392 Intelligence Extraordinary light, in which you confider thofe penal laws, which, though not repealed, are fallen into difufe, and are now in effect A SNARE TO THE UNWARY. You tell us indeed that it was not part of your plan to fpecify any temporary incapacity, and that you could not, without a spirit of prophecy, have fpecified the difability of a private individual, subsequent to the period at which you wrote. What your plan was I know not; cut what it should have been, in order to compleat the work you have given us, is by no means difficult to determine. The incapacity, which you call temporary, may continue feven years; and though you might not have forefeen the particular cafe of Mr. Wilkes, you might and fhould have` frefeen the poffibility of fcb a cafe, and told us how far the House of Commons were authorised to proceed in it by the law and custom of parliament. The freeholders of Middlefex would then have known what they had to truft to, and would never have returned Mr Wilkes, when Colonel Luttrell was a candidate ag.inft him. They would have chofen fome indifferent perfon, rather July are. By your doctrine, fir, they have thể power, and laws you know are intended to guard against what men may do, nót to truft to what they will do. Upon the whole, fir, the charge against you it of a plain, fimple nature; it appears even upon the face of your own pamphlet. On the contrary, your justification of yourself is full of subtlety and refinement, and in fome places not very intelligible. If I were petfonally your enemy, I should dwell, with a malignant pleafure, upon thofe great and ufeful qualifications, which you certainly poffefs, and by which you once acquired, though they could not preferve to you, the refpect and esteem of your country, I fhould enumerate the honours you have loft, and the virtues you have difgraced, but having. no private réfentments to gratify, I think. it fufficient to have given my opinion of your public conduct, leaving the punishmeat it deferves to your closet and to yourself. JUNIUS, From the PUBLIC LEDGER. INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY. than fuomit to be represented by, the object WE hear a new print is engraving, esof their contempt and deteftation. Your attempt to diftinguish between difabilities, which affect whole claffes of men, thole which affect individuals only, is really unworthy of your understanding. Your Commentaries had taught me that, although the infance, in which a penal law is exerted, be particular, the laws themselves are general. They are made for the benefit and instruction of the public, tho' the penalty falls only upon an individual. You cannot but know, fir, that what was Mr. Wilkes's cafe yefter day may be your's or mine to-morrow, and that confequently the common right of every fubject of the realm is invaded by it. Profeffing therefore to treat of the conftitution of the House of Commons, and of the laws and cuftoms relative to that conftitution, you certainly were guilty of a moft unpardonable omiffion, in taking no notice of a right and privilege of the houfe, more extraordinary and more arbitrary than all the others they poffefs put together. If the expulfion of a member, not under any other legal difability, of itfelf creates in him, an incapacity to be re-elected, I fee a ready way marked out, by which the majority may at any time romove the honefteft and ableft, men who happen to be in oppofition to them... To fay that they will not make this extravagant ufe of their power, would be a language unfit for a man fo learned in the laws as you titled The City Carriers, reprefenting ing the city grievances, the other the ap an afs laden with two panniers, one containprehenfions of the livery of London. The afs is to be led by the L. M. affifted by Sie R. L. and Meff. Aldermen B. and T. as. afs-drivers. Near them a Fox is feen fiealing into covert, To the PUBLIC in GENERAL. ATELY is fet up a new carrier, who carries parcels from one end of the town to the other. Sets out on Wednesdays, from the fign of the Manfion-Houfe. It is humbly requested, that those who intend to favour this new undertaking, will. please to direct their parcels in the plaine manner, as the carrier is unfortunately apt to flammer when he appears before his betters, which renders him incapable of delivering a meffage with due propriety; notwithstanding this, the public may depend on their bufinefs being done with the utmost punctuality and difpatch, and may be affured that their parcels will not he examined, as he never concerns himself about their contents. Performed by S. T. and Others, N. B. The undertakers will not be accountable for treafon, fandal, &c. unless entered as fuch, and paid for accordingly, A very fine print of Mr. Powell, the late celebrated actor, (from a painting drazon from the life, which Mrs. Powell favoured us with, and of whofe life we bave given a foort bytery in the first sheet of this month's Magazine) is now engraving by Mr. Miller, and wil be given in our next; alfo other copper