Parliament, we think it incumbent on us, in Return, to confider that Part of our Duty to be the highest Honour and Privilege of this Houfe, which, as we bave always enjoyed, fo we beg Leave to affure Your Majesty, we will never abuje. We will ufe our utmost Endeavours to proceed in fuch Manner in the speedy Execution of the great Truft repofed in us, that the People may be fully fenfible, that no unreasonable Heats or Animofities fball delay or interrupt our Deliberations; and that the true Interest of our Country, the present and future Eafe of our Fellow Subjects, and the PublickGood of Great Britain fall outweigh all other Confiderations, though covered by any fpecious Pretences whatsoever. Upon thefe Foundations, we may be confident, that our Refolutions will be agreeable to Your Majesty, by being beReficial to the whole Nation. His MAJESTY's moft gracious ANSWER. I thank you for this Dutiful and Loyal Addrefs. As the Eafe of my People and the Publick Good have always been My chief Care and Concern, the Zeal that you fhew for the promoting of them cannot but be very acceptable to Me, and will most effectual ly recommend you to My Favour and Protection. Moft Gracious Sovereign, We Your Majesty's most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled, humbly beg Leave to return Your Majesty Our most Sincere and hearty Thanks for Your most Gracious Speech from the Throne. The Situation of Affairs, both at Home and Abroad, gives your Faithful Commons the Higheft Satisfaction, and fills their Hearts with the deepest Senfe of Gratitude to your Majesty, being fully fenfible, that the Prefent Happiness We enjoy, is the entire Ef feet of Your Majesty's Wisdom and Refolution. Such Supplies, às fhall be necessary for the Honour, Safety, and Defence of Your Majesty, and Your Kingdom, fali chearfully and effectually be raised by Your Faithful Commons, with all poffible Duty to Your Majesty, and a just Regard and Concern for thofe We reprejent. We also beg Leave, to affure Your Majesty, that in all Our Deliberations, as well in raifing the Supplies, as in the Distribution of the Publick Revenues, We will purfue fuch Measures, as will most conduce to the Present and Future Eafe of Our Fellow Subjects, and fuch, as, agreeably to Your Majesty's known Goodness and Gracious Intentions towards Your People, and the conftant Endeavours of Your Faithful Commons, fhall be confiftent with the Honour and Justice of Parliament, and with the Trade, Intereft, and Liberty of the Nation. That our Proceedings may carry with them Weight and Credit, which ought always to attend the Refolutions of the Commons of Great Britain, and that the neceffary Dispatch may be given to the Publick Business, We will ufe Our utmost Endeavours to avoid all unreasonable Heats and Animofities, nor fuffer ourselves to be diverted, by any fpecious Pretenees whatsoever, from todfastly pursuing the true Intereft of Our Country, which, in Pursuance of Your Majesty's most Gracious Recommendation, from Your great Example, and our own indifpenjable Duty, fhall upon all Occafions be Our first and principal Care. The KING's Answer. I return You my Thanks for thefe purfue purfue fuch Measures, as will moft conduce to the Eafe and Interest of all my Subjects, will as effectually recommend You to the good Opinion and Efleem of my People as they are acceptable to Me. FRIDAY, 19. At a general Court of the S. Sea Company, it was agreed, to addrefs his Majefty, humbly praying him to continue their Governor: And refolv'd, That the Dividend for the half Year ending at Christmas fhould be 2 p. Cent. Sir John Eyles, the Sub-Governor, then acquainted the Court, that Sir Thomas Geraldino had deliver'd in a Representation explaining his former Propofals to the Company for giving them an Equivalent, for the yielding up the Affiento Trade, and defired to know whether that Paper, or the Attorney-General's Opinion on the Cafe relating thereto, fhould be first read; and the Court chufing to read the latter, the fame was read accordingly; and the Court deeming it a Matter of the greatest Importance to the Company, thought it