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Tuesday morning his majefty left Cambridge, and proceeded on his journey to York. In his way he visited Burleigh, the feat of the earl of Exeter, and was met at Stamford by the duke of Ancafter; and a fpring chancing to break in the king's carriage, his majesty proceeded with the duke in his coach to Grimfthorpe, where a moft magnificent entertainment was provided, and dined in company with the duke and duchefs, lord Grofvenor, the marquis of Lindfey, Mrs. Dafhwood, &c. After dinner, the duke's two daughters were introduced. His majefty left Grimtthorpe at feven, went in the duke's coach to Colftworth, and then proceeded in his own carriage to Newark, where he lay that night; and next morning proceeded for Wentworth caftle, the feat of the marquis of Rockingham, where he breakfafted, and then proceeded to Tadcaster, where he arrived about one o'clock. His majefty had not proceeded far before his carriage broke down, and he was obliged to get out at the window. He got into another carriage, and proceeded on his journey. On Thursday his majefty, with 120 perfons in his retinue, arrived at York, and took up their refidence at Bluitt's Inn, adjoining to the aflembly-room, which he went to fee, and was much pleafed with its appearance, and would have been attended with all the ladies and gentlemen round the country at an affembly this night, but it was reported, an exprefs he received this morning from London obliged him to return. This morning he viewed the cathedral with great attention. The lord-mayor and corporation of the city had made fome preparations, and had flattered them felves with the honour of his company to dinner; but he declined it, and left the city before twelve o'clock. About three the fame day, his majesty arrived at Leeds; and after viewing the cloth hall, and the principal parts of the town, fet out for Halifax in his way to Manchester, where he arrived on Friday. On the report of his arrival, the regiment of dragoons, commanded by the marquis of Lothian, quartered there, were under arms, but were immediately difmiffed by his majesty with genteel compliments. After breakfaft his majefty very politely fhewed himself at the window, and complaifantly bowed to a very genteel appearance of ladies, in the neighbouring houfes. Soon after Edward Byrom, efq; was introduced to his majefty (by a recommendation from lord Morton, prefident of the royal fociety) to accompany him to view the duke of Bridgwater's canal, and the manufactures peculiar to that town. Accordingly, about eleven, his majesty (attended by his nobles, and feveral gentlemen of the town) was conducted to the boats the in waiting for him; the king went to the head of the canal, and then in fmaller boats to the head of the tunnel cut in the rock (two

miles under ground) Highted all the way with candles: his majefty much admired the greatnefs of the undertaking, expreffed great fatisfaction at the ingenuity and facility with which the whole is conducted, and was pleafed to give the workmen a handfome fum of money. On his return from Worfley, he then proceeded to the warehoufes, where he was highly entertained, and much admired the beauty and elegance of the feveral manufactories fhewn him, purchafing large quantities of velvet, gold and filver fhapes for waiftcoats, and other goods manufactured there. He then returned to the inn about feven, and, being much fatigued, chofe to dine by himfelf. His majesty very politely excufed the offer of a ball, or to have any other public acknowledgments paid him, as he chofe to travel as privately as poffible. He lay at the Bull's Head Inn (refufing feveral private invitations) where he and all his attendants were very commodioully entertained, which he was pleafed to acknowledge when he went away. At his departure on Saturday morning, his majefty returned his compliments to the gentlemen of the town for their refpectful attendance, and civilities fhewn to him, and very obligingly declared, that he should ever retain a moff grateful fenfe of their favours. About ten o'clock the fame evening, his majesty arrived at Derby, after having dined with the lords George, Frederick, and John Cavendish, at Chatfworth. Exactly at fix o'clock on Sunday morning he fet out for London, and arrived at St. James's the fame night. In the courfe of feven days his majefty travelled near 600 miles.

Saturday 3. At a numerous extraordinary meeting of the royal fociety, on Thursday laft, his majesty was by ballot elected a fellow of the fame.

