THE Monthly Chronologer. S SINCE our last we were informed, that in the 7 veffels arrived from Greenland in the Frith of Forth, there were no fewer than 34 6th and a half, viz. in 5 of the veffels belonging to Leith 22 and a half,' in one of the Dunbar veffels 7, and in the Borrowstonefs vellel 5; and that two other veffels afterwards arrived, one hav ing 7 fith and a half, and the other 3. (See p. 339-) On July 27, an officer of the Mint having received information, that one Bell had made a practice of coining a certain foreign coin called French guineas, or piftoles, and alfo Louis d'ors, had a wariant for him, and carried him before juice Fielding, who, after examination, comitted him to New Prifon. He at the fame time allo committed the fmith who was acceffary, by fetting up the ma." terials for the coinage. And information being given, that the faid Bell lodged in Winchefter-treet, Mr. alderman Scott granted a warrant for fearching the houfe, where was found in a cellar, just put up, all the materials and implements neceffary to go thro' the whole art of coining, as compleat as at the Tower; which were afterwards all taken away by the proper officers. His majefty has ordered a reward of 200l. to be paid to any perfons, who fhall apprehend Sampfon Phips, one of the perfons concerned in the late riot at Bristol; and rool. for apprehending either Samuel Britten, John Moody, otherwife Wordy, John Summers, and Hezekiah Hunt, hkewife concerned in the faid riot, fo as they, or either of them, may be convicted of the faid offence. (See p. 242.) WEDNESDAY, August i. One Edward Murphew, otherwife Andrew Reid, was committed to Maidstore goal, being charged by a warrant under the hand and feal of the duke of Newcaftle, with the murder and robbery of John Atherfold the younger, his master, Tare of Sundrifh, near Sevenoak in Kent, on Thursday night, Oct. 20, 1748, He was brought from Scotland by two of his majefty's meffengers. FRIDAY, 3. This afternoon a fire broke out at the brewhouse belonging to the Red Lion af Great Catworth, in Huntingdonshire, which in a thort time confumed 5 dwelling houses, with all the houshold furni ture, feveral barns, ftables, &c. The fame afternoon a fire happened at Dorfington, in Warwickshire, whereby cottages, bendes the farm houfe, were confumed, with barns, ftables, a bean, rick, a great quantity of hay and straw, &c. and the church was very much da. maged. SATURDAY, 4: This or the following day a moft frocking and tragical affair happened at Corringdon, about two miles from South Brent-town, in Devonshire. Mr. Jofeph Harvey, a farmer of that place, his wife, his fon and daughter, were all cruelly murdered. Thefe murders were not dif covered till the 9th inftant, by William Proufe, a labourer, who had worked for Mr. Harvey, and had been feveral times to fee him to get further employment but to his farprize finding the doors always faft, he went to a neighbour, who accompanied him to the house, and both, looking thro' the kitchen window, faw Mr. Jofeph Harvey lying dead on the floor, with his throat cut. They then went to Brent-town to acquaint Mr. An thony Harvey, brother to the deceased, with what they had feen, who went with a number of the inbabitants, and entering at the window found Proufe's relation too true. Going up ftairs, they found Mrs. Harvey in her bed with her throat cut from ear to ear; and then proceeding to the fon's bed, a flout young man about 23. found him alfo dead, having his brains beat out, and his throat cut as was alfo the daughter, aged about 20 whofe brains worked thro' the skull. hatchet was found in the fon's room On the 14th the coroner's jury finished their inquiry into the causes of thefe murders, when it appeared, that Jofeph Harvey had fent his two men and a maid fervane to Bentar, about five miles from Brenttown, to get in fome hay; which bufinefs would detain them above a week; that the hatchet found in the fon's room belonged to Mr. Harvey; that Mr. Harvey had for above three months past been delirious, and greatly out of his fenfes ; and there being no úgns of a robbery, the jury brought him in guilty of the mur A ders 1753. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. ders, as a lunatick. But, fürely, fuch an aftonishing scene is not to be parallel'd! MONDAY, 6. The feven following malefactors were this day executed at Tyburn, viz. William Corby, Thomas Collingham, and John Ayliffe, condemned at June feffions; Thomas Buckmore, James Williams, and Thomas Twynbrow, condemned in July ; and John Fish, condemned at the feffions. in May, but refpited till this time. (See their feveral crimes, p. 241, 291, 339.) Davis died in Newgate, and Smith was refpited for a month, Millicent Clifby and Anne Robinfon were pardoned, Anne Ellis and Peter Tickner to be transported for life. WEDNESDAY, 8. Was held a general court of the Society of the Free British Fishery, when warrants were ordered to be iffued out for a dividend of the three per cent. per annum for two years, granted by act of parliament on upwards of 100,000l. employed by the fociety, the faid bounty having been received of the commiffioners of the cuftoms. The Rt. Hon the lord mayor gave a very grand entertainment to the deputies and common-council men of this city, at the Manfion house, at which upwards of 140 members were present, FRIDAY, 10. His majesty in council was pleafed to arder, that the parliament which flood prorogued to the 14th inft. Thould be further prorogued to September 27 next. SATURDAY, 11. Three Irishmen were committed to Wood, ftreet Compter for perpetrating a rape on the body of Diana Puhee, an oyfter-woman, at the Queen's - Arms in Newgate street. On Monday they applied to be bailed, but were refufed, and after an examination of above two hours before Thomas Chitty, Efq; the fitting alderman, were by him recommitted to the Compter to answer for their offences the next feffions at the Old Bailey. The fame day, early in the morning, fire broke out in the house of a broommaker, in Kent-ftreet, Southwark, which entirely confumed the fame, with three others, and the adjoining houfes were very much damaged, SUNDAY, 12. This morning, between one and two, a fire broke out at a hatter's in CaftleAtreet, near the Park, Southwark, which confumed the fame and 13 others on both fides of the way. THURSDAY, 16. A fire happened about one this morning in Cock-yard, Bithopsgate fireet, which 387 communicating itfelf to the front houfes, At the affizes at Buckingham, two re- Andrew Reid, who was brought from THURSDAY, 23. This morning died, by the bite of a mad cat, in the parish of Wrington, Somersetshire, Anne Gover, wife of John Gover, blackfmith. She was bit about fix weeks ago, and tho' big with child was feveral times dipped in falt water, which healed the wounds in her thumb, and no infection appeared till Sunday the 19th: It then began to appear by a pricking in the thumb, pain of her arm, and reftleffners. She continued to grow worse and worse till the time of her death, tho The retained her fenfes till the laft, and defired every one to keep out of her way; nor would the fuffer any one even to wipe the foam from her mouth, left it might infect them. Came on to be tried, at Hereford affizes, before Mr. juftice Fofter, feven informations in nature of quo warrantos against fome of the acting members of the corporation of Carmarthen. The trial of the first took up eight hours, and a verdict being given for the crown, the defendants in the fix others fubmitted to the like verdis against them, without making any defence; and, in confequence of this, 15 other like informations, granted against the prefent mayor and recorder, and the rest of the acting body, must Share Ccc 2 388 MARRIAGES, DEATHS, &c. share the fame fate, as they depend ex« actly on the fame points: But those in formations, could not be brought to trial at this, affizes, as no procefs could be executed to enforce the appearance of the defendants therein; for one of them infifted on privilege of parliament, and the Sheriffs of this year difclaimed their offices, on purpofe to avoid executing any procefs on the rest of them. The coun-cil for the king were, Mr. Morton, Mr. Price, Mr. D'Oyley, and the Hon. Mr. Harley, and for the defendants, the Hon. Mr. Bathurst, M Phillips, Mr. Afton, and Mr. Naires. MONDAY, 27 This day was executed at Hertford, purfuant to his fentence at the last affizes, Job Wells, for the unnatural crime of ravishing his own daughter. He was very penitent, freely forgave her appearing against him, and hoped the would forgive the abominable part he had acted towards her. MARRIAGES and BIRTHS. July 31. Jlowfield Place, in Berks, to OHN Dodd, Elq; of Swal Aug. 2. Theophilus Lane, of Hereford, Efq; to Mils Marcha, of Greek- Atreet, Solo. Hon. Egerton, Efq; of Marley, in Cheshire, to Mifs Fanny Seabright. 5. Alexander Kay, Efq; of a great eftate in Yorkshire, to Mifs Caroline Chambers, of Brumpton. 7. Rev. Dr. Sandford, minifter of St. Mary Aldermanbury, to Mif's Horton. 8. Rev. Mr. Wannup, rector of Waldon, in Hertfordshire, to Mifs Cholmondeley, only daughter of Charles Cholmondeley, of Vale-Royal, in Cheshire, Efq; a 12,000l. fortune. Legh Mafter, of Newhall, in Lancahire, Efq; to Mifs Hofkins, of BarrowGreen, in Surrey. 9. Edwyn-Francis Stanhope, Efq; to lady Katherine Lyon, niece to his grace the duke of Chandos. 