! who are enemies equally to your majefty's ti- The entertainment at the Manfion-house is faid to have exceeded every thing the citizens have been accustomed to fee at their Eafter ball. In the Egyptian hall, where the company dined, was a beautiful piece, painted in an inimitable tafte, which, it is faid, reprefented the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne, ar I love united with wine. Befides the ufual profufion of wines and eatables, which were remarkably good in their kind, and set off in the greatest elegance, as well as much warmer than commonly is the cafe at thofe great dinners; the guests were here prefented with another novelty, which had a moft pleafing effect, many of Mr. Cox's pieces of mechanifm, from the Museum, all in full tune, and which continued their mufical movements, during the greatest part of the dinner. The defert was in the fame pleafing style, at once great and elegant. In the bail room tafte and magnificence prevailed: an "It is with the utmost aftonishment that emblematical painting at the top exhibited to I find any of my fubjects capable of encou- the eye a beautiful landscape of rural felicity raging the rebellious difpofition which un-nymphs and fwains tripping over the green, happily exifts in fome of my colonies in North and feeming to invite to the sprightly dance America: having entire confidence in the thefe below. wisdom of my parliament, the great council of the nation, I will fteadily pursue thofe measures which they have recommended for the fupport of the constitutional rights of Great Britain, and the protection of the commercial interefts of my kingdoms." FRIDAY 14. To which addrefs, remonstrance, and petition, his majefty was pleased to return the following answer. The following is faid to be a copy of a let- My lord, I am ordered by his majefty to TUESDAY 18. H-d." Yefterday the lord mayor, aldermen, &c. went from the Manfion-houfe to St. Bride'schurch in the following order: 1. The head marthal. 2. The Bridewell boys. 3. The charity children of Chrift's-hofpital. 4. The furgeons and apothecaries. 5. The governors. 6. The deputy city marshal, the under marshal, and fix footmen in rich liveries. 7. The ftate coach with the lord mayor and Mifs Wilkes as lady mayorefs. 8. His lordship's private coach, with three ladies and a gentleman, and three footmen behind. 9. Aldermen Bull, Sawbridge, Thomas and lady, Hayley and lady, in their refpective carriages. 10. The town clerk, 11. The two fheriffs, and their ladies. The proceffion was clofed with the two city countel. The lady mayorefs was dreffed in rich filk, a maiden's blufh, trimmed with a bouquet of diamonds in her bofom. The company were as elegant and orderly as the decorations. The duke of Leinster and the lady mayorefs opened the ball; lord Mahun danced another minuet with the accomplished daughter of the giver of the feast: other names of note were lord and lady Abingdon, lady Mary Sherrard, lord Wenman, Mr. Keck, Mr. Trevanion, governor Johnflone, Mr. Colman, Mr. Bofwell, Prince Pallavicini the late pope's nephew, Dr. Lee, aldermen Sawbridge, Hayley, Thomas, Newnham, Sir Watkin Lewes, the two fheriffs, &c. At dinner, Mr. Boswell, who had taken care to fecure good room, feeing Mr. Colman in want of a place, called to him, and gave him one befide himself, saying, fee what it is to have a Scotchman for your friend at Mr. Wilkes's table; a little time after, there came a foreign waiter with fomething; Mr. Bofwell talked to him in German, upon which, Mr. Colman wittily observed, have certainly miftaken the place to day, I thought I was at the Manfion-house, but I muft furely be at St. James's, for here are nothing but Germans and Scots," I The dancing of minuets, cotillions, allemandes, and country dantes, continued till three yesterday morning, and about half an hour after the whole company departed, greatly pleased with the elegance of the entertainment, &c. The lamps were illuminated in a new taffe, and by the variety of their colours, difpofed in wreaths upon the pilafters, in imitation of the orders of architecture, gave a most pleas ing effect to the whole. FRIDAY 21. Advice is faid to be received from Jamaica, that two frigates belonging to admiral Gayton's ton's fquadron, had fallen in with a Spanish man of war in the Weft Indies, which had an American fnow in company, which the had taken, on pretence of carrying on an illicit trade, which the Spaniard refufing to releafe, an engagement enfued, and after a few broad fides, the man of war had her mafts fhot away, when the frigates retook the fnow, and carried her with the Spanish officer and the men that were on board to Jamaica. MONDAY 24. On Saturday a meffenger arrived with fome dispatches from the Earl of Chatham, his majefty's ambaffador at the court of Madrid; bis orders were to deliver the dispatches into the king's own hands; in confequence of which he fet off for Kew, and met his majesty on the road, returning from thence to town. Letters from Gibraltar mention, that the Spanish lines before that place had been reinforced by a large body of troops. April M MARRIAGES, nurious, he would not keep any fervant, nor allow himself common neceffaries. His fortupe he left to a neighbour, whofe wife used to go every day to make his bed.