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The GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, VOL. XXII.

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ODE for his Majesty's Birth-day.

By COLLEY CIBBER, Efq;

RECITATIVE.

M.] But the heart you have smitten is tog

tough for breaking,

Or, happen what will, it is all her own seeking,
S.] My confcience is eas'd; I refolve to retire,

Great patriot prince, of race fublime! And pray that defpair may extinguith her fire.

In whom the ftreams imperial meet,
Of Brunswick and Plantagenet,
Heroick in the rolls of time;
CHORUS.] Accept, in duty to the day,
The humble for the worthy lay.
AIR:

Not the fond mother's eye from shore
Can the high-beating waves explore,
More anxious for a fon's return,

Than when to distant realms remov'd,
With filial fond defire belov'd,
Our hearts for thee, Auguftus, burn.
RECITATIVE.

Behold! behold! the feas and wind,
Blefs'd Britain, to thy vows are kind
Again has Cafar touch'd thy fhore,
And fighing ladness is no more.

AIR.

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When Cafar's prefence glads our eyes,
Our joyous funs more radiant rife;
Returning fprings embloom the field,
And happier harvefts autumn yield;
Not peace to harrafs'd worlds more dear,
Than after abfence Cæfar here.

. RECITATIVE.
While Rome a Cæfar lefs endear'd,
Inroll'd among her gods, preferr'd,
The greatest good her subjects faw,
Was that their monarch's will was law.
AIR.J But liberty, which George fuftains,
Poftpones the praife of Roman reigns;
Tho' wars may right of crowns affign,
'Tis virtue forms the right divine.
DUETTE.

Thus may triumphant Britain fing,
With greater truth her greater king.

CHORUS.

That long his days high heav'n may spare
Is our first fervent morning pray'r;
To this we quaff the ev'ning bowl,
Till funs beneath our ocean roll.

M.] To have fir'd an old houfe, you may fairly be faid;

But let not my friend pull it over his head.

Tranflation of the MOTTO, p. 474

A Wife should kind, calm, careful be, not

rove,

This the fhell fhews,the keys,shut lips, the dove.
Seighford, Nov. 20,

Another. By UPTONIENSIS.

E. B.

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Anether. By a Lad of 14.

EEP clofe at home, the tortoife fays; Mind well your house-the keys; tleman, called Saint. On an elderly Lady a- The clofe-prefs'd lip-few words and wife'; broad falling in love with the latter.

Saint. Wat marquefs, advife:

Hat courfe fhall I fteer? my lord

I am forely befet by a pair of blue eyes.
Marq.] But eyes, blue or black, are for
wearing the worse;
[nurse.
Perhaps, they were brighter, when you was at
S.] Your lordship muft go; but, alas! what
fhall I do?

M.] Why leave the ftale maid, as Aneas

left Dido.

S.] Her murder, Ilke Dido's, may follow my

The turtle-love and peace,

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And murder's fin, if my bible be right. [flight, Bora, ve wives, live in filence and love,

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abroad ever goflip and roam; This learn from the keys, and the lips, and the

dove,

And the tortoife still dwelling at home.

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An Elevation of Surgeon's Hall in the Old Bailey: Built in 1752

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Hiftorical Chronicle, November 1752.

MONDAY OF. 30.

HE feffions ended at the Old Bailey, when 2 received fentence of death; John Simon, for ftealing a pair of filver A buckles, a guinea and from 55. Thomas Green, and Wm Montgomery, for perjury on September 7, 1748. in Twearing before Sir Robert Ladbroke, lord that he was a fugitive beyond the feas mayor, on Jan. 1, 1747. in order to defraud his creditors. It appeared he was at home, in Sbad- B well, where he kept a publick houfe. [He was executed at Tyburn on the 13th, and bebaved penitently.] Simon was afterwards order'd for transportation for 14 years; 26 for 7 years; 7 to be whip'd and 3 to be branded. THURSDAY Nov. 2.

An advertisement appeared in the Daily
Ad. from the poor unfortunate artificers in
the feveral branches of the fan trade, whofe C

number is near 1000; returning thanks to the
company of fan-makers for petitioning the E.
India directors to difcontinue the importation
of fans. To excite the regard and compaffion
of the ladies, it afferts that the home made
fans are every way preferable to foreign; and
that by difcouraging the latter, they will re-
lieve a number of unfortunate families from D
the moft grievous distress and despair.

