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tisfied with the conduct of Mr Graves, a military furgeon of eminence, who extracted the ball. He hopes, in a few weeks, to be fo well recovered, as to be able to receive Mr Hawkins in Great George ftreet; and fhall be impatient for an opportunity of fhewing the just regard he will ever pay to fo diftinguished a character."

In juftification, however, of the characters of Dr Brocklesby his physician, and Mr Graves his furgeon; Mr Wilkes fent for Dr Duncan, one of his Majefty's furgeons in ordinary, and Mr Middleton, one of his Majefty's ferjeant-furgeons, both Scotchmen; who attended him accordingly. The reafon he humorously gave to these two gentlemen, it is faid, for fending for them, was, "That as he found the houfe thought it proper that he fhould be watched, he himself thought two Scotchmen moft proper for his fpies." His indisposition notwithstanding, Mr Wilkes fet out from London, and arrived Dec. 24. at Dover, failed thence next day for Calais, and proceeded to Paris; whence he did not return to attend the house of Commons, as ordered. In a let, ter to his brother Heaton Wilkes, dated Paris, Hotel de Saxe, Fan. 15. he fays, "I am too ill at prefent to be fure of any fixed time for my return, and I had better keep my room (as I am forced to do) here, than on the road to Calais, which would be the infallible confequence of my fetting out. I wrote to the Speaker last post, and inclofed, I believe, an unexceptionable certificate of my ill ftate of health. My eager defire is, to return to my native country, to vindicate myself from a charge brought against me."

ELAN

D.

The Commons did not rife from their meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 19. till half an hour after three next morning. Mr Wilkes was expelled the houfe, and a writ was ordered to be iffued for electing a member for Aylesbury in his room. I R From the Votes of the houfe of Commons. Jovis, 17 Novembris, 1763. A petition of Thomas, Lord Baron of Longford, was prefented to the houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the petitioner humbly apprehends, that the great object of attention, recommended by our gracious fovereign from the throne, is the improvement of our country, trade, and manufactures; That the petitioner humbly apprehends, that the erecting or enlarging of towns,

and providing comfortable habitations and eftablishing conveniencies of all kinds, for the carrying on of manufactures, and fupplying the inhabitants of fuch town with bread, in the cheapest and best many ner, will prove a great encouragement to agriculture, in the inward parts of this kingdom: The petitioner humbly fubmits to the confideration of this Honourable Houfe, whether the erecting magazines of corn, is not the heft fecurity against the confequences of dearth, and a just induce. ment to people to fettle in those parts where they have the greatest probability of being fupported in the best and cheapeft manner: The petitioner therefore thinks it his duty to inform this Hon. Houle, that he has erected, at a large expence, a market-house and granary in the county-town of Longford, almost in the centre of Ireland, and in the most arable and improveable part of this kingdom, which granary is capable of containing eight thousand barrels of wheat, with every neceflary for preferving the fame That the petitioner being defirous of ma king the fame of as much public utility as pollible, humbly offers the faid granary for public ufe, under fuch regulations as this Hon. Houfe thail pleafe to direct; humbly propofing, that fecurity be given for whatever fum this Houfe is pleased to grant, that the fame shall be immediately applied for the purchasing a proportionable quantity of wheat, to be stored up, as a relief against dearth or monopoly, and to be fold out, whenever the middle price of wheat fhall amount to twenty fhillings the barrel, in any quantity not exceeding one hundred barrels every market-day; and to uphold the fame for any number of years this Hon. Heufe fhall appoint, and at the expiration of the term, to pay o ver faid fum, or a proportionable quantity of corn, to whoever fhall erect the next beft and most useful magazine. And pray. ing allistance.

It was referred to a committee.

Veneris, 18° Nov. Mr Henry reported from the [aforementioned] committee the refolutions which the committee had directed him to report to the House; where the fame were read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and are as follow.

Refolved, That it appears to this com mittee, from the plans laid before them, and attefted by feveral members of parlia ment that have viewed the building, That the fabrick exceeds any thing of the kind that they ever knew to be erected in this

kingdom,

ingdom, and has been executed at a ty, according to the forms of the church brze expence, and will fully antwer the of Scotland." The prefbytery of Edinpuraofes propofed. burgh think it their duty, in juftification of themselves, and the rest of their brethren of the established church of Scotland, to declare, that not one of these marriages, nor any marriage of that kind, hath been performed by a minifter of this prefbytery, nor, fo far as they know, by any minifter of this eftablished church. What forms the celebrators of fuch marriages have obferved, whether those of the church of England or of the church of Scotland, this prefbytery know not.”

That fuch a granary will be a great encouragement to agriculture in the inward and most arable part of this kingdan, and is likely to prove a great relief again dearth, or monopoly of corn, and a great inducement for manufacturers to fettle in those parts of the kingdom. -That fuch a magazine of corn will prove of extenfive utility.

