alone arofe a right of building on that ground, which was the property of others.-That the city had a right, and had exercifed a right, for numberless years, as landlords of the bed of the river, could be eafily proved from the written minutes of the court of aldermen. Accordingly from many different volumes of repertorics, various cafes were read (fome Ico others 150, and others 200 years back) where the city had deftroyed ftairs and caufeways erected on the fides of the rivers, received rents for fheds and embankments, granted leave to erect stairs, &c. and all that parts of the rivers that were beyond the land limits of the city; in particular, a leafe of a part of the river now tenanted, at 40s. per Annum, by Sir Jofeph Mawbey, on the Surry-fide, was produced, and Mr. Mountague of the Chamberlain's Office, fwore to the receipt of the rent, together with 4d. yearly, that had been paid almoft 150 years, for an election on the fide of the river, between Temple-Bar and Somerset-Houfe: among other written teftimonies, one was read, where the commiffioners of the navy had petitioned, and received 'leave from the court of aldermen, to make an erection on the Surry fide the river.

MONDAY, 22.

This morning, at half past ten, the right hon. the Lord Mayor, left the Tower, attend. ed by the proper officers, and paffed through Tower Street, and Cannon Street, to be carried before the court of common pleas in Westminster hall, to which place he was followed by a vaft concourfe of people, amongst whom were many very refpectable perfons. Pow bells began to ring at the time his lordfhip came out of the Tower, and continued ringing till he was out of the city. Mr. Oliver did no go up.

When he came to the court of common

pleas, it was found that there was not a proper return of the Habeas Corpus, the licutenant of the Tower having directed it to Sir William De Gray, the chief juftice, instead of the court. As it was alleged that, in confequence of this crror, the Habeas Corpus was not before the court, Serjeant Glynn moved that, as he was in cuftody, and it did not apFear to the court by what authority he was imprifoned, he faculd be difcharged. The chief justice faid that he was miflaken in his cpinon; fince if the Habeas Corpus was not before them, neither could the Lord Mayer be before them. This difficulty, however, was furmounted by amending the return; and Serjeant Glynn made an excellent fpeech, giving reafons why they should discharge the Lord Mayor. Serjeant Jephton enforced his arguments by many cafes in point, and both feemed to have rendered the legality of his dif charge abfolutely cat in. The chief justice then gave his opinion in a long and laboured harangue, in which he endeavoured to invalidate every argument advanced by the counfel, and conluded by declaring that the matter in

queftion could not come under the cognizance of that court, and therefore that the Lord Mayor ought to be remanded. The other three judges, concurred with Sir William De Grey, and the Lord Mayor was remanded to the *Tower.

When his lordship came out of Westminfter-hall, to return to the Tower, the populace took the horfes from his coach, and dragged him in it to the Manfion-house where he dined; after which he figned feveral affidavits, and tranfacted fome other bufinefs which had been delayed for want of the attendance of the chief magiftrate.

TUESDAY, 23.

