POLITICAL MAGAZINE AND Parliamentary, Naval, Military, and Literary JOURNAL. ILLUSTRATED with, A CORRECT MAP of AFRICA, from the latest Authorities, ELEGANTLY ENGRAVED. The Bag of Noxious Ingredients 83 56. Mr. Hamilton's Affair fettled 120 7. Refolutions by Mr. Fox's Friends 84 128 8. Refolutions by Sir Cecil Wray's 84 9. Mock Refolutions by Cicely Wry 10. A Langolee Song on Mr. Fox 11. A Song on Sir Cècil and his Friends 122. A 2d Part of the fame Tune on Mr.Fox's87 13. Map of Africa 89 90 91 92 14. St. Alban's Negotiation for an Union 89 15. Mr. Pitt's & Duke of Portland's Letters89 16. Lift of Members at the St. Alban's 17. Refolution at the St. Alban's 18. Report of Committee on Illicit Trade 90 19. Candles, Soap, Paper, Silk, Licences 20. Coaches, Servants, Salt Office 21. Stamp Duties, Drawback and Bounties 93 22. Frauds Two Millions yearly 23. Dutch. French. Turks and Ruffians 94 24. Force in India. Athol Indiaman 95 25. Col. Capper on a Turkish Firmaun 96 26. Journey to India by Suez 27. Journey from India by Suez 28. Voyage up the Red Sea. TurkishBagnio 99 29. Conftitution of Egypt 45. Cruelty of the Americans at N. York 46. Sad Condition of the Loyalists 47. Eaft India Estimates 175 to 1786 48. Eaft India Civil Establishment 49. Famine. Diftrefs'd Family 50. Treaty between Ruffians and Turks 128 129 130 131 138 57. St. Alban's Motion for an Union 58. Capt. James Luttrell. Sir G. Cornwall121 59. Aftley, Wray,Powis, Burrell, Johnstoneizz 60. Mr. Fox on Punctilio's and Addresses 123 61. Mr. Pitt's Reply. Mr. Byng. Ld.North124 62. Hammet, North, & Rolle, on Addresses125 6. Mr. Coke's Motion against Ministry 125 64. Mr. Henry Dundas and Mr. Fox 127 65. Mr. Powys on the Refolutions 66. Mr. Pitt's Reply to Fox and Powys 67. Refolutions to the Throne 68. Lords Debate on the Commons 69. Earl of Ethngham's Motions 76. Earls Fitzwilliam and Fauconberg 71. Dukes of Mancheter and Richmond 133 72. Lord Loughborough's on the Commons135 73. Lord Chancellor and Earl Mansfield 136 74. Lords Stormont, Sydney, Gower, &c. 138 139 75. Lords Address to the King 76. Union. Colchester. India Secretary 139 77. Commons Debates on the Lords 78. Lord Beauchamp, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Fox 141 79. Mr. Dundas. Committee. Ordnance 143 80. The King's Answer to Lord's Addrefs144 81. Netbitt's Divorce Bill, 82. Evidence of Mrs. Netbitt's Intrigues 145 145 83. Major Weft's Evidence 132 140 144 148 149 84. Committee on Lords. British Mothers 146 85. Motion on Lords. State of the Nation 147 86. Mr. Fox, C. Johnstone, Lord Mahon 147 87. Mr. Fox's Reply to Lord Mahon 88. Sir Harry Houghton. Mr. Fox 89. Wolverhampton 1st and 28 Addrefs 90. LONDON GAZETTES. Plague 91. City Address & King's Answer 112 92. Queen's Birth Day 109 III 112 113 150 151 151 93. Royal Family and Court Dreffes 94. Dreffes of particular Ladies, 113 95. Gazette Peace between Porte and Ruffia152 114 96. 114 116 Preferments. 97. Court Dreffes & Ball. P. of Wales 153 98. Gazette Preferments. Sheriffs Promotions Bankrupts 154 155 157 Printed for J. BEW, Paternaler Row, and Sold by every Bookfeller and News-carrier. Struggle in the House of Commons against Miniflry; Address the King; His Majefty's Anfwer. Dett of a coalition between the prefent URING the prefent month, the prof and the late Ministers, has rather receded than advanced. The progrefs of affairs will be fern in the debates in the prefent Magazine up to the 1th of this Month. On that day the Report of the Committee on the ordnance estimates was poits oned, untill the Houfe should receive fome answer from his Majefty on the fabject of the two Refolutions lately carried up to the Throne. Monday the 16th the Houfe of Commons paffed fix refolutions explanatory of their refolution of the 24th of December laft, refpecting the Treafury giving confent to the acceptance of bills from India. The previous question having been moved, the House divided. moving any objects to forming such an ad your Majefty will take fuch measures, by re miniftration as the Houfe bas declared to be rew quifite in the prefent critical and arduous' fituad tion of affairs: it may tend to give effect to the wishes of your faithful Commons, which baos already been moft bumbly represented to your Ma jefty." After this the report of the ordnance eftimate was agreed to unanimously. On Monday the 23d. The mutiny bill was poftponded till Monday March the 1st. On Wednesday the 25th. The Hoofe after adjourning to Friday the 27th, went up with their addrefs to St. James's. To which his Majesty returned an anfwer to the following purpose. "That the voice of the people being in fa vour of the present Minifters, and no specifie charge being made against them, he hopes his faithful Commons will take it into their Con fideration." For thefe feveral weeks past every Gamitty bas been crowded with addresses on the dismission of the late Minifiry. We once bad an intention to infert them, but, on reviewing them, found that they