up Dunkirk, according to the articles agreed upon at the commencement of the war between France and Spain, in which war Oliver was an auxiliary: Thou traitor, Mazarine, if thou refufes to deliver Dunkirk into the hands of Lockit, my friend and counfellor, whom I have fent with full power to receive it, by the eternal G―d I will come and tear thee from thy mafter's bofom, and hang thee at the gates of Paris. -0. Cromwell.". -Upon which the keys were immediately delivered. THURSDAY, Sept. 6. Yesterday, between eleven and twelve at noon, John Skinner, waterman, Matthew Wilkinson, and William Curtis, both failors, were conveyed in a cart from the New Gaol in the Borough, and executed at Kennington Common pursuant to their fentence at laft Guildford affize. Skinner confeffed robbing Capt. Dobfon's house at Rotherhithe, as did Wilkinson and Curtis robbing Mr. Smith in Lock-Fields. They behaved very penitent. After hanging the ufual time, the bodies were cut down, and delivered to their friends for interment. Birmingham, Sept. 3. On Monday the affizes ended at Stafford, when William Smith, for ftealing a mare from Mr. Kirk land, was capitally convicted, but afterwards reprieved. MONDAY, Sept. 10. Worcester, Sept. 6. Yesterday was held here the triennial meeting of the choirs of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford, when the collection at the cathedral amounted to 198 1. Norwich, Sept. 8. On Saturday laft John Carman, for returning from transportation, and Samuel Creasy, for a robbery on the highway, were executed on the Caftlehill. During the execution, Bretnall, who was under fentence of death, received a letter from lord Sandwich, acquainting him, that his majefty had been graciously pleafed to grant him a free pardon. any tythe on potatoes for the future. It is computed they have at least 300 arms; and it is certain they are well provided with ammunition of all kinds. Unless they are fpeedily fuppreffed, their ravages will not only destroy, but in the end depopulate, this country. Waterford, Auguft 27. Laft Wednesday night a party of about 200 whiteboys 'came near the houfe of the Rev. Mr. Hewetfon, at a village called Polcroan, where they fired feveral shot, burst open many houfes, enlifted numbers under their standard, on which is difplayed a white flag, and obliged every one they found to fwear fidelity to Joan Mefkill; fecrefy and obedience, in the execution of all their schemes; and alfo that they should not at the peril of their lives and fubftance, allow the clergy TUESDAY, Sept. 12. St. James's, Sept. 11. In answer to the reprefentations made by his majesty's ambaffador at the court of France, demanding immediate fatisfaction and reparation for the acts of violence committed, on the ift of June laft, by the commander of a French fhip of war, in conjunction with other French veffels, at one of the Turks Islands, the court of France has difavowed the faid proceedings, has difclaimed all intention or defire of acquiring or conquering the Turks Inlands; and has given orders to the Comte d'Estaing, governor of St. Domingo, to caufe the faid islands to be immediately abandoned on the part of the French, to restore every thing therein to the condition in which it was on the ift of June last, and to make reparation of the damages which any of his majesty's fubjects fhall be found to have fuftained in confequence of the faid proceedings, according to an estimation to be forthwith fettled by the faid governor with his majesty's governor of Jamaica: and a duplicate of the faid orders has been delivered to his majefty's faid ambaffador, who has tranfmitted the fame to his majefty's fecretary of state. THURSDAY, Sept. 13, Yefterday the feffions began at the Old Bailey, when 24 prifoners were tried, one of whom was capitally convicted, viz. Jof. Derbin, for returning from transportation before the expiration of his time; II were caft for transportation, and 12 acquitted. Tuesday, a woman who fells oyfters in Tottenham-Court road, was delivered of two boys and a girl, the latter of whom died foon after its birth, but the two boys and the mother are likely to do well. FRIDAY, September 14. The Salletines have taken three French hips bound from Martinico to Bourdeaux, and a fourth of the fame nation (whither bound to or from is not mentioned) with 17 paffengers on board. A gentleman well acquainted with the Newfoundland fishery, is of opinion, that inftead of nine thousand pounds, (the damage computed to he sustained by the Ength at Turks Inland) the fun is more likely to to amount to thirty thoufand; as by the The committee for the relief of the Palatines met yefterday at Batfon's Coffeehoufe, in confequence of a fummons from the treafurer, who had received an immediate anfwer by letter from Lord Halifax, acquainting them, his majesty had moft graciously granted the full request of their petition, and