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Some Selected Reports from The Bath Chronicle
Thursday, November 19th, 1761.
An ESSAY on
TRUE HAPPINESS.
THE ultimate Object of every Man's Pursuit, is naturally suppos'd to be Happiness; the same is every Man's Wish, and the Desire of all. But the different Methods made Use of to acquire it, the various Courses Men take in their Pursuit after it, and the Variety of Notions severally entertain'd of it, so little agreeable to its conceiv'd Nature in an impartial and tranquil Mind, almost raise a Doubt of the real Existence of true Happiness in this Life. The Suspicion of an ideal State only of true Happiness here, is in some Measure confin'd by the ill Success that attends Men in their respective Pursuits after Felicity; or at least we may learn from it, that Happiness is not without great Difficulty attainable. However, while all are blindly eager in the Pursuit of it, scarce one in a thousand knows wherein it consists.
AVARUS, Night and Day watches his Coffers, with Transport hugs his Money Bags; and tho' insensible of its Influence, ridiculously imagines he is clasping Happiness in his Arms.
GULO is certain he has caught the Fugitive, as he feels the Tide of Pleasure rushing thro' him, while he dexterously brandishes his Knife and Fork at a noble Haunch of Venison. He defines Happiness, the Satisfaction of his carnivorous Appetite; and defies any Man to produce a Certificate of greater and truer Happiness then he enjoys, when seated at the Head of the Table at a Corporation Feast.
Red fac'd BIBO insists, that the Tavern, is the Residence of true Felicity; and, as Hopes, Fears, Doubts, and Anxieties are the only Obstructions to Happiness, that the drunken Man, as sensible of neither, is truly happy Man.
HONORIOUS pants after Honours, eagerly climbs up the Road to Dignity, and dreams that Happiness fits a Goddess cloath'd in Purple, distributing her Blessings on the Summit of Power. With Labour and Pain he gains the Top of the Ascent, and imagines himself in full Possession of undisturb'd Felicity. We suddenly he awakes, finds himself entangled in Cares and beset with Difficulties. Envy, who always casts her envenom'd Darts at Dignities, assaults him; he is not long able to withstand her formidable Attacks; gives Ground, and falls a Victim to his Ambition : So justly observes the Poet :
Aim not at Pow'd, else aim to be undone.
BIBO does indeed drown his Cares protempore, but after each Debauch they return upon him with redoubled Violence. While he again has Recourse to his Bottle to stop his Doubts, and silence the faithful Monitor in his Breast. This Course of Life soon impairs his Strength, ruins his Constitution, and robs him of his Peace of Mind : When instead of Happiness at Twenty-Five, he finds an old Age of Pain, Poverty, and Disease; and sinks wretchedly by painful Degrees into the Grave.
GULO is not nearer the Attainment of Happiness : He, after having spent his Substance in indulging his ungovern'd Appetities, and experience'd the Impossibility of finding Felicity in Intemperance, is carried off, amidst violent Fits of the Gout, by an Apoplexy.
AVARUS having by severely pinching himself and distressing his Fellow-creatures, scrap'd together considerable Riches, turns his own unhappy Tormentor; and, like TANTALUS, wretched and unpitied, starves amidst Plenty and Profusion.
Thus far we find that Happiness is not so easily attainable as it is generally imagined to be, True Happiness, as Mr. ADDISON observes, is of a retir'd Nature, and an utter Enemy to Pomp and Noise.- It may be found with a Mediocrity of Fortune, and a Gentleness of Mind, which will preserve us from Fear or Envy. It is the Blessing of coveting nothing, and founded upon an Independency on Fortune. DIOGENES understood this very well, when be put himself into an Incapacity of losing any Thing; when even the greatest Monarch of the World could not add to his Satisfaction.
What can be happier, says SENECA, than that Condition from which we cannot fall ? He that not content in Poverty, would not be happy in Plenty, for the Fault is not in the Thing, but the Mind : If that be sickly, remove him from a Kennel to a Palace, he is in the same Condition, for he carries his Disease along with him.
We may therefore conclude, with SENECA, that he who pretends to a happy Life, must first lay a Foundation of VIRTUE, as a Bond upon him, to live and die true to that Cause. For we do not find Felicity in the Veins of the Earth, where we dig for Gold, nor in the Bottom of the Sea, where we fish for Pearl; but in a pure untainted Mind. In short, he is truly happy, who thinks his own Lot best, and lives in the pleasing Enjoyment of a good Conscience, which is the Testimony and Reward of a good Life.
YOUTH and BEAUTY.
[Addressed to Miss L. of BATH.]
Whilst Youth and Beauty join to please,
The present Bliss enjoy :
Youth flies, and Beauty soon decays,
And Time on ev'ry Charm will seize;
Then, CELIA, be not coy.
Behold the Lilly as it grows,
White as thy snowy Breast;
Before the fragrant blushing Rose,
Such rival Sweets thys Lips disclose;
View these and make me blest.
When Nature's in her best Array,
In Spring's gay Robe attir'd;
When smiling Phoebus gilds the Day,
Like thee they shine, like thee look gay,
And are like thee admir'd.
But when bleak Winter's chilling Shade
Deforms the gloomy Sky;
Their Bloom decays, their Glories fade,
Low is their Pride of Beauty laid;
They droop their Head and die.
EPIGRAM extempore on a COLD POET.
