Hiftorical Chronicle, February 1752.. L Charles Town, Nov. 29, 1751. AST Tuesday evening a treaty of peace, &c. was concluded by the governor and council, with the Cherokee Indians, the nation that has, for fome time paft, given us great trouble and uneafiness. (See p. 40.) And "tis faid, all is made ftrait (as the Indians exprefs it.)- Thefe are the Indians, who have for feveral years paft fuffered the Nottawega's (French Indians) to pals thro' their country, committing innumerable robberies, &c. in this province, mur- B dering fome, and carrying off others of our people in the back fettlements. They have protected the Nottaavega's in all their incurfions, &c. have feveral times had Frenchmen among them lately; form'd confpiracies to cut off all our traders; to revolt, &c. and been very expenfive to us. Some forts are now to be built in this nation.The French king hath lately given a great gun to every headman of the Chaltaw's in his intereft; those who have revolted to us, have defired to know, whether our king will do the fame by their party.And there is advice that the French are building a ftrong fort but three days journey from the Chickefaw's, a small, but one of the moft warlike, and fidelle nations in amity with this government, and the moft inveterate enemies the French have: Their number has been reduced by a continued war with that treacherous people. They lately intercepted a boat with provifions, &c. for the fort abovementioned, with fix Frenchmen in her; three they kill'd, E the others they carry'd prifoners into their towns. BOSTON, August 26, 1751. for beating his corporal, but refused to frig, and declared he would rather fuffer death than the ignominy of whipping, but appealed to general court martial, was by interceffion of friends, on account of his generous spirit, pardon'd by his majesty. A-28. Hereford. A very extraordinary woman was lately taken up at Weflon by the parish officer's, feemingly in great diftrefs, being wounded in two places of her body, ftript and almost naked, and otherwife greatly abused, as the pretended, by a man he met on the road, who afterwards robb'd her. But being fufpected and the following confeffion; that he was the wife ftrictly examin'd before two juftices, the made of Thomas Cue of St James's Street, St Martin's in the Fields, Middlefex; that for fome years the had made it her bufinefs to wander about the feveral counties of Middx, Hertford, Effex, Kent, Surrey, Hants, Wilts, Berkt, confined in the houfes of correction of most of Bucks, Gloucester and Hereford, and had been the faid counties; that her wounds were made by her own confent, to excite compaffion, by an accomplice; and that the had practiced the moft defperate methods of impofing upon charitably difpofed perfons, by hanging herself in and ufing very extraordinary means to gain beone place, pretending to be ravifh'd in another, lief; fometimes fhe counterfeited abortion in the highways, and at other times terrible convulfions; all with a view of obtaining charity, or gaining an opportunity of committing theft. -She is about 29 years of age, tall and well made, with dark hair, round vifage, fwarthy in Suffex, and first married to Thomas Rider, complexion, hafle eyes, was born at Horfbam a carpenter, who was kill'd by a fall from a fcaffold about 8 years ago at London. D noon made land, which bore N. E. feven F leagues diftance by eftimation: at five tack'd; being about three leagues from faid ifland, wind E. S. E. latitude per obfervation 49: 40, longitode 24: 30 from the Lizard. This ifland Aretches N. W. and S. E. about five leagues long, and about nine miles wide: On the fouth fide fine valleys, and a great number of birds. March 5. faid ifland bore N. three leagues N. W. a reef of rocks three miles. This day a ship's maft came along fide. On the fouth point of faid inland is a small marshy ifland.