CONTENTS. ABSTRACT of a new scheme for a Prologue to Mr. Foote's comedy, called Tafte, written and spoken by Mr. Gar- rick, in the character of an auctioneer 4 ibid. On the death of Dr. Barrowby, late phy- An elegiack monody, upon hearing of the death of the Hon. Thomas Lee, Efq; commander in chief and prefident of his majesty's council in Virginia ibid. Remarkable diftrefs and deliverance at fea Treaties with Tunis and Tripoly The new judge of the high court of ad- King's answer to the lords address on the death of the queen of Denmark ibid. Marriages, births, and deaths at Copen- An account of fome experiments in order Account of a piece, intitled, The adven- tures of a VALET, written by himself An excellent letter of Cicero to his fon N APPENDIX to the LONDON MAGAZINE for 1751, with a A new SCHEME for a MILITIA in this Tis divided into A The first part fhews the safety of a well difciplined militia, and the danger of a ftanding army, both to prince and people; and the fecond part fhews fomething of the nature of the old Roman militia. As both these parts are well known, we need not enlarge upon them; but the third requires a full abstract. The author begins with fhewing, that in a free country the men, who have property as well as liberty to fecure, are the only perfons proper to be intrufted with arms; therefore he proposes, firft, a general militia, and, fecondly, a felect or standing militia, by county regiments, both of horfe and foot, to be chofen out of the general -militia. For forming this general militia he propofes, that every man in Great-Britain, at a certain age, and poffeffed of, or connected with a certain degree of property, fhould be of the militia, with a few January, 1752 B exceptions. The age he fixes is from 17 to 46; and that every man who has 40s. and under 5ol. a year in land, or 401. and under 6ool. in perfonal estate, and every man under this eftate who has a vote for members of parliament, together with their fons, fhould, during this part of life, be of the foot. All of 501. and under 3ool. a year in land, or 6ool. and under 36001. in perfonal estate, with their fons, to be of the horse. All of 300l. and under 500l. a year in land, or of 3600l. and under 6cool. in personal eftate, to have their choice to ferve perfonally in the horfe, or to furnish a man for the foot fervice, at their own expence., And all of 500l. a year and upwards, in land, or of boool. and upwards, in personal eftate, to be obliged, at their own expence, to furnish a man and horse for the horse service. The exceptions he propofes from this fervice are, all peers and their sons, privy-counsellors, members of the house of commons and their fons, knights of all degrees, juftices of the peace who act, all the clergy, the gentlemen of the law, practitioners in phyfick, all perfons employed in the fervice of the royal family or government, all papifts, all civil magiftrates, parish officers, failors, feafaring men, fishermen, and watermen. And he propofes, that a regifter should be kept Dof all the militia men in every parish, and tranfmitted yearly to the lord lieutenant and cuftos rotulorum of the county. The arms both of the horfe and foor militia he propofes to be furnished by each parish, but the former to fornifa A 2 their 4 A new SCHEME for a MILITIA. their horfes, faddles, bridles and boots, at their own expence; and as to their exercife, that they should, the first Sunday of every month, be exercifed, before or after divine fervice, by the churchwardens of each parish, who fhould have the keeping and care of their arms; and that once a year there fhould be a general mufter and exercife of the whole militia of the county, with proper penalties in both cafes upon abfentees. A Then as to the felect militia, he propofes, 1. That there fhould be in each county one regiment of horfe and another of foot, for the forming of which, one man in ten fhould be drawn out by lot from the general militia of the county at the B general mufter, fo that the regiments will confift of a greater or leffer number of men, according to the extent and riches of the county, and these regiments to be maintained at the expence of the county; but that the number of men in each regiment should be fixed at first, and not liable to be afterwards altered, only the pro- C portions to be afterwards altered as occafion might require. 2. That these regiments should have an uniform, and their time of fervice fhould be two years, after which to be free from any neceffary fervice in the general militia for one year. 3. That if any man, whofe bufinefs depended upon his perfonal attendance, should draw a lot for ferving in those regiments, he should have leave to fubftitute another, equally qualified, to ferve in his ftead. 4. The head quarters of thefe county regiments to be near the county town; and never, under pain of high treafon, to march out of their refpe&ive counties. 