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greater indignity, having not only fet them a limited time to determine on peace or war, notwithstanding a Venetian fleet was ready to bombard their capital; but, likewife, in cafe their demands are not complied with, have threatened total deftruction of all the trade in the Adriatic.

The Dutch Councils have, it appears, prevailed over the national interells of this country, and they are ftill, notwithstanding their defertion to the natural enemy of this country, to be permitted to fell our own turbot at our own market, to the exclufion of our own fubjects. Strange, policy! to encourage the fisheries of every other country, and difcourage our own. Who can account for this infatuation among our great me, any more than for difmembering the greatest limb of the empire !

It appears from the accounts of the truflees of his Grace the D. of Bedford, which are now making up on his Grace's thortly coming of age, that his eftates, during his minority, have been increased to the amount of 17,000l. a year; fo that they are now little short of 70,000l. a year.

A ferious misunderstanding is faid to have arifen between Denmark and Sweden, which it is believed will prevent the intended vifit of the Prince of Denmark to England during the prefent year.

Accounts, from good authority, from the Continent, affure us, that the K. of Pruffia is dangerously, fo that neither the Emperor's vifit nor that of the Empress of Ruffia will take place.

The Divers have had great fuccefs in revering the cafes of filver and gold from the wreck of the Spanish thip, ftranded at Paniche (fee p. 262). They have already got up more than two millions of piaflers, and there is no doubt but that they will recover as many more.

The mint at Vienna is employed in making new golden Sovereigns; and, to the other titles of his Imperial Majefty, on the exergue, is added, K. of Jerufalem, to prevent the Greek merchants from exporting them into Turkey, as, with that title, the bankers at Conftantinople dare not have them in poffeffion.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

Marb 29. The minifter opened his grand fcheme for the payment of the national debt. By his calculation, he made it appear that, after the annual expenditure, there would remain a furplus of 901,000l and on this ground he laid the foundation of his fyftem, to appropriate a clear million a year to the extinction of the National Debt, and to apply it in a manner as nothing could refift; and likewife to place it on fuch a fure foundation, that even national misfortune should not shake its conftant application. GENT. MAG. April, 1786.

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Lord Monboddo, one of the Lords of Seffion in Scotland, was at the Levee at St. James's, and was prefented to the King by the Duke of Montagu.

April 1.

At the affizes held at Kingston, before Mr. Justice Gould, was decided the great caufe which held three days, brought by way of indictment, at the fuit of the corporation of London, as confervators of the river Thames, against Mr. Watfon, a fhipwright and wharfinger at Rotherhithe, for obstructing the navigation of the faid river, by erecting a floating-dock. The jury, after five hours deliberation, found the defendant GUILTY. Tuesday 4

Came on the Election of a Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for the year enfuing, when George Peters, Efq. was chofen Governor, and Edward Darell, Efq. Deputy Governor.

And on Wednetday came on the Election of 24 Directors, when the following Gentlemen were chofen:

Samuel Beachcroft, Efq. Danicl Booth, Elq. T. Boddington, Efq. Roger Boehm, Etq. Samuel Bofanquet, Efq Lyde Browne, Efq. Richard Clay, Efq. William Cooke, Efq. Bignel Coney, Elq. Thomas Dea, Efq. William Ewer, Efq. Peter Gauffen, Efq. Daniel Giles, Efq. John Harrifon, Esq. T. Scott Jackfon, Efq. Richard Neave, Efq. Edward Payne, Efq Chriftopher Puller, Efq. Thomas Raikes, Eiq. Godf. Thornton, Efq. Samuel Thornton, Efq. Mark Weyland, Efq. Benjamin Winthrop, Efq. Benjamin Whitmore, jun. Efq.

Mr. Burke pretented, in the most folemn manner, NINE Articles of Impeachment againit Warren Haftings, late Gov. Gen. of Bengal, which were ordered to be printed, and taken into confideration on the 26th inftant. Of twefe Articles a particular account fhall be preferved.

Tuesday 11.

The bills ready for the royal affent were paffed by commiffion, among which was the new act for regulating the affairs of the Eaft India Company.

