The LONDON MAGAZINE: Or, GENTLEMAN's Monthly Intelligencer. For AUGUST, To be Continued. 1753. (Price Six-Pence each Month.) Containing, (Greater Variety, and more in Quantity, than any Monthly Book of the fame Price.) I. The remarkable Trial of John Barbot, at St. Chriftopher's in the Weft Indies, for the Murder of Matthew Mills, Efq; II. A genuine Account of the Manner of making best Ruffia Pot-Afhes. III. Mr. Horne's State of the Cafe, &c. defended. IV. Of the luminous Spaces about the South Pole. V. A Description of the County of York. VI. A SUMMARY of the most important Affairs in the laft Seffion of Parliament. VII. Account of Henry Jenkins, who lived to the Age of 169 Years. VIII. The JOURNAL of a Learned and Political CLUB, &c. continued: Containing the SPEECH of Servilius Prifcus on the Jews Bill; and the SPEECHES of Arrianus Maturius, and C. Numifius, on the Bill for better preventing Clandestine Marriages. IX. Extract from Dr. Addington, of the Sea-Scurvy. X. Of Air, Light, Electricity, &c. XI. Odious Character of a Lyar. XII. Solutions of a Surveying Question. XIII. Other Questions proposed. XV. Proceedings and Obfervations on the XVI. Claufes proposed to be added to the late Clandeftine Marriage A&t. XVII. French Perriwig-Maker's Advertise ment. XVIII. Queries to the Circuiteerers of GreatBritain. XIX. POETRY: An Addrefs to the Mufe; to a Friend; to Lord Boyle on his Marriage with Mifs Hoare, of Sturton ; the Charms of Sally; the Head-Ach; Epitaphs; Young Dorilas, a new Song iet to Mufick. XX. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER : Tragical Murders; Fires ; Malefactors executed; Country Affizes, &c. &c. &c. XXI. Promotions; Marriages and Births; Deaths; Bankrupts. XXII. Prices of Stocks for each Day. With a beautiful and correct GENERAL MAP of YORKSHIRE, and the HEAD OF Old HENRY JENKINS, curiously engraved. MULTUM IN PARVO. LONDON: Printed for R. BALDWIN, jun. at the Rose in Pater-Nofter-Row. Of whom may be had, compleat Set! from the Beginning to this Time, neatly Bound, or Stitch'd, or any fingle Month to compleat Sets. Days PRICES of STOCKS in JULY, BILL of MORTALITY, &c. NK INDIA (South Sea South Sea South Sea B. Annu. B. Annu. 3 p. Cent. [S. S. An, Ind. Bonds|B.Cir. p. Wind at STOCK. STOCK. STσc x. Annu. oid Ann.new 1746.1747-8-9 B. Annu. Weather | London. BILL of Mortality from June 26. to July 24. 1751 præm. 1. s. d.l Deal. 195. 71. 78 71. 6s 3 N. E. by E. S. W. fultry: Chrift. fair S. W. rain 28 W. N. W. fair Buried Males 6297 Femal. 5915 Males 655 Femal. 612 S 1220 1267 rain fair Died under 2 Years old 504 S.S. W. fair clou. Between 2 and 5- 110 S. W. rain S, W. rain clou, fair rain fair 30 and 40 and 50 50 and 60 rain thun. rain fair 60 and 70 70 and 80 80 and 9090 and 100 2 1267 105 fair warm .fair fair clou. fair clou. cloudy fair fair hot fair Within the Walls Without the Walls 346 In Mid. and Surrey 539 City & Sub. Weft. 277 22 Sunday 23 138 192 107 106 106 24 137 192 122 1 107 106 106 33 25 26 137 107 108 106 27 137 192₤ 108 106 28 106 1064 311 137 106 55 ين Mark-lane Exchange. Basingstoke. Wheat 348 to 353 qr1ol. 15s load Barley 17s to 19s od. 175 to 00 qr Oats 11s to 14s od Reading. Farnham. Henley, 111. 16s load Beans 199 to 215 6d 145 to 14 63 258 to 24 od 208 to 22 qr 135 to 16 18s to 24 ogl. 1os load 158 to 19 qr 148 to 158 1238 to 278 11l. 05s load 18s to 21 gr 148 to 16 71. 55 13 5 71. 45 13 o E. by N. of N. E. fair fair 21s to 24 LOTTERY TICKETS, 31. 8s. 6d, 31. gs. 6d. 31. gs. 31. 85. 6d. 31. 103. 31. 195. 6d. 31. gs. 6d. 31, 108 3), 98, 6d, 31, 108, 10 17 -- 24 -- 288 Wheaten Peck Loaf 2s. 2d. Peafe 198. to 255. o3. p. Quar. Taies 188. to 228. per Q ogl. 148. to 10l. 11s. p. load Abingdon. 14s. 09d. to 16s. cod. 175. 10 195. 218.ood. to 225.06d. per qr 31. 105, 6d, The LONDON MAGAZINE: Or, GENTLEMAN's Monthly Intelligencer. For AUGUST, 1o be Continued. 