That a fum, not exceeding 13,000l. be granted to his Majesty, to be employed in maintaining and fupporting the British forts and fettlements on the coalt of Africa, under the direction of the Committee of a Company of Merchants trading to Africa. And he reported, from the Committee of Ways and Means,

That, towards raising the fupply granted to his Majesty, the fum of 1,800,000l. be raifed, by loans or Exchequer-bills, to be charged upon the firtt aids to be granted in the next feffion of Parliament; and fuch Exchequer-bills, if not discharged, with intereft thereupon, on or before the 5th day of April, 1771, to be exchanged, and received in payment, in fuch manner as Exchequer bills have ufually been exchanged and received in payment.

On the 14th, two bills paffed the House: The first, for dividing and inclofing the open fields, meadows, and wafte grounds, in the lordship or liberty of Ravenftone, other wife Raunton, in the counties of Leicester and Derby: And the fecond, for defraying the charge of the pay and cloathing of the militia, in that part of Great Britain called England, for one year, beginning the 25th day of March, 1770.

On the 15th, fix bills paffed the Houfe: The firft, for dividing and inclofing the open fields, downs, meadows, and wafte lands, within the manor or manors of Compton, in the parish of Endford, in the county of Wilts: The fecond, from the Lords, intitled An act, for vefting the manor of Lymington, and certain lands and hereditaments in the counties of Somerfet and Wilts, fettled, by the will of John Walker, Efq; deceased, in Trustees, to be fold; and for fettling other lands and hereditaments, in the faid county of Wilts, in lien thereof; and for other purposes therein mentioned: The third, to permit the exportation of malt: The fourth, to enable the Commiffioners for executing the office of Treasurer of his Majefty's Exchequer, or Lord High-treasurer for the time being, to compound with William Hill and John Dyer a debt due to the Crown from William Pye, for which they are fureties: The fifth, for dividing and inclosing the common and walte grounds within the manor or parish of Ballenthwaite, in the county of Cumherland: And the fixth, for dividing and inclosing the common fields, common pafture and other uninclofed grounds, within the township of Weft-Hellerton, and parifh of Yeddingham, in the east riding of the county of York.

The fame day, a motion was made, and

the queftion was propofed, that an humble addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, That he will be graciously pleafed to give directions, that there be laid before this House a copy of a paper, intitled The humble Addrefs, Remonftrance, and Petition, of the Lord-mayor, Aldermen, and Livery, of the City of London, in Common-hall affembled,' presented to his Majesty on the 14th inftant, together with a copy of his Majesty's anfwer to the fame. And, the previous queftion being put, That that question be now put, it was refolved in the affirmative. Then, the main question being put, it was refolved to addrefs his Majesty thereon.

On the 16th, five bills paffed the Houfe: The firft, for dividing and inclosing the feveral open fields, copfes, and commonable grounds, within the parish of Denton, o therwife Divington Parva, in the county of Northampton: The fecond, for dividing and inclofing the common fields, common meadows, common cow-pafture, Lammas grounds, and wafte grounds, in the parish of Simpfon, in the county of Bucks: The third, for building a workhoufe, in the parifh of St. Martin in the Fields, within the liberty of Westminster, in the county of Middlefex: The fourth, for dividing and inclofing the open and common fields, lands, and downs, within the manor and parish of Weftwell, in the county of Oxford: And the fifth, for amending, and rendering more effectual, an act made in the feventh year of his prefent Majefty's reign, intitled

An act for dividing a certain fen, called the Haute Huntre, Eight Hundred, or Holland Fen, and certain other commonable. places adjoining thereto, in the parts of Holland, in the county of Lincoln."

The fame day, his Majefty, being come to the Houfe of Peers, was pleafed to give the royal affent to fuch public and private bills as were made ready for receiving it.