Thursday night there fell one of the severest ftorms of rain, accompanied with wind, thunder and lightning, that hath been remembered, which hath done confiderable damage in feveral places. It poured down Highgatehill, about eleven at night, in fuch a manner, that the road could not be croffed with safety; and yesterday morning all the flat part of the road at Holloway and fields adjacent, were overflown. The road, where it was not covered with the water, prefented nothing but the larger gravel ftones, all the fand being washed away, and lying in rows, as if fifted. And, about one o'clock yesterday morning, the water came down in fuch torrents from Hampstead, &c. that the road and flat fields about Bagnigge Wells, were overflown. Several people in Cold-Bath-Fields, MuttonLane, Peter-Street, and thofe parts, sustained great damage; fome publicans had feveral butts of beer carried out of their cellars; three oxen and feveral hogs were carried away

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by the drain, and drowned; and in MuttonLane, and the lower parts of Hockley in the Hole, the inhabitants were obliged to quit their ground-floors, and go up ftairs, for fear of being drowned. By the fwelling of the waters in the Serpentine river, feveral houfes near the Chapel at Knightfbridge, had two or three feet water in them, and two or three houfes thereabouts were undermined, and two or three children are faid to have perished. The earl of Suffolk's house suffered greatly, that fide of St. James's Park having four feet depth of water in the offices underneath his houfe; the Birdcage-walk and the Parade were overflown. By the rapidity of the waters out at Bays-water, the roads were im

paflable for fome hours. At Uxbridge the town was under water, and confiderable damage done all over thofe parts.

Monday 5. Friday an attorney was convicted before the right hon. the lord mayor of ftealing a dog from Wimbledon, with a collar, the property of Mr. Trotman, cornfactor, and gave bail for his appearance at the next affizes for the county of Surry, when he will be indicted for the collar, which is valued at one fhilling and fixpence.

Tuesday 6. Letters from Vienna, received by yesterday's Flanders mail, fay, "The heat has been exceffive for several days. Reaumur's thermometer, on the 17th of Auguft, was at 24 degrees, and on the 18th at night there was a violent ftorm of lightning and thunder; fince which the weather has been cooler."

On Friday laft died, at Calais, baron Bickenfdorf, mafter of the horfe to the reigning duke of Saxe-gotha: this gentleman accompanied their ferene highneffes the two princes of Saxe-gotha to England.

Wednesday 7. Letters from Francfort on the Main, dated Auguft 24, mention their having juft received advice of the death of the prince of Heffe-Darmstadt, prince bishop of Augfbourg. By this event prince Clement of Saxony, archbishop of Treves, who was coadjutor to the deceased, obtains a bishoprick.

The Irish parliament is prorogued to the 31ft of October next.

Thursday 8. His majefty has appointed Franklin, efq; to be lieutenant governor of the new fettlement of St. John's, in the bay of Fundy.

His majefty has alfo appointed Ifaac Defchamps, efq; to be chief juftice in the faid fettlement, with a falary of 300l. per annum. Friday 9. There is now in this metropolis, a gentleman who has acquired 150,000l, by gaming.

We hear from the Ife of Ely, that fome hundred acres of the Thorney eftate, belongIng to the duke of Bedford, have been laid under water by the late heavy rains, and many sheep and cattle deftroyed.

121 Saturday 10. A proclamation is iffued for the meeting of the parliament on the eighth day of November next.

Monday 12. The expences of his Danifh majesty's tour into the north, being out but feven days, amounted to 1600l. and the turnpike bill to 461.

Wednesday 14. Yesterday the feffions ended at the Old Bailey, when the nine following perfons received fentence of death, viz.

