CHRONICLE. THE JANUARY. : December 30, 1780. HE Bishop of Ofnaburgh left Buckingham Houfe, accompanied by Colonel Grenville, on his way to the Continent. Nothing could be more affecting than the parting between the prince and the rest of the royal family. Their majefties both wept feverely and the Prince of Wales, in particular, was fo much affected with the miffortune of being deprived, for fo long a period, of the fole companion of his youth, that he ftood in a ftate of entire infenfibility, totally unable to speak, or to exprefs the concern he felt fo ftrongly. Jan. 1, 1781. His Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales was declared of age, and appeared at court in his new character. India Houfe. By a report of the committee of proprietors, appointed to examine the Eaft-India company's accounts, the balance in favour of the company on Wednesday the 20th ult. appeared to be 13,458,8771. including the value of the Eaft-India Houfe and warehouses, as estimated by the company's furveyor in January laft. Rome, Jan. 3. In a confiftory held the 14th inft. the three new cardinals, Mancinforte, Antamori, and Altieri, received the hat from the hands of the Sovereign Pontiff. Cardinal Pamphili died, the 4th inftant at Verona. Cardinal de Simone died the 16th, at his feat at Terni; and the fame day died at Rome, Cardinal de Boxadors, formerly General of the order of St. Dominic. There are at prefent eight hats vacant, befides, three that the Pope had referved in petto, two in the confiftory of June 23, 1777, and one in that of July 18, 1779. A fire broke out at the Temple-hall ale-house, in Shire-lane, Temple-bar, which confumed the fame, with the two houfes on each fide adjoining, befides damaging two or three others. Two men, a woman, and a child, perished in the flames. A gentleman was taken into cuftody for treasonable 5th. practices, named Henry Francis de la Motte, which he bore with the title of baron annexed to it. He has refided in Bond-ftreet, at a Mr. Otley's, a woollen-draper, for fome time. When he was going up ftairs at the fecretary of state's office in Cleveland row, he dropped feveral papers on the fair-cafe, which were were immediately difcovered by the meffengers, and carried in with him to Lord Hillsborough. After his examination he was committed a close prifoner for high treason to the Tower. The papers taken from him are reported to be of the highest importance. Among them are particular lifts of every fhip of force in any of our yards and docks, the complement of men they have on board at the time of their failing, with remarks of their being well manned, when fhort of the regulated number, &c. He has even gone fo far as to furnish the moft accurate lifts of the feamen in the different hofpitals at Portfmouth and Plymouth. In confequence of the above papers being found, Henry Lutterloh, Efq. of Wickham, near Portsmouth, was afterwards apprehended and brought to town. The metlengers found Mr. Lutterloh ready booted to go a hunting. When he underflood their bufinefs, he did not difcover the leaft embarrafiment, but delivered his keys with the utmoft readinefs. In his drawers were found cath and bank notes to the amount of about 300l. but upon a careful perufal of the notes, it was difcovered they were all drawn payable to the fame perfon, and dated on the fame day with thofe found on La Motte. Mr. Lutterloh is a German, and had lately taken a house at Wickham, within a few miles of Portmouth; and as he kept a pack of hounds, and was confidered as a good companion, he was well received by the gentlemen in the neighbourhood. In a few days afterwards, a third perfon, named Ryder, was appre hended and brought to London, and who is faid to be the perfon from whom Lutterloh derived all his information respecting the state of our marine and dock-yards. Ryder, the laft-war, performed fignal fervices to his country, by his extenfive knowledge of the foundings on the enemy's coaft; and for his active exertions he was rewarded with a penfion of 2001. a-year, which has been regularly paid him ever fince. At the fame time he has been employed in the office at Plymouth; and by being fo capable of giving affiftance to the admiralty, he has been employed by them in contriving fig nals; and it has been through his means that the enemy has been furnished fo exactly with our fignals. On the preceding day, a man named Rougee, and a woman named Dobrey (with whom he cohabited), were apprehended at their lodgings in Greek-ftreet, Soho, in confequence of an information lodged against them, charging them with having con. veyed various packets of intelligence to France, by way of Margate and Offend. After a long examination both were committed to prifon. Admiralty Office, Jan. 10. Captain Dacres, of his majefty's fhip Perfeus, and the Fortune floop, arrived on the 7th inftant in the Downs, with the Catherina Wilhelmina, a Dutch Eaft-India fhip of 900 tons, from Rotterdam to Batavia, laden with large mafts and other naval ftores, and having on board one hundred and thirty thousand dollars in fpecie.-The Perfeus has also taken and fent into Portimouth the Friendship, a Dutch a Dutch veffel, laden with fruit. -The Griffin and Rambler cutters have taken Le General Ville Patoux, French privateer, carrying 12 guns and 56 men.-And Lieutenant Furnival, of the Nimble cutter, has taken La Subtille French privateer of 14 guns and 43 men. The feflions ended at the 12th. Old Bailey, when the following prifoners received fentence of death, viz. James Smith, for robbing Tho. Morris, on Conftitution hill, in St. James's-park, of two half-crowns; Charles Sheppard, for breaking into the dwelling-houfe of Jane Weft, in St. Botolph's, Aldgate, with intent to fteal her goods; Abraham Dry, for robbing Janet Atkinson on the highway near the Broad-fanctuary, Weftminster, of a bundle containing a quantity of ftockings and other pedlars goods; William Dobey and John Darbey, for affaulting James Bing in a field near Tottenham-court-read, and robbing him of a pair of filver fhoebuckles and fome money; Mary Jones and Anne Gilfon, for ftealing in the fhop of Meff. Allnut and Cox, in Southampton-ftreet, Holborn, 57 yards of Perfian filk; Thomas Maple and Jofeph Maple, for breaking into the dwelling houfe of John Seager, the King'shead, in Gray's-inn-lane, and flealing a table cloth, a filk cardinal, and other things; Anne Martin, alias Harris, alias Lantdale, alias Jones, for ftealing in the dwellinghoufe of Geo. Eltoft, to whom the day before the had been hired at a fervant, a quantity of filver plate, a metal watch, two counterpanes, and other things; fhe was alfo convicted for ftealing in the house of Peter Crawford, efq. Clerkenwell, where the had been hired about five hours, a large quantity of filver plate, value 401. and upwards. This night's Gazette con13th. tains a proclamation for a public faft and humiliation to be obferved throughout England and Wales, on Wednesday the 21ft day of February next, and in Scotland on Thursday the 22d day of that month.. The Houfe of Commons 25th. agreed to the report of the refolution of yesterday, for granting 80,000l. for the relief of the fufferers from the late hurricanes at Barbadoes, and 40,000l. for those at Jamaica. A letter from Shrewsbury fays, "Between twelve and one o'clock on Thursday morning last a shock of an earthquake was felt by many inhabitants in different parts of the town, providentially without doing any damage; it was fo ftrong as to awaken feveral perfons out of their fleep." At the meeting of the fociety for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, the following candidates received the premiums adjudged to them for drawings: Mifs Leonora Deyongh, of Bow, Middlefex, the lefler filver pallet for a drawing of flowers. Mr W. P. Tompkins, of QueenAnne-ftreet Eaft, the greater filver pallet, for a drawing of landfcapes. Mifs Anne Smith, of Portlandroad, the leffer filver pallet, for a drawing of landscapes. And the golden medal was ad judged to Wm. Mellish, efq; for having planted on his eftate in [L]2 Notting |