Then the Lord North prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their addrefs to his Majefty, a copy of the Addrefs, Remonftrance, and Petition, of the Lord-mayor, Aldermen, and Livery, of the City of London, prefented to the King, March 14, 1770; and alfo a copy of his Majetty's answer; and the titles of the faid copies were read; and it was ordered, that the faid papers be taken into confideration on Monday, the 19th. Accordingly,

On the 19th, the order of the day being read, for taking into confideration the copy of the Addrefs, Remonftrance, and Petition, of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the city of London, prefented to the

King,

King, March 14, 1770; and alfo a copy of his Majefty's anfwer; the Houfe proceeded to take the fame into confideration; and the faid copies were read; and a motion being made, and the question being propofed, That to deny the legality of the prefent Parliament, and to atfert, that the proceedings thereof are not valid, is highly unwarrantable, and has a manifeft tendency to difturb the peace of the kingdom, by withdrawing his Majefty's fubjects from their obedience to the laws of the realm:

The Houfe was moved, that an act, made in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intitled, An act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and fettling the fucceffion of the Crown, might be read. And the fame was read accordingly.

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the entry in the Journals of the Houfe, of the 26th day of February, 1701, of the 4th refolution, which was reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider of the rights, liberties, and privileges of the House of Commons, and which was then agreed to by the House, might be read. And the fame was read accordingly.

Then the previous queftion being put, that the faid propofed question be now put; it was refolved in the affirmative. Then, the main question being put, it was resolved,

That to deny the legality of the prefent Parliament, and to affert that the proceedings thereof are not valid, is highly unwarrantable, and has a manifeft tendency to disturb the peace of the kingdom, by withdrawing his Majefty's fubjects from their obedience to the laws of the realm. And

That to convey to the Crown, under cofour and pretence of petitioning, fuch an unwarrantable and dangerous pofition, is a grofs abufe of the right of the fubjects to petition the King.

A motion was made, and the question being propofed, that an humble addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, to express the extreme concern and indignation which they feel, at finding that an application has been made to his Majefty, in terms fo little correfponding with that grateful and affectionate refpect which his Majefty is fo juftly intitled to from all his fubjects; at the fame time afperfing and calumniating the Parliament, and denying its legality, and the validity of the acts of the Legiflature.

To affure his Majefty, that, as they are duly fenfible of the value and importance of the right of the fubjects to petition the King, it is with the deepeft concern, that they now fee the exercife of it fo groffly perverted, by

being applied to the purpose, not of preferv. ing, but overturning the Conftitution, and of propagating doctrines, which, if generally adopted, must be fatal to the peace of the kingdom, and which tend to the subverfion of all lawful authority.

To acknowledge with gratitude, that his Majefty has ever fhewn the most tender regard to the rights of his people, not only in the exercife of his own power, but in his care to preferve from every degree of infringement or violation the powers intrufted to others; and to return his Majefty their unfeigned thanks, for the fresh proof he has now given them of his determination to perfevere in his adherence to the principles of the Conftitution.

To exprefs the fatisfaction it gives them to fee his Majefty placing so just a confidence in his people.

To reprefent to his Majefty, that, in whatever unjuftifiable exceffes fome mifguided perfons may have been feduced to join, his Majefty's fubjects in general are too fenfible of what they owe, both to his Majesty and to his illuftrious family, ever to be capable of approaching his Majefty with any other fentiments than thofe of the most intire refpect and affection; and understand too well their own true intereft, to with to loofen the bands of obedience to the laws, and of due fubordination to lawful authority; and that they are fully perfunded, that his Majefty's people, as well as his Parliament, will reject with dildain every infidious suggestion of thofe ill-defigning men, who are in reality undermining the public liberty, under the fpecious pretence of zeal for its prefervation; and that his Majesty's attention to maintain the liberties of his fubjects unviolated, which his Majefty esteems his chief glory, will, upon every occafion, prove the fure means of ftrength to his Majesty, and fecure to him that zealous and effectual fupport, which none but a free people can bestow.

And a debate ariling in the House thereupon; and the Houle having continued to fit till half an hour after two of the clock on Tuesday morning; it was ordered, That the faid debate be adjourned till this morning, twelve of the clock; and that no public bufinefs do intervene.

