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Eftminster Bridge being efteemed by all judges in architecture to be the moft curious ftru&ture of its kind in Europe, the fellowing is the account of it, as deliverred to his majefty. This bridge is 408 yards in length, 15 yards in breadth; the paffage for foot paffengers is feven feet, being raised one foot from the carriage road to prevent accidents, &c. It has 15 arches, the center arch being 76 feet wide. The 14 piers obftruct the paffage of the water 353 feet, and have a free course of water 870 feet, which is four times more than between the fterlings of London bridge; which gives room for a fufficient paffage of water without a fall, by which care all country barges and working craft, boats, &c. may pafs thro' without danger. (See a VIEW of this bridge, in our Mag. for March, 1749.)

On May 30, was celebrated the anniversary of the birth of their royal highneffes the princeffes Amelia and Caroline, when the former entered into the 41ft, and the latter into the 39th year of her age.

SATURDAY, June 1.

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years of age, whose names and perfons the juftice did not think proper to expose, and therefore, as he was unwilling to fhew any partiality, after a fevere reprimand, he difmiffed all the prifoners; tho' fome of them (particularly the females) could not give a very good account of themselves. Hence it appears how neceffary it is to aboIfh thefe fcenes of midnight rendezvous. SATURDAY, 8.

This morning, at feven o'clock, his majefty, the prince of Wales, prince Edward, and princess Augufta, in a landau and fix, attended by the earl of Harcourt and lord Cathcart, in a coach and four, went to Kew, and breakfafted with the young princes and princeffes there, from whence they went to Richmond lodge, where his majesty dined with the dukes of Dorfet and Newcastle, after which he went to Hampton, and drank tea with the princefs Amelia, and in the evening returned to Kenfington. The fame day his majesty was pleased to prefent the garter of his late royal highness the prince of Wales, to prince Edward ::--- -Thus we had frequent accounts of his majesty's visiting, and receiving vifits from, the princefs dowager of Wales, the prince of Wales, and the other young princes and princeffes.

TUESDAY, 11.

This evening about eleven o'clock, Mr. Fargues, clerk to Mr. Rigail, a merchant in Bell-alley, Coleman-freet, was robbed and murdered by fome villains, in the road leading from Windmill-hill to the Barkingdogs. It appeared that he had received a violent blow on his head and three ftabs in his body. He had been to see Mr. Fargues, (his uncle) who keeps the academy near the Haberdashers alms- houfes at Hoxton, and on his return met with this unhappy accident. The wounds he received were fuppofed to be done with a knife, one was in the left breaft, which reached his heart, another on the left fide below the navel, and the third in the upper part of his right fide, befides a large cut behind his right ear, and his fkull fractured in a very terrible manner, fuppofed to be done with a tick. They took from him a watch, but what money is uncertain. A cafe was found in his pocket, in which was a bank note of 10cl. The coroner's jury fat on the body at Finsbury watch-houfe, who brought in their verdict wilful murder, by perfons unknown. Several other cruel murders were committed this month, about Black-Mary fe hole and other places. To fuch a degree of NA wicked

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wickednefs are villains arrived, that robberies are now often attended with fuch barbarous circumstances.

The earl of Sandwich refigned his poft of first lord commissioner of the admiralty, in which he is fucceeded by the lord Anfon. And foon after the lord Trentham refigned his place of one of the commiffioners of the admiralty.

A great fire happened a few days before at Ambresbury in Wiltshire, which confumed the large inn in that town, and about 30 houses. The damage was reckoned to amount to 10,000l. and the diftreffes of many of the poor fufferers were inexpreffible.

FRIDAY, 14.

The lords paffed the bill for abbreviating Michaelmas term, which, for the future, is to commence on Nov. 6. instead of Oct. 23.

By a claufe added to the bill for restraining the exceffive ufe of fpirituous liquors, and to encourage induftry, and prevent idlenels, it is enacted, That if any persons who obtain a licence for retailing those liquors, after the fire of July next, fhall fuffer the playing at cards, dice, fhuffleboard, fkittles, nine-pins, or any other game, in their house, yard, or any premiffes to them belonging, they hall forfeit their licence, and pay a penalty of rol.

