332 Poetical ESSAYs in JULY, 1752. Advice to K. C. on a late melancholy Occafion. HAT means this fad and gloomy fcene of woe? WHAT cere [Aow? What floods of tears from eyes diftilling Confcious, alas ! my mufe, with grief fin[tear. Deplores the lofs, and drops a tender But, oh! can I the lofs by grief repair? Can I reflore her to th' enchanting fair? Oh! had I pow'r, like Orpheus' fhell to please, [eafe. Then would I fet thy troubled mind at But why doft thou in private thus complain, Defpife all prayers, and encrease the pain? Are not we all this path condemn'd to tread ? [led? And why art thou by cunning wiles mif- And not purfue thofe fteps the trod And more confpicuous with new luftre Then may'st thou calmly view thy deftin'd [regret. fate, And not the lofs with too much grief Could I my griet in humble verfe impart, And paint the real forrows of my heart; Could I do juftice to the heav'nly theme, And confecrate it to eternal fame ; My mufe this noble task wou'd dare purfue, Belov'd by all, if, oh! belov'd by you. O D E. E gone, purfuits fo vain and light; BKnowledge, fruitlefs of delight Lean Audy, fire of fallow doubt, Tender words, and kind intent; And backward strives her form to hide Now come then boy of kind delight, Thro' the bright threads of mingling dies, To knit the filken cords of love; But, anxious care, be far from hence ; 3 That to the key-hole lays her ear, But come, all ye who know to please z ♦ She was kept from church by an old womaną THE THE Monthly Chronologer. T SHO' the barbarous cuftom among the Pagans, of burying the living wives with their dead husbands, in the EaftIndies, has been for many years, under fevere pénalties, prohibited by the great Mogul and other Mahometan princes in that quarter of the globe; yet they have not been able to fupprefs it entirely, and the following is an instance which lately happened. The writer of the letter from which the account is extracted, was an eye-witnefs of the whole affair at Collicutta, in Bengal. "The naked body of a dead Jengew man was laid on a pile of wood, made up in a regular form; and his wife, not above 15 or 16 years of age, walked to the pile, conducted by her friends and parents, her father on one fide, and her mother on the other. After a great number of previous ceremonies were performed, the walked round the pile 7 or 8 times in a melancholy and devout manner, conducted, as before, by her father and mother; the then stepped upon the pile, and quietly laid herfelf down by the corpfe of her husband, about whofe neck her hands were faftened, and her legs tied to his; then both their bodies were anointed with a fort of unguent, called ghee; over them was ftrewed a fort of yellow duft, and they were covered with a cloth, which was kept down by fome pieces of wood. At last the father of the deceafed husband fet fire to the pile, which run thro' it like lightning, by means of the yellow powder. And the fire was fo fierce, that the spectators were obliged to draw backward from the heat. The whole was confumed to afhes in about an hour's time." The above letter came home with one of the last ships from the Eaft-Indies, was dated from Inglee, in Bengal, Dec. 30, 1751, and the horrid deed of cruelty was committed about 15 days before the date of the letter. On June 27, Mofes Moravia, John Manowrie, and Solomon Carolina, were tried at the Old Bailey, upon an indictment for being concerned with Samuel Wilfon, who lately died in Newgate, in a confpiracy to procure the hip Elizabeth and Martha, Capt. Miffon, bound from London to Cork and Gibraltar, to be funk at fea, with an intention of defraudJuly, 1752. ing the infurers. During the courfe of the trial, which lafted ten hours, a furprifing fcene of iniquity was laid open. Moravia and Manowrie were brought in guilty, and Carolina was honourably acquitted. The council for the crown