11. His Majefty, attended by one equerry and two fervants on horseback, paffed through the Strand to Somerfet Place, at eleven o'clock, and infpected the Military Hofpital, which was erected for the purpose on the Terrace, on the front towards the Thames; and was gracioufly pleafed to express his admiration of the general conftruction. The Hofpital is $4 feet by 22, the height at the file is 8 feet, at the top 11; there are about 300 pieces, from 670 to 690 fcrews there are on each fide nine openings of about three feet and a half in length, and two feet wide, which occafionally push up, and have the effect of a Venetian window, in order to admit the air. On each fide are twenty windows, of one fmall pane of thick glafs the top beams go on hinges-the top is coppered. The inventor is Mr. Wyatt. The Hofpital may be removed in two waggons, and the prefent one is intended for the Weft Indies. The King viewed the apparatus from the Navy Office Hall, and infpected none of the Public Offices, except the Stamp Office Board Room. The building was taken entirely to pieces in 14 minutes, and put up again in 40, fo that it was taken down and put up within 6 minutes of an hour. 19. Yesterday afternoon Francis James Jackfon, Efq. arrived at the office of the Marquis of Carmarthen, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with the treaty of Defenfive Alliance be. tween his Majesty and the States General of the United Provinces, which was figned at the Hague on the 15th inftant, by his Excellency Sir James Harris, Knight of the Bath, his Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to their High Mightielles, and by the Deputies of the States General duly authorized for that pupofe. Extract of a letter from Dublin, April 19. "My Lords and Gentlemen, "The very conftant and zealous attention which you have given to the dispatch of public bufinefs, enables me at this early period of the year to close the Seffion of Parliament. And I feel the highest gratification in expreffing to you his Majefty's entire fatisfaction in the temper and wildom which have uniformly diftinguifhed your deliberations. Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, "I am commanded by his Majefty particularly to thank you for the warm attention which you have fhewn to the honour and intereft of his crown, and for the liberality with which you have provided for the feveral branches of the public fervice. "My Lords and Gentlemen, "No object is nearer to his Majesty's heart than the profperity of his faithful fubjects of Ireland. And I reflect with pleasure that your example and influence in your feveral counties cannot fail to advance that prosperity, by encouraging habits of industry in the people, and impreffing upon their minds a due refpect for the laws. I am happy that the national tranquility and fecurity enable you to attend to those important objects with peculiar advantage. "I trust that it is unneceffary to repeat my acknowledgments for the confidence which you have fo kindly reposed in me, and to affure you that the livelieft emotions of gratitude and affection will excite my utmolt exertions for the welfare and happiness of this kingdom." After which the Lord Chancellor, by his Excellency's command, faid, "My Lords and Gentlemen, "It is his Exceliency the Lord Lieutenant's pleasure that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday the 17th day of june next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the 17th day of June next.” 22. They write from the Cape of Good Hope, that Commodore Philips, with the Botany Bay fleet, arrived there the 13th of October, the paffage from Rio de Janeiro having been very favourable, in five weeks and four days. Two perfons died, one of a fever, the other fell over-board and was drowned. 