The Court of Directors of the India Company made the following arrangement of their fervants at Bengal and Madras, in confequence of the new India Bill having received the royal affent; viz. Earl Cornwallis is appointed Governor-Generel and Commander in Chief; Gen, Sloper recalled, and to receive an annuity of 1500l. a year for life; the Bengal Council to confit of Earl Cornwallis, Meff. Macpherson, Stables, and Stuart; and Mr. John Shore to fucceed to the firit vacancy in the Supreme Council; the fyftem of uniting the chief, civil, and military authority to take place at each prefidency; of course, Governor Sir Archibald Campbell is appointed Governor and Com

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mander in Chief at Madras; Gen. Dalling
alfo recalled, with an annuity of 1000l. a
The Madras Council to con-
year for life.
fift of Sir Archibald Campbell, Meff. Da-
niel, Davidson, and Caffamajor.

Being Eafter Sunday, their Majeflies, the R. H. the Prince of Wales, the Princefs Royal, and Princess Augufta, went to the Chapel Royal at St. James's. The fermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Vincent; the fword of fate was carried by the D of Montagu, and Lord Willoughby de Broke officiated as Lord in waiting. After divine fervice all the Royal Family prefent received the Holy Communion; and the King, according to annual cufiom, made an offering of gold, frankincenfe, and myrrh.

The officers, who mounted guard for St. James's, the Queen's houfe, and Tilt-yard, were paraded with their fwords drawn inftead of fpontoons, for the filt time fince the regulation took place.

At half past fix in the evening, the Weft tower of Hereford cathedral, erected with the nave, in the reign of William Rufus, by Robert de Lozinga, the fecond fortunately fell down.

This accident had been expected some days, from the gradual dropping of mortar and fmall ftones from it, and from the fettling of the walls and arches from their perpendicular for two or three years before, to which very little attention had been paid, or the affiance given by filling up arches of the pave been ineffectual. Fortunately no lives were loft, though numbers of people were walking in the church-yard. This front was one of our fineft remains of Norman architecture.

The Doke de Fitz-James, grandfon of the Pretender, accompanied the Duke d'Orleans from Paris here, which journey they per formed in 42 hours. On their arrival they went to Gray's, jeweller in Bond-street, on bu finefs relative to the Card. Rohan, whofe part they warmly espouse. His R. H. the Prince of Wales happening to be there; after the ufual falutation, invited them to dinner, which invitation they readily accepted; and the three Princes spent a moft chearful afternoon and evening together at CarltonHoufe.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths of confiderable Perfons.

P. 270. Dr. Robert Bromfield was fon of John B. efq; of Haywood, Hants, commiffioner of taxes, by Anne daughter of Sir John Trenchard, knt. who was ferjeant at law to King William and Queen Mary, chief juf tice of Chester, and fecretary of state,

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Obituary of confiderable Perfons; with Biographical Anecdotes.

grity, will long be regretted by his friends.

March 23. Mrs. Wright, of Charing Cross, the famous modeller in wax, of whom we hope to receive a fuller account.

26. At Prefton, co. Lanc. much regretted, in the 31ft year of her age, Mrs. Lockhart, Late fpoufe to Gen. Lockhart, of Carnwath

27. At Nice, the right hon. Sackville Earl of Thanet, hereditary fheriff of the county of Westmoreland. His Lordfhip married Mary, the only daughter of the right hon. Lord John Sackville, and fifter of the prefent Duke of Dorfet. By her Ladyship, who died in September 1778, he has left Sackville Lord Tufton, who now fucceeds the Earl in his title and efates, two daughters, Lady Elizabeth and Lady Caroline Tufton, and four younger fons.

29. At Cleve, the rev. John Markham, rector of Backwell, co. Somerset.

At Doncafter, Bryan Cooke, efq.

At Firgell, co. York, aged 82, the rev. Thomas Nelfon, who was rector of that parith upwards of 50 years.

31. In the Fleet Prison, Martin Williams, efq.

Rev. Jofeph Payne, of Buckland, brother to the Counters Dowager of Northampton and Lady Frances Seymour.

Apr... At Hampstead-heath, Hugh Ande fon, efq.

'At Stroud, aged 87, Mr. S. Arundel.

At his feat in the New Foreft, Hants, Charles Studwick, efq; aged 101. He acquired a confiderable fortune in being an agent for prifoners in the wars of Q Anne and Geo. I.

At Scarborough, in her 106th year, Mrs. Hunter, who retained her faculties to the laft. An hour before the expired, the defired her maiden name (Noel) might be put upon her tomb-ftone, being a defcendant of that family, alto third coulin to the prefent Duke of Rutland, and third coufin to the Earl of Gainsborough.

