in which climate,
it was the opinion of Sir Joseph Banks, they
might be successfully cultivated, ant! pin. ca
fuccedaneuin for oilier provisions in times of
scarcity.
The Bounty had made good the o'\ject of
her voyage, so far as to have received on
board n great number of these trees in va
rious stages of growth j and there was every
prospect of their being capable of preserva
tion.
1 he ship, thus laden, qii'tted Otaheile on
the 4th of April, 17611, and continued her
course in a westerly direction, touching at
one more island, and then meditating her pro
gress through the Pjcihc Ocean, towards the
Moluccas.
The strip lost si^ht of the friendly MtuIs
on

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Particulars ef iht Mutiny in Board the Bounty.

on the 17th of that month, and every thing

like good order was supposed to prevail on
board; even the mid-watcn was relieved
without tlie least apparent disorder : but, at
day-break on the 18th, the cabin of Captain
Bligh, who commanded the Bounty, was
forcihly entered by the officer of the watch,
a lusted by three uttiers upon tlie waich,
who dragged him instantly on the deck, me
nacing his life if he attempted to speak. His
endeavours to exho't and hi ing kick the
conspirator* to their duty proved of no avail.
Each of the desperadoes was armed with a
drawn cutlass, or fixed bayonet ; and all
their musquets were avowed to be charged.
Captain Bligh discovered, when he came
upon deck, several of the crew, and most of
the officers, pinioned ; and while lie was
thus contemplating their perilous state, the
ship's boat was let over her side ; and all who
were not on the part of the conspirators, to
the number of eighteen, besides the Captain,
were committed to the boat, and no other
nourishment afforded to them than about
140 pounds of bread, 30 pounds of melt, one
gallon and a half of rum, a like portion of
wine, and a few gallons of water. A com
pass aud quadrant were secured by one of
these devoted victims, as he was stepping
into the boat : nod thus abandoned, the mu
tineers, alter Riving them a cheer, stood
away, as they said, fur Otnheite.
The Captain, in this dreadful situation,
found his Boatswain, Carpenter, Gunner,
Surgeon's Mate, two Midshipmen, and one
Mallei's Mate, with Mr. Nelson the Bota
nist, and a few inferior officers, among those
who were likely to fhaie his fate. After a
Ihort consul ta ion, it was deemed expedient
to put hack to the Friendly Islands ; and ac
cordingly they landed on one of these, in
hopes they might improve their smalt stock
of provision-, on the joth of April ; but
were driven olF by the natives two days
after, and pursued with such hostility, that
one man was killed, aud several wounded.
It was then deliberated, whether they
. should return to Otaheitc, and tin ow them
selves on the clemcmy of the natives ; but"
the apprcliculion of falling-in with the
Bounty determined them, with one assent, to
make the bell of their way to Timor ; and,
to effect this enterprise, astonishing to re
late ! they calculated the distance, near 4000
miles; and, in order that their wretched sup- "
ply of provisions migt t endure till they
replied the place of destination, they agreed
to apportion their f*d to one ounce of
bread and one gill of water .1 day foi each
man. N" othei luiurilhment did they recer.c till the <im or Gth of June, wheti'tliey
mttle'lie coast of New Holland, and col
lected a few shell-silh ; and with this scanty
relief they held on their course to Timor,
w'nichUiey reached on the nth, aster hav
ing been foi ty-six. days in a crazy open boat,

too confined in dimensions to suffer any of

them to lie down for repose, and without the
least awning to protect them from the rain,
which almost incessantly fell for forty days.
A heavy sea and squally weather, for peat
part of their course, augmented their misery.
Tlie Governor of this settlement, which
belongs to the Dutch, afforded them every
succour they required. They remained here,
to recruit their strengih and spirits, till the
20th of August, when they procured a vessel
to cany them to Batavia. They reached
Katavia on the id of October last, and from
thence Captain Bligh and two of tlw crew
embarked for the Cape of Good Hope, and
the rest of the crew were preparing to fol
low as soon as a postage could be obtained.
Captain Bligh reached tlie Cape about the
middle of December ; and soon after toe* his
palsage for England, which he reached on
the evening of the 1 3th of March, and ar
rived in London on tlie 14th.
The leader of the mutineers is named
Fletcher Christian ; a man of resjiecta'ile
family anil connections, and considered 1
good seaman : he was of the rank of Mas
ter's Male of the Bounty, and served regu
larly tlie watch from the time the ship sailed
from England. The command of the Bounty
thin" devolving upon him, there was no p fsibility of defeating his purpose ; as not tlie
least previous circumstance could be traced,
from the testimonies of the faithful part of
the crew after they were in the boat, of a
mutiny being on foot. The mutineers were
to the number of 25; and those who re
mained firm to their duty 19: consequently,
had the slightest suspicion been entertaiuuJ
of the design, it might have been easily
frustrated, as all the principal officers re
mained faithful to their Commander.
A conjecture not improbable is, that the
plot was projected while Captain Bligh was
engaged on shore at Otalieite and other
islands, collecting plants, and making charts.
This officer only holds the rank of Lieute
nant in our navy. His merit pointed him
out to the Admiralty as highly qualified for
this expedition ; and the distretses he has
undergone entitle him to every reward. In
navigating his little (kiss through so dan
gerous a sea, his seamanship appears as
matchless, as tlie undertaking seems beyond
the verge of probability.
We seljcitate those who were companion
it this hazardous voyage, mat in the present
Admiralty Board exists a disposition to foster
aud protect sutfering merit ; and our Dock
yard, it is hoped, will prove an afyluni tu
most of them to tlie end of their lives.
We are sorry to add, that Mr. Nelson, tl*
botanist, died soon after the boot reacted
Timor. This gentleman went out with his
Majesty's particular approval : and a secon
dary object of the voyage was to collect curiaus plants forthe Botanic Garden -at lie'
11*