This being St. George's day, the laudable affociation of Antigallicans held their anniver fary feast at the Ship Tavern,at Ratcliffcrofs. Mr. Alerman Wilkes, the grand prefident of this year, Sir Jofeph Aiawbey, the grand prefident of the last year, and feveral other gentlemen, walked in proceffion with the ftewards to Stepeny Church, where an excellent fermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Evans, chaplain to the Lord Mayor. After divine fervice the gentlemen of the affociation went to the Tower to pay their compliments to the Lord Mayor, and to defire his lordship's leave to nominate him to the prefidentfhip for the enfuing year. The Tower gates were fhut, barred and bolted against them, and admittance abfolutely refufed. The picket guard was turned out. Several parleys enfued, and meflages paffed for above half an hour between the Governor and the gentlemen of the affociation. At laft it was fettled that only twenty Gentlemen fhould be admitted, and a small wicket was opened, through which, and between the guards, they paffed to his lordship's apartments. Mr. Alderman Wilkes then in the name of the gentlemen thanked his lordship in a fhort fpeech for the noble ftand he had made in defence of the liberties and conftitution of his country, and defired his permiffion to nominate him for the prefidentship of the enfuing year. The affociation then joined again at the Tower gates, and proceeded through Whitechapel to the Mile-end afiembly room, where the dinner was provided. The number of perfons, and the repeated loud fhourts of applaufe, during that long proceffion, were exceflive. The people feemed to have only one heart and one voice. The fame unanimity prevailed at the meeting at Mile-cnd, when 142 of the brethren dined together in the great affembly room. After the ufual toafts, Sir Jeieph Mawbey took notice, that that meeting was generally underftood to be the most numerous meeting in. the year of the freeholders of Middlefex, and therefore he wished to take their fenfe about the properiety of Mr. Wilkes's being a candidate as theriff for the county the midfummer enfuing? After Sir Jofeph had finifhed, two freeholders defired to know what

could

Could be done in cafe of Mr. Luttrell's vacating his feat, or of a diffolution of parliament. James Adair, Efq; then faid, that both thofe events had been foreseen, that only three new cafes could arife, Mr. Luttrell's vacating his feat, the demife of the crown, or the diffolving of the parliament; that in the fint cafe, the fheriff ought not to obey the writ, nor call the freeholders together, there being no legal vacancy for the county; that as to the two other cafes, the fame events might happen in any year when Mr. Wilkes was fheriff as well as the prefent, and there fore could be no particular objection to him at this time; that whenever either of thofe events did happen, fuppofe Mr. Wilkes then fheriff, fome friend of the caule and Mr. Wilkes would be found to fupply the vacancy for the time; that he heartly wished Mr. Luttrell might accept a place the ensuing year, and then the spirit and fidelity of Mr. Wilkes in their caufe would be fhewn in it's full force and ftrength. When Mr. Adair fat down, there was a general cry of the queftion, the question! Sir Jofeph Mawbey then faid, as many as are or opinion that Mr. Wilkes be a candidate for the office of fheriff of this county the year enfuing, hold up your hands." Every hand in the room was upon this held up. Succefs to Mr. Wilkes, as fheriff, was toafted in a bumper with three cheers, and the whole company promited to fupport his election. Mr. Wilkes then than ked the gentlemen for the honourable teftimony they had given him of their approbation, and declared that the public cause was always; nearest his heart, that he lamented the great bufinefs of the Middlefex election had fo long lain dormant, and feemed of late fhamefully neglected; that he wished for an opportunity to revive it, and fhould rejoice if that was the confequence of his fherifialty; that fo far from betraying the rights of the county, as had been wickedly fuggefted, he would defend them to the laft dying moment; that if Mr. Luttrell fhould vacate his pretended feat, and a new pretended writ should ifue, he would pay no obedience to it, nor call the county together in confequence of an act void in itself; for it must proceed on a fuppofition, on the lying pretext, of Mr. Luttrell's having a icgal Seat in the Houfe of Commons, which no man could have, who was not freely chofen by the people; that Mr. Luttrell could not fit as their reprefentative, the very idea was infolent; that he was feated there by a manifeft force and ufurpation, by ilegal violence; that the county and nation confidered Luttrell as having no feat among the reprefentatives of the commons of the realm, and therefore the pretence of it's being vacated was abfurd. He likewife mentioned the care he would take of a new freeholders' book, complained of the prefent as ex

