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Some Selected Reports from the Salisbury & Winchester Journal
Monday, May 8th, 1786.
THURSDAY's POST.
FOREIGN NEWS.
PARIS, April 20.
A Treaty of Commerce is said to be on the tapis, which tends to preserve even in time of war, to the merchant ships of all nations perfect liberty, security, and protection. Mr. Eden is said to the author of the above negociation, which, if concluded, will be something like the treaty of the generous Gelon, King of Syracuse, who made peace with the Carthaginians on condition of their not offering up any more human sacrifices.
Paris, April 16. Extraordinary preparations have been made in Normandy and Britany, for fishing upon the Banks of Newfoundland, for which purpose a larger number of vessels have been fitted out than usual. This is occasioned by the extraordinary bounty given by Government last year.
LONDON, Tuesday, May 2.
HOUSE of COMMONS.
Monday, May 1. Read a second time, the bill for laying a tax on perfumery. Also the bill for altering the days of payment of annuities.
The Speaker, in consequence of the resolution of the House on Wednesday last, called
Mr. Hastings to the bar, who, having been informed of the purposes for which he was admitted there, observed, that he was not accustomed to public speaking, and therefore begged the House would indulge him with the reading of that he had drawn up in his defence. His memory was not remarkably tenacious, and as the refutation or contradiction of the charges brought against him required frequent references to certain documents and papers necessary to be produced, he flattered himself that the House would easily conceive the propriety of his requisitions. This having been readily assented to, Mr. Hastings proceeded to read his defence. He began by remarking, that the grounds of the crimination were ill-founded, aspersive, and malicious : That the various publications of the times contained the most unwarrantable observations on his conduct; and that the press daily teemed with the most gross libels upon every part of his administration in India : That the most extraordinary of all was, the pamphlet lately published, in which the charges of delinquency were not only copiously displayed, but the name of the accuser himself (Mr. Burke) printed in the title page, by which it would appear that it had not only his sanction and authority, but that the accuser had officiously condescended to become the publisher : That these charges had been the result of much deliberation; and that, during a period of five years, his enemies had exerted their abilities in order to specify the different grounds of accusation : That he had only resolved on Monday last, with the permission of the Hon.House, to enter himself upon his defence; and that he now appeared prepared to meet his accusers, in as few days almost as the years in which his enemies had been engaged in bringing forward the matters which tended to his calumny and aspersion : That he was obliged to reply to charges containing nothing specific; and that they might be called historical narratives, with voluminous commentaries : That he had been in India from a school-boy; and that during a period of 36 years servitude, he had always the happiness to maintain a good and respectable character : That by the evil machinations of a few individuals, men of notoriety, he now appeared in an unfortunate situation; but that he chose to come forward on the occasion, and meet his fate, rather than be subjected to the continual threats of a Parliamentary prosecution : That with regard to the indulgence now granted, it was a matter of indifference whether it proceeded from the humanity or the justice of the House; he considered himself as equally indebted to them : That he had acted according to the emergencies of the times; and that he had been frequently reduced to such extremities, as to defy the sanction of any precedent whatever : That no man had been in more perilous situations, and that in those disasters he was entirely left to the resources of his own mind : That he had resigned his government in India amidst the regret of his fellow subjects : That he had repeatedly received the thanks of his employers, the Court of Directors of the East-India Company; and, as he had the satisfaction of discharging the trust reposed in his with such unanimous approbation, he believed no other power on earth had a right to call his conduct into question. Mr. Hastings was interrupted by Mr. Rolle, who, upon Mr. Hastings having withdrawn, begged to know whether his defence might not be received, without being read, and afterwards ordered to be printed - but being informed that the House had already resolved to hear the defence.
Mr. Hastings was called in, and went on with the defence for two hours; when appearing to be much fatigued, he was relieved by Mr Markham, and afterwards successively by the two Clerks. The House continued hearing his defence till near eleven o'clock, when the merits of one half of the charges were discussed.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer then observed, that as he had been informed the remainder of the defence would take up a considerable time, he would move that the proceedings should be adjourned till next day.
Mr. Burke wished the whole were finished on one day, as gentlemen were more apt to attend to the business during one sitting of the House.
The motion, however, was agreed to.
TUESDAY, May 2. Mr Dundas moved, that the bill for explaining doubts in an act passed in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of his present Majesty, so far as related to the appointment of a Governor General, &c. at Fort William, in the province of Bengal, be read a second time; which, after a short debate, was agreed to.
The bill was afterwards committed, reported, engrossed, read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Lords. In a short time afterwards it was sent back from the Lords, who had agreed to it without any amendment; and it now lies ready for the Royal Assent.
Mr. Hastings being placed at the bar, renewed his defence to the remaining charges, in which he denied positively being the author of the Mahratta war; but claimed all the merit to himself in making the Mahratta peace; which had not lasted three years. He charged Nuncomar with being a Prince of the greatest treachery, and of such infamy of character, as to be a rogue even where it was his interest to be honest - He charged Mr.Burke, the author of the charges against him, with having made partial extracts from his own letters, for the purpose of criminating him, and of omitting material passages, which would have redounded to his honour.
He concluded with thanking the House for the indulgence they had shewn, and expressed a wish, that he might be permitted to lay upon the table, the minutes and papers from which he had read his defence.
The Speaker asked the honourable Gentleman, whether he had any thing further to say : and being answered in the negative, he was ordered to withdraw.
Major Scott moved, that Mr. Hastings be permitted to deliver to the House, the minutes and papers from which he had read answers to the matters contained in the charges of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Alderman Le Mesurier seconded the motion.
Mr. Burke desired to second the motion likewise.
The question was then put and agreed to unanimously.
The Speaker then ordered Mr.Hastings in, who being placed at the bar, was informed that the House had complied with his request, as moved for by an honourable Member; therefore the Clerk would come down to the bar, and receive the papers from him; on which Mr.Lee went to the bar, and Mr. Hastings delivered him a large bundle of papers.
Major Scott next moved, that a sufficient number of copies of the said papers be printed for the use of the Members.
