Mr. Petre will recover the fum of 14,000l. befides cofts of fuit, which, it is fuppofed, will amount to 10,000l. more.

Saturday came on in his majefty's court of King's Bench, before earl Mansfield, the trial in the cause of the king on the profecution of Mr. William Bennet, againft Christopher Atkinfon, Efq. for wilful and corrupt perjury.-The indictment contained nine counts, each upon a fpecific charge. The facts ftated on the part of the profecution were, that the defendant, Chriftopher Atkinfon, Efq. had made a contract with the commifioners of his majesty's navy, for the purpose of fupplying a certain quantity of corn, the condition of which agreement was, that Mr. Atkinfon fhould have commiffion upon faid quantity of corn as a compenfation for his trouble in purchasing the fame, but fhould not charge any profit upon the price paid by him to the cornholders, or be entitled to any profit whatfoever, except the faid commiffion.-I hat the corn being delivered by Mr. Atkinfon, he gave in his accounts fpecifying the names of the perfons from whom he had purchased, the prices paid by him to each perfon refpectively, andcharging his commifdion thereon, which faid accounts were refpectively delivered in upon the oath of the faid Atkinfon,That in each of these accounts ftated in the indictment, Mr. Atkinfon had charged the commiffioners of his majefly's navy with an advanced price, beyond what he had paid to the corn-fellers, with an intent to defraud, and, having done fo, was thereby guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury. To each of the nine counts Mr. Atkinfon pleaded Not Guilty.

In fupport of thefe facts Mr. Bennet and Teveral other witneffes were called, the amount of whofe evidence came to this, that Mr. Atkinfon had charged in the accounts delivered by him to the commiffioners of the navy, of corn purchased for their ufe, prices exceeding what he had paid.

On the part of the defendant, nothing material was produced.

Earl Mansfield, in his charge to the jury, ftated the agreement made between the de fendant and the commiffioners, and obferved, that the only point for their confideration was, whether the defendant had charged higher prices than he paid? if they thought he had, they must find him guilty; if not, they must acquit him.

The jury, after a fhort confideration, brought in their verdict GUILTY.

Sentence, as ufual in fuch cafes, was poftponed till the enfuing term, Mr. Atkinfon giving bail for his appearance.

On Friday the 18th inft, an information filed against Mr. Charles Bembridge (late accountant of the pay-office) by his majes ty's attorney-general, charging the faid Mr.

Bembridge with neglect of duty, in having connived at the concealment of certain items in the account chargeable to the late lord Holland, (as paymaster-general of his majefty's land forces) to the amount of forty-eight thousand, feven hundred, and nine pounds, ten fhillings, and a fraction, came on to be tried before the earl of Mansfield, and a fpecial jury, in the Court of King's Bench, in Westminster-hall; when after a long trial the jury brought in their verdict, GUILTY..

On Wednesday the 16th a young man, who pretended he belonged to the navy, pailed under a long private examination before alderman Hart, on a charge of a forgery on the bank of Newcastle, for 1531. The fact being proved by three gentlemen belonging to the house, and his perfon being fworn to, he was committed to Newgate till he can be removed from thence to Newcastle to be tried for the fact.

During the courfe of the month, various accounts have been received from different parts of the country of dreadful storms of thunder, lightening, hail and rain: At Leicester befides cattle being killed, a ball of fire fell in Bath gardens which did some damage; feveral perfons were ftruck with lightening, but recovered.-At Exeter feveral mills and other places were burnt down.-In Lincolnshire, at Sleaford, feveral haystacks were fet on fire, and many horfes, cows, fheep, &c. killed; and at Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, John Kenfhaw, farmer of Selfton, and his horse, were both truck dead. At a village near Yarmouth, Norfolk, part of a flock of theep were ftruck dead. At Leeds, York, and feveral places in that county, the storms have been equally violent, and have done great damage.

Extract of a letter from Huntingdon, July 4.

On Wednesday afternoon, about five o'clock, there was a violent ftorin of thunder and lightening at Fenftanton, and that neighbourhood. A fire-ball fell on a barn belonging to Mr. Hipwell of Fenftanton, to which it fet fire, and the flames were inftantly communicated to the houfe of a poor weaver at fome yards diftance, whose whole property, together with a quantity of cloth belonging to his employers, was consumed. Six dwelling-houfes, with feveral barns, out-houses, &c. were deftroyed. A haystack continued burning yesterday morning, and a labouring man going into a ftable in order to bring out a horfe, received a violent kick, and died inftantly.

There is great reafon to apprehend that the above ftorm was very fatal in many other places. A daughter of the Rey. Mr. Cranwell, of Abbot's Ripton, in this county, was ftruck dead by lightening. A young woman at Hilton, and a lad at Needingworth, met with a fimilar fate.

"At Stilton the rain was fo violent, that the waters rofe to the height of four feet perpendicular in fome of the inn-yards, and great quantities of hay from the meadows were carried away by the floods."

