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Some Selected Reports from Commonsense
SATURDAY JANUARY 13, 1739.
COUNTRY NEWS.
Bristol, Jan. 6. Last Monday Morning a Barge up the River unhappily broke from her Moorings; and driving against the Bridge, sunk under one of the Arches. She was laden with Oats, Tobacco, Oil, Rum, Wine, Sugar, &c. to a considerable Value; but a good Salvage was made of the Casks that floated by the Boats and Vessels in the River near the Bridge.
Thursday Morning about Two o'Clock happen'd here the most dreadful Storm of Thunder and Lightning that was ever known in the Memory of Man at this Time of Year. The Claps of Thunder seem'd to shake the whole Frame of Nature, and greatly surprized the Inhabitants of this City, who were apprehensive of considerable Damage being done thereby; though hitherto we have heard of none. But the violent Showers of Rain and Hail, attended with boisterous Gales of Wind, have flooded the Country around, and swell'd our River to the Heighth Yesterday, as to make its Way against the Tide of Flood with a full Torrent.
In the bad Weather this Week, was forced up our Channel, in great Distress, a large Ship bound from Jamaica to London. She is reported to be the King William, Capt. Grawford : and that some of the Men were found dead on board, and others so weak as not able to work the Ship.
Canterbury, Jan. 6. On Sunday last died, at his Seat call'd Leeds-Abby near Maidstone, Sir Roger Meredith, Bart. one of the Representatives for the County of Kent, in the late Parliament; by whose Death the Title is extinct.
LONDON, January 13, 1739.
We hear, that last Week a vast Sum of Money was drawn out of the Bank; it is said, no less than five hundred thousand Pounds, which was remitted into Germany by Way of Hamburgh, not for the Use of the Emperor - How prodigious rich this Nation grows !
It is said also, that the South-Sea Company have receiv'd Advice from Jamaica, that two of their Sloops, which were at the Havannah, were stop'd by the Spaniards, as they were ready to sail out : The Reason for this Embargo is not known; but the Advice came since that, of the taking of the Bristol Ship. However, if Affairs are not speedily made up, if a large Fleet should be fitted out in the Spring, the Spaniards will be glad to listen to a Treaty, and so we may be easy.
Saturday last being Twelfth-Day, his Majesty, the Duke, the Princess Amelia, Mary and Louisa, went in State to the Chapel Royal, and assisted at Divine Service; and during the Offertory, his Majesty advanced to the Altar, and according to the ancient Custom of the Kings of England, offered three Purses filled with Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh, in Commemoration of the Present made by the Easten Magi, as on the Festival at the Manifestation.
At Noon there was a splendid Appearance of the Nobility, Foreign Ministers, and other Persons of Distinction. The Knights of the Garter, Thistle and Bath, (it being Collar Day) appear'd at Court in the Collars of their respective Orders.
In the Evening his Majesty play'd at Hazard with their Graces the Dukes of Dorset, Grafton, and Newcastle, the Earl of Essex, Lord Harrington, and divers other Persons of Distinction, for the Benefit of the Groom Porter, according to Custom.
At Night there was a Ball for the Lord and Ladies of the Court, which was opened by his Royal Highness, the Duke of Cumberland and the Princess Amelia; his Majesty was present, and retired soon after 11 o'Clock, and the Company broke up about Twelve.
Lent-Preachers appointed to preach before his Majesty for the Year 1739.
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| March 7 Ash-Wednesday | Dean of the Chapel, Lord Bishop of London |
| 9 Friday, | Dean of York, Dr. Osbaldiston |
| 11 Sunday | Lord Bishop of Durham |
| 14 Wednesday | Dr. Lavington |
| 16 Friday | Dean of Gloucester, Dr. Newcombe |
| 18 Sunday | Lord Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry |
| 21 Wednesday | Dr. Hutton |
| 23 Friday | Dean of Carlisle, Dr. Bolton |
| 25 Sunday | Lord Bishop of Sarum |
| 28 Wednesday | Dr. Worth |
| 30 Friday | D. of Chester, Dr. Brookes |
| April 1 Sunday | Lord Bishop of St. David's |
| 4 Wednesday | Dr. Stebbing |
| 6 Friday | Dean of Hereford, Dr. Cresset |
| 8 Sunday | Lord Bishop of Oxford |
| 11 Wednesday | Dr. Foulks |
| 13 Friday | D. of Bristol, Dr. Creswick |
| 15 Palm Sunday | Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, or Ld Abp. of York |
| 18 Wednesday | Dr. Thomas, sen. |
| 20 Good-Friday | Dean of Westminster, Lord Bishop of Rochester |
| 22 Easter- Day | Lord Almoner |
GRAFTON.