FRIGIDIO'S Muse, from Ardour free,
Whene'er he tunes his Lyre,
Gives him a leaden Policy
T' insure his Works from FIRE.
Friday's and Saturday's POSTS.
Arriv'd Two Mails from HOLLAND.
Spain.
MADRID, Oct.16.
FOR some Weeks past the Road to Versailles has never been without Couriers passing and repassing between the two Courts. Many Regiments that were in Garrison in the inland Towns are ordered to march towards the Coast. Several Bodies of Troops and warlike Stores are also embarking for America. - On hearing these Movements, who can forbear making Conjectures.
Germany.
BERLIN, Oct. 26. The Court of Vienna having confined the Prussian General Fouquet in a Citadel of Hungary, our Monarch, by Way of Reprisal, has ordered all the Austrian Officers at Magdeburgh to be confined in the Citadel.
Nov. 3. The Distempers which prevail in the Country of Hanover, carry off great Numbers; and the Distemper among the Horned Cattle again makes great Havock.
Holland.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 6. Letters from Berlin tell us, that Schweidnitz was given up to Pillage for two Hours after it was taken; that General Zastrow behaved like a brave Officer, and repulsed the Austrians twice; but was at length obliged to submit to superior Numbers. This Account adds that none of the Houses in the Town received any Damage.
Letters from the Lower Saxony say, that his Prussian Majesty is calling in his detached Parties from all Parts, as they suppose, with a View of executing some Project.
Count Tottleben is ill of an Apoplexy at Petersburgh. The Effects found of his at Hamburgh are but trifling, in Comparison to what has been mentioned.
Country Intelligence.
SALISBURY, Nov. 6. On Thursday last about One in the Morning, a Fire broke out in the Dwelling-house and Mills of Mr. Richard Andrews, Tanner, in Amesbury, which, in a few Hours Time, entirely consumed them both, with all the Furniture and Appurtenances, &c. and was so sudden and violent that Mr. Andrews, his Wife, and Servants, narrowly escaped, without even their Wearing Apparel. The Loss is computed at fifteen hundred Pounds, which is the more to be lamented, as there is great Reason to believe some malicious Person, without Doors, set Fire to both the House and Mill, soon after the Family were gone to Bed; for it broke out at the End of each, where was no Chimney, nor ever any Fire made.
London, November 12.
On Monday last, when their Majesties honoured the City with their Royal Presence, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland alighted first at Mr. Barclay's, and was conducted to an Apartment provided 'till the Arrival of the Princess Amelia, the Duke of York, Prince Frederick-William, Prince Henry-Frederick, and Prince William-Henry, Princess Augusta, and Princess Dowager of Wales. -On the King and Queen's alighting at the Door, the Procession immediately began up the Stair-case, attended by the Nobles in Waiting. Their Majesties instantly appeared in the Balcony, when it is impossible to determine whether the loud Acclamations of the innumerable Crowd of Spectators, or the Joy that appeared in the Royal Pair, was most prevalent . On their Majesties Return into the Drawing-room, Mr. Barclay and his Family were presented, and had the Honour of being favoured with singular Marks of Royal Condescension.--During the Time of their Majesties Stay, so anxious was his Majesty to indulge his People with the Sight of their darling Objects, and so much inclined was he to honour every Part of the Procession with his Royal Presence, that his Majesty never sat down one Minute. The Shew being ended, the Sheriffs were introduced, and acquainted their Majesties, that the Lord Mayor was at Guildhall, ready to receive his Royal Guests. The Procession began� for Guildhall in the same Order as before, as the Royal Family entered, the Sheriffs in their Formalities attending.
It is said the Corporation of this City, as a Addition to the Honour already received shortly intend to request his Majesty's Acceptance of the City Freedom. And in case his Majesty should be pleased to condescend to their Request, he will honour the Clothworkers Company (being the Lord Mayor's) with accepting the Freedom thereof.
The two Right Honourable Guests, Earl Temple and Mr. Pitt took their Leave of the Citizens at Guildhall on Monday between Eleven and Twelve. Mr. Pitt was wrapt very closely in his Cloak; however, the Populace soon got Intimation who they were, and the Chariot was surrounded in an Instant by Numbers that came flocking from all Quarters of the Streets through which they passed. In Fleet-street and the Strand, the Press was become so great, that his Chariot was in Danger of being broke down by the grateful Multitude that hung about the Wheels, and every other Part they could take hold of. The Progress was of Necessity so slow, that they did not reach St.James's Place 'till between one and two in the Morning. During this uncommon midnight Scene, the Acclamations were so loud and frequent, that great Numbers, who were in their Beds, got up and opened their Windows, and upon hearing the Names of King George, Temple and Pitt, and Old England, they pulled off their Caps, and in their Shirts joined in the Gratulations of the People.
A curious Piece of Plate has been presented by a great Personage to a worthy Commoner, on which are elegantly engraved the Emblems of the many Successes of this Nation within the Time of his having the Management of public Affairs.
It certainly rebounds very much to the Honour of a late worthy Minister, that even from the partial Account of M. Bussy's Negotiation, published by the French, his whole Conduct through that important Affair has been entirely British, and such as in every Respect was worthy of his Character, and the great Trust reposed in him by his Sovereign. The same partial Account also (not to mention the private Advices every Day received, of the great Preparations making by the Spaniards) are incontestable Proofs, how much Reason he had to propose the taking vigorous Measures immediately with them, even though those Measures have been since so much cried down by some Persons in the opposite Interest.
