116 The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. no fpace to put my name to the bottom of my letter; after fome things I have faid it may be improper, and I am fure it is need Feb. lefs when I affure you no man can be with more fincerity and regard than I am, your moft obedient humble fervant. H THE MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER.. FRIDAY, Jan. 29. IS majefty gave the royal affent The bill to continue and The bill to enable his majefty to license a play houfe in the city of Bath. And to fuch other private bills as were ready. SATURDAY, 30. The bishop of Peterborough preached be fore the house of Lords, in the Abbey church, Westminster, from James iii, 16. And Dr. Stinton, in St. Margeret's, before the Commons, from Titus iii, 1. TUESDAY, Feb. 2. Three houfes were confumed by fire, on Snow Hill, and feveral damaged. THURSDAY, 4. tranfportation of felons-For granting an aid to his majefty for difbanding the army, and other neceffary occafions, as relate to the number of troops kept upon the Irish eftablishment-For providing proper accommodations for his majesty's juftices of the great feffions in Wales, during the time of holding fuch feffions-For rebuilding and enlarging the common goal of the city and county of Coventry; and for appointing a place for the csftody of prifoners in the mean time-For more effectually fupplying the town of Halifax with water, &c.-For making and building a convenient Exchange in the city of Glasgow, for enlarging St. Andrew's church-yard, and for building a bridge over the river Clyde, &c -For enlightening, paving, cleanfing the streets, and for better regulating the nightly watch and beadles; and for regulating the poo of the parish of St. Mary le Bone in the county of Middlefex-For making and maintaining a naviga ble cut or canal from Birmingham to Bilton, and for making collateral cuts and waggon ways from feveral coal mines, and for con An houfe was confumed by fire, in Plough tinuing the faid canal to Autherley, there to alley, Moorfields. MONDAY, 8. After a trial of feveral hours before the Lord Chief Juftice Wilmot, the will of the late Sir Thomas Clarke, mafter of the rolls, was confirmed; but his copyhold eftate, being fome inclofed grounds on HampsteadHeath, was adjudged to belong to the heir at law, who clearly made out his affinity. WEDNESDAY, 24. His majefty gave the royal affent to the following bills: communicate with the canal now making between the rivers Trent and Severn. And to fuch road and inclofure bills as were then ready. Four caufes were tried at Guildhall, London, by special juries, before the Right Hon. Sir Eardley Wilmot, knt. chief juftice of the Court of Common Pleas, wherein several merchants were plaintiffs, and the hon. James Murray, Efq; late governor of Quebec, was defendant, for recovering divers fums of money levied by way of duties upon fpints imported: When after a full hearing which lafted feveral hours, verdicts were given for the feveral plaintiffs for all fuch duties as had been impofed by the defendant over and above the French duties, together with damages and cofts of fuit. The bill for further regulating the proBeedings of the united company of merchants trading to the Eaft Indies, with respect to making of dividends.-For the better regulation of his majesty's marine forces while on hore-For the more speedy and effectual An house has been confumed by fire, at Rogues-well, Stepney. The following remarkable increafe from a fingle pea may be depended on as fact:Mr. Abraham Cock, farmer of Grove, near Caftle-Cary in Yorkshire, fet fome kidneybeans laft feafon; at the end of one of the rows his daughter fet a white pea, which he propt up with a flick when it grew, as he did his beans; as they ripened he gathered them, and the produce was 1176, befides two kids gathered when green; and as the reft had eight in a kid, these if left to ripen, would 1768. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. would have made the produce to be 1192 peas. His majefty's pardon is promised to any one of the offenders who shall at any time hereafter be guilty of cutting to pieces any filk, utenfils, or materials of the filk manufactures, on difcovery of their accomplices. A large body of smugglers having murdered Peter Haflip, tide-furveyor of Yarmouth port, and dangerously wounded feveral others, who had seized a large quantity of exci feable goods, which the faid fmug glers refcued and carried off with them; his majefty's pardon, as ufual, is offered for taking the offenders; and the commiffioners of excife promife a reward of one hundred pounds for taking any of them. A