that the Palatines fhould be fent to and established in South Carolina; and alfo that 150 ftand of arms should be delivered out for the ufe of the faid German Proteftants: whereupon the committee refolved to publifh propofals for contracting with commanders of ships for their immediate paffage and maintainance to South-Carolina. Yesterday twenty-one prifoners were tried at the Old Bailey, two of whom were capitally convicted, viz. John Jourden, otherwife Farrell, for ftealing plate and money to the amount of about 201, the property of Mr. Knight, in his dwelling houfe in New North Street; and William Hill, for robbing William King, near Mims-Wash, of 2 s. Fourteen were caft for transportation, and five acquitted. SATURDAY, September 15. Yesterday twenty two prifoners were tried at the Old Baily, five of whom were capitally convicted, viz George Williams, for ftealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of James Yeoman, in a dwelling-houfe in Crown Court, St. Martin's le Grand; John and Thomas Hands, (two brothers) for breaking the dwelling-houfe of Mr. Whitby, in the parish of Fulham, and ftealing a large quantity of linnen; John Robinson, for robbing Charles Downs, in a neceifary-house, of 11 guineas, on Saltpetre Bank; and Thomas Fofter, for ftealing a filver watch, and 1401. in money, the property of Mr. Kennedy, a cabinetraaker at Stepney, in his dwelling-house; ten were caft for transportation. MONDAY, Sept. 17. St. James's, Sept. 15. The damages done to an English merchant ship, which was by mistake attacked in May laft by the commodore of fome Spanish xebeques cruizing against the Algerines in the Mediterranean, were immediately repaired out of the Spanish arfenal at Ca.thagena: and, Brith in confequence of the reprefentations made, on that subject, by his majesty's ambassader has given orders for defraying the expence at the court of Madrid, his catholic majefty of the cure of the English who were wounded in that attack, for indemnifying the English captain for the lofs of time occafioned thereby, and for giving a gratifica loft his arm by a fhot from the Spanish tion to the paffenger, who unfortunately xebeque. It is computed that there are no less than 40,000 perfons in the feveral gaols in this kingdom for debt. On Saturday the feflions ended at the Old Baily; one prifoner was tried for wil ful and corrupt perjury, and acquitted.At this feffions, eight received fentence of death, one to be tranfported for fourteen years, and thirty-nine for feven years. TUESDAY, Sept. 18. On Tuesday the 4th inftant ended the affizes on the Crown fide, at the caftle of Lancaster, where the four following perfons Johnfon, and James Smith, for burglaries; received fentence of death, viz. Thomas John Webster for sheep-flealing, and Jona. than Pollard for a highway robbery; the three laft are reprieved. Henry Booth, of Hollinwood, a man of confiderable proper. ty, convicted of perjury, on an information which he gave concerning the riot at Manchefter in 1762, was ordered to be tranf. ported for feven years; Thomas Naden, and Frances Windle, who received fentence of death the preceding affizes, the former for being concerned in the faid riot at Manchester, and the latter for a burglary, were ordered to be transported for fourteen years. The fubftance of a letter received at the Florida Dear Sir, "We begin to like this place very well, as it is a prodigious fine climate; and, although the foil is very fandy, it is furprising what fine grain it produces. I cannot fettle any measures for trade till the governor's arrival, as we are at prefent in the utmott confufion. A great number of the Spaniards returned lately to difpofe of their tremely cheap, on account of their being houfes and effes, which are fild exobliged to evacuate them. I have bought one of the beft houfes here, which coft me fix hundred dollars, and when fome English carpenters carpenters come over, I am in no doubt but I shall make it a comfortable habitation. There are about one hundred English peo pie, and, I believe, half that number of Jews, but all remain unfettled at prefent. The Indian traders are daily manifefting their happiness in having the English for neighbours, and are continually bringing fkins of all kinds to barter for the most in fignificant baubles. We receive all our letters and goods by way of Carolina and Georgia, as fhips are continually going be. tween hence and thofe places. We have many people here from both of thofe places, with cargoes, who make us pay extravagantly dear. We are happy here in being kept decent, as we have a great many Spanish women left, who are extremely industrious, and particularly nice in cleaning of linen, but they make us pay one fhilling for every shirt, and other labour in proportion. The ship is just now under weigh, which occafions great hafte, and muft plead my excufe for imperfections; fo