25, Mr. Palmer returned to his employment at Drury-lane Theatre this evening, and was received with the warm welcome which an English audience always gives to a favourite. The Royalty Theatre is faid to have been hired or purchafed by the Eaft-India Company to be converted into a warehouse. The Court of King's Bench have this week determined that a woman was competent to ferve the offices of Commiffioner of Sewers Mr. Justice and Overfeer of the Poor. Afhhurst observed, that the ftatute of Elizabeth mentioned substantial housekeepers as the perfons who were eligible, which comprehended women as well as men; and he inftanced a parish in which a woman was elected and ferved the office of conttable. 28. A letter from Paris, dated April 21, fays, “The recalling the Duke of Orleans, who has been here fince last Wednesday, diffufed an undefcribable joy among every clafs of individuals. His first vifit after his return was to his Majefty at Verfailles. Not the leaft difturbance in the streets adjacent to the Palais-Royal has happened, PREFERMENTS. SIR Hyde Parker, late captain of the Orion, to the command of the Royal Charlotte yacht at Deptford. War-Office. 15th reg. Light Dragoons, Lieut. Samuel Wright is appointed captain of a troop, by purchase, vice Lord Gray. 31ft reg. foot, Major William Cotton, Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase. Brevet-Major Charles Green, Major by purchase, Lieut. Robert Arbuthnott, Captain of a company, by purchase. Gabriel Stewart, efq. to be Governor of Portland Castle. Hale Young Wortham, efq. to be Gentleman Uther Daily Waiter, in Ordinary, to his Majefty, in the room of Sir William Fitzherbert, bart. refigned. Richard Byron, efq. to be Groom of his Majesty's Privy Chamber, in Ordinary, The Right Reverend Doctor Edward Smallwell, now Bishop of St. David's, to be Bishop of Oxford, vice Dr. Butler, tranflated. Edward Codd, gent, to be Common Clerk of Kingston upon Hull. ift reg. of dragoons, General John Howard, to be Colonel, vice Benj. Carpenter, dec. Captain Charles Lyons, fort-major of Halifax, to be fort-major and barrack-mafter of St. John's ifland, vice John Macdonald, refigned. Capt. Lieut. John Hodgson, of the 4th foot, to be fort-major at Hallifax. The Lord Bishop of Carlisle, to be Dean of Windsor, in the room of Dr. Harley. The Rev. Dr. Farmer, Mafter of Ema nuel College, Cambridge, to be one of the Canons Refidentiary of St. Paul's cathedral. Henry Charles Selwyn, efq; to be Lieute. nant-Governor of Montferrat, in the room of General Carpenter. Edward Lord Bishop of Oxford, to hold in commendam with his bishopric, a canonry of Chrift Church, Oxford, with the rectory of Batsford, in Gloucestershire. The Rev. James Burton, M. A. to be reader and preacher to his Majesty's household at Hampton-court. Capt. Hill, of the guards, to be Fort-Major of the Tower of London. The Rev. Samuel Wefton, M. A. to a prebend in Canterbury Cathedral, void by refiguation of the Rev. Dr. Farmer. The Rev. Charles Fynes, B. L. to a prebend of Westminster, void by the death of the Rev. John Taylor. The Rev. Samuel Horfley, D. L. to the See of St. David's, void by the Tranflation of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Edward Smallwell to the Bishopric of Oxford. The Rev. Tho. Hughes, M. A. to be Canon of Worcester, void by the death of the Rev. William Jennings. Thomas Kirkman, efq; to be Deputy Fort-Major of Duncannon Fort. Jeremy Pemberton, efq; to be his Majefty's Chief Justice of the province of Nova Scotia, vice Bryan Finucan, efq; deceased. Thomas Walpole, efq; his Majesty's Minifter Plenipotentiary to the Elector