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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Gentleman's Magazine, January 1731 - Or, Trader's Monthly Intelligencer - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 23, 2016 [EBook #53351] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1731 *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jonathan Ingram and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - -Transcriber’s Note: Obvious printer’s errors have been repaired, -but period and inconsistent spelling have not. The printer’s use of -italics was somewhat haphazard. Normal text within italic passages is -indicated ~like this~. - - - - - THE - _Gentleman_’s _Magazine_: - OR, TRADER’s - Monthly Intelligencer. - NUMBER I. _for_ JANUARY. - - CONTAINING, - - I. A view of the Weekly _Essays_ and _Controversies_, viz. Of - Q. _Elizabeth_; Ministers; Treaties; Liberty of the Press; Riot - act; Armies; Traytors; Patriots; Reason; Criticism; Versifying; - Ridicule; Humours; Love; Prostitutes; Music; Pawn-Brokers; - Surgery; Law. - - II. POETRY, _viz._ The _Ode_ for the new Year, by _Colly Cibber_, - Esq; Remarks upon it; Imitiations of it, by way of _Burlesque_; - Verses on the same Subject; ingenious Epitaphs and Epigrams. - - III. _Domestick_ Occurrences, _viz._ Births, Deaths, Marriages, - Preferments, Casualties, Burials and Christenings in _London_. - - IV. Melancholy Effects of Credulity in _Witchcraft_. - - V. Prices of Goods and Stocks, and a List of Bankrupts. - - VI. A correct List of the Sheriffs for the current Year. - - VII. Remarkable _Advertisements_. - - VIII. _Foreign_ Affairs, with an Introduction to this Year’s - History. - - IX. Books and Pamphlets publish’d. - - X. Observations in _Gardening_, and the Fairs in _Feb_. - - XI. A Table of Contents. - - By _SYLVANUS URBAN_ of _Aldermanbury_, Gent. - - _Prodesse & Delectare._ - - The THIRD EDITION. - - _LONDON:_ - - Printed for _R. Newton_, at St _John’s Gate_, and Sold by the - Booksellers, MDCCXXXI. (_Price_ SIX-PENCE.) - - -CONTENTS of No. I. _for_ JANUARY. - - - Remarks on the Reign of Q. _Elizabeth_, _p._ 3, 5, 7 - - Reflections on the Conduct of a certain great Man, 4 - - Political Observations from the _Craftsman_, _ibid._ - - Liberty of the Press asserted, 5 - - ---- Reply’d to, 17 - - Of the standing Army and Riot Act, 5 - - ---- Reply’d to, 16 - - Remarks on the _Craftsman_’s Hague Letter, 6 - - On the present State of Affairs, 7, 10 - - Conduct of the Ministry, 7 - - Of Mr. _Chubb_’s Discourse of Reason, 8 - - The Writers in behalf of the Government, ridiculed and - censur’d, _ibid._ - - Mr. _Cheselden_’s intended Operation on the Drum of the Ear, - ridicul’d, 10 - - ---- Defended, 19 - - Criticisms on the New Years Ode, 10, 11 - - The Contagion of Poetry, 11 - - Of political Controversies, 12 - - Of Gardners; Vermin, and Ridicule, 16 - - Of Quackery, Authors and Criticism, 13 - - Of Humours and Behaviour, 13, 14 - - Laws of Courtship, 14, 15 - - Of Prostitutes, Chastity, and Fondness, 15 - - Poetry and Musick, _ibid._ - - The _Craftsman_ corrected, 16 - - Answer’d as to the Ministry, _ib._ - - ---- reply’d to, about a pamphlet call’d _Sedition and - Defamation Display’d_, _ib._ - - Of Pawn-brokers, 18 - - Of the Law, Remedies for it’s Evils, 19 - - Poetry, _The New Year’s Ode_, 20 - - _An Ode to the Laureat_, _ib._ - - _Ode on the Twelfth-Day_, 21 - - _A Hymn to the Laureat_, _ib._ - - _Verses on the Laureat_, 22 - - _An Ode to Sir Rob. Walpole_, _ib._ - - _Epitaphs on Mrs. Oldfield_, 23 - - On a Lady stung by a Bee, _ib._ - - _Verses by a Lady_, _ib._ - - Domestick Occurrences, 24 - - A List of the Governors, _&c._ of the _African_ Company, 27 - - The King’s Answer to the Lds Address, _ib._ - - Credulity in Witchcraft, 29 - - Extraordinary Accidents and Casualties, 30 - - Narrative of an Apparition, 31 - - Ships lost, and Casualties, 32 - - Deaths of Eminent Persons, 33 - - Marriages and Promotions, 35 - - Ecclesiastical Preferments and Bankrupts, 36 - - Exact List of Sheriffs, 37 - - Course of Exchange, _ib._ - - Stocks, Prices of Goods, 39 - - Monthly Bill of Mortality, 40 - - Foreign Affairs, 41 - - Fairs in February, _&c._ 43 - - Observations in Gardening, 44 - - Books published, 45, 46 - - - - - THE - _Gentleman_’s _Magazine_: - JANUARY, 1731. - - _A View of the WEEKLY ESSAYS in this Month._ - - -_The Craftsman_, _by_ Caleb D’anvers _Esq;_ and Mr _Oldcastle_. Jan. 2. -No. 235. - -Mr. _Oldcastle_ having begun his remarks on the conduct of the Kings -of _England_, to shew how the spirit of _Faction_, and the spirit of -_Liberty_ had exerted themselves at different times and occasions, -had brought his Observations down to the reign of Q. _Elizabeth_. He -begins No. 234, with an Eulogium upon her prudent conduct in the most -arduous difficulties that attended her accession to the Throne. These -difficulties he explains at large, and goes on No. 235, to speak more -largely of the means whereby she establish’d her glory and confirm’d -herself in the affections of her People. Her first principle was to be -neither _fear’d nor despis’d_ by those she govern’d. He mentions some -instances wherein she discover’d her wisdom in both these respects, -particularly in maintaining her _Prerogative_, which altho’ she was -fond of, yet took care it never should be grievous, or if it should -happen so to particular persons, that it should appear specious to the -publick. The effects, he says, of a bare-fac’d _Prerogative_ are not -so dangerous to _Liberty_ as the attempts which are made to surprize -and undermine it. Wherefore Q. _Eliz._ never kept up a _Standing -Army_, but placed her security in the affection of her People. With -respect to _parties_ he extols her moderation and equity, by which -conduct she stood on firmer ground, and had less to fear from the -spirit of _Faction_. She neither hastily espoused the party which she -favour’d, nor inflam’d the spirits of the adverse party. The _Papists_ -and _Puritans_ she used with lenity, ’till their evil practices made -it necessary to execute rigours, and even then she distinguished -_Papists in conscience from Papists in Faction, nor condemn’d the Zeal -of the Puritans, but sometimes censured their Violence. He says from -~Cambden~, she bestowed her favours with so much caution, and so little -distinction, as to prevent either party from gaining the ascendant over -her, whereby she remained Mistress of her own self, and preserved both -their affections and her own power and authority entire._ - -He proceeds to justify Q. _Eliz._ from the imputation of avarice, by -observing that she neither hoarded up, nor was lavish of the publick -money. Quotes a saying of the famous _Burleigh_, that, _He never cared -to see the treasury swell like a disorder’d spleen, when the other -parts of the common-wealth were in a Consumption_; and his mistress -thought that _money in the pockets of her subjects was better than in -her own_. - -It was her maxim to save for the publick not for herself, and to -measure her riches by the riches of the nation; refused supplies -offered, and remitted payment of supplies granted, when the publick -service did not require it. The two great principles of her Œconomy -were _1st._ Not suffering her Officers to enrich themselves by fraud -or clandestine management. _2d._ Never attempting to do any thing with -money that could be done with wisdom or courage. (_See p. 319._) For -which cites several instances; and observes how greatly she promoted -commerce, and increased the fleet of _England_, which before was -inconsiderable. - - -_Jan. 9._ Craftsman, No. 236. - -All his oratory here is pointed at the person of a _certain great man_ -whom he represents as affecting all the qualities and requisites of the -most consummate statesman, without any qualifications in him necessary -for so high a post. He ridicules him for a ready habit of _lying_, -because it is sometimes proper for a politician to conceal the truth: -Charges him with a dark mysterious proceeding on all Occasions, because -_secrecy_ is requir’d in a statesman, and adds, that ’tis a proof that -his secret services are great by the large sums requir’d for carrying -them on. Says, _good Intelligence_ is another excellent property in -an able statesman, and therefore our _mock-minister_ apes him in this -particular; gives a long detail of instances to illustrate what he -advances. - -Confesses, indeed, that the fluctuation of affairs hath oblig’d the -ministry to go from _court to court_; to make treaties, which (as -obsrv’d by the author of the _London Journal_) _it is by no means -proper to execute_----and adds, _They found us engag’d in a treaty -with the Emperor; but they have very wisely vary’d from it----They -made a Treaty with ~France~; and have hitherto very wisely observ’d -it----they sent a large squadron of ships, with an hostile appearance, -and without any declaration of war, into the ~West-Indies~; but they -wisely gave the Admiral instructions not to make use of any other force -than perswasion----They sent another squadron into the ~Baltick~; -and a third into the ~Mediterranean~; but they very wisely gave the -Commanders of them the same pacifick instructions; even tho’ ~Spain~ -was actually at war with us, and attacking one of our most valuable -possessions----They afterwards enter’d into a treaty with ~Spain~; but -they have hitherto very wisely declin’d to put it in execution; and if -they are now negotiating another treaty at ~Vienna~, as we have been -told, I doubt not that the same wisdom will appear in it, whether it -is design’d to be put in execution or not._ - -He concludes by reducing his harangue into a kind of problematical -order, and makes a great many bold interrogatories, and answering -of which, he imagines, would lay his opponents under the dilemma, -of disapproving their own conduct, or allowing the justness of his -arguments; such as these; _Will our M----r execute the treaty of -~Seville~, or will he not? would a Reconciliation at ~Vienna~, tho’ -justifiable in other persons, be so in him? hath not the ~Emperor~ -shewn that he does not fear us? will he not affect to show that he doth -not want us?_ and many other queries to the like purpose. See _London -Journal_ of the 16th. p. 6, 7. and _Free Briton_ of the 14th, p. 16, 17. - - -Craftsman, _Jan. 16._ No. 237. - -Complains of the hardship that the authors of the _Craftsman_ lye -under; that a certain gentleman makes use of his authority to restrain -their pens, while he employs others to throw about scandal at random; -and others are suffer’d to call the authors of the _Craftsman_, -traytors and villains! - -Makes some reflections on the _London Journal Jan. 9._ which had took -to pieces his _Hague_ Letter, concerning the report of a negotiation at -_Vienna_. - -Mr _Osborne_ in the _London Journal_ having exposed a paradox from -the _Craftsman_, that the ministry are never right; when they do what -the _Craftsmen_ count wrong: and yet wrong, when they do what the -_Craftsmen_ count right; the _Craftsman_ observes, that ’tis allow’d -that an accommodation with the Emperor is a right measure, but attended -with fatal consequences, and almost insuperable difficulties; because -such measures might be resented by other courts as an infraction of -treaties, which Mr. _Osborne_ says, were only occasional and temporal. - -The _Craftsman_ supposes these alliances to be such, but then asks, -Will our allies understand ’em in the same sense! If not, what may be -the consequences? - -As to what the _Craftsman_ had granted, that the fulness of time -was come to desert one ally, and to Mr. _Osborne_’s reasons for -such desertion, he replies by demanding, Whether it was not equally -reasonable long ago? - -_Osborne_ had ask’d----if upon the non-execution of this treaty, -occasion’d by the different views of the allies, another court should -grow stubborn, what must we do? This the _Craftsman_ answers by another -question, that is, Whether the different views of the allies do not -proceed from their different interests? - - -Craftsman, _Jan. 23._ No. 238. - -From the Minutes of Mr. _Oldcastle_. - -This paper continues remarks on Q. _Elizabeth_’s reign; and is a long -_Encomium_ on her management of treaties with foreign powers, which she -always conducted in such a manner as was best suited to the good of her -people and the honour and dignity of the nation. Her _Ministry_ went -wisely and steadily on to their own great purposes _of preserving the -peace of ~Europe~, and the trade and prosperity of the Kingdom._ (_See_ -_Free Brit._ p. 8, 326.) - - -Craftsman, _Jan. 30._ No. 239. - -Maintains the liberty of the _Press_, in opposition to those who argue -for the necessity of _some_ restraint, which, if granted, he says, -might be made use of to destroy all newspapers whatsoever, except the -_Gazette_. - -After repeating most of the points in debate, he defends his _Hague_ -letter (for which the government thought fit to call him to an account) -in as much as there was nothing in it asserted, but only supposed; -and adds, he has as much right to reason upon suppositions as Mr. -_Osborne_; and to censure the conduct of ministers, as he hath to -approve it; for unless the right is reciprocal, the liberty of the -press is no liberty at all. - -As to what Mr. _Walsingham_ had allow’d, that we have a right to reason -upon political affairs, tho’ not to lay down false facts; he replies, -that he has asserted no falsehoods, and only exercised the natural -right of every _Free Briton_, to offer his opinion on affairs. - -Concludes with saying, that if he should be call’d upon to defend -himself in a court of justice he must submit to the law; and abide the -judgment of his country. _See_ p. 298. - - -London Journal. _Jan. 2._ No. 596. against the _Craftsman_, No. 233. - -The _Craftsman_ having in his said _Journal_ advanced several arguments -for the disbanding the _Army_ and repealing the _Riot Act_, the Author -of the _London Journal_ undertakes here to confute them. He admits that -a Government ought to have no more power than is necessary for the -safety and protection, the preservation and happiness of the people, -but adds that the laws alone, without a power to execute, and provide -against all sudden emergencies, and possible dangers, will not answer -these ends. Asserts that the possibility of powers being abused is not -a sufficient reason to strip the Government of such a security, or to -lodge the safety of the King in the affections of the people, which -are variable and easily seduced, and (as the _Craftsman_ allows) very -precarious, when he makes a doubt whether his present Majesty enjoys -them. Not only _Armies_ and _Riot Acts_, but even the very law itself, -by ill designing men may be used for our destruction, which were made -for our safety. But must we part with the law, because we may suffer by -the law? Every nation round us is arm’d, and must we alone stand naked -and defenceless? If the liberties of many nations have been destroy’d -by _standing armies_, the liberties of many have been preserv’d by -them. Mentions the _Revolution_ as an instance, and believes the Pr. -of _Orange_ would not have so easily succeeded, had the army been as -true to the King as they were to their country. That the disbanding -the army after the peace of _Riswick_ embolden’d the _French King_ to -set his Grandson on the Throne of _Spain_, and declare the Pretender, -which involv’d us in a ten years war: That nothing more intimidated the -Ministry in the last four years of Q. _Anne_’s reign, than the honesty -and bravery of the gentlemen of the army. - -As to the riot act, he says that power is necessary to prevent riots -and tumults, and to disperse the people when so assembled. To this -purpose a law is made which tells them the consequences of it; a proper -officer gives them warning; and if after this they will stay and be -hang’d, ’tis their own fault. - -He allows, that shou’d a Justice of the peace assume the liberty of -reading the proclamation where a member of parliament is chusing, he -ought to be hang’d. He don’t see how this act can injure us any other -way; for while the constitution is preserv’d, and our liberties taken -care of by the government, the people can’t be unjustly hurt by it. - -The remaining part of his discourse is spent in setting forth the -unreasonableness of repealing this act, from the behaviour of the -authors of the _Craftsman_ and their abettors, who by their conduct in -exciting uneasiness in the people, have made it necessary to continue -it in force. - - -_London Journal_, _Jan. 9_, No. 597. - -Contains remarks upon a paper in the _Craftsman_, called, _An extract -of a letter from the ~Hague~_. - -The author begins with observing, that tho’ the pretence of the -_Craftsman_ is liberty and patriotism, yet his real design is -opposition to the court. - -He then reflects on the _Craftsman_’s incoherent way of arguing, just -as it serves to vent his spleen; for according to him the ministry are -never right when they do what he counts wrong, and always wrong when -they do what the _Craftsman_ counts right. - -When we were broken with the Emperor we were quite wrong, and now we -are going to unite with the Emperor we are equally wrong. - -This paper, or letter, the _Journalist_ says, is made up of mere -conjectures, and suppositions; or else insinuations, unsupported by -facts or reason: justifies our ministry from the aspersion that we are -undoing what we have been doing these five years; and insists that -we have been continuing to do the same thing, that is, pursuing the -peace and happiness of the nation by different means, as alterations -happen’d, or circumstances varied. - -He then answers the _Craftsman_’s charge of deserting one ally, by -supposing that this ally may have views inconsistent with the two -other allies, and so stand disposed to act contrary to the design of -that treaty and our interest. _England_ is not obliged to execute the -treaty, unless the other allies will act their part. - -The _Craftsman_ charges the ministry with obstinate perseverance in -bad measures, and now with a precipitate alteration of councils. This -the author of this _Journal_ denies, and says, it should be more -justly called, a wise and prudent accommodating themselves to the late -unfortunate juncture of affairs. Changing hands is not an alteration of -councils, but a conduct which wise and honest men ought to observe. - - -_London Journal_, _Jan. 16._ No. 598. - -_Reflections on the present State of Affairs, occasion’d by the -~Craftsman~, Jan. 9._ - -He takes notice of the _Craftsman_’s method of drawing of characters, -in which he offends all the laws of honesty, propriety and decorum; -charges without evidence or reason, and without common sense; makes -his _Mock-minister_ a composition of insolence, malice, and a small -talent for ridicule, yet is not half so odious as the _Mock-patriot_ -who drest him; who, while he counterfeits publick virtue, is infamously -abusing the publick: clothes himself with the love of his country, -while he is making a jest of it; and injures the community, while he -pretends the highest regard for it; and who, because we have tried all -possible ways to preserve the peace, calls our ministers _Dupes_ of all -the powers of _Europe_, _political Mendicants_, strolling about from -court to court. - -The _Craftsman_ having advanc’d, that we are inexcuseable for not -having foreseen and prevented these conjunctures in which nothing can -be done which is not a fault to do; our author asks, what conjunctures -those are, in which a man is not at liberty to act reasonably and -honestly? or can it be a fault so to act? - -By the treaty of _Seville_ we only yielded to _Spain_ a point, which, -in real interest, concerned some of the contending powers. It could -hardly be imagin’d that the Emperor would have put himself to the -expence, or hazard of a war, for the small deviation of the _Quadruple -Alliance_, had he not been informed, that the allies could not agree -about the war; or that they disagreed about the scene of action; or, -for the sake of peace, the allies might all concur to wait _one Year_ -to see what the Emperor would do. Any of these suppositions affords a -reason why the treaty of _Seville_ is not yet executed. - -As to the queries put by the _Craftsman_, (p. 4.) they are all ask’d -for the sake of the two last, which demand, Will not this measure of -making up with the Emperor be attended with worse consequences than -turning out the minister? and----Will the objections against it, be so -strong, if manag’d by another hand?