282 Moderator's fpeech. Dr Blair profeffor of Rhetoric. Vol. xxiv. The bufinefs of the affembly being fi nifhed, on the 31ft, the moderator made a fpeech, as ufual; in which, after taking notice of fome of the most remarkable of their proceedings, he addressed the Venerable court thus. "My Very Rev. Fathers and Brethren, Having been affembled for fome time about the public affairs of the church, we are now to return to our more particular ftations of service; and I make no doubt of your frequently recollecting the ftrong obligations you lie under to apply your felves with vigour and affiduity to the important duties of your function; to feed the flock of God with that fubftantial food by which their fouls may be nourifhed to eternal life; to teach them the wholesome words of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the doctrine which is according to godlinefs; not handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's confcience, in the fight of God; and giving weight to our inftructions by a correfpondent example, in all things thewing ourselves patterns of good works. You will readily perceive, that this is the only way to acquire efteem and honour from men, the only way to fecure, that home felt fatisfaction which refults from the consciousness of doing our duty, and, above all, this is the only way to obtain the approbation of our great mafter, whofe favour is better than life itfelf. Indeed, we have nothing but our learning and our virtue to fupport us. We have no other way left to be eminent. Let us beware of parting with either the one or the other. From that moment we may date our ruin. But with thefe affociates, we fhall be able to hold up our heads before the world, and to maintain, by the bleffing of God, a character of ufefulness, and even of dignity. Learning can by no means be difpenfed with in a clergyman at any time, and ftill lefs at this time. It is abfolutely neceffary to enable us to combat and bear down infidelity, as well as every fpecies of falfe religion, whether it affume the form of bigotry, of fuperftition, or of enthufiafin. This church hath happily acquired fome diftinction in the learned world. Thanks to the genius and learning of fome of her fons, who have accustomed our ears to the voice of literary fame. What pity would it be, if this fhould prove, in the iffue, but a tranfient and perifhing acquifition! How mortifying gives us more credit this way, than we the reflection, that the world, perhaps, are able to anfwer! Let this ftir us up to what I may call a pious jealoufy of our very proper method to fecure, and, if pofcharacter in this refpect, and to take efible, to increase it. The law gives you all the power you can defire, as judges of the qualifications of candidates for the facred office. You are not only judges of the abilities, literature, and morals, of perfons prefented to vacant benefices, but, what is of much more confequence, you are judges of these qualities before they become capable of being prefented. So that, if the church fhall, at any time hereafter, fall into difgrace, from the ignorance, weakness, or wickedness, of her minifters, the church herself, to her no fmall additional forrow and mortification, must likewife bear all the blame." of our public affairs, and of the virtues Our readers will remember, that Dr dinburgh about the middle of May, and [Several hiftorical articles are deferred.]DO? May 1762. Maritime occurrences, Marriages, Births, and Deaths. 283 MARITIME OCCURRENCES. Admiralty office, May 3. The Æolus and Brilliant have brought into Plymouth the Mignion, a Bayonne privateer, of 8 guns and 63 men. They also retook a dogger from Carolina for Poole, which had been taken by the faid priva teer. 12. Capt. Richard Knight, of the Liverpoole, hath brought into Cork, the Grand Amiral, a French fnow privateer, of 10 guns and 85 men, which he took April 24. off Mi zenhead. 12. Capt. Mitchell Graham, of the Aldborough, in his letter dated at Cork May 2. gives an account, that he took, April 28. off Cape Clear, the Neuftra Seniora de la Piedad, alias Golondrina, a Spanish privateer fchooner, of 8 guns and 65 men and alfo that he retook the Brayton of Whitehaven, from Carolina; which had been taken by the above-mentioned privateer. 