plates, fuch as never appeared in any Magazine before: likewife will be inferted a defeription of Lord Despencer's feat and gardens at Weft-Wicomb, Bucks, of which a plate is given in this Magazine. THE 769. THE MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. TUESDAY, June 27. WOPY of a card fent by Lord Weymouth to the lord mayor. "Arlington-street, June 27, 1769. Lord Weymouth prefents his compliments to the lord mayor of London, and gs to affure his lordship, that he should extremely glad to give him any informa on relative to the prefenting the petition of be livery of London to his majesty; but le fecretary of state never takes the king's leafure with regard to the time and place of Sceiving petitions. They are ufually pretated to the king, either on Sunday, as is majesty is going to or returning from the bapel, or on Thursday, as he goes to or eturns from the drawing-room;" SATURDAY, July 1. The right hon. the lord mayor, fheriffs, c. held a wardmote in Pewterers-ball, Lime-ftreet, for the election of an alderman for Langbourn Ward, in the room of Sir Jo feph Hankey, knt. deceased, when John Sawbridge, Efq; citizen and framework kaitter, was unanimoully chofen. His grace the duke of Grafton was this day installed chancellor of the university of Cambridge, with great magnificence, in the fenate-house at that place. The chancellor afterwards dined in a very fplendid manner in Trinity college hall, with a fplendid company of mobility and gentry. WEDNESDAY, 5. The Right Hon. Samuel Turner, Efq; lord mayor, Sir Robert Ladbroke, Mr. Al derman Beckford, and Mt. Alderman Trecothick. together with the fheriffs, accompanied by Peter Roberts, Efq; this city's remembrancer, proceeded in fate to St. lamer's, with the petition of the livery of London, where, after waiting a short time in the antichamber, his lordship fent in a meffage by the remembrancer to the lord of the bed-chamber. He was defired by Mr. Pitt, groom of the bed-chamber, to deliver bis meflage. The remembrancer answered, his business could only be delivered to the hid of the bed-chamber. Soon after Lord Huntingdon came out, and acquainted the lard mayor, that Lord Orford was in waitay, that the levee was begun, and therefore he could not leave the king; but if they had aay thing to prefent, they might walk into the levee. Mr. Beckford answered, they were there ready to obey the king's comminds; and Lord Huntingdon returned. Arter fome time, Lord Orford, the faid lord in waiting, came out and told them, that if they had any thing to deliver, they might Walk into the levee, which they immedi July, 1769. 393 ately did, and the king being near the door, "We, the lord mayor, the representatives in parliament together with the sheriffs of your majesty's ancient and loyal city of Lon don, prefume to approach your royal perfon, and beg leave to prefent, with all humility to your majefty, the dutiful and moft hum ble petition of your majefty's faithful and loyal fubjects the livery of London in common hall affembled, complaining of grievances; and from your majefty's unbounded goodness, and paternal regard and affection for all your fubjects, they humbly prefume to hope, that your majesty will graciously condefcend to liften to their juft complaints, and to grant them fueh relief, as in your majesty's known wisdom and juftice hall leem meet. "" After which his lordship prefented the pe answer, and immediately turned about to tition to his majefly, but the king made no Baron Dieden, the Danish minifter, and de livered the petition to the lord in waiting, For the petition, fee p. 386. MONDAY, 10. The late proceedings of the livery at the common-hall, and a copy of the petition, were entered in the books of record, at the town-clerk's office. WEDNESDAY, 12. At fix o'clock the ballet ended at the Eaft-India-Houfe, on the following question, viz. "That this court do agree with the court of directors, that it is neceffary at this time to send out a commiffier with extraordina ry powers to regulate their affairs in India;" when fcrutineers were appointed, who made their report-For the question 279; Against it 259; Majority 20.. Mr. Vanhittart, Mr. Scrafton, and Col. Ford, are the gentlemen appointed to go to the Eaft-Indies on the above commission; and we hear they will embark in about three weeks. 