James Wallis, for stealing in the dwellinghoufe of Michael Shirley, a canvas bag, containing 601. in money.-Jofeph Walldeck and James Dollifon, for burglary and stealing in the dwelling-houfe of John Perry, five china bowls and other things.-Robert Patterfon, alias James Wrighte, and James Mace, for a robbery on the highway, near the Shepherd and Shepherdefs, upon Richard Busby, a schoolmaster in Coleman-ftreet, from whom they took a quarter guinea and 6s.Hannah Smith, for stealing 21 guineas, fome halfpence and farthings, the property of Mr. Harris, in Turnagain-lane, Snowhill, where fhe had been a fervant about eight days.Richard Holt, for feloniously publishing a bill of exchange for 10l. purporting to be the bill of Thomas Warner, on Hinton Brown and fon, in favour of William Harrifon or order, knowing it to be forged, with intent to defraud Meffrs. Town and Burbank.-Richard Slocombe, jun. for falfly and deceitfully perfonating his father Richard Slocombe, a true and real proprietor of about 4001, New South Sea Annuities, and transferring the fame, as if he was the true and lawful owner thereof.

Thirty-four were ordered to be transported for feven years, and one for fourteen years; fix were branded in the hand, nine privately whipped, and one to be publicly whipped in Tower-ftreet; twenty-feven were discharged for want of profecution.

The next feffion of gaol delivery of Newgate begins the 19th of October next at the Old Bailey,

The remarkable Affidavit of Michael Curry.

MICHAEL CURRY, of St. Peter's Mancroft, in the city of Norwich, Printer, maketh oath and faith, that in the month of May, 1763, he was hired by John Wilkes, efq; of Great George-ftreet, Westminster, at the rate of 25 s. per week: that he lived in the house of the faid Mr. Wilkes, was boarded and regularly lodged there; that he was employed by the faid Mr. Wilkes in feveral things about his private prefs; that the faid Mr. Wilkes employed this deponent to compofe and print part of a poem, entitled, An Efay on Woman: that the faid Mr. Wilkes gave this deponent the ftricteft charge to keep it fecret, and to fuffer no perfon whatever to see the faid poem; that the faid Mr. Wilkes ordered this deponent to work off only twelve copies,

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which were all to be delivered, and were actually given to the faid Mr. Wilkes himself, but that, without the knowledge of the faid Mr, Wilkes, this deponent worked off another copy for himself; that from the carelefinefs of this deponent, four pages only of the faid poem came into the hands of one Jennings, who likewife worked at the faid Mr. Wilkes's; that by means of this Jennings it was fhewn to Mr. Farmer, Mr. Faden, and the rev. Mr. Kidgell; that the first application made to this deponent was by Farmer, who came, as he pretended, on his own curiofity, to fee the rest of the poem called An Effay on Woman, having feen fome part of it in the hands of Jennings, which Jennings, he faid, told him he had it from the houfe of Mr. Wilkes; that this deponent would not then thew Farmer any thing; that a few nights after Farmer called again on this deponent; that they retired to St. John's-Gate Coffeehoufe; that Farmer repeated he had fome parts in black; that this deponent then faid to Farmer, that no poetry in black had been done at the faid Mr. Wilkes's, and therefore Jennings must have come by those verses at Tome other house, the parts of the Efay on Woman being in red, which this deponent faid to evade, altho' the proofs were in black; that Farmer told this deponent he wanted it to oblige a Roman catholic gentlenan, and that he would give two guineas, or any thing to get it, that he actually laid down two guineas, which the deponent refufed, and told Farmer that he was not upon an honest defign; that he could not conceive for what reafon a Roman catholic gentleman particularly fhould offer two guineas, or any fum, for what Farmer must know was not from the quantity worth fixpence; that this deponent then paid for the pint of beer before him, telling Farmer, that if he would call the Sunday morning following, this deponent would speak to the purpose, and then quitted the houfe; that this deponent then difcovered the affair to a friend, and when Farmer came to this deponent on the Sunday, this deponent told him that he had deftroyed the copy, and that he hoped that would end any further vifit on that head; that the next day this deponent waited on Mr. Churchill; that this deponent asked him if any harm could come to Mr. Wilkes, or this deponent, for the Effay on Woman; that Mr. Churchill faid there could not, but for any the people in power could do they might be damn'd; that however he would write to Mr. Wilkes, who was then in France; that the next application was by Haffel, the overfeer of Mr. Faden, who defired this deponent would go to the Globe Tavern, 25 Mr. Faden wanted to fpeak to this deponent on fome bufinefs; that this deponent accordingly went; that when Faden and this

