1 April 1762. Births and Deaths. DEATH S. April 1761. At Pondicherry, Robert Camp. bell of Lochdochart, Efq; captain-lieutenant in the fervice of the East-India company. In the East Indies, Adm. Charles Stevens, commander of the British fquadron in thofe feas. June 26. At Madrafs, Lieut. Henry Dundas, of Col. Coote's regiment. Aug. 22. At Madrafs, Capt. Robert Haldane, of the America thip of war.- A gentleman who figns D. C. writes from Madrass, Oct. 22. that Capt. Haldane died at that place, eight days after the departure of Capt. Tiddeman with the fquadron for Mauritius; and that it was with difficulty he could be prevailed upon, though in a dying condition, to quit his fhip, which failed from Madrass with Capt. Tiddeman, commanded by his lieutenant. Our readers have feen the character given of the deceased by Col. Coote ; which is now repeated in the London Magazine, with the following lines fubjoined to it: While thy great foul refeeks her native skies, And deep in India's`earth thy body lies; That thou wert hers, fhall be Britannia's pride; For her you fought, and in her service dy'd. March 19. 1762. At Martinico, Alexander Murray, of Cringlety, Efq; Lieutenant-Colonel of the 48th regiment. 23. At Urie, aged 60, Mrs Une Cameron, widow of the deceafed Robert Barclay of Urie, Efq; 24. At her house in the Canongate, Edin burgh, Mrs Moultray of Rofcobie. 29. At Elell, in the parish of Cockerham, in the county of Lancaster, Elifabeth Pearcy, aged 104. 3. At his houfe of Wedderburn, David Home of Wedderburn, Efq; 31. At his house of Wandsworth, Lachlin Leflie, Efq; a commander in the navy. At Turin, His Royal Highness Victor Francis, Marquis de Sufa, General of the Sardinian foot, Knight of the order deil Annunciada, na. tural fon of Victor Amadeus, the fecond King of Sardinia, born May 13. 1692, and legitimated in 1701. At Norwich, aged 93, Abraham Stannard, cordwainer. He has left of the 1tt generation 7 children, of the 24, 21, of the 34, 44, of 227 At London, aged 103, Mrs Anne Bird. She retained her fenfes to the laft, and worked at her needle till within two days of her death. At Perfhore, in Worcestershire, Mary Burch, aged 105. Nicholas Louis de la Caille, the celebrated French academician. April 2. Paul Stafford Howard, Earl, Vifcount, and Baron Stafford, aged 80. Leaving no iffue, the title is extinct. 5. At London, aged 79, Maj-Gen. Andrew Robinfon, colonel of the 38th regiment of foot. 7. At his feat at But head, Devonshire, advanced in years, Sir Harry Trelawny of Tre lawny in Cornwall, Bt. He was aid-de-camp to the Duke of Marlborough in Q. Anne's wars. He is fucceeded in the title and eftate by his nephew Capt. William Trelawny, of his Ma jefty's fhip the St Florentin. 15. Mr Walter Stewart minifter at Afkirk. 17. At London, Mr John Robertson, aged 107. 18. At Dundee, Mrs Jean Reid, spouse to Robert Beatfon, Efq; of Killry. 18. At Bristol Hotwells, Charles Howard Leflie, fecond fon of the Earl of Rothes. 18. At Weston, in Buckinghamshire, the Earl of Bradford. The title is extinct, but his eftate devolves to Madam Shaboa, widow, his niece, and fifter to William Matthias, late Earl of Stafford. 19. At Kemback, Fifeshire, John Macgill of Kemback, Efq; 27. At Dundee, Mr Alexander Murray merchant there. 28. At Aberdeen, aged 148, John Douglas of Fechil, Efq; About 29. Sir Walter Maxwell of Pollock, Bt. In the parish of Midmar, Aberdeenshire, in the 104th year of her age, Agnes Chriftie. two months ago, the travelled fixteen miles in one day: and though, about thirty years ago, her fight was much impaired, the recovered it before her death, fo that he could read the fmallest print, and thread a cambrick-needle, without fpectacles.. P. S. May 1. liam Bentinck, Duke of Portland, Marquis of At London, aged 49, WilTichfield, Viscount Woodstock, and Baron of Chichester, and K. G. His Grace married July 11. 1734, Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, only daughter aud heiress of Edward Earl of Oxford and Mortimer. By whom he hath had iffue, 1. Lady Elifabeth Cavendish. 2. Henrietta Cavendifb. Lady vendish, Marquis of Tichfield, born April 14. 3. William Henry Ca1738, (now Duke of Portland). 4. Lady Margaret Cavendish. And, 5. Lord Edward Charles Cavendish, born March 3. 