At Philadelphia, Mr. John Penn, formerly governor of the province. of Pennsylvania; the last surviving male issue of the founder of that colony. During the whole course of the bridge thought the liberties of his MARCH. This day a common hall was held at Guildhall, for the purpose of electing a representa. tive in parliament, in the room of the late Mr. alderman Sawbridge. Mr. Lushington being proposed, a great show of hands appeared in his favour. Mr. Harvey Combe had likewise a respectable show; but a poll being demanded, the same immediately commenced. At the close of the poll on the 5th, the numbers were For Mr. Lushington 2334 Mr. Combe 1560 The latter gentleman then de. clined the poll. 4th. One Richard Brothers, late.. ly a lieutenant in the navy, having for some time past promul. gated prophecies concerning the French Revolution, the destruction of London, &c. twisting the apoca. lypse to whatever purposes he pleas. ed, did not a little terrify the good people of London. The most singular circumstance attending this man was, the disciple he gained in the person of Mr. Halhed, a member of parliament, and not unknown in the Oriental world. This gentleman professed himself a sincere and thorough convert, and wrote a pamphlet in defence of the divinity of Brothers's mission. In consequence of the mischier. ous tendencies of some of his prophecies, Mr. Brothers was this morning morning, notwithstanding his divine mission, taken up at his house by the king's messengers, Messrs. Ross, Higgins, and assistants. He re. ceived them with his usual complaisance, and expressed his know.ledge of their commission. After shewing their authority he submit. ted, without opposition, to have all his papers seized. They then requested him to attend them to a coach, which was in waiting, and were cheerfully obeyed; but, on coming to the coach door, he refused to enter it unless compelled by force. Brothers is a very strong and powerful man; but gave the messengers no occasion to proceed to any extreme violence; for, on being pushed forward, he entered without putting them to the neces sity of using any harshness whatever. They had, however, much more danger to apprehend from the fury of the multitude; but even that, with some difficulty, they escaped; and he was conducted safely to the house of Mr. Ross, the messenger, in Crown-street, Westminster. Brothers's arrest seems the more urgent, as, from the nature and object of his visions, there is reason to believe that he was become the tool of faction, employed to seduce the people, and to spread fears and alarms. Government has therefore very properly secured the person of the Prophet, in order to prevent this Nephew of God [as he styles himself] from doing the work of the Devil. The warrant on which he was apprehended was grounded on the 15th of Elizabeth; and in which he stood charged with "unlawfully, maliciously, and wickedly writ. ing, publishing, and printing various fantastical prophecies, with in. tent to cause dissentions and other disturbances within this realm, and other of the king's dominions, con. trary to the statute." 14th. A young woman, servant to a lady in Liverpoool, was engaged to marry a sailor on his ar. rival from the West Indies; whence however he never returned. Being there seized with the yellow fever, he died, leaving to her his clothes, wages, watch, and about twelve guineas. The generous maid, learning that he had a mother, old and indigent, sent to her this lega cy, praying, that this unexpected supply might in some measure con. tribute to support her under the loss of so good a son, trusting to her labour for her own support. This afternoon a fire in 15th. broke out at Edinburgh, the printing-house of Mr. Mundell. On the first alarm, the magistrates came out of the church, and gave their attendance, as also a party of colonel Ferrier's regiment, the city guard, and town officers; and, by their mutual exertions, with the assistance of the fire engines, it was speedily extinguished, though not without considerable damage to the valuable stock of books. The pre. mises were covered by the Edin. burgh Friendly insurance office. The body of a plain dressed man was found dead in a field near Bea. consfield, Bucks, supposed to have lain there a week, and whose dog remained with the corpse: the dog would scarcely permit any person to approach it yet so famished by hunger as to have eaten away all the upper part of the poor man's face, some of his neck and one of his shoulders. A commission was held 27th. this day at the king's arms, in Palace-yard, Westminster, to ascertain the state of mind of Mr. Brothers, the pretended prophet; when the jury, after hearing the opinions of two physicians appoint. ed by the Privy Council to attend him, found him a lunatic, and gave their verdict accordingly. APRIL. Dublin. Tuesday evening 4th. last, between seven and eight, as the lord chancellor was passing in his carriage through Dame-street, on his return from the castle to Ely-place, a band of ruffians, who had been lying in wait at the end of George's-street, assaulted his lordship with a shower of stones, one of which unfortunately struck him on the head, and wounded him over the left eye. His lordship ordered his carriage to stop; but the ruffians had instantly disappeared. He then proceeded to his house, followed by a number of the inost respectable citizens. The feelings excited in every loyal breast, by the account of so base an attempt, will be alleviated by the pleasing intel. ligence of his lordship having received but a very slight wound. From the position in which he sat, the stone struck him obliquely; it only hurt him as it glanced. His lordship, as his carriage approached George's-street, observed a weil dressed ruffian lurking about the corner of the street, whose manner betrayed his purpose so much as to fix his lordship's attention, till he actually saw him throw a stone into the carriage. This person, we hear, his lordship can identify, and the crime of which he has been guilty is an act of high treason. The archbishop of Armagh was also insulted on returning home from the castle; and several stones were thrown at his carriage, by which the glasses and pannels of it were broken, but his grace received no personal injury.. A mob rushed down from the Liberty, at eight o'clock at night, displaying green cockades, with mottos of "Liber. ty! Equality! and no lord lieutenant!" and, having divided into sets of about one hundred each, one party was sent to extinguish the speaker. They accordingly attacked his house with stones; but his trusty servants turning out armed, and firing a blunderbuss at the assailants, the latter fled, having performed their business so ineffec. tually as only to break his windows. Another party was sent to the new custom-house, to extinguish Mr. John Claudius Beresford. They were, however, warmly