Mr. Burke said he approved of the motion; on which the question was put, and unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Burke then desired the order of the day to be read, for going into the Committee of the whole House, to consider the charges of high crimes and misdemeanors, against Warren Hastings, Esq.
Mr. Dundas said, the papers just delivered in, must be referred to that Committee.
Mr. Burke answered most certainly, and assured the House he would make no comment on the very curious matters they contained, until they were printed, and sufficient time given for them to be read; but would content himself with calling evidence to support the charges, and to make good such parts of the written testimony as was deficient.
The Speaker having left the chair, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House on Mr. Hastings's business, the Hon.Mr. St.John in the chair.
Mr. Burke rose and acquainted the Committee, that, with their permission, he would instantly proceed to the calling witnesses - which being granted, he called in
Sir Robert Barker, who was examined relative to the disposition of the Rohilla Chiefs, and the Rajah Dowlah. The chief points turned upon the pacific dispositions of these princes.
The examination of Sir Robert Barker was directed chiefly towards the motives that occasioned the Rohilla war, and continued uninterrupted until
Mr. Burke demanded to know, whether the witness was not one of the subscribing witnesses to the peace concluded between the Vizier Sujah Dowlah and the Rohillas, by which it was stipulated that the Rohillas should pay the Vizier a certain sum ? Answer - Yes. Whether he did not consider the Company bound by such subscription to guarantee that peace ? - To this question Mr.Nichols objected. The witness withdrew. Mr. Nichols alledged that as he sat in that House as a Judge, he considered the question not only irrelevant but unfair, inasmuch as it went to matter of opinion, instead of matter of fact; for that reason he concluded it to be his duty to resist the question.
Mr. Burke contended, that many circumstances connected with an enquiry like the present must, of necessity, be explained by the opinions of the witnesses; for instance, suppose a General was asked his opinion as to the mode of attack - or defence, &c. &c.
The Attorney and Solicitor General both insisted that matters of opinion did not square with the form which the law prescribed upon the solemn proceedings of an important trial.
Mr. Burke reminded the learned Gentlemen, that the present proceedings did not partake the nature of a trial; that was reserved for the House of Lords; it was only an enquiry into the conduct of Mr.Hastings, whereon to ground an impeachment; therefore not only the present, but any future questions, were perfectly relevant. The House coincided with Mr.Burke. The witness was again called to the bar, and answered the question in the negative. To attempt to enter into a detail of an examination that forms only one branch of a very voluminous charge against Mr.Hastings, would neither be entertaining to our readers, or by any means convey information, tending to give a just idea of the conduct of that gentleman. At ten o'clock Sir Robert Barker's examination was finished, and the House, upon the motion of Mr.Burke, agreed to report progress, and proceed upon the examination of the other witnesses to-morrow.
The curiosity of the public to see Mr.Hastings appeared so strong yesterday, by the crouds that were at the House of Commons, that the gallery and all the avenues were full before twelve o'clock. The House also, by the time business usually begins, was crowded to such a degree, that all the void space at the bar and behind the Speaker's chair was full. And when Mr.Hastings made his appearance, the eyes of all that large body of people were immediately centered on him. Mr.Burke had never seen him before. He was not in the least intimidated or confused, but entered on his defence with the greatest composure and recollection.
Sunday his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Duke D'Orleans, Duke Fitz James, Duke Lauzun, &c. set off for Newmarket second race meeting.
It is said, that a commercial treaty was finally adjusted and reciprocally signed, between the American and Portuguese Commissioners on Friday last.
Lord Mansfield's health not being equal to the double duty of the King's Bench and the House of Lords, all the law causes or appeals in the latter are to be adjourned over until the next sessions.
Mr. Boswell is gone to Oxford, to collect new material for Dr. Johnson's life from Dr. Adams and Mr. Warton. Dr. Adams has preserved many of Johnson's exercises, both in prose and verse. Mr Warton has several of Johnson's letters, he was the elegant writer of both Latin diplomas transmitted to the latter from the University of Oxford.
So great has been the decay of the silk manufacture at Lyon in France, that a gentleman of undoubted veracity, who was there in November last, assures us, that one thousand five hundred silk looms are now idle there for want of work; for not only the demand from home consumption is fallen to a trifle, comparatively to what it was, but the orders from all the other countries have amazingly decreased. Accounts from Venice are filled with the like complaints, Greece and Turkey no longer calling for silk goods, owing to the very same cause that has destroyed the silk trade in the rest of Europe, - the predilection of the women for cottons, stuffs, gauzes, muslins, &c.
The collectors of the shop tax in the parish of St.James's, began collecting it on Tuesday last, in Coventry-street, Rupert-street, Princes-street, Wardour-street, and most of the principal streets in that parish, - when every one refused paying it except two.
The stage machines continue to run upon very un-mechanical principles, Those with four horses should be thus improved :- The hind wheels six feet; the front five feet high; the weight equally divided on the axles; the splinter bar on a level with the axle; the point of the pole the same; the wheels, hoop felies, a little dished or concaved; the body and box as low as possible; the wheels to have oil boxes.
It appears by an account lately taken, that the number of new buildings in the city of London and its districts, commonly called the Suburbs, which have arisen in the course of the last fourteen years, amount on the whole to about 27,500 houses, besides what have been rebuilt. Hence the increase of the rent-roll of some of our principal landholders.
It appears from an accurate state of the dwellings in Ireland, lately taken by order of the Duke of Rutland, that they are move than double what they were at the time of the Revolution. By Sir William Petty's statement in 1672, the houses were computed at 200,000.- They were ascertained above a century after to be 429,759, which proved an increase of 229,739. Allowing five persons to a house, the number of inhabitants in Sir William Petty's time was about a million, and is now, according to the late calculations of Messrs. Beresford and Howlett, near two millions and three quarters - These estimates of the past and present population of Ireland, though they do not pretend to perfect correctness, are founded, however, on such data, that they cannot be very wide of the truth.
