MAY, 1763 SONGS, By Mr. TENDUCCI, Sung at RANELAGH GARDENS. Go, deceitful fair one, leave me, All thy treach'rous arts are vain; Soothing fmiles fhall ne'er deceive me, Nor thy frowns e'er give me pain. Go, deceitful, &c. Love's refiftless power invading, Robb'd my generous foul of reft; Drove the traitor from my breast. To fome favour'd rival fly, Fold him in thy wanton arms; Sooth him; carefs him; then betray, Till, like me, he curfe thy charms. Go, deceitful, &c. ! what cruel pain Will you then leave me ? Nor can his heart regain; V. Cruel maid, thy fcorn forbear, My foft complainings hear, Ah! judge what anguish rends the heart. And kind consenting, Eafe the raging pain I feel from her disdain. Come, God of Love, affert thy fway, VI. INDEED, my dear, in vain you ftrive The fun and moon alternate rife, Anfwer to the ENIGMA in the BRITISK the fields, And fmiling crops with peace and plenty T FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS. HE following feparate act has lately been figned by the plenipotentiaries of her majesty the emprefs queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and of his majesty the king of Pruffia, in pursuance of the 20th article of the treaty of peace, concluded at Hubertsburg, the 15th of Feb. 1763. "Whereas it has been ftipulated in the 20th article of the treaty of peace, concluded between her majefty the emprefs apoftolick queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and his majesty the king of Pruffia, bearing date the 15th of February, 1763, that their faid majesties agreed to include their allies and friends in that treaty of peace, and that they referve to name them in a feparate act, which fhould be of the fame force as the faid principal treaty, and fhould in like manner be ratified by the high contracting parties, they would not defer carrying this ftipulation into execution: and for that purpose, her imperial majesty apoftolick queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and his majesty the king of Pruffia, declare, that they do by name and exprefly include in the aforefaid treaty of peace of the 15th of February 1763, their allies and friends, viz. On the part of her majefty the empress apoftolick queen of Hungary and Bohemia, his majesty the moft Chriftian king, his majesty the king of Sweden, his majesty the king of Poland elector of Saxony, and all the princes and ftates of the empire, who are either her allies or her friends; and on the part of his Pruffian majefty, the king of Great Britain, elector of Brunswick-Lunenburg, the moft ferene duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg, and the most ferene landgrave of Heffe-Caffel. "The high contracting parties do likewife include in the aforefaid treaty of peace, of the 15th of February, 1763, her majefty the empress of all the Ruffias, in confequence of the bands of friendship which fubfift between her and the two high contracting parties, and of the in tereft which her majefty has declared that fhe takes in the re-establishment of the tranquility of Germany. "In witnefs whereof, we the plenipotentiaries of her majefty the empress queen, and of his majesty the king of Pruffia, have, by virtue of our full powers and inftructions, figned the present Act, which shall have the fame force, as if it was inferted word for word in the treaty of peace of the 15th of February 1763, and shall be ratified in the like manner by the two high contracting parties. Done 5 Drefden, 12th of March, in the year Berlin, 20th of March, 1763. Ewald Frederick de Hertzberg. at The exemplar of the court of Vienna is figned Henry Gabriel de Collenbach.” According to the above act, the general peace of Europe feems to be pretty well eftablished; though it is not quite clear that the balance of power is duly poized. On the part of his Pruffian majesty, there are included in that treaty, the king of Great Britain, elector of BrunswickLunenburg, and the landgrave of HeffeCaffel. Now, we apprehend, that if Great-Britain is included, the act should have been worded thus: His Brittannic majesty, both as king and elector, &c. On the part of the empress queen are included, France, Sweden, the king of Poland, elector of Saxony, and all the princes and states of the empire, who are either her allies or her friends. Thus, fuppofing England not included on the other part, the fcales are not even. As to Ruffia, it stands in the light of a neutral power, being included on both fides: fo that in any future war between Auftria and Pruffia, it may take part with either potentate, according to the temper or views of the fovereign for the time being: but if the forces of that empire should again join the Austrians, the balance might be destroyed, as it had like to have been in the year 1761. DOMESTIC Infeription on the Monument of the late Admiral VERNON, just finished in Weftminster-abbey. As a Memorial of his own Gratitude And of the Virtue of his Benefactors, This Monument was erected by his Nephew FRANCIS Lord ORWELL, in the year 1763. Sacred to the Memory of EDWARD VERNON, He was the fecond Son of James Vernon, William the Third, And whofe abilities and integrity were equally confpicuous. In his youth he ferved under the admirals Shovel and Rooke: By their example he learned to conquer ; By his own merit he rofe to command. In the war with Spain of MDCCXXXIX he took the fort of Porto Bello with fix fhips; A force which was thought unequal to the attempt: For this he received The thanks of both Houses of Parliament. He fubdued Chagre, and at Carthagena conquered, as