-That the granting a fum fufficient for purchafing fix thousand barrels of brat, under the regulations propofed by the petitioner, is a probable means of eftablishing the fame.

-That it is the opinion of this com. tittee, That the petitioner has fully proved the allegations of his petition, and deferves the affiftance of parliament.

Ordered, That the faid report do lie on the table, to be perufed by the members,

SCOTLAND,

At a meeting of the freeholders, jufti ces of the peace, and commillioners of fupply, of the county of Inverness, held at Invernels Jan. 17. it was unanimously refolved. That from and after Whitfunday next they would not receive in payments any bank-notes whatever, excepting the notes of the two Edinburgh banks, and those of the British linen company, as long as they will be received in payments at the public offices of the revenue. [20.]

Ever fince the palling of the act, for the bester preventing of clandeftine marriages, in 1753, [zv. 433.1, which does not extend to Scotland; many perfons, in order to evade that law, have come from England to this part of the united kingdom to be married. Moft of thefe marriages have, tis believed, been folemnized without regular proclamation of banns: therefore kome of the clergy of Edinburgh have thought it neceffary to publish a juftification of themselves in this matter, as fol lowe, viz.

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"P. S. Edinburgh, Feb. 15. To the publifbers of the Caledonian Mercury. In your paper of the 30th ult. there is a paragraph from the presbytery of Edinburgh, very becoming them, to do justice to their fociety, in vindicating them from the reproach of having folemnized any of those clandeftine marriages complained of in the St James's Chronicle of Jan. 14.-Ireally believe that none ofthe etablished ministers meddle in these practices: but as it might perhaps be fufpected, that fome among the poor remains of the nonjuring clergy (confidering their loy condition and very ftraitened circumftances) may have been tempted to fnatch at the golden hook, and as common justice is due to men of all denominations, I defire you will, in your next Mercury, inform the public, that not one of thefe poor harmlets men are in the leaft concerned in the fe folemnizations; and that, were it necessary, inftances could be produced, where fome of them have refufed that employment, even when tempted by ftrong folicitations, and the offer of a high bribe." (xvii. 209. 411.]

On this fubject a correfpondent obferves, that as the marriage-act is now under the confideration of parliament, there is rea fon to fear, that if it shall not be thought proper to abate its ftrictnefs, it may pro bably be found neceflary to extend it to Scotland; that fuch extenfion would be thought a great grievance here, as many perfons would not willingly go to their parith-church to be married; that therefore it behoves the clergy of all denominations to difclaim and difcourage practices which may occafion fuch exten ion; that above twenty years ago the prefbytery of Edinburgh, if he remembers right, caufed profecute, in their name, a celebrator of irregular marriages, (he thinks his name was Strang), before a civil court; and that fuch a conduct would be very becoming that Rev. fociety on the

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prefent occafion, when they feem to admit that there are fuch delinquents.

Walter Graham, labourer, was tried, before the high court of jufticiary, at E. dinburgh, Jan. 23. for robbing the London mail, near Jock's-lodge, on the 24th of November laft [xxv. 639.]; and next day, the jury having returned their verdict, finding the libel proven, he was fentenced to be hanged in the Grass-market, Edinburgh, on Wednesday March 7.

The boufe of Mr Gibfon of Durie, in Fife, was unfortunately burnt to the ground, by accidental fire, on Thurfday Jan. 12. The family escaped with their lives; but all the furniture was deftroyed. The dean of guild court of Edinburgh, in making their ufual rounds lately, to examine the weights of retail-fhopkeepers, having found feveral very faulty, and that those who dealt in goods fold by different weights, as Troy and English, have it in their power to impose on the lieges, by putting into the scale the light weight in place of the heavy, the difference not being diftinguishable by the eye, directed the following regulations to be obferved: That every dealer within the jurisdiction of the court do, betwixt and the first of March next, caufe to be ftamped upon the apper part of each of their weights, a letter denominating the kind of weight, and below it a figure afcertaining the quantity; the letter T for Troy or gold weight, by which meal, butcher-meat, fish, &c. is fold; Tr. for Trone or Scots weight, by which Scots cheele, butter, &c. is fold; and E for English or Avoirdupois weight, by which all kinds of groceries and Englith goods, alfo barley, &c. is fold; in order that any perfon may at first view difcern, not only the kind of weight, but alfo the quantity put into the fcale: and allo that they have their weights adjusted to the proper ftandard, kept for that purpole, by Thomas Simfon, pewtherer; who is authorited to do it, and is alío provided with ftamps to mark the letters and figures before directed. All dealers felling with, or having in their flops or warehoufes, weights below the standard, or that have not the dean of guilo's stamp, with the letters and figures before mentioned, will be held as wilfully intending to impole upon the lieges. English Troy cafes of brats weights, containing one pound and under, need not have the dean of guild's ftanp. All dealers are likewife required, once every year to carry their weight to be adjusted, otherwile they will be held as