1. W. Campbell, efq; formerly Captain in the 3d regiment of Guards.

2. Lady Harriot Hanham, of Deane's court, Dorfet. She was reli&t of Sir W. B. bart. who died in 1776,, and fifter of the late Henry Drax, efq; of Charborough.

At Norwich, the rev. Mr. Burrell, fen. rector and patron of Letheringlet, co. Norf.

At Odiham, the rev. John St. John, recter of Farley and Hartley, and in the commiffion of the peace for that county.

2. In his 27th year, George Gilbert, efq; lieutenant in his Majefty's navy. He was a midshipman with Capt. Cook in his laft voyge, and has fince ferved in the West Indies, nd was in almost all the engagements in that quarter. His diforder was the small-pox of a most inveterate kind, which he bore with unexampled fortitude. By this we have loft a youth who was the delight of all who knew him, and whofe virtues were endearing as his manners were affable and engaging. He is left a father, brother, and lifter, quite

inconfolable for his lofs, were it not for the almost certainty of his poffeffing happiness from an all-wife, all-good, all-merciful, and all-powerful Deity.

3. At Putney, aged 85, Michael Turner,efq. Mr. Gwin, linen draper, in Parliament-fr. 4. Mifs Louisa Burgoyce, dau. of the late Sir J. B. bart.

At Stoken-church, Oxfordfh. in her 100th year, Mrs. Mason, relict of John M. efq.

In Goldtmith-treet, Gough-fquare, overwhelmed with age, infirmities, and poverty, Mr. Wells Egelfham; a character not unknown in the regions of politics, porter, and tobacco. He was originally bred to the profeffion of a printer, and worked in that bufinels, as a compofiter, till difabled by repeated attacks of a formidable gout. For fome years he was employed in the fervice of Mr. Woodfall, the father of the prefent printers of The Public Advertifer" and "Morning "Chronicle," to the former of which papers the name of Ege ham appeared for fome time as the ofienfible publisher. Having from nature a remarkable fquint, to obviate the reflections of others he affumed the name

of " Winkey ;" and published a little volume of humourous poetry in 1769, under the title of Winkey's Whims." He was one of the founders of the honourable fociety of "Johns." In 1779 he was the author of " A "hort Sketch of English Grammar," 8vo. (fee our vol. XLIX. p 459.) A fmall poem of his is in the "Anecdotes of Mr. Bwyer," p. 620; and a great variety of his fugitive pieces in almost all the public prints. The latter part of his life has been principally fupported by the profits of a very fmall fouff and tobacco-hop, by the collecting of paragraphs for the Public Advertiter, and by officiating occafionally as an amanuenfis to the writer of this sketch to his memory. His widow is lettin great diftrefs.

<. Thomas Emerfon, efq; one of the Sheriffs of the city of Norwich. He was returning in a fogle-horfe chaife out of Suffolk, on the morning of the 4th, and coming down a hill near Stoneham, endeavoured to país between two waggons, one of which was without horfes, when the wheel of his chaife ran against it, which frightened his own horfe, and drove him among the horses of the other waggon, which was laden with coals, and was alfo going down the hill; they immediately took fright, overthrew his chaife, and the waggon went over it with him in it, by which accident for or five of his ribs were booken: he was immediately taken to Stoneham, where, notwithstanding the utmost was taken of him, he languished till nine o'clock on the evening of this day, and then expired.

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At the Cranes inn, Leicester, Mr. Waters, a gentleman of the law. He had been the Northern circuit, and left York a few days before. On the morning of the 4th he was married, at Burton-upon-Trent, to Mifs

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Obituary of confiderable Perfons.-Ecclefiaftical Preferments.

Holland, dau. of the rev. Mr. H. The fame
morning Mr. and Mrs. W. fet out for town,
intending to remain that night at Leicester;
but the cold hand of death fnatched away
the bridegroom, and, before morning, Mrs.
W. was a widowed bride.

6. Prince Peter Gagarin, a Ruffian noble

man.

Mrs. Gray, wife of Charles G. Gray, efq; of Jamaica.

Edward Codd, efq; of Woodham Mortimer Hall, near Malden, Effex, aged 66.

At Leicester, aged 59, John Parfons, efq; mayor of that borough.

7. Mr. Noble, one of the yeomen of the Guards.

In Conduit-ftr. George Rofs, efq; of Cromarty, reprefentative in Parliament of the diftri&t of boroughs of Kirkwall, &c.

At Worcester, Nathaniel Jefferys, efq; formerly goldfmith to her Majefy.