-A Copy of my Journal on board the Snow St Paul of London, bound from South Carolina to London.' Wm Otton, Commander. P. S. Capt. Otton thought he faw a tent on the island, and would have gone afhore, but hd unfortunately ftove his boat fome time before. Jan. 25. One Lacey, a grenadier, who fome s before was fentenced to receive 500 lathes G -29, One Bendal, a Gloucefterfoire farmer, who had made a wager of go to ride 1000 miles in Icco bours, compleated it four days before the time expired. SATURDAY, Feb. 1. Five Irifbmen arm'd, enter'd a farm-house call'd the Raike, two miles from Chelter, and advanc'd to Mr Porter the mafter, who was at fupper, with several threats demanding his money, bound him with cords, pinion'd his eldest daughter, and oblig'd her to go up ftairs with them. Mean while the youngest daughter, but 12 years old, got out by the back door, went to the ftable, got aftride upon, a horfe only halter'd, and not daring to pafs by the house which was befet by the rogues, rode over the fields and ditches to Pulford, two miles, to call her eldest brother; on which he and one Craven let out immediately, and found the rogues, who had taken 14/. out of his father's breeches, and Hexpected more, ripping them down to his feet, and about to fet him on the fire, while the eldest daughter on her knees begged his life, The fon difpatch'd one of the villains at his firft entry, and wrefled a cutlafs from another, and with the help of Craven, who had feized a club, and the old gentleman, whom his eldest daughter HISTORICAL CHRONICLE A daughter had unbound, foon disabled one more of the rogues, and prefs'd fo hard upon the other three that they broke thro' a window and filed. Young Porter, after fecuring his prifoner, haften'd to Cbefter bridge with his friend, and feized two more of the villains, one of which dropt a filver tankard. The three Irishmen were the next day committed to Cheffer caftle. Young Porter and his father were pretty much wounded, alfo a fervant boy by the difcharge of two piftols. One rogue efcaped to Liverpool, and went on board a veffel, of which his brother was cook, bound for the Weft Indies; the fhip got under fail, but, the wind changing, was forced back. The king's boat on searching the veffel, foon difcover'd the man by his wounds, who was fent with his brother in irons to Chefter caftle; as was allo another Irifoman, Mr Porter's hired fervant, whom the rogues at firft coming pinióned, but afterwards, when they had fecured his C mafter unioofed him, and he continued an unconcerned spectator during the whole affair, and after it ran away. -Upon the publication of this robbery, (fays the Dublin Journal) the magiftrates of feveral towns in that part of England, caufed all the Irishmen they could find, to be fecured, and fucb as could not give good accounts of themselves, bave been fent to the feveral goals, after being well fcourged as vagabonds, and there to remain until they fhall be tranfported, in which man ner they are determin'd to treat all such mifcreants for the future, as fhall go thither under pretence of being bay-makers, or labourers in tarveft time. SUNDAY 2. B D E its liberties, to apprehend all idle and diforder-G ly perfons aflembling about illegal fports and paftimes, as with wheelbarrows for playing at dice, or who shall be found on fhrove Tuejday or any other day throwing at cocks, &. The like was done at Reading, Bristol and Northampton. SATURDAY 8. Of 95 children brought to the FoundlingHofpital, 10 boys and to girls were admitted. An anonymous letter was thrown into the H court yard of John Lifter, Elq; at Bowery, Terkfbire, requiring him to lay sol. in Gallway fummer-houfe on the warren, and threatening in refufal to burn his faid house, and do other mischief, declaring also that there were zo well [GENT. MAG. Feb. 1752.] 