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102] ANNUAL REPORT [[2 Columns]] lonels made in 1760, to the rank of colonels; and the majors to June 15, 1764, to the rank of lieutenant-colonels. A grant passed the great seal to Samuel Martin, Esq; of an annuity of one thousand two hundred pounds. The lord-chancellor made an order for two issues at law to be tried, whether General Stanwix survived his lady, or whether Mrs. Stanwix survived the general:—the same to be tried in a month. They write from Copenhagen, that the day after the execution of Counts Struensee and Brandt, the Count Wolinski was carried before the commissioners, and convicted of calumniating the king and queen-dowager. He was sentenced to have his tongue cut out, and be banished the king's dominions. The former was executed immediately. On the 18th of April, a storm arose, at and near Girgenti, in Sicily, during which the hailstones weighed twenty ounces, and killed great numbers of cattle and eighty-four persons were killed by the lightning. The commandant of the castle, in order to dispel the cloud, fired several cannon; but but fresh lightning issued from it, and killed several of the gunners. This morning the following malefactors were executed at Tyburn, viz. peter M'Cloud, for breaking into the house of Joseph Hankey, Esq; at Poplar, with an intent to steal his money and effects; Samuel Roberts, and Thomas Bacchus, for high-treason, in coining guineas, half-guineas, and quarter-guineas; and Richard Morgan, porter to Mr. Hodgson, linen-draper, in Wesi-Smithfield, for robbing his master of a large quantity of linen-drapery goods. [["27th." is wrapped within the text]] M'Cloud was a boy about fifteen. They all behaved decently. The following were respited: Joseph Lunn, for house-breaking; Edward Bransgrove, for stealing several sheep; Isaac Liptrap, for house-breaking. Tom's Coffee-House, Cornhill, May 27, 1772. At a general meeting of the proprietors of Canada Reconnoissances this day, the following letter was sent to Lord Rochford. "The British proprietors of Canada reconnoissances, desire to express to your lordship, our full satisfaction with the manner in which you have asserted our just claims, and concluded the long-depending negotiation for our final payment. We refer ourselves wholly to your lordship's judgment and penetration for the intentions of the French ministry to fulfill the terms they have agreed to for our reimbursement; and we have an entire reliance on your lordship's assurances, that, if there should be any failure or hesitation on their part, we shall always be considered as under the protection of government. We are sensible, that we are much indebted to the clear comprehension you had of our affairs, and to the abilities and indefatigable perseverance with which your lordship has conducted this negotiation; and we owe this public acknowledgment to your lordship, for the ready access you have at all times afforded us; for the extraordinary attention you have shewn to all our applications; for your chearful acceptance For the YEAR 1772. [103 [[2 Columns]] ceptance of every useful suggestion; for the candid, open, full, and early intelligence we received from your lordship in every stage of the business; and for the fair treatment and polite reception we have met with, not only from your lordship, but from every person in the secretary of state's office, ever since our lordship has presided there. Signed, Robert Allen, chairman; Wm. Took, deputy-chairman; Benj. Hopkins, Peter Simond, John Hankey, Robert Hankey, Richard Carter, John Boldero, Joseph Masfen, Leonard Ellington. This afternoon three ships belonging to his Britannic majesty, cast anchor in the road of Elsineur, viz. the Southampton, Commodore Macbride; the Seaford, Capt. Davis; and the Cruizer, Capt. Cummings. They are to convoy her Danish majesty to Stade in her way to Zell. The Rev. Mr. Loudon, tutor to Lord Napier's sons, was unfortunately shot dead by the accidental going off of a pistol in the hand of one of the youths, who happened to take it up to look at it. [["28th." wrapped within the text]] Mr. Loudon had drawn the rammer of the pistol to clear the spout of a coffee-pot; and was busy in so doing when the accident happened. Sir Robert Murray Keith, having before called in and discharged his debts, quitted Copenhagen, and arrived this day at Cronenbourg, in order to accompany her Danish majesty to the place of her retirement. A lady belonging to the Danish court, came this day to Cronenbourg, to receive the young Princess Louisa Augusta from the queen her mother. Her majesty soon after embarked for Stade. This day his majesty was pleased to confer the honour of the most noble order of the Bath on the Right Hon. Sir George Macartney, Knt. secretary to his excellency the lord-lieutenant of Ireland. [["29th. is wrapped within the text]] Died lately, Gustavus Spendlove, Esq; worth 70,000 l. which he has bequeathed to an only daughter, a maiden lady, near sixty years of age. Mr. Harding, grazier, at dover.—He left 1000 l. to be distributed in marriage portions to ten young women, at the option of his executors. Colonel Toby, aged 88, at Bengal. He had been at that place upwards of fifty years. Captain Thomas Lee, aged 98, at Ramsgate. He had been seven times to the East-Indies, and lately commanded a ship to the West-Indies. Mr. Hamilton, aged 101, at Sevenoaks, in Kent, formerly a timber-merchant at Deptford. Mrs. Ann Williams, a widow gentlewoman, aged 109, at Putney. Joan Jones, widow, in the 103d year of her age, at Guisborough, in Yorkshire. Mr. William Hardwick, aged 100, at Leeds, in Yorkshire. Elizabeth Nicols, aged 103, at Norwich. Abram Strodtman, aged 128, at Rouen, in France. Jane Jenkins, aged 108, in Southwark. [["[H 4] JUNE" listed at the bottom of the second column]]