At a fale of the fociety's pickled herrings
catch'd this feafon off Yarmouth, which were
bought by the W. India merchants to feed
their negroes; the prices were,
456 whole barrels at about

6 half barrels 141 kegs

235.

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The number of buffes employ'd in the E fishery this year was only 18, and they have Caught good barrels of herrings. By the 15th of June the buffes will be increased to 67, FRIDAY 3.

floor, but fome of it being tafted, it was thought to be a kind of alcali; one of the gentlemen then seized on one of the glaffes he had filled with his pretended diffolvent, which Gen. Ad. proved to be ftrong foap lees.

[An Italian, in like manner, made feveral injections (first pretending to tafte the liquor, and even put it into his eyes) into the bladder of Mr Forrester of Belton Street, who after every injection but the firft, (which was thought only to be water) was in great torment, and cry'd out grievoufly Fire, fire, in my bowels. He died Aug. 2d laft, in great agony, and being open'd, two large ftones fticking together, were found in his bladder, not at all leffen'd, and one in his kidneys.] MONDAY 6.

479,500 yards of linen were enter'd at the custom houfe from Dublin.

WEDNESDAY 8.

The Right Hon. Grifp Gascoyne, Efq; was fworn lord mayor of this city at Guildhall.

This morning his majefty fet out from Hanover, reach'd Ofnaburg that night, lay on the 9th at Hoolton, arrived at Utrecht on the roth about 4 in the afternoon, went on board his barge about 6, on the 11th arrived at Helvoet Sluys about 1, in perfect health. Maeflandfluys, about 10 in the morning, and

THURSDAY 9.

The lord mayor was fworn into that high office at Westminster, with the ufual folemnities; and made a fine appearance with a fu perb coach and 6 horfes decorated with ribbons and gilt furniture.

BATH, FRIDAY IO.

Between nine and ten o'clock, her Royal Highness the Princefs Amelia was carried in a chair from her lodgings to the Guildhall where the mayor and corporation were affembled, in order to take coach, on her return for London. The magiftrates waited on her royal highness, in form, to the north-gate, where her coach ftopping, Richard Roberte Efq; the town-clerk, addrefs'd her royal highness in the following manner:

PErmit, moft gracious princefs, the corpora

tion of this well-affected city, to give your royal highness joy of a day diftinguith'd by the birth of his majefty, your royal father. His fovereignty over us, entitles him to our obedience; and his exercife of it, with an affiduous attention to the welfare of his fubGjects, renders that obedience easy and chearful.

There was a meeting of the principal pro-
Fellors of phyfic and furgery, by the invita
tion of a gentleman afflicted with the ftone,
who had been under the care of an Italian,
who pretended to be poffefs'd of a fecret for F
diffolving the tone in the bladder by injec
tion, and propos'd making the experiment be-
fore them; for their greater fatisfaction, he
defired they would bring fome ftones with
them that had been taken out of human fub-
jects; he accordingly put fome of the men-
truum on the different ftones, but on being
told that was not at all fatisfactory, for he
muft drink of the liquor to fhew it was in-
offenfive to the ftomach, he at laft pretended
to do fo, but fone of the gentlemen prefent,
obferving that he did not take the fame phial
from his pocket that he had pour'd out of be-
fore, were convinced of there being fome im-
pofition, and infifted on fearching him, which
he refufed a confiderable time, but at length
produc'd two phials, which he had emptied
in his pocket and left the liquor fhould be
obferved on the ground, he pretended to wash
out the bottles and fprinkle the liquor on the
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The most inveterate prejudice is unfurnished with even one fingle inftance of his deviating from our eftablish'd laws; and happy muft that people be, whofe prince always makes laws, enacted by their own confent, the ftandard of his government. To continue thefe bleffings, may the fhip entrusted with his facred perfon, be confcious of its imporH tant charge, and convey him, unhurt, to his rejoicing fubjects; and may his reign over us be long and profperous.

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HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

To convince us, madam, that every human joy is incompleat, ours, in the celebration of this happy festival, receives no small diminu tion from the departure of your royal highnefs: Our concern upon this occafion is at

tween the Marq. of Rockingham plaintiff, and the lord mayor and corporation of the City of York defendants, to prove the right to nominating a town clerk for that city, when after a long hearing, they brought in their verdict special, and it is to be argued before the

tributed, we own, to your obliging behavi- A four judges of that court next term.

our, and unaffected condefcention to us.