1753. (Price Six-Pence each Month.) Containing, (Greater Variety, and more in Quantity, than any Monthly Book of the fame Price.) I. The remarkable Trial of John Barbot, at St. Chriftopher's in the West Indies, for the Murder of Matthew Mills, Efq; II. A genuine Account of the Manner of making best Ruffia Pot-Ashes. III. Mr. Horne's State of the Cafe, &c. defended. IV. Of the luminous Spaces about the South Pole. V. A Description of the County of YORK. VI. A SUMMARY of the most important Affairs in the laft Seffion of Parliament. VII. Account of Henry Jenkins, who lived to the Age of 169 Years. VIII. The JOURNAL of a Learned and Political CLUB, &c. continued: Containing the SPEECH of Servilius Prifcus on the Jews Bill; and the SPEECHES of Arrianus Maturius, and C. Numitius, on the Bill for better preventing Clandestine Marriages. IX. Extract from Dr. Addington, of the Sea-Scurvy. X. Of Air, Light, Electricity, &c. XI. Odious Character of a Lyar. XII. Solutions of a Surveying Question. XVIII. Queries to the Circuiteerers of GreatBritain. XIX. POETRY: An Addrefs to the Mufe; to a Friend; to Lord Boyle on his Marriage with Mifs Hoare, of Sturton; the Charms of Sally; the Head-Ach; Epitaphs; Young Dorilas, a new Song iet to Mufick. XX. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER : XXII. Prices of Stocks for each Day. With a beautiful and correct GENERAL MAP of YORKSHIRE, and the HEAD of Old HENRY JENKINS, curiously engraved. MULTUM IN PARVO. LONDON: Printed for R. BALDWIN, jun. at the Rofe in Pater-Nofter-Row. Of whom may be had, compleat Set! from the Beginning to this Time, neatly Bound, or Stitch'd, or any fingle Month to compleat Sets. CONTENT S. Topher the West Indies, for the murder of Matthew Mills, Efq; 347 350 His defence ibid. A defcription of the county of York 352 The JOURNAL of a Learned and Political CLUB, &c. continued SPEECH of Servilius Prifcus on the bill to 353-367 permit perfons profeffing the Jewish religion to be naturalized by parliaDEBATE on the bill for the better pre353-356 venting of clandeftine marriages 356SPEECH of Arrianus Maturius in favour 367 of the bill ment A bill occafioned by them, and obferva tions on bounties upon the exportation of corn 376 Petitions relating to the Turkey trade, and the bill occafioned by them with obfervations 376, 377 Of the luminous fpaces about the fouth pole 378 Queries propofed to the circuiteerers of Great-Britain 379 The furprizing French perriwig-maker's comical advertisement 380 Claufes propofed to be added to the late act against clandeftine marriages 38% POETRY. Young Dorilas, a new fong, fet to mufick 382 A new country dance late marriage to Mifs Hoare ibid. An address to the mufe 384 356 To a friend ibid. A recital of former laws relating to mar The charms of Sally ibid. riages 357 The head-ach, to Aurelia An account of the feveral claufes of the Epitaph on brigadier general Hill 385 ibid. bill Solution of a question in surveying The odious character of a lyar, from the Epitaph on a young nobleman, killed in an engagement at sea The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER 386. General court of the Free British Parliament further prorogu'd ibid. ibid. Coiners apprehended ibid. Fires 386, 387 Mr. Harvey's tragical story 386 387, 388 Fishery Of lyes of vanity 379 Country affizes ibid. Mr. Horne's State of the Cafe, &c. defend Shocking story of a perfon's dying by the ed 371 bite of a mad cat ibid. Of air, light, electricity, &c. 372 Marriages and births 388 Another folution of the furveying question Deaths ibid. 389 375 A fummary of the most important affairs Of the thipwreck'd goods bill 374, 375 Petitions from the exporters of corn about ibid. N. B. As the fpeeches of fome of the members of the Political Club, befides thofe already given bave been lately fent in to us, we shall infert thofe upon the Jews bill in our next; and all fuck as may bereafter be fent in, upon that or any other fubject, we shall take care to give in the next following, or fome future month. A beautiful View of York, with a defeription of that city, fhall be in our next. RECEIPTS for collecting the LAND TAX and WINDOW LIGHTS, are given Gratis by R. BALDWIN, Bookfeller, at the Rose in Pater-Nofter-Row, Promotions civil and military ibid. Perfons declared bankrupts ibid. FOREIGN AFFAIRS 390 A catalogue of books. 