584 Lift of Deaths, Promotions, &c. Wm Clarke, Efq; alderman of Norwich, a right worthy magistrate. 3. John Marth of Netherfole, Kent, Efq;, he has left Mr Winchefter, a furgeon in Norfolk-freet, 700 l. a year, and his country feat on Barham downs. 4. Wm Sherwood of Effex, Efq; 5. Godfrey Thornton, Efq; a bank director. John Meliory, Efq;laceman to his majesty. 6. Wm Baynton of Solly-hull, Warwickfhire, Efq; a confiderable eftate devolves to. Alderman Ladbroke. Sir Anthony Wellcombe, Bart, deputy muíTer mafter general of the forces. 7. Rob. Dodge, Efq; mayor of Exeter; the only gentleman that has dy'd in that office for 88 years. 8. Henry Powell, Efq; houfe-keeper of Richmond palace, chief clerk of the acatry. 9. MrsTitchbourn, fifter to the late Countels of Sunderland. Lady Archibald Hamilton, at Paris. 10. Mrs Hunter, fifter to Ald. Ironfide, 12. Tho. Windham of Clover Wall, Glouceftershire, Efq; at Bath. Rev. Strickland Gough, A. M. rector of Swanfie d and V. of Swinftead, Lincolnshire. 13. Rev. Mr John Gregory, chantor of the cathedral, and deputy chancellor of the diocele of Glouceller. 14. Rob. Eyre Eq; commiffioner of excife, Capt. Kelifey, an elder brother of the Trinity houfe, aged 77. Blake Delaval of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, Efq; he had the misfortune to break his leg a few days before, which occafioned his death: His eftate of gooo !. a year des volves to his eldest fon member for Hindon. 15. Lady Margaret Herbert, fifter to the late E. of Pembroke, and aunt to the prefent. 16. Sam. Ryder of Carmhill, Shropth. Efg; Rev. Dr Atwood, archdeacon of Taunton. 18. At Maddingley, near Cambridge, Mr Swan, many years tieward to the Sir JohaHind Cotton, by whom he was greatly refpected, defcended from the anticnt family of the Swans of Southfleet, Kent, which flourished in that county, and were fo long ago as King Rich. II. Sir Wm Swan, Bart. was fo created by K. Cha. II. but the estate being fold the deceafed never would affume the title. 20. Cap. Fea, of the Old Walpole Indiaman. Wm Ward, Efq; mafter cook of his majefty's fide kitchen. Jofiah Spearman of Plaistow, Effex, Efq; aged 72, who, the blind from his infancy, was a moft agreeable companion, and a gentleman of great difcernment and economy. 21. Lady Blount, widow of the noted St John Blount, a S. Sea diretor in 1720. 22. Sam. Lewis of Leoftoff, Suffolk, Efq; 23. MrElliot,40 years clerk toSr fnBarnard. Mr Smith, yeoman of his majefty's pantry. 27. James Merritt, Efq; clerk affitant to the houfe of lords. ALift of Preferments for the Year 1752. From the London Gazette, Si Feams', H to appoint the Ri kion. Ja Dis. 20. 1 FOREIGN HISTORY. RUSSIA. HE calamities of this empire are fre Tquent and fevere; the City of Peters 585 Marq. de Curzay, and have protefed against any that should fubject them again to the tyranny of the Genoese: They have even dehated the queftion, to what power they should apply for protection; whether to Holland, G. Britain, or Spain; the French on this otca burgh and the country adjacent have fuffer'd' greatly by a hurricane and inundation which happen'd on the 2d and 3d of Nov. paft: More than 1000 people have perifh'd, the fortifica. A fion are greatly puzzl'd how to aft, for a war tions have been almost destroy'd, and most of the houses fituated near the Neva ruin'd;. nor has the mischief, been lefs confiderable at Cronfadt, Nerva, Revel, and other parts of the empire, where most of the fhips at anchor were beaten to pieces against each other; more than 100 fhips are damag'd, and will probably be detain'd fo long, as not to be able to fail before the froft locks them up, B which will be an incredible lofs to their owners. PERSIA. A fresh competitor has appeared for the throne of this distracted empire, faid to be a grandson of Schach Huffein. As it is fuppofed that the Turk will fupport his pretenfions, he has been joined by feveral Perfian