52 The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER WEDNESDAY, II. John-Andrew Martin, the noted housebreaker, (See laft vol. p. 701.) very peni tently fuffered death at Tyburn. FRIDAY, 13. At fix o'clock in the evening the ballot ended at the Eaft-India-house, on the queftion; "That the general court do concur with the court of directors in the refolution of the 20th of December laft, and impower them to make an agreement between the public and the company, according to the fame;" when fcrutineers were appointed, and the court then adjourned to MerchantTaylors hall; where, foon after seven, a declaration was made of the numbers to be as follow: for the question, 207; against it, 248: majority against agreeing with the treafury, 41. After the conclufion of the ballot, it was recommended to the directors to propofe fome other queftions to be laid before the proprietors for their approbation on Friday next, on which day a general court is ordered to be held at Merchant-Taylors-hall, (See p. 23.) MONDAY 16. Ended the feffions at the Old-Bailey, when Lawrence Balf and Edward M'Quirk, for the wilful murder of George Clark, at the election at Brentford, whofe trial lafted thirteen hours and an half. (See p. 46.) Jonathan Hall, for forgery, John Burrow for a footpad robbery, Robert Davis, James Cooper, Charles Wilks, Edward Williams, John True, David Stoner, and William Perry for divers burglaries and robberies, John Clarke for returning from transportation, being capitally convicted, the nine laft received fentence of death. The fentence of the two first were refpited till next day. Twentyeight were fentenced to transportation for feven years, one for fourteen years, two were branded, two are to be privately whipped, and one publickly. TUESDAY, 17. At a court of Aldermen held at Guildhall, to confider in what manner they should act with refpect to the election of an alderman for the ward of Farringdon-Without; it appeared that, cafting up the poll after an adjournment had been mentioned, and declaring the candidate, who had the majority after the other candidate had declined, was an undue election; and a city officer obferved, that if the court of aldermen confirmed that election they would fubject themselves to a mandamus from the King's-Bench. FRIDAY, 20. Was held at Merchant Taylors Hall, a meeting of the Eaft-India company, to confider further of propofitions to be offered to government for an agreement with regard to Jan. the territorial revenues of Bengal, when the directors produced a new fcheme of accommodation, in which all the articles of the former, which had given so much disgust to the proprietors, were left out, and the matter now folely confined to the mutual share to be alloted to the public and the company, which was now fixed at 400,000l. for each, and the firft payment of the encreafed dividend of one per cent. declared precifely to commence at Midfummer next.-Thefe propofitions feemed on the main fo equitable, and fo fuitable to what could reasonably be expected government would agree to, that the proprietors concurred with the directors without a divifion; but it was thought neceffary for form fake, to demand a ballot, (which is to be taken on Monday) because the queftion regarded a grant of money.-Indeed there was a bait offered to the proprietors from an old director, by a propofal of dividing twelve and a half per cent. directly; but this was fo feebly fupported by the motion-maker himself, as well as ill received by the proprietors, that it was foon dropped, and people in general looked upon it only as an idle attempt to catch popularity for the enfuing election, when all that, and 300 votes over and above will be wanting if that gentleman thinks to fet himself down again in the chair which he quitted a year ago. MONDAY 23. At the clofe of the ballot, at the Indiahoufe, there appeared for the question 259 against it 163. Being the firft day of term Mr. Bingley, publisher of the North-Briton, appeared in the court of King's Bench; and on refusing to fubmit to answer interrogatories, on oath was committed to the cuftody of the marshal of the King's Bench prifon till he will fubmit to answer fuch interrogatories. (See laft vol p. 701.) TUESDAY, 24. At a court of aldermen held at Guildhall, the late election of John Wilkes, Eq; to be Alderman of Farringdon Ward Without, in the room of Sir Francis Golling, deceased, was declared to be illegal; and a wardmore is accordingly appointed to be held on Friday next for a new election. WEDNESDAY, 25. At a meeting held yesterday of a confiderable number of the electors of the city and liberty of Westminster, at the great room over Exeter Change in the Strand, the following inftructions to the right Hon. Earl Percy and the Hon. Edwin Sandys, representatives in parliament for that city and liberty, were agreed to, and are to be prefented to them by a committee of the electors appointed for that purpose: "Gentlemen, We the electors of the city and liberty of Weftminfter, direct and inftru&t you our reprefentatives in parliament, 1759. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. Firf, To endeavour to continue to us, and to confirm our old conftitutional rights of juries, to the general exclusion of proceedings by information and attachment. Second, To promote a ftrict parliamentary enquiry into the transactions of the military in St. George's-fields, on Tuesday the tenth of May last. Third, To promote a like enquiry into the riet and murders committed at Brentford on the eighth of laft December. Fourth, To examine into the adminiAiration of justice in this city and liberty, particularly into the prefent ftate of the commiffion of the peace. Fifth, As far as in your power to promote an enquiry into the rights of the public, to the territorial revenue arifing from the conquefts in India. Sixth, And we do ftrongly infift, that you never ceafe your endeavours to promote a parliamentary enquiry into the Cafe and Grievances of John Wilkes, Efq; and to vindicate and fupport the rights of the people who have elected him their representative. At a meeting of the general court of proprietors of the Eaft-India company at Merchant Taylor's Hall, the chairman read to the proprietors the written meffage which the directors had received from the lords of the treafury, in confequence of their having tranfmitted to that board the propofitions ballotted for on Monday laft: The minute of the treafury is nearly in the following words: "My lords can fee no reafon to alter their former opinion with regard to the propofitions that were communicated to them from the court of directors; therefore, however willing they might have been to have concurred with the company in any reafonable qualification of any of the articles, which are mentioned in the minutes of the board of the 15th day of December last, as proper to be made part of fuch agreement, in which Ight they confider the propofition, that whenever the company's dividends fhall be reduced to fix per cent. the payment to the public shall be difcontinued; yet they cannot give the court of directors any encouragement to expect that this board will think themselves at liberty to recommend it to parliament to accept of any fuch propofal as thall leave any of thofe articles wholly unprovided for." After which the court debated till paft four o'clock, and concluded with a recommendation to their directors to obtain trom the lords of the treasury an explanation of the meaning of the above minute. The writs of error brought by Mr. Wilkes, against the two verdicts on which he is a prifoner, were not allowed, but both the judgments confirmed. The king has refpited the execution of Lawrence Balf and Edward M Qutk convifted of murder, during his pleaiure. Sometime Since his excellency count de 4 53 into Seilern, the imperial ambaffador, by order of the emperor and the empress queen, prefented Sir John Pringle, bart. phyfician to her maiefty, with three gold, and eighteen filver medals, "As a mark of their teem, and as a reftimony of the fenfe they retain of their obligation to him for encouraging the introduction of inoculation for the small-pox, according to the late improvements, their dominions; and for recommending to their imperial majefties Dr. Ingenhoufz, who had happily fuccecded in cartying this practice into execution."-On one fide of the medal are the bufts of their imperial majesties finely engraved, and over them, JOSEPHUS II.M. THERESIA AVGG.-On the other, EERDINANDUS, MAXIMILIANUS, FORUMQUE NEPTIS THERESIA, ARCHIDUCES AUSTRIAE, DE INSERTIS VARIOLIS RESTITUT 29 SEPT. MDCCLXVI11. A barn, ftables, outhoufes, &c. near Waltham-Abbey, have been confumed by fire: Alfo an house and barn at Enfield. Fiery meteors have been feen by fome perfons, it is faid, to fall lately on Towerhill and in Holborn. On Saturday the 14th inftant a conger cel of an enormous fize, was fold to a fithmonger at Billingfgate for five fhillings; it was feven feet in length, and to the middle of the body was as large as the thigh of a fouc man, weighing upwards of colb. This extraordinary fifh was difcovered by the people of a Peterboat on the thore fomewhere below Gravefend, who had the dexterity to land and throw a net over it, which intercepted the eel from recovering the river. Without this method, or fome weapons, it could not have been overcome, as the conger will, when attacked, bite his affailant in as defperate a manner as fome dogs. York, Jan. 10. A letter from Wolverhampton fays, "I here with fend you a short account of the canal now