pardon and 501 reward are offered for the apprehending the deer-ftealers, who on Jan. 29, robbed his majesty's park at Windfor, and shot at one of the keepers. Sandford-Mill, near Abingdon, has been coniumed by fire, and a lad perished in the flames: Alío a barn, stable, a rick of hay, at Roke, in Oxford fhire, and a barn, cowhoufe, &c. &c. near Hanbury-hall, in Wor cestershire; all fuppofed to be wilfully fet on fire. Oxford, Feb. 19. The Right Hon. the Earl of Lichfield, chancellor of this univerfity, has established two annual prizes of the value of zol. each; the one for a copy of English verfes, the other for a Latin differtation: and the following are the fubjects propofed for the prefent year, viz. For the English verfes, THE CONQUEST OF QUEBEC. For the Latin differtation, ARTES PROSUNT REIPUBLICÆ. The first prize is intended for fuch gentlemen of the univerfity as have not exceeded four years from the time of their matriculation; and the other for fuch as have not completed feven years. The exercifes are to be fent, under a fealed cover to the register of the univerfity, before next Afcenfion Day. The author is required to conceal his name, and to distinguish his compofition by whatever motto he pleases; fending at the fame time his name and motto fealed up under another cover. - The exer tifes to which the prizes are adjudged are to be repeated (after a previous reheartal) in the Theatre upon the Commemoration-day, immediately before the Orator or Poetry Prefeffor's Crewian Oration. Gloucefter, Feb. 1. On Thursday one of the most horrid inftances of barbarity was perpetrated at Wotton Underedge, in this county, that ever was heard of, by one Samuel Wallington, a fheerman, who, about ten o'clock in the morning left his work and went home, and killed his father. He firft knocked the poor man down with a hammer, and afterwards cut his head almost off. It 117 feems he had frequently, for fome time paft, threatened to kill him for oppofing his inclinations to marry. The villain afterwards went and told what he done, to fome of his neighbours, and he was immediately apprehended and committed to our castle. Immenfe damage has been fuftained by the floods at Barnley, Kipon, Leeds, Staiths, and other parts of Yorkshire and the North. Staiths, Jan. 29. We have had the greate eft quantity of haddocks taken upon this coaft, that has been known for many years, which has given great relief to the poor, in these times when provifions are fo fearce and dear. In this place are thirty-three cobles, or fishing boats, each of which have brought in, upon an average, for three weeks toge, ther, thirty flone a day (at fourteen pounds to the ftone) which amounts in the whole to 17820 fione; and allowing three ftones of fith will afford as much nourishment as one ftone of beef, this quantity, will be equal to 5940 ftone of beef, or ninety, nine fat oxon of sixty stone a piece; and allowing the fame proportion to Robin Hood's Bay, and Runfwick, the first of which I reckon equal to Staiths, and the other one third of it, thefe three places must have fupplied the country with fish at about a farthing a pound, equal in quantity at least to 231 fat cattle of the above weight.. Extract of a Letter from Alnwick, Feb. 8.' bome weeks ago the following odd affair happened at Hunting-hall, near Haggerstone: A cow belonging to a gentlemin of that place was affected with a remarkable swelling in her body, which by his account must have foon proved fatal; but according to custom in fuch cafes, he made a fmall incifion with his penknife between two of the short ribs, from whence itfued fuch a rapid ftream of air, that it put out a candle at a yard dif tance from the orifice. The candle was im mediately lighted, and in order to try the effect a fecond time, was held about fifteen or fixteen inches from the ground, which inftantan confly fet fire to the air, and it's effects proved fim lar to that in a coal mine; the flame allo went against the fiream, and fet fire to the hair about the orifice, and finged the part confiderably before it could be extingu.hed. The cow immediately recovered. As the above is well-attened, by the perfon who performed the operation, it affords måtter of fpeculation for the naturalifts to account for fo frange a phenomenon,{" (See page 18.) On Jan. 18, a fhock of an earthquake was felt at Mold, in Flinthire, Storms and floods have done much damage, and greatly retarded the poff, in Scotland. Extract of a Letter from the North of Ireland, jan. 12. During the late fevere fnow in thefe parts, upwards of five hundred freep belonging to one farmer, were entirely buried by the vialent 