required a very ferious and full Confideration, therefore deferr'd it to a farther Confideration, at the next general Court. The Sub-Governor then made a Speech to the Court, concluding thus: My Want of Health for fome Time paft having determin'd me to think no more of being a Candidate for this Station, which I have held for fo many Years thro' your Favour; I lately acquainted your Directors with the Rejolution I had taken; I am now obliged to declare the fame to you, and to defire that fome other Perfon may be thought of to fupply my Place at the approaching Election. At the fame Time I beg Leave to affure you, that in all Situations, I fhall be as inftrumental as I am able to the Profperity of this Company. SATURDAY, 20. The under-written Letter was this Day figned by the Mayor, and the VOL. II. F reft of the Aldermen of Coventry (except Alderman Kelley, who is Poft-Mafter) and fent to each of their Reprefentatives in Parliament, viz. SIR, We being apprehensive that a Motion will be made during this prefent Seffion of Parliament, to convert fome of the Cuftoms into an Excife on home Confumption; and baving duly confider'd the pernicious Confequences that will enfue, fhould the fame take Effea, not only to the Trade of this Kingdom but to the Liberties of the Subject, thought it our Duty to let you know onr Sentiments on this important Occafion, earnestly requesting you to oppose any new Excife, or any Extenfion of Excife Laws whatsoever. (See p.38.) Letters of the fame Import were fent from several other Corporations in the Kingdom to their Reprefentatives; and among the reft were the following Inftructions given by the Corporation of St. Alban's, under their Common Seal, to their Reprefentatives in Parliament, at the late Election of a Member for that Borough. SIR, We have chofen you to be our Reprefentative in Parliament, which is the highest Truft we can repofe in you; and in Returu for fo great a Confidence, we expect you will have a conftant Regard for the Intereft of your Couutry, and especially of this Borough; but as this is a very critical Conjun&ture, we think it neceffary to give you more particular Inftructions. In the firft Place, Sir, as we are in profound Peace, we are furpriz'd to find no Reduction of the Land Forces, which we conceive to be dangerous to our Conftitution, and we feel to be very burthenfome and oppressive to us. the next Place, we are alarm'd with an Attempt to be made this Seffion of Parliament, for extending the Excife Laws to Commodities not yet excis'd. We hope, however, that these Reports are falfe, and rais'd by the Enemies In to to our Conflitution, and to his Majefty's Government. But if any one who calls himself an Englishman, fhould be fo much an Enemy to bis Majesty as to propofe fuch a Scheme, we expect, Sir, from you, the most vigorous Oppofition to it; for we shall and us, look upon the Continuance of fo great a Body of Land Forces, and an Increase of Excife Officers, under our prefent Circumstances, as a fure Prefage of an entire Subverfion of our ancient Conftitution, and all the valuable Privileges belonging to it, which have fo long diftinguished us from our neighbouring Nations. A Conftitution, Sir, that our Forefathers bave, at the Expence of their Lives and Fortunes, delivered down fafe to us, and which, we hope, we hall have the Virtue and Courage to deliver to latest Pofterity, under a Succeffion of Princes fuing from his preJent moft facred Majesty, whofe Family came in on the Principles of Liberty, and who can be maintained on no other; whoever, therefore, tries to fap the Foundations of Liberty, is at the fame Time undermining bis Majesty's Title to the Crown, which Thoughts give us the utmost Abhorrence; and we expect from you, Sir, a constant and steady Parjuit of fuch Mcafures as will keep our Conftitution, as near as may be, in the jame Situation under which it has long flourish'd, and we don't doubt but in fuch Conduct you will have the Afiance of our other worthy Member, and of all honeft Englishmen. MONDAY, 29. Of the 16 Malefactors, whereof 6 were condemn'd laft Seffions, and the other 10 the