A letter from Galloway says, that the New York trader, Capt. M'Donald, was arrived there from New-York in 27 days, and the Captain reports that he found a quick sale for his whole cargo, but gave six months credit. He says the confused state they were in six months ago is subsided, and trade begins to flourish there again; he also says that the French find very little encouragement in that province, so that there are few settled there.
A letter from Petersburgh has the following article : "A courier has just arrived from Constantinople, and it is reported that out Ambassador has desired leave to return home, declaring that the situation of affairs in that country makes it unsafe for him to continue there, for that a revolution will soon take place, and then a war must inevitably follow. On receiving the above account a courier was immediately dispatched to Constantinople with orders for our Ambassador to quit that capital as privately as possible."
The Two Sisters, Capt. Lander, from Africa, to Jamaica, with 100 slaves, was blown up at sea the 4th of March.
BANKRUPTS.- Charles Stopford, Robert Dodge, and Samuel Dodge, of Stockport, Cheshire, hatters - Wm. Buck, of Mount Sorrel, Leicestershire, shopkeeper - John Waring, of Birmingham, japanner - Sarah Rawlins, of Oxford, toy-woman.
SATURDAY's POST.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Stockholm, April 10.
THE scarcity of fodder has been so great in this kingdom, owing to the last bad season, and to the severe weather that succeeded, that upwards of 40,000 head of lean cattle have been slaughtered for want of subsistence, and to add to the public distresses, there is as yet no appearance of fertility.
LONDON, THURSDAY, May 4.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
WEDNESDAY, May 3.- Yesterday the amended East-India bill, and 16 road, inclosure, and private bills, received the Royal assent by commission. The Commissioners were, Earl Bathurst, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Sydney.
The Marquis of Lansdown then stated, that as he had on a former debate been severely animadverted upon, concerning a paper, which contained a plan for the permanent establishment of the Civil List, he moved that a minute in the Treasury for that purpose be now produced.
Lord Stormont and the Duke of Portland made some observations, after which the motion was carried unanimously.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
WEDNESDAY, May 3. - Mr. Dundas presented, as a new India bill, the remaining part of that which had been divided on the motion of Mr. Sheridan; it contained no clauses of importance, except that which repeals so much the act of 1784, as related to the disclosure of property by the Company's servants returning from India - The bill was read a first time.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee, for the purpose of hearing evidence on the proposed impeachment of Mr. Hastings. The Hon.Mr. St.John took the chair.
Colonel Champion was called to the bar, and Mr. Francis asked him a few questions relative to the conduct of Sujah Dowlah towards the Rohillas, when
Mr. Pitt observed, it would be more regular, and tend more to expedition, if the facts enquired into should be stated as they concerned Mr. Hastings.
Mr. Burke said, that it was always necessary to prove different things by different people, and he wished to establish facts, and then prove their reference. He adduced many reasons why he should find it necessary to proceed in the manner he judged best; and if he was precluded from pursuing what he thought proper, he now entered his protest, that it would be impracticable for his to substantiate his accusations; and therefore, if he was disappointed, the blame would lie on those who impeded. A general conversation ensued, during which all sides of the House agreed as to the propriety of suffering the examination to go on fairly.
The Attorney General, Mr. Anstruther, Mr. Hussey, Mr. Francis, and several other Gentlemen, bore a part in the conversation on this subject.
The amount of Colonel Champion's evidence was taken from letters, which he avowed to have written to Mr. Hastings, and the Council at Calcutta; in which he remonstrated, that his power, as Commander of the British forces, joined to Sujah Dowlah, was absorbed in the controul permitted by the Nabob to exercise over the British troops; whereby he was prevented the power of relieving the people of the Rohilla nation from cruelties and hardships, which were imposed on them by Sujah Dowlah, who made the British forces instrumental to his rapacity and plunder, by which the British name was degraded in the eyes of India. In the conclusion of one of his letters, he remonstrated that a respectable Gentleman (Mr Hastings) would be concerned in a premeditated massacre.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales returned from Newmarket on Tuesday night rather indisposed; he was taken with a sudden and violent bleeding at the nose, but by the application of Ruspini's styptic, the bleeding was immediately stopped, and we have the pleasure of reporting, that his Royal Highness is perfectly recovered. Yesterday he paid a visit to her Majesty.
Yesterday the Hon. Captain Bertie, brother to the Earl of Abingdon, kissed his Majesty's hand at St.James's, on being appointed to the command of a ninety-gun ship.
Yesterday being the first day of Easter Term, the law officers went in procession from Lord Mansfield's house, in Lincoln's-inn-fields, having first the usual refreshments of wine and cake.
The answer given by the Earl of Mansfield to a noble Lord, who on Tuesday said to him "he hoped his Lordship was not the worse for having sat the day before on the woolsack for the Chancellor," is too noble and characteristic not to deserve to be recorded. "My Lord, no body is the worse for doing his duty."
Yesterday a petition was presented to the Right Hon. W. Pitt, from the innholders, stage-owners, and proprietors of other post-carriages on the Western road, setting forth the great injury they should sustain, and the great loss that would accrue to the revenue, if the present plan of mail coaches was continued; and praying that either the old plan may be improved and continued, or that some other method, attended with less inconvenience, might be adopted.
Monday, the 1st of May, several circumstances took place - the Sweeps and Milk Maids, with Jack o'th Green, danced through the streets - Mr.Hastings appeared at the bar of the House of Commons to defend his cause, though no impeachment is yet made out - and a woman tried at the Old Bailey for the murder of another woman, was found guilty of man-slaughter
Yesterday the long contested battle between Martin, the Bath butcher, and the famous Humphries, was fought about six miles from Newmarket, which lasted about an hour and a half, when the latter beat the former in a terrible manner; upwards of �4000 was won and lost on the occasion. Tickets near the stage were one guinea each, other place at half a guinea.
Extract of a letter from Dumfries, April 25.
"Betwixt Saturday night and Sunday morning last, 14 two-year old cattle, belonging to Mr. Maxwell of Cardoness, eat some branches of yew-tree; nine died that day, and the other five, it is thought, will likewise die. - Laurel, and all other evergreens, are poisonous to cattle."
