ing the evidence of one Williams, Mr. Juf tice Willes obferved, there was no evidence whatever against Mr. Robinson, and that the Jury muft acquit him, and in his opinion it would be an honourable acquittal. The Jury of courfe brought in their verdict, Not Guilty. 31. In the morning, at the Old Bailey, came on the trial of Patrick Nichollon, as a principal, and Ward, Shaw, and Murray, as acceffaries in the murder of Caffon (a conftable employed at the Weftininiter election, in Covent-garden, on the 10th of May laft) by giving him a blow that occafioned a collection of extravafated blood, which caufed his death. The prifoners pleaded not guilty. After a long trial they were acquitted. Dennis O'Brien, Efq. was then put to the lower bar, but the principal (Nicholfon) being acquitted, he was only formally arraigned; a verdict was given of courfe in his favour, and he was discharged. June 2 Sixteen prifoners were tried at the Old Bailey, two of whom were capitally convicted, viz. Thomas White, for barglariously entering the dwelling-houfe of Lady Forrefter, in Portland-ftreet, and ftealing a pair of filver candlesticks, and a quantity of other filver plate. Mary Garrett, for privately ftealing from the perfon of Elizabeth Eaft, a feaman's widow (who had juft føld' out fome flock) 20 guineas, 18 half guineas, and other money. 3. Thirty-fix prifoners were tried at the Old Bailey, one of whom was capitally convicted, viz. William Thompson, alias Peter Smith, for feloniously forging and counterfeiting, and uttering and publifhing the fame as true, Knowing the fame to be forged, an indorfement on a certain bill of exchange, for payment of 181. 10s. 6d. purporting to be the indorfement of Peter Smith, with intent to cheat and defraud Robert Hewes. 4 Being his Majefty's Birth-day, who then entered his 47th year, there was a grand court and drawing room, at which a great number of the nobility attended. At noon the following Ode on the occafion, written by Paul Whitehead, Efq. poet-laureat, and fet to music by John Stanley, Elq. was performed. HAIL to the day, whofe beams again Returning, claim the choral ftrain, And bid us breathe our annual vows To the first Pow'r that Britain knows; The Pow'r which, though itself reftraia'd, And fubject to that just controul Which many an arduous conflict gain'd, Connects, unites, and animates the whole. Yon radiant Sun, whole central force, And through the fyftems holds imperial fway, Bound by the fame inherent laws, That wond'rous plan, thro' ages fought, Which curbs Licentioufnefs and Pride, Yet leaves true Liberty without a wound. The fierce Plantagenets beheld Its growing ftrength, and deign'd to yield; Th' imperious Tudors frown'd and felt aggriev'd; Till Th' unhappy race, whofe faults we From that bright era of renown Afrea walks the world again; Her fabled for the nations own, With all th' attendant bleflings in her train. Hark! with what gen'ral loud acclaim They venerate the British name, When forms of rule are in the balance weigh'ά; And pour their torrents of applaufe The triple chain, which,binds them laft, Long may the facred union laft, move, Each temp ring each, and lift'ning to the call Of genuine public good, bleft fource and end of all! The ball at night was numerous and bailliant. It was graced with the appearance of the three eldeft Princeffes, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Edward. The Queen was exceedingly brilliant, and appeared in great fpirits; her Majefty's dres was a green and white filver filk, richly trimmed in embroidered crape and filver, and ornamented with a profufion of jewels in various devices, knots, fparkles, &c. The Prince of Wales was dreffed in a pearl colour'd filk,embroidered with filver, peel, and foil. The Princess Royal was in a filver filk, green and white, ornamented with great tafte. The petticoat was covered with a moft exquifite embroidered crape, in filver and green foil, variously difperfed with beautiful beautiful bouquets of roses, jessamin, myrtles, &c. The Princefs Augufta's train was blue and filver, the fame pattern as that of the Princefs Royal, and trimmed in a peculiar file of neatness and delicacy. The wreaths of white rofes, the bows of filver and blue foil, the fringes, filver bullion, &c. were new of the kind, and perfectly beautiful. Their Majesties entered the ball-room about half paft nine, and having paid their compliments to the circle, the Prince of Wales opened the ball. 9. Both houfes of Convocation, in their robes, preceded by the Lord Chancellor and his retinue, went to St. James's with the addrefs to the King on account of the new Parliament; the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and all the other Bishops atBended. 