1769. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. bill to reduce into one at the laws relating to raifing and training the militia.-The bill for farther encouraging the growth and cultare of filk in the American colonies. The bill for granting to his majesty 780,cool: to be raised by way of lottery, for the fer vice of the prefent year. The bill for ma king a new road from the fouth-end of Black-Friars Bridge, to the prefent turnpike road across St. George's Fields.--The bill far better fecuring the duties of cuftoms up on certain goods removed from the outports and other places to the port of London. -The bill to permit, for a limited time, the free importation of raw hides and skins from Ireland, and the British plantations in America, for taking off the duties on feal kins, and granting other duties in lieu thereof.-The bill for the more effectual punishment of fuch perfons as fhail pull down er deftroy mills.-The bill for discontinuing, upon the exportation of iron imported in foreign fhips, the drawbacks of fuch parts of the duties payable thereon, as exceed the duties payable upon iron imported in British ships, &c.-The bill for building a chapel at Plymouth Dock.-The bill to prevent abuses in making bricks and tiles. TUESDAY, 2 Near five hundred of the livery of this city met at the Halfmoon Tavern, Cheapfide, when Edw. Bond, Efq; was chofen chairman. A requeft for a common hall was agreed to, and immediately figned. Soon after the whole company waited on the lord mayor at the Manfion-house; his lordhip received them with great politeness, and informed them, that he apprehended this method of requesting a common hall to be rather unprecedented, though the prefent times may require a new method; that he fhould do every thing in his power to oblige fo refpectable a body as the livery of London, and that he would call a court of common-council as foon as he conveniently ould, and lay their request before that court, and abide by their determination. WEDNESDAY, 3. Mr. William Taylor and Mr. Reynolds, two very confiderable merchants of the city of Norwich, waited upon Harbord Harbord, Efa; one of the reprefentatives in parlia ment for the faid city, with a letter of thanks for his parliamentary conduct: which was agreed to at a meeting of the magiftrates, clergy, merchants, and other principal inhabitants of that city, and figned by upwards of three hundred and thirty. 273 ation to his lordship," and after long de bates thereon, the faid queftion being put, was declared to be carried in the negative; upon which a divifion was demanded, Mr. Bellas and Mr. Freeman, tellers for the queftion, Mr. Paterfon and Mr. Deputy Ellis, telers against the question, when there appeared to be for the queftion five aldermen, fixty feven commoners, making together feventy-two; against the queftion four alder. men, eighty-eight commoners, making together ninety-two. The lord mayor, having opened the court, defired the act of the 13th of Charles II. to be read, entitled, "An act against tumults and diforders, upon pretence of preparing or prefenting public petitions, or other addreffes, to his majesty or the parliament," whereby it is enacted, that no perfon after Auguft 1, 1661, fhall follicit, or procure, the getting of hands, or other confent, of any perfons, above the number of 20, or more, to any petition, complaint, remonstrance, declaration, or other addrefs to the king, or both, or either houfes of parliament, for alteration of matters established by law in church or ftate, unless the matter thereof have been fift confented unto (if in London) by the lord mayor, aldermen, and common council, affembled; and that no perfon or perfons whatsoever fhall repair to his majesty, or both or either houfes of parliament, upon pretence of prefenting or delivering any petition, complaint, remonftrance, or declaration, or other addrefles, accompanied with exceffive numbers of people, nor at any one time with above the number of ten perfons, upon pain of incurring a penalty not exceeding col. in money, and three months. imprisonment. MONDAY, 8. A moft curious watch has been delivered to his majefty, which has a hand that is a year in making its revolution, and points to the month and the day of the month throughout the year; a fecond hand acts in the fame manner of a regulator, by means of a pendulum, and is adapted to move, or not, at pleasure, without preventing the other parts of the work from going. It has alfo a plate, on which, by means of a bril liant, is reprefented the Sun, which regular ly performs its diurnal revolution, and on which is placed a moveable horizon, to fhew the variation of the days, according