Lent Preachers appointed to preach at his Majesty's Chapel at Whitehall, on Wednesdays and Fridays, for the Year 1739.
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| March 7 Ash-Wednesday | Dean of Windsor, Dr. Booth |
| 9 Friday | Dr. Galley |
| 14 Wednesday | Dr. Walker |
| 16 Friday | Dr. Thomas, jun. |
| 21 Wednesday | Dr. Heylin |
| 23 Friday | Mr. Hay |
| 28 Wednesday | Dr. Bundy |
| 30 Friday | Dr. Reuben Clark |
| April 4, Wednesday | Dr. Bearcroft |
| 6 Friday | Mr. Biscoe |
| 11 Wednesday | Dr. Younge |
| 13 Friday | Mr. Richard Bullock |
| 18 Wednesday | Dr. Cobden |
| 20 Good-Friday | D. of Lincoln, Dr. Willes |
Last Saturday came Advice, that the Magdalen, bound from Londonderry to Venice, was lately lost near Venice.
The same Day came Advice from Dover that the Gibraltar, Capt. Bevin, bound from London for Seville, was lost, with the Cargo, off Dover, and the Captain and Crew were with much Difficulty saved.
We hear Sir Thomas Lombe, Knt. died worth about �120000 which he has left equally between his Lady and his two Daughters, and has appointed the former sole Executrix; and in case she should die before his Daughters are of Age, or married, he has left them to the Care of William Selwin, of Pater-noster Row, Esq; and Mr. Grigg, of the Six-Clerks-Office in Chancery, to whom he has left �500 each. We hear, in the Estimate of his Effects, Sir Thomas valued his curious Engine at Derby, and the Term in it, at �20000.
This Day 7-Night a Woman big with Child, coming to the Fleet Market about Five o'Clock, the Pains of Labour came so suddenly upon her, that she was obliged to go into a Cart, where several of the Market Women came to her Assistance, and she was safely deliver'd of a Son, which was taken by the Parish of St. Bride's.
A Charter is pass'd the Great Seal for an Hospital for Foundling Children, and 'tis not in the least doubted but it will be attended with a very plentiful Subscription equal to the Merit of so charitable a Foundation.
To the Author of COMMON SENSE.
SIR,
YOU are once more desir'd to assure the Publick that a Paper, lately printed by one Hinton at the upper End of Bow street in Covent-Garden is an Imposition on the World; none of the Gentlemen, who have written and conducted that Paper, for above twelve Years past, being concerned in it; and that the original Craftsman is now printed by H. GOREHAM in Fleet-street.
I am, Sir,
Your Fellow-Labourer in the Cause of LIBERTY, and your humble Servant,
CAL. D'ANVERS.
The Lectures at Gresham College are appointed to be read, during Hilliary Term, every Morning at Nine o'Clock in Latin, and at Three in the Afternoon in English, by the following Gentlemen, viz.
Mondays, John Bridgen, M.A. Divinity.
Tuesdays, John Commyns, Esq., Civil Law.
Wednesdays, John Machin, Astronomy.
Thursdays, Dr. Newland, Geometry.
Fridays, John Ware, Rhetorick.
Saturdays, Henry Pemberton, M.D. Physick.
The same Days in the Afternoon will be Lecture on Musick.
Notwithstanding the great Demand there has been for our Corn lately in foreign Countries, so great a plenty have we of Grain, that within this Month Wheat has fallen in the Markets 20 per Cent and is at present 15 per Cent lower than it was five Weeks ago, to the great Mortification of the high rented Farmer.
Monday George Harris was committed to Newgate by Alderman Barber, on the Oaths of divers Persons, for robbing a Gentleman of his Hat. These Hat-makers (as among one another the Thieves call themselves) very rarely escape the Gallows.