89 His majesty armed concerned in the affair.. has promifed his pardon (except to the perfon who wrote the letter) and the faid John Lifter 50l reward to any one of the offenders who Thall difcover his accomplices, to be paid on conviction of one or more of them. WEDNESDAY 12. At the half-yearly gen. court of St Luke's hofpital for lunatics, the committee reported that the treasurer had received 14col. by legacies, befides feveral other benefactions; on which the court empower'd the committee to add 25 to their prefent number of patients. They also reported that 3000/. had been bought, and added to their 3 per Cent. annuities; Sir James Creed was elected a vice prefident in the room of Dr Crowe deceased, and Charles Savage, Efq; paid 100l, and feveral other geatlemen benefactions to the hofpital. James Taylor, of Rotherbith, Efq; gave 500l. towards new building the London hospital. THURSDAY 13. Was held a general court of the British fifhery, at mercers hall, which was very numerous, among them the Earl of Shaftesbury, Bp of Worcester, Ld Romney, Sir James Lowther, Sir Peter Warren, Admiral Vernon, and Mr Beckford; when Sir James Lowther, Mr AlJerman Jansen, and Mr Beckford expatiated with great force on the mercantile advantages of this national undertaking. Then Sir Peter Warren and Admiral Vernon, enlarged on the Atrength which the encouragement of it would give to the British navy. The Bp confidering the fcheme in a charitable view, fet forth with great eloquence, the numberless benefits which would arife from it to the whole kingdom by furnishing employment to a multitude of poor. A propofal for a call of 30 per Cent. was approv'd of, and another general court order'd for that purpose. TUESDAY 18. Was held at the Old Bailey by Sir Thomas Salufbury, affifted by Mr Juftice Gundry, and Mr Baron Smythe, a feffions of admiralty 10 the tryal of the following perfons, confined for high crimes and mifdemeanours committed on the open feas: 1. James Lowry, capt. of the Molly merchantman, for the murder of Kenrich Hoffack on board the faid fhip,by whipping him to death [See laft Vol. p. 234.] after a tryal of 8 hours was found guilty. 2. Wm indicted for the murder of Adam Pilcher on Carey, mate of the Swimmer merchantman, board the faid fhip; 3. Lieutenant Jobs How, of his majefty's thip Greybound, for the murder of a woman, who was killed by a shot fired by his order, to bring to a pleasure boat that had a pendant flying; 4. Wm Ballard, of Har wich, maker of a fishing veffe!, for the murder of his apprentice, all three acquitted. 5. 6. The tryals of Tho. Haggerstone, charged with the murder of John Jobsfon, on board the S: John Baptift merchantman, and of Henry Woodcliff, charged alfo, with a murder on the high leas, were put off by their cefire until next feffions (August 13.) their witnelles being abroad. 7. George Kittle, late a mariner board the Macclesfield Gallty, merchant n L ch. ་་ 90 The GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. VOL. XXII. charged with affulting Wm Nichols, mafter of the faid fhip, with an intent to kill him; difcharged by proclamation. (See book page.) WEDNESDAY 19. Norwich. This city has for feveral months been disturbed and alarmed by the violent pro- A ceedings of an enraged or animated populace. They had taken offence at fome encouragement given by the magiftrates to Mr Wheatly, a Welch cobler, lately turn'd methodist preacher, who comes in great compaffion to convert them to a fenfe of religion. But they conftantly disturb him with the beat of drums, &c. On January 12, though he had three confiables to guard him, they beat both him B and them, and fo cover'd 'em with mud and dirt, that they could hardly be known. In this condition Mr Wheatly went to the hall to the magiftrates as they were affembled. They fent one to goal, and defired Mr Wheatly not to preach that afternoon, which he readily comply'd with; nevertheless the mob went to the tabernacle, broke the pulpit and windows, pulled down the feats, and untiled and destroyed great part of the building.