The Magistrates and Town Council of Sterling in Scotland, have unanimously resolved that an Address should be presented to the Right Hon William Pitt, Esq. for his past signal Services to his Country, and that he should be requested to continue to act upon the same Patriot Principles which have so eminently distingush'd him.
Copy of the Thanks to the Right Hon. Wm. Pitt, from the City of York, Nov. 6.-- Resolved, "That the Thanks of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Commons of the City of York, in Common-council assembled, be presented to the Right Hon. William Pitt, for the signal Advantages which this Nation has derived from his upright, wise, and vigorous Administration; to which, under Providence, we owe the Revival of the antient British Spirit, the Acquisition of the most valuable and important Conquests, and the Abolition of Party Distinctions. The Loss of so able, so disinterested a Statesman, who so happily united the Characters or the great Minister and the true Patriot, cannot but be deeply regretted at this critical Conjuncture by every Well-wisher to his King and Country."
It is now again reported, that the Congress will be fix'd some Time in January next without fail, and that the Negotiation between France and our Court will shortly be revived.
Effectual Care is order'd to be taken to block up the French Ports by our Ships.
All the large Ships in the River and the Downs are ordered round to Portsmouth.
It is the general Opinion that the Deposit for the new Supplies will be made soon after Christmas.
The States of Holland having taken into Consideration the Augmentation of their Marine at the same Time with the Augmentation of their Land Forces, they resolved that twelve Ships of the Line should be fitted out against the Spring for the Protection of their Trade and Navigation.
According to some Advices, the Prussians and Swedes have agreed to a Cessation of Hostilities during the Winter.
According to the last Letters from Hamburg, the Preparations of Denmark leave no Room to doubt of that Crown's entering into a War next Spring.
They write from Berlin, that they were still apprehensive of a Visit from the Russians, who were not above six Leagues distant.
Letters from Scanderoon of the 15th of September say, that the Plague is broke out there.
By Yesterday's Mails there is a Confirmation that the Inhabitants of Ceylon have massacred the Dutch in that Island, and regained their Independency.
If we may depend upon the last Advices from Holland, there is a very strong Party in that Country for augmenting their Land Forces, and for assembling an Army in the Spring; which may possibly be employed, in Conjunction with the Forces of two Electors, to maintain the Respect due to Neutral Countries; and to prevent those Ravages, which have distinguished the present War, and particularly the present Campaign, from any Thing that is to be met with in History.
By the Dutch Mail of this Day, there is a Confirmation of the Victorie Privateer, Capt. Arnoux, who has done so much Mischief in the Mediterranean, being taken by the Pallas Man of War, and carried into Leghorn.
Yesterday Morning, about Ten o'Clock, Mr. Perrot (late a Linen-draper and Laceman on Ludgate-hill, sentenced to Death for concealing his Effects after a Stature of Bankruptcy was taken out against him.) received the Sacrament with Samuel Lee, who was executed this Day at Tyburn for Forgery. When he came into the Prison Yard, where his Irons were knocked off, his Behaviour was so decent, that it affected every Person present. He was executed in Smithfield about Eleven. He behaved very penitently, and prayed with great Fervency before he was turned off. He was of Newport-Pagnell, Bucks; where it is said he will be sent to be interred, by his own Desire.-When the Statute was taken out-against him, he was indebted to the Amount of �20,000.
This Morning, about a Quarter past Nine, Samuel Lee (convicted Iast Sessions for forging a Draught for �50.) was conveyed in a Cart from Newgate to Tyburn. He behaved all the Way in a very penitent Manner; being come to the fatal Tree, he prayed in a most fervent Manner; which being ended several young Gentlemen saluted him in the Cart; he then pulled a Sheet of Paper out of his Pocket, and read a most moving Speech to the Spectators, exhorting them all to take Warning by his unhappy Fate, and to keep out of extravagant and loose Company, which had brought him to commit the Crime for which he was now most justly to suffer. His Words drew Tears from every Spectator, and even the Executioner himself was not insensible to the Force.
On an EPIGRAM.
SEE, with what Virtue WIT id fraught !
Its Poignancy admire !
Which, by contracting Flights of Thought,
Can set the Soul on Fire.
So Convex Glasses, made compleat,
Contract the Rays of Light;
Which when apart give little Heat,
But burn when they unite.
DESIRE and LOVE.
BEWARE, young Man, beware the Allurement of Wantonness, and let not the Harlot tempt the to Excess in her Delights.
The Madness of Desire shall defeat its own Pursuits, from the Blindness of its Rage thou shalt rush upon Destruction.
Therefore give not up thy Heart to sweet Enticements, neither suffer thy Soul to be enslaved by her enchanting Delusions.
The Fountain of Health which must supply the Stream of Pleasure, shall quickly be dried up, and every Spring of Joy shall be exhausted.
In the Prime of thy Life old age shall overtake thee; thy Sun shall decline in the Morning of thy Days.
But when Virtue and Modesty enlighten her Charms, the Lustre of a beautiful Woman is brighter than the Stars of Heaven, and the Influence of her Power it is in vain to resist.
The Whiteness of her Bosom transcendeth the Lilly; her Smile is more delicious than a Garden of Roses.
The Innocence of her Eye is like that of the Turtle; Simplicity and Truth dwell in her Heart.