Palatine, to be his Envoy Extraordinary to his Serene Highnets. MARRIAGE S. AT Llanowrin, in Montgomeryshire, Bath, to Mifs P. Farren, fifter to Mifs Far Howel Gedorhir, efq. of Llyn Balog, to Mifs Anllad, of Pant-y-Cachdu. Mr. Morgan, of Chigwell in Effex, to Mifs Jane Jenour, of the fame place. George Taylor, efq, brother to Clement Taylor, efq, member for Maidstone, to Mifs Allen, daughter of the late Captain Allen. The Rev. William Blunt, of SpringfieldPlace, in Suffex, to Mifs Glanville, of Catchfrench, Cornwa`l. At Axbridge, the Rev. Mr. John Boak, to Mifs Mary Rawlins. John Dickson, of Stockwell-Place, efq. to Mifs Toulmin, of Walbrook. The Rev. Mr. Scraggs, Master of a Grammar School at Bridgewater, to Mifs Bowering. ren, of Drury-lane Theatre. George Harrison, efq. Norroy King of Arms, to Mrs. Bithop, widow of George Bishop, efq. late of Sydenham, David Denne, eiq. of Lydd, in Kent, te Mifs Cobb, only daughter of Robert Cobb, efq. Mr. James Morgan, of Ufk, aged 69, to Mrs. Mary Philips, of Mamilad, aged 72. Thomas Chaplin, efq. to Mifs Webster, only daughter of the late Sir Godfrey Webfter, bart. of Battle-Abbey, Suffex. John Pugh, efq. of Dolgelly, in Merionethfhire, to Mifs Caroline Tomlinfon, daughter and coheirefs of the late Alexander Tomlinfon, efq. of Langdon-hall, in Cumberland. At Haverfordwest, John Inge, uíq. of Mr. Knight, of the Theatre-Royal in Lower Brook-street, to Mifs Lucy Jennings, youngest daughter of the late Robert Jennings, efq. of Westminster. The Rev. D. Williams, of Wroughton, Wilts, to Mifs Matthews, fifter of J. D. Matthews, efq. of Broadgate, near Barnftaple. The Hon. Mr. Juftice Wilfon, to Mifs Adair, only daughter of Mr. Serjeant Adair. Mr. Herbert Rogers, to Mifs Mathers, only daughter of William Mathers, efq. Alderman of Worcester. John Shuckburgh, efq. to Mifs Venour, daughter of the late John Venour, efq. Lambert Theodore Walpole, efq. nephew to Lord Walpole, to the Hon. Mifs Margaretta Clive, youngest fifter of Lord Clive. The Rev. Mr. Sutton, Vicar of HalesOwen, to Mifs S. Clarke, of Bridgenorth, The Rev. Richard Pritchett, Rector of Leyham, to Mrs. Newcome. The Earl of Dundonald, to Mrs. Mayne. Charles Sturt, efq. member for Bridport, to the Right Hon. Lady Mary Anne Ashley, only daughter of the late Earl of Shaftsbury. The Rev. Mr. Shillito, to Mifs Mayhew, fifter of the late William Mayhew, efq. recorder of Colchester. At Clapham, Samuel Shore, efq. of Meerfbrook, near Sheffield, to Mifs Flower, daughter of Freeman Flower, efq. of Clapbam. In London, Henry Calverley Cotton, efq. brother to Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, bart. to Mifs Lockwood, only daughter of the late John Lockwood, efq. At Mary-le-bone church, Captain Gambier, of the Royal Navy, to Mifs Louifa Matthews, daughter of the late Daniel Matthews, efq. of Felix-ball, Effex. Francis Love Beckford, efq. of BafingPark, Hampshire, to Mrs. Lloyd, widow of Richard Bennet Lloyd, efq. MONTHLY OBITUARY for APRIL 1788. JULY 15, 1787. AT Calcutta, Lieut. Col. Wedderburne, of the Eaft-India Company's fervice, Auguft 1, 1787. At Bombay, John Blakeman, efq. Phyfician General. March 12, 1788. Mr. W. Palmer, at Bradford, aged 84; formerly a Surgeon and Apothecary there. 19. Captain Hughes, New King-ftreet, Bath. 20. The lady of the Hon. Mr. Wenman, being the fecond time he has become a widower in the fpace of thirteen weeks. The Rev. Richard Owen, Rector of Rhofcolin in Anglefea. 21. Dundas Charles Grant, fon of Sir James Grant. 