two Seffions before, 12 were this Day executed at Tyburn. Catherine Saunders, John Booker, John Jenkins, and William Roberts, were repriev'd for Transportation. (See p. 39, and Vol. I. p. 367, 484.) TUESDAY, 30. The Lord Bishop of Chester preached this. Day before the House of Lords, the Rev. Dr. Marfan before the House of Commons, and the Rev. Dr. Berriman before the Lord Mayor, &c. WEDNESDAY, 31. A Court of Lieutenancy was held at Guildhall, when they prefented the Artillery Company with 500/ towards building a new Armory in the Artillery-Ground: His late Majefty K. George I. gave the like Sum before his Death; fo that the said Building will be erected with the utmoft Expedition. Ecclefiaftical PREFERMENTS. Mr. John Ingram, prefented to the Living of Stoneham in the County of Southampton, void by the Death of the laft Incumbent. Mr. Richardson of Black - Heath, appointed Reading Chaplain atWhiteball, in the room of the Rev. Mr: Carleton, now Sub-Dean of his Majefty's Chapel Royal. Dr. Butts, Dean of Norwich, made Bishop of Norwich in the room of the late Dr. Baker, deceased. Dr. Cecil, Rector of Hatfield in Hertfordshire, made Bishop of Bristol, in the room of Dr. Bradshaw, deceased. Dr. Conybeare made Dean of ChriftChurch, in the room alfo of Bishop Bradshaw. Dr. Atwell, appointed Rector of Exeter College, in the room of Dr. Conybeare. Dr. Baptift Noel Barton prefented by the Lord Chancellor to the Rectory of Wing in the County of Durbam. Mr. Woodman, Vicar of Chifwick in Middlefex, by the Earl of Burlington, to a Living near Grantham in Lincolnshire, worth about 300l. per Ann. Mr. Richard White, B. D. by the Lord Chancellor to the Rectory of Abbotsham, in the County of Devon and Diocese of Exeter, void by the Death of the laft Incumbent. William William Hunt, M. A. by his faid Lordship, to the Rectory of St. Peter in Norfolk. The Rev. Dr. Tyrwhit, Son-inLaw to the Bp. of London, is appointed Canon-Refidentiary of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Godolphin, deceas'd. His Majefty has appointed the Rev. Dr. Bland to be Provolt of Eaton College, in the Room of Dr. Godolphin, deceafed, worth 1500l. p. Ann. The Lord Chancellor prefented the Rev. Mr. Woodford to the Living of Allhallows London Wall, in the room of Mr. Richardfon, deceased, worth 200l. per Ann. PROMOTIONS Civil and Military.' The Earl of Effingham continu'd Deputy Earl Marshal of England. Henry Bowater, Efq; chofen Treafurer of St. Bartholomew's Hofpital, in the room of Robert Gay, Efq; who refign'd. The Lord Cathcart appointed one of the Lords of the Bedchamber to his Majefty, in the room of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who refign'd. Capt. Charles Windham appointed Commander and Mr. Nathaniel Orris Lieutenant of the Falkstone: And Capt. Charles Fanshaw Commander and Mr. Mitchel Lieutenant of the Roebuck; both fixth Rates of 20 Guns. Henry Fox and Richard Bateman, Efqs; made Receivers General in the Counties of Glamorgan, Monmouth, Radnor, Brecknock, Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Pembroke, and in the Town of Haverford Weft, in South Wales. The King's most excellent Majefty chofen Governor, Sir Bybye Lake, Bart. Sub-Governor, and Charles Hayes, Efq; Deputy Governor of the R. African Company: And the following Gentlemen to be the Court of Affiftants, viz. Sol. Aftley, Etq; Mr. Peter Affelin, The Brasa, Efq; Jofeph Bradshaw, Efq; John Baker, Elq: Mr. Tho. Bird, Th. Budicoate, Efq; John Bodicoate, Elqs Francis Boteler, Efq; Mr. John Carr, Chriftian Cole, Efq; Rob. Cruikbank, Elq; Mr. John Dale, Daniel Finch, Efq; John Gascoyne, Efq; * Mr. JohnGoddard, Mr. Edw. Jasper, John Laroche, Efq; Charles Lloyd, Elq; Hen. Parfons, Efq; Benj. Periam, Efq; Tho. Revell, Efq; John Thompson, Efq; and Philip Wilkinson, Efq; were N. B. Thofe marked with not of the laft Court of Afiftants.. Sir John Jennings, Knt. appointed Rear Admiral of Great Britain and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Fleet, in the room of the Lord Vi count Torrington. The Hon. Stephen Cornwallis, Efq; Brother to the Right Hon. the Lord Cornwallis, Member of Parlia