In the road bill, or act for regulating the land carriage, is the following good claufe, That if any carman, drayman, waggoner, or other driver, ride upon their carriages, unless there is another perfon to lead the horfes, they forfeit 1cs. the mafter or owner forfeits zcs. and any perfon may take them before a magiftrate; and if any attempt their refcue, they forfeitos.

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From the London Gazette. Refolution and Order of the House of Commons. Jovis, 13 die Junii, 1751.

Refolued, That notice be given, that the annuities, payable at the Exchequer, atter the rate of 21. 10s. per cent. per annum, and which, by an act, paffed in the fourth year of his prefent majesty's reign, were charged on the additional duties on fampt vellom, parchment, and paper, will be redeemed and payed off on Oct. 10, 17:2, agreeable to the power of redemption in the faid act.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do forthwith fenify, by writing, to be inferted in the London Gazette, and affixed on the RoyalExchange in London, the faid refolution of this houfe.

Which refolution, thus fignified and published by me, is to be fufficient notice of the faid intended redemption. 15 June,

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AR'. ONSLOW, Speaker.

MONDAY, 17.

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Of the 12 malefactors condemned the two laft feffions at the Old Bailey, (see p. 187, 235.) the 8 following were this day executed at Tyburn, viz. William Gibbs, Edward Ward, Jofeph Peacock, Thomas Quin, Jofeph Dowdell, Thomas Talbot, William Hatton, and Robert Damfel.-Capt. Henry Byton and Gerard Bunn were pardoned, Philip Gibfon was reprieved for transportation for life, and the report of Levi, the Jew, was not made.-See their feveral crimes in the places above referred to.

Lord Chamberlain's Office, June 17. Orders for the change of the mourning for his royal highness the prince of Wales, on Sunday next, the 23d inftant, viz.

The men to wear black full trimmed, plain or fringed linen, black fwords and buckles.

Undrefs, grey frocks.

The ladies to wear black filk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, black and white fhoes, fans and tippets, white necklaces and ear-rings; no diamonds.

Undrefs, white or grey luteftrings, tabbies or damasks.

Extract of a Letter from Capt. Wood, at
South Carolina, to bis Friend in London.

We left Cadiz, Jan. 30, and next day
had a hard gale of wind wefterly, which
drove me into Gibraltar; which I left Feb.
3, and had a fine paffage till I got within
150 leagues of this place; where, on March
10, about midnight, I met with a difmal
crack, together with a fhower of fire,
which broke over us, as if the whole dif-
folution of the world was come. It killed
me three men, and feveral others much
hurt; it fplit my topgallant-maft to pieces,
fhattered my main-maft, in tuch a manner
that I am obliged to get a new one.
fplit my pumps, burft one of them between
decks, tore up three of my lower deck
planks, and burst thro' my main whale,
about two foot above water; and filled the
thip full of a cloud of fulphureous smoke.
The crack was of no longer continuance
than the fnap of breaking a pipe.

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His m jetty, for the better discovery of the perfons concerned in the robbery and murder of Mr. Willian Fargues, by the Barking-Dogs, at Windmill-bill, has been pleased to promife his most gracious pardon to any one of them (except the perfon who actually committed the murder) that shall discover his accomplice or accomplices, fo that he, the, or they, may be apprehended and convicted thereof. MONDAY, 24.

Came on at Guildhall the election of the. riffs for London and Middlesex for the year enfuing, when Slingsby Bethell, Efq; and alderman,

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alderman, and Sir John Bosworth, knt. late
chamberlain, had a majority of hands, and
were declared duly elected. But a poll was
demanded in favour of Marthe Dickenson,
Efq; and alderman, against Sir John Bof-
worth, which began the next day;
refult of which fhall be in our next.
At the fame time Mr. Pearce was chofen
one of the aleconners, in the room of Mr.
Hyde, deceased.

TUESDAY, 25.