chiefs. DENMARK. with those iflanders, who are fecretly furnished with arms, must be tedious, expensive, and without a poffibility of advantage, yet to leave the Genoefe at laft, and nothing done for them, would not be to the honour of the French monarch. Rome, Nov. 25. By the good offices of his holinefs the pope, and other friends of the Stuart family; a reconciliation has been accomplished between the pretender and his fon the Cardinal of York, this laft came hither. from Bologna the 21ft of this month, and alighted at the palace of his father, who waited for him with impatience, and received him with great demonftrations of tenderness. The fame day they received on this occafion the, compliments of the cardinals and nobleffe. pope for the pains he had taken to procure that reconciliation. By a violent hurricane on the 10th of No-Oa the 23d Cardinal York went to thank the vember, much damage has been done upon our coafts; and many pieces of wrecks are daily driven on shore. SWEDEN. The Empress of Ruffia has withdrawn part of her troops from the frontiers of Finland, which fhewing her dependance upon the faith of our government, gives great pleasure here. GERMANY. D It should feem that, notwithstanding the fmooth and complaifant language ufed between the different courts of Europe, nothing is expected but perfidy and breach of faith. The emprefs queen is employ'd in providing Hungary, and her other dominions with all the Inftruments and materials of war, as if fome E fudden attack was expected; and his Pruffian majefty difplays himself continually, in his reviews, in his military preparations, and in new documents to his officers relating to the difcipline of his troops, which amount to 131,240 men, viz. cavalry 9,950, dragoons 10,83c, huffars 12,000, and infantry 98,700 men. This number is the more extraordinary as an account of all the inhabitants of his electoral dominions taken in 1668, makes them but 230,000 men able to bear arms. In every little difpute amongft.? the German princes more chicane and cavilling continue to be employ'd than one would expect from a fett of wranglers at the bar, G and every member of that great body, feems fway'd more by ambition, intereft, or revenge, than by principles of patriotim and motives of religion. BARBARY. SPAIN. This court, by the augmentation making in her marine, feems to aim at the title of a maritime power. It is reckoned that we have now in the feveral ports of this kingdom, 18 fhips of the line of battle and feveral frigates in readiness to put to fea, and 'tis confidently afferted that before the end of the winter the king's navy will confift of 64 fhips from 60 guns and upwards, and 28 frigates. -Most of the fhips of the line lately built are in a condition to be rigged. New Ships. St Ferdinand Phenix 80 Thunder 80 F Infant 70 Of cedar wood, and built at the Havanna. Dragon 70 Conqueror 60 60 60 60 - Fort New Spain A frigate Three fhips of the line Eighteen line of battle The Emperor of Morocco has afresh begun to make fuch demands, and to require fuch impeflible conditions of the English, as leave no room to doubt but he is inftigated by fome rival in trade, to break his late treaty with HSixteen frigates them. ITALY. The Corficans have absolutely refused to conform to the new regulations propeled by the } Cadiz. In the feveral ports of this kongdom ready to put to fea. They are allo Luilding 3 men of war inGalicia It was the pievailing opinion in Stair,that cedar was to def timber for shipping tran 5.86 The GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE; VOL. XXII. therefore the government had these fhips built at the Havanna; but Mr Rutb the Englishman whom the king has made director of the yards and docks, does not adopt that opinion; he,affirms that eak is preferable to cedar in all spects; and his fentiments have prevailed, as the court appears determined to have all the king's hips conftructed