to the feafons of the year: and though it has fo many motions, the watch is only of a common fize. A letter from Bristol gives an account of a very deftructive fire at Crediten in Devon; the letter is dated May 2, eleven at night. All the best part of the town (generally called Wet Town) is reduced to ashes; from the top of Bowden-hill to the corn-market, and all Back-Lane tor about three-eighths of M m a mile; 274 The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. a mile; by which it is fuppofed upwards of two hundred houses are destroyed. The perfon who wrote this account fays, "we have fcarce faved any thing, and what little we have is broken in pieces. We have lain in an orchard two days and one night." The mayor, aldermen, and burgeffes of Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, have Jately elected David Garrick, Efq; an honorary burgess of that corporation, and this day the proper officers of the corporation waited upon Mr. Garrick, with his freedom inclosed in a box of curious workmanfhip, made from a mulberry tree planted by Shakespeare himself. On the front, Fame holding the buft of Shakespeare, and the three graces crowning him with laurel, are prettily displayed; on the ends emblematical figures reprefenting tragedy and comedy; on the back part Mr. Garrick in the character of Lear in the ftorm scene; and the top and corners were ornamented with devices of Shakespeare's works, all curiously carved and highly finished, by an eminent carver in Birmingham. This box was accompa nied with the following letter. To DAVID GARRICK, Esq; THE mayor, aldermen, and burge Tes of the ancient borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, a town that glories in giving birth to the immortal Shakespeare, whofe memory you have fo highly honoured, and whofe conceptions you have ever fo happily expreffedrejoice in an opportunity of adding their mite to that univerfal app'aufe your inimi table powers have moft justly merited; and, Signed by TUESDAY, 9. George Williams, for robbing Mr. Jofiah Hodgkin, on the highway, and Richard Brace, for forging an indorsement to a note of gl. 16s. 6d. with intent to defraud Mers Owen and Foot, linendrapers in Holborn, were executed at Tyburn. May His majefty came to the House of Peers, and the Commons being fent for, his majefly was pleased to give the royal affent to An act for granting to his majesty a certain sum of money out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying a certain fum, therein mentioned, for the fervice of the year 1769. An act for granting to his majefty a cer tain fum of money, to be raised by a lottery. An act for applying certain monies, therein mentioned, for the fervice of the year 1769. An act for better fecuring the duties of cuftoms upon certain goods removed from the out-ports and other places to London. An act for difcontinuing, upon the exportation of iron imported in foreign fhips, the drawback of fuch part of the duties payable thereon as exceeds the duties payable upon iron imported in British thips. An act for reviving feveral acts, for preventing abuses in making bricks and tiles. An act for farther encouraging the growth and culture of raw filk in America. An act to permit the free importation of raw hides and skins from Ireland and America. An act for explaining, amending, and continuing an act to reduce the militia laws into one act. An act for defraying the charge of the pay and cloathing of the militia. And to four private bills. H early a comme cement to the prefent AVING thought it neceffary to give so I cannot put an end to the feffion, without expreffing my entire approbation of your conduct, and thanking you for that clear demonstration, which your proceedings, thro' the whole courfe of the feffion, have afforded to all the world, of the affectionate attachment of my parliament to my perfon and government, as well as of their fteady adhe rence to the true interests of their country. It was with much fatisfaction that I ebferved your particular attention to thofe grest national objects, which, at the opening of the feffion, I recommended to your more im mediate confideration. The refult of your deliberations, refpecting the late acquifitions in the East Indies, has fhews, that you were not more attentive to the immediate benefit arifing therefrom in point of revenue, than to the fecuring, at all events, the permanent commercial interefts of this country, and guarding againit every poffible difcourage ment to our own manufactures, and to the industry of my fubjects. What more remains LQ 1769. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. to be done, for fecuring the poffeffion of thofe valuable acquifitions, you will, I doubt not, proceed to provide for, with all convenient difpateh, at your next meeting. The measures which I had taken regarding the late unhappy difturbances in North-America, have been already laid before you. They have received your approbation; and you have affured me of your firm fupport in the profecution of them. Nothing, in my opinion, could be more likely to enable the welldifpofed among my fubjects, in that part of the world, effectually to difcourage and defeat the defigns of the factious and feditious, than the hearty concurrence of every branch of the legislature in the refolution of maintaining the execution of the laws in every part of my dominions. And there is nothing I more ardently with for, than to fee it produce that good effect. With respect to foreign affairs, my own determination, as well as the affurances given me by the other powers of Europe, continue the fame as I communicated to you at the beginning of this feffion: and, however unfaccessful my attempts have proved for preventing the unfortunate rupture which has happened between Ruffia and the Porte, I fhall not fail to use my good offices towards reftoring peace between those powers; and I truft, that the calamities of war will not extend to any other part of Europe. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, My particular thanks are due to you, as well for the fupplies which you have granted me for the services of the current year, as for the provifion which you have made for enabling me to discharge the debt incurred upon account of my civil government. Your readiness in relieving me from the difficulties increafing upon me from the continuance of that debt, I fhall ever confider as an additional motive for me to endeavour to confine the expences of my civil government within fuch bounds as the honour of my crown can poffibly admit. My Lords and Gentlemen, It gives me great concern to be obliged to recommend to you, with more than ordinary earneftness, that you would all, in your feveral countries, exert your utmost efforts for the maintenance of public peace, and of good order among my people. You must be fenfible, that whatever obftructs, in any de gree, the regular execution of the laws, or weakens the authority of the magiftrate, muft leffen the only fecurity which my people can have for the undisturbed enjoyment of their rights and liberties. From your endea vours in this common cause, I promife myfelf the most falutary effect: on my part, no countenance or fupport fhall be wanting; for as I have ever made, and ever shall make, our excellent conftitution the rule of my own conduct, fo fhall I always confider it as equally my duty to exert every power, with 275 which that conftitution has entrusted me, for Then the lord chancellor, by his majesty's This day Capt. Allen was discharged from Newgate; the feffion of parliament being ended. Three thousand pounds have been tranfmitted to General Paoli, by Mr. Alderman Beckford, Mr. Alderman Trecothick, and Samuel Vaughan, Efq; which fum has been railed by fubfcription, for the relief of thofe families who have been fufferers by the French invafion of that island. The fupporters of the Bill of Rights had a numerous meeting at the London tavern, when, after receiving feveral fubfcriptions, they agreed to fend circular letters throughout the kingdom, and invite contributions to fupport the liberty of the subject, The great preparations made at Vauxhall Gardens for the Ridotto this night, had fo much raised the curiofity of the public, that it is fuppofed the gardens were never fuller than on that occafion. The great room was illuminated with near five thousand glass lamps, and really made a most brilliant appearance. A platform was laid in the great room from the orchestra to the door fronting it. Another was also laid in a convenient part of the garden between the walks, over which a very large awning was raifed in cafe of rain. This was likewife illuminated with five large branches, intirely covered with small glafs lamps, and made a ftriking appearance, THURSDAY, II. Was held the anniversary meeting of the fons of the clergy. The collection at the church and hall amounted, as follows: At the rehearsal, On Thursday at St. Paul's, which is 1111. 168. 1 d. fhort of last year's At Hicks's Hall, a bill of indictment was FRIDAY, 12. The jubile ridotto, or bal paré at Ranelagh this evening, exhibited nothing extraordinary, either as to the entertainments, or the num M m 2, ber 1 . 