ceedingly in correct and faulty, every page of which, he faid, the agents of the miniftry had now got by heart, but he hoped to remedy all the abufes of it, and to give that addition al fecurity to the prefervation of their lives and properties. Mr. Wilkes concluded, that he pleged himself to them for the prefervation of their nobleft liberties, the rights of election, that he perfectly knew the confe quences to himself of fuch a conteft with the prefent majority, that he wifhed for that important hour; that he would be undaunted in the fupport of their privileges, and of thofe honourable diftinctions he enjoyed by their favour, which the malice of his ene mies had only given them more frequent opportunities of confirming to him, and that he expected their fupport and esteem no longer than every action of his life proved him their faithful fervant and the ftrenuous affertor of the injured rights of that county, and of the whole nation. Mr. Wilkes's fpeech was received with general applaufe, and every gentleman prefent appeared perfectly fatisfied. The queftion was afterwards put, and carried unanimoufly, that "Brafs Crofby, Efq Lord Mayor of the city of London, be chofen grand prefident for the year end fuing."

THURSDAY, 25.

The higher affembly concluded their invef tigation of the embanking bill, on which they had been employed, fix days. Having had the fulleft evidence on the fubject, and heard council: they debated the question in the house, and it was carried in favour of the embankment and for committing the bill, twenty-nine to four.

The evidence on the fide of the embankment was univerfally allowed to be the most fatisfactory and conclufive that has ever been produced in any caufe, infomuch that Lord Camden, tho' ftrongly inclined to fupport the city, could not defend their claim of right to the foil of the river, and was obliged to acknowledge the public utility of the embankment; and allowed that the manner in which the city had exercised their office of confervancy was criminal.

Thus have the city of London been led into a moft unfortunate oppofition, carried on for a length of time, at an enormous expence; and have fo expofed their titles, which till' this time were not fufficiently understood, that they muft thereby forfeit a revenue perhaps of forty thousand pounds per annum to gain what their own council acknowledged could not be valued by a jury at more than five pounds.

If the city had fucceeded in this measure, it must have been fatal to an undertaking which has merited the public approbation, as the nobleft and most elegant attempt to improve and embellish the capital.

AME

AMFRICA. New-York, Feb. 14. We learn that an Eenglish schooner arrived lately at Statia, the mafter of which informed, that near that place he was brought to and robbed by a Spanish armed veffel; that the Spaniards ftripped and bound the crew, telling them that war was declared, and after whipping them feverely fuffered the veffel to proceed on her voyage.

New York, Feb. 15. The following is extracted from the votes of the House of Affembly against paying off the arrears of the barrack money, &c. pursuant to the billetting ftatute. A motion was made by Capt. De Lancey, in the words following, viz.

"Mr. Speaker, I move that there be allowed to E. and G. Banker, out of the firft monies arifing from the loan-office bili paffed this houfe, for monies advanced on account of this government, and fervices performed, 10171." And debates arifing upon the faid motion, and the queftion being put thereon, it was carried in the negative.

EAST INDIES.

Extract of a Letter from Madras, dated August 24.

Heyden Ally Cawn, with whom the English were at war on the coaft of Coromandel in 1768, is now beficged by Nanah, the king of the Maratta Horfe, in Vidanar Fort. Heyder has fent down to Madras, praying for affiftance and relief from the English, want ing chiefly field pieces, cannon, &c. but the English refused him, and ftand neuter, taking no Part in their difputes. The Nabob, Mahomed Ally Cawn of Arcotte, now refides at Madras, and has almoft paid off the monftrous debt he contracted with the English, who fupported him against Heyder Ally Cawn in the war in 1768."

Extract of a Letter from an Officer at Bengal dated Calcutta, Sept. 4, 1770 "You will undoubtedly receive very shocking accounts of the famine that has made fuch terrible ravages in the provinces of Bengal, Bahaar, and Oriza, nay throughout all Indostan The dearth has been fo very great for the laft fix months, that in the company's difricts alone (upon a moderate computation) there have died upwards of three hundred thousand inhabitants through mere want. During the laft fix weeks we have loft in Calcutta and its environs 7,6000; and at the cities of Patua and Muxadabad it is fuppofed more than double that number, although there are many public charities open, and every method that can be thought of taken for their relief. Hunger drives many of them to fuch diftrefs, that the ftrongest frequently in fome parts of the country fall upon the weaker, and devour them.