for the future, in Old Spain. The king has fent orders to his governors, in Amrica, to pay to the proprietors of the, English thips, taken fince the ceflation of hof tilities, their full value. PORTUGA L. His most faithful majefty, in imitation of Spain, has engag'd 2 English ship builders, to build 18 or 20 fhips of the line, and fome frigetes for his fervice. FRANCE. Five fhips of war failed from Breft on the 20th past for Pondicherry, having on board 60 battering cannon, 70 field pieces, and 44 mortars, befides a large ftore of provifions and ammunition, with prefents for the Indies Nabobs in their intereft, feveral fmall fquadrons are alfo failed from the fame port, ther deftination not publickly known. But the increafe of the French marine is no feret; and their land forces amount to 211,750. HOLLAND. The Princels Governante having affifted, for the first time, at the aflembly of the states of this province, exprefs'd herself in a very pathetic manner; and among other things prepofed to reduce the life-guards, as well as the regiment of Dutch foot-guards, and that of the Swifs guards; by which reduction there would be an annual faving to the ftate of 110,480 forins: Which plan has been ap proved of by the ftates general, and there is to be a reduction of forty two men, in a regiment of foot-guards, fixteen men of a company, amounting to 224 men; and in' the Swifs gnards 352 men. Books publifh'd in DECEMBER; with Remarks. DIVINITY, MORALITY. HE principles of natural and reveal'd Treligion. A courfe of fermons, by Mr Warburton, vol. 1. Knapton. 2. A ufeful memorandum, or the chriftians pocket companion. By Mr Winflanley. Birt. 3. The apothegms of the antients. 2 vols, 65. Millar. 4. A vindication of Ld Shaftesbury on moality and religion. 15. 6d. Noon. 5. A great letter, addrefs'd to all doctors, &c. particularly thofe of the French church. In French. 6d Changwon. 6. The fcheol of man. From the French. 3. Davis. 7. The queftion anfwer'd: Whether faving faith is a duty required by the moral law. 6d. Ward. 8. A defence of the eflay on fpirit. 15. Noon. 9. Honeft divinity honeftly printed. Written by honeft Timothy, a barber in Fewin Street. 34. 10. A fpecimen of a liturgy, defign'd for a private congregation. 15. 6d. Millar. 11. A plain account of juftification. Publifhed for the benefit of fuch as are defirous to have right and clear apprehenfions in regard to that important point. Particularly useful at this time. 4d. Chafe, Norwich. HISTORY. 12. A fhort hiftory of the D. of Ormend. 6d. Cooter. 13. A concife hiftory of the City of Lonè n. 25. Cooper. 14. The hiftory of the national debt. Part 28. 6. Cooper. 15. The Roman empreffes: Or the hiftory of the wives of the 12 Cajars. 3 vols. gs. Dedfley. POETRY and ENTERTAINMENT. 16. Of the emailence of the fupreme Ec ing. A practical effay. By Mr Smart. Ed, Newberry. 17. Minuets for his majefty's birth day, and 24 country dances. 6d. each Wal 18. The contrivances. A ballad opera. 6. Jefferies. 19. The memoirs of Fidelio and Ilarrist, 35. Marky. 20. The hiftory of Jemmy and Jenny Jefamy. 3 vols gs. Gardner, 21. The labyrinth. A collection of conun drums. 62. 22. The frisky mufe. 1. 64. Corbett. TRADE and COMMERCE. 23. The prefent ftate of the British cal toms. By T. Daniel, late deputy comp roller of the customs, at Sunderland, and author of Dutor Mercatorius. Jos. 6d. Cave, Payst. N. B. This book will be very useful and neceflary for all merchants and officers, al though they may have other books already, not only because the fubfidy 1747, or new duty of 13. per £. (laid en firce the left edition of those books) has made an almof general alteration in the total net duties and drawbacks on goods and merchandize imported, but als because the conftruction and difpofition of thefe tables are fo perfpicuous and commedious, that the computation of the duties will be thereby greatly facilitated to officers, and a thorough knowledge of the cufionis reder'd eafily and fpeedily attainable by all. 24. England's intere; or free thoughts ce the ftarch duty. 6d. Baldwin. 