236 TH FOREIGN HISTORY. HE differences between the Rufi an court and the King of Denmark, which, all advices agree, had been on the point of being amicably determined, begin again to operate in an hoftile manner. The court of Copenhagen continues its military preparations with greater affiduity and vigour than ever; while, on the other hand, the Rufians are advancing towards the territories of Holftein in great numbers. The new Czar, however, continues ftedfaft in his refolutions to fupport the interests of the King of Prullia; and, it is even affirmed, that the two monarchs are employed in concerting a plan, that will render the troops of Great Britain unneceffary for the defence of the Proteftant intereft in Germany, Letters from Conftantinople advife that the fon of the Grand Seignior has been poisoned. It has been notify'd, fay the French writers, to the ministers of Ruffia, England, and Pruffia, that the air of Conftantinople, is bad for their healths, intimating thereby that the French party having gained the afcendant, the others were forbidden the court. It is confirmed from all quarters, that the armies of the Belligerent powers, have every where taken the field. That of Prince Henry has opened the campaign in Saxony, by croffing the Mulda, furprizing the left wing of the Auftrians, and making Gen. Zetwitz, with 12 other officers, and 1500 men prifoners. His Royal Highnefs is purfuing his march to Freybourg, from whence the army of the Empire is retiring with precipitation. This army, from the change that has lately happened in the political fyftem of Germany, is on the brink of diffolution; the circles who have fupported it, eing nothing to fear from the court of Vienna, give themfelves little concern about levying the Roman months that are fo neceffary for its fubfiftance; and heing in no capacity to command contributions from the enemy, the want of money will neceffarily produce a general defection, and that defection an entire feparation. In Silefia the whole Auftrian force feems to be employed. The court of Vienna, intent upon recovering that territory, has given M. Daun full Powers to act against the King of Pruffia without reftraint, that he may be more upon an equality with his majefty, who being liable to no controul, can vary his plan as circum ftances arife, and by that means conceal his defigns till the moment of their execution. On the 6th inftant the Pruffian army affembled in the neighbourhood of Breau, and about the fame time the grand Auftrian army encamped at a little diftance from Schweidnitz; the troops under Gen. Lafey took poft oppofite to Neifs; and thofe under Gen. Beck occupied the hills near Buntzlau. It is generally believed, that the Marshal will open the campaign with the fiege of Neifs. or of Glogau, the former, the most confiderable fortrefs in Silefia, the latter of importance to cut off the King's communication with the Marche of Brandenbourgh. Every thing indicates a bloody campaign in Silefia. New fortifications are adding at Breau, and redoubt upon redoubt is building round the town. The Prince of Bevern is to command under the King; and Gen. Werner a feparate body to harrafs the enemy as occafion fhall require. On the fide of Wefphalia the campaign was opened on the 9th instant by the hereditary Prince of Brunswick, who being determined to raife contributions on the Dutchy of Berg, marched with a body of 7000 troops, a hundred miles in two days, and appeared before Elberfeldt when he was least expected. The corps of Conflans and the other French troops that were there, retreated with precipitation, tho' not without lofs. From Elberfeldt his ferene Highness advanced to Sclinguen, and from thence, having fulfilled the object he had in view, by taking hof tages for the payment of the contri butions, he inftantly retired. Duffeldorp is the capital of this Dutchy, by which the reader may judge of its fituation. On this movement the Prince of Conde affembled fuch troops as were nearest at hand, and marched to Medman; but on advice of the hereditary Prince's retreat, he fent back the troops to their refpective garrifons. Since this exploit, orders have been fent to the French Generals to begin their operations with the utmost vigour. The army in Hefe is to endea vour to get poffeffion of the Dutchies of Brunswick and Wolfenbuttel, whilftthe army on the lower Rhine makes the utmost efforts to diflodge the allies from Weftphalia. On the other hand, as troops of the allies are every motion a bloody engageted, that in all probability FOREIGN HISTORY. bility will determine the fate of the campaign. The Marthals d'Etrees aud Soubize, command in Hee, and the Prince of Conde on the Lower Rhine. The Count d'Affrey, late ambatlader at the Hague, who is to command under the latter, is already fet out for that Prince's army. War between Spain and Portugal is no longer doubted, after the declarations of their Catholic and most Chriftian majesties, that they will attempt the entry of Spanish troops into