220 The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. Oxford to Coventry.-To a bill for paving, cleaning, lighting, &c. the ftreets in the parishes of St. Botolph, Aldgate, Eaft Smithfield, St. Catherine, &c.-To a bill for paving, cleanfing, and regulating the watch and beadles in the parish of St. Bartholomew the Great in the city of London. And to fuch road and common bills as were ready. April prefentatives of fuch exemplary integrity as you have ever proved yourselves to be. Your great merit, Sir George Savile, in planning and moving for, and your steadinefs, Mr. Lafcelles, in fupporting the act of parliament lately paffed, "To amend and render more effectual an act for the general quiet of the fubjects against all pretences of Concealment what foever," do the greatest Report of the ftate of the city hofpitals, honour to our choice, and to your own re for 1768. St. Bartholomew's. Cured and discharged from this hof 3736 3785 270 pita! Out-patients relieved with advice and medicines - 407 7914 7072 220 486 232 8010 III 20 943 564 70 207 59 229 Strong reports having prevailed that the city of London, as a corporation, would be induced to addrefs at the prefent time; the wards of Vintry, Broadstreet, B filhaw, Cornhill, Faringdon Without, Walbrook, and Breadstreet, gave inftre étions to their common-council-men again that measure. The following Letter has been tranfmitted to the Knights of the Shire for the county of York, by the High Sheriff and Grand Jury, To Sir George Saville, Bart. and Edwin Laf celles, Efq; "The prefent prevailing mode of addref fing the throne, and ef inftructing reprefentatives for their conduct in parliament, points out to us (the sheriff and grand jury at the prefent aflizes for the county of Yok) a more moderate middle way to inform you, how much we think not only this county, but the whole kingdom, fortunate in having re fpective conduct on that occafion, and denand our thanks and applause. Your approved abilities to diftinguish, and your well known attachment to the true principles of the conftitution of this kingdom, make it needlefs for us either to particularize the evils of the times, or to point out remedies against them. In your hands we think our great concerns in parliament fecurely lodged, and doubt not but, as far as you are able, you will be ever attentive, #2 quid detrimenti refpublica capiat." Since Sir John Fielding's plan has been clofed, eight boys have been apprenticed to mafters and owners of fhips by Sir John Fielding, of which five were parish boys belonging to the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, who were received by their masters on being cloathed only; and it is not doubted but that if fuch boys were fecured from being impreffed during their apprenticeship, the mafters and owners of fhips would be as willing to take t em as the parish officers would be to bind them out. At the feast of the Small-pox hofpitals, 8801. 8s. gd. was collected for the charity. -At that of the charity for delivering poor married women at their own habitations, 8171. 18 s.-At that of the Magdalen charity, about 1700 1.-At that of the London hofpital, 17231. 175. 78. Extract of a Letter from Bath, April 13. "Never was fuch a fcene of anarchy and confufion remembered in this city as happened on Tuefeay night last, at one of the publc rooms, when the friends of Mr. Brereton and Mr. Plomer met mutually to fupport the choice of each of the above gentlemen i mafter of the ceremonies. A written paper was produced by a gentleman in the interest of Mr. Plomer, which he requested to be permitted to read; but a general hifs of dif approbation from the other party enfoing, an univerfal confufion of courfe followed: fcandalous epithets and blows were the confequence, and the mayor was fent for to appeafe the tumult, who attended with proper offiers, and the riot-act was read three times by the town clerk. Where this affair will end, is much to be dreaded. No lefs than eight writs were iffued yesterday morning; and a fubfcription, it is faid, is opened to fupport the fuits, fo that it will at leaft be a pleafing circumftance to the gentlemen of the gown. A felect part of the company afterwards removed to the other room, where Mr. Brereton 1769. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. Brereton officiated as mafter of the ceremony. The magiftrates have fuppressed both the public and private balls for a time. At Boul on bail, in Chehure, on April 4, the houfes and ftock of two honeft farmers were confumed by fire: dam ge above 8.cl. On the 14th inftant, at Hemsworth, near Pontefract n Yorkshire. five nonfes, with out-houses, &c. were confumed by fire: damage n.ar 100 1. Falmouth, March 21. Arrived here a large Dun fhip bound for the East Indies, in very great diftiefs, having loft her main maft ani bowfprit, and having on board thirty five young Eng ifhmen who were going abroad as folders in fome of their fettlements, which was difcovered as fol ows': -The men, upon coming into port, in order to prevent a difcovery thereof, were put into the hold in irons: but one of the young fellows wrote a letter to the commander of the guard-fhip, with the above particulars, and got it forwarded by one of the carpenters of the Dock-yard; the letter was immediately fent to the governor, whereupon an officer, in a man of war's boat, was fent to demand them. They were at first denied to be there, and at laft refufed to be delivered up; whereupon the Mediterranean packet of twenty-fix guns was fent to demand them, and upon refufal to take them away by force. They were again refufed; but upon feeing preparations making to fire into them, the Dutchman thought proper to order them upon deck, their fhackles taken off, and they delivered over to the packet; which being done, they were fent on fhore and examined, when they depofed, that the whole number engaged were upwards of 400, all of whom, excepting themselves, were gone the voyage. Each of the young fellows had a país granted them to their respective habitations: the veffel is detained as the is, till orders from above. At the affizes at Maidstone thirteen crimina's received fentence of death, ten of whom were reprieved; for Devon, four; at Kington, seven; one of them for murder; at Lancafter two; at Gloucester eight; at Thetford three, but reprieved; at Nottingham one. for murder; at Oxford two, but one of them reprieved; at Salisbury four, three of whom were reprieved; at Lincoln one, for murder; at Cambridge one; at Bedford two, but both reprieved; at Aylefbury one, but also reprieved; at Huntingdon was a maiden affize; at Reading five, two of which were reprieved; at Monmouth one; at Winchefter two; and at Che'msford eight; at York affizes, eight men received fentence of death, but were reprieved; at Taunton zine, but feven were reprieved; at Lancafter three, one of whom was reprieved; at Shrewsbury four; at Bury 4, one of whom was reprieved; at Warwick four, but re 221 prieved; for Cornwall was a maiden affize; at Hereford four, but reprieved. [The most remarkable caufes heard on the nifi prius fide were on the statute of bribery of voters at elections.] Four or five families have been burnt out, at Paifley, in Scotland. As an evident proof that the improvements in agriculture are travelling northwards, we can inform our readers, that a few years ago an eftate in the Highlands of Scotland was fold for gocol. This extraordinary price, as it was then thought, was given on account of fome lead mines which the purchaser intended to work. But after having put himself to a farther confiderable expence, he was given to understand that the duke of ****** was lord paramount of the foil, and that the poor man muft immediately defift from working the mines. This fudden, anexpected cheque, threw our mine adventurer's affairs inro very bad plight, and he was obliged to defift. The eftate was then put up to fale by public cant, when, to his very great furprize, it fold a few months ago to one of the lords advocate of Scotland, for the amazing fum of thirtythree thousand pounds fterling. And what is further, and still more remarkable, this new purchaser fold the fame eftate the very next day for forty thousand pounds. The above account is not the only one of its kind, for laft year a gentleman, who was well acquainted with Lord E--'s eftate in the Highlands of Scotland, and which for many years paft had not been let for more than four thousand pounds per annum, offered to give his lordship twelve thousand pounds per annum, on condition of his having a leafe of the faid estate for ninety-nine years. The gentleman propofed the very beft fecurity in the cities of Edinburgh and London, for the punctual payment. But his lordship taking a few weeks to confider of this advantageous propofal, was offered by a third perfon no less than fifteen thousand pounds a year. Another inftance of the like kind, is the duke of G-'s eftate, alfo in the Highlands; which, till within these chree years, never let for more than five thousand, and at this prefent lets for upwards of twenty thou fand pounds per annum. Four families have been burnt out at Stirling, and the master of one perished in the flames. Letters from Dublin fay, that the number of Roman Catholics who have conformed to the proteftant religion in that kingdom from 1703 to January 