5. A reasonable standard for height to be fixed, and the lord lieutenant to have the command of the general militia, and to be colonel of each of the county regiments, without any pay; but the officers, who are to be appointed by him, to be paid by the county. And, 6. In cities which are counties, the chief magiftrate to have the fame power as the lord lieutenants in counties. Jan. fhould be determined by lot; that as foon as this is done, the recruiting officers of each battalion fhould attend three days before the general mufter of the county from whence they are to have their recruits; the draughts to be made from the county regiments by dot, and the men fo draughted to enter immediately into the fervice and pay of the crown, to leave their arms with the regiment, to receive one guinea for enlifting money, to serve for three years in time of peace, and for feven, or till difbanded, in time of war, and after the three years fervice to be free from all militia duty for two years, and after the feven years fervice to be free during life, except in cafe of invafions or infurre&ions. For raifing new regiments for the crown army in time of war, he proposes the fame method as for, raifing recruits, with this only difference, that two counties instead of one should be fixed by lot for raifing each regiment; and for this purpofe the lord lieutenants to order extraordinary general mufters of the counties, from whence thefe regiments are to be raised; but in all cafes of recruiting or railing new regiments for the crown army, he propofes that the city of London fhould be confidered as four counties, and the city of Westminster as two. And he concludes this part with fome D remarks upon military punishments and rewards the former of which in the militia, he fays, ought to be confined to difgrace or pecuniary mulets; and as to the latter, he propofes, that every foldier of the crown army, after seven years service in war, fhould have rol. per ann. during life, and the non-commiffioned officers more in proportion; and that fome badge of honour, fuch as a ruban and medal, fhould be given for any extraordinary instance of personal bravery. E F Then as to what we now call our ftanding army, which this author calls the crown army, he fays, that in time of peace, it fhould never confift of more than the guards, the foreign garifons, and the neceffary regiments for Ireland and the plantations; to be recruited once a year in time of peace, and in time of war as often as neceifary, from the coun- G ty regiments, and the draughts from - thence to be prefently made up from the general militia. For this purpose he prepofes, that the county from which each regiment or battalion is to be recruited, The last part contains remarks, and quotations from former authors, for confirming the neceffity and the usefulness of a well difciplined militia, with fome farther explanations of what he has propofed, which we need not repeat. A Briton bern, and bred an Auctioneer; 1752. Prologue to Mr. FOOTE'S TASTE, &c. 'Tis faid this night a certain wag intends Before you buy, be fure to understand, knoru. Why laugh at TASTE? It is a barmless True Britons all-and living in the Strand. Should it be known that English are employ'd, Yet fhall futurity behold his name, The honeft mufe is always virtue's friend. ADESCRIPTION of DERBYSHIRE, With a new MAP of the faid County. DERBYSHIRE is an inland county, having Nottinghamshire on the east, part of Cheshire and Staffordshire on the weft, Warwickshire on the fouth, Leicestershire on the fouth-weft, and York-. fhire on the north. It is about 38 miles long from north to south, and 26, where broadeft, from east to west, but much narrower in fome parts, and in the south not above 6 miles broad. It is computed at about 130 miles in circumference, and is reckoned to contain 680,000 acres ; is divided into 6 hundreds, has 106 parishes, and 10 market-towns, and fends 4 members to parliament, viz. two knights of C the fhire, who at prefent are lord Frederick Cavendish, and Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bart. and two burgeffes for the, town of Derby, who in the prefent parliament are lord viscount Duncannon, and Thomas Rivett, Efq; The river Derwent runs almoft thro' this county from north to fouth, dividing it into eaft and weft. The air is generally temperate and good, D but cold on the Peak mountains. The fouth and eaft parts are well cultivated, and fruitful in corn and grafs, and abound with gentlemens feats and parks; the north and weft parts, called the Peak, or Peak-land, are mountainous and barren, but yield great profit to the inhabitants by the valuable mines, especially of lead. There are alfo fome rich vallies between, and on the hills are fed very good tho' not very large fheep, in great abundance; nor are they wanting in good ftore of black cattle. Oats in these parts are their chief grain, with which they make their