The following proof of ignorance and superstition was observed at the execution of Thomas Roberts, at Bodmin :
A woman who was afflicted with the King's Evil came 50 miles to see this convict, and to have his hand laid on her neck and some parts of the body where the complaint was most violent. So confident was she of the good effects of this operation, and so anxious to be relieved, that contrary to the usual practice, she requested the criminal before he quitted the goal to touch the afflicted part with his hand, with which he readily complied, and prayed that it might have the effect she desired. She followed him to the place of execution, and as soon as he was dead, stood upon his coffin, took his hand, and laid it repeatedly on the disordered parts, and in doing this she seemed to receive the greatest satisfaction and relief.
Anecdote of Dr.Johnson, from Baretti's Tolonfron, just published.- "Dr.Johnson, as it is well known, was earnestly solicited by poor Dodd to write a petition for him to the King, and complied with this solicitation. Being in a tete-a-tete with him, I begged of him to repeat that petition to me, as I knew he could, ad literam, repeat any thing he had once written in good earnest. He did; and though that was not one of his highest performances, he spoke it in such a tone, that my eyes glistened: and so would the reader's, had he been by. But, said I, (who wanted to know his real sentiments about every thing) were you called to advise the King in this particular case, would you advise him to extend his mercy to Dr.Dodd ? No, no, replied Dr.Johnson, hastily, but solemnly. As a private man it is certainly my duty to bewail the situation of a fellow creature suddenly plunged into the gulph of wretchedness; not do I think I act amiss by doing the little I can, to help him out of it. But a King's advisor must tell him, that if he pardons Dodd, the hanging of the Perreaus was nothing but a double murder. This is the account I can give of Dr.Johnson's commiseration to poor culprits, and particular benevolence to this unfortunate divine."
MONDAY's POST.
(By Express from London)
From the LONDON GAZETTE, May 6.
Court at ST JAMES'S, May 5.
HIS Majesty having been pleased to appoint Sir Guy Carleton, K.B. to be Captain-General and Governor in Chief of the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, with their dependencies, in America, he this day took the oaths appointed to be taken by the Governors of his Majesty's Plantations.
BANKRUPTS. John Dyer, of Eastham, Essex, maltster - John Grave, of York, grocer - John Carter, of Stockport, in Cheshire, joiner - Samuel Whettall and Samuel Nesbett, of Great Tower-street, London, merchants - Thomas Smith, late of Welbeck-street, St Mary-le-Bone, Middlesex, coachmaker - Henry Simpson and John Birkley, of Wapping-wall, Shadwell, Middlesex, ship-chandlers - William Ayres, of Grey's inn-lane, Holborn, tallow-chandler. - Richard Thornley, of Stockport, Cheshire, grocer - Thomas Howe, of Bath, druggist - George Wardell, of Southampton, mariner - John Swindell, late of Stockport, Cheshire, engine-maker - John Wilkinson the younger, of Wisbech St.Peter's, Isle of Ely, linen-draper - David Fergusson and David Maitland, late of London, merchants.
HOME NEWS.
PORTSMOUTH, May 6. Saturday last the Duke of Richmond arrived here, and after viewing the fortifications set out on Monday for London.
Monday Lord Hood hoisted his flag on board the Triumph, of 74 guns, as Commander in Chief at this port.
Arrived the Swallow packet from the River. Lord Cornwallis embarked on board her on Monday, and the same day she sailed from Spithead for the East-Indies, but is since put back to St.Helen's. His Lordship, we hear, will be detained a few days, that he may have the good fortune to carry printed copies of Mr. Dundas's India bill with him.
The Elizabeth, of 74 guns, is commissioned, and the command of her given to Capt. Bourmaster
COWES, May 5. A Carolina ship is now unloading her cargo here, to clean and shift it, fit for a foreign market. This is the first ship from that place for some years past.
WINCHESTER, MAY 6.
The beginning of last month Sir Henry P. St.John, Bart. presented the Rev. Thomas P.D. Salmon, A.M. and Fellow of St.John's College, Cambridge, to the rectory of Farley, near this city, void by the death of his uncle, Mr. John St.John
On Tuesday last died at Ringwood, on his return from Christchurch to Winchester College, where he had been for the change of air, the Right Hon. Lord Brook, eldest son of the Earl of Warwick, by the daughter of Sir James Peachey, Bart.
On Tuesday last died, in the 19th year of his age, Peter Merril Bathurst, Esq eldest son of the late Mr Robert Bathurst, of Lainston-house, near this city.
SALISBURY, MAY 8.
Amongst the acts which received the Royal Assent on Tuesday last, was the following, viz. An act for the appointment of an additional overseer for the better government of the poor of the parish of Westbury, in this county.
A few days since was married at Wells, by the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Francis Seymour, Dean of that Cathedral, Harry Edgell, Esq of Standerwick Court, Somerset, to Mrs Sherwood, relict of Major Sherwood, and sister to the Hon. Baron Eyre.
A few days since was married at Compton, near Shaftesbury, John Jeanes, aged 83, to Elizabeth Fisher, alias Rideout, alias Thrifty, a brisk young widow of 25. They were preceded from the church door to their own house by a buck's head, decorated with flowers, fixed to a pole, and followed by a band of music, and upwards of 200 people.
On Monday last the new peal of six bells, cast by Mr Robert Wells, of Aldbourn, in this county, for the parish church of Lymington, Hants, (the tenor whereof is in G sharp, weighing 14 cwt.) was opened by the Union Society of Newport, Isle of Wight, with a peal of plain bob, consisting of 720 changes, rung in 25 minutes, in the hearing of great number of persons assembled on the occasion, who expressed the greatest satisfaction at the pleasing and harmonious tone of them; after which a respectable meeting of the inhabitants of the town, with the society, dined at the Nag's Head Inn, where the day was spent in the greatest harmony and good humour, in the evening the above society was agreeably entertained with an excellent concert, part songs, catches, and glees.