far as naval force could carry victory. After thefe fervices he retired, without place or title, From the exercise of public, to the enjoyment of private virtue. The teftimony of a good confcience The love and eftcem of all good men, In the Senate he was difinterefted, vigilant and steady. On the xxxth day of October, MDCCLVII. he died as he had lived, The friend of man, the lover of his country, The father of the poor, aged LXXIII. MONDAY, May 2. g、Mps A few days ago a gentleman's fervant travelling into the North, met with a London acquaintance, at Wooler, who pretended to be under great distress on ac The count of having tired his horfe. good-natured fervant compaffionating his cafe, offered him all the affiftance in his power to help him forward on the road; and they accordingly fet out together on Sunday morning: but they had not gone far before the fellow pulled out a brace of piftols, and obliged the fervant to difmount, and leave him in poffeffion of the horfe and bags. An Irishman lately arrived in town from that kingdom, to take out an administration to the effects of his deceased brother, a feaman, being at the Prerogative-office laft Friday to enter into the usual bond, having figned the fame, was defired by the clerk (he laying the bond on the end of his desk, and holding the feal on the wafer) to take it up; upon which the Hibernian very deliberately laid down his hat, and inftead of taking off the feal, caught hold of the upper part of the defk, and instantly feparated the fame from the bottom, to the great diverfion of the whole office. TUESDAY, May 3. On Saturday last two eminent furgeons of this city, accompanied by two other gentlemen, and likewife the uncle of Chippendale, one of the convicts now under fentence of death in Newgate, went to the faid Chippendale, and asked him whether he would fubmit to the operation of having his leg cut off, on condition his life was fpared, in order to make an experiment of a new invented ftyptic, to stop the blood after amputation, instead of the prefent painful practice of fewing up the blood-veffels with a needle, which he readily agreed to; and a petition, figned by himfelf and uncle, was prefented to his majefty. In confequence of which, a refpite was fent from the fecretary of State's office, for the faid convict. WEDNESDAY, May 4. Paul Lewis, for ftopping Mr. Jofeph Brown on the highway the 12th of March, and filing off a piftol with an intent to rob him; and Hannah Dagoe, for ftealing goods out of the dwelling houfe of Mrs. Rowland, to the amount of 111, 4s. the property of Eleanor Huffey, in the first cart; and John Rice, for forgery, in the other cart; were carried from Newgate, and executed at Tyburn, pursuant to their fentence. As foon as Mr. Rice was brought into the Prefs yard, he kneeled down and pra, ed; this he did feveral times before he was called up into the chapel: an before he went away, he returned thanks to the keeper and his people for the lenity they had fhewn him, declaring, that he had received many more favours from them than he could have expected. He was dreffed in black, with a bag-wig finely powdered, without his hat, and had a bock in his hand, in which he read all the way, except when he spoke to a gentleman who fat by his fide. He behave in a manner fuitable to his unhappy fituation, and appeared fincerely penitent. At the place or execution he made a speech to the populace, acknowledging the juftnefs of his fentence, and defired thanks to be given to the sheriffs for their indulgence, and was foon after turned off, quite refigned to his unhappy fate. Paul Lewis and the woman behaved undauntedly; however, the wildness of Lewis's afpect difcovered he was in great confusion, and that he was not the hero that he endeayoured to appear as he paffed along, by bowing to the people, and the like. When he was called up to the chapel, he made an excufe to go back to his cell; the keeper followed, and delected him in drawing a knife out of his fhoe to ftab bimfelf, which was wrenched out of his hand; he was then conducted to the chapel, where he fainted away, but foon recovered. At the place of execution, the executioner preparing to tie the woman up first, the took off her cardinal, gloves, and bonnet, herfelf, with all imaginable composure, and gave them to an acquaintance, notwithstanding some struggles of the executioner to retain them as his perquifite. the neccfiary preparations were made for her execution, Jick ketch proceeded to fasten the rope about Lewis; but in the mean time, the woman found means to get the rope off which bound her wrists. Jack ketch feeing this, faftened it again; After cart. but the woman getting it off a fecond time, untwifted it into flax, and threw it among the populace. The executioner was now obliged to take off one of his garters, and going to tie her wrists with that, the gave him a blow on the ftomach, which nearly tumbled him out of the He now applied to Mr. Rice to fpeak to her; he accordingly interpofed, told her of the, neceffity to fubmit, and brought her to fome degree of compliance. Lewis and he threw themselves off the cart fo violently, that they broke their necks, and were foon dead. After their bodies had hung the ufual time, they were taken down, and each of them put into a hearfe and carried to their friends for interment. Lewis was dreffed in a white cloth coat, blue-filk waistcoat trimmed with filver, a filver-laced-hat, white-stockings, and filk-breeches. Last week Lewis fent a letter to the recorder, requesting a favourable report to his