25. Reflexions on the expediency of opes. ing the trade to Turkey, zá. Trze, 1 Books publifh'd in DECEMBER; with Remarks. cated to the college of phyficians, with rea- 29. The ftationers almanack. Ware. 30. A propofal to redrefs the grievances of 31. Thelilliputian magazine. 1s. Newberry. 34. A fcheme of a fund for the better The fum to be fubfcribed by fuch clergymen 35. The protical fon: A 2d Welch preach- 36. A companion for the unmarried wo men. Is. 37. The Liverpool memorandum book for 1753. 2s, Hitch. It appears that the vellels that go from Liverpool to Africa are 88 in number, which trace for 25,720 Ne groes yearly. They employ 106 vellels in the American trade, 28 that take freight to different parts of Europe, and 122 that ule the Irish and coafting trade. They have alfo 80 nloops from 40 to 70 tons employed in the falt trade. 38. A collection of white and black lifts: Or a view of thofe gentlemen who have voted for and against the prefent conft. is. Owen. 39. Various effays. By Sylviana Sola."25. 6d. Owen, 40. A letter from Henry Woodward, comedian, to Dr Hill. 6d. Cooper 41. A letter from Sampson Edwards the merry cobler, to Henry Wocadzurd. 6d. 42. A particular account of the Emperor of China's gardens near Pekin. From the French. Cooper. 43. The Inspector's rhapfody, or foliloquy, • 44. Le petit almanas de poche. 6d. Fuller. 46. Virtue triumphant, &c. in the hu 47. The adventurer N°XVI. pr. 2d. Payne. to be continued onTurfdays and Saturdays. We defigned to have given one of this month's Adverturers, finding that N° V. inferted in our last was entertaining to all kinds of reders; but our book filled before we were :ware, and therefore fhall refer them, and feveral other pieces now omit ed, to our fupplement, which will be publish'd about JaMuary 20. 48. An effay on the rationality of brutes. 587 With a philofophical comparison between Dr Cadgill, inspector general of Town-Ifland, and Mango, the great monkey, director general of the animal performers in the Haymarket. 6d. Bouquet, After making many quotations from Father Bougeant and other authors, with a kind of ludicrous gravity; amples are given of the fagacity of Mango, and a parallel is drawn between him and Dr Codgil, in which Mango appears to great advantage, with respect both to his natural and moral character; the piece concludes with the following queries: -Whofe money did Mango ever receive and convert to bis oron ufe? Whofe property did he ever invade, and fet the owner at defi ance? Whofe profeffion did he ever wantonly and wickedly debafe, and expose to public ridicule and fcorn? Whofe character and credit did he ever endeavour to blast? Who can accuse him of betraying private truft, or defpifing public cenfure? - Did ever Mango fay and unfay, deny this to-day that he advanced yesterday; huff, bounce, cringe and cajole, all with one and the fame breath? It nothing of this kind can be alleged against the animal, then his moral character muft ftand confefs'd.—But will the doctor's boafted life ftand the feverity of this test!Did he never funder, traduce, ftir up contention, propagate falfities, ye, defame, cheat, forfwear, delude, abandon, `debauch, convert the property of another to bis ex ufe, blaft an immocent character, debafe reputable profeffion, fay and unfay, advance and deny, huff, bounce, cringe and cajole, all with the fame breath? When this fatlefs doctor has anfwer'd all thefe in the negative, then let the public judge, which foul is in the best fituation, the foul of the man in the brute body, or the foul of the brute in the man's body or, to make short the queftion, the foul of Mango, or the foul of Dr Cedgill? • See Vol. x. p. 180. The Scourge, N° XV. price z d. by Oxymel Bufby, Efq; to be continued on Tuel 49. |