1768. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. Though we omitted to put the present novel in the immediate catalogue of the ro mances which we have characterised, it is nevertheless too much of a piece with thefe productions to merit any particular obfervation. XIX. Reflections on Inland Navigations, Ec. 48 pages 8vo. Cadell, Our Inland navigations are of great importance to the happiness of this kingdom and scarcely any thing can be written on the 277 fubject without meriting the notice of go vernment. XX. An infallible Remedy for the high Prices of Provifions, 4 pages Svo. Bingley We have had many political noftrums lately published to remove the diftreffes of the poor, but, notwithstanding the boasted infallibility of the prefent pamphleteer, we think him as little calculated to answer those defirable ends as any of his predeceffors. THE MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. N April 8 and 29, a great mob affembled about the King's Bench, but no outrages were committed, till the laft mentioned day, when, infifting Mr. Wilkes fhould be fet at liberty, they pulled down the railing, &c. and made a bonfire of them before the prifon : Twelve of the rioters were taken into cuftody and fent to prifon. On the 30th the peace officers kept all quiet, without any military affiftance. Soon after a guard of foldiers was fent to preferve the peace. On the 9th inftant, at night, a number of people affembled about the Manfion house, fome of whom were feized. On that day the mob being more numerous about the King's Bench prifon, feveral were fecured. On the 10th there was a great riot, and the juftices ordered the riot act to be read; but whilft it was reading, ftones and brickbats being flung, the folders on duty received orders to fire, and a youth, the son of Mr. Allen, mafter of the Horfe-fhoe inn, in Blackmanftreet, whofe curiofity had drawn him to the fpot, was killed. He was, it feems a young man of an inoffenfive character, and was pursued by fome foldiers, to an outhouse of his father's and there flaughtered, in vain imploring mercy, and protefting he had been guilty of no offence. Six others were afterwards killed on the spot, and above fifteen wounded, fome of which are fince dead. and topmafts, have ftopped them in the profecution of their voyages; and that these acts of violence have been accompanied with threats of still greater outrages; which have fpread terror and alarm among thofe the most likely to be immediately affected thereby: and it has been further reprefented to us, That fome of the faid diffolute and diforderly perfons have audaciously attempted to deter and intimidate the civil magiftrates from doing their duty. We having taken the fame into our ferious confideration, and being duly fenfible of the mischievous confequences that may enfue from the continuance or repetition of fuch diforders, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our privy-council, to iffue this our royal proclamation; hereby ftrictly requiring and commanding the lord mayor, and other the juftices of the peace of our city of London, and alfo the juftices of the peace of our city and liberties of Westminster and borough of Southwark, and of our counties of Middlesex, Surry, and Kent, and all other our peace officers, That they do severally use their utmost endeavours, by every legal means in their power, effectually to prevent and fupprefs ail riots, tumu.ts, and unlawful affemblies; and to that end to put in due execution the laws and ftatutes now in force for preventing, fuppreffing, and punishing, the fame; and that all our loving fubjects be aiding and affifting therein: And we do further graciously declare, That the said magiftrates and all others acting in obedience to this our command, may rely on our royal protection and fupport in fo doing. On the 11th the following proclamation was published: GEORGE R. WHEREAS it has been reprefented unto us, That divers diffolute and diforderly perfons have, of late, frequently affembled themselves together in a riotous and unlawful manner, to the disturbance of the publick peace; and, particularly, that large bodies of feamen, confifting of feveral thousands, have aflembled tumultuously upon the river Thames; and, under a pretence of the infufficiency of the wages allowed by the merchants and others, have, in the most daring manner, take poffeffion, by violence, of leveral outward-bound fhips ready to fail, and, by unbending the fails, and friking the yards Given at our court at St. James's the 11th day of May, 1768, in the eighth year of our reign. The fame day the coroner's inqueft on the body of young Allen was held, when they brought in a verdict of wilful murder against lieut. Murray, corporal M'Lauchlan, and Maclaine, a grenadier: Two of whom have fince been admitted bail. SATURDAY, 30. Whitehall. It being his