-Since this there has been great rioting from time to time, and on Sunday 16 the mob broke open Mr Lawfon's door the baptift preacher's, one got up in a chair and made a mock preaching, and then broke his windows, and not only difturbed the baptift meeting, but very much abufed the people that came from the independent meeting. The mayor and (wordbearer came and read the proclamation, but they cry'd out Church and kirg, down with the meetings. The mob increased to many thoufands; and, if any one were committed to prifon he foon got bail and rioted more than ever; they threa ten to take off the prifon doors (as in the ri ot about exporting corn)if any of their fellows are imprisoned. THURSDAY 201 One Tho. Afbley, of Ifleworth, was committed to Newgate for perjury in the tryal of Goddard, See aft Vol. p. 424, MONDAY 24. C D WEDNESDAY 26. Ended the fectons at the Old Bailey, when James Hayes, Ricb. Broughton, James Davies, for freet robberies; Wm Girdler, for the highway; John Andrews, Bernard Angus, Tho. Fox, Tho. Gale, and Anne Lewis tor forgeries; Tho. Huddle for returning from tranfportation; John Powney, for theft in a dwelling-houfe; Mary Gillfey for a robbery in her own dwelling houfe; Antony de Rofa, a Portuguese, for the murder of Mr Fargues, (Sec Vol. xxi. p. 281) Jofeph Gezardine for the murder of Chrift. Alberico, and AnneWalfon (who pleaded guilty) for ftrangling a girl of 10 years old, received fentence of death; 35 to be transported for 7 years, three whipt, and four branded. SATURDAY 29. E A note of 1000l. was iately fent to the governors of the Bank, with a request that it might be diftributed among their clerks; atcordingly to each clerk was given a guinea for every year he had been in the fervice, and the remainder, about 37, was given to the porters. F 3000l. are granted by parliament for making a road to Carlisle, and into Scotland. A reward of 120/. over and above that for apprehending highwaymen, is promifed to any perfon, whether an accomplice or not, with a pardon to an accomplice, except the actual murderer, for apprehending and convicting the parties concern'd in the robbery and murder of George Carey. (See p. 41.)-Near 2007, have been collected at feveral coffee-houses for the widow Carey and her children. G A duel was fought near Marybone between Captain Grey of the guards, and Ld L-r, in which the former was killed on the fpot. The quarrel arose the evening before concerning an affair at gaming, in which the deceased gave the other the lye, which being refented both drew their swords, but were appeafed by Capt. Collingswood next morning however the capt. tain went to Lord L-r's, who received him with great civility, and preffed him to drink chocolate, which he refufing, they walked out, together to Marybone Fields.- A man depofed, That he faw them draw, that he could obferve the deceafed push vigorously, but that Ld L-feemed rather to fland on the defenfive; that before he could come up, he faw!LdZ-r's fword enter the deceased's body,on which he fell en his knee, when L Lr dropped his fword, and ran up to the deceased to fupport him, cry- H ing out, My dear Gray, what have I done! that the deceated, then in agonies, made a faint push at the other, which he avoided by fart ng back, and the Cap. immediately expir'd. The coroner's inquest bro't it in manslaughter. The whole town of Southwold, with a confiderable part of Leofoff in Suffolk, the children of the foundling hofpital, the poor of the workhoufes at Ware, Hertford, and Richmond Surrey, and the charity boys of Weft Ham, Effex, are employ'd in fpinning twine, and making nets for the herring fifhery; by this feasonable labour the poors rates are already fallen from 45, to 25. in Southwold. Admiralty-Office, Feb. 29. Some of his majefty's fubjects, on board the fhip, King of Pruha, which arrived in the Downs on the 12th inftant from Embden, having applied to his majefty's officers, that they might be releafed, alledging, that they were detained contrary to their will, Capt. Baird, of his majesty's fhip the Surprize, did, pursuant to the general inftructions relating to his ma jefty's fervice at fea, immediately demand them, Places where the Diffemper now rages among and they were given up. Gaz. the Horned Cattle, as appears by orders of the Juftices at their respective Seffions. IN the pariflies of Afb Church and Beckford, in Gloucefter fbire.-in leveral parts of Bucke ingbambire and the adjacent counties.