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nimoufly of opinion, that fuch a measure would entirely ruin our trade, and oblige us to quit this country. The confequence of which, you are better able to conceive than we can defcribe in the compafs of a letter. And, as thefe and other inconveniencies have been pointed out in the public papers, we beg leave to refer you to them ; and to obferve farther, that it happens quite mal a propos, to overburthen and diftrefs one part of America fo very foon after the complaints made and the ill confequences which have attended a conduct of the fame nature in another part.

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April 8. Prince Albert of Saxony espoufed to the Archduchefs Maria Chriftina.

May 9. The Count de Lally beheaded' at Paris.

22. A violent fhock of an Earthquake at Conftantinople, whereby many edifices were deftroyed.

July 30. The Right Hon. Mr. Pitt created Earl of Chatham.

Aug. 13. A dreadful hurricane at Martinico.

The repeal of the ftamp-act is a pub 31. A convention figned at St. James's, lic fervice, by which`all share in the ad- for the final adjustment of the Canada vantage arising from the event and bills. : therefore, both on that account, and on the account of the grievances we our felves complain of, we fee no room for fuch a profufion of encomiams, as your letter is full of, in regard to the clemency, the public fpirit, abilities, firmnefs of the adminiftration, the humanity, prudence, patriotifm, magnanimity of the generality of those who compose the legiflature; and at a time too," that the British legislature was provoked by the most irritating measures from the conduct of many on our fide the water :" A conduct which we protest against, as we are innocent of the acculation, as well as ignorant of the tendency of your letter, which appears to us to be written more in a minifterial ftyle, than in that of a friend and merchant. But though we cannot well account for your mode of diction, we will, with all the tenderness of friendship, fuppofe your meaning to be good; and therefore, both from inclination and gratitude, we shall profefs ourfelves, Gentlemen, your most obedient and obliged fervants,

For a number of the merchants in Canada,

JOSEPH CAWTHORNE.

A Recapitulation of the principal Occurrences of the Year 1766.

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Sept. 29. The Princefs Royal born.

O&. 1. Her Royal Highness the Princefs Carolina Matilda efpoused at St. James's to the King of Denmark.

The fame day the Princess Royal of Denmark efpoufed to the Prince of Sweden.

18. His Royal Highness Prince Henry Frederick created Duke of Cumberland. Nov. 8. Queen of Denmark made her public entry into Copenhagen.

11. Parliament met.

A Continuation of the PENSIONS and
Incidents which have been placed on the
Irish Civil Establishment, from the 26th
August, 1763, to the ft of November,
1765. See our Magazine for May
1764 for the former Part.

N. B. p. ftands for during his Majefty
Pleasure, l. for Life.

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(a) And their affigns, during their refpective lives, from the 17th day of May 1765, being part of the confideration for the furrender of the Island of Man.

(b) Late engineer, overfeer and furveyor general, which office having been fupprefled in confequence of the establishment of a new barrack board, and board of works in the year 1761, and the houfe in which the faid Thomas Eyre as furveyor general did dwell, (on the building of which he expended a much larger fum of money than was allowed by the crown for that purpose, in hopes of continuing therein for life) having been taken away from him for the accommodation of go. vernment, and no adequate fatisfaction having been yet made to him for the lof fes which he has thereby fuftained, his majefty has been graciously plealed to grant him the above allowance, to commence from the 25th day of March 1764, in full compenfation for his loffes above.

mentioned.

(c) In lieu of a like penfion formerly granted to her husband.

(d) Being a renewal of a like penfion granted to Lady Strangford lately de

cafed.

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IN

N order to accomplish my intention, it will be neceffary to go back as far as the year 1763. In the year 1763, fome hundred citizens made reprefentations to the magistrates that there had lately happened divers infractions of the laws in the procedures is criminal caufes, which they specified. This the magiftrates denied, not allowing any violation of the laws.

The citizens infifted, that they had, and demanded that the legislature, that is, the general council of all the burghers, fhould decide upon the law, which is the only tribunal where laws are made, abrogated, or explained. This the magistrates refufed. It is notorious to every man, acquainted with the conftitution of Geneva,that the citizens have a right to make fuch reprefentations; the council fay, (that is the magistrates) that it depends on them, whether they will offer any matter to the decifion of the general council or not. The citizens infifted upon it, that when there was a real or pretended doubt about the fenfe of the law, it belonged to the sovereign legislature to decide the question; this the council denied. Divers papers paffed between the parties on this head. At laft, the citizens imagining that the councils, which were accufed of infractions of the laws, were refolved to continue the fame, made ufe of their inconteftible right, at the NOTE.

(e) To commence from the 5th of December, 1764.