118 MARRIAGES and BIRTHS. lent drifts in the valleys. What is very To his excellency George lord viscount Feb. Robert More, Efq, to Mifs More, both of Shropshire, with a fortune of 50,000l.Lord George Sutton, to Mifs Mary PeartHewitt, Efq; to Mifs Dyer daughter of the late poet of that name Earl of Hume, to Mifs Ramfey-Godhard Vankemp, Efq; to Mifs Simpson-John Jean, Efq; to Mifs Baker-Sir James Ibbetfon, bart. to Mifs Caygill, daughter and heir of Mr. John Caygill, of Hallifax merchant-Earl of Milltown, to Mifs French, of Oakport, in Rofcommon-John Smith, Efq; to Miss Curtis, of Stamford, a 25000l. fortune. Jan. 14. Mrs. Herbert, fifter of Lord Defart, was delivered of a fon Feb. 3. Lady of hon. Mr. Bathurst, of a daughter-6. Mrs. Orby Hunter, of a fon→→→ 10. Countess of Moray, of a fon-Lady of Dr. Fowler, of a fon -20. Lady Sondes of a fon-24. Viscountefs Torrington, of a daughter. Lately. Lady Reay, of a daughter-Lady of Horatio Mann, Efq; of a fon and heirLady Knatchbuil, of a fon. general governor of Ireland, the humble Jan. 29. N addrefs of the knights, citizens, and burgeffes, in parliament affembled. May it please your excellency, "WE, his majefty's most dutiful and loyal fubjects, the commons of Ireland, in parliament aflembled, think it incumbent on us to teftify our grateful fenfe of your excellency's effectual endeavours in favour of the bill for limiting the duration of parlia ments in this kingdom. It is with the highest fatisfaction we reflect, that the aufpicious reign of our patriot fovereign has been diftinguished by the return of a bill fo effential to the conftitution, and to the advancement of the proteftant religion in this country. And we congratulate your excellency upon an event which must add a luftre to your adminiftration, and remain as a monument to pofterity of the difintereftedness and independency of this house." Great rejoicings have been made at Dublin, and in all parts of Ireland, on the return of the above mentioned bill. MARRIAGES and BIRTHS. Feb. 1. IS Excellency Sir George H Macartney was married to la. DEATHS. ATHANIEL Paice, Efq; an eminent merchant. Feb. 1. Sir Robert Rich, bart, field mar fhal of the forces, col. of the 4th regiment of dragoons, and governor of Chelsea hof pital-Thomas Jones, Efq; late high-sheriff for Gloucestershire-3. Rt. hon. Viscount Kilmorey-5. Thomas Brereton, Efq; au❤ thor of feveral ingenious pieces-7. Paul Leger, Efq; late an eminent weaver-John Campbell, of Orchard, in North-Britain, Efq; last of the male line of the family of Ardkinglafs,- -11. Mrs. Martha Whitway, aged 78, the friend and correfpondent of Dean Swift-12. Robert Somerville, of Bedfordshire, Efq;-14. Mr. Thomas Burnet; a ftock broker-15. Charles Gore, of Tring, in Hertfordshire, Efq; member for Tiver ton-Rt. hon. Arthur Onflow, a privycounsellor, and speaker of the House of Commons for thirty-three years, a poft he filled with the greatest uprightness and reputation. (See Onflow, in our general index) — Georgs Gordon, of the Middle-Temple, late of Nethermuir, in North-Britain, Efq; aged near eighty: A gentleman of primitive honour and integrity, great erudition, remarkable for his profound knowledge of the laws and conftitution of this kingdam, and not lefs fo for his amiable and beneficent behaviour in private life. His writings in the cause of liberty have enlightened and improved thou fands. though the name of this benefactor to the public, as an author, was known only to his particular friends - Edmund Plowden, Efq; defcended of the famous lawyer of that name-16. Gillingham Cooper, Ef; banker in the Strand, aged near 80-Mr. Dance, fenior, the city-furveyor-Mrs. Saxton, neice of the counters of Macclesfield. 1768. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. BILLS of Mortality from Dee. 29 to CHRISTENED. Males 1249 Feb. 23. BURIED. 119 Females 11782427 Females2352 4569 king is to enjoy a yearly penfion of a mil Whereof have died, CONSTANTINOPLE, January 1. The Grand Signior has given his eldeft daughter, a princefs of feven years old, to the Nizanji-bafhi; and yefterday the Grand Vizir cloathed him with the Pellice, and declared him fon-in-law to the Sultan. This young princess is widow of the late vizir, who was beheaded three years ago at Meteline. Copenhagen, Jan. 29. Laft night, about ten o'clock, the queen of Denmark was fafely delivered of a prince, to the inexpreffible happiness of her royal confort, and the whole court. Her majefty and the newborn prince are this morning both as well as can be expected. This very important, and much-defired event happened but an hour or two before the anniversary of the king of