majefty's royal intention, that the parliament, which is fummoned to meet on Tuesday the 10th day of May next, fhould then meet and fit: The king 278 The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. king has been pleafed to direct a commiffion to pass the great feal, appointing and authorfing his royal highne's the duke of Gloucester, his royal highness the duke of Cumberland, Thomas lord archbishop of Canterbury, and other lords, to open and bold the faid parliament on the faid 10th day of May, being the day of the return of the writs of fummons. WEDNESDAY, May 4. May number of papers round a lighted candle, which he placed on the table near the chimney. It appeared on the trial, that all General Conway's fervants had lived with him a confiderable time, and behaved well, fo that he could not fufpect any of them; and the reafon of fufpecting the real perfon, was a peculiarity of character written on the 500l. note, which a young man had changed the fame morning at the Bank. The The convocations of Canterbury and York clerks of the Bank were therefore defired to were prorogued to Jul 22. SATURDAY, 7, The failors began to affemb'e in large bodies, forcibly unbent the topfails of feveral hips ready to fail, and declaring no fhip fhould fail, unless their wages were raised by the merchants. On the 9th they affembled in Stepney-fields to the number of feveral thousands, and some articles of a petition to parliament were drawn up. On the Iith a large body went through the city to Westminster with the faid petition; but means were ufed by fome fhip-mafters and other gentlemen, to fend them back fome what pacified, nor have there any misch efs been done by these useful but mistaken men; though for fome time their retractoriness put a stop to ali mercantile bufine's. At half an hour paft ten o'clock, came on at Westminster-hall, before all the judges of the court of King's bench, a bearing refpecting the illegality of Mr. Wilkes's outlawry. The cafe was opened by Mr. Serjeant Glyn, in favour of Mr. Wilkes, who was anfwered by Mr. Thurloe, and a reply made by Mr. Glyn; on which the judges were pleased to oblerve, that both the gentlemen had made use of very learned arguments, and quoted many precedents and cafes which had at various times altered their opinions, and as they were defirous of maturely confidering the feveral arguments made use of by the two learned council, their lordship's thought proper to appoint a further hearing the beginning of next term. THURSDAY, 10. We'minfter. This day the new parlia ment met; and his majefty's commiffion, impowering Thomas archbishop of Canterbury, Charles lord Camden, chancellor of Great Britain, Charles earl Gower, prefident of his majesty's council, and feveral lords there. in named, to open and hold the faid parliament, was read in the prefence of both houfes. And the commons were directed to choose their speaker, and to present him tomorrow at twelve o'clock at noon, to the lords commiffioners. WEDNESDAY, 15. James Sampfon was executed at Tyburn, purfuant to his fentence, for robbing the lia brary of the right hon. Henry Seymour Conway, of bank notes to the value of gool. and aferwards setting it on fire, by piling up a call on Mr. Sampfon, as on business, and, in Mr. Conway's prefence, to give a fignat, in cafe he was the person they had feen before; which fignal being given, he was taken into cuftody, and conteffed the crime,He was introduced to general Conway, during the late war, as a draughtfman, and ferved under him in that capacity, while he was in Germany; fince which the general had procured him a draughtfman's place in the tower. On account of the pavement being up in Holborn, he was carried by Smithfield to Cow-crofs, through Turnmill-ftreet, and fo through the King's-road to Tyburn. The hon. houfe of Commons prefented Sir John Cuft, Bart. as their speaker, to the lords commiffioners in the house of Peers, who being approved of, they returned back, when he took the chair; after which they began to fwear in the new members. The lords commiffioners obferved in their fpeech to both houfes of Parliament, that they were, by the king's command, to acquaint them, that his majefty had not called them together at this unufural feafon of the year in order to lay before them any matters of general bufinefs, but merely to gwe them an opportunity of difpatching certain parliamentary proceedings, which his majefty's defire of providing, at all events, for the welfare and fecurity of his good fubjects, made him wish to fee completed as food as poffible, and with that difpatch which the publick convenience as well as their own required; that his majefty, at the fame time, had commanded them to affure them of his perfect confidence in this parliament; and that he had the strongest reason to expect every thing from their advice and affiftance, that loyalty, wisdom, and zeal for the public good, can dictate or fuggeft. FRIDAY, 13. The princefs Louifa-Anne, fifter of the king, third daughter of the late prince of Wales, died of a decline in the twentieth year of her age. [The next day the ufual orders for mourning were iffued from the lord Chamberlain, the earl Marthal, the War, and Admiralty offices, and a step was put to all public diverfions 'till her royal highneffe's interment.] The following addrefs of the houses of lords and commons, was prefented to his majesty. Most 1768. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. Moft gracious fovereign, "We your majesty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects, the lords fpiritual and tem poral, and commons, in parliament aflembled, beg leave to return your majefty our most hearty thanks for that gracious and paternal attention to the welfare of your people, which has induced your majefty, at this time, to interpofe your own more immediate authority for putting an end to that dangerous difturbance of the public peace, thofe outrage ous acts of violence to the profperity of your majefty's fubjects, and that moft audacious defiance of the authority of the civil magiftrates, which have of late prevailed to fo alarming a degree in and near this great metropolis. Your majesty's exprefs command, fignifi, ed by your royal proclamation, that all the laws, for preventing, fuppreffing, and punihing, all riots, tumults, and unlawful aflemblies, be put into immediate execution, will, we hope, effectually prevent the continuance or repetition of thefe diforders. But fhould any of your majefty's fubjects continue fo loft to all fenfe of their own true intereft, as well as duty, as to go on to inter rupt, by their lawless and defperate practices, that quiet and peaceable enjoyment of every right and privilege allotted to each individual among us by our excellent conftitution, which it has ever been your majesty's first object and chief glory to fecure and perpetuate to us all; permit us, your majefty's truly dutiful and grateful fubjects, the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in parliament affembled, to affure your majesty of our ready concurrence in every mealure that may contribute to enable your majefly most effectually to maintain the public authority, and carry the laws into due execution; and of our determined refolution, moft chearfully and vigorously to fupport your majefly against every attempt to create difficulty or difturbance to your majesty's government. Abley Cowper, cler. parliamentor, His majesty's most gracious answer. My lords and gentlemen, "I receive with great fatisfaction this loyal, dutiful, and feafonable addrefs of both houfes of parliament. It is with the utmoft concern, that I fee this fpirit of outrage and violence prevailing among different claifes of my fubjects. I am however convinced, that the vigorous exertion of lawful authority, which I will continue to enforce, joined to your fupport and affiftance, will have the defred effect of reftoring quiet and good order among my fubjects." MONDAY, 16. 279 Being the last day of of term, Mr. Serjeant Glynn moved the court of King's-bench, Westminster, before Lord Mansfield and the reft of the judges, to admit Mr. Wilkes to bail 'till next term; and after hearing fevoral learned arguments, the court was of opinion it could not be done. SATURDAY, 21. At about ten o'clock at night the corpfe of her late royal highness the princess Louifa-Anne, after lying in ftate that day in the prince's chamber, was privately interred in the royal vault in king Henry the feventh's chapel. The proceffion began between nine and ten from the prince's chamber to the abbey, where the body was received by the dean, who performed the funeral service. The minute guns at the tower began fireing about nine at night, and St. Paul's bell and thofe of moft of the churches in London. and Weftminster tolled every minute, and continued 'till her royal highness's body was interred. The fupporters of the pall were, Lady Godolphin, Lady Bofton, Lady Mafham, and Lady Edgcumbe. The Duchefs of Manchefter was chief mourner; and the Countefles of Litchfield, Plymouth, Coventry, Suffex, Harrington, Effex, Holderness, Scarborough, Oxford, and Pomfret, were affiftants to the chief mourner. Ended the feflions at the Old Bailey,' when Thomas James Pangriffice, for fheepftealing, Mary Hinde, for drowning an infant, James Bohannan, and William Johnson, for houfe breaking, received fentence of death. One to be tranfported for fourteen years, twenty-four for seven years,' and one to be whipped. Green and Gibiathorp, were tried for murder (fee p. 227.) and acquitted. Wedminster. This day, the lords being met, a meffage was fent to the honourable houfe of commons by fir Francis Molineux, gentleman ufher of the black