would fill great part of a Magazine. WESTMINSTER MEETING. On Saturday the 14th of February, both the ministerial and the oppofition parties, called together by public advertisements, met in Weltminster Hall. Many thoufands attended but there was fuch an uproar that at a very thote diffance, not a word could be heard distinctly, A bag of noxious ingredients was thrown ar Mr. Fox, of which it is faid he experienced the ill effects. He then adjourned with his friends A Select Committee was appointed to invef=' sigate this affair, who reported to a general meeting on the 20th, the teftimony of Mr. Stock Chemist on Ludgate Hill. The following is extracted from the report. "Your Select Committee have also the moll refpectable authorities, which render is unqwel. signable that EUPHORBIUM is a drug of To poisonous and fubtile a nature, that a very fall quantity reaching the stomach of any perfon, might produce the most fatat confsquences. (Signed) Godfrey Webfler, Thomas Byron, R. Hollingworth, R. Fitspatrick, The teftimony of Mr. Stock referred to by thầ above reports Dudley Long J. A. Wallinger, R. B. Sheridan, A H. Stoves "Having examined very carefully the ema " tents of the bag brought to me by Mr. Robi i fon and another gentleman, I find it to contain Capsicum and Euphorbium. The Eupbarbium. u L 2 44 is 84 Westminster Meeting. Bag of Poifon. Refolutions of the two Parties. friends to the Kings Arms in Palace Yard, and addressed a numerous affembly from the centre window. After this the Horfes were taken from his carriage, and he was drawn in it round Palace Yard, up Parliament Street, along Pall-Mall, and up St. James's Street, to Devonshire Houfe. He then addrefied his friends affembled, in a fhort fpeech, thanking them for the honour they had done him, and afuring them, that he would never decline fupporting them and the general cause in which they were all equally concerned. While Mr. Fox was harranging his friends in Palace Yard, Sir Cecil Wray and his friends, having remained in the Hall, paffed is extremely well difguifed, being in powder, "and therefore I am led to judge it to be that, more from its great activity, than from its « visible appearance; I examined it with great caution, and indeed apprebenon, because I have been frequently affected by is; yet with all my caution of flopping my nose and mouth, I fall its effects. My fervants who were in "the place, or accidentally paffing, were in-. "ftantly fixed with beat in the noje and throat, and violent coughing. A person coming into se the warehouse from the air was affected by it immediately. The quality of both thefe ingre« dients, more particularly Euphorbium, is extremely noxious and dangerous ruhen applied fo as to be taken into the eyes, nose, and mouth; • it occafions violent and extreme inflammation, "difebarge of watery bumour from the eyes and nofe, and violent and intolerable beat in the 1 tbroat; it will occafion ulcerations in the "throat; indeed when violent inflammation is excited in any part, there is no faying where "fuck symptoms may end, nor is there any reafon by i may not produce effects that will put an end to life. « WM. STOCK, Ludgate-Hill." The Committes offer a reward of two hundred goineas for a discovery of the parties concerned in preparing or throwing the bag and its ingredients, and the money is placed in the bands of Mers. Drummund and Co. Bankers, Charing Grofs, to be paid on conviction of any of the of fenders. vours, to obtain a more adequate reprefentation of the people in the Commons Houfe of Par liament, which important branch of the Legiflature the people muft ever regard as the natural guardian of their unalienable rights, and the independence of which is abfolutely ef fential to the prefervation of the Conftitution, as established by the glorious Revolution, Refolved, That the following Address be prefented to his Majefty by the Hon. Mr. Fox. WE your Majelly's most dutiful and loyal fubjects, the Electors of the City of Weftmin fter, whofe names are hereunto subscribed, beg leave to approach your Throne with the most unfeigned attachment to your facred perfon, and to the interefts of your Royal Family To affure your Majefty, that we will ufe our utmost endeavours to promote that unapi mity fo effential to the public welfare in the prefent critical fituation of affairs. And as we have always regarded the Com mons Houle of Parliament, as the natural guardian of our unalienable rights we humbly hope that whatever Minifters your Majefty may, in your wifdom, call to the high posts of Government, will hold the fenfe of that Houfe in the fame refpect as their predeceffors in office have done from the era of the glorious Revolution to the present period. That your Majefty may long reign in the hearts of a happy and united people, is the prayer of your faithful fubjects. Refolved, That this Meeting do now adjourn. The Friends of Sir Gecil Wray, and Mrs. Cicely WESTMINSTER SWEEPING*. Whereas it has been falfely