At the auricula feast held at the King's-Arms, on Thursday, there was an exceeding fine shew of flowers : The first prize was unanimously adjudged to Mr Curtis, of Britford, and the second to Mr Collier, of Milford - An amateur remarks, that
Curtis's General Eliott and his Queen
Were deem'd the finest flowers ever seen.
On Friday and Saturday the 2d or Queen's regiment of Dragoon Guards marched out of this city for Windsor and that neighbourhood, where they are to be quartered previous to the general review of horse which is expected soon to take place.
The New Fine Teas being delivered, the public may depend on having the best Hyson that is imported at 9s. 6d per pound, at Martin's Tea Warehouse, in the Market-place; or half pound cannisters at 5s. 3d each, and pound ditto at 10s. Six-pence allowed for each cannister when returned.
TRANSIT of MERCURY, as observed at SALISBURY. - Lat. 51 6'N and Long 1 45'W from London - From the unfavourableness of the weather here on Thursday morning, the nearest observation that could be made of Mercury's approach to his last internal contact on the Sun's disk, was at 14' 40" past eight o'clock, equal time, when he appeared to want about one third of his diameter of touching the Sun's Western limb : It continued cloudy till 20' 40" past eight, when he was off the disk.
Very early in April last a goose, belonging to a farmer at Bishopstone, hatched eight young ones; soon after which she began to lay again, and notwithstanding the cold weather, produced five eggs in the course of that month.
On Sunday the 30th of April last his Majesty's free pardon arrived at Fisherton gaol for John Gilbert, who received sentence of death for housebreaking at our last assizes, but was then reprieved - And on Monday his Majesty's pardon arrived for John Cuss, who was left for execution at the same assizes, but afterwards respited ;- he is ordered to be transported for seven years.
John Holliste, who was tried at our late sessions, and now lies under sentence in the cells in Fisherton gaol, for assaulting and dangerously wounding his master, George Edgcombe, is a remarkable instance of the depravity in the mind of youth. His master, who is a baker, had indulged him with a holiday; but coming home very late at night, and finding the door locked against him, he was thereby highly incensed, and instantly resolved on a most diabolical revenge - Entering the house at the bakehouse window, and taking a hatchet, he went, in the dark, to the bedside of his master, who was then asleep, and gave him two violent blows on the head, when, imagining he had effected his sanguinary purpose, he retreated from the house, leaving every thing in statuo quo. Suspicions, however, were strong against him, and being apprehended, he confessed the fact before a Justice of the Peace, and now meets with a punishment, which, though severe and exemplary, ought to be considered by his as lenient, and will, we hope, have a due effect on his future conduct in life. His master has not yet recovered the proper use of his intellects, though the fact was perpetrated a considerable time since. He is about 16 years of age.
At the sessions at Sherborne, in Dorsetshire, a man was convicted for lopping a tree by night : The Chairman observed, that this was an offence that had now become very common through the county, and that it was necessary to make a severe example, and the prisoner was ordered to be transported for seven years.
ASSESSORS and COLLECTORS WARRANTS for the Duties on LAND, WINDOWS, HOUSES, SHOPS and SERVANTS, and COACHES and other CARRIAGES, are just printed, according to the most approved Forms, and may be had of B.C. COLLINS, on the New Canal, in SALISBURY.
For the SALISBURY and WINCHESTER JOURNAL.
A Modern Resolution
SAYS Jack, now I'm married, I'll lead a new life;
I'll stick close to business, and so shall my wife :
There's nothing like close application in trade;
By care and industry great fortunes are made.
I pity the man that's with laziness curst,
Those possess'd of great talents should not let them rust,
And there's nothing like setting out well at the first.
So they both seem determin'd this promise to keep.
And, without intermission, to eat, drink, and sleep.
VOX HUMANE. Love-lane, Salisbury
Copy of a letter from the Right Hon. Lord George Gordon to the Right Hon the Marquis of Carmarthen, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, &c. &c. &c.
My Lord,
MR. Tuffts, an American gentleman now in London, is possessed of undeniable intelligence that John Adams, Esq (who is received by the King as Ambassador from the United States of America) has his salary paid him quarterly by Comte D'Adhimer, the French Ambassador. I thought it my duty to acquaint your Lordship with Mr. Tuffts's communication to me for the immediate information of his Majesty's Council and Government, that you may beware of Mr. Adams.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
And most humble servant,
G. GORDON. "Ten o'clock, Saturday night, Welbeck-street."
The Marquis of Carmarthan's answer, addressed to the Right Hon Lord George Gordon, Welbeck-street, and superscribed Carmarthen.
"Monday night, May 1, 1786.
"LORD Carmarthen presents his compliments to Lord George Gordon, and returns his Lordships thanks for the note received from him yesterday.
Right Hon Lord George Gordon
EXHIBITION.
THE eighteenth exhibition of the Royal Academy, has claims on the public favour superior to any which their late productions could produce. It abounds less in the degrading sameness of portrait, and displays various effusions of fancy, as well as efforts of the art, which do infinite credit to the genius and skill of the Academy.
Mr. West bears off the triumphs of the exhibition. He has produced a piece which not only ranks him in the first class of English artists, but which does honour to the day in which it is brought forth. It is a large historical picture, representing a hunting-piece in the Highlands of Scotland, in which the life of one of the Scottish monarchs is preserved by the timely interposition of a Highland Chief, who rescues his Majesty from the fury of an enraged stag. This piece is thought to be by far the most capital work of Mr. West, superior even to the death of Wolfe, or the battle of La Hogue. The subject is founded on a traditional anecdote in the family of Mackenzie, and the picture is said to be bespoke by the present chief of that family, for one thousand guineas.
Sir Joshua Reynolds has thirteen portraits, in which he has displayed his usual great ability in delineating, not only likeness, but character.
Angelica Kauffman has hazarded and enriched the exhibition by three beautiful productions of her pencil, in which she had maintained her accustomed elegance and classical taste.
Mr. de Loutherbourg has also much distinguished himself. The view of Winandermere, a sun set, is beautiful beyond imagination, and in stile different from his usual tone.