22. George Cornelius Swann, efq. at York. At Blandford Park, the feat of the Duke of Beaufort, aged 21, William Evelyn, efq. only fon of William Evelyn, efq. Member for Hythe. His death was occafioned by the hurt he received in confequence of a fall from his horfe as he was hunting a few weeks ago. He afterwards appeared tolerably recovered, but by overheating himself with riding, a pain in his head was brought on; he was trepanned, and died in two days. John Kilvington, efq. Red-lion Square. The Rev. Charles Bishop, Rector of ElkRone and Rudford. 23. Captain Edward Collier, commanding an invalid company at Chefter. Francis Throckmorton, efq. at Lisbon. 24. Mr. Samuel Houfe, only fon of the celebrated Samuel' Houfe, of Wardour-street, Soho. The Rev. Mr. James Dalton, at Stanmore, aged 74. Lately at Caius College, Mr. Thomas Cobbold, Student of Trinity College. 25. At Bromley, Mrs. De Briffac, aged 81. William Cuming, M. D. F. S. A. at Dorchester, one of the Senior Fellows of the Royal College of Phyficians at Edinburgh. Lately at Calais, James Tekell, of the Inner Temple, efq. 26. Mr. Stephen Cazalet, of AustinFriars. At his feat at Bramling, aged 81. Admiral Sir Charles Knowles. He was appointed a Captain in 1745, and fuperannuated on Rear Admiral's half-pay in 1770. At Callercoate in Northumberland, James Mills. He was a fisherman in 1715 at Bamborough, when Lance Earington took Holy-Inland Caftle, and was in company with the country people raised in search of him; at the age of 82 he married a widow, and by her had three children. Mr. Halliday, fugar-refiner at St. Paul's Wharf, Lately at Paris, Judith de Ligonier, in the hundredth year of her age. She was first coufin to the late Lord Ligonier. 27. James Melliar, M. D. of North Cadbury in Somersetshire. At Portsmouth, Mr. William Tattum, aged 95. Lately at Oxford, Dr. Thomas Chapman, Rector of Navestock in Effex, and formerly of Trinity College in that University. 28. In Granby-Row, Dublin, the Hon. Baronefs Dillon. The Rev. Mr. Wright, Rector of Birkin in Yorkshire, aged 72. At Eltham, Mr. Jofeph Middleditch, formerly a grocer in Budge-row. The Rev. Charles Wefley, brother to the celebrated John Wesley. Mr. William Lyon, one of the Yeomen efq. late Captain of the Ponsonby East Indiaof the Guards. Lately, Mrs. Baskerville, widow of the celebrated Mr. Baskerville of Birmingham. 30. Mifs Saxby, only daughter of Mr. Saxby, Water-Bailiff. Lately, at Much Haddam, Hertfordshire, Sir Richard Chafe, Knight, 31. The Right Hon. Lady Viscountefs Vane. Those who may be curious after anecdotes of this lady, may receive ample fatisfaction from the novel of Peregrine Pickle, where her hiftory, written either by herself or by her direction, is to be found. At Wefton, in Hertfordshire, the Rev, Jofeph Reed, near 57 years Vicar of that place. His immediate predeceffor held it 64 years. April 1. Mr. Thomas Kent, late Druggift in Alderfgate-ftieet. 2. Mrs. Prudence Rowe, formerly of Leigh, in the county of Somerfet. 4. Ralph Aldus, efq. Member of the Corporation of Curfitors. Mr. John Clark, fon of Mr. Thomas Clark, coal-merchant, New Brentford. At Framlingham in Suffolk, Mrs. Ann Butter, a maiden lady, aged 107 years. She was formerly Maid of Honour to Queen Anne, and a relation of the Duke of Ormond's, on whofe difgrace the retired to the above town. 5. Mifs Worlidge, daughter of the late Edward Worlage of Millbank. Mrs. Bell, aged 87, relict of William Bell, Efq. of Greenwich. Mr. John Bland, fon of Mr. Bland of Mincing-lane, aged 16. 6. Mrs. Catharine Roland, aged 74, formerly one of the most eminent dancers on the English ftage. The Rev. Mr. Davifon, a Diffenting Minifter, at Bocking in Effex, aged 85. Lately, Mr. Cain Adams, Attorney, DeanStreet, Soho. Lately, Thomas Walford, efq. at Sibford Ferris in Oxfordshire. 