Letter from Chatham, July 17. "At a Court Martial held here, compofed of twelve Captains, and Sir Hyde Parker, prefident, The following prifoners for mutiny, on board the Raifonable, Lord Hervey, commander, took their trials: when the evidence being fummed up, and the charge fully proved against feven, and partly proved three others, the following fentence was paffed,

"Benj. Gravat, Geo. Wright, Rob. Dible, Will. Marlow, Will. Thompson, Thos. Snudon, and Jacob Francis-DEATH. "Samuel Pile, Will. Day, and Jacob Collins-to have 300 lashes each.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS. 7th Reg. of Dragoons. Geo. Street,cornet. 16th reg. foot. Henry Craig, lieutenantlonel. Hugh Wallace, lieutenant. 40th reg. foot. Nathaniel Coffin, enfign. Peter Cuninghame,lieutenant.

43d reg. foot. 86th reg. foot. 82d reg. foot. lieutenant-col.

John Marland, lieut.
Samuel Chambers, lieut.
The Hon. Colin Lindsay,

92d reg. foot. Bates Watfon, lieutenant.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

The Rev. Charles Tarrant, D. D. impowered by difpenfation to hold, together with the rectory of St. George, Bloomsbury, the vicarage of Wrotham, with the chapels of Plaxtol and Stansted, and the rectory of Woodland, in the county of Kent.

The Rev. J. Pridden, B. A. of Queen's college, Oxford, to the living of Heybridge in Effex, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Hayes, refigned.

Difpenfations have paffed the great feal for the following preferments:

hold

The Rev. Thomas Phelps to the vicarage of Haddenham in the county of Bucks, with the vicarage of Kingfey in the fame county.-The Rev. Charles Warneford to hold with the vicarage of Quinton in Gloucestershire the vicarage of Shuftocke in Warwickshire. The Rev. Charles Morgan to hold with the rectory of Whitborne in Herefordshire, the vicarage of Lidney, with the chapels of Alberton, Heversfield and St. Brevils in Gloucestershire. The Rev. Peter Wade, M. A. to hold the rectory of Cowling, with the vicarage of Weft Peckham, in the county of Kent, and diocefe of Rochester.

The Rev. Brook Bridges to hold with the rectory of Danbury in Effex, the rectory of Woodham Ferrers in the fame county.

The Rev. James Gerrard, clerk, D.D. (late warden of Wadham college, Oxford, to the rectory of Monk's Rifborough, in the county of Bucks and peculiar jurifdiction of Canterbury, worth upwards of 300l. per

annum.

The Rev. Charles John Gough, LL. B. to hold the vicarage of New-church in the Isle of Wight, with the rectory of Bradley, both in the diocefe of Winchester, and county of Southampton.

The Rev. Thomas Cotes, M. A. to the vicarage of Stanwell, in the county of Middlefex, and diocefe of London.

The Rev. John Wills, A. M. fellow of Wadham college, Oxford, elected to the wardenship of that fociety, void by the refignation of the Rev. Dr. James Gerrard.

BANKRUPT S.,

Cornelius Brown, of Fenchurch-street,

London, cheesemonger.

Thomas Mitchelfon, of Blenheim-street, Oxford-road, Middlefex, builder and furveyor.

Nathaniel Hayward, of the city chambers, London, merchant.

William Meggit, of King's-row, Black'sfields, Southwark, merchant. Jofeph Daniel, of Penzance, Cornwall, linen-draper.

Thomas Underhill, of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, mercer.

Aaron Moody of Southampton, Hants, and Chriftopher Potter, late of Parliamentftreet, Weftminster, Middlefex, merchants and partners. Thomas Holebeche, of the city of Coventry, butcher.

Daniel Walker, of Newbold-lane, in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire, woollenmanufacturer.

John Crow, of Caftlehoward, Yorkshire,

innholder.

Miles Edward Wilks, of Greenfield-street,

Whitechapel, Middlefex, dealer in wines. James Simpfon, late of Vine court, Spitalfields, Middlefex, dyer.

William Edwards, late of Princes-ftreet, Rotherhithe, Surry, timber merchant.

William Hichcock, of Birchin-lane, London, printfeller and book feller.

Aaron Moody, of Southampton, Hants, merchant.

Francis Lafnon, late of Great Pultney-street, Middlefex, merchant.

John Wittich, of Hervey-buildings, in the Strand, Middlefex, taylor.

James Amice Lempriere, late of the island of Jerfey, now of Broad-street buildings, London, and George Lempriere, of Broadftreet buildings, merchants and copart

ners.

James Roberts, late of Liverpool, Lancafhire, merchant.

Chriftiana Elfton, now or late of Northampton, widow, ironmonger.

Robert Webb Sutton, of New Sarum, Wilts, innholder.

William Hardinge, late of the Adelphi Wharf, Middlefex, coal-merchant. James Chew, of the city of Bristol, bookfeller.

John Chriftie, of Northumberland-street, Strand, Middlefex, carpenter.

William Hunt and Benjamin Slade, of Alderfgate fireet, London, diftillers and copartners.

Valentine Owen, of Llanlugen, Montgomerythire, dealer and chapman.

John Proudfoot, late of Michurft, Suffex, linen draper.

June 17th Females