Mr. Northcote has this year shewn instances of improvement, which give the promise of his ranking with the first masters of the age. The murder of the royal infants in the Tower is one of the grandest, and most impressive we ever saw.
Mr. Opie has equally distinguished himself. His assassination of James the Second is a charming composition, and raises this young artist to the rank, of which his first productions gave the promise.
Mr. Stubbs, Mr. Hopner, Mr. Reinagle, Mr. Russel, and others, have also greatly distinguished themselves.
GOSPORT TURNPIKE ROAD.
WHEREAS the Parapet Wall on the Bridge over the river at Warnford, in the county of Southampton, has been frequently beat down, and otherwise mischievously destroyed : These are therefore to give notice, that if the person or persons guilty of the offence aforesaid can be discovered and prosecuted, the informer shall on conviction receive a reward of Two Guineas, by applying to
J.A. BEDFORD, Treasurer of the said Road.
TO be LETT, - ANDERSTONE FARM, now in the occupation of Mr Edmund Henning, situate at Anderstone, in the county of Dorset, and to be entered on as follows : The cow leaze in March 1787, the meadow grounds in April, 1787, and the arable lands at Michaelmas, 1787.
N.B. Any new tenant may treat for the tythes of the farm on the old terms.
For particulars enquire of Mr John Templeman, at Dorchester; or John Bartlett, at Anderstone aforesaid.
LYMINGTON, HANTS.
R. YOUNG, CUTLER and IRONMONGER, begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has opened a SHOP in the above Branches, where he manufactures Surgeon's Instruments and Cutlery Goods, warranted good, (if not approved of to be exchanged.) - Likewise has laid in an entire new and regular assortment of the general articles in the ironmongery business, from the best manufactories, and is determined to sell wholesale and retail on the most reasonable terms; and as he is thoroughly convinced it will be in his power to transact business on as good terms at Lymington (being a sea-port) as in any town or inland city in the neighbourhood, he begs leave to solicit his Friends and the Public in general for their favours, who may depend on the strictest attention being paid, and gratefully acknowledged.
His new invented Philosophical Razors, which upon trial cannot fail of giving general satisfaction; likewise his Patent Elastic Razor-Strops.
FREEHOLD ESTATE.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by B. LEWIS, on Thursday the 11th of May inst, at the Castle Inn, at Devizes, at twelve o'clock at noon,
A small compact FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate at Great Chiverell, in the county of Wilts; consisting of a DWELLING-HOUSE, Barn, Stable, and other Buildings, together with an orchard, garden, and upwards of 33 acres of exceeding good arable, meadow, and pasture land.
The premises are now in the occupation of Farmer John Alexander, as tenant thereof.
Chiverell is a very pleasant village, near several fine turnpike roads, is about eight miles from Warminster, four from Devizes, and two from Market Lavington.
Any person inclined to purchase the above estate by private contract, my know the particulars and terms of purchase, by applying to J. Roberts, attorney, at Market Lavington, aforesaid.
TAPIOCA.
JUST imported, by GEAST and RANDALL, DRUGGISTS, London, and now selling by their special appointment by B.C. Collins, on the New Canal, Salisbury, at 2s. 6d per pound, or 1s. 4d the half pound.
The Genuine TAPIOCA,
acknowledged by the most eminent Physicians to be the greatest restorative, and most wholesome diet ever known; particularly recommended to those in decline, of a weak habit of body, or debilitated condition, and for infants brought up without the breast.
This elegant and useful article is likewise sold by Mr. Druit, surgeon, Christchurch; Mr. Jones, Lymington; Mr. Campbell, surgeon, Poole; Mr. Good, surgeon, Ringwood; Mr. Harris, druggist, Southampton; Mr. Earle, druggist, High-street, Winchester; Messrs. E. and J. Moffatt, Warminster; Mr. Druit, surgeon, Winborne; William Maud, Andover; Mr. Broughton, Devizes; and by the several persons whose names are at the foot of the last page; and by the newsmen.
NEW MUSIC
Just Published by PRESTON, at his Music Warehouse,
No.97, Strand, and may be had of
B.C. COLLINS, SALISBURY; ROBBINS, WINCHESTER; the Correspondents as per last page; and the Newsmen;
BRITISH PSALMODY, being a New and Compleat Set of One Hundred and Sixty PSALM and HYMN TUNES, all in Four Parts, composed by the most eminent Masters, and correctly figured for the Organ. Compiled by the late A. WILLIAMS. To which are added several Originals, and the most approved Tunes that are now used in the principal Churches, Chapels, and Dissenting Congregations, throughout the kingdom. Price neatly bound 4s.
GUIDA DI MUSICA, being a compleat Book of Instructions for Beginners on the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, entirely on a new plan, calculated to save a great deal of time and trouble both to Master and Scholar. To which is added, Twenty-four Progressive Lessons, in various keys, (with the fingering marked throughout) entirely new; composed by JAMES HOOK, Op.37. Price 5s.
The RACE HORSE, a celebrated Song sung by Mr. Bannister, in Liberty-Hall, and Mr. Dignum, at the Anacreontic Society, composed by C. DIRDEN. Price 1s.
The BELLS of ABERDOVEY, sung by Mr. Dodd in ditto, by C. DIBDIN. Price 6d.
Twenty-four COUNTRY DANCES, with their proper figures, for 1786, for the Violin. Price 6d.
FIR TIMBER, DEALS, and LATHS.
FOR SALE by AUCTION, at Mr. Cox's, Vine Inn, Southampton, on Wednesday the 10th of May, 1786, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
A quantity of Double and Single White and Yellow CHRISTIANA DEALS and BATTENS, Half Deals, Deal Ends, Uphers, Spars, and Brewick and Cloyster Dye Square Timber, with a quantity of Spine and Sap Laths.
The goods may be viewed three days previous to the sale, and catalogues had of Mr John Allen, Winckle-street, Southampton.
BLANDFORD, DORSET.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by JAMES MOORE, on Tuesday the 9th day of May, 1786, and the two following days - All the HOUSHOLD GOODS, FURNITURE, and STOCK in TRADE of JOHN RUSSELL, Wheelwright and Carpenter, at Blandford.