----he answers no; for persons don’t -alter the relation of things, or change the nature of actions. If it -is reasonable, ’tis equally so whoever does it. - - -_London Journal_, _Jan. 23._ No. 599. - -By the behaviour of the ministry for some years past, it evidently -appears, that the preserving the peace of _Europe_, and securing the -trade and prosperity of the kingdom, has been their greatest concern; -but whether means taken to that end have been always right, is not so -easily determin’d. - -The sword indeed might have cut our way to peace, and added to our -glory, but the event might have prov’d a general war.----Our ministry -thought wisdom better than power. To this end, when our enemies arm’d -we put ourselves in a posture of defence; we suffer’d little insults, -as a proof that we were willing to be _one_ with a nation with whom -it is our interest to be _one_. To this end we united those who were -disjoin’d, and separated those who were united; still avoiding a war. - -But while the ministry have been industrious in preventing confusions, -and watching opportunities of accommodating differences, their -adversaries have practis’d all imaginary ways to insult and embarrass -them. - -_Osborne_ clears himself from the imputation which the _Craftsman_ had -charg’d him with, _viz._ that the supposition that we are going to -unite with the Emperor, will be attended with perfidy, infraction of -treaties, and violation of faith. - - -_London Journal_, _Jan. 30._ No. 600. - -This Journal contains observations on Mr. _Oldcastle’s_ minutes of -Q. _Elizabeth_’s reign, which he affirms is a collection of _Scraps_ -without order or method, coherence or connexion, being sounds without -sense, confusedly thrown at the present administration. _See_ p. 3. - -Admits that this Queen was a wise and glorious Princess, but says that -our _Constitution_, and the _exercise of Power at home_, is vastly -better than what they were in her reign, and our _Foreign Affairs_ -transacted with as much wisdom. - -Quotes Mr. _Oldcastle_’s own words, in which he describes the _Wisdom_ -and _Address_ of Q. _Elizabeth_, to describe the _Wisdom_ and _Address_ -of the present Minister in negotiating _Foreign Affairs_. (See p. 3.) - -Lastly, he gives several maxims out of _Cambden_ and _Francis -Osborne_’s memoirs of this Queen, such as her preferring peace to war; -her delaying resentment of injuries till proper seasons; her judgment -of her subjects abilities, which she dextrously fitted for her favours -and their employments; her steady resolution not to ransom herself from -her enemies at the price of their preferments who lov’d her. - - -_Fog’s Journal_, _Saturday, January 9._ No. 120. - -A Letter is inserted, containing remarks on Mr. _Chubb_’s discourse -concerning _Reason_, in which is asserted, that _it either is, or ought -to be a sufficient guide in matters of Religion_. - -This Proposition the remarker explains in the words of Mr. _Chubb_, and -assents to, and then proceeds to consider it more particularly. Does -not comprehend Mr. _Chubb_’s observation, i. e. _The Question is not -whether there be absolutely such a capacity in man_: for if man has -such a capacity, as Mr. _Chubb_ insists, he may be truly said to be -the possessor of it. Nor can the remarker understand the sense of that -clause, _he ought to have_, because it has no relation to the dispute -between Mr. _Chubb_ and the Bp of _London_, i. e. what man _now_ has, -and is capable of. - -The remarker goes on to shew, that the author’s argument to prove -that man _ought_ to have such a capacity, is needless, because it is -universally assented to. - -Mr. _Chubb_ argues, _That as our species was no ways accessary to -~Adam’s~ transgression, ’tis unreasonable and unequal that they should -suffer by it._ - -To this is answer’d, that there are other difficulties in the general -scheme of providence as hard to be solved; as that, whole families -are involved in misery by the mismanagement of their ancestor; the -entailment of chronick and terrible disorders on children by the -debaucheries of a father, for that it is _wrong intolerable_, and -against reason to punish children for the crimes of their fathers. But -all these difficulties which seem to clash with the wisdom and goodness -of God, are rectify’d in a future state, for which we are manifestly -fitted and design’d. - - -_Fog’s Journal_, _Jan. 16._ No. 121. - -This paper begins with a piece of humourous irony; observing that as -criticks never appear so disappointed as when they meet with beauties -in an author; so the present sett of disaffected political writers -conceive no small joy to see their country involv’d in difficulties; -nor can they be worse mortified than to see this nation flourish in -trade, wealth and credit. - -That _Osborne_ (writer of the _London Journal_) and _Walsingham_ (of -the _Free Briton_) affirm, That the present crew of factious writers -proceeds on this principle. Descants upon the measures for some years -past; the destruction of the _Spanish_ Fleet in the _Mediterranean_, -whereby _Sicily_ was gain’d for the Emperor, and the preservation -of the balance of _Europe_ so ill settled by that wicked treaty of -_Utrecht_. - -Mentions some of the great Actions which have stirr’d up the envy of -the disaffected; as, the sending annual fleets into the _Baltick_; -the treaty of _Hanover_; the maintaining a body of _Hessian_ troops; -sending squadrons to the coasts of _Spain_ and the _West-Indies_, the -expedition to _Spithead_ and lastly, the treaty of _Seville_. This -last, he ironically says, had like to have kill’d the disaffected -quite, because it was so wisely calculated for establishing a general -tranquillity, and for the advancing the trade of _Great Britain_! - -He goes on throwing his sarcasms at the writers on the side of the -present ministry, who having challeng’d the disaffected to show any one -step taken destructive of the true interest of their country, instances -in the opening the harbour of _Dunkirk_, the Island of St. _Lucia_ -planted by the _French_; raising recruits in _Ireland_ for the service -of _France_; all which the two writers aforemention’d, convinced the -world were groundless, by telling the authors of these reports, they -lyed. - -He makes some reflections on Mr. _Osborne_’s observations of the ill -conduct of the ministry in the latter end of Q. _Anne_’s reign; as the -endeavours to break the power of the Dissenters, and to weaken the -security of the _Hanover_ succession; setting aside the _Quaker_’s -affirmation; the disbanding the army. All which _Fog_ laughs at! and -concludes with his surprize, that when he considers with how much -good sense these two writers have exposed the actions of that _Tory_ -ministry, and how they have defended the measures of the present, there -should be a disaffected person left in the kingdom. - - -Fog’s Journal, _Jan. 23._ No. 123. - -This Paper consists of reflections on a pamphlet, intituled, _A Defence -of the Measures of the present Administration_. - -He begins with the observation which the author had made: “That -complaints and outcries are no foundation for supposing defects in -publick counsels; for in a frame of government like ours, a continuance -of the same administration will always lessen the popularity of the -ministry. - -“The frequent use of this observation, _Fog_ says, is enough to shew -its good sense. ’Twas first started by the Rev. Author of the Enquiry, -all the anniversary pamphlets have had it since, and it has been -repeated by Mr. _Osborne_ 75 times; by Mr. _Walsingham_ twice as many; -nor is there any thing in this pamphlet but what has the authority of, -at least, 50 repetitions”: yet he cannot subscribe to his opinion; for -supposing it true, it is a sure sign that affairs are well conducted; -but if the contempt of all men of sense be added to this clamour, oh! -then we pronounce him an angel. - -He goes on to quote another passage; “That the Peace of _Utrecht_ -left us on good terms with _Spain_, which might have turn’d to our -advantage, had our affairs been wisely manag’d in the late reign; but -as they were not, it laid the foundation of the several perplexities -that have since attended us.” - -This conduct of the last reign, _Fog_ says, ought to be apply’d to a -person or two since dead, and not to the present ministers. Adds, that -he might have spar’d his encomium of the _Utrecht_ treaty, or shewn us -the folly of cultivating a good understanding with the _Emperor_ and -_Spain_ at the same time, by which our affairs, every where were left -in _a stupid calm_; for had they contriv’d to make either of ’em our -enemy, we should always have had a quarrel and a treaty depending, and -so have given vent to our humours and money too. - -The author having said, that when the present ministry came into power, -they observ’d from the complexion of things mischief must be gath’ring -some where, which prov’d to be an alliance betwixt _Spain_ and the -_Emperor_. This, _Fog_ affirms, was very sagacious; but that the treaty -he speaks of was, and still is deny’d by both the parties. - -He then criticises on several other parts of the discourse, especially -on those which extol the conduct of our ministry and their management -of our affairs, relating to the inaction of the squadron sent to -the _West Indies_, and keeping back the _Spanish_ Treasure, thereby -rendring it useless, as to any dangerous purposes. - -The wisdom of this conduct, _Fog_ takes notice, proved itself in the -Event; The _Spaniards_ were provoked; sent out their privateers, and -pillag’d our merchants! - -As to humouring the Q. of _Spain_ in settling the _Italian_ dukedoms on -Don _Carlos_, says, sneeringly, besides obliging a fair Lady, _Great -Britain_ has gain’d the treaty of _Seville_! - - -Fog’s Journal, _Jan. 30._ No. 124. - -_The Press_, says he, _has lately swarm’d with writing ~pro~ and -~con~, upon the present posture of affairs, by which we find that one -party is of opinion, that ministers of state are no more than ~men~; -t’other will have ’em to be ~angels~ (that is while they continue in -power.)----Here you read, that Affairs are in no better situation than -they should be----there, that we have neither past miscarriages, or -present grievances to complain of, and that the nation never was in so -flourishing a condition. One ~D’Anvers~, and, if I mistake not, one -~Fog~, are accused of seditiously asserting that a ~Crow~ is black, but -the writers on the other side, have with infinite Wit, proved a ~black -Crow~ to be the ~whitest~ bird of all the feather’d kind._ - -He proceeds thus merrily to remark on a pamphlet intitled, -_Considerations on the present state of affairs, with regard to the -Number of Forces in the Pay of ~Great Britain~_; and endeavours, in his -ironical way, to overthrow the several arguments advanced by the author -for maintaining the _Hessian_ troops, and concludes with giving his -opinion that they will be very far from convincing the disaffected. - - -The Grub-street Journal, _Thursday, Jan. 14._ No. 53. - -Dr. _Quibus_ chuses for the subject of his discourse the operation -designed to be performed on the ears of one _Rey_, a condemn’d -malefactor, by Mr. _Cheselden_. This he treats in a ludicrous manner, -and supposes that if Mr. _Rey_ should prove so unphilosophical as to -give the surgeon the slip as soon as the operation is over, we should -be as much in the dark as we were before. He declares his opinion, that -not only the drum, but the whole organ, or the ear it self, is of no -use at all in hearing, and would know the truth of his conjecture by -seeing the ears of some malefactor entirely extirpated. Recommends it -as a thing of great use, if instead of executing malefactors they were -made to undergo such kind of experiments. Trial may be made whether -the _Retina_ of the eye is of any use in seeing. A needle might be -introduced into the eye, and the _Retina_ quite remov’d. The spleen -might be taken out of some vile malefactor, and an observation made -whether their inclinations to evil courses depend not on a superfluity -of the _Atra Bilis_. Another experiment he recommends as of great -consequence, that is, whether the tying up one of the testicles would -not determine the sex of a child begotten at such a time. By this -means, he says, many illustrious families might be inform’d of a just -and certain method of obtaining an heir to their estates. _See_ p. 19. - - -The Grub-street Journal, _Thursday, Jan. 14._ No. 54. - -The author begins with the _Laureat_’s new-year’s ode (for which see p. -20.) and subjoins to it some explanatory notes; the substance of which -is contain’d in the following short remarks. - -_Line_ 1. The eternity of the world is here maintain’d, tho’ Dr. -_Clarke_ had objected against it. - -3. Old _Janus_, a heathenish emblem, is supplanted by _old Time_, as -more familiar to christian readers. - -5. To this is objected, making _Spring a living person calling for -birth_ as it were to _old Time_; whereas _old Time_ had bid _spring -pass_, so no occasion for _spring to call_. Which is defended thus; -When _time bids spring pass_, it might not be ready, but as soon as it -was, it _calls for birth_. - -Line 7. _Harvest_ in _summer_ is very early, and something unusual. - -9. But not soon enough, it seems, because here _each season_ is said -_to bring ~THEIR~ stores ~TO~ winter’s wants, ~till~ warmer genial suns -recall the spring_----However Mr. _Cibber_’s authority makes it current. - -15. An admirable improvement of _Nocte pluit tota_, &c. which to set in -a true light is translated and imitated: - - _It rains all night, the shows returns with day:_ - _Thus ~Jove~ and ~Cæsar~ bear divided sway._ - - _Plenty is Heav’n’s, and Peace our Monarch’s care,_ - _Thus ~Jove~ and ~George~ divided Empire share._ - -But to this was objected, that we are not only indebted to heaven for -_plenty_, but for _peace_ too, tho’ like marriages said to be made -there, it was not yet come down. - -21. It is queried what _war_ and _peace_ the poet means here. - -22. An emendation of this line is offer’d to make it clear, - - _We triumph most when ~MOST~ the farmer feeds._ - -and the _Beef eaters at ~St.