-3. At Balendean, in Scotland, the Right Hon. Lady Margaret Ogilvie, fpoufe to Sir John Wedderburne, of Balendean.-5. At his house in Queen-iquare, Cocks, Efq. clerk of the patents. The reverfion of his office goes to Robert Willmot, Efq. fon of Robert Willmot, Efq. fecretary to the Lord Chancellor, 7.At Pancras, Mr. Cooke, of Fetter-lane, book-binder to the House of Commons.-11. At his house in Bolton-row, Charles James Downall, Efq. a member of the Irish House of Commons.-14. Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, Bart, of Aibyne in Effex, and Chobham in Surry, member of parliament for Knaresborough in Yorkshire, He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his brother, now Sir William Abdy, Bart, a captain in his Majefty's navy.-16. In Salisbury-ftreet, Dunbar Maxwell, Efq. youngest fon of the late Sir William Maxwell, of Monrieth, Bart. and brother to the Duchefs of Gordon,-17. At her house in New Norfolk-ftreet, Lady Gertrude Hotham, fifter to the late Earl of Chesterfield; her death was occafioned by municated to her cloaths, and burnt her in one of her ruffles catching fire, which coma fhocking manner.-18. The Rev. Mr. Drake, rector of Chelfea, and of Amesham in R. Simeun Hoggard, tobacconist, 8. in the Minories, to Mifs Collier, daughter of Capt. Collier, of Mile-end-green, -12. At Berwick, Henry Lafcelles Ord, Eq. to Mifs Duff, a near relation of Lord Fife.-14. At St. James's church, George Chad, of Thursford, in Norfolk, Efq. to Mifs Rowlis, daughter of John Rowlis, Efq. lier, Efq. a merchant of this city.At CanBuckinghamshire, -19. William Lethieulof Kingston, in Surry.-17. At St. James's terbury, Mr. Thomas Creed, ironmonger, church, William Middleton, jun. of Crowone of the aldermen of that city.-At Kirkfeld-ball, in the county of Suffolk, Efq. to lington, Cumberland, the Lady of Jofeph Mifs Harriet Acton, fecond daughter of Na- Dacre, Efq.. and daughter of the late Sir thaniel Acton, of Bramford-hall in the fame George Flemming, Bart. Bishop of Carlisle. County, Eiq.-22. Ifaac Guedes, fon of Ba-20. At Bath, the most honourable Wilron Guedes, to Mifs Moore, of Bethnalgreen, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Moore. 26. Sir John Eykin, Knt. of Eckleton, Shropshire, to Miss Browning, of Smithfield bars, TH DEATHS. MarchHE Right Hon. William Lord 30. Bofton, Baron of Bolton, in ́ the county of Lincoln. His lordfhip was born in 1707, created a peer by his prefent majefty in 1761, and alfo appointed lord chamberlain to the Princefs Dowager of Wales, having been her Royal Highness's chamberlain from the time of her marriage. His lordship married Albinia, daughter of Henry Selwyn, Efq. by whom he had iffue Frederick, now Lord Bofton, William Henry, and Augufta Georgina Elizabeth, married to Thomas de Grey, Efq. fon of the Right Hon. Lord Chief Justice de Grey.April 1. At his lodgings at Deptford, in an advanced age, Mr. Julius Wartone, formerly a purfer in the royal navy, reckoned to have died worth 16,000l. but was fo pe liam Henry Kerr, Marquis of Lothian, Knight of the most ancient Order of the Thiftle, colonel of the 11th regiment of dragoons, and general of his Majefty's forces. He is fucceeded in his titles and eftate by his eldeft fon, the Earl of Ancram, lieutenantcolonel of the ad troop of grenadier guards. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. Extract of a Letter from Befton, New England, Feb. 16. B Efqrs, their members in behalf of that province, to reprefent them in the enfuing congrefs to be held at Philadelphia, and voted, that 2561. lawful money be raifed for defraying the expence of faid members. A FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Letter from the episcopal city of Väl. zin, in Hungary, mentions, that the mildness of the weather fince the 9th, melt Y authentick advices it appears, that the inhabitants of Maryland are alt in motion, forming county meetings, choofing committees of obfervation to carry into effectual execution, without fear, favour, or partiality, the measures recommended by the grand continental congrefs;-forming companies to learn the art military-Anne-ed the fnow on the mountains, the waters Arundel county, including the citizens of Annapolis, had refolved that every perfon who fhould refufe to contribute to the purchase of arms and ammunition for the ufe of that county before the ift of this inftant fhall be deemed an enemy to America, and his name published in the Maryland Gazette.