10. Was held the anniversary meeting of the children of the Charity Schools in London, Weftminfter, Southwark, and their environs, when an excellent fermon was preached by the Rev. William Vincent, Subalmoner to the King. 12. In the evening as Sir Barnard Turner was riding to town from Tottenham, his horfe took fright, threw him, and ftruck him with violence against the fhaft of a chaife, whereby his left leg and thigh were dreadfully wounded and fractured; in confequence of which he died the 15th. 17. A Common-hall was held at Guildhall for choofing a Sheriff for the City of London and the County of Middlesex for the remainder of the year, in the room of Sir Barnard Turner, Knight and Alderman, deceafed; when William Pickett, Esq. Alderman, was chofen without oppofition. Same day a Wardmote was held at St. Mary Le Bow, Cheapfide, before the LordMayor, for the election of an Alderman of Cordwainers Ward, in the room of Sir Barnard Turner, Knt. deceased, when Brook Watfon, Efq. was chofen without oppofi tion. 19. A little after fix o'clock, the Artillery Company, and upwards of 400 of the London Foot Affociation, dreffed in their uniforms with crapes on their left arms, affembled in the Artillery Ground, from whence they marched about nine, commanded by their relpective officers, to Chatham Place, to join the funeral proceffion of their late worthy and much to be lamented Major, Sir Barnard Turner, Knt. After waiting till near one o'clock, the proceffion began in the following order. PROCESSION. Light Infantry, Band of Mufick, The deceafed's charger caparifoned, with the Sir Watkin Lewes, Colonel, One Mourning Coach, Two Adjutants on horfeback, Eight Coaches and Four, They accompanied the corpfe in this manner through the city, the bells in all the churches tolling as they paffed; and conducted it as far as Edmonton on its way to Therfield in Hertfordshire, whither it was efcorted by a detachment of horse, and a party of the foot in coaches. 22. At eleven o'clock the High Bailiff of the Borough of Southwark held a Court of Huftings, at the afual temporary booth in Mill-lane, Tooley-ftreet, for the purpose of electing a burgefs to ferve in Parliament, in the room of the late Sir Barnard Turner, Knt. deceased. The High Bailiff proceeded to the election by putting up Sir Richard Hothamn, for whom there was great fhew of hands. Mr. Le Mefurier's name was then put up with an indifferent fhew of hands. The majority was of confequence declared to be in favour of Sir R. Hotham; but a poll being demanded for Mr. Le Mefurier by his friends, the fame commenced about one o'clock. We hear from Dublin, that the great the Court of King's-bench there, between caufe which had been long depending in the Duke of Chandos, plaintiff, and Jonathan Stevens, Efq. and feveral others defendants, upon a fpecial verdict, relating to the ellates in the Queen's county, granted by title of the manor of Villiers, and other King Charles the First to the then Duke of Buckingham, was after feveral arguments by the molt eminent Counfel in that kingdom, in the three preceding terms, determined, this term for the Duke, by the unanimous opinion of the Judges of that Court. It is faid the eltate in conteft is of the yearly value of 10,500l. and that no rent hath been paid by the defendants for more than ten years. 23. The following convids were executed on the fcaffold erected for that purpose be fore Newgate: William Smith, Ifaac Torres, Charles Charles Barton, Patrick Burne, Patrick Birmingham, John Lynch, James Farrel, James Davis, Daniel Bean, Archibald Burridge, Robert Ganley, and Thomas Randal, for burglary; Peter Haflet, alias Edw. Verily, for perfonating and affuming the name of Thomas Howard, of his Majefty's fhip the Pallas, with intent to receive his wages; and Jofeph Haws and James Hawkins for a ftreet robbery. 