~ James_’s, are appeal’d to for the -justness of it. - -23, 24. The elegance of these lines are literally defended, but the -propriety and cadence of them are called in question. - -25, 26, 27, 21. These seem inconsistent with the 19th and 20th verses. - -As in the 35th, and 46th lines, _Phœbus_ had roll’d in vain, till -_Albion_ could behold such a sight as at present on the throne, well -might the poet make the exclamation in the 37th and 38th. - -39, 40. As it is impossible always to REACH _our own desires_, -tho’ required by heaven, it is proposed to alter it to TEACH; that -is, instruct united hearts to address the throne by their own loyal -_desires_. - -41. Read _selfish_, as better than _self-born_; all views whatever -being such. - -46. _Suns_ probably should be read _sons_, because it seems to be a -contradiction to ever circling _sun_, line 1. - -The criticiser concludes with observing, that when a song is good -sense, it must be made nonsense before it is made musick; so when a -song is nonsense, there’s no other way but by singing it to make it -seem tolerable sense. - - -_Grub-street Journal_, _Jan. 21._ No. 55. - -The author begins with observing that nothing has increased their -society so much as poetry: We are taught it at school; if not, believe -we are born poets. Every corner abounds with its professors; the -bellman nightly salutes his master and mistress: the marshal, his -gentlemen soldiers every Christmas; every street rings with ballads; -the royal palace resounds with odes; and every church-yard with its -productions: _Stephen Duck_’s good fortune has occasion’d a poor Weaver -in _Spittle-fields_ to publish a miscellany of poems which he addresses -to the Queen, and introduces with this line. - - _Thy fortune, ~Duck~, affects my kindred mind;_ - -Wherefore _Grub st._ presumes to represent to her Majesty, that -the best way to encourage the Weaver, would be to wear British -manufactures; and the thresher, by giving him a small farm in the -country; and to restrain both from writing a line more in rhime or -measure. - -Apprehends, that from this general inclination to write, they shall be -oblig’d, like the royal society, to discourage intruders amongst them, -and, to prevent misunderstanding, proposes that no person shall be a -member of both societies at the same time. - - -_Grub-street Journal_, _Jan. 21._ No. 56. - -Makes some remarks concerning the management of controversies between -the political writers. This he illustrates by two examples; by which -he would intimate the spirit that animates and governs both parties. -The first is a quotation of two severe personal characters, from a -pamphlet entitled _Sedition and Defamation display’d, in a Letter to -the Author of the Craftsman_. The other is some paragraphs attacking -two characters on the opposite side, drawn from the Pamphlet call’d, -_A proper reply to a late scurrilous libel intitled Sedition and -Defamation display’d; in a Letter to the author, by Caleb D’anvers -Esq;_ which four characters he supposes imaginary, for if they were -real, no man of sense, honour, or honesty would espouse them. - - -Weekly Register, _Jan. 9._ No. 39. - -The _Register_ publishes a mystical letter from a club of Gardners, -wherein is figuratively describ’d the evils which the fraternity -have occasionally suffer’d from the depredations _of Locusts_, -_Palmer-worms_, _Caterpillars_, and other pestiferous vermin. Several -discourses were made by the members concerning the Origin and Progress -of these their common enemies. One of the company said, that the -first appearance of them is in a sort of spawn, spread over the -cabbage-leaves, which gradually rises into _Grubs_. This _Grubbean_ -race, he reckons, are descendants of the _Egyptian Locusts_, and -the _Palmer-worms_ and _Caterpillars_, a spurious offspring of the -_Locusts_. Another of the society believes they are of an _English_ -extraction; gives several significations of the word _Grub_, and then -runs a parallel between the insects called _Grubs_, and the _Grubean -Society, or Grubstreet Journalists_. To which he adds a remark, that -’tis something strange a body of Men should set themselves up to make -a merit of other men’s faults: they must of course be despicable -themselves, because they take a pleasure in making others appear so. - -Remembers that in the late wartime many postscripts to the -_Flying-Posts_ were bawl’d about with abundance of news, but scarce a -word of truth: So that paper gain’d the name of the _Lying Post_, and -was called _Grub-street News_. And still it’s a common appellation, -when we hear full and true accounts cry’d by our doors, _’tis -Grubstreet, all Grubstreet_. - - -Weekly Register, Jan. 16. No. 40. - -On _Ridicule_, address’d to the authors of the _Grubstreet-Journal_. - -_Says, Ridicule is a general practice, and proceeds either from the -wantonness of our own vanity, or contempt of others frailties. We take -the same pleasure in scandal as monkies do in mischief. Wonders why -the Tea-table should be thought the mother of scandal, or the nurse -of ridicule, when all mankind is pursuing the same pleasure under -different disguises. They condemn Censure in others, that they may -indulge it themselves. The taverns are as accessary to it as private -houses. Courts are esteemed the source of politeness and good manners; -theatres of ingenuity, churches of sanctity; yet all are infected with -the evil of scandal. Seems to prefer the gaming-table as freest from -irony and slander; avarice being a spirit that allows of no rival. -This vice is contagious, and runs thro’ the whole people: it wanders -every where, like an ~ignis fatuus~, and is only at home in the -~Grubstreet-Journal~._ - -_Don’t pretend how far this libertinism of speech is allowable, but is -certain that every moral man will use it only for the sake of him he -censures; and every gentleman will make good manners the only rule of -behaviour. All men are jealous of their characters, and we must have a -due complaisance for one frailty while we would reform another; for -the insolence of knowledge is as insupportable as the affectation of -folly. The subjects of ridicule are to be justly chosen and carefully -distinguished._ - -_Concludes with some Reflections on the authors of the -~Grubstreet-Journal~, who have undertaken the drudgery of invective -under pretence of being champions for politeness._ - - -Weekly Register, _Jan. 24._ No. 41. - -He remarks, that from an ambition of emulating, without a capacity -to equal another’s excellencies, have arisen an infinite number of -pretenders to reputation. The regular physician is intruded upon by -the empyrick; the masterly painter is slighted in favour of impudence -and ignorance; the most elegant and chaste compositions of musick, are -forc’d to give way to amusements less polite: Quackery interferes with -trade, and undermines honesty. The pedlar stiles himself a merchant; -No wonder then that authors of every character are so wretchedly -personated. Exclaims against bad writers, from the Court-scribbler to -the _Grubstreet_ hackney. - -Proceeds to the description of a good author; says, his principal end, -in occasional writings, should be to entertain the publick innocently -and genteely; to insinuate knowledge in the disguise of amusement, -and trifle the world into virtue and good manners: he should consider -every reader as a critick and a gentleman, and be earful of offending -either: points out what a writer should observe, who would recommend -himself and entertain the world; _i. e._ an important subject, a clear -and expressive method, a flowing and natural stile, imagination and -judgment, truth and impartiality, modesty in his images, pity for the -failings of human nature, and endeavours to amend ’em. He shou’d think -himself a son of the publick and be an example of the generous spirit -he would recommend; he should be able to race the passions thro’ all -their disguises; have knowledge in his head, and good humour in his -heart: he should be an enemy to vice, but a friend to all mankind. - - -Weekly Register, _Jan. 30._ No. 42. - -This is a continuation of a former discourse upon criticism, wherein he -points out several excellencies that distinguish a good critick from a -bad. - -He then considers the manner of criticism, that some are _Fox-hunters_ -in censure, and declare war against all writers in general. Some are -like _Fig_ and _Sutton_, the declar’d antagonists to one another. Some -are _Whigs_ and _Tories_, divided into parties, always applauding -themselves, and condemning their opposers. Some are _Grubstreet_ -hawkers, who make a penny of throwing about censure at random without -distinction or regard of persons. - -The design of criticism is amendment; and concludes with acknowledging -his own failings, and his readiness to be handsomely corrected. - - -The Universal Spectator, _Saturday Jan. 2._ No. 117. - - _Great wits to madness nearly are ally’d_ - _And thin partitions do their bounds divide._ - - Dryden. - -Mr. _Stonecastle_, the nominal author, begins this day’s entertainment -with observing that men are not born for themselves; that we are -not only bound to relieve the necessities of others, but in all our -dealings, _&c._ with mankind to render ourselves grateful to all, -offensive to none, much less take pleasure in doing disagreeable -things. Says there is a sett of people who are frequently committing -ill-bred, rude, and even shocking things, which they excuse by only -saying, ’tis their humour. Instances in a certain knight, who never -spoke himself, nor suffer’d any body in his presence to speak louder -than to be barely heard; insomuch that his servants, as they were -accustom’d to be mutes at home, behav’d like no body when they came -abroad. - -His nephew _Silvio_, just come from the university, declaims on every -subject you can mention, and imagines himself master of every science. -Whatever is the topick of discourse, he will suffer no body to talk -upon it but himself; his uncle has but one hope of curing him of his -folly, that is, by engaging him to talk of maritime affairs before -captain _Firebal_ of the _Tempest_, who, very probably, will beat him -into better manners. - -Beauty itself loses its attraction when accompanied with these humours. - -_Artemisa_ is exquisitely handsome, but takes the liberty of abusing -every body at random, by asking ill-natur’d questions, and being witty -upon others imperfections: excuses herself by saying, ’tis her way to -tell unlucky truths and she can’t help it. - -_Crito_ is a man of sense, learning, and accuracy of judgment; but this -ought not to privilege him to treat every writer he does not like with -opprobrious language. - -_Belliza_ has wit and beauty, accompanied with a solid judgment. Yet -all this will hardly palliate the disgust she gives people with whom -she eats. She never uses a fork, is be-greased up to the knuckles, and -by her immoderate taking of snuff, which frequently falling among her -sauce, she gives her guests their bellies full before they have half -din’d. Concludes with a merry story of a certain Colonel, whose flight -it was, when he had drank a glass or two too much, to fire off and play -tricks with his pistols. One night the col. having drank too freely -order’d, his footman, who was an _Irishman_ newly hired, to bring his -pistols, _Teague_ obey’d; the Col. loaded them both, and having lock’d -the door commanded his man to hold one of the candles at arm’s length, -till he snuff’d it with a ball. Prayers and intreaties were in vain, -and comply he must, and did, tho’ trembling; the Col. perform’d the -operation at the first attempt, then laying down his pistols was going -to unlock the door. _Teague_ catches up that which was loaded, ‘Arra -Maishter, says he, but now you must take up t’other candle, and let me -have my shoot too.’ The col. call’d him rogue and rascal to no purpose, -_Teague_ was now vested with power, and would be obey’d: Accordingly -his master extended the candle, but this being the first time of -_Teague_’s performing, he not only miss’d, but shot off a button from -the breast of the colonel’s coat. So narrow an escape had a good -effect, and cur’d him of this humour of turning marksman in his drink. - - -The Universal Spectator, _Jan. 9._ No. 118. - -Contains two Letters, with the _Spectator’s_ answers to them. - -The first is from a gentleman, who, about three months since, fell -passionately in love with a lady at a ball; gives an account of his -courtship, and of the kind reception of his addresses during that time, -till of a sudden, without any reason given, or objection made, the lady -sent him a peremptory message to desist any further pursuit. Complains -that ’tis ungenerous and unjust to keep people so long in suspence, -with no design but to gratify female pride and vanity. - -To this the _Spectator_ replies, That the lady gave him fair play, and -an opportunity of rendring himself agreeable; which when she found he -could not, she very civilly, by a third person, desir’d him to desist. -However, he says, ’tis but reasonable that the lady should give him a -certificate of his good behaviour during his courtship. - -The second letter is from a young lady of 15, who signs herself -_Carolina_, which may be summ’d up and comprized in those two queries. - -1. _May a Woman entertain several lovers at the same time?_ - -2. _After a Woman has once receiv’d a man’s addresses, may she with -honour turn him off?_ - -To the first he answers, _That such a licence might be granted, if -nothing was design’d by it but the chusing of the most deserving for -a husband; but considering the inconveniences that would necessarily -attend such an indulgence, he durst not allow it._ - -The second query he grants in the affirmative; that is, _if she -discovers him false and base, or uncapable of making her happy_. - - -Universal Spectator, _January, 16._ No. 119. - -Contains a letter from a physician, in which he describes the miserable -condition of his patients, that apply to him on the _venereal_ account. -Of this sort the most unfortunate and pitiful object is a woman of the -town, who, if not quite abandon’d, gives a loose to her passion on such -occasions. The consideration of her past, present, and future state, -fills her with distraction, and involves her in endless evils, from -which death only can deliver her. - -Proceeds to argue with the infamous authors of the misery of these -wretches, who first seduce the poor young creatures from their -innocence, and then triumph in their wickedness. He who debauches a -maiden, and then exposes her to want and shame, is arrived to such a -monstrous height of villany, that no word in our language can reach -it. Mentions a further species of cruelty, that is, the necessity -some of these poor wretches are under, if with child, of applying to -a magistrate to procure some pitiful maintenance for her unfortunate -babe.----When all that is to be done by the father, is to make the best -bargain he can with the church-wardens to take it off his hands; which -is commonly done for a treat, and 10 or 12_l._ So the child is placed -upon the parish, and the woman upon the town. - - -Univers. Spectator, _Jan. 23._ No. 120. - -Entertains his readers with two letters; the first is from _Tristitia -Stale_, who complains that she is continually persecuted, merely -because she is an old maid. - -Virginity, she says, has not always been a reproach, sees no -encouragement in matrimony, and begs the _Spectator_ to reprimand the -malaperts, who ridicule chastity; adds, that a single life in woman was -esteem’d among the ancient as well as modern Romans; vestals then, and -nuns now. - -The other letter is from _Charlotte Wilful_, a young lady of 19, -who says she has two admirers. The first is ’squire _Scrape_, who -has 1200_l._ _per annum_, which he keeps in his own hands and farms -himself, and therefore is favour’d in his pretentions by her father. - -Mr _Myrtle_, her mother’s favourite, is the other, who, by his own -account is near 40, by that of his acquaintance 10 years older, has -squander’d away a good estate, but by the death of an uncle is now -worth 1000_l._ _per annum_, and is a perfect humourist. - -But to both these she prefers Mr _Plume_ of the _Inner-Temple_, who -has no estate, but is of a sweet temper. Concludes with desiring Mr -_Stonecastle_ to declaim on parents making choices for their Children, -with a stroke on antiquated beaus, and rural animals, and to recommend -a fine gentleman with no fortune. Desires, by way of postscript, that -he would not delay publishing her letter, because Mr _Plume_ and she -had agreed to run away together on _Tuesday_ next. - - -The Universal Spectator, _Jan. 30._ No. 121. - -Among all those amusements people find to pass away the time, _Poesy_ -and _Musick_ are the most elegantly entertaining. By the ancients they -were look’d upon as immediately inspired from above, and the professors -reverenc’d as sacred, and the favourites of heaven. - -He adds, that we excel the ancients in musick, if not in poetry, and -prefers a good _English_ song, tho’ set to a common tune, before the -_Italian_ trifling unnatural compositions. The _one_ ravishes the ear -only, the _other_ entertains the understanding also.----Hence he takes -occasion to recommend _A collection of ~Lyric~ poems and songs with -musick annexed_, lately publish’d. - - -Free Briton, _Jan. 7._ No. 58. - -The author refutes a falsity advanced by Mr _D’anvers_ in the -_Craftsman_ of the 13th of _Dec._ wherein, speaking of the riot-act, -he says, “That an election of Church-wardens hath been already made a -handle for putting this law in execution. That the master of a small -vessel was kept a whole year in prison, to the loss of his voyage, -and almost the ruin of his family, upon happening to go thro’ the -church-yard, from visiting a friend, an hour after the proclamation was -read. Nay, that the poor man might have run the hazard of his life, as -well as have been put to further expences, if his late Majesty had not -been graciously pleas’d to grant him a _Noli prosequi_.” - -The falsehood of this story the _Free Briton_ thus corrects.--The -gentlemen of _Greenwich_ disagreeing upon the choice of a church-warden -at _Easter_ 1722, a poll was demanded and a scrutiny afterwards agreed -on. The scrutineers met, but a number of dissolute persons tumultuously -assembling at the same time, insulted the justices in a rude and -outragious manner, (justice _Savory_ receiving a blow on the back by -a great stone) so that it was thought proper to read the proclamation -in order to disperse them. Among the rioters was _Charles Curtis_, -master of a small vessel. He was with them before, at, and after the -proclamation was read, and very notorious by his behaviour; was several -times admonished by the justices to depart; and as often very civilly -acquainted by them with the ill consequence of his continuance in that -riotous assembly. But notwithstanding their repeated admonitions, he -still continued, and was found among the rioters an hour and a half -after the Proclamation was read, and being even then advised to leave -that place, and to avoid the fatal consequence, the said _Curtis_, -still refused to depart, and insisted with uncommon insolence, that -he was as much about his business in that place as the justices -themselves. Whereupon he was apprehended, committed to _Maidstone -Gaol_, try’d, and convicted, but in compassion to his family his -punishment was suspended; but a _Noli prosequi_ was never granted. - -The aim of the _Free Briton_, in this paper, is to shew the -inconclusive reasoning of the _Craftsman_ from matters of fact -_falsely_ asserted. - - -Free Briton, _Jan. 14._ No. 59. - -In the conclusion of this paper is a letter by way of reply to the -_Craftsman_, Jan. 9. wherein that author calls upon the _Free Briton_ -to justify the administration for breaking with the Emperor. To which -the _Free Briton_ answers, that it will be full time to make a defence -when such measures are undertaken; that their insolence is astonishing, -in imputing the same crimes to our ministers for which themselves -have deserved a halter. Asks the _Craftsman_ whether he imagines the -ministry are so fond of the Emperor on the sudden, as to sacrifice the -trade of _Spain_, and abandon all the powers of _Europe_, only to run -into his arms? - -In _Feb._ last an outcry was rais’d on a pretended discovery that the -ministry were making up at _Vienna_ by an implicit guarantee of the -Emperor’s succession to the _Austrian Netherlands_, as he should settle -it; yet this could not be obtain’d of the _British_ councils; and now -we are told we are ready to lurch all our allies for his sake. - -The authors of the _Craftsman_ allow that this Treaty-breaking measure -would be right, provided a certain great man was removed. As if -national compacts could be dissolv’d by the change of the ministers: -The nation must answer for the faith of treaties. Grants that such a -conduct might be expected, should this ministry be chang’d. - -It does not redound to the shame of those who made the treaty of -_Seville_, that the parties have allow’d the Emperor a reasonable -time to come into their measures; which if they had not, they would -have been charg’d with rashness, precipitation, and every enormity. -Concludes with mentioning several injuries and insults that this nation -has suffer’d from the Imperial quarter. - - -Free Briton, _Jan. 21._ - -He applies _Job_’s saying to his friends, _Will you lye for God?