1769, amonats to 3394; and that in the courfe of the last year 210 perfons renounced the errors of popery. Capt. William Harrop was killed by one of his men, at the close of 1768, in the Bay of Honduras. The goal of Amherst county, Virginia, Was 222 The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. was burnt down December 4, and one Gregory, a prif ner for debt, perifhed in the Hames, with very melancholy and affecting circumstances. The large new county goal at Bofton, in New-Eng and, has been nearly confumed by fire. THURSDAY, March 23. His maj-fly went to the Hufe of Peers, and gave the royl affent to the following bills, viz. The bill to punish mutiny and defertion in the American colonies, and for providing quarters for his majefty's troops in the faid colonies. To diff Ive the marriage of his grace the duke of Grafton, and to enable him to marry again To diffolve the marriage of Mr. Worgan from his wife, and to enable him to marry again And also to feveral private bills. An house has been confumed by fire at Rotherhith. A gentleman who came from Bath a few days ago, gives us this defcription of a beau's dreis who lately danced at the rooms.-It's hat was black fattin with a white feather, coat, waistcoat and breeches were pink fattin embroidered with filver, flockings were fleshcoloured filk, and black fattin hoes with fine ftone buckles. The Viscount Molyneux has renounced the errors of the church of Rome. Mr. Adair (see p. 151.) was not among the lift of examiners, on the affair of M'Quirk, having refigned fix months ago. To prevent impofitions on the unwary, refpecting the game laws, it is thought neceffary to remind them, that the killing, or having in poffeffion, partridges, from Feb. 12 to Sept. 1; pheasants, from Feb. 1 to Oct. 1; black game, from Jan. 1 to Aug. 20; groufe, from Dec. 1 to July 25; fubject the parties to the penalties in the act of 2 Geo. III. c. 19. Of Horfes feeding on Turneps. [From The Repofitory of Select Papers, No IV.] April farmer may fatisfy himself whether this prace tice may be attended with any advantage, 1 thought the hint might be worth giving." Lately arrived at Spithead the Swallow Sloop of war: She failed about three years ago on a voyage to the South Seas in company with the Dolphin, from whom he was feparated by a hard gale of wind the day after they paffed the Straits of Magellan. The arrival of the Swallow gives the greater piea fure, as from her having been fo long mif. fing, he was generally fuppofed to be loft. We hear that the returned to Europe by way of the Eaft Indies. Addrefies of the like import with the two we have already inferted have been precured, from the merchants and traders of Liverpool, the mayo, &c. of Leicester, the two univerfities, the mayor, &c. of Bristol, the ma chants of that city, the high fheriff, grandjury, &c. of Kent, the Burgeffes &c. of Bristol, &c. &c. &c. &c. A barn, neat houfe, ftable, &c. with fost hories, were confumed by fire, at Dover court, near Harwich. Cambridge, Feb. 24. The fabjects for the annual prizes given by the Hon. Mr. Yorke and the Hon. Mr. Townshend, for the best exercises in Latin profe, are, this year, For the fenior bachelors, Speciofa verbis, re inania aut fubdola, quante majore Libertaris imagine teguntur, tanto eruptura ad infenfius fervitium. For the middle bachelors. Argentum et Aurum propitii an irati Di Germanis negaverant ? A fine picture of his late grace the duke of Newcastle is put up in the common-room of Clare-hall, Cambridge. A large quantity of wheat and other grain, with two horses, were lately confumed by fire, at Harwell, Berks. On March 19. Erefby-hall, in Lincolnfhire, the feat of the duke of Ancafter, was confumed by fire. St. Dona's Castle, South Wales, Feb. 24. We have been for fome time paft in this neighbourhood in the utmoft confufion by rioting and drunkennefs, occafioned by a Amine had cattle fed with turneps, in large fnow loaded with Spanith wine and order to be fattened. The fervant who had the charge of them took it into his head to try if he could not bring the horfes to eat them alfo; and before his mafter knew any thing of the matter, had carried his point. He put the turneps whole into the manger, and obferved that the horses, after feeding a while on hay, would every now and then take a bite of a turnep, and return to the hay. In this manner each horfe consumed eight or ten large turneps in twenty-fourhours, eat their hay with greater appetite, and feemed to thrive the better. This being the feafon in which every brandy being lately wrecked about a mile from this place, when the country people plundered it of every thing valuable; many perfons have loft their ives by exceffive drinking. St. James's, April 5. Whereas it has been humbly reprefented to the king, that Hugh Rofs, Efq; of the city of London, merchant, was, on the 22d of March last, (when ac companying the body of merchants, traders, and other principal inhabitants of the faid city, in order to attend his majefty with their humble addrefs) ftopped in his carriage in St. James's ftreet, between Bennet-freet and "St. 1769. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. St. James's palace, by a riotous mob of peo- FOREIGN AFFAIR S. Opflantinople, Dec. 16. The ardour with ried on against Ruffia, makes it fufficiently apparent that the Porte pays very little regard to the infinuations of the minifters from Jeme foreign powers who would infpire her with pacific fentiments. The authority of the new grand-vizir is very great. Befides 1 very numerous retinue that will attend him to the army, the chancery of flate, the department of the finances, and feveral other public officers, with all the ftate papers from the beginning of the prefent century, are rdered to follow him; the officers of the department of foreign affairs have received the fame orders, greatly to the diffatisfaction of the minifters who refide here from the chriftian powers, who are by this order obliged to fend their chief interpreter to the army, befides the delay of public bufinefs which muk naturally enfue. 223 A body of 7000 men commanded by Halli Bey, and another of 6000 commanded by Fiefch-Ulla-Pacha, Beglerbey of Natolia, are upon the march, and expected foon at Adrianople. The rest of the Afiatic troops are to embark near the Dardanelles, in order to be tranfported by the Black Sea to Gallipoli, because they do too much mischief when they pafs through the fuburbs of this capital. We learn from all parts of the empire, that the feveral commanders in chief vie with each other in providing the most cofly field equipages, in order to appear with fplendor. The grand-fignior has demanded of the Jews, Greeks, and Armenians, established in this city, a contribution of 60,000 piaftres. Conftantinople, Feb. 3. Our preparations. for the enfuing war are carrying on with the greateft vigour. The 23d of laft month the. mufti performed the ceremony of dipping the border of our prophet's garment in water. This is a kind of holy water, which is preferved in bottles, which the grand fignior prefents to the principal people of the empire, who look upon it as very valuable, and mix a drop of it every day with a large glass of common water, which they drink with great, devotion. Petersbourg, Jan. 31. While the court is concerting means to enable the army to take the field as early as poffible, that of providing the finews of war is not neglected. Accordingly the contributions impofed upon the peasants are augmented a ruble and a half each per annum, which will raife one million and a half of rubles. The province of Livonia is alfo taxed 100,000 rubles per annum, and that of Efthonia 50,000. All perfons in civil employment are likewise to pay 20 per cent. out of their falaries, and perfons who keep equipages are to pay five rubles for each horfe: nevertheless all the taxes above mentioned are to fubfift only during the war Petersburgh, Feb. 10. The empress has juft created a new council for political and military affairs. Her imperial majefty will prefide at it herself, and the has appointed feven noblemen to be members of it. All bufinefs, either political or military, is to be under the direction of this council, and all the dispatches relative thereto are to be figned by the empress, who has ordained that all the members of this council fhall give their opinion in writing upon every asfair that fhall come before them. Stockholm, Jan. 12. The day before yefterday a tumult happened at the town-house on account of the magiftrates having fixed the nomination of electors for the 4th inftant, which order difpleafed one of the two par ties, becaufe many inhabitants, who have right of fuffrage, could not be that day in town, 224 FOREIGN AFFAIRS. town, their private bufinefs calling them elsewhere. The magiftrates at last refolved to appoint a new day, which, it is thought, will be the 2 ft. It is not known whether the diet, which opens the 19th of April, will meet here, or at Norkiop ng. Copenhagen, Jan. 31. A fociety is formed here, the object of which is to encourage, by rewards, husbandmen, artificers, and mechanics, throughout all the dominions of the king. A deputation is arrived here from the inhabitants of the district of Philipstad in Wermeland. They have reprefented to the government the unhappy fituation of their countrymen, who are