24. At four o'clock the poll finally closed at the Huftings in Mill-lane, Tooley-ftreet, for Member for the Borough of Southwark, when the numbers were declared to be, For Paul Le Mefurier, Efq. 935 Sir Richard Hotham, 924 At the Common-hall held at Guildhall, the Aldermen Hopkins and Bates were elected Sheriffs; John Wilkes, Efq. Chamberlain; Meff. Tomlins, Wellings, Loveland, and Seaber, Auditors, in the room of Meff. Holder and Jacob, who went out by rotation, and Deputy Thomas Harrison, who was removed; and Jofeph Brookes was chofen the new Aleconner for the year enfuing. Of the many candidates for the vacant office of Bridgemaster, the Sheriffs were of opinion that the majority of hands was in favour of Mr. John Burbank. A poll however was demanded on behalf of Meff. Taylor, Fewkes, Maynard, and Trelawney, which was granted by the Sheriffs. 25. The adjourned Court of Huflings was held in Mill-lane, Tooley-ftreet, finally to declare the election for the Borough of Southwark. Sir R. Hotham and Mr. Le Mefurier, the two candidates, with their friends, and a large body of electors being met, Mr. Holden, the High Bailiff, came forward, and declared that his health, which had before been much impaired, had been rendered still worfe by the fatigue of his office during the election; it was therefore by the advice of Dr. Jebb his phyfician, who had declared that he forefaw nothing less than an immediate diffolution would be the confequence of fresh fatigue, that he would not grant a fcrutiny to Sir R. Hotham. He therefore made a return of the writ, recording Mr. Le Mefurier to have the greater number of votes on the poll. PROMOTION S. George Harrifon, Efq. Windfor Herald, to be Norroy King at Arms-William Hanbury, Efq, to be his Majesty's Agent and Conful in the Circle of Lower Saxony, and the free Citics of Bremen and LubeckLord Viscount St. Aíaph, to be one of the Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber to his Royal Highnets the Prince of Wales. MARRIAGES. By fpecial licence, John Langston, Efq. Member for Sudbury, to Mils Sarah God dard, of Woodford-hall, Effex.—Thoma Mortimer Kellon, Efq. to Mifs Ann Whit more, daughter of the late Gen. WhitmoreBy fpecial licence, the Right Hon. Lord Saltoun, to Mifs Frazer, of Coleman-ftreet.John Bridgeman, Efq. to Mifs Worfley. DEATHS. At Cambridge, Mrs. Effex, aged 84In Pall-mall, David Lafcelles, Efq.- At Rofs, in Ireland, Edward Masterson, Elq. who failed round the world with Lord Anfon-Dr. Dickfon, one of the Physicians to the London Hospital-Sir Barnard Turner, Knt. one of the Sheriffs of the City of London and County of Middlefex, and Representative in Parliament for the Borough of Southwark-Sir George Vandeput, famous for the opposition made by him to the prefent Earl Gower, above 35 years ago in the election for Members for the City of Westminster-The Hon. Mifs Bertie, daugh ter of Lord Abingdon. BANKRUPTCY Superfeded. John Bullock, of Great Marlow, Bucks, ftationer to the Board of Ordnance.- John Brown, of Oxford, dealer in fpirituous liquors. BANKRUPTS. James Grocot, of Liverpool, woollen. draper James Crompton, of Manchester, dyer-John Branch, of Norwich, winemerchant.- John Henry Gentil, of Laurence pountney-hill, merchant-Henry Ladler, of Durham, money-fcrivener - Robert Douard, of Margaret-ftreet, Cavendifh-square, upholsterer John Tafker, of the Minories linen-draper-Francis Daniell, of Bristol, merchant-Thomas Bradford, of Doncafter, upholsterer Patrick Curtin and John Lloyd, of Tottenham-court-road, fadleisGeorge Waller, of Horfham, Suffex, mercer. - -Danicl Beale, of Prefcot-frect, Goodman's-fields, flour-factor- John Burnell, the younger, of Alderfgate-ftreet, grocer-Ro bert Nicholfon Dalton, of Upper-Moor. fields, taylor-William Sturdy, of Leeds, butcher Richard Councell, of Briftol, hooper-George Ridpath, of Berwick upon Tweed, vivtner-John Lamport, of WeftPennard, Somerfetthire, dealer. - Robert Seaman, of Norwich, woolcomber and yarn factor-Benjamin Merriman, Nathaniel Merriman, and Nathaniel Merriman the younger, of Marlborough, Wilts, cheesefactorsCharles Willingham, of Bury St. Edmund's, corn-chandler.