13. Richard Marden, Efq; to Mifs Bennett, of Stanton Harold, in Staffordshire, a 30,oool. fortune. 14. William Strahan, Efq; of Haymes,in Gloucestershire, to Mifs Popham, fole daughter and heirefs of the late Edward 'Popham, of Tewkesbury-Lodge, Efq; 16. George Richard Carter, Efq; to 'Mifs Spilman, daughter and only child of James Spilman, Efq; one of the directors of the Bank, a 30,000l. fortune. 17. Henry Warner, Efq; a Jerfey mer-. chant in Cannon ftreet, to Mifs Wallis, of Wanstead, in Effex. Aug 22. Lieut. col. William Deane, to Mifs Mary Chambers, eldest daughter of the late John Chambers, Efq; of Derby. 25. Robert Sibthorpe, Efq; of Ireland, to Mifs Cochran, daughter to the Hon. col. Cochran, of Hampstead. 26. John Day, Efq; timber merchant, in Bermondsey, Southwark, to Mifs Clayton, of Throgmorton-street. 22. Rev. Mr. Quick, rector of Morchard Bishop, to Mifs Lavington, only daughter of the bishop of Exeter. 24. Rev. Mr. Richardfon, vicar of Finchingfield, in Effex, to Miss King, of Epping. 26. Mr. Simpson, merchant of OldFord, to Mifs Lydia Summers, of MileEnd. a Aug 11. Countess of Cardigan, «defivered of a daughter. The lady of John Corbet, of Shropfhire, Efq; of a fon.. 15. Lady of lord Carpenter, of a daughter. 18. The lady of Sir William Seabright, of a fon. 22. Lady of lord Beafon, of a fon. 29. The lady of William Harvey, Efq; knight of the thire for Effex, of a daugh ter. DEATHS. July 25. Jon of admiral Vernon. AMES Vernon, Efq; only The lady of the Right Hon. Charles lord Stourton. 26. Rev. Mr. Edward Gregory, minor canon of Durham. 29. The lady Sophia Hamlin, reli&t of Sir James Hamlin, of Warwickshire, Bart. "William Owen Pyr, in the 108th year of his age, who had been parish clerk at Dulas in the Inle of Anglefea, 83 years. 30. Rev. Dr. Bromley, rector of Wickham, in Hampshire: He was fon of Bromley, Efq; fpeaker of the houfe of commons in the reign of Q, Anne. Don Andrew Bueno, at Badajox in Portugal, aged 124. He was only a lieutenant of foot, tho' he had been in the fervice above 100 years. Aug. 3. Mr. John Lowe, formerly one of the common-council men of Aldersgate ward. Lady Dorothy Wefton, relict of Sir Ambrofe Wefton, Bart. 6. Hon. Mrs. St. Leger, fifter to the Right Hon. the late lord vifc. Donerayle. 7. Mr. Polhill, fon of David Polhill, Efq; member of parliament for Rochester, of a hurt he received by being thrown from his horfe at the foot of Westminster. Bridge, three or four days before. Mr. 1753. PROMOTIONS, BANKRUFTS, &e 380 . Mr. Ifaac Vaillant, uncle to Mr. Paul Vaillant, an eminent bookseller in the Strand, and formerly of the fame business. 8. James Crofts, Efq; in the commif fon of the peace for the liberty of Westminfter. 9. Rev. Mr. Peter Richardfon, under master of the grammar-school in Christ'sHofpital. 10. Rt. Hon. James lord Torpichan, in Scotland, and one of the lords of police there. Sir Harry Danvers, of Culworth, near Banbury, Bart. fucceeded by his brother, now Sir Michael Danvers, Bart. Rt. Hon. the lord Mountague Bertie, one of the oldest captains in the navy. 11. Mr. Matthew Collett, one of the hief clerks in the Bank of England. 13. Michael Harris, Efq; formerly one of the South-Sea, directors, aged 85. 14. Mr. Wefton, counsellor at law. 19. His excellency lieutenant-general George Churchill, commander in chief of his majesty's land forces in Scotland. 21. Hon. Mrs. Mordaunt, wife of Charles Mordaunt, Efq; and third daughter of Scroop lord Vifo. Howe. 24. William Smith, Efq; fecretary to the South-Sea company. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS, John Trenchard Bromfield, M. A. prefented to the rectory of Warmwell, with Ploxwell thereunto annexed, in Dorsetthire. Mr. Samuel Fauconer, chofen lecturer of the united parishes of St. Mary Somerfet and St. Mary Mounthaw.-Samuel Rigby, B. A. prefented by Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart. to the rectory of Conningholme, in Lincolnshire.-Richard Fawcett, D. D. to the rectory of Fenny-Compton, in Warwickshire.-Mr. Haines, by the lord chancellor, to the vicarage of St. Martin's, in Leicester.Dr. Afhburnham, dean of Chichester, to the refidentiaryship of St. Paul's, by his majefty, in the room of Dr. Johnson, bishop of Gloucester. Dr. James Wil lington, by his majesty, to the rectory of Savage-Leigh, in Suffex. Mr. Mence, one of the canons of St. Paul's, chofen - Gretford, in Lincolnshire. Chriftopher Anfty, B. D. by the maffér, fellows and fcholars of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the vicarage of Holme, Spalding Moor, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. WIL guards. PROMOTIONS Civil and Military. ILLIAM Marthall, Efq; made a captain in the first regiment of Richard Meadows, Efq; made a collector of the revenue of excife in the county of Effex.