394 The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER: A fine large marble tomb-ftone, elegantly finished, is erected over the grave of Mr. Allen, junior, in the church-yard of St. Mary, Newington, Surry: It had been placed twice before, but maken away on account of Some difputed points. On the fides are the following infcriptions. North Side. Sacred to the memory of difpofition, Who was inhumanly murdered near St. George's Fields, the Foth day of May, 1768, by the Scottish detachment from the army. His difconfolate parents, inhabitants of this parish, caufed this tomb to be erected to an only fon, loft to them and to the world, in his twentieth year, as a monument of his virtues and their affection. South Side. difembody'd foul! moft rudely driven flow'r of flow'rs, which we shall fee no No kind teturning fpring can thee reftore, Earth! cover not thou my blood, Job xvi. 18. Take away the wicked from before the king, WEDNESDAY 19. Both honfes of parliament met Weft July Briftol are agreed on. Meetings are appointed for Wilts, Worcestershire, and the cky of Worcester. From Hereford, Cornwall, Kent, Bucks, Norfolk, Lancashire, Durham, Leverpoole, York, Norwich, Lynne Yarmouth, and other towns in Nortolk, they are faid to be preparing. Extract of a Letter from Exeter, July 19. "Laft Tuesday arrived here his grace the D. of B. He was ushered into Guildhall by a gentleman, to receive the freedom of this city, with hiffing all the way: on his return, he was faluted in the fame manner, with the found of Wilkes and Liberty joined to it; and, in all probability, would have been worse treated, had not the mayor, with the fword and ftaff-officers, interpofed, and conducted him fafe to Bampfylde-house. la the afternoon he went to St. Peter's, to receive the compliment of being fung inte church by the choir, the bishop, &c. attending in proceffion. As foon as the coach flopped at the church-door, the mob surrounded it, and faluted him as in the morning, continuing their fhouts of Wilkes and Liberty, all through the body of the church, to the gates of the choir. The church was fo crowded, and the people fo noify, that it was disagreeable, and dangerous to be in it. The populace expected his grace's return, but were difappointed, he having gone through the church to the palace. •hief business here is faid to be to promote an addrefs; but his grace has declared he had no fuch intention, nor did he know that it was the affize week. A paper wa fixed up on Heavytree gallows with the fol lowing words: " t is expected here to day.' " His AMERICAN AFFAIRS. Extra of a Letter from Charles-Town, South-Carolina, May 15. ROM New Providence we learn, minfter, pursuant to their laft prorogation," that feven of their small fishing red and, by virtue of a commiffion from his ma jefty, were farther prorogued to Wednesday the 20th of September. At fix the ballot ended at the Eaft IndiaHoufe, on the following question, viz. "That this court do agree with the court of directors in the appointment of the three commiffioners which they have made;" and forutineers were appointed, who reported to the court the numbers as follow: For the question 314; Against it 298; Majority 16. FRIDAY, 21. The right honourable the earl of Bute arived in town from Italy. fels have been 'taken on the north fide of Cuba, by the Spaniards, who, it is faid, have likewife taken a schooner belonging to this port. The additional bounty on hemp raised in this province ceafed on the 18th inflant, when the duty formerly laid on naval iteres lumber, imported from other colonies, again took place. Upwards of 20,000l. bountymounty has been paid out of the treafury here, on hemp, within the course of a year Williamsburgh (in Virginia) May 17. Yel terday the house of burgeffes came to feveral refolutions, nem.com. which are in fubftance as follow, viz. That the fole right of impofing taxes on the inhabitants of this bis majefty's colony is now and ever hath been legally and constitutionally veled in the 1789. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. houfe of burgeffes. That it is the undoubted privilege of the inhabitants of this colony to petition their fovereign for a redrefs of grievances. That all trials for treafon, mifprifon of treafon, &c. committed in this colony by any perfons, ought to be heard before his majefty's courts here; and that the fending fuch perfons beyond the feas to be tried, is highly derogatory to the rights of British fubjects, &c. An addrefs to his majefty for redress of these grievances was then read, agreed to, and entered on the jour*nals of the house. Upon this his excellency the governor thought fit to diffolve the general affembly. After which the late reprefentatives of the people formed an affociation to confider of some measures to be taken for preferving the true and effential intereft of the colony. May 18. At a further meeting, according to adjourament, the committee appoint ed yesterday made their report, which was read, feriously confidered, approved, and contains many refolutions against the importation of feveral forts of goods from Great Britain, or any part of Europe, and one for the prefervation of the breed of fheep. New-York, May 25. On Saturday laft his excellency the governor was pleafed to prorogue the general affembly of this province, to Thursday the 7th of July next, having firft given his affent to the twenty bills, among which was an act for making a further provifion of 1800l. for furnishing his majefty's troops quartered in this colony with neceffaries. By fome late accounts from Hifpaniola, the intelligence of an infurrection there is confirmed, with this addition, That the French general had taken up fome of the principal planters of the inland, and caufed them to be immediately executed : and that the inhabitants had in return hung feveral of the king's troops. Bofton, New-England, June 1. Yefterday being the anniversary of the day appointed by the royal charter for the election of counsellors for this province, the great and general court or affembly met at the court house in this town, when the ufual oaths were administered to the gentlemen who were returned to ferve as members of the hon, house of reprefentatives. Immediately after the house of reprefentatives had taken the oaths, &c. they appointed a committee to wait on his excellency the governor, with a meffage, remonftrating against the proceedings of the affembly being awed by the prefence of a military force both by sea and land; and humbly requefting his excellency to give orders for withdrawing the fame. The committee reported that his excellen cy did not think proper to confider this meffage, till the house should make choice of, sad prefent their speaker, after which he 395 fhould confider the meffage as coming from the house. Whereupon the motion was made, and the house came into feveral refolutions, wherein their right by charter of electing twenty-eight counsellors or affiftante, on the laft Wednesday in May annually, is afferted; that they will maintain a conftitutional freedom in their elections, &c. and that they confider an arrived force by fea and land in this metropolis, as a breach of privilege, &c. Then the house made choice of Mr. Sa muel Adams for their clerk, and afterwards chofe the Hon. Thomas Cufhing, Efq; their fpeaker, who was prefented to the governor and approved; after which his excellency fent the following anfwer to the message of the houfe: “Gentlemen, I have no authority over his majesty's Chips in this port, or his troops within this town; nor can I give any orders for their removal. May 31. TRA, BERNARD." In the afternoon the general affembly met at the court-house and elected counfellors for the enfuing year; and this day they were presented to the governor, who confanted to the election of fome of them, and excepted against others; after which his excellency made a fpeech, in which he recom mended to the houfe to proceed on the neceffary bufinefs. Bolton, June 12. The general court of this province having been convened by Go vernor Bernard into this town, in which there are no less than three regiments, and the main guard with cannon placed within a few feet of the court-house, and having remonftrated without effe&t, have for thirteen days paft made a folemn and expreffive pause in public business. Upon another fpirited remonftrance to the governor by a committee of the house, on the 14th his excellency, to prevent a fufpenfion of the public business of the colony, adjourned the court to Harvard college at Cambridge, there to meet on the 16th. Governor Bernard is ordered over to England, to report to his majefty the prefent ftate of the province; and was expected to embark the latter end of July. BIRTHS. ER ferene highness the princess of HBrunswick of a prince, the 26th ult. MARRIAGES. June 17. 396 ·BIRTHS and MARRIAGES. to " Mifs Amelia Harris - Mr. Michael Young, to Mifs Filkes, of the fame place-Mr. July Cockburn, bart, to Mifs Ayscough, daughter of the 1ste dean of Bristol, and niece to Lord Lyttelton-- Brooks, Efq; to Mifs Ward-Richard M'Pheadri, Efq; of Chaple-fireet, Bedford-Row, to Miís Phebe Smith, of Mortlake, Surry-Mr. Charles Rois, of Dancer's hill, to Mils Mary Hare, of Hatfield in HertfordshireMr. Nathaniel Cooper, of Warwick-court, Warwick-lane, coal merchant, to Mifs Prentice, Geo. Walker, Efq; of BentinckAtreet, to Mifs Henrietta-Maria Keate, of Cavendi-fquare, cobeirefs of Lumley-Hppgerford Keate, Efq; of Studley, Wilts-The Rev. Mr. English of St. Andrew's, Ilkershall, near Bungay, to Mifs Garwood of the fame place Mr. Geo, Watfon, merchant, of Brift. to Mifs Nelmes, of Bedminster-Mr. Whee ler of St. James's-ftreet, to Mils Price-Mr. Pickwoad, wine merchant, of Queen-freet, Cheaplide, to Mifs Williams, of EghamMr. William Cooke, diftiller, of Ludgateftreet, to Mifs Sarah Backhoute-Thomas Zachary, Efq; merchant, in Bufhlane, Cannon-fireet, to Mrs. Blackgrave, of Bartlett's buildings, Holborn-The Right Hon. John Shelly, Efq; to Mils Wilehlmina Newnham, of Marsfield, in Suffex-At Chefham, Bucks, the Rev. Mr. Benjamen Vaughan, a diffenting minifter, to Mifs Sally Jones, at Wincheftet, Francis Swanton, Eiq; to Mifs Elizabeth Hind-The Reverend Mr. John Herring, rector of Mongeham in Kent, and late fellow of Bennet college, Cambridge, to Mifs Lynch-Mrs. Lemonnier, fulk weaver, of the Old Artillery ground, aged thirty, to Mrs. Lemonnier of Bethnal-green, aged fixty-four DEATHS May 1 M theatre - Edward Tucker, ISS Morris, of Covent-garden Mrs. Lightfoot of Nackworth, Wilts, equal in bulk to the famous Mr. BrightJofeph Nelthorpe, Ef, in Panton-ftreetThomas Tolbart, Efq; in Bafing LaneRob. Mufgrave, Efq; in Great Ruffel-freet 16. Countefs Dowager of Denbigh, South Audley-freet- Lady Mary Charot, daughter to the late Lord Stafford-George Errington, |