_ to -the Craftsman, _Will you lye for liberty and country?_ and asks, if he -demands impunity for defamatory falsehood? - -Breach of faith, which the _Craftsman_ had laid to the charge of the -ministry, is the most virulent aspersion that a libeller can utter -against any government, is therefore punishable, and declares his -opinion, that spreading false news is no part of the freedom of the -press. - -He thinks no honest cause wants the assistance of falshood, so no man -should lay claim to liberty who adheres not to truth; therefore the -_Craftsman_ ought not to complain of severity from the government, -unless he will evince the truth of his assertion. - -Men think that prosecutions and confinement are very hard, not -considering the provocations that urg’d them; and that the worst -imputations are charg’d on the councils of the crown, without the least -colour of truth. The punishment inflicted on a libelling printer, bears -no proportion with the wrongs thus offer’d to a great people. - -Distinguishes between _opinions_ offr’d upon national affairs, and -_misrepresentations_ of those affairs. The first is not criminal, the -other may. Says, these men may be punished on the Statute, as spreaders -of false news. - -The _Craftsman_ can defend himself no other way then by refuting the -charge of falshood. - -The _Craftsman_ had suggested that the _Government_ abetted the very -practices for which he is under prosecution; and instanced in the -pamphlet _Sedition and Defamation display’d_, which represents the -conduct and characters of two persons who have laboured these five -years to make this ministry odious, for which reasons the opposite -writers spare no invectives to point out these gentlemen _Weekly_, -as _Traitors_ and _Villains_. The _Free Briton_ here justifies the -characters complain’d of. - - -Free Briton, _Jan. 28._ No. 61. - -He takes notice that the _Craftsman_ in his reply to the pamphlet -called _Sedition and Defamation display’d_, has not once attempted -to show that the characters of two gentlemen there given are in the -least unlike or injurious, and maintains that whatever is said of them -in that pamphlet is indisputably true; yet observes, that the author -admitted, that he who had _wronged_ his friendship, and _betrayed_ -his confidence, came into the world with _all the advantages_ that -recommend men to the _esteem, favour, and approbation of mankind_. - -The _Craftsman_ on the contrary divests the minister whose character he -draws of all those _talents_ and _abilities_, without which, _power_ is -not _easily acquir’d_, or _long maintain’d_. See p. 4. - -But the _minister’s abilities_ have been the dread and disappointment -of his enemies, and have carried him thro’ innumerable difficulties -for five years together, and enabled him to baffle all their attempts -against him; notwithstanding he is describ’d as setting out in mean -circumstances, and recommended to mankind by every bad quality, yet -those who object this now, were more than ten years his associates in -_private life_ as well as _publick affairs_. As to what has been said -of his being _superior in impudence to all_, this author replies, that -’twas never heard that he call’d gentlemen _scoundrels_ in _publick -assemblies_; reviled the _Speeches_ from the _Throne_; or, that if -affairs were managed as he dictated, he would maintain his Majesty’s -administration. - -Several other scurrilous reflections, thrown out against this -honourable person, are answer’d at large in this paper, and some of -them charged with notorious falshood. - - -The British Journal: or, The Traveller, _Jan. 9._ - -The author mentions two evils which attend those that trade with -pawnbrokers; the first is, persons who have left pledges in their -hands, upon offering to redeem them, have been obliged to advance five -or six shillings more than they borrow’d on them. The other is the -power of the pawnbroker to defraud his customer entirely of his pledge; -both which may be redress’d by obliging pawnbrokers to give a receipt -to every person borrowing money on pledges, to which both borrower and -lender shall subscribe their names, and each of them take a copy. - -In some considerations on the stage, opera’s, and the force of musick, -he says, that an opera ought to be as regularly conducted, and the -characters as justly maintain’d; the same end propos’d, and as large -room for the exercise of a fine genius, as in tragedy or comedy. That a -compleat opera set to musick would have an advantage over tragedy. Is -not pleased with the _Recitativo_ of an opera, because ’tis the musick -of the songs only that dwell on the memory. - -Distinguishes between the grand-opera and those ballad-opera’s now in -vogue, which latter, if well set to musick, might deserve applause. - -Commends _Addison_’s _Rosamond_ as a beautifull piece of poetry, both -in fable and language. In it is maintain’d the dignity of tragedy, -the humour of comedy, and the principal end of opera’s; _i. e._ the -encouragement of virtue, discouraging vice, and probability through the -whole is preserv’d. - - -The British Journal, _Jan. 23._ - -Relates the history of two traytors, _Edric_ the father, and _Edric_ -the son, who lived near 800 years ago; from which he collects and -concludes with this lesson to princes, that they ought to be cautious -whom they trust, and to pry with piercing eyes into the conduct of -their ministers, and the motives of their counsels. - - -_An Extract of a Discourse made to the ~Royal Society~, in Defence -of Mr. ~Cheselden~’s intended Operation on the Ear of a condemn’d -Malefactor._ Daily Courant. _Jan. 17._ - -The author first observes, that the skin, commonly call’d, _The Drum -of the Ear_, is not the organ of hearing, as was vulgarly thought; -for the proof of which he offers a great number of reasons and -observations of his own, as well as the opinions and reasons of the -most learned and judicious anatomists. He then observes, there are -two passages to the organs of hearing; one by the outward ear, the -other thro’ the back part of the mouth, thro’ which some people can -hear, who cannot hear thro’ the outward ear. In this case he supposes -the sound may be interrupted by the drum of the ear, which is seated -in this passage, and being diseased, may hinder sounds from passing -to the internal parts, where are seated the proper organs of hearing: -In this case only, he supposes, that perforating the drum may prove a -remedy for deafness, as depressing the chrystalline humour of the eye -(vulgarly call’d couching a cataract) is daily found to be a remedy for -blindness; and yet that operation has been as indecently and ignorantly -ridicul’d as the experiment of Mr. _Cheselden_’s; one writer against -that operation not scrupling to give his book the following title, _A -new method of recovering the sight by putting out the eye_. He also -deserves, that the scituation of the drum is such, that the operation -may be easily made by a skilful person; and it being a very thin skin, -he presumes it will not be very painful; and if so, the person who is -to undergo the experiment will purchase his life upon very easy terms: -But supposing it should be very painful; (which ’tis hop’d it will not -be) on whom can the first experiment be so fitly made, for the service -of mankind, as on one whose life is already forfeited to the publick? - -[See page 10. Col. 2] - - -_Read’s Weekly Journal_, Jan. 16. - -Entertains his readers with a letter from a correspondent concerning -the present state of the _Law_; takes notice of the spleen which in -general appears against lawyer and law; says, that the multiplicity -of statutes is one of the greatest grievances of this kingdom. Quotes -an opinion of a learned judge, that the best way to reform the law, -was to abrogate all the acts made for its amendment. Asserts, that the -founding a proper _Corpus Juris_, is the highest point of policy in -a well order’d state. The old _English_ method of proceeding against -debtors, being judg’d inconvenient, produced the act on which was -found’d the _Capias in detinue_, as the shortest way of recovery. -Complains of fictitious suits, particularly in ejectments. He resents -likewise the encouragement given in every court to the multitude -of suitors, as contrary to the very ends of justice. Proposes some -remedies for these evils, by an act empowering commissioners to inspect -into - -1. _The condition of the law in general, common and statute; what of -them may be repealed, and what not._ - -2. _To frame proper instructions to direct those who are intrusted with -the execution of the law._ - -3. _To examine into the nature of actions on the case, which by judge -~Dodderidge~ is declared to be a feigned action contrived in deceit of -the law._ - -4. _To contrive how to prevent vexatious and litigious suits, by -lessening the credit of parole agreement._ - -5. _That every practiser of the law be obliged by oath to give his -opinion justly to the best of his knowledge, to practise fairly, and by -no indirect means procure false judgment in any case._ - -Lastly, _To compile a compleat body of the law, with an institute of -maxims and rules, a treatise of practice, and the forms to be observed -by courts._ - -See more concerning the amending the law, _p._ 77. 98. 100. 106. and -the substance of the Act passed this Sessions of Parliament relating -there to p. 213. - - - - -_Poetical ESSAYS for ~JANUARY, 1731~._ - - -_~ODE~ for New-Years-Day by ~C. Cibber~, Esq;_ - - _Recitativo._ - - Once more the ever circling Sun - Thro’ the coelestial signs has run, - Again old Time inverts his glass, - And bids the annual Season pass: - The youthful Spring shall call for birth, 5 - And glad with op’ning flow’rs the Earth: - Fair Summer lead with Sheaves the Field, - And golden Fruit shall Autumn yield, - Each to the Winter’s want their store shall bring, - ’Till warmer genial Suns recall the Spring. 10 - - _Air._ - - Ye grateful _Britons_ bless the Year, - That kindly yields increase, - While plenty that might feed a War, - Enjoys the guard of peace, - Your plenty to the Skies you owe, 15 - Peace is your Monarch’s care; - Thus bounteous _Jove_ and _George_ below - Divided empire share. - - _Recitativo._ - - _Britannia_ pleas’d, looks round her realms to see - Your various causes of Felicity! 20 - (To glorious War, a glorious peace succeeds; - For most we triumph when the Farmer feeds) - Then truly are we great when truth supplies - Our Blood, our Treasures drain’d by victories. - Turn happy _Briton_, to the throne your Eyes, 25 - And in the royal offspring see, - How amply bounteous providence supplies - The source of your felicity. - - _Air._ - - Behold in ev’ry Face imperial Graces shine - All native to the Race of _George_ and _Caroline_: 30 - In each young Hero we admire - The blooming virtue of his sire; - In each maturing fair we find, - Maternal charms of softer kind. - - _Recitativo._ - - In vain thro’ ages past has _Phœbus_ reli’d, 35 - E’re such a sight blest _Albion_ could behold - Thrice happy Mortals, if your state you knew, - Where can the Globe so blest a nation shew? - All that of you indulgent Heav’n requires, - Is loyal Hearts, to reach your own Desires. 40 - Let Faction then her self born views lay down, - And Hearts united, thus address the Throne. - - _Air._ - - Hail! Royal _Cesar_, hail! - Like this may ev’ry annual Sun - Add brighter Glories to thy Crown, 45 - ’Till Suns themselves shall fail. - - _Recitativo._ - - May Heav’n thy peaceful Reign prolong, - Nor let to thy great Empires wrong, - Foreign or native Foes prevail. - _Hail_, &c. - -See p. 10, 11. - - -_~ODE~ humbly inscribed to the Poet Laureat, taken from ~Lon. Evening -Post~ Jan. 7. as there said by ~Step. Duck~, Esq._ - -_Semei in annoridet Apollo._ - - _Recitativo._ - - Accept, O _Cibber_, the advent’rous lay, - Which, to your honour, dares both sing and say: - To you great Prince of Comedy and Song, - The Tributes o’ inferior Pens belong; - You, who by royal favour wear the Bays, - And grateful eternize our Monarch’s Praise. - - _Air._ - - Let us sing to the King, - All about the circling Year; - Sing a _floreat_ to the _laureat_, - Ev’ry Season brings good cheer, - Grateful _Britons_, thank the bard, - Who by Peace does plenty guard, - Such as hungry War does need, - War, that does on plenty feed. - - _Recitativo._ - - Phœbus with joy looks _Britain_ round to see, - The happy state of his lov’d Poetry, - To _Eusdes_, _Cibber_ gloriously succeeds; - Wit triumphs most, when bard like farmer feeds! - Then truly are we great, when he can shew - The way _his own out-doings to out-do_. - Cast, envious Poets, on his Verse your Eyes, - Behold the offspring of his brain. - How his rich Genius constantly supplies - The source of his poetick vein! - - _Air._ - - Thro’out the whole what matchless Graces shine; - _Paraphonalia_ sparkles in each Line; - Native to _Cibber_, we admire - The style and fancy, wit and fire, - In each maturing Word we find - Something soft for thought design’d. - - _Recitativo._ - - Complain not Sol, of fruitless ages past, - Think your self blest in such a Son at last! - Thrice happy Poets, if you knew your state; - _Britain_ alone can boast a _Laureat_. - For if, like him, to Grandeur you aspire, - By his Example reach your own desire. - Let criticks then their self born views lay down; - And Bards in chorus thus sing round the town. - - _Air._ - - Hail! Matchless _Colley_, hail! - Like this may ev’ry New Year’s Day - Add fresher Honour to the Bay, - ’Till Bay itself shall fail. - - _Recitativo._ - - May Heaven preserve thy Genius clear, - For _Christmas_ comes but once a Year. - Give the Poet then some Ale. - _Ale_, &c. - - -From _Fog_’s Journal, _Jan. 9._ - -An Ode on _Twelfth Day_. In Imitation of an Ode on _New Year’s-Day_. - -_Past Two o’Clock, and a frosty Morning._ - - _Recitativo._ - - Once more the Bell-man bids us wake, - With Prophesy of Ale and Cake; - Tells us before we sleep again, - _Tom_ shall be King, and _Nancy_ Queen, - While good Sir Knight a Knave appears, - And Madam the Slut’s Ensign wears. - Such Kings and Queens should _Colly_ sing, - Such Worthies in his numbers ring; - While both the _British_ soil and Foreign Shores, - To form the Cake, unite their grateful Stores. - - _Air._ - - Ye grateful Footmen, bless the Day, - That such Preferments give; - Ye joyful Cook-maids drink away, - While ye your Title lives. - Good Ale you to the Brewer owe, - The Cake’s the Baker’s care, - And all above, and eke below, - Combine to give good fare. - - _Recitativo._ - - _Tom_ thinks himself a real Monarch grown, - And, pleas’d looks round the Kitchen as his own. - While _Nancy_ with him royal Honour shares, - And on the other Maids majestick stares. - The New King’s Health is first, the Queen’s succeed: - And most he triumphs, who most freely feeds. - Then all are truly great when Ale supplies - The want of Riches and of Dignities, - And the exhausted Jugg gives victories. - Turn happy _Will_, _Jack_, _Kate_, and _Doll_, your eyes - On yon Two Chairs, and there observe - How well the new rais’d prince the place supplies - Which both, as you must own, deserve. - - _Air._ - - Behold in each pleas’d face what lovely graces shine, - How on their little realm they look with air benign, - Such, _Will_, must you and _Kate_ appear, - If Fortune the ensuing Year, - Convinces us she is not blind, - By proving to your merit kind. - - _Recitativo._ - - In vain above Three Hundred Days have pass’d - Between this joyful Twelfth Day and the last, - No Scene like this has chear’d your Hearts and Eyes, - Where shall we find such bliss beneath the Skies? - All that Sir _William_ and my Lady ask, - Is, that when all have well perform’d their Task, - With silent pace, without your Shoes you’ll tread - And each go peaceably, tho’ drunk to bed. - - _Air._ - - Hail! merry Monarch, hail! - Like this may ev’ry annual Cake - You merrier still and merrier make, - ’Till Cakes themselves shall fail. - - _Recitativo._ - - May you all long your Places keep; - May no makebate amongst you creep, - With Peace destroying Tale. - - -A HYMN to the LAUREAT, Introduced in the _Whitehall_ and _London_ -Evening Posts, _Jan. 9._ thus - -Sir, _By giving a Place in your Paper to the following Unfashionable -Hymn you will very much oblige Sir_, - - _your Humble servt._ - - _Cibber_, accept these feeble lays - From an unskilfull muse, - Who tries with artless Note, to praise - What _envious men_ abuse. - - Nature and Art in thee combine; - Thy Comedies excell: - With Wit and Sense replete, they shine, - And read politely well. - - Who sees th’ inconstant[1] _Loveless_ range, - But mourns _Amanda’s_ fate? - Each female Heart approves his change, - And pants for such a state. - - When Lady _Betty_[2] treads the stage, - All _modish_ prudes submit: - What _Foppington_ adorns our age, - With the same Grace and Wit? - - In _Townley_[3] see the _modern Wife_! - How full of Vice! how blam’d! - How ruin’d by the _modern Life_! - How valu’d, when reclaim’d! - - May empty Journals weekly rail; - May all dull bards repine: - If Wit unequall’d shou’d prevail, - The _Laurel’s_ justly thine. - -[1] _Love’s last shift._ - -[2] _Careless Husband._ - -[3] _Provok’d Husband._ - - -To the Author of the _Whitehall Evening Post_. - -_Jan. 12._ - -SIR, - -As you are an impartial Writer, I dare say you will do justice on both -sides. - -The Verses on the _Laureat_, in yours of _Saturday_ last, have -occasion’d the following reply; which I hope you will give a Place -to in your next, to show that we can be quick as well as smart, upon -a proper occasion. And as I think it the lowest mark of a scoundrel -to make bold with any man’s character in print, without subscribing -the true name of the author; I therefore desire, if the _Laureat_ is -concern’d enough to ask the question, that you will tell him my name, -and where I live, till then I beg leave to be known by no other than -that of your servant, - - _Francis Fair-play_. - - _Ah! hah! Sir ~Coll.