8. At Bath, Richard Rigby, efq. Member for Tavistock, and Master of the Rolls in Ireland. Lately, Mr. Thomas Noxen, Schoolmafter, at Coventry, formerly Sheriff there. Lately, in the Temple, William Hammott, man. 9. Mr. William Tweedie, fon of Robert Tweedie, efq. of Antigua- ftreet, Edinburgh. Mrs. Catharine Beck, laft furviving fifter and co-heiress of Sir Juftinian Beck, bart. in the 77th year of her age. 10. At Rufhall, Wiltshire, aged 73, Edward Poore, efq. The Countefs Dowager of Hopetoun. Mr. Blunt, linen-draper, Charing-cross, Lately, Mr. Thomas Coe, of Newgatestreet. 11. Alexander Ramsay, efq. of Burnrig, Scotland. 13. Mr. Thomas Prefton, late wireworker, New Surrey-street. Mr. Palmer, of Bath, father of Mr. Palmer of the Poft-office. 14. At Hinton St. George, Devonshire, Earl Powlet, Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the county of Devon. Mifs Nicklefs, niece to Mr. Clements, St. Paul's Church-yard. At Elvetham, in the county of Southampton, Sir Henry Calthorpe, fenior Knight of the Bath, aged 71. 15. Mrs. Dykes, wife of Mr. Dykes, Attorney, Shadwell. Sir Philip Jennings Clerke. 16. Mrs. Delany, aged 88, widow of Dr. Delany, Dean of Down, and niece to George Granville, Lord Lanfdowne, Thomas Chowne, efq. of Suffex. Mr. Thomas Rogers, jun. Banker, at Newington-green. 17. The Rev. John Boys, Vicar of Redbourn in Hertfordshire, aged 74. 18. Mr. John Blake, Fenchurchstreet. 19. Lord Viscount Kilcourfie, fon of the Earl of Cavan. 20. Mrs. Herdsfield, at Bakewell in Derbyshire, aged 73. Mr. George Colebatch, bricklayer, Mi nories. Richard Colville, efq. Wifbech - hall, Cambridgeshire. 22. Mr. John Hill, Deputy Marshal of the King's Bench, and Tipftaff to Earl of Mansfield. 23. Capt. Edward Speke, after a short illness, occafioned by a fall he had down Rairs. 24. John Medows Theobald, of Henley, Efq. He ferved the office of High Sherift for Suffolk in 1787. 25. Capt. James Brown, late Comman, der of the Alfred Eaft-Indiaman. [Embellished with, 1. A Portrait of the Right Hon. Earl CAMDEN, Lord Prefident of the Council, engraved by HOLLOWAY. And 2, A VIEW of Dr. LETTSOM'S HOUSE at GROVE-HILL, near Camberwell.] Page 307 308 309 310 Page Kelham's Domesday-Book Illustrated 337 Brother Peter to Brother Tom. An Expoftulatory Epiftle. By Peter Pindar, Efq. &c. &c. &c. - - 340* 353 367 Account of the Trial of Warren Haftings, Efq. (late Governor-General of Bengal) before the High Court of Parliament, for High Crimes and Mifdemeanors, [continued] 337 Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifth Seffion of the Sixteenth Parliament of Great-Britain Obfervations made in a Tour in Swiffer. land, in 1786. By Monf. Lazowski 361 Obfervations on the Titles of Mifcellaneous Writings, and of Titles in general 364 Dr. Johnfon's Defcription of the Ifle of Ske, and of the Manners of the Inhabitants of the Hebrides Account of the Life of Baron Trenk [concluded] 370 Theatrical Journal; including the Introductory Lines fpoken by Mrs. Wells before her Imitations Account of Animal Magnetifm, a Farce, by Mrs. Inchbald-Stuart's Stone Eater, an Interlude; and Marian, a Comic Opera, by Mrs. Brookes-Prologue and Epilogue fpoken at Fres-Mafon's-Hall before Jephfon's Julia-Prologue for the Farce of the Guardian, (poken by Mr. Fector-Epilogue to the Deuce In Him, fpoken by the fame 371 For; including Ode written after vi-` fiting Prestonpans-Occafiona! Sanzas on the Publication of the three last Vo-· lumes of Mr. Gibbon's Hiftory, by William Havley, Efq. &c. &c. Foreign Intelligence 312 On Signora Piozzi's Publication of Dr, Johnfon's Letters. Stricture the First. By Signor Baretti 313 Original Letters between Dr. William Harris, Thomas Hollis, Efq. and Mrs. Macauley 317 Account of Job Charnock, Founder of Calcutta, in the Eaft-Indies - 319 |