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DEATH S.

May 27. At his feat in Oxfordshire, Francis Fane, Efq; member for Lyme.

June 9. At Chelfca, in the 84th year of his age, Henry Temple, Lord Vife. Palmerfton, Lord Register of Ireland. His Lordship is fucceeded as Lord Regifter, by Lord Vife. Limerick, who got the reverfion of that office fome years ago.

10. At Linlithgow, George Fairholm, Collector of Excife there.

11. At Edinburgh, in the 73d year of his age, Mr James Norie, painter in that city.

At Brufels, aged 88, Madam Maria Crifpe, abbess of the convent of English ladies of the or der of St Benedict in that city. She held that office ever fince 1720.

At Newton, Roffhire, in the 26th year of her age, Mrs Katharine Rofs, wife of John Monro of Culcairn, Efq; and daughter of Thomas Rofs of Calroffie, Eiq; deceafed.

16. At London, William Stewart, Efq; High Bailiff of the borough of Southwark.

17. At London, John Feake, Efq; feveral years governor of Bengal, in the East Indies.

20. At London, William Wollafton, Efq; He was member for Ipfwich in two parliaments.

21. At Bath, Richard Crowle, Efq; member for Hull.

22. At Dean, in an advanced age, Mr Charles Ilope, merchant, and late one of the Bailies of Edinburgh.

23. At his feat near Edinburgh, William Dick of Grange, Efq; leaving iflue one daughter, who is married to Sir Andrew Lauder of Fountainhall. 24. John St John, Lord St John of Bletfoe. 27. At Yefter, Lady Sufannah Hay, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Tweeddale.

27. At his feat near Edinburgh, Mrs Livingfton, wife of Archibald Brown of Blackford, Efq;

30. At Edinburgh, Mr William Keir, baker. He was feveral times deacon of the incorporation, and convener of the trades in the city.

P. S. July 1. Mrs Sophia Pringle, daughter of James Pringle, Efq; of Greenknow, deceased.

PREFERMENT S.

Taken from the London Gazette, and the Votes of the houfe of Commons.

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The King has been pleased,

June 14-to grant unto Charles Willes, Efq; third fon of Sir John Willes, Firft Commiffioner for the cuftody of the great feal, and Robert Wilmot, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir John Eardley Wilmot, one other of the faid commiffioners, fucceffively as they are named, the cffice of Prothaactary of the court of Chancery; to hold the fame during their respective natural lives.

21-to name and recommend Dr Richard

Terrick, one of his Majefty's chaplains in ordinary, and canon refidentiary of St Paul, to be elected Bishop of Peterborough, in the room of

Dr John Thomas, tranflated to the fee of Salisbury.

21-to appoint the following gentlemen officers in the marines.

Comp.

99. Benjamin Leaper, Captain. 64. Barn. Banks,

First Lieutenants.

87. John Rowell, 44. Thomas Capps, 75. Thay. Allen Wood, 55. Vincent Brown, 66. John Allen, 117. Robert Hull,

84. William Fyfield, 125. Thomas Thurstone,

Second Lieutenants.

John Christian, Adjutant to the Plymouth divifion.

29-to redeliver the feals to the Rt Hon. William Pitt, Efq; one of his Majefly's Principal Secretaries of State. [167.]

30.-to deliver the cuftody of the great feal to Sir Robert Henley [Attorney-General], who was thereupon fworn of the privy council, and Lord Keeper of the great feal of G. Britain.P. S. He took his feat as Speaker of the house of Lords on the ift of July.

-to deliver the cuftody of the privy feal to Richard Earl Temple, [in the room of Earl Gower.]

P. S. July 2.-to appoint Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle, Henry Bilfon Legge, Robert Nugent, Efqs, William Lord Visc. Duncannon, and James Grenville, Efq; to be Commissioners for executing the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer.

