Agures, and a whole length figure of HOPE oppofite the fame. On the centre of the principal arch the arms of England, and on the top of the fide columns thofe of the city of London and Goldsmiths company: various other fuitable defigns were placed in different parts, and the whole on a ground of beauful frosting. The defert confifled of a profufion of pinc-apples, grapes, ftrawberries, cherries, glazed fruit, brandy fruit, burnt almonds, ice creams, biscuits, and dried cherries. The naval peace establishments for America, Jamaica, the Leeward-Iflands, and African ftations, are fixed to be as follows: Hallifax, Quebec, and Newfoundland, two fhips of 50 guns, four frigates, and 36 floops and cutters, (of the laft moll of them are employed as guarda-coftas): in all 42 men of war. At Jamaica, two fhips of 50 guns, one of 44 guns, feven frigates from 36 to 28 guns, and eigh. floops from 12 to 20 guns: in all 18. Leeward-Inlands, two of 50 guns, eight frigates from 24 to 32 guns, and twelve floops from 14 to 18 guns: in all 22 men of war. Coast of Africa, one of 50 guns, two frigates of 28 guns, and five floops: in all 8 men of war. 17. Mr. Pitt dined with the Directors of the Eaft-India Company at the London Tavern, in Bifhopfgate-ftreet. The dinner was ferved at five o'clock, and confifted of all the dainties of the feafon. Befides the Minifter, the company confifted of the Earls of Chatham and Temple, Lord Sydney, fix other ftrangers, and the whole Court of Directors, which are twenty-four; in all thirtyfour perfons. A fingular caufe was heard at the affizes at Bedford. Forty years ago a farmer fold 14 cows and a bull to a neighbour, on condition of his paying for them on the day of his marriage. The purchafer having contracted matrimony a few months fince, the executors of the party who had fold him the eattle demanded payment for the fame, which being refufed, they inftituted a fuit at law, and obtained a verdict for the dent and cofts, together with intercit from the day of the defendant's marriage, till which period the contract of fo long ftanding was not complete. At the aflizes held at Aylefbury, for the county of Bucks, a caufe of very confiderable length and importance came on to be tried; which was an ejectment brought by Samuel Selby againft William Lowndes, Eig. to recover poffeffion of a very confiderable eftate to the amount of 2,000l. per annum, left by Thomas James Selby, of that county, al out twelve years fince to Mr. Lowndes, unlefs by public advertifem.at 24. The town was yesterday thrown into a very great ferment, by one of the most extraordinary incidents that ever happened in the annals of hiftory. Some robbers, having got out of the fields, over the garden wail of the Lord Chancellor's houfe, in Great Ormond-Street, from thence found means to get into the area, where they forced two bars of the kitchen window, and proceeding through it up stairs, made their way into a room adjoining to his Lordship's ftudy. Here they broke open several drawers, and at last coming to that in which the Great Seal of England is depofited, they took it out of a bag in which it was kept, and carried it off. together with two filver-hiked fwords, and about 34 guiucas in money. 25. The King went to the houfe of Peers, and gave the Royal affent to 17 public and fix private bills; after which his Majefty put an end to the prefent feffion of Parliament, by this moft gracious fpeech from the Throne. "My Lords and Gentlemen, “On a full confideration of the prefcat fituation of affairs, and of the extraordinary circumstances which have produced it, I am induced to put an end to this feffion of Par liament: I feel it a duty, which I owe to the conftitution and to the country in fuch a fituation, to recur as fpeedily as poffible to the fenfe of my people, by calling a new Parliament. "I trust that this meafure will tend to obviate the mifchiefs arifing from the unhape py divifions and distractions which have lately fubfifted; and that the various important objects which will require confideration may be afterwards proceeded upon with lefs interruption, and with happier effect. "I can have no other object, but