deponent were alone, Faden informed him,
that Farmer had given him a few pages of the
Ejay on Woman, which the faid Faden had
fhewn to a clergyman, and that clergyman to
a nobleman, and that if this deponent would
oblige him with a copy of the whole for that
nobleman, he would be this deponent's friend,
and was pofitive, that the perfon, as he was
in power, would make an ample provifion for
him, this deponent; that this deponent pre-
tended ignorance of the whole at this meeting;
that another meeting was soon after had with
the faid Faden at the faid Globe Tavern ; that
the faid Faden promifed this deponent he
fhould be taken care of, and if he would give
the faid Faden a copy of the Essay on Woman,
this deponent might have any fum he named,
or any place that he fhould name, which it was
in their power to get; that feveral other meet-
ings were had between the faid Faden and this
deponent; that the fame offers were repeated,
and ten, twenty, a hundred guineas, or any
fum, would be given as a fecurity that the
copy fhould be returned; that Mr. Wilkes was
all this time in France; that there was a
ftrong report that Mr. Wilkes intended to pro-
fecute this deponent for felony, in having
ftolen a copy of the Effay on Woman; that this,
deponent applied to fee Mr. Wilkes on his re-
turn from France, and was refused by his fer-
vant; that foon after the applications to this
deponent were renewed by the faid Faden and
the faid Haffel; that he was defired to name
any fum; that he might depend on being fup-
ported from any injury he might apprehend,
and firmly rely on being protected by thofe in
power; that otherwife he might be prosecuted
for having printed the copy; that afterwards
the reports of this deponent's being to be pro-
fecuted by Mr. Wilkes for felony, gaining
ground, this deponent in a paffion went to the
faid Globe Tavern, fent for the faid Faden,
and gave him the copy, faying, he hoped he
fhould be taken care of, as he found he was
not fafe either in keeping or deftaoying the
copy; that the faid Faden then gave him five
guineas, as a fecurity to return him the copy,
and promifèd him protection; that this depo-
nent went with the faid Faden, on the fame
evening, to the houfe of Philip Carteret Webb,
efq; folicitor to the treafury, in Great Queen-
ftreet, where was the rev. Mr. Kidgell; that
the faid Webb bid this deponent be eafy, for
that he fhould be provided for; that this de-
ponent afterwards, for feveral weeks, lodged
and boarded in the faid Webb's houfe; that
this deponent was often told by the faid Webb,
that government would take care of him, if
he would give evidence on the trials against
Mr. Wilkes; that he muft remain ftaunch,
and that directions, as to what this deponent
fhould fay on the trials, were given by him
the faid Webb; that a few days before the