14. The Phonix arrived in Bafque road April 17. with the Duke de Fronfac armed fhip, taken by the Mermaid on the 9th. She had on board a company of the regiment of Bigores grenadiers, confifting of 48 men, officers included; and one of Angoumois, of 41 men, officers in cluded; bound for Louifiana. 14. The Royal William has carried into Balque road, a Spanish packet-boat, of 180 tuns, 14 guns, and 59 men, from St Sebaftian for the Havannah, with iron and flour; and two Rochelle privateers, viz. Le Baillen, of 14 guns and 160 men; and La Minx, of 10 guns and May 5. At London, Col. James Johnston, to Lady Cicilia Welt, daughter to the Earl of De lawar. P. S. June 2. At London, Thomas Charles Bunbury, Efq; member for Suffolk, to Lady Sarah Lenox. 2. John Hope, Efq; merchant, fon of the Hon. Charles Hope Weir, Efq; member for Linlithgow-fhire, and brother to the Earl of Hopetoun, to Mifs Breton, only daughter of Eliab Breton, Efq; of Forty-hall, in the county of Middlesex. BIRTHS. May 15. The Countess of Balcarras, of a fon, the feventh. P. S. June 2. At Mellerftane, the Hon. Mrs Baillie, wife of the Hon. George Baillie of Jerviefwood, Efq; of a daughter. Lord Fincastle, the new-born son of the Earl of Dunmore [227], was baptized, at the Earl of Galloway's houfe in Edinburgh, May 17. by the name of George. The Earl of Dunmore (as proxy for the King), and the Marquis of Lorn, were godfathers, and the Duchefs of Hamilton dmother. r DEATHS. dewils, a general of foot in the Pruffian fervice. April 17. At Stettin, M. Conftantine de Po Near Fraome, in Somersetshire, Daniel Shepherd, aged 97. He was a native of London; but for more than 50 years past had travelled in the weft countries, and fold lace, cambricks, mulins, &c. His liquor was chiefly cyder and ale, but never any drams. He has left 250 1. to a young woman who travelled with him, 50 l. to a boy he had by her, and 5 1. to be spent at his funeral. Mrs Margaret Martin, his spouse, died next May 8. Mr Andrew Melvill, minister at Cults. morning. 9. At London, John Thynne How, Lord Chedworth, Conftable of St Briavells castle, in the Forest of Dean. 10. At London, the Lady of Baron Clive. 10. At London, Robert Montagu, Duke of Manchester, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen. April 3. 1735. his Grace married Harriot, daughter of Edmund Dunch, Efq; who died in February, 1755; leaving iffue, 1. George Lord Viscount' Mandeville, born April 6. 1737, knight of the fhire for the county of Huntingdon, and colonel of the Huntingdon militia, now Duke of Manchefter; 2. Lord Charles, born May 29. 1741; and 3. Lady Caroline, born Feb. 19. 1735-6. Lady Louifa, born in July 1740, died unmarried. 11. At his feat at Tarvet, Dr James Rigg of Dounfield. 16. At London, Lord Viscount Courtenay. He was knight of the fhire in the prefent parlia ment for Devonshire; but was lately created a peer [228]. His Lordship hath left an only fon, aged 19, and four daughters. 19. At London, aged 60, Francis Gafhry, Efq; member for Eaftlow, treasurer and paymaster of the ordnance. 19. At Venice, after a long illness, in the 77th year of his age, the Moft Serene Prince, Francefco Lauredano, Doge of Venice. 20. At his houfe of Broomhill, near Hamilton. Alexander Birnie, Efq; of Broomhill. 23. At his houfe of Pitmilly, David Monnyof Pitmilly, Efq; penny 26. At the house of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymufk, Mr Francis Grant, merchant in Edinburgh, brother of Sir Archibald, and of Lord Preftongrange. P. S. June 1. At London, Mrs Williams, to whom the late Duke of Argyle left all his real and perfonal eftate [xxiii. 278.] in England. 2. Charles Scott, fon of Alexander Scott, Efq; of Thirleflane, deceased. 5. At Balridge, near Dunfermline, Mifs Katy Forbes, eldest daughter of Mr William Forbes writer to the fignet. 