to preferve the true principles of our free and happy conftitution, and to employ the powers entrusted to me by law for the only end for which they were given, the good of my people." The Earl of Mansfield, as fpeaker of the Houfe of Lords, by his Majesty's command, then faid: "My Lords and Gentlemen, "It is his Majefty's royal will and pleafure, that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday the fixth day of April next, to be then here holden, and this Parliament is accordingly p.orogued to Tuesday, the sixth day of April next." 26. The Parliament was this day diffolved by proclamation; the writs iffued out for a new Parliament are returnable on the 18th of May next. PROMOTIONS. William Frafer, Stephen Cottrell, and Evan Nepean, Efqrs. to be Commissioners for executing the office of Keeper of the Privy-Seal. MARRIAGES. John Boyd, Efq. to Mifs Harley, younge daughter of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Harley.. William Cheshire, Efq. of the office of Ordnance, to Mifs Scragg, of Savage-gardens. The Rev. Dr. Jebb, Canon of Chrift-Church, Oxford, to Mrs. Myddleton, of Wind for.William Efdaile, Efq. banker in Lombardftreet, to Mifs Jefferies. BIRTH S. BANKRUPT S. Ann Partridge and William Iliffe, of Fri day-treet, carriers-Robert Wood, of Broadftreet, Ratcliff, linen-draper-William Dermer, of the Strand, hardwareman-Joha Harris, of Afhford, Derbyshire, dealerFidde Helmken and Sarah Bricklefs, of Eaft-Smithfield, fugar-refiners – John Lloyd, of Bandy-leg-walk, Southwark, bakerJofeph Bewley, of Hefket, New Market. Cumberland, mercer-Robert Throckmorton-Perkins, of Hutingdon, apothecaryThomas Turner, of Southampton, inn-holder-Mayfon Wright, of Kingston upon Hull, merchant - Luke Kent, of Portsmouth. printer-Thomas Taylor, of Kingslandroad, brickmaker and victualler-Joachim Gerhard Peters, of Manfel-ftreet, Goodman's Fields, merchant-Robert Bragg, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, linen-draper-Jofeph More, of Chandos-street, filk-mercer-Jonathan Sedgwick and Thomas Sedgwick, of Budge-row, ironmongers-Samuel Fletcher, of St. Martin's-lane, wine and brandy merchant-John Bullock, of Great Marlow, Bucks, ftationer-Chriftopher Earl, of Birmingham, dealer-William Hutchins, of Ludgate-street, merchant- Benjamin Jeavons, of Stourport, Worcestershire, linen and woolen-draper-Benjamin Haigh, of Outlane in Longwood, in the parish of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, inn-keeper and merchant-William Jolley, of Dorfet-ftreet, Spitalfields, grocer-Philip Green, of Merc, Wilts, miller-James Dunbar, of Bristol, merchant-John Hewitt, of Blue-Houfe, in the parish of Washington, Durham-William Barker, of Bewdley, Worcestershire, grocer - Richard Bellian, of Wigan, checkmanufacturer-Shubael Gardner, of Crown Court, St. George in the Eaft, Middlesex, merchant and mariner-Jofeph Mayson, of Countess of Aylesford of a fon.-Lady Compton-street, grocer. St. John, of a fon. DEATH S. The Rev. Owen Jones, Prebendary of Sutton, aged 79.-Jofeph Wright, Efq. of Romford, Effex,aged 84.-PinckneyWilkinfon, Efq. member of Parliament for Old-Sarum, aged 91. The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Sewell, Knt. Mafter of the Rolls.- Charles Garth, Efq. one of his Majefty's Commiffoners of Excife.-The Right Hon. the Countess Dowager of Litchfield. -In the 85th year of her age, the Rt. Hon, Lady Holmes, relict of the Rt. Hon. Lord Holmes, late Governor of the Isle of Wight.-Mrs. Perrott, reli&t of the late Baron Perrott.-At Alnwick, Hugh Rowland Hughes, Gent. aged 114 years, 11 months, and 27 days.. The Rev. Dr. Franklin, formerly fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Greek Profeffor in that univerfity, one of his Majefty's Chaplains in ordinary.