These, and your other perfonal accomplishments, command our reverence and engage our attention, and afford a copious and pleafing fubject for our praife and admiration; but, your royal prefence forbids our enjoyment of it, and we are justly confcious, we fhould give too great offence to fome of your virtues, by attempting to do juftice to others.

Thus far, however, we will prefume to de- B clare our defires, that your felicity may be in feme measure adequate to your deferts; and to affure your royal highness, if our united wishes can prevail, you are already fecure of a fafe return to the arms of his majefty, whom God long preferve to be a bleffing to his people.

Her royal highness return'd a very affectioC nate answer.

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A quarterly committee of the laudable order of Anti-Gallicans was held by the Hon. Edward Vernon, Efq; grand prefident, at the Crown behind the Royal Exchange, when it was agreed by the fociety to give the following premiums: For the best pair of men's needle-work ruffles, to be produced to the committee in the first week in May next, 5 D guineas; to the fecond, 3 guineas; and to the third, 2 guineas. And for the best piece of English bone- lace for ladies lappets, to be produced to the committee in Auguft next, 15 guineas; to the fecond, 10 guineas; and to the third, 5-guineas.

SATURDAY II.

Twenty children (out of 59) were admitted, by lot, into the Foundling Hospital.

SATURDAY 18.

His majefty who failed from Helvoet Sluys about 10 on the 19th, landed at Gravefend a bout 2 this afternoon, and arrived about 5 at St James's in perfect health, Gaz.

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A lad about 8 years of age, who carries news-papers about Highgate; was decoy'd by a barber's apprentice out of Hornsey Lane into a field, who upon his refufing to deliver his money, cut his throat with a razor, throw'd him into a hole and left him, but fome drover's coming by, he difcover'd his cafe to them, who went after the villain, and found him at Holloway. Being examined before the G juftice, he denied any intention to rob the lad; who by the care of the furgeon is likely

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TUESDAY 21.

A proclamation was iffued for the parlia ment to fit for the difpatch of business on Thursday the 11th of January next.

WEDNESDAY. 22.

The lord mayor, aldermen, and common council, waited on his majesty, at St James's, with their congratulatory addrefs on his fafe return; when his majefty was pleafed to confer the honour of knighthood on the lord mayor, theriffs, recorder, and chamberlain. Their addrefs was as follows: Moft Gracious Sovereign,

A Midft the general joy of the nation for

your majetty's fafe and happy return to your British dominions, be pleased to accept the fincere congratulations of your majesty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects, the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of your city of London, in common-council affembled.

- Permit us, at the fame time, royal Sir, to repeat the juft and greatful fense we have of your majefty's paternal care over your people, and of the many favours by which your majefty hath graciously diftinguifhed your city of London.

May the divine providence long preferve your majesty to reign over thefe kingdoms; and may there never be wanting a fucceffion of princes in your royal houfe, formed by your great example, to continue the bleffing of civil and religious freedom to latest posterity.

To which addrefs his majefty was pleased to return this moft gracious anfwer:

Thank you for this very dutiful and affectic

nate addrefs. The fupport and improvement of the trade and commerce of my people is fo tential to the welfare and profperity of my kingdoms, that the city of London may always depend upon my particular attention to it, and upon the continuance of my favour and protec

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THURSDAY 23.

The Rev. Dr Cobden waited on his majefty, and defired leave to refign his office of chaplain in ordinary. (See Vol. xix. p. 125.) TUESDAY 28.

The Hon. Gov. Cornwallis arrived in London, from Nova Scotia.

The vacant coalmeter's place was fuld before the committee of the city lands to Remnant, Efq; for gcool. 275. gd.

A law is talk'd of, to be propofed to prevent children being fent to be educated abroad, and brought up enemies to the religion and laws of their country. And another against gentlemen making the tour of Europe, to carry abread the wealth and virtue of the nation. Trinity Houfe, Nov. 25, 1752.

Whereas a dangerous fhoal is grown up

on cross ridge in Cockle Gatt; Notice is hereby given, that a red buoy is

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