Denmark's own birth-day, which we are now celebrating with double feftivity. The birth of an heir-male to the crown has compleatly fulfilled the ardent wishes and prayers of the publick, and confequently spread a real joy through all ranks of people. Immediately after it was made known, the foreign ministers, and all the nobility waited upon the king, who was pleafed to receive their compliments of congratulation, and to express the fatisfaction he received from their attention on this interesting event. The king of Denmark beftowed leveral marks of favour on this happy occafion. (The young prince was baptized by the Dame of Frederick, on Jan. 30.] Dantzic, Nov. 16. Last year 1126 fhips came into this port, of which 297 were Dutch, 184 English, and 100 Danish. The number which failed from it was 1112; of which 322 were bound to Holland, 209 to England, 268 to Sweden and 113 to Denmark, 1 Extract of a letter from Warfaw, Jan. 20. "In the fittings of the commiffaries of the four departments of laft Friday, many important affairs were terminated. The lion and a half, to be paid by the treasury. The prince de Radzivil is to have an annual penfion of 600,000 florins, by way of indemnification, befides three millions which his family lent to the republic. The trea furer of the crown, who has hitherto enjoyed a pension of 120,000 florins, is to have for the future an augmentation of 80,000 florins. The great treasurer of Lithuania is to have 40,0co florins added to his yearly appointments. The count de Fleming is to have a confiderable fum, as also the bishop of Wilda. In the fame fittings, the fum of 12,0.0 Polish ducats was granted as a yearly appendage or portion, to the two princes of Saxony. Warfaw, Feb. 3. The day before yefterday the diet was opened, but immediately put off again for three weeks. It is affured, that the reafon of this is, that feveral matters, calculated more to exafperate than appease people's minds, had been delivered into the diet: among others, the manifefto of the marihal of the confederacy of Grodno, which is full of harsh terms against prince Repnin, the pope's brief to the prince primate, and above all, that addreffed to the king, which the apoftolick nuncio delivered on Saturday laft, to his majefty. It is faid in this brief, that the king ought rather to abdicate the crown, than fign any thing that may prejudice the Roman catholic religion. The bishops have received a fimilar brief. The nuncio has delivered, on the part of his holiness, a manifefto to the great chancellor, in which he informs all thofe who may fubfcribe to any articles of this nature, that they fhall be excommunicated. It is faid the clergy, particularly the Jefuits, have refused to contribute, in any shape, to the public impofts. Trieves, Jan. 14. The Elector, our Sovereign, died the day before yesterday, between feven and eight in the evening, after nine weeks illness. His highness was born May 24, 1701, appointed a canon refidentiary of the metropolitan church in this city in 1718, Dean in 1742, confecrated archbishop of Patras, December 13, 1753; declared coadjutor to the elector count Francis George de Sconborn, July 11, 1754; affumed the government of the electorate on the deceafe of his predeceffor, Jan. 18, 1756; and obtained the bishoprick of Worms, in 1763. Berlin, Feb. 13. In this country the winter has been very long and fevere, the cold having been obferved for feveral days at 37 degrees below the freezing point on Farenheit's thermometer; but within thefe few days, the froft has gone off, and we have now very mild weather, which it is to be hoped will continue for the fake of the poor, who have fuffered greatly from the fcarcity and high price of firing. Brum 120 FOREIGN Brunfwick, Jan. 26. The hereditary prince, who had kept his room for feveral days, is now able to appear in public. The hereditary princefs being again with child, public prayers have been made for her royal highness's delivery. Munfter, Jan.22. Extravagance and luxury in dress having come to a great height in this bishoprick, the government is going to pablish an ordinance, forbidding allbut the nobleffe and perfons of rank to wear any filk or laced cloaths. Madrid, Jan. 26. The commiffion esta+ blished by the king, and to which five bishops have been admitted whom his majefty fent for here, continues it's delibera tions, not only on the ufe they ought to make of the effects that belonged to the expelled jefuits, but alfo on the reformation of the elergy, and the neceffity of remedying the abufes which are crept into the interior management of the monafteries'; and lastly, on the means of putting on