Consisting of four-post and other bedsteads, with harateen, damask, and other furniture; fine seasoned goose feather beds, quilts, blankets, and sheets; large pier and other glasses; handsome tables, chairs, bureaus, chests of drawers, in mahogany and other wood; a roasting-jack, handsome steel grates, a large quantity of kitchen furniture, china, and Queen's ware; sundry brewing utensils, and iron-bound casks of different sizes; a pipe of excellent strong beer; two single horse chaises and harness; a new chest of Joiner's tools compleat, two other chests with tools, with a variety of Carpenter's tools; a large quantity of board and timber, with numerous other articles in the aforesaid branches. Also a good broad wheeled waggon.
The houshold goods will be sold the first day, and the sale to begin each day at one o'clock.
SALISBURY, May 4, 1786.
ALL Persons who are indebted to the Estate of WILSON BEALE, Ironmonger, deceased, are hereby required to pay their several debts immediately to Mr Edw. Jukes, in High-street, Salisbury, grocer, who is now authorized to receive the same.
CHRISTCHURCH SALT MARSHES.
THE aforesaid Marshes will be opened the 12th day of May inst for the reception of HORSES and MARES, at four shillings per week for the first month, and three shillings per week the second month.
For particulars enquire of Mr. Richard Hopkins, at Week, near Christchurch, or of Mr Marmaduke Hart, Purewell's Cross.
STOLEN, on the night of the 31st of March, 1786, out of the farm yard of Mr. John Chamberlain, at Fareham, Hants, a DARK BAY MARE, white face, her hind legs white, with a long tail, mixed with white and black hairs, about 14 hands high, close made, and of the cart kind, about three years old; when the said mare was stolen she was low in condition, and the hair a little wore on the poll with the collar.
Whoever will bring the said mare to Mr John Chamberlain, at Fareham, or give intelligence where the said mare is to be found, shall receive One Guinea reward, and all reasonable expences paid.
HUNTER
TO be SOLD, - A BAY STONE HORSE, four years old, got by Grasshopper, out of a well-bred mare. Grasshopper was got by the Cullen Arabian, out of the dam of Locust. The above horse is fifteen hands and an inch high, an exceeding good goer in all his paces, and master of fifteen stone to any hounds - Enquire of Mr William Rogers, above the Bar, Southampton.
MERE, Wilts.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, (unless previously disposed of before by Private Contract) on Tuesday the ninth day of May next, between the hours of three and five in the afternoon, at the Old Angel Inn, in Mere aforesaid.
All that the said good-accustomed INN, called the OLD ANGEL INN, with the stables, out-houses, gardens, yards, and a cottage and garden, with a piece of rich meadow or pasture adjoining, containing about two acres.
The purchaser might have immediate possession, with liberty of taking the Houshold Goods, Stock of Liquors, &c at a fair appraisement.
For further particulars enquire of Mr. Hughes, Warminster.
LYMINGTON, HANTS.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, on Saturday the 13th day of May inst at six o'clock in the evening, at the Nag's Head Inn, unless sooner disposed of by Private Contract, of which notice will be given.
A MESSUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE, consisting of two tenements, with the Ship-builder's yard and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situated at Lymington aforesaid, and late in the occupation of William Peskett, deceased.
N.B. The yard is very large and very commodious, and is well situated both for the safety of building, and convenience of launching ships of burthen.
For particulars apply to Mr Fielder, attorney at law, Lymington.
LOST on Thursday the 30th of March, 1786, at Hindon, or between Hindon and Chilmark - A SILVER WATCH, with a steel chain and seal, engraved T.W. in a cypher; makers name Thomas Edwards, Sarum, No.54.
Whoever will bring it to John Becket, at the Queen's Head, Hindon, or to the Printer of the Salisbury Journal, shall receive One Guinea reward.
SALISBURY.
WANTED immediately, FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS, at 5 per cent. per ann. for one year certain. - Ample security will be given; and that the lender may not lose by selling stock at the present price, the borrower will undertake to replace the same sum sold out, or pay the sum borrowed in cash at the end of the year, as will be most advantageous to the lender.
For further particulars apply to Mr. Tinney, Mr. Stephens, or Mr. Tanner, attornies at law, in Salisbury aforesaid.
N.B. A separate security may be had for the sum of �500 �1000 �1500 or �3000 as will best suit those who have the money ready to advance.
BELL and CROWN INN, HOLBORN, LONDON.
SALISBURY, ANDOVER, WHITCHURCH, and BASINGSTOKE POST COACH, sets out from the Red Lion, Salisbury, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, at seven o'clock, to the above Inn, and returns from thence to Salisbury every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning, at the same hour.
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Performed by STEEDMAN, KING, and Co.
N.B. All parcels not exceeding 6lb weight will be conveyed at 6d each, and the public may depend upon their being immediately delivered upon the arrival of the coach.
Parcels above �5 value will not be accounted for, (if lost) unless entered as such, and paid for accordingly.
Ladies and Gentlemen taken and up and set down at their own houses, if desired.
WHEREAS a Commission of Bankrupt is awarded and issued forth against WILLIAM WILSON, late of West Moors, in the parish of West Parley, in the county of Dorset, Brewer, Dealer, and Chapman, and he being declared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Commission named, or the major part of them, on the fifth and sixth days of May, and the third day of June next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of each of the said days, at the Crown Inn, in Wimborne Minster, in the county of Dorset, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when and where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and at the second sitting to choose Assignees, and at the last sitting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination, and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of his certificate. All persons indebted to the Bankrupt, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the Commissioners shall appoint, but give notice to Mr. Dean, attorney, in Wimborne.
Erratum in this Advertisement, in our two last Journals, for the 24th day of June, read "third day of June."
MESSIAH.
AT GOSPORT CHAPEL, on Tuesday the 9th of May, 1786, will be performed, under the direction of Mess WEST, DIXON, and HOFFMEISTER, the whole of HANDEL's Sacred Oratorio of the MESSIAH, with the additional AIRS and CHORUSSES from the Appendix, as performed in London.