wilfully felling with light weights, it ing found by experience, that weight much ufed, lole of their quantity in a f time, and therefore need frequent rep Further, if any merchants or fhopkee fhall be found felling with, or havin their fhops or warehouses, after the first day of March, any yard not ha the dean of guild's ftamp, they will profecuted and fined according to John Englith, dean of guild officer, is powered by the court to fell the ftan yards, and no other perfon whate and the ftandards and ftamps are in cuftody. The preceding regulations ving been confidered by the Lord Prov Magistrates, and Town-council, they proved of them, and enacted and orda ed accordingly.

Mr. Ebenezer Oliphant goldsmith in dinburgh has difcovered a fafe and eff tual antidote against bugs: of which blic notice has been given by the L Provost and Magistrates, who have h many attestations of its fuccefs, in clea fing houfes, without in the leaft hurting t health of the inhabitants. [xiv. 491.]

John Kay mafon in Brifto, Edinburg advertises chimney-grates of a new co ftruction, which he fays prevent fmoki more effectually than any machine hithe to invented; give double the heat th other grates do, with the fame quanti of fewel; admit the chimney jambs to as extenfive as may be defired; and fa the trouble of a imoke-board, as no a can come down the vent: alfo a m chine which prevents neighbours (mol from coming down a vent: — and a ne form of ftoves, which fave half the few that common ttoves require, and keep th fmoke from coming about the vessels fet c them.

We give the following almoft entire
HE following gentlemen, all herita

in the diftrict of Carrick, viz. th Earl of Catfilis, Sir Adam Ferguson, S John Cathcart, Sir John Whitefoord Mr Hamilton of Bargeny, Mr Kenned of Newark, Mr Kennedy of Kirkmichael Capt. Kennedy of Drummellan, Capt Primrose Kennedy his fon, Mr Crawfor of Ardmillan, Mr Crawfurd of Doonfide Mr Macadanı of Craigangillan, Mr Ken nedy of Pinmore, Mr Chalmers of Kil donnan, and Capt. Kennedy of Daljar rock, having met, at Maybole, upon the 1ft of November 1763; and taking mt their confideration the great decrease of the Game in the diftrist of Carrick, pria

cipally

MARRIAGE S.

pally owing to the great number of awks, and other birds of prey, came to be following refolutions.

1. That a certain fum of money be imrefled into the hands of the fchoolna ber in each parish in Carrick, or fuch ther perfon in the parish as the Earl of aths, their prefes, fhall think proper, be applied as after mentioned.

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BIRTHS.

At Nantz, Jane Pignettelli, aged upwards of fifty, of two boys and a girl, all likely to do well. She has been married thirty-three years, and never had a child before.

Jan. 17. At Turin, the Duchefs of Savoy,

of a princess.

That the faid schoolmaster, or other bern into whofe hands the money is moreffed, fhall pay to the perfons who bad kill hawks, or other birds of prey, he following premiums, viz. For each Lagle, 5 s.; for each Game hawk, 5 s.; wreath Merlin, 2 s. 6 d.; for each Sparww-bawk, 1 s. 6. d.; for each Gray Hede, Ring-tailed Glede,or White Glede, i 6.: for each Buzzard Glede, I s.; for ach Raven, or Corbie, 1 s.; for each Jan. 4. 1763. At Calcutta, William LauMagpye, 3d.; and for each Carrion, order, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir Andrew Lauder of

Hooded Crow, 3 d. all Sterling. And that the faid fchoolmaster, or other perto be appointed, fhall receive the birds fo killed; and preferve the heads, as a voucher of the money he shall difbarfe; and thall deliver in the fame, with his accounts, from time to time, to fuch heritor in the parish as fhall appointed by the prefes to receive the fame.

3. The meeting refolved to profecuté all poachers, and other unqualified perBons, who kill game of any kind, or keep greyhounds or pointers, without written ences. And they appointed their preles to carry on fuch profecutions: And alfo to profecute all perfons who all barn mairs after the time allowed by aft of parliament, which is the aft of March.

4. The meeting agreed, that a jubilee be given to the game for next season, 1764; and refolved, neither to kill gathe themselves, nor to allow others to do fo pon their grounds in Carrick, until fammer 1765, at the times allowed by of act parliament as to the different kinds

of game.

And the gentlemen recommend to the famers in the different parishes, to give ftriat injunctions to their herds and trants, to keep their dogs from deftroyg the eggs or young birds in the batchfeafon.

