Ditto: John Belt, Gent. to be Enfign, vice George Mackenzie; by purchase. Ditto: Lieut. William Giles to be Adjutant, vice Joha M'Gill, preferred. 22d reg. of foot: Lieut. Arthur French, from halfpay, to be Lieutenant, vice George Bernard, who exchanges. 29th reg. of foot: Lieut. Archibald Campbell to be Captain, vice Chambre Hallowes; by purchase. to be Chaplain, vice Fluckner: 6oth reg. of foot: Lieut. George B of the 45th reg. of foot, to be Lieuten vice Matthew Keough; who exchanges. Ditto: Lieut. John Polfon to be Qua master, vice Fraucis Hutchefon, wa tires. 66th reg. of foot: Enf. Charles Gen of the 53d reg. of foot, to be Captain Malcolm Fleming; by purchase. Ditto: Lieut. John Macdonald, halfpay, to be Lieutenant, vice John nald, who exchanges. Ditto: Lieut. Thomas Caffle to be b tant, vice John M'Donald, who reig 70th reg. of foot: Lieut. John Evert halfpay, to be Lieutenant, vice Jan gent, who exchanges. Ditto: William Caulfield, Gest Enfign, vice David Morgan, decesid Capt. James Malcolm, from hal be Captain of an Independent Com Invalids doing duty at Tilbury Fot Thomas Middleton, deceased. Ditto: Enf. Jeremiah Meara to be Lieu- Prices of grain at Haddington, Sept. 1. tenant, vice Archibald Campbell; by purchafe. Wheat, Beft. Second. 20s. od 10 30th reg. of foot: Enf. James Henry Craig Bear, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Norton Iveis; - Oats, by purchase. 32d reg. of foot: Capt. Mark Napier to be Major, vice John Broughton; by purchafe. Ditto: Lieut. Abdy Mawe to be Captain, vice Mark Napier; by purchase. Ditto Enf. Andrew Robinfon to be Lieutenant, vice Abdy Mawe; by purchase. Pease, The Edinburgh bill of burials for Aug 235 53 Di, vice Lewis J. Calla Major, deceated. In the Were Males 13} mant, vice Lewis J. Caffa Major, deceased. Ditto: Leeds Booth, Gent. to be Enlign, vice John Wolfe. Ditto: William Charles Gregory, Gent. to be Enfign, vice William Spark, deceafed. Wainwright 34th reg. of foot: Enf. to be Lieutenant, vice Hunter Sedgwick, preferred; by purchase. Ditto: George Churchill, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Wainwright; by pur chate. 43d reg. of foot: John Taafe, Gent. to be Enfign, vice John Cotton; by purchase. 52d reg. of foot: Inglis Turing (Clerk) kirk-yard AGE. Between Under 2 & 5 8 Bowelhive 5 & 10 9 Chincough 10 & 20 10 Childbed 20 & 30 14 Confumption 30 & 40 7 Fever 40 & 50 9 Palfy 50 & 60 to Small por 60 & 70 4 Still born 70 & 80 3 Teething 180 & 2 Drowned 90 Died on the ther PRICES of CORN at the CORN-EXCHANGE, LONDON. THE SCOTS MAGAZINE. SEPTEMBER, 1769. CON T n account of the Jubilee at Stratford in || honour of SHAKESPEARE, from the news-papers 449. by an anonymous gentleman 451. and by Mr Bofwell 453. ow on the closing of the mouths of FROGS at a certain season 456. DINBURGH BRIDGE. Abstract of the contract for building it 461. Proceedings after the fall of a part of the fouth abutment 463. Report of Meff. Smeaton, Adam, and Baxter, concerning that accident 464. 1300 l. fuperexpended by Mr Mylne 469. The proceedings down to Sept. 15. ib. W. DRAPER to JUNIUS, and the anfwer 470. he reason asked of the luminous appearance in TOUCH-WOOD 471. ceipt for fertilizing SEED-WHEAT 472. An experiment by Mr Miller ib. the B- of L — on his interfering in the late Oxford election 479. ORM WOOD a remedy for both gravel and gout 479. ENTS. Dr MUSGRAVE's charge of corruption against the late peace-makers 457. D'EON'S anfwer to Dr Musgrave 459. AMERICAN PAPERS, &c. Message from the Maffachufets-bay affembly to Gov. Bernard, about providing for the troops, &c. 473. Gov. Bernard's fpeech on the 'eve of his departure 474. Maffachufetsbay complaint to the King against Gov. Bernard 475. A propofal of a partial redrefs of grievances, contemptuously refufed, and the refolutions against importa tion renewed and enforced 476. A dealer chaftifed for non-conformity 477. NEW BOOKS, with remarks and extracts. Garrick's dedication-ode at Stratford 480. POETRY, &r. Jubilee poems, viz. Warwickshire 487. Sweet Willy O ib. The morning-addrefs ib. Verfes by Mr Boswell in the character of a Corfican ib. The converfion of a finner 473. The Lancashire witches 488. Epitaph on Mrs Whitfield 460. HISTORICAL AFFAIRS 489.