1753. PROMOTIONS, BANKRUPTS, &c.

death of Cranstoun at Furnes; that he went by the name of Dunbar, and the day only before he expired informed the perfon with whom he lodged, that he was the unfortunate Cranstoun fo often mentioned in the affair of Mifs Blandy's parricide. His death has been fince confirmed, with feveral particulars, which we must defer to our next,

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS,

R. Parfect, chofen lecturer of Al

Mhallows in Lombard-street.-Dr.

Robert Downes, bishop of Down and Connor, tranflated to the bishoprick of Raphoe in Ireland, vacant by the death of Dr. Philip Twyfden.-Dr. Arthur Smyth, bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, tranflated to the united bishopricks of Down and Connor.-William Carmichael, LL. D. promoted to the united bishopricks of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh. -Dr. Taylor, chancellor of Lincoln, collated to the archdeaconry of Buckingham, in the room of Dr. Carmichael,John Lowth M. A. prefented by the earl of Winchelfea and Nottingham, to the rectory of Middleton Keynds, in Buckinghamshire.-Mr. Coles, M. A. by Brown Willis, L L. D. to the rectory of Bletchley, Bucks.-Hon. and Rev. Frederick Hamilton, fecond fon of lord Archibald Hamilton, by the earl Brooke, to the vicarage of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire.-Mr. Corn. Thryfte, by the lord of the manor, to the vicarage of St. John at Hackney.-Mr. Kay, chosen lecturer of the united parishes of St. Michael Wood-street and St. Mary Staining.-Mr. John Cleoburg, prefented by Peregrine Bertie, Efq; to the Vicarage of Wooburn in Bucks.

PROMOTIONS Civil and Military.

ICHARD Hallet Wincombe, Efq;

R made a captain in the royal reg. of

horfe-guards, blue.-Capt. Brett, commander of the Caroline yacht, had the honour of knighthood conferred on him by his majefty-Corbett, Efq; fworn in high-bailiff of Westminster, in the room of Peter Leigh, Efq;-Rt. Rev. Dr. John Thomas, bishop of Peterborough, made preceptor to their royal highneffes the prince of Wales and prince Edward, in the room of the bishop of Norwich, who had refigned.-George Auguftus Selwyn, de clerk of the crown in the inland es Barbadoes, &c.-George Thomas, Efq; made govern of the Leeward Caribbee

-Sir Ruchard Adams, Knt. re-
If London, made a baron of the
3 in the room ct Mr. baron

nate a judge in the court of
Pleas in the room of Sir

Burnet, deco.fed. Mr. Jofeph

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Wright, made clerk affiftant in the house of lords, in the room of Mr. Merest, deceased. Arthur Dobbs, Efq; made captain-general and governor in chief of North Carolina.-Sir John Ligonier, made colonel of the royal reg. of horse-guards blue, in the room of the late duke of Richmond.

WES

New MEMBERS. ESTMINSTER, Edward Cornwallis, Efq; in the room of Sir Peter Warren, deceased.

Bridgewater, Robert Balch, Efq;-~
Hon. Peregrine Paulet, Efq; deceafed.
Westbury, Peregrine Bertie, Efq;-
Matthew Mitchell, Efq; deceased.

Buckingham, Commodore Weft,-
lord vifc. Cobham, now earl Temple.
Lyme, Henry Fane, Efq;-John
Scrope, Efq; deceased.

Wendover, earl Verney-his father, deceased.

Rutland hire, Thomas Noel, Efq;-
James Noel, Efq; his brother, deceased.
Chefhire, Charles Crewe, Efq;-
John Crewe, Efq; his brother, deceased.
Bodmin, Hon. Charles Hunt, Efq;-
John Laroche, Ffq; deceafed.
Bishop's Caftle, - Dashwood, Efq;
-Samuel Child, Efq; deceased.
St. Maws, Charles Medlicott, Efq;-
lord Sundon, deceased.
Beaumaris, John Owen, Efq;-
vifc. Bulkeley, deceased.

B-KR-TS.

-lord

JAMES Denn, late of Bristol, merchant.

-Francis Taylor, late of Bridgnorth, grocer. Matthew Cox, of the parish of Ealing in Middlefex, mealman and dealer. -John Paine the elder, of Braintree in Effex, clothier.-Henry Rix, late of Fakenham in Norfolk, mercer and grocer. -Harvey Prefton, late of Stratford upon Avon, dealer. John Troughton, now or late of Fareham, Hants, brewer, and wine-merchant.-John Paine the younger, of Braintree, in Effex, clothier.- James Laurie, of Cockhill, in the parish of Shadwell, Ratcliff, apothecary and chymift.-Charles Salmon, of St. James's, Westminster, linen-draper. Henry Blomart, of Prescott-street, merchant.-John Godlob Vetter, late of St. James's, Clerkenwell, jeweller, and dealer.-Richard Ladbrooke, late of St. James's, Clerkenwell, tallow-chandler. John Neville, of St. James's, Weftminfter, goldfmith, and dealer. John Weath of the Strand, warehouse keeper. Thomas Cripps, of NewBrentford, plumber. - Samuel Woods, now or late of Norwich, worsted weaver and dealer. Jofeph Broom, of St. Paul, Covent Garden, taylor.