-to grant unto the Rt Hon. Henry Bilfon Legge, Efq; the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the room of William Lord Mansfield.

to appoint George Lord Anfon, [Admirals] Edward Boscawen and Temple Weft, George Hay, LL. D. Thomas Orby Hunter, Gilbert Elliot, and John Forbes, Efqs, to be Commiffioners for executing the office of High Admiral of Ģ. Britain and Ireland, &c.

the office of Mafter of the Horfe, in the room -to grant unto Granville Levefon Earl Gower, of Lionel Duke of Dorfet.

Hon. Edward Finch, Efq; Mafter of the Robes to his Majefty, in the room of Auguftus Schutz, Efq; deceafed.

Lord Vifc. Bateman, Mafter of the Buck-hounds. Percy Earl of Thomond, Treasurer of the Housebold, in the room of Lord Vifc. Bateman.

John Offley, Efq; a Groom of the Bedchamber. Sir Henry Erfkine, Keeper of his Majefty's private roads, gates, and bridges, and Conductor or Guide of his royal perfon in all the royal progresses. The Rt Hon. Henry Fox, Paymaster-General of the Forces.

Thomas Potter, Efq; Vice-Treasurer, and Receiver-General, and Paymafler-General of the revenues in Ireland.

June 30. John Archbishop of York was fworn of the privy council.

At a chapter of the Garter held at Kensington, June

June 30. the Earl of Waldegrave was elected a Knight of that Moft Noble order.

Taken from other papers, &c. Charles Pratt, Efq; Attorney-General, in the room of Sir Robert Henley.

John Jeffreys, Efq; Deputy-Ranger of St James's park.

Lord Aberdour, Grand Master of the Free Majons in England.

Mr Thomas Simfon, Pewterer in Edinburgh, Ingraver to the Mint in Scotland, in the room of Mr Joseph Cave, deceased.

The King hath been pleafed to appoint the following gentlemen engineers to take rank in the army as follows: William Skinner, chief engi neer, to rank as Colonel of Foot; John Henry Baftide and Juftly Watfon, Directors of engineers, to rank as Lieutenant-Colonels; Dugal Campbell and James Montrefor, Sub-directors of engineers, to rank as Majors; William Cuningham, Archibald Patoun, Leonard Smelt, John Armstrong, Patrick Mackellar, David Watson, Charles Rivers, and James Bramham, engineers in ordinary, to rank as Captains of Foot; John Hardefty, William Green, Matthew Dixon, William Eyres, George Morifon, John Archer, George Watson, and Harry Gordon, engineers extraordinary, to rank as Captain-Lieutenants; John Brewfe, Hugh Debbeig, John Baugh, William Bontein, Robert Clerk, John Manfon, Richard Dawson, and Richard Dudgeon, Sub. engineers, to rank as Lieutenants.

Commanders of men of war: Capt. Whiteronge Taylor, of the Royal William; Capt. Hood, of the Biddeford; Capt. Edward Hughes, of the Somerfet; Capt. Digby, of the Dunkirk; Capt. Howe, of the Magnanime; and Capt. John Elphinston, of the Salamander floop, of 16 guns.

New Member: Capt. William Tyrawley, for Weft Looe, [not Peter Burrel, as p. 278.], in the room of the Hon. William Noel, now a judge.

Haddington Prices, July 1.

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Prices of Stocks, &c. at London, June 30. Bank-ftock 119 1 4th. India ditto South-fea stock 102 1 4th. Ditto old annuities, 1ft fubfcript. 90 3 8ths. Ditto, 2d fubfcript. 89 1 half. Ditto new annuities, 1ft fubfcript. Ditto, 2d fubfcription Three

1 half bank-annuities, 1ft fubfcript. 89 3 4ths a 7 8ths. Ditto, 2d fubfcript. 89 3 8ths. Three Ditto 1726 per cent. bank-annuities

Ditto South-fea annuities 1751 90 3 8ths. Ditto India annuities 88 1 4th a 3 8ths. Three 1 half bank-annuities 1756. - Bankcirculation 5l. 12 s. 6d. prem. India bonds 2 1. 14 s. prem. New subscription 88.