(ƒ) John Palairet agent for his Serene Highnels William Prince of Orange, &c.

(g) To commence from the 19th of June, 1763, the day the faid Robert Syminer died, who had a penfion of 2501. a year.

however they prefented thefe propofitions,
in order that by their accepting them they
might have the force of a law, which they
otherwife could not have, by which allo
they acknowledged formerly, that the
right was in the general council) free to
vote, made ufe of terrible menaces before
voting, to force them to vote according
to their mind; and when the citizens, in
ther free, legal, and fovereign tribunal,
rejected thefe propofals, by 1095 to 515,
the French ambaflador published that fu-
rious paper against a people who would
have deferved eternal infamy if they had
accepted what appeared to them to be no-
thing but a dangerous infraction of their
laws. This is the true matter of fact.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.

next elections of magiftrates, to reject the candidates for Syndics, and other charges, which were prefented to them 1 for their choice. And accordingly all thofe, who were prefented, were rejected by a majority of two to one. Hitherto the citizens had not at all exceeded their legal bounds. The council, that is the perfons legally rejected, called in the aid of France, Zurich, and Berne, as mediators and guarantees of the established conftion, thefe guarantees therefore, if they were guarantees of the laws ought to have begun by acknowledging that the rejection of the candidates had been legal; instead of which they unfortunately declared, that the magiftrates had been rejected without reafon. They should have owned, that they had been legally re-elected by the proper fovereign, and the only legal tribunal in that cafe. This declaration of the mediators was a step they had no right, nor competency to make: for the mediators had no authority over the decifions of the general council, the only fovereign of Geneva, independent, and accountable to no power on earth for their proceedings, confeffedly fo by all the powers in Europe, who had treated with them from the first foundation of the republic. Thefe guarantee mediators went on to project a plan of government for the future, which the citizens imagin ed was diametrically oppofite to their legal conftitution, especially as it altered the fovereign decifion of the general council with regard to elections of officers of the ftate, and as it tended to make a partial tribunal the decider of the matters which the citizens fhould at any time have to object to, with regard to the adminiftrators of their laws. In fhort, this tribunal was to confift of about feven to one on the fide of the accufed, than which nothing could have a more unjult or unreasonable appearance. Accordingly this having tranfpired fome months before the legal determination in council general, the citizens faid they could never agree to forge their own chains, by accepting fuch propofitions. One of the French ministry having made a point of carrying this affair, irritated his court against thefe people, as if they were nothing but a parcel. of infolent rabble, whereas, in truth, they were many hundreds of them men of worth and credit, and zealous only for their pofitive laws. The guarantees, inftead of leaving the people (to whom

SPARTA.

Dec. 1766.
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

MONDAY, Dec. 24 Lay Based

cumbe refigned. Next day Lord Besborough offered to accommodate for Lord Edgecumbe, which being refused, on Wednesday the Duke of Portland, the Lords Besborough, Scarborough, and Monjon, refigned.

Thefe refignations are voluntary, they not chufing to remain in office to be drawn into meafures which they must have been refponfible for.

It is faid that the great ftatefman, fo far from being intimidated by these refignations, is more firm than ever in profecuting his plans of government.

Thurfday Lord Gower had a conference with Lord Chatham, in Bond freet.

Same day at noon, Sir Charles Saunders and Admiral Kepple refigned. And it was then believed Lord Gower was defined for the Admiralty.

Next day Lord Gower and Mr. Rigby fet out for Wooburn, where the Duke of Bedford then was.

On Sunday (or Monday morning at fartheft) the place of fift Lord of the Admiralty was given to Admiral Hawke; and to Sir Piercy Brett, the fucceffion to Admiral Keppel.

On Monday evening the D. of B-f-d had a conference with Lord Chatham, in Bond-freet, which lafted above four hours. At midnight the Duke went to fupper at Arthur's in St. James's-jirect, where it was declared the negotiation was all at at end. Some add, that the caule of its thus breaking off, was the Admiralty

being

being given away before his Grace's arrival in town.

It is faid a certain nobleman demanded the difmiffion of two noblemen; and onother perfon eminent in the law, as a preliminary article to his and his friends coming into power.

Tuesday his Grace the Duke of Bedford fet out for his feat at Wooburn, all negotiations with him and his friends being intirely at an end.

Another account of the cause of the late commotions among the ministry, is, the late adminiftration, it seems, had intended to have remained without any violent oppofition, had their friends remained in poft which were yet undifmiffed. By fome accident it was difcovered that Lord Edgecumbe was to be removed; the N-e, Rm, and C-m party received this intelligence with great diflike, and fent a meffage to the M- r, that if that nobleman was removed, they would exert every nerve to oppofe him. This declaration of open hoftilities could not intimidate the M-r for removing Lord Edgecumbe; but it induced him to bring about a reconciliation between the prefent adminiftration and the Duke of Bedford and his friends.