remain your affured friend, G. B." Poftfcript of a letter from a merchant at Amfterdam to his correfpondent at London, Sept. 4. "Laft week arrived here the ce. lebrated William Morgan, alias Charles Mordaunt, with the noted William Lutwyche, alias Wood, alias Jones, and John Carpenter, alias Huckle, at the house of the noted Dick Swift, who has not been here above three months. It is fuppofed they are going to fome of his majesty's new settlements, they having brought a prodigious parcel of goods, notes, and cash, to the amount of feveral hundred pounds: they appear as brothers here, fometimes drefs alike, in white fuits of clothes with laced hats; but when upon business, they appear as a gentleman, tradefman, and countryman; they have fometimes wigs over their bair. Jimagine they came from Dublin laft. They go by the names of William, Charles, and John Hill. There are a great many convicts in this métropokis, of whom I will acquaint you further in my next." THURSDAY, Sept. 20. On Tuesday laft was held a board for determining the merits of the three different methods for discovering the longitude; when the proprictor of the marine chair endeavoured to refute the affertions of a gentleman whofe opinions he thought did not do juftice to his chair. Another gentleman, who fpoke with great candour of all the 5 three methods, acknowledged, that obfervations may be made with greater certainty in, than out of, the marine chair; but expreffed his apprehensions as to the afcertaining the longitude at fea by it, were the fatellite theory perfect enongh to do it, which he feemed to doubt. The Lunar method was acknowledged by the gentlemen to anfwer very well, but they objected to the tedious calculation attending it; to obviate which, Mr. Witchell, a gentleman well known for his fkill in aftronomical calculations, prefented to that honourable board a method, by which it may be reduced to a fingle proportion by logarithms, and confequently as fimple as can be defired. With regard to Mr. Harrifon's Time-keeper, it will be fufficient to obferve, that its merits were found to be fuch that the honourable commiffioners were pleafed to order him the immediate payment of 1000l. SATURDAY, Sept. 22. Laft Sunday the parifh-clerk of a church, fouth of London Bridge, having given out a pfalm which the minifter did not approve of, was called to from the pulpit to fing Gloria Patri, which he not inftantly complying with, was pulled out of his defk by the minifter, who kicked him very heartily in the fight of the whole congregation, who were greatly fcandalifed and furprized at fuch an exertion of ecclefiaftical authority. TUESDAY, September 25. A letter from Algiers fays, that an Englith frigate entered that harbour the 13th of last month with two white flags, one at her main and the other at her foremaft, was faluted by 21 cannon from the caftlé, to which the made no return till the English Conful came on board. Then the commander of the frigate claimed the Genoefe polacre taken by the Algerines, when under English colours and provided with a British país, declaring," that if he was not directly reftored with all her crew, the peace would be broken between Great Britain and the fate of Algiers." To which the dey fent him for anfwer, "That what was done was done, and that the English might take what courfe they thought hest.” Upon this anfwer the commander of the frigate, without vouchfafing to receive any refreshment, or take charge of a letter from the dey, put off to fea again, fleering towards Genoa, douhtlefs to give commodore Harrifon an account of his milion. Lift tague, fecond daughter to the earl of Ha lifax. Sir William Hardres, bart. Anthony Goodrich, Efq; Vincent Bromley, Efq. Jofeph Harris, Efq; afsayer to his ma jefty's mint. Mr. Robert Dodsley, bookfeller, author of the Toy-Shop, Cleone, &c. Sir John Barnard, knt. fometime father of the city of London. Lift of PROMOTIONS. Lift of MARRIAGES. Mr. Thomas Dyson, farmer in Worcestershire, aged 90, to Mifs Kitty Jefferies, aged 30. Rev. Mr. Robert Bromley, of Warrington, to Mifs Cowley of Liverpoole. William Upion, Efq; to Mifs Clarges. Mr. Buck, apothecary at Chelfea, to Mifs Mopfom. Robert Lawley, Efq; to Mifs Efkrick. James Gambier, Efq; to Mifs Mompetfon. Earl of Coventry, to Mifs Barbara St. John. Ralph Clavering, Efq; to Mifs Lynch. Charles Jones, Efq; to Mifs Rogers, with a fortune of 12,0col. Jofeph Thompson, Efq; to Mifs Lucy Ely. Mr. Edward Goldney, to Mifs Anne Peat. Arthur Molefworth, Efq; to Mifs Catherine Vane. Nicholas Turner, Efq; to Mifs Meriton, with a fortune of 20,000. Mr. Archibald Hamilton, jun. printer, to Mifs Weaver. John Clare, Efq; to Mifs Cuthbert. Rev. Mr. Michell, to Mifs Williamfon. John Thornton, Efq; to Mifs Rachel Glafs. Major Pulleine, to Mifs Elizabeth Hutton. Francis Burnett, Efq; to Mifs Woolery. Dymoke Lyfter, Efq; to Mifs Lydia