were Mr. ferjeant Prime, Mr. ferjeant Poole, and Mr. Williams; for the prisoners, Mr. Benney, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Davy, and Mr. Vaughan. They were fentenced to be imprisoned twelve months in Newgate, in the mean time to ftand twice in the pillory, once upon Tower-hill, and once at the Royal-Exchange; to pay a fine of 20l. apiece, and to give fecurity for their good behaviour for five years, themselves in zool. apiece, and each of their fureties in rool. On the 29th, between 2 and 3 in the afternoon, was a dreadful storm of thunder, lightning, rain and hail at Bristol and places adjacent. The lightning feem'd as if rolling upon the earth, the claps of thunder were aftonishingly loud, and in feveral places the roads were like rivers. The workmen and boys employed in building the new church in Kingswood, were all obliged to quit their work, and retire into the body of the church; when fix of them who stood facing one of the church doors, viz. 4 men and 2 boys, were all ftruck in a moment upon the ground, but recovered in a fhort time, having received no hurt, except one of the boys, who bled both at the nose and ears, but likely to do well. Near the faid church, and at the fame inftant, fix horfes and the driver, belonging to one Mr. Norman's waggons, going for Bath and London, were ftruck down upon the road by the thunder and lightning; the man recovered, as did three of the horfes, tho' one of them loft his fight; the other 3 were all killed on the spot. On the 30th, the feffions ended at the Old Bailey, when, befides the eight mentioned in our laft to have been capitally convicted (fee p. 287.) were alfo the s following, viz. William Belcher, for a highway robbery near Knightsbridge; Jonathan Burgen and Richard Lane, for a burglary; Jofeph Joyce, for a forgery and Thomas Wilford, for the murder of his wife, (fee p. 238.) They all received fentence of death accordingly, except Thomas Scott, for forgery, whofe judgment was refpited. Wilford received his fentence feparately, immediately upon A 334 The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. July conviction, according to the late act for The feveral trustees for his majesty's Thomas Smith, Watling-street, linen- Their excellencies the lords justices THURSDAY, 9. The Rt. Hon. John earl of Breadalbane was unanimoufly chofen by the peers of Scotland, met at the palace of HolyRood house, Edinburgh, to be one of the 16 peers to fit and vote in this prefent parliament of Great-Britain, in the room of the late earl of Dunmore. At this election, Dr. Charles Rofs Fleming. phyfician in Dublin, took his feat, voted as earl of Wigtoun, and was received ac cordingly. FRIDAY, 10. Came on to be tried at Guildhall, before the lord chief juftice Lee, by a special jury, a cause wherein Mr. Henry Simons, the Polish Jew merchant, was plaintiff, and Mr. James Ashley, brandy merchant, Ifaac Hubbard, conftable of Witham, and others, defendants: The action was for an affault and falfe imprifonment. The ill treatment he received being fully proved, the jury, after withdrawing about 10 minutes, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, and gave him 2001. damages. The conftable only was acquitted. 1752. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER. their ruin to the affociation of lewd women, who drove them to unlawful courses, in order to fupport their extravagancies. James Holt the fmuggler behaved very penitently, but did not feem convinced that his fentence was juft, or that fmuggling merited death. Amongst his laft words, were, It is very hard to be hanged for fmuggling. The fame day were fold, at the RoyalExchange coffee-houfe, in Threadneedleftreet, 96 whole barrels, 3 half-barrels, and 49 kegs of the fociety's Shetland pickled herrings. The first lot (one whole barrel) was purchafed for 12l. 128. by the master of Vauxhali-Gardens. The reft of the whole barrels fold from 51. gs. to 21. gs. each; the half-barrels at il. 6s. each ; and the kegs from 9s. 6d. to 75. 