deftitute of all the neceffaries of life, having been obliged to give up the greatest part of their effects to the officers of the crown for the payment of the public impofitions. They have demanded to be furnished with 6000 tons of corn, and the loan of 60,000 crowns, copper money, reprefenting, that if the government fhould refuse them this double favour, they will quit the country with their wives and children, and endeavour to get fubfiftence elsewhere. The college of Mines interefts itself greatly in favour of these unhappy people, who it is thought will obtain their requeft of the fenate. The prefervation of thefe people is of too much confequence to the state to abandon them to defpair. The government has likewife ordered that for the future more regard fhall be paid to the peasants, and that their cattle fhall not be feized for the time to come, when they are unable to pay their taxes. Stockholm, Jan. 27. A few days ago the king caufed a declaration to be inscribed on the Portocol of the fenate, importing, that he could not agree, that the approaching extraordinary affembly of the ftates should be held at Norkioping; notwithstanding which, all the fenators, except four, have fince given it as their final op nion, that the fates having in their laft dyet appointed that city for their next affembly, they muft abfolutely hold to that refolution. Stockholm, March 14. The 9th of this month the royal family were inoculated for the fmallpox, upon the English plan. Copenhagen, Jan. 17. On Saturday laft the king of Denmark arrived here in perfect health: the queen went as far as Rufchild to meet his majefty. Between fix and feven o'clock in the evening their majesties made a public entry into this capital, under a triple difcharge of cannon on the ramparts. The whole garrifon, as well as the burghers, were under arms; and permiffion having been given a few days before to illuminate the houses, the inhabitants vied with each other in doing this as well as the fhort notice would admit of, and in demonftrating their joy on this happy occafion. From the Banks of the Danube, Feb. 18. An epidemical diftemper has broke out among the Ottoman troops, which has carried off great numbers of them. The Turkifh foldiers defert in great bodies, alledging the feverity of the climate, and the want of coffee, of which they are extremely fond, as reafons for this behaviour. Warfaw, Feb. 18. The 11th of this month the Sieur Malezewski, at the head of 1500 men, appeared before the gates of Czenftochau, and demanded them to be opened; the inhabitants however only allowed Malezewiki himself to enter; but while he was capitulating with the ecclefiaftics of the place, the draw-bridge being let down, in order to let a load of wood país into the convent, 150 of the Confederates threw themselves into the town, and immediately opened the gates to their companions. They feized the Sieur Wibranowski, commandant of the place, and obliged the garrifon to fwear they would not bear arms against them. They continued in the town three days, but receiving intelligence that a body of Ruffians was in full march towards them, they mounted their horfes, and abandoned the place. They foon after fell in with a party of Coffacks, who retired in diforder. Six hundred of the Ruffian infantry then came up, and after a brisk attack, the Confederates retreated. The empress's troops had five killed and thirteen wounded; and the malcontents loft twenty-three men." From the banks of the Viftula, March 2. The Confederacies extend fo far, and become fo confiderable, that there is room to fear that all Poland will foon declare openly against the king and the Ruffians. Several of the grandees, who had hitherto been neuter, have now pulled off the mafk. The Turks exult very much upon this; and on their great numbers do the Confederates depend. The Ruffians advance but flowly. Their grand army, affembling on the frontiers, is too far off and their troops in Poland are not fufficient to bridle the Confederates. In the mean time they are embarking more arillery at Conftantinople for the Ottoman army. Warfaw, March 1. The inhabitants of the Ukraine, Podolia, and other frontier provinces, are flying on all fides, because the Tartars, wherever they enter, maffacre perfons of all ages, and fet fire to the towns and villages. Great Poland, March 2. The bare mention of the violences committing in this unhappy country is enough to make human-nature fhudder. We just now hear that the lands which the Caftellan of Rypin, brother to the Primate, poffeffed in the district of Plock, have been entirely ravaged, and all the houses burnt, with most of the perfons who inhabited them. |