~ is that thy way,_ - _Thy own dull Praise to write?_ - _And would’st thou stand so sure a lay?_ - _No! that’s too stale a bite._ - - _Nature and art in thee combine,_ - _Thy Talents here excell:_ - _All shining brass thou dost outshine,_ - _To play the cheat so well._ - - _Who sees thee in ~Iago~’s part,_ - _But thinks thee such a Rogue?_ - _And is not glad with all his heart,_ - _To hang so sad a Dog?_ - - _When ~Bays~ thou play’st, thy self thou art,_ - _For that by nature fit,_ - _No blockhead better suits the part,_ - _Than such a coxcomb wit,_ - - _In ~Wronghead~ too, thy brains we see,_ - _Who might do well at plough;_ - _As fit for Parliament was he,_ - _As for the Laurel thou._ - - _Bring thy protected verse from Court,_ - _And try it on the Stage;_ - _There it will make much better sport,_ - _And set the town in rage._ - - _There beau’s, & wits, & cits, and smarts,_ - _Where hissing’s not uncivil,_ - _Will shew their parts to thy deserts,_ - _And send it to the devil._ - - _But, ah! in vain ’gainst thee we write,_ - _In vain thy verse we maul;_ - _Our sharpest satyr’s thy delight,_ - _For [4]~Blood!~ thou’lt stand it all_! - - _Thunder, ’tis said, the Laurel spares,_ - _Nought but thy brow could blast it,_ - _And yet! O curst provoking Stars!_ - _Thy comfort is, thou ~hast~ it._ - -[4] Epilogue to the _Non-juror_. - - -An ODE to Sir _Robert Walpole_, for New-Year’s-Day, 1731. - - I. - - Guardian of _Britannia’s_ glory, - Life and soul of _Europe’s_ peace, - Greatest name in modern story, - May thy happy years increase! - Brighter still thy genius shining, - Richer blessings yet designing. - - II. - - Thee, the sacred muses hailing, - Dulness seal’d in slumber lies; - Arts and wealth thro’ thee prevailing, - Faction far confounded flies; - Happy prince in thee confiding: - Happy people of thy guiding! - - III. - - Viewing present, past, and future, - As thou keep’st eternal watch, - _Janus_ say (for thou are neuter) - Hast thou seen our _Walpole’s_ match? - _Phœbus_ in thy radiant journey, - Canst thou to a greater turn thee? - - IV. - - Lucky omens, minutes smiling, - All the friendly cares appear? - Every discontent beguiling, - Crown the _Patriot_’s coming Year: - In his person strongly guarded, - Counsels blest, and works rewarded. - - -_An Epitaph on Mrs. OLDFIELD._ - - Hic Juxta requiescit, - Tot inter poetarum laudata nomina, - ANNA OLDFIELD. - Nec ipsa minore laude digna, - Quippe quæ eorum opera - In scenam quories prodivit, - Illustravit semper, & nobilitavit. - Nunquam ingenium idem ad partes diversissimas - Habilius fuit. - Ita tamen ut ad singulas. - Non facta, sed nata esse videretur. - In tragediis - Formæ splendor, oris dignitas, incessus majestas - Tantâ vocis suavitate temperabantur, - Ut nemo esset tam agrestis, tam durus spectator, - Quin in admirationem totus raperetur. - In comedià autem - Tanta vis, tam venusta hilaritas, tam curiosa felicitas - Ut neque sufficerent spectando oculi, - Neque plaudendo manus. - -English’d thus. - -_Near this place rests the body of ~Anne Oldfield~, amidst so many -celebrated Poets, herself not less deserving to be celebrated; for -whene’er she trod the stage, her actions always illustrated and -ennobled their compositions. Never was one Genius so adapted to the -most different parts; she seem’d not made but born for each distinctly. -In tragedy her noble presence, elevated speech, and majestic step, -temper’d with so peculiar a sweetness of voice, never fail’d to -transport the most rustic and insensible into admiration. In comedy she -discover’d such a winning air, such a sprightly and becoming gayety, -and so happy an address, that neither eyes were satisfied with seeing -her, nor hands weary of applauding._ - - -_Another._ - - Fashion’d alike by nature and by art, - To please, engage, and int’rest ev’ry heart: - In publick life, by all who saw, approv’d; - In private life, by all who knew her lov’d. - - -_Another._ - - OLDFIELD lies here retir’d, undrest, - The curtain drawn, her part is done; - Ye that remain to act your best, - Must also make your exit soon; - How happy then, if worthy praise, - Ye can such lasting plaudits raise! - - -_Another._ - - EXIT - Anna Oldfield; - Valete & plaudite. - - -_Another._ - - Hic jacet _Anna Oldfield_. - Jam mea preacta est, - Mox vestra agetur fabula. - Vos valete & plaudite. - - -_Mrs. ~B--rb--r~, to Mrs. ~C--f--r~, at Bath._ - - When lately you invited me, - With _Carteret_ I din’d; - And in return, most gen’rously - To _Onslow_ I resign’d. - - On Opportunity we seize, - For search the Nation round, - Such _Commoners_ and _Peers_ as these - Are rarely to be found. - - Our Situation chang’d, you see - How pleasure fleets away; - But yesterday you envy’d me; - I envy you to day. - - -_EPIGRAM on a LADY, stung by a BEE._ - - To heal the wound the Bee had made - upon my _Delia’s_ face, - Its honey to the wound she laid, - and bid me kiss the place. - - Pleas’d I obey’d, and from the wound - suck’d both the sweet and smart; - The honey on my lips I found, - the sting went thro’ my heart. - - - - - THE - _Monthly Intelligencer._ - - JANUARY, 1731. - - -Friday, _January 1_. - -Their Majesties received the compliments of the Nobility for the -New-Year; among the rest, of the Lord _Carteret_, who was graciously -receiv’d. - -At the same time the Ode for the Day, compos’d by _Colly Cibber_, Esq; -Poet-laureat, was perform’d; the Musick by Mr. _Eccles_, and the vocal -by Mr _Hughs_, Mr. _Gates_, &c. [_See the said ~Ode~, ~p. 20~, and -Remarks on it, ~p. 10, 11~._] - -Forty mathematical Boys, educated in _Christ’s Hospital_, in the school -founded by K. C. II. were, according to annual Custom, presented to his -Majesty. - -His Majesty order’d 30 l. _per. Ann._ to be paid out of the Treasury -towards the support of the Poor of the Parish of St. _Mary le Strand._ - - -Saturday, _Jan. 2_. - -Great talk of an Experiment to be made on _Charles Ray_ in _Newgate_, -a Malefactor repriev’d on that Occasion. It was said to be in order to -discover whether Deafness is not to be cured by purging. The _Tympanum_ -was to be cut by an Instrument, in order to demonstrate whether the -Hearing proceeds from the _Tympanum_, or the _Nerves_ that lie between -_that_ and the _Conceptor_ of the Ear; it being the Opinion of some -that Deafness is principally occasion’d by Obstructions in the said -Nerves, _See_ p. 10, 18, 19. - -_Geo. Burrington_, Esq; Gov. of _North Carolina_, set out to embark for -his Government. - - -Sunday, _Jan. 3_. - -Dr. _Greenwood_, newly appointed Chaplain, preached before their -Majesties, the Pr. of _Wales_, and three eldest Princesses, at the -Chapel-royal at St. _James_’s; the Nobility attended in their Robes and -Collars, and the Duke of _Dorset_ Lord Lieut. of _Ireland_ carried the -Sword of State. - - -Monday, _Jan. 4_. - -The Lady _Chaplin_, Relict of Sir _John Chaplin_, of _Tathwel_ in -_Lincolnshire_, Bar., brought to bed of a Daughter. This Lady had a -Writ _de Ventre inspiciendo_ issued against her some Months ago, by the -Heirs at Law; and by her not having an Heir Male, 3000 l. _per. ann._ -descends with the Title to _Thomas Chaplin_, Esq; and an Estate of -about 2000 l. _per. ann._ to Sir _John_’s two Sisters, after a 3d Share -to Mrs _Chaplin_. - -Advice came of 3 Incendiaries, or as there call’d, _Bristol Firemen_, -being taken up at _Barnstaple_, and conducted to _Exeter_ Gaol. One was -handsomely dress’d, and had a considerable Sum about him. - -Two Hundred Recruits sent from the _Savoy_, to reinforce the Garrisons -of _Gibraltar_ and _Port Mahon_. - - -Tuesday, _Jan. 5_. - -The Corpse of the late Earl of _Delorain_ was a few Nights since -privately interr’d at _Leadwell_ in _Oxfordshire_. - - -Wednesday, _Jan. 6_. - -This being Twelfth-day, his Majesty, the Prince of _Wales_, and the -Kts Companions of the _Garter_, _Thistle_, and _Bath_, appeared in -the Collars of their respective Orders. Their Majesties, the Prince -of _Wales_, and three eldest Princesses, preceded by the Heralds, -_&c._ went to the Chapel-royal, and heard Divine Service. The D. of -_Manchester_ carried the Sword of state. The King and Prince made the -offerings at the altar, of gold, frankincense and myrrh, according to -annual custom. At night their Majesties, _&c._ play’d at _Hazard_ with -the nobility, for the benefit of the _Groom-porter_; and ’twas said the -K. won 600 guineas, the Q. 360. Pr. _Amelia_ 20, Pr. _Carolina_ 10, the -E. of _Portmore_, and D. of _Grafton_ several thousands. - -At night Mr. _Sharpless_, high constable of _Holborn_ division, -together with several of his petty constables went to search a -notorious gaming-house behind _Grays-Inn-walks_, by vertue of a warrant -under the hands and seals of the Rt. Hn. Ld. _Delawar_ and eleven other -of his Majesty’s justices of the peace for the County of _Middlesex_, -but the gamesters having previous notice, they all fled, except the -master of the house, who was apprehended, and bound in a recognizance -of 200 _l._ penalty, pursuant to the old statute of 33 _H._ VIII. - -It may be some sort of amusement to present our readers with the -following list of officers established in the most notorious -gaming-houses. - -1. A _Commissioner_, always a proprietor, who looks in of a night, and -the week’s accompt is audited by him and two others of the proprietors. - -2. A _Director_, who superintends the Room. - -3. An _Operator_, who deals the cards at a cheating game called _Faro_. - -4. Two _Crowpees_, who watch the cards, and gather the money for the -Bank. - -5. Two _Puffs_, who have money given them to decoy others to play. - -6. A _Clerk_, who is a check upon the puffs, to see that they sink none -of the money that is given them to play with. - -7. A _Squib_, is a puff of a lower rank, who serves at half salary, -while he is learning to deal. - -8. A _Flasher_, to swear how often the bank has been stript. - -9. A _Dunner_, who goes about to recover money lost at play. - -10. A _Waiter_, to fill out wine, snuff candles, and attend the -gaming-room. - -11. An _Attorney_, a _Newgate_ solicitor. - -12. A _Captain_, who is to fight any gentleman that is peevish for -losing his money. - -13. An _Usher_, who lights gentlemen up and down stairs, and gives the -word to the Porter. - -14. A _Porter_, who is generally a soldier of the foot guards. - -15. An _Orderly man_, who walks up and down the outside of the door, to -give notice to the porter, and alarm the house, at the approach of the -constables. - -16. A _Runner_, who is to get intelligence of the justices meeting. - -17. _Link-boys_, _Coachmen_, _Chairmen_, _Drawers_, _or others_, who -bring the first intelligence of the justices meetings, or of the -constables being out, at half a guinea reward. - -18. _Common bail_, _Affidavit-men_, _Ruffians_, _Bravoes_, _Assassins_, -cum multis aliis. - -At a meeting of the society for propagating christian knowledge, held -at _Edinburgh_, the several officers for the year ensuing were chosen, -the stock amounted to 12,563 _l._ 12 _s._ 5 _d._ number of schools, -132; and they resolved to send three missionaries to preach the Gospel -to the _Indians_ on the borders of _New-England_; to which they are -encouraged by a gift of Dr. _Daniel Williams_, late a presbyterian -minister in _England_. - - -Thursday, _Jan. 8_. - -_Charles du Bois_, chosen governor of the corporation for smelting -down lead with sea-coal and pit-coal. And _Samuel Beachcroft_, Esq; -deputy-governor of the same. - -Mr _Franklin_ was taken into custody for printing and publishing the -_Craftsman_ of the same day; as were likewise 3 persons for publishing -it. - -Ended the sessions for _Westminster_, when Sir _J. Gouson_ was again -chosen chairman, and desired to print his charge. - -_Terence Magrahe_, a young man in the _French_ interest, having -inveigled many _Irish_ papists to enter into that service, and it being -soon known by their refusing to work, the magistrates of _Birr_ in -_Ireland_, assembled a _Posse_ to secure them, but they were not able -to apprehend above three, the rest escaped with their Captain, and took -shipping near _Dublin_. - - -Saturday, _Jan. 9_. - -The new-born son and heir of _W. Pulteney_, Esq; baptized by the -name of _William_; the E. of _Berkeley_, and E. of _Winchelsea_ -and _Nottingham_, being Godfathers, and the Dutchess-dowager of -_Marlborough_ Godmother. - - -Sunday, _Jan. 10_. - -Dr. _Lynch_ preached before their Majesties at St. _James’s_ chapel; -the Earl of _Orkney_ carried the sword of State. - - -Monday, _Jan. 11_. - -The corpse of the lady _Dolben_, wife of the rev. Sir _John Dolben_, -lately arrived from _France_, was carried out of town to be interr’d, -at _Finedon_ in _Northamptonshire_. Sir _John_ had also buried 4 sons -in 8 months past. - - -Tuesday, _Jan. 12_. - -Sir _Isaac Shard_, Kt. and _Jn. Fuller_, Esq; the present sheriffs, -went to _Woodstreet_ compter, and distributed a considerable sum of -money to the poor debtors confined there. - - -Wednesday, _Jan. 13_. - -The merchants having resolved to pay nothing for receipt of debenture -money, for the 15 _per Cent._ and other duties, this day a great many -were paid off without any abatement for pretended fees. - - -Thursday, _Jan. 14_. - -The noted _Mary Harvey_, alias _Machaig_, broke out of the -_Kings’s-bench_, where she was confined for keeping a disorderly house. - - -Friday, _Jan. 15_. - -Began the sessions at the _Old baily_, when Mr _Maynee_, a clerk to the -Bank was arraigned upon two indictments for erasing and altering 2 bank -notes, and pleaded guilty, upon which the Statute was read that makes -it felony without benefit of clergy. _See_ p. 216, 403. - -His Majesty order’d a pension of 20 _l._ _per. Ann._ to such of the -late King’s superannuated livery servants who are not provided for on -the present establishment. - -_Cork, Jan. 15._ This day one _Tim. Groneen_ was, for the murder and -robbery of Mr. _St. Leger_ and his wife at _Bally volane_, sentenc’d -to be hang’d 2 minutes, then his head to be cut off, his bowels to be -taken out and thrown in his face; and his body divided in 4 quarters to -be placed in 4 cross ways. He was servant to Mr. _Leger_, and committed -the murder with the privity of _Joan Condon_ the servant maid, who was -sentenced to be burnt, also of the gardener, whom he knock’d on the -head to deprive him of his share of the booty. When he was taken, he -said _he would have all catholick servants use their protestant masters -so, if they would merit heaven_. But after Trial, made the following -declaration. _The Devil was too great with me, I first resolved only to -rob my Master, but when I went into the room shot him in his Bed, and -gave my Mistress 5 stabs. The Gardener consented to go with me and held -the Candle. I took 20 l. and the watch out of my Masters pocket_, and -then rode off, (having first kill’d the gardener, and given the maid a -small share of the money.) - - -Sunday, _Jan. 17_. - -The Rev. Dr. _Clark_ preached before their Majesties, &c. in the royal -chapel at St. _James’s_; the Lord _Delawar_ carried the Sword of State. - - -Monday, _Jan. 18_. - -Eight persons who were taken up at _Norwich_, for handing about a -treasonable paper, intitled, _The D. of ~Wharton’s~ Reasons_, &c. were -admitted to bail about this time. - - -Tuesday, _Jan. 19_. - -The KING’s most excellent Majesty elected governor of the royal -_African_ company, Sir _Robert Sutton_, Knt. of the _Bath_, -sub-governor, and Sir _Biby Lake_, Bar. deputy-governor; as also, the -following Directors or Assistants. - - _Solomon Ashley_, Esq; - _John Baker_, Esq; - *_Tho. Bradshaw_, Esq; - _Tho. Bodicoate_, Esq; - _Christian Cole_, Esq; - *_Ro. Cruikshank_, Esq; - _Jos. Danvers_, Esq; - _Rich. Evans_, Esq; - _Dan. Finch_, Esq; - *_Cha. Lloyd_, Esq; - _Peter Meyer_, Esq; - Hon. _Fr. Negus_, Esq; - *_James Oglethorpe_, Esq; - _Hen. Parsons_, Esq; - _Benj. Perin_, Esq; - _Tho. Revel_, Esq; - Hon. Sr _Tho. Saunderson_, Knt. of the _Bath_. - _Jn. Thompson_, Esq; - _Fran. Townly_, Esq; - _Henry Vander Esk_, Esq; - *_Tho. Watts_, Esq; - *_Wardel-George Westby_, Esq; - -Those mark’d thus * are in the room of _Edward Barker_, _Wm Corbet_, -_George Johnson_, _Adr. Reynardson_, _John Torriano_, and _Philip -Wilkinson_, Esqs. - - -Wednesday, _Jan. 20_. - -The Pr. of _Wales_ entering into the 25th year of his age, there was -a splendid appearance of the nobility, and a ball at Court, which was -open’d by his Royal Highness and the Princess Royal. - -20. The Duke of _Richmond_ went to court and resign’d his post of -Aid-de-camp to his Majesty; and also his Commission of Captain of a -Troop in the Royal Regiment of Horse-Guards blue, commanded by the Duke -of _Bolton_. - -_Robert Coke_, Esq; brother to the Lord _Lovel_, resign’d his -commission of cornet in the said Regiment. - -Several parts of the northern Roads were so cover’d with Snow, that the -_Scotch_ peers and commoners in their way to Parliament, were obliged -to alight and walk many Miles on foot; and in some places the Snow was -so deep, that 50 Men were employ’d to remove it to make it passable. -The Snow was deeper in _Lancashire_ than it had been for 20 years past. - - -Thursday, _Jan. 21_. - -The Parliament met, when his Majesty open’d the Sessions with a most -gracious Speech to both houses. - -The Ld. _Raymond_ was introduced to the house of Peers, between the Ld -_Delawar_, and the Ld _Bingley_. - - -Friday, _Jan. 22_. - -The house of Lords waited upon his Majesty with an Address of thanks to -his most gracious Speech from the Throne; to which they received the -following Answer. - - _My Lords_, - - _I thank you for this loyal and dutiful Address. The enabling me - to fullfil my engagements with my Allies in all events, will not - only effectually secure and continue to my People the advantages - stipulated for them by Treaties, but may greatly contribute to - the obtaining a general pacification._ - - -Saturday, _Jan. 23_. - -About this time a medal was