-Michael Hayes, Efq; appointed by the earl of Granville as principal bailiff of the island of Jerfey, to be one of the deputy bailiffs of that ifland. The earl of Cardigan, created knight of the Hon. order of the Bath. Mr. John Berresford, appointed by the court of directors of the Bank, one of their cashiers, in the room of Mr. Motifon, who refigned; and Mr. Martin, clerk of the Exchequer orders and ac compts, in the room of Mr. Collett, de ceafed.-Richard Littleton, Charles Pawlet, Edward Walpole, and Huffy Mon tague, Efqrs. created knights of the Bath and the earl of Cardigan, appointed grand mafter of the faid honourable order.Capt. John Richardfon, made a captain in the fecond regiment of foot-guards. D i AVID Ruffel the younger, now or late of Maidstone, butcher.William Whitehart, of Calne, in Wilts, drugget maker. John Spencer, late of Hanover-ftreet, near Long acre, taylor. William Church, late of the parish of Wooburn, in Bucks, paper maker.-Joha Stevenfon, late of Bickerton, in Cheshire, cheefefactor. Richard Fuller, late of Reading, innkeeper and vintner.-James Howarth, otherwife Haworth, late of Manchester, chapman.-Thomas Dixon, now or late of Rooley, in the parish of Kirkheaton, in Yorkshire, taylor and Jinen-draper.-John Gibbs, of the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, victualler. Thomas Varden the younger, of Macclesfield, dealer.-John Crichton, late of Newport Pagnell, in Bucks, linen-draper, -Henry Rooke, of St. Dunstan's in the Eaft, broker. John Martin Willett, of London, merchant. Stephen Maley, late of Pater-Nofter-Row, vintner.-John Cattean, of Crowland, in Lincoln fire, mercer and draper. James Pardoe, of Liverpool, merchant.-John Edwards, of Tooke's Court, in Curfitor-ftreet, St. Andrew's Holborn, hofier. - Charles Huddy, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, victualler, lecturer of St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish-John Manby, of Weltminster, coal Atreet. Mr. Michael Tyfon, prefented. by the lord chancellor, to the reftory of merchant. Samuel Plummer, late of Trowbridge, clothier and linen draper. THE 390 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 1753. T HE most remarkable occurrence that has lately happened in Europe, is a new treaty between the house of Austria and the duke of Modena, by which it is Laid to be ftipulated: 1. That a ferene highnefs be appointed perpetual governor of the dutchy of Milan, and the house of Auftria's vicar general in Italy, with a falary of 90.000 florins a year; his ferene highnefs to keep on foot a body of 4000 men, at the difpofal of the emprefs queen. 2. That her Imperial majesty have a right to place a garifon of her troops in the citadels of Mirandola and Reggio, and in the castle of Maffa-Carrara. 3. That the archduke Peter-Leopold, third fon of their Imperial majesties, shall marry the daughter of the hereditary prince of Modena, by the heiress of Maffa Carrara; and, if this princess die without heirs male, the estates of the houfe of Maffa-Carrara, and the dutchy of Mirandola, fhall go to the archduke Peter Leopold as his lady's fortune; but in cafe there be male iffue, the fhall have the principality of Fermia, and the other eftates in Hungary claimed by the duke of Modena, for her fortune. 4 That on the extinction of the male branch of the houfe of Eft, the duke of Modena's dominions shall all devolve to the houfe of Auftria. And it is faid, that in confequence of this treaty, the duke of Modena will next month take up his refidence at Milan, with a pension of 90,000 florins per annum. Laft month the Pruffian minister at the diet of Ratisbon, presented to that assembly his Pruffian majesty's final declaration with regard to the affair of Eaft-Frieslands and foon after the beginning of this month the Hanover minifter prefented to the faid affembly a memorial from his Britannick majefty, as elector of Hanover, by way of answer to this his Prufflan majesty's final declaration. From Amfterdam they write as follows: We are very attentive in this country to the king of Pruffia's taking into. his fervice and favour as many Irish and Scotch of the Jacobite party as be can. Amongst others, he has, not long ago, entered into a treaty with one of these. gentlemen, an Irish papist, who was well eftablished at Rotterdam, has a thorough knowledge of commerce, is a very cunning man, and who has fold a fine house, which he had in that city, in order to go into the fervice of the king of Prugia. 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