- -504. The STRATFORD JUBILEE. [400.] N Wednesday, Sept. 6. about five in the morning, a number of the performers from Drurylane theatre ferenaded the lies through the streets, beginning with : fong, "Let beauty with the fun a"[488.]; then the Warwickfhire lad [487.J. The town being roused by fe performances, feveral guns were d, and the magiftrates affembled about ht in one of the principal streets. A lic breakfast was prepared in the n-hall at nine. Mr Garrick, the ward, came to the breakfast-room at a le after eight, to be in readiness to reve the company; previous to which, wever, the Mayor, at the head of the VOL. XXXI. Corporation, in their formalities, waited upon Mr Garrick, and in a polite fpeech, delivered by the Town Clerk, prefented him with a medallion of Shakefpeare, carved on a piece of the famous Mulberry-tree, planted by the immortal Poet's own hand, and richly fet in gold.. Mr Garrick, to this mark of attention, made a fuitable reply, and fastened the prefent about his neck. Soon after this the room filled. Favours were univerfally worn in honour of the first Dramatic Writer, by the ladies as well as the gentlemen. At breakfast, befides other perfons of diftinction, there were present the Duke of Dorfet, Lord Beauchamp, Lord Grosvenor, Lord Archer, Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, the Hon. Mr Conway, Lord Denbigh, Lord Spencer, Lord 3 L Craven, This is the day, a Holiday! a Holiday! Drive spleen and rancour far away. Whofe harp the Mufes ftrung; Here Shakespeare walk'd and fung! At three a public ordinary for ladies and gentlemen was kept in the Amphitheatre; where they were occafionally entertained with fongs and catches till they retired to drefs for the affembly. The Affembly-room is built in imita tion of the Ranelagh Rotunda, and at leaft half as large, crouded with company, many perfons of the first diftinction, viz. the Duke of Manchester, Lord Northampton, Lord Hertford, Lord Carlisle, Lord Shrew foury, Lord Pigot, &c. The minuets continued till twelve o'clock, then the country-dances commenced, and about three every body retired. On Thursday morning, breakfast was given in the fame manner as the preceding day; after which the company went to the Amphitheatre; where the Dedica. tion-Ode [480] was performed, under the direction of Dr Arne. The Recitative-parts were fpoken by Mr Garrick; and perhaps, in all the characters he ever played, he never thewed more powers, more judgement, or ever made a ftronger impreffion on the minds of his auditors. He was in the front of the Orchestra, with his fteward's rod in his hand, and his medallion about his neck; and was dreffed in a fuit of brown, with a rich gold lace. He opened the performance with a very refpe&ful bow to the company, which was returned with a clap of unanimous applaufe; and at the end of every Recitative he repeated, he fat down, and gave the finger an opportu. nity of difplaying his or her abilities, When the ode was finished, Mr Garrick ftood up, and delivered a profe en comium on Shakespeare, in which the Poet's enemies were called upon to urge whatever they could advance in oppoù. tion to his character.-Mr King, on this, who appeared in a great coat, defired to be heard. Those who knew him, expected fomething extremely whimsical; while many, who did not, testified the greatest amazement at fo unexpected an attack upon the first Dramatic Poet of their country, Mr King, who flood is a direct line to the Orchestra, having expreffed his intention of attacking the reputation of Shakespeare, went round, and speedily (taking off his great cost) came into the Orchestra, in a fuit of fa hionable blue, ornamented with filver frogs, to fupport the justice of his allega tions. Mr King having executed his share of the talk, Mr Garrick addreffed the ladies in a poetical fpeech, complimenting them on the regard they had always fhewn to Shakespeare, and exhorting them to fupport the reputation of a Poet, who was fo remarkable for fupporting the dignity of the female character. Da ring this performance, the benches in various parts of the amphitheatre, from the prodigious preffure