6. At his feat of Moor-Park, Hertfordshire, George Anfon, Lord Anfon. First Commiffioner of the Admiralty, Vice Admiral of Great Britain, Admiral of the Fleet, an Admiral of the White In White fquadron, Elder Brother of the Trinity- In 1747, Vice Adm. Anfon, commander of a British (quadron, with Rear-Adm. Warren under him, obtained a complete victory over a French fquadron, off Cape Finisterre; and in 1761, Lord Anfon commanded the squadron that brought over the Queen, which was the laft fervice his Lordship performed. 8. At his houfe in Peeblesshire, John Hay, Efq; of Haystown. PREFERMENTS. From the London gazette. April 29. Philip Sharpe, Efq; fworn one of the slerks of the privy council, upon the refignation of Francis Vernon, Efq; created Lord Orwell, of Ireland. The King has been pleased, May 1. to grant unto John Viscount Ligonier, and his heirs-male, and in default of such iffue, to Lt-Col. Edward Ligonier, the dignity of a Viscount, by the title of Viscount Ligonier of Clonmell, in Ireland. [xix. 671.] 8. to grant unto John Olmius, of New Hall, in the county of Eflex. Efq; and his heirs-male, the dignity of a Baron of Ireland, by the title of Baron Waltham, of Philipftown, in the King's County. 25. to appoint Thomas Wroughton, Efq; his Majefty's Refident at the court of Warfaw. Prince William Henry, the King's brother, and John Earl of Bute, were installed Knights of the Garter, May 27. to appoint George Grenville, Efq; one of the Principal Secretaries of State, [in the room of the Earl of Bute], fworn into his office May 28. 29. -to appoint John Earl of Bute, K. G. Sir Francis Dashwood, Bt, Frederick North, Efq; commonly called Lord North, James Ofwald, Efq; and Sir John Turner, Bt, Commiffioners for executing the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer.. Sir Francis Dashwood, Bt, Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer. Norborne Berkeley, Efq; Conftable of the caftle of St Briavells in the foreft of Dean, in the coun ty of Gloucester, and Keeper of the Deer and Woods in the faid foreft; and P. S. June 1. Charles Jenkinson, Efq; Trea furer of the office of Ordnance. From other papers. Dr Hugh Blair, one of the minifters of Edin burgh, Regius Profeffor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the university of Edinburgh [282.] Robert Anftruther, Efq; and Mr Robert Wad del of Crawhill, Conjunct Principal Clerks to the Bills, in the room of Sir Philip Anftruther, Bl, and James Burns, Efq; who have refigned. Commanders of men of war: Capt. Dean, of the Pearl, of 40 guns; and Capt. Martin, of the Bedford, fitting out for fea. New Members: Lord Percival, for Bridg water; Thomas Fitzherbert, for Derby; Charles Gore, for Tiverton; John Parker, for the coun ty of Devon; Sir Chriftopher Traile, for Bodmin; William Lynch, for Weobly; and Lord Vifc. Palmerfton, for Eaftlow, in the room of the Earl of Egmont, (father of the member now chofen), George Venables Vernon, Sir Edward Montague, and Sir William Courtenay, all now British peers [228], the Duke of Portland, (father of the member now chofen), John Par ker, (now chofen for Devon), and Francis Gafhry, deceased. THE SCOTS MAGAZINE JUNE, 1762. C ON TIN T HISTORY. A view of the prefent POLITICAL DISPUTES. || Experiments in HUSBANDRY 305. MEDICINE. An account of a family whose POETRY. The rainbow 323. Song for the The The answer of the Elector of Sa Particulars of the London royal enter The addreffes of the Lords and Commons of Ireland to the Lord Lieutenant, with his Excellency's anfwers and speech 333 &c. Trials of the White Boys 336. Increase of the linen manufacture in Ireland 337 Four The answer of the general affembly to the Maritime occurrences 339. A view of the prefent POLITICAL DISPUTES. The MONITOR of May 22. has - [The political d sputes which have been for a long time fufpended, feem, upon the late change in the miniftry, to be revived with greater virulence than ever. given rise to three new political papers; the BRITON, the NORTH BRITON, and the AUDITOR. We shall endeavour to fe cet from them what is of greatest concern or curiosity } From the MONITOR, May 22. Tiberium variis artibus divinxit adeo Sejanus, bfcurum adverfum alios, fibi uni incautum, in te&umque efficeret. Tacit. Annal. I, 4. SIR, of his dominions, and in the pursuit of national glory. Where this