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Marchioneis de Sil’cry, -gtjvernefs to the children of h'9 Serene Highnef*, has been difaiified ; and the C .mpte Etienne Dur-fort, a young nobleman, diflinguilhed for the purity of his manners, his prudence and undtfrlfanding, appoint-} m fucceed hrr. I he Marquis de Si Biinoard is appointed fi;.l gsndciun to t!;e Die .*e Ch.irties.That the bu/in.lsof H .ILr.d is not terminated to the genera! litiVaction of the country, is very evident from the emigrations which take placr- there to England as wdl as to France. The Stadtholder, on the rellor.ition of his power, fhould have ufed it with the Utmril moderation, to reconcile titofe who do f» t think it eiF.Mitial or falutary to the Delgie Condi:«ition.Lord liqrfor \ uho had like to have been loil at Ira in a late gale of wind, is elded Cn to the Duke of St. Albin’s (late Lord Vere) wh fe next title ro that of Duke, is Earl of Burford, which is therefore borne by his elded fon.Fetters from Frm-e, of the Sth ini. con-tiadict the reports which hsve been fo currently fpre.ul . f the death of the Prime Mbiller of Franc-. They add, that ths Arc!ihi(hoj ot I houlmie has bten, for fome time pait, in a had Itace of health; bnt hif complaint nny futfer lnm to lin ger for fome lime yet to come.Government have ordered a monthly return fr »m e^ch of the King's dock-y sr.’.s, of the quinticy and qualities of lores on hand in each department, together with the amount of the ordimry at each port, as tranfmitted to the Admiralty Board.As a proot of the extraordinary roddnefs of the prcfeit winter, primrof-s we e on Friday cried in London flrcei?,in as full pcr-fe*rion us in thr month of Mlt;rch or April.OaSiturday m ncirig died Mrs. Bri igea, wid-w id the late Alexander BriJgrs, of Ewell, in Surrev, Efq.Extra# o* a Irter from Eat/}, jan. 8.u A very • ./enious writer of this city has aiL-rtcd, that we h:wc but twenty fix Phvfi-cims i ll iblilhed among us; hut he is midaken, for we have twenty Even, there bring one befiJt himrif.Humphriss, and Lis Birth.—Hun.plirus is a man of good family, and dc-fcended from a Gcntieman. His father for fome years hire a conmifljon in the /Jnny} arid at the conclufum of the late war, had an appointment in the Pipe OJice; but living ro the top cf his facome, and his place dying with him, the m ther (a woman of the mo(i happy d:fpolUion, and remirkuble for the vivacity and (p.-ightline 3 of her writ -nd humour J and ton were loon after reduced to the necedi' y of A eking a ful (ilter.ee in ..the humble iGti.B ot fcivaats. The boy was engaged in the fervicc ot the well-known Mr. King, the moncy-br A r, when he iirft gave pro lt;fs *f his t;lU tor the art *ynvi*flic, and where he fought fcvcrti battles for iocon? (id rahilt; Jums. His fit union in life did not advance with his ye^rs ; his employment has been hitherto low auJ ( 1 vile ; but hie d -portmeat, through ev.-ry liige of it, has be n hone ft, decent, and manly. As a proof ot his native pride, or mtive raodetty, the folio ▼ingcircumfiance is worthy obfervatjoo ; —While in the ferrice of Mr. King fwbo had at ih.it lime a houteat Highgate,)Rev. Mr. Humphries, the Clergyman of the parifh, happened to pay his matter a vifit, and on taking his leave, the boy brought him hi* great coat, when, pleafed with his countenance and addrefs, the gentleman aflted him bis name, to which he only aa-fwercd, Richard, Sir; afhacned, he afterwards faid, to tall b»s fir-name, as the gentleman appeared fo much aho-ve him. It was, perhaps, unlucky at the time, he was fo referved, as his delicacy probably flood io the w*y of his imereti; for the Clergyman, who, happy in himfelf, aud univerfally beloved in his parilh, ft ill refides at Highgate, was not more nor leafs than his own l/ncle, hi? father's eldeft brother.Humphreys, for the firfl ten minutes of hi$ battle with the Je-as, had a fprig of myrtle in bis m.iUth. This was focxewhat character illic, and (hewed, at lead to the educated part of Borers, that he thought himfelf fure of conqueft ; as crowns .of myrtle were worn by the Generals of old who nad conquered without much bho-.llhcd*—The fpri% abovemenuoned was preferved, and given toa lady ; —tor the myrtle was facred tpVenus !A proficient cf the old Broughtonian School, gave a challenge on Monday at Tat-trrfall’s, that Mendoza fhould fi^ht Humphries in fix months for zoo guineas, half forfeit, which was not accepted ; but 100 ;o 80 was betted on Humphries, in cTe they fhould fight. TTxis, it is fuppofed, will make the challenger expedt odils, fhould a challenge hereafter be acce pted.Afl Boxing is now revived, and as the accounts of the feverai engagements ere minutely detailed in the newspapers, a corre-fpondent is of opinion that a glcfjhry of the technicals of the art ought to hepublif/jed — adapted to the meanefi capacities IThe alarming£rcs which have lately taken place, have been generally owing to the ctrclefluefa of fcrvants. It is lurpnfing the F:re-Otfices do not enforce the laws againft 1 his negligence, and dived their agents to fee that a paper, (petrifying rh* penalties of 1 ho:e laws, be fixed up in kitchens, and fervants-h-dl*.Friday was mirried, 3t Marybone.church^ by the Rev. Dr. Evans, the Rev Mr. Reynolds, Vicar of Billorpi in Norfolk, Rcdor ofToxwood, and Chapfain -to the Eul of .Winterton, to Mils Barraud, of Rat/ibone-Place.
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