-Within the divifion of Holland, and in several other parts of Lincolnshire-And in the counties of York, Lancafter and Derby. See p. 65A. *We have drawn up a view of foreign affairs for the conclufion of last year, zubich bat now thrice been crowded out by the domefiue vecurrences running long. But tbe feone 15 jo jis in opening, that a month at this time will make little alteration. Earthquake at St Domingo.--Plays acted.--Bill of Mortality. 91 Cadiz. On the 15th ult. N. S. at nine in the evening, wind E. S. E. began the most furious hurricane that was ever remember'd in this bay, which drove all the hips from their anchors and foul of one another. All fired guns in fignal of diftrefs, but the night was fo dark that none could help another; next morning nothing was to be teen but veffels wreck'd, and others ready to be fwallowed up in the waves, the horror of which was increased by the difmal cries of unfortunate men, who endeavoured to swim to the walls of this city, against which they were violently dash'd, and fo perish'd. The night between the 16th and 17th was no lefs terrible, but on the 18th the wind fell, and the fhore difcover'd nothing but pieces of wreck and dead bodies. 50 veffels, large and small, with a prodigious number of fmall craft were loft in the bay.-Above 200 houfes were blown down at Ceuta; a Dutch fhip of war of 20 guns was caft away on the Barbary coaft, 10 perfons drowned, and the captain and the reft of the crew in number 134 made prifoners. Account of the late Earthquake in the island of Hifpaniola, or St Domingo, from the French relation. ONO. 18 laft, about 2 in the afternoon, in the cleareft funshine, and calmeft weather, the earth shook violently; a feeple was thrown down, and a few houfes demolished in the French part of the island but in the Spani part, feveral convents and churches were thrown down in the city of St Domingo a Spani village, called Banique, was entirely fwallow'd up, and a fort of faftifh lake ap peared in its place; a Volcano opened within 20 leagues of Domingo, ejecting fire and smoke, -Nov. 21, about 8 in the morning, during a profound calm, was felt a flight fkock, which increased to fuch violence that almoft all the ftone houses at Princes Port were thrown down, and the timber houses stood but little longer; in the plain called Cul de Sac, fugar mills and refining houses were thrown down, apertures were made in the ground, whence iffued fetid Springs; the tops of three mountains crumbled away, and choaked up a river, which has fince taken another courfe; in the plain near the cape above 25000 pots of fugar, &c. were broken and buried under the ruins; in the diftrict of fort Dauphin many fugar works and dwelling houfes were deftroy'd. The confternation of the people is inexpreffible, moft of the inhabitants of the towns pats the night in the fields, the value of plantations is falling away, and every body talks of returning to France. 30 mild, open SW 31 cold, raw W Feb. 1. fhwrs wdy N 2 fair, mild SW SSE 14 very fair 15 very wet, wdy SE N. B. Red morn 16 fair NW N.B. Halo round the fun in the evening 3 4 Ditto Ditto 17 cold, windy SSE fair, cold WNW 18 ftormy, hail W hard frft, very cold 19 rainy SW 8 cold, raw SSE 9 mild, open zo cloudy,cold Sby W 7frft,fno, cd,wdyNW | 21 fair S by E. 22 very fair, warm S SSE 23 10 very rainy S by E II very rainy South 12 foggy, cold SW Ditto 24 fair,cd, wndy SSW 25 rn, cd, wdy Sby 26 lain, windy S 92 Births, Marriages, Deaths. A Lift of Births for the Year 1752. Jan. 31. Soams Cadogan, Efq; eldeft fon of Lord Cadogan, delivered of a fon. FEB. 7. At Carleon in Monmouthshire, a woman delivered of a female child, without arms or thigh, but fhort legs flicking out from the fides of the belly, no joints till down to the ancles, the had feet, but turned backwards, the toes refembling fingers, and but four; two ears, but in one no hole for hearing, and in the other two holes; the child was brifk and likely to live. (See p. 76) 21. Viscountess Hilfborough,- -of a fon. A Lift of Marriages for the Year 1752. Jan. Hamilton, Efq; nephew to the