6d. each. Came on, at Dulwich College, the election of a warden of the faid College, the ceremony of which was as follows: At half an hour after ten in the morning the master and wardens of the college, accompanied by the churchwardens of St. Luke's, Middlefex, Bishopfgate, and St. Mary Overy's (who by the ftatutes of 'the College are appointed co-electors with the master and fellows) went to the chapel, where divine fervice was performed, and a fermon fuitable to the occafion preached by the Rev. Mr. Swan, one of the fellows; after which the electors retired into the parlour, where the candidates, in number nine, and all of the name of Allen, were fummoned by proclamation to put down their respective names, ages, occupations, and places of abade ; that done, the electors and candidates returned into the chapel, where the Rev. Mr. Hillary, fenior fellow, standing by the communion table, read aloud fuch parts of the ftatutes as related to the election of warden: Two infpec'tors were then appointed, who being by the table, were to fee and take care that no fraud or deceit was practised by the electors, in pricking down or marking the names of fuch candidates they gave their votes to. This marking was done on the communion table, to which the electors came feverally and in order: First the churchwardens of St. Luke's, then thofe of Bishopfgate and St. Mary Overy's, then the fellows of the college, and lastly, the mafter; all thefe have two votes a-piece; and the matter, in cafe of an equality, has the cafting vote, After all had marked or voted, the master took up the paper, and declared Mr. Allen, of Cock-Lane, founder, had nine votes ; Mr. Allen, of Aldgate, linen-diaper, nine 335 votes; Mr. Allen, of ---, near Salters. Hall, fchoolmafter, two votes; and Mr. Allen, of, peruke maker, two votes; the other five candidates had not a vote; fo the candidates were by this means reduced to two, namely, Mr. Allen, the founder, and Mr. Allen, the linen-draper: Then the mafter taking two pieces of paper rolled up alike, on one of which were wrote thefe words, GoD's GIFT, and the other being a blank, put them into a long tin canister, which he held up high in the fight of every one, and turned it three times; then Mr. Allen, the founder, being the eldest of the two, put his hand into the box, and unluckily for him drew out the blank; upon which Mr. Allen, the linen-draper, was declared duly elected. THURSDAY, 16. Both houfes of parliament met at Weftminster, pursuant to their laft prorogation (fee p. 285.) and, by virtue of his majefty's commiffion, were further prorogued to Sept. 28. FRIDAY, 17. The remarkable caufe between Ashley and Simons, relating to the three ducats, mentioned to be put into Mr. Afhley's pocket by Mr. Simens, in order to charge him with a robbery, was tried a fecond time at the affizes at Chelmsford by a jury of gentlemen of that county: The trial lafted near 13 hours, and the jury, after retiring about eight minutes, acquitted Simons of the crime laid to his charge. (See p. 237, 238, 286, 334.) The city of Dublin refolved to prefent Sir Peter Warren, knight of the Bath, (now in Ireland) with the freedom of the faid city in a gold box, for the great fervice he had done to trade in general during the late war. The guild of merchants alfo voted him the freedom of their corporation. (See p. 329.) WEDNESDAY, 22. 