POLITICAL MAGAZINE AND Parliamentary, Naval, Military and Literary JOURNA A L. For JUNE, 1784. ILLUSTRATED with, I. A VIEW OF THE LAKE OF GENEVA 2. A VIEW OF THE CITY OF BERNE, IN SWISSERLAND. Printed for J. BEW, Paternofler Row, and Sold by every Bookfeller and News-carrier 547 91. Promotions, Deaths 579 549 93. Bankrupts 580 Barley. Rye. Wheat. Dif. Nothing done Average Prices of CORN, by the Winehefter Bushel of Eight Gallons, From June 14th, 1784 to June 19th, 1784. Barley. Rye. Wheat. s. ds. ds. ds. ds. d. Counties on the Coaft. s. ds. ds. d.s. Hertford, 43 9966 000 2 4999 55660 566655 56 43 N N 5 93 33 32 5 53 10 133 2 34 1 35 Northumberland, 5 33 93 62 53 11 5 84 23 52 54 10 6 54 43 42 6 6 11 2 84 2 York, 310 Durham, Monmouth, Somerfet, 5 104 Devon, 4 1 2 92 Hampshire, Suffex, Gloucester, 5 11 Kent. 6 4 3 72 3 5 13 / 10 84 82 455 POLITICAL MAGAZINE A For JUNE, 1784. View of the LAKE of GENEVA, elegantly engraved. His Majefty's Birth Day, June 4, 1784. T One o'clock the following Ode, written by William Whitehead, Efq; Poet Laureat, and fet to Mufic by Mr. Stanley, Mafter of the King's band, was performed in the Great Council Chamber at St. James's before their Majefty's, most of the Royal defcendants and a numerous meeting of the nobility. Hail to the day, whofe beams again And subject to that juft controul, Evin whilft it feems the active caufe, Promotes the general good, as much confin'd as they. That wond'rous plan, thro' ages fought, Yet leaves true liberty without a wound. The unhappy race, whofe faults we mourn, achiev'd.. Each tempting each, and lift'ning to the call Of genuine public good-bleft source and end of all? The drawing rooom afterwards was very fuperb. The principal Officers of State, with their ladies, the Foreign Minifters, and numbers of the Nobility, appeared in the circle. The Court was very much crowded till five in the evening, when their Majefties, the Prince of Wales, Prince Edward, Princess Royal, Princeffes Augufta, Elizabeth and Mary retired to dinner at St. James's, after which Prince Edward and the younger Princeffes fet off for Kew. His Majesty wore purple uncut velvet, quite plain The Queen was exceedingly brilliant, and appeared in great fpirits; her Majefty's dress was a green and white filver filk, richly trime med in embroidered crape and filver, and ore devices, knots, fparkles, &c. namented with a profufion of jewels in various The Prince of Wales was by far the most elegant gentleman in the drawing-room; his Highness was in a pearl-coloured filk, embroi dered with filver, pearl, and foil, The Princess Royal was in a filver filk, green and white, ornamented with great tafte, and in a very different ftile from any thing we ever faw. The petticoat was covered with a moft exquifite embroidered crape, in filver and green foil, varioufly difperfed with beautiful bouquets of rofes, jeffamin, myrtle, &c. filver, the fame pattern as that of the Princefs The Princefs Augufta's train was blue and nefs and delicacy. The wreaths of white roses, Royal, and trimmed in a peculiar file of neatfilver bullion, &c. were new of the kind, and the bows of filver and blue foil, the fringes, perfectly beautiful. The drawing room altogether was an affemblage or parterre of fine and delicate hues, but we could not perceive that there was any new one-Lady Temple was extremely fuperb in white filver and foils and Lady Berwick was particularly brilliant in a filver fpotted crape, finely decorated with wreaths of lilac foil en fleurs de Narciffe, rich filver fringes, bands, knots, &c. equal in fancy and elegancy to any thing we ever faw; Lady Sutherland was moit fuperbly dreffed in pale pink, highly finished with wreathes of the fineft flowers, and bouquets. Lady Charlotte Bertie was moft graceful and elegant in a blue crape body with white train, beautifully embroidered with filver. Vifcountefs Hampden was dreffed in a beau3 E 2 ciful iful plain white triped Chamberi gauze, Ornamented with crape and foil of the fame Colour, which was disposed in great taste. Lady Walfingham in a plain white luf tring, trimmed in an elegant fimplicity of ftile, with balloon frivality and crape, which had an effect infinitely excelling the glare of colour. Mifs Thyne appeared in an azure blue, with a beautiful crape petticoat of her own work. The Countels of Salisbury's train was a full fky blue luftring, with a white petticoat, covered with a rich embroidered striped crape, and had too much the appearance of being of foreign manufacture. Mrs. Ward was in pink with a filver ftripe : the petticoat of which was fuperbly trimmed. Lady Gideon was in an elegant white drefs, with a curious worked border. Lady Charlotte Villiers was in pink, with a trimming of white and filver. Lady Parker appeared in white, trimmed en fleurs de Pavots, the file of which was much admired. Lady Talbot's drefs received general admiration; it was a beautiful chamberi gauze, the decorations of which were en fleurs de Pavots; the effect of this dress was nouville and pleafing in the highest degree. The gentlemen appeared in a diverfity of the fpring colours; a number of filver ritfues with light grounds were worn. The prevalent colours were buff, blue, pale pink and lilac. In the evening was a grand ball;-which was opened by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who walked the two firft minutes with the Princefs Royal and Princefs Augufta after which, minuets were danced by Lady Catherine Pelham, Lady Augufta Cam, bell, Lady Charlotte 'Bertie, Lady Mexborough, the Countess of Sutherland, Lady Parker, the Countefs of Salisbury, &c. &c. Lord Galloway, Lord Mountmorris, &c. &c. The country dances were not begun till