majesty, wherein he said, that he had ferved his late and prefent majefty for feven years, as cadet, midshipman, and as far as his abilities would allow, ever difcharged his duty; particularly at the taking of Senegal, the burning of the hips in Cancalle-bay, the reduction of Cherbourg, the unfortunate battle of St. Cafs, the fiege of Guadalupe, the engagement under Sir Edward Hawke, and feveral engagements with privateers and frigates. THURSDAY, May 5. This being the day appointed for a general thanksgiving for the peace; the morning was ushered in with: ringing of bells; and at noon, the guns of the Park and Tower were fired. The following new anthem, on the occafion, was performed before their majefties in the Chapel Royal, compofed by Dr. Boyce. A N THE M. The Lord is king, be the people never fo impatient: he fitteth between the Cherubims, be the earth never fo unquiet. O thou word of the Lord, put up thyfelf into the fcabbard, reft and be still. Some put their truft in chariots, and fome in horfes, but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. He maketh peace in our borders, and caufeth wars to ceafe in all the world. O that men would therefore praife the Lord for his goodness, and declare the wonders that hedoth for the children of men. That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people; and praife him in the feat of the elders. Hallelujah. Worcester. Yesterday fe'nnight George Watkyn Williams, of the parish of Claines, was committed to our county goal, by virtue of a judge's warrant, iffued at our Laft affizes, on an indictment for counterfeiting a bond for one hundred pounds, purporting to be figned and sealed by one William Baylis. The affair, we hear, was as follows; the faid Williams having an inclination to marry a young woman who lived in his neighbourhood, in order to gain the. confent of her father, pretended he was worth 140 pounds; accordingly he borrowed forty pounds in money, which, with the fictitious bond above-mentioned, he produced to the father; whereupon the young people were married but it foon appearing that the old fellow had been deceived, he caufed his fon-in-law to be indicted laft affizes, fince which the young woman died. : FRIDAY, May 6. Un This morning at 4 o'clock, a most terrible fire broke out in the dwelling-houfe of the right honourable the dowager vifCountess Molefworth, in Upper Brookftreet, Grofvenor-fquare. The circumftances which attended this fad accident, are melancholy beyond expreffion, and it is hoped will prevail upon the domesticks of the nobility and gentry, which are generally numerous, to be careful. fortunately at the breaking out of the fire there were no watchmen (to their shame be it remembered) in or near the ftrest. It was difcovered by a Shoemaker in an adjacent houfe, who upon feeing it alarmed the neighbours, who made all poffible hafte to break open the door, when in lefs than fifteen minutes the flames burft out at every window in the front of the house. It is fuppofed the fire broke out in the nurfery, the upper part of the ftair-cafe being first taken with the flames, fo that there was no poffibility of efcaping their violence but from the upper windows. In this miferable fituation three of lady Molefworth's children ventured to throw them felves into the street from the two-pair of tairs chambers: the eldeft lady broke her Ig, which has fince been cut off; and the two younger were dangerously bruifed. With thefe, Dr. Molefworth and his lady, and feveral of the fervants, were driven to the neceffity of the fame dreadful experiment, and were much hurt, excepting that the doctor, by the affistance of a fpike of iron in the wail, was preferved from falling till a ladder was fet up for his relief. A fervant-man jumped upon the iron pallifadoes, and is fince dead; and the governefs of the young ladies, falling from the garret windows, was dafhed to pieces. And, what is ftill more exceedingly diftrefsful to the friends of this noble family, lady Molefworth and her brother captain Uther, two of the children, and three maid fervants, perifhed in the flames. What made it more difficult for the fa mily to escape, was, the lady's having the key of the street-door in her room, and, in their confufion, they could not wrench it open. By there being ftrong partywalls, the flames were prevented fromdoing any damage to the houses adjoining. This day the ftewards of the feast of the fons of the clergy, collected 1661. 4s. 6d. at St. Paul's church, and 8081. 12s. 3d. at Merchant Taylors Hall, which with 2041. 38. 9d. received on Tuesday last at the rehearsal of the mufic, makes 11791. 6d. which money is to be difposed of in apprenticing the fons and daughters of poor clergymen. SATURDAY, May 7. St. James's. The king has been pleased to appoint the right hon. lord viscount Stormont to be his majesty's ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the emperor and emprefs of Germany: and Benjamin Langlois, Efq; to be fecretary to his majesty's embaffy at that court. The king has also been pleased to appoint James Porter, Efq; to be his majefty's minifter plenipotentiary at the court of Bruffels. This day an unhappy accident happened at Mr. Mafon's brewhoufe at St. Giles's; a cart went over a child in the yard, and fevered the head entirely from the body. Mary Head, of Mere, near Knutsford in Cheshire, who was convicted at Chester affizes of petit treafon, in killing her hufband, by poisoning him with arfenic, was burnt, being firft hanged up to a poft and ftrangled, at Spital Boughton, nearly op |