The Kisses of her Mouth are sweeter than Honey; the Perfumes of Arabia breathe from her Lips.
Shut not thy Bosom to the Tenderness of Love; the Purity of its Flame shall ennoble thine Heart; and soften it to receive the fairest Impressions.
PSALM XI :Translated.
GOD is my Hope; in him distrest
My Soul shall find untroubled Rest;
From him true Comforts flow;
In vain ye bid me then remove,
Swift as the tim'rous panting Dove,
And reach yon Mountain's Brow.
Behold, ye say, the impious Band
Prepare the Bow, extend the Hand,
And point th' unerring Dart;
With restless Eagerness they wait,
In murd'rous Council meditate,
To smite the guiltless Heart.
Ah, what avails, that thou can'st find
An unoffending righteous Mind,
When destitute of Aid !
God from his high exalted Throne
Shall look with Indignation down,
And all their Counsels read.
Then shall his high almighty Arm
Protect the Innocent from Harm,
Each Danger drive away;
But on his impious Foes shall rain Destruction, Anguish, Wrath, and Pain,
Affliction and Dismay.
Flames shall in livid Show'rs descend,
Their Dwellings horrid Tempests rend,
And all their Hosts annoy;
While on the Good (far different Scene)
He smiles with Countenance serene,
That looks eternal Joy.
Sunday's and Monday's POSTS.
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
Germany,
DUSSELDORP, Oct. 29.
THE heavy Rains we have lately had, have rendered the Roads in this Country so bad, that it is with Difficulty a Wheel-Carriage passes, and have obliged Prince Soubize to put his Army into Quarters of Cantonment about Essen. The Dislocation of the Army will be soon made, and the Regiments will not have far to march to their Winter-Quarters, as this City, Cologn, Werel, Rees, Cleves, and Aix-la-Chapelle, will easily contain all the Infantry: The Cavalry, now consisting of twenty-four Squadrons, will have Winter-Quarters assigned them on the Left of the Rhine.
WESEL, Nov.1. The Inspectors having reviewed the Troops, the Dislocation of the Army, under the Command of. the Prince de Soubise, is now made. Ten Battalions are marched into this Town. The rest of the Troops will be put into Garrison at Rees, Cleves, Dusseldorff, Cologn, Aix-la-Chapelle, &c.
LIEGE, Oct 31. The French Court have demanded of this State, Winter Quarters for the Gendarmerie. As soon as that Corps were apprized of it, they sent an Express to the Duke of Choiseul, with their Reasons for desiring Leave to return to France. The Answer is soon expected.
Four Battalions of French Guards have passed through this City in their Way to Brussels; one with another they are yet about five hundred and twenty Men each.
This Day the first Battalion of Swiss Guards arrived here; they are not so strong as the French Guards, having suffered by Desertion, but they make a better Appearance.
Nov. 2. The second Battalion of Swiss Guards arrived here To-day; they march To-morrow to Huy, and from thence to Waseige and Perwez into France, which is the same Road the French Guards took.
HAMBOURG, Nov. 2. According to Advices from Magdebourg of the 30th past, Colberg continued to defend itself. However, the Prussians have lost two Detachments, which were to have served as Convoy to a Transport with Provisions, &c. coming from Stettin; and notwithstanding Gen. de Platen likewise marched himself to Goldnow to cover the same, and had repulsed the Enemy, he was nevertheless obliged to send the Transport back to Dam; after which Gen. Platen marched to Stargard. The King of Prussia was yet, on the 27th, at Strelen.
Nov. 3. According to Letter's from Brunswic of the 30th past, Marshal Broglio having been joined by the Corps of M. de Stainville, which had been employed this whole Campaign in Hesse, seemed to be making Dispositions, as if he intended a second Attempt on that Town and Wolfenbuttel. Prince Frederick had occupied the first with 11 Battalions, and General Luckner the latter with 6. The Hereditary Prince, with 20 Battalions and 24 Squadrons, remained still encamped near Hildersheim, to watch the future Motions of the Enemy.
Holland.
HAGUE, Nov. 6. Our Advices from Prince Ferdinand's Head-Quarters at Ohr are of the 20th of October, at which Time no considerable Alteration had happened in the Position of either Army. Marshal Broglio continued to put the greatest Part of his Army into Cantonment; and, by several Dispositions which were making, it was natural to imagine he intended to withdraw his Troops from their present Situation, and take up his Winter Quarters as last Year.
The Prince of Soubise has made a Shew of attacking Ham, instead of passing the Rhine, has fortified the Posts of Anhalt and Ysselbourg; but as different Detachments of Prince Ferdinand's Army are within Reach of Ham, which is likewise supposed, by the Garrison of Munster and Lipstadt, it is not imagined that Prince Soubise will attempt any Thing; on the Contrary, the Advices from along the Rhine continue to give an Account of the Dispositions making for the Troops entering into Winter Quarters. The Prince of Soubise's Quarters were at Calcum, near Keyserfwerth, on the 31st of October.
The Russians are said to have prevented a large Prussian Convoy from arriving at Colberg,. which makes the Fate of that Place more uncertain, and especially, as the main Body of the Russian Army is drawing nearer to it.