making from the Trent to the Severn, which is the beft I can poibly get at prefent, viz. There are 21 locks nearly fin fhed whole fali is abour 200 feet; 36 bridges of different forts finished, 23 miles now cut; feven aqueduct finished; one of which is a large one to carry the canal over Stour; two fubterraneous pafliges finithed, one 23 yards and the other 68 in length; the Birmingham and Stourbridge canals will join this. There are above 500 men employed, above 11 miles are already naviga ble, and it will certainly be compleated to join the navigation from the Trent to the Merfey in two vears. I cannot be lo exact in my account of the Trent navigation, but fhall give you what I believe to be true; there are 22 miles cut, 14 locks finished, 26 road bridges finished, and fix boats navigating, about 450 yards of the fubterraneaus pallage under Hair-Caftle Hill finished. It goes on well, and will be finished, it is thought, in less than five years, sce men being employed, There is no ma. chine 54 MARRIAGES and BIRTHS; DEATH S. chine made ufe of to raife and lower veffels otherwife than by locks." Charles-Town, Nov. 21. The general af. fembly of this province met at the ftate houfe on Tuesday last. On Wednefday they unanimously chofe Peter Manigault, Efq; (who was fpeaker to the last affembly) to be their fpeaker. On Thursday they prefented him to his excellency the governor, who was pleafed to approve their choice, and then delivered a speech to both houses. On Friday his majefty's honourable council prefented their addrefs, in answer to his excellency's fpeech. On Saturday afternoon, the hon. commons houfe of affembly likewife prefent ed their's; and at nine o'clock that night, a proclamation was iffued, diffolving the general affembly, occafioned by their coming to fome refolutions in favour of the famous Bofton application. It is obfervable that fearce any affembly in America or the Weft-Indies is now fitting that of Jamaica feems to have led the way for all the Leeward Inlands, as that of Bolton has done for all America. Jan. 2. MARRIAGES and BIRTHS. IGHT Hon. Lord Brownlow Jan. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. than Shipley, DD. Dean of WiaHITEHALL, Jan. 17. Rev. Jona chefter, is promoted to the bishoprick of From the rest of the Papers. L'andaff. Rev. James Carlos, M. A. is presented to the rectory of Blofield, Norfolk-Mr. Canning, jun. to the rectory of Harkfiead, Suffolk-Mr. Strackey, to the rectory of Erpingham, Norfolk-Mr. George Clarke, to the vicarage of Werkington, Hants-Mr. Bingham to the living of Stebbing, Effex— Mr. Heaton, to the living of Minchinhampton, with Rodborough, Glouceflerfhire -Mr. Woodcock, to a canon refidentiarifhip of Hereford-Mr. Cleaver, to the rectory of Drayton, Oxfordshire. Dr. Ewer, bishop of Bangor, to hold thereA commendam paffed the feal to empower with a canonry of Windfor, the rectory of Weft-Ildefley, Berks, that of Landuried, in the vale of Clwyd, and of Llandifnar, in Anglefea. A difpenfation paffed the feal to enable Rev. William Horne, M. A. to hold the rectory of Otham, Kent, with that of Brece in Suffex-John Rawlins, M. A. to hold the rectories of Leigh in Worcestershire, and of Hafleton, in Gloucestershire. PROMOTIONS Civil and Military. Dr. Milles, dean of Exeter is ele Exeter-John Mordaunt, Efq; eldeft fon of Red prefident of the Antiquarian Society. Sir Charles, bart. to Mifs Elizabeth Prowse, daughter of the late Thomas Prowfe, Efq; Jan. 9, Lady of Henry-James Pye, E; was delivered of a daughter-12. Duchefs of Athol of a daughter. T' DEATHS. Jan, I. HOMAS Brodrick, Efq; Lately. Rev. and learned James Merrick, late of Trinity College Oxon.-Jonathan Pulleyn, of Ormond-street, Eiq; aged 100Rev. Dr. Greenwood, Rector of Sollyhull, in Warwickshire, &c.-John Watfon Danvers, Efq; only fon and heir of Sir John Danvers, bart.-On Dec. 23, Sir Edward Symonds, bart.-James Mafley, Efq; late a great malt-difiiller.-Mr. Peter Annet, well remembered for his writings, his fufferings, &c.-Right, Hon. Lady Le Defpenfer. in the room of the Bishop of Carlife decraled.-Dr. Wright, phyfician of St. George's hofpital. 1769. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Wm. Prentice, of Wrentham, Suffolk, fhopkeeper. crefer. jeweler. Jeph Cam, of Leeds, merchant. Ww. Ward, of Addingham, Yorshire dealer. Joseph De Mages, of Oxford-market, wine-mer. chant. PETER FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ETERSBURGH, Dec. 10. An ordo nance dated Oct. 21, appeared for raifing recruits throughout the empire; but this was to be executed in fuch manner as only to enroll one man in every 300; but accord ing to another order of November 15, this levy was to be doubled, that is to take two men out of every 300. This laft enrollment will produce, according to the last numbering of the inhabitants, about 50,000 men, who are to be incorporated in the dif ferent regiments deftined to make the first campaign against the Turks. Extract of a Letter from Stockholm, Dec. 20, "Some differences having arisen between the fenate and the college of the chamber, the fenate had refolved on the establishment of an extraordinary tribunal to take cognizance of, and to decide, them. Of which the king being informed, he went to the felate on the 12th of this month, declared his difapprobation of that measure, propofed the holding an affembly of the ftates, and cauled a writing to be entered in the regifters of the fenate, in bis prefence, at the end of which, his majefty declared, that if the college continued to oppofe the convocation of the flates, he would abdicate the crown, As foon as the king had retired, the fenate look into confideration his majesty's declaraLon. At the clofe of their deliberation, the fenators Friefendorff and De Ribbing went to court, and earneftiy prayed the king that he would defift from his demand; but his majesty declared he would not, and defired that the fenate might give him a categorical anfwer. An hour after, fix other fenators went and intreated the king to grant the feate a delay of four days. His majefly then lofing all patience, told them, that he confi dered their requeft of a delay as a refufal; that he renounced the government till the Bates should be affembled; that he forbad the dispatching the least business in his name; that he infifted the feals fhould be delivered to him, 55 The next day the king fent the prince royal to the refpective colleges, there to read the following declaration:" We order by thefe prefents our dear fon the prince royal to notify to the colleges of the state, that judging it neceffary to convoke the ftates of the kingdom, we had prefumed that the fenate would have confented thereto this day, which not been done, we can confider this filence only as a refufal; confequently we find ourfelves under a neceffity of abdicating the regency, until the faid ftates fhall be convoked. Done at Stockholm, Dec. 13, 1768. (Signed) ADOL PHUS FREDERICK." The prince went first to the colege of the chancery, and afterwards to fome others, where he read the above order; and demanded the feals in the first mentioned college, but the keeper of them being ablent, the request of his royal highnets could not be complied with. However, the prince fignified to the members of that college, that they should be responsible to his majefty and the ftates, if they continued to make use of them. In about three hours after, affairs took a happy turn, the king refumed the crown and the fceptre, and the affembly of the dyet is fixed for the 1th of March." The first time the king repaired to the fe nate, after his late abdication, he caufed the following dictamen to be read there: "I appear again in this place, penetrated with the moft lively acknowledgment at its having pleafed the Divine Providence, who directs all things, that I fhould refume the government of my kingdom, and with the more fatisfaction, as the convocation of the fates gives me hopes of being able to relieve our faithful fubjects from their mifery. I will not undertake to answer what the fenators have alledged against my refolution, fince it is all buried in oblivion by the convocation of the ftates. I fhall demontirate to the ftates the utility, and the neceffity of my reflution, for the maintenance of the liberty and justice of the nation. My confcience does not in the least reproach me in all this; what has lately happened perhaps will be alone fufficient to evince the juftice of my designs. [ am, moreover, fully perfuaded that all that I have done will be approved, not only at prefent, but in future. (Signed) ADOLPHUS FREDERICK." From the frontiers of Poland, Dec. 22. They write from Warfaw, that Prince Repnin received a courier the day before yeflerday with advice, that Major Drewitz, with 300 men, having purfued Prince Sulkowski, who commanded icoo, had obliged him to fly towards Silefia, where he fell into the hands of the Pruffians, to whom he furiendered prifoner of war, with 600 of his men; who have most of them enlisted in the fer vice 56 FOREIGN AFFAIRS. wice of the king of Pruffia. We are ignoFant of the fate of Prince Sulkowski, ail that is faid concerning him is, that he dered he might not be delivered to the Ruf hans. Warfaw, Dec. 28. The king continues to confer often with his minifters and the chief fenators on the prefent critical fituation of affairs; but it is hard to know what to refolve upon, while the ftate is fo diftracted by the different confederacies, and while we are uncertain in what parts the principal operations of the war between the Rufians and the