received; for, after they had broken a number of the custom-house windows, and threatened to break into his banking-house, he fired at them, and wounded three of them, upon which the rest precipitately retired. One of those wounded is a weaver, and now languishes in the Inn. squay infirmary without any pros. pect of recovery. The windows of alderman Warren were also broken; but the mob passed with such rapidity through William-street, that they escaped the consequences of a resistance which was prepared for them by the alderman. On the first assembling of the mob, alderman James and the high sheriffs called out different parties of the military, with which they continued till midnight to patrole the city, To the exertions of these magistrates the citizens are indebt. ed 1 1 ed for the protection of their persons and their property; wherever their presence was necessary, their appearance was almost immediate: they apprehended several of the rioters, four of whom were yester. day committed to Newgate by Alderman Fleming. Alderman James, a short time after the attack had been made on the lord chancellor, seized one of the mob in College-greeen, who had a large stone concealed under his coat: he is at present in Newgate, where we understand his lordship went yesterday to view him. His name is Denis O'Brien, a cadet servant lately discharged by Mr. Kemmis. This morning between one 5th. and two o'clock, a very despe rate attempt was made to rescue Isdwell Isdwell, a jew, who stood charged with some others, with being concerned in a late forgery of stamps, and who, in a scuffle, lost his life in the following man. ner: Isdwell, who was confined in New Prison, Clerkenwell, persuaded two of the turnkeys, that an aunt of his, who was very rich, then lay at the point of death, and that he had been informed, that, could she see him before she died, she would give him a thousand pounds; and therefore, if they would let him out and accompany him to the place, he would give them fifty guineas each for their trouble, and that the matter might be effected without the knowledge of the keeper of the prison, or any other person, they having the keys of it at night, and the time requir. ed being very short. To this pro. posal the turnkeys agreed; and ac. cordingly, about one o'clock in the morning, the gates were opened, and Isdwell, with his irons on, was conducted in a hackney coach by one of them, armed with a blun. derbuss, to the place directed, which was in Artillery-lane, Bishopsgate-street, where they gained immediate admittance on ringing a bell; and, on enquiring for the sick lady, were ushered up one pair of stairs. Isdwell went into the room first, on which several fel. lows rushed forth and attempted to keep the turnkey out; but not suc ceeding in that respect, they put the candles out, wrested the blun derbuss out of his hands, and discharged it at him. At this instant, it was supposed, Isdwell was endeavouring to make his escape out of the door, as he received the principal part of the contents of the blunderbuss in his back, and fell dead; the turnkey also fell, one of the slugs having grazed the upper part of his head; and the villains, by some means finding their mistake, though in the dark, beat him in so shocking a manner with the butt end of the blunderbuss, while he lay on the ground, as to break it to pieces, fracture his skull in two places, and bruise him dreadfully about the body. The noise which the affair oссаsioned, brought watchmen and patroles to the house, who secured ten persons therein, mostly jews. There is every reason to suppose that they would have completely murdered the turnkey, had not timely assist. ance been afforded. a number of Greenwich hospital. The princess was received on her landing by sir Hugh Palliser, the governor, and other officers, who conducted her to the governor's house, where she took tea and coffee. Lady Jersey did not arrive at the governor's till an hour, after the princess had landed ; and soon after, they both retired into an adjoining room, and the dress of the princess was changed, from a muslin gown and blue satin petticoat, with a black beaver hat and blue and black feathers, for a white satin gown, and very elegant turban cap of satin, trimmed with crape, and ornamented with white feathers, which were brought from town by Lady Jersey. It is impos sible to conceive the bustle occasioned at Greenwich by the princess's arrival. The congregation at the hospital chapel left it, before the service was hair over; and even the pulpit was forsaken for a sight of her highness. The acclamations of the people were unbounded. A little after two o'clock, her royal highness left the governor's house, and got into one of the king's coaches, drawn by six horses. In this coach were also Mrs. Harcourt and lady Jersey. Another of his majesty's coaches and six, preceded it, in which were seated Mrs. Har vey Aston, lord Malmesbury, lord Clermont, and colonel Greville. In a third coach with four horses, were two women servants, whom the princess brought from Germa. ny, and are her only German attendants from thence. The prin cess's carriage was escorted on each side by a party of the prince of Wales's own regiment of light dragoons, commanded by lord Edward Somerset, son to the duke of Beaufort. Besides this escort, the road was lined at small distances by troops of the heavy dragoons, who were stationed from Green. wich all the way to the Horse Guards. There were besides hundreds of horsemen who followed her to town. Westminster bridge, and all the avenues leading to the park, and the palace, were crouded with spectators and carriages; but the greatest order was preserved. The people cheered the princess with loud expressions of love and loyalty, and she in return, very graciously bowed and smiled at them as she passed along. Both the carriage windows were down. At three o'clock her serene highness alighted at St. James's, and was in. troduced into the apartments prepared for her reception, which look into Cleveland-row. After a short time the princess appeared at the windows, which were thrown up. The people huzzaed her, and she curtsied; and this continued some minutes until the prince arrived from Carlton-House. At a littlebe. fore five o'clock, the prince and princess sat down to dinner. The people continuing to huzza before the palace, his royal high. ness, after dinner, appeared at the window, and thanked them for this mark of their loyalty and attention to the princess, but he hoped they would excuse her appearance then, as it might give her cold. This completely satisfied the crowd, who gave the prince three cheers. The princess of Wales travelled in a mantle of green satin, trimmed with gold, with loops and tassels a la Brandenburgh; and wore beaver hat. In the evening, when the po pulace had become rather noisy in their expressions of loyalty and |