Marquis of Lothian,-to Miss Lambert of Argyll Buildings, 20,000 7. FEB. 1. Michael Malcolm, Efq; only fon of Sir John Malcolm, of Lochore, Bart.to the fifter of Peter Bathurst of Wilts, Efq; George Smith, Efq; of Burlington-street,to Mifs Pierfon of Doctors Commons. to 3. Henry Yonge of Great-Ruffel- ftreet, Efq;to Mifs Sufanna Brown of Queen-fq. 6. John Grove of Fern, Wilts, Efq;the only daughter of Sir Wm Hanham, Bart. Sir John Shaw of Eltham, Kent, of 8000 !. per Ann.to a niece of Sir Gregory Page. 7. Geo. Bromfield of Ham, Effex, Eiq;to Mifs Anne Parker of Walthamstow. Capt. Davenant, of the foot-guards,a fifter of late Sir Wm Corbett, Bart, 1ooool. 9. Hon. Temple, Efq;- -to Mifs Reynolds of Eaton. -to 11. A carpenter of a man of war, aged 23, to a widow, aged 97. 3000 l. 13. Crowe of Kippling Hall, Yorkfhire, Efq; to a fifter of Tho. Duncombe, Efq; member for Downton. 14. The Duke of Hamilton,to Mifs Eliz. Gunning, the youngest of the two beauties, daughters of John Gunning, Efq; and nieces to Vifc. Mayo, of Ireland. 17. JohnSkynner of Broad-street, Efq;to Mifs Alice Stevens of Endfield. Ashton Blackbourn of Lancashire, Efq;to Mifs Green of Childers, an heiress 30cool. 23. John Horne of Cranham Hall, Effex, Efq;te widow Towers, 600l. per Ann. James Allifon of Putney, Efq;-to Mifs Hannah Howard of Chigwell, Effex. 24. Robert Kirke, Efq; of a great estate in the W. Indies,-to Mifs Bourke of London. 26. Marquis of Rockingham,- -to Mifs Bright of Golden-fquare, 60,000 7. A Lift of DEATHS for the Year 1752. 26. Sir JnWray of Sleningford, Yorkfh.Bt Jonathan Evans, near Welch Pool, Montgomeryshire, aged 117; he left a fon, aged 91, and a daughter, aged 87. 30. Madam Henrietta, eldest daughter of the French king,of a malignant fever,aged 24. Sir Windfor Hunloke, Bart, at his feat at Wingerworth, Derbyshire; fucceeded in title and eftate by his eldeft fon Henry. FEB. John, Ld Allen, at his feat, near Naas, Ireland. 2. Lord Mark Kerr, governor of Edinburgh caftle, Col. of a Reg. of dragoons, and uncle to the Marquis of Lothian. John Ruffel, Efq; at his feat near Leicester. 3. James Lownds, Efq; one of the agents for Guernsey and Jerfey. 4. Sir John Hind Cotton, Bart. member for Marlboro': he was a commiff. of Trade and Plantations under Q. Anne, member for feveral times for Cambridge, and once for the county, and treasurer of the chamber in 1742. By his firft wife, daughter of Sir Ambrofe Crawley, Knt, he had one fon, now Sir John Hind Cotton, Bart, and one daughter marry'd to Jacob Houblon of Hallingbury, Effex, Efq; by his fecond wife, daughter of James Craggs, Efq; and relict of Sam. Trefufis, Efq; who dy'd in 1724, he had only a daughter, who dy'd young. Attic wit, British spirit, Roman virtue, Animated the bofom of that great man, Whofe remains are committed to this tomb, Sir JOHN HYND COTTON, Bart. Whofe lively genius and folid understanding, Were Readily devoted To the fervice of his country. As a British fenator Without any views to venal reward, A 5. The mate belonging to Capt. Blackwell in the Barbadoes trade, fuddenly, after eating heartily of mufcles, and his body much (welled. John Temple of Moor Park, Surrey, Efq; youngest fon of the famous Sir Wm Temple, and brother to Vifc. Palmerston. Rich. Heath, Efq; member for Boffiney. 13. Hon. Col. Tomkins Wardour,aged 74. Rev. Dr Samuel Croxall, dean of Hereford, and R. of St Mary Somerset, London. Charles Lockyer, Efq; member in several parliaments for Ivelchefter. 17. Chetwode, Efq; fon of late Dr Chetwode, dean of Gloucefter. He laid claim to barony, which he follicited many years. 19. Dr Shrimpton, an eminent phyfician,at Amersham, Bucks, of the gout. 20. Gen. Whynyard, Col. of a Reg. of foot on the Irish eftab, aged 70, of the palfy. 21. Dr Samuel Peploe, Bishop of Chefter ; he was vicar of Prefon at the time of the rebellion in 1715, and for his zeal for the prefent eftablishment, was made Bp of Chefter, after the decease of Bp Gaftrell, in 1726; he was before warden of Manchefter college, lately refigned to his fon, prefent warden. 24. Lady |