The fame day, five bills paffed the Houfe; the first, for dividing and inclofing two common ftinted pastures, and a certain moor or common, within the manor of Bellerby, in the north riding of the county of York; and an ingroffed claufe was added, by the Houfe, by way of ryder to the bill: The fecond, for dividing and incloting Wyvillheath, in the lordship of Wyvil cum Hun

gerton,

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gerton, in the county of Lincoln: The third, to enlarge the term contained in two everal acts of Parliament, and to grant a further term and powers for the more effectual repairing, widening, and amending, the road from a place called Earl's-kill, in Warrington, to the Toll-bars in Wallgate, in Wigan, both in the county of Lancaster The fourth, to impower the Juftices of the Peace for the county of Devon to apply a fum of money, out of the county stock, for the opening, making, and maintaining a convenient and commodious highway, from the High-ftreet in the city of Exeter to the caftle of Exeter: And the fifth, for dividing and inclofing the open fields, meadows, common pastures, and other commonable lands, within the parish of Bottesford, including the hamlets of Eafthorpe and Normanton, in the county of Leicester.

Afterwards, it was refolved, that a fum, not exceeding 5000l, be granted to his Majefty, to inable his Majetty to affift the inhabitants of the island of Barbadoes, in defraying the expence of cleaning the channel, repairing the mole, and rendering the harbour there more fafe and commodious.

On the 20th, three bills paffed the Houfe; the first, for dividing and inclofing certain open and common fields, commonable Jands, and wafte grounds, within the manor and parish of Souldrop, in the county of Bedford: The fecond, for enlarging the term granted by an act of the 28th year of his late Majefty's reign, for repairing and widening the road from Sutton, in the county of Surrey, through the borough of Reigate, by Sidlow mill, to Povey-crofs, and from Sutton aforefaid, through Cheam, and over Howell-hill, to Ewell; and alfo, the road from Tadworth, by the windmill, to the bottom of Pehle-hill, in the faid county; and for impowering the truftees appointed by an act of the roth year of his late Majefty King George I. for repairing feveral roads in the counties of Surrey and Suflex, to make a yearly allowance to the trustees, appointed by the faid act of the 28th Geo. II.; and for taking certain roads out of the power of the trustees apppointed by the faid act of the 10th George I, and putting them under the direction of the trustees appointed by the faid act of the 28th Geo. II, and for repairing the road from Povey-crofs, in the county of Surrey, to the oak dividing the counties of Surrey and Suffex; and alfo the road from Woodhatch to Peteridge-lane, in the county of Surrey: And the third, for railing a certain fum of money, by loans or Exchequer-bills, for the fervice of the year 1770.

The order of the day being read, for re

fuming the adjourned debate, upon the motion made yesterday for an humble addrefs to be prefented to his Majefty; it was ordered, that the Serjeant at Arms do go with the mace into the Speaker's Chamber, the Court of Requests, and places adjacent, and fummon the Members there to attend the service of the Houfe; and he went accordingly; and, being returned, the Houfe refumed the faid adjourned debate; and the entry in the Journals of the Houfe, of the King's procla mation, dated the 11th day of November, 1701, for diffolving the then Parliament, and declaring the calling another, was read: And a motion being made, and the question being put, that the House do now adjourn, it paffed in the negative; whereupon it was refolved, that a Committee be appointed to draw up an addrefs, to be prefented to his Majefty, pursuant to the purport of the refolutions of the 19th.

On the 21ft, four bills paffed the House; the firft, for dividing and inclofing a certain parcel of open ground, called Dunningtonmoor, in the eaft riding of the county of York; the fecond, for dividing and inclofing a certain parcel of open ground, in the township of Earfwick, in the county of York: The third, for amending and rendering more effectual an act made in the 5th year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, intitled, An act for draining and improving certain low, marfh, and fen lands, lying between Bolton Haven and Bourne, in the parts of Kefteven and Holland, in the county of Lincoln,' and for improving the navi gation through the faid lands: And the fourth, for dividing and inclofing the open parts of the common arable fields, and the common meadows, pafture-grounds, commons, and wafte grounds, within the townfhips of Sherburn, Lennerton, Barkstown Ah, Church Fenton, Little Fenton, and Biggin, in the county of York.