Portugal, with as much inflexibility as his mot Faithful majesty difcovered, when he beroically declares, that rather than abandon his dominions to the mercy of his enemies, he will fee 237 the laft tile fall from his palace, and fpill the laft drop of his fubjects blood in its defence. After this declaration, fo refolute on both fides, the minifters of France and Spain at the court of Lisbon, demanded the neceffary pafsports for quitting the kingdoms, and retiring home, which were immediately granted. No hoftilities, however, have as yet been committed, but the English troops are already embarked from Belleifle, for the protection of the Portuguefe, whole army is confeffedly in a very feeble condition. It confifts of about 45,000 men, who, when joined by the English, will be more than a match for the troops of Spain. Hiftorical Chronicle, May 1762. A court-martial having been held at Reading on Lieut. Col. Dodds of the Berkshire militia, on the complaint of Wm Mackworth Praid, Efq; Capt. in the fame corps, for nnfoldierlike behaviour, and endeavouring to impede bim in bis fucceffion to the majority in the faid regiment, his majefty was this day pleafed to confirm the fentence of the faid Court-Martial, which was, That the faid Court-Martial, upon due confideration of the whole matter before them, is of opinion, that Lieut. Col. Dodd is not guilty of the charge exhibited against him, or any part thereof, ⚫ and therefore the court doth acquit him with 'honour.' Some gentlemen and ladies at Bath going out on a party of pleafure, one of them, the daughter of Col. Pierce, in paffing a little wooden bridge, fell into the water and was drowned, notwithstanding all poffible care was taken to fave her life. It is fuppofed the died of the fright, for the was immediately taken up, and it could not be perceived that the had taken in any quantity of water to occafion her death. The old podike, the defenfive bank to the country of Marbland, in Norfolk, against foreign waters, was cut thro' by perfons unknown, whereby the country was expofed to inundation. TUESDAY 27. Refoled, by the Houfe of Commons in Ireland, That the fuggeftions confidently propagated, that the heads of a bill for limiting the ((Gent. Mag. May 1762.) duration of Parliaments, and afcertaining the qualifications of members to ferve in parliament, if they had returned from England, would have been rejected by this Houfe, tho' in no wife materially altered, are without foundation. At the anniversary meeting of the gover nors of the Middiefex-Hofpital, the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Northumberland prefident, the collection amounted to 400 l. and the additional fubfcriptions to 70l. a year. WEDNESDAY 28. The port of London was opened for the free importation of foreign oats. A perion who keeps an intelligence office was committed to prifon for feducing Elizabeth Webb, a young woman who applied to him for a place, and shipping her for America, with other aggravating circumstances. THURSDAY 29. Mr Peyton, dry-fishmonger, oppofite the water-houfe, London Bridge, received by the Chefler tage-coach a parcel, carriage paid; this, when opened, appeared to contain a gold watch, in a fhagreen cafe, with a gold chain, and a red cornelian feal fet in gold, which had been given to his wife, by her father, and had beon lot between 8 and 9 years ago from her bed-fide. Immediately after the lofing it, Mr Peyton made ufe of all the common methods of endeavouring to recover it, (by advertisements, hand-bills, &c.) but to no purpose; till at length, he had it in this manner moft unexpectedly restored to him very fafe, and without feeming to have met with any injury during the whole time it was mifling. FRIDAY 30. A report began to be current that the court of France was meditating a defcent upon fome part of the dominions of Great Britain, and the riots in Ireland gave colour to this report, which, however, was believed only by the difaffected. 238 The GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, VOL. XXXII. no marks of difaffection to his majesty's perfon or government have been discovered, upon this occafion in any clats of people, Gaz. A female infant dropt in St James's palace, was ordered, by his majefty, to have a nurse provided for it, and to be baptized by the names of Georgina Charlotta Sofbia, three ladies of the cout, and a lord of the bed-chamber A ftanding fponfors.-About 15 years ago a boy and a girl were dropt in the palace, the princelles Amelia and Caroline took the girl, and the Duke of Cumberland the boy. The boy foon died, but the girl is living, and the Princefs Caroline left her a legacy. A farmer near Alton, in Hampshire, is faid to have recovered a little boy from the gypfics B that he had loft two years; but this story is told in fo romantic a manner, that we doult the truth of it, and should be glad of better information. By an exprefs from Maj. Gen. Monckton, the government received advice of the reduction of the island of Granada, with its dependencies, to his majesty's obedience; with other Ifaac Themas was committed to prifon for putting a child into the Dover waggon with an intent to get rid of it. (See p. 192.) THURSDAY 6. Was held the anniverfary meeting of the fons of the clergy, when the collection at St Paul's amounted to 150/. 