-The general affembly of New-Jerfey have approved of the proceedings of the continental congrefs, and unanimously refolved, that James Kinley, Stephen Crane, William Livingston, John De Hart and Richard Smith, Efqrs. (or any three of them) be their delegates to attend the continental congrefs to be held at Philadelphia, in May next, inftructing them to propofe and agree to every reasonable and conftitutional meafure for the accommodation of the unhappy differences at prefent fubfifting between the mother country and the colonies; and have refolved unanimously, that their thanks be given them for the faithful and judicious dif charge of the truft repofed in them at the late continental congrefs. At a meeting of 144 deputies, from the feveral towns in the province of New-Hampshire, on the 25th ult. at Exeter, they unanimously approved of the proceedings of the grand continentat congrefs, returned their thanks to the members of the faid congrefs in general, and to the deputies in particular, for the faithful difcharge of their important trufts-delegated John Sullivan and John Longdon, from whence tah like fo many rivers into the Danube, then covered with ice, which did not break till feven o'clock on the morning of the 15th; after which the water rofe fo as to be perceived every moment, and very foon overflowed the roads, carrying away (befides large quantities of ice) trees, wood, mills, &c. The islands above this place ftopt the ice, which accumulating formed mountains and impeded the progress of the water, which nevertheless rofe flowly, and only inundated fome low houfes, whofe inhabitants had quitted them. On the 16th the ice began to fall, and the violent rifing of the waters was fo rapid as fcarce to be perceived before moft of the lower town was laid under water, and the inhabitants had just time to fave themfelves and children, the water having rifen feven or nine feet in half an hour. By the help of 18 boats, which were brought in carts, the people were taken out of their attick ftories, and fome out of trees, where they had gone for refuge. The waters continued to rife more and more, and fwept away all the houfes to the barracks, and the great ftone bridge without the town was under water; the road on the fide of the Danube, and all the houfes, were five feet under water. The danger was then univerfal, and the alarm general, when happily about noon the water began to fall as fast as it had rofe. About 70 houfes have been carried away. To our CORRESPONDENTS. THE Delirium by a young lady-remarks on the Slavery of the Negroes-candid obfervations on the laft circular letter of the Diffenters fubfcription committee, &c.-Clerus on the Church Liturgy-and an Invocation to Modefty, shall have a place next month. Academicus concerning improvements in the literary courfe at Cambridge-A. B's anecdote and the verfes figned O, are received. The Lift of contefted elections, &c. have been deferred to next month, as during the progrefs of it, all the Petitions that are to be heard for the feffions, will be determined and our lifts will be complete. Americanus's account of the proceedings of the Virginians was obliged to be poffponed on account of its length. The verfes figned S. A. are too imperfect to appear. The Letter to a gentleman at Verfailles on Education, and an addrefs to Harlequin, came too late for infertion in the prefent, but shall have a place next month. Ifmada's favours shall have due respect paid to them. With the following Embellishments, viz. ibid. An ELEGANT HEAD of Mr. GRAY; and a new MAP of the NORTHERN ARCHIPELAGO. LONDON, printed for R. BALDWIN, at No. 47, in Pater-nofter-Row. Of whom may be had complete Sets, from the Year 1732 to the prefent Time, ready bound and stitched, or any fingle Volume to complete Sets. 844 89 ་ PRICES of STOCKS, &c. in MAY, 1775. Sou. Sea. Old S. S. New S. S., 3 per C. | 3 per C., 3 per C. 3 per C.3 per C.B. 4 P. C. 3 B. |Lo.An. In. B. NavyB. Lottery Ann. I reduced confols In Ann. B. 1726. 1751 Conf. 1758 Stock Ann. Wind Weath. Prem. Difc. Tick. Deal. London 92 88 E Fair 89 92 手 84 골 86 86 666727 89 801 89 80 89 89 89 89 1997 254 55 1316 SW 55 13 16 W 55 1316 SW 87 54 Ни 136 WSW 13 1,6 13 2 Sunday SW 86 85 91 25 55 1316 SE Sunday SW |