336 MARRIAGES, DEATHS, &c. MARRIAGES and BIRTHS. JOF bridge. June 28. Congreve, Efq; fon of the late col. Congreve, governor of Gibraltar, to Mifs Haffel, of St. James'sfreet. Mr. Henry Stubbs, adjutant to the reg. of blue guards, to Mifs Holburne, daughter of Sir James Holburne, 30. Jofeph Holton, of Ongar, in Effex, Efq; to Mifs Thorpe, of Stratford. Thomas Byrd, Efq; of Gaybrook near Leicester, to Mifs Pickering, of Tichmarsh, in Northamptonshire, a 50,000l. fortune. Rev. Mr. Cookfey, rector of St. Antholin's London, and minifter of Wimbleton in Surrey, to Mrs. Winnington, relict of Edward Winnington, Efq; July 2. Baker, Efq; of Wandfworth, to Mifs Applebee, of Peckham, a 10,0col. fortune. 6. Joshua Robinfon, Efq; of a plentiful fortune in Conwall, to Mifs Chandler, of Mount-street. 8. William Thorne, Efq; of Hinton, in Surrey, to Mifs Maria Mullins. 9. Mr. Edmund Haffell, of Cambridge, to Mifs Lydia Coggs, of Chichester. Capt. Henry Bradley, in the East-India company's fervice, to Mifs Baillie, a 10,000l. fortune. Capt. Mogg, in the fea fervice, to Mrs. Reede, widow of the late conful Reede. 10. Capt. Alexander Stanton, formerly a commander in the Weft-India trade, to Mrs. Jackfon, of Great Ruffel-ftreet. Mr. James Cave, furgeon, at Chigwell, in Effex, to Mrs. Hart, a young widow lady of the fame county. Stephen Lawfon, Efq; of the Temple, to Mifs Brookfby of Park-place. 19. Mr. Ifaac Cawfon, attorney at law, to Mifs Shapleigh, of Stratford. 21. William Pitman, Efq; of Goodman's-fields, to Mrs. Walton, of Mileend. John Gale, of Whitehaven, in Cumberland, Efq; to Mifs Willson, eldest daughter and coheir of Thomas Willfon, of Bradfey-Hall, in Lancashire, Efq; a - 20,000l. fortune. Mr. Finchley, an eminent fugar-merchant near Moor-fields, to Mifs Braithwayte, of Broad-ftreet, a 12,000l. for tune, June 28. The lady of the Hon. Thomas Penn, Efq; proprietor of Pensylvania, delivered of a fon. July 2. Countefs of Lincoln, of a fon. The lady of Nathaniel Braffey, Efq; member of parliament for Hertford, of a fon and heir. July 6. Hon. Mrs. Frederick, lady of Charles Frederick, Efq; furveyor-general of the ordnance, of a daughter. June 23.1 DEATHS. IEUT. gen. Alexander Irwin, colonel of a regiment of foot, and major-general upon the Irish eftablishment. 24. Dame Magdalene Scott, relict of Sir William Bruce, of Kinrofs in Scotland. 27. Lady Balchen, relict of the late admiral Balchen. Rt. Hon. Henry lord viscount Ashbrook, and baron of Caftle-Durrow in Ireland. 29. The lady of Sir Richard Hoare, Knt. alderman of Farringdon ward with out. Rt. Hon. Lady Jane Drummond, wife of George Drummond, Efq; and fifter to the prefent earl of Stamford. July 2. John Bacon, Efq; one of the fellows of the Royal Society, and that of the Antiquaries, and governor of the hofpitals of Bridewell and Bethlem. George Short, of Eaft-Keal, in Lincolnfhire, Efq; He was interred at St. James's, Clerkenwell. 3. Lady Anne Stroud, wife of William Stroud, of Ponfborn, in Hertfordshire, Efq; and fifter to the prefent earl of Salisbury." Rev. Mr. William Lane, M. A. canon refidentary and prebendary of the cathedral church of Hereford, prebendary of the cathedral church of Sarum, rector of Hampton Bishop, and vicar of Fanhope, in the county and diocefe of Hereford. Adam Oakley, Efq; regifter of the diocefe of St. David's.. 5. Sir James Campbell, of Ardkinleys, in Scotland, Bart. 11. The worshipful juftice Frazer, the oldest commiffioner of the peace in Westminster. 14. Lieut. col. Demarr, of col. Holmes's late reg. of marines. He had ferved in the wars many years, during the reigns of Q. Anne and his prefent majefty. 15. Jofeph Gafcoigne Nightingale, Efq; at Enfield, member in the firft parliament of his prefent majefty for the town of Stafford. 16. The lady of Sir Lifter Holte, Bart. 17. Dr. Arthur Price, lord archbishop of Cafhell, in Ireland. 18. Robert Pauncefort, Efq; one of the king's council, folicitor general to bis late royal highnefs the prince of Wales, and one of the benchers of the InnerTemple. 20. Dr. Pepufch, organist to the Charterhouse, celebrated for his fine compofitions, aged upwards of 100. His corpfe was interred in the chapel belonging to the |