[To this is fubjoined the names of the perions appointed to pay the aforemenConed premiums, respectively, in the paies of Maybole, Kirkmichael, Straiton, Kirkofwald, Daily, Girvani, Bar, Colina nell, and Ballantrae.]

28. At Broomhall, the Countess of Elgin,

of a fon.

DEATH S.

Fountainhall, Bt.

Barbara Rutherfurd, fecond daughter of James
Nov. At Wilmington, North Carolina, Mrs
Rutherfurd of Bowland, Efq; deceased, and
wife of Mr Alexander Chapman merchant in
Wilmington.

At Malmoe, in Sweden, Baron Staal de Holftein, field-marflial of the Swedish troops, governor of the province of Schonen, and commander of the royal order of the Seraphins.

Dec, 3. At her caftle of Beaulicu, near Bruffeis, aged 80, Dame Anna Eleonora Edwards, commonly called Trevor, defcended from the royal houfe of England, Baronefs of has left an only daughter, the Countess of Großberg.

Colins and of St Gertrude of Mechlin. She

France, William Drummond of Balhaldies, 18. At Chaily, near Fountainbleau, in Efq;

18. In Minorca, Lt-Col. Robert Hall, of the 37th regiment of foot.

24. At Glasgow, Mr Robert Dick, profeffor of natural philofophy in the university of Glasgow,

31. At Dublin, Nicholas Loftus, Viscount, Loftus of Ely in the county of Wexford. He is fucceeded by his eldest fon Nicholas.

At Alkermore, in the county of Wicklow, Ireland, Mr Henry Dyfon, a farmer, aged

120.

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At Croffwood, Cardiganfhire, the Vifoountess Lisburne, fifter to Thomas Watson, Efq; member for Berwick.

15. At Munich Hoff, near Breda, the lady' of the Hon. Col. Stuart.

17. At his feat at Marton, Somerfetfhire, Hamilton Boyle, Earl of Cork and Orrery. He is fucceeded by his brother Edmund Boyle, Efq.

19. At Leith, Mrs Chalmers, relict of James Chalmers of Belmellan, Efq;

20. At Edinburgh, Mr Richard Cooper, engraver in that city.

25. At Weftport, Edinburgh, one John Coutts, a labourer, aged 103. He worked conftantly till about half a year ago, and was walking about a few hours before his death. 29. At Edinburgh, Charles Ramfay, Earl of Dalhousie. He is fucceeded by George Ramfay, Efq; his brother.

19. At London, Mr William Leflie, brother to the Earl of Rothes.

P. S. Feb. 7. At Edinburgh, of a fever, James Watfon younger of Saughton, Efq; 7. At Edinburgh, Mr Ebenezer Robertion, printer in that city.

ro. At Wormiftone, Fifeshire, aged 73, George Lindsay of Wormiftone, Efq;

PREFERMENTS.

From the London gazette.

The King has been pleased,

to create Charles Coote of Cootehill, Efq; Knight of the Bath, on account of his fervices in the late tumultuous infurrections in the northern parts of Ireland. He was invefted with the enfigns of the order, in Dublin caftle, Jan. 16. by the Earl of Northumberland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Jan. 21. to grant unto William Horton of Chaderton, in the county-palatine of Lancafter, Efq; and his heirs male, the dignity of a Baronet of Great Britain; and to

Bridges Rodney, Efq; Vice-Admiral of the Blue, and his heirs-male, the dignity of a BaTonet of Great Britain.

to appoint George Cokburne, Thomas Slade, William Bately, Edmund Mafon, Timothy Brett, Robert Ofborn, and William Bateman, Efqs, Sir Richard Temple, Bt, Frederick Rogers, Richard Hughes, and Thomas Hanway, Efqs, Principal officers and Commiffioners of his Majefty's Navy; and,

Andrew Elliot, Efq; Collector and Receiver of all revenues whatsoever in New York, and its dependencies, in America, the revenues of customs only excepted.

18. to appoint the Earl of Marchmont Keeper of his Majefty's Great Seal in Scotland,'in the room of the Duke of Athol, deceafed; and

Lord Cathcart, Firft Commiffioner of Police in Scotland, in the room of the Earl of Marchmont,

to grant unto Henry Moore, of Jamai Efq; and his heirs-male, the dignity of a ronet of Great Britain.

New members: Lord William Campb youngest fon of the Duke of Argyle, for gyleflire; John Robinson of Appleby, Weftmoreland; and Anthony Bacon, Aylesbury, in the room of Dougal Can bell, made Master of the revels, which of he has refigned, Robert Lowther, who accepted a place, and John Wilkes, lat expelled the house.

Bear-meal 7 d. Peafe-meal 7 d. Edinburgh, Feb. 14. 1764. Oat-meal g Prices of grain at Haddington, Feb. 10. 176.

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