Bancroft, with a fortune of 30,000 l. At Dublin, Sir Fitzgerald Aylmer, bart. to Mifs Elizabeth Cole. Lift of DEATHS. Mr. Richard Chinery, merchan William Spackman, Efq; Rev. Edward Lunn, M. A. Matthew Gage, Efq; James Hol. Joway, Efa; Mr. John Smith, landscape painter of Chichefter. William Beaumont, Efq; lieutenant-colonel of the Surry militia. William Groves, Efq; Sir James Burroughs, knt. mafler of Gonvil and Caius college, Cambridge. John Brown, D. D. archdeacon of Northampton, and master of University-college, Oxford. Rev. Mr. William's, of Liverpoole. The lady of Francis Clare, Efq; of Henwick. Vincent Acton, Efq; John Rigby, Efq; Arthur Clare, Efq; William Matthew, Efq; The lady of Sir John Griffin. The Rev. Mr. Ed. ward Ventris, Edward Chefter, Efq; Dr. Penry, the ftuttering doctor at Iflington. Rev. Mr. Phocion Henly, re&or of St. Anne, Black-Friars. Mr. Chapelle, fta. tioner. Dr. Hugh Owen. Captain Walter Bugden. Sir William Skipwith, bart. Earl Cowper. Count d'Argenson, at Paris. Rev. Nathaniel Bifs, Savilian profeffor of geometry, at Oxford, and regius profeffor of aftronomy. Lieutenant general Carr. Richard Parfons, earl of Rofs. John lord Be.haven. Right hon. lady Fanny Mon Earl of Northington, lieutenant of the town and county of Southampton. William Duncan, M. D. created a baronet. George Amyand, Efq; merchant of London, created a baronet. Sir Samuel Gordon, knt. of Newark upon Trent, created a baTonet. Rev. William Lowther, created a baronet. John Gore, Efq; chief justice of the King's-bench in Ireland. Charles Howard, gent. marshal of the vice-admiralty-court, for all America. Hon. Spencer Percival, Efq; to be principal register of the vice admiralty-court for all America. Dr. George Baker, phyfician to her majefty. Rev. Mr. Wetherell, master of Univerfity-college, Oxford. James Clitherow, lieutenant-colonel; and - -Brettell, major of the Middlefex militia. Colonel William Amherst, deputy-governor of Sandgate - caftle. Sir William Boothby, colonel of the coth regiment. Lift of BANKRUPTS. Bidges Harvey, of Wolverhampton, Staf fordshire, ironmonger. Plowden Jennett, of Birmingham, linnen-draper. James Stephenfon, of Liverpoole, druggift. Anthory Gardiner, of Barbourn-Wharf, Worcesterfhire, dealer in falt. Edmund Peele, of Feversham, in Norfolk, dealer. Thomas Rofiter, of Gerard's-ftreet, St. Anne's, Soho, Middlefex, haberdasher. William Howell, of Bristol, watchmaker. William Noon, jun. of Long-Acre, cheesemonger. Rachael Embry, of Tewkesbury, millener and hofier. Peter Spinks, of Southampton, brewer. Auguftine Taylor, of Aylesford, Kent. George Golling, of Cornhill, bofier. Abraham Abrahams, jun. of Heydon Square, the Minories, London, jeweller. Edward Maylam, of Ashford, Kent, dra; per. Thomas Rook, of Bristol, merchant. James Fuller, of Mile End, Middlesex. George Kearsley, of Ludgate Street, Bookfeller. Thomas Smith, of Rotherhithe, Ship-chandler. John Wright, of Manchefter, Hatmaker. James Squire, late of Clifton upon Team, Worcestershire. The Ecclefiaftical Preferments will be given in çur next, THE BRITISH MAGAZINE, For OCTOBER, 1764. S ESSAY on Ufpicion, however neceflary it may be to our fafe paffage thro' ways beset on all fides by fraud and malice, has been always confidered, when it exceeds the common measures of prudent caution, as a token of depravity and corruption; and an cld Greek writer of fententious precepts has laid down a ftanding maxim, that "He that believes not another on his oath, knows himself to be perjured." We can form our opinions of that which we know not, only by placing it in comparison with fomething that we know: whoever therefore is overrun with fufpicion, and detects artifice and ftratagem in every propofal, muft either have learned by experience the wickedness of mankind, and been taught to avoid fraud by having often been deceived; or he must derive his judgment from the consciousness of his own difpofition, and impute to others the fame inclina October 1764. SUSPICION. To learn caution by turning our eyes upon life, and obferving the arts by which negligence is furprised, timidity overborne, and credulity amufed, requires great latitude of converfe, and long acquaintance with bufinefs, or uncommon activity of vigilance, and acuteness of penetration. When therefore a young man, not diftinguished by fuperior vigour of intellect, comes into the world full of fcruples and diffidence, makes mitations, hefitates in his answer to a bargain with many provifional lia common queftion, left more should be intended than he can immediately discover, has a long reach in the detecting the projects of his acquaintance, confiders every carefs as an hypocrify, and feels neither gratitude nor affection from the tendernefs of his friends, because he believes no one to have any real tendernefs but for himself; whatever expectations this early fagacity may 3 T raife |