1744. At London, the Hon. Mrs Digges, widow of Col. Digges, and only fifter of the Earl of Delawar. By her death, the annual intereft of 4000l, comes to her fon Mr Digges, now in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, with the reverfion of 8000 1. in cafe he furvives his brother Dudley Digges, Efq; captain of the Deptford man of war. 6. At his houfe of Evelick, Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick, Bt. PREFERMENTS. April 13. to appoint Samuel Swallow, Efq; Conful general of the feveral parts of the Ruffian empire wherein the British fubjects have trade and commerce, in the room of Thomas Wroughton, Efq; 27. to translate Dr William Gore, Bishop of the united bishopricks of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, to the Bishoprick of Elphin in Ireland, vacant by the death of Dr Edward Synge. to promote Dr John Ofwald, to the united BiShopricks of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, in the room of Dr Gore. to appoint Henry Reade, Efq; together with Edward Younge, Chriftopher Rigby, John Tren chard, John Fane, George Quarme, and Thomas Wyndham, Elqs, Commiffioners for Taxes. P. S. May 4. to grant unto Edward Lord Wentworth, of Nettleitead, and his heirs-male, the dignity of a Viscount of Great Britain, by the title of Viscount Wentworth, of Wellsborough, in the county of Leicester; Sir William Courtenay, of Powderham Caftle, in the county of Devon, Bt, and his heirs male, the dignity of a Viscount of Great Britain, by the title of Viscount Courtenay, of Powderham Caftle, in the county of Devon; Thomas Holles, Duke of Newcastle upon Tine and Duke of Newcastle under Line, and his heirs-male, and in default of fuch iffue, to Thomas Pelham, of Stanmer, in the county of Suffex, Efq; and his heirs-male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the title of Baron Pelham, of Stanmer, in the county of Suffex; Caroline Fox, commonly called Lady Caroline Fox, the dignity of a Baroness of Great Britain, by the title of Lady Holland, Baroness of Holland, in the county of Lincoln; and the dig nity of Lord Holland, in the faid county, to her beirs male; John Percivall Earl of Egmont in Ireland, and his heirs-male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the title of Lord Lovel and Holland, Baron Lovel and Holland, of Enmore, in the county of Somerfet; John Montagu, Efq; commonly called Lord Brudenell, and his heirs-male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the title of Baran Montagu, of Broughton, in the county of Northampton; Jofeph Lord Milton, Baron Milton of Shrone Hill, in Ireland, and his heirs-male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the title of Baron Milton, of Milton Abbey, in the county of Dor fet; Sir Edward Montagu, of Ditton Park, in the county of Bucks, K. B. and his heirs male by Isabella Duchefs-dowager of Manchester, his prefent wife, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the title of Baron Beaulieu, of Beaulieu, in the county of Southampton; George Venables Vernon, of Sudbury, in the county of Derby, Efq; and his heirs-male, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the title of Lord Vernon, Baron of Kinderton, in the county of Chefter; and George Lane, of Bramham Park, in the county of York, Efq; and his heirs-male by Hariot his prefent wife, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the title of Baron Bingley, in the county of York. From other papers, &c. Lt-Gen. Noel, Colonel of the 43d regiment of foot, in the room of Maj. Gen. Talbot, Colonel of the 38th regiment, in the room of Maj.-Gen. Robinfon, deceased. Maj. Francis Maclean, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Capt. James Murray, brother to Col. Murray of Cringlety, in the room of Maj. Maclean, Major, in the 97th regiment of foot, Col. For refter's. Archibald Macdonell of Barifdale [164], e Captain in Col. Grame's regiment. "Commanders of men of war: Capt. William Harman, Commodore and Commander in chief of his Majefty's fhips at the Nore; Capt. Faulkener, of the Kent, of 74 guns; Hon. Capt. George Falconer, of the Captain; and Lord William Campbell, third fon of the Duke of Argyll, of the Carcass bomb. New Members: William Robinfon Earle, for Newport in the ifle of Wight, and Edwin Sandys (third fun of Lord Sandys), for Westminster,-in the room of Adm. Holmes, deceased, and Gen. Cornwallis, appointed Governor of Gibraltar. THE SCOTS MAGAZINE. MAY, 1762. CONTENTS. Proceedings in the feffion of PARLIAMENT || NEW Books, with remarks and extracs. 