struck at the Tower, having on one side the -Head of Sir _Isaac Newton_, with this Motto, _Felix cognoscere causas_; -on the reverse a Figure representing the Mathematicks. _See_ p. 64. - - -Sunday, _Jan. 24_. - -The Rev. Dr. _Birch_ preached before their Majesties, and the Lord -_Gallway_ carried the Sword of State, and the Rev. Dr. _Clark_ preach’d -before his Highness the Duke, and the two young Princesses. - -The Ld _Cavendish_ rode a trial (on a hunter) from _Hide Park_ corner -to the lodge in _Windsor Forest_, in an hour and six minutes: There was -a wager depending between him and Sir _Robert Fagg_, that his Lordship -did not perform the same in an hour and five minutes. It is 21 Miles, -and upwards of 5000 _l._ betted. [His Lordship performed it on the 7th -of _February_.] - - -Monday, _Jan. 25_. - -Admiral _Cavendish_, lately arrived with his Squadron from _Gibralter_, -waited on his Majesty, and was graciously received. - -Several Prisoners were released out of _Woodstreet_ compter, by Mr. -_Webb_, executor to the late Ld. Chief Baron _Pengelly_, who, by his -Will bequeath’d 500 _l._ for that purpose. - -A duel was fought on the new walk in the upper park at St. _James’s_ -between the Rt. Hon. the Ld. _Hervey_ and the Rt. Hon. _Wm. Pulteney_, -Esq; who having closed in, after several passes on both sides, were -parted and disarm’d by Sir _John Rushout_, Bart. and _Hen. Fox_, Esq; -their two Friends who attended them. ’Tis said that the Ld. _Hervey_ -had two or three slight wounds, and Mr. _Pulteney_ a small hurt in -his left Hand; and that his Lordship gave the Challenge on account of -Mr. _Pulteney’s_ being the reputed Author of a Pamphlet; entituled, -_A proper reply to a late scandalous Libel, ~call’d~ Sedition and -Defamation display’d_. - -A Printer at _Newcastle_ upon _Tyne_ taken into Custody, for -re-printing some parts of the _Craftsman_. - -In pursuance of the late Act for the better regulation of Juries in the -sittings in _Middlesex_ the names of the several Persons summon’d and -impanell’d were written on distinct pieces of Parchment, and put into a -box, and were drawn out one after another, until 12 Persons whose names -were drawn did appear. - -The Snows were so deep in some parts of _Derbyshire_, that the Roads -were hardly passable. - -As Workmen were digging in the Gardens of _Charles Child_, Esq; of -_Waverlay_ in _Surry_ (where an a Abbey was founded above 600 Years -ago, by _Wm. Giffard_ then Bp. of _Winchester_, and Abbot of _Waverlay_ -as appears by the _Monasticon Anglicanum_, vol. 1. p. 703) they found -a leaden pot, in which the Heart of a man was preserved in Spirits, -supposed from an Inscription on a Tomb in the Cathedral Church of -_Winchester_, to be the Heart of the said Bishop, which was not in the -least decayed. - - -Tuesday, _Jan. 26_. - -His Majesty’s ship _Biddeford_, of 20 guns, put in commission, and -Capt. _Bernard_ appointed commander. Also the _Spence_ Sloop, and the -Command given to Lieut. _Swale_. - -Money sent to _Deptford_ to pay 2 Months wages to the Officers and -Seamen of his Majesty’s Yatchts. - - -Wednesday, _Jan. 27_. - -His R. H. the D. of _Cumberland_, stood Godfather in Person to the -new-born Son and Heir of the Ld _Archibald Hamilton_. - -Two publishers were taken into Custody of his Majesty’s Messengers -for publishing a Libel intitled, _The Divine catastrophe of the Royal -Family of the ~Stewarts~, &c._ and the next Day were admitted to Bail. - - -Thursday, _Jan. 28_. - -Sig. _Vignola_, resident from the republick of _Venice_, had a private -Audience of leave of the King and Queen. - -At Night was a Ball at the _Opera-house_ in the _Hay-market_. - -Brigadier _Clayton_ arrived in Town from _Gibralter_. - -The new Church at _Bloomsbury_ was consecrated by the Bishop of -_London_, by the name of St _George’s Bloomsbury_, as was also the -burying-ground in the Fields adjoyning. The Divine Service was -performed by Dr. _Crew_, and afterwards the Sacrament was administred. - -Signior _Claudio Re_, Minister of the Duke of _Parma_, was at Court, -and notified to his Majesty the death of the said Duke. - - -Friday, _Jan. 29_. - -Sig. _Vignola_ had private Audience of leave of the Prince and Duke. - -Ended the Poll for a Member of Parliament for _Bedford_, the numbers -were, for: - - Sir. _Jer Vanaker Sambroke_, Bar. 375 - Dr. _Thomas Brown_, 346 - -29. The court received advice that on the death of the duke of -_Parma_, the dutchess his widow had declared herself four months gone -with child; that the duke had made a will in favour of _Don Carlos_, -declaring him lawful heir to his dominions in failure of male issue to -his said dutchess, and that the dutchess has likewise made another will -to the same purport; and that 10,000 Imperialists had taken possession -of the dutchies of _Parma_ and _Placentia_, on pretence of the dutchess -being with child. - -A justice of the peace, who had challeng’d Mr. _York_, a council -against him in a certain affair, came to _Westminster-hall_, and asked -pardon in open court, upon which by consent the rule for an information -against him was withdrawn. - -About 3 o’clock this morning a woman of distinction fell in labour at -the masquerade, was carried home in her habit, and deliver’d of a son -in two hours after. - - -Saturday, _Jan. 30_. - -This being the anniversary of the martyrdom of K. _Cha._ I. Dr. -_Middleton_ preached before the Ld Mayor and Aldermen of this City, -at St. _Paul_’s; the Bp. of _Peterborough_, before the Lords at -_Westminster Abby_, and Dr. _Littleton_ at St. _Margaret_’s before the -Commons. - - -Sunday, _Jan. 31_. - -His Majesty did not go to chapel, nor dine in publick. - -Divine service was performed in the new church of St. _George’s -Bloomsbury_, for the first time since the consecration, by the Rev. -Mr. _Vernon_ in the forenoon, and by the Rev. Mr. _Capper_ in the -afternoon. - - - - -_Domestick Occurences in ~JANUARY, 1731~._ - - -Melancholy Effects of Credulity in Witchcraft. - -For _Burlington_ in _Pensilvania_ we have an account, that the owners -of several Cattle believing them to be bewitch’d, caused some suspected -men and women to be taken up, and trials to be made for detecting them. -Above 300 people assembled near the governor’s house, and a pair of -scales being erected, the suspected persons were each weigh’d against -a large Bible; but all of them vastly outweighing it, the accused -were then to be tied head and feet together, and put into a river, on -supposition that if they swam they must be guilty. This trial they -offer’d to undergo, in case as many of their accusers should be served -in the like manner; which being done, they all swam very buoyant, -to the no small diversion of the spectators, and clearing of the -accused.--This has revived a like transaction in _Somersetshire_ in -_Sept._ last, and another in _France_. - -The first is from _Frome_ publish’d in the _Daily Journal_, _Jan. 15._ -relating, That a child of one _Wheeler_ being seized with strange -unaccountable fits, the mother goes to a _Cunning Man_, who advis’d -her to hang a bottle of the child’s water, mix’d with some of it’s -hair, close stopt over the fire, that the witch would thereupon come -and break it: Does not mention the success, but a poor old woman, in -the neighbourhood, was taken up, and the old trial by _Water Ordeal_ -reviv’d. They dragg’d her, shivering with an ague, out of her house, -set her astride on the pomel of a saddle, and carried her about two -miles to a mill-pond, stript off her upper cloaths, tied her legs, and -with a rope about her middle threw her in, 200 spectators huzza-ing -and abetting the riot. They affirm she swam like a cork, tho’ forced -several times under water; and no wonder, for when they strained the -line, the ends whereof were held on each side of the pond, she must -of necessity rise; but by haling her from one bank to t’other, and -often plunging, she drank water enough, and when almost spent, they -poured in brandy to revive her, they drew her to a stable, threw her -on some litter in her wet cloaths, where in about an hour after she -expired. The coroner upon his Inquest cou’d make no discovery of the -ring-leaders, altho’ above 40 Persons assisted in the Fact, yet none of -them could be persuaded to accuse his Neighbour: so that they were able -to charge only 3 of them with Man-slaughter. - -The like Credulity in witchcraft occasion’d a tragical Accident at a -Village near _Mortagne_ in _France_, in _December_ last. A Man of that -Village had been long ill of a Distemper which puzzled the Physicians; -whereupon his Wife believ’d he was bewitch’d, and consulted a pretended -Conjurer, who shew’d her the Wizard (her husband’s uncle) in a glass -of Water, and told her, that to oblige him to withdraw the Charm, -they must beat him, and burn the Soles of his Feet. On her Return she -sent for the Uncle, and notwithstanding his Protestations, with the -Assistance of her Relations, beat him unmercifully, and burnt the Soles -of his Feet, and the Crown of his Head in such a manner, that in two -Days after he died. The Woman and her Accomplices were seized; she -own’d the Fact, and said, if it was to do again, she would do it. _See_ -p. 358. - - -Extraordinary Accidents, and Casualties. - -A barbarous Murder was committed the 4th Inst. at Night, on _John -Williams_ Carpenter of _Cumback_ in _Radnorshire_, by stabbing him in -the Throat with a Knife, and beating out his Brains with an Ax: His -Door being left latch’d, and the Key in the thatch as usual, and no -Robbery committed. It was not discover’d till the 7th, when his only -Brother _William_ came, and in the presence of abundance of Neighbours, -owned the bloody Knife, which together with the washing of his bloody -Cloaths by his sweetheart the Night the Murder was committed, and -no body to get by his Brother’s death but himself, caus’d him to be -apprehended, and sent to _Presteign_ Goal; and his Sweetheart was bound -to appear against him. _See_ p. 178. - -From _Dijon_ in France, ’tis written, that a Person having withdrawn -himself, his Relations charg’d one who was his sworn Enemy with his -murder, and examin’d him with such exquisite tortures, that, to shorten -them he confess’d the crime: whereupon he was broke alive, and two -others as his accomplices were hanged. The Man suppos’d to be murder’d, -soon after return’d home. - -_Brussels 25._ O. S. About 2 o’Clock this morning, a dreadful fire -broke out in the Arch Dutchess’s palace, which with the goods and -furniture, and Royal Chapel were laid in ashes in less than 12 hours. -The Arch-Dutchess and her ladies only escap’d, almost all the Papers -and Records of State being consum’d. - -_Bourdeaux, Jan. 24._ N. S. Forty monks dy’d here in one Night; upon -enquiry to discover the cause, a dead Viper was found in a Cask of -Wine they had regal’d themselves with, suppos’d to have come in at the -bung-hole. - -_Morlaix_, in lower _Bretagne_, _Jan. 11._ N. S. By a fire which broke -out in the hospital, the whole town was burnt down; the People were -reduc’d to the greatest hardships. - -Several nuns have dy’d suddenly at _Englen_, five leagues from -_Brussels_, their Bodies were open’d, but no marks of Contagion or -Poison appearing, some weak People believed it must be by witchcraft, -but they could not tell whom to accuse. However, the surviving sisters -quitted the Cloysters, and with the Bp.’s consent return’d to their -Friends. - - -_The following Narrative, given by a Gentleman of unexceptionable -Honour and Veracity, has been lately published at ~Edinburgh~._ - -One _William Sutor_, Aged about 37, a farmer in _Middle-mause_ -(belonging to the Laird of _Balgown_ near _Craighal_,) being about -the month of _December_, 1728, in the fields with his servants, near -his own house, over-heard at some distance, as it were, an uncommon -skreeking and noise; and they following the Voice, fancied they saw a -dark gray-colour’d Dog; but as it was dark night, they concluded it was -a Fox, and accordingly were for setting on their Dogs: but it was very -observeable, that not one of them would so much as point his Head that -way. - -About a month after, the said _Sutor_ being occasionally in the same -spot, and much about the same time of Night, it appear’d to him again, -and in passing, touched him so smartly on the Thigh, that he felt a -pain all that Night. - -In _December_ 1729, it again cast up to him at about the same place, -and past him at some distance. - -In _June_ 1730, it appeared to him as formerly: And it was now he began -to judge it was something extraordinary. - -On the last _Monday_ of _Nov._ 1730, about sky-setting, as he was -coming from _Drumlochy_, this officious visiter passed him as formerly, -and in passing, he distinctly heard it speak these words, _Within eight -or ten days do or die_; and instantly disappear’d, leaving him not a -little perplex’d. - -Next morning he came to his brother _James_’s house, and gave him a -particular account of all that had happen’d: And that night, about 10 -of the clock, these two brothers having been visiting their sister at -_Glanballow_, and returning home, stept aside to see the remarkable -spot, where they had no sooner arriv’d, then it appear’d to _William_, -who pointing his finger to it, desired his brother and a servant who -was with them, to look to it; but neither of them could see any such -thing. - -Next _Saturday_ evening, as _William_ was at his sheep-fold, it came -up to him, and audibly utter’d these Words _Come to the spot of ground -within, half an hour_. Whereupon he went home, and taking a Sword and -a staff in his hand, came to the ground, being at last determined -to see the Issue. He had scarce encircled himself with a line of -circumvallarion, when his troublesome familiar came up to him, he ask’d -it, _In the name of God, who are you?_ It answer’d, _I am David Sutor, -George Sutor’s Brother: I killed a Man, more than 35 years ago, at a -bush by East the road as you go into the Isle_. He said to it, _David -Sutor was a Man, and you appear as a Dog_. It answer’d, _I killed him -with a Dog, and am made to speak out of the mouth of a Dog: and I tell -you to go bury these Bones_. - -This coming to the ears of the _Minister_ of _Blair_, the Lairds of -_Glascloon_ and _Rychalzie_, &c. about 40 Men, went together to the -said Isle; but after opening ground in several places, found no Bones. - -On the 23d of _Decemb._ about midnight, when _William_ was in bed, it -came to his door, and said, _Come away: you will find the bones at the -side of the wither’d Bush, and there are but 8 left_; and told him at -the same time for a sign, that he would find the print of a Cross -impress’d on the Ground. - -Next day _William_ and his brother, with about 40 or 50 people who had -conveen’d out of curiosity, came to the place, where they discover’d -the bush, and the cross by it; and upon digging the ground about a -foot down found the eight bones: All which they immediately wrapt in -clean linen, and being put in a coffin with a mort-cloth over it, were -interr’d that evening in the church-yard of _Blair_, attended by about -100 Persons. - -N. B. _Several People in that Country remember to have seen this ~David -Sutor~; and that he listed for a Soldier, and went abroad about 34 or -35 years ago._ - - -_CASUALTIES._ - -_Jan. 3._ A Post-boy was shot by an _Irish Gentleman_; on the Road -near _Stone_ in _Staffordshire_, who dy’d in two Days, for which the -Gentleman was imprison’d. - -12. Mrs. _Goodchild_, Wife to a _Linen Draper_ at _Charing-Cross_, -being in a Fit fell in the Fire and was burnt to Death. She was two -Months gone with Child. - -About 2 o’Clock in the Morning a Fire broke out at the _Black-horse_ -and _Trumpet_ Inn in _Crutchet-Fryars_, which consum’d some Stabling, -Hay, and three Horses. - -Mr _Morris_, _Peruke-maker_ in _Pell-Mall_, hang’d himself, being -_Lunatick_. - -13. Mr. _Wilkins_, Brother to the City Plaisterer, kill’d by a Fall -from the new Church in _Horslydown_. - -This Morning one _Mary Martin_ was found dead in a Field near _Hoxton_; -a piece of Knife was sticking in her Head, and a Knife under her left -Ear; one _Chapel_ belonging to the Work-house in _Bishopsgate-street_ -was committed to _Newgate_ for it, and has there confess’d it. _See_ p. -128. - - -_Ships, &c. taken, lost &c., according to Advices this Month._ - -The _Hunter-Sloop_, Capt. _Cliffe_ from _Jamaica_; taken on the Coast -of _New Spain_, by a _Spanish Guard de Costa_. - -The _Mary_, Capt. _Henson_ of _Liverpool_, and bound to _Jamaica_, -taken by the _Spaniards_, who stript the Men, and put them into their -Boat with very little Provision. - -The _Friendship Brigantine_, Capt. _Eves_, bound to _Bristol_ lost on -St. _Sebastian Point_, but the Men saved. - -A Boat cast away _Jan. 3._ at St. _Andrew’s_ in _Scotland_, wherein -were 7 Fishermen and 18 young Lads, whom they took in to divert them, -but for want of Care, 8 of the latter were drown’d, for which 4 of the -Men were imprison’d. - -Seven Vessels condemn’d at _Yarmouth_ for Smuggling, and 4 Persons -belonging to them committed to goal. - -The _Globe Pink_ of _London_, Capt. _Amos Moore_, stranded on the Coast -of _Naples_. - -The _Samuel_, Capt _Eeverden_, bound from _London_ to _Boston_, ran -ashore on the Coast of _New England_ but ’twas thought might be got off. - -The _Ark_, Capt. _Wyer_, founder’d in her Voyage from St. -_Christopher’s_ to _London_, but the Crew was sav’d and carried to _New -England_. - - -_DEATHS._ - -_Jan. 1._ _William Willoughby_, of _West Knoyle_ in _Wiltshire_, Esq; -and 700 _l._ _per Annum_ fell to his Brother _Richard Willoughby_ of -_Southampton Buildings_, Esq; - -Sir _Peter Verdoen_, Kt. late Lord Mayor of _Dublin_. - -_Casper White_, Alderman of the same City, and Dutch Merchant. - -2. Capt. _John Turner_, at his Seat at _Tilford_, near _Farnham_, -formerly a Wholesale Mercer in _Bucklersbury_. - -3. Mr. _Morris_, Coach-maker to his R. Highness the Prince of _Wales_. - -Mr. _Oliver Savigny_, Cutler to his Majesty. - -Dr. _Morton_, of the College of Physicians. - -Mr. _Dobbyns_, Lithotomist and Senior Surgeon of St. _Bartholomew’s_ -Hospital. - -Mr. _Boheme_ of _Lincolns-Inn-Fields Play-house_. - -7. Major _Garth_, of the fourth Troop of Foot Guards. - -Lord Visc. _Falkland_, in _France_, buried at the Church of St. -_Sulpice_ in _Paris_, and succeeded in Honour and Title by his eldest -Son _Lucius Charles Cary_, now first Viscount of _North-Britain_. - -8. Mr. _William Taverner_, Proctor, at his House in Doctor’s Commons. -_He was Son to Mr. ~Jer. Taverner, Face-painter~, remarkably honest in -his Business, and Author of the 5 following Plays_, viz. The faithful -Bride of _Canada_; The Maid the Mistress; The Female Advocates, or, the -Fanatick Stock-jobbers; The Artful Husband; The Artful Wife. - -9. _Robert Jones_, of _Grays-Inn_, Esq; - -11. Sir _Thomas Jones_, at his House in _Boswel-Court_, Treasurer and -Secretary of the most Honourable Society of the Ancient _Britons_; a -Justice of the Peace and Register of Memorials relating to Estates for -the County of _Middlesex_. - -The Lady of the Hon. Brigadier _Hopkeys_, at _Chelsea_. - ----- _Sewel_, Esq; at _Richmond_, first Clerk in the Six Clerks Office. - -Mr _Thomas Monins_, a Wine-Cooper at _Dover_. Upon the Death of Sir -_Edward Monins_ of _Waldershire_ in _Kent_, Bart. the Title descended -to the deceased, but he would not take it upon him, however his eldest -Son, ’tis said, will. - -Mr _William Wherwood_, Alphabet-keeper, to the Foreign Post-Office. - -12. _Robert Bristow_, aged 105, at _Stamford, Lincolnshire_. [He had -lost his Hearing, but had his Sight and other Senses to the last.] - -_Philip Markham_, Esq; at _Claxbury_ in _Lincolnshire_. - -_James_ Earl of _Airley_, a young Nobleman, lately marry’d to a -Daughter of the Lord _Dun_, in _Scotland_. - -14. Mr. _Hughes_, Wine Merchant, and one of the Common-Council-Men of -_Dowgate Ward_. - -_Thomas Ereskine_, Esq; Brother to the Earl of _Buchan_, (at -_Edinburgh_.) - -16. _Edward Fellows_, Esq; formerly Master in Chancery, and Brother to -the late Sir _John Fellows_, Brt. - -17. _Nathaniel Halhed_, Esq; a Pattern-drawer in _Cornhill_, and -Exchange-broker. - -_Marmaduke Holton_, of St _Maws_ in _Cornwall_, Esq; - -16. _Walker Weldon_, Esq; a _Kentish_ Gentleman, at his House in -Bloomsbury-square. - -Mr. _John Wilkinson_, a New-England Merchant. - -20. Mrs. _Young_, Wife of _Thomas Young_ of _Oxfordshire_, Esq; in -Child-bed, being first deliver’d of two Children. She was Daughter of -Sir _John D’Oyly_, of _Chislehampton_, Bart. - -The Hon. _Stroud Foley_, Esq; youngest Son to the Ld _Foley_, dy’d on -the Road from _Bath_. - -_Thomas Hollis_, Esq; an Ironmonger in the _Minories_, who had formerly -been nominated for Sheriff of this City. - -The Wife of _Michael Lister_, Esq; and Sister to the Lady _Willoughby -de Broke_, at _Boston_, in _Lincolnshire_. - -21. Mr. _John Spicer_, belonging to the _Stamp-Office_. - -_Edward Perdue_, Esq; Capt. of a Company of Foot in _Ireland_. - -22. The Lady _Catharine Howard_, Widow and Relict of the late Lord -_Frederick Howard_, and of Sir _Rich. Kennedy_, of _Mount Kennedy_ -in _Ireland_, Bar.