Accounts from Silesia of the 24th ult. mention, that the King of Prussia having had Information that General Laudohn had detached a large Corps of Troop's from his Army, sent a Reinforcement to the Garrison of Glogau, where he apprehended an Attempt might be .made ; but that the Austrian Detachment was since moved towards Freydenburg on the Queiss, and it was supposed would proceed through Lusatia into Saxony, to join Marshal Daun.
By Letters from Saxony of the 28th ult. we are informed, that Marshal Daun's Army had lately felled a great Number of Trees on the Side of Freyburg, and had made also several Changes in its Position ; but it did nor yet appear what was the Marshal's Design.
London.
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, Nov 13. His Majesty's Sloop the Hornet, commanded by Capt Johnstone, being on a Cruize, took on the 26th of last Month, 100 Leagues West of the Rock of Lisbon, Heureux, a small Snow Privateer, with 50 Men; and, the same Day, after a long Chace, retook her Prize the Bee, a Snow loaded with Fish from Newfoundland, bound to Lisbon, and has carried them both into that Port.
His Majesty's Ship the Dorsetshire, commanded by Capt. John Campbell, in her Way to Lisbon, also took, on the 11th past, the Henry, a Snow Privateer belonging to Bayonne, of 10 Guns and 58 Men.
[Thus far the GAZETTE.]
London, November 14.
Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl Powis, Lord Sandys, Lord Mansfield, Lord Grantham, the Judges, &c. met in the Court of Exchequer in Westminster-Hall, and named the following Gentlemen as proper Persons for one of them to be appointed by his Majesty to serve the Office of Sheriff for the several Counties.
Berks, Joseph Andrews of Shaw, John Walter of Farley-hill, John Blagrave of Southcot, Esqrs.
Devon. Wm. Tucker of West-water, Tho. Putt of Gittisham, Rich Incledon of Pilton, Es.
Oxfordshire, Edmund Bluet of Sadburn, Wm. Vanderskemin of Kaversham, Edward Horn of Pyrton, Esqrs.
Somerset, Samuel Doddington of Horsington, Thomas Gunston of Bishops-hall, Philip Winter of Bishops-Lideard, Esqrs.
Southampton, Joseph Portal of Teesolk, Thomas Gatehoure of Wallop, Thomas Prior of Kingsclere, Esqrs.
Worcestershire Plucknet Woodrof of Wychenford, Benjamin Johnson of Worcester, Edward Wheeler of Lindridge, Esqrs.
Wiltshire, George Turner of Penley, Prince Sutton of the Devizes, John Walker of Compton-Basset, Esqrs.
As his Majesty, Yesterday Morning, was going out an Airing, two ancient Men from Cheshire, the one 82, the other 78 Years of Age, delivered a Petition to his Majesty, offering to make a full Discovery of a Silver Mine, that they, after 20 Years Search, have found out in the said County of Chester; which Petition his Majesty received very graciously.
Wednesday, according to annual Custom, were presented to, and most graciously received by his Majesty, 24 Herring Pyes, from the Corporation of Norwich, by which they hold their Charter.
Thursday the Right Hon. William Pitt, Esq. Member for the City of Bath, took the Oaths and his Seat in the House of Commons.
We hear a large Fleet is soon to sail from Portsmouth on some important Expedition.
It is now again reported, that the Congress will be fixed some Time in January next, and that the Negotiation between France and our Court will shortly be revived.
We hear that some Regiments of Infantry are ordered to march towards the South of England, in order to be ready to embark if Occasion should require it.
We hear that the Managers of the Antigallican Privateer are applying for Letters of Reprisal against the Spaniards.
By some Letters from the Hague of the 5th Instant, we learn, that they had an Account, that the Russians had made themselves Masters of Treplow in Brandenburg, and had made the Garrison of six Prussian Squadrons Prisoners of War.
The last Letters from Holland advise, that M. Broglio was labouring to place his Troops in Winter-Quarters in such a Manner, that, in case of Necessity, they might reassemble in a few Hours. These Letters add, that no Battle is to be expected this Campaign, both Generals studying only how they shall harrass each other most during the Winter.
The Letters from France continue full of the perfect Harmony which prevails between that Court and Spain; and of the Measures which are taking for carrying their joint Schemes into Execution.
We learn from Petersburgh, that the Project of a new Treaty of Commerce between that Empire and Great-Britain, has been lately transmitted to London.
By the Death of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Ploen on the 18th ult. without Male Issue, his Dutchy (the annual Revenue whereof is between 90 and 100,000 Crowns) devolves to the King of Denmark, by Virtue of a Convention signed the 29th of November, 1756.
The Regency of Hanover, in Consideration of the Scarcity of all Manner of Grain in that Electorate, have ordered large Magazines to be filled in order to reduce the present Market-price, which is very exorbitant: The fatal Distemper amongst the young Cattle continues still to make great Havock, the whole Breed of Cattle at Herenhausen having died of it.
A Master of a Ship, lately arrived in Town from the West-Indies, where he had been taken by the French, observes, that the Town and Fortification of Porto Bello, in the Island of Cuba, are at present in a better State of Defence than they have been these many Years; the Works of which are carried on under the Direction of an able Engineer from Europe.
The true Cause of the Arrest of M. de Vrintz, the Austrian Resident at Bremen, was an intercepted Letter from him to Marshal Broglio, pointing out a Method of seizing Bremen and destroying the Magazines in that Town.