At Crowhurft, Suffex, John Pelham, efq. After a fhort illness, the rev. Richard Greene, vicar of Radcliffe, co. Bucks.

7. In his 50th year, the rev. Michael Hallings, M.A. curate of Aldgate, and fecretary to the Society for promoting Chriftian Knowledge. He was born at Hereford, and received the rudiments of his education there, which he compleated at Brazen Nofe college, Oxford. He was a man of found principles and great integrity; an orthodox minifter, and a zealous and confcientious parish priet. He affected no fingularity of opinion,

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Stafford, and one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. Her ladyfhip was youngest daughter of the late, and fifter to the prefent Earl of Stafford.

13. Mrs. Woolley, wife of Mr. W. attorney at law, and dau. of the late Mr. Barnevelt.

20. At his houfe at Enfield, aged 72, Mr. Benj. Vaughan, an eminent fhip-broker.

At York, John Goodricke, efq; grandion and heir apparent to the right hon. Sir John G. bart. of Ribfton-hall.

21. John Hughes, efq; of Betfhanger, Kent.

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23. Rev. Richard Conyers, D.D. rector of St. Paul's, Deptford, a gentleman who was eminent for his learning and piety. On the morning of his deceafe he was unufually chearful, and about the ufual time he went church, where, after the prayers were over, he afcended the pulpit, and had juft named his text, which was in the Ads of the Apostles, "Ye fhall fee my face no more,' and fell back in the pulpit, from which he when he was feized with a fudden fainting, recovere, however, fufficiently to proceed with his fermon; after which, having given' the conclufive bleffing, he again fainted away, and was taken home, where he continued ill till about fix o'clock, when he expired without a groan.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENT.

and did not folicit the attention of the world REV. Mr. Blackall, Loughborough R. co.

by any violences of conduct or audacity of thinking. He was a plain frugal man; be began the world with little, and yet left a decent fum to his relations, the fruit of his own industry. He was content to be in very deed a good fubject and a good Chriftian, without any anxiety to be reckoned either, He held falt the profeffion of his faith withOut wavering, and worshiped the God of his fathers after the way of the church, of England; leaving an example to his fellowlabourers of the established church of peaceableness, of fubjeétion, of indefatigablenefs, and of all thofe virtues which adorn their calling.

8. In Henrietta ftr. Covent Garden, Mr. Wright, banker.

At Lynn, Scarlet Brown, efq; formerly folicitor and town-clerk of that place. At Eaft Sheen, Zachary Taylor, efq. 9. In Milbank-ftr. aged 79, Edw. Smith, efq.

10. After a lingering illness, which he bore with fingular patience and fortitude, at Thoretby, in Lincolnshire, the eldest fon of Willoughby Wood, efq; who in filial affection, peculiar fweetrefs of manners, great probity, quicknefs of parts, and good principles, was equalled by few, excelled by none.

11. Mr. Bowen, one of the fenior yeomen of the Guards.

12. In Grafton-ftr. Lady Henrietta Vernon, relict of Henry V, efq; of Hilton Park, co.

Lec, worth full 8col. a year.

Andrew Burnaby, D.D. (vicar of Greenwich) archdeacon of Leicester, vice Dr. Bickham.

Rev. William Jenkins, M.A. of Queen's bury Ofmund V. with Abbotsbury V. both coll. Gxf. chaplain to Lady Ilchefter, Melco. Dorfer.

Rev. W. Dealtry, M. A. rector Skirpenbeck, co. York, and preb. of Southwell, prefented to Wigginton R. co. York.

Rev. W. Eyre, Pedbury V. co. Bucks.
Rev.
Gregory, St. Mary Bredman
and St. Andrew in Canterbury, vice rev. John
Duncombe, dec.

Rev. Mr. Gregory, Meorpham V. Kent.

Margaret's preacher, vice Dr. Kipling, refig.
Rev. - Fawcett, M. A. appointed Lady
Rev. Francis Haggitt, M.A. Nuncham
Courtney R. co. Ox£

EV. Edward Jones, Loddington R. co.
Northampt. with Uppingham R.
Long Stow R. both co. Cambr.
Rev. R. Haighton, M.A. Croxton R, with

Torrington cum Wragby R. with Panton V.
Rev. George Turnor, LL.B. to hold Eaft
co. Linc.

Alexander Colfton, M.A. chaplain to the
right hon. Dowager Baronefs Middleton, and
vicar of Henbury, co. Gloc. to hold Bradwell