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 1753.

AGUE, Jan. 16. In confequence of a propofition made by her royal highto the princefs governante, a reduction of 42 men has been made in the lifeguards, 224 men in the regiment of footguards, and 352 men in that of the Swifsguards, which will be an annual faving to the publick of 110,480 florins; and it is computed, that the favings which the republick makes by the reduction of the army, and leffening fome other expences, fince the conclufion of the peace, amount to two millions of florins yearly. At the fame time her royal highness has fhewn her regard for the poor, for in order to free them of fome of the taxes that lie heavy upon them, fhe has in conjunction with the ftates of the province of Utrecht, published an ordinance, whereby a tax of one and a half per cent. is laid on all fuch of the inhabitants as have eftates of 4c0 florins per annum, and upwards. Thofe who refide in other countries, and have eftates in this province, are liable to the fame tax ; as are alfo all employments, fees and penfions. And, to prevent difputes, every perfon is to tax himfelf, according to the best of his judgment, and to deliver the fame in upon oath.

Paris, Jan. 19. A new incident has happened, which is like to bring our ecclefiaftical difputes to a crifis, as follows: On the 12th of laft month, the parlia ment being informed, that the rector of S. Medard had refufed the facraments to a nun named S. Perpetua, of the house of S. Agatha, ordered that the rector and his two curates fhould immediately attend. The rector could not be found, but the curates appeared, and faid, the refufal of the facraments was in confequence of the archbishop of Paris's express orders. Upon which M. Ifabeau, one of the fecretaries of the parliament, was fent to that prelate, to defire him to cause the facraOn ments to be adminiftered to the nun. the 14th the fecretary reported, that having waited on the archbishop that mornine about half an hour after fix, he made him the following anfwer: "The recor of S. Medard has followed the light of his own confcience and my orders. Befides, as the adminiftration of the facraments is a matter purely fpiritual, I am properly accountable to God alone for the power with which he has intrufted me. none but the king will I ever think myfei bound to account for it." M. Ifabeau was fent back to the archbishop, to enjoin him to regard the preffing state of the úck perfon : and at four in the afternoon reported to the parliament, that he had been again with that prelate, who faid to him; I told you my ntinents this morning.

And to

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I am still of the fame mind; nor fhall I al-
ter my conduct or my language." Upon
this a motion was made, and agreed to,
that the archbishop fhould be ordered,
upon pain of having his temporalities
feized (which amount to 120000 livres) to
give directions for putting an immediate
ftop to the fcandal occafioned by the re-
peated publick refufals of the facraments
of the church to the nun Perpetua, under
pretence that he would not present a bil-
let of confeffion, nor tell who was her
confeffor that the curates of S. Medard
fhould be enjoined to discharge the duties
of their function to the fick perfon; and
that the king's counfel fhould fee thefe
orders executed; and, by a majority of
98 to 35, it was ordered, that the peers
fhould be fummoned for the 18th at ten
in the morning, to take into farther con-
fideration the archbishop's answers, and
the proceedings of the day before.

On the 14th all the bishops then in Pa-
ris had a meeting, and fent a deputation
to the archbishop, to affure him, that the
clergy of France made his caufe their own,
and would fupport him to the utmost of
their power.
On the 15th the parliament
ordered, that as the archbishop had not
conformed to their arret of the 13th, his
temporalities fhould be feized; but on
the 16th the first prefident reported, that
having been fent for, he had that day
waited upon the king, and that his maje-
fty difapproving of their proceedings, had
reftored to the archbishop his temporali-
ties.
At the fame time he prefented to
them a letter from the king, which in-
formed them, that his majesty being re-
folved to bring the whole affair before
his council, he therefore expressly forbid
the peers to attend on the 18th. Against
this not only the parliament have remon-
ftrated in very strong terms, but the
princes of the blood and the peers of the
kingdom look upon it as an incroachment
upon their privileges; and the king hav-
ing in his anfwer to the remonstrances of
the parliament, ordered them to explain
themselves to his chancellor, who would
inform them of his intentions, they, on
the 23d came to the following refolutions:
1. That the removal of which the court
was informred by the first prefident being
irregular both in matter and form, had
rendered new fummonfes to the peers in-
difpenfable. 2. That the forms claimed by
the parliament were laws of the realm, and
that on their obfervation depended the
maintenance of the royal authotity and the
publick tranquillity. 3. That the parlia-
ment knew no middle perfon between the
king and them, and neither could nor ought
to address then.felves to any but the fove-
DIVI-
reign alone.

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