Shooter's Hill and Blackheath, whom they robbed to nearly the amount of 1002. Mr., Taylor, of Crayford, happening to pals on horfeback immediately after, at the request of the gentlemen, purfued; and, having watched the robbers into a wood, between Charlton and Woolwich, rode off to inform the commandant of that garrifon of the circumftance, who immediately ordered detachments of the royal horle artillery to furround and patrole the fkirts of the wood, while parties of the foot artillery entered it, in fearch of the offenders, who were foon fecured without refiftance, having firft depofited their booty and fix brace of piftols in a ditch, where they were found by one of the gunners. When ftripped of their difguife, they were of good appearance, the eldest not more than 23 years old. Eleven of the piftols were loaded, and feveral cartridges, balls, and flugs, were found upon these fellows.

This afternoon, about five o'clock, as one of the Chatham coaches was coming to town, through Wool wich, with a guide, (the coachman having, it is fuppofed, loft his way), the coach overturned in paffing through a cart-rut. One of the infide pallengers, a lady from Canterbury, had her kull fractured, which afterwards caufed her death. The

coachman had his collar-bone and arm broken, by the fall from his box, and feveral others were hurt.

22d. St. Thomas's day failing this year on a Sunday, the annual election of common-council-men, for the city of London, was held this day; when fewer changes took place than has been for many years remembered. There was no poll in any of the wards.

20th. This day, a very extraordi

nary attempt is faid to have beeri made on the life of Buonaparte. A combuftible machine, it appears, placed in a cart, was fet fire to as he paffed in his carriage to the Opera. The explofion caufed much damage, and feveral lives have been loft.

By a diary of the weather, kept during the year 1800, at Norwich, there appears to have been 214 dry days, viz. 20 in January, 23 in February, 14 in March, 7 in April, 23 in May, 16 in June, 28 in July, 16 in Auguft, 14 in September, 17 in October, 15 in November, 21 in December. In 1799 there were only 173 dry days.

It appears, by the adjutant-general's returns, that the number of troops in the pay of Great Britain, on the 24th of December, 1800, amounted to 168,082. The marines being in the admiralty department, are not included; but that corps, confifting of 23,370, encreases our effective military force to 191,452, exclusive of the nume rous volunteer corps, which do not receive pay from government. The military establishment of Ireland, as ftated by lord Caftlereagh, on the 10th of February, confifts of, regulars 45,839, militia 27,104, and yeomanry 53,557; amounting to 126,500; which makes the military establishment of the united kingdom $17,952 men. Taking the naval establishment, exclusive of marines at 100,000 men, our force will be found to confift of 417, 952 men.

From the first day of March laft there has been a difference of 12 days between the old and new styles, instead of 11, as formerly, owing to the regulations of the act for altering the ftyle, paffed in 1752; according to which, the year 1800 was only to be accounted a common

year,

rear, and not a leap-year, as it otherwife would have been. In confequence of this alteration, Old Lady-day will be April 6; Old Mayday, May 13; Old Midfummer, July 6; Old Lammas, Auguft 13; Old Michaelmas-day, October 11, &c; and will continue fo for 100

years.

As the

DIED. At her cottage, on Englefeld-green, Mrs. Mary Robinfon, the once celebrated, Perdita. She had been feveral months in a declining ftate of health, which worldly troubles greatly aggravated. author of feveral popular novels and poetical pieces, many of them under the fignature of Laura-Maria, fhe was well known to the public. Her laft work was a tranflation of Dr. Hagar's "Picture of Palemeo," juff publifhed. She was interred, in a private manner, at Old Windfor.

BIRTHS in the Year 1800.

Jan. 6th, Lady Sondes a daugh

ter.

Sth. Countess of Mansfield, a daughter.

15th. Lady M'Lean, a fon. 20th. Countefs of Oxford, a fon and heir.

31. Lady of fir Samuel Fludyer, bart, a fon.

Feb. 3d. Lady of Sir Henry Mildmay, bart. of her ninth fon. Right honourable Lady Charlotte Carr, a fon and heir.

11th. Countefs of Berkley, a fon. 18th. Lady Elizabeth Talbot, a fon.

22d. Countess of Yarmouth, a fon and heir.

24th. Countess of Caithness, a fon.

Lady William Beauclerc, a daughter.

June 8th. Lady Porchefter, a fon and heir.

17th. Lady of the speaker of the houfe of commons, a daughter. 26th. Countels Mount Edgecombe, a daughter,

July 10th. Lady of fir James Saumarez, a daughter. 15th. Lady Harvey, a fun. Lady Rous, a fon. Lady Malley, a fon.

Lady Harriet Gill, a daughter. Auguft. Lady Louifa Hartley, a ton. 5th. Marchionels of Clanrickarde, a daughter.

ter.

Dutchefs of Manchefter, a daugh

September 3d. Lady Mulgrave, a daughter.

10th. Lady of fir Francis Ford, bart. a daughter.

16th. Viscountess Garlies, a fon. 24th. The lady of fir Charles Cotton, bart. a fon.

Qober 7th. At Madrid, princefs of Peace, a daughter.

Reverend Robert Moore, fon of the archbishop of Canterbury, to Mifs Bell.

Lieutenant-colonel Henry Clinton, to the honourable Mifs Sufan Charteris.

Sir Charles Mills, bart. to Mifs

Feb. 6th. Colonel Charles Crau

ager of Newcastle.

March 7th. Sir William Bagenal Burdett, bart. to Mils Maria

24th. Earl of Westmoreland, to Mifs Saunders.

Major-general Edward Morrifon, to lady Caroline King, daughter of the late earl of Kingfion.

April. Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton, bart. to Mils Duncan, daughter of lord viscount Duncan.

Henry Slaughter, efq. to the dowager lady vifcountefs Montague.

In America, the eldest (on of the honourable Thomas Erskine, to the niece of the late general Washington.

May. Lord Bantry, to Mifs Hare. The prince of Hohenzollern Heckingen, to a princefs of Cour land.

27th. Lieutenant-colonel Anfon, to lady Charlotte Primrose, eldest daughter of the earl of Rofeberry.

June 17th. Cecil Forefter, efq. M. P. to lady Catherine Mary Manners, younger fister of the duke

of Rutland.

Jan. tft Colonel Lake, to lady Graham.

Sir John Smith, bart. to Mifs Morland.

July 8th. Right honourable George Canning, M. P. to Mils Scott, youngest daughter of the late general Scott, and fifter to the mar chioness of Titchfield.

24th.