1760-61. On the bill for fecuring the commiflions of judges notwithstanding the demife of the fovereign 229. BARISDALE's trial concluded. Condefcendence of the way and manner of his surrender 237. The debate. verbatim, on the relevancy of this -condescendence 238. The interlocutor 242. Anecdotes concerning O. CROMWELL 242 An anecdote of Mr LOCKE 244. The SELF-RIVAL, a comical marriage 245. MEDICINE. Of the ufe of narcotics for the toothach 235. Linden on the Bath waters ib. A medicinal anecdote 236. A caution respecting the time and manner of preparing the extract of hemlock 244. A cure for the cramp requested 248. Caufe of this difeafe explained, and cures propofed 248, 9. Efficacy of leeches in the cure of a headach 251. Hodg kin's cure for the feurvy 252. Wonderful attainments of M. SALIGNAC and WALKIER, two blind ladies 250, 51: The path of SIMONY taken in England 252. AQUINAS's smart repartee to the Pope 252. Thomfon's works, and an account of his life 253. Political teftament of M. de Belleifle, containing anecdotes of the pretender's eldest fon 256. Fingal 259. POETRY, &c. The Cock and the Doves 262. The birthday-ode ib. On Lord Halifax 263. The Nightingale and Lark 264. Epigrams ib. -- Inferiptions, for John Mackinnon 263. For any gentleman, and for any lady 264. HISTORY 265.-282. Foreign affairs 265. Acts paffed 272. The King's Speech 273. Proceedings of the general affembly. The King's letter 274 An extract from the Com miffioner's speech 275. Of the schoolmasters petition ib. Of the window tax 276. Repre fentation of the affembly relating to kicks, manfes, and schools ib. An act to prevent di lapidation of ftipends 277- Overture relating to ftudents having the Galic language ib. Of the royal bounty is Overtures tranfmitted 28 Curious obfervations relating to the widows fund ib. The moderator's speech 282. LISTS, &c. 283,4. PROCEEDINGS in the SESSION of PARLIAMENT 1760 61, continued. [124] T HE hiftory of the bill to make provifion for continuing the commiflions of judges, notwithstanding the demife of the fovereign, which falls next to be here taken notice of, was given immediately after its paffing [xxiii. 159.]. For the better understanding of this new act, and the reason why it became neceffary, it is to be obferved, that the act 12° and Will. HI: (the provifions in which, relating to the commiffions and falaries of judges, are by this new act intended to be rendered more effectual), has always fince been generally called the aft of fet tlement, because the kingdom of England, and dominions thereunto belonging, were, VOL. XXIV. after K. William, and the Princess Anne, and their respective issue, thereby entailed or fettled upon the Princefs Sophia, Electrefs of Hanover, and the heirs of her body being Proteftants; which fettlement his Majefty had very much at heart, and had propofed it in the very first year of his reign, as it was one of the methods made use of for drawing the house of Hanover from the interest of France, and fixing its attachment to the confederacy then forming against that kingdom. Accordingly a claufe for this purpose was added, by the house of Lords, to the first bill of fettlement paffed by the houfe of Commons in 1689; but this amendment was diagreed to by the Gom I i mons mons; and, what is furprising, it was difagreed to nemine contradicente; confequently there must have been other reafons than that affigned by Bp Burnet, who fays, that the claufe was difagreed to by the influence of the Republican party, with a design to have monarchy extinguifhed, in cafe K. William, Q. Mary, and the Princess (afterwards Queen) Anne, fhould die without iflue. However, as the Lords infifted upon their amendment, the bill was thereby loft for that feffion. But it was revived the next feffion, and paffed without any fuch claufe being inferted in it by either houfe; fo that the entail or settlement of the crown extended no further than the three persons above mentioned, and their respective if fue and to it continued until the year 1701; for as Hanover had been effectually detached from the court of Verlailles, and