1. gd. and at Merchant Taylor's Hall to 490 1. 1 s. which, with the money collected at the Rehearsal, make the fum total 801 l. 15 s. 9 d. Lefs by 300 1. than the collection of last year. Samfon Gideon, Efq; added his donation of 100 l.--Laymen holding tythes fiould contribute largely to this charity. Jane Sibfon was committed to New Prifon on a violent fufpicion of murdering her hufband by poifen. Mr Sibfon married this woman in America, from whence he was lately arriv'd, and at the time of his death ledged at the mother's, at Longford. Her exceffive concern on this occafion gave the firft fufpicion. She would poifon herself, and be buried with bim, the faid, or have bis heart is keep on fearching her room fome arfenic was found, ifands in the West Indies. See the original let-Cand on opening the body there appeared afl the About four in the afternoon there fell a fhower of hail ftones in and about Ealing in Middlefex that measured upwards of an inch round. It was accompanied with dreadful thunder and lightning, and all the bloom was D beat off from many fruit trees by the weight of the hail-ftones. At Amersham, and many miles round it, there fell the greatest fterm of thunder, lightning, and rain ever known there. It began about twelve at noon, and lafted till half after five; the claps of thunder were fo loud, that the inhabitants expected their houses to be hiver'd. Mr Ware, a plumber of that town, E took fhelter under a large tree on Amersham common, where he and his horfe were both ftruck dead by the lightening; the top of the tree was rent in two.-The danger of taking fhelter under trees has been demonftrated in this Magazine on the principles of electricity. (See Vol. xxii, p. 237.) It is remarkable, that weftward, about 20 miles, the thunder F was not heard, nor the lightening seen on that day, though it rained inceffantly, fo as to Taife the waters in the Avon, and other rivers. MONDAY 3. Was held at Vintner's-Hall the anniversary feaft of the ancient and honourable fociety of free and accepted mafons, when the Rt. Hon. E. Ferrers was cholen grand maker for the G year enfuing. The Roles and Brilliant arrived at Plymouth from a cruize, having brought in the Mignion privateer belonging to Bayonne, of 8 kuns, and 63 men. They alfo retook a dogger from Carolina, bound to Pool, taken by the faid pri fymptoms of the man's having been poison'd, Corrofive fublimate was found concealed in her band-box, as it afterwards appeared upon her examination. SUNDAY 9. The Rt. Hon. Gen. Tenfhend, his lady and family, fet out for Portsmouth to embark for Portugal, where he is to command the British forces. MONDAY 10. John Smith and Robert Mayne, lately condemned for running away with the KingGeorge privateer, wounding Capt. Reid, and confining the reft of the officers, (fee p. 75.) were executed at Execution-Dock. They were both Irishmen and catholics. A monument erected to the memory of James Thomson, author of the Seatons, &c. was this day open'd in Weftminster-Abbey. It is fituated between Shakespeare's and Roque's. There is a figure of Mr Thomfen fitting, who leans his left arm upon a pedestal, and holds a book with the cap of Liberty in his other hand. Upon the pedestal is carved a bas-relief of the Seafons, to which a boy points, offering him a laurel crown as the reward of his genius. At the feet of the figure is a tragic mask and antient harp. The whole is 1upported by a projecting pedeftal; and in pannel is the following infcription: a JAMES THOMSON, This monument was erected 1762. A ftocking-maker near Nottingham having brought home a loin of veal, defired his wife to dreis it by twelve o'clock; but not coming home at the time, the wife, being ill, at it by. When he came home about four, he brought fome beef-ftakes for his own dinner, and defired they might be filed; on eating them, he was fuddenly taken ill, and being toid HISTORICAL told, that the ftakes were fried in the dripping of the veal, Then, faid he, I'm a dead man; and after confeffing that he had rubb'd a large quantity of arfenic into the veal to poifon his wife, he inftantly expir'd. The veal was examined by a furgeon, who pronounced, that it would have poifon'd an hundred perfons it fo many perfons had eat of it. WEDNESDAY 12. The tranfports, with the troops on board for Portugal, failed through the Needles under convoy of four men of war. One of the fheriff's officers ferving a warrant upon a man who kept a houfe of ill fame in Fleet-lane, was affaulted by the fellow, who, with a knife, cut his nofe off clofe to his face, and then made his efcape. The fame fellow wounded the City-Marshal laft Bartholomew-fair. Capt. Knight, of the Liverpool, brought to Cork