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His majesty went to the house of Peers, and gave the royal affent to the following bills, viz. An act for granting to his majefty 600,ocol. out of the finking fund, for the current year; and for allowance to poor widows of officers belonging to the navy. An act for the more effectual fecuring the duties on tobacco. The foreign linen yarn bill-An act to enable his majefty to make leafes and copies of offices, Jands, and hereditaments, parcel of his dutchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the fame. An act for rendering justices of the peace more fafe in the exccution of their office, and indemnifying constables, &c.An act for extending and improving the trade to Africa.-The American pot-afhes and pearl-athes bl-An act to reftran paper bills of credit in feveral of the colonies and plantations in America.-The diftempered cattle bill.-An act for ascertaining the admeasurement of wheat meal, &c. for which a bounty is payable upon exportation; and for making allowance to the Eaft-India company for their charge in managing, paying and transferring their reduced annuities.-An act for amending and making more effectual an act for the apprehending of perfons in any county, upon warrants granted by juftices in any other county. An act to prevent theft and rapine in any port, harbour, haven and coast belonging to Great Britain.-An act for the more effectual prefervation of the turnpike roads, by leffening the number of horses drawing waggons, &c.-An act to abbieviate Michaelmas term.-The fpirituous liquors bill, (fee p. 269.)-An act for continuing feveral laws therein mentioned relating to the premiums upon the importation of masts, yards, tar, pitch, &c.—An act for the miking more effectual an act for the recovery of fmall debts in the city and liberty of Westminster. The Westminster-bridge road bill.-And to 14 private bills.

After which his majefty concluded the feffion with a most gracious fpeech to both houles, and prorogued the parliament to Aug. 13.

His majefty, in his fpeech, thanks both houfe for the proofs they had given of their zeal and affection for him and his government, and their care and attention for the interefts of his people; tells the com.nons,

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that the prudence and firmness they had fhewn, in compleating the reduction of the intereft of the national debt, was as agreeable to him, as that measure was effential to the ftrength and welfare of the kingdom; and concludes with recommending to both houfes to encourage and promote a just reverence for government and law, and not to fuffer thofe good laws, which were enacted there, to lose their effect, for want of due execution.

In the afternoon the two fheriffs went to Newgate and difcharged the Hon. Mr. Murray, who was committed fome time fince by the house of commons, on account of fome things relating to the Weftminster election.

WEDNESDAY, 26.

Was held a wardmote at Guildhall, for the election of an alderman for Cheapward, in the room of George Arnold, Eiq; deceased, when Samuel Fludyer, Efq; an eminent merchant, was chofen without oppofition.

A very learned member of one of the moft celebrated academies in Italy, has lately publifhed a very curious difcourfe, concerning the frequency of rainbows in fome places, which he proves to arife from the vicinity of natural cascades, which, by filling the air with aqueous particles, difpofe it to reflect the fun beams; and in fupport of his opinion, he obferves, that rainbows are in a manner continual near the water-falls of the great rivers of St. Lawrence and Niagra, in North-America.

MARRIAGES and BIRTHS.

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ILLIAM Douglafs, Efq; late wagmafter to the armies in Flanders, to Ms Kinneer, heirefs of the houfe of Kinneer, in Scotland.

Rev. Mr. Stebbing, preacher at Gray'sInn, to Mifs Jenny Smith, of Mortlake. June 4. Francis Higgs, Efq; of the Temple, to Mits Meredith.

Ralph Murden, Eiq; poffefs'd of zcool. a year in Kent, to Mifs Sibly, of Lewes, in Suffex.

Philip Anderfon, Efq; one of the colJectors of the customs for the coaft of Suffex, to Mifs Charlotte Seabright.

Rev. Dr. Carryll, regifter of the univerfity of Cambridge, to Mifs Fox, of the fame place.

9. Capt. James Pye, to Mifs Ifabella Hall, daughter of Thomas Hall, of Hereford, Efq;

10. Philip Stiles, Efq; of Great Ruffelftreet, to Mifs Alice Packstone, of Hampftead.

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Abraham Prado, Efq; late provider of bread and forrage to the British army in Flanders, to Mrs. Salvador, of Devonshirefquare.

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James Butler, Efq; poffefs'd of a large eftate in Shropshire, to Miss Anne Palmer, of Red-Lion ftreet, Holborn, an heiress.

Rt. Hon. the lord North and Guildford, to the counters of Rockingham.

Walter Auger, Efq; of Suffex, to Mifs Gleane, of Effex ftreet, a 10,000l. fortune.

24. Hon. James Everard Arundell, count of the facred Roman empire, and brother to the Rt. Hon. Henry Lord Arundell of Wardour, to Mifs Wyndham, only daughter and heiress of John Wyndham, Efq; late of the city of Sarum, deceased.