bread, and sometimes their beer. In other parts they make great quantities of malt, and are famous for their pale ale. In short, befides the rich produce of the furface of the earth in fome parts, this county is famous for its great number of lead, coal and iron mines, and quarries of free-ftone, limestone, marble both black and grey, alabafter, &c. They have also quarries that yield mill-ftones, grind-ftones, whetftones, &c. and in the Peak mines are found alabaftrites, ftalactites, vitriol, alum, &c. Lead is their principal commodity, of which they have great plenty, and very good, and in which they drive a very confiderable trade. They had much more A DESCRIPTION of DERBYSHIRE. A 6 Derby. Jan. We now proceed to the towns, which are, 1. Derby, the county town, which gives name to the fhire, 98 computed, and 112 measured miles N. W. from London. It was called by the Danes Deoraby, which fignifies a fhelter for deer, it being anciently a park, and a buck is in the arms of the town to this day. It is fituate on the river Derwent, over which it has a fair ftone bridge. It is a place of fome antiquity, being a borough in Edward the Confeffor's time, is now governed by a mayor, high-fteward, recorder, 9 aldermen, 14 brethren, 14. common-council men, and a town clerk, and is the only town in the county that fends members to parliament, who are chofe by the freemen and fworn burgeffes, about 700 in number. The town is large, well built, rich and populous, has great privileges, and is exempt from paying toll in London, or any other place, except Winchester and a few more. Here Care 5 parish churches, of which that called All-hallows is the chief, and has a beautiful high fteeple, erected at the charge of young men and maidens, as appears by the infcriptions. The townhell, where the affizes are kept, is a fine ftructure of free-ftone. A little river, called Martinbrook, on the south fide of the town, has 9 bridges over it. The trade is in wool, corn and malt, and it is noted for its fine ale. It has a very plentiful market on Fridays, and smaller ones on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It gives title of earl to the family of Stanley, and has done fo ever fince the reign of Henry VII. Before we defcribe the towns, we shall mention fome things worthy of observation in this county, leaving the most remarkable of all, called the Seven Wonders of the Peak, for a conclufion. - Near Byrchover valley is a large rock, with z tottering ftones, one of them 4 yards long, and 12 round, and rests on a point, fo equally poifed, that one may move it with a finger.-Near Brudwall, in finking a lead grove, was found a tooth, which, tho' a quarter of it was broke off, was 13 and inches round, and weighed 3 pounds, 10 ounces and 3 quarters; and among other pieces of bones, a large skull, which held 7 pecks of corn: Some think them to have belonged to an elephant, because elephants bones are found near Castleton, fuppofed to have been brought thither by the deluge; but Dr. Leigh thinks them to be the lufus naturæ of the fluor stalactites, caused by different mixtures of bituminous, faline and terrene particles. At Kedlafton there is a E well, that cures old ulcers, and the leprofy. In feveral mountains of this county are cavities at the bottom, called by the inhabitants Swallows, becaufe ftreams run into them, of which no vent appears. Dr. Leigh is of opinion, that the fubterraneous rivers in the Peak (of which hereafter) and thofe rapid fprings that iffue from the mountains near Caftleton, are formed by them.-The river Dove, which parts this county from Staffordshire, runs for the most part thro' a lime-stone, which gives fuch a fructifying quality to the waters, that when they overflow the neighbouring meadows, they become exceeding fruitful. The water is clear, famous for a fish called grailings, and ex- G ccllent trouts. It fwells fo much fometimes in 12 hours, that it carries off many fheep and other cattie, and in as little ime returns to its old channel. 2. Afhburn, 10 miles N. W. of Derby, on the borders of Staffordshire, a pretty large town, fituate in a rich foil, with a market on Saturdays. It began to decay much in the last age, many families being extinct, and others removed; and the reafon given by an author of that time, was the many attorneys living thereabouts, and its being within the Peverel courts. 3. Wirksworth, 7 miles N. E. of Ashburn, a large, populous town, with a market on Tuesdays. It is the chief town of the Peak, and the greatest lead-market in England, there being furnaces in the neighbourhood for melting it. A court is kept here for the miners, called the Barmoot court, confifting of a master and 24 jurors, who have power to set out 2 meers of land, 29 yards long in a pipework, and 14 yards fquare in a flatwork, to any perfon that has found a vein in any man's ground, except orchards and gardens; and they appoint the owner one |