Balls, concerts, and all public entertainments, ought to fubfide at this time of general carcity; but I am forry to fay they have pot; and under the doors and windows of

thefe places of amufement lie many dead bodies, and others again in all the agonies of death, defpair, and want. But let me quit this melancholy subject, and inform you that there is a profpect of a very plentiful harvest, and grain begins to be cheaper. There has also been great mortality among the Europeans here; upwards of two hundred have died within these two months, and the fickly feafon is not yet over.

There was never fo great a fcarcity of cafh in Bengal as at prefent; not a rupee to be had even from the company part of the troops two months in arrear. Trade is dead; and the company, I am afraid, fall fhort of their revenues this year, the country being quite impoverished, the villages deferted, and the rioters (or renters) flown to the large towns for relief. However, among all these calamities, there is not the leaft talk of a war either here or upon the coast.

March 24.1

MARRIAGES.

ED

DWARD Chamberlain, Efq; to Mifs Elizabeth Blagden30. Samuel Pawfon, Efq; to Mifs Dorothea Lancake.

April 1. Lord Greville, fon of the earl of Warwick, to Miss Peachey-Mr. Keacon, goldfmith to Mifs Gowlet3. William Lemon, Efq; to Mifs Buller-Thomas Le Blanc, Efq; to Mifs Relhan-Ridgeway Owen Meyrick, Efq; to Mifs Wynn—4.- Brand, Efq; to Mifs Rober, William Creffwell, Efq; to Miis Hunter-Thomas Neate, Efq; to Mifs Charlotte Seward-Mr. Smith, haberdafher, to Mifs Pearfon-Sir George Ofborne, Bart. to Mifs Barnifter-9. James Dunlop, Efq; to Mifs Buchanan-Mr. Gough brazier to Mifs Hopkins-Mr. Alexander Champion, merchant to Mifs Fuller-10. Henry Hutchinfon, Efq; to Mifs Maria Martin-Mr. Payne, coach painter, to Mifs Rebecca Worfter-Mr. Eden Jeweller, to Mifs Solomons-Henry Fownes Lutterel, Efq; to Mifs Fanny Bradley-13. James Medlicott Flack, Efq; to the Hon. Lady Jane Sarah Flemming-Samuel Enys, Eiq; of Enys, to Mifs Penrofe-15. Joshua Peart, Efq; to Mifs Vivian-The Rev. Mr. Tew, fellow of King's College, Cambridge, to Miss Agnew

The Rev. Mr. Tooke, chaplain to the English factory at Cronstadt in Ruffia, to Mifs Heaton-John Coryton, Efq; to Mis Tilly-Dr. Richmond, of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Mifs Atherton.

DEATHS.

March 25.HOMAS Rammell, Efqage1 75; a gentleman univerfally esteemed by a numerous genteel acquain ance. In the early part of his lite he was feveral years in Incia, in the fervice of the company, by which his constitution was greatly impaired ; at forty he took to a milk

diet, which reftored him, and on which he lived entirely for thirty-five years. He had a most remarkably excellent memory, retaining not only the matter, but the dates of all that he had read or otherwise came to his knowledge. Nor was he lefs remarkable for every good quality that can adorn mankind. He died of a fit of the palley.