the Grand Admiral, a French privateer fnow, of 10 guns, and 85 men, which he took the 14th of last month off Mizenbead: The privateer had been out from Bayonne 43 days, and taken nothing. Capt. Grabam, of the Aldborough, took the Neuftra Senora de la Piedad, alias Golondrira, a Spanish privateer schoener of 8 guns, and 65 men: And re-took the Braynton, of Whitebaven, from Carolina, which had been taken by the above-mention'd pr.vateer. The Phoenix arrived in Bafque Road, with the Duke de Fronfae armed ship, taken by the Mermaid on the 9th. There was on board her a company of the regiment of Bigore's grenadiers, and one of Angoumois, bound for Louifiana: This hip, with about fix others, (ene of which of 250 tons was taken at the fame time, and is ince arrived) failed from Bourdeux on the 7th. The Phenix left the Mermaid in clofe purfuit of a third. The Royal William has alfo taken and carried into Bafque Road a Spanish pacquet-boat of 180 tons, 14 guns, and 59 men, bound from St Sebaftian with iron and flower; and two French privateers belonging to Rochelle, one called le Baillen, of 14 guns and 160 men, and the other la Minx, of 10 guns and 68 men. Gaz. The fon of Mr Lynch, an eminent linnendraper in Tbomas-freet, Dublin, was found barbaroufly murdered near Ormond Bridge. The coroner's inqueft fat on the body, and brought in their verdict Waiful Murder. FRIDAY 14. About a league from Schevening in Holland, a fish, resembling a whale, about it feet long, and thick in proportion, with SS ivory teeth, and three fins, two near the head, and one in the middle of the back. It weighed about 600 wt. It had the colour and nearly the tafte of falmon, When taken, it was followed by one of its young ones. On preffing its fides, there iflued a kind of milk in great plenty. It was brought on fhore alive, but died in a few hours. A militia-man being on duty over the French prif mers at Plymouth, one of them asked him to buy his bottle of imall beer; he bought it, drank it directly, and fwelled as big as three men. He is a terrible ipectacle, and thought irrecoverable. CHRONICLE. 239 A number of thefe French prifoners who had broke out of the prifons, boarded a floop, cut her cables, and hoifted her fails; but it being a bar-harbour, and they not acquainted with it, run her ahore upon a flat, by which the floop was faved. What became of the Frenchmen is not known. A SUNDAY 16. Being her majefty's birth day, who then entered into the 19th year of her age, there was a grand court to complement their majefties on that occafion. MONDAY 17. The tranfports with troops, provifions, and ftores for Germany, failed for Bremen with a B fair wind. The Marquis of Granby and Gen. Waldgrave took their leave of his majesty. C D E WEDNESDAY 19. Came on at Guildhall a tryal, in which a captain of a trading fhip was plaintiff, and a lieutenant of a man of war defendant. The action was laid for 500l. by the plaintiff, for impreffing him out of his own fhip, knowing him to be the captain, and confining him 48 hours on board a tender. The tryal lafted near an hour, when the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with 200 I. damages. The fociety of arts and fciences have granted a further aid of 1500l. to Capt. Plake, to enable him to carry on the fcheme for fupplying this metropolis with fish by land curriage. At the fociety of arts, were pr duced fome fpecimens of a new invention for the ladies, viz. painted garofe. It is done with fuch exacnels, as to imitate all the various ritches of which Drefden work is compofed; and at the fame time, with fuch ingenuity, as fir to furpafs to the eye, the fine performance with the needle. The fpecimens confified of a cap, made up of a red fiik caul, one piece framed and glazed, and a piece for a long apron. The ingenious inventicfs values the apron at two guineas, which was declared, by tome judges there, to be worth, it of right Drefden, fitty pounds. FRIDAY 21. At a meeting of the fociety of polite Arts F the premium of 50 guineas was given to Mr Jofeph Nellekens, pupil of Mr Schoemaker, for a marble bafs-relief, the fubje&t Timoclea, conducted before Alexander. G H At the fame time, a difcovery was providentially made, that the great beam which fupports the fociety's room, was broken in two, and the walls of the room and the cupola confiderably damaged, occafioned, as fuppofed, by the foundation giving way. If the room had been full, the company would probably have been buried in the ruins. Capt. Harrifen, of the Venus, fent into Ply-modrb the Maquelct, a French priv, belonging to Bayonne, mounting 14 fix and four pounders, and 136 men, which he took the ft inft. off the Lizard. Gaz. A most dread-ul form of thunder and lightning, truck off a part of the main poft which fupports the weathercock in the Town Hal at Guildford, entered the council chamber the the widows, and truck out fever panna of wainfcott. It entered a houle on the 240 The GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, VOL. XXXII. fide of the hall, and fcorched a child; but its greatest effect was at the Sun, on the eaft fide of the hall, where it fplit an oaken post nine inches and a half thick, bioke thro' a brick wall, greatly fhattered the windows, and ftruck down a woman, who remained infenfible till four in the afternoon, when there were fome hopes of her recovery. A At Richmond, the loudeft clap of thunder was heard, that the oldeft inhabitant there ever remembered, which threw all the town in the greatest confternation.