attached to that of Vienna, by ha ing been erected into a ninth electorate, K. William had no motive for attempting again to extend the entail of the crown of England to the houfe of Hanover; and it was to be fuppofed, that the fame motives which prevailed with the houfe of Commons in 1689, would again prevail with that houle to reject any clause that could be offered for that purpose. But before the beginning of the year 1701, two accidents had happened, which gave K. William a new motive for getting the entail extended to that house, and the friends of monarchy a reason for a further extenfion of the entail of the crown. The accidents I mean were, the death of Charles II. King of Spain, and the death of William Duke of Gloucester, fon of the Princess Anne. Charles II. of Spain had, in articulo mortis, that is to fay, when he was just expiring, made a will, dated Oct. 2. 1700, O. S. (or perhaps the will was made for him after he was dead, and antedated), by which he appointed the Duke of Anjou, grandfon of Lewis XIV. of France, his heir and fucceffor to the crown of Spain. Upon his death, which happened the 22d of the fame month, the whole of the Spanish dominions, by virtue of this will, devolved to the fail Duke of Anj u; and Lewis XIV. in violation of the last partition treaty, which he had figned at the Hague but the 15th of March preceding, fent his grandion into Spain, with fuch an army as fet him up. on that throne, without oppofition from any party in that kingdom; as most of the grandees had been disgusted by the partition-treaty; and therefore, though they had naturally an antipathy to the French, they were willing enough to accept of the Duke of Anjou for their king, in order to prevent the difmembering of their monarchy, in fuch a manner as, without asking their confent, had been ftipulated by the partition-treaty. And if Lewis had contented himself with only putting his grandion in poffeflion of the throne of Spain, perhaps no confederacy would have been formed against him; but, at the fame time, in the name of his fon, he took poffellion of the Spanish Netherlands, garrifoned all the towns with French troops, and, as foon as he had done fo, he began to incroach upon the Dutch frontier. This raised the jealousy and refentment of K. William, who from thence concluded, that it was become neceflary to form a new confederacy against the ambition of the house of Bourbon. He was fure of the house of Austria, which had already begun a war in Italy against the new king of Spain; but ftill it was neceffary to fecure as many of the princes of the Empire in his interest as pollible; and this was a new motive for his again bringing upon the carpet the extenfion of the entail of our crown to the house of Hanover The other favourable accident that had happened was, as I have said, the death of the Duke of Gloucefter. That hopeful young prince had died on the 29th of July 1700, O. S. and by his death were revived the hopes of the Prince's Sophia of Hanover, of getting the entail of the crown of England extended to her family, and confequently of her or her fon's coming at laft to the poffeffion of that valuable diadem, far fuperior to the ducal crown of Hanover, even though now made electoral: for Q. Mary was now dead without iffue, and it was improbable that either K. William or the Princess Anne would have any; confequently the house of Hanover was the next Proteftant fucceffor: and we had hitherto appeared to be fo much afraid of Popery, that no man. had thought of giving the fame indulgence to any Popish branch of the royal family, as had, by law, been given to a Popith fubject, with regard to any landeftate to which he was next heir, and which, by declaring himself Proteftant, he might claim, against a more remote heir that had been bred a Proteftant; on the contrary, in the year 1689, the dan ger ། May 1762. Proceedings in the feffion of parliament 1760-61. ger of a Popi heir to the crown's declaring himfelf Proteftant, in order to get poffeffion, that he might then make ufe of his power and influence, firft, for propagating, and at laft for establishing Popery, had been made the chief argument for extending at once the entail of the crown to the houfe of Hanover, that no person who had been bred a Papift fhould have