ment for Eye in Suffolk, and Col. of a Reg. of Foot, appointed one of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Privy Chamber, in the room of the late William Lewis Legrand, Efq;. The Rev. Mr Tho. Ridgley, and the Rev. Mr. John Guyje two emi-, nent Diffenting Miniiters had lately the Degree of Doctors in Divinity conferred on them by the Univerfity of Aberdeen. Matthew Norris, Efq; Son of Sir John Norris, unanimously elected a Reprefentative in Parliament for the Town and Port of Rye, in the room of his Brother John Norris, Efq; whofe Seat was vacated by his Acceptance of the Place of Ufher of his Majefty's Cuftom-Houfe in the Port of London. Sir Charles Wager kifs'd the King's Hand, on his being appointed fift Commiflioner of the Admiralty, in the room of the late Lord Torrington. At the fame Time his Majefty was pleased to appoint the fid Gentleman one of his mot Hon. Privy Council, Mr. Merryl chofen Member of Parliament for St. Alban's, in the room of Tho. Gape, Efq; deceafed. F2 The Thomas Saunders of Brill, Efq; appointed Sheriff for Bucks; and Charles Jones of Shrewsbury for Salop. Capt. James Winter unanimously chosen an elder Brother of the TrinityHoufe, iu the room of the Ld. Vilc. Torrington, deceas'd. On the 27th came on the Election of an Alderman for Cheap-Ward, in the room of Sir William Humphreys, Bart. who as Senior Alderman (and now Father of the City) has accepted of Bridge-Ward-Without, in the room of Sir Gilb. Heathcote, deceas'd. The Candidates were Robert Kendall, Efq; and Robert Westley, Efq; The LordMayor declar'd the Majority of Hands to be for Mr. Westley, but a Poll being demanded and granted, Mr. Kendall had 135 Voices, and Mr. Weftley 105. Sir Richard Hopkins, Knt. chofen Sub, and John Bristow, Efq; DeputyGovernor of the S. Sea Company. The Right Hon. Pattee Byng, Efq; now Ld. Torrington, continued Treafurer of the Navy. MARRIAGES and BIRTHS. Sir John Eggleton, of Rochampton, Bart. married to Mifs Langdle, eldest Daughter of John Langdle, Efq; of Putney, a young Lady of 150004. Fortune. Stephen Franks, Efq; of Great George-freet, Hanover Square, to the only Daughter of Mr. Smith, of BondAreet, a young Lady of 4000 /. For tune. The Rev. Dr. Thomas, Rector of St. Bennet's near Doctor's-Commons, to Mils Muljoe, a young Gentlewoman of 3000/. Fortune. Philip Pembroke of Natton, in Suffolk, Efq; Member of Parliament for Ipfwich, to Mils Bowes, of Bury St. Edmund's, a Fortune of 15,000 %. Mr. Cade, Son of the late Dr. Cade, to Mifs Perry, Sifter to Mr. Alderman Perry, a young Lady of 10,000!. Fortune. Mr. Anderson of Bishopfgate-freet, to Mifs Simpfon, a Fortune of 20,000%, The Hon. William Finch, Efq; his Majefty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the States-General, to the Lady Anne. Douglas, Sifter to his Grace the Duke of Queensberry and Dover, a Fortune of 15,000l. The Lady of the Right Hon. the Lord Glenorchy, Knight of the Bath, Member of Parliament for Saltash, and Son and Heir apparent to the Earl of Broadalbine, was brought to Bed of a Son and Heir. DEATHS. The Right Hon. the Countefs of Clanriccard. Theophilus Yong, Efq; Sir Sam. Woodman, an E. India Mer. Madam Larocque, Relict of Mr. Larocque, formerly a Spanish Merchant. The Rev. Mr. John Betts, Vicar of Little Wakering in Effex. Jobn Hampton, Efq; of Whitby in Yorkshire. The young Lord Coningsby, only Son of the Countefs of Coningsby, by Sir Michael Newton, Kt. of the Bath. Leonard Woodeon, Efq; Clerk to the Board of Works. Owen, Efq; a Gentleman of a great Eftate in Hertfordshire. Sir Geofrey Palmer, Bart. Grandfon of the famous Sir Geoffry, Attorney-General to K. Charles II. Mr. Charles Snell, the mott eminent and ingenious Writing Master and Accomptant of his Time, or that ever this Nation produc'd. Baynbrig Buckridge, Efq; formerly in the Service of the Eaft-India Company at Fort St. George. The Rev. Mr. Huxley, Lect. of St. George's in the East, and Senior Fellow of Brazen-Naje College, Oxon. Chriftopher Rawlinson, of CarkHall in Lancabire, Efq; The Lady Meyers, Relict of Sir Peter Meyers, late an eminent Hamburgh Merchant of this City. Mrs. |