of the company, gave way; and Lord Carlifle was much hurt by the fall of a door. At night there was a masked ball. The company was very numerous. Dreffes of the meanest fort were hired at four guineas each. Those, however, who could not be accommodated to their minds, were admitted with masks only and there were many prefent even without masks. Among the most diftinguished characters in the masquerade, Lady Perbroke, Mrs Bouverie, and Mrs Crewe, habited as Witches, excited the general attention: nor did Mifs Ladbroke, as a Shepherdefs, and Mifs Nancy Ladbroke, as Dame Quickly, in the Merry Wives of Windfor, pafs without the applaufe of the company. Lord Grofvenor was mag nificently dreffed in an Eastern habit: but the principal part of the nobility wer in dominos. Mrs Yates perfonated a Pe tit Maitre. Mr Yates, as a Waggoner gave much fatisfaction; as did a gentle man from Ozford, in Lord Ogleby. M Bofwell, the celebrated friend of Pa appeared in the dress of an armed Carl can Chief, with piftols in his belt, ard mufket on his back: on the front of cap, embroidered in gold letters, wer the words VIVA LA LIBERTA. This gentleman had written a poem on the Occafion. [488.] A perfon dressed as the Devil gave inExpreffible offence. Mrs Garrick danced a minuet in a most graceful manner, and joined in the counEry-dances, which ended at four next morning, which finished the jubilee. The wetness of the weather on Friday, s well as Thursday, prevented the exibition of the pageant, or reprefentaion of the principal of Shakespeare's characters. The jubilee-race on Friday afforded much diversion to the lovers of the turf, hough the horses were almost knee-deep n water. The cup was won by Mr Pratt's brown colt Whirligig, beating Mr Fettiplace's bay colt, Pompillion, Mr Watson's grey colt Lofty, and Mr King's ay colt. GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. To give our readers as particular and authentic an account of the Jubilee t Stratford as poffible, we have procured, ith fome folicitation, the following exraft of a letter to a gentleman in Lon on. --fire, Sept. 12. 1769-1 o'clock Tuesday morning. When I left London, I promised fo to give you "a full, true and partiular account," of my proceedings and ntertainment at Stratford; and as I m fitting up to get one more fight of the illuftrious ftranger," who is now vifitg our earth, after "the long journey fa thousand years," I fnatch this hour, hough it may not be the most propitious, ft no other fhould be afforded me.'ou will remember the hour, and find me grains of excufe for the egotifm you re likely to encounter. I left this place on Tuesday morning ift, that I might reach Stratford in time, > reconnoitre before the grand action ommenced, with a beating heart and npatient expectations, fo jocund and gav, that Care himself, whom our old iend Horace deferibes, as leaping atra o the crupper of the swifteft horfeman, dventured not to get up behind the pofthaife which carried me, and found the own filling faft: the workmen at the mphitheatre very busy ;-but the inha itants either purfuing their occupations the old dog-trot way, or ftaring with wonderful vacancy of phiz at the prepa rations, the purpose of which they had very few ideas about. The word Fubilee. afforded them much speculation, and Few Bill, Fubilo, and Juvilum, with equal no meaning. A Banbury man indeed, employed to carry thither a double bafs viol, (on which he was unable to play, but doubted not they would fhew hint how when he got there), told them it was to be the celebration of the refurrection of Shakespeare. The church, which is a large old edifice, appeared in statu quo, except that the poet's bust on his monument was fo loaded with branches of bays, which they called laurel, as to appear fi milar only to the God Pan in an old pic ture. -The town-hall, newly built in a very handsome though plain taste, was ornamented with a copy of Gainsborough's admirable portrait of Garrick at one end, and a very good picture of Shakespeare, in the attitude of inspiration, at the o ther. The great booth, or Shakespeare's Hall, more generally called the Amphi theatre, I found a truly elegant and talte ful room, of