Sir Thomas Clavering reported from the Committee appointed yesterday to draw up an addrefs to be prefented to his Majesty, that the Committee had drawn up an addrefs accordingly, which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his place, and afterwards delivered it in at the table, where the fame was read, and, with feveral amendiments thereunto, was agreed to by the Houfe. And it was ordered, that the faid addrefs be communicated to the Lords, at a conference; and that the concurrence of their Lordships be defired thereto; and that a conference be de fired with the Lords, upon a matter of the utmost importance to the honour of his Ma jefty's government, and to the authority of

Par

Parliament; and that the Lord Bellafyfe do go to the Lords, and defire the faid confe

rence.

On the 22d, a bill paffed the Houfe, for dividing and inclofing the open and common fields, meadows, paftures, and commonable lands and grounds, within the liberties

of Stoke Goldington, in the county of Bucks.

On the 23d, an addrefs relative to the city Remonftrance was prefented to the King, which fee in our Magazine for March. To be continued.

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Moft Excellent Princess,

HE Count de

with this,

Twill deliver to y. ur fair hands my pie

ture; I wish I could as easily convey the original to them, but that is a happiness the niquity of my fortune denies me. And I do affure your Highnefs, that, in all the long train of mischiefs, with which that blind goddefs hath perfecuted me from my cradle, there has not been one which has fo fentibly touched me, as this: But, fince my fate would have it fo, I have confided what I have to offer on this occafion to the Honourable Count de ———, hoping that he will, in fome measure, be able to let you fee how much, and how intirely, you are mistress of my heart: But I am afraid that his great age, and want of acquaintance with the tender paffion of love, will but too lamely reprefent the fentiments of his Mafter. Nor will the painter's art, I fear, remove this defect. In his portrait he has faithfully given you the likeness of my perfon; yet, alas! it is beyond the pencil's art to convey the foft emotions of the heart, the warm tranfports of the lover, when he comes into the prefence of his Miftrefs, where awe and defre are fo mingled, as not to be exprefled by colours: He cannot reprefent, in the miniature I fend you, the trembling joy that would feize all my limbs when I approached you, and laid me proftrate at your feet, till your generous hand fhould raise me from the ground, and your heavenly voice give me leave to love you.

I would not have the eagerness of my defire, most divine Princefs, tranfpert me into words that might shock your belief in my fincerity; be not incredulous of your power; it is heavenly, like your perfon: For, tho' I have not yet had the extatic vition of your real perfon, yet the painter has furnished me with fo many charms in your picture, that they are fufficient to raife the mott vin ent paffion in any beholder. The painter's and the fculptor's art have had as wonderful effects long before this time, even when their

draughts and images were drawn from their own imaginations: How much more, therefore, can be dne, when the draught is

taken from the wafter piece of Heaven?

The charms he has thence taken are abfolutely irrefiftible, and gather new force from the imagination of the perfection of the ori gisal.

When our Holy Father fhewed me the pictures of feveral beautiful Ladies, and your's among them, my heart bounded with joy in my bolom, my eyes were immediately fixed upon it, and my foul was filled with inexpreffible wishes, that the choice of the Holy Father, for me, would terminate there. My colour came and went, and the agitations of my mind were too ftrong to be concealed from his Holinefs, who, pleafed with my concern, delivered the picture to me with paternal affurances of his whole care, induitry, and intereft, to make me happy in the bright original. He was as good as his word; and follicited fo effectually by his Nuncio, as to make way for this prefent addrets. And I hope, divine Princess, as piety has prevailed with you thus far, and given this pleafing dawn to my approaching happiness, love will come in for its fhare, and will infpire your good and charming heart with thofe tender fentiments which must make me, of the most unfortunate, the most happy of men; Yes, Madam, in thofe enchanting arms, I fhall easily forget all the cruelties of fortune, and the perfecutions of my enemies; ambition will ceafe to have any thare in my actions; for love will fill my foul fo full, that I thall be able to think of nothing but my adorable Princets.