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theeting of the parliament, the faid Webb bid
the faid Faden take this deponent out of town;
that accordingly the said Faden and this depo-
nent went first to Hounslow, then to Hampton
Court, and afterwards to Knightsbridge, till
the morning the houfe fat, when they went to
the Horn Tavern in Westminster, where were
the said Webb and the said Kidgell, and from
thence to give evidence before the house of
lords; that the faid Webb a few days after-
wards carried this deponent to the earl of
Sandwich, who was then fecretary of state;
that his lordship faid to this deponent, You
have faved the nation, and you may depend on
any thing that is in my power; that this de-
ponent faid he was without money, to which
his lordship replied, he must not hear that;
that the said Webb added, You had no occa-
fion to mention that; that at the bottom of
his lordship's ftairs the faid Webb ordered this
deponent to go to Mr. Carrington, one of the
king's meffengers; that this deponent accord-
ingly went to the faid Carrington's, who gave
him a guinea and an half, for which this de-
ponent gave a receipt in thefe words, for fub-
fiftance, for which I shall be accountable, or
to that effect; that the fame payment of a
guinea and an half was continued for about 25
weeks by the faid Carrington; that the faid
Carrington faid the reason why he took receipts
was, that he was anfwerable to the government
for that money; that this deponent was affured
by the faid Webb, from time to time, that he
fhould be amply provided for; that this depo-
nent was afterwards employed by the faid
Webb to compromise the verdicts with the
other printers, which this deponent did for
the other printers, at the fum of 1201. each;
that this deponent had received nothing from
the faid Carrington for fome time before the
verdicts were compromifed; that he received
for his own fhare 2331. 6s. 8d. which the
faid Webb declared was for the trouble and
fatisfaction for what had been done; that then
this deponent finding no more money coming
from the faid Carrington, and his life being
made very uneafy to him at London, retired into
the north.
MICHAEL CURRY,

Sworn at the Manfion-Houfe,
in London, the 3d of Auguft,
1768, before THOMAS HARLEY, Mayor,

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ing, a felect band of water mufick playing in the ftern, the principal livery companies attending in their respective barges. At the ftairs leading into New Palace Yard, a detachment of grenadiers of the hon. artillery company attended to receive the locum tenens, aldermen and sheriffs, who upon notice of his Danish Majefty's approach, immediately landed to receive and conduct him on board. As foon as his Danish majefty entered the barge he was faluted by feveral pieces of canon, and the joyful acclamations of the feveral livery companies, and a vast surrounding multitude.

The locum tenens in order to give his majefty a more complete view of the cities of London and Westminster, and of the river and the feveral bridges thereon (which as well as the river itself and the fhores on both fides were crowded with innumerable spectators) ordered the ftate barge to take a circuit as far as Lambeth, from whence fhe was fteered down as far as to the Steel-yard through the center arch of Westminster Bridge, and thence up to Temple flairs, his majesty being faluted at the New Bridge both at his going and returning through the great arch by the firing of canon at each fhore, by fifes and drums, and the fhouts of the feveral workmen above, and french horns underneath.

During the course of this grand proceffion on the water, his majefty frequently expreffed himself highly pleafed therewith, and his admiration of the feveral great and beautiful objects round him, and fometimes condefcended to come forward in order to gratify the curiofity of the people, who eagerly fought to get a fight of his royal perfon, though at the hazard of their lives.

At the Temple his majefty (being landed on a platform errected and matted on purpofe, and under an awning covered with blue cloth) was there received by fome of the benchers of both focieties, and conducted to the middle Temple-hall, where an elegant collation had been provided for him.

His majefty, after taking fome refreshment, and thanking the two focieties for their polite reception and entertainment of him, was conducted to the city ftate-coach, in which his majesty took his feat on the right hand of the locum tenens, being accompanied in the coach by his excellency count Bernsdorff and Monday, 26. On Friday morning laft Sir Mr. Deputy Paterfon, attended by the sword Robert Ladbroke, knt. locum tenens (the and mace, and followed by nine noblemen of right hon. the Lord Mayor being indifpofed) his majesty's retinue, and by the aldermen together with the aldermen and fheriffs, at- and fheriffs in a long train of carriages. From tended by the city officers, fet out from Guild- the Temple, his majefty, (proceeded by the hall for the three Cranes, the locum tenens artillery company, the worshipful company being in the flate-coach accompanied by de-of goldfmiths, the city marfhalls on horfeputy John Paterfon, efq; (who was defired to back, and the rest of the city officers on foot) act as interpreter on this occafion) and the was conducted to the Manfion-House; the aldermen and fheriffs in their respective car- several streets through which his majesty pa riages. At eleven o'clock they embarked on ed, viz. Fleet-Street, Ludgate-Hill ana board the city state-barge, the ftreamers fly-Street, St. Paul's Church-Yard, Cheapfide,

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and the Poultry being crowded with an innumerable populace, while the windows add tops of houses were equally crowded with fpectators of both fexes, whofe acclamations, together with the ringing of bells, and the fhouts of the multitude, loudly expreffe their joy at his majefty's prefence, his majesty expreffing his furprize at the populoufnefs of this city, and his fatisfaction at the kindness of the citizens.