Turks will be carried on. We tremble hear that the Haidamacs are rifen again, and commit horrid cruelties in the Ukraine, They have plundered and burnt the little Lown of Lifzianka, and maffacred fome hundreds of the inhabitants. From the borders of the Viftula, Dec. 31. The Ruffians, whofe numbers daily increafe in Poland, give fo little relaxation to the confederates, that they act with much less Spirit than heretofore. The latter now complain that they are not properly affiited by the Turks, agreeable to their expectations; on the other hand, the Turks fay they have been deceived by the Confederates, who reprefented things in Poland to be in a very different ftate from what they now find them. The Ottoman regular troops at Bender, Oczakow, and Choczim, do not amount to more than 62,000 men, and thofe of Ruffia, intended to oppole them, it is faid, will Ipeedily amount to 90,000 Warfaw, Jan. 11. We are informed from Turkey, that the khan of the Tartars is to march with his troops towards the Borifthenee, which feparares Ruffia from Tartary. The troops, which the grand vizir is to command, allembie near Varna, Gallipoli, and Racolo. As to the interior part of Poland every thing is quiet: There have been no new confederacics fince the deftru&tion of that of Prince Salkowski in Great Poland. The Confederates of Bar remain still in the Ottoman territories, but one of their parties commanded by the Sieur Pulawski, is at Zwanick, and will not re-enter Turkey. Drefden, Jan. 7, On the 4th inftant the intended marriage of the elector of Saxony with Princefs Maria Amelia-Augufta, eldest daughter of the late Prince Frederick of Deux Ponts, was publickly declared at court, Parma, Dec. 17. A person found means in the night between the 15th and 16th inft. to get into the church of St. Mary Magdalen, in order to fteal the church plate; but the pot going by about four in the morning, perceiving more light than usual in the church, alarmed the watch, and upon opening the church the rogue was difcovered behind the organ, and finding he had no chance to make his efcape, he flabbed himfeli with a Jan. knife, and fell down dead at the feet of the guard that was going to feize him. He proved to be a priest, about thirty years of age; and by way of publick juftice his body was hanged up this day. Several churches have lately been robbed, it is supposed by the fame perfon. Extract of a Letter from Borgo di Mariana, dated Dec. 19. "A few days ago Mr. Raffaelli, commandant of this place, fent a detachment of a hundred men towards the mouth of the Bivinco, to oblige the fishermen of Baftia, who fish in the Lake of Biguglia, to pay a certain contribution. This detachment being arri ved there, foon made the fishermen fenfible of their commiffion. The latter took to their heels, and the detachment purfued, firing on them inceffantly till they arrived at the Tower, that is at the mouth of the lake. The fishermen having reported at Baflia what befel them, the French fent off a large detachment, which was joined by other troops from Furiani and Biguglia, and fome cavalry to furround the Corficans. Captain Raffaelli foreleeing that he might be overpowered by fo great a number of enemies, reinforced as much as he could his detachment, and stood his ground on this fide of the bridge of the Bivinco. The French immediately took poffeffion of the bridge, and attacked the Corficans. The fire was very brifk on both fides, and much blood was fpilt; the action lasted upwards of three hours before victory declared itself. But our people having at length obliged the French to abandon the bridge, and being affifted by other detachmen's, who by a continual fire drove off the cavalry, fell upon them with daggers, and other fhort weapons, with fuch fury, that they compelled them to retire with great lofs towards Furiani. Our lofs is inconfiderable. We have taken prisoners, a major, a few fubaltern officers, and feveral foldiers. Our troops after having purfued the enemy fome time, returned to their entrenchments, where they daily expect our general, with a body of 6000 men, to penetrate into the province of Nebbie, having formed a project to drive the French entirely out of that place," Lisbon, Dec. 20. Her royal highness the princefs of Brazi was happily brought tobed of a daughter, at a quarter paft feven in the morning of the 15th inftant, at the palace of Neffa Senhora d'Ajuda. The royal family heard Te Deum fung in the evening in the chapel there, and this city was illuminated for three nights fucceffively. Her royal highness is in as fair a way as poffible, and the young princess is in good health. Paris, Jan. 17. During the last year 17,578 perfons were baptized in this city; 20,808 were buried, and 6025 foundlings were received into the hospitals. |