The last Advices from Copenhagen assert, that there is a Treaty on the Carpet between that Court and those of London and Berlin; that if the Treaty should take Place, the Count de St. Germain would no longer have the chief Command of the Danish Forces; and that this General began already to be coolly looked upon, for which no Reason was assigned.
A Letter from Greenock mentions, that the Herring Fishing at the Lewes has turned out beyond Expectation, and has been reckoned in general a very successful Season.
We hear that a Gentleman of Durham lately came from thence to Town in 28 Hours, including all Stoppages.
A most remarkable light Saddle was made last Week for Lord March, the Weight of which, with the Stirrups, Girth, and Surcingle, did not exceed two Pounds ten Ounces.
Yesterday died at the Middlesex Hospital, John Duke, a Bricklayer, who was sent there on Tuesday. He had cut his Throat that Day, after stabbing his Wife in Thomas-street, Drury-Lane, on a frivolous Occasion: of which Wound the Woman instantly expired.
The Island of Ceylon, from which the Dutch have been expelled after a general Massacre, produced the Cinnamon with which that Nation supplied all Europe; for they had destroyed the Cinnamon-Trees at Cochin, and were sole Masters of Ceylon. This Island is situated about forty five Leagues from Cape Comorin, between the 6th and 10th Degree of North Latitude, and between the 79th and 82d Degree of East Longitude. It is about sixty Leagues long, and above two hundred in Circumference. Some imagine it to be the Taprobana of the Ancients. It was discovered by the Portuguese in 1506, or, according to others, not 'till 1609; but unable to penetrate into the upper Part of the Country, they settled only on the Coasts. However, they kept Possession of their Conquests, and of the Cinnamon Trade, which hath rendered the Island so famous for above a Century. In 1602, Ceylon began to be visited by the Dutch, who making themselves Masters of Point des Galles, or Punta Galla, successively seized all other Forts possessed by the Portuguese, whom they drove quite out of the Island, in 1657, by the Reduction of Colombo, the handsomest and strongest Town in Ceylon.
To Miss B---- P-----.
FEW of our Sex, you say, sincerely love;
'Tis Man's best Privilege unblam'd to rove.
Learn then, my Fair, what Arts will firmly bind,
And fix in Constancy th' unsettled Mind.
When o'er our Hearts triumphantly you reign,
Think not that Beauty justifies Distain.
You too must love; your Breast in sweet Return
With honest Warmth should undissembled burn.
Happy the Maid, and worthy to be bless'd,
Whose Soul, entire by him she loves possess'd,
Feels ev'ry Vanity in Fondness lost,
And wants no Pow'r but that of pleasing most.
For her inconstant Man, might cease to range,
And Gratitude forbid Desire to change.
Thus I, dear B----, would your Charms improve,
And form your Heart to all the Arts of Love.
The Task were harder to secure my own
Against the Power of those already known:
For well you twist the secret Chains that bind,
The gentle Force which captivates the Mind;
Skill'd ev'ry soft Attraction to employ,
Each flattering Hope, and each alluring Joy.
I own your Genius, and from you receive
The Rules of pleasing, which to you I give.
A PARADOX.
HEALTH, Strength, and Riches, Credit, and Content,
Are spared best sometimes when they are spent :
Sickness & Weakness, Loss, Disgrace and Sorrow.
Lend most sometimes when they most seem to borrow.
Blest be the Hand that helps by hurting, gives
By taking, by forsaking me relieves:
If in my Fall my Rising be thy Will,
Lord, I will say, the worse the better still.
I'll speak the Paradox, maintain thou it,
And let thy Grace supply my Want of Wit;
Leave me no Learning that a Man may see,
So I may be a Scholar unto thee.
London, November 17.
Affairs are in such a Situation at Madrid, that our Ambassador (we are credibly informed) has requested his Recall.
We are told that there were a greater Variety of Wines at the Lord Mayor's Dinner at Guildhall on the 9th Inst. than was ever seen in Europe.
We hear that the whole Expence attending the making the above Entertainment cost near �9000
The Loss of Plate at Guildhall was very trifling, considering the Quantity ,it being no more than one Spoon and a Fork.
There is an Account from Petersburgh, that a Fire broke out at Cronstadt the latter End of Sept. which had reduced to Ashes upwards of an hundred Houses.
They write from Constantinople of the 3d ult. that in the Night between the 23d and 24th of September Iast, a violent Fire broke out there, in the Alpasar (or Horse Market) which communicated itself to the adjacent Palaces and House's, and reduced a great Number of them to Ashes.
One of the Burghers of Mentz, after eight Years Evidence, presented last Week to the Regency, a new Piece of Artillery, not of Metal, but of Paste, of a Kind of glewy Nature; which carries a Ball 400 Yards, and will beat down Walls at that Distance. The Ball is also of a particular Composition; the Piece need not be spunged 'till it has fired a hundred Times; it weighs but fifty Pounds, and each Ball but two and a half, so that one Man may carry one Piece, and another the Ammunition. -- What Carnage, (adds this Account) if an Army of 20,000 Men ten thousand of these Pieces were employ'd ? and then exclaims, Was it a Man or a Devil that invented this detestable Machine ?
We hear that a Bill will be brought into Parliament, to make PERJURY Death in some Cases.
On Friday last a Chimney Sweeper's Boy picked up nine Lottery Tickets folded in a Bit of Paper.
BANKRUPT. John Cox, of the Devizes, Grocer and Chapman.