has been the misfortune, the crown has often fet like thorns, and the councils have proved like harrows; the king has ended his days in anxiety and diftraction, and his ubjects have been crushed to pieces by oppreffion. Eading this paffage in Tacitus, it readily occurred to me, how A favourite of a crowned head is one, dangerous it is both to the prince and his people, for him who, without any merit or recommenda to have a favourite; or to be fo weak as tion from his country, for any fervices to give himself up to the management of performed for the public, and glory of the ૨૧ any one of his fubjects, in the government crown, has found means to acquire a great VOL.XXIV. and and almost an exclufive influence and Such a man's, or, if you will, fuch a minifter's conduct, is founded upon flattery, the most dangerous of all vices in the body-politic; forafmuch as the prince is undone under the appearance of a more faithful attachment to his perfon, family, and intereft; and if it fhould happen that the favourite has fo infinuated himself in. to his heart, and got all his prejudices and paffions on his fide, there always follows a formation of that fort of fondness for him, which quickly produceth confidence in that perfon of a dangerous fpirit, who will make the royal power fubfer vient to his own patlions. He loves none but himself, and facrificeth honour, gratitude, and justice, to his private intereft. When a prince has once given himfelf up to the management of fuch a fa vourite, he may be carried as far as the ambition of his favourite pleateth, in ty. ranny, in profufion, in pleafures, in the neglect of his just rights, and national intereft; in an unfeasonable and injurious propenfity for peace; and even fo far as to expofe his country to ruin, and himself to feek for fafety, by flight and exile. This is the prefent state of Saxony; the diftreffed condition of which electo rate is occafioned by the prince's ill-placed confidence in Count Bruhl, who, by the patronage of the Queen, obtained an entire afcendant over his fovereign; fo as to prevail with him, " in defiance of public faith, and the most folemn treaties, and against the advice of the Saxon privy council, to enter into a fecret league with Vienna and Peterburg, to crush the King of Prutia.” From the BRITON, No 1. May 29. THE BRITON thinks it unneceffary to produce himself amidst the parade of pompous profeflions, which ferve only to excite idle curiofity, and raise expectations which may be attended with difappointment. His defign is, to speak his opinion freely, and offer his advice with decency and candour, on every fubject that concerns the community of which he is a member; to watch the exertions of power and prerogative; to obferve the tides of popular commotion; to detect the falfehood of malice; to expofe and refute the infinuations of calumny; to pluck the mask of patriotifm from the front of faction, and the torch of difcord from the hand of fedition. To a merely fpeculative politician, it will appear fcarce credible, that there fhould be the least occasion for a task of this nature, at a period when the throne is filled with such exalted virtue, as the poisonous breath of envy cannot taint, as all the tongues of flander cannot charge with blemish or infirmity; at a period when the councils of the fovereign are fhared among the natural counsellors of the crown, a set of noblemen whose abilities are unquestionable, whole probity is urimpeached; at a period when the adminiftration is conducted with fuch integrity as defies reproach, with fuch vigour and fuccefs as, one would think, might filence the most inveterate malice; at a period when the whole kingdom echoes with the found of triumph and feftivity, and the confummation of natronal happinefs depends, in an especial manner, upon the continuation of national concord. But as the fun that ripens the peach, and renovates all nature, is also known to exalt the poison of the viper, and hatch every fpecies of vermin that annoys mankind; fo, extraordinary merit, while it ad orns and fuftains the common weal, has the particular faculty of generating and inflaming |