a little before twelve, and continued till past one. It was obferved of the Ball Room, that it was the thinnest that has been known for fome years past. WESTMINSTER HE Scrutiny demanded by Sir Cecil Westminster on the 17th of May, was ad- Accordingly, on Friday the 11th of June, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, the High Bailiff, his Deputy, Sir Cecil Wray and Lord Hood, with their Counfel, attended at the Veftry Room, St. Ann's; very fhortly afterwards, Mr. Fox, Mr. Sheridan, and about half a dozen of their friends, came into the room. After fome little debate, it was agreed for the parties to meet on Saturday morning at Mr. Sheridan's houfe, in order to fettle the mode in which the Scrutiny is to be conducted. SCRUTINY. Shortly after Mr. Fox and his friends had withdrawn, a proteft arrived from Mr. Fox, and another from certain of the electors, against entering into the Scrutiny, of which the following are genuine copies. T. THOMAS COREETT, Efq. High Bailif. "Before I go upon the bufines of this Scrutiny, I do hereby folemnly proteft againft its legality, and referve to myself the right of impeaching it hereafter, either in a Court of Judicature, or before a Committee of the Houfe of Commons, under Mr. Grenville's Act: And I hereby alfo declare, that I referve to myfelf the right of fuing the High Bailiff for all the expences, or the double of them, which are drawn upon me by this illegal act in the appointment of this Scrutiny. efry Room St. Ann's, June 11, 1784. C. J. FOX. To THOMAS CORBETT, Efq. High Bailif of WESTMINSTER. "We whofe names are fubfcribed, electors of Weftminfter, do protest against your commencing or proceeding on any Scrutiny of the poll on the late election for Reprefentatives in Parliament for this city, and to referve to ourfeives the right and power to object to, and impeach all your proceedings therein, as we fhall be advised. Given under our hands, on behalf o our Westminster Scrutiny. Captain Sutton against Commodore Johnstone. 505 ourfelves and the other electors of this On Saturday morning the parties met at Mr. Sheridan's, and formed a plan for conducting the Scrutiny, which was on Monday morning subscribed by all parties,. and is as follows. Veftry Room, St. Ann's, June 14, 1784. That no more than two Counsel on each fide, fhall argue a point of law. Not objected to. 2. That three Scrutineers be appointed on each side, to be changed as often as the parties appointing them may think fit. Notice to be given to the High Bailiff at the time of making fuch change.-Agreed to. 3. That notice of any objection to a vote fhall be given to a folicitor of the oppolite party, one whole intervening day before fuch vote fhall be fcrutinized; the notice of the objection to contain only the name and defcription of the vote, as inferted in the poll-book.-Sunday not to be confidered as any day.-Agreed to. Court of Exchequer, CAPT. SUTTON AGAINST COMMO TH DORE JOHNSTONE. HIS caufe, was opened on the part of the plaintiff, before the Lord Chief Baron, at ten o'clock on Saturday morning the 19th of June. Mr. Lee after stating the feverities fuffered by Capt. Sutton, in undergoing the odium, and difgrace of an arreft, infifted that the Commodore, had he not been influenced by perfonal refentment, might have tried the plantiff immediately at fea, without taking him round in the expedition to the Cape, and bringing him imprifoned to England. He laid the damages at 30,000l. for the imprisonment, and lofs of a proportionable fhare of the prizes taken in that expedition from Monheur Suffrein. Sir William Burnaby, Capt. Pigott, Captain Clements, Captain Hands, and feveral other officers, were examined for the plantiff by Mr. Lee, Mr. Erfkine, Mr. Peckham, and Mr. Fielding. The effect of their evidence went fully to exculpate Capt Sutton's behaviour on the day of action, and to prove, that the court-martial might. have been held at Sea. By confent of the Court and Counfels 4. That Sir Cecil Wray having demand. ed the Scrutiny, fhall go through his ob jections to all the votes in the parish where the Scrutiny thall be held; and when he fhall have finally clofed his, objections, then Mr. Fox fhall proceed to difqualify any votes objected to by him, in the faid parifh.-Agreed to. 5. That when the fcrutiny fhall be adjourned from one parish to another, no ob jection fhall be made, or evidence produced to difqualify or fupport any vote in any parifh, from which an adjournment has been made.-Agreed to. HOOD. Guildhall, London. Commodore Johnstone himself cross-examined thefe witneffes to nautical points, and met with many mortifying answers, impeaching his own conduct as the Commander of the expedition. The Attorney General began the defence of Commodore Johnstone with ob ferving, that the caufe had been managed more like an enquiry into the conduct of his client, than to the queftion, which alone had to do with the prefent action; which was fimply this: whether Capt. Sutton had, or had not, obeyed the orders of his fuperior? and whether the Commodore had maliciously put him under an arreft? The queftion was no lefs than whether a commanding officer, by the acquittal of every inferior, who to him appeared a fit fubje&t for an arreft, is to be peftered with an action for damages? It was a great and most confequential queftion: there would be an end of difcipline if the plaintiff fucceeded in this caufe. Who would government get to proceed on hazardous expeditions, if he was liable to be called upon in a court of juftice? He appealed to the jury, if they could confcientiously determine that there was no ground for fuperfeding Capt. Sutton. The Court Martial took eleven days in the |