-Tho. Bramall, of Reddish, Lancashire, corn-factor Samuel Seaman, of Difs, Norfolk, woolcomber- Henry Clow, of Bristol, Baker-Thomas Newstead, of Charing-Crofs, tavern-keeper George Dean Sanders, of Leatherhead, tanuer -George Cartwright, late of Labrador, but now of St. Anne's, Soho, merchant.-Wm. Young, of Queen-ftreet, Cheapfide, linendraper-John Habbijam, of St. Katharine's, butcher of butcher-Henry Mac Donald, of the Strand, wainer Richard Rolton, of Cheadle, Stafford hire, cooper-Elizabeth Smith, of Tavistock-street, Covent-Garden, milliner Jonathan Rofe, of Litle Titchfield-ftreet, plaifterer.-John Athby, of Bungay, Suffolk, hopkeeper John Griffin, of Lambeth, horfedealer-Benjamin Merriman and Nathaniel Merriman, of Marlborough, brewers -William Turner and William Toye, of Brittol, corn-factors-William Bennett, of Gloucefter, corn'actor - William Savage, of St. Peter, Worcestershire, glover-Robert Weft the younger, of Forncett St. Peter, Norfolk, grocer Providence Hanfard, of Bristol, corn-factor--Simon Pougher, of Swallow-ftreet, Piccadilly, dealer in foreign fpirituous liquors-John Carter, of Wolverhampton, carpenter-Robert Hoakley, of St. Mary-le-bone, merchant. Abram Halm Franco, of America-fquare, merchant -John Munns, of Crayford, Kent, callicoprinter, and gunpowder-maker -James Shaw, of Southgate, Middlefex, dealer Nicholas Perry, of Bristol, currier Jofeph Fincher, of St. John's-itreet, Clerkenwell, grocer - John Dexter, of Defborough, Northamptonthire, money-fcriven er merchant-Daniel Ifaac Eton, of Marybone-street, taylor and broker Richard Powell, of Shoreditch, brickmaker-Thomas Har, of Bishops Waltham, Hants, linen and woollen-draper-Edward Gamman, of Cary-freet, itable-keeper -- William Edwards, of Princes-ftrect, Rotherhith, timber-merchant - John Lovett, of Grange-road, Surry, merchant - Benjamin Bewicke, of Mincing-lane, merchant -Calverley Bewicke, of Mincing-lane, merchant--Foulcrand Mourgue, of Mincinglane, merchant ——— Lewis M'Culloch, of Swithin's-lane, merchant-Robert Aldridge, of Cookham, Berks, meal-man and bargeinafter - John Rowfel, of St. Andrew, Holborn, money-lcrivener- John Furfe, of Bafinghall-street, warehouseman - William Prince, of Wych-ftreet, merchant - William Rabone, of Joiners-Hali Buildings, merchant - Robert Haydock of Liverpool, Kent, fhopkeeper John Pearfon, of Kirton in Lindley, Staffordshire, fhopkeeperFrancis Doyle, of Lower Grofvenor-itreet, fhipwright - Jo'n Gilbert, of Groombridge, butcher-Charles Wigley, of Spring Gardens, toy and hardwareman William Jewell, of Suffolk-ftreet, dealer - Peter Read, John Read, and Robert Read, all of Fordingbridge, Hants, callico-printers and partners William Snell, of Williamfireet, Adelphi, coal-merchant and wharfinger--Jacob Binckes, of St. Botolph, Bithopfgate, oilman-James Henckell, of Buth-lane, Cannon-rect, merchant - William Gramlick, of Snow-hill, upholderThomas Collins, of Oxford, fhopkeeperChriftopher Earl, of Birmingham, salesman, printer and auctioneer Callingwood Ward, of Birmingham, gunmaker-Jofeph Mayson, of Compton-treet, Soho, grocer - Pentus Lindroth, of Kingflon upon Hull, merchant Joan Graham, of Leeds, maliter Jo James Baker, of Bond-ftreet, coachmafter feph Bowen, of New Bond-ftreet, book--Jofeph Paine, of Catherine-ftreet, Strand, feller James Hickman, of Birmingham, button-maker-George Lowe, of the King's Bench prifon, merchant Alexander Smith, of Hoxton, fadler William Atkinfon the younger, of Kingston-upon-Hull, hatterThomas Rufhton, of Liverpool, beer-brewer -William Pratt, of Wantage, Berks, fcrivener John Stokes, of Walfall, Staffordfhire, fadler and ironmonger-William Slocombe, of Briftol, linen-draper--James Sutton and James Bult, of Cheapfide, goldfmiths-John Hughes and Daniel Taylor, of New London-street, grocers. CERTIFICATES. Thomas Miller, of Kirkby Kendal, ironmonger-Thomas Haflam, of Chesterfield, mercer-Hodgfon Hopper, of Salford, Lancafhire, butcher-Samuel Holden, of Alderfgate-street, upholder. -Benjamin Arrow fmith and Thomas Arrowfuith, of Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, cyder-merchants.. -John Williams, of Caernarvon, cabinet-maker--John Rowley and Jonas Daniel Mathifon, of the Hay-market, Ro |