-Mr. Barrett, of Yarmouth, in the 100 th year of his age. -Rear Admiral Thorpe Fowke. CERTIFICATES granted. Judah Samuel, of Wendover, Bucks, tan ner -John Fielding, of Paternofter-row, London, bookfeller-Alexander Rofs, of Ironmonger-lane, factor-Mary Dare, of the Minories, oil and colour-woman-Richard Machell, of Liverpool, wine-merchantJohn Hudfon, of East Redford, Nottinghamfhire, inn-holder -David Terry, of Colemanstreet-buildings, merchant-Ofwell Truefit, of Woodstock-street, Hanover-fquare, ftablekeeper - Jofeph Bradley and Robert Bradley. Abingdon-street, coal-merchants-Mark Ridgeway, of Ironmonger-lane, Irish factor and broker-John Sanders, of St. Paul, Shadwell, mariner-Edward Eagleton, of Bishopsgate-street, tea-dealer Stephen Northoufe, of Leeds, inn-holder-John Foothead, of James-ftreet, Covent-garden, bricklayer-James Farloe, of Birmingham, dealer-William Burlton, of Danhead, St. Mary, Wilts, merchant-William Beck and Petci Beck, of Warrington, cornfactors. Days 171 PRICES of STOCKS in MARCH, 1784. Compiled by C. DOMVILLE, Stock-Broker, No. 95, Cornhill. 3 per C. 14 per C. Long | Short reduced. Confols. Confols Ann. Ann. Stock. Bank 3 per C. 572 58 56a75} 56a 7 57 a India 12123 INDIA | India |So. Sea ANN. Bonds. Stock. 27 dif. ANN. OLD | NEW NAVY | Exch. ANN. BILLS Bills. 561 10 dif. 26 574 8 124 ვი 18 In the a per Ct. Confols. the highest and lowest Price of each Day is given; in the other Stosks the highest Price only. LITERATURE, HISTORY, POLITICS, ARTS, Embellished with the following Engravings: 1. A ftriking Likeness, beautifully engraved by Angus from an original Painting, of Sir William Hamilton, K. B. And 2. The Monument erected in Westminster-Abbey to the Memory of the late Earl of Chatham, drawn by Stothard, and engraved by Walker. litical Characters Theatrical Journal-Account of the Quacks-Robin Hood Account of the Exhibition at the Royal Academy Defcription of the Monument erected in Westminster-Abbey, to the Memory of the late Earl of Chatham Account of the Life of the late Dr. Thomas Wilfon Three Letters, containing a Correfpondence between the late Dr. Secker and Mr. John Garden of Brechin 250 An Effay towards afcertaining the true Character of Queen Elizabeth A Meditation on the Diffolution of the late Pictures of the Times: containing Randolph's Obfervations on the prefent Jofeph: a Poem - Page 271 274 The Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Mafters's Memoirs of the late Rev. Dr. - 284 285 Thomas Baker 248 Jephion's Hotel 249 252 254 256 257 258 261 260 Dr. T-r, Dean of G- ibid. The London Review, with Anecdotes 288 ibid. On the Charms of Virtue 314 in the Royal Society SCATCHERD AND WHITAKER, AVE - MARIA-LANE; J. SEWELL, CORNHILL; AND J. DEBRETT, PICCADILLY. [Entered at Stationers-all.] In the Account we gave of the Gentlemen who spoke in the Royal Society, we omitted Dr. HORSLEY, the principal among them, because we had given fome account of this celebrated Mathematician and Divine in a former Number of this Work. Ofwald and Lilly: a Poem, has not fufficient merit to atone for its extreme length. The Two Fables are under confideration. L. R's Impromptu has neither ;hime nor reason. J. Harcourt's Traveller is far from being either interesting or entertaining. The Tale of the Man of the People is a very indifferent imitation of the Author of Crazy Tales. The Reflections on the indelicate Conduct of a certain Duchefs are better adapted to a News-Paper than a Magazine. A Word to the Wife we have taken other-wife; and fincerely believe this scribbler takes us for incorrigible fools. The Lines on Mifs H—yes may be very defcriptive; but we do not think them very poetical. L. fhall find us pay proper attention to his Hints, which fhall be adopted in our next publication. Z's Letters contain fome truths, but nothing new. The Story of Mrs. Graves and the Right Hon. Mr. C. Fox is trite, and therefore out of date. A LIST of NEW PUBLICATIONS. RADY's Hiftorical Treatife of Cities and B Boroughs. The Works of George Berkeley, D. D. late Bishop of Cloyne, in Ireland, 2 vols. 4to. The Law of Simony. By T. Cunningham, Efq. Effays on Rhetoric: abridged from Dr. Blair. A Letter from a Northamptonshire Freeholder. Pamph. An Epitaph on the late illuftrious Earl of Chatham. Pamph. An Historical Account of the Rights of Election. By T. Cunningham, Efq. 2 vols. 8vo. The Universal Calculator. By J. Thomfon. Epiftolary Correfpondence, Vifitation Charges, Speeches, and Mifcellanies of Bifhop Atterbury. Vol. III. and laft. 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