Last Saturday se'nnight Mr. Nathanial Stagg of Winborough, near Matishal in Norfolk, being abroad a shooting with two of his Neighbours, one of them shot at a Fowl, but not killing it outright, one of the Company threw a Stick at it, which unfortunately recoiling upon the Cock of Mr. Stagg's Gun, it went off, and killed him on the Spot.
The Waters are so out in most Part of the Kingdom, that in many Places there is no Travelling for Men or Horses. A Funeral going to St.Edmund's-Bury in Suffolk, the Coachman has like to have been lost; several of the Cattle were drowned; and they were forced to cut the Traces of several others, and leave the Hearse, with the Corpse, in the Waters : nor did they know when they should be able to remove it out of that Situation.
The Loyal Jane, Capt. Maples, homeward-bound from Dunkirk, met with such rough Treatment in the late Storm, that she lay on her Side for five Hours, and had near six Feet Water in the Hold; but the Crew closely plying their Pumps, they had the good Fortune to clear her, and with the Loss of only one Piece of Brandy got her into the River.
The Eliza, Capt. Mullins, belonging to Cork, from Lisbon, was lost the 26th of December at Four-Mill-Water, to the Westward of Bantry, loaded with Salt, The Captain and Crew were sav'd.
The Unity, Capt. Patridge, of Pool, from Newfoundland, lost her Bowsprit, and receiv'd considerable Damage in the late Storm, and is put into Tenby Pier to refit.
At a Waremote, held last Wednesday at St.Dunstan's in the West for the Ward of Farringdon Without, before Sir Francis Child, Knt. and Alderman of the said Ward, for the Election of one of their Head Beadles in the room of Mr. Davis, deceas'd, Mr. William Towers was declar'd, he having a great Majority of Hand.
To the AUTHOR, &c.
SIR,
I Beg Leave through your Paper thus publickly to return my most humble Thanks to the Nobility, Gentlemen, Ladies and others, who have been pleased to honour me with their Encouragement in the Disposal of my House by way of Raffle. And as many of my Friends have not only given personal Encouragement to it themselves, but condescended to take Tickets to dispose of to their respective Acquaintances; I must humbly crave Leave thus to entreat them, that as the 25th of January draws very near, the Time appointed for the Decision of the Matter, they will be so kind as to oblige their particular Friends with whose Shares they have been pleased to take of me for that Purpose, that I may be under no Necessity of prolonging the Time fix'd for the Determination of the Affair.
From the Honour that has hitherto been done to this public Proposal by such great Numbers of the Nobility, Gentry, Merchants, Traders of every Denomination, who have already purchased near 30000 of the Shares out of the 39999, there cannot possibly be the lest Apprehension of any kind of Fraud or Imposition : The large Centre House in Grosvenor Square, built by the late Mr. Simmons, is so thoroughly known, the Right of the Possessor so unquestionable, and the Method of Raffle by Mr. Foubert's Patent Mathematical Machine is so exceptionable, that no Shadow of Deceit can be suspected. By inserting these few Lines in your Paper, you will oblige,
SIR,
You most humble Servant,
E. SIMMONS.
Proposals for Shares are disposed of, at Five Shillings and Three-Pence per Share, at White's Chocolate-House, St. James's, Mr. Smith's Cabinet-Maker, in Compton-street, Soho; Rice's Coffee-House in Bond-street; Mr. Atkinson's; Roger's and Bridge's Coffee-Houses at Westminster-Hall-Gate; Will's Coffee-House in Scotland-Yard; Jack's Coffee-House at Guildhall; Ballard's Coffee-House in St. Paul's Church-yard; Bedford-Arms Tavern in Covent-Garden; Temple Exchange Coffee-House in Fleet-street; Mr. Barrett's Stationer, near Lincoln's-Inn-Square; Mr. Harding's, Stationer and Bookseller, in St. Martin's-Lane; Swan Tavern at Billingsgate; Janeway's Coffee-House near the Royal Exchange; Mr. Atkinson's the White Hart Inn at Bristol; and at the Great House in Grosvenor-Square, London.