At the Manfion-Houfe his majesty was received by the committee, (appointed to manage the entertainment) in their mazarine gowns, who with white wands ufhered his majefty into the great parlour, where after he' had repofed himfelf a few minutes, Mr. common ferjeant (in the absence of Mr. recorder) made him the city's compliments in the following words.

Moft illuftrious Prince,

THE lord mayor, aldermen, and com

Imons of the city of London, humbly beg leave to exprefs their grateful fense of your obliging condefcenfion in honouring them with your prefence at the Manfion of their chief magiftrate.

The many endearing ties which happily connect you Sir with our moft gracious fovereign, juftly entitle you to the refpect and veneration of all his majefties faithful fubjects. But your affability and other princely virtues fo eminently displayed during the whole courfe of your refidence amongst us, have in a particular manner charmed the citizens of London, who reflect with admiration on your early and uncommon thirft of knowledge, and your indefatigable pursuit of it by travel and obfervation; the happy fruits of which they doubt not will be long enjoyed and acknowledged within the whole extent of your influence and command.

Permit us, Sir, to exprefs our earnest wishes that your personal intercourse with our moft amiable monarch, may tend to encrease and perpetuate a friendship fo effential to the proteftant intereft in general, and fo likely to promote the power, happiness and prosperity of the British and Danish nations, and that the citizens of London in particular, may ever be honoured with a fhare of your remembrance and regard.

To this compliment his majefty was pleafed to return a moft polite anfwer in the Danish language; which, by his majesty's permiffion, was interpreted to the company by Mr. Deputy Paterfon, as follows:

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to prove my greatful fenfe of it to them, and in particular to you, gentlemen, and this great celebrated and flourishing city which

you govern.

Upon notice that the dinner was ferved, his majefty, with the locum tenens on his left, was conducted by the committee into the Egyptian Hall; where his majefty condefcended to proceed quite round, that the ladies (who made a moft brilliant appearance in the galleries) might have a full view of his royal perfon, and all the gentlemen of the common council below an opportunity of perfonally paying him their respects.

His majefty being feated in a chair of state, on the right hand of the locum tenens, at a table placed upon an elevation across the upper end of the hall, with his noble attendants on the right, and the aldermen above the chair on the left, was faluted by a band of above 40 of the beft performers, in an or cheftra fronting his majesty's table.

During the dinner the following toafts were drank, being proclaimed by found of trumpet, viz.

1. The King.

2. The Queen, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family.

3. His Majefty of Denmark and Norway. 4. The Queen and Royal Family of Den mark.

5. Profperity to the Kingdoms of Den mark and Norway.

After which his majefty was pleafed to propofe the following toafts, which were proclaimed in the fame manner, viz.

1. Profperity to the British Nation.
2. Profperity to the City of London.

Mr. Deputy Paterfon had the honour to attend his majefty as interpreter. His ma jefty through him repeatedly expreffing to the locum tenens, how much he admired the grandeur of the Egyptan-Hall, the brillancy of the illuminations round it, the magnificence of the dinner, the excellence of the mufick, and the good order and decorum of the whole entertainment.

into the great parlour, where he was presentAfter dinner his majefty was reconducted

ed with tea and coffee, and entertained with folos on different inftruments, by several capital performers.

At eight his majefty and his retinue, after taking leave of the locum tenens and the corporation, were ushered to their coaches, the committee going before his majesty with wax lights. His majefty then returned to his apartment in St. James's Palace, amidst the fame crowd and acclamations as before, with the addition of illuminations in almost every window, that the people might have the pleasure of feeing his majefty as long as poffible,

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