a better footing the univerfities of the kingdom. Madrid, Feb. 2. Public notice has been given in the gazette of this city, that a new plant, which has been found proper to be ufed in dying filk, woollen, and cotton, will be put up to fale at the warehouses belonging to the Caracca company. The plant grows in the province of Caracca and Maracaybo, and is called by the natives Dividivi. In feveral refpects it has the fame properties with the gall-nut of Aleppo, and gives a finer black. The royal junto of Commerce are taking measures for extending this branch of trade, and the king has exempted it for a certain number of years from the duty on importation. Venice, Jan. 29. A few days fince died Mere Madam Frances Grimani, confort to the reigning doge, aged 19 years. The unhappy end of this lady, who was refpectable as well for her virtues as her beauty, excites the compaffion of every one. She was ftanding in her chamber with her back to the fire, when the flames canght hold of her clothes with fuch violence, that they could not be extinguished till they had reached her body. She languished twelve days, and then died in terrible tortures. Leghorn, Jan. 22. We have received here from Baftia the news, that the republic of Genoa has confented to the plan of paci fication propofed by the Corficans. We know not yet the conditions; but it is pretended, that the first article ftipulates the free poffeffion of places, and an independ ency of government in favour of the Corfi, cans; it being understood that the mediating powers will be guarantees of the treaty. We learn alfo from Cape Corfe, that general Paoli, after providing for every thing relative to the fortification of the frontiers, and vifiting the most important places of the isle, was returned to Corte, the ufual place of his refidence, where an affembly of the national council had been held, the refult of which is expected with impatience. Leghorn, Jan. 29. They write from Cor fica, that the chevalier Buttofuoco, a Corfican by nation, and a captain in the fervice of his moft Chriftian majefty, is arrived there from Baftia, and has brought Paoli a convention figned between the republic of Ge noa and the Corficans. This news has diffufed joy over all the ifles and in confequence thereof the French troops are preparing to evacuate it. Parma, Jan. 23. The infant duke our fovereign hath caufed a pragmatic fanction to be published lately in this city, composed of four articles; the tenor of which is as follows: 1. None of the subjects of the infant fall, without the exprefs permiffion of his royal highness, carry to any foreign tribuhals, not even to Rome, fuch affairs of contention of any kind as fhall arise in the countries fubject to his dominion. II. All the infant's fubjects are forbidden to have recourse to foreign princes, governments or tribunals, as well with respect to matters of intereft, as for the procuring within his ftate any benefice, or other ecclefiaftical favours, without having first ob. tained his royal highness's confent. II. All benefices, as well for the cure of fouls, as confiftorial and in commendam, penfions, abbies, dignities, or pofts, which have any jurifdiction, fhall not for the future be poffeffed, within the three dutchiess by any but the fubjects of the infant, and with his permiffion. IV. The infant declares null and without effect, all writings, letters, fentences, decrees, bulis, briefs, &c, which fhall coma from Rome, or any other foreign country, at least unless they are furnished with the Regio exequatur. Laufanne, Jan. 25. According to advices juft received from Geneva there is some hope of a reconciliation between the great and little councils and the citizens of that republic. The declaration delivered by the reprefentatives of the latter, on the 19th of this month, to the commiffion of the council of two hundred, refpecting the plan for that purpose, having been carried on the 20th to the great and little councils, thof two bodies made fome changes and modifications in it. It was then refolved to convoke a general council on the 238, which accordingly affembled that day, and approved, by a majority of 947 voices against 49, of the propofal of the great council for putting off the election till the thirty-first of this month. If this election be made, then a total pacification in the republic mušk follow. The Gentlemen of Lloyd's, and The Merchant, shall, as is our duty, be readily gratified is our next. The defire of our correspondent of Lower Saxony, is under confideration, and if poffible, will be complied with. Mary ingenious pieces in profe and verfe are deferred te eur 240032 |