MARRIAGES. The Right Hon. The Earl of Donegall, to the Lady Ann Hamilton, Daughter to her Grace the Dutchess Dowager of Hamilton, at her Grace's Seat in Suffolk. - William Robinson, Esq. a Hamburgh Merchant, of Bucklesbury, to Miss Tuck, of Throckmorton-street.
DEATHS. In the 92d Year of his Age, Sir Thomas Brand, Knt. who had been for many Years Embellisher of Letters to Eastern Princes. - The Lady of *** Lilley, Esq. of a Cancer in her Breast, near Ongar in Essex.- Major-Gen. David Watson, Colonel of the 38th Regiment of Foot, and Quarter Master General of his Majesty's Forces.
Bristol, November 18.
Came in since our last, The Ann, Thomson, from Newfoundland ; the Prince George, Greenway, from Jamaica; the Amey, Kennedy, from South Carolina; the Lady Gabetha, Koper, from Bremen; and the City of Waterford, Kelly, from Galway.
Arriv'd, at Liverpool, the Martin, Pheelan, at Valla Nouer, the Young William, Kerr, at Waterford, the Nonsuch, Hancock, and at Newfoundland, the Constantine, Forsyth, all from Bristol, and the Rose, Hill, from Waterford, and Favourite, Jones, from Guadalupe; at Ireland, the Only Daughter, Corbin, from Newfoundland; at Newfoundland, the Sloop, Francis, from Barbadoes, and the Bristol Merchant, Deche, and the Marlborough, Gibson, both from this Port; at Gibraltar, the Marquis of Granby, Scott, and the Antigua Factor, Wheedon, both from Newfoundland, and have carried in with them a retaken Ship from Dublin to Antigua, after being taken 5 Days.
The M'Aulle, ***, from Guadalpue, to this Port; and the Two Sisters, Daniell, from Africa to Jamaica, are taken and carried into Martinico.
Sunday died Mrs. Whitlow on the Key.
Thursday died Dr. John Bonython, one of the Physicians of our Infirmary.
We hear from Haverfordwest, that this Day se'nnight four Men at Nask Colliery, three Miles From that Place, went into a Pit in order to drain some Water therefrom which the late Rains had forc'd in, after working about two Hours, and finding themselves grow cold, lighted a Fire of Small Coal and Clay, which affected them so much that one was taken out dead and another died soon after : The other two having immediately Vomit given them by a neighbouring Apothecary, are in a fair Way of doing well.
Bath, November 19.
Arriv'd here, The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Holdernesse, Earl and Countess of Northumberland, Lord Suffolk, Lord Tyrawley, Lady Bastard, Sir William Bennett and Lady, Col. Ward, Capt. Fielding, Capt. Patridge, Capt. Patrick, Capt. Measie, Capt. Colwell, Mr and Mrs Adams, Mr and Mrs Folkes, Mr and Mrs Brough, Mr and Mrs Inksman, Rev. Dr. Cooper, Rev. Mr. Wheeler, Rev. Mr. Natt, Mr Fynch, Mr Stephens, Mrs Lynch, Mr Gwyn, Mr Morrice, Mr Clavering, Mr Bacon, Mr B. Skinner, Mr Hawkins, Mr Hinxman, Mr Buckeridge, Mr. Ogden, Mr Summers, Mr Faning, Mrs Anderside, Mrs Twisdale, Mrs Langley, Mrs Boyington, Mrs Killegrew, Mrs Hibbart, Mrs Mead, Mrs Martin and Miss, &c. &c.
William Earl, of Malmesbury in the County of Wilts, Esq. is appointed Receiver General for that County, in the Room of John Turner, Esq. deceased.
Yesterday se'nnight, died here the Rev. Mr. Wainhouse, Rector of Keevil in Wilts.
Monday last died, Mr. Samuel Prynn, Senior, Clerk to Ralph Allen, Esq. at Prior-Park, upwards of forty Years,- A Man greatly esteem'd for his Fidelity, Care, and Diligence.
The same Day died Mr. Joseph Dart, one of the Officers of Excise; who for near forty Years conducted himself in that Office with the greatest Integrity, and such an amiable Deportment, as doth Honour to his Memory.
Monday two Chairmen carried a Man weighing fourteen stone six Pound, from the Grove to Bathford Bridge, (being three Miles and a half) without resting; a Wager depending thereon.
THE Assignee of the Estate and Effects of JAMES EDMUNDS, of Trowbridge in the County of Wilts, a Prisoner discharged by Virtue of the Insolvent Act, doth hereby give Notice, that he intends to make a Dividend of the Estate and Effects of the said James Edmunds, at the George-Inn at Trowbridge aforesaid, on Thursday the 10th Day of December next.
To be Lett,
(For any Term of Years not exceeding 5)
And enter'd on the First of JANUARY, 1762,
CHELTENHAM SPAW
WITH or WITHOUT
Two or three Acres of Land adjoining.
*** Any Person having a Mind to treat about it, may apply to Mr. HENRY SKILLICORNE, of Cheltenham, in the County of Glocester; or to Mr. WILLIAM SKILLICORNE, Attorney at Law, at Worcester.
N.B. This Estate requires no great Stock; and a Man and a Boy are more than sufficient to manage the Business all the Year round.