any hopes, or fo much as a chance, for coming at the poffeffion. Therefore, by the death of the Duke of Gloucester, the hopes of the houfe of Hanover came to be well founded; and the Princess Sophia was fo fenfible of it, that, in October 1700, the took the trouble of a journey to the Hague, to folicit K. William's attempting again to get the entail of the crown extended to the house of Hanover, as next Proteftant heir, after the death of K. William and the Princess Anne without iffue; and though he then gave her but a cold reception, yet the behaviour of the French court upon the death of the King of Spain, foon after rivetted him in favour of her fuit. Accordingly his Majefty began his very next speech to the parliament of England, which met Feb. 10. 1701, with the following paragraph: My Lords, and Gentlemen, Our great misfortune, in the lofs of the Duke of Gloucester, hath made it abfolutely neceffary, that there fhould be a further provifion for the fucceffion to the crown in the Proteftant line, after me and the Princess. The happiness of the nation, and the fecurity of our religion, which is our chiefeft concern, seems so much to depend upon this, that I cannot doubt but it will meet with a general concurrence; and I earnestly recommend it to your early and effectual confideration." 66 The parliament which was opened by this speech, was a new one; in which the Tories, by the impartiality, if not the favour, of the court, had a very great majority in the house of Commons; for Mr Harley was chofen fpeaker, in oppofition to Sir Richard Onflow, by 249, to 125. And, in purfuance of his Majefty's fpeech, they very foon began to take the fucceffion to the crown into their confideration. But they proceeded with more deliberation than had been obferved in 1689: for, after having refolved, That it was abfolutely neceflary to make a farther declaration of the limitation and fucceffion of the crown in the Proteftant line, they refolved, "That farther pro 231 vifion be first made for the fecurity of the rights and liberties of the people." And after these fecurities were fettled and agreed to, though feveral of them were oppofed, yet the bill itself paffed that houfe nemine contradicente; and was agreed to by the Lords without any amendment; but not without oppofition, for a few lords entered a proteít against it. Thus a fettlement of the crown, which, in 1689, had been rejected nemine contradicente, was now agreed to with equal unanimity. The caufe of which difference is certainly not to be looked for among the Republicans; for it was now their intereft to have opposed it more than it was in 1689, as the event they wifhed for was now nearer, and much more probable, than it was in 1689. But the truth is, I believe, that, as a difputed title to the crown is a misfor tune to any nation, and has always been found to be of dangerous confequence to the liberties of this, there were, in 1689, many gentlemen who were willing to wait, in order to fee whether the misfortunes which the abdicated king had met with, had taught him fo much wifdom, as to breed his fon up a Proteftant. But by his own bigotry, by the inftigation of the priests and other Papifts about him, and very probably by the authority of the court of Versailles, he was rendered as blind to the interest of his posterity, as he had been to his own, and had bred his fon up to be, if poffible, as bigotted a Papift as he was himself. Nay, fo far did the bigotry of the court of St Germain's prevail, that upon the death of the Duke of Gloucefter, they were thrown into a panic, left their fon, whom they called Prince of Wales, then in his thirteenth year, should, with his own confent, be ftolen away from them, brought over to England, and bred up a Proteftant, in order to have the fuccellion fettled upon him; and to prevent this, his guard, which formerly confifted but of fix men, was now increa fed to fourteen. We may therefore fuppofe, that there could not now be any hopes of the abdicated king's breeding his son a Protestant; but, on the contrary, that most Proteftants were afraid, left, if the King and the Princels Anne fhould happen to die before any further fettlement of the crown, a bigotted Papift might, from the confufion that would be thereby occafioned, find an opportuJia nity |