390, 391 Prices of stocks and grain; wind, wea ther THE LONDON MAGAZINE. AUGUST, TRIAL of JOHN BARBOT, at St. A S the trial, condemnation, and execution of John Barbot, attorney at law, for the murder A of Matthew Mills, Efq; in the island of St. Chriftopher's, has of late been a fubject of converfation, and contains fome very extraordinary circumftances, we fhall give our readers a short account of it, beginning with as exact an history of the perfons chiefly concerned as we can collect. B Matthew Mills, Efq; was a rich planter of the island of St. Chriftopher's, a gentleman of a general good character, and highly esteemed in that ifland; and he was, it seems, a confiderable creditor upon the estate of Dr. James Webbe, who had always been a great friend to Mr. Barbot, and whofe eftate in the island of C Nevis, was by order of court to be fold at a publick fale, for the fatisfaction of his creditors; at which fale both Mr. Mills and Mr. Barbot were present and nearly concerned, the former to push on the fale, in order to recover what was due to him, and the latter to prevent its taking effect, or to become the purchaser in trust. for his friend Dr. Webbe, who had very ill will to have his eftate fold to a stranger, because he had a rich uncle upon the ifland, on whom he hoped to prevail to pay his debts and preferve the estate, which he has fince done. John Barbot was born in London, and was the fon of an eminent and substantial filversmith, who, it feems, is ftill alive. At 14 he was bound apprentice to an attorney at London for five years, and after having ferved his time, he went to Antigua in 1746, as clerk to a gentleman of the law there. About three or four years ago, he got himself admitted as an attorney at Auguft, 1753. D E 1753. St. Chriftopher's, and fell very foon into confiderable practice there; fo that before this unlucky affair happened, he had got about 8ool. before-hand; and as he had always been employed by Dr. Webbe and his family, he was prevailed on by the doctor to fet up as the purchaser of his eftate at the fale, which he was enbled to do, by a gentleman's undertaking to endorse his bills for the third part of the price, as that part of the price was to be immediately depofited in good bills of exchange, by the conditions of fale ; and as Mr. Mills and he had oppofite interests to pursue at the fale, this brought on the quarrel between them. What fort of person of a man, or what age, Mr. Mills was, we have not heard ; but Mr. Barbot is faid to have been a man of a small fize, but fprightly, and about, or not much above 25 years of age, when this affair happened.. He was tried at St. Chriftopher's, Jan. 5, 1753, and charged with having feloniously and of malice forethought murdered Matthew Mills, Efq; at Frigate-bay in that inland, on Sunday, November 19, about 5 o'clock in the morning, by giving him with a pistol loaded with powder and leaden bullets, one mortal wound, upon the right fide, between the two last false ribs, and near the back; and the witnesses were as follows: Peter Carew fwore, that at the fale of Bridgwater's (Dr. Webbe's) estate, Nov. 7, he heard the prifoner fay to the deceased, be expected to be treated like a gentleman, or, be did not treat bim like a gentleman. Thomas Mills.-That at the faid fale, upon the prifoner's objecting to the conditions of fale, the deceafed faid, Mr. Barbot, the conditions of fale are very fair z why will you cavil about them? Upon which the prifoner faid, Sir, I expect to be treated like a gentleman. And the deceafed replied, Sir, I fhall always treat you and all mankind as fuch. And he gives good reasons for believing, that after the fale the deceafed X X 2 neve |