276 The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. ber of the company which affembled to partake of them. WEDNESDAY, 24. The petition of the county of Middlefex was prefented to the king at St. James's, by the following gentlemen: Mr. Serjeant Glynne, John Sawbridge, Efq; James Townfhend, Efq; Rev. Doctor Wilfon, George Bellas, Efq; Francis Afcough, Efq; and William Ellis, Efq; The petition is figned by 1565 freeholders, who are fuppofed to be poffeffed of above two thirds of the property in the county. The feven gentlemen who went up with it, met at the St. James's coffee-houfe; and proceeded from thence to his majesty's levee; previous to the opening of which, they were waited upon by Lord Willoughby de Broke (the lord in waiting) who requefted their names and bufinefs, which were wrote upon a card, and delivered to his lordfhip. They were conducted to the royal prefence by the mafter of the ceremopies, and Mr. Afkew prefented the petition to his majefty, who received it very graciously. Soon after their departure a cabinet council was held; at the breaking up of which his majefty returned to Richmond. The time of prefenting the petition being known at court, an acting magiftrate, toge May was received by the Lord Provoft and Magiftrates of this city in their robes. A party of Col. Carey's regiment, with the city guards, lined the streets. After a fermon by the Rev. Dr. Gilbert Hamilton, their former moderator, the venerable affembly removed to the affembly house, and made choice of the Rev. Dr. James McKnight, minifter at Maybole, to be their moderator. His grace opened the affembly with an elegant fpeech from the throne, to which the moderator made a very fuitable return. His majesty's most gracious letter to the affembly was then given by his grace, and ordered to be recorded. Last week an intended piece of villainy was difcovered at a village near Edinburgh. A perfon, about midnight, accidentally paffing through the village, saw a light in a little cottage, the owner of which (a poor woman who gathered eggs through the Country) he knew to be from home, and of courfe the door locked up. Curiofity carried him to a chink in the window, where he obferved a woman bufy in fearching chefts, He immediately alarmed fome of the neigh. bours, who foon came and furrounded the houfe. In a little time the woman came out, and was immediately seised, but their attention was called off from that object by another of much greater importance. She had fired the cottage before the came out, which, with perhaps the whole Village, would have been burnt to the ground had it not been discovered. A cottage on the fame spot, with one or two adjoining houses, were unaccountably burnt down about three years ago. BIRTHS. HE princess of Brazil, of a ther with feveral petty conftables, were in Dec. 15. Tfor-30, Lady of Lord Afh waiting; but they were not called for, as every thing was conducted with the utmoft fecrefy, decency, and good order. "Many people were affembled at St. James's, in expectation of feeing a cavalcade follow the gentlemen who were to prefent the above petition; but it was carried up fo privately, and with so much decorum, that few knew there was any fuch thing at all done, and many went away fully fatisfied, that the report, which prevailed refpecting it, was fallacious. A waggish correfpondant informs us, that the Mile-End P. --n is to be cut into flips to make thread-papers for the maids of honour. On Thursday, May 18, the general af fembly of the church of Scotland met at Edinburgh. On this occafion his majefty's high commiffioner, the Earl of Glasgow, made a grand appearance; and being attendd by feveral of the nobility, and gentlemen of diftinction, walked in proceffion from is lodgings to the high church, where he brook, of a fon. Jan. 6. Lady of his excellency Lord Town. fend, lord lieut. of Ireland, of a fon-7. La dy of John Sawbridge, Efq; of a fon. February. Lady of Sir George Bridges Rode ney, of a daughter. March. Lady Caldwell, of a daugh ter, who was baptifed by the name of Georgianą Sophia Selina. The lord lieutenant, the duke of Northumberland, the counters of Moira, and lady Shel burne, were fponfors-Lady of Sir Ed. Aftley, bart. of a daughter-Lady Petre, of a fon - Lady of Sir John St Aubin, of a daughter-Lady of Sir Ja. Langham, of a fon-Lady of George Cary, Efq; of a fonLady of the E. of Egmont, of a daughterLady Lifford, of a daughter-Lady of Grey Cooper, Efq; of a fon-Wife of one Sympfon of South Kingfton, of three boys and a gir -Lady of Dr. Hinchcliffe, of a fon-Lady of Earl Spencer, of a daughter. 