rod, acquainting them, that the lords, authorifed by virtue of his majesty's commiffion, for declaring his royal affent 10 feveral acts agreed upon by both houfes, do defire the immediate attendance of this honourable houfe in the houfe of peers, to hear the commiffion read; and the comomns being come thither, the faid commiffion, impowering the lord highchancellor of Great- Britain, the duke of Northumberland, Lord Weymouth, Lord Lovel and Holland, Lord Harwich, and feveral other lords therein mentioned, to. declare and notify the royal affent to the faid acts, was read accordingly, and the royal aflent given to, An act for further continuing certain laws to prohibit, for a limited time, the exportation 280 The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. exportation of corn, grain, meal, malt, flour, bread, bifcuit, and ftarch; and alfo the extraction of low wines and fpirits from wheat and wheat flour; for further allowing the importation of wheat, and wheat flour, barley, barley meal, and pulfe, free of duty, into this kingdom, from any part of Europe; and for allowing the importation of oats, and oatmeal, rye, and rye-meal, into this kingdom, for a limited time, free of duty; and alfo for continuing fuch other laws as will expire before the beginning of the next feffion of parliament. And to one private bill. WEDNESDAY, 25. In the morning a courier arrived exprefs from the court of Brunswick to Carletonhoufe, and afterwards went to Richmond to their majesties, who brought the agreeable news of her royal highness the princefs of Brunswick being fafely delivered of another daughter; on hearing of which her royal highnefs the princefs Dowager of Wales (who was at Kew) came to town to Carleton houfe, for the first time fince the death of her late royal highness princefs Louifa Anne. Befides the riots and unlawful assemblies before mentioned, a body of fawyers rofe on the 10th. and deftroyed the faw-mill, lately erected at Limehoufe, by Mr. Dingley; for the difcovery of the perpetraters of which violence, a pardon and zool. reward have been offered; alfo a pardon and the fame reward for the apprehending fuch perfons as were concerned in a riot and other detrimental acts at the houfe of Mr. Ruffel, diftiller in the Borough of Southwark. The coalheavers on the fame day affembled on Tower-hill, refolved not to work 'till their wages were advanced from 8d. to 1s. per chaldron. About four the next morning, they went to feveral wharfs, and obliged all the men to leave work and join them; ftopped all the carts laden with coal, flower, or wood, and put all business at the wharfs at a ftand: thus-they continued to act for fome days, when obtaining better terms of their mafters they returned to work. The journeymen coopers, the journeymen taylors, and other handicrafts lately affembled the like occafion, but were upon prevailed upon to difperfe peaceably. On the 26th of April came on at Holyrood houfe Edinburgh, the election of fixteen peers for Scotland, when the dukes of Argyle, Athol, and Gordon; the earls of Marchmont, Morton, Abercorn, Loudon, Strathmore, Macrh, Bute, Eglinton, Dunmore and Roseberry; the Vifcount Irwin and Stormont, and Lord Cathcart, were elected. Roseberry and Irwin, are new May -12. Lady Diana Spencer, to the hon. Mr. Beauclerk. April 14. John Radcliffe, Efq; Member for St. Alban's, to Lady Frances Howard, Sifter of the Earl of Carlifle-17. Hon. Raby Vane, to Mifs Sayer-19. Samuel Turner, Efq; to Mifs Peggy Burton-20. William Pigot, Efq; to Mifs Wolefley, of Wolesley, in Staffordshire-21. Tho. Glegg, Efq; to Mifs Cholmley-23. Right hon. Earl of Kerry, to Mrs. Daly, Sifter of the Coun tefs of Lowth. Lately, Rev. Dr. Vane, to Mifs Tempeft-John Edwards, jun. Efq; to Mifs Lloyd Mr. Thomas Halley, to Mifs Ann Bertram-James Mafon. jun. Efq; to Mifs Haywood Mr. Samuel Turner, to Mifs Peggy Barton, a ro.ocol. fortune-Mr. Gravatt, Banker, to Mifs Evans-George Peake, Efq; to Mifs Ann Gage-William Hayter, Efq; to Mifs Egerton-Ifaac Piquenet, Efq; to Mifs Le Merchant-Mr. Ben. field to Mifs Farrant-Earl of Rothes to Mifs Jane Maitland, 2d daughter of Capt. Maitland of Soutra. March 2. Mrs. Upton, of Woodstockfreet, was delivered of a daughter-25.Lady Betty Gallini, of a fon-25. Lady Garlies, of a fon, named Geo.Stuart-27,Mrs. Guernier, of Bond-ftreet, of a daughter-Countefs of Buckingham, of a daughter-Lady Mont-Florence, of a fon and heir-31. Lady of Sir Thomas Frankland, bart. of a daughter. Lately, Lady Wake, of a fon and heirLady of General Gage, of a fon and daughter, at New York-Mrs. Payne-George, of a daughter-Duchefs of Buccleugh, of a fon and heir-Mrs. Thrale, of a daughter -Countess of Strathmore, of a daughterLady Betty Craven, of a fon-Lady of the Bishop of St. David's, of a daughter - Mrs. Walwyn, of Bentinck-ftreet, of a fon and heir-Hon. Mrs. Eden, of a fon. |