25. Mr. William Caflon, jun. an eminent letter-founder in Chifwell-ftreet, to Mifs Cartliche, a young lady of confidera. ble fortune.

May 30. Countefs of Plymouth, delivered of a fon and heir.

June 6. The Lady of Thomas Cleveland, Efq; fecretary to the admiralty, of a daughter.

The lady of William Baker, Efq; alderman of this city, of a fon.

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Adam Sorefby, Efq; of Chesterfield in Derbyshire who married the only daughter of Sir Fisher Tench, bart.

8. Mrs. Glover, at Iflington, a widow gentlewoman, who has leit confiderable legacies to feveral perfons, particularly, as it is faid, 5000l. to Mr. Glover, who lately was a candidate for chamberlain of this city. (See p. 221, 222.)

9. Mr. Machin, aftronomical profeffor at Gresham-college.

Sir Ofwald Mosley, of Rolleston in Staffordshire, bart.

15. Lady Grace Byne, fifter to the prefent earl of Eglintoun, in Scotland.

Samuel Smith, Efq; one of the directors of the South-Sea company,

8. Mr. James Collier, many years chief cahier of the Bank.

Lady Anne King, the only furviving daughter of the late lord chancellor King, baron of Ockham.

23. George Arnold, Efq; alderman of Cheap ward, and prefident of St. Thomas's Hofpital.

24. Mr. Philip Hollingworth, banker, in Lombard-ftreet.

27. Mr. Henry Overton, an eminent Print feller without Newgate.

Ecclefiaßical PREFERMENTS.

MR

R. Murdin, presented to the living of Merrow, near Guildford in Surrey, -Mr. Anne Charles Crompton, to the rectory of Wilford, in Hampshire.-James Cofferat, D. D. to the rectory of St. Clement, in the fuburbs of Oxford -George Watts, M. A. to the rectory of Boxford, in Berks. John Coulter, M. A. to the rectory of Fox- Earth, in Effex.-Dr. Rutherforth, to the rectory of Brinkley, in Cambridgeshire.-Thomas Bathurst, M. A. to the rectory of Elmley, near Sittingbourn. -Samuel Squire, D. D. to the vicarage of Greenwich, in Kent.-Mr. Benj. Wilfon, to the vicarage of Wakefield in Yorkshire. -Daniel Burton, D. D. to the rectory of St. Peter le Poor, in Broad-Rreet-James Allert, M. A. to the living of Rodme: sham, in Kent.

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PROMOTIONS Civil and Military. APT. Hanmer, made a lieut. col. in the 2d. reg. of foot guards. Barrington, Efq; barrister at law, and brother to Ld. Barrington, made mar. fhal of the high court of admiralty.Rev. Mr. Hawkins, chofen poetry profeffor to the university of Oxford.-Brownlowe Cecil, Efq; (commonly called lord Burghley) made lord lieut. and cuftos rotulorum of Rutland shire.-George Wade, Efq; made lieut. col. to the 3d reg. of dragoon guards.-Marquis of Hartington, eldest fon of the duke of Devonshire, called up by writ to the houfe of peers, by the title of vifc, and baron Cavendish.Mr. Charles Blandy, chofen fteward of St. Bartholomew's hofpital.-Henry Skelley, and Michel Warden, Efqrs. and the furvivor of them, made auditors of his majesty's revenue in the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby and Chester.William Trevanion, Efq; made auditor, Richard Elliot, Efq; receiver general, and Edward Baynton Roit, Efq; furveyor general of the dutchy of Cornwall.-Earl of Granville, made prefident of the council.Earl of Holderness, made one of his majefty's principal fecretaries of Aate, in the room of the duke of Bedford, who refigned. Mr. Daniel Race, made chief cafhier of the Bank, in the room of Mr. Collier, deceased; and Mr. Cutlove made a cashier. Rev. Mr. Romaine, chosen aftro. nomy profeffor at Gresham college, in the room of Mr. Machin, deceafed.-Upon the refignation of the earl of Sandwich and lord Trentham, the new commiffion of admiralty itands thus, viz. lord Anfon, lord vifc. Barrington, lord Duncannon, Welhore Ellis and Thomas Villiers, Efqrs, together with William Rowley and Edward Bofcaw. en, Efqrs. The two laft are the new ones. [Bankrupts in our next.]

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