NEW BOOK S.
DIVINITY, MORALITY.

AN effay upon natural and revealed religion.

By Mr Stephenfon, curate of Keyworth, Nottinghamshire.

A differtation on the religious knowledge of the ancient Jews. By S. Haddington, of Harborough in Leicestershire. I s. 6 d.

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Devizes,
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Warminster, 60 to 66 s. quar. 56 to 58s.

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The real character of the age; in answer to the estimate of the manners, &c. of the age. 1 s. Cooper.

The ghost of Erneft, great-grandfather to the Princess-dowager of Wales. 1 s. 6d. Whiton.

The conteft in America between G. Britain and France. 3 s. 6d. Millar.

Short hiftory of late administrations. 6 d. Portrait of the E. N. by a M-n cavalier. 6 d. Reply to the effay on political lying. 6d. Cooke.

Anfwer from Lien Chi at Pekin, to Xo Ho at London. 6 d. Cooper.

An epistle from Schah Hufein, the dethroned Sophi of Perfia, in the fhades, to Nadir O'Din, Emperor of Hinduftin, at his palace in the neighbourhood of Dehli. Tranflated from the Perfic, by W. P. Efq; 6d. Robinson.

Political truths humorously delineated. 6d. Shepherd.

A letter to Ld By; being an inquiry into the merit of his defence of Minorca. is. Baldwin. [299]

MEDICINE.

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POETRY and ENTERTAINMENT.
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Mr Bower's reply to a libel, intitled, A full confutation, &c. Is. Sandby.

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Belifarius, ingraved by R. Strange, from the
original painting of Salvator Rofa, in the collec-
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The European cricket-players. 6d.
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POLITICS. Speeches on a motion for paffing a cenfure on the treaties with Ruffia and HeffeCaffel, by Q. Horatius Barbatus 329. and C. Plinius Cæcilius 333.

A character of K. CHARLES II. by the Duke of Buckingham 337. POETRY. On Echard's and Bp Burnet's hifto

Mrs At of P

ries 339. A fong 340. On study ib. To d ib. A paftoral 360. Upon a dish of tea ib. F. W. of fourteen, tó Mifs A. C. nearly of the fame age ib. An account of the fociety in Edinburgh for promoting RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE among the poor 341.

An abftract of the MILITIA-ACT 344. An abstract of what Dr LIND fays on the fubject of marshy and woody grounds 354. The philofophy of EARTHQUAKES 357. Improvements in GUNNERY propofed 359. HISTORY. A declaration by the Pruffian general on the march of the Ruffians 361. Accounts of the battle near Kaurzim 363. Damage done in Prague by the fiege 366. Pruffian memorial on the French troops entering

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the empire 367. Military operations in West phalia 368. The acts of the council of Illiberis found 370. The Emprefs-Queen's and the British minifters recalled 371. The British vice-conful ordered to depart out of Ofend ib. The grand American aloe of Munting budded at Leyden 372.

--Lord Loudon and Adm. Holburne joined 372. The British land-forces in North America 373. A lift of the British and French fquadrons there ib. Accounts of the retaking of the British fettlements in Bengal ib.

-Preparations at Portsmouth for a fecret expedition 375.

-The brewers and maltfters of Dublin compliment Mell. Pitt and Legge 375. Number of labourers employed on the inland navigation work in Ireland 376.

-Decifions of the court of feffion 377. The feffions of the autumn circuit-courts ib. LISTS, TABLES, &c. Meteorological journals 378. A character of the Queen-dowager of Pruffia 383. An account of Field-Marshal Count Brown ib.

Proceedings of the POLITICAL CLUB, continued from p. 291.