To be Sold in fee by Auction,
Or OTHERWISE,
At Old-Down-Inn, in the County of
Somerset,
On Thursday the Third Day of DECEMBER next, between the Hours of Two and Four in the Afternoon, (together, or in Lots)
A Good Messuage or Dwelling-house, with a Barn, Stable, and Out-Houses, Orchard, and Garden, with about Twenty eight Acres of Arable, and about Thirty Acres of Meadow and Pasture Ground thereto belonging: Situate, lying and being in the Parish of ASHWEEK, in the said County; about six Miles from Wells, and three from Shepton Mallet. The Whole worth about Sixty Pounds a Year.- Also the Reversion in Fee of six Cottages in the said Parish of Ashweek, now out on Lives.
*** For further Particulars, or Sight of the Premises, enquire of Mr. Simon Witherell, Attorney at Law, in Wells aforesaid; or Mr. James Mills, Joiner, in Wells; or Mr. Henry Strode, at Ashweek aforesaid.
Made and Sold at John Evill's,
Stocking and Shoe Ware-house,
At the Golden-Fleece, the Corner of Green-street,
near St. Michael's Church, BATH,
WHERE the SHOE-MAKING TRADE is carried on in all its Branches, and made equal in Quality, and warranted as good as those sold at higher Prices; and sold at least Two Shillings in Twenty less than the present Prices elsewhere; and the following Reasons are assign'd for so doing, viz. A large Consumption - Dealing for Ready-Money - and a quick Return - for the following Goods, viz. Boots and Spatterdashes; Mens and Boys Pumps and Shoes, all Sorts and Sizes; Mens Cork-Sole and Shoes for the Gout; Womens Silk and Sattin, fine and common, Callimanco and Lasting Pumps and Shoes; and Leather ditto; Mens and� Womens Galloshes; and all Sorts of Womens Clogs of the neatest Make ; Girls Callimanco and Lasting Pumps and Shoes; Morocco and Black Leather ditto every Size.
And almost every Sort of HOSIERY GOODS of Worsted, Thread, and Cotton, both Knit and Wove, will be sold on the lowest Terms.
BATH, Nov. 26, 1761.
Whereas an Advertisement was publish'd in last Thursday's Paper, of JOHN EVILL'S carrying the SHOE-MAKING Business on in all its Branches, and warranted as good as those sold at higher Prices: This is to acquaint the Public in general, that they are impos'd on by such Methods of proceeding. We will leave it to the candid Reader's Judgment, whether a Pair of Womens Stuff Shoes or Pumps, for 1s. 3d. per Pair making, can be as well made as those at 2s. and 1s 8d. per Pair, which is the very lowest Prices the Free Masters of this City give; and for Mens in Proportion.- They put a Droll on their low Wages, by saying they deal for Ready-Money.
We whose Names are hereunto subscribed will sell the Shoe-making Goods in all its Branches, as cheap in Substance (tho' not in Tale of Money) as the said JOHN EVILL.- This Advertisement concludes with no underhand Dealing, but fair and above-board.
WILLIAM CARTER,
JAMES HEAD,
GEORGE CHAMBERRY
BATH, Nov.18, 1761.
LOST,
A Bill of Exchange for �210.
Drawn by Mr. Patrick Sweetman, of Dublin, in Favour of Mr. Nicholas Lawless, on Messrs. Gurnell, Hoare, and Comp. of London.
*** Whoever has found it, and will deliver it to Mr. CAULETT, shall be properly rewarded.--- It is of no Use but to the Owner, as it is not indors'd by him.
This is to give Notice,
That WILLIAM FROST,
EXETER CARRIER,
SETS out from the PACK-HORSE near St. Michael's Church, BATH, every Tuesday Morning at Eight o'Clock, and arrives at the DOLPHIN-INN in EXETER the Friday following; and carries Goods, &c. at the usual Prices.
He calls at the George in Glastonbury, the Bell-Inn in Taunton, the Squirrel in Wellington, and the Red-Lion in Culliton.-- He likewise takes Goods for all other Parts of the West of England.
N.B: No Money, Plate, or Jewels, will be for counted for, unless enter'd as such, and paid for accordingly.
To be Lett immediately,
READY-FURNISH'D,
A HOUSE in Orchard-street,
Near the PARADES.
*** Enquire of BASIL WAKE, Apothecary.
On FRIDAY the 26th Instant Nov.
Will be Published,
By J. LEAKE and W. FREDERICK,
Booksellers, in BATH,
The following ALMANACKS;
Which, by Reason of an Additional Stamp-Duty laid thereon by Parliament, will be sold as hereafter mentioned.
ANDREWS, Coley, Gentleman's Diary, Ladies Diary, Moore, Patridge, Parker's Ephemeris, Pearse, Poor, Robin, Saunders, Season, Wing, and White's Ephemeris. 9d each stich'd
Rider's British Merlin. stitch'd 9d.
The broad London, or Wing's Sheet Almanack, 6d.
Ditto Cambridge, or Philomath's Sheet Almanack, 6d.
The small London, or Raven's Sheet Almanack printed from a Copper Plate. 6d.
The Oxford Sheet Almanack. 1s. 2d.
The Stationers Almanack. 1s. 3d.
Where likewise may be had,
The Court and City Register, Price bound 2s. with an Almanack 2s. 9d. Dodsley's new Memorandum -Book improved. The Gentleman's and Tradesman's Pocket Assistant. The Ladies Memorandum-Book, by Dodsley. The Ladies Complete Pocket-Book.
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