and feanduloofly pretended by the friends of Lord Mahon, and Sir Cecil Wray, that they remained maf ters of Westminster Hall, on Saturday laff, and had therefore a right to pass what refolu tions they pleafed. Now we, the Lamp lighters and Sweepers of the faid Hall, do most folemnly declare that we were in full poffeffion of the fame for a confiderable time after both the aforefaid Lord Mahon and Sir Cecil Wray had mounted the hachney-coach boxes, and departed; and that confequently upon the very plea they make use of, the fol lowing refolutions (moft of which were come to with great unanimity) are entitled to a greater degree of attention from a candid public, than theirs can pretend to. WESTMINSTER WESTMINSTER AT MEETING. Feb. 14, 1784. Ta very numerous and most refpectable meeting of the electors of Welt. miniter, held this day. in Westminfler Hall, the huftings that had been ill erected by the friends of Mr. Fox, near the steps of the Court of Common Pleas, broke down, which prevented the chair being taken fo foon as otherwise it would have been. Lord Mahon was then carried in triamph to the oppofite fide of the Hall, on the thoulders of the electors, where his Lordship moved the following refolution; which being printed in very large capitals, on a wide theet, of parchment, was held up by him, and was diftinctly feen from every part of the Hall. The refolution was as follows, and, being feconded, was carried by a prodigibus majority, viz. Refolved, That this meeting do adopt all the proceedings of the public meeting held at the Court of Requefts on Tuesday laft. Lord Mahon was then carried (as above) to the fteps leading to the Courts of Chanand King's cery Bench, where the faid refolutions was again moved by his Lordhip, feconded and carried by a ftill more confiderable majority. Sir Cecil Wray was then called to the chair at the laft mentioned place, and the following refolutions were then moved, feconded, and all car SWEEPING. Mat o' the Moon, commonly called Lord Moon, was then carried in triumph to the oppofite fide of the Hall on the thoulders of Bet Broadway, and Sandy Moll, when his Lordship moved the following refolution, which being sketched with blacking upon a white part of the wall, was directly underfood by every man in the Hall who had the gitt of reading. The refolution was as follows, which being feconded, was carried by a prodigious majority, viz. Refolved, That this meeting will receive all the handkerchiefs which were stolen at the public meeting held at the Court of Requests on Tuesday laft. of Mat o' the Moon was then carried (as above) to the steps leading to the Courts Chancery and King's Bench, where the faid refolution was again moved by his Lordship, feconded and carried by a ftill more confiderable majority. Mrs. Cicely Wry, Bunter, was then cal led to the Chair, and the following refolu tions were thea move ed, feconded, and all carried with very lite ried, with very few tle rumpus. The fe cond, third, and fourth refolutions were mov refolutions, were moved by little Jack Gybe, Refolved firstly, That this meeting do approve of and confirm the Addrefs to his Majefty, which was agreed upon in the Court of Requefts, Westminster Hall, on Tuesday laft. Secondly, That the Coalition formed between the Right Honourable Charles Jas. Fox, and the Right Honourable Frederic Lord North, was in jurious to the cause of freedom and of public virtue, and that the conduct of the confequent Administration was highly detrimental to the interefts of Great Britain and Ireland. Thirdly, That it is effential to the cause of public freedom, that all ranks and orders of men should unite and affociate in favour of a fubflantial reform in the reprefentation of the Commons, and that this, or any Adminifira tion, will deferve the fupport and confidence of the country, in proportion to the zeal with which they ft.all bring forward, and endeavour to carry into effect, that falutary measure. Fourthly, That the Parliamentary conduct of Sir Cecil Wray, Bart. has been honourable to him felf, as well as bene ficial to his country; that he is entitled to the warmest gratitude of his conRituents, and in the highest degree deferv ing of their future confidence and fupport. iftly, the quack bill fticker, and feconded by Long Pompey, the Irith Chairman. Refolved, That this Sweeping will fwear to the truth of all that was faid or done in the Court of Requests, on Tuesday laf, be it what it may. zdly Refolved, That Black Charles and Kt. Frederick, continuing to keep company, is a great fcandal, so it is, and an affront to pubs lis vartue. 3dly Refolved, That it is effential to the cause of public free dom, that all ranks and orders of mea thould be upon a footing, and that this Sweeping will fupport any fet of mes who will do their ut molt to level all dif tinétions in this countrg. 4th Refolved, That the conduct of Cicely, Wry, Bunter, has been whatever her mo defty pleases to fet hee own mark to. Filthly, |