I fhall be impatient till I hear from the Count; I was gong to fay, till I heard from you; but my ufual ill-fortune checked the forward thought, and left me only withes to fupport my fears: But, be my fortune in this affair what it will, I fhall never cease being, adorable Princefs,

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A twelvemonth had now pa fince our marriage pretty peaceably, during which time I was brought to bed of a boy, to the great joy of the Williams's family. My uncle wrote me a letter upon the occasion, and my aunt called one morning to ask me how I did. These events gave me great pleafure, as I had long suffered from the idea, that I was an alien on earth. My aunt even promised me to use her endeavours to bring my father to fee me, and I was received on her prefenting me to my father and mother, if not with pleasure, at least with great good humour and civility. They gave me leave to prefent my husband to them, and my mother good-naturedly faid to me, You may take your fifter home with you, if you will. Upon which, Sophie and. I took our leaves of them, and returned home, where we found Mr. Williams talking to an odd looking nan, in the parlour. He accofted me with a smile, faying, My dear, I have been buying a little eftate in the country, of that man you faw with me, thinking that the air of the country would be of fervice to you and the child. I thanked him cordially for his tender care of cur healths; and added, But, Mr. Williams, excufe me if I fay, that no air will be found falubrious, where the mind is not at peace; and, should you involve yourself in difficulties for my fake, you would defeat your own purpofes; for I can never be either happy, or well, if you are uneafy. He replied, That I always looked too far before me.' To which reproof I made no anfiver.

The next morning, he defired I would go with him to look at the house he had purchafed; I confented; as it was only fourteen miles from town, it was a morning's ride thither, and back again. As we came near the place, Mr. Williams faid, 'There, my dear, that is the house,' (pointing to it ;) It is very old, (continued he) bat I intend to rebuild it; it is a fweet fituation.' He feemed enchanted with his new acquifition: I cannot f y I was; but I concealed my fentiments, faying only, That, if he liked it, I was convinced that I fhould.' On our return home, Mr. Williams faid to me, in a careless, enly manner, Charlotte, I muft inlift, if my father and mother fhould blame me for having bought a houfe in the country, that you inform them, that I purchefed it to chlige you; for, (continued he,) their being angry with you can be of no

manner of fignification; but their quarrelling with me would probably be the ruin of us both.'. I replied, that I should ever be both ready and willing to facrifice myself, in order to fave him; and, therefore, would confent to let his parents suppose that he had purchased this eftate at my request; but that I must beg to be excufed from 'afferting a palpable falfhood; and, therefore, could only promile not to contradict him, in cafe he thould find it abfolutely neceflary to throw the blame on me.' He did not feem much pleafed with the tenderness of my confcience; however that might be, he amufed himself daily in the country amongit his workmen, and was confequently very fel fom at home but in the evenings. There his frequent excurfions foon informed his parents of what he was about; they took the alarm, and fent for him one morning, to come to them immediately: What palled at this interview, I know not; but, the next time I waited upon them, I was received with great coolnes, and had a lecture read to me upon economy, and feveral hints thrown out, hat they who were worth nothing were generally the moft liberal of other people's money.' I felt this reproach feverely, though I was confcious that I did

not merit it.

I was one night fitting alone, expeding him home every minute, when I heard a rap at the door, and to my great furprife, a Gentleman, whom I did not know, entered the room, and prefented me with a letter from Mr. Williams, informing me of his being arrested and in a spunging-house, and that i need not make myfelf uncaly, as he would certainly dine with me to-morrow. After fome queftions afked, this Gentleman wifhed me a good night. I leave to judge what fort of one I palt. As foon as I thought it a decent hour to go out, I got into a hackn y chair, and ordered it to the place where he was confined. On ny arrival at the door of the houfe, I asked an il-looking man, who flood there, if r could fee the Gentleman who was brought there late last night, not chufing to mention his name; be repel, Yes, Mils, I will let the Gentleman know you are here, if you will tell me your name, for he has pot company with him already; and, perhaps, he may not chufe to have two wenches at a time.' I annexed no idea to what the man fid, at that time; fo, putting half a

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