----She left Issue only a Daughter by Sir -_Richard_, _Elizabeth_, married to Sir _Wm Dudley_, of _Clapton_ in -_Northamptonshire_, Bart. to whom and her Issue by Sir _William_, she -hath left the bulk of her Estate. By her Death, a Rent-charge of 350 l. -_per annum_, falls to _Robert Jones_, Esq; of _Westminster_. - -23. Doctor _Stephen Galloway_, a noted Roman Catholick Physician, at -his House near _Red-Lion Square_. - -Mr. _Trunket_, a Perfumer without _Temple-Bar_, well known at -_New-Market_. - -_Joseph Aldred_, Esq; at _Chelsea_. - -Mr. _Jefferson_, first Clerk of his Majesty’s Board of Works, (at -_Kensington_.) - -24. Mr. _Timothy Betton_, of _Mile-End_, a Turkey-merchant. - -Mr _Lumsdale_, Boatswain of the _Edinburgh_ Man of War. - -The Relict of _Dan. Deering_, Esq; at the _Bath_; she was Sister to Sir -_Philip Parker Long_, Bart. and to the Lady _Percival_, Wife to the -Lord Visc. _Percival_ of _Ireland_. - -25. Mr. _Francis Melmouth_, a Jamaica Merchant. - -Mr _Oder_, Minister of _Dummer_ in _Hampshire_. - -Dr _John Beaumont_, a Roman Catholick Gentleman. - -28. _John Jacob_, jun. Esq; Inspector General of the Out-Ports and late -one of the Directors of the South-Sea Company, (at _Hackney_.) - -Mr _Williams_, a celebrated Tragedian, belonging to the Theatre-Royal -in _Drury Lane_. - -29. The Rev. Mr _Baron_, Rector of the united Parishes of St Mary -Somerset and St Mary Mounthaw _Thames street_. - -_Stephen Monomee_, Esq; at his Lodgings at _Chelsea_. - -Mr _Berwell_, one of the Common Council Men for _Cripplegate Ward_. - -30. _Robert Aldersey_, of _Spurstow_, in the County of _Chester_. - -The Rev. Mr _Robert Ham_, about the same time, at _Crediton_, in -_Devonshire_. - -_Thomas Owen_, of _Condover Castle_, in the County of _Shropshire_. - -The Rev. Mr _Bradley_, Rector of _Ribsford_, with the Chapel of -_Bewdley_ in _Worcestershire_. - -31. _Theophilus Stephens_, Esq; formerly in the Commission of the Peace -for the County of _Surry_. - -Mr _Benjamin Hucks_, Brother to _William Hucks_, Esq; Member of -Parliament. - - -_MARRIAGES._ - -_Jan. 2._ Mr _Jordan_, Organ builder, to Mrs _Lucy Gooddiard_ of -_Red-Lion Street, Holborn_. - -3. The Hon. _George Sommerville_, Esq; to Miss _Hicks_ of -_Gloucestershire_. - -7. Mr ---- _Clark_, an eminent Distiller in _Holborn_, to Miss -_Banister_ of _Great Russel street_. - -_Charles Pyott_, Esq; to the Daughter and Coheiress of Sir _Rich. -Sandys_, Bar. - -8. Mr. _Weston_, Son of the Ld. Bishop of _Exon_, to Miss _Patrick_, -Grand-Daughter to the late Bishop of _Ely_. - -Mr. _Richard Acland_, a _Portugal_ Merchant, to a Daughter of _Peter -Burrel_, Esq; Representative for the Borough _Haslemere_. - -21. Mr. _Venables_, a _Hampshire_ Gentleman, to the Relict of Sir -_Edward Gould_. - -Edward Warren, _Esq;_ high Sheriff of _Cheshire_, to the Lady _Betty -Cholmondeley_. - - -_PROMOTIONS_ Civil and Military. - -Mr. _Green_ proceeded sen. Surgeon of St. _Bartholomew_’s hospital in -the room of Mr. _Dobbyn_’s deceas’d. - -Major _Cholmondeley_, 2d son of E. _Cholmondeley_, made dep. gov. of -_Chester Castle_, in the room Brig. _Newton_, deceas’d. - -Sir _Rob. Raymond_ Ld. chief justice of the _King’s’ bench_ created a -peer of the realm, by the name stile and title of Ld. _Raymond_, Baron -of _Abbots Langley_ in the County of _Hertford_. - -Mr. _Thomas Granger_, Attorney of _Lions Inn_, made solicitor of the -Wine Licence Office. - -Mrs. _Leben_, Dresser to the two young Princesses, appointed their -Governess. - -Mr. _Allan Lavalade_, appointed Alphabet-keeper, at the Foreign -_Post-Office_. - -_Robert Wright_, Esq; is appointed Chief Justice in South Carolina. - ---_James Abercromby_, Esq; Attorney-General. - ---_Thomas Lowndes_, Esq; and his Assigns, Provost-marshal, Clerk of the -Peace, and Clerk of the Crown. - ---_Edward Bertie_, and _John Hamerton_, Esq; Register and Secretary of -the said Province. - -_Will. Smith_, Esq; appointed Chief Justice of _North Carolina_. - ---_John Montgomery_, Esq; Attorney General. - ---_Nathanael Rice_, Esq; Secretary and Clerk of the Crown. - ---_Daniel Germain_, Esq; Provost Marshal and Commissary. - -The D. of _Argyle_, appointed Governour of _Portsmouth_. - -_Tho. Sackville_, Esq; made a Cornet in the D. of _Bolton_’s blue -Guards. - -Mr. _Nourse_, chosen Assistant to his Majesty’s Wine-cellar. - -_William Churchill_, Esq; is made Woodreeve to his Father-in-law, the -A. B. of _Canterbury_. - -_Abraham Stanyan_, and _Robert Jackson_, Esq; made Commissioners for -executing the office of keeper of the privy Seal. - -_Edw. Williams_, Esq; made Groom of his Majesty’s removing Wardrobe. - -Mr. _Richard Chestyn_, Proctor in _Doctor’s Commons_, Dean Register -of _Writtle_, &c. made deputy Register of _Surry_, in the room of Mr. -_Chapman_ deceas’d. - -_Thomas Adams_, Esq; made a Lieutenant Col. in _Murray’s Foot_. - -Mr. _George Lloyd_, made a Cornet in Col. _Hawley_’s Dragoons. - -_Peter Burjand_, Esq; made a Capt. in _Bisset_’s Foot. - -Mr. _Hugh Whitford_, an Ensign in _Catheart_’s Foot. - -_Stephen Downes_, Esq; appointed to register Deeds, _&c._ in the County -of _Middlesex_. - -_Archibald Carmichael_, Esq; Page of Honour to the King, appointed -Cornet of Horse in the D. of _Bolton_’s Regiment, in the room of -_Robert Coke_, Esq; who resign’d. - -_Thomas Spicer_, Esq; made Cornet of Horse Dragoons, under Major -General _Honeywood_. - -Mr. _Tho. Bliss_, made one of the Clerks to his Majesty’s Board of -works, in the room of Mr. _Jefferson_, deceas’d. (see deaths.) - -Sir _Harry Vernon_, of _Farnham_ in _Surry_, chosen representative -in Parliament, for the Borough of _Chipping-wicomb_ in the County of -_Bucks_, the room of _Wm Lee_, Esq; now one of the Justices of the -Court of King’s Bench. - -Mr. _Sharp_, appointed one of the Clerks of the Council in the room of -_Edward Southwel_, Esq; deceas’d. - -The Hon. _Morgan Vane_, Esq; second Son to the Rt. Hon. the Lord -_Barnard_, appointed Clerk of the privy Council Extraordinary. - -_Maurice Morgan_, Esq; re-elected for the _Borough_ of _Yarmouth_ in -the County of _Southampton_, his former Election becoming void by his -accepting the place of deputy Governor of the _Isle of Wight_. - - -_Ecclesiastical Preferments conferred on the following ~Reverend~ -Gentlemen._ - -The Rev. Dr. _Siddal_, Dean of _Canterbury_, appointed Bp. of St. -_David’s_, in the room of Dr. _Smallbroke_, translated to the See of -_Coventry_ and _Litchfield_; the former to hold his Deanery, and the -latter the Living at _Withington_ _in commendam_. - -Mr. _Hayter_, Chaplain to the Arch-bishop of _York_, made Sub-dean in -that Cathedral. - -Mr. _Bundy_, Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, presented to the -Living of _Chipping-Barnet_ in _Hertfordshire_, in the room of Mr. -_Day_, who resigned. - -Mr. _Craner_, chosen Lecturer of St. _Mildred’s Bread-street_. - -Mr. _Wright_, presented to the _sine cure_ at _Hackney_. - -_Edward Kynaston_, L. L. D. Fellow of All-Soul’s College in _Oxford_ -made Commissary to the Dean and Chapter of St. _Paul’s_ in the room of -Dr. _Harwood_, deceas’d. - -Mr. _Davis_, presented to the Rectory of _Wyke Regis_ in _Dorsetshire_, -worth 200 _l._ _per Annum_. - -Mr. _Henry Bland_, Son to the Dean of _Durham_, promoted to a -Prebendary in the Church of _Lincoln_, by the Bishop of _Lincoln_. - -Mr. _Allet_, presented to the Rectory of _Much-Eystone_, in the County -of _Essex_ and Diocese of _London_. - -Mr. _Thomas Eyre_, made Chancellor of the Diocese of _Bath_ and -_Wells_, in the Room of Mr. _Pope_ deceas’d. - -Mr. _Smith_, presented to the Rectory of _Sapcote_, in the County of -_Leicester_ and Diocese of _Lincoln_. - -Mr. _Thoresbury_, chosen Lecturer of St. _Margaret Lothbury_. - - -BANKRUPTS declared. - -_Simon Money_, of _Norwich_, Haberdash. - -_Henry Gooch_, ditto, Haberdasher. - -_George Pell_, of _Barnaby-street_, Wool-jobber, and Merchant. - -_John Corderoy_, of _Reading_, _Berks_, Inn-holder and Chapman. - -_John Edwards_, of _Leominster_, _Herefordshire_, Sadler and Maltster. - -_John Price_ of _Lad-lane_, _Lond._, Haberd. - -_James Lorimer_, of _Hethersett_, _Norfolk_, Chapman. - -_Wm Allen_ of _King’s Lynn_, _Norf._, Merch. - -_Tho. Immines_, _London_, Silk-weaver. - -_Wm. Hart_, _Clothfair_, Woollen-draper. - -_Joseph Ridgway_, _Chester_, Glover. - -_James Smallwood_, _London_, Hosier. - -_Crossfeild King_, St. _Giles’s_, _Middlesex_, Coach-maker. - -_Wm Pinkard_, _Southwark_, Victualler. - -_Mary Mason_, _Beccles_, _Suffolk_, Milliner. - -_Wm Callow_, _Spalding_, _Lincolnshire_, Draper and Mercer. - - -_An Exact List of the Sheriffs appointed for the ensuing Year._ - -_Berks_, William Hawkins, _Esq;_ - -_Bedford_, Will. Lamb _Esq;_ - -_Bucks_, Bernard Turner, _Esq;_ - -_Cornwall_, Nicholas Donnethorn of St. _Agnes_, _Esq;_ - -_Cumberland_, Sir Rich. Musgrave, _Bar._; - -_Chester_, Edward Warren of _Poynton_, _Esq;_ - -_Cantab._ and _Hunt._ Jasper Lister, of _Somersham_, _Esq;_ - -_Devon_, Roger Melhuish, _Esq;_ - -_Dorset_, Charles Brune, _Esq;_ - -_Derby_, Edward Munday, of _Allastree_, _Esq;_ - -_Essex_, Will. Peck of _Little Samford_, _Esq;_ - -_Gloucester_, Samuel Mee, _Esq;_ - -_Hertford_, Richard Chase, _Esq;_ - -_Hereford_, John Capell, _Esq;_ - -_Kent_, Jam. Brooks of _Lewisham_, _Esq;_ - -_Lancaster_, Capt. William Leigh of _Westhoughton_, _Esq;_ - -_Leicester_, Richard Green, _Esq;_ - -_Lincoln_, Thomas Pane, _Esq;_ - -_Monmouth_, Henry Nash, _Esq;_ - -_Northumberland_, Tho. Watson, _jun._ _Esq;_ - -_Northampton_, John Rose of _Cotterstoke_, _Esq;_ - -_Norfolk_, Thomas Cooper of _North-Walsham_, _Esq;_ - -_Nottingham_, John Nevill, _Esq;_ - -_Oxon_, Thomas Greenwood, _Esq;_ - -_Rutland_, George Marston, _Esq;_ - -_Salop_, Gray James Grove, _Esq;_ - -_Somerset_, Will. Francis of _Comb Flory_, _Esq;_ - -_Stafford_, William Robins, _Esq;_ - -_Suffolk_, Nathaniel Acton, _Esq;_ - -_Southampton_, Charles Cole, _Esq;_ - -_Surry_, Percival Lewis, _Esq;_ - -_Sussex_, John Board of _Paxhill_, _Esq;_ - -_Warwick_, Richard Symonds, of _Woolbey_, _Esq;_ - -_Worcester_, Richard Bourn, _Esq;_ - -_Wilts_, Hen. Skelling of _Draycot_, _Esq;_ - -_York_, Bilby Thompson, _Esq;_ - - -_South Wales._ - -_Brecon_, Rees Price of _Cwm Clyd_, _Esq;_ - -_Cardigan_, John Lloyd, _Esq;_ - -_Carmarthen_, Tho. Gwynn of _Gwempa_, _Esq;_ - -_Glamorgan_, John Carne of _Nash_, _Esq;_ - -_Pembroke_, John Laugharn of _Lanrythen_, _Esq;_ - -_Radnor_, Step. Harris of _Bestbroke_, _Esq;_ - - -_North Wales._ - -_Anglesey_, Henry Powell, _Llangesuy_, _Esq;_ - -_Carnarvon_, Wm Butler of _Lyscan_, _Esq;_ - -_Denbigh_, Tho. Salisbury, _Esq;_ - -_Flint_, Tho. Wynne of _Maes y Coed_, _Esq;_ - -_Merioneth_, Will. Price, _Esq;_ - -_Montgomery_, Valentine Hughs of _Park_, _Esq;_ - - -The Circuits for the _Lent Assizes_. - - -_Norfolk Circuit._ - -Ld Chief Justice _Raymond_, Mr Justice _Page_. - - _Bucks_, Monday, March 1, at _Aylesbury_. - At _Bedford_, Thursday 4. - At _Huntingdon_, Saturday 6. - At _Cambridge_, Monday 8. - _Norfolk_, Thursday 11, at _Thetford_. - _Suffolk_, Monday 25, at _Bury St Edm._ - - -_Home Circuit._ - -Ld Ch. Justice _Eyre_, Mr Justice _Probyn_. - - At _Hertford_, Monday March 8. - _Essex_, Wednesday 10, at _Chelmsford_. - _Kent_, Tuesday 16, at _Rochester_. - _Sussex_, Monday 22, at _East Grinsted_. - _Surry_, March 25, at _Kingston_. - - -_Western Circuit._ - -Ld Chief Baron _Reynolds_, Mr Justice _Denton_. - - _Southampton_, Tuesday March 2, at _Winchester_. - _Wilts_, Friday 5, at _Sarum_. - _Dorset_, Wednesday 10, at _Dorchester_. - _Somerset_, Saturday 13, at _Taunton_. - _Cornwall_, 20, at _Launceston_. - _Devon_, Thursday 25, at _Exeter_. - - -_Northern Circuit._ - -Mr Baron _Carter_, Mr Baron _Comynt_. - - _York_, Monday, March 8. - _Lancaster_, Saturday, March 20. - - -_Midland Circuit._ - -Mr. Justice _Price_, Mr. Baron _Thomson_. - - At _Northampton_, Tuesday March 9. - _Rutland_, Friday 13, at _Oakham_. - At _Lincoln_, Monday 15. - At _Nottingham_, Saturday 20. - At _Derby_, Tuesday 23. - At _Leicester_, Saturday 27. - At _Coventry_, Tuesday 30. - At _Warwick_, the same Day. - - -_Oxford Circuit._ - -Mr. Justice _Fortescue Aland_, Mr. Justice _Lee_. - - _Berks_, Monday March 1, at _Reading_. - At _Oxford_, Wednesday 3. - At _Gloucester_, Saturday 6. - At _Monmouth_, Thursday 11. - At _Hereford_, Saturday 13. - At _Shrewsbury_, Thursday 18. - At _Stafford_, Tuesday 23. - At _Worcester_, Saturday 27. - - -Remarkable _ADVERTISEMENTS_. - -In the _Gazette_, _Jan. 30._ ’tis advertis’d, that in _July 1729_, at -_Bentworth_ in the County of _Southampton_, a barn was set on fire, and -the corn and grain therein, the Stables and out houses adjoining were -entirely burnt. Several messuages in the said parish have since been -confirmed in the same manner, and _Bentworth_, it self threatned to be -laid in ashes; his Majesty’s pardon is promised to any one that would -discover his Accomplice. - -In the _Gazette_ of the same date, ’tis advertis’d, that the widows -of such half-pay Officers as serv’d, and to whom they were marry’d in -the year 1716, may receive their proportions of the sum of 1500 _l._ -granted the last Sessions of Parliament for that purpose. - -_London Evening Post_, _Jan. 28th._ ’tis advertis’d from _Whitehaven_, -that a vessel sailed for _London_, laden with the late Mr. _Wood_’s -ore, coals, cinders, and lime-stone, to be carried to _Chelsea_, to -give a Specimen that iron is to be made from the ore and pit-coal. A -reason is demanded why _Chelsea_, that produces neither, is a better -place to make iron, than the neighbourhood of _Whitehaven_, where there -is plenty of both, unless there was design of imposing upon the World? - -Any poor person may be cured of the _Ague_ gratis, by a dose only, -which may be contained in a gill-glass, and never known to fail. -To be had of Mr. _Sam. Tripland_, at the _Coach-maker’s Arms_ in -_Great-windmill-street_, over-against the _Hay-market_. - -Letters patent were granted to Mr. _G. Kettle_ of _Southwark_, for -making and dying of hats and ruffs of different colours, except black. - - - - -_Prices of ~GOODS~, &c._ - - -The Course of EXCHANGE. - - Amsterdam 34 11 - Ditto at Sight 04 8 - Rotterdam 35 - Antwerp 35 7 - Hamburgh 33 7 - Paris at Sight 32 - Bordeaux ditto 31 ½ - Cadiz 42 - Madrid 42 - Bilboa 41 ⅝ - Leghorn 50 ½ - Genoua 54 ¾ - Venice 48 ½ - Lisbon 5s. 5d. ⅜ - Porto 5s. 5d. - Dublin 11 ⅞ - - -STOCKS. - - South Sea 103 ⅝ - Annuities 106 ½ - Bank 144 ½ - Bank Cir. 5 l. 15 s. - India 189 - 3 per Cent. 95 - Mil. Bank 109 - Afric. 