1769. BIRTHS and MARRIAGES. Jan. 12. Captain Pauncefort, to Mifs Digby, of Bourne in Lincolnshire-Rev. Mr. Long, to Mifs Wefton, of Fyfield, Berks13. Rev. Mr. Wilder of Nunhide, to Mifs Thoytes of Sulamftead, Berks-15. Thomas Heyham, Eiq; to Mifs Eliz. Page, of Upper-Grovefnor-fquare-Mr. Newman, of Clifford's Inn, to Mifs Johnfton of Gray's Ian lane-18. Jonath. Conftantine, mercer in Cheapfide, to Mifs Pelon-Captain Hamp. den Evans, of the 5th regiment, to Mifs Margaret Davis of Ireland-William Murray, Efq; ro Mifs Kitty Hamilton, fecond daughter to lord viscount Boyne-26. Hon. Edwin Sandys, Efq; eldest fon to lord Sandys, to Mrs. King, of Finchamftead, Northamptonre-Stephen Skinner, of Panton freet, Efe to Mifs Elizabeth Medlicott, Great Ruffel-street-William Murray, Efq; of Ireland, to Mifs Catherine Hamilton, a daughter of Lord Viscount Boyne-George TownBend Goodenough, Efq, of the Treafury, to Mifs Carter-Arthur Atherley, Efq; of Hants, to Mifs Carter's youngest fifter-Thomas Fitzhugh, Efq; to Mifs Lloyd with 1,0:ol.-Dr. Thomas Fothergill, provoft of Queen's college, Oxford, to Mifs Billingfley, niece to the late E. of Hardwicke-Thom's Bury, of Abberley, Efq; fheriff of Worcefterhire, to Mifs Cæcilia Maria Newport, of Hanley court-John Butler, Efq; of Ireland, to Lady Anne Wandesford, daughter of Earl Wandesford-30. Henry Thompson, Efq; of Kirby-Hall, Yorfh, to Mifs Spence of Ipfwich-3r. Rev. Mr. Geo. Lynch, V. of Lympne, Kent, to Mrs. Smith, relict of William Smith, Efq. Feb. 2. Walter Rawlinson, Efq; to Mifs Ladbroke, fecond daughter of Sir Robert 3. Corne Aytwon, to Mrs. Barbara Mynfhall, of Chorlton Hall, near Manchester-7. John Wood, Efq; of Hampftead, to Mifs Polly Wiltshire of Coleman street-Rev. Mr. Upton, to Mifs Molly Allen of Stow on the Wold-William Bilby, Efq; of Bury Hill, to Mifs Barber of Greafley, Nottinghamshire -Rev. Mr. Forfter, to Mifs Basket of Dowfby in Lincolnshire-9. Charles Jenkinson, Eq-to Mifs Watts, eldeft daughter of the late gov. Watts-Captain Sharpe, of the third regiment of guards, to Mifs Pykerell of Bury-Charles Hill, Efq; to Mifs Eliza beth Norris of Newington Butts-11, Nicholas Lutyens, merchant, to Mifs Molly Mefman of Spital-fquare-Rev. Mr. Hupf man of Cranford, Middlefex, to Mifs Lambe of Northamptonshire-14. Mr. Readfhaw, 277 of Hampstead, to Mifs Molloy of Great Portland-freet-Rev. Mr. Salter, to Mifs Jenny Ram of Colchefter-Francis Beal, Etq; to Mifs Polly Spackman of North Audley street -Andrew Stephens, Efq; of Radnorfhire, to Mifs Sally Coleburne of Stroud-16. Peter Delme, Efq; to Lady Caroline Howard, fifter to Earl Carlifle-18. Henry Hopegood, Efq; of Great James-freet, to Mifs Eliz. Homer-Patrick Collins, Efq; to Mifs Windfor of Pall-mall-19. James Usher, Efq; of Upper Brook-ftreet, to Mifs Eliz. Leadbeater -20. Rev. Mr. Blake, to Mifs Place of York-22. John Stapp, Efq; of Panton Street, to Mis Wilmot-23. Rev. Mr. Taylor of Bifrom, Kent, to Mifs Taylor of Illeden-Capt. Boynton, to Mifs Éliz. Burton of Neav Ormond-street-25. Tho. Froft, Efq; heir to the Archbishop of Canterbury, to Mifs Coates-Dr. Jarvis, phyfician at Bath, to Mifs Harris-Tho. Crawley, jun. Efq; to Mifs Savage, of Sevenhampton, Gloucesterfhire. March 1. John Willet, Efq; of Old Broadftreet, to Mifs Douglas of Twickenham 4. Francis Morland, Efq; of Ongar, to Mrs. Hinde, of Chefbunt-Herbert Croft, Efq; to Mifs Mary Chawner of Sudbury wood, Derbyshire-Edward Wilks, Efq; ftorekeeper at Fevershams to Mifs Jane Stanley-5. Dr. John Smith, Civilian Proteffor of Geometry at Oxford, to Mrs. Tindal-John Tylon, Efq; to Mifs Cockane of the Strand -26. James Lucas, Efq; to Mifs Hannah Tyfon of North Audley-freet-8. His Grace the Duke of Kingston, to the Hon. Mife Chudleigh, one of the maids of honour to the Princefs Dowager of Wales-26. Earl of Ollory, to the Hon. Mis Liddel, late Dutchets of Grafton, daughter of Lord Ra venfworth - Humphrey Humphreys, Efq; of Montgomeryshire, to Mils Mary Jones of Radnorshire-Rev. Mr. Aldrich, minifter of Hendon, to Mrs. Gill - 30. John Woodhoufe, Efq; to Mifs Berkeley, niece to Lord Berkeley. April 1. Thomas Hodges, Efq; to Mifs Blake, fifter to the member for Sudbury2. James Nichols, Efq; of Greek-ftreet, to Mifs Eliz. Parkhurft of Great Ruffel-street -3. Andr. Girardat, Efq; to the fifter of Charles Dashwood Efq; of Stanford Hall, Leicestershire-5. Richard Walter Whitfield, Efq; to Mifs Frifquet of Lothbury-John Painter, Efq; of Great Ruffel-ftreet, to Mifs Sufan Newton, of Maddox-ftreet-6. Henry Lowth, Efq; of the South-Sea House, to Mifs Elizabeth Bellas of Bishopsgate-street9. Charles Smith, Efq; of Croydon, to Mifs Huddlestone-11. Sir Pennington Lamb, bart. to Mifs Milbank, daughter of Sir Ralph -Rev. Mr. Lipeat, Rector of Boving, to the relict of R. Powys, Efq;-Rev. Mr. Underwood of Hereford, to Mifs Mayo, with 20,000l.-15. John Durbin, Efq; to Mifs Jones of Mainftone court, Gloucestershire |