-At a houfe behind the Red Lion inn, the lightning split the chimney from top to bottom; paffed thro' a row of pewter plates which flood on a shelf, and made a hole the bignefs of a crown piece B in each; from thence it darted thro' a window and fhutter into the church-yard, divided a grave, and then difperfed. One woman was flightly fcorched in the arm. The fame ftorm was fo violent at Hounfloru, that the lower parts of the houfes were all overflowed by the rain; and the waters rofe fo high, that the Windfer caravan coming to C town, was detained two hours before it could pafs thro' the town, Nineteen French prifoners attempted to force the windows and gates of WinchefterCafle, but the two regiments in the barracks, instantly furrounded the prifoners, wounded three, and fecured the reft. The whole city was in an uproar on this occafion. SATURDAY 22. D From Hamburg, it is written, that fevers prevailed to fuch a degree in that city, that near 1600 perf ns had died within the space of 10 or 12 days; that the faine diforder had appeared at tina: and that at Stralfund, 50 or E 60 perfons were carried off by it in a day. A plan is drawn up for a better provifion for all the poor in the feveral parishes of Great Britain, by renderiug fuch of them, as are able to work, ferviceable to the publick, which will greatly reduce the prefent parish rates, MONDAY 24. Gen. Carnavallis fet out for Portficuth, to F embark for his government of G.braltar. A large quantity of hay and oates were hipped at the Tower, for the ufe of the cavalry in Germany. TUESDAY 25. A third memorial, prefented to the fecretary of State Don Lewis da Cunba, by Don Jo feph Torrero, his Catholic majefty's ambailador, and M. James 0 Dunne, his moft Chritian majesty's plenipotentiary on the 23d of April was publish'd in the London Gazette, with his Portuguefe majefty's antwer: In this memorial the faid anbafador and minifter plenipotentiary, declare, that having lot ail hopes of attaining their ends, ether becaule the Portuguese monarch and his maifters do not perceive their true interest, or because the common enemy has gained a delpotic power over their understandings, their continuance near his Mott Faithful majesty's perion is both unneceffar thereuse they direct the neceffary paffports to be furnished, that each may immediately retire to his refpective court. To which it was answered, that his Moft Faithful Majefty having feen by the first memorial of the 16th of March laft, that it had been determined between the courts of Paris and Madrid, without any previous notice to his majefty, to make the neutral kingdom of Portugal the theatre of war, had given the neceffary orders in his fecretary's office, that Don Jofeph Torrero, and M. James 0 Dunne, be furnished with the ufual paffports as foon as they please to fend for them, and that, in fuch cafe, expreffes be fent to his ambaffador Don Jofeph da Sylva Pecantra, and to his minifter Pedro da Cefta de Almeeda, with orders to leave the courts of Madrid and Paris, in the fame manner as the faid ambafiador of his Catholic majefty and minifer plenipotentiary of his Moft Chriftian majefty do here. Accordingly they took up their pallports the 26th paft, and the barges be.ng ready for them they fet out the next day. WEDNESDAY 26. The general affembly of the church of Scotland, met at Edinburgh, when his majesty's high commiffioner, the Ld Cathcart, made a grand appearance; and Dr Robert Trail, divinity profeffor in the univerfity of Glafgew, was chofen moderator. His Grace opened the aflembly with a fpeech from the throne; to which the moderator made a fuitable return. His majefty's most gracious letter to the affembly was received and read with all due honour and respect. At a general court at brif's Hofpital, the treafurer reported his receipt of a legacy of 300 . and of another contingent one of 500 pagodas, both given out of a fortune of 1200/. only, by John Palmer, in grateful return for his education. in that houfe, whence he was fent to the East Indies in 1745. Was held a chapter of the garter, when his majefty invested his R. H. Pr. William, with his late majefly's blue ribbon, and the E. of Bute with the ribbon of the late Duke of Port.and. Old Count Munich has not only been reeftablished in his former dignities by the Czar, but has also been declared by him Field Marthal of his troops. The news of the advantage gained by Pr. Henry is confirmed, with his having taken the #roug poft of Freyberg, about ten miles from Dred |