The principal performers are, Sig. Heyler, Messrs. Alexis, Clark, Master Goss, a young Gentleman from Salisbury; the Taumpets by Signors Frantz Zimmerman and Frederic Rauni, the Double Base by Sig. Tellini [?], and the Kettle Drums by Mr Goss. The number of Performers (Vocal and Instrumental) at present engaged, including a few Gentlemen, who have kindly promised their assistance, amount to upwards of sixty.
In the Evening, at the Assembly-Room, Crown Inn, Gosport, there will be a MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT, after which, if the company think proper to have a BALL, a Band of Music will be at their service.
The Oratorio to begin precisely at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and the Concert precisely at seven in the evening.
Tickets of admittance to be had of Messrs West and Dixon, Gosport; of Mr Hoffmeister, at the Marquis of Granby Tavern, Portsmouth; and at the principal Inns and Stationers at Portsmouth, Portsmouth Common, and Gosport, on the following terms, viz. - A ticket for the Oratorio 3s. - for the Concert 2s.6d - for a ticket of admittance to both 5s.
Books of the Words of the Oratorio to be had as above, at 4d each.
NEWCASTLE COALS.
NOW selling at Southampton Quay, a Cargo of SOUTH MOOR, at 24s per chaldron, ready money, by RICHARD LIGHT, Jun.
To be LETT or SOLD, - The VINE INN,
situated in the Market-place, Salisbury. - Also the Halfway-House on the road to Wilton - Also a Malt House, situated at West Harnham, capable of making sixteen quarters per week. - For further particulars apply to Mr William Hibberd, at Harnham; or Mr. Benet, Wine-merchant, in Salisbury.
WILTS.
TO be LETT, and entered upon at Michaelmas next, - An eligible Arable FARM, at Ludgershall, in the county of Wilts; consisting of a comfortable farm-house, barns, stables, granary, and about 470 acres of land, together with pasture for 30 cows. The lands are properly sown with grass seeds, both for a crop and feed; also with liberty for the coming-on tenant to enter upon the lands at Midsummer, to put in the wheat crop - For particulars enquire of the Rev. Mr. Selwyn, at Ludgarshall; Mr. Bloxham, at Winterslow, Wilts; and of Messrs. Blake and Norris, Essex-street, London.
WILTS.
TO be SOLD, for the remainder of a long term of years, whereof 900 are unexpired,
A MESSUAGE, Barn, Stable, and Farm, consisting of 27 acres or thereabouts of meadow and pasture, 16 acres or thereabouts of arable, a right with the other occupiers of lands to feed on the down, and also 46 sheep leazes in the common fields, six beast leazes, and a leaze for a mare and colt on the cow down, which are now in the occupation of William Fidler, tenant at will, at the yearly rent of thirty pounds, the tenant paying the rates to the church, poor, and highways.
The premises are lying at Allington, in the parish of All-Cannings, four miles from Devizes, seven from Calne, seven from Marlborough, and seven from Market Lavington, good market towns.
For particulars apply to Mr. Thomas Neate, at All-Cannings.
N.B. This will be advertised but once.
SALISBURY.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. LEE, this present Monday and following days, at the Cart Wheel, in Milford-street,
A large and fresh assortment of LINEN, and WOOLLEN-DRAPERY, MILLINERY, HOSIERY, and other GOODS; consisting of chintz gown pieces, printed linens and cottons, several hundred pieces of Irish cloths, and real Hollands, dowlas, sheeting of all sorts, table linen, tambour worked aprons, muslins of all sorts, and muslinets, several hundred yards of thread lace and edgings, a large quantity of ribbons, mens and womens stockings of all sorts, camblets, venetian, and other silky stuffs, velvet cords, and many other things in the Linen and Woollen Drapery way.
Likewise a large quantity of Hardware and China.
The public will do well to attend this sale, as the whole must be sold without reserve, being the Stock of a Bankrupt.
The sale will begin at ten o'clock in the morning, and continue till one; begin at two, and continue till seven.
SOMERSET.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by JAMES HYDE, at the Bell Inn, in Shepton Mallett, on Tuesday the 9th of May inst between the hours of three and five in the afternoon, on such conditions as will be then produced,
The several ESTATES undermentioned, late belonging to Mr. ROBERT BICKLE, of Frome, deceased, in the following lots :
FREEHOLD.
Lot 1. A MESSUAGE, Garden, and Orchard, with convenient offices, and about 36 acres of arable, and 41 acres of meadow or pasture, about the yearly value of �55.
And a Farm called WEST HOLMS; consisting of about six acres of arable, and 46 acres of meadow or pasture, about the yearly value of �45 both situate within the parish of Pilton, about three miles from Wells and Shepton Mallett, and now in the occupation of Thomas Andrews.
LEASEHOLD.
Lot 2. For the residue of a term of 99 years, determinable on the deceases of three healthy lives, and held under Thomas Horner, Esq a MESSUAGE, Garden, Orchard, and Barn, about 55 acres of arable, meadow, and pasture, about the yearly value of �40 situate at Leighton, near the midway between Frome and Shepton Mallett, and Frome and Bruton, now in the occupation of William Gunning.
Lot 3. For the residue of a term of 99 years, determinable on one life, aged about 60, held under the Earl of Cork. The Moity of a MESSUAGE, Garden, Orchard, Barn, and Stable, and about 90 acres of arable, meadow, and pasture, the whole about the yearly value of �55 situate within the parish of Marston Bigot, about two miles from Frome, now in the tenure of John Raines, of Marston Bigot aforesaid.
For further particulars apply to the Rev. Mr. Mayson, or Mr. Wickham of Frome.
The respective tenants will shew what they rent.
Particulars of the estates, and conditions of sale, may be had at the George Inn, Frome; Lord Weymouth's Arms, Warminster; Bell Inn, Shepton Mallett; Swan Inn, Wells; Blue Ball Inn, Bruton; Bear Inn, Wincanton; and of Mr. Wickham, of Frome.