April 1. Samuel Parkinfon, Efq;-Mrs. Wynn-Rev. Mr. Rochford, vicar of Kingf bury, Warwickshire-The Rev. Simon Hughes, rector of Hampnet and of Stowell, in Gloucestershire-3. Mr. Obediah Wright, hofier-Mrs. Mary Griffith-4. Colonel Timothy Carr, Efq; first equerry to his majefty-Mr. Robert Smith, folicitor in chancery-Mrs. Maynard-John Phillips, Efq; -Tho. Whittingham. Efq;-Lady Mary Fitzpatrick-8. James Burges, Efq; apothecary general to his majesty's board of ordnance-9 Joshua Richardfon, Eq;-John Dunfo d Efq;-Lady Bingley-John Penrofe, Efa;-Mr. Mullins Perfumer-John Pilkington, Efq;-The Rev. Mr. LongMr. Lucas, wine and brandy merchant Mr. Edward Wilfon, mafter of the Whitehorfe inn, Fetter lane-Mrs. Fletcher-G. Canning, Eq;-The Rev. Mr. Julius Bate -Mr. Jofeph Hinton, fenior matter of the vintners rorters, and porter to the king's wine cellers-Mr. Hughes, attorney-Mr. Bird, chemift-Mr. Porter, broker-Mr. Jfeph Shaw, Manchefter warehousemanSamuel White, Efq; Robert Frafer, Efq; captain in the fervice of the Eaft-India compiny.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

PAR

FRANCE.

ARIS, March, 29. The converfation of this city is engroffed by the proteft made to the king the 13th iuft. by the princes of the blood against what has been done to the prejudice of the parliament, and delivered that day to his majesty at Choify by Mr. de Pour, firft gentleman of the bedchamber to the duke of Orleans. This proceed ng of the princes of the blood induced the king to call a council the Friday following, in which it was debated, whether the princes of the blond fhould not be banished; but fuch violent proceedings meeting with great oppofition nothing was concluded upon at that time.

Laft Monday the court of Aids received a letter de cachet, by which the king ordered to appear before him on the Wednesday following a eleven o'clock in the morning, the first prefident, two other prefidents, and the greffier with his regifters: it is fuppofed with a defign to erafe the refolutions of that

court on the 22d inftant.

Paris, April 12. There are great doings here in the political way. On Saturday

there was a fecond bed of juftice at Verfailles. The king appointed the members of his great council in the place of the parliament of Paris, which is now entirely deffolved. The Duc D'Aguillon is minifter for foreign affairs. There were none of the princes of the blood, except the Count de la Marche, at Verfailles, on Saturday. They had all, however, been fummoned; and not appearing, they are henceforth forbid the court. All the peers present, it is faid, adhered to the proteft of the Duc D'Uze, the oljeft peer in France. The princes of the blood, who were not at Verfailles, gave in their proteft at Paris, to the clerk of the parliament.

The first prefident of the court of aids is banished, ani that court fuppreffed.

DENMARK.

Copenhagen, March 30. The king has removed the Count de Moltke from the post of grand marshal of the court, and Mr. de Luke from the pots of great chamberlain, and first prefident of the magiftracy. His majefty has likewife reduced the number of pages, and made feveral other alterations in his houfhold.

Private letters from Copenhagen advise, that the queen of Denmark is with child, to the great joy of the whole nation, and is happily in perfect health. Thefe letters add, that the king of Denmark has granted the liberty of the prefs in his dominions; and that his majesty has received a letter in confequence from M. De Vo taire, together with a poem; wherein he ftiles this liberty the greatest bleffing which his Dinish majef ty could have b ftowed upon his fubjects for the improvement of learning.

GERMANY.

Ratisbon, April 4. The emperor has declared by his minifters at foreign courts, that the army he is affembling in Hungary, is only to protect his dominions from any fud den infult from the many foreign troops that are upon the frontiers of that kingdom. POLAND.

From the Frontiers of Poland, March 9. The confederates have made themselves mafters of the whole palatinate of Cracow, except the cafle of the town of the fame name, and have taken poffeffion of the suburb of Caffimir, where they plundered the Jews quarter. On the other hand Marshal Sawa has entered Lithu nia, and not content with railing high contributions there, he has taken or destroyed every thing be longing to the king.

Continuation of the War between the Rus

SIANS and the TURKS.

From the Viftula, March 13. The campaign will open very foon, and will pro bably be a very hot ony, if a pace does not prevent it. The Ruflian army, which is provided with every necellary, has been re

inforced