49 - York Building 24 ¾ - Royal Exch. Ass. 93 ¼ - London dit. 12 ¼ - Equivalent 105 - Eng. Copper 3 l. - Welsh dit. 2 l. 18 s. - India Bond 5 l. 12 s. - S. S. dit. 5 l. 1 s. - -South Sea Stock sells as above, for the opening, with the Dividend of 2 -per Cent. due at Christmas, will be paid _Feb._ 12. - - -Prices of Goods at _Bear-key_. - - _per_ Quarter. - _s._ _s._ _d._ - - Wheat 26 } { 28 0 - Rye 16 } { 20 0 - Barley 20 } { 22 6 - Oats 12 } { 15 0 - Horse beans 22 } { 26 0 - Hog pease 12 } to { 16 0 - Boiling pease 16 } { 18 0 - Pale Malt 24 } { 28 0 - Brown Malt 21 } { 26 0 - Tares 20 } { 23 0 - - -Prices of Goods in _Hampshire_, &c. - - _s._ _d._ _q._ - Wheat best 3 9 - Barley 2 1 - Oats 1 6 - Beef per Pound 0 3 - Mutton 0 3 ½ - - -Prices of Goods, _&c._ in _London_. - - _s._ _s._ - Coals, per Chaldron 27 to 28 - Hops 1729, per hundred 20 to 30 - Ditto 1730 35 to 75 - -Rape Seed _per_ Last 11 _l._ to 11 _l._ 10 _s._ - -Lead _per_ Fodder, _i. e._ 19 _C._ ½ on Board, 16 _l._ 10 _s._ - -Tin in Blocks, 4 _l._ - -Ditto in Bars, 4 _l._ 2 _s._ exclusive of 3 _s._ _per C._ Duty. - -Cochineal, 18 _s._ 3 _d._ - -Indico, _French_, 2 _s._ to 2 _s._ 6 _d._ - -Ditto _Guetimalo_, 3 _s._ to 3 _s._ 3 _d._ - -Ditto _Lature_, 4 _s._ - -Copper _English_, the best 5 _l._ 14 _s._ _per C._ - -Ditto Ordinary, 4 _l._ 14 _s._ _per C._ - -Ditto _Barbary_, 3 _l._ to 4 _l._ - -Iron of _Bilboa_, 15 _l._ 10 _s._ _per Ton._ - -Ditto of _Sweden_, 16 _l._ 10 _s._ _per Ton._ - -Tallow, 40 _s._ _per C._ or 5 _d._ ½ _per L._ - -Country Tallow, 1 _l._ 18 _s._ - -Raisins of the Sun, 25 _s._ _per C._ - -Ditto _Malaga_ frails new, 15 _s._ - -Ditto _Smyrna_ new, none - -Ditto _Alicant_, none - -Ditto _Lipra_ new, 18 _s._ 6 _d._ - -Ditto _Belvedera_, 19 _s._ - -Currants, old 33 _s._ - -Ditto new, 36 _s._ - -Prunes _French_, 18 _s._ - -Figs, 18 _s._ - -Sugar powder best, 59 _s._ _per C._ - -Ditto second sort - -Loaf Sugar double refin’d, 9 _d._ ¼ _per L._ - -Ditto single, 60 _s._ to 70 _s._ _per C._ - -Cinamon, 7 _s._ 9 _d._ _per L._ - -Cloves, 9 _s._ 1 _d._ _per L._ - -Mace, 17 _s._ _per L._ - -Nutmegs, 8 _s._ 7 _d._ _per L._ - -Sugar Candy white, 12 _d._ to 17 _d._ - -Ditto brown, 6 _d._ ½ _per L._ - -Pepper for Home Cons. 15 _d._ - -Ditto for Exportation, 11 _d._ - -Tea Bohea fine, 12 _s._ to 14 _s._ _per L._ - -Ditto ordinary, 10 _s._ _per L._ - -Ditto Congo, 12 _s._ to 16 _s._ _per L._ - -Ditto Pekoe, 18 _s._ _per L._ - -Ditto Green fine, 12 _s._ to 15 _s._ _per L._ - -Ditto Imperial, 14 _s._ _per L._ - -Ditto Hyson, 35 _s._ - -Colchester Bays, six Seals, red List 13 _d._ per Ell, 9 _s._ _per_ -Piece. - -Gold in Coin, 3 _l._ 18 _s._ 2 _d._ _per Oz._ - -Gold in Bars, 3 _l._ 18 _s._ 1 _d._ _per Oz._ - -Pillar pieces of Eight 5 _s._ 5 _d._ ½ - -Mexico, 5 _s._ 5 _d._ - -Silver in Bars Standard, 5 _s._ 5 _d._ - - -_Wine, Brandy and Rum._ - -Oporto red, _per Ton_ 68 _l._ to 72 _l._ - -Ditto White, 56 _l._ a 60 _l._ - -Lisbon red none - -Ditto white, 54 _l._ a 56 _l._ - -Sherry, 28 _l._ a 30 _l._ - -Canary new, 28 _l._ - -Ditto old, 32 _l._ - -Florence, none - -French red, 36 _l._ a 50 _l._ - -Ditto white, 20 _l._ - -Mountain Malaga old, 24 _l._ - -Ditto new, 23 _l._ - -Brandy French, _per Gal._ 6 _s._ 3 _d._ a 6 _s._ 6 _d._ - -Rum Jamaica, 7 _s._ a 7 _s._ 4 _d._ - -Ditto Leeward-Islands, 6 _s._ 6 _d._ a 7 _s._ - - - - -Abstract of the _London_ WEEKLY BILL from _Tuesday, August 3._ to -_Tuesday August 31._ - - - Christned { Males 844 } 1602 - { Females 758 } - - Buried { Males 990 } 1969 - { Females 997 } - - Of which dy’d of Consump. 570, Fevers 249, Small pox 96. - - Died under 2 Years old, 709 - Between 2 and 5 706 - Between 5 and 10 48 - Between 10 and 20 63 - Between 20 and 30 158 - Between 30 and 40 225 - Between 40 and 50 168 - Between 50 and 60 164 - Between 60 and 70 165 - Between 70 and 80 84 - Between 80 and 90 66 - Between 90 and 100 12 - Between 100 and 103 1 - - - - -_Foreign Affairs._ - - -We think it a proper introduction to the history of the year newly -begun, to give our readers a transient view of the situation of Affairs -at the conclusion of the last; and as we find this ready done to our -hands in the _Post-Boy_, _Dec. 31._ we shall make no apology for -epitomizing his essay upon that Subject. - -The Clouds in which the fate of _Europe_ was obscur’d at the close of -the Year 1729, are not yet dissipated, notwithstanding the efforts of -politicians, the number of Negotiations, and the union of four of the -most formidable powers in _Europe_, by the Treaty of _Seville_. - -The allies of _Seville_ now see in what advantageous situation the -treaty of _Utrecht_ has put the Emperor in _Italy_. We find, that the -Empire, which in the reign of _Leopold_, could not send 20,000 men -to the _Rhine_ or _Flanders_, without subsidies from _England_ or -_Holland_, can send 20,000 men to _Italy_, and maintain them there -without assistance, its revenue amounting to no less than 15 millions -of _Florins_ a year. She now employs her Powers to baffle the projects -of those who rais’d her to this grandeur: Projects whose only drift is -the Execution of a treaty, wherein the Imperial court is one of the -principal parties contracting, which treaty was made with two views. -The first was an addition to the power of the Emperor in _Italy_, by -bringing under her obedience the two _Sicilies_. The second chear’d up -_Spain_ for the losses she had sustain’d, particularly in the fine -branches lopt from that crown, by securing to one of her _Infantes_ the -uncertain hope of two successions. - -The catholick King and his allies do not undertake or ask anything that -the Imperial court has just reason to complain of. - -The reasons alledg’d by the Imperialists for their complaints are, that -an alteration had been made in one single article of the quadruple -alliance, which set forth the _manner_ of securing to the _Infante_ of -_Spain_ the eventual succession which had been promis’d him. But, - -1. This alteration is of no great importance, because the 6000 -_neutral_ troops which by the treaty of _London_ were to be garrison’d -in _Tuscany_ and _Parma_, by the treaty of _Seville_ are only turn’d -into _Spaniards_, which are in some sort made neutral by being -discharg’d from the oath to their sovereign, and made to take an oath -to the Great Duke, and Duke of _Parma_. - -2. This alteration does not prejudice to the Emperor, or threaten -him with any hereafter, because his strict and religious observation -of treaties will not suffer him to oppose the _Infante_’s promis’d -succession; nor will the _bona fide_ of the king of _Spain_ let him -employ his 6000 _Spaniards_ on any design but what is stipulated by the -treaty of _Seville_. - -3. This alteration was not made without substantial reasons. The -Imperialists always opposed the motion for putting _Spaniards_ in -garrison in the towns of _Tuscany_ and _Parma_; and were averse even to -the admission of neutral troops; upon which the allies passed the 4th -article of the treaty of _Seville_. - -This article was the subject of the late Negotiations. The resolution -of the Imperial court to admit of no deviation from the treaty -of Quadruple alliance; and that of the court of _Spain_ never to -consent to any alteration in the treaty of _Seville_, occasion’d the -preparations for war all the last summer, but ended in preparations -offensive and defensive, and were kept from breaking into action by the -thread of negotiation; and the opening of this scene is reserved for -the year we are now entering upon; _but hitherto Things remain in the -same situation_, Jan. 30. - -_Constantinople._ Since the great revolution made here by the -Janizaries in cutting to pieces the late Vizier, _Capigi Aga_, Capt. -_Bashaw_, and _Mufti_, &c., and afterwards deposing Sultan _Achmet_, -and raising the new Sultan (whose father was depos’d in 1703) to the -throne; there has been no settled government. For upon divers pretences -these tumultuous rebels were frequently up in arms, demanding several -new regulations; particularly the promoting of their favourites, and -the removal or death of those who were obnoxious to ’em. All which -was comply’d with in order to appease them: But this procedure not -satisfying them, and they still continuing mutinous, the Grand Segnior -under pretence of holding a general council, got the chief of ’em into -his palace, cut ’em all off with their servants; and about 7000 of -their followers were strangled, to the great joy of this city; these -rebellious people grew so insolent, as to tax families what sums they -pleas’d, and even to plunder in the street: But now every thing is -reduc’d to the old _Ottoman_ rules of government. - -_Moscow, Jan. 8._ Advices from Derbent say, that the princes of Georgia -passed that place, in their way home much pleased with the honours they -have received from this court, and that one of them, who lives near -mount Arrarat, had promis’d to send the Empress a relique of _Noah’s -Ark_. - -_Venice._ ’Tis currently reported that this republick will equip a -squadron of twenty Ships of war, to put to sea early next spring, to -watch the motions of the Turks. - -_Vienna, Jan. 20._ Our hopes of an accommodation with _Spain_ encrease -daily. - -_Paris._ New proposals of accommodation are negotiating with _Spain_ -and the Emperor; and ’tis thought with a fair prospect of success. - -_Swisserland, Bern._ Provision is making in all the protestant cantons -for the reception of a great number of Waldenses, who are depriv’d of -their liberties and drove from their habitations, by their sovereign -the duke of _Savoy_. - -_Vienna._ There are privately handed about here copies of the -_Ultimatum_ (or last proposals) of the allies of _Seville_, as -transmitted hither from _Paris_; the substance of which is as follows. - -1. _They would stipulate by a secret article not to oppose the -settlement of Succession which the ~Emperor~ might make for his -Territories in ~Italy~, and which should be freely accepted by the -States thereof; and they would engage to guaranty that Settlement._ - -2. _They would stipulate by a secret article, that they would not -oppose the advantages of Succession, which the ~Emperor~, with the -consent of the different States of ~Italy~, might procure in favour of -the archdutchess his daughter; and contribute to maintain what he shall -so establish for his daughters, or for any one he shall pitch upon, -with regard to his Territories in ~Italy~; and even to guaranty what -may be established by the ~Emperor~ in consequence of that Settlement._ - -_Seville, Jan. 16._ Couriers are continually arriving upon the heels of -one another, which occasion frequent councils. - -_Hague._ About the latter end of this month their High Mightinesses -wrote a letter to the United Provinces, for the celebration of the 28th -of _Feb._ as a day of solemn thanksgiving, fasting and prayer, which -imports in substance, _That altho’ it has pleas’d God, in his infinite -patience and clemency, that we have enjoy’d peace last year, this peace -was nevertheless attended with so much uneasiness and difficulty, in -relation to the small success of the negotiations set on foot for -terminating amicably the differences in ~Europe~, and establishing -a general tranquillity, that we are still in a very uncertain and -difficult scituation, and have great reason to fear that a war may -at last happen, wherein this State may be engag’d, contrary to its -inclination: That our apprehension in this respect increases so much -the more when we consider, that notwithstanding all the blessings which -it hath pleased God to shower down upon our dear Country, the sins -and iniquities thereof, far from diminishing, increase daily, to such -a degree, that last year horrible, abominable sins appear’d, almost -unknown before in this Country; and that we ought to fear, that the -patience of the Lord, justly provok’d, ceasing, his Judgments may at -last fall upon our dear Country, unless we endeavour to prevent them, -by an unfeigned repentance and conversion._ - - - - -FAIRS - - -_From the beginning of ~February~ to the 12th of ~March~._ - - 1 Bromley, Lancashire - 2 Ashburn, Derbyshire - Armington, Devonshire - Beconsfield, Bucks - Bromley, Kent - Bromley, Staffordshire - Biggleswade, Bedfordshire - Bugworth, Cheshire - Bridgnorth, Shropshire - Cray, Kent - Devizes, Wiltshire - Dorchester - Eastlow, Cornwall - Evesham, Worcestershire - Godalming, Surry - Farringdon, Berkshire - Hambleton, Hampshire - Hindon, Wilts - Lyston Devonshire - Leominster, Herefordshire - Lyme, Dorsetshire - Lynn, Norfolk - Maidstone, Kent - Malton, Yorkshire - Reading, Berkshire - Saltash, Cornwall - 3 Axbridge, Somersetshire - Boxgrove - Blaise, Cornwall - Frampton on Severn - 6 Stafford - 8 Treganon, Cardiganshire - 9 Llandaff, Glamorganshire - 14 Ashbrittle, Somersetshire - Feversham, Kent - Olney, Bucks - Plympton, Devonshire - 22 Bath, Somersetshire - Chipping-norton, Oxfordshire - 23 Baldock, Hertfordshire - 24 Bourn, Lincolnshire - Blandford, Dorsetshire - Corsham, Wilts - Brome, Somersetshire - Higham ferries, Northamptonsh. - Henley on Thames - East Isley, Berkshire - Tewksbury, Gloucestershire - Uppingham, Rutlandshire - 24 Walden, Essex - 26 Stamford, Lincolnshire - 28 Chesterfield, Derbyshire - - -_Movable ~Fairs~ for the Month of ~February~, and beginning of ~March~, -reduced to this Year._ - -Northalerton, Yorkshire, every _Wednesday_ from _Christmas_ till _June_. - -Hinckley, Leicestershire, three _Mondays_ after _Twelfth-day_. - -Newcastle under Line, _March_ 1st, as _Shrove-monday_. - -Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, _ditto_. - - Abingdon, Berkshire } - Condon, Gloucestersh. } - Chichester, Sussex } - Dunstable, Bedfordsh. } On _March_ - Eaton, Buckinghamsh. } the 3d, being - Exeter, Devonshire } _Ash-Wednesd._ - Falkingham, Linc. } this Year. - Litchfield, Staff. } - Royston, Cambridgsh. } - Tamworth, Staff. } - Tunbridge, Kent } - -Banbury, Oxf. _March 4._ as first _Thursday_ in _Lent_. - - Abingdon, Berks } - Chertsey, Surry } _March_ 8 as first - Chichester, Sussex } _Monday_ in _Lent_. - Winchester, Hants. } - -Bedford, _March_ the 9th. - -Wickwar, Gloucestershire last _Monday_ in _February_. - -Welchpool, Montgomeryshire, _March_ the 8th. - - -FAIRS the beginning of _March_. - - 1 Culliford, Devonshire - Langueville, Glamorgansh. - Madrim - 2 Langadock, Carmarthenshire - 3 Sevenoke, Kent - 5 Penzance, Cornwall - 6 Harif - 7 Worksop, Nottinghamshire - 8 Treganon, Cardiganshire - 10 Downes, Devonshire - 12 Wrexham, Denbighshire - Woburn, Bedfordshire - - - - -_Observations in GARDENING for the Month of ~February~._ - - -This is a month of great work for the gardener. - -In the kitchen-garden renew the heat of your hot-beds with fresh dung, -and continue to sow cucumbers and melons as in the former month. - -Make a large hot-bed for forward rhadishes and spring carrots; they may -be sown together, because the rhadishes be drawn in _March_, whereby -they will make room for the carrots. The bed must be cover’d with earth -7 or 8 inches thick, and defended with mats, supported with hoops. - -Make a hot-bed for _Battersey_ kidney-beans, and all sorts of annuals, -except _African_ and _French_ marigold, which may be deferr’d 10 or -20 days. About the middle of the month, upon a declining hot-bed sow -colly-flower seeds; also in the natural ground pease, beans, parsley, -spinach, carrots, parsnips, turnips, onions, leeks, _Dutch_ brown -lettuce, and asparagus-seeds. - -Sow skerrits in light rich ground, where they may have moisture. - -Plant garlick, shalots, and rockambole, for increase, in light ground. - -Transplant young cabbage-plants for a crop. - -Make plantations of straw-berries, rasberries, goose-berries, currants, -and roses. - -Elm-setts should now be gather’d from the roots of large trees, and -planted in nursery-beds, and young plantations should be now provided -with all sorts of forest-trees and shrubs, which are propagated from -slips or layers. - -Set acorns of the _Ilex_, cork-tree, _English_ oak, chestnuts, and -walnuts. - -Sow the sameria of the elm, and bay berries, all which come up the -first year. - -Lay branches of several trees to take root. This is the best time to -raise any thing that will grow of slips. - -Prune fruit-trees and vines; for now is your season to bind, plash, -nail, and dress, without danger of frosts. This is to be understood of -the most tender and delicate wall-fruits not finish’d before: do this -before the buds and bearers grow turgid; and yet in the nectarine and -like delicate mural fruit, the later the better, notwithstanding what -has been, and still is the contrary custom. - -The latter end of this month is most proper to graft pears and plums of -all sorts; and some likewise graft apples and cherries in the cleft, -tho’ others defer apples longer. The cyons cut off from the trees last -month, are now to be used, without having any regard to the notion of -the age of the moon. - -Now, as well as in _October_, may be planted the espaliers of pears, -plums, or apples, so useful as well as profitable in a garden; for -being planted a convenient distance from a fruit wall, they are an -admirable defence against blighting winds, and produce noble fruit. - -Rub moss from trees after a shower of rain; scrape and cleanse them -from cankers, _&c._ Cut and lay quick-sets, and trim up palasade hedges. - -Earth up the roots of uncover’d fruit-trees, and drain superfluous -moisture from roots of trees. Lay bird-lime for the bird called the -tit, or tit-mouse, which is a destructive enemy to dwarf pears and -plums in this and the preceding month, by destroying the buds. - -The beginning of this month you may sow auricula seeds in cases fill’d -with light earth, and the seeds of the polyanthois in some shady border. - -Transplant all sorts of flowering shrubs, which bear the weather; as -roses, jessamine, hony-suckle, laburnum, lelac, syringa, spipeas, -altheas, _&c._ You may make layers of roses, pomegranates, phillyrea, -laurus-tinus, and other shrubs. - -Cut the _Spanish_ jessamine within 4 inches of the stem, giving them -fresh earth, likewise give fresh earth to your carnations planted -out in _Autumn_. Towards the latter end sow lark-spurs, hollyhocks, -_Canterbury_ bells, primrose-tree, sweet-williams, annual stocks, -candy-tufts, pinks, _&c._ - -Make plantations of the lilly of the valley on the side of some shady -bank. Sow orange and lemon kernels in pots; set the pots in hot-beds; -the kernels are to be used as soon as taken out of the fruit. Shift -such myrtles as require large pots, at the same time shaving off the -outside fibres of their root, and if there be occasion, prune their -heads pretty close. Turn and skreen Mould for the use of next month, -and continue to roll gravel-walks after rain and frost. - - - - -_BOOKS_, &c. published in the Month of _January_. - - -The history of executions, No. 7. Being a compleat account of the 13 -malefactors executed at Tyburn for robberies in the streets and fields; -6 at _Leicester_ and _York_, and two gentlemen at _Dublin_, pr. 4 _d._ - -The present state of the republick of letters, for _Nov._ - -Three pamphlets examin’d, _viz._ observations on the writings of the -_Craftsman_; the _Sequel_; and further observations. - -An ode to his Majesty for the new year, by Mr _Cibber_. - -A letter to the author of _An Enquiry into the Causes of the Decay of -the Dissenting Interest_, &c. pr. 6 _d._ - -The political state of _Great Britain_ for _Dec._ - -A general history of executions for the year 1730, containing the -lives, actions and dying speeches of sixty notorious malefactors -executed at Tyburn and elsewhere, vol. 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