the fhape, but not quite so large as Ranelagh, fupported by a co lonnade of the Corinthian order, diftant about ten feet from the fides, and having a chandelier of eight hundred lights banging from the centre of the roof*. Ia the evening, after eating a Jubilee chicken. at Peyton's, I retired to my lodging to prepare for the fatigues of the enfuing campaign. And having given you fome account of the field, you will not be at a lofs when we come into the heat of action. I rofe early in the morning, though not in time for the ferenading, and got to the breakfafting in the town-hall at nine. The five windows were, on this occafion, filled with paintings of tranfparent filk, of Lear, Falstaff, Piftol, Caliban, and the Genius of Shakespeare, in a good style; which, with the fifes and drums playing favourite marches before the front of the hall, had a prodigious effect. At eleven we adjourned to the church, where the oratorio of Judith was admirably performed, and met with uni verfal applaufe. At three the whole company marched to the great booth. A very elegant dinner was ferved up before four; I confefs, not in the most precife order, for that was impoffible, as you may eafily conceive. The ordinary with wine (of which I drank claret and madeira, both good) 10 s. 6d. After This was afterwards omitted. 3 La dinner, a dinner, Lord Grosvenor proposed a bumper vain then to attempt it by letter!to the Steward; and Mr Garrick, (whole behaviour exhibited the greatest politeness, with the trueft livelinefs and hilarity), another to the memory of the Bard; to which was fubjoined three cheers, at the inftance of your humble fervant, moft heartily. The performers in the orchestra then began the catches and glees, which were abfolutely infpiring, and the company joined in the chorus. The whole clofed with the old loyal fong of "God fave the King," when every voice was exerted. At feven the company withdrew to prepare for the ball; which opened at nine, and ended about three; remarkable chiefly for the most elegant minuet that I ever faw, or fhall fee, by Mrs G― and Mr I came away with the reft, and devoted, in a bed, miferable in every particular, but that it was clean, a few hours to peaceful oblivion. So far the weather had favoured us; but on rifing in the morning to the breakfafting, as before, we were alarmed by a hateful drizzling rain, which continued till eleven, and ebliged Mr Carrick to give notice, that the proceffion, on which he had bestowed fo much pains and expence, must be deferred, but that the Ode fhould be per formed at twelve. And here he did indeed outdo all his former outdoings, and farpafs the most fanguine expectations of his friends in the fublime. Surely the following lines are admirable. When Philip's fam'd unconquer'd fon, &c. A comic world in one. I could dwell for ever on the Ode, which received every advantage that the greatest orator of the age, himself the author, could give. Nor fhould Dr Arne's incomparable taste in the musical parts of it be forgot, or the unexpected entertainment which Mr King's genuine humour, as ambaffador from the fociety of the Macaroni, to the good folks Le Bas. But I am convinced, that, even in a per'fonal converfation, I thall never be able to give you any competent idea of the pleasure I felt in this performance: how four the public dinner was ferved a lent Lord Ogleby and a Jockey, good a Dutch Skipper, and a Devil, many of the fancied dreffes were fplendid and elegant. I got an ear of wheat from a Ceres, and a honeysuckle from a beatti Flora, and kiffed each of their hand teftimony of my devotion.—I had ran converfation with the three weird-r before I found that their masks hit ti three handsomeft faces in England, Ma Crewe, Mrs Bouverie, and Mrs Pum I enjoyed the night prodigioully; ced a dance or two masked, many masked, and retired, perfectly fatis and unfatigued, between fix and sevenhad rained a deluge all night, and mi nued to pour down, when I awake noon. There remained no hope of pageant, which I gave up witheat complaint, excellent and fplendid ar knew it to be, and stepped again inta post-chaife I had retained, which brus me to a quiet house and a comfort |