Charles Jenkinson, Efq; (who was Secretary to the Treafury when Lord Bute was at the head of that board) is appointed a Lord of the Admiralty, in the room of Sir William Meredith.

Lord Le Defpencer (who was chancellor of the Exchequer during the fame period) is made Poft-mafter General, jointly with Lord Hillsborough.

The public may be affured of the fact, that there is a firm and unalterable union between the Earls of Bute and Chatham. It is faid and beleived that the Lords Temple, Rockingham, the Duke of Bedford, Mr. Grenville, and all their friends, will now unite, and form a powerful oppofition.

The Duke of Ancafter is appointed Matter of the Horfe to the King; and Lord Delawar Mafter of the Horfe to the Queen.

It is ftrongly reported that General Conway will fhortly refign his office of Secretary of State.

It is believed that Lord Shelburne is to fucceed Mr. Conway as Secretary of State for the northern department.

That the Rt. Hon. Charles Townsbend, will be appointed Secretary for the southern department in the room of Lord Shelburne.

And that Lord North will be appointed to fucceed Mr. Townshend as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

It is remarkable that the Right Hon. the Earl of Hertford has possessed four of the principal places under the government, in the space of little more than a twelvemonth, viz. thofe of ambassador to France, Lord Lieutenant to Ireland, Master of the Horfe, and prefent Lord Chamberlain of the Houfhold,

The Marquis of Lorne, eldeft son of the Duke of Argyle, is created an English peer, by the title of Baron Sundridge of Coombank in Kent.

By the union of the kingdom of England and Scotland, no Scots peer created an English one after that time, was to fit in the Houfe of Lords; but the whole body of Scotch nobility were to elect 16 of their number to represent them, who, with fome Scotch peers, who were likewile English ones before that time, were thought equal to the weight they ought to have in the House of Lords; and two noble Dukes ftand excluded at this day on that account.

But if a Scotch peer's eldest son is created an English peer in the life-time of his father, the father's Scotch title devolving on him afterwards, does not disable him from fitting as an English peer, becaufe he was fo before he was a Scotch peer.

The fudden creation of the Marquis of Lorne to an English peerage, was owing to his father, the Duke, being in a bad ftate of health: when, had his death happened [by the Union] he could not, then, have been made.

It is reported that the Right Hon. the Earls of Shelburne and Egmont will shortly be created Irish Dukes; and that, had it not been for this, his Grace the Duke of Leinfier would not have had a Dukedom, which was in order to preferve precedency, as premier Duke of Ireland, his ancestors having always had precedency as the moft antient Earls of that kingdom, his Grace's father being the nineteenth Earl of Kildare in fucceffion.

Sir Henry Moor, in order to establish his government on the moft folid founda

tion of friendship with the Indians, has formed a refolution of vifiting in perfon the back fettlements, and removing every incroachment of what kind foever upon their hunting ground, even by military force if found neceffary.

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The reptile infulted, and vext to the foul Crept onwards, and hid himself clofe in his hole;

But nature determin'd to end his diftrefs, Soon fent him abroad in a butterfly's dress.

Ere long the proud ant was repaffing the road, [his load) The beau on a violet bank he beheld, (Fatiga'd from the harveft, and tugging Whofe velture, in glory, a monarch's excell'd;

His plumage expanded!-'twas rare to behold

So lovely a mixture of purple and gold! The ant, quite amaz'd at a figure fo gay, Bow'd low with respect, and was trudg ing away:

"Stop, friend, fays the butterfly, don't be furpriz'd;

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once was the reptile you spurn'd and defpis'd;

"But now I can mount-in the funbeams I play,

"While you muft, for ever, drudge on in your way."

MORAL.

A wretch that to-day is o'erloaded with forrow, [-to morrow. May foar above thofe that oppress him

HYMEN VICTORIOUS.

AN ODE, intended for MUSIC.
RECITATIVO.

THE

HE Huntfman's call, the hollow rocks rebound,

Alexis rouzes to the fprightly found; Forfakes his blooming bride as fweet as May,

Soft Hymen yields to Dian's hark away! Quick from Love's genial couch alertly fprings,

Elate with Sylvan joy, and thus he fings. ARIA.

To the life-breathing horn jocofe echo replies,

The vallies all ring with our vigorous cries,

Each Wood-nymph, transported, rejoins to the founds.

That form the gay chorus of hunters and hounds,

Hence pleasures domeftic! Let's hafte to the field!

Where tantarara, perfect raptures will yield.

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