The debate on the treaties with Ruffia and
Hefe-Caffel continued.

ly, for the fake of Hanover, the best way certainly is, to confider what occafion we should have had for them,

The fpeech of Q. Horatius Barbatus, acho if it had not been for the fake of Hano

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F the Noble Lord who fpoke laft had refolved to argue in the moft diftinct, regular, and clear manner, he might have brought all that could be faid upon the fubject now before us, into a much narrower compafs. For in order to determine, whether the treaties now under confideration were entered into chiefly, and mere. VOL. XIX.

ver. And in this light, I believe, every one must clearly fee, that we could have had no occafion for either of these treaties, nor for any treaty with any of the powers upon the continent of Europe; for confidering the nature of our prefent difputes with France, if a war fhould be the confequence, it is evident, that an alliance with any one of the wild nations in North America, would be of more fervice to us, than

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an alliance with the powerful empire of Ruffia; and I believe we might have purchafed the alliance of every one of the wild nations in North America, for lefs money than we are, by this treaty, to pay to the Ruffians. Even the Abenakies themselves, the ancient enemies of our colony of New England, might, I believe, have been purchafed for a very small fum of money: and there are many Indian nations upon the back of our colonies of Virginia, Maryland, Penfylvania, and New York, whofe friendship might have been fecured at a very eafy rate; becaufe they are naturally our friends, and never will be our enemies, unless we make them fo, by neglect, or ill treatment. I am therefore furprised to find, that whilft we have been running about Europe in fearch of allies who can be of no fer. vice to us, we have not as yet taken a ny proper measures for fecuring allies in America; which is the only place at land where allies can be of fervice to us because it is the only place where the French can attack us, or we them, at land; and at fea it is not fo much as pretended that we have occafion for any allies.

It is therefore manifeft, Sir, that if it were not for Hanover, we could have no occafion for any ally upon the continent of Europe, much lefs fhould we have occafion to purchafe fuch allies at the expence of large annual fubfidies; therefore the next thing I am to inquire into is, Whether we are in honour, in gratitude, by alliance, or in common prudence, bound to engage in a war upon the continent of Europe, for the fake of protecting Hanover, or indeed any other ftate in Europe, against an invafion from the French? And, firft, with regard to what we may be in honour obliged to: As the electorate of Hanover must be looked on as a ftate in friendship with this nation, I fhall grant, that if it were in our power, and confiftent with our fafety, we fhould be obliged to defend it. But in our prefent circumftances, I must infift upon it, that it is neither in our power, nor is it confiftent with our fafety, to defend

Hanover from fuch an invafion, unlefs the other powers of Europe should generously and freely concur with us in the great undertaking: for if their concurrence must be purchased, it is not in our power to make the purchase, without neglecting entirely the profecution of the war by fea and in America; and fhould our trade and plantations be expofed to the ravages of the French, a national bankruptcy would probably in a very few years enfue; which would render us unable to continue the war in Europe for the defence of Hanover, or to profecute the war by fea and in America, or even to defend ourfelves here at home.

Then, Sir, with regard to any obli gation we may be under from gratitude, I fhall grant, that if his Majesty were to defire us to engage in a war upon the continent of Europe for the defence of Hanover, and to purchase all the alliances that might be neceffary for that purpofe, we fhould, in gratitude to him, for his mild and just government, be obliged to run any risk, to expose our/ felves to any diftrefs, rather than not comply with his defire: but as the engaging in fuch a war is fo contrary to the intereft of this nation, and fo abfolutely inconfiftent with its fafety, I am fure his Majefty will never of himself defire any fuch thing; I am fure he would chufe to fee Hanover exposed to a French invafion, rather than to fee this nation involved in any fuch danger, or even in any difficulty. And as to the electorate of Hanover itself, it is certain we owe it no gratitude; for we never had any affiftance from it, in any of our wars, but what we paid the full price for; nor has it ever contributed, in any manner, to the increase of trade, commerce, riches, or revenue of this nation.

I come next to confider, Sir, what obligation we may be under from alliance. And upon this fubject I must observe, that we have, for many years, been ftrangely infatuated with a love for treaties of alliance, and treaties of guarantee. As we are entirely feparated from the continent, I never could fee any oc

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